Toronto Trim's Hotel Cum Drop-in Centre - Page 276

sgtclub · 06-30-2005, 02:40 PM

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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I think he ducked the morning sex issue. Which is also kinda G3.

What did I duck? I said no leakage.

spookyfish · 06-30-2005, 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by ABBAKiss
No -- did we discuss "avacodas"?

Actually, yes. Hank leaves for a few days and the whole place goes to hell.

Shape Shifter · 06-30-2005, 02:50 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan

Anyone read Korean?

7. "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up," "Sunset Blvd.," 1950.

Flinty_McFlint · 06-30-2005, 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I've been travelling since last Friday AM. I want to belatedly congratulate Flint for winning the NBA finals bet. it was a great series, right to the wire.

Phew. The bet was always secondary. I was afraid that you went on a weeklong bender. Welcome back.

ThurgreedMarshall · 06-30-2005, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
ABC has pulled "Welcome to the Neighborhood" after it was suggested to the network that a reality series in which three couples consider race and religion to help decide which contestant family gets to become their neighbor violates the federal Fair Housing Act.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2902817_2.html

My question is, how the fuck did this get through Legal in the first place, Str8?

I read the article and I really want to see the show now. I think it would be very interesting to get a look inside these peoples' minds. Especially since all I ever hear is how racism, effectively, no longer exists.

TM

notcasesensitive · 06-30-2005, 03:12 PM

Because NFH cares. From jossip.com (and apparently sent around the blogger circuit):

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Got this forwarded to m thought it woudl interest you:
A friend of mine just got back from LA and heard this scoop about Tom & Katie from someone who works at Universal. The source said that they (Tom & Katie) have a 5-year contract and he's paying her $8 million. The engagement happened so fast because Rob Thomas' (Matchbox 20) wife caught Rob and and Tom in bed together and they rushed the engagement so that it would overshadow that scandal. Obv., take it with a grain of salt.

Read below. This was just published.

Independent Sources

Bureaucrats?Independent Sources Confirms Existence of Tom Cruise/Rob Thomas Rumor Independent Sources announced today that it has uncovered a new,previously undiscovered Tom Cruise rumor:
Tom Cruise and Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas are lovers!

Independent Sources has hesitated writing about Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes for many reasons. First, there are other things going on in the world that, believe it or not, rank higher on the importance scale. Second, pretty much everything that can be said is being said.

However, someone (I'll call her Mistress of the Hollywood Rumor) just
walked into Insider's office with the following dish that I feel compelled to pass on. I did a quick check of Technorati and it wasn't there. So even if it is not true, it is at least original.

No doubt that anyone with an Internet connection has read about Tom Cruise being gay. According to rumor lore, he has had a long-time boyfriend in Chicago who is an Asian pilot for American Airlines. This is an accusation that Cruise and more importantly Cruise's many attorneys vehemently deny.

There have been many stories that supposedly corroborate his sexuality but never a smoking gun. Rumor mongers attribute this to the fact that Cruise goes to great lengths to cover his tracks. We are told that everyone around him signs extensive confidentiality contracts with enormous penalties for indiscretion. (Exhibit A: the 8-page confidentiality contract Cruise's housekeeper was forced to sign).

Such stories have been around for years and Cruise has evidently attempted to counter them with a series of high-profile heteronormative relationships.

First, Nicole Kidman, then Penelope Cruz, and most recently Katie Holmes. In each instance, the "relationship" is actually a contract that gives the women a boost to their careers, a lot of money, and an elegant lifestyle.

Here is where this particular rumor gets interesting. Not long ago,
Marisol, the wife of Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas (who has had to contend with his own rumors of bi-sexuality) found her husband in bed with Tom Cruise causing Cruise's people to shift into high gear.

First, Mrs. Rob Thomas was bought off for an undetermined sum. Second, Cruise and his handlers set out to immediately find Cruise a girlfriend. Second-tier actresses were targeted. A list was drawn up with Jessica Alba (#1 pick) and three other girls who fell out for various reasons. Originally targeted (#3 I think) but later rejected as "undesirable" was rumor queen Lindsay Lohan. Way down at #5 on the list was Katie Holmes, but that was the one with whom they were able to strike a deal.

