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O.J. Simpson to Host “Saturday Night Live”

By skink ramada | August 17, 2011 | Celebrity Criminals, Television | No comments

O.J. Simpson, we’ve been missing you! How dare they lock you away for 10 years in a Nevada prison and deprive us of all your wacky tomfoolery. But if you have your way (and you usually do), we’ll be seeing you on television soon enough.

Apparently, Simpson recently placed a phone call to ”Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels about a possible guest-hosting stint on the show. Simpson hosted SNL way back in 1978, and says he would kill to host again (literally!). He feels that he’s been given a bad wrap for all his little murderous pranks and armed robbery hijinks and kidnapping shenanigans, and he’s anxious to show the world that he’s not such a big bad scary man. He’s really got some comedy chops, that O.J.!

Who doesn’t love “The Naked Gun” movies? Or “The Towering Inferno”? Obviously, if Simpson does host SNL, there will be some tricky logistics to iron out, such as how to get released from prison for a week and fly to New York for the gig. All minor details.

OJ Simpson to host "SNL"

Me, I’m already salivating imagining a sketch with “The Juice” playing Target Lady’s surly store manager. Or maybe he could do a silly dance on that “What Up With That?” skit.

Let’s hear it, Don Pardo: ”Ladies and gentlemen… O.J. Simpson!”

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NBC Plans “Golden Girls” Reunion Show This Fall

By skink ramada | August 17, 2011 | Popular, Sitcoms, Television | No comments

This fall, NBC will tape and broadcast the long-anticipated reunion show of the hit sitcom “The Golden Girls”, which originally ran from 1985 to 1992. The popular comedy series starred the late Bea Arthur, the late Rue McClanahan, Betty White, and the late Estelle Getty.

Betty White will reprise her Emmy-award winning role of “Rose Nylund” in a plot that finds Rose sitting alone in the kitchen of her empty Florida house playing Solitaire, eating cheesecake, trading quips with herself, and reminiscing fondly (via clips from past episodes) about her now-deceased friends.

“We fought the urge to do a reunion show for many years”, says Miss White, “but now it just feels like the time is right.”

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Catherine Deneuve Heaves in First Class… On a Wager

By skink ramada | August 17, 2011 | Bad Behavior, Foreign Celebrities, Superstar Celebrities | No comments

In the wake of yesterday’s bombshell that French superstar Gerard Depardieu unzipped his pants and peed on the aisle carpet of an Air France Jet, we now learn that 67 year-old French cinema legend Catherine Deneuve recently vomited on a British Airways flight to Zurich… on a bet! A steward on the flight confirmed that Miss Deneuve intentionally stuck her fingers down her throat and heaved into an empty seat in First Class.

“She wasn’t really sick”, says flight steward Anthony Beckham. ”Somebody coaxed her into puking.” Allegedly, a female traveling companion dared the Oscar-nominated star to toss her cookies for $20.00…. a wager which Deneuve could not refuse.

This odd notion of executing one’s bodily functions during air travel… maybe it’s a French thing? Recall the time a couple of years ago when Isabelle Adjani went “number two” in the coach cabin of a Delta flight to Atlanta?

I personally don’t get it, but then, how do you question the motives of a nation who think Jerry Lewis is a comic genius?

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“Survivor: Antarctica” Will Be Most Challenging Season Yet!

By skink ramada | August 12, 2011 | Television | No comments

Get ready, “Survivor” Fans!! Show Executive Producer Mark Burnett has announced that an upcoming season of the popular reality-show series will, without a doubt, be its most challenging version to date.

The 24th installment of the show will be called “Survivor: Antarctica”, and is currently filming in Vostok, Antarctica. This icy desolate location is considered by scientists to be the coldest place on Earth, with a historical record low temperature of -129°F. Even in its warmest months, Vostok only gets up to around -33°F.

Happily, Burnett reports that the extreme terrain conditions had little effect on securing a group of dedicated contestants. Appeasing show host Jeff Probst, however, is a different story. ”The contestants are all game for the challenges and are ready to make ‘Survivor’ history” Burnett says. ”Jeff is the only one who’s complaining about the temperatures, but that’s usually the case anyway.”

