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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007….and celebrity news just like that can be found on TMZ.com, a website created just for all of you who can’t get enough reporting on what your favorite Hollywood icons are up to.
I just checked the site, and there’s a picture on its front page showing flowers on the grave of Anna Nicole Smith, with a caption that proudly boasts that said flowers were placed there by the oh-so-intriguing Howard K. Stern.
Do you want to know what my reaction to this news was?
Wait for it.
Ok, here it is:
“Who the hell cares?”
Which was my reaction when I discovered that TMZ.com is going to have its very own show on my television! Just what I need, another show devoted to the happenings in the lives of people I don’t give a rat’s ass about.
But, you, the American people, care. You do. Otherwise there would be no websites and shows like this. The adulation of pop stars has reached an all-time high these past few years. Or, should I say all-time low? I’m not sure what to say because I honestly don’t understand any of it.
I don’t understand this infatuation with people we don’t even know. I don’t understand why everyone cares so much about Paris Hilton or Britney Spears. Are our lives so dull that we have to live vicariously through these dimwits who have not done a single thing to improve our own lives? If anything, they’ve made our lives more shallow and meaningless.
Mind you, I’m speaking for you – not myself. I have a very full and interesting life without paying attention to the tabloids. There are things I do – work, read, write, socialize, etc. that all play such a large part in my life that I don’t have the time to wonder what club Ashlee Simpson was seen at last night.
But, you all seem to have that time. Or do you make time to worship these people? Does it give your life a special meaning to hang on every word they say, to adopt their views and opinions as your own, to develop your personal style based on what they’re wearing?
Let me ask you this: When your children have an essay for school to write, describing their personal hero, how many of them have written about Paris or Britney? How many of them have written about Eleanor Roosevelt or Martin Luther King, Jr.? Sadly, I’d bet my last dollar that more students would write about the former, or other celebrities like them, than the latter.
What I’m trying to get across here is that America needs a wake-up call. We need to divert the focus away from goings on in Hollywood and use that time and energy to focus on more important things. We have a lot wrong with our country, and we need to start fixing it. We have to stop bowing down to these idiot celebrities like they’re divinity and try to better our own lives.
Instead of taking your child to see the newest Lindsay Lohan film, take them to a museum. Teach your children to think for themselves. Right now, most Americans are being told what to think by the media, and most of you buy into it. In order to progress as a society – as a civilization – we need to take that power away from those who have no right to wield it. Right now, Hollywood has that power – and it’s the job of the “huddled masses” to take it back.
Rob’s Reviews
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007I’ve been watching a lot of TV recently, and I figured I’d write some quick reviews of the shows I’ve seen. I’ll give them a rating.
Big Love – Polygamy, Mormons, scandal. That’s what this show is all about. None of the characters appeal to me in any way, except Ginnifer Goodwin because she’s cute. Other than that, the same storyline has dragged out for two seasons, and unless you’re a Mormon you can’t really relate to this show at all. Joseph Smith was the L. Ron Hubbard of his time, and I’m waiting for a show about a Scientologist family. Maybe I’ll write it. I give it a C+ for showing Ginnifer’s ass in one episode, and the brilliant acting by Harry Dean Stanton as the evil Roman Grant. The show can’t totally suck, because I did watch both seasons in their entirety.
Californication – If you’ve ever wanted to hear Fox Mulder say “Clitboner,” this is the show for you. Duchovney plays Hank Moody, a burnt out writer with a foul mouth and an out of control libido. Aside from that, he’s a likable character who I’d probably want to hang out with in real life. It’s worth watching, especially if you like gratuitous boobie shots. B+
Dexter – Read the books. Watch the show. It’s all very good and I watched the first season in 2 days. I would have watched it straight through had sleep not interfered. Michael C. Hall (who plays troubled homosexual mortician David Fisher on the fantastic show Six Feet Under) portrays a lovable serial killer who only offs the bad guys. The show is set in Miami but every city needs a Dexter. A+ for both the show and the books.
Tell Me You Love Me -After watching the pilot episode of this show, I had to wonder what they were thinking when they approved this garbage to be shown on television. I guess it could be a decent show, but a lot of the plot got lost on me because I was in shock from all the graphic sex. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love seeing naked chicks on TV, but if I want porn I’ll watch “Butt Pirates of the Caribbean.” I almost shut it off when I saw the first guy’s balls hanging out while his girlfriend bounced up on top of him. But I kept on going, hoping that was the last set of testicles I’d have to see until I got in the shower. Boy, was I wrong….I got to witness one of the characters giving her husband a handjob, and him shootin’ a load all over his shirt. On HBO. Like I said – if I want porn, I’ll watch porn. All the artsy fucktards are going to come out and say it’s all “for the sake of art” but seriously, a true artist would be able to convey the same imagery without actually showing it. F-
Dead Like Me – canceled a few years ago, this is one of the best shows that never made it into it’s prime. An 18 year old girl gets killed by a toilet seat plummeting from space, and becomes a Grim Reaper. Great characters, amusing storyline. If you haven’t seen it, go rent it today! Although the show was canceled after it’s second season, filming just wrapped on a movie that follows up the show two years after it ended. Maybe Showtime will get the hint once the film does well (straight to DVD) and pick up the series again. B+
Meadowlands – Worth watching, but rumor has it that it may not be back for a second season, so don’t get too attached. But, those are interweb rumors and you know how much credibility lies with that. C
That’s it for now. Having just watched that episode of Tell Me You Love Me I fell the need to go watch 7th Heaven, or something wholesome like that.
