The OTHER white meat… Mike Tyson Describes The Taste Of Evander Holyfield’s Ear This guy is the epitome of pure comedy . It’s been almost exactly fifteen years since the infamous rematch between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. The bout has become known for the crazy moment when Tyson bit off a chuk of Holyfield’s ear. It’s a moment Tyson has been asked about consistently since then, and his appearance on “Watch What Happens: Live” (Sun.-Thu., 11 p.m. ET on Bravo) proved no different. During host Andy Cohen’s “Plead the Fifth” segment, he was asked point-blank what human ear tasted like. Tyson is so used to the topic coming up by this point that he barely reacted at all. Instead, he quipped,”Depends on which ear that you bite.” Tyson ultimately admitted that it doesn’t taste too good, leading Cohen to crack a joke that it might have needed Holyfield’s Hot Sauce. “That would’ve been a delicacy,” Tyson agreed. Holyfield had cracked the joke about his new product on the anniversary of the infamous bout, Tweeting that his hot sauce “will make u wanna take a bite out of someone’s ear! Ask @MikeTyson – Luv ya bro!” Apparently when the checks stop coming in , it’s the laughs that bring in the money. Source
Today I learned two things. 1) You can never predict SCOTUS and 2) I’m gonna punch the next guy in the eye who calls the Supreme Court of the United States ‘SCOTUS.’ You don’t need to have been swallowed up in the abyss of indifferent bureaucracy to know that our medical system is FUBAR. (Oh, God, enough with the acronyms!) All you need to do is go to the movies. Here are some of cinema’s highlights that have made me want to try chewing cardamom seeds and holding a crystal rather than make that $15 copay. The Hospital (1971), Arthur Hiller, director Writer Paddy Chayefsky was raging against failing institutions before his masterpiece Network . The Hospital stars George C. Scott as a hospital administrator whose personal life and his place of work are in a race to see which more quickly turn to shambles. It’s a movie that will anger up the blood, but worth checking out if for no other reason that to hear the term “zapping” as a euphemism for the sex act. — Critical Care (1997), Sidney Lumet, director Chayefsky’s future collaborator on Network got to take his turn tsk-tsking the medical system with Critical Care . The film is primarily a romantic comedy, but it has more than its share of startlingly frank scenes of how emergency care is weighed against ownership of insurance. For those who thought Drive was the first time Albert Brooks played a murderer, check out the below clip. — The Rainmaker (1997), Francis Ford Coppola ’97 was not a good year to be in the health insurance business. In The Rainmaker , the evil HMO “Great Benefit” don’t just deny Mary Kay Place’s son a necessary bone marrow transplant, they’re big fat jerks about it in a letter. Memo to self: don’t call a grieving mother “stupid, stupid, stupid” when she’s got an idealistic young attorney like Matt Damon on their side. — Saw VI (2009), Some Gross Guy, director We can all send letters of gratitude to John Roberts for not spiking Obamacare. Nobody deserves the fate the insurance company employees got in Saw VI , which explained why Jigsaw started torture-punishing his victims in the first place. (They were tools of the bureaucracy that denied ailing folks’ necessary care.) And the last thing we need is a Saw reboot. — The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), Cristi Puilu, director Of course, it could be worse. You could live in Romania. This film (presented as a dark comedy in the trailer, but I didn’t do much laughing) is a near 3-hour exercise in frustration. Watch in horror as a dying man is shuffled between selfish neighbors, CYA-pencil pushers and disinterested physicians. It’s a difficult flick, and, unfortunately, a reminder than no amount of government legislation can force people not to be idiots. — Contagion (2011), Steven Soderbergh, director Woah, woah, let’s close this out with a little positivity! Contagion taught us a few things. Number one was STOP TOUCHING YOUR FACE, and number two was that there are some people who are (shock!) employed by the government who will put themselves in harm’s way for the betterment of society. Jennifer Ehle’s CDC character saves the day, while Kate Winslet’s is a martyr. I dunno about you, but every real life doctor I’ve ever spoken to wishes the nightmare of insurance, malpractice, referrals and general mishigoss would just disappear so they can do what they first set out to do: help people. Jordan Hoffman is a regular critic at ScreenCrush , columnist at StarTrek.com and contributor to a great number of your favorite websites. He has produced two independent films and was named IFC’s Ultimate Film Fanatic of the NorthEast. Follow on Twitter at JHoffman6 .
