Texas Completely Destroyed In Tragic Event
Yup, it just got blown away. Sorry folks, but the ratings don't lie. Also today: Tonnnns of casting news, from monster movies to sex movies to wife movies. Plus some gay Glee scuttlebutt.
Happy Birthday
Vincent D'Onofrio turns 50 today. Mr. Mike Tyson is turning 43. Italian fashion heiress Allegra Versace is 23. American Idol's Fantasia Barrino is turning 25. Lizzy Caplan of Mean Girls and True Blood is 27. Nightlifer Noel Ashman, the former owner of the Plumm, is turning 39. Famed conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen is 51.…
The Stewart-Cramer Battle Rages On
• Jon Stewart ripped Jim Cramer apart once again on his show last night. And now Cramer is planning to appear on The Daily Show on Thursday. [Gawker]
• William Morris and Endeavor are said to be in merger talks. [NYT]
• Time Inc. chief Ann Moore says the company is thinking about turning Time.com and People.com…
American Racial Progress Negated as David Alan Grier's Weak Show Not Renewed
Last Thursday, D.L. Hughley's unnecessary CNN show was canceled. Yesterday, the David Alan Grier-anchored Chocolate News ended forever. Is it possible—even in this Obama era—America's not ready for bad TV?
Har Har
Comedy Central is trotting out yet another fake news show, this one from the geniuses behind Mind of Mencia and Mad TV. David Alan Grier, comedy's perpetual also-ran, will host the regrettably titled David Alan Grier's Chocolate News which, we're guessing, is a rehashing of current events seen through an "urban" lens.…
