Ohmygodshe'ssoadorable!
Not only is Taylor Swift completely adorable and very polite in the face of rude behavior, she’s also a super generous tipper.
Taylor and friend Emma Stone hit up Serendipity 3 in New York City on Monday night, just one day after the huge Kanye West outburst. Swift bought cheese ravioli and a soda. The tab for meal was $60, which Taylor picked up. The amazing fact is that Taylor left a $24 tip! Holy cow, $24 for a $60 bill? Could she be any sweeter?
Let’s hope that when Kanye and Taylor eventually have their sit-down, make-up lunch she picks up the bill.
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Okay, I promise that this will be my last story regarding Kanye West. In case you didn’t hear, the man had a heart-to-heart with Jay Leno last night regarding his outburst at the VMAs on Sunday night. I think Kanye was sincere in his Leno appearance and, with a little break, can put this behind him.
But, before we put this story to rest, let’s see what President Obama has to say about it. In an off the record portion of an interview with CNBC (where he was talking about important issues like, oh, I don’t know, health care reform!) Obama said that Kanye acted like a “jackass”.
The remarks were caught by ABC newsman Terry Moran. His tweet was as followed: “Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential.” Since the comments were off the record and not for public viewing, Moran later took the tweet down. But it was too late. Now everyone knows Obama’s opinion.
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Audrey O'Day
Apparently people get a little upset when you call Fidel Castro and Adolf Hitler “brilliant”. Who knew?
Former Danity Kane singer Audrey O’Day appeared on Sean Hannity’s show this weekend and did just that. In her words: “I’m not defending [Castro's] behavior in many instances, but I do have to say that I will 100 percent agree he’s an incredibly brilliant man.”
How could she make it worse? Oh, saying the same thing about Hitler might do it. “Listen, I don’t condone Hitler one ounce, but yes, he was a brilliant man. Can you guys say that he wasn’t? He ran a country and convinced everyone of horrible things.” Smooth movie, O’Day.
Luckily O’Day publicists were quick and had her release this statement to MTV News:
Murderers and dictators generally are some of the smartest people out there — they just use their brain power for evil purposes,” O’Day said. ”I don’t condone any of their evil behavior, but I was asked about their intellectual firepower … and in my opinion you can’t have a low IQ and wreak that much havoc on the world. What Hitler succeeded in doing was deplorable. And I hope we never see such an abusive use of power again.
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Eric Dane
News broke late yesterday that Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane was in a leaked sex tape with his wife, actress Rebecca Gayheart, and model Kari Ann Peniche. The full video will be released later today. However, from what we’ve seen, the term “sex tape” seems a bit inappropriate. More appropriate would have been the term “boring video of three friends wandering around stoned and naked”. But I guess that doesn’t have the same enticing charm, does it?
The video (well, the parts I’ve seen anyway) has the Grey’s star, his wife and Ms. Peniche in a few forms of undress. They discuss their would-be porn names, flop into a hot tub and roll around on a bed. And they’re all obviously stoned. Fun times. While there is nudity, there appears to be no actual sex. Perhaps the real juicy parts will be released today but I have a sneaking suspicion there are none. That’s good news for the parties involved, who are already trying to get the video offline. Attorney Mark Singer made this comment late Monday:
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Bruno (and horse)
The New York Post has a fascinating article interviewing some of the subjects of Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s sure-to-be comedy smash. They reveal how these folks (doctors, cops, agents) were duped into being on film face-to-face with Bruno. Alas, they weren’t able to get any word from Ron Paul.
Also highlighted are some of the methods that Cohen and company used to trick people into being in the movie. They convinced them that the film would only be shown in Germany and Austria (but had them sign waivers for any international release), they hid Bruno from this guests to prevent any last minute walk outs, they kept the director incognito. This was a well-funded, incredibly smart group of people trying to make the most awkward, over-the-top comedy ever. From what I’ve been told by those who’ve seen it, they may have succeeded.
Head on over here to have a look at the piece and see just how Bruno became Bruno.
