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I have been so good lately. Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden keep giving incredible interviews, and I have sanctimoniously sidestepped each one. My mettle deserves a medal.
But I officially give up.
The Week in Review: After verifying that Courtney Stodden is 16 (she really, really is), Good Morning America interviewed the newlywed couple. And you didn't hear a single peep out of me. Nope! (Even though I wanted so badly to post a link to this.)
More recently, ...
Ever since I saw Danny Gans perform in Vegas---I think it was sometime in the earlyish 90s, and Gans opened for Bill Cosby---I have had a deep, abiding respect for that underloved dark art, the Celebrity Impression.
Here's film and voiceover actor Jim Meskimen with a monologue from Shakespeare's Richard III. In the video, Meskimen mimics 25 celebrities.
Some of these are stock characters every impressionist seems to be able to do (Jimmy Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Walken, De Niro), but there are a couple unexpected doozies in the mix, too, like spot-on impersonations of Garrison Keillor and Paul Giamatti.
Reasons I love this video:
- It's one take. He is able to switch voices on a dime.
- He does really good faces! A great De Niro Face will sell an iffy De Niro impression every time.
- He isn't reciting the soliloquy with a script or prompter. Slick.
- In the 1980s, Jim Meskimen was a cartoonist for Thundercats. />Ever since I saw Danny Gans perform in Vegas---I think it was sometime in the earlyish 90s, and Gans opened for Bill Cosby---I have had a deep, abiding respect for that underloved dark art, the Celebrity Impression.
Here's film and voiceover actor Jim Meskimen with a monologue from Shakespeare's Richard III. In the video, Meskimen mimics 25 celebrities.
Some of these are stock characters every impressionist seems to be able to do (Jimmy Stewart, Morgan Freeman, Walken, De Niro), but the...
It's been such a long time since we last reported on Randy and Evi Quaid! That's because the couple fled to Canada to escape from a secret society of "star whackers," remember? Yep. Certainly those pesky outstanding criminal charges in Santa Barbara, California could also have something to do with the Quaids' sudden move north. (Evi now has Canadian citizenship, by the way.)
Yesterday, however, a new twist: the U.S. Department of State has dismantled California's plans to extradite the couple to the United States. That's right! Our whole entire government is just like, "Hey, Canadians! Keep 'em! We're ...
This thing with the annual Marine Corps Ball? It has to stop. Seriously. After this final YouTube video proposal, I'm done. I now wash my hands of this whole affair. Probably.
To quickly recapitulate: a Marine asked Mila Kunis to the annual Marine Corps Ball. She accepted. So a Lady Marine asked Justin Timberlake to a different Marine Corps Ball. With bells on! he said. Then, another Marine asked Betty White to the ball. DENIED. Denied by Betty White!
And actress Linda Hamilton will not stand...
When you consider that his television career is only 12 years old, Ricky Gervais is incredibly prolific. Now the comedian is set to begin work on a spanking new television series. And the premise? Atheism!! No surprise there---if there's one thing Ricky Gervais can't get enough of, it's telling people he's an atheist.
Titled Afterlife, the new series will follow an atheist who dies and goes to heaven. Maybe it'll be kind of like a bleak Touched by an Angel for the Richard Dawkins set, with Step...
I have some depressing news. I don't even know what to say, you guys. This is really difficult for me.
Betty White will not be attending the annual Marine Corps Ball.
I KNOW. I thought for sure Sgt. Ray Lewis had a lock on this, because his YouTube proposal was darling. But Ms. White has other commitments.
Still, her rejection letter was a class act. From Access Hollywood:
"I am deeply flattered and truly appreciate the invitation, as everyone knows I love a man in uniform… but unfortuna...
A week ago, Nicki Minaj was involved in an altercation in a Dallas hotel. According to an incident report, the argument escalated in Minaj's hotel room; when her companion tried to leave, he pushed Minaj away by, um, physically shoving his suitcase into her face. (She suffered a fat lip, CNN said.)
Granted, the Dallas police made a few errors in their report---they got the name of Minaj's assailant wrong, for one, and they can't even spell "Los Angeles"---but one deet is a bit more anomalous than all the rest. Ready for it? Nicki Minaj was bo...
