rain

in a cab. in the rain. drivers are nutty. wanna get home.

snoopy

i love this piece we picked up in soho. matt everhart - the only guy charles schultz left permission to draw the peanuts characters

cloudy

kind of a gloomy day out

pei wei

found this cool asian diner. and then learned it is by the p.f. Chang folks. we love pf Chang's. but this diner version of it is closer to our house. very yummy!

the shake weight

honestly, i can't decide if this is a commercial for exercise equipment or a porn video. you decide.

method man

christian bale takes his method acting a bit too far, methinks. remember when he lost 60 pounds for the film "the machinist"? now he's doing it again (and apparently not brushing his teeth either) for his new film with mark wahlberg. here he is on set (left) and in his buff batman days (right).

child abuse

okay, if it's not child abuse to give your 5-year-old a little lord fauntleroy haircut, then it must be child abuse to teach them to sing johnny cash's "folsom prison blues". so this little boy is no child prodigy (he can neither play guitar nor sing) but it is worth watching the video to hear him sing "i hear dat twain a comin'" and, especially, "i shot a man in weeno, just to watch him die!"

roller daredevil

are you scared of roller coasters? riding in a car with a safety bar strapping you in? well, dirk auer of germany just rode one on inline skates! pretty darn cool, if you ask me.

mary stuart

two acting legends on stage: janet mcteer and harriet walter (both tony-nominated). biting into the great historical roles of mary stuart and queen elizabeth. a huge and wonderful thunderstorm on stage. terrific supporting cast (especially chandler williams and john benjamin hickey). tony nominated direction, lighting and sound. tony winning costumes. really enjoyable afternoon.

sunday mornin'

for those of you not in church, and reading my blog. thought i'd post a couple of church signs that i found really amusing. this first one shows that someone working for the church has both a sense of humor and a little naughty streak. but it's the kind of church i'd like to go to:

this next one, with its misspelling of "annual" takes on a whole new, unintended meeting, but combined with announcement #2 becomes hysterical. i laughed. a lot:

god of carnage

i cannot believe we waited so long to see this play. i know i am often over effusive but this was a PERFECT evening of theatre. the cast of four - jeff daniels, hope davis, james gandolfini, and marcia gay harden - gave some of the most amazingly nuanced performances i've ever seen. terrific stuff. it's getting ready to take a summer haitus (while hope davis shoots a movie) but returns on september 8th. get your tix now!!

orphan

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"there's something wrong with esther." there's an understatement. so this movie is gonna divide audiences right down the middle. those that find it really clever and creepy and those that find it utterly stupid. we just saw it with a terrific new york audience that screamed and talked back to the screen and hid behind their nacho box. well, okay, that was mostly us. but others did it too. so you know by now it's a creepy girl that reeks havoc on her adoptive family. really nicely directed. lush production values. fine performances. it's the script that will be debated because. here it comes...the twist ending..... she's actually not a 9-year-old girl but a 32-year-old, russian, premordial dwarf, prostitute, escaped mental patient, serial killer. now there's a twist for ya! again: really creepy or really stupid. you decide.

the hurt locker

masterful. a movie i didn't really relish going to see. but the universal praise told me i should. the story of three male bomb techs in 2004 iraq. directed (magnificiantly) by a woman - kathryn bigelow. someone said she'd probably be the first female to win the oscar for best director. all three actors -- jeremy renner, anthony mackie, and brian geraghty -- give simple, elegant performances. i particularly liked geraghty as the guy who's really afraid to die and is constantly swirling his head nervously in all directions, looking for danger. but you can't deny that renner steals the film. his character is the opposite. he stares death straight in the eye, unwavering, and dares it to take him. although as the film goes on you see all the complex layers underneath the bravado. renner deserves a bunch of awards thrown at him come oscar season. i'm going to remember this film. i hope everyone else does also.

go harry p!

