Multiple sources confirm that Palin and uber-reality show producer Mark Burnett have been making the rounds in Hollywood this week to pitch a TV docudrama about Alaska. One source called it a “planet-Earth type look†at Palin’s home state.
The former candidate for the vice presidency was seen leaving ABC today with Burnett, and an insider confirmed that she met with reality topper Mike Darnell yesterday at Fox (where she and her family ended the day by visiting American Idol. Palin stayed in the green room). She also stopped by CBS today and plans to meet with NBC Universal TV Chairman Jeff Gaspin tomorrow.
When asked about the meeting, one executive quipped, “she’s pitching a sequel to Commander in Chief,†a reference to the ABC drama from Rod Lurie that starred Geena Davis as the first female president.
Palin began her week in Los Angeles by appearing on The Tonight Show, where she told Leno that her previous dream was to be to become a sportscaster – and then she told some jokes.
Alex Massie passes along “An unfortunately timed Accenture advertisement in the Wall Street Journal today that has also caught the attention of the folks at TMZ (who dub it “the definition of irony) and, I’m sure, others.
The juxtaposition of this and Woods’ car crash over the weekend is somewhat amusing, although I’m sure the gang at Accenture are laughing all the way to the bank. This ad is pretty similar to a whole series of ads they’ve run featuring Woods going back to 2003 but this is the first one I’m paid any attention to.
On the subject of Woods, Conor Friedersdorf argues that, not only do athletes deserve to be treated as private individuals outside their sporting lives but, more importantly, sports fans would be much better served were that the case.
Every aficionado knows that sports are worth playing and watching as a simulacrum of life. Contriving various games with sets of rules, and leagues of competitors, we’re meant to enjoy the beauty of athletic prowess, to be awed by bodies that can do things ours can’t, to experience the suspense of live competition, the thrills of victory, and the lows of defeat—and to learn from the spectacle, all without the consequences of actual battle.
The effect is ruined when real life intrudes, even if only in the mind of the viewer, just as a movie is diminished when an actor’s real-life personality is as much a presence as the character he is playing, or a play suffers when a stagehand is heard sneezing behind the scenery during a climactic scene.
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What I’d like is to hold athlete-entertainers to account as role models so long as they’re on the job. Should Tiger Woods back his golf cart into a lake during a celebrity skins tournament, by all means let’s investigate the story, lament the fall of another athlete who “seemed different than the others,” and recalibrate our opinion of the sportsman. The same goes for folks who dope in private to enhance their public performances. Realty demands that Mark McGwire is a fallen hero; his sins bear directly on his supposed heroics.
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Except in the most extreme circumstances, athletes shouldn’t be treated as public figures when they are off the court, the field, or the course. It diminishes what they add to society, irrationally elevating their private lives in ways that do a disservice to them and to us.
That’s exactly right, I think.
That won’t keep us from writing about the Woods mini-scandal or others involving athletes. People are interested in these matters. Heck, I’m interested in them. But we would undoubtedly be better off knowing less about our icons than we do.
When most people are raped they go to the police or a shrink to talk about their troubles, well Katie Price (aka Jordan) talks to a magazine.
Last month Katie opened up saying she was raped numerous times when she was younger but didn’t want to discuss it. Well she is kind of discussing it now.
She said “a famous celebrity raped me and Peter knows who it was. It was years ago before I was with Pete, and my friends and family knew about it at the time.”
Her ex husband Peter Andre says he knew nothing about this, asked why he would say this she goes on to say “I have no idea. He’s not the Pete I knew any more. He’s being really cruel when he knows exactly who did it.”
She was then asked why she didn’t report the crime, she said “next question. I don’t want to go down that road. I don’t want to talk about that ever again.”
This is totally going to turn into a guessing game of which celebrity raped her and I have a feeling a lot of names will get dragged into it thus ruining a lot of careers.
I should have sympathy for Katie Price but we all know she is a famewhore and is totally going to drag this thing out.
