July 5, 2008
Washington Post / Bart Barnes and Matt Schudel
Jesse Helms, the North Carolina Republican senator whose uncompromising conservatism made him one of America's leading crusaders against communism, liberalism, tax increases, abortion, homosexuality, affirmative action and court-ordered busing to integrate schools, died yesterday at Mayview.
Most Blogged (Continued)
June 30, 2008
The Superficial - Because You're Ugly
Spencer Pratt has responded back to comments made about him on Letterman by Mary-Kate Olsen. I'm sure when he got the call he squealed "OMG! Me me me!" Then he pushed Heidi Montag in a puddle and kicked a puppy.
June 30, 2008
MTV Reality World / Shea
After Mary Kate Olsen tells David Letterman (and all of America) that Hills villain Spencer Pratt has a temper and used to storm off the soccer field in high school, ol’ Spence fired back.
“I know I’ve made it in Hollywood when a famous troll is talking about me on Letterman,” Spencer told Us Weekly.
July 5, 2008
Mets Walk-Offs And Other Minutiae / noreply@blogger.com (metswalkoffs)
Inspired by the noticing that Rickey Henderson never had a triple for the Mets.An Agent Zero (named after a fictitious movie reference in Seinfeld) is a player who never had a (fill in the blank) for the Mets.
July 2, 2008
Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog
Photo: Getty Images
"If Robin crops up in one of the new Batman films, I'll be chaining myself up somewhere and refusing to go to work." —Christian Bale [WENN via Starpulse]
"He said to me, 'Lose weight, man, because you are not going to survive it if you are that fat!'" —Guillermo del Toro on the best advice Peter Jackson has given him about making The Hobbit [MTV]
"I have a real disdain for the audience, in general, My whole point is: 'You can't think of things to make yourselves laugh, so you have to come watch me?
July 1, 2008
Gabby Babble / noreply@blogger.com (gdaysunshine)
photo courtesy of PR Photos/www.prphotos.comComedian Sandra Bernhard ripped into her ex-pal Madonna during her show in Toronto after a fan yelled out:"Are you still friends with Madonna?" A Toronto columnist Shinan Govani reported:"She .
June 30, 2008
Best Week Ever / Alex Blagg
(BWE.tv's summer interns Emmy and Maggie are spectacularly good at finding things on the Internet that actually exist even though they should not. From time to time, we'll be posting these existent things for your consideration.
July 3, 2008
Wizbang Pop! / trikc
Howard Stern nearly lost his closest cohorts in Afghanistan this week.
Stern's Sirius radio show producer Gary Dell'Abate, show regular Artie Lange and comedians Nick DiPaolo, Jim Florentine and Dave Attell had just finished a comedy show for troops in Kandahar when the base came under attack.
July 2, 2008
Planet Atheism / Dorid
July 2, 2008
/ Tom Spurgeon
By David P. Welsh
Comics industry news site ICv2 picked up a report from Japanese business news website Nikkei announcing that manga publisher Kodansha "has set up a U.S. subsidiary 'to publish and sell translations of its Japanese manga' in the U.
July 2, 2008
Comics Worth Reading / Johanna
Currently, Del Rey Manga is mostly titles licensed from Japanese manga publisher Kodansha. Now, as Brigid reports, Kodansha plans to open their own American office.
Many questions result. Del Rey isn’t concerned — their licenses are proceeding as planned.
July 1, 2008
Starpulse News Blog - TV News, New TV Shows On DVD
Honesty's the best policy. That goes for anyone, whether you're a doctor, comedian, actor, or, in the case of Dr. Ken Jeong , all three. Surprisingly, all three careers have much in common:[...] Read more!
Latest News (Continued)
July 5, 2008
Back of the Cereal Box / Drew (noreply@blogger.com)
July 5, 2008
BuddyTV
"Married in beautiful Yosemite Valley, California today," said a brief statement that was posted on Saturday on the official website of comedian Chris Kattan. The 37-year-old actor, who appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003, tied the knot.
July 5, 2008
Comic By Comic / Rich (noreply@blogger.com)
July 5, 2008
The Absorbascon / Scipio (noreply@blogger.com)