Showing posts with label Phil Collins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phil Collins. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2022

I Ain't One To Gossip But ...

A few years ago, musician Phil Collins went through an ugly divorce with Orianne Cevey. He was granted a divorce but she refused to leave the marital home until he had her removed, and then they got back together, though they remained divorced.

But it was while they were living together as a couple, and while Phil was on tour, that Orianne met and secretly married Thomas Bates in Las Vegas. The happy couple then took over Phil’s Miami house “‘by a show of force’ with armed guards who surrounded the property” and tried to have Phil evicted. But, once again, after a year, Phil had the lovebirds removed from his home, and suddenly Orianne was no longer happy with Thomas—who says she threatened to chop off his dick—and she filed for divorce.

And it’s through those divorce papers that we learn Orianne “ordered” Thomas through an escort service where he was, ahem, advertised as a “sexy intellectual” according to the divorce paperwork:

“At the time the parties met, Husband was employed by an escort service …. The Wife selected Husband through the escort service and insisted on dating him. The parties’ relationship rapidly progressed into a meaningful romantic relationship. Wife persuaded Husband to leave the escort service to marry her.”

Sadly, after getting the boot from Phil, Orianne posted the news of her divorce from Thomas on Instagram:

“I am filing for divorce from my husband, Thomas Bates. I believe the emotional distress of the COVID quarantine caused me to act in ways and do things that were out of character. Fortunately, I have faced challenging situations before and like I always have, I will muster the strength I can, the best team I can find and the courage to do the right thing.”

Part of that strength is gathered from entering Phil’s home—dammit, man, change the locks already—to auction off things in her life that no longer “sparked joy” … like Phil’s gold records, Phil’s awards, and 5,000 pairs of Phil’s shoes.

But all is not lost for Thomas, as he still has his dick and his escort resume, and because he and Orianne married with no prenup, the money she earns from purging her less joyous possessions is half his.

Until he finds another wife.

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Yes, I know, The Slap was the big news at the 94th Academy Awards but the Second Biggest News was Liza In A Wheelchair pushed onstage by Lady Gaga. But was that all that we thought it was, or not? The appearance of Liza Minnelli in that state caused many to worry about her physical state, but maybe the wheelchair was a second choice.

According to Liza’s friend and frequent collaborator, Michael Feinstein, Liza wasn’t happy with her appearance. Appearing on SIriusXM’s Jess Cagle Show Feinstein says Liza’s back has been giving her problems and she asked to appear onstage in a director’s chair alongside Gaga when the curtain opened, but just five minutes before she was set to present the Pest Picture award, a stage manager told her she had to use a wheelchair.

Liza initially said, “Fuck That!” and was prepared to come out on her own but Feinstein says she was forced into the wheelchair:

“She was nervous. I mean, and it made her look like she was out of it. And she was just so shaken up that it was. Can you imagine being suddenly forced to be seen by millions of people the way you don’t wanna be seen? That’s what happened to her.”

Really, Michael? Liza Effing Minnelli asks for a director’s chair and they couldn’t find one in all of Hollywood, but they just happened to have a wheelchair at the ready?

Try again.

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In 2017, Blac Chyna, who had a baby and a TV show—Rob & Chyna—with Rob Kardastrophe filed a lawsuit against the entire Kardastrophe-Jenner family—The Woman, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, Kylie, and Rob—over claims of assault, battery, domestic violence, defamation and interference with prospective economic relations.

Chyna, whose real name is Angela White, ALLEGED that Rob is an abuser intent on destroying Angela White, the mother of his child, and she says that, in revenge, the Kardastrophe-Jenner family became media predators, slut-shaming her on social media and killing her hit television show [‘Rob & Chyna’] which had already begun filming a second season. And so now Chyna wants $40 million for loss of earning damages and $60 million in loss of future earning capacity damages.

But the best part is that, as the trial began, Kim, Khloé, Kylie and That Woman, appeared in the courtroom during jury selection; even better, they were left unprepared for what potential jurors think of them.

