#1 That pic of Miley? Well, there's an asian guy in the photo sitting right next to her and the other kids who are pulling their eyes. I don't get it, but maybe they ALL thought it was funny?
#2 Yes, JHud did lipsync the anthem. The producers demand it. Trying to sing live on field like that produces an echo that completely messes you up. You hear your first note while you're singing the fifth note. Earplugs don't help. Everyone does it, because it's in the contract.
Aw, nice Paul Bettany quote! He's been on my mind lately, due to the fact that I finally got around to reading Master and Commander and have the movie version on the way from Netflix for the weekend.
I've feared that PB would face chronic underemployment in non-British cinema thanks to his quiet demeanor and molelike pallor, so I am particularly psyched about his casting as Stephen Maturin. This completely works! He knocks this role out of the park, I bet.
Sad though that no O'Brien movie franchise seems to be forthcoming. With the right actors in place (hello, Ioan Gruffudd!!), I find I have a pretty high tolerance for Royal Navy nerdiness.
And now back to Miley Cyrus, about whom I have nothing even slightly interesting to add.
As a person of Asian descent, I can tell you that I'm shocked at some of the replies here. Whether or not this was a "joke" or if they were all "high" makes no difference. So what if that one Asian guy is "OK" with it (and we don't know this for sure). Miley Cyrus is a public figure to legions of teens out there and she's a role model (unfortunately) for lots of kids, Asian ones included. I feel that people are making light of this situation b/c it's about Asians, aka the Model Minority that's always "quiet". We don't have a very big voice in the media, if at all, which is why any slight to our ethnic group should be examined and brought to people's attention.
Having had kids make those slanty eyes and Ching Chong noises at me growing up really sucked but it sucks even more to see it getting a pass at this day and age.
@velcrosneakers: @Torontochic: Thank you so much for this. As the mother of a Chinese daughter, I'm shocked and sickened to see people treat slurs towards Asians as if they're no big deal. I know a few Chinese girls in my community who worship Miley Cyrus and it breaks my heart to think how let-down those girls are going to feel if they see this picture.
@velcrosneakers: I completely agree. I am revolted by some of the discussion here. And, I can tell you that even at 15 I had more sense than to make racist jokes. This cannot be written off as "kids being kids." The picture is inexcusable.
@dirtybee is feelin' flantastic!: Good god no,no no. None of those are Jonas Brothers. The two you might be referring to are her underwear model boyfriend and the other is one of her guitarists. I know peeps. The Jonases are just NOT stupid like this at this point. LOL.
Miley Cyrus seriously annoys me but I'd call her "china man pose" more stupid than racist. When you're a young teenager there are many things that should simply "click" as offensive in your head but due to the faulty wiring in a teenager's brain they just don't. I think it's good people are calling her out for it because there's no better way to learn something than the hard way but to completely label her as a racist seems extreme to me. Of course the headline, "Miley Cyrus In Racist Photo Scandal" does make me laugh more than it probably should.
And as for your Gwyneth, really? "Fuck the haters?" Do you eat sugar cookies with that same foul mouth? Oh right of course not because you don't eat sugar or flour or diary or any other "white" food for that matter. Honestly I expected more out of you Gwyneth, maybe a good stern, "I said good. day. to. you. haters. -I said good day!" in a british accent would've suited you and us "haters" better.
"Which sitcom actor avoids socializing with industry professionals? Though his flamboyance is obvious, he stays in the closet with his close-knit - and tight-lipped - circle of gay friends."
Oh man, I am running through all sorts of yummy fantasies about this Blind Item.....
This Miley Cyrus stuff is stupid. Just because she is making a face doesn't mean she is doing some sort of slanty-eyed Asain thing. The whole think is stupid.
Michael Lohan needs to shut up. Lindsay is doing JUST FINE.
I love Chelsy Davy. She's intelligent, and instead of aiming for nothing more than to be a royal wife (yes, Waity Kate, I'm looking at you and your 'photography career'), she's chosen to train for a demanding career park.
Plus she had the sense to dumb Harry, who isn't exactly the brightest crayon in the box, is he?
@Glitterbug: I always thought that the automatic comparision with Sarah Ferguson was very unfair. (Although she is fairly enterprising these days, isn't she?)