Today I learned two things. 1) You can never predict SCOTUS and 2) I’m gonna punch the next guy in the eye who calls the Supreme Court of the United States ‘SCOTUS.’ You don’t need to have been swallowed up in the abyss of indifferent bureaucracy to know that our medical system is FUBAR. (Oh, God, enough with the acronyms!) All you need to do is go to the movies. Here are some of cinema’s highlights that have made me want to try chewing cardamom seeds and holding a crystal rather than make that $15 copay. The Hospital (1971), Arthur Hiller, director Writer Paddy Chayefsky was raging against failing institutions before his masterpiece Network . The Hospital stars George C. Scott as a hospital administrator whose personal life and his place of work are in a race to see which more quickly turn to shambles. It’s a movie that will anger up the blood, but worth checking out if for no other reason that to hear the term “zapping” as a euphemism for the sex act. — Critical Care (1997), Sidney Lumet, director Chayefsky’s future collaborator on Network got to take his turn tsk-tsking the medical system with Critical Care . The film is primarily a romantic comedy, but it has more than its share of startlingly frank scenes of how emergency care is weighed against ownership of insurance. For those who thought Drive was the first time Albert Brooks played a murderer, check out the below clip. — The Rainmaker (1997), Francis Ford Coppola ’97 was not a good year to be in the health insurance business. In The Rainmaker , the evil HMO “Great Benefit” don’t just deny Mary Kay Place’s son a necessary bone marrow transplant, they’re big fat jerks about it in a letter. Memo to self: don’t call a grieving mother “stupid, stupid, stupid” when she’s got an idealistic young attorney like Matt Damon on their side. — Saw VI (2009), Some Gross Guy, director We can all send letters of gratitude to John Roberts for not spiking Obamacare. Nobody deserves the fate the insurance company employees got in Saw VI , which explained why Jigsaw started torture-punishing his victims in the first place. (They were tools of the bureaucracy that denied ailing folks’ necessary care.) And the last thing we need is a Saw reboot. — The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005), Cristi Puilu, director Of course, it could be worse. You could live in Romania. This film (presented as a dark comedy in the trailer, but I didn’t do much laughing) is a near 3-hour exercise in frustration. Watch in horror as a dying man is shuffled between selfish neighbors, CYA-pencil pushers and disinterested physicians. It’s a difficult flick, and, unfortunately, a reminder than no amount of government legislation can force people not to be idiots. — Contagion (2011), Steven Soderbergh, director Woah, woah, let’s close this out with a little positivity! Contagion taught us a few things. Number one was STOP TOUCHING YOUR FACE, and number two was that there are some people who are (shock!) employed by the government who will put themselves in harm’s way for the betterment of society. Jennifer Ehle’s CDC character saves the day, while Kate Winslet’s is a martyr. I dunno about you, but every real life doctor I’ve ever spoken to wishes the nightmare of insurance, malpractice, referrals and general mishigoss would just disappear so they can do what they first set out to do: help people. Jordan Hoffman is a regular critic at ScreenCrush , columnist at StarTrek.com and contributor to a great number of your favorite websites. He has produced two independent films and was named IFC’s Ultimate Film Fanatic of the NorthEast. Follow on Twitter at JHoffman6 .
