Showing posts with label hollywood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hollywood. Show all posts

Monday, October 6, 2008

lonely Jennifer Anniston by herself on the beach


Jennifer Aniston continues her vacation in Los Cabos, Mexico, and she should probably start posing for the paparazzi because, damn, are they getting some unflattering shots. It's almost as if the majority of Jennifer's body is defying age except her stomach. Which obviously gave up and said "Hey, I wanna look like your grandpa."
NOTE: Jennifer Aniston completely making my words a moot point here, and I'm pretty sure that's the entrance to Narnia.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Sarah Palin stirs passion in Hollywood

Sarah Palin represents many things Hollywood liberals love to hate, from her opposition to gay marriage to her support for gun rights, yet she possesses two key qualities they admire -- star appeal and a great script.
Accordingly, Hollywood Republicans -- often overshadowed by their left-leaning peers -- are seeking to capitalize on the celebrity of John McCain's running mate in the Nov. 4 election to generate support in a town well-known for its lavish Democratic fund-raisers and events.
"She's certainly got star appeal and is the kind of candidate that is made for Hollywood. I offered to throw her a fundraiser myself," said MGM chief Harry Sloan, one of Hollywood's most vocal Republicans.
Palin has shaken up the White House race, boosted enthusiasm among previously apathetic supporters of McCain's presidential nomination and drawn support from women, rural voters and Southerners, according to recent polls.
Sloan said there were no plans for a Palin Hollywood fundraiser yet as her campaign managers were inundated with similar requests from all over the country after her national debut at the Republican National Convention on Sept. 3.
A campaign spokesman would not disclose McCain and Palin's movements beyond one week's time, but various Hollywood executives said they heard the Arizona senator and Alaska governor would be swinging through California later this month or early next month.
Democratic candidates have long enjoyed a fundraising advantage in Hollywood. Through the end of July, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama raised $5.2 million from the entertainment industry, compared with McCain's $885,000, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
"It's like 10 to 1 here in terms of performing artists who support Obama versus McCain. There are a significant group of Republican supporters in Hollywood, but they're just not as outspoken," said political analyst Allan Hoffenblum.
PERSONAL STORY
Hollywood is aligning again for Obama on Sept. 16 when Barbra Streisand will sing at a Beverly Hills event expected to raise as much as $9 million.
While some Hollywood political watchers see Palin helping to mobilize greater celebrity support around Obama, they said filmmakers, producers and other entertainment executives were fascinated by the personal story of McCain's running mate, including her "hockey mom" persona and passion for hunting.
"These people are interested in drama, and Sarah Palin, a pistol-packing mother of five, is clearly an interesting character. Politically, they may not agree with Sarah Palin but they are intrigued," said Joel Fox, a political analyst.
Long-time Democrat Dan Glickman, chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, attended the Republican National Convention. "It's important to show our organization has allies in both camps. Our issues are bi-partisan," said Glickman.
"The question is does she become a bigger draw than McCain? It's too early to draw any conclusions," he said.
Palin's arrival is encouraging to Hollywood conservatives like Robert Davi, who stars in director David Zucker's upcoming "An American Carol," a spoof about a liberal filmmaker who wanted to abolish the July 4 Independence Day holiday.
"A lot of times, conservative guys on the set feel intimidated and unable to speak their view," said Davi, describing Palin as "energizing."
For his part, Zucker, a former liberal Democrat turned conservative Republican, hopes his movie, also starring Hollywood Republican Jon Voight, could help change how Hollywood views movies with conservative themes.
"I think Hollywood is naturally drawn to making anti-American movies. This will be an unabashedly conservative piece of entertainment. If it does well, it will have a huge effect," Zucker said.
The film opens widely on Oct 3, weeks before Oliver Stone's left-leaning "W," about U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Saturday, August 2, 2008

Jessica Prays With Tony, jess also reveals Abuse Experience


Jess on prayer, 'amazing' Mayer and being persecuted; plus, Britney linked to her bodyguard, the latest romance rumors with Ryan & Rachel, Justin & Jessica, Jen & John and much more ...
Some women share their innermost feelings with their friends and family. Jessica Simpson prefers to open up to glossy magazines.

Three months after proclaiming to Glamour that she was "in love -- big time" with boyfriend Tony Romo, she's blabbing to the September issue of Elle about her love life, hinting about some pain in her past and gushing about her hopeful future with the Dallas Cowboys quarterback.
"Most of the guys I dated were captivated by my heart, but they had different ways of trying to get to me. Tony understands me," babbles the newly countryfied starlet, 28. "He appreciates my talent. He's the first person I've spiritually connected with. I'm a girl that loves to be in love. I love love!"
Just how spiritually in sync are the Texas lovebirds, who were rumored to have briefly broken up just weeks after Simpson's fate-tempting "big time" declaration?
The magazine says Simpson and Romo not only attend church together, but that they also pray aloud before meals and at bedtime.
But perhaps Jessica should kneel down and beseech the powers-that-be to deliver unto her some new material.
As she discusses her romantic adventures in the post-Nick Lachey world, which included a yearlong dalliance with John Mayer, she strikes a very similar tone to her Glamour profile.
"I was going through a lot of pain," she tells Elle. "I didn't try anything to change my life other than dating different types of guys and conforming to their worlds. I thought I had to be artsier, more intellectual."
Compare that to what Simpson told Glamour: "I thought that I had to be deeper, more profound and more artsy. You change with the guys you date. [I thought] I had to be more intellectual."
But the stacked singer has nothing but kind words for Mayer, even if she does resort to referring to herself in the third person when talking about him.
"John believed in the Jessica Simpson that's within," she self-affirms. "He cherished our love. He helped make me the woman I am today. John is going to be an amazing man for someone, but I know that I was supposed to be with someone else."
(By the by, in the Glamour article, she credited Tony, not John, for "bringing me back to who I am," which might be an indication that she needs to take a more active role in figuring out who she is.)

Jessica's pooch Daisy looks like she's had enough of hearing about just how awesome Tony Romo is as they pose backstage at Country Thunder.
Jess, who met up with Romo at his team's training camp in Oxnard, Calif., on Tuesday, also slips a bit of a bombshell into the interview.
When asked about the abuse-themed song "Remember That" off her forthcoming and question mark-omitting "Do You Know" album (sample lyric: "It doesn't matter how he hurts you, with his hands or with his words/You don't deserve it, it ain't worth it, take your heart and run"), she tiptoes around the touchy if conveniently country-music-cred-giving subject.
"I had to record that," says Simpson of the tune. "There's nothing on my album that you're gonna hear that I don't relate to or that I haven't experienced. Because the only way I know how to sing is from life experience."
(Which means she must have really been moved by those Pizza Hut Cheesy Bites she once so enthusiastically warbled about.)
Jessica then clams up, insisting, "I don't want to talk about it," before using her own musical stylings to make a loaded admission, revealing, "But I have definitely experienced abuse in a way that I would tell people to take their heart and run."
Simpson, who apparently didn't stop to think that suspicion for the purported abuse might unfairly fall on some of her exes, continues with the mistreatment topic when talking about the public's perception that her double-D-touting dad-manager Joe is in control, a charge she calls "ludicrous."
"He just wants me to be happy," she says. "Our whole family gets beaten, but that just brings us closer. So people are really doing themselves a disservice."
What's more, Simpson believes all the negative nellies have only made her stronger.
"So many people want to bring me down, and I can't wait to prove them wrong," she declares. "If they believe what they read about me, they automatically persecute and torment me."