These Four Whores of the Apocalypse did not like it when their lawyer, Michael Rhodes, asked a group of potential jurors if they had strong positive or negative feelings toward reality television.

One man says he’d never watched Keeping Up with the Kardastrophes but:

“I have watched [Kim] Kardastrophe’s sex tape, and I don’t think I can be impartial on this case.”

The response elicited a roar of laughter from the other potential jurors, though the K’s were less than amused. Kim was ALLEGEDLY very upset, but then, you know, don’t lay flat on your back, heels to Jesus, letting your boyfriend ride you like a rodeo clown, and don’t drop to your knees to worship Dick, and film, and then let your mother sell that tape to a porn company to jumpstart your career, m’kay?

Several other people said they knew only about the K’s because their kids watch the show and follow them on social media, while one juror admitted it would be difficult to be impartial because he doesn’t like reality TV and wished the show “wasn’t on any longer.”

Here are more juror comments:

“Anything that has to do with their names is just a big no for me. I don’t think reality TV is good for society.”

“I sincerely hope none of these people get any wealthier because of this.”

“I don’t think they were the best role models. I wouldn’t let [my daughter] watch anything involving them.”

And it’s only going to worse for the K’s once the trial actually starts because Blac Chyna will say anything to get those 100 million coins.

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Saturday, October 17, 2020

I Ain't One To Gossip But ...

Sometimes the TV show is based on real life, but this time real life is kinda based on a TV show.

Dominic West, who played an adulterer on Showtime’s The Affair, has taken on the role in real life … ALLEGEDLY … after being caught kissing his co-star Lily James even though he is married to Catherine FitzGerald who is said to be devastated by the photos of cheater and cheatee.

On the creepy side, West and James are in England shooting BBC One’s The Pursuit of Love in which 58-year-old West plays 31-year-old James’ father … at least in front of the camera

Perhaps the Golden Globes should take back West’s Best Actor nomination for The Affair because he wasn’t really acting as an adulterer.


UPDATE:
 Dominic and wife Catherine insisted in a handwritten note shown to paparazzi that their marriage “is strong”—and kissed for photographers outside their family home:

“Our marriage is strong and we’re very much still together. Thank you.”

Notably, Dominic The Affair West—bet he loathes that credit about now—wasn’t wearing his wedding ring and FitzGerald kept her left hand in her pocket.

Just sayin’.

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Phil Collins is fighting with his third ex-wife, Orianne Cevey, who is apparently still living in HIS house, despite their 2008 divorce and the fact that in that time Orianne has even married and divorced another guy.

Phil and Orianne first married in 1999 and had two sons but split up in 2006 at which time Orianne was awarded $46.76 million divorce settlement—at the time the largest divorce settlement in British history. Orianne then married Charles Mejjati and then divorced him, and went back to Phil, though they never remarried. They lived happily for another few years until they broke up again because Orianne took a long trip to Vegas and returned home with a new husband, Thomas Bates.

Trouble is, the home she and her new hubby returned to is owned by Phil Collins and he was none too happy that his ex-wife and her new husband are squatting in his mansion, and now he wants her out.

Phil sent an eviction notice, asking her to vacate the property that he owns but Orianne has refused, and now it’s getting ugly. Phil gave her a deadline to leave and when she didn’t, he went in and changed the security passcodes and plans to file a formal eviction lawsuit.

I’m confused … they were married, they divorced  she got 50 million, then she remarried and divorced that guy, moved back in with Phil until she married again and then brought him back into Phil’s house.

Doesn’t she have the coins to rent her own spot?

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I’m sorry, but I don’t like ‘like,’ and I really don’t like people who use ‘like’ all the time.

So, when I read a piece Kate Hudson and Gwyneth Paltrow shaded some of their costars about the way they kiss onscreen, while I at first thought it might be fun, I didn’t like it much at all. Like, you know?

