Alec Baldwin has apologized for once again flipping his $hit at a reporter. The latest incident only took place on Twitter – in response to a Daily Mail writer alleging that Baldwin’s wife was on her phone during James Gandolfini’s funeral this week – but it was especially ugly because it seemed to contain multiple gay slurs. Baldwin referred to George Stark as a “queen,” for example. “My ill-advised attack on George Stark of the Daily Mail had absolutely nothing to do with issues of anyone’s sexual orientation,” Baldwin said in a statement to GLAAD late yesterday. He added: “My anger was directed at Mr. Stark for blatantly lying and disseminating libelous information about my wife and her conduct at our friend’s funeral service.” “As someone who fights against homophobia, I apologize.” “I have worked, periodically, with numerous marriage equality organizations, especially over the past couple of years, to achieve the very rights that gay couples are earning by recent court decisions.” “I would not advocate violence against someone for being gay and I hope that my friends at GLAAD and the gay community understand that my attack on Mr. Stark in no way was the result of homophobia.” “Many Thanks, Alec Baldwin.” Baldwin’s former 30 Rock co-star, Tracy Morgan, also got in trouble in 2011 for a stand-up routine in which he went off on gays . Both men have seen their subsequent apologizes accepted by GLAAD.
Consequences and repercussions… Actress Who Sent Ricin Letter To President Obama Facing 15 Year In Prison With Indictment Via ABCNews An actress who appeared on “The Walking Dead” has been indicted for allegedly sending poison-laced letters to President Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and a gun control lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Shannon Guess Richardson, a 35-year-old from Boston, Texas, was charged with three counts including making “threats against the President of the United States.” The letters, one of which was first seen on ABC News, contained anti-gun control messages and threatening language. According to the indictment, the note to President Obama read in part: “You will have to kill me and my family before you get my guns. Anyone wants to come to my house will get shot in the face… I will take care of this myself and make sure you wont be runnin this country in the ground any further. What’s in this letter is nothing compared to what ive got in store for you mr president [sic].” The letters were laced with the poison ricin, but the U.S. Postal Service said it was in such low quantities that it did not pose a health threat. Other than the gun control lobbyist, none of the intended recipients came in contact with the letters. Not only did this dirty beyotch attempt to kill Barry-O, but she tried to throw her husband under the bus in the process! Richardson originally called the FBI after the letters were discovered and claimed her husband, Nathaniel Richardson, was the one that sent the letters, according to court documents. Later, authorities said it looked like Shannon had framed her husband. In an interview with ABC News’ “Good Morning America,” Nathaniel Richardson said it was “heartbreaking” to learn what his wife allegedly did. “The way I look at it, being angry is a waste of energy,” Nathaniel Richardson told ABC News. “She has done this to herself. She has destroyed my reputation and my life but there’s a way up from this and if I sit here and focus on anger, I can’t focus on getting on with my life.” If convicted, Shannon Richardson faces up to 15 years in federal prison, five for each charge, according to prosecutors. We hope she’s sentenced to every hour of that 15 years. Continue reading →
Apparently, Miranda Kerr made the Forbes list of top 100 most powerful entertainers…I am not sure why, because she’s not really an entertainer, I mean sure getting half naked is entertaining for some of us….but it doesn’t really count, neither does marrying an entertainer and having his baby…so I can only assume Forbes jerks off to his wife’s Victoria’s Secret catalog when she’s out getting groceries like it was still 1990 pre-Internet. I mean, she just quit Victoria’s Secret to attempt to be an independent worker in the half naked game. It may lead to TV and acting, but it hasn’t yet. She’s definitely not making Oprah’s 100 million a year, or Beiber’s 58 Million a year, or Ellen’s 56 Million a year, but is instead came it at number 100, in what I can only assume was a favor…because seeing her modelling in bikinis for some magazine I’ve never heard of is alright, but more along the lines of building up her portfolio of non-Victoria’s Secret work, rather than being powerful… Who cares, here are the pics.
That guy may have deserved that azz whooping … Scottie Pippen Harassed By Fan Before Fight Via NY Daily News reports: Retired hoopster Scottie Pippen was playing defense Monday after an encounter over the weekend with an autograph-seeker outside a Malibu, Calif. hot spot. The former Chicago Bulls standout visited a sheriff’s station voluntarily after he was named as a suspect in a Sunday evening altercation at Nobu, a trendy beachside eatery. Investigators said a violent argument broke out after an autograph-seeker took photos of Pippen, 47, and his family. The unidentified man was later taken to a hospital with a head injury, investigators said. But a source said Pippen was the real victim. The fan started the tussle, spit on the ex-athlete and screamed the called him the N-word, the source said, adding that Pippen was holding his 4-year-old daughter at the time. “Can you imagine, you’re out to dinner with your wife, your four kids and your mother-in-law, and someone calls you the N-word and starts to get physical?” the source said, calling the alleged victim’s story a “crock.” “When Scottie left, this guy had no injuries,” said the source. “Scottie is very upset about the way this has been portrayed.” Several witnesses described the fan as intoxicated, sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said. Investigators were still interviewing witnesses Monday and had not yet decided whether to charge Pippen with assault with intent to cause bodily harm. He was released after an hour of questioning. Pippen’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, was mulling a counter claim against the autograph-seeker for assault and making a false police report, the source said. Even without the n-word and spitting, the guy needed to be put down for harassment of this man while he’s holding his 4 year old daughter.
