Well here is the first look of Ed Harris dressed up as John McCain for his role in HBO’s upcoming move, Game Change, which is about McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Last month we were treated to a sneak peak of Julianne Moore in her role as Sarah Palin, I think both of them look very convincing. What do you think?
I’m not going to lie, at first I thought this was a photo of the real Sarah Palin but it’s actually a photo of Julianne Moore dressed up as Palin for her new HBO movie Game Change.
The movie, which went into production yesterday, follows John McCain‘s 2008 presidential campaign where he picked Palin as his second in command. Ed Harris will take on the role of McCain while Woody Harrelson will play Steve Schmidt and Melissa Farman will portray Bristol Palin.
We all know that Palin isn’t one bit happy about this movie but honestly who really cares about her opinion? I think the resemblance uncanny, what about you?
Happy Friday! For today’s top ten celeb quotes of the week, we’ve got Paula Deen fondling abtastic hottie, The Situation, John McCain’s sympathy for Snooki and “True Blood” newbie Joe Manganiello talking about a sock to cover his junk. Enjoy!
“Who did your hair, Crisco?”
– Paula Deen, during her backstage brush with Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and his abs!, at the CMT Awards
“How about Diddy dog food: Make your dog yap to a rap.”
– Diddy, joking about his next possible business venture, on Nightline
“I had to represent ‘California Gurls’ by wearing Daisy Dukes and a bikini on top – California girls aren’t just all naked!”
– Katy Perry, on the sparkling ensemble she wore for her MTV Movie Awards performance, to People
“Will you just have my baby, and let’s just get it over?”
- Kid Rock, to Sheryl Crow while hosting the CMT Awards
“If it’s a girl, maybe.”
– Crow, who just adopted a second son
“I would never tax your tanning bed! Pres Obama’s tax/spend policy is quite The Situation. but I do rec wearing sunscreen!”
– Senator John McCain, Tweeting to Jersey Shore’s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, after the reality star complained about the President’s 10% tanning tax
“I was welcomed into the brotherhood of the sock. When you’re naked on the show, you have to wear a sock, and it’s not on your foot.”
– True Blood newcomer Joe Manganiello, on his nude initiation into the vampire drama, to EW
“I have a major crush on President Obama … I think he is so fine.”
– Glee’s Amber Riley, who met the Commander in Chief during the cast’s trip to the White House, on Lopez Tonight
“Very Sonny and Cher, but Clay and Ruben.”
– Clay Aiken, on his upcoming concert tour with former American Idol castmate Ruben Studdard, on Chelsea Lately
“I will keep doing it until I go to the bathroom and wipe my ears.”
– Joan Rivers, sharing her plan for future plastic surgeries, on The View
“Whoever established the high road and how high it should be should be fired.”
– Sandra Bullock, showing off her humor in her first televised appearance since her marriage scandal, at the MTV Movie Awards
Think you know Sarah Palin? Well, Levi Johnston says that you probably don’t know everything there is to know about her.
In a new interview, Levi spilled the beans on five things we probably didn’t know about Sarah.
1. She wanted to adopt his and Bristol’s son.
In her vice presidential bid, Sarah kept nagging Levi and Bristol to adopt their son. She was desperate to keep Bristol’s pregnancy a secret from the public. Levi said, “Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging — she wouldn’t give up. She would say, ‘So, are you gonna let me adopt him?’ We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.”
2. She kept saying that being Governor of Alaska was “too hard”.
After losing the vice presidency, Levi said, “She walked around the house pouting. A week or two after she got back, she started talking about how nice it would be to quit and write a book or do a show and make ‘triple the money.’ It was, to her, ‘not as hard.’ She would blatantly say, ‘I want to just take this money and quit being governor.’”
3. She used to retaliate against running-mate John McCain.
During their election efforts, she would put John McCain down. “She would say things like ‘I brough everything to the table’ and ‘The majority of people were out there voting because of me!’ She definitely thought she was running for president.”
4. They never slept together and threatened each other with divorce.
Levi says Todd and Sarah “wouldn’t go anywhere together unless the cameras were out. In all the time Bristol and I were together, I’ve never seen them sleep in the same bedroom.”
