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@takeouteurotrash: You can imbed the video directly by clicking the "You Tube" logo at the bottom of your comment box and dropping the URL in there instead. Like this.
@takeouteurotrash: After being away from commenting for about a year, I literally had to send Gabriel an e-mail to figure out how to make a comment. The commenting page looks completely different from how it used to, and I couldn't figure out what the hell "Share" was referring to. So, you are not alone.
(I still don't remember how to imbed a hyperlink - inserting a link beneath text - so if you figure that one out, let me know.)
Who thought remaking Karate Kid was a good idea? With an 11 yr old? Fail!
Also, Beyonce is not only gorgeous and talented, she works her ass off and has a great sense of humor. If JZ screws that up he will be the dumbest man alive.
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@Foster Kamer: Thank you. I think that should the axe fall, I'm going to survive the holidays by whoring myself out to lonely empty nesters. For a low fee, I'll come over towards the middle of the holidays to make cookies and wrap presents. I'll listen to all of the stories about how Aunt Barbara's just going to burn the ham again this year, and I'll help address the holiday cards. For an additional fee, I'll turn up on the 24th in an ugly sweater for a cup of cocoa. For just a little more, I'll call on January 1, just to wish a happy and healthy 2010.
Message From Paris, to America: "You suck, you dumb, declasse morons. Also, stop ruining nightlife. Also, Jerry Lewis for President."
You had me at "you suck." Jerry Lewis for President....not so much. #michaellohan
OK, I've got to get on meds or something. When your fun list of "Secret Shames" includes Michael Lohan, you've definitely crossed a line... #michaellohan
Do you think Michael Lohan and Joe Jackson are in some sort of club that encourages this behavior? Do they get points? Are there rewards? When they're done being the worst fathers in the history of life, are there 72 virgins at the end? Please--I really need something to explain their continued actions and existence. #michaellohan
Would just like to point out that Forest Whitaker is a Scientologist. Thankfully, this just seems to be a sop to fundraisers and not anything that will accomplish much on a policy level. #annawintour
@Jackson West: These people are the very definition of bourgeois mediocrity. Sure, they're all technically proficient, but they're unremarkable figures who fall into two categories: either extremely conventional (Edward Norton, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ma Yoyo, Kerry Washington, Anna Wintour) or outstanding flakes (Alfre Woodward, Forest Whitaker, Teresa Heinz Kerry). What have they given us that will truly last? Oh, who cares anyway? --I just don't like people calling them "cultural figures." Maybe "society luminaries" would be a better term.
@i'm a bottle: You know what's odd? That among the fresh batch of 26 appointees to the Committee on the Arts and Humanities there is not ONE artist-artist. You know, a painter. A sculptor. An art photographer. An installation artist. A video artist. No one whose work would be displayed in galleries or museums.
I don't mind Anna Wintour; she's nec pluribus impar in her field and a staunch supporter of young American fashion designers who think outside the box. She makes sense. Yo-Yo Ma doesn't bother me either. Ed Norton I sorta get--he just produced a doc on Obama's campaign, so this is his reward. But Bryan Lourd, Kerry Washington and Sarah Jessica Parker befuddle me. These are not people who trade in, or represent, the "artistic" or "humanistic" side of filmmaking. These people are the reason why David Lynch, arguably a true American original and an artist of the utmost order, can't get funding in the U.S. for his films. I suppose they'll sing him official hosannas when he's dead..
@snugbug: You let Yo-Yo Ma off too easily. Look at his dicography since 1996. It's purely commercial tripe. There's nothing significant on it at all after that point. Compare the music he chooses to perform with the music that Rostropovich performed. Night and day there. #annawintour
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I don't mind Anna Wintour; she's nec pluribus impar in her field and a staunch supporter of young American fashion designers who think outside the box. She makes sense. Yo-Yo Ma doesn't bother me either. Ed Norton I sorta get--he just produced a doc on Obama's campaign, so this is his reward. But Bryan Lourd, Kerry Washington and Sarah Jessica Parker befuddle me. These are not people who trade in, or represent, the "artistic" or "humanistic" side of filmmaking. These people are the reason why David Lynch, arguably a true American original and an artist of the utmost order, can't get funding in the U.S. for his films. I suppose they'll sing him official hosannas when he's dead..
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