I know my limits. I leave the relevant & serious issues like "Purity" & John McCain's teeth for others to ponder. No, here we contemplate the questions that arise from the fluff of life, while hopefully having a little fun. So in addition to the usual stuff, I thought I would throw a question on the table tonight.
Like many of you, I decided to have fun during the 4th of July holiday. At a party thrown by some friends, I met someone. She's smart, funny, and very hot, basically everything a heterosexual male could ask for. We had a good time, but there is one issue. It wasn't until later that I found out she's 19. I'm in my late 20s & maybe it's a sign of me starting to feel old as I approach 30, but there is something just a tad odd about going out with someone who a short time ago was worrying about Homecoming & a Prom dress. Although I'm sure she might feel a bit strange if she knew I was on a website as "Rimjob" posting gossip about Lindsay Lohan.
So all of this led me to wonder whether people think there is an age, a point of no return, where it gets "creepy" to date someone 18 or 19? Well, enough about my hangups, on to the crap.....
The standard warning for those of you who've never seen one of these: If you would like to see the latest entertainment news, celebrity gossip and odd crap making the rounds, keep reading. However, if you are easily offended by half-nude men & women or other such things, you might want to stop right now.
You've been warned.
["What A Tangled Web We Weave When We Practice To Deceive"]
The Yankees are 5.5 games out of first place in the AL East, but the big headlines are still about third baseman Alex Rodriguez. It has long been rumored that "A-Rod" has been stepping out on his wife. If there was a tipping point in his marriage to Cynthia Rodriguez, it seems it was at the end of May when the New York Post caught A-Rod at a Toronto strip joint with a blonde woman, later identified as Joslyn Noel Morse, who had also been seen with him in Tampa, Miami, and Dallas. At the beginning of this month, Cynthia Rodriguez separated from A-Rod & filed for divorce. Then things went to DefCon 3 with the inclusion of Madonna (and her own shaky marriage to Guy Ritchie) & Lenny Kravitz into this mess.
There are reports (which Madonna's reps deny or say were business related) of late-night visits by A-Rod, including one visit the night after Cynthia Rodriguez gave birth to their second child just 2 months ago.
Just met? Hardly. New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez was smitten with Madonna six months ago when he was exchanging text messages with her while dining with a friend in Miami.
"He kept smiling, acting as if he was a little kid," the dinner companion tells Us Weekly in its latest issue, on newsstands now. "He told me it was Madonna," A-Rod's friend says. "I was shocked." The highest-paid player in baseball then "proceeded to say he was in love with her," the pal tells Us. "I thought he was kidding, but he wasn't."
By February, the 32-year-old slugger had upped the ante. "He said, 'She's my f--king soulmate, dude,'" the friend tells Us.
However, Madonna, while trying to deal with speculation about her own marriage, put out a statement which said.....
"My husband and I are not planning on getting a divorce. I know Alex Rodriguez through Guy Oseary, who manages both of us. I brought my kids to a Yankee game. I am not romantically involved in any way with Alex Rodriguez. I have nothing to do with the state of his marriage or what spiritual path he may choose to study."
Now there is a cynical school of thought out there arguing this is part of some convoluted public relations scheme on the part of Guy Ritchie & Madonna's people (particularly one Guy Oseary, more on that later). Madonna just put out an album (Hard Candy) & has a new tour starting at the end of August, and Guy Ritchie has a new movie on the way (RocknRolla). And in the vein that no publicity is bad publicity, the Madonna-Ritchie divorce rumors as well as the A-Rod serve to keep them in the media spotlight. However, that's just a little too cute by half.
So how does Lenny Kravitz get dragged into this?
Shortly after this mess blew up, it was reported that Cynthia Rodriguez spent $100,000 on a jaunt to Paris, and then there was a report in the Post that she "shacked up" in Lenny's Paris apartment, minus 3-year-old Natasha and 2-month-old Ella who were left behind in Miami. This led to speculation as to whether Mrs. Rodriguez was having her own action on the side with Kravitz.
