(Warning: The following clip contains strong language and Jane Fonda)
That was Jane Fonda talking to Meredith Viera on this morning’s
Today Show. Talk about an eye-opener! And just a month ago, Diane Keaton
dropped an f-bomb live on
Good Morning America. What is it about over-the-hill actresses spewing filth on morning TV?
Personally I kind of like it, but I do wonder why they can say that stuff on TV and get away with it by making a quick apology, while radio is gagged and handcuffed. The other day the Opie & Anthony Show played some CNN audio from the Grammys red carpet. The rapper Nas was wearing a t-shirt with the N-word on it (promoting his upcoming album of the same name), and the word was used at least twice. But it had to be bleeped out when they replayed it on the radio! Come on, FCC, are you going to “protect” the airwaves or not? Why do you keep going after radio when TV is laughing in your face?
There’s a possibility of a second Hollywood strike happening, this time pioneered by the actors’ guild.
George Clooney, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, and Meryl Streep have collectively threatened just that over upcoming contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over a deal that expires June 30. The Oscar-winning quartet has taken out full-page ads in showbiz trade rags Variety and the Hollywood Reporter that vaguely hint at another work stoppage:
“As proud members of [the Screen Actors' Guild], we have seen the effect of a long-running strike on our community,” the ad reads. “Now that the writers have agreed to a deal, our hope is to get people back to work.”
The ad, which ends with the stars’ names, continues: “Issues are important…Nothing can be solved until both parties agree to sit down together…There is too much at stake to wait.”
Which makes this little business from a few weeks ago seem all the more sneaky:
Both Clooney and Hanks are making it clear publicly that they’re concerned about the writers strike’s collateral damage. Hanks said corporate bosses should remember that many ancillary businesspeople were suffering from the studios and networks refusing to restart negotiations with the Writers Guild. “There are caterers and carpenters … and electricians and gaffers,” Hanks told Reuters in London [on January 9]. “There are a lot of people out there associated with the industry, for whom the sooner this work stoppage is over the better.” And Clooney said much the same thing when he appeared onstage at Monday night’s Critics Choice Awards (photo above): “When the strike happens, it’s not just writers [affected]… Our hope is that all the players will lock themselves in a room and not come out until they finish. We want this to be done. That’s the most important thing.”
Please God no, I can’t take it. Just give these thespian-terrorists anything they want. They already have millions of dollars, so ceding control of a small country ought to do it. Maybe Brazil?
Ex-hooker-to-the-stars Heidi Fleiss is protesting her most recent arrest, this time for with driving sans license, possession of a controlled substance without a prescription, and driving under the influence of drugs.
She was stopped by police last week and found with Vicodin, which she couldn’t prove was hers.
However, she’s confident everything will be sorted out soon.
“It’s no big deal. When I get to court, everyone will see. It will all be taken care of. I was waiting outside in the parking lot when a police officer knocked on the car window and told me I had been swerving. I told him that I didn’t remember doing that. Then he asked me for my driver’s license and that’s when it all went wrong. I reached into my pocket to get my license and a bottle of Vicodin fell out.
“I’m squeaky clean this time. I’ll just take the prescription to court with me and everything will be fine.”
Noooo problem. It is totally fine to drive around while on prescribed narcotics, whether they’ve been prescribed to you or not. Also completely normal to go about your business with a bottle of drugs. It is just a misunderstanding of the law, is all.
Say, what has the Juice been up to lately? Oh, you know, the usual…
O.J. Simpson’s long-time girlfriend has severe injuries that are consistent with an assault, rather than simply a fall…
Christie Prody, 32, remains hospitalized at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Miami and may be facing brain surgery…
O.J. says that Prody’s injuries are self-inflicted and that she went on a drunken binge and fell down. But cops aren’t convinced, insiders say. And Prody’s injuries are so severe that they are consistent with an assault. Prody was hospitalized after she collapsed at a gas station and hit her head. Simpson was not with her at the time.
But once Prody was examined it became clear that she had more injuries than could have been caused by the fall. She had numerous large bruises and abrasions on her face, arms, legs and buttocks…
O.J.’s lawyer Yale Galanter denied his client had anything to do with Prody’s injuries, an accusation that has not been made by anyone. Responding to the Enquirer’s exclusive report yesterday that some cops aren’t convinced Prody’s injuries are self-inflicted, Galanter told the Miami Herald: “That’s crap.”
Who would ever think that a gorgeous young blonde would be in any danger from O.J. Simpson? Let the hunt for the real batterer begin!
Now, keep in mind that this is from the National Enquirer. So hey, who knows. But if it’s true, it’ll be fun to watch the people who still don’t believe he did it the first time.
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