Hi, and welcome to the pop culture update....
No Fair! She Already Had a Show...
.Rosie O'Donnell returns to TV, taking over Meredith Viera's spot on The View. As you probably know, Meredith is now taking over Katie Couric's spot on Today. And Matt Lauer was just signed to some insanely huge contract. In related news, I have yet to secure an offer from any network regarding TV hosting responsibilities. I tell you, life just isn't fair.
Britneybaby 2: K-Fed's Revenge
Britney's got a new bump. And one of the unnamed sources says that Britney is "100 percent pregnant." Which is very confusing, because ClearBlueEasy isn't 100 percent effective as a test. Plus, Sean Preston is only 7 months old. And Brit's purportedly four months pregnant and due in October. So I don't know about this 100 percent pregnant thing. Chance of being true? Less than 100 percent.
Porn Stars Do Chekhov
Not the guy. His plays. Four porn stars are being given crash courses in real acting so they can perform a piece of classic theater in London's West End. And of course, it's all in the pursuit of art. I mean, reality television. Keeping with the highbrow nature of this endeavor, they're calling it "My Bare Lady." Hail Britannia...
Gyllengaard Conceptgagement/Expecgagement Confirmed
Maggie Gyllenhaaaal and Peter Saarsgaaaaard, who suffer from too many As in their names, announced that they're both engaged and expecting, taking a cue from Rachel Weisz and Darren Aronofsky and their Royal TomKatness. Engaged-and-expecting is the new black.
Several thoughts here. One is that I'll never be able to view the CBS news the same again. I've always thought that pretty faces could not deliver hard news straight, (unless it's the BBC, but that's a longer story). I think ABC's gambit with what's her face (I've forgotten and it seems nowhere mentioned on the ABC News site), is not wearing well. Linda Ellerbe, believable. Katie Couric? Entertainment. More Pure pop, IMHO.
Yes, why not Chekhov? We can't have porn stars 'doing' Shakespeare, right? And the reason why the article at the link mentions the nearly 30 year old(!) 'classic' of porn 'Debbie does Dallas', is that most of the recent vintage porn titles are unrepeatable in print.
Thanks for the link to the Yada Blog by Atlanta Jewish Life too. They sound more interesting than I remember. Always a good thing, even when discussing the distressing but ultimately meaningless phenomenon of Tomkat. Cheers & Good Luck! 'VJ'
Posted by: VJ | April 28, 2006 at 12:18 AM
Yeah, just to show that I'm not a male chauvinist or anything, here's a good example of Couric's vacuousness:
[http://mediamatters.org/items/200604270007]
Cheers, 'VJ'
Posted by: VJ | April 28, 2006 at 01:00 AM
Anything that keeps Rosie off the Broadway stage is a good thing...
Posted by: James Kass | April 28, 2006 at 04:01 AM
See here: http://www.fpa.org.uk/guide/pregnan/afterbaby.htm#3%233
(PS I was an accident, precisely because of this...and Irish twins the world over will attest to the same. LOL.)
Posted by: Nani | April 28, 2006 at 04:11 AM
I'm sure you're right...but to clarify, I knew it was possible, but I have no faith that Britney necessarily understands "how the babies get in her belly."
Posted by: Esther Kustanowitz | April 28, 2006 at 07:38 AM
Aargh! *Which* porn stars?
Incidentally, there's already an 80's porno with that title: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189774/
Posted by: Joe Grossberg | April 28, 2006 at 08:58 AM
Maybe Brittany has two uteri, like an opposum.
Posted by: Dave Munger | May 05, 2006 at 02:41 PM