Oh, no! B.D. Wong confirmed via Twitter that he is leaving Law & Order: SVU for greener pastures. The Tony award-winning actor originated the role of forensic psychiatrist George Huang, who audiences could count on for reliable textbook explanations of weird mental illnesses.
Is Special Victims Unit dunzo? With Stabler leaving, too, and Benson's contract expiring in 2012, who's left? Oh. Ice-T.
In commemoration of 11 years of Dr. George Huang, here's a video of B.D. Wong singing a Tori Amos song.
...
Last week, Sgt. Scott Moore asked Mila Kunis to the annual Marine Corps Ball, and with some encouragement from Justin Timberlake, the lady said yes.
Next, Kelsey De Santis asked Timberlake to be her date, and he totally accepted. Well played, Corporal De Santis.
But now, not one to be outdone, Sgt. Ray Lewis is asking Betty White to accompany him to the same dance.
"She's funny, she's sweet, she's mature," the Marine sergeant says in his video, a long-stemmed rose in hand. "She's the all-around perfect woman."
Sgt. Lewis pleads a pretty good case, too: the young veteran did tours of both Afghanistan and Iraq and, according to a recent tweet, he plans to serenade Ms. White with a song next.
Internet! Let's make this happen! />Last week, Sgt. Scott Moore asked Mila Kunis to the annual Marine Corps Ball, and with some encouragement from Justin Timberlake, the lady said yes.
Next, Kelsey De Santis asked Timberlake to be her date, and he totally accepted. Well played, Corporal De Santis.
But now, not one to be outdone, Sgt. Ray Lewis is asking Betty White to accompany him to the same dance.
"She's funny, she's sweet, she's mature," the Marine sergeant says in his video, a long-stemmed rose in hand. "She's the ...
My boyfriend just texted to say that it feels like 102 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago today. And on the last day of Pitchfork, too! (OK, it might not be 102 degrees right now because, through the mind-blowing science of Internet Time Travel, I am speaking to you from Today's Past to tell you about the Bible Belt heatwave.)
Anyway. It was in the 90s in New York City today, and Lady Gaga sure dressed the part, clomping down the street in silly patent-leather boots and not much else. I actually approve of ...
Early this morning, Victoria Beckham took to her Twitter account to post a photograph of husband David, cradling their newborn daughter, little Harper Seven:
Early this morning, Victoria Beckham took to her Twitter account to post a photograph of husband David, cradling their newborn daughter, little Harper Seven:
I love this. It seems like a genuine, intimate moment, a candid portrait, a perfect vignette.
Also? Shrewd move. (Sorry, I've now ruined the poetic mood I'd just established.) But really. In the past, a lot of celebrities have sold off their own baby photos to the highest bidding tabloid, if only to keep the paparazzi from hounding them. Unfortunately, that practice always looks like shameless profiteering...
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony just announced their impending divorce, but that won't stop them both from co-hosting a new talent show, ¡Q'viva! The Chosen. ("The Chosen"! So ominous!)
The show hasn't even begun filming, so it'd be easy enough for either celeb to back out. Nonetheless, "the show goes on!" a spokesperson for ¡Q'viva! confirmed.
Deadline opines---a little cynically, if you ask me---that the couple's widely-reported split will actually improve their new television show's marketability. One thing that might make the ex-couple's co-hosting duties a little unco...
Image via the Daily Mail
I have been so good lately. Doug Hutchison and Courtney Stodden keep giving incredible interviews, and I have sanctimoniously sidestepped each one. My mettle deserves a medal.
But I officially give up.
The Week in Review: After verifying that Courtney Stodden is 16 (she really, really is), Good Morning America interviewed the newlywed couple. And you didn't hear a single peep out of me. Nope! (Even though I wanted so badly to post a link to this.)
More recently, ...
It's been such a long time since we last reported on Randy and Evi Quaid! That's because the couple fled to Canada to escape from a secret society of "star whackers," remember? Yep. Certainly those pesky outstanding criminal charges in Santa Barbara, California could also have something to do with the Quaids' sudden move north. (Evi now has Canadian citizenship, by the way.)