Not so say those close to Lenny, and they think this story is being "pimped" to the press by Madonna & A-Rod's manager, Guy Oseary.
Romero called Kravitz two weeks ago to tip him off that Oseary - who managed Kravitz, Madonna and A-Rod - was about to "pimp out Madonna and A-Rod," said a source. But Kravitz didn't approve and told Romero, "I'll take care of this" - and fired Oseary.
Kravitz was shocked when he was then accused of having a fling with the slugger's wife, said the source. Romero believes Oseary planted the story in retaliation for being dumped.
Kravitz, Cynthia Rodriguez and Romero were all in Kravitz's tour bus when the reports broke in Paris. "Lenny looked like he was going to throw up," Romero told the Post. "Lenny said, 'I worked so hard to clean up my image and now I'm gonna get dragged into this.' "
The trio planned to fly to Spain to meet up with Denzel Washington, whom Romero also trains, but canceled when Kravitz's alleged tryst made news. The group agreed it was best for Cynthia to instead head back to Miami to "sort out the mess."
A rep for Kravitz confirmed he dumped Oseary two weeks ago.
And if all this wasn't enough, now come the stories of Madonna begging Jose Canseco to hit a home-run in her uterus, and the strippers from sea to shining sea claiming to have had a relationship with A-Rod. However, A-Rod did meet with his wife & kids in Toronto on Friday.
["Dubya" & Colin Powell Arrested In A Bar Fight]
Well, not the real dudes. Shooting is underway for Oliver Stone's 'W.' down in Louisiana. It seems the cast & crew decided to unwind at the Stray Cat Bar in Shreveport. However, things got a little rowdy & the cops were called. Josh Brolin (who's playing George W. Bush) & Jeffrey Wright (Colin Powell) decided to try to intervene, and got locked up, along with 4 other members of the filming crew.
The police were called to Stray Cats bar at around 2 a.m. to break up a disturbance, but things apparently got so rowdy that the popos had to call for backup.
Brolin and Wright were busted after allegedly trying to intervene when one of the crew members they were with, 29-year-old Eric Felland, a lighting technician, was collared for public intoxication and resisting arrest, per authorities.
The other members of the W. brigade were taken into custody and charged with interfering with police, a misdemeanor. Brolin was booked into the city jail and released after posting a $334 cash bond.
[How Does One Have Sex With Mini-Me?]
Some weeks back, a sex tape of Vern "Mini-Me" Troyer turned up on TMZ.com, leading Troyer to file suit. The word for a while has been that Vern was picking up Playboy Playmates over at the Mansion, and did very well for himself around town. So no one should doubt the man has game.
The video released by TMZ featured Vern & his 5 foot 6 inch 22-year-old ex-girlfriend Ranae Shrider. Attempting to capitalize on the notoriety, about a week ago, Shrider gave an interview giving details.
On Positioning:
"I had to kneel down just to give him a hug. And anything but the traditional missionary position was just impossible. So I'd lie on the bed and Verne would crawl up my legs to have sex with me. And as he did it his feet would be tickling my knees! It wasn't quite as passionate as sex with a normal-sized man but he did his best. He didn't wear a condom. There was no point, they're all too big. On the whole though, he wasn't short of sexy skills and tried his hardest to make up in technique what he lacked in size."
3 Times In 20 Minutes:
"It wasn't quite as passionate as sex with a normal-sized man but he did his best. He didn't wear a condom. There was no point, they're all too big... I had no complaints. But the whole thing was over in three minutes. It was strange having sex with someone who couldn't reach to kiss me at the same time, except for my tummy that is! I was so relieved it was over. But minutes later Verne was ready to go again. That night we made love three times in 20 minutes, which most bigger men only dream about doing."