daniel radcliffe take the august cover of uk's attitude magazine. here's a quote: “i just loathe homophobia. it's just disgusting and animal and stupid and it’s just thick people who can’t get their heads around it and are just scared. i grew up around gay people entirely." sounds like a very cool guy.

now *that's* advertising

back in the 50s, pontiac knew how to sell cars.

barbie

friends visiting nyc and we went to Barbie's house in nyc times square toys r us. a first for me. i'm guessing it's barbie's birthday. a big pink cupcake on the roof and a sign that says "happy birthday to me!" she can be so self-involved.

our upcoming season

read about ptw's upcoming season in playbill

naked mayor

nyc's famous naked cowboy is running for mayor! hey, you can laugh if you wanna but he's all for gay marriage. and he's probably fine with people running through the streets wearing only tighty whities. that'll get him more than a few votes.

it's really not funny anymore

so here we go again. paul stanley. republican state senator paul stanley from tennessee. staunch conservative. champion of "family values". campaigns hard to ban gays from adopting. and is often heard saying "when you're married, there's a commitment there." well, seems he's been caught cheating on his wife. with his 22-year-old legislative intern (stanley is 47). seems they made a little homemade porn that was discovered by the intern's boyfriend. and here we have the stanley family christmas card. wonder if the wife and two little kids will be shocked to learn the other kind of film-work stanley is interested in. yup, he's one of the the "family values" guys. but luckily, although the legislative internship program has a policy against sexual harassment, there is no policy in place forbidding consensual sexual relationships between interns and legislators. even the staunch conservative ones. and i bet there's no policy in place forbidding making a little porno with them, either.

carriers

in the heightened state of paranoia in the world today (swine flu, anyone?) this movie looks to play on our fears and be particularly creepy. stars chris pine, most recently seen as the dashing young captain kirk in "star trek". can't decide if i wanna see it or not...

now *this* is some politics

ever wonder why no one watches c-span? our government in action has to be one of the most boring things to watch. paint drying is thrilling compared to one of our legistlators making a speech. however, if i lived in south korea, i'd be glued to c-span 24/7. here's a simple vote on some media bill that turns into an all-out brawl. fun!

lady gaga - kermit killer?

still not sure if lady gaga is a woman, man or simply someone who mutilates and kills defenseless muppets. here s/he appears on german television wearing a jacket of lifeless kermit the frogs. i often applaud her fashion forwardness, but this is just sad. and probably scarring to children everywhere.

ultimate narcissism?

bored one night last year kelly hildebrant of miami searched on facebook to see if there was another kelly hildebrant. she found one: kelly hildebrant in lubbock, tx., and sent him a simple note. after determining they were not related, they began to chat. then visit. then date. now they're getting married. i'm guessing they'll both go by the name of kelly hildbrant. cute couple.

everyone would be in love with me

imagine if you're sitting at home watching tv and a giant weiner came crashing into your living room. i wouldn't know whether to laugh, cry, or go get the mustard. this is what happened in wisconsin over the weekend. the homeowners weren't home. bummer. that would have been the best story ever. or the setup for a porn film. "hey oscar, get your weiner out of my living room! "

avenue q

saw "avenue q" on broadway tonight for, like, the fifth time, i think. took our niece irene and her bf michael and our good friends amy and chris. it was really really great to see rob mcclure who's now starring as princeton/rod. the show is always wonderful and holds up so well. it was a really fun night. we ate at the palm afterwards. it's a good thing it's in the lobby of our building because we were so stuffed we could barely make it upstairs. and now it's midnight and i'm almost asleep while blogging this. all the way 'round though, a terrific day.

next to normal

saw it tonight for the second time. amazing squared. this is simply one of those "must see" musicals. truly ground breaking. and (tony award winner) alice ripley is simply astonishing.

