CUTLINE: Christian Elliott, 12, gets a hug to remember as Jayde Nicole makes a triumphant hometown return as the reigning Playmate of the Year.
Hrumph. And Peoria won't even build a statue for Richard Pryor.
CUTLINE: Yves Rossy, known as the 'Fusion Man,' flies with a jet-powered single wing over the Alps in Bex, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 14, 2008. Some people go fishing on their day off. Yves Rossy likes to jump out of a small plane with a pair of jet-powered wings and perform figure eights above the Swiss Alps. The revolutionary human flying machine comes after five years of training and many more years of dreaming.
Suddenly, I won't have to drive to work. I imagine it uses about as much fuel as my car, though.
Apparently, someone needed to to a scientific study to determine this.
Here's my complaint: They are ALL the friggin' same.
New sitcom? Let me guess: The dad is fat, drinks too much beer, watches sports too much and is somewhat dysfunctional in his ability to raise the kids. The wife is out of his league, but is still a nag and a harpy. At least one of the kids with be a hottie daughter, and one of the kids will be a brainiac while the other struggles with grades. ALL of the kids will smart talk their parents in a way that would have gotten me a slap in the mouth. Oh, and they have a friend/neighbor/sister who's a bit of a slut.
Shall we name names?
Yep. She's looking even more like Laura Croft these days, thanks to a double-sized bn in the oven:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie is indeed expecting twins, and it was Jack Black who let the news slip with a "Brady Bunch" crack. Long rumored to have two children by Brad Pitt on the way, Jolie confirmed the news during a side-by-side "Today" show interview with Black, her "Kung Fu Panda" co-star. The two are in Cannes, France, promoting the animated film.
The twins will be the 5th and 6th children for Jolie and Pitt. She didn't volunteer the information until Black dropped the hint, joking that the couple will "have as many as (the) 'Brady Bunch' when you have these."
Via BoingBoing:
Thomas Denton of comic blog Say It Backwards has a nephew who was diagnosed with cancer. A charity called Candlelighters helped his family out. Thomas decided to use his connections in the comics world to organize some charitable auctions featuring original artwork by various artists to give something back to the organization. Apparently Time Warner (who own DC comics, who in turn own Superman, Batman and most of the cool superheroes who wear capes) objected to the selling of the pieces featuring their copyrighted and trademarked characters on eBay, specifically Superman from what I understand.Boo! Boo!
Not really, but this guy came close:
Actress Drew Barrymore was the victim of a hit-and-run accident in West Hollywood on Monday but was not injured, authorities said today.
The collision occurred shortly before noon as Barrymore was driving near Gardner Street and Santa Monica Boulevard, said Sgt. Kristin Aloma of the West Hollywood Sheriff's Station.
Barrymore followed the hit-and-run vehicle after her car was rear-ended and got its license plate number, Aloma said.
Boy, it must have been rough for poor William Shatner:
The 77-year-old, who shot to fame as Captain Kirk in the original 1960s TV show, insists he couldn't enjoy flings with the series' most devoted followers because he was so turned off by their bizarre bedroom behaviour.
In his new autobiography, Up Till Now, Shatner explains how women would pretend they were being "beamed up" by the Starship Enterprise commander, shrieking: "So, this is what it's like to be in bed with Captain Kirk!"
He writes: "You can't imagine how much of a downer that is in every sense of the word."
I still think his run on JLA is the best ever ...
Best. Interview. EVAR.
So, this chick who writes a mommy blog got fired for writing that her boss injects Botox into her face. She then devotes herself to full-time blogging and manages to eke out a modest income. How modest? Oh, just $40,000 a month. Yes, that's right. In one month. For a @!$%&*$ing mommy blog.
Sweet babbling Jesus.
Meanwhile, there's a Web site that essentially consists of pictures of cats, all of them submitted by readers. It's the hottest damn thing on the Web. And they sell advertising. I don't know how much they make, but I'm pretty sure it's more than I'm making.
So this is the situation in a nutshell: Over at my other site, I devote hours every day to writing articles that tell people about the ins and outs of local government and the media, in the hopes of filling the void created by uncaring corporate media that cuts news coverage and gives us daily updates on Brittney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
For as a reward, I'm lucky to recoup Web hosting and ISP costs.
