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Victoria Rowell on the red carpet, WTF? And does she have a wedgie?



And why look like that when you can look like THIS!

Jennifer Carpenter is definitely on my best dressed list tonight.

And check out Jennifer Love Hewit

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(in no particular order)

The Money Pit - Tom Hanks, Shelley Long

Black Sheep - Chris Farley and David Spade

Uncle Buck - John Candy

Mr. Blandings Builds his Dreamhouse - Cary Grant & Myrna Loy

Noises Off - Christopher Reeves, Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Julie Hagerty, John Ritter, etc.

The Jerk - Steve Martin

Galaxy Quest - Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell

Zoolander - Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor

Superbad - Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Bill Hader, Seth Rogen

The Birdcage - Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Hank Azaria

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Megan Fox Branded 'Dumb-As-A-Rock'


Megan Fox was the target of an open letter from unnamed 'Transformers' crew members slamming her as thankless, classless, graceless, dumb, trailer trash, and ungracious after she likened director Michael Bay to Hitler in an interview. Legitimizing the letter's authorship and sidestepping some of the allegations it made, Bay even weighed in (Bay's response is down below the long open letter).

The fracas started when Fox recently told an interviewer of Bay:

He's like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he's a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he's not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he's so awkward, so hopelessly awkward. He has no social skills at all. And it's endearing to watch him.

In return, unnamed crew members posted a long slam of Fox on Bay's website, signed "Loyal Transformers Crew," which has since been removed. But here it is:

"This is an open letter to all Michael Bay fans. We are three crew members that have worked with Michael for the past ten years. Last week we read the terrible article with inflammatory, truly trashing quotes by the Ms. Fox about Michael Bay. This letter is to set a few things straight.


Yes, Megan has great eyes, a tight stomach we spray with glycerin, and an awful silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up to keep the moms happy.

Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses' life. He told everyone around to just trust him on his choice. He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and oogled women on earth. She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina - second thought - she's no Angelina. You see, Angelia is a professional.

We know this quite intimately because we've had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies. We've spent a total of 12 months on set making these two movies.

We are in different departments; we can't give our names because sadly doing so in Hollywood could lead to being banished from future Paramount work. One of us touches Megan's panties, the other has the often shitty job of pulling Ms. Sour pants out of her trailer, while another is near the Panaflex camera that helps to memorialize the valley girl on film.

Megan has the press fooled. When we read those magazines we wish we worked with that woman. Megan knows how to work her smile for the press. Those writers should try being on set for two movies, sadly she never smiles. The cast, crew and director make Transformers a really fun and energetic set. We've traveled around the world together, so we have never understood why Megan was always such - the grump of the set?
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When facing the press, Megan is the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we've had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it's very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might be a good career option. But make-up beware, she has a paragraph tattooed to her backside (probably due her rotten childhood) easily another 45 minutes in the chair!

So when the three of us caught wind of Ms Fox, pontificating yet again in some publication (like she actually has something interesting to say) blabbing her trash mouth about a director whom we three have grown to really like. She compared working with Michael, to "working with Hitler". We actually don't think she knows who Hitler is by the way. But we wondered how she doesn't realize what a disgusting, fully uneducated comment this was? Well, here let's get some facts straight.

Say what you want about Michael - yes at times he can be hard, but he's also fun, and he challenges everyone for a reason - he simply wants people to bring their 'A' game. He comes very prepared, knows exactly what he wants, involves the crew and expects everyone to follow through with his or her best, and that includes the actors. He's one of the hardest working directors out there.

He gets the best from his crews, many of whom have worked with him for 15 years. And yes, he's loyal, one of the few directors we've encountered who lowered his fee by millions to keep Transformers in the United States and California, so he could work with his own crew.

Megan says that Transformers was an unsafe set? Come on Megan, we know it is a bit more strenuous then the playground at the trailer park, but you don't insult one of the very best stunt and physical effects teams in the business! Not one person got hurt!

And who is the real Megan Fox? She is very different than the academy nominee and winning actors we've all worked around. She's as about ungracious a person as you can ever fathom. She shows little interest in the crew members around her. We work to make her look good in every way, but she's absolutely never appreciative of anyone's hard work. Never a thank you. All the crewmembers have stopped saying hi to Ms. Princess because she never says hello back. It gets tiring. Many think she just really hates the process of being an actress.

Megan has been late to the sets many times. She goes through the motions that make her exude this sense of misery. We've heard the A.D's piped over the radio that Megan won't walk from her trailer until John Turturro walks first! John's done seventy-five movies and she's made two!

Never expect Megan to attend any of the 15 or so crew parties like all the other actors have. And then there's the classless night she blew off The Royal Prince of Jordan who made a special dinner for all the actors. She doesn't know that one of the grips daughters wanted to visit their daddy's work to meet Megan, but he wouldn't let them come because he told them "she is not nice."

The press certainly doesn't know her most famous line. On our first day in Egypt, the Egyptian government wouldn't let us shoot because of a permit problem as the actors got ready in make up at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael tried to make the best of it; he wanted to take the cast and crew on a private tour of the famous Giza pyramids. God hold us witness, Megan said, "I can't believe Michael is fucking forcing us to go to the fucking pyramids!" I guess this is the "Hitler guy" she is referring to.

