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EVENING NIGHTCAP: Andy Dick Is A Mess. So Is Madonna. Met Gala Co-Chairs & Committee Announced (also a mess). Um..Who's Dis?

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  ► Actor and unfunny comedian, Andy Dick (59), was found sitting on steps and unresponsive in what authorities are calling an apparent overdose. Onlookers saw him slumped over and called 911. He was given Narcan and when he came to, he did not want to go to the hospital. He said he was okay. Andy has a Tolstoy novel of issues and offenses that include: public intoxication, sexual battery, sexual assault, groping, indecent exposure, multitude drug & alcohol arrests, assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, and burglary. He's the Old County Buffet of legal problems.   Read More Andy Dick, undated. Photo: The Blast Comment : In addition to being a walking mess and menace, Andy is blamed by comedian Jon Lovitz for the death of actor & comedian Phil Hartman. Jon claims that Andy re-introduce drugs to Phil's wife, Brynn, who was a recovering addict. Brynn began using hard drugs again which culminated in her killing Phil in a murder-suicide in 1998. Andy was als...

EVENING NIGHTCAP: Another Arrest For Little Orphan Annie's Doppelgänger. Nikki Sixx Needs A Mirror. Um...Who's Dis?

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  ►Zachery Ty Bryan (44) best known for his role in "Home Improvement" and having comic book Little Orphan Annie eyes, was arrested again. This is his 6th arrest in five years. He's on a first-name basis with police. At the rate he's racking up arrests he will be eligible for premier status. That will entitle him access to the express line for booking, his pick of a cell mate, and first dibs on the bunk. Membership does have its privileges. Zach's 6th arrest was for violating probation from a prior conviction for domestic violence. He's being held without bail at Eugene, Oregon.  But wait! His arrest comes with a bonus. His fiancee, Johnnie Faye Cartwright (32) was also arrested at the same time. She's facing charges that include DUI, reckless endangerment, and other stuff. She tried to run over Zach (with the kids in the backseat) and ended up in a ditch. Awe, ain't love grand. The couple not only share a passion for breaking the law but also collecti...

OPEN POST: Turning 44 Or 60 Years-Old This Year? Hold Tight!

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"Don't pop the hip, Cassie!" as they say in "A Chorus Line," and whatever you do, don't turn 44 or 60 years old.  Why, you ask? Because they're both danger zones! According to a new  Stanford University  study, our bodies don't age in a straight progression from year to year. Instead, we age dramatically at the ages of 44 and 60. First, at age 44, there are lightening-fast, accelerated changes "on a molecular level" which affect "cardiovascular functioning, lipid metabolism, and alcohol metabolism." In other words, you start losing your ability to process all those delicious vodka stingers, cheese burgers and bowls of ice cream. Can you say, "le fuck?"  But wait, it gets worse. In your 60s, the second burst brings  "a rapid decline in immune regulation," which means you'll likely get sick more often and have added trouble fighting it off. That cold which lasted a few days in your 20s? It might last up to ...

YOU'RE GETTING OLDER, DEAR: Madonna's "Borderline" Is 40 Years Old This Week!

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Lift that wheelbarrow-full of Werther's, my dear, because you're getting older. Or rather, Madonna is getting older - you and I remain spring freshets - because 40-years ago this week, (yes, 40!), Madonna released "Borderline," the fourth single from her first LP, "Madonna." It was her break-out single, or rather, the one that got her noticed not just by gay and Black record buyers, who were onto her well before, but by all the muddled masses.  At the time, critics hailed her "soulful" vocal performance. I'm not kidding. Conversely, it was around this time that Mick Jagger publicly noted that she sounded like "Minnie Mouse on helium." But this may have been sour grapes on Mick's part, since years previous in 1978, according to the very juicy " Jagger Unauthorized" by Christopher Anderson , she rode his baloney pony at his Plaza Hotel suite, and the next morning, sashayed away, but not before telling him, "One day I...

YOU'RE GETTING OLDER, DEAR: "Scarface" is 40 Years Old This Month!

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"Scarface" is now 40 years old, and if you saw it in a movie theatre during its original 1983 run, then, oh, my, you're getting up there, aren't you? Me? I wasn't even a stye in my mother's eye yet (just go with me on this) (because you know it's true). As you're likely aware, "Scarface" was a remake of the 1932 original directed by Howard Hawks and headlined by Paul Muni. But this wasn't just any remake. Though it was released in 1983, having been kicked around in development in the late 1970s, I've always looked upon it as a late-1970s movie which predicted the 1980s-era of unshackled greed, or the coke-snorting, bloody reality of Reaganomics.  This isn't a stretch on my part. Though the script was written by Oliver Stone, there was a reason De Palma famously kicked Stone off the set once shooting commenced, since De Palma, though excited by Stone's dialogue - which is gloriously obscene - was far more interested in creating...