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Posted by Sweetney on February 28, 2009 at 11:01 PM in Celebrities, Fail, Teh Crazy, Wackadoos | Permalink | Comments (10) | TrackBack (0)
Jamie Foxx is, apparently, a hip-hop artist. Which I didn't know, but whatever, I'm not always on top of everything that goes on in the culture, so. I guess he launched a hip-hop and I just, you know, missed that or something.
Anyway.
Jamie Foxx has a hip-hop career, apparently, and he's just released a video for his latest song, which I think is called something like Blame It On The Alcohol, which is also the title of my unpublished memoir of my life between the ages of 19 and 23, but whatever. He can have the title. Because, seriously, he's going to need it to explain this video, which stars, inexplicably, Jake Gyllenhaal and Ron Howard.
Continue reading ""Blame It On The Alcohol:" Yes, Do That Jamie Foxx. DO THAT." »
Posted by Her Bad Mother on February 27, 2009 at 02:00 PM in WTF? | Permalink | Comments (15) | TrackBack (0)
Authored by super special guest contributor and honorary MamaPop Betch, Metalia of the appropriately titled Metalia
Considering my love of all things pop culture-related, it’s hard to believe that I didn’t see the movie Road House until the ripe old age of 26. (For those of you keeping score at home, I’m now 28.) I was dazed by it, to be honest--the incredibad dialogue, the amazing (by which I mean, “cringe-inducing”) fight sequences, and above all, the unholy spectre Patrick Swayze’s free-swinging man junk, constantly threatening to escape his tiny Sweatpants of Offensive Inappropriateness.
The problem when dealing with a spectacle of such unmitigated cheesiness as this movie, however, is that pretty much everything that can be written about it, already has been. And so, I decided to craft a post about it in poetic form, thus putting a new spin on one of the worst movies EVER. I’ve since taken this approach for a number of simultaneously maligned/beloved crap tv shows, and I’m honored to share two of my favorites with you today (a paean to The Real Housewives is also in the works).
Posted by Sweetney on February 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM in Books, Fabulousness, Guest Authors, Horror, Reality TV | Permalink | Comments (8)
Xanadu, people. Is there any greater testament to the power of spandex and glitter and roller skates to make people feel better about the world? IS THERE?
I think not. In fact, I thought not so hard that I actually decided to lay bets with myself as to whether I could find any other pop culture artifact that expressed the beauty and poetry and sheer happy-making force of glittermation (a word that I just coined to describe all things sparkly and unicorny and spandexy and roller-skate related) so perfectly as Xanadu. And as expected, I lost those bets. Except for the ones backing Xanadu. Those I won.
But haven't we all won, really? Because I found, in my searching, more wonderful examples of glittermation awesomeness. All of which, like Xanadu, are also full of bespandexed hotness:
Continue reading "Friday Eye Candy: Roller Skates And Spandex Edition" »
Posted by Her Bad Mother on February 27, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Fabulousness, Friday Eye Candy, Things That Are Awesome | Permalink | Comments (12)
You know what was super-keen? Growing up in the early/mid 80s. We had ridiculous music, even more ridiculous clothes (Osh Kosh represent!) and we had movies. Oooooooh we had movies. Weird movies! Movies that we saw in the theaters that gave us nightmares, but we lied! To our parents! And told them those movies DIDN'T give us nightmares, we were FINE, we weren't staying up all night under the covers with a flashlight because the Skeksis were in the closet, noooooooo!
Movies like The Dark Crystal, The Star Wars trilogy (I, uh, don't need to specify which ones, do I? Okay, good,) Labyrinth, Legend...All those cheesy and beloved fantasy movies from the 1980's, man. They were the best. So what's Hollywood doing today?
They're re-making The NeverEnding Story, y'all, and there is NO WAY this will end well.
Continue reading "Hollywood Hellbent On Re-Making My Childhood" »
Posted by Miss Banshee on February 27, 2009 at 09:00 AM in Film, Production, Signs Of The Apocalypse | Permalink | Comments (20)
Technorati Tags: bad ideas, CGI vs. Muppets, Labyrinth, Legend, pointless remakes, remakes, Star Wars, The Dark Crystal, The NeverEnding Story
Well you have to admit, that cool glove IS mighty sexy.
