December 2008
61 posts
Newly Obsessed With Rodarte →
Overturn Prop 8! →
Oh yeah, no one saw this one coming.
A few months ago, Tara Reid claimed to be simply a social drinker. “I’ve done enough [partying] for a lifetime,” she told PEOPLE. Earlier this week, however, Reid checked into Promises Treatment Center to treat alcohol addiction.
“Tara has a problem with alcohol. It’s been at the root of much discomfort between herself and her family and friends,” a source close...
Does $6 count as a mugging?
Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC’s morning show was mugged out of $6 Thursday morning while standing outside a posh Washington DC hotel, and her ‘Morning Joe’ co-host Joe Scarborough is “furious” about it.
During a segment on ‘Morning Joe’ shortly before an interview with Washington mayor Adrian Fenty, a visibly upset Scarborough recounted Brzezinski’s...
Shoe tosser! →
It's a good thing I don't drink soda →
Watchrickyv:
MTV, drunk on profits from The Hills, decided to give us our own TV show.
We’re excited. More details to come, obviously.
I think I know what the BEST show on this list is!
MTV introduces a diverse slate of new reality series set to debut in first quarter 2009. Also new for the network next year will be a two-hour primetime block on Sundays starting at 9p. Details of the new projects are:
Nitro Circus - Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville, producers of MTV’s Jackass serves up a series showcasing freestyle motocross rider Travis Pastrana. The series watches...
“Often, in the pursuit of quantity we cheat ourselves of quality. Then again,...”
If only I could pay my plastic surgeon in babies
A mother in Belgium stands accused of selling her newborn twin boys to fund her liposuction surgery. The woman, Sonia Ringoir, 31, is a restaurant worker in Ghent, Belgium, and according to an interview with her current boyfriend, she did so because her estranged husband “put pressure on her to have her body rebuilt.” It was that same estranged husband, Marc Poppe, who turned Ringoir...
Honestly, who throws a shoe? It was pretty... →
Watchstreeter:
Here’s something weird!
I was in this goth outfit for another project and happened to be singing and talking about Dave Matthews. That seemed like a funny idea and we shot it in about 15 minutes. Pardon the horribly off-key high note in #41. You’ll hear it.
OMG Streeter makes me laugh.
Earth set for full moon close-up →
willschneider:
“Friday’s full moon could appear up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons this year…”
Watchjoshruben:
dutchwest:
Whipits, the shortest sketch show in history. We shot this over a year ago and Atom recently debuted it on their site. Reblog if you digg!
I’ve been waiting to show this off for forever. Enjoy Dutch West’s latest!
WatchNew video from Todd at www.ulteriorproductions.com (yay, Todd).
White Supremacist Comes to Jewville →
No words.
Zoo Productions (Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?) is pitching a new reality show, The Pellicano Girls to networks centering on Anthony Pellicano’s wife and daughters, reports Variety. The project is described as a cross between Keeping Up With the Kardashians and Charlie’s Angles where Kat Pellicano and the three daughters will reopen Anthony’s detective agency, with Anthony...
I want to watch this awesome show.
Discovery Channel also opens a new series on January 15 as Treasure Quest makes its world premiere at 10p. Throughout the 11-episode series, Discovery Channel and Odyssey Marine Exploration (OME) will take viewers to the bottom of the ocean as they attempt to solve unexplained mysteries. Treasure Quest, produced by JWM Productions, tracks down the stories and artifacts from historic shipwrecks...
Continuing to exploit people, Dr. Drew sucks.
Continuing with its Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew franchise, VH1 will premiere Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House on January 15 at 10p. This eight-episode series will chronicle the cast from season two as they live for three months in a sober house while transitioning from the rehab facility into the real world. The cast for this new series will be unveiled during the season finale of Celebrity...
Whoa. Who plays Russian Roulette besides...
Adding another shocking twist to an already unbelievable story, the woman arrested in the shooting death of actor Mark Ruffalo’s younger brother was cleared of wrongdoing and released after police were shown evidence that Scott Ruffalo shot himself during a game of Russian Roulette. A lawyer for the suspect called the death “an incredible chain reaction of stupidity and bad...
Cars of the future: everywhere but here. →
From Today's Daily Om
“The in-between times are seldom about landmark moments. How you choose to celebrate them or which moments you choose to celebrate is up to you. You may want to celebrate the simple facts that you are alive and that every day is a chance to spend time with the people you care about or do the work that you love. Then again, when you look at the good that exists in your life, many reasons for...
If Only...
