October 25th, 2007
Has anyone else noticed how much Todd Helton looks like Mick Foley?
0 commentsRoss Douthat: Officially Cool
October 25th, 2007
Neil Gaiman engages Ross on the issue of Dumbledore’s sexual preference and Ross defends himself ably. But in case Ross has missed the big picture: Neil Freakin’ Gaiman is reading him.
That’s awesome.
Who cares if Gaiman disagrees, really? If Gaiman, or Frank Miller, or Brian Vaughn called me an idiot, I’d basically explode with delight. Or whatever wouldn’t sound really girly and stupid.
Go Ross; he’s my new hero.
P.S.: The Dumbledore-gay thing? I don’t know that I ever consciously suspected it while reading the books, but it doesn’t surprise me at all and, to me anyway, kind of makes some sense.
Not that you’ll see Neil Gaiman reading this stupid blog . . .
0 commentsHey mama, make that pumpkin pie!
October 24th, 2007
The great Robert Goulet is in critical condition, having recently been diagnosed with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. He is currently in Cedars-Sinai awaiting a lung transplant and we can only hope for the best. But in the meantime, check out Goulet’s website, particularly the clips for his old ESPN promos for college basketball: “The only thing more dramatic than my hairdresser Ricardo is a game-winning three-pointer on ESPN!” Also: “When it comes to live entertainment, you got dinner theater, that performance-art hippie crap, and NC-2A basketball on ESPN!”
0 commentsJustice League News
October 24th, 2007
Lots of updates today, on Jessica Biel not playing Wonder Woman; on Barry Allen vs. Wally West as Flash; and on a possible casting choice for Superman.
That’s all fine, but what I want to know is this:
Who’s playing Gleek? Because if they try to CGI him, this movie is going to be lame. CGI space monkeys never work.
0 commentsCan This Possibly Be True?
October 24th, 2007
I lean toward “no,” because this is the sort of routine that only movie villains go to the trouble of concocting:
0 commentsCopperfield designed part of his show around “a system for picking up women.” During his show, David goes into the audience and chooses women to come on stage. We’re told that if David likes a girl, he’ll use code words with assistants like “mama” and “secrecy.” The assistants mark the women on a map of the inside of the Hollywood Theater at MGM Grand. After the show, the women are brought backstage — and that’s where the profiling begins.
The women are told that David may use them in his show when he comes to their hometown. They are then photographed with a digital camera, asked questions like, “What is your favorite men’s cologne?” and “Where do you like to vacation?” We’re told one of those vacation spots mentioned by staff is the Bahamas, where the accuser claims she was assaulted. Copperfield owns a cluster of islands in the Bahamas — which he bought for $50 million.
This may explain the FBI’s interest in David’s camera system and hard drive. If the accuser is a woman who was brought on stage, the FBI would be interested in a possible M.O.
Who Is, "Your Mother," Trebek?
October 24th, 2007
After a huge upset victory over a three-day champ, Galley Friend Nick Swezey won his second appearance on Jeopardy! last night. It was a tough battle, but Swezey pulled it out with a Final Jeopardy question on geometry. Well played!
0 commentsTrailer City
October 24th, 2007
New trailers for both Rambo and I Am Legend and, amazingly, both are heavy on interesting, lonely atmospherics.
I’m totally almost fooled.
0 commentsI'll take The Rapists for $500
October 23rd, 2007
Congratulations to our Weekly Standard colleague Nicholas Swezey, who appeared on Jeopardy! last night and won. The category was “B.C. Quotes” and the question (or answer) was from which work is the following quote taken: “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
Nick answered correctly with Sun Tzu’s The Art of War and successfully outbid the reigning champ. Nick continues his quest on tonight’s show, so stay tuned. The Galley Slaves wish him well and no, we really don’t know how well he does, owing to a nondisclosure agreement. In unrelated news, Nick recently purchased a Maserati Quattroporte Executive GT sedan.
Kidding.
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