December 2008
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In Love With a Basket Case
Here is an AIM conversation that gives a proper glimpse into the crazy that I date:
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me: you look smokin seriously wow el: what me: ur pics u put up
el: oh thanks (brief pause) fyi and i really hope this isnt my christmas present but i would never ever ever want to go in a hot air balloon i dont know why, but i just...
“Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it”
– Lou Holtz (it was the quote of the day on my Gmail ticker…here’s a page of Lou’s quotes. What a clever guy. I hope one day I’ll have said something quotable. Maybe…I already have…? No, guess not.)
“Only China can save our sharks”
– - This Week’s Headline for CNN’s Feature “Planet in Peril”
“Save us Chyna!”_______________“Right after I take this huge dump”
Britney vs PETA
PETA has come out against Britney Spears for using lions and elephants in the new music video for her song “Circus”.
One PETA blogger is being quoted on E!, MTV, and all over the media, saying: “Britney of all people should be able to relate to the horror that captive animals go through when they’re used for entertainment. Except Britneychooses to perform and the...
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NBC Wants More Leno...
The New York times is reporting on a rumor that NBC will offer Jay Leno the 10PM timeslot from Monday thru Friday. Wow. I guess they’d rather put a familiar face on five nights a week than try and invest time and money in sitcoms or hour long dramas. So, that means we’d get:
Leno’s new show from 10 - 11 PM
Local News from 11 - 11:30 PM
The Tonight Show with Conan...
“Eminem is like my grandmother”
– - 50 Cent on his relationship with oft-collaborator and mentor, Eminem.
No, I get it…the bleached hair, the bitter attitude, the homophobic slurs….he’s just like my grandmom too. Oh Nana Ethel…when will you learn?
A GOP Obama?
Essence magazine (yes, THE essence magazine) has an article in its latest issue titled, “Could Michael S. Steele be the Republican Barack?”
Now, I didn’t read the article because when it comes to my African American entertainment and lifestyle news, I am a loyal Vibe reader; HOWEVER, I will say this…what? Good thing this is Essence, because if Entertainment Weekly made...
Mr West is in the buildin', Swagga on a Hundred,...
Kanye West, who you may know from the millions of albums he’s sold worldwide, the cutting edge, critically acclaimed tour he went on last year, OR the innumberable amount of public tantrums he’s thrown, has decided that, sure…he likes performing and recording…that’s fun and all…but what he REALLY wants to do is design clothes.
West expressed interest in...
Nerd News
A couple interesting nerd notes:
- Warner Brothers is re-releasing box-office gargantuan, The Dark Knight on January 23, 2009. This will give Warner the chance to push the film past the one-billion-dollar mark worldwide, and give the 6 people left in the universe who haven’t seen it yet one last shot to see it on the big screen. Plus a little extra Oscar buzz never hurt anybody.
- Will...
This Just In...the Juice is Jailed
OJ Simpson was just sentenced to at least 15 years in prison for double homicide armed robbery, kidnapping, and assault.
Simpson apologized and spoke to the courtroom before his sentencing saying, “I just wanted my personal things. I was stupid. I’m sorry. I didn’t know I was doing anything illegal. I thought I was confronting friends. I thought I was retrieving my things. I...
Slightly Confused...
(check me out, I do manly things…like carry power saws, and watch Desperate Housewives. Yea, what?!)
So, Barbara Walters named her 10 Most Fascinating People last night, and I was surprise to see that the “pregnant man”, Thomas Beatie was named number 2. He beat out movie star and probable Oscar nominee Will Smith, comedian and this year’s It-girl Tina Fey, 8-time Gold...
Hard Times
Over 25,000 Americans were laid off today.
Viacom/CBS/MTV, DuPont, AT&T, Credit Suisse, NBC/Universal, United Airlines, and State Street have collectively laid off over 25,000 workers right before the holidays.
Here’s to being thankful for what we have, even when we don’t always appreciate it.
Britney Turns 27...Looks Hot While Doing So.
Britney Spears celebrated her 27th birthday with the likes of supermodel Heidi Klum, actress Jaime Pressly, R&B singer Ciara, mogul Russel Simmons, manager Larry Rudolph, actor Jeremy Piven, and dancing queen Lance Bass at a swanky, “Circus” themed event in New York City.
Last year, Britney spent her 26th birthday (pictured below) with philanthropist amatuer porn star/ex-con...
New Premiere Date
Castle, the show I’m working on, has had its premiere date pushed back. Now, instead of airing in January, it will debut March 9th (Monday). I’m still not sure what it will air with, but tentatively it looks like Dancing With the Stars and Samantha Who. I was hoping for it to end up on Wednesdays to couple with Lost, but that went to other freshman cop drama, The Unusuals.
No word...
“I’m sorry, in my 20 years of flying I have never had such an...”
– The pilot of the flight I took back to LA yesterday. For an hour and a half we violently rocked in unison to the left and then whipped even more violently back to the right. Over and over left to right, that is, when we weren’t dropping what felt to be 20 or 30 feet in dead air. It felt like I...