But I can guarantee you one thing; we will never agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis. So I won’t bother saying goodbye to his corpse. I will say goodbye to you.
— Lester Bangs in 1977 on the death of Elvis
Do you live in the New York City area or will you be here between now and July 12th? Do you at all like Shakespeare and/or parks? Are you a fan of joy, happiness, and things that are wonderful and make you feel glad to be alive? Then go see Anne Hathaway and a New York theater scene dream team in Shakespeare in the Park’s superlative production of
Twelfth Night.
Not to take anything away from the brilliant Maya Rudolph, but I’m starting to think that John Krasinski + anyone = a great onscreen couple
So I’m feeling kind of bored and like I need a change. A new way to express myself. And I’m thinking the best way to do that would be to pay a stranger to use needles to inject ink into my body for the rest of my life. But don’t worry, I’ll make sure it’s something cool, and meaningful, and deeply important to me, because I know that whatever is cool, and meaningful, and important to me
now will surely always be cool and meaningful and important to me. Especially when I’m 80. After all, everything that was cool and important and meaningful to me as far back as 10 years ago is still totally just as relevant to me today. So what’s another 50 years right? And hey, if almost 50% of all marriages in this country work out then I see no reason why etching something permanently into my skin will ever seem like a bad idea. So anyway, I’m thinking of getting a heart on my foot. It’ll be super cute! What do you guys think?
Congratulations to my all time favorite (alleged) rapist
Friday saw Jeno Leno finally relinquish the host’s chair of The Tonight Show to Conan O’Brien…only to take over his own brand new show in primetime.
And it saw the release of Pixar’s newest intelligent and moving masterpiece Up…only to also see the release of Dreamworks’ new slate of eight (yes, eight) new movies to be released in the next three and a half years. These movies include a fourth Shrek movie, a third Madagascar movie, and a second Kung Fu Panda movie. There are also two movies based on best-selling childrens books and a movie featuring the voices of two of the biggest entertainers of the last year – Robert Downey Jr. and Tina Fey. (Did I mention that the leads of the last three Pixar movies were voiced by Patton Oswalt, Ben Burtt, and Ed Asner respectively?). These eight new movies will undoubtedly gross roughly a gazillion dollars apiece.
Hey kids, why strive for genius and originality when mediocrity will do just as well?
