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John Travolta: Biggest Environmental Hypocrite

According to the results of our poll yesterday, you, our angry readers, believe John Travolta is a worse environmental hypocrite than any other celebrity! This one was a runaway. Travolta got 48% of the vote, crushing second-place hypocrite(s) Brangelina, who only got 18%. Barbra Streisand (17%) was a close third, followed by Madonna (11%), Chris Martin (5%), and Leonardo Dicaprio, who you guys must really have a crush on, at just 2%. From the comments, it appears that Travolta's whole "owning five personal planes and having a runway in my yard" thing really pushed him over the top. A wise choice. [Previously. Results rounded to nearest percentage point.]

12:33 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
2,151 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: @Nogrumpys Yeah..totally agree. I saw his trek-ehhhsode where he was in Turkey and was making a fool of himself oogling a belly dancer. He tried to touch the chain on her neck and she backed off slightly and wouldn't allow more »

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NBC Universal To Stop Shooting Pilots Says CEO Jeff Zucker

NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker announced NBC would no longer blow tons of dough shooting poorly thought-out but memorably expensive television pilots. He says it's due to the recession which totally exists (Zucker was at the bleak World Economic Forum conference in Davos when he made the announcement) but could it also be an act of retaliation against the striking writers? According to the NYT, other studios are likely to follow NBC's move. While this makes fiscal sense for the struggling studios—NBC has, in the well-chosen words of Zucker "At NBC Entertainment we’ve been flat on our backs for the last few years.”—it is bad news for the public. From whence will the next LAX 2194 or Poochinksi emerge? How will future generations be able to sally forth in the absence of Fuzzbucket, a tale of love between a boy and his troll?

5:54 AM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Joshua Stein
3,608 views, 13 comments

Latest by n/a: HEEEY! If I get a vote here, can it at least be MacPherson or Moonves or someone who's gonna do some serious damage on the rack?! more »