Crazy people, they’re just like us! Sure, we may not hurl copies of A Farewell To Arms through closed windows or live with our parents at age 37 (if the Wikipedia entry on Bradley Cooper is to be believed) but as far as the trials and triumphs of burgeoning love are concerned, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook looks like a standard rom com on prescription meds. One would think that Russell would cash in his chips after the Awards-scooping The Fighter and serve up something that defies category like I Heart Huckabees or his uncompleted feature Nailed , but my guess is since Russell has seen the interior of director’s jail he has no intention of going back. Silver Linings Playbook , despite the mouthful of a title, looks like a strong, albeit conventional flick. Count me as one of many eager to see Jennifer Lawrence play an adult (and, no, I don’t mean “adult” in any euphemistic way.) Plus this looks like an appropriate use of Bradley Cooper’s bordering-on-manic charm. The November 21 release of SLP couldn’t be better timed, as it will wipe his slate clean after September’s soporific Sundance dud The Words . From these few clips here it seems like the relationships sparkle, and even the paycheck-happy Robert De Niro looks like he’s going to bring some spin to the potentially sitcom-ish weary Dad. The other big surprise in the trailer is the appearance of a guy who may look familiar to you. You may need to hit pause. Is that…? Yes, it is! It’s Chris Tucker. You know, that comic actor who seemed like a rising star in the 1990s until he decided that prepping for the next Rush Hour movie took LOTS AND LOTS of research. Watching nut-cases fall in love has long been a pleasure ( David and Lisa , As Good As It Gets , my cousin and that kleptomaniac she married) so Silver Linings Playbook seems ready to scratch that itch. Plus, it doesn’t look too preachy. The family scenes, mere flashes in this trailer, tease some of that “gotta love ’em” positivity that made The Fighter such a standout. Verdict: Nothing revolutionary, but neither was The Fighter , and that turned out great. Gonna’ watch this one closer than the usual rom com. Silver Linings Playbook hits theaters November 21. There’s still time to change the title.
Crazy people, they’re just like us! Sure, we may not hurl copies of A Farewell To Arms through closed windows or live with our parents at age 37 (if the Wikipedia entry on Bradley Cooper is to be believed) but as far as the trials and triumphs of burgeoning love are concerned, David O. Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook looks like a standard rom com on prescription meds. One would think that Russell would cash in his chips after the Awards-scooping The Fighter and serve up something that defies category like I Heart Huckabees or his uncompleted feature Nailed , but my guess is since Russell has seen the interior of director’s jail he has no intention of going back. Silver Linings Playbook , despite the mouthful of a title, looks like a strong, albeit conventional flick. Count me as one of many eager to see Jennifer Lawrence play an adult (and, no, I don’t mean “adult” in any euphemistic way.) Plus this looks like an appropriate use of Bradley Cooper’s bordering-on-manic charm. The November 21 release of SLP couldn’t be better timed, as it will wipe his slate clean after September’s soporific Sundance dud The Words . From these few clips here it seems like the relationships sparkle, and even the paycheck-happy Robert De Niro looks like he’s going to bring some spin to the potentially sitcom-ish weary Dad. The other big surprise in the trailer is the appearance of a guy who may look familiar to you. You may need to hit pause. Is that…? Yes, it is! It’s Chris Tucker. You know, that comic actor who seemed like a rising star in the 1990s until he decided that prepping for the next Rush Hour movie took LOTS AND LOTS of research. Watching nut-cases fall in love has long been a pleasure ( David and Lisa , As Good As It Gets , my cousin and that kleptomaniac she married) so Silver Linings Playbook seems ready to scratch that itch. Plus, it doesn’t look too preachy. The family scenes, mere flashes in this trailer, tease some of that “gotta love ’em” positivity that made The Fighter such a standout. Verdict: Nothing revolutionary, but neither was The Fighter , and that turned out great. Gonna’ watch this one closer than the usual rom com. Silver Linings Playbook hits theaters November 21. There’s still time to change the title.
