Jack Layton is the Redshirt
Once Jack Layton figured out the fundamental problem with his campaign wardrobe, it didn’t take him long to move into Stornoway. Clothing doesn’t make the man, but it DOES make the vote margin, it would seem.
Speaking of superficiality, click over the jump for today’s politically-themed celebrity links. Don’t worry, politics is just showbiz for ugly people, right?
Randy and Evi Quaid Mugshots
Yes, I was at the world premiere of Randy and Evi Quaid‘s billed-as-docudrama-but-actually-comedy, “Starwhackers.” And it was…um…it was…unforgettable? Bizarre? Amateurish? Uninformative? Maddening?
Yeah, that.
So here is the transcribed-from-my-notes liveblog, several days after the fact. Protip: take a Gravol before watching this thing, it appears to have been shot on iPhones held by a caffeine junkie.
I will assume you’re familiar with the background: that the Quaids fled the US claiming they were being persecuted by so-called starwhackers, who kill important stars for the insurance money and also to keep the internet fed with drama (guys, trust me, the internet doesn’t need a new source of drama). The audience was palpably hoping that this film would explain the idea a bit better, but this movie is anything but linear and logical. There were no answers here. There weren’t even any coherent questions.
Click over the jump for the whole fiasco:
Notes from Buenos Aires from our old blog buddy John Cusack
John Cusack, you’re a nut. I love you. Never change. But in future, could you provide Cusack to English translations of your notes? Thanks, signed, a grateful planet.
Besides. everyone knows pigs can fly, but they need to be in a proper kennel and stored under the seat in front of you. Duh.
Now that we’ve got that cleared up, here are the celebrity gossip links for today.
The Bay City Rollers decided the girl singer experiment was not a success, and was not repeated
Or is that “The Home”?
You may not think you want to click that, but you really, really do, and then you want to look at the audience. When did the Bay City Rollers ever play Victoria, the burb known as “God’s Waiting Room”?
This Bay City Rollers fan was the inspiration for "Pretty Woman." Bachs "Pretty Woman."
Also, Ann-Margret, you’re darling, but you cannot sing. Please, please stop trying.
Bay City Rollers are rocking the rocker look insofar as it applies to the Scots anyway
Also also, isn’t it time the hipsters revived the plaid-trimmed culottes look? Seriously, let’s make this happen.
To other people.
Speaking of celebrities and other people, here are your Monday gossip links from around the web. Click over the jump for all the juicy linkness.
William Shatner is so much more fucking awesome than you or I will ever be
Funny. I don’t remember the big archery fight in Star Trek.
If shirtless Shatner has whetted your insatiable appetite for celebrity info, click over the jump to see today’s celebrity gossip roundup.
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