If you work on film crews, like I did, there are celebrities you hear about: the very wonderful, and the very rotten. Steve Harvey is known as one of the very rotten. Just horrible.
When I first started in the business, , for example, decades ago, I was shocked to hear what a horrible person Bill Cosby was. And Barbara Walters. At the time I was shocked.
But yeah, Steve Harvey. Everybody says the same thing about him and it’s all bad.
I remember one of my film critics while I was film editor at INsite magazine in the ATL was dating a failed Hollywood actor who became a popular D.J. in the city. My (now ex-)wife and I went on a double date with them, and we were talking about good/bad celebs and I mentioned Bill Cosby as a good guy, good dad, etc.
The D.J. was like "Look, Bill Cosby is a really bad guy. I can't say more than that, but I promise you that Bill Cosby is involved in some very dark stuff." The D.J. was usually very loose and wisecracking, it was out of character. Stuck with me.
When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Bill Cosby in every way. I didn't like his comedy though. The worst part of his downfall is the hypocrisy; he presented himself as a nice family man... he never, to my recollection, came out and said, "I like rapin'!" And that's hypocritical, right? So, that's the worst part... aside from the rape and stuff.
He just got so arrogant and nasty. Like when he castigated Notre Dame All-American football player Dean Brown so badly at his graduation in 1989 the guy cried. Cosby broke him.
Plus all the "rape and stuff," as you say. It's a horror. I really think the Playboy Mansion that looked so cool and sexy was actually a viper's pit of all kinds of criminal sexual activity, and Hef was Epstein in L.A. for 30+ years.
Did you just give me 221 more articles to read? I believe you did!
What is your take on the Will Smith humiliation ritual? I have not yet seen that he has come out of it better off for slapping Chris Rock around. Chris Rock came out better off, I guess, but not Will Smith.
At least half those articles you will likely find boring because they're meat-and-potatoes media reporting. Only after I'd been at Mediapost for a bit did the Editor in Chief Joe Mandese graciously permit me wide-ranging room to write what I wanted.
I don't think Chris Rock was supposed to come out better than Will Smith at all, but that's the way it happened. We were supposed to be symbolically shown the Triumph of the Will over the Rock, but it didn't evolve that way at all.
That said, Will Smith is hanging in there. BAD BOYS 4 was an unexpected success, though, to be fair Martin Lawrence was the best reason to see it. I'm not surprised to see him retreating to other sequels, like I AM LEGEND 2. He may yet pull off a successful comeback, though I'd be rooting for him more if he got rid of that emasculating wicked witch who's obviously sucking the life out of him.
What about when Kanye(?) took the mic at the Grammies to announce that Beyoncé-not Taylor Swift- should have won album of the year? And Janet Jackson’s slip? At least Harvey announced a woman, these days most beauty contest winners are men, no matter what they call themselves.
Odd too how her career never recovered but Justin Timberfake skated onward to even greater career heights, for a while at least. Thank you for your comment!
Yes, that Kanye mic-steal moment was bizarre. I never paid any attention to MTV's VMAs, though. In advertising biz, they were derisively called "The Empties." Even to bullshit artists, that show was double-bullshit.
Not sure how deep the trans rabbit hole goes, but I do think it's a lot deeper than I thought even a year ago. Thank you for your comment!
On your last post I commented that I was pessimistic about this whole Diddy thing, but I've changed my mind. It may take some time, but I think there will be a much bigger fallout than there was with Epstein. Too many people are awake and exposing the wickedness now. Plus, this is the year of revelation. I think the next 3 months are going to be wild.
"I think the next 3 months are going to be wild." To this, I 100% agree.
Otherwise, I remain dubious that the Diddy fallout will be radioactive. Far more likely they Epstein him in prison and dare us to do something about it. Because they've done far worse things to us, and we haven't yet.
Not my intent for you to think there was Epstein "fallout." Except maybe for Ghislaine Maxwell, though I will note there were zero photos of her court case, or of her entering/exiting the courthouse. Nor have we seen any photographs or video of her in prison. I think we got one makeup free profile picture. Thank you for your comment!
I think she was replying to my post. No real fallout from that, but that was one crack. I'm just starting to think that maybe the dam is finally about to burst.
I remember watching The Temp in '92 or '93 when it came out on video -- had a huge crush on Lara Flynn Boyle then -- and didn't realize Faye Dunaway was even in it for the first 45 minutes, even though she'd been onscreen. I think it was around then she started doing crazy work on her face. She didn't seem to look younger, she just looked different. Now she is unrecognizable. I still think she's done some good acting work, she's great in Barfly.