Posted by Sweetney on February 26, 2009 at 03:30 PM in Video | Permalink | Comments (6)
Not so grrrrrreat news for Kellogg's. After pictures surfaced of Michael Phelps' bong hit heard round the world, wholesome Corn Flakes peddlers Kellogg's dropped him from his endorsement deal with them, stating that his activities weren't consistent with the company's public image. Fair enough. Business is business.
Continue reading "Kellogg's Stock Nosedives After Dumping Phelps" »
Posted by kdiddy on February 26, 2009 at 03:00 PM in Advertising, Bullcrap, Celeb Legal Woes, Current Events, News, Politics | Permalink | Comments (12)
Technorati Tags: kellogg's, marijuana legalization, michael phelps
Oh noes! Holly Madison and Criss Angel broke up!
As far as I am concerned this tragedy begs two questions:
1) Who the hell is Holly Madison?
and
2) People actually think Criss Angel is cool?
(more after the break)
Continue reading "Criss Angel and Holly Madison Broke Up!" »
Posted by Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah on February 26, 2009 at 02:00 PM in Celeb Couple Watch | Permalink | Comments (9)
Authored by super special guest contributor and honorary MamaPop Betch, Ali of Cheaper Than Therapy
The husband and I usually end up watching the second hour of The Biggest Loser more-than-slightly inebriated. It's not our fault, really. We've fallen victim to the ever-famous product-placement drinking game. What? You've never played it??! Oh, how we love this game. It's helped us get through many a season of Survivor. Oh, come on, you know you've wanted to hit the sauce while watching the wasting-away survivors inhale their Doritos and Mountain Dew.
The Biggest Loser, however, blows Survivor out of the water. Bob and Jillian don't even try to hide their overt product endorsements.
Continue reading "Like The Truman Show, Only Without all the Jim Carrey" »
Posted by Sweetney on February 26, 2009 at 12:00 PM in Advertising, Food, Reality TV, Things That Suck, TV | Permalink | Comments (15)
Technorati Tags: advertising, american idol, product placement, reality tv, seinfeld, survivor, the biggest loser, tv, tv advertising
"Like, GAWD. I can't believe that people are asking me about like, THE OSCARS and like, why I wasn't there and stuff. Well, IF YOU MUST KNOW, it's because I have integrity, which is something actors and actresses claim to have when they like, don't have the command to like, get an invitation to the Oscars. Dude, I like, sound SO GROWN UP OMG."
Kristen Stewart's dad John, not to be confused with the better-looking and funnier JON Stewart, was asked why his bowlful of joy Kristen was not presenting at the Oscars alongside the most popular man in America under the age of 23.
His response clearly showed that dude needed a unicorn infusion.
Continue reading "Someone Get Kristen Stewart High Again So She'll Start Being Nice" »
Posted by Dana on February 26, 2009 at 11:09 AM in Celebrities, Douchebags, Film, Lame | Permalink | Comments (15)
Technorati Tags: kristen stewart, robert pattinson, stephenie meyer, twilight
Hold on to your butts, kids, because Miss Banshee is about to throw a tizzy.
The BBC is feeling the backlash, nay, reading the HATE MAIL about the host of "CBeebies" a children's show. Is the show offensive? Stupid? Inappropriate? Is the host rude, condescending, or a terrifying purple dinosaur? Not at all. The horrific choice the BBC made in regards to their show?
The host is missing the lower part of one of her arms.
Oh how I wish I was kidding.
Continue reading "Parents Disturbed By Disabled TV Host Need To Rethink, Methinks" »
Posted by Miss Banshee on February 26, 2009 at 10:00 AM in Kids, WTF? | Permalink | Comments (20)
Technorati Tags: BBC, boycotts, CBeebies, Cerrie Burnell, differently abled people, hate mail, ignorant people, things that suck, WTF
Adnan Ghalib, who is a member of the paparazzi but is more well known for being Bitney's ex-boyfriend, surrendered Wednesday to face felony charges for allegedly trying to
run over a process server. He pleaded innocent in a Van Nuys Superior
Court and was released on $110,000 bail.
Britney sure knows how to pick 'em.
Continue reading "Britney Spears' Ex Adnan Ghalib Charged With Assault" »
Posted by jodifur on February 26, 2009 at 09:00 AM in Britney Spears, Celeb Legal Woes | Permalink | Comments (0)
Technorati Tags: Adnan Ghalib, Britney Spears, Jamie Spears, Roberta Romero
Not too long ago, Time Magazine published its list of the 25 Best and Worst Blogs of 2009, even though 2009 has barely carved out one sixth of my LOLcats calendar. Time does a decent job identifying some of the Grand Poobahs of Blog, but there a few inexplicable omissions, and choices that can best be described as small-c conservative. And let’s face facts: Time Magazine IS THE LAMEZ!! OMG ROFLMAO and so forth.