(500) days of summer

joseph gordon-levitt is one of the most interesting up-and-coming actors. i say "up-and-coming" knowing full well he's been in the business for over 20 years. he's currently a wonder in the independent film world but he's really very talented, very underrated. he needs a big, hit film. i think this one is the closest he's come so far. and he's *really* charming in it. totally surprising from one minute to the next. and this film itself is just amazing. it takes the romantic comedy genre and turns it on its ear. creating a totally unique film that's really hard to explain. so go see it.

pickering

pickering. now here's word that *has* to be added to our lexicon. "congressman, what were you doing during such a long lunch hour?" "oh nothing, just a little pickering." see charles "chip" pickering was a republican congressman from mississippi. look at that american flag billowing ever so slightly behind him in his official photo. he took many a stance to uphold the sanctity of one man/one woman marriage and campaigned on a promise to bring family values to washington. pickering tried to force his own views on marriage upon the country by pushing a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and using marriage as a cudgel to demand that President Bill Clinton resign. however, his wife is now reporting that he had an adultrous relationship with a woman which ended both their marriages WHILE HE WAS IN CONGRESS. yet, he was simultaneously bellowing loudly at clinton: “I think for the good of the country and the good of his own family it would be better for him to resign. When someone puts himself forward for public office, then his personal conduct does become relevant.” and later, while defending his support of a constitutional gay marriage ban, stated: “Marriage as an institution between one man and one woman promotes the best interest of the husband and wife, and the best interests of children.” wow, perhaps "pickering" should also be a syntonym of "hypocrytical". how many more of these morons need to be exposed before everyone starts to get a clue?

the schmemmys

lots of my personal favs got emmy nominations yesterday (jim parsons for "the big bang theory"; kyra sedgwick for "the closer"; tony shalhoub "monk"; jessica lange "grey gardens"; tina 'sarah palin' fey, amy poehler, justin timberlake, kristen wiig, and andy samberg for "snl"; farrah fawcett for her documentary; "hannah montana" for best children's program... i could go on and on). however, no one seems to enjoy the emmys more than kathy griffin who snagged two noms this year. "d-list" (which has won the last two years) for reality show and for best special her "she'll cut a bitch" (which was high-larious). kathy has a lot of fun in her act poking fun at the creative arts emmys. you know, the quote boring categories unquote that are presented at a whole different ceremony a week prior to the regular emmys. she knows few people care about the "schmemmys" as she's named them and even fewer people attend. however, two years ago when she told jesus to "suck it" during her acceptance speech created quite a stir. she thought she'd be banned from the ceremony. however, now she's been tapped to HOST the schmemmys this year. last year neil patrick harris hosted and this year he's hosting the big show. maybe kathy can move up the ranks too. unless her appearing on stage at the actual emmys could have people she so loves to mock throwing their programs at her. or their shoes. or darts. could be interesting.

harry potter and the half-blood prince

i love being carried away into the world of harry potter. and this sixth film is darker and more ominous that the previous installments. even the bright, warm corridors of hogwarts have become drafty and dim and gothic and foreboding. i can't begin to give plot elements here. sufficieth to say the impending life and death battle with voldemort still looms. but we get to witness some romantic entanglements involving all three of our (formerly) young heros as well as another exciting quidditch match. the production design and cinematography (as with the other films) are amazing. two more films in the series remain (although harry potter should be working on his ph.d. in wizardry by then) and i'll anxiously await them.

arquette love

speaking of the arquette family. one of my favs - patricia - has decided she loves hubby thomas jane to divorce him. a judge dismissed her action for divorce yesterday. now my two favorite shows - "medium" and "hung" - star these two crazy love-struck kids. i'm happy for them.

arquette in the box

yesterday when i got to manhattan and stepped outside penn station, everyone was looking up. a bird? a plane? no, david arquette living in a clear glass box above madison square garden. he's doing it to raise awareness of hunger in america. pretty cool idea. pretty cool guy. not sure how long he'll be up there. or what he does about bathroom breaks, etc. but fun!