Kate Hudson:

“Honestly, I feel like I kind of haven’t had the best kissers. I feel like I should have had better ones.”

That’s not so bad, but then Hudson goes on about kissing Matthew McConaughey:

“Every time I kiss McConaughey, I mean, it’s like there’s just something happening and there’s like snot or wind. Like when we were kissing, like, in the end of Fool’s Gold, we’re like in the ocean, we had the plane crash, he just had like snot all over his face.”

Then Paltrow talked about how kissing Robert Downey Jr. was akin to kissing a sibling:

“With Robert, like, when I kissed him, I was like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me. This is literally like kissing my brother.’”

It’s a good like thing these two like actresses like have people like write their like dialogue like for them, because without like screenwriters, they like come off like a couple of like dumb girls.

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This week Demi Lovato appeared on the 2020 Billboard Music Awards to debut a new song …  Commander in Chief … in which she sings about an unnamed Commander in Chief, who sounds like an asshole …

We’re in a state of crisis, people are dying
While you line your pockets deep
Commander in Chief, how does it feel to still
Be able to breathe?

… but you didn’t see the version Lovato wanted you to see because NBC edited her screen time down to avoid a very controversial message:

Vote.


Seriously. Now, I know while some of you want to boycott NBC because their aired a _____ Town Hall this week, this is the real reason you should boycott NBC.

For censoring Free Speech. Sources say NBC pulled the plug on the “VOTE” message because the song itself was a slam on _____ and the “VOTE” message was a call to vote against him. It was also Demi Lovato’s right to sing what she did and say what she wanted.

Now, you can boycott NBC.

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

It's Snarkurday: Breakups and Makeups

Breakup ... Mariah Carey and her backup-dancer-boy-toy, Brian Tanaka.

It's true, sadly; Mimi and her ‘Casper Smart,’ if you will, are over; and even that tender, totally spontaneous hot tub moment from Mariah’s craptastic reality show, Mariah’s World, couldn’t save them.

But, my friends, is it a shock? I mean, she went from being engaged to a billionaire who gave her a $10 million engagement ring, to a dancer who eats Ramen five nights a week, and we all know Mimi’s about the coins, not the Cup’o’Noodles.
Breakup ... Janet Jackson and her billionaire husband Wissam Al Mana.

After five ALLEGED years of marriage, and I say ‘ALLEGED’ because Janet never revealed when they wed, it's come to an end ALLEGEDLY because the marriage became too tough for Controlling Jackson.

Al Mana, a Muslim, ALLEGEDLY laid down the law to Miss Jackson and told her to tone down her costumes, and not show so much skin, when she toured in 2014; it was also suggested that he forbid any bumping, grinding, hip thrusts, or crotch grabs in her videos.

But apparently the end came when Al Mana was less than sympathetic to Janet’s mother, Katherine, and her claims of elder abuse against her nephew Trent. 

You diss mama, and Janet moves out ... apparently. And she moves out with what is ALLEGED to be a prenup settlement of somewhere between $200 and $00 million dollars.

For five years of marriage? Where do I sign up?
Makeup ... Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Vin Diesel.

There was a lot of talk about diva behavior and catfights on the set of The Fate Of The Furious last summer after Johnson Instagrammed about “someone” being Public Asshole #1 on the set, and it was clear he was talking pint-sized, balding diva Vin.

Diesel then shot back by promising to spill the tea on Dwayne, but apparently he just meant that one time he actually spilled iced tea on Johnson ... or something.

But now the Big Man and Little Boy, with the movie opening, are playing nice with one another ... just in case there’s a Fate of the Furious Two.
Breakup ... Gwyneth Paltrow and Reality.

It seems Paltrow, after declaring herself a lifestyle expert and pissing off Martha, is now coming for Not-A-Real-Doctor Phil.

Yup, Goop is now lecturing depressed people on how to deal with their illness and her solution is something she calls “earthing.”

