Archive for January, 2008

Baptist Church to Protest Funeral

MSNBC reported today that the radical Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Ka. - known to picket funerals of soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq (already gasping) - plans to protest the stateside memorial service for actor Heath Ledger because of his portrayal as a gay cowboy in “Brokeback Mountain.”  Hmm, so God can love these idiotic self-righteous lunatics, […]

The Moment of Truth: Truthfully Pointless

A new gameshow aired on Fox last night.  It’s just like Who Wants to be a Millionaire except the contestants know the questions (and answers) before they even begin, they can win up to $500K (rather than a full million), and they are bound to lose much much more (friends, family, spouses).  At first I was intrigued.  Americans have […]

Heath Ledger (1979 - 2008)

Sometimes we don’t really think of movie/tv stars as people, they’re just celebrities: folks with fatter paychecks and better “weekend clothes.”  We track their robotic perfect lives in gossip magazines and entertainment news blogs.  So why is Heath Ledger’s unexpected death so upsetting?  I’ll tell you why.  It’s because he was a talented actor who didn’t exhibit any […]

Ben Silverman is a Tool

So most everyone has heard that the Golden Globes ceremony (second only to the Oscars in terms of award show popularity) is being replaced this year with a very scaled-down “press conference.”  Interestingly enough, E Online reports that the WGA said it wouldn’t picket the Globes so long as the FHPA didn’t broadcast the ceremony on TV […]

Jeremy Sisto Joins Law and Order

In The Criminal Justice System, The People Are Represented By Two Separate Yet Equally Important Groups, The Police Who Investigate Crime, And The District Attorney’s Who Prosecute The Offenders, These Are Their Stories. Da DUN!
Most of us could utter that little prime-time drama intro in our sleep.  Even though it’s now in its 18th season, we’ve […]