double-check your bank statement

i think bank of america has found a way to solve its financial woes. just ever-so-slightly increase the amount you're actually charged for stuff. when a new hampshire man swiped his debit card at a convenience store for a pack of cigarettes, his account was charged more than $23 quadrillion. josh muszynski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number—a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500. muszynski says he spent two hours on the phone with bank of america trying to sort out the string of numbers and the $15 overdraft fee. the bank corrected the error the next day.

banking on bernie

bernie kosar was a popular quarterback. hall of famer. cleveland browns hero, cowboys, dolphins player. he made enough money in his 20s to last most people multiple lifetimes. he's just filed for bankruptcy citing debts of $50 million. that means he spent all the millions and millions he earned and now owes $50 million more with no way to repay it. it's very sad. but one wonders how he was able to let himself get into this situation. it's fitting enough that he's now telling the press he's now 45 and realizes he's "an idiot".

i'm confused

so wimbledon champ serena williams paid a visit to the white house and president obama. she said she supported obama but didn't vote for him because she's a jehovah's witness and they are forbidden to vote in elections. what? is that true? anyway, for her presidential visit serena was wearing 5-inch (hooker) heels. she reports: “he asked me, ‘should I be wearing high heels?’ so i thought that was kind of funny because he may have been right, because it is a job hazard for me, but i insist on wearing them.” so jehovah's witnesses can't vote, but can wear skin tight cocktail dresses and hooker heels and curse like a sailor during tennis matches? odd.

ah, romance

so in touch (again, one of my favorite hard-hitting news magazines) reports that jon gosselin proposed to his quiet, demure, sophisticated 22 year-old girlfriend hailey glassman while they were in france. (have you seen her facebook page photos on the internet? in every single one she seems to be smoking and/or holding a drink and blitzed out of her mind). anyway, if the engagement of a father-of-eight who's not yet divorced is not weird enough, in touch also reports that jon "gave Hailey a $180,000 engagement ring designed by Edouard Nahum, featuring four black diamonds surrounding a skull." wtf? surrounding a SKULL? lord. reports say that hailey has applied to (and been rejected by)"the real world" and "bad girls club". seems her hope of landing a reality series is coming true. guess they'll have to rename it "jon and kate plus eight plus drunken famewhore stepmother". egad.

yummy

i love sandra lee! if you've never watched this goddess on the food network, you've missed out. my friends and i love to count just how many times she says "yummy!" in a single episode. we also love the fact that she suggests you completely redecorate your kitchen and dining room on a daily basis to match whatever meal you're serving. she's coined the term "tablescaping". and finally, every set of recipes ends with a "cocktail" which basically includes her pouring a whole bottle of vodka into a blender, adding a small piece of fruit, whirling it up and serving over ice. we also love the fact that in the most recent episodes, she seems to have um "had some work done." she's a hoot. as you can tell from this montage. enjoy - and start tuning in!

wrecked

film festival continues. this film supposedly represents the best of indie gay cinema. i think "underground cinema" might be a better description. it was pretty raw. pretty graphic (in terms of both the realities of anonymous sex and heavy drug use). you can't find *any* information about the two directors nor any of the actors. maybe everyone was working under a fake name? i can apreciate avant garde cinema. i just sorta felt the need to shower after this one.

broadway barks

next year i wanna go to broadway barks. the brainchild of bernadette peters and mary tyler moore (both major animal lovers), it's where the broadway community gathers for an event to bring awareness to animals in shelters that need adopted. i'm only afraid, however, that i may go away with two or three of the cuties myself. here are a few photos from this years' event. andy karl ("9 to 5"), matt cavenaugh ("west side story), and marcia gay harden ("god of carnage'). yay for animal-lovin' theatre folk!

hailey glassman is classy

more photos of the perhaps soon-to-be stepmother of eight. jon gosselin's 22-year-old mistress, courtesy of ohnotheydidnt and radaronline, these photos are hysterical. in the first, she's the one holding a gun to a friend's head and in the second she's the one who's not the plant. she's a winner!

