Secret Relationships People Don’t Always Talk About Hollyweird and the music industry is usually one big freak fest where everyone couples up and gets together all free without a care in the world. When that happens, so many hook ups and flings get lost in the shuffle and underreported. That’s why so many chop downs happen without many people knowing about them. So in case you missed them, here’s a gallery of some crazy chop downs you may not have known about back in the day. Take a look.
If you need an idea of how intensely competitive Oscar campaigning has become, look no further than Jennifer Lawrence’s opening monologue for Saturday Night Live . Given the ridiculous media tempest that arose from Lawrence’s First Wives Club “I beat Meryl Streep ” reference at the Golden Globe Awards , I figured that the show’s writers were going to address the issue in Lawrence’s opening segment. And they did — in such a half-hearted way that it sounds like some negotiating went on to make sure that the Silver Linings Playbook star and Best Actress nominee didn’t say anything that would hurt her chances to bring home a statuette. The monologue started out in promising fashion. The Tommy Lee Jones stuff was genuinely funny and Bill Hader’s Tommy Shuffle deserves to become a genuine dance move. And then, when Lawrence told her fellow nominees, “Ladies, I love you all, but you’re about to get served,” I thought, for a few seconds at least, that the Silver Linings Playbook actress was going to earn her comedy warrior stripes by playfully dissing her competition and sending up the whole Golden Globes controversy. It started out that way, at least. Here’s how Lawrence began: “Well, well, well, look who it is. Jessica Chastain . More like Jessica Chas-ain’t winnin’ no Oscar on my watch! In Zero Dark Thirty , you caught bin Laden. So what? In Winter’s Bone , I caught a squirrel — and then I ate it. Boom! Deal with that.” And then — boom! — Lawrence pulled her punchline, so to speak. This is how she ended: “Also every time I see you act, I learn something new.” She did the same thing with each of the nominees, needling them gently in a way that only an idiot could misinterpret, and ending on a cringe-worthy note of praise. That’s not comedy. That’s Oscar campaign politics making sure that any witless television viewers and bloggers tuning in won’t mistake Lawrence’s monologue for genuine trash-talking and start up a whole new controversy that could hurt her chances with Academy voters. Here’s the thing. After watching the clip below several times, I’m left with the impression that Lawrence, who has proven herself to be quite candid in interviews , wasn’t exactly committed to the flip-floppy nature of the monologue script. The stilted and hurried way she delivers that that line of praise for Chastain off her cue card suggests she is deli something unfamiliar, or, perhaps even unsavory to her. Is that the subtle protest of an actress who doesn’t like the material she’s been given to read, but is too much of a pro to go rogue on an Oscar campaign on which many man hours and dollars have been spent? Judging from the comedic instincts Lawrence showed during the rest of her SNL performance, I say yes. What do you think? Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.
The U.S. women’s team fell to Japan in the World Cup final yesterday, but this kid’s epic celebration of America’s first goal almost made up for it. Seeing his native country take the lead late in the second half (the Americans ultimately lost on penalty kicks), was too much excitement to contain. Watch this youngster back the Truffle Shuffle in all its glory … Truffle Shuffle at World Cup NOTE: If you don’t know the origin of the Truffle Shuffle, follow the jump for a clip from The Goonies (1985) and the above clip will seem even funnier: Truffle Shuffle – The Goonies
photo via flickr The Obama administration has been on the receiving end of a lot of heat lately, and deservedly so after it chose to let the climate bill whither on the vine. But lost in the shuffle are many of the other positive steps the administration is taking to preserve our environment. Case in point: Today EPA finalized regulations the will require cement kilns to reduce emissions of mercury and other pollutants by more than 90 percent, a step that will save money and improve public health…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
It’s kind of sad that we don’t see more pictures of Ciara , she’s pretty f@#king hot, but I think she gets lost in the shuffle between Beyonce and Rihanna . Here she is in her sweet golden dress and even sweeter hooker boots. That ass looks like one of those Ferrero Rocher chocolates I want to unwrap with my teeth.
With Hollywood scandals seeming to pop up like rabbits (or, you know, Tigers) these days, it’s easy for some other alleged trangressors to get lost in the shuffle. But four of the…
