Archive for the 'In The News' Category

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, […]

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 […]

Bachelor Finalist Arrested

Tuesday night, Mary Delgado and man that proposed to her on the 2004 season of ABC’s The Bachelor, Byron Velvick, made a surprise appearance on special episode of The Bachelor called ”After The Final Rose.”  Along with Ryan and Trista, they were one of the show’s ”success stories,” seemingly still smitten with one another.  A mere 24 hours later, 40 year old Delgado, […]

Hollywood Writers Still On Strike

After 11 hours of negotiations this past Sunday between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, Hollywood writers and the studios they work for were still unable to come to a deal.  According to CNN:
“The writers want more money from the sale of DVDs and a share of […]