Goopy Gwyneth, Olé!

Gwyneth has become enamored of another Euro-culture. One of those like, old ones, she thinks...

Gwyneth Paltrow Says Spain Changed Her Life

"It is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and years and years old. Here in the United States an old building is about 17 (years old), and over there it's from 500 B.C., it's incredible," she said.

Really?! Years and years and years old! Actually in 500 B.C. (and I'm sure you meant B.C.E. you insensitive christocentric American!) Iberia was being colonized by Greeks. Pretty much everything they built is a bit "run down" now. And really Gwen, everything in the United States is about 17 years old? Ah yes, I remember back in 1990s when America opened and they built the Old North Church and Faneuil Hall, and it seems like just yesterday they laid the final brick for Independence Hall, and what a sight to see the helicopter raise the capstone for the Washington Monument up and into place...

What a ... well... I guess Goop is the right word after all.

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Farrah Fawcett: 1947-2009

Actress Farrah Fawcett Has Died At Age 62

Farrah Fawcett, the multiple Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American actress best known for her role as the vivacious Jill Munroe in the 1970s television series "Charlie's Angels,” died in a Santa Monica hospital. She was 62.


Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, confirmed that the iconic actress died Thursday morning shortly after 9 a.m. PST.


Her long-time partner Ryan O'Neal told People magazine Thursday, "She's gone. She now belongs to the ages ... She's now with her mother and sister and her God. I loved her with all my heart. I will miss her so very, very much.

Good morning angels!
Good morning, Farrah.

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Your Tears Soothe Me, Mario...

Such sweet drama...

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The Voice Of Voight

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Liberals — Still Just As Nasty & Biased As Ever

This is funny: Obama laughs at [Wanda Sykes'] Rush "Oxycontin" Jab

She finished her Rush bit with: "l hope this country fails?" I hope his kidney fails!"

This requires an apology: Golf Analyst Feherty Sorry for Pelosi Joke in Dallas Magazine

"From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this though," Feherty wrote toward the end of his column.

"Despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if you gave any U.S. soldier a gun with two bullets in it, and he found himself in an elevator with Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Osama bin Laden, there's a good chance that Nancy Pelosi would get shot twice, and Harry Reid and bin Laden would be strangled to death."

Feherty, a former Ryder Cup player who grew up in Northern Ireland, has gone to Iraq over Thanksgiving the past two years to visit with U.S. troops, and he created a foundation to help wounded soldiers.

In case you're keeping score...

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Paltrow Seized With Stupidity

Gwyneth is worried. Apparently your shampoo will kill you and your children:

Gwyneth Paltrow has been branded ‘loopy’ by scientists after warning that products such as shampoo could be linked to cancer.

The actress and wife of Coldplay singer Chris Martin says she was ‘seized with fear’ after reading research about what she calls ‘environmental toxins’ – chemicals which are present in everyday items. [...]

She made the claims on her website goop.com, where she usually airs her views on her favourite restaurants and organic food recipes.

She said: "A couple of years ago I was asked to give a quote for a book concerning environmental toxins and their effects on our children. While reading up on the subject, I was seized with fear about what the research said. Foetuses, infants and toddlers are basically unable to metabolize toxins the way that adults are, and we are constantly filling our environments with chemicals that may or may not be safe."

Unfortunately not everyone (and by everyone I mean knowledgeable people) agree with her. Loopy Goopy Gwyneth's warnings are "rubbish" say scientists:

"It does annoy me when celebrities use their position to spout nonsense. They have a perfect right to their views, even if they are loopy, but they do hold a position of influence. You may as well ask someone on the Underground."

So said Dr. Hugh Pennington, emeritus professor of bacteriology at Aberdeen University.

Oh, and Gwyneth? Dear, if you plan to continue this affected "British-ness" with your speech and spelling at least be consistent. If you spell "fetus" as "foetus" - then spell "metabolize" as "metabolise". The expert conclusion? Don't drink your shampoo by the gallon (sorry - "litre") and you'll be fine, Gwyneth.

Shampoo - It Isn't A Beverage

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Ron Silver: July 2, 1946 - March 15, 2009

Actor Ron Silver Dies In NYC At Age 62 Of Cancer

Actor Ron Silver, who won a Tony Award as a take-no-prisoners Hollywood producer in David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow" and did a political about-face from loyal Democrat to Republican activist after the Sept. 11 attacks, died Sunday at the age of 62.

"Ron Silver died peacefully in his sleep with his family around him early Sunday morning" in New York City, said Robin Bronk, executive director of the Creative Coalition, which Silver helped found. "He had been fighting esophageal cancer for two years."

Silver, an Emmy nominee for a recurring role as a slick strategist for liberal President Jed Bartlet on "The West Wing," had a long history of balancing acting with left-leaning social and political causes.

But after the 2001 terrorist attacks, longtime Democrat Silver turned heads in Hollywood with outspoken support of President George W. Bush over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Silver spoke at the 2004 Republican National Convention, began referring to himself as a "9/11 Republican" and reregistered as an independent.

Ron Silver's speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention

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Ground Floor... Going Up! Miss Brahms Are You Free?