jon gosselin likes children

here's the father of eight with his 22-year-old girlfriend on the french riviera. such a devoted dad. he's in talks to design a children's clothing line. for her? or one of the other eight her has at home? i've always thought kate to be a bitchy, shrew-y wife but now i question both their behavior. the party line of "my children come first" seems to be at odds with their desperate attempts to milk whatever seconds are left in their 15 minutes of fame. i guarantee the clothing line deal comes with the caveat that he pimp out all the kids wearing his intended designs. and please, aren't there any unemployed people out there who went to parsons school of design? how is this unemployed computer tech from reading, pa suddenly a world-class designer?

drop dead diva

did you catch the premiere of this new series on lifetime last night? it's a cool, refreshing summer treat, right on your television screen. vapid blond model deb is killed in a car accident but returns to life in the body of smart, plus-size attorney jane. usa today calls it a cross between "freaky friday" and "heaven can wait". it was really fun and i think i'm going to have to keep tuning in. the lead is former broadway gypsy brooke elliott (she's done "taboo", "wicked", and "the pirate queen".) i like it when broadway babes get tv exposure (and the $ that comes with it). also features the fab and fun margaret cho as jane's assistant. check it out.

mj, au naturale

if there ever was an anti-plastic surgery argument, here's one. using childhood photos of michael jackson and knowledge on basic aging trends, forensic artists constructed a portrait of how michael would have looked at age 50, had he never undergone plastic surgery. he would have been quite the handsome man. it's a shame he most assuredly had body dysmorphic disorder (excessive concern and preoccupation with perceived defects in appearance). had he let nature take its course he would have looked and felt better. and hopefully lived longer.

ogle office

i'm sure this photo is very innocent. the prez is just checking, er, his, er, footing on the stairs as he steps down. yeah. but the press has had a lot of fun with his supposed "checking out" the derriere of a 17-year-old junior delegate from brazil. one reporter called it the "second stimulus package". i think it's a lesson in the fact that the cameras are always lying in wait. snapping away. heck, my own motto is "take a hundred pictures and maybe you'll get a good one."

make the yuletide gay

went to qfest for a matinee. saw the funniest funniest film. "make the yuletide gay" is a wonderful little romantic comedy. heavy emphasis on the comedy: the audience laughed hysterically throughout, drowning out many of the funniest lines. heavy emphasis on the romantic: a wonderful little gay christmas romance. how many of those have you seen recently? definitely one to see again around the holidays.

grease on tour

saw the national tour of grease in philly tonight. mostly because we have box seats at the academy of music. it was fun. frivolous. kathleen marshall's choreography was inventive. as was kenneth posner's lighting design. the rest of the show was pretty much the version any talented performing arts high school could mount. i wish i'd seen it on broadway with max crumm (whom i really like) as danny zuko. but i'm afraid the original biting satire the show was created as is all gone in terms of making this pg-rated "family entertainment". speaking of which: taylor hicks (american idol winner) i just don't get. he appeared for under 5 minutes as teen angel, sang the song bland and fast (as if he was simultaneouly bored and had a train to catch) and the crowd went wild. i was confused.

hollywood je t'aime

the philadelphia gay and lesbian film festvial is the 2nd largest in the country. it's now underway and celebrating its 15th year. with a new name: qfest. the opening night film was "hollywood je t'aime" which we saw in a repeat screening this afternoon. really nice film with which to kick off the festvial. it's christmas and cold in paris and jerome dreams of sunny california and being an actor. this is a different kind of film: a love story. but to hollywood. and paris. and the acting profession. and friendship. and the tradional "boy meets boy" is in there too. starring the ever-watchable chad allen and debut french actor eric debets is wonderfully understated as the lead. i think this one could get a mainstream release across the country.

bruno (insert your own umlaut)

sick, vulgar, gross, blatantly sexual, uncomfortable, perverse, politically incorrect, shocking, disgusting, polarizing. oh, and utterly hysterical. we loved it.

i love tacky, staged department store photography

do you think these two got nekkid in the k-mart?