He adds that Todd “slept in the living room, on his little black recliner, with the TV going in the background — usually with the news or an Ultimate Fighting Championship match on — wearing clothes he wore that same day.” Levi also said that there were fights about divorce, as well. He says, “There was a lot of talk of divorce in that house…Todd would say, ‘All right, do you want a divorce? Is that what you want? Let’s do it! Sign the papers!’ They’d either stop and be fine or Sarah would go to her room.”
5. She never hunts or fishes.
Levi blew the horn on Sarah’s little “hunting expeditions”, too. He says, “She says she goes hunting and lives off animal meat — I’ve never seen it. I’ve never seen her touch a fishing pole. She had a gun in her bedroom and one day she asked me to show her how to shoot it. I asked her what kind of gun it was, and she said she didn’t know, because it was in a box under her bed.”
I wasn’t buying any of that BS she was spewing anyways. Think she’ll run for office again any time soon? Let’s hope not.
source: Levi Johnston’s 5 Biggest Bombshells About Sarah Palin – [Us Weekly]
Huffington Post is catching some grief over a post by Anya Strzemien titled “Sarah Palin’s Toenails: What’s Painted On Them? (PHOTOS, POLL).” Apparently, the Alaska governor and former Republican vice presidential nominee had some manner of decorative adornment on her nails which were in display in some orange strappy sandals:
While some are taking HuffPo to task for journalistic silliness and questioning whether they have a foot fetish, the most prevalent theme of the critics is whether it’s sexist to comment on how a female public figure looks.
We’ve said many times that focus on a woman’s body parts instead of her ideas and actions is sexist, and that such belittling is aimed at women on both the left and right by both men and women. In this case, some will argue that HuffPo is just having a little fun. However the comments posted after the stroy are classist, sexist, and hateful, which can’t be a surprise to Huffpo. So what about encouraging comments that you know are going to be a mysogyny fest? Is that sexist, too?
Teresa Kopec, who tipped me to the story via Twitter, observes, “There is a lot of anti-woman BS that is going around lately against Palin, Sotomayor, the women targeted by Playboy, etc.”
While perhaps it’s splitting hairs, I would distinguish between sexism and double standards. There’s not much doubt that the way women look is more commented upon than the way men look. That doesn’t necessarily translate into thinking women’s intellects or skills are less important than those of men.
I don’t think, for example, that Hillary Clinton or Sonia Sotomayor have been viewed as silly sex objects. It’s certainly true that Clinton’s appearance has been at issue as long as I can recall her being in public life (which is to say, since 1991 or so). When she was First Lady, her hairdo was especially commented on, as was her choice of pantsuits vice dresses. And WaPo’s Robin Givhan devoted a whole story on C1 to Hillary Clinton’s cleavage. And then there was the case of Condoleezza Rice’s commanding clothes which, according to a C1 story in WaPo, spoke of “sex and power,” also from Givhan.
Do we comment like that on how male public officials dress? No, we don’t.
Still, Clinton is almost universally perceived as an extraordinarily bright and competent woman. She catapulted to the United States Senate despite no real record of her own and was considered the hands-down frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination six years later. And Sotomayor’s words and judicial record, not her toenails or fashion sense, are what we’re focusing on.
Palin is almost a separate case. She was a virtual unknown on the national scene when McCain tabbed her, so her national image was forged by instant impression. By vice presidential standards, she’s extraordinarily attractive. She’s young and a former beauty queen. Further, she dresses in a way that plays up her sexuality. Why, a recent scientifical study found that Palin’s sexiness hurt the ticket. Naturally, the news of said study sparked a round of blogospheric discussion about Palin’s hotness and a backlash against bloggers talking about Palin’s hotness.
Still, while the focus on her appearance goes well beyond what would be normal for a male candidate, it’s not like there wasn’t plenty of commentary on her preparation for the job. Indeed, I’m sure she’d rather we spent more time talking about her legs.