On Almost Drowning:
"I thought it would be fun to do it in the tub. Sadly I almost killed him. While Verne was watching TV I ran the bath, emptied a bottle of bubbles in it and called him in. But the bubbles were so thick and high that once he climbed in he got lost under the water and I couldn't see him. Verne's voice is just like it is in the films and as he disappeared under the water, I heard this tiny yelp for help. I could just hear him crying, ‘Ranae, I can't see! Get me out, I'm drowning!'
[Movie & Television News]
The First 6 Minutes Of The Dark Knight: There is already Oscar talk for Heath Ledger, and the film is being called a "masterpiece" in some early reviews. For those that can't wait, here is a little something to tide you over till next week. Here's the first six minutes of the movie.....
There is rampant speculation about the third Batman film, with some thinking a story might be based on "Dark Victory". However, that creates an issue that was debated last week on movie sites. Should Robin appear in the Christopher Nolan series of films?
One person not keen to having "Robin" appear as Batman's sidekick is Christian Bale.
"If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I’ll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work."
I have never thought Robin quite works in Frank Miller's post-Dark Knight Returns psychology of the character. When on the pages of a comic-book or in the camp of the Adam West TV Show or Joel Schumacher's Batman films, it's one thing. But when you use Nolan's serious tone & realism, it doesn't make sense that Bruce Wayne, as someone who in a lot of ways is just as psychologically disturbed as the criminals he fights (except in a good way), would take in an orphan & then after not locking the Batcave up tight enough for Dick Grayson to find, say "let me get you a suit, and you can come fight crime with me!"
On the other hand, there is the counter-argument that the character of Robin represents a kindred spirit, but also Batman/Bruce Wayne's attempt to have a family again, and that if done correctly it could be very satisfying. Comic writer Jeph Loeb (the writer of "Dark Victory") defended the idea of including Robin.
"Take the time to tell the story properly," Loeb said. "There is a story of Dick Grayson and how he becomes Robin that is extremely moving and very helpful. ...[Grayson/Robin] doesn’t understand why it is that he needs to do this and Bruce doesn’t understand why he’s doing it either because he’s not a parent. He doesn’t know how to be a parent," Loeb said. "And together, they make each other better people. So that for me would be the next step."
Remake Of Red Dawn Coming: Probably one of the most jingoistic examples of '80s Cold War paranoia is Red Dawn. However, it's still has a great "B-Movie" action flick quality that makes it watchable even today if you just sit back, turn off your brain, and don't take the film seriously. "WOLVERRRRINNNNES!!!!"
Now if you watch the film as an accurate depiction of what a Soviet Invasion of the United States might have been like, you're going to be sorely disappointed. For one thing, the film takes about 5 minutes at the beginning setting up a bunch of unlikely circumstances (Green Party takes control in Western Germany, Communist revolutions in Mexico & most of South America, the dissolution of the NATO Alliance, etc.), but I'm almost certain that Russian special forces wouldn't have had as one of their primary objectives to land at high schools & fire RPGs down the hallways & at the cars parked outside.
Well now comes word on the remake.
"The tone is going to be very intense, very much keeping in mind the post-9/11 world that we’re in," says [Screenwriter Carl] Ellsworth, who was 11 when the original was released. "As ‘Red Dawn’ scared the heck out of people in 1984, we feel that the world is kind of already filled with a lot of paranoia and unease, so why not scare the hell out of people again?"
As anyone who's read this diary regularly probably already knows, I dislike remakes, but this one is intriguing because it raises a whole bunch of questions as to how in the hell the powers that be think this will work. For one thing, the title. The Soviet Union doesn't exist anymore, so unless it's going to be China (the only other "sort of" Superpower in the world) invading the United States, the "Red" in the title doesn't really make sense unless it's some Commies the US is fighting. Also, unless they're going to do the same sort of set up at the beginning of the film as the 84 version, creating some Islamic revolution across the planet, I don't think a film where Al-Qaeda or Iran takes control of Colorado is going to work, on any level because it would just be even more laughably unbelievable then Russians landing at a high-school.
