The New Dick in a Box: "Motherlover"
Just when you thought Saturday Night Live had peaked after Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s spot-on impersonations of Sarah Palin and HRC, along comes Justin Timberlake hosting again–and getting his sexy on with Andy Samberg for Mother’s Day: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/digital-short-motherlover/1099491/ While the tune might not be as catchy as DIAB, you gotta hand it to Susan Sarandon and Patricia...
Mannywood: Hall of Shame
Dodgertown now knows what Beantown was bitching about. All that bad behavior=’roid rage. With the news that Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games, until July 3, a lot fewer people will be streaming through the gates at Chavez Ravine, and that’s got to be very troubling for the powers to be, who are probably thinking up new marketing plans right about now. They’ve already taken down the Mannywood sign in the...
Media Hype, Swine Flu and Mexico
A postcard perfect view in Cancun I was just about to write a piece about how despite all the rabid drug violence it’s safe to travel to Mexico–when the swine flu hit. Media hype would have you believe they we’re all going to die of this disease, when the facts are that at this moment, very few people worldwide are affected, it’s not necessarily deadly and health agencies worldwide seem prepared to deal with any possible...
Straight Up, Now Tell Me Why Nightline…
…devoted an ENTIRE show to AI judge Paula Abdul? Yes, we heard all the promotion about the interview, but somehow thought it would be an ending segment. But the whole chunk of late night real estate? Note to Nightline: like clearly milllions of viewers–I know your ratings rival Letterman’s– I’ve stuck with you and even became an admirer of the three-anchor format with a lot of fun, lifestyle-y stories at...
Ashton vs. CNN: The Twitter Battle
Don’t you just love media hype? New media hype? The current battle between Ashton Kutcher and CNN has people a-Twitter. Who will be the first to get 1 million followers? Easy vote? Not necessarily. I’ve done some celebrity sampling on Twitter and just so you don’t have to, here’s some: RealHughJackmanJust landed in Berlin. Anxious to review your messages. sorry for the lack of correspondence these past few...
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