Taye Diggs was seen on the scene in Cali over the weekend….does he still have it, ladies? Taye Diggs Attends L.A. Film Festival Event Once upon a time, actor Taye Diggs was at the top of the list of sexual chocolate hard bodies in Hollyweird, with ladies and probably a few fellas everywhere shamelessly thirsting after his man meat. But after it was made public that he was swirlin’ it up with his long-time actress girlfriend Idina Menzel, who is now his wife, all that sex appeal seems to have went south in the eyes of the opposite sex that was once so fond of him. Or does he still have it? Taye was seen on the scene over the weekend arriving at “The Way, Way Back” film premiere at the 2013 Los Angeles film festival in this colorful get up. So, what’s the verdict ladies, could Taye still get the business? SplashNews Continue reading →
17 years and counting! Dr. Dre and his wife Nicole Threat were spotted in Malibu Sunday having lunch before riding off on their three-wheel motorcycles. Looks like they’re still having fun together after all these years. GSIMedia Continue reading →
Alcide got mean. Bill got burned. Eric went undercover. Sookie met a new suitor. And Pam drank milk. HBO viewers took another trip to Bon Temps on the latest episode of True Blood Season 6 , with the following developments taking place throughout Episode 2, “The Sun.” Bill seemingly discovered the true meaning of his Lilith-like state. He can see the future! But that’s not great news for his undead friends, all of whom were burning in Bill’s vision. Eric tried to force the Governor’s hand by dorking out… only to learn about dangerous new technology the humans have in their battle for Louisiana. Sookie couldn’t resist the allure of another handsome young man faerie in trouble. Jason learned he has a faerie godfather. A wacky one at that, who knows a lot about Warlow. Alcide threw down with Sam over Emma. Pam and Tara bonded as the former lost her business. What did you think of the latest installment? Are you a fan of where the action is headed so far? Sound off on this True Blood episode now and give it a grade: A B C D F View Poll »
A good season finale opens the chest of things you didn’t know you’d been thinking all season. Tonight’s Season 6 finale of Mad Men did just that. While this season seemed as glacial as Matthew Weiner’s storytelling can get, and the finale wasn’t particularly revelatory (though it wasn’t uneventful), it really clued us in to what this season – and in fact, the whole show – is driving at. It’s about past vs. future. The future is volatile. It’s as uncertain as anything can get. Don is so scared of it that fact, he sabotages everything just to maintain some control over it. And the past, that pesky horrible flicker in the distant background, well it’s equally as disastrous, but in the end it’s just about the only thing we know for certain. Ignoring it only leads to more pain. In Care Of finds Don finally reaching the realization that if he doesn’t learn to restrain his self-destruction, his life will spiral. Don has been turning to drinking – and alone, no less – as a respite from his confused self-hatred. And finally, after ending up in the drunk tank for punching a minister, he decides “enough is enough.” Time to build a future. Of course, Don’s way of building a future is stealing it from someone else. He did it when he became Don Draper, and now he’s doing it with Stan Rizzo. Rizzo volunteers to be put on the Sunkist account in order that he can go to California and start a satellite agency, and when Don realizes he needs a shakeup, he figures that sounds like a good plan. Megan, of course, takes very little convincing. But when Ted tells Don that he wants to go to California himself, in order to escape his love for Peggy and keep his family together, it incites something profound. At first, Don says no. He’s sorry, but the gears are already in motion. Megan is being written off her show, plans are being made. But then, Don has a realization: Ted – this timid, scared man – is in danger of ruining his life. Like Don ruined his. During a pitch meeting with Hershey, Don reveals to the clients, and to his partners, some deeply locked away portions of his childhood that he’d never told anyone. He was raised in a whore house – not by a loving father like the version of himself in his pitch to Hershey – where nobody cared about him. The only sweetness in his life was the Hershey bar he earned from stealing money out of Johns’ wallets. This is not the first time Don has sabotaged a pitch meeting with his wild impulses, but it is the first time that he seems to have had a true catharsis doing it. Until this very moment, all of his erratic behavior has been destructive. It has been a way to influence the future – however negatively. Now, for the first time, he is embracing the past; dealing with his pain; confronting it, publicly. After Hershey leaves, he tells Ted he can have California. After all, Ted is trying to right his wrong. Not that he acted on his feelings for Peggy but that he has them in the first place. That’s a consideration Don never seems to have even realized existed. It’s big. And it hit Don hard. After an entire season of finding Ted to be an annoying pest that he could more or less walk all over, he now sees him as a man at a crossroads, and one that Don himself was on without even knowing it. So Don tells Megan that they’re not going to California after all. And of course Megan, who has always been just a piece of furniture unluckily positioned in Don’s blast radius, is justifiably upset. Final straws are being pulled. And just when Don has taken his first step