I loved Lara Flynn Boyle in that first season of TWIN PEAKS, one of the greatest homespun sensual sweethearts ever. But her fame went to her head and TWIN PEAKS gradually then suddenly crashed'n'burned, then she got involved with Jack Nichelson and I'm sure that was a horror show tho it got her a few good parts in big Hollywood movies but they bombed hard one after the other before she retreated to TV and THE PRACTICE and though she was still hot her face was different and then it kept getting more and more different and now she's a cautionary tale and that is so tragic because she was once so so beautiful. I saw THE TEMP back in the day, remember nothing about it; I may have been high.
Faye Dunaway is a great actress and she's in the best spy film ever THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and she won the Oscar deservedly for NETWORK but she was never an actress I was much drawn to though I'm happy to watch her if she's in a movie because you know you'll get a good performance.
I worked at a place in the early 90s that was frequented by celebrities and met some of my heroes and early celebrity crushes. I always thought LFB would walk in one day, but she never did. I did get to meet Patricia Arquette, who had only really been in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 at that point, (True Romance hadn't come out yet) so she wasn't really used to being recognized yet and I flirted really hard with her. I also professed my undying love to one of the Sagal Twins from Double Trouble ( I think it was Jean), and she thought it was hilarious. Also had an encounter with Diane Lane which is pretty funny, but funny mostly to me... you had to be there.
Steve Harvey was probably “suggested” he name Miss Colombia by some cartel or other. But most likely the “Farm” got involved requiring the Phillipines to win because hey, it’s a main human trafficking hub, and humans Trump cocaine.
I think it's more likely that WME/IMG/Endeavor did it for publicity and future hopes of revitalizing a brand that wasn't doing so hot. It accomplished the opposite, however.
Thank you for your comment, though! You could be right!
all the world's a stage indeed....
"...and we merely players." Tough to come to terms with that sometimes, but I suppose it's a blessing/curse. Thank you for your comment!
If you work on film crews, like I did, there are celebrities you hear about: the very wonderful, and the very rotten. Steve Harvey is known as one of the very rotten. Just horrible.
When I first started in the business, , for example, decades ago, I was shocked to hear what a horrible person Bill Cosby was. And Barbara Walters. At the time I was shocked.
But yeah, Steve Harvey. Everybody says the same thing about him and it’s all bad.
I remember one of my film critics while I was film editor at INsite magazine in the ATL was dating a failed Hollywood actor who became a popular D.J. in the city. My (now ex-)wife and I went on a double date with them, and we were talking about good/bad celebs and I mentioned Bill Cosby as a good guy, good dad, etc.
The D.J. was like "Look, Bill Cosby is a really bad guy. I can't say more than that, but I promise you that Bill Cosby is involved in some very dark stuff." The D.J. was usually very loose and wisecracking, it was out of character. Stuck with me.
Thank you for your comment!
When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Bill Cosby in every way. I didn't like his comedy though. The worst part of his downfall is the hypocrisy; he presented himself as a nice family man... he never, to my recollection, came out and said, "I like rapin'!" And that's hypocritical, right? So, that's the worst part... aside from the rape and stuff.
He just got so arrogant and nasty. Like when he castigated Notre Dame All-American football player Dean Brown so badly at his graduation in 1989 the guy cried. Cosby broke him.
https://deadspin.com/the-nd-player-bill-cosby-berated-felt-like-a-failure-fo-1661591222/
Plus all the "rape and stuff," as you say. It's a horror. I really think the Playboy Mansion that looked so cool and sexy was actually a viper's pit of all kinds of criminal sexual activity, and Hef was Epstein in L.A. for 30+ years.
Did you just give me 221 more articles to read? I believe you did!
What is your take on the Will Smith humiliation ritual? I have not yet seen that he has come out of it better off for slapping Chris Rock around. Chris Rock came out better off, I guess, but not Will Smith.
At least half those articles you will likely find boring because they're meat-and-potatoes media reporting. Only after I'd been at Mediapost for a bit did the Editor in Chief Joe Mandese graciously permit me wide-ranging room to write what I wanted.
I don't think Chris Rock was supposed to come out better than Will Smith at all, but that's the way it happened. We were supposed to be symbolically shown the Triumph of the Will over the Rock, but it didn't evolve that way at all.
That said, Will Smith is hanging in there. BAD BOYS 4 was an unexpected success, though, to be fair Martin Lawrence was the best reason to see it. I'm not surprised to see him retreating to other sequels, like I AM LEGEND 2. He may yet pull off a successful comeback, though I'd be rooting for him more if he got rid of that emasculating wicked witch who's obviously sucking the life out of him.
Thank you for your comment!
You say the site is half-empty, I say it is half full.
What about when Kanye(?) took the mic at the Grammies to announce that Beyoncé-not Taylor Swift- should have won album of the year? And Janet Jackson’s slip? At least Harvey announced a woman, these days most beauty contest winners are men, no matter what they call themselves.
Janet Jackson's slip was 100% intentional. More buzz-via-controversy.
