Attended the Los Angeles premiere of A Scanner Darkly on Thursday. Saw Roman Coppola. Sat across the aisle from Keanu. An entertainer whose name I cannot mention due to a non-disclosure agreement threw a hissy fit when his personal assistant, a member of our party,…
Date Archives June 2006
Whoadie
Steven and I joke a lot about the existence of gay retards, and I remained skeptical until Tuesday on a bus to Hollywood. Picture an overweight Woody Allen with grandpa glasses, orange earplugs, mismatched socks and balding hair clumped together by plastic, neon-colored jaw clips….
The Horror
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe on 24) is rumored to be dating Rush Limbaugh.
Suicidal Proust Scholar
I'm fairly positive the arrivals loop at LAX is one of the circles of Hell. Film reviews to come. In the meantime, enjoy this ongoing list of… people I have difficulty respecting people who read USA Today people who use umbrellas on sunny days sign…
This Celluloid Dream
I'm heading down to Los Angeles today for the Los Angeles Film Festival. It's not Bonnaroo, but it's air-conditioned. I've scheduled 10 film screenings over the next six days with the possibility of two or three more. A few Telcoboxers, Rory and I are seeing…
The Second Stanza of the Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
Jay Mariotti: One incident involved [Ozzie] Guillen himself on a night in Baltimore when he stood naked behind me in the clubhouse and — how do I put this? — pretended to have sex with me. [source] Is it wrong that I'm amused? While waiting…
Quickie
I'm surprised at the number of girls who blog about ultimate fighting.
Parenthetical Statement
Later, [Rush] Limbaugh went back to the program's [24] creation, saying: "You got lucky with 9/11 happening shortly after the show started." He quickly stopped himself, saying: "Sorry not got lucky bad choice of words." [source] What a piece of shit he is. Fuckin' fag……
Video of the Week
Avery Johnson channels his inner Sam Jackson. I saw this live and lost it when he said "don't stutter."
Worlds Apart
On Thursday, Ghana eliminated the USA in the first round of the World Cup. The easy excuse is that "soccer's not our sport." The results aren't much different, however, in international competitions of "our" sports. Before 2004, USA basketball teams had only lost two games…