Be Careful What You Ask For
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007I know I haven’t updated in awhile. I’ll have some more stuff pretty soon (Michael Vick), but here’s a nice little story to hold you over until then.
Police: Boss Kills Coworkers Who Asked For Raise
EAST POINT, Georgia (AP) — The owner of a car dealership has been accused of killing two employees because they kept asking for pay raises.
Rolandas Milinavicius has been charged with two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Inga Contreras, 25, and Martynas Simokaitis, 28.
All three are from the eastern European nation of Lithuania but had been living in Atlanta, Georgia, authorities said.
Milinavicius, who was having financial problems, told police he shot the two Thursday after they kept asking for more pay, said police in East Point, which is just outside Atlanta.
“He told us that he was under a lot of stress,” East Point police Capt. Russell Popham said. “Unfortunately, he decided to take his anger out with violence.”
Milinavicius, who had been living in Alpharetta, a suburb north of Atlanta, started RM Auto International two years ago, hoping to meet the demand for American cars in Lithuania. He began shipping cars and later hired the two victims as his only employees.
Milinavicius, 38, turned himself in two days after the shootings and confessed to the killings, Popham said.
“As I understand, the employees were not really happy about the pay, and they had questioned him about it over the course of time,” Popham said. “That morning he said he just snapped.”
Contreras and Simokaitis were cremated and an informal memorial service was held at Simokaitis’ cousin’s apartment over the weekend. The remains were to be flown to Lithuania on Tuesday.
“It doesn’t make any sense,” the cousin, Jaunius Simokaitis, of Fayetteville, said Monday. “If he was having money problems, these two would have been the ones to help him get out of debt. They would have helped him make that money.”
The Sins of The Father
Thursday, June 28th, 2007For days I’ve been reading everything I’ve come across regarding the apparent murder-suicide of the Chris Benoit family. All of the evidence is pointing to the assumption that he snapped and killed his family over the course of a weekend.
Maybe I read too much crime fiction. Maybe I watch Lenny Briscoe more than I should, but I have this nagging gut feeling about this situation that things aren’t exactly as they appear.
Let me start out by saying I was never a fan of Chris Benoit. He wasn’t a wrestler that I particularly enjoyed watching; none of this generation of wrestlers really are. My instincts on this do not stem from the fact that I want him to be innocent of this. My instincts are my gut reactions based on the facts of the crime.
It’s being said that he flew home on Friday for a “family emergency.” He claimed his wife and child were sick from food poisoning and he had to be home with them. When he got there, he strangled his wife. More than 24 hours later, he suffocated his son. Another 24 plus hours later, he hung himself.
He’d have to have gone absolutely batshit insane to have done this. How many people that crazy have you heard of that plan these elaborate crimes, and then carry them out? If he truly went crazy, wouldn’t he have done it all Friday night, in the heat of passion? How could someone in the mental state that he’d have to have been in have carried out this deliberate and well thought out scenario?
Think about it for a moment. Then add something else to the mix. Something more sinister. I’m gonna give you a scenario.
Chris Benoit pissed someone off. I mean, really pissed someone off. He pissed someone off to the point, that this person showed up at Benoit’s house Friday night, and called him from his wife Nancy’s phone. Maybe he threatened Benoit’s family, and forced him to fly back home and make up an excuse about the family being sick.
Maybe this person or persons killed the Benoit family and made it look like a murder-suicide. It’s happened before.
Benoit had some issues with drugs. Maybe he was gonna go public on his supplier. Maybe he could have implicated someone much bigger, more powerful. Professional wrestling has been at the center of drug scandals for years.
It’s a feasible theory, don’t you think?
Or maybe what we’re getting is true, and Chris Benoit truly went off the deep end.
Pro Wrestler Snaps
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007Although nothing official has been released yet, authorities are saying that Chris Benoit killed his wife and kid over the weekend, and then himself on Monday.
And he seemed like one of the normal ones.
Benoit’s Death Part Of A Double Murder-Suicide
« Previous Entries Next Entries »According to lead investigator Lt. Tommy Pope, of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, in Fayetteville, Ga., the deaths of WWE Superstar Chris Benoit, wife Nancy and son Daniel were the result of a double murder-suicide, WWE.com has learned.
Benoit failed to appear both at Saturday’s live event in Beaumont, Tx., and WWE’s Vengeance: Night of Champions in Houston Sunday night, after informing WWE of a family emergency. Several curious text messages sent by Benoit early Sunday morning prompted concerned friends to alert Richard Hering, VP of Government Relations for WWE, Inc. Hering, in turn, spoke with Fayette County sheriffs Monday, and requested that they respond to the Benoit residence to check on him and his family.
Authorities representing the Sheriff’s Department initially had a difficult time entering Benoit’s new Fayetteville home Monday afternoon, which had been guarded by two large German Shepherds roaming freely around the property. Once authorities entered the residence, they quickly located the bodies of Benoit, Nancy and Daniel. WWE was notified of the discovery at approximately 4 p.m.
At 10 p.m. Monday night, Lt. Pope held a press conference in conjunction with Scott Ballard, the district attorney for Fayette County. The press conference officially ruled authorities’ findings as a double murder-suicide from within the home.
WAGA, a FOX-owned and operated television station in Atlanta, reported that investigators believe Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son over the weekend, then himself on Monday.
The three bodies have been received by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab, in Decatur, Ga., where autopsies will be performed Tuesday morning. Toxicology reports will not become available for at least two weeks.
WWE.com has further information relating to both the investigation and the cause of death, but the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department has requested that WWE.com not release any additional details at this time.