Milk, it’s does a body good! Jessica Simpson Posts Twitpic Of Her Cleavage On June 22, the new mom, 31, uploaded a new picture that puts her engorged breasts front and center. “Just taking a walk around the block,” Simpson, who welcomed daughter Maxwell Drew on May 1, wrote. “Street legal?” Simpson has been heavily focused on her appearance since becoming a first-time mom seven weeks ago. Her main incentive: slimming down as a part of a $4 million Weight Watchers deal. “The cool thing about the program is that it focuses on healthy habits for the long-term (and I can still indulge in my guilty pleasures every now and then, too),” Simpson explained on her official Facebook page. “I have actually gotten a group of friends together who are going to be doing it with me.” Simpson, who is still engaged to Maxwell’s dad, Eric Johnson, 32, has also given up fast food. “She’s breast-feeding Max and wants her to get the best nutrition,” a source recently told Us Weekly of the singer, whose pregnancy snacks included butter, Pop-Tarts and Kraft mac ‘n’ cheese. “She has to cut down on fast food. Besides, it’s a great way to jump-start the massive diet ahead.” Yeah the snacks might keep her racks on racks big and bouncy, but unfortunately, every other part of her will be too… Image via Twitter Source
We review the big questions left over from the premiere before tonight’s new show. By Kara Warner Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard and Lucy Griffiths in “True Blood” Photo: Lacey Terrell/ HBO Last week’s kickoff to the fifth season of “True Blood” was as bloody of a good time as we expected. As creator Alan Ball and company are wont to do with their vampire soap, the first episode of this new season ended in cliffhanger territory; plenty of people were up to no good and best friends were turned into vampires . So what’s in store for tonight? How Will Tara Take to Being Undead? Given all we know about Tara’s stubborn and incendiary personality, along with what we know about newborn vampires, we expect Tara’s transition to be a particularly messy one. She won’t go killing off Sookie and Lafayette, of course; they’re main characters. But we do expect her to do some damage via draining. Will she even take to the idea at all? How will the maker/makee bond play out between Tara and Pam? When Will Chris Meloni Make His Appearance? We’ve been waiting to see Chris Meloni and his fangs ever since it was announced that the HBO alum would be joining the cast for season five. His fellow castmembers have been singing his praises , and Meloni himself promised us “a lot of staking.” So where is he? Seems to us he should be making his appearance very soon, since Bill and Eric are still tied up with the Authority and all. Can Jason and Jessica Get It Together Already? It is very sweet that Jason misses his best buddy Hoyt and is trying to smooth things over. However, Jason can’t keep away from Jessica, so he might as well give up on repairing that friendship for now, which should leave the door open for him and Jess to actually formulate a relationship. Jason could use a strong-willed, independent lady in his life, despite the fact that Jessica wants to sow her wild oats. Why Won’t Alcide Embrace His New Pack Master Status? Yes, that group-eating of fallen pack master and all-around bad guy Marcus was super gross. But weird cannibalistic rituals be damned, Alcide would make a great pack master! He’s perfectly authoritative and assertive when he needs to be and so sweet and kind! From what we know about Alcide, which isn’t that much, he has always seemed resistant to joining up with wolf packs. Perhaps we’ll find out the reason behind his lone-wolf mind-set soon. What’s up with Steve Newlin? We are definitely intrigued by this new twist to Steve Newlin’s character. As a “gay vampire American,” he should definitely provide for some lighthearted distractions this season. But now that his recently declared love for Jason has been spurned, what is he going to do? Newlin was not at all pleased to see Jessica claim Jason for herself and we don’t think he’ll soon move on or go quietly into the woods. We’re betting it’s just a matter of time before he makes some mischief.