Movie Trailers: First up is the teaser for The Day The Earth Stood Still. I so wanted to do this diary last week to talk about this, but I just had absolutely no time to do it. The film will swap the anti-nuclear holocaust theme of the original for an environmental theme. However, one thing that has concerned some fans of the original is whether Gort would be in the film, and what form he would take. The end of the teaser shows something that resembles Gort, and may or may not be Gort.
Why may it not be the loveable laser eyed robot? In some of the drafts of the script people have read, Gort is a robot (or something) called "Totem" and moves around like a dog when in action, and then reverts to a totem-pole look when idle. So, with the inclusion of the Gort-like robot in the teaser, some think the filmmakers thought better and decided to revert "Totem" to "Gort".
If you have problems with the embedded players below, or want to see other recently released teasers & trailers, click here.
Other news circulating around the web.....
- Gone, Heigl, Gone? Katherine Heigl might be dead to "Grey's Anatomy" creator Shonda Rhimes.
- Screen Actors Guild leaders reject latest offer from studios. However, SAG claims it's not an outright rejection, and they have a counterproposal. The Studios responded by implying the longer negotiations go on, the worse their offer may get because of economic conditions: "Our companies are not immune from the effects of this economic slowdown. It is very possible that, as a result of changing economic conditions, we will have to reevaluate the offer we have on the table."
- AFTRA Approves New Deal With 62.4%
- Tarantino is "shopping" his script for Inglorious Bastards around Hollywood, wants Brad Pitt for one of the roles, and some who have read it call it a "masterpiece". Also wants adult star Tera Patrick for remake of "Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!".
- Sex and the City sequel in early development.
- Sarah Jessica Parker is returning to the realm of book-derived HBO sitcoms to shoot a pilot for "Washingtonienne," based on the novel by Jessica Cutler about the sex life of a D.C. girl, as well other HBO News you can read by clicking on the link.
- Sacha Baron Cohen's tentatively titled movie, "Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt" has already duped the Palestinians & the Mossad. Well what happens when "Bruno" shows up at a cage fight in Arkansas?
- Sandee Westgate: The Hottest Film Critic... EVER Does 10,000 B.C.
- Michael J. Fox to join the cast of "Rescue Me".
- Wall-E's Big, Fat, Offensive Problem.
- Former N Sync member Lance Bass set to join "Dancing With The Stars", but ABC is unsure as to whether it should give him a male or female partner.
- The World of Sid & Marty Krofft comes to MySpace.
- Robert Downey Jr. is going to be Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes.
- Del Toro's Hellboy II gets a good reviews, with Roger Ebert seeing homages to Star Wars. Also, with The Hobbit, shooting to begin in 2010 on 2 films.
- Missing That Hot Cup Of Fresh OFFICE Every Thursday?? NBC.com Has Its Awesome Kevin-centric Webisode Up!!
- Last week, Spike TV teased ABC’s summer hit "Wipeout" about "ripping off" its long-running show "MXC", by posting a video on YouTube. ABC responded by having the video yanked.
- Images for Season 3 of "Ugly Betty".
- Spike Jonze's troubled adaption of Where The Wild Things Are gets new release date: Never.
- Was Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier, and not Bryan Singer, offered the Superman sequel?
- Another testament that you should never mix work with pleasure, Rose McGowan and Robert Rodriguez split, putting multiple projects in limbo (including a remake of Red Sonja), also leading to speculation that Jessica Alba might be starring in the Barbarella remake instead of McGowan.
- The CW faces D-Day in the fall.
- 5 Terrible Life Lessons Hollywood Loves to Teach You.
- Images From The Set Of The GALACTICA Series Finale!!
- CBS' Lara Logan goes wild in Iraq.
- Roland Emmerich's Splendidly Stupid 2012.
- Darren Aronofsky in discussions to direct Robocop remake.
- New Photos: Cirque Du Freak, The Wolfman, & Matt Damon in Green Zone (loosely based on Rajiv Chandresekaran's book "Imperial Life In The Emerald City").