It involves walking around on earth with your shoes off.

Like I said, Goop and Reality broke up and Reality got custody of the brain.
Breakup ... Makeup ... Breakup ... Phil Collins’ third ex-wife, and current girlfriend, Orianne Collins.

Last week Orianne finally  settled her bitter divorce with businessman Charles Fouad Mejjati. She had claimed that Mejjati made her sign papers giving him their multimillion-dollar Miami home and primary custody of their son while she was under the influence of painkillers from a surgical procedure, but now all that’s been settled amicably ... with a large check to Orianne.

Don’t think that’s shade ... Orianne got some $50 million from Collins when she divorced him and now that she’s back with him again, she still gets to keep those coins.
Breakup ... Orlando Bloom and The Truth.

It was just eight months ago, when photographers captured Bloom paddleboarding with his then-girlfriend Katy Perry while he was buck nekkid and now he’s trying to tell us that he had no idea people would be interested in his penis.

Bloom says he has a certain “radar” about paparazzi being nearby but when he was nude paddleboarding for some reason his radar was on the fritz and he had no idea anyone was taking dick shots of him.

Yup, a movie star dating  a pop star goes to a public beach—I almost wrote “pubic” beach—and drops trou to short the world his Little Bloom and doesn’t think anyone, anyone, will snap a photo or two.

Sit down, Orlando, and put your pants on.
Makeup ... Caitlyn Jenner and her Olympic-sized Ego.

Jenner has a new memoir, The Secrets Of My Life, and talks about having gender reassignment surgery, but she knew she’d need something far juicier to sell some copies and what’s juicier: OJ Simpson.

Since the OJ trial got a lot of attention last year—American Crime Story and O.J.: Made In America—Caitlyn brings it up in her book and pulls out some new details about Robert Kardashian, the ex-husband of Bruce Jenner’s former wife, That Woman.

Caitlyn is now claiming that Kardashian—who has since passed away and cannot call her a lair—told her that he thought OJ was guilty; okay, not so juicy.

Caitlyn then says that she knows that Kardashian only took the case—becoming part of Simpson’s ‘Dream Team’—because That Woman hated OJ and he wanted to get back at her for leaving him and marrying an Olympic Gold medalist.


Wow, only Caitlyn Jenner could insert herself into the OJ case twenty-five years later.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

It's Snarkurday!

Look, I am about the furthest thing from straight that you can get, but if I were a straight man ::: giggle snort ::: and I was JLo’s man, you can bet I’d be keeping it in my pants and only banging my bank account, er, girlfriend, instead of stepping out on her. But, while Casper Smart is a straight man ::: giggle snort ::: he’s a not-so-bright straight man because he’s been dumped by Lopez again for being a cheater.

Seriously, Casper, the only thing you have to do in life is do whatever Jennifer Lopez tells you to do … her laundry, bathe the kids, walk the dog, satisfy her sexually, measure her ass to make sure it’s still huge, and yet you feel the need to once again dip your wick in some other, um, pool?

And, hon, if you’re gonna cheat, you cheat up, to someone more famous, with more money; you don’t cheat down because now you’re coin-less and out of a job.


Oh Lindsay Lohan … She desperately wants to be a businesswoman because, well, acting is just about over for her … unless you count acting the fool on social media a career. She tried to corner the market on leggings and spray tans and apps for your phone and they all bombed quicker than her last film so now she’s put her name where her mouth is, and where the vodka goes in …

Yes, Lindsay Lohan has announced on Instagram that she is opening a nightclub called LOHAN in Athens. I was thinking Freaky Friday might have been a better name for a Lohan bar; or The Boyfriend Trap; Lindsay Fully Loaded? Seriously, what does Lindsay Lohan know about being a bar owner, other than getting drunk in a bar; stealing another woman’s fur coat in a bar; starting a fight in a bar; passing out under a bar?