We review the big questions left over from the premiere before tonight’s new show. By Kara Warner Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard and Lucy Griffiths in “True Blood” Photo: Lacey Terrell/ HBO Last week’s kickoff to the fifth season of “True Blood” was as bloody of a good time as we expected. As creator Alan Ball and company are wont to do with their vampire soap, the first episode of this new season ended in cliffhanger territory; plenty of people were up to no good and best friends were turned into vampires . So what’s in store for tonight? How Will Tara Take to Being Undead? Given all we know about Tara’s stubborn and incendiary personality, along with what we know about newborn vampires, we expect Tara’s transition to be a particularly messy one. She won’t go killing off Sookie and Lafayette, of course; they’re main characters. But we do expect her to do some damage via draining. Will she even take to the idea at all? How will the maker/makee bond play out between Tara and Pam? When Will Chris Meloni Make His Appearance? We’ve been waiting to see Chris Meloni and his fangs ever since it was announced that the HBO alum would be joining the cast for season five. His fellow castmembers have been singing his praises , and Meloni himself promised us “a lot of staking.” So where is he? Seems to us he should be making his appearance very soon, since Bill and Eric are still tied up with the Authority and all. Can Jason and Jessica Get It Together Already? It is very sweet that Jason misses his best buddy Hoyt and is trying to smooth things over. However, Jason can’t keep away from Jessica, so he might as well give up on repairing that friendship for now, which should leave the door open for him and Jess to actually formulate a relationship. Jason could use a strong-willed, independent lady in his life, despite the fact that Jessica wants to sow her wild oats. Why Won’t Alcide Embrace His New Pack Master Status? Yes, that group-eating of fallen pack master and all-around bad guy Marcus was super gross. But weird cannibalistic rituals be damned, Alcide would make a great pack master! He’s perfectly authoritative and assertive when he needs to be and so sweet and kind! From what we know about Alcide, which isn’t that much, he has always seemed resistant to joining up with wolf packs. Perhaps we’ll find out the reason behind his lone-wolf mind-set soon. What’s up with Steve Newlin? We are definitely intrigued by this new twist to Steve Newlin’s character. As a “gay vampire American,” he should definitely provide for some lighthearted distractions this season. But now that his recently declared love for Jason has been spurned, what is he going to do? Newlin was not at all pleased to see Jessica claim Jason for herself and we don’t think he’ll soon move on or go quietly into the woods. We’re betting it’s just a matter of time before he makes some mischief.
An unidentified woman missed her American Airlines flight last week because staff found her choice of clothing offensive, according to news reports. That’s because it bore a statement that first appeared at a pro-choice rally this year: “If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d f–k a senator.” The woman, identified only as “O,” said of the incident, “When I boarded, I was one of the first groups to board (did not pass by many folks).” “I was wearing my shawl loosely around my neck and upon sitting down, the lady next to me, who was already seated, praised me for wearing the shirt.” Yet a flight attendant told her that she needed to speak with the captain before making her connecting flight because the shirt was offensive . The captain informed her that she shouldn’t have been allowed to board in the first place, and would need to change before her connecting flight. According to the woman, this caused her to miss her connection. She says the airline called ahead to the connecting gate to tell agents there that “O” needed to change her shirt, but not to hold the flight. “O” claims that her luggage was checked and “changing shirts without spending money wasn’t an option.” American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith told MSNBC: “The only reason she was asked to cover up her T-shirt was the appearance of the ‘F-word’ on the T-shirt. The [pro-choice] message is irrelevant.” AA says its terms and conditions permit it to remove passengers at its discretion, including anyone it determines is “clothed in an inappropriate manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers.”
An unidentified woman missed her American Airlines flight last week because staff found her choice of clothing offensive, according to news reports. That’s because it bore a statement that first appeared at a pro-choice rally this year: “If I wanted the government in my womb, I’d f–k a senator.” The woman, identified only as “O,” said of the incident, “When I boarded, I was one of the first groups to board (did not pass by many folks).” “I was wearing my shawl loosely around my neck and upon sitting down, the lady next to me, who was already seated, praised me for wearing the shirt.” Yet a flight attendant told her that she needed to speak with the captain before making her connecting flight because the shirt was offensive . The captain informed her that she shouldn’t have been allowed to board in the first place, and would need to change before her connecting flight. According to the woman, this caused her to miss her connection. She says the airline called ahead to the connecting gate to tell agents there that “O” needed to change her shirt, but not to hold the flight. “O” claims that her luggage was checked and “changing shirts without spending money wasn’t an option.” American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith told MSNBC: “The only reason she was asked to cover up her T-shirt was the appearance of the ‘F-word’ on the T-shirt. The [pro-choice] message is irrelevant.” AA says its terms and conditions permit it to remove passengers at its discretion, including anyone it determines is “clothed in an inappropriate manner that would cause discomfort or offense to other passengers.”
