For many years, the press would come down to San Diego Comic-Con International to take pictures and interview attendees. The results were always the same. They would look for those with the most outlandish costumes and the report would be:
I just got home from Comic-Con. In a couple hours I have to take a shower and head back downtown for a big party my Hollywood management company invited me to. Every year they team with a bunch of other
It’s hard for me to believe that the San Diego Comic Con International is now close to 40 years old. I’ve been going to them since 1975. Since 1981 I have only missed 2 Cons. Over the years I’ve seen
While running for President, Barack Obama used the word “change” as his mantra. A lot of people thought he meant that in a good way. They’re finding out they were wrong. To put it in Hollywood terms, Obama campaigned like
I met Michael Jackson just once back in 1993. It was only months before he was first accused of sexually molesting then 13-year-old Jordy Chandler. Like a lot of people before that scandal, I was an admirer of his music.
When you favor someone because of their race over others who are equally or more qualified, that’s racism. Except in America where an old policy that was supposed to help people in an age of real separatism is still on
California voters just put four rounds in the tax propositions yesterday. As they should have. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had this to say: “I respect the will of the people who are frustrated with the dysfunction in our budget system,” Mr
Last week I told you why political correctness must die. There are plenty of reasons, but I gave five. Today I want to tell you how to kill it for good. PC is something everyone seems to hate, yet it
In the early 20th century Marxism seemed like a good idea to many of the poor and downtrodden the world over. It hadn’t yet resulted in the untimely deaths of more people than all the wars of the 20th century
Do you have a spare tire? Some bulges? Do your thighs rub together? Do you have a big gut? Well, be prepared to be ostracized. They already did a number on smokers. It used to be you could smoke almost
No, I am not going to get into that dopey John Lennon song; that paen to Marxism and atheism, but I will ask you to imagine something… Imagine Vladamir Putin on a European trip apologizing for Russia invading its neighbors
Since there was some controversy here over the merits of hip-hop (aka rap), I thought I would throw in my two cents. It’s not my favorite music. I’m more into jazz and classic soul (and lots of other music, as
If the last two months are any indication, Barack Obama is a better bowler than he is a president. And to think all the “smart people” in Hollywood sold him as a “brilliant” mind. Of course, this is brilliant by
…apparently, as many ideologues you can get to follow the pied piper march of the latest global warming scam: Earth Hour. A couple of the usual entertainment suspects made some gross-out videos to get us to go along with the
It’s always fascinated me how people can believe something that’s not true, and then get angry if you challenge them on it. After all, we’re all deluded. Each and every one of us. Don’t believe me? OK, check this out.
Toucan Sam called and wants his nose back, Adrien Brody. Anthony Hopkins introduces Brad Pitt. And calls him brilliant. The Apocalypse is nigh. Ben “Sexy Beast” Kingsley pimps Rourke. And who wins? YOU GOT TO BE FREAKING KIDDING ME!! Now
She did not play a pedophile. The “kid” in the film was above the age of consent. I also don’t have a problem with the fact that it portrayed a nazi sympathetically because it showed how people can be sucked
I own a couple of Queen Latifa’s recent CDs. She’s a really nice singer. This tribute bit is the only part of the show I look forward to each year because it tends to be moving. This was a good
I have a bunch of them in my movie collection. And I like some Bollywood stuff, though I find too many of their films are corny. That number they just did dragged for me. I liked the music in the
They don’t exist unless they’re right wing white guys. Didn’t you get the memo, Andrew?
I loved Man on Wire. Didn’t see the others. Man, that one dude had some choppers! Fricking Bill Mahrer. I watched his “documentary” the other day. Way to make Michael Moore look fair, Bill.
Freebie and the Bean rocking the bald thing. Oh look, Joel Grey puffing up the cliched conservative character Brolin played. Cuba Gooding Jr was funnier than he was in his last 8 comedies. But you JUST KNEW who was going
Never expected to hear Beyonce do Abba. I kind of liked that number, but I agree with others. Jackson can’t sing. At times he sounds like Fred Schiller from the B-52s
It would have been funny if it went somewhere. The visual aspect worked but then it kind of dragged. What’s with all these ladies’ gowns that look like someone stole the drapes?
Pfft! Hellboy should have won makeup. Easy. Button was an achievement, I suppose, but Helloy was visually more impressive. I think Button is using up all its Oscars right here.
Button was visually a great movie. The character was pretty boring. I think the Duchess was more impressive, but whatever. It won for costumes which it should have. This kind of stuff is almost rote. These technical awards are usually
He read the script
But I expected Wall-E to win. Instead Milk wins. Surprise! They always use screenplay for PC films they want to win but are over ruled in highewr categories by something more popular.
Two actresses up for the same award from te same film. They knocked each other out. Allen’s Vickey Christian Barcelona was pretty dull. Cruz was good, but eh.
Using a movie star host instead of the same 3 comedians over again is a nice change of pace. Jackman does look like he’s nervous. The opening is somewhat amusing but Hathaway looks like two eyes on a stick. Jackman’s
No more red carpet. I was beginning to feel like Al Pacino at the end of “Scent of a Woman”
.. a before Picture on a episode of Nip/Tuck. I’ve always liked the guy. But Plastic surgery isn’t what’ll win him an Oscar/
All that adulation and obsequiousness and none of it directed at him. He’s got to be jonesing for that “You’re my idol, Mr. President!” stares about now. We’ll see how many saviOr comments get tossed out bu the faithful in
Thank God the sycophantic red carpet conversations are over. Triple Ugh! The one with Brad and Angelina was entertaining just by watching her eyes when the guy started off saying how she is a savior and inspiration to the world.
Bot the popularity of Twitter.com is really taking off. On the red carpet show they keep talking about “Tweets”, which are Twitter posts people are making on their Twitter mini-blogs. Nope, Tweet isn’t some new Hollywood drug slang, though from
As a child, I noticed something about adults that kind of bothered me. If you said one wrong thing to some people you could set them off. Even something innocent or harmless. I remember when I was 11 my stepmom
If you read part one of this essay, you know I hate clichés and stereotypes. They’re the products of hack writers, lazy minds, and innate bigotry. Part one was about how Hollywood looks at “conservative America.” That is, anything to
As a writer and consumer of entertainment, I really hate clichés and stereotypes. They’re only useful for misdirection, making readers believe the story is going a certain way so you can fool them. But Hollywood keeps trotting out the following
The world economy is a mess. Things are in flux. These are scary times. But part of that comes with change. If you think things are scary now, imagine how people felt when World War I or World War II