To be fair, Lohan is actually a part owner of the bar; her friend-slash-john, Greek restaurateur Dennis Papageorgiou is technically the owner but Lindsay will get a percentage which she will promptly drink up, causing the bar to go out of business about an hour after it opens.

Just saying.


Donald’s cohort in PussyGat, Bill Bush is now officially fired from NBC and is ALLEGEDLY getting a $10 million payout.

He’s been on the job a hot minute and gets ten mil for being publicly outed as a douchebag of Donald-Proportions? Casper Smart couldn’t even get a deal like that and he was Lopez’, um, well, he grabbed her, um, look Casper walked away with the clothes on his back and Bush gets millions.

Oy. Next up Billy Bush comes cleans on Dr. Phil and then appears on Dancing With The Stars. Mark.My.Words.


And now more Lohan … Since she’s owned a nightclub for roughly thirty seconds now, Lindsay has announced that she will also open a line of spas. But it isn’t all about booze and facials for Lindsay; no, she also wants to, and I’ll let her say it, offset all of this capitalism by “creating and distributing organic health drinks” for refugees.

Yes, she’s gonna make smoothies for refugees! Lohan … the gift that keeps on giving … though I imagine her “organic health drinks” are at least 100-proof.


I should’a married Phil Collins when I had the chance. I would’a Sussudio’d him to the poor house.

See, Phil divorced his third wife, Orianne Cevey, back in 2008 and paid her what was then a record for divorce settlements in the UK: he paid Orianne $30.5 million! And now, the two are back together eight years later and Phil says she is keeping the money.

Seriously; I could’a been Mr. Phil Collins for a couple of years, pocketed a cool thirty million and been set for life.


I don’t get Azealia Banks. I mean, rumor has it she’s a singer or something but all I ever hear about her is when she explodes on Twitter against The Gays or gets kicked off a plane or starts a feud with someone.

In a now-deleted Facebook post, Banks claims that Russell Crowe choked her, spit at her, called her the N-word and threw her out of his hotel suite. 

Russell Crowe and Azealia Banks? Mismatch. But, multiple witnesses says that Banks was tossed from Russell’s suite, but not because he was a jerk but because she was a hot mess who threatened to stab him and another guest.

On the night in question, Russell hosted a dinner party for 10 people in his hotel suite; Crowe invited rapper RZA, who directed him in The Man with the Iron Fists, and RZA brought Banks, who says this is what happened:
“To recap my night, I went to a part [sic] at Russell crowes [sic] suite, at which he called me a n***er, choked me, threw me out and spat at me. Last night was one of the hardest nights of sleep I’ve had in a long time. The men in the room allowed it to happen. I feel terrible today.”
Party guests, though, have a different take; they say Crowe never called Banks a slur and only put his hands on her because she was about to throw a glass. They say the whole mess started when Azealia made fun of the music Russell was playing and called him and another guest “boring white men.” Another guest asked Banks to “shut it” — perhaps she said “be quiet” I was just paraphrasing — and then the ugliness ensued because Banks then ALLEGEDLY shrieked:
“You would love it if I broke my glass, stabbed you guys in the throat, and blood would squirt everywhere like some real Tarantino shit.”
Then Azealia reached for her glass, cocked it and Russell Crowe bounced her ass outside.
Look, here’s the queer deal: I ain’t no celebrity — except in my own head — but even I know you don’t allow Azealia Banks into your home and anywhere near the cutlery and the crystal unless you want a bloodbath.

Seriously, Russell, what were you thinking?


Wow, two Phil Collins stories in one week? The man must be really trying to rekindle his career and his third marriage.

This time, though, it’s about a feud to between Phil and Paul McCartney. Yes, like last week’s Grandpa Feud between F. Murray Abraham and Mandy Patinkin, we now have two more old men fighting … or maybe one old man trying to spark a fight with the other …

Phil Collins spoke to the UK’s Sunday Times about his upcoming autobiography, Not Dead Yet and spilled the beans about the time he met McCartney at Buckingham Palace back in Ott-Two.  It seems Phil had a first edition of The Beatles biography by Hunter Davies, so he brought it with him to see if Paul would sign it for him … big mistake, huge.

