Saturday, April 25, 2009
Bea Arthur R.I.P.
(Associated Press) LOS ANGELES - Beatrice Arthur, the tall, deep-voiced actress whose razor-sharp delivery of comedy lines made her a TV star in the hit shows "Maude" and "The Golden Girls" and who won a Tony Award for the musical "Mame," died Saturday. She was 86.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
New Smigly Episode By Allen Mez
Once again, cutting edge animator/humorist Allen Mez has created a Smigly episode that skewers the ongoing delemna of living in corporate hell. I'm happy to have contributed to this piece as the voice of Smigly, and also the musical background.
Please have a look at the other episodes on Allen Mez' YouTube Page-Enjoy!
Friday, April 17, 2009
Mr. Hulot's Pipe Censored By Paris Metro
PARIS (Reuters) – The pipe favored by one of French cinema's most enduring comic characters has fallen victim to advertisers who were worried about breaking an anti-smoking law -- but have earned mockery and ridicule instead.
Jacques Tati's Mr Hulot, whose pipe was as much a trademark as his hat and beige raincoat, is seen riding his Velosolex motor scooter in a poster advertising a retrospective at the Cinematheque de Paris.
But the pipe has been replaced by a small colored whirligig by Metrobus, the group that manages advertising on Paris public transport, because of fears the pipe could break a law forbidding it from "direct or indirect" tobacco and alcohol advertising.
Mr Hulot, the accident-prone hero who stumbled benevolently through a series of films between 1953 and 1971, is one of the most immediately recognizable figures in French cinema and the affair of his pipe has sparked a minor uproar.
The Liberation daily was among many newspapers mocking the cover-up, pointing out that Mr Hulot is not wearing a helmet, is riding an old-fashioned, polluting vehicle and that the small boy riding behind him is not seated securely.
"Why not go all the way with this legislative zeal?" it asked.
Even Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot has been worried. "We're getting pretty ridiculous with this," she said.
A Metrobus spokesman appeared unperturbed, reacting with the kind of assurance in adversity that would have done Mr Hulot proud.
"I really don't understand what all the fuss is about," he said.
(Writing by James Mackenzie, editing by Tim Pearce)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Phil Spector Is Guilty Of More Than Just Murder
Phil Spector Is Guilty Of More Than Just Murder-just take a look at the hairdos (or more appropo, "hairdon'ts). Some people just never know when to move on, or how to slip into old age gracefully.
Monday, April 13, 2009
How To Avoid Getting Laid # 6
First of all, Who's Policing Photobucket???
Some asshole who has nothing better to do with his time?
Is the photo too pornographic or in violation of copyright???
I just re-uploaded this image. What sort of violation of terms is this exactly?
And why is it that they didn't take down the pic of Marilyn Chambers???
I'm guessing that this guy is on his way to the laundry mat and the only clean clothes he has are his Sunday best. Maybe he spent the week at Burning Man??? I've seen this photo before around the net but have no idea of it's origins. Does anyone out there have any more info?
Marilyn Chambers R.I.P.
LOS ANGELES – A friend of adult film star Marilyn Chambers says the actress has been found dead at her home in northern Los Angeles County.
Peggy McGinn says the 56-year-old Chambers was found by her 17-year-old daughter Sunday night and the cause of death has not been determined.
Chambers starred in the 1972 film "Behind the Green Door," which was more widely distributed and attracted a more mainstream audience than the usual adult fare.
Chambers, whose given name was Marilyn Briggs, was once a model for Ivory Snow. She was among the first porn superstars when the stag films of the 1940s through 1960s gave way to the more polished sex films of the 1970s.
(Via Associated Press)
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