Wendy Richard

Wendy Richard, MBE (born Wendy Emerton 20 July 1943 – 26 February 2009) was an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders. She was first educated at St George's Primary School in Mount Street, West London,[2] before attending the Royal Masonic School for Girls in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and then at the Italia Conti Academy stage school in London.

She died on 26 February 2009 at the Harley Street clinic where she was being treated for a third bout of cancer. (via Wikipedia)

Thank you for the laughs, Wendy. Rest in peace.

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I'd Watch

Via Agent Bedhead

Hugh Jackman, the very cool actor whose name always sounds like the third line in a really filthy knock-knock joke, has dropped a few hints about his plans for MCing the Academy Awards this Sunday. No question, if he follows through with this then Jackman will deliver a dramatic change of pace from that Chris Rock disappointment a few years back:

CNN: The sexiest man alive” [is] going to be up there nude?
Jackman: Drunk and nude, yes. So that’s our new fresh approach. It’s the Australian way.

Let's face it, there's not much other reason to spend forty-eight hours of your life on what has become a boring celebutard spectacle of political posturing and meaningless self-congratulation that has little to do with its original purpose. I could do without the interpretive dance though, and I'm sure I don't want to hear Sean Penn sing a love song to his boyfriend-for-life Hugo...

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Lily Allen Can't Openly Be A Whore Anymore

Lily Allen Says Fame Keeps Her From Buying Contraception

"People say you pay the price of fame. There are some things I just can't do anymore," she said.

"Like when I've had sex, I can't go to the sexual health clinic. I can't go to a shop to get condoms - just regular daily stuff that's gotten difficult."

Just a procedural note, Lily - if you get the condoms first then you could probably skip the trip to the sexual health clinic. I'm sure there's a brochure you could pick up... oh wait...

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This Is Not A Bad Idea...

Brett Joshpe - writing at Big Hollywood - advocates putting an item back in the "stimulus" bill:

Until Republicans acted this week, the Senate was actually prepared to bestow hundreds of millions of dollars of stimulation for Hollywood. The “Hollywood clause” would have given movie studios special tax breaks and enabled them to depreciate the costs of production equipment at a quicker rate. Perhaps, however, Congress should consider reinserting that provision. Doing so would give us the perfect excuse to impose the types of compensation controls on the movie industry that President Obama is now demanding of other industries who receive federal help.

Unlike the greedy Wall Street executives though, who have torpedoed our economy by allowing federal bureaucrats to bludgeon them into making bad loans, Hollywood would surely understand the merit of pay caps. After all, it would enable the entertainment world to fulfill its pledge “to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.” (Cut for laughter and gagging and take two!)

Of course Ashton and Demi, and Cameron Diaz, and Julia Roberts, et. al. would have no problem agreeing to cap their salaries at $500,000 - or even lower if it would help The One! They would do that right? Right? Hey Ashton, just remember that if you take my money - then I get to come on the set and direct...

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Am I Missing Something?

Ashton Kutcher, Taking Your Pledges Now

Ashton Kutcher isn't at Sundance just to push "Spread," director David Mackenzie's ... morality tale about a gigolo whose life of wealth and excess is turned upside down when he falls for a waitress.

In fact, Kutcher will be taking a time out from his promotional duties to do some work for President-elect Barack Obama. As part of a collaboration between MySpace and Kutcher's Katalyst Films, Kutcher, wife Demi Moore and their celebrity friends will recruit users to pledge service to Obama by recording videos of their pledges and uploading them to MySpace.

I thought our elected and appointed government officials were supposed to serve us? Anyone else find Ashton's "recruiting" scary?

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As A "Friend To Gays" Sean Penn Is Milk-toast

A Friend to Gays and Antigay Dictators Alike

It’s not surprising that Sean Penn, thanks to his star turn as Harvey Milk, is becoming a hero of the gay community -- likely to be showered with acting prizes, and deservedly so. But his outspoken admiration for the Castro and Chavez regimes should make everyone think twice. [...]

“There isn’t a single individual that is taken seriously in the human rights community -- whether you’re talking about Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, or Freedom House -- that would describe the Castro brothers and their regime as anything other than a police state run by thugs and murderers,” says Thor Halvorssen, president of the Human Rights Foundation, which focuses on Latin America. “That Sean Penn would be honored by anyone, let alone the gay community, for having stood by a dictator that put gays into concentration camps is mind-boggling.” [...]

Why should anyone care about an actor’s politics? The bloviations of Hollywood stars tend to be ignorant and irrelevant to those interested in serious debate about the issues of the day, but Penn’s grandstanding matters due to both his role in Milk and the film’s political relevance in the context of Proposition 8 and the nationwide campaign for gay rights. Gay rights are human rights, as Milk said, and Penn discredits both when he rationalizes illiberal ideologies as “anti-imperialist” and rushes to the defense of thugs who posture as victims of the West. Penn’s ignoble political side projects taint a noble cause.

Ignoble and mind-boggling doesn't even begin to describe it. Penn is a perfect example of Lenin's "useful idiot" - willing to excoriate the very nation that gives him voice in order to defend people that would at best lock him up, at worst use him and then dispose of him.

