8 June, 2006 | Leave a Comment
A round-up of delectable gossip just for you…
My mom sent me an instant message the other night. [She’s just recently learned how to do this. I usually stay up quite late and when she sees that it’s past midnight and I’m still online, I’ll get a message that says “What are you doing up so late?” It's quite heart-warming to think that her nagging has travelled 5,000 miles.] So anyway, the purpose of this particular instant message was to let me know that she bought a baby gift for Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and that I shouldn’t worry – she remembered to put my name on the card. Do you see what kind of wacky family I have?
I just can’t let the birth of the Chosen One pass without comment. Isn’t it lovely how Angelina has embraced life in Namibia? Like most of the women there, she flew in her L.A.-based obstetrician to oversee the birth of her child. Aren’t there any doctors in Africa good enough for Angelina? Of this whole disgraceful PR campaign, NYT columnist Caryn James wrote: “Remarkably, the press has swooned for this stunt, recasting the cad and the femme fatale as humanitarians instead of two people who brought along their Los Angeles obstetrician and who knows how many other loyal retainers to Africa to stage-manage their baby’s birth.” This is celebrity whoredom at its worst – and that’s saying a lot.
Moving on…I have been debating whether to retire my celebrity crush on Russell Crowe. This isn’t a decision to be taken lightly. I’ve fancied Russ since I saw him in Gladiator – that’s a bit of a long-term commitment, eh? But I’ve finally come to the realization that Russell is toxic and that he should be banished from my life. Yesterday I read a nasty exposé of him in the Sydney Morning Herald and you know, he’s just yuck.
And finally, this is my favorite celebrity-related headline of the week:
Keanu Reeves Says He Wants to Get Married
There are so many jokes I could make about this – so so so many jokes. But I have decided to rise above it.
[tags]Angelina Jolie Can Bite My Ass[/tags]
Anglofille said @ 12:22 am | pop culture | 6 Comments
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Ughhh…are you still nursing a crush on Russell Crowe? That’s been going on since we worked together. I don’t want to see you get hurt Anglofille, after all 50% of crushes end in fantasy divorces.
In other news, at the behest of George W. Bush, the US Senate is scheduled to debate the protection of traditional marriage from fantasy crushes.
Like how I worked W. into that one?
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Yes, I still had my Russell crush until yesterday. It was such a painful divorce. I am left with nothing after my years of devotion to that pig.
I never thought it was possible to work W. into this story, but you’ve done it again. Wow. Hats off to you. I hope W’s latest attempt to protect traditional hetero marriage is thwarted. If I’m not allowed to have crushes on married celebrities, my life will be empty.
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I’m glad to see you move on, I think that you should get half of Russells imaginary things.
Yes, Bush’s defense of his sagging poll numbers, I mean marriage, was shot down.
I think Republican economic policies are a greater threat to American families than gay marriage, which is no threat whatsoever. I hear lots of talk about this threat to traditional marriage, where is the evidence? Long on talk, short on facts, sums up the Republican Party, non?
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You’ll get no argument from me on that!
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Okay- your tag on this post made my day.
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I made someone’s day. Hurrah!