Phil says when Paul and his then-wife Heather Mills approached him he went in for the autograph, and Paul said:
“Oh Heather, our little Phil’s a bit of a Beatles fan.”
Little Phil? Well, he is barely five-foot-five but still, it was kind of a bitch move on McCartney, and Little, er, Phil, wasn’t having it:
 “I thought, ‘You fuck, you fuck.’ Never forgot it. He has this thing when he’s talking to you, where he makes you feel (like), ‘I know this must be hard for you because I’m a Beatle. I’m Paul McCartney and it must be very hard for you to actually be holding a conversation with me.”
Yeah, even though I missed my shot at marrying, divorcing for millions, and remarrying, Phil Collins, I am Team Phil this time out … though I place most of the blame for on McCartney’s rudeness on that one-legged bitch of an ex-wife of his, Heather.

Just sayin’ … she’s vile.


Whenever Tyra Banks feels like she isn’t seeing her name in the press often enough … and once a year is too much … she races to the nearest reporter to beat that dead horse she’s been beating for over a  decade now: her feud with Naomi Campbell.

It seems that recently Banks and her baby Daddy Erik Asla were guests on the Norwegian-Swedish talk show Skavlan — what, Steve Harvey turned her down? — and the conversation turned to how she was terrorized by Naomi back in the day.

Tyra talked about going to Paris as a new model and how she met HBIC Campbell:
“I got to Paris and it was very difficult I did very well, very fast. But then the industry was saying, ‘Look out Naomi Campbell, here comes Tyra Banks, Naomi Campbell sit your butt down, this younger one is coming to take your place. It wasn’t fair to Naomi, but her response was … to this day I’m very scared of her. I don’t want to go too deep into the past, but it was very difficult, like some of the lowest times of my life dealing with that. I don’t condone her actions and her response, but I understand where it comes from because the world is saying, ‘You’re not going to have your spot. We’re going to take your money, we’re going to take your fame. Go sit down, there’s somebody else.’”
I love how she says she doesn’t want to go too deep into the past and then she does, as she does every time it seems like people have forgotten her while no one in the world has ever forgotten, or will ever forget, Miss Naomi Campbell.

Sit down, Tyra; I see a phone coming toward your five-head.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

I Didn't Say It

Seeing as how tomorrow is the National Day Of Silence, a movement aimed at preventing anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment in schools, I will go silent. And I would urge my other LGBT bloggers, and supporters, to do the same.

And since I'll be quiet tomorrow--and you don't know how thrilled Carlos is to hear this--I will present I Didn't Say it a day early.

Let's rip:

Dorothy Hamill, on what it means to be born a woman:
"If I hadn't been born a woman I would have certainly been gay, because I love sparkles and ruffles and color."
Um, Dottie? We know you're a friend to the LGBT community, but this little statement really stereotypes gay men; we don't all like fluffy, ruffly, colorful things any more than lesbians like plaid, Doc Martens and powertools....
They do?
Never mind.
Now, let me go back to washing my sparkly undies.
I kid. A little.

Lady GaGa, on living the celibate life:
"I can't believe I'm saying this — don't have sex. I'm single right now and I've chosen to be single because I don't have the time to get to know anybody. So it's OK not to have sex, it's OK to get to know people. I'm celibate, celibacy's fine.
It's OK to be whomever it is that you want to be. You don't have to have sex to feel good about yourself, and if you're not ready, don't do it. And if you are ready, there are free condoms given away at my concerts when you're leaving! … I remember the cool girls when I was growing up. Everyone started to have sex. But it's not really cool anymore to have sex all the time. It's cooler to be strong and independent."

Methinks GaGa will do more for abstinence than poster child, and baby mama, Bristol Palin.

