February 2012
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Octavia Lenora Spencer[1] (born May 25, 1970 or 1972)[2][3] is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Constance Grady on the US sitcom Ugly Betty
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Moneyball
Hugo
The Descendants
The Artist
[unseen ninth nominee]
At the film’s premiere on the U.S.S. Intrepid, Capt. Smith told The Observer, “Back when this project began, we had to grow by 500 SEALs. Well, no one gets talked into being a SEAL. You don’t get recruited into it. You have to be aware of the opportunity. And certain young men will [see the film and] say, ‘Hey, that’s for me. I’m going to try that. I think I’ve got what it takes.”
It turns out...
"You don't GO to Napa, you take a poop-a"
Why is no one acknowledging the debt the post-Brazilian-restaurant scene in Bridesmaids owes to Charlotte’s attack of Montezuma’s Revenge in Sex and the Movie?
It seems like a fantasy now that the climactic action of Lindsay Lohan’s Vanity Fair cover profile was the composition of “Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father)”
"SNL" prediction
“Whitney, I had a lot of fun with you over the years. But I hope everyone out there knows it was all out of love. We all loved you, Whitney, and we hope you’re up there tonight laughing. And we’re gonna have a great show! Sleigh Bells is here!”
—Maya Rudolph’s monologue like four hours from now
wrote about Rihanna and Chris Brown and publicity stunts
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accept substitutes
Dan: when whitney died
i wanted to listen to her
but i had none on my ipod
so i just listened to celine
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I wish I’d saved every terrifying Facebook message I received as a contestant on College Jeopardy!, but none more so than from a gentleman by the name of Chardley Pierrecharles. Oh, Chardley—you’re but a dream now.
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“Welcome to Hell’s Kitchen—- one of Manhattan’s more uniquely named...”
– The Intrepid: Our Neighborhood
the limit does not exist
Just realized why Madonna’s recent publicity push reminds me of why I dropped Calculus BC my senior year of high school: because when you ask what “derivative” means, you just get told “Look it up.”
Pitching a trend piece on celebrities telling Terry Gross they are just huge, huge fans.
Did 'Saturday Night Live' Mock a Former NBC News...
As a kid who grew up in Connecticut, it is very, very weird to me that Bobby Moynihan played the woman who used to read the news when I got home from school. The haircut is SO similar.
Compensation Aside: Daniel: i need to rewatch more... →
#imgladwetalked
joereid:
Daniel: i need to rewatch more of the hills i LOVED the hills “those were vaginas i trusted” me: put that shit on a DVD box me: I rewatched Season 1 about a year ago Daniel: i did too but s1 doesnt have the best moments “THEY’RE TAKING SHOTS? THEY’RE TAKING SHOTS?” and LC’s mascara tears me:
spoilers
I think the moral of Albert Nobbs was that if you’re a maid who looks like Mia Wasikowska and make a ton of mistakes and a transvestite tries to bail you out, it’s okay if you inadvertently kill him; there’s always another transvestite where the first one came from.
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“Top 25 Parental Orders in My Adolescence That... →
Too bad Nietzsche already took the titles "Why I...
“When I was an agent I knew I was a better one than most everyone else and still feel that, had I not left that career at 31, I would have probably been one of the top five in the business… Back then, when I would show up on the set of a TV show where I represented most of the staff, I’d see other agents who were either there covering their clients or trying to pick off one of...
on further reflection I may not actually have liked The Help
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January 2012
42 posts
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Wrote about camp, and how it died, for the...
The campiest thing on Broadway, Hugh Jackman, isn’t campy at all—though he might appear so to the out-of-town crowd. (You’d think that a movie star who rose to fame by brandishing his claws would be a little less earnest.) The great camp hope, Todd Graff, who directed queeny indie flick Camp in 2003, has now gone mainstream with this month’s Christian-choir melodrama Joyful Noise: the...
I wrote Drew Barrymore some tips before she...
According to BeingJewish, a rabbi “may push you off a few times, he may not show up for scheduled meetings; there’s no telling what he will do to test your sincerity and perseverance.” He just is that into you, Drew, even if you think “he’s not!”
spinoff fever
I made a slideshow featuring Karen Walker, Eddie from Frasier, the cake Miranda ate out of the garbage, and the revelation of how much I don’t care for Rob Lowe.
My scene
The best kind of scene in any campus novel is when the protagonist comes home to his room / visits another character’s room and discovers the totally wastrel-y ways other people between the ages of 18 and 22 use their time. The Secret History is remembered as a literary triumph almost solely for this reason. They work best as period pieces if only because watching VHS tapes or reading...
“Why was Ryan Gosling ‘snubbed’ at the Oscars? He was in...”
– Every “entertainment” blog I read knows how to answer its own questions!
“Why was Ryan Gosling ‘snubbed’ at the Oscars? He was in...”
– Every “entertainment” blog I read knows how to answer its own questions!