Entries For: November 2006
11/29/2006
Bush Girls Gone Wild
There isn’t enough ink to cover this disaster. After Barbara’s purse was stolen last week, the Bush twins became a hot topic in both Argentinean and American headlines. With reports of lax security and tabloid tales of nude hotel romps, the twins 25th birthday celebration is turning into a cluster of should-they-stay-or-should-they-go headlines.
It was reported that after the twins lost a phone and credit cards, U.S. embassy officials "strongly suggested" President Bush's twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara Bush, cut short their trip to Buenos Aires. The American embassy refuted this claim by releasing a statement that "the embassy welcomes the visit and has provided close support and cooperation."
With splashy photos of their appearance Sunday at a big soccer match and breathless coverage of their dinner out when a fire engulfed a nearby building, it's clear that these Bush girls have Gone Wild. This user-gen mash up claims to show "the real reason the Bush twins were asked to leave Argentina."
11/28/2006
PMS Survival Tips
This short -- a parody of 1950s educational films -- has been making the rounds from inbox to inbox all week. The PMS how-to was copyrighted in 2003 and has only been online for a week. With a million and a half views on YouTube, this is one of the most commented and linked to video online. And why shouldn’t it be? It is absolutely frightening.
Offering tips in “home etiquette” when dealing with the dreaded PMS (Prehistoric Monster Syndrome), this clever short is a spoof on both vintage propaganda and the horror of the everyday.
11/22/2006
Kelly Ripa A Homophobe?
If you have somehow managed to miss the Kelly & Clay controversy raging all over your television screens, we will try to get you up to speed. Here are the sequence of events:
* Regis leaves town, Clay Aiken (American Idol runner-up & supposedly gay icon) appears as guest host along with regular host, Kelly Ripa.
* While interviewing "Dancing with the Stars" winners, Emmitt Smith and Cheryl Burke, Clay gets impatient with Kelly because he wants to ask his question. So he puts his hand over her mouth. Kelly does not like it and is clearly perturbed.
* The following week, Kelly continues to be perturbed about the incident when Regis is back.
* Rosie O'Donnell on "The View" accuses Kelly of being homophobic. She also indirectly outs Clay Aiken.
* Kelly calls in and says she was not being homophobic. She did not know where Clay's hand had been. And also that during the show, Clay was being very condescending.
That brings us back to the original video clip. Do you see Clay being condescending to Kelly? I do but I also see someone who was not comfortable in that role.
11/21/2006
Michael Richards Apologizes on Letterman
"I'm not a racist -- that's what's so insane about all this!" screams former Seinfeld star Michael Richards. Unless you've managed to avoid all forms of mass-mediated communication over the past 48 hours, you know why "Kramer" was brought on the David Letterman show by former co-star Jerry Seinfeld.
Richards apologizes for his racist diatribe at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood, CA last Friday; his contrition is at once genuine and incredulous, causing the audience to laugh at first before finally quieting up and listening to what this broken man has to say. You can't blame them for being so confused. After all, if Richards isn't a racist, then why the hell did he spew the N-word at a bunch of African-Americans?
