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We're all cynics these days, and about Hollywood marriage more than probably anything else. Regardless, I was sort of bummed. For whatever reason, they were among the few celebrity couples I thought would make it. They were delightfully mismatched -- Hudson the "young Hollywood" power player, Robinson the famously drug-loving, bad boy rock star -- but there was something about them that seemed to work. I liked to think Chris kept Kate grounded, while Kate kept Chris out of trouble, and that this system of checks and balances...]]>
Earlier in this space, I wrote about Jessica Simpson’s new single, “A Public Affair,” and what exactly it means that the music-listening public’s reaction to it has been so incredibly lukewarm. In retrospect, it was a surprisingly complex topic, and believe it or not, I continued thinking about it for days. Was my original hypothesis (that Americans don’t like when celebrities dabble in too many different fields) off the mark? Was there something else at play that I failed to recognize? Some sort of pop culture trend that’s managed to elude me? God forbid.
I wasn’t able to get it off my mind until a few days later when I remembered that I promised you, dear reader, a review of a very special version of the song in question, a version that was to be personalized for yours truly and purchased from Simpson’s website. I had no idea what to expect, obviously, because...]]>
Jessica Simpson’s new single, “A Public Affair,” is currently camped out at number 39 on the Billboard Top 40 chart, and it’s been steadily slipping since it was first released a few weeks ago. By the time next week’s charts are made public, there’s a good chance it will be nowhere to be found. And if you’ve had the misfortune of actually hearing the track, with its striking lack of infectious melodies or interesting beats, you’ll immediately recognize this as good news. Period. That people aren’t really enjoying at least this one shining example of bad art can only be seen as progress, right?
That’s how I feel, anyway, but when you think about it -- of all the successful singles Simpson has released, it’s not entirely clear why any of them (with the possible exception of “I Swear,” which was just timed perfectly with the sudden explosion of MTV’s “Newlyweds”) did...]]>
For those of you in that last category — the beachgoers — I’m willing to go out on a limb and make another assumption: You probably weren’t expecting to have photographs of your bathing-suited self prancing around in the sand show up on online, with every single flaw on display for all of the free world to examine and critique. And if you’ll allow me one more assumption,...]]>
With the season's end of HBO's "The Sopranos," diehard fans are wondering what sort of major plot twists are in store for them next season. (Of course, we'll all have to wait until March 2007 to find out, but that's another tale.)
Right now, the character with the most controversy swirling around him has already been whacked. Joseph Gannascoli, who played the gruesomely murdered gay mobster Vito Scatafore, is in the midst of a legal battle with the company that manufactures Stacker 2 diet pills. Gannascoli was paid over $300,000 to promote the pills, which he said helped him to lose 140 pounds in 2005. But because the company didn't think he did enough for the product, they severed ties with the actor and filed a lawsuit against him.
Gannascoli, on the other hand, claims the Stacker 2 people no longer wanted to work with him because his character was gay....]]>
