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Hot Guy Friday: The beautiful, the bold, the skeezy & the breezy
Iggy Pop wants Lindsay Lohan to play him, not Jennifer Aniston
Miley Cyrus’s new music video: panties, legs, writhing and general sketchiness
LeAnn Rimes imagines hitting Brandi Glanville in the face all the time
Gwyneth Paltrow says she had a casting couch situation: “I left”
The girl who voices Dora The Explorer says Nickelodeon cheated her of millions
Olivier Martinez flew to LA to be with Halle Berry
Sarah Jessica Parker’s nude dress: totally cute, or totally unflattering?
Star: Two of the Sister Wives want out, could be barred from seeing their kids
Anderson Cooper speaks out against Vince Vaughn’s offensive ‘that’s gay’ joke

Hot Guy Friday: The beautiful, the bold, the skeezy & the breezy

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:35 AM PDT

I know Daniel Craig is a controversial choice for the headliner Hot Guy, but if you don’t like it, too bad. There’s a reason many, many, many women love this man. He’s rugged and surly and difficult and oh, yeah, a brilliant actor. He’s beautiful sometimes, and other times he just looks rough… and yet, he’s always hot. He burns with intensity. He can play complicated men because he is a complicated man. And he’s also one of the best man-on-man homoerotic fantasies I’ve ever had - imagine him kissing Javier Bardem. Imagine him licking Benicio del Toro. Imagine his comically big ears brushing your thighs. Yeah… there’s a reason. And the reason has nothing to do with being cute or accessible or easy or family-friendly. Danny Craig is the best. Also: he’s playing Mikael Blomkvist… and it’s going to be good. Be patient. Have faith.

Benicio del Toro. Sweet Jesus. I’m so remembering my crush on him.

Jamie Foxx, by request of CB. Even though he’s got some good qualities (like being a good brother and one really good actor), he still seems douchey. We’ll see.

Robert Downey Jr. I tried to find some old and new photos of him - my favorite is the one where he’s all dressed up in his tuxedo (minus the jacket) for Good Night and Good Luck.

Aidan Quinn, by request. His eyes pierce my soul. When I was going through photos of Aidan, I had the strongest flashback to the moment when I first saw Legends of the Fall, and thinking Julia Ormond was an idiot to be so unhappy being married to Aidan. I don’t give a crap if his brother is Brad Pitt! You stay married to Aidan, and you HIT IT LIKE IT’S ON FIRE.

I can’t believe I’ve never done Jason Lewis (for HGF). I always forget just how stunningly pretty he is. His eyes veer into “crazy” but basically he just seems like a sweetheart.

Why not help yourself to some Idris Elba? No one says “no” to that. Idris even rocks the hizzy when he’s wearing a really terrible sweater. Is that an argyle pattern?!?

Requests for a repeat performance from Daniel Day Lewis. I love him so much, and I find the contours of his face to be absolutely gorgeous. I wish I could lick him. I also through in a Paul Thomas Anderson (the writer/director) cameo. PT is really adorable too!

It literally JUST occurred to me that I had never done one of my absolute favorite actors of ALL TIME. Hello, Ben Kingsley. His real name is Krishna Bhanji. And he would be incredibly hot if only for his mind-blowing talent, but I actually love the bald rogue vibe he’s been giving off in later years. He’s a FOX!

Another request for Tahar Rahim. He’s French and lovely. And rather intense, until he gives you that big, goofy smile.

Michael Ealy is gorgeous! Beautiful eyes. Beautiful lips. Beautiful facial structure. God, he’s almost perfect. There’s also a cameo by James Remar, who is a hottie!

Way too many requests for Anderson Cooper! Why doesn’t Brian Williams (and his big dong) get love? Ah, well. I too think Anderson “The Coop” Cooper is totally fine. His arms are magic.

You bitches might have won one. Justin Timberlake has been doing a bunch of red carpets to support The Social Network, and his style definitely enhances his attractiveness. I personally wouldn't want to hit it, but I no longer think people who want to it are totally nutburgers.

Speaking of The Social Network, do you want some Andrew Garfield? He's British and haughty. Haughty always does it for me. Plus, he's the new Spiderman so he's probably getting really flexible right now.

We've had some requests for a return of Matt Bomer. I thought my husband David Gandy would get you through it, but apparently not. So enjoy… one of the pics is of Matt shooting White Collar, and he's dressed up like a cop. It's giving me a hot flash. I also threw in a little Tom DeKay, because I find him incredibly sexy too.

