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13
May

Jessica Alba’s Flexible Views on Sexuality

By Holly Won't 8 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Movie Stars and The Religious

jessica_alba_kinda_naked.jpgSuper-knocked-up Jessica Alba talked to Allure magazine about her views on sexuality, her sexy image, sex before marriage, and how little she cares about sex sex sex.

On Her Steamy Public Image: “[Hollywood] always play[s] up your sexuality, because that’s what gets men into the theaters. And I never really gave a sh-t about all that stuff! It’s nothing to be ashamed of. But it is definitely not what I am about by any means!”

On Owning Her Sexuality: “I don’t think I was comfortable with my sexuality until I was an adult, probably, like, 22 – that’s when I stopped apologizing and stopped feeling ashamed. I did the Vagina Monologues in L.A. That made me proud.”

On Sex Before Marriage: “I never believed women had to be virgins when they got married, or that a woman has to fall in love with a guy just because they’re having sex. I don’t think sex is a big deal. I hated the hypocrisy of it. Men can do whatever, and it’s acceptable.”

A lot seems to have changed since October (pre-pregnancy) when she spoke of her Catholic upbringing:

“I will never do a nude scene in a movie — not ever. I can act sexy and I can wear sexy clothes but I can’t go naked. I think I was always very uncomfortable about the way my body developed.

“I come from a Catholic family and it wasn’t seen as good to flaunt yourself. I can handle being sexy with clothes on but not with them off.”

You know, for someone who wants to come across as laissez-faire, she sure talks in absolutes about sex a lot.

08
May

Who’s the Last Person on Earth Who Should Criticize Dina Lohan as a Parent?

By Simon Scowl 4 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Legal Messes, Movie Stars, The Religious and The Washed Up

No, not Saddam Hussein, silly, he’s dead. Even worse: Michael Lohan!

Earlier this week Dina was honored as a “top mom” by something called the Mingling Moms Organization (which is admittedly ridiculous), and Page Six quotes him as saying:

“Are you kidding! Top celebrity mom? Look at her off-screen antics, her lack of morals and how she conducts herself. I guess they forgot to mention how this top super-mom leaves her kids alone at night and even parties in their presence. Just wait until we go back to court. She comes stumbling out of Butter at 3:15 a.m. with bloodshot eyes and a red runny nose, yelling ‘Oh, [bleep],’ when she saw the paparazzi.”

I’m not sure why they bleeped out “pshaw,” but I do know that Michael Lohan needs to shut up about partying too much. Being a good tipper up in the strip club does not count as good parenting skills. Even if the stripper is your daughter…

02
May

Spike Says Silly Stuff Incessantly

By Simon Scowl 8 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Movie Stars, The Religious and U.S. Left-wing Politicos

The Guardian reports:

Director Spike Lee has waded into the ongoing controversy surrounding Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor whose provocative statements have proved a thorn in the side of Democrat frontrunner Barack Obama. Lee advises the preacher to do the right thing and keep quiet. “The more he opens his mouth, the more damage he does,” he told the Guardian yesterday.

For good measure, Lee hinted at a political conspiracy behind Wright’s recent, contentious attempts to justify his remarks. “It looks like he’s being paid to keep talking,” he said.

Spike Lee. Telling a paranoid conspiracy freak that he talks too much. And that he’s doing so as part of a conspiracy. Usually at this point in the post I try to throw something in to make the person’s words even sillier, but I’m not sure it’s possible in this case. Maybe if he made fun of Wright for being really short and making Girl 6, that might be slightly more ironic.

30
Apr

Scientology Buys Its Own YouTube Channel

By Holly Won't 13 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Scientology

Scientology was pretty pissed off about all those leaked Tom Cruise videos, followed by the awesome Anonymous onslaught.

So now they’ve gone and bought themselves a fancy channel on YouTube.

However, as Gawker dissects, what they’re doing is not really in the spirit of YouTube. Or, well, America.

First of all, we can’t embed the videos on Deceiver.com because the church has paid to disallow other sites to disseminate the propaganda. So we can’t discuss it.

Secondly, they’ve disabled commenting. So we can’t discuss it.

Let’s piss them off and discuss it anyway. Do y’all think this is a move in the “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” direction, or just another way to target impressionable youths who will see ads for the church cult while they’re browsing Playboy videos on YouTube?

28
Apr

Miley Cyrus Photo Scandal, Take Eleventy

By Holly Won't 28 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Musicians, Television Actors, The Naughty Bits, The Religious and Writers

miley_cyrus_vf.jpgMiley “I Do Everything For Jesus” Cyrus has admitted that it was indeed her (and not a lookalike) in those bra-baring photos we talked about last week.

And for all you pervs out in the interwebs, there are evidently more to come in the June issue of Vanity Fair.

Photos of the Disney star wearing just red lipstick and a bed sheet — shot by legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz — have popped up online. For which Miley is already apologizing (again):

“I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed,” Miley said in a statement. “I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about.”

Disney seems to be afraid that their little girl is going the Britney path a little too soon, but Vanity Fair stands by the shoot:

“Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines,” Disney spokeswoman Patti McTeague asserts to the Times.