Now that I have conclusively demonstrated Time Magazine’s unsuitability for writing about the web, it’s time for MamaPop’s collective entry on the Sparkliest, Most Not-on-Time-Magazine’s-List Blogs of 2009!
Are they significant? I guess. Do they make a grand statement about our modern predicament? I suppose. Are they all blogs? Hey shut up why don't you. Are they awesome? Of course! Read our list - in sizzling alphabetic order - after the majestic jump.
Continue reading "MamaPop's 25 Sparkliest Blogs of 2000-and-Now" »
Posted by Palinode on February 25, 2009 at 03:00 PM in Things That Are Awesome, Web Junk | Permalink | Comments (28)
Technorati Tags: best week ever, fimoculous, i can haz cheezburger, kanye west, nickelback, onion av club, postsecret, time magazine, weblogs
Authored by super special guest contributor and honorary MamaPop Betch, Katie of Motherbumper
Recently I’ve started watching a show called Paranormal State on A&E. Has anyone noticed how A&E used to be the home of Biography marathons and serial killers but has gone through some kind of reality show metamorphosis that transformed it into the round-the-clock home of police / bounty hunter / exterminator shows? I do believe that The Exterminators is a new all time low for the channel. Wait… no the show about the meter maids was the bottom; The Exterminators helped drill it into the rock.
Anyhow, I must have misplaced the remote the night I first watched Paranormal State. I think what first drew me in may have been the cheeseball Star Trek-inspired "director’s log" voice-over that opens every episode and continues throughout the show. Because--mark my word--I find it really hard to pass on a chance to make fun of someone else in order to boost my self-esteem, especially someone on the idiot box who isn’t going to talk back. But regardless of the ego-boosting fromage, it was something else that made me stay. And what was that "something else" you may ask?
Dudes, I think I would have totally hung out with these guys back in university.
Continue reading "Lost Remote Results In Paranormal Walk Of Shame" »
Posted by Sweetney on February 25, 2009 at 02:00 PM in Guest Authors, Horror, Reality TV, Sci Fi, TV | Permalink | Comments (16)
This may or may not be some kind of parody, but in either case, it's hilariously offensive. TRY NOT TO BE OVERWHELMED, LADIES!
Posted by Sweetney on February 25, 2009 at 01:39 PM in WTF? | Permalink | Comments (4)
Remember that rumor going around late last summer, the one that was hinting that Dora might have some growing up to do? Yeah, that one. The one that made my head blow off:
Apparently, some Nickelodeon executives are worried that if Dora the Explorer and the Bratz dolls were ever forced into a smackdown, the Bratz would win, notwithstanding Dora's obviously superior trekking skills and that supply of weapons that she keeps in her backpack. The Bratz, after all, have make-up and halter tops. That shit wins every time. So Dora needs a makeover and some skank-training, stat.
Well, it's happening. Which means, basically, that the Four Horsemen are thundering toward us, and they are Boots, Swiper, Benny and Isa, any of whom might be toting Backpack and Map, who will no doubt serenade us into End of Days.
Dora is the Beast, obviously. That is, she will be if the dipshits at Nickleodeon insist upon skankifying her, which it sounds like they fully intend to do:
Continue reading "The Apocalypse Has Arrived, And Its Name Is Dora" »
Posted by Her Bad Mother on February 25, 2009 at 01:10 PM in Signs Of The Apocalypse | Permalink | Comments (13)
Here's a time when the various worlds in my pop culture universe collide and splash down into a bowl of fail, stirred with a spoon of shame, and seasoned with a heaping tablespoon of you've-got-to-be-fucking-kidding-me.
Continue reading "For Her Sins on Big Love, Rhonda Is Forced into the Most Ridiculous Movie Ever" »
Posted by kdiddy on February 25, 2009 at 12:00 PM in "Movies", Bullcrap, Douchebags, DVD, Fail, Film, Horror, Movies, Pop Culture, Signs Of The Apocalypse, Things That Suck, WTF? | Permalink | Comments (1)
Technorati Tags: briana evigan, chris fisher, daveigh chase, donnie darko, ed westwick, elizabeth berkley, nathan atkins, s. darko, samantha darko
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