Ben Whishaw, by request. I’m actually a fan of his - I’ve seen him in a handful of movies, and he steals every scene. He also has an odd kind of beauty. But, ladies, I think this one is just for the gays.

Kevin McKidd, to get our Hot Ginger requirement out of the way! He is lovely too - I think he’s also friends with Gerard Butler. Mmm… Scots.

You know who we’ve never done? This absolute freak, Billy Zane. Would he try to get you to do some really f-cked up things during sex? Absolutely. Would you do it? Probably.

There was a request for True Blood’s Kevin Alejandro. He’s very cute - he’s got a Jonathan Rhys Meyers vibe, right?

Rihanna has been dating Matt Kemp for months and months, but I only realized yesterday how f-cking cute he is. Seriously, this boy is lovely.

Okay, I know Jason Statham isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I saw this photo of him yesterday, and it’s still making me hot. I imagine this is the way he looks before he throws you on the bed and bites you. *fans self*

By request, soap opera star (?) Aidan Turner. I guess he was on DWTS too…? He’s cute, but he looks like a cheeseball. Especially since he wanders around with his shirt unbuttoned like that.

Julian Sands, by request. I really had to look around to find photos where he didn’t look insane.

Marcus Patrick, who I think is a model…? There aren’t a lot of photos of him on our agencies, and the photos we did have were strewn with hoes. I had to do some cropping, my apologizes!

Stephen Moyer, by special request of ME. I might be the only one who thinks he’s a cutie. Probably because I don’t watch True Blood and my only exposure to him as a normal-colored Englishman who is totally adorable. This is Stephen last night in LA (without Anna!)

Oded Fehr. Lovely. He has a really nice smile.

Matt Bellamy, Kate Hudson’s boyfriend (and some kind of musician, right? LMAO).

There was also a request for Vintage Alec Baldwin. I found some young, sexy pics of him, but I couldn’t pass up the one with Alec’s neckerchief, I really couldn’t! I apologize. You’ll be so busy giggling, you won’t even know you’re being seduced by Le Baldwin!

Do you have any idea how much I love Jude Law? Is he a total skeeze who would get me and all my girlfriends pregnant? Sure. But he’s a hilarious, beautiful skeeze. I threw in some recent “greasy” photos, as well as some “Jude Law Classic” pics.

Morris Chestnut, Forever and Ever.

Misha Collins is a request. I find him rather dorky.

Since we began with my favorite blonde lover Daniel Craig, shall we end it with my two tall, dark and handsomes? Yes, we shall. I will give you your Jon Hamm and your Clive Owen, but I want you to promise me one thing - I’m not having a good day, so could you please keep the nasty “Where are the hot guys?” and “This week sucks” comments to a f-ckin minimum? I work really hard on these, and though I enjoy it, I hate when you bitches piss all over it. There. I said my piece. Now, I’ll make with the last hot guys of the week.

Photos courtesy of Fame, WENN, Annie Leibovitz’s archives, Vanity Fair, GQ, Details, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Google Images.

Iggy Pop wants Lindsay Lohan to play him, not Jennifer Aniston

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 08:01 AM PDT

I'm sorry, I had to. Elisabetta Canalis got so much (well-deserved?) sh-t for re-tweeting someone else's comment about Iggy Pop looking like Jennifer Aniston. It's funny to remember. But Iggy is apparently unaware of the Aniston thing. In his mind, he thinks he should be played by Lindsay Lohan. For real.

Former Stooge, Detroit native, lover of “Candy” and Godfather of Punk Iggy Pop spoke to Australia’s Triple J radio recently about a Jim Jarmusch-directed Stooges documentary that is (unfortunately) currently on hold.

Everyone’s favorite ring-bearing hobbit, Elijah Wood, was originally signed on to play Pop before the project was shelved. Pop, though usually pretty good at marketing himself as an insane old dude who can’t keep his shirt on, was reportedly unwilling to take part in the giant promotional marketing campaign that would most certainly preview the movie’s release.

Though the Lord of the Rings trilogy proved Wood could play an addict as well as Jared Leto did in Requiem for a Dream, Iggy’s choice for a silver screen representation of himself is stranger still: Lindsay Lohan.

“She looks like me, and she’s the only one with enough attitude too,” Pop told Triple J. “They could tape her boobs up or something. She’s been in jail at the right age and everything, so I though she could do it.”

