Judge not lest ye be judged

La Ribollita soup is Italian for "little bit of heaven"

Actually, it translates as "re-cooked" but whatever, I make up Spanish phrases who's gunna stop me from doing the same to the Italian language? You? I don't think so!

(Thanks CMed!)

R.I.P. Philippe Noiret

Philippe Noiret, who died at 76 on Thursday after a battle with cancer, was one of the world's great character actors. Americans knew his hangdog face from his performance as the projectionist in 1989's Cinema Paradiso, one of my favorite films of all time. If you haven't seen the movie that made me fall in love with movies, please do yourself a favor and rent it, or borrow it from me.

Light dawns on marble heads

Has Hell frozen over? Are pigs flying? Is Elvis really alive? Is Big Foot real? My world no longer makes sense because Rupert Murdoch and I actually agree on something! For once in its history, FOX has taken the high road and done something morally commendable, they've cancelled O.J.'s 2-hour TV Special called, "If I Did It"

NEW YORK — News Corp., the parent company of book publisher HarperCollins and the FOX network, has canceled publication of the O.J. Simpson book and television special "If I Did It."

"I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman. "We are sorry for any pain that this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson."

A dozen FOX affiliates had already said they would not air the two-part sweeps month special, planned for next week before the book's publication.

In the book, the one-time football superstar tells how he would have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman if, in fact, he had done it.

As subtle as a chainsaw

Ambiguously referencing your anatomy has been a part of the music biz for decades, but in the past few months the trend has reached all new heights......or should that read; all new lows?

After Fergie allowed us to partake in her Lovely Lady Lumps and informed us that every time you come around, her London Bridge was falling down (a thinly veiled reference that I am still not 100% clear on), Emma Bunton, a.k.a. Baby Spice, has come roaring back in a quest for 15 more minutes of fame with a beyond bland cover of Petula Clark's 'Downtown'



It's as if she decided that the song was boring, so she had to "spice it up" with a little coy gesturing. She might have well reworded the song and replaced all the "downtown" lyrics with "my crotch"

Pick a side....the battle for The Office is beginning

Jim and Pam have succeeded in becoming TV's latest "IT COUPLE." You know this to be true because you A) squealed with delight when Jim kissed Pam B) were incredibly heart broken when Pam didn't reciprocate Jim's feelings in last year's finale C) and have been on pins and needles watching Jim flirt and fall in like with Karen, a.k.a the bizarro Pam.



And here's the thing....I'm kinda starting to like Karen. And I'm not the only one.......and while I am standing strong on the "Pam & Jim 4 Eva" side of the line, some people are crossing the picket line and for good reason. Karen is cute and funny and she helped that fat guy get his potato chips that time, because she has "skinny arms"



But at the end of the day, she will never be Pam and that's why, I am TEAM PAM! What are you?

Yea they are

Asian Cinema at its finest!

The most bizarre thing I have ever seen!

Oh wait, no it's not, this is!


Not only is that "robber" with the bandana under his nose ridiculous, but these exercises really don't get your heart rate up in the slightest

BFF's!!!!!

OMG! I love that they're friends!

Best. Day. Ever.

My reasons are threefold


Democrats Take the House Back!



Dumbsfeld resigns!!!


And most importantly, Britney dumps K.Fed

How is my poor heart expected to take all of this without causing a massive coronary of excitement?!?!?!?!?!

Precipice

This may be one of those moments.

Whenever I watch Sci-Fi movies like Minority Report, where cars drive themselves on crazy magnetized tracks, Back to the Future II, when every kid is flying on a hover board, or any film where Teleportation is used, I always think to myself ‘when are they going to invent that’.

Sure, the automotive must’ve been a pretty sweet invention and air travel that wasn’t confined to a balloon had to rule. But none of these things occurred during my lifetime, the best I’ve gotten is the invention of the internet (gracias Bill) and while it HAS changed the way we live our lives, and write our blogs, I want something bigger, something that will truly revolutionize my life. Well boys and girls, it is my feeling that the times they are, how do you say, a-changin’. People; let me introduce you to Nintendo Wii—Who’s delighted to make your acquaintance.



Now, I don’t know how you pronounce it (why? Wee? Double-U eye eye?) but I know that I want one in a way I haven’t wanted anything since I was a child. It may even extend beyond wanting, this may be a necessity. Now, I’m not a “gamer” in any sense of the word, but I can without a doubt see myself becoming an Anne Frank style shut in if this device ever crosses my threshold.

Penguin is the new Panda

Up until now I was under the impression that a baby Panda fairy was the cutest thing you could think of. Well, I have been proven wrong, in a big way.

World, let me introduce you to the newly crowned Cute Champion of the known universe: the baby penguin (above)

Now, alone it is not worthy of the title, but when coupled with the clip below, you will see what I am talking about
(it's only the first 30 seconds that you MUST watch to understand)



A dancing, rapping baby penguin? What am I, made out of stone? Consider me there when this movie, Happy Feet, opens on November 3.

Ronald! (stop beating me)

I am so sick of the cast from Grey's Anatomy. First Ellen Pompeo gets tons of attention for her Twig-like physique, to which she replied, "I can't gain weight!" Yea, you and Nicole Richie have it tough, try keeping the food down. I saw you in Old School, you were a normal size! Find a new excuse!

Then Katherine Heigl's BF almost died in a tragic car accident, but we all know that she would have rebounded faster than Ryan Philippe is going to. (He's totally going to bang a string of hotties while frigid Reese just sits in the corner and drinks her pain away)

Then there was the McBrawl on the set which ended with Isaiah Washington grabbing McDreamy by the throat and calling T.R. Knight...well you know, don't you Access Hollywood!

NOW comes word that it might be Patrick who truly has the worst temper.

"Patrick Dempsey’s first wife, Rochelle Parker, is claiming in court papers that he used to rough her up during their marriage. In the documents she claims that “while we were on the set of his [1987] movie ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’ he beat me up because he wanted to see what it was like to beat a woman.”

I believe the feeling is vaguely like that of beating a dead horse--take the hint--you're show is preposterous now, Sandra Oh is the only one who is going to escape unscathed and sooner rather than later the team from CSI is going to take a trip to Seattle to figure out who killed ABC's cash cow--the answer? Overexposure

Not all costumes are created equal