As to this particular controversy, it’s a silly blog post and some of the commentary it drew was particularly unattractive. Palin is a polarizing figure, which doesn’t help. Then again, one can scarcely imagine, say, Tim Pawlenty appearing at a public event in jean shorts and sandals, the male analog to what Palin was photographed in.
In his first interview since conceding the presidential election, John McCain said Tuesday that Sarah Palin did not damage his presidential bid and he dismissed anonymous criticism aimed at her following their crushing defeat.
“I’m so proud of her and I’m very grateful she agreed to run with me. She inspired people, she still does, I couldn’t be happier with Sarah Palin.”
In an interview that mingled flashes of humor with political analysis, McCain did little to deflect responsibility from himself. He alluded to the difficult political environment for Republicans nationwide and conceded, “I could tell you a lot of things that we may have made mistakes on.” He never listed them.
“So, that’s the way it is,” he added.
Asked by Leno to address griping about Palin from unidentified McCain operatives in the days following the election, the Arizona senator said, “These things happen in campaigns.
“I think I have at least a thousand, quote, top advisers,” he scoffed. “A top adviser said? … I’ve never even heard of … a top adviser or a high-ranking Republican official.”
Carrie Underwood says she has lost all respect for the likes of Oprah, Diddy, Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney and pretty much every other celebrity.
The singer who won American Idol says she dislikes when celebrities publicly back a presidential candidate.
She tells TV Guide that “there is someone I do support, but I don’t support publicly. I lose all respect for celebrities when they back a candidate. It’s saying that the American public isn’t smart enough to make their own decisions, I would never want anybody to vote for anything or anybody just because I told them to. Music is where you go to get away from all the BS. Whether it’s from politics or just the world around you, music should be an escape.
I agree completely, I am sick of celebrities endorsing candidates, thank god it is nearly over.
Live from New York was the real John McCain alongside Tina Fey as Sarah Palin on “Saturday Night Live.”
McCain took a break from the campaign trail to open the show poking fun at his own campaign’s finances following Obama’s blockbuster infomercial. Earlier in the day McCain appeared in Virginia and Pennsylvania at campaign rallies before heading for New York in a move that demonstrates, once again, how important the show has become this election season.
The opening sketch showed the Republican ticket hosting a show on QVC, spreading their message, and selling McCain-themed items (pork knives for cutting pork) due to their own limited funds. A silent Cindy McCain also appeared.
Later in the show, McCain appeared in Weekend Update, getting some boos when he first came out. He joked to anchor Seth Meyers about going “Reverse Maverick” and “Sad Grandpa” to try and win the election. Senator McCain also stayed through the curtain call.
McCain’s Saturday Night Live appearance was confirmed earlier this week. McCain last appeared in May.
source: John McCain On Saturday Night Live With Tina Fey As Palin (VIDEO) [huffington post]
Elisabeth Hasselbeck gets more death threats than anyone else on “The View,” Whoopi Goldberg revealed Monday night at Cooper Union.
Whoopi – part of a panel discussion on Art and Educational Justice hosted by the Stella Adler Studio with Rosie Perez, Phylicia Rashad and Anna Deavere Smith – said of her conservative co-host:
“Politically we could not be more opposite, but I respect her tremendously. Truth is, we could not have a dialogue without Elizabeth. It’s not that we have to agree, the important thing is that we have the conversation.”
On The View today, Barbara Walters said that the T-shirt Elisabeth Hasselbeck donned yesterday caused the show to get “e-mails and calls with people complaining.â€
What was emblazoned across her chest? “Great Ameri(Mc)Cain Hero.â€
With a quick roll of the eyes, Elisabeth huffed, “Well, they must all be voting for Obama.â€
Responded Babs: “It’s one thing to wear it during Hot Topics but then when you’re interviewing celebrities….†She asked whether the jest then becomes “an advertisement.â€
Elisabeth was quick to chime in with: “I designed the shirt. I sent it to the campaign! … That’s who my heart is for.â€
And, of course, no event on The View can go by without Joy Behar throwing in her two cents. “I would wear an Obama T-shirt, she said. “But I would need shoulder pads and I don’t think that would look good.â€
Do you think it was politically incorrect for Elisabeth to wear a McCain shirt on the show?
