First Borat, now Bruno...

How many people are going to file stupid lawsuits against this guy? Let me bring you up to speed here: Sacha Baron Cohen, the British comedian who is the man behind "Borat", King Julien from "Madagascar", the "rapper" Ali G, the other barber Pirelli in "Sweeney Todd", and the gay French racer Jean Girard in "Talledega Nights", is about to release a new film with a new character- Bruno, a gay Austrian "fashionista". Just like with Borat, Cohen and his camera crew went all over America, filming a "documentary" about how Americans deal with Bruno's stunts. Now, according to the Associate Press, Cohen is being sued by a woman who says she is disabled because of Cohen's use of profanity at a charity bingo game. I know, who knew bingo was so rough, right? Richelle Olson says when "Bruno" started using profanity in front of the mostly-elderly bingo crowd while calling the second game, she tried to grab the mike away from him, and they struggled over it. Then his film crew "attacked" her for several minutes, to get a "dramatic emotional response". She then ran from the stage, and was found moments later by a co-worker, crying uncontrollably. And then, for no reason that was given anyway, she just... fell down and hit her head.
So let's recap- they struggle over the mike, she's fine. The crew "attacks" her, apparently only verbally, she's still fine. She runs off of the stage to a dark corner, still fine. Friend finds her bawlnig in said corner, STILL fine. Then, nowhere near Cohen, she falls down and hits her head on the concrete floor, and NOW she has "bleeding on her brain".
How the hell is this his fault? Even if you can say it's his fault she ran away, she didn't get hurt while running, she was standing still when she fell.
If she wins, I'm suing Bill Gates- all the time I spend hunched over a computer is because he invented Windows, and now I have spinal arthritis.

"I'm a Celebrity" missing vital component- Celebrities

The new "season" of NBC's "I'm a Celebrity, get me outta here!" (and yes, that's how they spell "out of" in the title) started last night, once again a bizarre cross between "Survivor" and "Celebrity Apprentice", but this time without the Celebrities. Seriously, here's a partial cast list-
Stephen Baldwin; Torrie Wilson; Patti Blagojevich; Spencer and Heidi Pratt; Sanjaya Malakar; John Salley; and Janice Dickinson. With the exception of Baldwin (and only because he looks like his brothers) would you really recognize any of these people on the street? I understand that they couldn't get any "A-list" people, but these people are barely "D-list". How far down the alphabet are we going to go here?

I hereby declare myself the first M-List Celebrity (1000 people know who I am!) Pass the word, maybe I'll make it all the way up to K-List, then I can be on this dumb-ass show, too!

Bats and Boyles!

Yup, it's a two-fer of entertainment news, just for YOU, my dear readers. First up, Ozzy Ousbourne is suing former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi for copyright infringement. The short, No-Babbling-Ozzy version is pretty simple: Iommi has been using the Black Sabbath name, music, and logo for his own show, claiming 100% of the copyright and the money coming in from his Black Sabbath tour. Ozzy says that his unique vocals made the Black Sabbath copyright valuable, and he wants 50% of everything Iommi has earned, including promo stuff like T-shirts, from the last 12 years. According to Ozzy, the ideal arrangement would be that all four original members ( Geezer Bulter and Bill Ward being the other two) share equally, 25% each, of all the income from Black Sabbath stuff, regardless if it's Tony or Ozzy touring with the name. I personally applaud Ozzy, and think that Iommi should see the light- 25% of Ozzy's Black Sabbath income could easily outpace 100% of his Ozzy-less Black Sabbath.



And speaking of British singing phenomenons, if you haven't heard Susan Boyle sing, man are you lucky, to still have that incredible experience in front of you. Turn up the volume, get your friends , even your boss will stop to listen to her-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deRF9oEbRso

Unfortunately, the British papparazzi are even more invasive and relentless than their American counterparts, and EVERYTHING Susan has done since that first performance has not only been thoroughly documented, but also been the target of any and every snide remark that could be made; they talk about her weight, her age, her "lack of fashion", her hairstyle, even her eyebrows. So it isn't even a little surprising that she has finally reached her breaking point, and has been checked into the Priory Clinic in London (the same clinic that treated Kate Moss's heroin addiction and got her straight) earlier today, to be treated for extreme exhaustion. In Susan's case, I don't think "exhaustion" is a code word for "incredibly drunk/alcoholic". That the actions of the British tabloid reporters/photographers is a large part of Susan's problem is not only not in doubt, it is the focus of comments made by Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond, who blasted the media, saying "elements of a press who like nothing better than to build people up and then drag them down."

Here's hoping that Susan gets better and can continue to perform, it would truly be a sin to keep such a fantastic voice away from the world.



(both stories from AP)