I won’t be posting much this weekend, so here’s a little music clip to keep you entertained. It’s Sting singing an acoustic version of “Message in a Bottle”. Recorded live during an Amnesty International benefit gig in London, it was featured in (as was perhaps the best musical performance of) the 1982 film The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball:
FRIDAY FUN: Rachel Leigh Cook
I used to hate Rachel Leigh Cook. Not only was she a self-righteous little snot and total straight edge (she doesn’t drink, smoke, do drugs, or eat meat), she had the nerve to bring her views into my living room by doing those annoying “This is Your Brain On Drugs” commercials (remember her smashing up the kitchen with a frying pan?)
But I’ve mellowed over the years, and I just can’t help thinking that she’s a little cutie. Plus, she seems to have given up on “Corporate Hollywood” and instead does quirky little indie films, which is always cool in my book. I especially like her hair, which is neither brown nor blonde. It appeals to both of my senses:
See the rest of these “photoshopped to hell and back” pictures at The Bastardly here.
Perez Hilton: WTF?!?!
So… Perez Hilton got into a scuffle with the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am and some of his entourage this past weekend.
Hilton then called Will.I.Am a “fucking faggot” (important note: Perez Hilton is gayer than a handbag full of rainbows). This comment got him in trouble with the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; one of their spokespeople called Hilton’s words “vulgar anti-gay slurs that feed a climate of hatred and intolerance toward our community” (another important note: not only is Hilton gay, he once worked for GLADD). He has since apologized, but in his apology he noted that he was not apologizing to GLADD.
So now Hilton announced that he is suing Black Eyed Peas’ manager Polo Molina for various bullshit “pain and suffering” issues. He also announced that he’d be donating any proceeds from the suit to the Matthew Shepard Foundation (note: Matthew Shepard was a gay student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and beaten to death, thus becoming the subject of yet another sanctimonious and preachy HBO movie – The Laramie Project). Only, the Foundation says that they don’t want his money.
How bizarre is this whole story?
Ramifications of US soccer’s win over Spain
I normally hate linking to lists, but this one’s pretty funny!
11) Spanish people to take furious and bitter nap
10) Spain now has to send troops to Iraq and Afghanistan
9) US can continue to occupy Puerto Rico and Guam
8) All 63 serious US soccer fans get that adorable “We’ve turned the corner” delusion they get every few years
Read the rest at the link below!
via on 205th magazine: Top 11 ramifications of the US soccer team’s upset win over Spain.
Rooney officially an ambassador!
It’s official, folks!
WASHINGTON (AP)—Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday as U.S. ambassador to Ireland.
The nomination was approved by voice vote.
Rooney was a lifelong Republican who backed President Barack Obama over Hillary Rodham Clinton during Pennsylvania’s presidential primary last year. He later campaigned for Obama in western Pennsylvania and helped him win the state in November.
In the 1970s, he helped found the American Ireland Fund, an organization that has raised millions for advocacy of peace and education in Ireland.
Rooney’s father, Arthur J. Rooney, founded the Steelers in 1933. The son took over the presidency of the team in 1975 and is a Hall of Fame owner. His Steelers won the Super Bowl this year.
The “Rooney Rule,” which requires any team with a head coaching vacancy to interview at least one minority candidate, was developed by an NFL committee Rooney chaired. Rooney has also participated in labor negotiations between the league and players.
via Steelers owner Rooney now ambassador to Ireland – NFL – Yahoo! Sports.
A Tasteless Michael Jackson Joke
A boy is out walking with his dad, and he asks, “Daddy, is God a girl or a boy?”
Dad shrugs and says, “I guess he’s both, son.”
“Is God black or white?”
“I guess he’s both, son.”
“Is God straight or gay?”
“I guess he’s both of them, too.”
“Daddy”, says the kidlet, “Is God Michael Jackson?”
Trailer for The Pacific
Men, prepare to get an erection!
It seems like there’s been talk about The Pacific, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s follow-up to Band of Brothers, since… well, forever, actually. I remember when Brothers came out in 2002 there was already talk of doing a sequel. And now… 7 looonnnng years later… there’s finally a trailer out for the series:
Oh… my… God! Bring it on!
The show is set to debut on HBO sometime in 2010.
R.I.P. Farrah Fawcett
Farrah Fawcett, who made the 70s TV show Charlie’s Angels a massive hit and who for many personified the “All-American girl” look, has passed away from cancer. She was 62. Her longtime companion Ryan O’Neal and close friend Alana Stewart were at her side.
Charlie’s Angels debuted in September 1976, and the show became an instant hit for ABC, largely due to the presence of Fawcett (billed as “Farah Fawcett-Majors” due to her then marriage to The Six Million Dollar Man‘s Lee Majors). Fawcett’s image appeared on thousands of lunch boxes, t-shirts, and perhaps the most iconic poster in American history. Her image was used to sell toothpaste, shampoo and wigs… and even a specialty plumbing device called “Farrah’s Faucet”.
She would shock America by quitting Angels after the first season. Fawcett would appear in a bunch of forgettable films, including her first film, Somebody Killed Her Husband, which critics said should have been called Somebody Killed Her Career. Critical acclaim would finally come for her portrayal of an abused wife in the 1984 TV movie The Burning Bed.
Goodbye, Farrah. You will be missed, angel!
Aussie Crop Circle Mystery Solved
The mystery of dozens of crop circles appearing all over Tasmania has been solved… and the culprit appears to be stoned wallabies!
It seems that the wallabies (smaller cousins of the kangaroo) were eating poppies, getting high, then hopping around in circles, causing the mysterious crop circles to form.
Australia apparently produces around 50 percent of the world’s (legitimate) poppy supply for morphine and other opiate-based drugs.
Read more here.
OCA To End Relations with TEC
More news from the ACNA:
His Beatitude, the Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) announced recently that his church has ended its ecumenical relations with The Episcopal Church, and will establish instead formal ecumenical relations with the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA).
Metropolitan Jonah of the OCA made the announcement June 24 at a plenary session of the ACNA’s founding convocation at St Vincent’s Cathedral, Bedford, Texas.
This is big news, but not “big” news. It still full steam ahead for the ACNA, though, and that’s AWESOME!
via The Living Church Foundation | OCA To End Relations with TEC, Forge Ties to ACNA.