"Nothing Beside Remains. Round The Decay of That Colossal Wreak..."

I've been thinking, why is it that people feel a need to be a 'legend' instead of being memorialized in a regular way? Marilyn Monroe is a legend and I'm not saying that she set out to be, but people are intent on emulating her legendary status. I'm curious about why one would want to be like someone who is basically remembered for a hot bod and a ditsy demeanor. Lindsay Lohan, for example, longs to be like Marilyn, even going as far as recreating her famous photoshoots, getting a Marilyn quote tattoo and having a train wreak of a personal life. I long to be remembered as me, not as a legend, as who I was not who I have been built up as. I am often reminded of a quote by a lesser known person, Damon Runyon, who wrote 'Guys and Dolls' and other New York set stories. As he was dying of cancer, he said, "you can keep the things of bronze and stone and give me one man to remember me just once a year." I remember Damon Runyon, and not for getting naked in Playboy magazine.

I Think Hawkeye & B.J. Would Support This

So... David Ogden Stiers is gay. If you don't know who he is, he was on M*A*S*H as Major Winchester and he was also the voice of Cogsworth the clock in Beauty and the Beast and the voice of Governor Ratcliffe in Pocahontas. He decided to publicly come out to help get gay marriage legalized. Here's a pic.


Good on ya, Dave. I just didn't see it coming. Clay Aiken... yes. Lance Bass... yes. David Hyde Pierce... yes. But this guy? not so much. Don't know why.

You Don't Have to be Here to be Here

Ok so it's been awhile; but here goes.
Paris Hilton... oh dear. what have you said this time?
Paris has called the MTV show The Hills "lame and fake". While this is true, even though it was likely only said because Hills star Lauren Conrad used to date Paris' boyfriend, whose name isn't worth mentioning; Paris then goes on to plug the second season of her own reality show Paris Hilton's My New BBF. I found this ironic to say the least. Paris does this show to make money, not because she's hard up for friends. here's the article if you want to read.

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/paris-hilton-the-hills-is-so-fake-and-lame-2009285

Another Joan Rivers Look-alike

so, it looks like we can add another formerly attractive person to the list of people who have been made identical, not to mention creepy by overdone plastic surgery. Rupert Everett, who was so good looking in 'My Best Friend's Wedding' and 'An Ideal Husband', has joined the aforementioned list. Mr. Everett used to look like this:

now he looks like this:

creepy, right?

Denial is not Just a River in Egypt

most people know who Jenna Jameson is. if you don't, she's a porn star; apparently a fairly prolific one until her porn retirement. after her retirement, Jenna and her boyfriend, who is a 'mixed martial arts fighter' whatever that means, decided to have children and ended up having twins. the twins, who are ridiculously named Jesse Jameson and Journey Jette, were born in March. the denial has come in recently, as Jenna has claimed on her myspace blog that she had a very easy labour due to her strong core muscles, which she achieved by doing 500 push-ups a day. let's be honest now, the reason she had such an easy labour is because by now her vagina is likely the width of the Panama Canal. with girly bits that wide labour must have been a cinch; it was probably like a log ride or someone throwing dolls out of a window.

Awkward!

I used to like Joaquin Phoenix. I accepted that he was kinda strange because he made up for it by being a really good actor. Now he's nuts. Even if his whole leaving acting to start a rap (I know!) career thing is bullshit, he's still gone off the deep end by making very awkward public appearances, like this one on David Letterman last night. Why would you go on a talk show and refuse to talk? Dave tries to make the best of it, but it's still uncomfortable. It reminds me of the part in 'Annie Hall' when Alvy is talking to Annie's odd brother Dwayne.