18 Nights Of Inspiration (Night 15): A Night of Comedy with Zach Galifianakis
Are you a fan of The Snuggler? Wild about Nathaniel Buckner, the comedian from 1778? Then Join Zach Galifianakis for a night of the comedy that made him famous, featuring special guests, TBA. Zach Galifianakis is best known for his appearances on “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” “Reno...
[Expletive] Upstanding.
“I’ve got this thing,” Mr. Blagojevich said on one recording, according to the affidavit, “and it’s [expletive] golden. And I’m just not giving it up for [expletive] nothing. I’m not going to do it. And I can always use it. I can parachute me there.”
Mr. Blagojevich (pronounced bluh-GOY-uh-vich), a Democrat, was arrested at his home at dawn Tuesday on charges of conspiracy and soliciting bribes....
This was in my Spam box.
Magali Cassey» NO Degree NO Job?? Buy a Genuine College Degree at cheap price & deliver to you in 2 we… - Tired of hearing: : No Degree, No Job! : What’s your Degree in? : Where did you go to school … 11:15 pm
Um, no.
TBS is going a little Greek as the comedy-targeted network ordered a presentation for a 30m late-night show tentatively titled Frat House from Bunim-Murray, cites THR. The project, similar to Will Ferrell’s 2003 comedy Old School, is about three guys plated by Bret Ernst, Theo Von and Bert Kreischer who long for their old frat house days.
China is the new Russia →
Charlie Kaufman on Colbert tonight!
Upcoming Guests
Tue 9
Kevin Bacon Actor, “Frost/Nixon”
Official Website Charlie Kaufman Writer/Director, “Synedoche, New York” Official Website Oh yeah, and Kevin Bacon too.
Calling All Rugged, Enthusiastic Male Hosts
A major cable network is looking for a male host for a new adventure television series about wild animal attacks. The candidate should be between 30 to 45 years old and have characteristics including enthusiasm, high energy, ruggedness, courage, inquisitiveness and intelligence and be willing to get dirty and be near dangerous wild animals, showing viewers how to survive attacks. Applicants must...
Weird.
According to B&C, NBC will be moving Jay Leno to 10p on weeknights, thereby allowing NBC to cut back on its primetime programming as well as keeping both Leno and Conan O’Brien in house. The start date is as yet unknown, but speculation pegs next fall.
Coldest Winter, Kanye West
I wonder if this will be as terrible as I'm...
Webisodes of NBC’s Late Night With Jimmy Fallon begin at 1235a Tuesday via NBC.com. This daily video blog will give viewers an advanced look at Fallon’s new talk show and the network is also expected to announce the March/early April premiere date today. Fallon will take over NBC’s Late Night when Conan O’Brien departs the show to become host of The Tonight Show next year.
Ridiculous!
It should be noted that a lawsuit involving a Pennsylvania sports bar’s toilet seat is not due to the actions of any one thoughtless man. Kathleen Hewko claims she was stuck in a Bethlehem bar’s bathroom stall for 20 minutes after the handicapped-accessible seat “cracked in half,” sending her “violently” into the bowl. The lawsuit claims Hewko hurt her lower...
Will Sean Avery design next season's uniforms? ...
From yesterday’s NYP: THE PUCK ‘SLOPS’ HERE FOR FORMER RANGER By LEONARD GREENE December 4, 2008 — Hockey hell-raiser Sean Avery faces more time in the penalty box for taking a nasty slap shot at his “sloppy seconds” ex-girlfriends who date other NHL players. Avery is meeting here today with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who suspended the former Ranger after he...
I am digging this song so hardcore right now.
White Russians: The first drink I ever ordered at...
The movie was a flop when it was released, but in the decade since, “The Big Lebowski” has attracted a cult following, and as the film’s renown has grown, so has the renown of the White Russian, or, as the Dude calls them, “Caucasians.” The drink is the subject of experimentation at cutting-edge bars like Tailor, in SoHo, which serves a crunchy dehydrated version — a sort of White Russian cereal....
Cuomo tells portrait artist to F**k Off
Fourteen years after leaving office, Mario M. Cuomo, elected three times and once the state’s most prominent political figure, is still refusing to sit for his official portrait.
Tourists have asked about the absence of Mr. Cuomo’s likeness. Emissaries have been sent to try to convince the former governor of the importance of this tradition, but failed to move him. Even Mr. Cuomo’s son Andrew,...
Thomas Friedman Makes A Decent Point Here... →
CALLING ALL PAKISTANIS By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
On Feb. 6, 2006, three Pakistanis died in Peshawar and Lahore during violent street protests against Danish cartoons that had satirized the Prophet Muhammad. More such mass protests followed weeks later. When Pakistanis and other Muslims are willing to take to the streets, even suffer death, to protest an insulting cartoon published in Denmark, is it...