Gays Discover B.E.T.
The boysss and girlsss are in a tisssy because they discovered what happens when you get your own channel - you won't get shows on the network. Blacks discovered this 20 years ago.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation released its annual report on the number of homosexual characters in the new TV season yesterday and found just nine characters depicted in broadcast series -- down from last year's 10.
"After a landmark year of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender representation in films such as 'Brokeback Mountain,' 'Capote' and 'Transamerica,' the broadcast television networks continue to underrepresent their LGBT audience," said GLAAD, which appears not to pay much mind to pesky box-office results. Broadcast network suits, on the other hand, probably do.
This is a travesty! Fags and hags are not in enough shows!
Will & Grace
Queer as Folk
Ellen
Roseanne
The L-word
Oz
Rosie O'Donnell
ER
The Office
Desperate Housewives
Isaac
Entertainment Tonight
And then there are all the homosexual television networks!
Logo
Here!
E!
Style
HGTV
We
Lifetime
PBS
I am a fag and I only like to see gayness in my netflix queue.
If we are so fabulous, why would we want to be on Network TV? How 80s!
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Lindsay Lohan Scolded by Production Studio CEO
James G. Robinson, the CEO of Morgan Creek Productions, has had enough of Lindsay Lohan's behavior.
In a letter to Lohan that was leaked to the public (Link), Robinson scolds Lohan for her lack of professional conduct during the filming of the Morgan Creek movie Georgia Rule.
Here is an excerpt from the letter (which you can read by clicking the above link):
"To date, your actions on Georgia Rule have been discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional. You have acted like a spoiled child and in so doing have alienated many of your co-workers and endangered the quality of this picture."
According to an earlier report (that I lost the link to), Lohan's co-star Jane Fonda had warned Lohan to conduct herself in a professional manner while working for James G. Robinson.
Perhaps Lohan can appease her boss by giving him the "peace" sign, like she does in this photo:
Cross-posted at Dodo World.
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Bill O'Reilly on the Oscars
The following is one of Bill O'Reilly's weekly columns.
By: Bill O'Reilly for BillOReilly.com
Thursday, Mar 09, 2006
And the winner is... "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp!" The Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences would like to inform the world that this is the best movie song of the year, and you best believe it.
Taking its place beside other best movie songs like "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," "Moon River," "A Whole New World," and "Fame," the pimp song, performed in the film "Hustle and Flow," is now enshrined forever in movie history.
You ain't knowin'?
Actually, that's the refrain from the song chanted about seven thousand times within the body (no pun intended) of the work.
The basic theme of "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" seems to be that selling women for sex is a competitive industry with no health benefits or paid vacation. That is hard, indeed. Pimping isn't all it's cracked (no pun intended) up to be. The long hours and demanding clientele do take a toll.
As the show business community looked up to the Oscar stage last Sunday, they could not help but be impressed with the lyrics of the best song selection:
Wait I got a snow bunny, and a black girl too
You pay the right price and they'll both do you,
That's the way the game goes, gotta keep it strictly
pimpin - gotta have my hustle tight
Makin' change off these women,
Yeah!
Where have you gone, Henry Mancini?
Now, what are we unenlightened, non-showbiz people to think about the best movie song of the year? If you saw the rap group "Three 6 Mafia" perform their classic, you can decide for yourself. But, no question, the Academy voters were sticking it "to the man."
And who's the man? That's us, folks. The people who pay to watch movies. They are sticking it to us.
But why? All we do is enable many foolish people to become wealthy and famous. We buy magazines to read about them, we watch TV programs that kiss their posteriors, and some of us pay ten bucks to see their movies, which are often incomprehensible.
No serious person could think that awarding a song that describes the "pimp life" would play well in Tulsa. So whas up with that, as they say in the hood?
The pinhead apologists for a decaying music industry will trot out the same canard: The pimp song simply reflects street life as it exists today. Okay, fine. If you find that reflection worthwhile, well, that's why you live in America.
