Oh marvellous Chris Martin, you're happy to donate to Kids Company and help homeless teens as long as they live far away from you (ie South London) but you had no qualms about blocking that hostel for homeless women and their kids at the end of your street a few years ago?
Just as long your idea of charity doesn't inconvenience you or your property prices at all, you hypocrite...
(PS: Kids Company deserve every penny plus more. It's just Chris Martin I have issues with.)
I knew Katy came from a religious family, but didn't actually know the preacher bit.
So, um . . . . are they the kinda Christians who are cool with gay folks, or is bi-curious kissin' experimentation promoting one of the things they think think needs "positive influence"?
I perked up when I read the bit about Posh and the Alexander Technique - cause it's a posture thing that my flute teacher used to make me do to increase my lung capacity, and it was exciting to suddenly realize that maybe my flute teacher wasn't making stuff up.
I would support MTV more if they also pulled that fight scene from that Teen Mom show off the air. I'm really tired of seeing the commercials where that girl slams that dudes head into the door and then slaps him.
Per the Snooki punch getting pulled, ima quote the venerable Dr. Horrible:
You're treating a symptom while the disease rages on...
I know this discussion was brought up a bit last week (I was unable to join in) but that they're pulling it because it's male on female violence is upsetting to me. The truth of the matter is that they're still putting and filming people in situations that they specifically fashion to be dramatic with a good chance of violence. They have no actual intention of making their programming better for women (or men for that matter), they're just sweeping a PR problem under the rug.
@LaComtesse: love the dr. horrible reference! the asshole who did the punching should've thought of his words: "I don't have time for a grudge match with every poser in a parka!" and walked away.
I am amazed by the speed of celebrities. After only a month or two of dating, they are meeting the parents, buying houses together, and telling everyone with US Weekly on their speed dial how much they love each other.
The whole Tiger Woods scandal is getting more and more tawdry and gross with each passing day. Sure, everyone's a sinner and all that, and his fame and fortune and previously squeaky-clean image are what's garnering all the attention, but really. Dateline featured his story last night, complete with a woman "source" in a wig and glasses giving up all sorts of "information". It's just...it's disgusting. How he (and lots of other men, famous or no) behaved himself, the fact that everyone with a TV or internet is now privy to all the salacious details, and the voracity of the populations' appetite for trainwreckery. It's disappointing on so many levels. It's like jr. high all over again, you know, like the monday after a party when everyone would discuss in detail who had hooked up with whom and for how long and how many fingers were involved and so forth. It's gross.
@Aesop's Foibles. YES.: What I don't understand is why famous men who hook up with fame hungry women are always so surprised when they end up trying to use the hook up to get famous.
@Aesop's Foibles. YES.: that's EXACTLY how I feel too. I, for one, don't want to see other people's personal problems shoved into the spotlight (and down my throat). I know a lot of people that feel this way. The media is just trying to take our minds off the important things by distracting us with shiny celebrities...either that or all major news outlets have been hijacked by preteen girls.
@morninggloria: Also why the women involved are deemed so newsworthy and interesting. I don't mean to reduce them in any way, obviously they're people too, but what's so amazing about having been The Other Woman? The details are always the same; we got it on in hotel rooms when he was in town, I thought he loved me, etcetera. None of it is new or particularly interesting. These women are not victims of anything except their own judgements. And they only cement their caricatures by going on TV and shit and airing all their come-stained laundry.
@marypoppinpills: I'm gonna go with your second option, because it's awesome. I can just picture a gaggle of seventh-graders huddled over text transcripts, alternately giggling, gasping, and going "Eeeewww!!!"
@marypoppinpills: I disagree. The media is just trying to make money. And Tiger-drama 09 sells a lot more magazines (and in the case of the gawker network, a lot more page views) than "important" stories.
What else is available at the Coldplay auction? Really watered down, vanilla imitations of Radiohead for people who have finally grown out of their Dave Matthews Band phase?
MTV's ratings nearly doubled for the second episode. Guess they decided they didn't need to show "The Punch" to increase ratings. Swell.
And does Russell Brand hold a press conference after every conversation with Katy's parents? All this week, there's a new set of quotes from this guy.
It was super obvious that NeNe Leakes did not live in the house Bravo rented for her last season. She refuses to pay electric bills she doesn't have? Okey dokey.
@Sophie needs to study...damn: He!
"Katy's parents have trouble growing their flowers, and I impressed them by offering them Growmore, a wonderful fertilizer. At first, when I heard they were religious, I was afraid they would pour only holy water on their tomatoes, but it went really well."
So MTV was willing to show the punch in a "coming next week" clip without any context, but is cutting it from the show, where it presumably WOULD have some sort of context (though still not be justified)? Makes tons of sense!
Um, so they used the image over and over again to increase interest in their shitty show and only now find it 'disturbing'. Fuck MTV. That station hasn't been worth a damn since they stopped showing videos anyway.
@Ulookinatmyjunk, JOC: You said it. And if I were a betting woman, I'd put a few dollars on the probability of this godawful show being quietly taken off the roster very soon. Not even only because so many people find it offensive, but because it's just such a crap show. As I said before, it is a show made of turds, for turds, and by turds. The end.
@morninggloria: Same here. It's absolutely delicious and makes me feel superior in the same way that Maury Povich used to (I got sick of the Baby Daddy episodes).
@morninggloria: I wanted to love it. I was excited to watch it and physically forced Mr. Foibles to witness the debut with me. My initial desire for it to be awesome is what made it so incredibly disappointing. And I enjoy crap TV, but I guess even I have a limit. Who knew?!
And you might be a turd, but if you are, you're the best turd ever. I adore your turdliness.
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Just as long your idea of charity doesn't inconvenience you or your property prices at all, you hypocrite...
(PS: Kids Company deserve every penny plus more. It's just Chris Martin I have issues with.)
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I know this discussion was brought up a bit last week (I was unable to join in) but that they're pulling it because it's male on female violence is upsetting to me. The truth of the matter is that they're still putting and filming people in situations that they specifically fashion to be dramatic with a good chance of violence. They have no actual intention of making their programming better for women (or men for that matter), they're just sweeping a PR problem under the rug.
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And does Russell Brand hold a press conference after every conversation with Katy's parents? All this week, there's a new set of quotes from this guy.
It was super obvious that NeNe Leakes did not live in the house Bravo rented for her last season. She refuses to pay electric bills she doesn't have? Okey dokey.
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"Katy's parents have trouble growing their flowers, and I impressed them by offering them Growmore, a wonderful fertilizer. At first, when I heard they were religious, I was afraid they would pour only holy water on their tomatoes, but it went really well."
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Her life was meant for RHofAtl!
Maybe Nene and Kim can do some cross cultural stunt casting on Jersey Shore.
It would restore my faith in humanity if that could happen.
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I miss Lauryn Hill. Where is L Boogie?!