Jezebel: showgirls

Bad Ideas From Hollywood, Part CXXXVII

Dodai — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EDT

What the world needs now: A Showgirls sequel. No, it's not called I'm A Dancer! [JoBlo]

End of an Era

Sadie — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Tropicana Las Vegas' floorshow, "Les Folies Bergere" - considered scandalous when it opened in 1959 - is closing this month due to flagging ticket sales in a struggling Sin City. [CNN]

Stripped

Sadie — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:10:00 EDT

The economy's hitting Wall Street hard. And obviously one of the first areas to feel the pinch — or lack thereof — is the exotic dancing racket. With all the big spenders hitting the proverbial breadline — or at least cutting back on, um, luxuries — TMZ says, "we're told first-hand by the pole-gymnasts at joints like the Penthouse Executive Club in NYC" that the champagne room is dead and that the bills being thrust at them are now singles. The thing is: You can't tell until you look later, so you always have to give 100%. Right? [TMZ]

"I Have Genital Warts. How Do I Guiltlessly Have Sex?"

Tracie — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:20:00 EDT

It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the advice column in which everyone's problems are solved with an "herbal" remedy. (Remember, kids: Don't do drugs!) In this episode, the Hoda to my Kathie Lee, Rich, helps me dole out advice on stuff like death, balls, and hobos. Got a burning question? Send it to tips@jezebel.com with "Pot Psychology" in the subject line. (Please keep them short; they're verrrry hard to read when stoned.)

Remember how weird it was when you first...

Moe — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:20:00 EDT

Remember how weird it was when you first learned your childhood TV nerds were actually stupid? Like Tracey Gold, who seemed so smart on Growing Pains, and Jessie Spano a.k.a. Elizabeth Berkley, whose poignant account in yesterday's Page Six Magazine of how she got roped into Showgirls nearly brought us to excited, scared tears. Click the pic for the choice quotes.

"If you just looked at it on paper, it felt like a no-brainer." After all, the Basic Instinct team of director Paul Verhoeven and writer Joe Eszterhas had just made Sharon Stone a household name. Her only concerns at the time were simple, she says. "I thought, 'Do I feel comfortable with this director? Do I feel like I will be protected in this?' Those things all felt like 'yes' prior to filming. After filming, I can't say I felt that way." Because there, of course, is when the media skewered the movie, unanimously crowning it the year's worst film.
"I think that was the part where I felt let down. I didn't feel like any of the filmmakers had my back when it came up — at all. Nobody stood up and said a word when the media was being so mean." She was all of 20 at the time. The actres says she took the Showgirls fallout on her own, promoting the film single-handedly when the other players backed out. "I didn't want to run away and hide. It was a nasty moment, but I found out what I was made of, I'll tell you that for sure."

Of course, these days Showgirls is recognized for the cinematic achievement it was and is one of MGM's Top 20-selling DVDs of all time.

With Any Luck, Anna Nicole Will Be The Next Showgirls

Tracie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:00:00 EST

Above is the "official" trailer for Anna Nicole, the biopic about the dearly departed model/diet pill spokeswoman/reality TV star starring Willa Ford in the title role (and a cameo by Bobby Trendy). The voice over claims it is "the most anticipated motion picture of the year," and we'd be big fat liars if we didn't say we whole-heartedly agree. This movie looks just as cheap, seedy and campy as its source material. It began shooting about six weeks (or less) after Anna died, and wrapped in May 2007. There's still no release date, but evidently, this thing is headed for the big screen, when initially, it was supposed to be a TV movie of the week type thing.

Celebrity Rehab: Daniel Baldwin Claims Mary Carey's Breasts Are A Relapse Trigger

Slut Machine — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:30:00 EST

Celebrity Rehab is a really raw show that actually goes there. During the group therapy session, Jeff Conway disclosed one of the demons haunting him — as a young boy, he'd been sexually abused and it was filmed, making him the subject in a piece of child pornography. After that confessional, the gang had a BBQ pool party. Mary Carey jumped into the pool in a wife beater with no bra, which Daniel Baldwin said made him and his wife so uncomfortable that he needed to leave the rehab facility. Daniel, however, had been coming up with a slew of excuses to leave the facility on day trips for a while, so blaming his final exit on a woman swimming in a tank top seemed not only low, but a lie. Suspicions were confirmed after he left, when Mary admitted that Daniel had been sending her (what we assume are naked) pictures of himself after lights out, and asking her to do the same. What an asshole pig!

So on this episode, it was visitor's day. Look who came to see Mary: Penny/Hope from Showgirls!

Her exchange with Jeff Conway — when she listed her entire filmography — was totally one of the best moments on Celebrity Rehab thus far.

Bruce Willis Reenacts The Pool Scene From 'Showgirls'

Anna — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:20:00 EDT

[Sardinia, Italy; August 7. Image via Bauer-Griffin]