[From Prefix]

Is it weird that I am more disturbed by the idea of Elijah Wood playing Iggy? At this point, I'll believe anything of Lindsay Lohan, so I'm willing to believe that she'd make a half-decent Iggy. But Elijah? In what world?

They should really talk to Jennifer Aniston, though. This could be the Oscar-bait role she's been looking for. Definitely a way to shake up her image!

Thanks to Dlisted for the story!

Miley Cyrus’s new music video: panties, legs, writhing and general sketchiness

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:44 AM PDT

Here are new photos of Miley Cyrus at a restaurant opening last night in Beverly Hills. I don't hate this outfit. Is the dress too short? Of course. But she's still remarkably covered up (for her). And I don't mind this velvet Stevie Nicks-inspiration stuff either. I'd rather her look bohemian and witchy as opposed to booty shorts and belly shirts. The hair/extensions could use some help though. And she looks baked. Which is probably how you should arrive to a restaurant opening.

Anyway, Miley has a new single! And a new video. The song is called "Who Owns My Heart" and there seems to be a lot of writhing on beds. Be careful… this is SFW, but it is twenty kinds of wrong.

I could only make it a minute and a half before I started to feel sick to my stomach. First reaction: Oh, Jesus. Big Southern hair, skimpy little panties and all that makeup? She's still just 17 years old, by the way. Second reaction: That fishnet-hair thing is funny. She actually makes it look kind of cute! Her little "I'm so horny" faces are ridic, though. Third reaction: Legs and grinding in the back of a limo. Jesus. This girl. I just want to shake her and yell at her: "Don't be eager to grow up this fast! You still have plenty of time for this bullsh-t!!" WTF is wrong with Tish and The Mullet?!?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

LeAnn Rimes imagines hitting Brandi Glanville in the face all the time

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:19 AM PDT

Yesterday, we got an interesting tip about the ongoing battle royale between LeAnn Rimes and Brandi Glanville. According to the tipster, LeAnn watches what Brandi wears very carefully, and tends to copy the look days later. There's probably photo evidence to back this up, but I'm too lazy to dig through archived photos. Suffice to say, I tend to believe it - LeAnn is incredibly immature and petty (and crazy), and in her mind, the war is very real and she's going to fight it like she's in middle school.

Speaking of, In Touch Weekly had this interesting/sad story about LeAnn confessing to someone at her gym that while she (LeAnn) takes her boxing classes, she often fantasizes that she's hitting Brandi in the face. Er… someone needs to go back on their meds.

LeAnn Rimes confided to a pal that she has a secret workout partner in her boxing classes - her boyfriend Eddie Cibrian's ex-wife, Brandi Glanville.

LeAnn stays in shape with high-impact boxing classes, and she whispered to a friend that when she really wants to let off some steam, she just imagines Brandi's face on the punching bag!

"LeAnn hates Brandi," the friend says. "She thinks that she leaks negative stories about her and Eddie to the press, and it makes her angry. She's tired of being portrayed as a home wrecker all of the time, so she takes out her frustration in the gym and finds it bery therapeutic."

[From In Touch Weekly, print edition]

Granted, I've never boxed. I have delicate wrists! They would snap. But tell me, ladies who box: is this common? Do you imagine someone face on the punching bag? Okay, I'll assume your answer is yes. So imagining your enemy on the punching bag is one thing, but why not go for… Osama bin Laden or something? Why your boyfriend's ex-wife? Oh, right. Because LeAnn is f-cking obsessed.

Gwyneth Paltrow says she had a casting couch situation: “I left”

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 06:51 AM PDT

Elle Magazine's November issue is devoted to "Women In Hollywood" (full slideshow here). They profile four women - Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank, and Sofia Coppola. Now… do these four (rich, privileged, white) women represent Hollywood as we know it? Um, not really. But they all have projects to promote, so they were picked. Gwynth's little interview excerpts are especially interesting - poor Goopy had to deal with a douchey dude who wanted to have sex with her in exchange for a part! Poor Goopy! That dude had no idea Steven Spielberg is her godfather.

Q. Have you ever had a casting-couch experience?
A. Yup. When I was just starting out, someone suggested that we finish a meeting in the bedroom. I left. I was pretty shocked. I could see how someone who didn't know better might worry, "My career will be ruined if I don't give this guy a blow job!"

