Month: July 2006 (Page 8 of 17)

I can’t even begin to tell you what a kick in the teeth this is. I have been looking forward to this movie ever since I interviewed screenwriter Sheldon Turner last May — LAST May, as in 2005 — and stumbled upon a title in his IMDb filmography with the spectacular name of “Snakes on a Plane” (it has since been removed from his credits, presumably a WGA-related matter). And now, we get the news that New Line is going to make sure that the “fans” see it first. Hey, what about the critics that are also fans, huh? I am in a position to give you the kind of advance buzz that you would kill for, and you just stripped it away from me. Not smart.

Tell me, New Line, are you worried about the advance buzz being profoundly negative? Please. This movie is the textbook definition of critic-proof. Jesus, did you see how much money “Little Man” made last weekend? Fucking “Little Man!” Your movie is poised to make four times that. Help us help you, will ya?

To quote Hank Azaria impersonating Charles Bronson on “The Simpsons,” this, ain’t, over.

Action Movies, External Movies, News, Snakes on a Plane

Oprah’s still not gay

July 18, 2006 / Jason Thompson

Hey, you people curious about Oprah and her sexuality, with curiosity stemming from her super close n tight relationship with pal Gayle King, Oprah’s not gay! As if she hadn’t told you all this before. As if she wouldn’t tell you if she was – which she would, according to her.

Actually, I never knew her sexuality was ever in question. But then again, Oprah bores the hell out of me and I avoid her, her magazine, and her TV show like I avoid Hardee’s whenever I go back down to TN to visit the folks.

News, TV

Daddy’s little whore

July 17, 2006 / Deb Medsker

Oh, Chevy Chase. How we used to love you. We giggled at your SNL bits; we chortled our way through “Caddy Shack;” we quoted long stretches of “Fletch” dialogue from memory. We even rooted for your sad little late night talk show to succeed… when it was clear to us that it wouldn’t.

But then you went rogue on us. You stopped being funny. You made bad movies. You alienated everyone who loved you.

And now this. Never mind the digs at Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn — in either of whose movies, let’s be honest, you’d be lucky to get an uncredited cameo at this point. Frankly, we expect that sort of sour-grapes behavior from you by now.

But admitting — nay, boasting — to national media that you call your own daughter a whore?

“I mean, I can remember the first time I called her a whore. We just laughed for half an hour. Because she’s anything but. But she gets it immediately and laughs. I’d call her every day down at school; she might pick up and say, ‘Whoretown!’ She said something the other day like, ‘Dad, how much should I charge?’ “

That is so wrong, in so many ways, I don’t know what to say…except thank goodness you’re at least wealthy enough to afford plenty of therapy for your hilarious little whore-child.

Actors, Gossip

“Because you flirt shamelessly with another woman on national TV, THAT’S why!”

July 17, 2006 / Deb Medsker

Add Carmen Electra and Dave Navarro to Hollywood’s ever-growing list of celebrities who are back on the market. Despite pledging their eternal love on MTV’s “Til Death Do Us Part” reality show in 2003 (a guaranteed pox on marital bliss, as a couple of folks named Simpson and Lachey will attest), Electra and Navarro are separating.

No reason has been given for the split…though fans of “Rock Star: INXS” will recall several suspiciously long camera shots of Navarro eyeing co-host Brooke Burke’s suspiciously long, bare legs…

Actors, Actresses, Gossip, TV