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Question: is it OK to joke about rape when you're talking about insects?
That's what some people are wondering this afternoon as Jerry Seinfeld is getting a little heat from anti-rape groups (hmmm...I would hope that every group is anti-rape, but I digress...) for a remark he made to the New York Daily News promoting his Bee Movie flick:
"Bees have the only perfect society on earth ... They have no crime, they have no drugs, they have no rape. A little rape, but it's not that bad."
Continue reading Jerry Seinfeld gets heat for edgy joke
Claudia Cohen: She was one of the more famous gossip columnists, and had a regular spot on both Live with Regis and Kathie Lee and Live with Regis and Kelly, as well guest spots on Curb Your Enthusiasm and ESPN. She got her start writing for The New York Post also wrote the "I, Claudia" column for The New York Daily News. Cohen died last Saturday of complications from stomach cancer that was first diagnosed six years ago. Continue reading TV Obits: Cohen, Friendly, Demarest, De Santis
The David Mamet article "Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business," which ran in Harper's a year or so ago, has been extended into book form and is due out from Pantheon on February 6th. Rush and Malloy over at the New York Daily News have an early glimpse at the book, which promises plenty of insider scoop and pithy analysis of Hollywood's behind-the-scenes wheelings and dealings from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and current producer of The Unit. 
Maybe all that blogging is starting to tire Meredith Vieira out. The New York Daily News is reporting that the syndicated version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire will be using celebrity hosts to fill in for Vieira, who is pulling double duty with Millionaire and the Today show. "They're just filling in for a couple of days," a show spokeswoman tells reporter Richard Huff.
Dustin Diamond has been in the "fringe pop culture" news a lot lately, hasn't he? First, he begged for money to save his house, then he got mugged. Now, the man best known for playing Saved By The Bell's nerdy Screech has reached the pinnacle of Z-level celebdom: he's got his very own sex tape.
Surprise, surprise. NBC is reportedly getting cold feet over plans to air a Madonna concert in which she crucifies herself. The New York Daily News reports that NBC is being pressured by the American Family Association to censor the explicit portions of Madonna's concert. Of course, Madonna does not like to be censored and she is threatening to pull her concert off the air entirely. The crucifixion is in her Confessions tour and Madonna says the point of it is not to shock the audience, but it's a plea for people to help one another.
The Bravo reality show Tabloid Wars hasn't been doing too stellar in the Mondays at 9pm time slot, so the network is moving the show to 7pm for the final few episodes.
I haven't seen one minute of this show, which is surprising to me, since if there's one reality show I thought I'd be interested in would be one that centered around news or journalism. But I think the overdose of reality shows we experience in general might make viewers not want to watch even the shows they might really like.
This guy, however, live blogs the episodes.
Lloyd Grove of the New York Daily News is reporting that The View's
youngest host, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, is being stalked by phone. Apparently, a woman "with a Southern twang"
has been calling Grove and New York City's Administration of Child Services making unsubstantiated allegations against
Elisabeth and her husband, New York Giants' quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.
Oh, there have been lots of back and forth
on this one. First the National Enquirer said that Star Jones almost bled to death on the operating table
during breast lift surgery. Then Jones herself called into The View and said that she didn't. And now The New York Daily News'
Lloyd Grove says he has heard a 911
tape that proves Jones almost bled to death and actually had to be rushed from one medical center to another.
What do the following people have in common?
At the beginning of an article profiling the book The Girl's Guide to Being a Boss (Without Being a Bitch), Hanna Seligson of the New York Daily News asserts that Heather Locklear's iconic Melrose Place character, Amanda Woodward, ushered in a new era of "bitchy" female bosses. The article then goes on to talk about the book and how various women find it difficult to be forceful but nuturing bosses at the same time. But it never goes back to discussing the influence of Locklear's mini-skirt-wearing power-hussy on the American workscape. And it doesn't look like the book discusses it, either, at least judging by the content of the article.
Hey, I'll be the first to admit that I'm not quite sure that I like seeing Jon Stewart as host of The
Oscars, but that has nothing to do with whether or not he's "right" for the job. I just don't want to see
Stewart be perceived as a bad host because I like the guy so much (like Letterman - Letterman was a fine Oscar host but
history is twisted and says otherwise).
But Richard Huff over at the NYDN says that not only does he not understand why Stewart was picked to host the awards show, he doesn't "get" Stewart at all. He's tried to watch The Daily Show and doesn't find Stewart funny, and doesn't understand why he's gotten all the accolades from critics.
Continue reading TV critic doesn't "get" Jon Stewart
Those of you who saw Crumbs on Thursday know that the family depicted in
the show is "based on a true story." But, given some of the "adjustments" that have
been made to true stories these days, how close was the show to the actual story? Pretty close, if this article in the New York
Daily News is any indication. In it, series creator Marco Pennette tells writer Richard Huff about some of the
incidents that were either depicted or alluded to in the pilot (like his mother running over his father after he left
her), and how the pilot script came to fruition. Even if you think, like I did, Crumbs is an intriguing
premise that's hancuffed by generic sitcom writing, you'll find this article an interesting read.
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