Q. How do you feel about the kinds of roles available to women today?
A. Kind of dejected. There's a lot that's okay, but there's little that's really good, especially for someone my age. Sometimes you find out that something you really liked is going to someone 10 years younger. I find it heartening that Meryl Streep and Sandra Bullock have been able to find and create amazing projects.

Q. How do you balance work and motherhood?
A. It's really hard. One night in Nashville, my son was screaming with a terrible stomachache. I was like, "I have to get out of here!" but we had to finish. My friend Jenno, a mother of three who was producing, was great, reminding me that nine times out of 10, they just have gas

Goopy on country music: "I've gotten really into the country thing—Miranda Lambert, Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Hank Williams and his granddaughter Holly Williams. And I love, love Dolly."

[From Elle]

Whoa… Sandra Bullock is only a few years older than Gwyneth! Did Gwyneth just throw Sandy under the bus as an "older woman" who is still getting roles, like Meryl? Meryl and Sandra have one really great thing going for them: people (women and men) love them and want to see their films. Meanwhile, it feels like Gwyneth is bitching about not being cast for the same old "ingénue" roles she got when she was starting out. Not that her general argument doesn't have merit - it totally does. But in Goop's case, I tend to think she's not getting good parts not because of her age, but because she's insufferable, and no one wants to see her in a movie where she isn't secondary fashion porn to Robert Downey Jr.

Photos courtesy of Elle.

The girl who voices Dora The Explorer says Nickelodeon cheated her of millions

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 06:06 AM PDT

Caitlin Sanchez, the teen who formerly voiced the Dora The Explorer cartoon character starting in 2007, has filed a lawsuit against Nickelodeon alleging that the network bilked her out of millions of dollars. The suite claims that Sanchez’s parents were pressured to sign a 14 page contract within about 20 minutes without the presence of a lawyer. According to the Sanchez family, they were told that if they didn’t sign the contract immediately the position would go to another girl. Sanchez was paid around $5,000 an episode, but was allegedly stiffed out of hundreds of hours of pay and given just $40 a day to travel around the world promoting the show. Here’s more:

Caitlin Sanchez, 14, who voiced Dora on Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer beginning in 2007, and her parents are suing the network, claiming they were pressured into signing a complicated contract and then cheated out of millions of dollars, reports New York’s Daily News.

The suit claims Sanchez was woefully underpaid, not compensated for hundreds of hours of recording, and forced to promote the show for a “meager travel stipend of $40 a day.”

Sanchez’s lawyer, John Balestriere, tells the paper she was cheated out of “millions, perhaps tens of millions” of dollars after being pressured to sign an “unconscionable” 14-page contract that the family had just 22 minutes to review without a lawyer’s help.

“I’ve never seen as convoluted and inscrutable contract as I’ve seen here,” Balestriere says.

The suit charges that Nickelodeon, MTV Networks and Viacom International “used Caitlin, unjustly enriching themselves of millions of dollars in profits from the series and branded products, which Caitlin performed and promoted.”

David Bittler, a spokesman for Nickelodeon, called the claims “baseless.”

“Unfortunately, Caitlin’s voice changed and she was no longer able to portray the Dora character, as happened with the actress who originated the role,” Bittler said in a statement Thursday. “Caitlin’s contract was extensively negotiated through her agent and in compliance with her union. She was well-compensated for her work and for personal appearances. We have enjoyed working with Caitlin on Dora the Explorer these past three years, and we did in fact offer her a contract for other work with us.”

[From People]

Sanchez was the second voice of Dora. Did the first actress who voiced the part get stiffed too? The original Dora, who started with the show on its premiere in 2000 and was the voice of Dora for 10 years, was a now 19 year-old named Kathleen Herles. I found an interview with her after she left the show, and she had a lot of positive things to say about her experiences as Dora. That doesn’t mean that Sanchez wasn’t scammed or that her parents weren’t strongarmed into an unfair contract, just that the original Dora doesn’t seem to share her experiences. Still, it’s a multi-billion dollar franchise and it seems like the voice actresses should be compensated accordingly. If Herles didn’t get a cut of the profits, and she probably didn’t, she got screwed too.

Olivier Martinez flew to LA to be with Halle Berry

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 06:05 AM PDT

SEX. That's all I can think about when I look at photos of Halle Berry and Olivier Martinez. After spending most of their time together (SEX) in Europe and Africa, Olivier flew in to LA to spend some time with his girl. I LOVE how Halle is playing this - they're f-cking and they're international, and yes, she'll travel for her piece, but she'll also make him come to her. Of course, I'm also convinced that Olivier isn't Halle's only piece. Just the other day, she went on what looked like a "date" with another dude. My guess is that Olivier got jealous and flew to LA so he could demand that Halle give up her other pieces.

