@ceejeemcbeegee is not here: Heh. You know one of his dunderhead buds is gonna nickname him "da Beeb" at some point, and for a minute he's gonna walk around thinking it's cool.
@ceejeemcbeegee is not here: Actually, I don't think it's that bad. It's a refreshing change from all the weirdo names that some celebrities have saddled their kids with.
@amazoncowgirl: I do remember learning when they were casting for Dorothy, played by Bea Arthur, it called for "A Bea Arthur type". So I imagine the rest of the casting said "You know... and other kick ass ladies like her. You get the picture".
@unmoldednicole: I only learned a couple of weeks ago that Bea Arthur had died earlier this year. And after posting my earlier comment have been reading about her. What a woman. There really should be more like her. And the other Golden Girls for that matter.
@TheFormerJuneBronson: I think it's OK, it's common enough that people won't think you're taking it from Brady. Whereas my preferred girl name is Violet which everyone will think I like because of Jen Garner. But it's not! I liked it before they used it!
@Maritsa: We named our daughter Honor two years ago. I thought it was lovely, and was kind of inspired by Honor Blackman (the first time I heard of the name), as well as the fact that it wasn't a common virtue-based name, like Hope or Grace.
Imagine my horror when Jessica Alba used it just a few months later.
Can we find an Overused Romantic Comedy cliche for Jon Gosselin's life? The guy needs a good makeover, plus "The Reformed Bad Boy," "Time Travel" and "Fish Out of Water," stat.
@rixatrix: In an ideal world, he would end up with the ultimate Overused Romantic Comedy cliche of all...the climatic chase scene, wherein Kate and his children are leaving for some exotic locale. Some emotionally manipulating song starts playing, subconsciously making Jon realize that Family Comes First. He then chases them down, just in time to catch a teary-eyed Kate and profess what an idiot he has been.
I guess this isn't ideal given that Kate clearly wants to be done with the marriage...but the image will still be stuck in my head for the rest of the night.
@labratintraining: Maybe the movie is actually about Kate. She puts up with his shit, finally realizes her own self-worth, and moves to a new town. He badgers her and she's on the cusp of changing her mind, you know, for the kids, when Harry Connick Jr. comes along. He's a widower, with - surprise - 8 of his own kids. And then I think they become Cheaper By the Dozen (1950) or Yours, Mine, and Ours (she would be Lucille Ball), or even just The Brady Bunch. And then we go from Romantic Comedy to Family Drama.
@AllieCaulfield: And I think it was made even MORE awful by the fact that the movie is about a dead person watching what is going on from heaven. Yikes.
@LAmonkeygirl: It's sick. And apparently there's more than one victim. According to the court documents, he was 26 or 27 years old when he began molesting the first victim. She was 13 years old.
The second victim was also 13 when he assaulted her in 2006. Sparks was 37.
When I look at promotional photography like this, I am:
a)thankful that typography communicates horror very effectively
b) in awe that some creatives just don't know when to substitute a horrific photograph with compelling typography. Instead. You know, do us ALL the favor.
I think my least favorite word in the English language is "golddigger." Because, at least bitch, cunt, whore, slut, etc. have the kind of reputation where people know it's mean to say it. Like, my father doesn't usually use those words around my grandmother, for example. You don't usually hear those words (except maybe bitch) on television. And there is at least a small contingent of women who are reclaiming the words--using cunt to actually mean vagina, in a good way; Tina Fey's "bitch is the new black;" I use the word slut occasionally as a descriptive term not a value judgment; whore...I'm sure there are people who use the word the way I use "slut," maybe, or something.
But "golddigger" is presumably something people can say in "polite" conversation; Kanye wrote a song about it. It's as insulting as any of the above words, more insulting than "bitch," even, and it implies so many things about women that are gross and insanely misogynist. And people just use it like, whatever, we all assume that women are money-grubbing hos who only get pregnant and have babies so they can milk their babydaddy for all the money he's worth. And fathers who don't help raise their children? LEGITIMATE AND SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEM. Unlike, say, women who have babies just for child support. Because raising a child is actually really expensive. And fathers should try to actually, i dunno, fucking FATHER their children instead of just assuming that $$ is enough? I am so impressed by single mothers who DAILY raise children not to be total fuckwits with fathers like that. Like, seriously, that has to be harder than, for instance, running an oil company or invading a country or making shitty movies or writing shitty songs. Or being football players, motherfucker.
I wish so, so much that Kanye had never written that song. I mean, I love Kanye! He said that George Bush hates black people! He spoke truth! Parrhesia motherfucker! Speaking truth to power! All his other weirdo things can be explained or rationalized or ignored! But he had to ruin it by writing one of the most secretly misogynist songs of the decade. Ahh misogyny! You ruin everything!
@Penny: Holy shit, yeah. I am so glad I don't watch the View. I would've been dying of embarrassment and awkwardness even though it was happening in my TV.
I'm confused...I thought Nik from that season was a lesbian, along with Kim - identified herself as such after the show aired - so what's up with that? Weird.
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A regular dame I tell ya!
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Poor kid.
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Meanwhile, was there a rule when casting Golden Girls that only kickass ladies should bother to apply?
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Imagine my horror when Jessica Alba used it just a few months later.
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I guess this isn't ideal given that Kate clearly wants to be done with the marriage...but the image will still be stuck in my head for the rest of the night.
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The second victim was also 13 when he assaulted her in 2006. Sparks was 37.
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a)thankful that typography communicates horror very effectively
b) in awe that some creatives just don't know when to substitute a horrific photograph with compelling typography. Instead. You know, do us ALL the favor.
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That sounds like a typical kind of day around here.
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1. Oh, even more childlike behavior, Tiger. That'll fix everthing.
2. Um, wait...that sounds like most days at Casa de BetteD...
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Whatever, I bet he doesn't sing Sweet Caroline for Audrina.
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You wouldn't have to ask me twice.
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But "golddigger" is presumably something people can say in "polite" conversation; Kanye wrote a song about it. It's as insulting as any of the above words, more insulting than "bitch," even, and it implies so many things about women that are gross and insanely misogynist. And people just use it like, whatever, we all assume that women are money-grubbing hos who only get pregnant and have babies so they can milk their babydaddy for all the money he's worth. And fathers who don't help raise their children? LEGITIMATE AND SERIOUS SOCIAL PROBLEM. Unlike, say, women who have babies just for child support. Because raising a child is actually really expensive. And fathers should try to actually, i dunno, fucking FATHER their children instead of just assuming that $$ is enough? I am so impressed by single mothers who DAILY raise children not to be total fuckwits with fathers like that. Like, seriously, that has to be harder than, for instance, running an oil company or invading a country or making shitty movies or writing shitty songs. Or being football players, motherfucker.
I wish so, so much that Kanye had never written that song. I mean, I love Kanye! He said that George Bush hates black people! He spoke truth! Parrhesia motherfucker! Speaking truth to power! All his other weirdo things can be explained or rationalized or ignored! But he had to ruin it by writing one of the most secretly misogynist songs of the decade. Ahh misogyny! You ruin everything!
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My heart just died.
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