So I'm going to go on a limb here and guess that Michael Lohan wrote his final blog because he's headed to the slammer where you're not allowed to blog? Or am I confused.
i just put on some gardening boots/pants/gloves and i'm on my way to search every garbage can in the world to save all the abandoned puppies int he world. thank you.
So who cares if she pulled at her eyes. I don't. Honestly do we not have better things to discuss other than pics a teen celebrity took with her friends during her own private time?
Maybe if this was on a red carpet I could muster up an "Oh No!", but really level of scrutiny causes these kids to lose their minds.
We have a Jezebelle who also said that for some time she thought that LOL meant "Lord oh Lord," and ever since she wrote that, I have occasionally said "Lord oh Lord" in her honor -- and because sometimes it's just called for! You are not alone, Jennifer Connelly!
And, to any one who still wonders: "Big dick" does not = good sex. "Thinking, considerate, creative man attached to dick of any size" DOES = good sex. (Unless you like chicks, in which case, I'll move along. Nothing to see here!)
@ellaesther: I respect your opinion on the dick thing for yourself. But, for a personal preference- I don't want a man with a little dick. I don't care how kind & considerate he may be. (I just said something bc the women who say it doesn't matter seem to talk the loudest, while those of us who disagree just trade looks & wince).There are nice guys out there with huge ones- and that is awesome...But, yes, bad sex is bad sex with a dick of any size (but, if it's gotta go down like that, I'll take my bad sex with a big one).
@oh.geez.: Really? Wow! I honestly, I can't even imagine. I can only guess that we are built differently on the inside. Which, come to think of it, might not be a bad thing for the world to remember when talking about women.
@ellaesther: Have you ever slept with someone with a dick so small you could cover the whole thing with your hand? Uhhh, considerate and kind is nice and all but...
@LaFemme: Um, actually... yes. And it was very, very good (every time), cause he was really, really into it. Going back to work now! Not thinking about sex anymore! Ladedadeda!
@nancy11372: I had sex with a guy with a dick smaller than my little finger. Fully erect. Look, if he'd used his hands or his mouth or something that would've been different, but, no. Very disappointing. Lucky I was so drunk!
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#2 Yes, JHud did lipsync the anthem. The producers demand it. Trying to sing live on field like that produces an echo that completely messes you up. You hear your first note while you're singing the fifth note. Earplugs don't help. Everyone does it, because it's in the contract.
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I've feared that PB would face chronic underemployment in non-British cinema thanks to his quiet demeanor and molelike pallor, so I am particularly psyched about his casting as Stephen Maturin. This completely works! He knocks this role out of the park, I bet.
Sad though that no O'Brien movie franchise seems to be forthcoming. With the right actors in place (hello, Ioan Gruffudd!!), I find I have a pretty high tolerance for Royal Navy nerdiness.
And now back to Miley Cyrus, about whom I have nothing even slightly interesting to add.
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Having had kids make those slanty eyes and Ching Chong noises at me growing up really sucked but it sucks even more to see it getting a pass at this day and age.
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And as for your Gwyneth, really? "Fuck the haters?" Do you eat sugar cookies with that same foul mouth? Oh right of course not because you don't eat sugar or flour or diary or any other "white" food for that matter. Honestly I expected more out of you Gwyneth, maybe a good stern, "I said good. day. to. you. haters. -I said good day!" in a british accent would've suited you and us "haters" better.
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Oh man, I am running through all sorts of yummy fantasies about this Blind Item.....
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Michael Lohan needs to shut up. Lindsay is doing JUST FINE.
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Plus she had the sense to dumb Harry, who isn't exactly the brightest crayon in the box, is he?
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Maybe if this was on a red carpet I could muster up an "Oh No!", but really level of scrutiny causes these kids to lose their minds.
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I've never read "Goop" but I think it is funny that Gwyneth Paltrow cannot even bring herself to write "my ego." You have an ego, Gwyneth! Own it!
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And, to any one who still wonders: "Big dick" does not = good sex. "Thinking, considerate, creative man attached to dick of any size" DOES = good sex. (Unless you like chicks, in which case, I'll move along. Nothing to see here!)
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Women! Not all the same!
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GP refers to her own ego in the second person? if so, i'm off to the fridge now to fill your stomach with leftover cauliflower cheese.
yes, it *does* feel better when i put it that way!
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