Tag: celebrity culture
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It is required that you love LeBron James
LeBron James is the best player on the best team in basketball. Of course people are going to dislike him. I dislike Bryce Harper because he’s the best player on my favorite team’s biggest rival. (And because he appears to be something of a douche.) But some are ascribing insidious motives to those who don’t […]
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They’ll lower the flag for anyone these days
Flags will be lowered in New Jersey on the day of Whitney Houston‘s funeral. Veterans and their families are mad. They should be. What bravery did Houston show? What were her contributions to America? Other than a good singing voice that produced tunes about the merits of loving yourself (a condition that’s become a national […]
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A bad (or is it good) year for celebrity deaths
Notice how few famous people have died this year? Dennis Hopper, Rue McClanahan, Gary Coleman, Corey Haim, Boner from “Growing Pains,” the lead singer from LFO, the psychic from “Poltergeist” … that’s about it.
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The rehabilitation of a creepy cultist
You’ve been led to believe that Tom Cruise’s MTV Movie Awards Performance was the funniest thing ever, redeeming his sullied reputation. With a three-minute booty-shakin’ performance, the actor himself officially ended the era of Tom Cruise bashing. Oprah’s couch? Scientology? The eyepatch in ‘Valkyrie’? Fuhgeddaboudit! Cruise became definitively cool again with his live appearance, complete […]
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Dedicated to Rip Torn
I’ve done some stupid things while drunk, but never tried to rob a bank. Guess those “Larry Sanders” residuals aren’t paying the rent.
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bethlehem barbie throws a fit
I can’t think of anything positive to say about Carrie Prejean. Exhibit Pi:
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