Oscar winning actress and mature hotty Halle Berry meets up with her new hunk and just arrived “Dark Tide” co-star Olivier Martinez in West Hollywood, CA on October 7th, 2010. Their budding romance has hit a new level as only a week ago Halle flew to the City of Love - Paris just to meet him for a day. Amoré is in the air as Olivier can’t seem to live without her either.

[From Fame Pictures]

My take? Olivier is more into Halle than she's into him. Olivier is the one who is all "Come back to Paris, I need you" and Halle is all "I've got bidness in LA" and Olivier is all "Fine, I'll come to you." Also: Olivier seems to have some kind of injured arm. I bet Halle bit him while they were f-cking. See? It's all I can think about.

Here are some additional pics of them last week in France. Oh la la.

Back in LA yesterday:

Halle and Olivier in LA on October 7, 2010, and in France on Sept. 29, 2010. Credit: Fame and Bauer-Griffin.

Sarah Jessica Parker’s nude dress: totally cute, or totally unflattering?

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:30 AM PDT

I wanted to hate Sarah Jessica Parker's dress. But I can't. The bitch looks great. These are photos of SJP at last night fall gala for the NYC Ballet. The dress is Halston Heritage (SJP is the creative director for Halston), and it could have been boring and unflattering. The color could have been off. The cut could have been tragic. But damn it, this is one of her best formal looks in a really long time. The color is a great peachy metallic nude that only a few women could pull off. The cut flatters her slender, athletic figure, and it appears she's put on just a little much-needed weight. The hair is bouncy and very Brigitte Bardot. I only have two qualms: the jewelry isn't that awesome (with this dress), and SJP seems to be carrying an odd military jacket, perhaps to wear over the dress when she gets cold. It looks like she's carrying her military duffel bag on her way to fashion basic training.

The Daily Mail points out that SJP was newly elected to the board of the directors for the NYC Ballet, and that the event was a celebration for "the New York premiere of a new ballet by NYCB Principal Dancer Benjamin Millepied set to a commissioned score from Pulitzer-Prize winning composer David Lang. The programme also included George Balanchine’s Tarantella and an excerpt from Western Symphony, as well as Jerome Robbins’ I’m Old Fashioned. Tickets for the event started from $1,500, with premium seats costing $5,000." That Ben Millepied dude is Natalie Portman's boyfriend. I'm surprised she wasn't there… or maybe she was, and there are just no photos of her? Or maybe they broke up? Who knows? Mm… more fashion porn, please.

SJP on October 7, 2010. Credit: Fame and WENN.

Star: Two of the Sister Wives want out, could be barred from seeing their kids

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:27 AM PDT

Star Magazine has a story that injects some more controversy into the new face of polygamy, the “Sister Wives” Brown family of Lehi, Utah. Star’s source is a former polygamist wife who escaped from the fundamentalist Mormon sect to which the Brown’s belong. She is sort-of Kody’s former sister-in-law (see the story below, she was a sister wife along with Kody’s sister) and tells Star that if any of the four wives want to leave Kody they’ll probably be permanently separated from their kids and excommunicated, as is common among followers of their religion/cult. It’s a sobering look into what really goes on in typical polygamist families, and shows that the reality for The Brown wives isn’t what we’re seeing on TV. I think Star just added the stuff about Janelle and Christine wanting out based on what this woman told them, but it could be true. Here’s part of Star’s story:

What would you do if you had to choose between staying in a bad marriage or losing your children? That’s the heartbreaking dilemma behind the scenes of Sister Wives for Janelle and Christine Brown, the second and third wives of Utah polygamist Kody Brown. Sources say the duo have grown increasingly unhappy about their lives with Kody, to the point that they’ve considered leaving him.

But should that happen, Star has learned, they could automatically lose custody of their combined 12 children to Kody, by order of their mysterious religious sect. And there could be even more frightening consequences.

“Janelle and Christine can smile for the cameras all they want and say how everything is great, but Janelle has cried on my shoulder many times,” a family friend tells Star. “She told me she and Christine are so sick of how Kody’s desire to be a TV star is pulling the family apart, plus all the attention he lavishes on his new, young wife, Robyn, that they’ve talked about divorce.”