When Matt Sheffield passed along word via Twitter that “Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web,” I was naturally intrigued. His link took me to this AP report in the Washington Examiner:
Security technology company McAfee Inc. on Tuesday reported that searches for the 27-year-old actress are more likely to lead to online threats such as spyware and viruses than searches for any other celebrity. McAfee said fans searching for the actress have a one-in-five chance of ending up at a Web site designed to damage one’s computer. Its the third annual report on the subject from McAfee, which last year found that Brad Pitt was the “most dangerous” celeb online.
“Cybercriminals are star watchers, too,” said Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee’s product development. “They latch onto popular celebrities to encourage the download of malicious software in disguise.”
Following Biel in the report, in order, were Beyonce, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Brady and Jessica Simpson. McAfee noted President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are curiously safe searches, ranking no. 34 and no. 39, respectively.
I nonetheless took the huge risk to locate the image that adorns this post as a service to you, dear readers.
To celebrate 10 years of bringing great celebrity nude scenes from movies and TV, Mr.Skin has compiled a top 100 list of all the best nude scenes.
There is some great picks on the list but here is the top 10:
10. Anne Hathaway – Havoc (2005)
Anne crawls seductively on a couch while her boyfriend videotapes her. We see butt crack over the top of her pants. She then takes off her top to reveal her breasts.
09. Alyssa Milano – Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
Alyssa poses topless for photographer Charlotte Lewis. The snapping session evolves into a heated girl-girl makeout.
08. Eva Green – The Dreamers (2003)
Eva is seen topless, wearing long black gloves, posing like the Venus de Milo come beautifully to life.
07. Halle Berry – Swordfish (2001)
Halle is sunbathing and reading a magazine. Hugh Jackman approaches. She drops the magazine and we see her breasts.
06. Kelly Preston – Mischief (1985)
Teenage Kelly strips full-frontally naked in her bedroom for Doug McKeon.
05. Marisa Tomei – Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
We enjoy a long look at Marisa topless walking around her bedroom, talking to Ethan Hawke after sex.
04. Jessica Biel – Powder Blue (2009)
Jessica dances on stage at a strip club. She exposes her breasts, then drips candle wax all over her naked body.
03. Sharon Stone – Basic Instinct (1992)
While being interrogated by police, Sharon uncrosses and crosses her legs, revealing—via a shocking shot of her vagina—that she is not wearing underpants.
02. Angelina Jolie – Gia (1998)
After a nude snooze, Angelina (playing real-life model Gia Carangi) bares boobs and butt walking down the hallway trying to stop lesbian lover Elizabeth Mitchell from leaving.
01. Phoebe Cates – Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
In Judge Reinhold’s masturbation fantasy, Phoebe rises from a backyard pool in a red bikini, approaches him in slow motion, and pops off her top to reveal her breasts.
To view the rest of the top 100 then head over to the Mr.Skin website.
Ever wanted your baby that looks like whoever is the hottest celebrity at that time? Well now is your chance!
All you need to do is go to California Cryobank, a sperm bank in Los Angeles, CA. Because they announced yesterday that they are now posting photographs of celebrities who look like the sperm donor.
Why? Because it gives the client a good idea of what and who their children will look like. Apparently some employees in the California Cryobank spent over six months putting photographs together to match their donors.
Scott Brown, an employee for the clinic said “the number one client question we get is: `Who does this donor look like? We decided this would be a great way to give thorough and consistent answers. Clients love it. Look-a-Likes has only been available for a week and our Web site traffic is up 50 percent.”
Brown said the sperm bank is choosy, accepting fewer than 1 percent of people who apply to be donors. The screening process includes genetic testing, regular blood tests, a three-generation family medical history, and a sperm count/quality in the top 15 percent of the population, he said.
Clients can search for attributes such as height or eye and hair color, and the database will return a list of donors who each have two or three celebrity look-alikes. Users also can choose from an existing library of celebrities to generate a list of matching donors, according to California Cyrobank, which was started in 1977.
