George Lucas is second only to Gene Roddenberry in the dork kingdom. He’s like Vice President of Dorkdom. So, when he says he’s bringing 200 storm troopers to the 118th annual Tournament of Roses Parade, well, it’s gonna be a swingin’ affair fo shiz. PASADENA, Calif. – Not long from now, in our very own galaxy, the “Star Wars Spectacular”… Read more →
Category: Entertainment
Best Frank and Frank-enstein Monster Ever Gone at 71
Peter Boyle was brilliant. He will be missed. RIP Read more →
Alec Baldwin Loves Me
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Colbert v. the Decemberists
This video has everything: a mock 80’s new wave video, a picture of Yngwie Malmsteen, Colbert talking about his whammy bar…it’s just loaded. Read more →
Awkward Meetings Among Actresses
I sometimes wonder if, now that they are married to John Travolta and Stephen Speilberg, when Kelly Preston and Kate Capshaw see each other at social occassions, they say, “Hey, remember when we were in SpaceCamp together?” Read more →
How to Explain Crazy and How NOT to Explain Crazy
I’m not one to care all that much about celebrities. I read about them and find them mildly humorous. But, with my recent increase in hits simply because people were looking for pictures of a certain celeb sans undies, I thought I’d revisit this issue one more (and hopefully final) time. Most know that Lindsay Lohan is a wild child.… Read more →
Skype Jenna Fisher or Rachel Bilson or The Fonz!
Skype, the internet telephony folks, are having an Ebay auction benefitting the Young Storytellers Foundation. The auction allows you to bid on 10 minutes of actual phone (video with three of them) time with a number of celebs including Rob Lowe, Henry Winkler, Jenna Fisher, Rachel Bilson and Rainn Wilson among others. As you might guess, the highest bids thus… Read more →
Britney Spears: Proof of How Gullable We Are
I was reading a post on one of my favorite bulletin boards this morning and found myself laughing because it was all about how Britney Spears is lame. There were posts complaining about the quality of her nether regions after photos of her getting out of a car panty-less were published and virtually every news service on the web decided… Read more →
Separated at Birth?
On the left, local Houston sports guru and broadcaster Charlie Palillo. On the right, musician/songwriter Ben Folds. I mean, I’ve never seen them together… Hmmm… Read more →
Wildabeasts Gone Wild on AfriCam
Check out this little sweet dose of sweet sweetness. (Sorry, not sure what that meant.) There is this live camera that is set up at a watering hole in Africa and it draws in all kinds of wildlife. What’s really kinda creepy is that if you have the volume up, you can hear all the insects, particularly at night. Kinda… Read more →