Celebrity
AA: Alcoholic Announcements
12/03/06 Filed in: Balderdash
So Lindsay Lohan is attending AA
meetings. Good for her.
But.
She needs to fire her publicist, who doesn't seem to understand the meaning of that second A.
The publicist could've confirm that Lohan is "seeking treatment" or has "enrolled in Alcohol counseling". Those phrases would've tipped us off that young Missy has acknowledged that there may be a problem, without bringing packs of papparazzi to camp outside of every AA meeting in the Greater Los Angeles area. Those photographers, in their quest to get that golden shot of Lindsay, with or without panties, will snap pictures of some people entering or leaving the meetings who truly wish to be 'A', and that's a shame; those people may not return to get the help they need because they feel that their anonymity, the very foundation of AA, has been compromised.
It would be a different story if Lohan herself issued a statement after attending what is known as a 30/30 or a 60/60 and had a chance to work the program and see results.
But.
She needs to fire her publicist, who doesn't seem to understand the meaning of that second A.
The publicist could've confirm that Lohan is "seeking treatment" or has "enrolled in Alcohol counseling". Those phrases would've tipped us off that young Missy has acknowledged that there may be a problem, without bringing packs of papparazzi to camp outside of every AA meeting in the Greater Los Angeles area. Those photographers, in their quest to get that golden shot of Lindsay, with or without panties, will snap pictures of some people entering or leaving the meetings who truly wish to be 'A', and that's a shame; those people may not return to get the help they need because they feel that their anonymity, the very foundation of AA, has been compromised.
It would be a different story if Lohan herself issued a statement after attending what is known as a 30/30 or a 60/60 and had a chance to work the program and see results.
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Note To Self: Eat More, Wear Lipstick
11/10/06 Filed in: Poppycock
This from the
BBC:
Scientists have used computer software to come up with what they say is the perfect comedy face. The University of Stirling team blended together 179 different facial aspects of 20 top comedians.
They said soft and feminine features, typified by Ricky Gervais, were more likely to make people laugh.....
"....typically masculine
facial traits, such as chiselled jaws and high
foreheads are regarded as less amusing and their
owners are less likely to succeed in a comedy career.
"Faces of heroic actors are narrower than comedians', with greater definition, smaller eyes and prominent jaws.
Overall their appearance is very masculine, compared to the gentle, feminine qualities of the comedy face"......
Ricky Gervais said: "All these years I assumed my global success as a comedian was down to my acute observations, expert directorial rendering and consummate skills as a performer.
"Turns out it's because I've got a fat girly face."
Full article here.
Scientists have used computer software to come up with what they say is the perfect comedy face. The University of Stirling team blended together 179 different facial aspects of 20 top comedians.
They said soft and feminine features, typified by Ricky Gervais, were more likely to make people laugh.....
"Faces of heroic actors are narrower than comedians', with greater definition, smaller eyes and prominent jaws.
Overall their appearance is very masculine, compared to the gentle, feminine qualities of the comedy face"......
Ricky Gervais said: "All these years I assumed my global success as a comedian was down to my acute observations, expert directorial rendering and consummate skills as a performer.
"Turns out it's because I've got a fat girly face."
Full article here.
Six Degrees Or Less
01/14/06 Filed in: Balderdash
A Few Connections:
My old friend Jim Beaver, whom I first met at The Variety Arts Center in the early 80's, is starring as Henry II in a new production of The Lion In Winter at LA's Theatre West. Jim is familiar to some of you from his many film and TV roles and currently, he plays Ellsworth on the HBO hit Deadwood. We last crossed paths in late summer of 2000 when he was playing Gary on the ABC series The Trouble With Normal, and I guested on one episode as the voice of a motivational guru.
The star of that series was Jon Cryer, and Jon's paternal grandfather, Dr. Donald Cryer, was the minister at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Madeira, Ohio, where I was a member of the congregation. Jon and I discussed this at lunch break, and he told me that both of his grandfathers had been ministers (Jim's father was a minister, and of course, both of Jon's parents are actors...)
The Trouble With Normal was produced by Tim Doyle, who was the assistant director on You Can't Take It With You, the very first play I did after graduation in California. The play also starred Glenn Shadix (who got me the job at the Variety Arts Center where I met Jim) and was produced at the Bank Playhouse in Pasadena, operated by Dr. Nathan Roth, father of David Lee Roth.
Starring opposite Jim in the play as Eleanor of Aquitane is Bridget Hanley, probably best known from the old series Here Come The Brides. Bridget is the widow of director E. W. Swackhamer, from whom I learned a great deal while working on the film Longshot.
If you're in LA, go see Jim and Bridget. The Lion In Winter is one of the truly terrific plays of the last 50 years. I've done it twice...both times playing Richard the Lionhearted...and Robin Riker and I have discussed playing Henry and Eleanor together when we reach the appropriate ages. Robin appeared with Glenn Shadix and me in the radio series The Adventures of Doc Savage, costarred with me in the blink-and-you-miss-it internet series Mars and Beyond, and starred in Thunder Alley, produced by Tim Doyle and costarring (et voila) Jim Beaver.
My old friend Jim Beaver, whom I first met at The Variety Arts Center in the early 80's, is starring as Henry II in a new production of The Lion In Winter at LA's Theatre West. Jim is familiar to some of you from his many film and TV roles and currently, he plays Ellsworth on the HBO hit Deadwood. We last crossed paths in late summer of 2000 when he was playing Gary on the ABC series The Trouble With Normal, and I guested on one episode as the voice of a motivational guru.
The star of that series was Jon Cryer, and Jon's paternal grandfather, Dr. Donald Cryer, was the minister at St. Paul's Methodist Church in Madeira, Ohio, where I was a member of the congregation. Jon and I discussed this at lunch break, and he told me that both of his grandfathers had been ministers (Jim's father was a minister, and of course, both of Jon's parents are actors...)
The Trouble With Normal was produced by Tim Doyle, who was the assistant director on You Can't Take It With You, the very first play I did after graduation in California. The play also starred Glenn Shadix (who got me the job at the Variety Arts Center where I met Jim) and was produced at the Bank Playhouse in Pasadena, operated by Dr. Nathan Roth, father of David Lee Roth.
Starring opposite Jim in the play as Eleanor of Aquitane is Bridget Hanley, probably best known from the old series Here Come The Brides. Bridget is the widow of director E. W. Swackhamer, from whom I learned a great deal while working on the film Longshot.
If you're in LA, go see Jim and Bridget. The Lion In Winter is one of the truly terrific plays of the last 50 years. I've done it twice...both times playing Richard the Lionhearted...and Robin Riker and I have discussed playing Henry and Eleanor together when we reach the appropriate ages. Robin appeared with Glenn Shadix and me in the radio series The Adventures of Doc Savage, costarred with me in the blink-and-you-miss-it internet series Mars and Beyond, and starred in Thunder Alley, produced by Tim Doyle and costarring (et voila) Jim Beaver.
