About a week ago, Howard Stern ranted that Lena Dunham was fat and watching her engaged in sex scenes was akin to rape. He then apologized for the diatribe and the Girls star even called in to Stern’s radio show on Wednesday and the beef was squashed. But did a joke by Dunham inadvertently create a new one? Defending her body type, the actress said: “I’m not super-thin, but I’m thin for, like, Detroit.” And that set off Yesha Callahan, a writer for Don’t Sleep! on BET. As someone with ties to Michigan, Callahan said: “Detroit isn’t known for its population of white people…. She doesn’t want to be judged for her size, so she shouldn’t judge an entire city on theirs.” It’s a fair point. But also sort of a funny line, right? Was it also a racist one? You tell us: Was Lena Dunham’s Detroit comment offensive to African-Americans? Yes, how inappropriate! No, how hilarious! View Poll »
Howard Stern Insults ‘Girls’ Television Show Babbling big-haired radio host Howard Stern is known for his outlandish radio ettiquette, and now he’s lashing out at ‘Girls’ writer and director Lena Dunham in the worst way. via US Weekly On Monday, 59-year-old shock jock [Howard Stern] blasted Dunham and the ‘Girls’ show, about 20-somethings living in Brooklyn, on his radio show, calling her a “little fat chick” and likening the show’s racy sex scenes to “r8pe.” “It’s a little fat girl who kinda looks like Jonah Hill and she keeps taking her clothes off and it kind of feels like r8pe. She seems — it’s like — I don’t want to see that,” Stern chuckled on-air, explaining how he’d recently been clued into the show by wife Beth Ostronsky. “I learned that this little fat chick writes the show and directs the show and that makes sense to me because she’s such a camera hog that the other characters barely are on.” This dude and his radio rants need to have several seats. Luckily though, Lena had the last laugh as she apparently didn’t let Howard Stern and his hatin azz antics get to her : “I did find out that Howard Stern really hates [Girls], which I’m a Howard Stern fan, and I believe he’s earned the right to free speech and he should go for it,” she told David Letterman diplomatically on the Tonight Show Thursday. Laughing alllllll the way to the bank. Good for her.
And wait til you hear his favorite Mariah song to stroke his schlong to….smh Nick Cannon Admits He Pleasures Himself To Mariah Carey Songs The male half of the Cannon-Carey clan have just given the world an unsolicited peek into their bedroom, and the phrase TMI doesn’t even begin to describe what Mr. Carey Cannon had to say… via TMZ Mariah Carey’s greatest hits just took on a whole new meaning — because according to her husband Nick Cannon, when it’s time for sex, the deed is done to her music. Nick was on Howard Stern this AM when he revealed his lovemaking music of choice to the world … and of course, Mariah is also on board. It gets even weirder — Nick also says he masturbates to Mariah’s music … and you’ll never guess his favorite self-loving song. Howard Stern: You’ve admitted to me that you make love to Mariah’s music.. NC: Absolutely. Howard Stern: And you “choke your chicken” to Mariah’s music? NC: When she’s not there, yeah. Howard Stern: What’s your favorite song to do it to? NC: Hero!! Hopefully Dem Babies NEVER get wind of this interview.
When he wasn’t rooting out Communists, cracking down on the mob and spying on civil rights leaders, FBI head J. Edgar Hoover toiled as a one-man culture warrior battling Hollywood decadence. He prevented Charlie Chaplin from reentering the U.S. because of his leftist political views, and he condemned Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life for its “rather obvious attempt to discredit bankers.” So what did he have to say about Alfred Hitchcock , who gave American moviegoers new and strange things to fear? Not a bad word. The only questions anyone’s asking about Hitchcock these days are just how much and what kind of a creeper was he? The famed director’s wandering eye, his sexual obsessions, and less-than-decorous urges roil at the center of Hitchcock , the just-released biopic starring Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren , as well as last month’s The Girl , the HBO film with Toby Jones and Naomi Watts . As The Birds actress Tippi Hedren claimed earlier this fall , the Master of Suspense could be masterfully cruel and unforgiving. But as far as his popular image as an artiste-provocateur goes, there’s probably more than a little self-mythologizing — or branding, if you’d prefer — in that ironic Englishman persona, the casually sadistic remarks about actors, the pretensions to finding truth in nightmares. It’s that last detail that fuels Hitchcock , a tempting portrait of “Hitch” as a crowd-pleasing, truth-telling anti-hero — not unlike Howard Stern and Larry Flynt in their respective biopics — who shows moviegoers the dark things they didn’t know they wanted to see. But was his threat to the American psyche all smoke and mirrors? That’s certainly what Hitchcock’s FBI file, obtained via MuckRock.com , suggests. Hitchcock’s file doesn’t begin until October of 1960, four months after the successful release of Psycho , which casts serious doubt on Hitch’s claim that the FBI followed him for three months in 1945 after he discussed uranium with a Caltech professor as research for his next film, Notorious . (Donald Spoto, a four-time biographer of Hitchcock, also concluded in The Dark Side of Genius that the FBI investigation was likely apocryphal, declaring that the “extremely sensitive” director would have been “emotionally incapable” of making a film under government surveillance.) In fact, the contents of the FBI file have much more to do with Hoover’s obsessions than with Hitchcock’s. Whatever paranoia and “extreme sensitivities” Hitchcock suffered, Hoover suffered doubly so. The bulk of the file has to do with a seven-month surveillance on a single episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents that illustrates the acute obsessiveness of the FBI’s fearsome but fearful director. Through unrelenting pressure and undeserved authority, the Bureau convinced Revue Studios, which produced A.H. Presents, to eliminate a minor character, an FBI agent who instructs a would-be kidnapper that abduction is illegal, from the episode “Coming, Mama.”