- Robert De Niro wants to make two "Good Shepherd" sequels.
- The "Arrested Development" Movie’s Really Happening?
- "Friday Night Lights" Cuts Two Players.
- Has Tim Burton Found His Alice?
- David Fincher Takes His Heavy Metal Remake Away from Paramount.
- The Rebellion Wins! FANBOYS is back in Fanboys' hands! The Victory Is Yours!
- Over at the new 90210, they're getting the band back together, with Shannen Doherty To Reprise Brenda Walsh. However, Jason Priestley (Brandon) will not.
- Images From Newly Recovered METROPOLIS Footage!!
- After Amy Winehouse was declared the winner of the Quantum of Solace theme song for the second Daniel Craig Bond movie, she had the honor suddenly pulled. You know, it was Amy Winehouse, she probably smoked crack in the song or something. Whatever happened, E! is now reporting that Alicia Keys is all but a lock for the new theme, though no official announcement has been made.
- Coming as a surprise to no one, HBO Wants a "Sopranos" Movie.
- The 70-Year Evolution Of Batman's Greatest Foe.
- Twilight Stars Vogue Out for Entertainment Weekly.
- 5 Famous Sci-Fi Weapons That They're Actually Building.
- Photos from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- Michael Caine: Heath Ledger Will Get an Oscar Nomination.
- New Wolverine promo photo for X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
- Warner And DC Hope To Copy Marvel’s Playbook.
- Director Jon Favreau is on-board for Iron Man 2.
- Stephen King: Why Hollywood and Big Studios Can't Do Horror.
- The Wu-Tang Clan's RZA to Wield His Liquid Swords on the Big Screen!
- 60,000 volts of black power! The Black Dynamite trailer.
- 12 Awesome 80’s Movies That Are Perfect.
- Inconvenient Truth Director Making Obama Documentary.
- 8 Ways They're Going to F**k Up the Dragonball Movie.
- Courtney Cox coming aboard "Scrubs".
- Eddie Murphy Ditches His Own Premiere.
- First Look: James Cameron’s AVATAR Aliens Look Like....Thundercats?
- As Heart of Darkness was to Apocalypse Now, Rain of Madness is to Tropic Thunder.
- First Look: Ace Ventura 3.
- Michael Bay's Rejected "The Dark Knight" Script.
- The best movie endings ever?
- After bringing down Gov. Eliot Spitzer and becoming the most infamous hooker in America, Ashley Dupre is about to stoop even lower than prostitution - reality television.
- Bruce Campbell on what it would take for him to do another EVIL DEAD + more.
- The VH1 Show-mance between New York & Taylor Made is over.
- Hear Huey Lewis’ "Pineapple Express" Theme Song!
- Val Kilmer and Xzibit Enlist in the Crazy Party That Is Werner Herzog's BAD LIEUTENANT!
- Terminator Salvation Set Photos.
- The "Two Coreys" have drama on the set of Lost Boys II.
[Music News]
Charts: Through the magic of , you can click on any of the song titles below & see the video for that particular track. The top 10 songs on Billboard's Hot 100 are.....
- Katy Perry - "I Kissed A Girl"
- Rihanna - "Take A Bow"
- Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major - "Lollipop"
- Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love"
- Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
- Chris Brown - "Forever"
- Natasha Bedingfield - "Pocketful Of Sunshine"
- Jonas Brothers - "Burnin Up"
- Piles Featuring Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Part II"
- Miley Cyrus - "7 Things"
The Top 10 Songs in the United States at the iTunes Store are.....
- Katy Perry - "I Kissed A Girl"
- Miley Cyrus - "7 Things"
- Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"
- Jonas Brothers - "Burnin Up"
- Rihanna - "Disturbia"
- The Pussycat Dolls - "When I Grow Up"
- Chris Brown - "Forever"
- Metro Station - "Shake It"
- Natasha Bedingfield - "Pocketful Of Sunshine"
- Rihanna - "Take A Bow"
Other info going about on the series of tubes.....