hair

just saw the broadway production of "hair" and I'm trying to think of the best word to describe this show. "electric" I think. never have I seen a production so comfortably involve the audience. will swenson (who plays Berger and deserved a Tony award) stood me up, hugged me without his pants on for a good 30 seconds, asked the audience if it was as good for them as it was for us, and that didn't even bother me. the audience becomes part of this oddessy from start to finish. and it's a wonderful, amazing experience. led by a marvelously talented company. go experience it for yourself!

gotta love it

for long island-er robert suchan, finding a high-paying job was a drag. literally. he modeled a drag character after his aunt barbara and began selling tupperware. (my mom used to have those parties when i was a kid). now he's the nation's top selling consultant!

speaking of the emmys

doogie is going to host. he did a great job at the tonys. excellent choice!

come and knock on my jail

why is it that celebrities (and especially former celebrities) just love to drink and drive? "gimme another martini, ralph. i'm just a hop, skip, and a jump down malibu canyon drive to my house." well on july 4th joyce dewitt (the girl who wasn't suzanne sommers on "three's company") decided not only to drink and drive but to bust through a police barricade. way to go janet! like most mug shots, her's wasn't too flattering. why didn't the officer on duty yell: "hair and make-up, stat! " ?

west side story

spent our fourth of july watching a classic american musical. "west side story". we hadn't seen this new revival and i'm glad we finally did. the music (played here by a full orchestra) is still amazing. jerome robbins' recreated choreography is stunning. those two reasons alone make the show worth seeing. however, there are several other great things about this revival: tony winner karen olivo as anita, the beautiful (and beautiful-voiced) josefina scaglione as maria, and the handsome, talented matt cavenaugh, who creates a terrifically understated tony. the ensemble is deep and strong. howell binkley's lighting design is so lovely. it's a revivial that has been long in coming and it's quite a beautiful one.

go for it andy

the semi-final battle of the andys at wimbledon was exciitng. roddick (usa) vs. murray (england). nice to see roddick back in the finals. he'll play federer in this historic grass tourney final for the third time in six years. i like federer but it would be so nice to see roddick win a grand slam. his only one was the us open back in 2003. will be an exciting match.

public enemies

this is a well-made movie. michael mann is quite the filmmaker. johnny depp is quite the actor. it's dark. violent. there's not a lot of attempt to make john dillinger much more than the simple guy from indiana who introduced himself with a simple phrase: "i rob banks." a lot of the general public of his time found that sexy. thought of him as a robin-hood type (he never robbed the customers of their money. only the bank. but whose money did he think was in there?) johnny depp and michael mann sure do make his story thrilling to watch.

don't cry for me argentina

so i suppose embattled south carolina gov mark sanford (why am i obsessed with this story? - it's like a train wreck) probably isn't acting. it's become crystal clear that he's just a big 'ole crybaby. in an interview witht he associated press sanford now says: "i will be able to die knowing. ..." here the governor broke into heaving sobs before stammering "... that I had met my soul mate." he's speaking of course of his argentinian paramour. well so much for trying to reconcile with his wife, i guess. why doesn't he just resign already? the people of south carolina deserve better. clearly he's one of the most self-involved people in that entire state. surely there's someone better to serve?

speaking of construction

oh really? i wonder what their names were?

i just peed my pants a little

did you hear the sears tower in chicago just installed these all-glass balconies on the 103rd floor? you can to out there and literally be standing above the city. i'm kind of a thrill seeker but i think i'd want some engineering specs about just how those things are attached.

humpday

saw a premiere screening tonight of this gem of a film - a favorite at sundance this year. it's a buddy movie gone wild. ben and andrew reuinte for one of the few times since college. soon the two find themselves locked in a mutual dare: to enter an amateur porn contest together. but what kind of boundary-breaking, envelope pushing porn can two straight dudes make? after the booze and "big talk" run out, only one idea remains--they will have sex together...on camera. it's not gay; it's beyond gay. it's not porn; it's art. this film is elegant in its simplicity. the three actors (mark duplass and joshua leonard and alycia delmore as ben's wife) are all right on target. i believe much of the film was improvised so they are the key to why this film works so well. (director lynn shelton is quite the emerging talent as well). it's sweet and very funny and a little sad. and definitely worth trying to find playing at an art cinema near you.