So this is the Megan Fox you don't get to see. Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly bitch. It's sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her. If only they knew who they're really looking up to.

But 'Fame' is fleeting. We, being behind the scenes
, seen em' come and go. Hopefully Michael will have Megatron squish her character in the first ten minutes of Transformers 3. We can tell you that will make the crew happy!"

-Loyal Transformers Crew

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A few weeks ago we touched on a subject which got the phones mad ringing! I can't really tell you now how it started but the subject was a negative term for a "loose man", something that is actually derogatory. People called in like crazy but I'm still not sure we came up with anything too close to what I was looking for.

For women, it was easy, we came up with:
slut
easy
prostitute
pro
piece of ass
tramp
wench
strumpet
harlot
whore
loose woman
hussy
tart
baggage
stattern
and of course there are probably hundreds more.

For men:

seducer
manwhore
Casanova
don juan
lady killer
player
gigolo
philanderer
unemployed
along with many more that I probably should not repeat, mostly regarding his anatomy. I don't know, I'm not sure any are as mean spirited as names for women. They all seem like a title a man would wear proudly. Any other suggestions?

OK, feel better now, had to get that out there. Just a comment on society.......

Current Mood: contemplative

Fun show! Poor Brit was so nervous! But the crowd loved her, duh!


It got pretty busy backstage so I had to help some of the guys with their wardrobe.

Current Mood: giddy

What did everyone think about that Hugh Jackman monologue ??? I loved it but so wished someone had wiped the white stuff off the corner of his mouth, ewww, yuck!!

My take on some of the fashions:

Natalie Portman rocked this dress!



Hated this one. Does Sarah Jessica Parker think she is some kind of Cinderella?




Heres one I just don't get. "Can I just have some more fabric to play with?"
Jessica Biel



And this I just don't understand at all. What was Micky Rourke going for here?



Yes, Meryl Streep, you are the Grande Dame.



How about those Slumdogs??? Absolutely brilliant!!!




Kate Winslet rocked this, real Hollywood glamor.



Did anyone else feel Jenifer Aniston's pain during her awkward presentation AND Angelina Jolie laughed......? WTF!? Angie, my girlie, what has happened to you?

On a personal note: I was so sad that Ellen Kuras and Tavi did not win best documentary for "Betrayal" but Ellen looked beautiful, and Tavi with his big smile were great to see!

Current Mood: enthralled

Recently I have seen a bunch of movies from Netflix : (
Some I liked more that others.

Rabbit-Proof Fence - a wonderful, sad and amazing story of 4 Australian girls who are taken from their homes and placed in an abusive orphanage and then take on a 1500 mile journey to return home. Great!

Mysterious Skin - Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Third Rock From the Sun) and Brady Corbet star in this drama of two very different teens who have something in common in young childhood and seek each other out to make sense of it. Very interesting.

Cinema Paradiso - This film won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. It is a drama about a very young boy who's life dream is to become a projectionist in a movie theater which comes about much earlier than anyone anticipates because of a tragic accident. Wonderful acting, wonderful film.

The Straight Story - An odd documentary collaboration between Disney and director David Lynch (Eraserhead, Twin Peaks)which sets Oscar nominated Richard Farnsworth on the road with nothing but a lawn mower and a tent to travel 6 weeks to see his ailing brother. Terrific!

Delicatessen - A foreign film in which a young clown moves into an apartment which houses a Deli on the first floor. He falls in love with the Deli owner's daughter who has to decide if she should be loyal to her father or try to save the clown from becoming someone's dinner a la Sweeney Todd.

Four Rooms - A night in a hotel, four rooms, four directors, each tells a story in one of the rooms. Madonna plays a witch in one of the rooms, no further comment necessary.

Torch Song Trilogy - Harvey Fierstein brings his Tony winning play to the big screen. Also staring Matthew Broderick and (thankfully) Anne Bancroft. The trials and tribulations of being gay with an overbearing Jewish mother in today's world. Maybe pertinent when released but now it just sounds like a lot of whining.

Current Mood: cheerful

Amy Winehouse: Get your sorry ass back to rehab, and STAY there!

Tom Cruise: RELEASE KATIE! Please! (I think it's already too late for Suri.)

Nichole Ritchie: We miss your party girl ways, but you're doing good, mommy!

Paris Hilton: We haven't heard from you in a while, give us some dish, we need a reason to laugh, better yet, just keep making those bad movies.

Britney Spears: Keep it together girl, some of us still believe in you. But if you're gonna fall apart, do it big again, OK?

Madonna: Just go away.

Winona Ryder: Whatever it is, if it's not yours put it down now, and step away.

Big Jim Wheeler: Keep playin that rock and roll, keep doin what you been told!

You listeners: Keep listening, we love you!!!

Current Mood: cold

I just saw "Young @ Heart", a documentary about a chorus in New England, median age of 80, that sings everything from the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Outkast, to James Brown. Absolutely awesome!!! I bonded with everyone! Truly inspiring! Makes the golden years look not quite so bad. I highly recommend it.