[Gratuitous Links & Pics]
Other News & Crap
- Brad Pitt was at Angelina Jolie's side as she gave birth to a son and daughter Saturday at the Fondation Lenval hospital in Nice, France. According to Jolie's Doctor, she was "speaking & laughing" during labor.
Jolie gave birth to a boy, Knox Leon, and a girl, Vivienne Marcheline, by Cesarean section on Saturday night. Knox weighed 5.03 lbs, and Vivienne 5 lbs.
- Jamie Lynn Spears: Let the baby pimpin' begin!
- And sister Britney seems have gotten some horse hair weaved on to her head.
- Ethan Hawke marries girlfriend Ryan Shawhughes, who was his family's nanny when he was married to Uma Thurman.
- Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban welcomed Sunday Rose Kidman Urban into the world. The new parents also buy a home in Malibu for $4.7 million.
- Matthew McConaughey stops partying enought for him & model girlfriend Camila Alves to welcome baby Levi Alves McConaughey, sells baby pictures for " million. Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong stop by to see the bay and then head to Tahoe to party.
- British actress Emily Blunt — known for role as an icy assistant in the The Devil Wears Prada — has split with Canadian singer Michael Bublé.
- Pamela Anderson is kind of a hypocrite.
- Leather lover Cher is about to marry her Hells Angel toy boy - who is 24 years her junior.
- Megan Fox is not available, and did not break up with "David Silver" (aka fiance Brian Austin Green).
- Jurors to Dane Cook: You're S**t Outta Luck.
- Playboy: The Girls of the Olive Garden.
- Lindsay Lohan & Samantha are so happy together. Reports have Sam buying a $22,000 Cartier diamond ring for Lindsay. Also, Lindsay is selling her own line of leggings, including $42 for "tacky ass leopard cankle-hiders."
- Lindsay Lohan's alleged secret half-sister and her mommy spoke to The Insider and bring the drama.
- Elvira lost her virginity to Tom Jones.
- Drew Barrymore & Justin Long break up.
- Sarah Larson & George Clooney are still friends. Meanwhile, George is buyin a Tesla.
- Heidi and Spencer Get Their Hands on Guns.
- Mariah Carey: Nick Cannon Would Be A Great Dad.
- Hef's Harem Springing A Leak?
- Jessica Simpson wore a t-shirt that said "Real Girls Eat Meat." Pamela Anderson then went on Australian radio and declared that Simpson is "a bitch and a whore." Hilarity ensues.
- Three weeks after she headed to Arizona to receive treatment for anxiety and depression, Heather Locklear is flourishing – but missing her 10-year-old daughter, Ava.
- "Heroes" Milo Ventimiglia, 31, & Hayden Panettiere, 18, getting ready for a wedding?
- Michael Jackson hits a toy shop in pyjamas, a surgeon's mask, a rasta wig and a wheelchair.
- Jessica Alba: "I understand why some women use men for sex." Also, sells pics of her new baby for $1.5 million.
- Miley Cyrus and personal cameras do not go together. And who is taking a shower with her?
- Tobey Maguire flips out after the paparazzi won't put down the flash bulbs, and let him & his wife back out of a parking lot.
- Report that Kanye West will attend anger management sessions. Kanye denies it with Question Marks. Also wants you to know Harper’s Bazaar Sucks!
- Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher postpone wedding. Fisher is yet to complete her conversion to the Jewish faith.
- Sting was left furious after discovering his teenage daughter had shared a tent with Pete Doherty at the Glastonbury music festival.
- Cowboys' quarterback Tony Romo serenades Jessica Simpson at her 28th birthday party.
- Christie Brinkley gets the kids, house in divorce settlement.
- Mary Kate Olsen headed back to rehab?
- Jenny McCarthy And Jim Carrey Swimsuit Pictures.
- The Wedding Of The Year!
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