Joe Biden's F-Bomb is Contagious and Chris Matthews Caught It
Chris Matthews accidentally called his home network MSNBC on yesterday's 5:00pm airing of Hardball. "MF-NBC" is actually what Fox prefers to call it.
Chris Matthews Knows More About South America Than Wolf Blitzer Knows About Anything
By the time Double Jeopardy rolled around tonight on the Celebrity Invitational we figured that Chris Matthews would reinforce our belief that cable news hosts shouldn't bother trying to prove that they know anything. Chris Matthews, consider our words eaten.
Chris Matthews Makes Wyatt Cenac Forget He's Black
Remember when Chris Matthews said that stupid thing about Obama after the State of the Union last night? "I forgot he was black for an hour tonight." Well, Jon Stewart and Wyatt Cenac made fun of this tonight.
Chris Matthews on Obama: "I Forgot He Was Black Tonight for an Hour"
This probably won't end well. Following the President's State of the Union address tonight, Chris Matthews took to MSNBC's airwaves to declare that Obama is "post-racial," before stating, "I forgot he was black tonight for an hour." Update: Matthews "clarifies."
Happy Birthday
Model/actress/designer Milla Jovovich turns 34 today. Hardball host Chris Matthews is turning 64. Penthouse founder Bob Guccione is 79. Director Peter Farrelly (There's Something About Mary, Dumb and Dumber) turns 53. Pete Briger, the president of Fortress Investment Group, is 46. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is turning 35.…
Chris Matthews Shoves the Constitition Down Blago's Throat
Hell hath no fury like Chris Matthews when politicians try to do something that they can't technically do.
Demi Moore's New, International Twitter War
Demi Moore won't respond to the British Prime Minister's wife. Victoria Beckham won't respond to questions about her tits. And Hugh Hefner doesn't respond well to his wife's infidelity. Oh, yes, it's your Thursday morning Gossip Roundup!
Tom DeLay Is Gabbing With the Cable Bloviators
Wonderful. Corrupt criminal America-hating dirtbag crazy liar Tom DeLay is making gay jokes with Chris Matthews on the TV, because of his upcoming appearance on a competitive ballroom dancing show. (Who knew Newt's reemergence would end up being less offensive?)
The Semiotics of the Beer Summit
How many ways can you analyze 30 seconds of silent footage? An infinite number of ways! Over the last 24 hours, cable pundits, our modern Vienna Circle, have explored all the possible meanings of a bunch of guys drinking beers.
Chris Matthews Almost Killed G. Gordon Liddy On Live Television
Chris Matthews had former Nixon henchman/radio talk show host/Birther G. Gordon Liddy on Hardball tonight to talk about the dumb Obama birth certificate controversy and Liddy looked as though he might die on the air while Matthews surgically debunked him.
Chris Matthews Savages Arlen Specter for His 'Bro' Keith Olbermann
If Chris Matthews had run for senate he would have become a pandering "toady" like Arlen Specter, so he would like to obsequiously thank former nemesis Keith Olbermann for welcoming him back to MSNBC.
Chris Matthews Re-Ups, Condé Cutbacks
• You can rest easier now: Now that he's no longer planning to run for Senate, Chris Matthews has signed a new four-year contract with MSNBC. [NYT]
• Howard Dean has signed on to be a CNBC contributor. [HP]
• Major media companies are now looking for a bailout. From Google. [AdAge]
• Jay Leno's chat with Obama was his…
Chris Matthews Settles For Less Than Olbermann
Barely four months ago, MSNBC nearly doubled Keith Olbemann's annual salary to $7.5 million. Now the network says Chris Matthews has re-upped without much of a raise. Ouch.
Anderson Cooper Is Not Your Dancing Monkey Boy
Anderson Cooper isn't about to make a dancing fool of himself with Ellen DeGeneres, like those other TV news anchors, whom he helpfully names. Plus, public displays of ardor just aren't his thing.
Chris Matthews and Ari Fleischer Call Each Other Shameful
Oh man. Who even knows why this happened, but Chris Matthews and former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer had a hilarious bitchy fight a few minutes ago.
Chris Matthews Is Sick of Your Mickey Mouse Games
In this clip, Chris Matthews ignores everything Darrell Issa says except two words: "Democrat party." And Chris Matthews is sick of this shit. Chris's fuse seems to have gotten pretty short lately!
Chris Matthews Explains Himself The One Time He Really Didn't Need To
Last night, as Bobby Jindal began his response to Obama's speech by wandering into his opulent mansion and sitting down to read us a story, Chris Matthews was heard on-air saying "Oh, god." Today, he explained why.
Obama's Address, MSNBC's Faux Pas, CW Renewals
• President Obama's first Congressional address drew in 33.6 million viewers last night, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen. [ML]
• It was Chris Matthews who muttered "Oh, God" on MSNBC last night, right when Bobby Jindal was about to deliver the Republican response. [Politico]
• Fourth-quarter profit…
Sex and the City Ladies Finally Commit
• Hope you're ready to go through it all over again: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis have all agreed to participate in a Sex and the City movie sequel. [Us]
• Graydon Carter should really consider writing a nutrition cookbook: It seems Madonna's secret to eternal youth is the…
Chris Matthews Not Running For Senate
Chris Matthews told his Hardball staff he won't run for a Pennsylvania senate seat in 2010, which means he'll probably remain at MSNBC. But will he be a sad poor, anchorwise?