You can view the trailer here at the top of the blog.

Current Mood: drained

This is my version. Sorry, it's the only way I could upload, but you get the idea.

Current Mood: creative

I've been asked to do a guest spot on The Simpsons, what do you think?

Current Mood: bouncy

Fun show this week!We had our contest "What to name those little yellow 45 record adapter things".
We got three callers with three names; Gina called with "stayputter", Cathleen called with "circle filler", and Spats with "a little spinner". The $10 New York scratch off lottery ticket went to Cathleen and we hope she wins a bundle! (I personally liked "hole smallener" but I wasn't allowed to compete.) We also learned that they have been referred to as "spiders".

Paul Newman, nuf said. So sad.

It was a pretty good gossip week; Britney's being Britney- sex tape and all, David Ducovney is in rehab for an addiction to sex, and Heath Ledger's daughter is for now being denied an inheritance due to insurance company questions.

And why do I report on Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and Paris Hilton all the time? Why not! It's a lot more interesting that what most of us do everyday and isn't it nice to know that other family's are more dysfunctional than our own? And let's face, often it's just plain funny!

I suggest that everyone check out: www.simpsonizeme.com I haven't yet but this looks brilliant!

So, ta ta for now, see ya next week!

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Just what we have all been surfing the net for:



A BABY PICTURE OF AMY WINEHOUSE!!!

And:




What are they called again?

Current Mood: cheerful

Sorry it's been so long! Yes I've been busy. Just wanted to thank everyone who called in this week! It was a fun show. Thanks for all the info on those little yellow things that go into your 45 records and don't forget our contest for a $10 scratch off ticket for creatively naming those little yellow things. Be creative!

Just had to post this picture! Lego is celebrating their 30th anniversary by putting celebrity faces on their little people. (Not available to us general public!!!) This one is by far my favorite.

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Breakfast at Tiffanys
Butterfly Effect
Heartbreakers
Gunga Din
True Grit
Strangers on a Train
Wait Until Dark
Station Agent
Nobody Knows
The Dinner Game
Flash Gordon
Flashdance
9 to 5
Roman Holiday
Swim Fan
Phone Booth
Matchstick Men
Freaks
Night of the Living Dead
Beverly Hills Cop
The Jerk
Cabaret
West Side Story
Murder Ball
Sling Blade
Fargo
All of Me
Identity
Born Free
The Red Balloon
Vertigo
Rope
Psycho
The Birds
A Simple Plan
Stand By Me
Risky Business
Charade
To Catch a Thief
Yours, Mine and Ours
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
The Money Pit
Big
Toy Story
The Shawshank Redemption
Papillon
Dogma
Rain Man
The Shining
Jaws
Educating Rita
Death Trap
The Beast With 5 Fingers
The Poseidon Adventure
Million Dollar Baby
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Play Misty For Me
The Omen
The Eyes of Laura Mars
Noises Off
Little Shop of Horrors
12 Angry Men
Batteries Not Included
The China Syndrome
The Lost Weekend
Days of Wine and Roses
Bell, Book, and Candle
The Out of Towners (original)
Camille
The African Queen
Desk Set
Laura
Rear Window
It's a Wonderful Life
Miracle on 34th Street
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Sorry Wrong Number
Clue
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
Funny Girl
The Sound of Music
City Slickers
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Charlie's Angels
Josie and the Pussycats
Contact
Apollo 13
The Net

Current Mood: sleepy

Three movies have been on my mind lately, don't ask me why cause I don't know. Anyway I would consider all three to be thrillers. Each are very different from each other but have a similar feel, sort of Hitchockian. All three have somewhat surprising endings, at least I didn't see it coming.

1- Identity (2003),John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Rebecca DeMorney, Ray Liotta, Jake Busey
A group of people are stranded at a small, remote motel on a very stormy night when
individuals start to disappear and then are found murdered. No not, just a remake of
Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians".

2- Phone Booth (2002), Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Katie Holmes
A man is held hostage in a phone booth by a sniper. This script was actually pitched
to Alfred Hitchcock but he couldn't figure out how to keep someone stranded this long.

3- Butterfly Effect (2004), Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart
A man's past seen from many different angles, which one is reality?

All three are edge-of-the-seaters in different ways.

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Every Thursday night our good friend Paul Bourghese will be here:


de' MEDICI is the Best Kept Secret in the Bronx! It was formally the famous AMICI'S.
It's located at 566 East 187th Street near Arthur Avenue in the heart of Little Italy
Made famous by Joe Pantoliano's acting debut in "The Idolmaker"
and Robert DeNiro and Chazz Palminteri's "A Bronx Tale"
(that our very own Louie "Scoop" played "Crazy Mario" in).

de' MEDICI
Cucina Italiana
566 East 187th Street
(one block from Arthur Avenue on the corner of Hoffman Street)
Bronx, New York 10458
(718) 584-6167

Closed Monday and Tuesdays
Open for Lunch and Dinner Wednesday thru Sunday

Call and Tell 'em you're comin' to see Paulie Borghese and Louie "Scoops"

See you there!

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