Not surprisingly, Vanity Fair has a different take on how the photo shoot went down, with a rep insisting, “Miley’s parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley.”

This is pretty much why it’s never a good idea to try to make money off your morals: Someone always notices when you slip up.

22
Apr

I See London, I See … Hannah Montana

By Holly Won't 17 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Musicians, Teen Idols, Television Actors and The Religious

miley_green_bra.jpg

Photos of Miley Cyrus not being such a goodie-goodie made the rounds yesterday, including the above and one of her lying on top of an unnamed boy. (You can see the photos here.)

She apparently is sticking to her philosophy of keeping her good Christian head on her shoulders … and in the lap of some dude.

15
Apr

Hey! It’s That Guy! (Who Used to Be a Scientologist)

By Simon Scowl 7 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Scientology and Television Actors

Here at Deceiver we bash celebrities who say one thing and do another, but every once in a while they get it right and should be recognized for it. Such is the case with character actor Jason Beghe, who’s appeared on Numb3rs, Criminal Minds, Veronica Mars, JAG, and dozens of other TV shows and movies over the last 20 years.

He’s hardly a household name, but he’s the biggest celebrity so far who’s stood up and spoken out against Scientology. According to Roger Friedman:

In 2005, Beghe appeared in promotional spots for the Church of Scientology. But now, Beghe has escaped the church after taking courses since 1994. He’s made a video that’s up on YouTube.

This is what he has to say: “Scientology is destructive and a rip-off.”

He also says: “It’s very, very dangerous for your spiritual, psychological, mental, emotional health and evolution. I think it stunts your evolution. If Scientology is real, then something’s f—ed up… It ain’t deliverin’ what it’s promised. It sure has not.”

Here’s the video (NSFW language):

“Let me meet a motherf***ing Clear! I’m Clear, right? I’m declared Clear as a f***ing bell. …From my own experience and from what I’ve seen, I think the further you go up The Bridge, the worse you get.”

Apparently this is just a brief excerpt of a longer interview to come about his experiences with the cult. Good for him. Scientology has not been kind to people who’ve spoken out against it (just ask Paulette Cooper), so it’s not an exaggeration to say Beghe is a brave man. Let’s just hope this inspires some of the other disgruntled Scientologists in Hollywood who’ve been afraid to speak up.

(Headline submitted with apologies to the late, sometimes-great Fametracker)

15
Apr

Chaste Stars Just Marketing the Madonna-Whore Complex

By Holly Won't 5 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Musicians, Teen Idols, The Naughty Bits and The Religious

miley_cyrus_schoolgirl.jpgTony Sclafani over at MSNBC has a great commentary on how stars who push abstinence are really just making you think about all the sex they’re not having.

First there was Jessica Simpson (whose former chastity I mentioned yesterday) and Britney Spears (who also turned out so well), and now there’s the new guard of chaste musicians like Miley Cyrus, Jordan Sparks, and the Jonas Brothers.

I’m tempted to quote the article wholesale but for now I’ll limit myself to this tidbit:

On the surface, the reason why these performers are taking virginity pledges has to do with religion. But why advertise this particular aspect of religion? Because by talking about how they’re not having sex, they’ve discovered a sly way to market their sexuality. There’s an unsettling exhibitionism in all of this. Since these artists are putting issues about their sexuality front-and-center, it’s hard to see them and not immediately think about their sex lives. Do we really need to know Joe Jonas isn’t getting any?

He’s like 18 years old. I don’t care if it’s legal, it’s still pervy.

14
Apr

Simpsons Continue Tradition of Christian Values

By Holly Won't 2 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Musicians and The Religious

ashlee_and_pete.jpgAshlee Simpson is engaged. And, depending on who you ask, knocked up.

She and Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz announced their intentions last week, but it didn’t take long for those pesky pregnancy rumors to resurface.

Soon-to-be-grandpa Joe Simpson, a former Baptist minister, must be so proud. First Jessica saved herself for marriage only to divorce before she turned 26, and now his youngest — at the ripe age of 23 — is the latest on the list of shotgun brides.

Ironically, two years ago, when Ashlee was “pre-engaged” to her bandmate Braxton Olita, Joe advised her to play the field and she told him to butt out of her relationship and respect its “deep commitment.” Something only a 21-year-old can say with a straight face.

08
Apr

Tom Cruise to Be Godfather to J.Lo.’s Twins

By Holly Won't 5 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Movie Stars, Scientology and The Religious

jlo_twins.jpgJennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have decided to annoint Tom Cruise as the godfather of their newborn twins, Max and Emme, despite the fact that the twice-divorced, Scientology-preaching Cruise is definitely not Catholic.

Maybe they mean the horse-head-under-the-sheets definition of Godfather?

Scientology in fact is extremely anti-Catholic. One early follower of L. Ron Hubbard once revealed:

Hubbard ironically dismissed Catholicism as a “very successful operation to control the spirit, minds, and bodies of those who fell under its thrall before they attained an age where they could reason and discriminate and choose for themselves.”

And it’s also relevant that both Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes were raised Catholic, only to have Cruise attempt (once successfully, once not) to convert recruit his wives to Scientology. Lopez and Anthony are still practicing Catholics, so they may want to reconsider. Does this seem like a bad idea to anyone else?

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