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10/17/2007
Brokeback Mountain: What Was Jake Gyllenhaal Sitting On?
Jake Gyllenhaal, when asked if he knew "what he was sitting on" when he was filming the gay cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain, doesn't quite know what to say. Why can't he spit out an answer? Why does he seem to be swallowing his words? Well, he isn't sure about exactly what he was sitting on. He just knows that it was big. And hard. And it went on for a long time...
Oh, stop looking at me like that. You were thinking it, too.
Okay, okay! Sorry to get all Michael Scott over here. But when Meredith Vieira sets me up with an opening like that (on The Today Show, of all things!), I find myself unable to resist.
08/01/2007
Hot Nerd-On-Nerd Action from Comic-Con
Okay, technically British TV personality Jonathan Ross isn't a nerd, and Neil Gaiman isn't so much a nerd as he is the Paul McCartney of quality comics (he's also a New York Times-bestselling author!). But when you're at the San Diego Comic-Con, it just kind of rubs off on you.
This awkward kiss at the Eisners (the comic book equivalent of the Oscars) is more than a little staged. But if there's anything more adorable than a flustered British man in a leather jacket, I don't want to know about it.
01/18/2007
Gay's Anatomy
The proof of the invocation is debatable, but this compendium of interviews from the evening tells me that Isaiah Washington is a shockingly sincere liar. And, I know that if T.R. Knight referred to Washington as a n****r, he would've been fired, driven out of town, and charged with assault. You can say race and sexuality are a different beast, but it's still a civil rights frontier. Like it or not, public personalities like actors do make a difference in swaying people on what's OK and what isn't.
Instead of going into self-preservation mode, Isaiah Washington should admit fault and weakness, and issue a statement how it's not cool to hate. Problem solved. Too bad that won't happen and we'll have to see a sad and sheepish T.R. Knight make appearances on Ellen seeking validation to live his life without being persecuted for it.
Seriously folks, we take care of this homophobia and fear of immigrants, and we're inching towards tolerance in this country. Can't we unite in the hate of one group of people? I nominate the douchebags.
12/01/2006
Richard Simmons ('s Food Steamer) is Flaming
Just when you can't take any more of Richard's offended harrumphing -- and Letterman was being pretty mean, especially since Richard went to all the trouble of Bedazzling "David" in Swarovski crystals across his tank top -- the food steamer follows the example set by its creator, and bursts into flames.
Whether it's an accident or a deliberate prank by Letterman (given the lack of fire extinguishers, the most likely option), watching Simmons scramble out of his seat to the safety of the bandstand is sweet, sweet justice for all those housewives who cringe at the memory of sweating to "Locomotion."