arthur kade

with the parody that is "bruno" soon to be released, this *has* to be a joke. my fear is, though, that's it is not. check out the deluded world of philadelphia "actor" and international celebrity arthur kade . it's either tremendously funny or sad. i can't decide.

adding to the american vernacular

the best new euphamism for adultery: "hiking the appalachian trail". thank you (hopefully soon-to-be-ex-) governor sanford.

mark sanford has not crossed "the ultimate line"

"yesterday, now-legendary conservative horndog mark sanford admitted that he'd "crossed the lines" with a "handful" of women not named jenny sanford during his marriage to jenny sanford, but claims he never "crossed the ultimate line." (so says today's gawker) so what did he do? it's just way to much fun to speculate, right? i'm guessing the "ultimate line" is flying to argentina and gettin' your nasty on with a firey latin mama. so what stays on the other side of the line? wearing a trench coat but no pants and flashing women who pass by you on the way to work? sneaking into women's restrooms at the state capitol and doing a little public masterbation? persuading female staffers to rub you down with crisco and then spank you with the state constitution? having online sexual relationships on the state's laptop under the codename "longdickgov"? so now will we have to endure his pain when he comes out as a "sex addict" and begs our help with a problem that "is not of his making"? sounds like a way to spin it. remember, this is the man who didn't "lie". he simply "created a fiction". heck, he's just like ernest hemmingway and f. scott fitzgerald. we should be giving him a pulitizer. or an oscar. didn't you love his crying jag when he got caught? they are always so truthful. and always so conscious-clearing. always asking for forgiveness. always, conveniently, when they're caught!

america's got talent

"america's got talent". total cheese-ola, right? then why have i started watching it? i think it's a result of the whole susan boyle phenomenon. waiting for someone to come out whom the judges, audience and america will poke fun at and then they'll simply blow everyone away with their talent. the show is actually quite fun. an old fashioned school talent show mentality. and host nick cannon is way too charming and fun! i hear he's new. i didn't watch it last year, who'd he replace? no matter. he's fun, the show's fun, the good contestants are fun, the bad contestants are even more fun. it's like amercian idol-light.

fame is so fleeting

what with farrah fawcett's death and then the world-wide media frenzy that is the death of michael jackson, everyone has totally forgotten that jon and kate ever existed. the cloud of dirt and gravel that flew into the air as every single paparazzi high-tailed it out of reading, pa on the way to some sort of michael jackson coverage ("i'm here in peoria with the first cousin of michael jackson's best friend's roomate's brother's uncle's gardener's sister's plumber...") was stunning. no one is watching kate smack her children or watching jon smack the butt of some nubile preschool teacher. finally, they have peace and quiet. so much so that the felt the need to issue this statement: "during this very difficult time we will be working to focus solely on the needs of our family. this includes no longer commenting publicly or reacting to media stories and speculation. our goal is to do the very best for our children and that will be done as privately as possible." translation: "do you hear that media? we're not talking to you. do you understand? hey, where'd everyone go? we're not taaalllkkkking!! come back here and watch us not talk!!!!!" sigh.

stone washed levi

bristol palin's ex - levi johnston - shown here being a good daddy (or just having a good modeling op in gq magazine) says he wants to move to l.a. i guess that's the best place to be a good daddy to a kid living in alaska. says he could have his own reality show. or be an actor. or a model. all his options are open. he has an agent - "tank". apparently tank is alaska's best theatrical agent and he's signed up levi because he knows a star when we sees one. says levi might change his name to "ricky hollywood". *that's* a classy move. "ricky hollywood" does sound like the name of a star - in the wide, wonderful world of porn! keep an eye on levi. he's definitely on an upward swing.