This is all kinds of weird in my opinion, what happened to just loving your children for being your children? Also why would you want your child to look like a celebrity you may fantasize over?
For the full list of celebrities you can have your baby look at then check out the California Cryobank website.
Twitter’s not the only social platform to have a celebrity fetish. Google is bringing out its inner obsession with celeb users by launching iGoogle Showcase, which allows you to see and share the homepages of your favorite celebs.
The current site showcases iGoogle homepages from celebs such as Rachael Ray, Al Gore, and Katie Couric. The showcase also highlights web celebs like Kevin Rose, Arianna Huffington, and Seth Godin.
The iGoogle Showcase lets you copy your favorite celeb’s iGoogle page to your own, or browse through the collection and choose different gadgets and themes to include from varying pages. Some celebs have created customized gadgets that you can embed.
For example, Ryan Seacrest’s gadget lets you keep up with all the latest entertainment news. Donald Trump’s gadget offers advice to entrepreneurs, Martha Stewart shares recipes and tips, and Anderson Cooper delivers headline news and extras from his CNN show AC360.
Washington’s most important new resident is featured on the cover of the Washingtonian’s May issue — shirtless.
The shot of President Barack Obama wearing his bathing suit caused a stir when it was taken by the paparazzi while the Obamas were vacationing in Hawaii during Christmas last year. The photo is used to illustrate the magazine’s list of “26 Reasons to Love Living Here.” The No. 2 reason is “Our New Neighbor Is Hot.”
The picture is causing a stir again.
The photo was altered to make Obama’s swimming trunks red. In the original photo taken last year, Obama’s trunks are black.
Some journalists have taken issue with the change. The Huffington Post accused the magazine of changing Obama’s skin tone to a more golden glow.
“In the world of news, that’s unethical,” the blog post states.
The Post also reported that Washingtonian lifestyle editor, Leslie Milk, admitted the image was altered.
“I know we changed the color of his suit to red, and dropped out the background.”
The Obama cover is a departure for the local lifestyle magazine, which is usually more conservative, showcasing guides to the area’s top doctors or restaurants.
“It’s a unique time in Washington and this photo helps capture all of the reasons why,” the Washingtonian’s editor-at-large, Garrett Graff, told ABC News.
“It’s not a normal way to look at a president of the United States but this is not a normal president.
The Obamas are the center of attention here and the whole world is looking to Washington now in a way we haven’t seen in years,†he said, calling it “a real golden age of Washington.â€
As you all know, John McCain has already started hitting below the belt, calling Barack Obama “the world’s biggest celebrity”.
McCain even went as far as comparing Barack to Paris Hilton.
Well… she’s pissed.
UPDATE (James):
For those unable to watch the video, ABC News’ Tahman Bradley has the rundown:
Sitting on a lawn chair in a bathing suit, Ms. Hilton says to camera, “Hey America, I’m Paris Hilton and I’m a celebrity too. Only I’m not from the olden days and I’m not promising change like that other guy. I’m just hot.”
She continues, “But then that wrinkly white-haired guy used me in his campaign ad, which I guess means that I’m running for president.”
And so, since Hilton has interpreted the comparison to Sen. Obama, D-Ill., as meaning that she too is qualified to be leader of the free world, Hilton, jokingly, lays out her campaign platform.
The video has some more tough words for the “wrinkly white-haired” Arizona Senator: “He’s the oldest celebrity it the world, like super old. Old enough to remember when dancing was a sin and beer was served in a bucket,” a narrator says, with a picture of Larry King and then Yoda to drive home the age point.
In the unkindest cut of all, McCain’s spokesperson Tucker Bounds tells TMZ that on the subject of energy, Paris is deeper than Barack. He says, “Sounds like Paris is taking the ‘All of the Above’ energy approach that John McCain has advocated — both alternatives and drilling. Perhaps the reality is that Paris has a more substantive energy plan than Barack Obama.”
Naturally, all of this has resulted in some enlightening discussion on the issues that matter most to Americans.