In Al Qaeda dominated Northern Pakistan, "Three 6 Mafia" would find themselves beheaded. By the way, it's not easy being a terrorist, either.
The truth is that Hollywood doesn't really like the folks very much. They see us as marginal intellects who couldn't possibly understand the art on display in the pimp song. So they voted for an effort they knew would displease many Americans. This is called "arrogance."
It is hard to believe that any sane person could think "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" is worthy of an artistic award. I know I "ain't knowin'," but I'll submit this thing was written in five minutes on a bar napkin someplace.
However, I will concede that being a pimp is probably more difficult than it appears. But it isn't nearly as difficult as sitting through that best movie song of the year.
Dodo's Note: Bill is correct when he says, "No serious person could think that awarding a song that describes the "pimp life" would play well in Tulsa." Tulsa is a city that has a church on just about every street corner. Granted, Tulsa has a street that's infamous for prostitution (11th Street, in case you are wondering). However, Tulsa's religious community dominates.
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Tammy Bruce's take on Hollywood
KABC talk radio host Tammy Bruce comments on the box-office failures that Hollywood has offered the American public during the year 2005:
Why, oh why, has Hollywood seen its worst boxoffice receipts in 15 years? The Golden Globe nominees for 2005 Best Picture say it all. Thought to be the precursor for the Oscar, here's what Hollywood thinks is their best of the year, and consequently what they think our culture should look like:1) A love story between two gay sheepherders (erroneously labeled 'cowboys' by the media, I suppose because they wear hats).
2) A film portraying as noble the efforts of journalists to demonize and "take down" a US Senator whose anti-communist policies they did not like.
3) A film about, as one movie-going reviewer noted, "...the horrors of big business and the way they are willing to experiment on the poor to achieve their goals..."
4) The demonization of the average mid-western American man as someone who is no hero, but a cold-blooded killer at heart.
5) And lastly, a Woody Allen film about infidelity. Well, he should know.
To read the rest of Tammy's comments, click here [Hat Tip: Powerline].
If you are wondering why a movie like Brokeback Mountain could be considered a contender for a "Best Picture" Oscar, the answer is simple.
According to Rule #2 of the Academy Awards, in order to be eligible for an Oscar, a movie only has to be shown in a commercial motion picture theater in Los Angeles County for seven consecutive days.
In other words, a movie could win an Oscar if it were shown nowhere else but in Los Angeles County.
Furthermore, being that the Oscar is a trade award, the only people permitted to vote on Oscar winners are the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Academy's website states [emphasis added], "Because the Academy numbers among its members the ablest artists and craftsmen in the motion picture world, the Oscar represents the best achievements of the year in the opinion of those who themselves reside at the top of their craft."
So, if a majority of mainstream Americans were to dislike a certain movie because it conflicts with their values, that movie could still win an Oscar. On the other hand, if a movie were to be popular with the majority of mainstream Americans, that movie could still be rejected for an Oscar.
In summary, the Oscars don't necessarily reflect what the majority of Americans want to see in movie theaters.
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Three Cheers for the End of the USA!
Oh boy, I just can't wait until the 2006 network TV season. From Drudge:
The TV networks are getting edgier in their '06 pilot plans.
The nets have filled their development slates with a bevy of brave ideas and bold format experiments, VARIETY reports on Monday, including shows about THE END OF AMERICA!
ABC alone has at least two would-be shows set in post-apocalyptic America ("Resistance" and "Red & Blue") while Gavin Polone and Bruce Wagner are teaming for the comfy-sounding plague drama "Four Horsemen" at CBS (which also is developing "Jericho," about life in a small town after America is destroyed).
Says Fox exec VP Craig Erwich: "The creative community appears to be really inspired this year," he says. "It was an exciting time to be buying. I came away pretty encouraged about network TV."
Ah, Hollywood's love of America...it brings a tear to my eye just thinking about it. I wonder what inspired the creative community? How about the show title "Red & Blue"? Let's see--this bold new season will be unfolding just before the 2006 mid-term elections, when Dems hope to gain a majority in Congress. Coincidence? Maybe...
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