toward finding himself. Megan leaves in a huff, possibly forever. And the next morning, Don shows up to work to find out he’s been unceremoniously canned. Another final straw has been pulled. So Don, without a wife or a job, has finally shed all the things that comprised his future. He has nothing left to destroy. Nobody to cheat on. No accounts to sabotage. Finally Don can work on his past. Sally, who told her father this season that she realized she knows nothing about him, is about to learn. The final scene of the season finds Don showing his three kids where he grew up. That he’s Dick Whitman. The secret that ruined his marriage with Betty, that threatened his job, that he has done countless horrible things to protect, is no longer a secret. It’s him. OTHER NOTES: It wouldn’t surprise me if Betty comes back into the picture next season. Weiner and his staff are great at making little things that seemed to just be scenery along the road turn out to be clues to major themes and plot details. The fact that Don and Betty had that nice little trip together as a family again, that they slept together again, compounded with Don’s embracing of his troubled past, suggests that him and Betty may get back together. Of course, it could also be a red herring. Poor Rizzo. Even when Don, who stole his idea, gives it away, he doesn’t even give it back to its rightful owner. He gives it to Ted. Peggy said something very poignant at the end of the episode. When Ted tells her she’ll realize he made the right decision, she tells him that it must be nice to be able to make decisions. Peggy has grown so much as a character, it’s tough to see her continue to be thrown around so much. SC&P is an entity without a spine now. Don is the entire reason the merger happened and the new business was created. He’s also the reason Sunkist won out over Ocean Spray. While he agreed to let Draper remain out of the new Name, Don really is the foundation of it. It will be very interesting to see what Don’s embracing of his past holds for his future. While he was told he could come back to work in a few months, that probably isn’t true. And for the sake of compelling storytelling, I hope it isn’t. The future is as uncertain as ever.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey gave us a confrontation between “Gym Rats.” We recap the foul mouthed tirades and insults in THG’s +/- review! Honestly, if you are buying a book from any of the Real Housewives for marriage advice, you should probably just file the divorce papers now. Or admit yourself to the nearest asylum because that’s just crazy. Minus 22 . Still, I’m sure Melissa Gorga ‘s book on having a happy marriage will sell with words of wisdom from husband Joe like, “The sex is important.” Sort of gives credence to Filomena Guidice’s words when she basically says that Melissa dresses like a prostitute. Maybe Joe picks out her clothes. Plus 10 to the publishers…who actually expect Melissa to write a little something before she starts cashing the checks. Right now that bible on marriage is looking more like a pamphlet. But Minus 18 for pushing her to add stories about her philandering father who was killed in a car accident when she was a teenager. Is it more heart they’re looking for…or more salaciousness? The entire cast of the show swears they’re done with Teresa Guidice but why can’t they stop talking about her. Minus 9. And if Jacqueline is wondering if Teresa’s a sociopath, then what the heck is Rosie? The woman can’t hold a conversation for more than five minutes without screaming and causing a ridiculous scene…even at her niece’s birthday party. One moment Victoria is giving a very sweet speech about sharing her birthday with her father, “the first man I ever loved.” And plus 15 to her. The girl seems to possess more tact and sense than most of her family. Moments later we hear Rosie spouting, “Take it up the ass, Teresa” and “I’m going to speak my mind. I don’t give a sh*t..” Minus 30 . I don’t mind her speaking her mind but does she have to sound like a foul mouthed truck driver every time she does it? You can’t blame Teresa for ruining that party. She wasn’t even there. The only people not talking about Teresa seem to be Caroline Manzo’s sons. Chris and Albie have a new venture. Imagine that people didn’t want to drink black water. Go figure. They’re opening their own restaurant in Hoboken called Little Town NJ. They’re following in their father’s footsteps and you now what…best of luck to them. Plus 10. But let’s get back to the gym. Where does Teresa get that incredibly gaudy work out wear? And you can tell that she’s serious about working out by her long flowing hair and full makeup. If you missed it, yes. I’m being sarcastic. Minus 9. Then T spots her brother across the room and things turn bad quick. Joe reminds Teresa of every horrible thing she’s said about his wife…which she mostly denies. Then he brings Teresa’s husband into it. At first I wanted to call foul but since Teresa’s always bashing his wife I guess turn around is fair play but when he threw out, “I respect my wife. I don’t call my wife a c**t” I began to think he’d gone too far. Minus 13. But it was Teresa who made laugh when she shot back with, “He didn’t call me that to my face.” So it’s OK if her husband calls her the C word to other people then. Maybe Melissa should write the down for her book. That’s just … incredibly sad. Minus 35 . I think that water bottle is the first thing Teresa has thrown all season. Plus 12 . It’s good to have things get back to normal. Somehow I don’t see a happy family reunion any time in the near future. EPISODE TOTAL: -89! SEASON TOTAL: – 166!