Once the contact was signed, photo ops were set up, leaks were made to the right places, and we've had celebrity relationship on steroids ever since.

One thing I will credit this rumor for is how it nicely explains Tom's behavior this past few months-including the couch jumping episode on Oprah. Cruise simply didn't have time for the Holmes rumors to circulate at its normal speed and he couldn't allow it to be second page news while the tabloids focused on Brad, Jennifer and Angelina. No, this relationship had to immediately become the "it" topic.

Well, that's how we hear it.

str8outavannuys · 06-30-2005, 03:12 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Why the PIs against the actors? Did they have % of receipts deals?

ETA: is not realizing that TV rights had been secured but movie rights hadn't been (which I guess must be standard procedure for tv/movie lawyers, so yes, it's stupid), really worse than not realizing that blatantly-prohibited bases fordiscriminating, er, choosing among potential neighbors might pose a legal problem?

The suit wasn't actually against the actors, that was my rhetorical bushwa.

The "Raisin in the Sun" (that's how I always think of that housing discrimination case/issue)/reality show issue would have taken some lawyer actually thinking a little bit outside the box. Screwing up a chain of title to the tune of $17.5 million would result in a title change from "attorney" to "cafeteria worker" in a hurry. Or at least, it should.

ThurgreedMarshall · 06-30-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
The Yahoo article didn't mention the fair housing act, but they did mention a lot of pissed off gays and lesbians. It sounds terrible.

I think, though, that Morgan Spurlock's "30 Days" on FX is excellent. He puts people in different communities for 30 days to live. In the first episode, he and his girlfriend left the Oscars and lived on minimum wage for 30 days. In the most recent episode, a nice Christian young man from West Virginia moved to Dearborn, Michigan for 30 days to live in a large Muslim community. The people in his show don't seem to be extreme examples of any member of a community.

Yeah, I'm hooked on this show too. You must have missed the one where the fat guy goes on steroids and HGH in an effort to get buff again. It wasn't as interesting as the minimum wage one.

TM

bold_n_brazen · 06-30-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by spookyfish
Glad to see the government is working on protecting me against domestic terrorism too.

How could this movie not completely suck ass?

I saw the trailer for it the other night. It actually looks kind of cute. And Jessica Simpson is hot.

ThurgreedMarshall · 06-30-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I caught a bit of the Hilton show last night on Bravo. Meh. Though they did seem to get a solid group of dysfunctional rejects for contestants. It didn't make my Tivo list. What's the prize for that one? Becoming Mrs Hilton's personal assistant for a year or something?

Being Bobby starts tonight. I think I'll have to Tivo this, as I need to know just how crazy Bobby and Whitney really are. Also, I can't get enough of any Bobby interview because he does that crack addict talking out of the side of his mouth thing.

TM

robustpuppy · 06-30-2005, 03:17 PM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
I saw the trailer for it the other night. It actually looks kind of cute. And Jessica Simpson is hot.

She is. I wonder how the younger man in my life would react if I said I wanted to fuck Jessica Simpson?

bold_n_brazen · 06-30-2005, 03:22 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
She is. I wonder how the younger man in my life would react if I said I wanted to fuck Jessica Simpson?

Depends. Is he gay?

robustpuppy · 06-30-2005, 03:23 PM

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Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
Depends. Is he gay?

Not that I know of, but what do I care? The important thing is that he's fertile.

robustpuppy · 06-30-2005, 03:24 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Not that I know of, but what do I care? The important thing is that he's fertile.

Oops, what I meant to say is, most decidedly not. Definitely not. No way, no how. NTTAWWT, but he is all hetero man. (Hi, honey!)

notcasesensitive · 06-30-2005, 03:26 PM

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Originally posted by robustpuppy
Oops, what I meant to say is, most decidedly not. Definitely not. No way, no how. NTTAWWT, but he is all hetero man. (Hi, honey!)

It really hurts your internet hotness quotient once your bf/so/h starts reading/posting here. Or so I've heard.