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Big Hollywood - Hooray For It!

Andrew Breitbart's new web venture Big Hollywood is off to a great start. There's a diverse set of subjects covered on the opening day - from higher taxes to movie reviews - all by a variety of writers in both political and entertainment circles. Head on over and take a look.

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Apropos

Charity Homes Built By Jimmy Carter Start To Crumble...

RESIDENTS of a model housing estate bankrolled by Hollywood celebrities and hand-built by Jimmy Carter, the former US president, are complaining that it is falling apart.

Fairway Oaks was built on northern Florida wasteland by 10,000 volunteers, including Carter, in a record 17-day “blitz” organised by the charity Habitat for Humanity.

Eight years later it is better known for cockroaches, mildew and mysterious skin rashes. [...]

One man pulled up his floorboards to find rubbish 5ft deep under his kitchen. Other complaints include cracking walls and rotting door frames that let in rats and ants. Many residents have complained of mildew and mysterious skin rashes.

One resident said her children were suffering from skin complaints. “The intentions are good, but when the politicians and big-shot stars have left we’re stuck with the consequences. This house looks pretty but inside it either stinks or sweats,” she said. [emphasis mine: QC]

You get what you pay for.

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Eartha Kitt: January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008

Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.

As Cigar Mike at Babalu Blog reminds us, "Another one of the greats gone away .... as they go away we are left with more and more mediocrity." Rest in peace Eartha... purrrrr...

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I Didn't Say It!

Get Drunk And Vote 4 McCain Did: Pedophile Woody Allen Backs Barack Obama

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And You Thought Ben Affleck Was The Dumb One

Via Ace: Matt Damon, Genius

Matt Damon wants to know if Sarah Palin believed dinosaurs lived 4000 years ago.

The source for this absurd claim?

This. An utterly absurd viral email, supposedly containing "real quotes" from an Anchorage newspaper... but notice -- No links! No actual citation to anything appearing in real newspaper!

Also noted these quotes are positively absurd. I believe they were first written as a pure parody (dinosaurs are... "lizards of Satan"? Really?), but of course the reality-based community adherents of the community-based reality has accepted them uncritically as "real."

How absurd is this? Do these sound like real quotes, or parodies?

And yet Matt Damon, Genius, thinks we ought to trust his judgment as to who the next President and Vice President should be.

Good Actor. Political dumbass.

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Hey... What The Hell?

Paris Hilton's Energy Plan: Hot?

The Paris Plan, verbatim:

"Barack wants to focus on new technologies to cut foreign-oil dependency, and McCain wants offshore drilling. Well, why don't we do a hybrid of both candidates' ideas?

"We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight, while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars.

"That way, the offshore drilling carries us until the new technologies kick in, which will then create new jobs and energy independence. Energy crisis solved."

Then she says she is "like totally ready to lead."

"Never thought I'd say this," Connecticut energy consultant Peter Beutel told the Boston Herald, "but Paris Hilton's plan is sound."

And Rex Buchanan, an energy spokesman for the Kansas Geological Survey: "Is there something to what she says? Shoot, yes!

"Now I'm just speaking for myself and not the geological survey," he cautioned. "But we are going to need almost anything you can think of - all energy sources, alternatives and technologies - to get us through. What Paris doesn't talk about is that the electricity to power those hybrid and electric cars is going to have to come from somewhere, too.

"See what you've done? You've got me analyzing Paris Hilton's thought process."

Wayne Fields, an expert on political rhetoric at Washington University in St. Louis, said the Paris Plan probably does not drift far from the plans of McCain and Obama, or at least what either president would have to do.

"If she can articulate it, it can't be rocket science," Fields said. "But the candidates don't come out and sum it up this way, because their messages are, one, built around sound bites; two, built around oversimplification; three; built around interest groups."

Given the two abysmal major candidates, I say why not Paris? We already know about her dirty laundry. Jeebus... our leadership pool is this shallow? I weep for our future.

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Jessica Simpson vs. PETA

Animal Rights Group Turns Its Fire On Celebrity Meat-eaters

Animal rights protesters have launched a series of angry campaigns against A-list carnivores. They are shifting their focus from celebrities who wear fur to others who encourage the "exploitation" of animals by eating them. In its latest campaign, Peta – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which became infamous for dousing fur-wearers in red paint – has launched an attack on the singer Jessica Simpson.

Ms Simpson was singled out for ridicule after she was spotted wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan "Real Girls Eat Meat", believed to be a light-hearted dig at her boyfriend Tony Romo's vegetarian ex-girlfriend, Carrie Underwood.

Alistair Currie, a spokesman for Peta, said: "Jessica Simpson might have a right to wear what she wants, but she doesn't have a right to eat what she wants – eating meat is about suffering and death.

Did you catch that? She might have a right to wear (i.e. "say") what she wants? PETA's not sure about free speech though. Jeepers! They are sure that they have a right to tell you what you can and can't eat, however. Is it just me or are the leftists letting their facade slip lately? Everything from openly calling for the nationalization of the oil industry to controlling our diet.

Screw them. I'm having steak for dinner. Maybe veal.

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