Odd too how her career never recovered but Justin Timberfake skated onward to even greater career heights, for a while at least. Thank you for your comment!
Yes, that Kanye mic-steal moment was bizarre. I never paid any attention to MTV's VMAs, though. In advertising biz, they were derisively called "The Empties." Even to bullshit artists, that show was double-bullshit.
Not sure how deep the trans rabbit hole goes, but I do think it's a lot deeper than I thought even a year ago. Thank you for your comment!
DANK GOSSIP POSTSCRIPT: https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/2024/10/blind-item-7_10.html
Precisely zero people expected you to write about this today.
Hahahaha! Thank you for your comment. I laughed.
I guess Hillary’s humiliation ritual was losing the presidency. Thank goodness, no way I could have listened to her for 4 years.
Plus all that stuff with Bill Clinton making a mockery of their marriage for years, a rolling ritual. Plus the goat thing. ;-)
She's humiliated America in return, however, even more. Thank you for your comment!
On your last post I commented that I was pessimistic about this whole Diddy thing, but I've changed my mind. It may take some time, but I think there will be a much bigger fallout than there was with Epstein. Too many people are awake and exposing the wickedness now. Plus, this is the year of revelation. I think the next 3 months are going to be wild.
"I think the next 3 months are going to be wild." To this, I 100% agree.
Otherwise, I remain dubious that the Diddy fallout will be radioactive. Far more likely they Epstein him in prison and dare us to do something about it. Because they've done far worse things to us, and we haven't yet.
Thank you for your comment.
Wait… there was a “fallout” from the Epstein stuff? Call me Rip Van Winkle, but I must have slept through the “fallout”
Not my intent for you to think there was Epstein "fallout." Except maybe for Ghislaine Maxwell, though I will note there were zero photos of her court case, or of her entering/exiting the courthouse. Nor have we seen any photographs or video of her in prison. I think we got one makeup free profile picture. Thank you for your comment!
I think she was replying to my post. No real fallout from that, but that was one crack. I'm just starting to think that maybe the dam is finally about to burst.
From your lips to Spaghetti Monster's ears! Let's all pray these monsters burn.
Can’t decide if I need popcorn or Xanax!
"Xanax infused microwave popcorn!" Don't give big pharma any ideas.
In times like these, I reach for my comfort food -- rice krispies treats.
I remember watching The Temp in '92 or '93 when it came out on video -- had a huge crush on Lara Flynn Boyle then -- and didn't realize Faye Dunaway was even in it for the first 45 minutes, even though she'd been onscreen. I think it was around then she started doing crazy work on her face. She didn't seem to look younger, she just looked different. Now she is unrecognizable. I still think she's done some good acting work, she's great in Barfly.
I loved Lara Flynn Boyle in that first season of TWIN PEAKS, one of the greatest homespun sensual sweethearts ever. But her fame went to her head and TWIN PEAKS gradually then suddenly crashed'n'burned, then she got involved with Jack Nichelson and I'm sure that was a horror show tho it got her a few good parts in big Hollywood movies but they bombed hard one after the other before she retreated to TV and THE PRACTICE and though she was still hot her face was different and then it kept getting more and more different and now she's a cautionary tale and that is so tragic because she was once so so beautiful. I saw THE TEMP back in the day, remember nothing about it; I may have been high.
Faye Dunaway is a great actress and she's in the best spy film ever THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and she won the Oscar deservedly for NETWORK but she was never an actress I was much drawn to though I'm happy to watch her if she's in a movie because you know you'll get a good performance.
I worked at a place in the early 90s that was frequented by celebrities and met some of my heroes and early celebrity crushes. I always thought LFB would walk in one day, but she never did. I did get to meet Patricia Arquette, who had only really been in Nightmare on Elm Street 3 at that point, (True Romance hadn't come out yet) so she wasn't really used to being recognized yet and I flirted really hard with her. I also professed my undying love to one of the Sagal Twins from Double Trouble ( I think it was Jean), and she thought it was hilarious. Also had an encounter with Diane Lane which is pretty funny, but funny mostly to me... you had to be there.
One of the best Faye Dunaway performances ever...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VazlynfzHWM
Wow that is CRAZY | HOT. She is something else.
And this is Maya Rudolph's parody...
https://youtu.be/ncDuzXop6Bw?si=J4OFvz2OCFICs3Ke
Steve Harvey was probably “suggested” he name Miss Colombia by some cartel or other. But most likely the “Farm” got involved requiring the Phillipines to win because hey, it’s a main human trafficking hub, and humans Trump cocaine.
I think it's more likely that WME/IMG/Endeavor did it for publicity and future hopes of revitalizing a brand that wasn't doing so hot. It accomplished the opposite, however.
Thank you for your comment, though! You could be right!