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Bruno
Sacha Baron Cohen’s new film, Bruno, hasn’t even opened yet but he’s already stirring an awful lot of controversy. Universal Studios has already been sued by one woman who claimed to be harmed during filming and now comes some serious concern from the gay community regarding Bruno’s incredibly flamboyant demeanor.
E! Online has a more detailed look at the story, including GLAAD’s desire for certain scenes to be cut or for a pro-tolerance message to be added to the film. Some of the eyebrow-raising scenes include Bruno and a male partner dressed in bondage and a baby sharing a hot tub with two men who are engaging in some very personal acts.
“This movie does not unmask stereotypes by showing pictures like that, they enforce them,” said GLAAD’s senior media director. We all remember when Borat opened and scores of people were concerned that the film portrayed Kazakhstan unfairly. Sure, it was offensive, but to everyone: Kazakhs, Americans, women, college students, Jews, the list goes on. Still, as someone who really enjoys the comedy of Sacha Baron Cohen, I hope this gets solved quickly and doesn’t cause too big of a mess. I really want to see this dang movie!
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Letterman
David Letterman has officially and undoubtedly apologized to Gov. Sarah Palin regarding the controversial joke he made about Palin’s daughter.
On tonight’s episode, Letterman will reportedly say he is sorry “to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke.” Letterman will also say that he confused the two Palin daughters and should have stuck with making fun of Rudy Guiliani instead.
“I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception,” Letterman will say.
As we all know, Letterman made an off-color joke a couple weeks ago about Sarah Palin visiting New York with her daughter and her daughter promptly getting impregnated by Yankee’s slugger AlexRodriguez. The joke caused outrage for many on the right and created a small media firestorm. However, this looks like it’s the end of it for now.
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Eminem is tough.
If you talk some smack about Nick Cannon’s wife or Kim Kardashian, you will sell 608,000 records in one week. That was at least one of the controversial techniques Eminem used in promoting his new record “Relapse”. The first new release from the multiplatinum rapper in 4 years successfully knocked Green Day out of the top position and cemented his place at the top of the charts. Bad publicity is still publicity and though he may have many critics/haters waiting in the wings for his fall, Mr. Mathers is still able to sell his own brand of teen and/or wife angst to the masses. Kudos to you Slim Shady.
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Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor were “quite” the pair this weekend at Sundance Film Festival.
Jim Carrey & Ewan McGregor Photo by AP/Peter Kramer
Carrey and McGregor were at Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah for the premiere of their film “I Love You Philip Morris.”
Associated Press reported that Carrey and McGregor have a gay bromance in the movie, which includes “heavy necking.” Associated Press asked Carrey what is was like to lock lips with McGregor???
“A dream come true. I mean, look at the guy,” Carrey said, gesturing at McGregor during a question-and-answer session with the audience after the film’s Sundance premiere Sunday night.
“I Love You Phillip Morris” is based on the true story of a con man (Carrey) who meets the love of his life (McGregor) in prison, then concocts elaborate escapes and masquerades to free himself and his man.
Responding a bit less comedic, McGregor says, “It’s the same as playing any other kind of man, any other kind of character,” saying there was nothing awkward in their kissing and cuddling scenes.
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Darren Aronofsky, who directed the new Mickey Rourke film, “The Wrestler“, has stirred up a big bowl of controversy with a lot of people. One of them being the FCC!
The Wrestler
At the recent 66th Golden Globe Awards on NBC, Mickey Rourke went on stage to accept an acting award for his performance in the movie. Director Darren Aronofsky ‘jokingly’ flipped off or a.k.a. gave “the bird” to Mickey while the cameras were rolling. This “bird” gesture was airing all over America! No time to cover the kids’ eyes!
Not only that, but there were a ton of “bleeps” censoring the poddy mouth language throughout the show.
The Los Angeles Times Online Mag reported that the FCC told the L.A. Times personally that “there were 18 complaints written into the FCC” about the explicit/inappropriate language and gestures on the Golden Globes show. The FCC is currently reviewing the matter.
An NBC spokeswoman confirmed that it aired the Aronofsky gesture on the live telecast. “On the West Coast, it went to black for two seconds,” the spokeswoman e-mailed. “Beyond that, we have no further comment.”
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