A Black Hole of Happiness

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
And surprising, considering at that age they still had the lack of sense to get hitched.

But, at that age they apparently had the money to fix it if necessary without much damage to their bottom lines.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Harry better looking? I beg to differ.

(Not that either of them particularly do anything for me, but William has much more classic good looks. Screwed up gene pool and all.)

You are correct. Even though it appears that his is losing his hair.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
BTW, Happy Canada Day (statutory)!

thank you!

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Good point.


Eva Longoria w/o makeup looks like Fran Drescher.

She also looks like a 12 year old boy.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Who is "she"?

Do I hate celebrity news? I don't think I've ever said that. I did confess to not following the will-Paris-get-jailtime saga particularly closely. And I have an ongoing beef with the dumbing down of the coverage by the CNN's of the world. But I've even admitted here that I used to read US Weekly on a weekly basis (until the subscription Mr. Man purchased expired a few months ago). Proper outlets, etc.

In other, well, celebrity news, Isaiah Washington (aka the fired Grey's Anatomy guy) has come out (ha!) with a statement that his firing was racially motivated. You can read about it, where else, on cnn.com.* He's trying to hearken back to times when black actors were only supposed to smile and entertain and were told to shut their mouths otherwise. Nothing in his statement rings true to me, given the status of black actors in our country today, but there it is. Discuss? Would the shitstorm that hit him ever have happened to a white guy? I think he got in trouble for being an asshole, but that's just my impression. Kind of like Mel Gibson. Would Mel have been fired in the aftermath of his anti-jewish tirade if he were under contract with ABC (and of equivalent level of fame to Washington)? I think probably.

Here's the story link: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/0....ap/index.html

*See? It angers me, yet I read it anyway. It's a conundrum.

I think some of what he said was true. I think he's overstating a lot of it because he now knows that any publicity is good publicity in the Hugh Grant/Mel Gibson/Lindsay Lohan/Paris Hilton/etc. Hollywood. His name will grow, he will become contrite and all will eventually be forgotten or forgiven and he will have jumped one step up on the Hollywood ladder.

But the simple fact is, people are scared of large black men, especially dark-skinned ones. It's a lasting stereotype that he and others are surely still fighting in Hollywood and irl. Whenever anyone wants to conjure up the scariest person they can, it's always a dark-skinned black inmate or something. So, the question becomes, did the fact that being an imposing figure because of his build and skin color aggravate an already fucked up situation? Absolutely. If the scrawny guy from scrubs called someone a fag in an argument, it would be bad, but he wouldn't get fired, because most people would think to themselves, "If he calls me that again, I'll just beat his ass," or "He's just having a little tantrum." But when Washington says it, there's that additional fear that comes along with it, because he is a large, black man.

Anyway, I don't think they should have strung him along so long and made him dance the way they did. They should have either said, "We are upset by what he did and it is unacceptable, and we are taking disciplinary action and taking care of the matter, but he will not lose his job," or they should have just fired him right away and said they wouldn't stand for it. Instead, they made him do One to Grow on promos about hate and had him see counselors and then fired him anyway. That's fucked up.

TM

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
It's mildly surprising to me (to the extent that I care) that Harry turned out to be better looking than William. I suppose this can be explained by the greater resemblance to the horsey-looking relatives.

2. William looks like Carolyn Besette. Yuck.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Harry better looking? I beg to differ.

(Not that either of them particularly do anything for me, but William has much more classic good looks. Screwed up gene pool and all.)

WHAT!?!???? Harry is way hotter. And taller too I think. I am a Harry girl. I'd go for the spare over the heir.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

What is up with the popularity of the name Ava? It has skyrocketed in the last few years.

• 2006 5
  2005 9
  2004 25
  2003 39
  2002 82
  2001 133
  2000 180
  1999 259
  1998 350
  1997 618
  1996 739
  1995 738
  1994 750
  1993 739
  1992 833
  1991 847
  1990 953
  1989 997
  1988 985
  1987 945
  1986 957
  1985 [not in top 1000]
  1984 996
  1983 [not in top 1000]
  1982 [not in top 1000]
  1981 [not in top 1000]
  1980 [not in top 1000]
  1979 [not in top 1000]
  1978 [not in top 1000]
  1977 [not in top 1000]

SSA

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What is up with the popularity of the name Ava? It has skyrocketed in the last few years.

• 2006 5
  2005 9
  2004 25
  2003 39
  2002 82
  2001 133
  2000 180
  1999 259
  1998 350
  1997 618
  1996 739
  1995 738
  1994 750
  1993 739
  1992 833
  1991 847
  1990 953
  1989 997
  1988 985
  1987 945
  1986 957
  1985 [not in top 1000]
  1984 996
  1983 [not in top 1000]
  1982 [not in top 1000]
  1981 [not in top 1000]
  1980 [not in top 1000]
  1979 [not in top 1000]
  1978 [not in top 1000]
  1977 [not in top 1000]

SSA

was it popular before, say, 1940?

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
What is up with the popularity of the name Ava? It has skyrocketed in the last few years.

And have all the people who named their child Paris, to give that the 260th ranking, not watched any TV in the past 5 years?

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
WHAT!?!???? Harry is way hotter. And taller too I think. I am a Harry girl. I'd go for the spare over the heir.

The hair over the heir.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
was it popular before, say, 1940?

Not popular, but on the charts.

• 1940 809
  1939 717
  1938 756
  1937 634
  1936 620
  1935 619
  1934 563
  1933 593
  1932 538
  1931 563
  1930 571
  1929 587
  1928 607
  1927 592
  1926 551
  1925 562
  1924 586
  1923 546
  1922 564
  1921 538
  1920 516
  1919 548
  1918 526
  1917 493
  1916 467
  1915 471
  1914 434
  1913 480
  1912 483
  1911 438
  1910 451
  1909 542
  1908 474
  1907 481

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
And have all the people who named their child Paris, to give that the 260th ranking, not watched any TV in the past 5 years?

There's a pretty high percentage of the country that would be proud to call Paris their daughter, or proud if there daughter turned out that way. c.f. naming your kid after the woman who fucked the world's worst madman.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
There's a pretty high percentage of the country that would be proud to call Paris their daughter, or proud if there daughter turned out that way. c.f. naming your kid after the woman who fucked the world's worst madman.

That's Eva. Ava is like Ava Gardner.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
WHAT!?!???? Harry is way hotter. And taller too I think. I am a Harry girl. I'd go for the spare over the heir.

Not that anyone cares, but Harry is 6'1" and William is 6'3"



and still hotter.