In today's Tweet Beat, Roseanne Barr continues her hate of Chuck Lorre and spreads it over to Ashton Kutcher, Chelsea Clinton uses some great, child-appropriate hashtags and Alan Cumming is still so cool.
Sitcom legend and noted lover of this website Roseanne Barr might be heading back to television. Deadline reports that NBC wants to pick up a "family comedy" that Barr has co-written with Linda Wallem, who created Nurse Jackie. This is the first project that Barr would star in since her reality show Roseanne's Nuts; in…
Earlier today, Lindy read aloud some of the horrific comments she received after appearing on Totally Biased to debate rape jokes in comedy. The comments are disturbing to say the least, and lots of funny, smart people came to Lindy's defense, with one notable exception. The shocking voice of dissent? Roseanne Barr.
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A rape case in Steubenville, Ohio, involving some members of the city's beloved football team has drawn national attention. The Times said that it was a notable case because it was "a sexual assault accusation in the age of social media, when teenagers are capturing much of their lives on their camera phones ... and…
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All those Antique Roadshow marathons seem to have poured some glitter gas back into Robert Pattinson's PR sparkle tank and gotten him through two major New York appearances. First, Rob visited Jon Stewart, who played a spirited round of Very Concerned Camp Counselor on the Daily Show. ("What are we doing here? Are you…
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are having a big, expensive party at their French chateau this weekend and everyone is speculating they're going to get married even though they said it's being thrown in honor of Brad's parents Bill and Jane. "There's a real buzz around the estate," said their good friend Anonymous Source.
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You know how Gillian Anderson just broke up with her man-friend? And you know how David Duchovny got "quietly divorced" from Tea Leoni because of his sex addiction? And remember that stupid boner-deflating shit they pulled in the 2nd X-Files movie where they "revealed" that Mulder and Scully have just been totally humping…
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Here are some spooky through-the-bushes pictures of Nat Port's wedding to Benjamin Human Centipede: Full Sequence, which was vegan and Jewish and French and on the Big Sur coast and sounds nice, although I'm not sure about that dress. They had macarons instead of cake, and guests (including Diane Sawyer, Mike Nichols,…
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How does a presidential debate that pits Roseanne Barr against Mitt Romney and Barack Obama sound to you? If it sounds like possibly the most entertaining debate ever — complete with a whole reel of Mittens' awkward fidgeting — then you might be willing to listen to the Peace and Freedom Party's pitch to be included on …
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Jill Stein, a Massachusetts physician, and Cheri Honkala (whose epithet in NPR's report is "formerly homeless single mother") secured the Green Party's coveted presidential and vice-presidential nominations on Saturday. Stein secured 193.5 delegates, compared to comedian and avid motorcyclist Roseanne Barr's 72, thereby…
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After serious journalistic reports came in that Sofia Vergara was wearing a "sparkly ring," we sat up all night, vigilant, waiting to see if she had indeed been proposed to on her Mexican vacation with boyfriend Nick Loeb. (Remember that scene in Secretary when she's sitting at the desk in her wedding gown for days…
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Madonna's 15-year-old daughter, Lourdes, was caught on camera smoking a cigarette, and Madonna is NOT happy about it. So how does a woman who has made her living by pushing the envelope discipline her daughter for doing the very same thing? So far it involves giving interviews about the incident, but Madonna might have …
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If you feel that the Republican debates aren't providing enough political car-crash entertainment for your liking, you can bet your sweet bippy that Roseanne Barr will shake things up – because she's filed the paperwork to run for president of the United States! Angling for a Green Party nomination, she promises to…
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In today's Tweet Beat, Roseanne has some serious accusations for autocorrect, NeNe Leakes is on the set of Glee and Chloe Moretz gets starstruck.
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Roseanne Barr has been in-your-face and brutally honest this year, yet somehow, it looks to be working in her favor. After she spoke out about what it was like to be a woman the the television industry, she was given a reality series. When Roseanne's Nuts was canceled after one season, Barr was vocal about it on her …
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Roseanne Barr hasn't been shy about her stance on legalizing weed. On last night's episode of Roseanne's Nuts, she used her reality show as a platform to help normalize the issue and reduce some of the stigma surrounding pot. Roseanne has a medical marijuana license in California, prescribed to her for anxiety, and…
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Last night, Lifetime premiered two episodes of the reality series that brings Roseanne Barr back to TV. In the teasers, it was made clear that the show, Roseanne's Nuts (GET IT?), would be focus on both Barr's newfound passion for nut farming and her mental stability — or lack thereof.
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Roseanne Barr was on The Late Show with David Letterman last night, radiant in a citrusy caftan and feathery extensions in her hair. When asked why she had moved to Hawaii and purchased a macadamia nut farm, she replied, "Menopause." And added: "When you get old, you want kind of a less dumb-ass lifestyle."
"I hate the whole fucking movie business. I hate everything involved with movies. Producers. Moviemakers. Those people are freaking nuts and criminals. I can't take it. They're not like the rest of humanity. I'd rather hang out with plumbers."
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Last we heard from Roseanne Barr, she was ranting about the blatant sexism of TV executives, and now, we've come across a trailer for a new television series starring the actress called Roseanne's Nuts. Let's dissect this for a moment.
