@Go Like Hell Machine: Now see, Freeman is a great actor, but he has made some cash-based choices.
And because you've given me a chance to clarify my original response; I didn't mean to imply that Will Smith is in the pantheon of great actors, but most people find him watchable and the critics like him.
@Grandpapular: Okay - You've got me there, but by most measures, Meryl Streep is considered the greatest living actress and Denzel Washington isn't very far behind. #robertebert
@Magister: Yeah, but both Meryl and Denzel make A LOT of movies, and not all of them good, so even though they have a lot of plusses, they're balanced out by quite a few minuses. The top ten (with the weird exception of Hanks) star in fewer movies, but they tend to be good ones, so they might have fewer plusses, but almost no minuses, giving them higher scores. #robertebert
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I'm a little hard-pressed to think of a badly-reviewed Meryl Streep film and your suggestion might explain the "Nerds of the Rings", but Ethan Hawke?
Not to mention that there was a time, Martin Sheen would be in any movie with a checkbook. He has slowed down some since the the West Wing residuals have been rolling in, but he's still in a lot of films and though he's a very good actor, you can't say that all of his movies have been good.
@Magister: She-Devil, starring Roseanne. It might have single-handedly kicked her off the list. But this list really punishes the prolific. Too many mediocre movies can pull down the score. #robertebert
I still don't understand how the Meet the Fockers franchise does so well and/or why so many people think the movie are hilarious... maybe they'll finally come to their senses after watching Jessica.
Before the game, a blog post on the mag's Web site said: "We will be Live-Tweetin' the game and possibly stalking Emma Watson, so keep your eyes peeled for that, too!" A succession of tweets posted on the Voice's Twitter account during the game followed, including, "Let's go Hermione! Lolz," a reference to Watson's character in "Harry Potter." It went on, "In enemy territory. Lookin for a certain witch," and, "WATSON FOUND. i repeat WATSON FOUND."
Not exactly stuff that the old National Lampoon gang would be proud of...I guess this explains why SNL has stopped being reliably funny for an entire generation. If Harvard can't even muster up a decent crop of comedy writers anymore, why bother keeping the doors open?
The Edwards thing is probably speculation and a bit of wishful thinking for all of us. Elizabeth is no pushover, so I'm just content to know that his testicles are likely in a jar sitting on the living room mantle.
1. And Madame Edwards wants to unload all the dirty secrets to the world now because? She'll get the money, she'll get the house, she'll get the kids. As she keeps telling us, she's in stage four cancer. She wants leave the kids scarred? Not buying it.2. That Kate H. pregnancy thing: wasn't that a blind item this week? Something about being "late" (rhymes with Kate) but the celebrity beau isn't the father?3. That Dillon item sounds like a blind item from a week or so ago too.4. Palin: Dear god...
@Swordfish: Yeah, but maybe Mdme Edwards is willing to go out in a final blaze of spite. I mean, this is hardly the first installment in the shame-the-hubby series. The book alone will make some therapist very very wealthy. So why not take her ken-doll husband's good name to the grave with her? If he ever had one, that is.
@Hydroceph: This is most likely a bargaining chip to get more than she would normally be entitled to of her husband's wealth (for her kids, of course). She gets the money, and he gets her to sign a confidentiality agreement.
@PaisleyPajamas: Palin is a verb--you're "Palin" when you start talking and keep on going, even though you completely forgot what your point was to begin with.
@SahibaNumsane: Yes, but the douchery continues there, too.
The nasty comments on the Daily Mail blog about Brown were just crazy — portraying Brown as a community college and Providence as a slum. As if she would have heaps of privacy at Oxford or Cambridge with the British tabloids on her every move.
A Thursday roundup without a Mackenzie item is like getting UPS instead of FedEx. Or something like that.
What I'm thinking about is the upcoming Family Guy episode where Stewie rebuilds his alternate-worlds machine and he and Brian wind up in front of the White House, where the Edwardses are staging a photo op (no Twitterop - in this universe Friendster came up with the Twitter concept first and destroyed Facebook) with Michael Jackson.
A universe in which, um, Patricia Clarkson (or Andie Macdowell?) is the Markie Post of the Edwards WH.
(Is that an obscure ref? Get Andrew Young to explain it. A guy who knows about Ted's trouble with bodyguards knows a lot.)
That second item confused me until I realized you were talking about my dear friend WILLIAM Joel. I'm terribly sad to hear that he's upset, but he should know that Europeans are, in fact, far superior to Americans. Now, if you'll please excuse me, I have a chicken to cook.
@Swifter: I was making fun of Gwyneth Paltrow, but apparently I struck a nerve. For the record, I'm not one to posit any kind of ethnic supremacy, and even if I were, I doubt I'd do it in the comments of a gossip round-up.
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The wording on the other site doesn't source their list, so we might have to assume that it's whomever popped into the author's mind.
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And because you've given me a chance to clarify my original response; I didn't mean to imply that Will Smith is in the pantheon of great actors, but most people find him watchable and the critics like him.
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I'm a little hard-pressed to think of a badly-reviewed Meryl Streep film and your suggestion might explain the "Nerds of the Rings", but Ethan Hawke?
Not to mention that there was a time, Martin Sheen would be in any movie with a checkbook. He has slowed down some since the the West Wing residuals have been rolling in, but he's still in a lot of films and though he's a very good actor, you can't say that all of his movies have been good.
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I believe the phrase you are searching for is "professional hemmorhoid".
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Not exactly stuff that the old National Lampoon gang would be proud of...I guess this explains why SNL has stopped being reliably funny for an entire generation. If Harvard can't even muster up a decent crop of comedy writers anymore, why bother keeping the doors open?
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I thought that Palin was already synonymous with Grifter.
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The nasty comments on the Daily Mail blog about Brown were just crazy — portraying Brown as a community college and Providence as a slum. As if she would have heaps of privacy at Oxford or Cambridge with the British tabloids on her every move.
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What I'm thinking about is the upcoming Family Guy episode where Stewie rebuilds his alternate-worlds machine and he and Brian wind up in front of the White House, where the Edwardses are staging a photo op (no Twitterop - in this universe Friendster came up with the Twitter concept first and destroyed Facebook) with Michael Jackson.
A universe in which, um, Patricia Clarkson (or Andie Macdowell?) is the Markie Post of the Edwards WH.
(Is that an obscure ref? Get Andrew Young to explain it. A guy who knows about Ted's trouble with bodyguards knows a lot.)
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Truth is, most of the Europeans with the desire and talent to make a better world for themselves and their children are Americans now.
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(Apologies for the double post, above.)
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