Afghanistan veteran R.D. on DADT [courtesy of Joe.My.God.]:
"I had a very bad session with my workout partner tonight. He is the person I am closest to in Afghanistan yet even he knows very little about my life. He asked if I was married and I lied, telling him I was divorced. Damn. I hate lying; I can count on one hand how often I have told a lie in the past 20 years. Yet if I told him I was a never-married, 42-year-old male it would have been too risky. If I told the truth I could be fired and go home to face unemployment. Why in the world would any soldier be fired for being honest? Because I am a gay soldier and it is illegal to say so. It is illegal for me to tell not just anyone in the military but anyone in the world – my parents, my siblings – even my best friend."

Barney Frank, on Obama's lack of support on DADT:
“I’m frustrated. I’m disappointed with the administration, in part. There have been some good things. Admiral Mullen saying what he said was spectacular. And enforcing it the way it was originally supposed to--even though I didn’t like it--discharges can be cut by over 90 percent.
But there will be a vote in the House. Rep. Patrick Murphy is going to offer his amendment. I think we’ll pass it in the House and then in the Senate--I’m told by some of the Senate leadership that they don’t think they have the votes to repeal it.....[Obama's] not being for it will give people an excuse to not vote for it. Thing is--we’ve done hate crimes. We do ENDA. It’s a big agenda all at once. At this point--the President’s refusal to call for repeal this year is a problem.”


Shia LaBeouf , on drinking:
"I've been in a lot of trouble. I've been arrested a bunch of times. I fucked around for a while, so now I don't drink any more. Right now. But that's just today. Drinking is shitty for me, I don't know how to compose myself. I don't know how to drink like a gentleman. When I drink, I get crazy. I have never had a beer because I like the taste of beer. I always had a beer to get fucked up."
Hey Shia, you're getting to be a hot piece of LaBeouf, so maybe take down the boozing a notch. it might be fun, at first, but in the end, it gets ugly.
Need proof? Two words: Mel.Gibson.

Constance McMillan, posting on Facebook:
"OK whoever is targeting my classmates really need to stop. It's cruel and actually there are a lot of people including my girlfriend that have been receiving messages and having hateful things said about them just because they live in Itawamba county. There are alot of supporters that are getting harassed it shames me and actually it is just making me sad. One of my really good friends just showed up to my house crying because something was said about her. She has been supporting me through this and it is not right what yall are doing is not supporting me let ppl talk their shit about me. I dont care but this is more disgusting than what they are doing to me. I have always said to be respectful of people otherwise you dont get your message across. So yall please please if yall support me please stop doing this. Its not helping anything and it is hurting alot of innocent people."

Phil Collins, on album of Motown covers, and why he won't bring anything new to them:
"It shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone that I've finally made an album of my favourite Motown songs. These songs, along with a couple of Dusty Springfield tracks, a Phil Spector/Ronettes tune, and one by the Impressions, make up the tapestry, the backdrop, of my teenage years. I remember it as if it was yesterday, going to the Marquee Club in London's Soho and watching The Who, The Action, and many others, playing these songs. In turn I'd go out the next day to buy the original versions. My idea, though, was not to bring anything new to these already great records, but to try to recreate the sounds and feelings that I had when I first heard them. There was one moment when they were tracking (Martha Reeves & The Vandellas hit) Heat Wave that I experienced a wave of happiness and wonder that this was actually happening to me."
Hey Phil, just a thought: if I wanna hear Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Heat Wave, I'll probably listen to them, if you're not bringing anything new to it.
Just sayin'.



Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love, on marriage equality:
"Instead of trying to 'save' the institution of marriage by excluding gay couples from matrimony, maybe it's smarter to rescue marriage by letting same-sex couples move in and gentrify the place. It's a cute argument, but it has a strong historic resonance --- every few generations, marriage opens its doors a little wider and lets in a new population who had previously been excluded, and that breathes new life into the whole institution."
Sound argument, Liz. The Gays do know how to make things pretty.