But to do that would mean leaving themselves at the mercy of the mysterious sect Kody, 42, and his wives belong to. Star has learned that the Apolistic United Brethren - also known as the Allred Group - is a sect that broke away from the traditional Mormom church long ago and is headquartered in the town of Bluffdale, Utah less than 10 miles from the Brown family home in the neighboring town of Lehi.

Trying to break away from a marriage within the sect can be a nightmare, says Janae Thorne-Bird - who did just that and founded Utah’s Heartstrong Living Center, a safe haven for women escaping polygamy. Incredibly, Janae tells Star that she formerly shared a husband in Montana with Kody’s younger sister, Christy, 39 - and she warns Janelle, 41, and Christine, 38, of the possible dangers ahead should they choose to leave Kody.

“I was forced by our sect to give my ex-husband full custody of our 10 children, and they were raised by Christy and his other wives,” claims Janae. “I was barred from even seeing my kids, and they were hidden away from me. I reunited with seven of them once they were no longer minors and could choose to walk away, but my three youngest are still trapped in the sect.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 18, 2010]

That’s heartbreaking and now I understand why there’s an investigation into the Brown family. The wives may have entered into this arrangement by choice, but do they also have the choice to get out of it?

This story sheds more light onto how this family makes polygamy seem like a valid choice when it often puts women and children in very difficult, inescapable conditions, even outside the compounds. This isn’t a story from someone involved in polygamy in general, it’s the story of a woman who shared a husband with Kody’s sister and was cut off from her kids for years. Her close connection to the Browns makes this all the more convincing.

TMZ has a blurb about how Kody sought approval from local church leaders before doing the show. They essentially told him that they didn’t agree, but that it was up to him. His moved forward with the show and now the polygamist families are said to be scared of the repercussions. There have to be some wives who are hopeful that things will change as a result.

Anderson Cooper speaks out against Vince Vaughn’s offensive ‘that’s gay’ joke

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 05:18 AM PDT

A couple of weeks ago, Kaiser reported on the trailer for upcoming Ron Howard-directed comedy The Dilemma, starring Vince Vaughn, Kevin Jones and Winona Ryder. It looks really dumb but more than that it started with a dud of a joke in which Vaughn’s character called electric cars “gay”. It’s offensive and homophobic and although the trailer was put before the recent batch of gay youth suicides, everyone involved should have known better. “Gay” is not a put down.

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper spoke to Ellen Degeneres via satellite on the issue of bullying, and he brought up the trailer as an example of how media is making it seem ok to mock people’s sexual orientations. He also made a lot of good points about how the Internet makes bullying both easier and more cruel to victims.

There’s a lot of intolerance in the world and that trickles down to school…

I do think there’s something happening in our culture of sort of a lack of empathy that’s grown…

We’re living online now and it’s very easy to be cruel to people online, we’ve seen a huge uptake of cyberbullying…

[Bullying] is much different than it used to be for us, who grew up in a pre-computer generation…

I was sitting in a movie theater over the weekend and there was a preview of a movie, and in it, the actor said, ‘that’s so gay,’ and I was shocked that not only that they put it in the movie, but that they put that in the preview, they thought that it was okay to put that in a preview for the movie to get people to go and see it.

I just find those words, those terms, we’ve got to do something to make those words unacceptable cause those words are hurting kids. Someone else I talked to recently said that the words people use and the things people say about other kids online, it enters into their internal dialogue. And when you’re a kid, it can change the way you see yourself and the way you think about yourself, and the worth that you give to yourself. I think we need to really focus on what language we’re using and how we’re treating these kids.

[Transcript via The Huffington Post and Just Jared]

Cooper said he wasn’t bullied at school because he went to a small school. He called himself a “bystander” and said he witnessed kids making fun of a classmate for stuttering. He didn’t say anything about it as a kid because he was afraid of being bullied too. Ellen said we need a class in school to teach kids about diversity. She also pointed out that bullying and the use of negative terms for gay people is not a gay/straight issue. They both said that it’s time that we make the “F” word and “that’s gay” unacceptable. Cooper reiterated that we “really need to focus on what language we’re using” and how that affects kids’ self esteem.

So are they going to clean up the trailer for this very terrible-looking movie? Are they going to remove this scene or change the language in light of the recent tragedies? I would hope that something is done about it soon, especially now that they’re being called out for it. I’m team Cooper. You can see the trailer here if you’re interested. Let’s not mess this post up with any photos of Vaughn, ok?

Friday, October 8, 2010

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