Don’t expect to see any cute girls in skimpy bathing suits or buff bare-chested guys frolicking around on the ice. DO expect to see some interesting eating challenges (involving clubbed seals) and at least two cases of limb amputations due to frostbite.

Outwit, Outplay, Outlast…. Out of Their Friggin’ Minds!!!!!

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Streisand to Direct and Star in “Mother Teresa”

By skink ramada | August 3, 2011 | Film, Music, Oscar Winners, Superstar Celebrities | No comments

The long-delayed, much talked about big screen biopic on the life of Mother Teresa is finally a reality . And as expected, the film “Mother Teresa” will be directed by Barbra Streisand, who will also star as the Albanian Catholic nun and international humanitarian.

Babs has been involved with the project for nearly two decades, and she’s seen her “dream movie” bounce from studio to studio. Twentieth Century Fox now owns the property and, from my understanding, they’re pretty much letting Streisand call all the shots.

It’s been 14 years since Streisand actually directed and starred in a feature film (“The Mirror Has Two Faces”), and in all that time she’s only appeared in one other movie, “Meet the Fockers”. The “Mother Teresa” film will probably remind audiences of another Streisand-helmed motion picture “Yentl”, not only in terms of its drama, historical elements and big-budget filmmaking, but also its musicality.

Yes, Mother Teresa will sing… sort of. The film audience will frequently hear the thoughts and prayers inside Teresa’s head conveyed in song-form (sung on the soundtrack by you-know-who.). Streisand has already written seven tunes with longtime pals and collaborators Marvin Hamlisch and Paul Williams. One song in particular, entitled “The Heart Knows Miracles” is already getting a lot of airplay on easy listening stations around the country, and is certain to be nominated for a Best Song Oscar.

I’m sure there will be much more to report on this story once the film goes into production. For yes, wherever there is Streisand, there is always drama. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Justin Bieber’s Babysitter Sues for Sexual Harassment

By skink ramada | July 7, 2011 | Music, Pop Stars, Superstar Celebrities | No comments

A former babysitter to tween superstar Justin Bieber has come out with some disturbing allegations. Chelsea Lane, a 33 year-old Macy’s fragrance-sprayer in Ontario, Canada, claims that when she was babysitting”The Biebs” back in 2004, the precocious youngster demanded a grilled cheese sandwich, and when refused, he jokingly patted her on the derriere and taunted her for several seconds.

On her blog today, Lane alleges that Bieber (then 10 years old) winked at her seductively and whispered, “come on baby, stick some cheese on that big piece of white bread.. you know you want to.” He then patted her on “the tushy” (her words, not mine) and “giggled like a Canadian schoolboy”. Miss Lane claims that the incident has given her nightmares for the past seven years, and that her therapy bills are piling up. She’s seeking financial restitution in the neighborhood of 10 million dollars.

Reps from the Bieber camp call the allegations preposterous, and have offered Miss Lane a $10.00 iTunes gift card to settle the case.

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Mo’Nique Will Reprise “Precious” Character on ABC Sitcom

By skink ramada | July 5, 2011 | Books, Film, Oscar Winners, Sitcoms, Television | No comments

Fresh off the heels of her recent critical Oscar win, the fabulous Mo’Nique is reportedly in talks with ABC execs to develop and star in a new sitcom based on the character she portrayed in “Precious”. The comedy “Life with Mary” would have Mo’Nique reprising her Academy-Award winning role as the verbally and physically abusive “mother from hell”, but playing it more for laughs.

“We’re only in the preliminary discussion phase”, says an unnamed source at ABC Television, “but we’re all very excited. The show we’re envisioning is sort of a throwback to classic TV fare like ‘What’s Happening?’ and ’227′, but with a strong, funny, caustic female character in the lead. ‘Mary Jones’ is sort of like a black ‘Maude’, but more violent.”

We can only wonder if “Precious” co-star, and Oscar-nominee Gabourey Sidibe, will appear as Mary’s put-upon daughter. Can you imagine the wacky hijinks she and her Mama will get into? I’m laughing already!

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