Soon after Christina Ricci appeared on the cover of W wrapped in reindeer fur (just in time to squeak onto PETA's Worst Dressed List for 2006), the webmaster of her most popular fan site www.christinaricci.info took the whole thing offline to protest her animal-stomping ways. "Well, that's it," he posted where previously there had been [...]
Read MorePeter Boyle, star of stage, screen, TV, and Transylvanian castle, died last night. Generally when his name come up he gets remembered (and rightfully so) as the tap-dancing Monster from "Young Frankenstein" and Frank Barone from "Everybody Loves Raymond." But everyone knows the first one and I never watched Raymond (thereby disproving the title), so [...]
Read MoreHe was a driving force for peace and all that is Good. He was magical, angelic, demonic, a conscience in the wilderness, a tireless utopianist, and, to listen to some of his more enthusiastic fans, a young god among men. Actually he was a good guitar player, a decent pianist, a wizard songwriter, a committed [...]
Read MoreArmed C-list celebrities on a reality show. OK, here we're talking celebrities being sworn in as deputy police officers and going on rounds to thwart crime. I can even accept Erik Estrada, although the others listed (LaToya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, the little skateboarder from the Jackass movies) look to be more accustomed to hearing the [...]
Read MoreLast night, while watching John Laroquette delightedly rip into House, I got up during the break to restock my goodies and so I didn't quite catch the actual commercial, which sounded like a Family Guy clip making fun of O.J. Simpson. That Seth, what won't he make fun of? Ha ha! Imagine my surprise when [...]
Read MoreThere's a certain shameful pleasure in watching a celebrity publicly debasing him- or herself, and Kevin Federline is currently making many people very happy indeed. I won't go into explanations here — if you don't know who K-Fed is or what's going on with him and his soon-to-be-exwife Britney, count yourself fortunate and head back [...]
Read MoreBritney is divorcing K-Fed. I'm embarassed to even admit I understand that sentence. She filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court citing "irreconcible differences" which, coindentally enough, is the reason I myself give for why I have don't follow her personal or professional life.
Read MoreThe man can talk. I mean, he writes and directs great, quirky, vulgar movies ("Clerks," "Chasing Amy," "Dogma") and he writes comics and isn't a half-bad actor, but mostly what Kevin Smith does best is talk about himself, his work, his friends, his experiences, pop culture, and everyone and everything around him. I've seen him [...]
Read MoreWith the click of a PayPal button, I have added a new and major title to my resume: Big Time Movie Producer. Well, small time movie producer, but it still counts. For most moviegoers the position of producer is a fuzzy one. What does a producer produce, anyway? How many does it take to build [...]
Read MoreRichard Pryor, one of the greatest stand-up comedians of all time, died today of a heart attack. I do not believe anyone will ever match his groundbreaking, freaking hilarious career. But my very first thought was that someone will need to change his website, which as of this writing still presents the header graphic it's [...]
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