My Five Favorite Tweets
In no particular order:
L.L. Cool J and T.I. Rap The Music Man at the Tonys, For Some Reason
In a very, er, interesting take on hip hop history, Tony Awards host and human-wolverine hybrid Hugh Jackman credited The Music Man songwriter Meredith Willson with creating "one of the very first rap songs ever," and then brought out T.I. and L.L. Cool J in an attempt to prove it.
Gypsy Writer Arthur Laurents Dies
Cute and cantankerous Broadway writer/director Arthur Laurents has died at 93. A demigod among showtune fans, he's best known for the books to West Side Story and Gypsy, and directing several of their revivals. RIP Arthur. Heaven's Gypsy awaits. [Deadline]
Mormons Conquer New York
This morning all the theater people scampered downstairs into Times Square in their pajamas to open up their presents. Yes, it's gay Christmas: Tony Awards season! The supposed best of Broadway was honored this morning with nominations for theater's biggest prize. Who was counted? Let's take a look.
Scarlett Johansson, Denzel Washington Take Home Tonys
America was stricken Tony Awards fever on Sunday night! Well, maybe not fever. America was stricken by Tony Awards nagging-sore-throat-that-goes-away-after-a-cup-of-tea on Sunday Night! Want to know which famous people were given awards to entice people to watch?
Gay Actor Sean Hayes to Host Tonys, Gayly
Professional Newsweek example Sean Hayes, currently unconvincingly playing hetero in Broadway's Promises, Promises, will emcee for-profit theater's biggest night on June 13th. He's expected to do gay things, in a fairly to extremely gay fashion. Gay. Sean Hayes is gay.
Weinstein Woes, Colbert in Iraq, Drama in North Korea
• Is Harvey and Bob Weinstein's film company headed for bankruptcy? That remains unclear, although the Weinstein Co's decision to hire Miller Buckfire to restructure its finances isn't a good sign, that's for sure. [NYT]
• Members of the Boston Newspaper Guild are voting today whether to accept the package of pay cuts…
The Globe Vote, Meet the Press Ratings, Tabloid Catfight
• Union members at the Boston Globe will vote on the controversial concession package proposed by the New York Times Co. on June 8. [E&P]
• Last week's broadcast of Meet the Press earned the NBC chatfest its lowest ratings since David Gregory took over as moderator. [HuffPo]
• Supermarket tabloid smackdown: Us Weekly…
No Sweeps at the Tonys
Not too many surprises at last night's yawner of a Tonys. Cementing his golden boy rep, 28-year-old Lin-Manuel Miranda's salsa-dipped In The Heights (derided by the Post's Michael Riedel today as "as zesty as an enchilada from Taco Bell") won Best Musical in addition to three other statues; Tracy Letts's August: Osage…
Angelina Jolie: Sworn Enemy Of Fox News, The Press
· Critics who demand consistency from famous people about the various causes in which they dabble are going to shit themselves when they read this story about how Angelina Jolie didn't want to talk to Fox News (or about her orphan-collecting efforts) during the junket for A Mighty Heart, a movie in which she plays the…
Remainders: World Cup Provides Reasonable Excuse for Mid-Morning Drinking
• So the Czech Republic handed the U.S. team its ass on a platter, but watching the World Cup in New York is more about the eurotrash anyhow. This weekend, Swedes unfairly suffered as Good World failed to get their television properly working. [NYT-WC]
• Kevin Federline learns that he has an infant son; in the…