Right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh may publicly disparage Hollywood to his legions of Ditto-heads , but that is not keeping the movie biz away from cashing in on the widely followed conservative. And John Cusack is just the man to do it. John Cusack will take on the role of the ever-controversial Limbaugh in a new biopic that is in its early stages, according to The Guardian. Betty Thomas is eyeing the project as director, which takes a look at the radio personality’s meteoric rise over the past three decades. Cusack may not necessarily share Limbaugh’s conservative orthodoxy, but the story will reportedly give a “non-partisan approach.” Cusack had been a strident critic of George W. Bush’s Administration. He is also expected to be a producer on the project. Betty Thomas has radio credentials having previously directed Howard Stern pic Private Parts . Limbaugh recently lashed out at Hollywood, saying The Dark Knight Rises was anti-Romney because its villain was named Bane, which he said was a reference to the Republican candidate’s former involvement with Bain Capital, which President Obama’s campaign accuses of exporting jobs to China. [ Sources: The Guardian , Deadline ]
Jones Beach Theatre under water, but Music Hall of Williamsburg, Highline Ballroom back online. By Gil Kaufman Howard Stern on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday night Photo: ABC
Comedian Amy Schumer broke up with WWE star Dolph Ziggler because sex with him was just “too athletic,” she admitted on the Howard Stern Show. She claims he was throwing her around like they were wrestling. Maybe Ziggler (real name Nick Nemeth) views his time in the sack as a chance to work on professional moves? Who’s to say, people. Who’s to say. Clearly whatever he was doing in there was too much for Amy Schumer to handle, though she says she feels bad for dumping the heavyweight champ. She admitted that she still likes Dolph Ziggler, and that she learned he was a “sweetheart” and a good sport upon texting him to break up … seriously. Cautionary note for you ladies: If you are ready, willing and physically able to date a jacked up wrestler with bleach-blonde hair, he is back on the market. [Photos: WENN.com]
Clap for her…and she’ll make it clap for you Octomom Nadya Suleman Makes Enough Money To Get Off Of Welfare According to TMZ reports : Rest easy America, your tax dollars are safe … ’cause Octomom + Porn + Stripping = NO MORE WELFARE!!!!! Sources tell TMZ … the mother of 14 no longer needs government assistance thanks to her various XXX gigs. We’re told Octo has raked in more than enough cash to support herself — we’re talkin’ 6-figs. TMZ broke the story … Octo went on welfare back in March (resulting in a slew of death threats) claiming she needed the cash to help feed her family. But as of June, her 3-month cycle ended and she chose NOT to renew it. We’re told Octo still stands by her decision to go on welfare in the first place … but she’s happy to show the world it was just a temporary situation. Here’s the lesson ladies, if you ever find yourself with more kids than you can handle, get naked and get paid! Way to go hoe! *2 thumbs up* SMMFH… Image via SplashNews
Arquette and Cox have been separated for nearly two years. By Kara Warner Courteney Cox and David Arquette Photo: John Shearer/ Getty Images After nearly two years of separation, David Arquette and Courteney Cox are headed toward divorce. TMZ reports that Arquette officially filed divorce papers last week and cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the split. According to the documents obtained by the website, Arquette is requesting joint legal and physical custody of their daughter Coco. He did not ask for spousal or child support and is apparently representing himself, as he did not list a lawyer. Also, it appears that Arquette signed the divorce documents on March 23 and only just decided to file them. Aside from his brief bit of oversharing about their relationship on Howard Stern’s radio show , Arquette and Cox have kept a relatively low profile since the news broke about their separation back in the fall of 2010. The former “Friends” star was quick to defend the behavior of her husband of 11 years during an interview with Harper’s Bazaar last March. “If you didn’t hear the Howard Stern interviews and you just read quotes, I’m sure it seemed out of context, crazy,” she said. “I’m not saying there wasn’t some crazy behavior, but if you know who David is, you know what his intentions are, how honest he is, and how big his heart is. You can’t really get mad at David because he’s not a malicious person. He was dealing with things the best way he could. He’s not out to harm. But I’m his biggest protector. I can’t help it.” Cox and Arquette met on the set of 1995’s horror blockbuster “Scream” and recently reprised their roles in “Scream 4,” in which their married characters were also dealing with relationship problems. Related Photos The Way They Were: Courteney Cox And David Arquette