Yesterday, however, a new twist: the U.S. Department of State has dismantled California's plans to extradite the couple to the United States. That's right! Our whole entire government is just like, "Hey, Canadians! Keep 'em! We're ...
This thing with the annual Marine Corps Ball? It has to stop. Seriously. After this final YouTube video proposal, I'm done. I now wash my hands of this whole affair. Probably.
To quickly recapitulate: a Marine asked Mila Kunis to the annual Marine Corps Ball. She accepted. So a Lady Marine asked Justin Timberlake to a different Marine Corps Ball. With bells on! he said. Then, another Marine asked Betty White to the ball. DENIED. Denied by Betty White!
And actress Linda Hamilton will not stand...
When you consider that his television career is only 12 years old, Ricky Gervais is incredibly prolific. Now the comedian is set to begin work on a spanking new television series. And the premise? Atheism!! No surprise there---if there's one thing Ricky Gervais can't get enough of, it's telling people he's an atheist.
Titled Afterlife, the new series will follow an atheist who dies and goes to heaven. Maybe it'll be kind of like a bleak Touched by an Angel for the Richard Dawkins set, with Step...
I have some depressing news. I don't even know what to say, you guys. This is really difficult for me.
Betty White will not be attending the annual Marine Corps Ball.
I KNOW. I thought for sure Sgt. Ray Lewis had a lock on this, because his YouTube proposal was darling. But Ms. White has other commitments.
Still, her rejection letter was a class act. From Access Hollywood:
"I am deeply flattered and truly appreciate the invitation, as everyone knows I love a man in uniform… but unfortuna...
A week ago, Nicki Minaj was involved in an altercation in a Dallas hotel. According to an incident report, the argument escalated in Minaj's hotel room; when her companion tried to leave, he pushed Minaj away by, um, physically shoving his suitcase into her face. (She suffered a fat lip, CNN said.)
Granted, the Dallas police made a few errors in their report---they got the name of Minaj's assailant wrong, for one, and they can't even spell "Los Angeles"---but one deet is a bit more anomalous than all the rest. Ready for it? Nicki Minaj was bo...
Oh, no! B.D. Wong confirmed via Twitter that he is leaving Law & Order: SVU for greener pastures. The Tony award-winning actor originated the role of forensic psychiatrist George Huang, who audiences could count on for reliable textbook explanations of weird mental illnesses.
Is Special Victims Unit dunzo? With Stabler leaving, too, and Benson's contract expiring in 2012, who's left? Oh. Ice-T.
In commemoration of 11 years of Dr. George Huang, here's a video of B.D. Wong singing a Tori Amos song.
...
My boyfriend just texted to say that it feels like 102 degrees Fahrenheit in Chicago today. And on the last day of Pitchfork, too! (OK, it might not be 102 degrees right now because, through the mind-blowing science of Internet Time Travel, I am speaking to you from Today's Past to tell you about the Bible Belt heatwave.)
Anyway. It was in the 90s in New York City today, and Lady Gaga sure dressed the part, clomping down the street in silly patent-leather boots and not much else. I actually approve of ...
Early this morning, Victoria Beckham took to her Twitter account to post a photograph of husband David, cradling their newborn daughter, little Harper Seven:
I love this. It seems like a genuine, intimate moment, a candid portrait, a perfect vignette.
Also? Shrewd move. (Sorry, I've now ruined the poetic mood I'd just established.) But really. In the past, a lot of celebrities have sold off their own baby photos to the highest bidding tabloid, if only to keep the paparazzi from hounding them. Unfortunately, that practice always looks like shameless profiteering...
Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony just announced their impending divorce, but that won't stop them both from co-hosting a new talent show, ¡Q'viva! The Chosen. ("The Chosen"! So ominous!)
The show hasn't even begun filming, so it'd be easy enough for either celeb to back out. Nonetheless, "the show goes on!" a spokesperson for ¡Q'viva! confirmed.
Deadline opines---a little cynically, if you ask me---that the couple's widely-reported split will actually improve their new television show's marketability. One thing that might make the ex-couple's co-hosting duties a little unco...