It is nasty custody fight week here on Mamapop. Yesterday, Levi Johnston, baby daddy to Sarah Palin's grandson and current Playgirl centerfold, indicated he is planning on filing for joint custody of his baby with Bristol Palin, Tripp.
I'd like to preface this post with the fact that I'm not super bright. So, maybe it's me. Maybe I'm the silly fucker in the "Dunce" cap in the corner. All slack-jawed and drooling and waiting for re-runs of Mama's Family. Probly.
I really enjoy the work of David Cross. I think he was brilliant on Arrested Development, but I have some questions about his judgment. For example, would you snort cocaine in a room with a bunch of secret service agents?
Okay, look: I like Obama as much as the next person. He's just super. But can I ask? What exactly did he do to earn the Nobel Peace Prize? He's been in power for less than a year. He hasn't stopped any wars. The world doesn't feel, really, any more peaceful than it did last October. So, what? Am I missing something? Blinded by my inherently peaceful Canadianness and so unable to recognize extraordinary peacefulness in others?
Because, seriously: "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples?" Haven't Angelina and Bono been doing that for a lot longer than Obama has? Also, somewhere, Bill Clinton is weeping, you just know.
No, really: I'm asking in all sincerity, and am open to being convinced (dull Canadian maple-syrup-addled political scientist that I am, I fully concede that I might be ignorant about some of the President's more extraordinary exploits.) Am I missing something? And, what do you think?
(Again - so that nobody cuffs me here - I love Obama, as much as a non-American can. I think he's great. And I think that he might well contribute in an extraordinary way to the building of world peace. I just don't think he's done it yet.)
(**ducks**)
It turns out that the rumors of the Palins' maritial demise may have been exaggerated. Or not. Who really knows until divorce papers are filed? How many times have we seen so and so is divorcing only for it to be denied and then papers are filed 6 months later? I guess we will just have to wait this one out.
Sarah's Palin's rep firmly denied the rumors in an email, to of all places, People. "No truth to any of the rumors. No divorce. No affairs. No land in Montana. Nothing! All lies and fabrications!"
What is UP, Saturday Night Live? What's next, is Rob Schneider going to run for Secretary of the Interior? Nothing against Al Franken, I was pleased as punch that he was finally confirmed as Senator, but now Alec Baldwin wants to be a Congressman from the state of New York. And so help me, all I can think of (forgive me, I don't watch 30 Rock, so my references might be a bit rusty) is every ridiculous sketch Baldwin has done on SNL. I mean, yes, he's never officially been a cast member, but he's hosted so many times that he might as well be in the opening credits. And where I can see Franken as the Senator of Minnesota, I can only see Alec Baldwin as a comedic actor and questionable looney toon. Which should put him in perfect company with politicians.
Oh ye of little faith! All of you (okay, me too) thought that political comedy was going to be a little thin on the ground once Obama took office, right? WELL. Everyone on both sides of the playing field take note, cause there's plenty of funny in this story for everyone. Well, unless you're Dick Cheney. Then you're pretty much screwed.
So who is really making politicians sweat these days, and what is the White House doing in order to save face with this superpower? Whoever could it be???
I'll give you a hint: He's a snarky New Yorker on basic cable.
I recently sat down with Megan Fox in her sprawling library (see left) to interview the stunning Transformers star. OK that's a total lie. Because you know: books. But I'm lying about the interview too. See. Normally, interviewers lie about what people actually say. But I lie about the whole interview itself. Because MamaPop is a groundbreaking collective of Pop Culture reporting that pushes the boundaries of lying and deception. Anyway, I interviewed Megan Fox in her library (nudge nudge) and she assaulted me with pearl after pearl of luminous wisdom. It was like she had an automatic pearl weapon of mass wisdom and she was like ratta-tatta-tatta with the wisdom. She blew my face off with wisdom.
Interview is after the jump. It's actually a collage of things that Megan Fox has actually (I'm serious) said (genuine quotes are in italics) in various recent interviews. Let me repeat: yes, she really said these things. Just not to me. But that doesn't detract from their profundity.
"Love Land" that is what the sex theme park was going to be called. China, of all places, was building enormous representations of genitals. I guess the developers felt that the Chinese people were too repressed and that they needed to learn how to enjoy sex more.
They might have been right.
Cynthia Nixon announced her engagement to girlfriend Christine Marinoni
at a rally in New York City on Sunday to support same-sex marriage. But you know, they can't actually get married. Because same sex marriage is bad.
Gov. David A. Paterson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Kristen Davis, David Hyde Pierce and Audra McDonald were also in attendance. Christine is an education activist and works to improve New York City public schools, which is how she and Cynthia met.
I was in New York last weekend and saw all the flyers promoting that rally. I'm glad it got such a big crowd with big names. But if the people making the laws support same sex marriage, why can't they just legalize it.
You know you have been on the edge of your seat waiting to hear if Miss California, Carrie Prejean, will lose her crown over some naked pictures she took while she was young and stupid. Well, the wait is over. An announcement is expected today.
But wait, isn't she still young and stupid?
Pageant spokesman Ron Neal said there would be a newsconference today to "address many issues surrounding Miss California USA." In the meantime, the pageant's first runner-up, Tami Farrell has been put on standby. Does this really warrant a newsconference? With cameras? Are we going to break into regularly scheduled programming for this?
Folk music hero Pete Seeger turned 90 yesterday and was celebrated with a concert at Madison Square Garden. The concert featured such heavyweights as Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Tom Morello, and Ani DiFranco and the proceeds went to benefit the Hudson River preservation organization, Clearwater.
PBS recorded the concert and will air it late this summer.
Oh, the deliciousness-ness. Sweet taste of what-the-fuckitude! According to a study - because a small but busy portion of the human race does nothing but churn out studies - many conservatives do not quite get that Stephen Colbert is making fun of conservatives.
It’s true.
Now with the same scenes you saw last week! The episode starts with an alternate ending to the last episode, except that it isn't actually alternate as much as it is a director's cut. The only difference is that Sylar is creepier and Noah is smarter. It was probably a union thing.
Claire still bangs. It's a hair thing.
A Federal Judge in Chicago refused to modify former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's bond conditions which denied him the right to travel into the Costa Rican jungle to appear on NBC's remake of "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!" "I
do not have confidence that things will not go astray if I modify bond
conditions. I don't think this defendant in all honesty...fully understands the position he finds himself in," U.S. District Court Judge James Zagel said in court.
Until last year, Shepard Fairey was probably most known for his ubiquitous "Obey Giant" images, which feature screen prints of the late Andre the Giant (whom you may recall as the lovable Fezzik from The Princess Bride). Of course now he is far more famous for another poster, the "Hope" poster featuring the now iconic and ubiquitous red, white and blue print of President Obama.
Fairey is now back in the news, having been charged with 17 charges of felony vandalism for posting his artwork on public property in the city of Boston.
Not surprisingly, arts organizations have felt the hit of the recession particularly hard. Many have closed their doors and those who remain standing have had to make heartbreaking cuts to their budgets. Case in point: the Music Advancement Program at the prestigious Juilliard School.
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