But some person creates a mommy blog -- better-written-than-most, but still a mommy blog -- and she's earning more in a month than i earn in a year from my REAL job. And some goofballs post pictures of cats emblazoned with incorrectly spelled dialogue, and they also are making money hand over fist.
@!$%&*$ing mommy bloggers.
@!$%&*$ing cat bloggers.
Excuse me, I'm going to crawl into bed and whimper until it's time to leave for work.
It's a promo for Heroes' 3-hour season premier ... this fall
Meanwhile, meet Brea Grant:
She plays Daphne, a who's supposed to be a foe for Hiro. Funny thing, I always considered Hiro to be thei series' version of the super-fast hero, like DC's "Flash" and Marvel's "Quicksilver."
LeBron James has a few words for him mother when she gets in the face of a player who gave the Cav superstar a hard foul.
Not that I would ever say that to MY mom. She'd hit me.
It looks like we have another Easter egg in the Iron Man movie:
Right there, below Tony Stark's armpit, on the desk. Doesn't that look like Captain America's shield?
It would make sense for Stark to have a role in creating the shield, considering it's supposed to be composed of a mix of Adamantium and Vibranium, two very high-tech substances in the Marvel Universe.
But Cap started using the shield about six decades before Stark donned his iron long-johns.
Let me be perfectly clear: There's no way in Hell I'm spending any money to see the "Sex in the City" movie at the theater. But I do feel the need to acknowledge that out of the four women in the movie, the probably picked the right one to get naked.
And I won't be renting the DVD either.
And for the record, no one who looks like Kristen David has EVER had sex with a World of Warcraft player. Ever.
There's something fishy about this story:
Ralph Hardy, a 13 year old from Newark, Texas confessed to ordering an extra credit card from his father's existing credit card company, and took his friends on a $30,000 spending spree, culminating in playing "Halo" on an Xbox with a couple of hookers in a Texas motel.
The credit card company involved said it was regular practice to send extra credit cards out as long as all security questions are answered.
The escort girls who were released without charge, told the arresting officers something was up when the kids said they would rather play Xbox than get down to business.
...
Asked why he ordered two escorts, Ralph said he thought it was the thing to do when you win a "World of Warcraft" tournament. They told the suspicious working girls they were people of restricted growth working with a traveling circus, and as State law does not allow those with disabilities to be discriminated against they had no right to refuse them.
For every Marvel comic I buy, I buy 10 DC titles. I've always been more of a DC guy than a Marvel guy. I like my heroes iconic, not ironic.
Back when I was a kid, I bought my fair share of Marvel stuff. But I essentially stopped buying Marvel back in the late 80s early 90s because the quality of the books just went downhill. They started treating their readers like dolts (and then editor-in-chief Jim Shooter said about as much).
But I find myself really liking some Marvel titles: Astonishing X-Men, Captain America, Thor and Daredevil. But I find myself buying some D.C. titles out of habit. There are few that I buy because I simply cannot wait to get my hands on the next issue.
D.C. is rapidly becoming what Marvel was to me a decade ago: A producer of unreadable comics with bad art, lackluster plotting and writing, and over reliance on multiple crossovers and year-long mini-series that must, MUST affect every single character that ever existed. "Countdown" anyone?
And here comes more evidence of D.C.'s decline: The theaters are filling up with movies based on Marvel characters, while D.C. keeps screwing up. I had high hopes for several of them, including the Justice League. But the Justice League movie is officially tabled. Meanwhile, Marvel is slowly bringing every single original member fo the Avengers to the screen.
Feh.
So some advice: I mentioned those Marvel comics I like. Any suggestions? What gems am I missing?
CULINE: "In this Aug. 2, 2007 file photo, Michelle Duggar, left, is surrounded by her children and husband Jim Bob, second from left, after the birth of her 17th child in Rogers, Ark. The Duggars announced on Friday, May 9, 2008 that they are expecting their 18th child.
(AP Photo/ Beth Hall, File)"
Good God woman. I like egg rolls, but I know when to stop.
In a related story, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin wants to ban puppy mills.
CUTLINE: "A model presents a creation by Tania Lingerie house design in Medellin, Colombia May 7, 2008."
