Today Al Gore — who invented the Internet, you know — gave a big speech in Washington, DC on the topic of Global Warming, and how WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!™ unless we embrace his latest plan to outpace T. Boone Pickens’ latest plan. Or something like that. (Pickens was not amused, by the way.)
But for my money (which is quite substantial, if you count it in Yen or Pesos…), the most interesting part of this speech was what was happening outside. While Gore’s promoters asked ticket-holders to travel to the event by “public transportation, bicycling or other climate friendly means,” not everyone was into the green vibe. Including the speaker.
Take it away, right-wing hatchet-job group!
Continuing “Hey, Remember the Eighties?” week on Deceiver, Bill Cosby is making headlines for reportedly blacklisting actor Terrence Howard in show biz after a canceled appearance on The Cosby Show.
Howard says he confronted Cosby after his scenes were cut from an episode of the long-running show. Cosby’s ego was so offended that he made some calls and Howard says he didn’t work for four years. However, in 2005 Howard was nominated for an Oscar for his work in Hustle & Flow, so he’s doing better these days.
This isn’t the first time Cosby has tried to boss around the young actors he’s worked with.
Lisa Bonet, who played daughter Denise Huxtable on The Cosby Show, threatened legal action against the show’s producers after Cosby had her fired for starring in Angel Heart, a thriller that was nearly given an X rating. They settled by promising her her own spinoff, A Different World.
Big deal if he meddles, you say?
The big deal is that two years ago there were more than a dozen ex-models (one of whom was 18 at the time) who were willing to testify that he drugged and raped them, had he not settled the case out of court.
Celebitchy has all the lurid details if you want them, but just a warning that you’ll never look at a Puddin’ Pop the same again.
As VH1 cheerfully posted on its official blog:
We can officially announce that Bret and Ambre are over!
Love how they can’t even pretend that this is a bad thing, because it means that Bret Michaels, the lead singer of Poison, is once again unattached and will be back for a third season of his skankfest dating show Rock of Love.
So what was behind his most recent breakup?
Rock star Bret Michaels tried twice to find love by filling a mansion with gorgeous women and having them compete for his heart. But after the final pass was handed out and the cameras stopped rolling, Bret’s picks didn’t work out. He and season two winner, Ambre Lake, really tried to make it work and although they still remain close friends, between his tour line-up and her work schedule there’s no time for a relationship.
“Bret has been very upfront and honest about how difficult maintaining a normal relationship may be for a touring rock star. He’s right, it’s absolutely an insane lifestyle and neither of us had the time to make it work,” stated Lake.
Maybe if it’s so difficult for an aging rock star to maintain “a normal relationship” (and that is definitely a relative term), he should not be hosting a dating reality show.
Just a thought.
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