07.13.2009 morning headlines

BRUNO - as expected won the box office this weekend, pulling in $30.4m in it’s debut. That’s way less than the 50m some Hollywood insiders were suggesting on Friday, but keep in mind, no one in Hollywood has any idea what the fuck they’re talking about. (variety)

MICHAEL JACKSON - as far back as 1993 Jackson was having doctors issue prescriptions in other people names to score pain killers for him. In a related story, I had to go to 2 different doctors to get 2 percent hydrocortisone cream after stepping in poison oak. You rich people can suck my dick. (source = tmz)

UFC - picked a new ring girl this weekend as part of UFC 100. Her name is Natasha, and she’s adorable but not as hot as Arianny Celeste. Actually, who cares, LOOK AT DAN HENDERSON! 4 seconds after the great Joe Rogan says if Michael Bisping keeps drifting left he’s gonna get annihilated, Michael Bisping drifts left and gets annihilated. If Henderson hit him any harder, Bisping would have just burst into flames. (source = splash news online)


06.16.2009 isla can’t take a hint

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Between the red hair, awesome rack and super hot accent, I can’t tell you how happy it would make me to have sex with Isla Fisher. Which is why these pictures are so uncomfortable. I can’t remember the details, but I know she used to be in a relationship with Bruno. I think they even had a baby. And yesterday she followed him all the way to Paris for the premiere of his movie. But, I mean Jesus woman open your eyes. I’m not sure how much more clear he can make it.  It’s over, he’s moved on, and he’s not coming back. No offense but you’re kind of makin an ass out of yourself.

(18 more pics = here.  hq jump = here.  image source = getty and wenn.  UPDATE - bonus isla adorableness here)


06.04.2009 bruno is being sued. again.

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Sacha Baron Cohen is being sued once again, this time by a woman named Richelle Olson who claims she was severely injured during an altercation with Cohen at a bingo hall during the filming of “Bruno”.  She says she now needs a wheelchair or cane to move around as a result. MSNBC says…

According to the lawsuit, Baron Cohen started using vulgarities while calling the second bingo game in front of a mostly elderly audience.
A struggle ensued after Olson tried to grab the microphone away from Baron Cohen. She claims he then called his camera crew over, who attacked her for at least a minute, hoping to “create a dramatic emotional response.
Olson’s suit states she ran from the stage and was found moments later by a co-worker, sobbing uncontrollably. She then fell to the floor, hitting her head on a concrete slab.

Wait, what?

Olson’s suit states she ran from the stage and was found moments later by a co-worker, sobbing uncontrollably. She then fell to the floor, hitting her head on a concrete slab.

Wait.  Seriously?  So she fell down later.  When Cohen was somewhere else.  And she’s suing for that?  What’s the window on that kind of thing because George Clooney held a door open for me in 2004 but the door kind of hit me a little and then last week I spilled hot coffee on my groin. Because I was driving, I could do little as my groin became very uncomfortable and the scalding hot liquid soaked through the groin area of my pants, all the way to my groin. Would I have done that if I hadn’t been attacked by Clooney? Is he above the law?  That’s for a jury to decide.

06.03.2009 want. do not want.

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I don’t need to tell anyone here that the new issue of Marie Claire comes out tomorrow, but you may be surprised by the pictures of supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio together with Brunos tightly wrapped gold nutsack.   I know I was surprised.  Very surprised.   Startled, you might say.  The Sun UK says…

BRUNO’S kugelsack has been working so hard his film’s success is in the bag.
Earlier this week his Austrian manhood was dangling in EMINEM’s face during an MTV Movie Awards stunt and now it’s out again wrapped in gold alongside a Victoria’s Secret model.
SACHA BARON COHEN’s camp Austrian fashion reporter was posing alongside ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO in a shoot for Marie Claire.

You can see the full size pic from the banner here.  You may think the sun has collided with the earth when you open it, but don’t be alarmed, the picture is just that smokin hot.

(image source = fame.  full size jump = here)


06.01.2009 bruno vs eminem, part 4

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Still no definitive answer as to whether Eminem knew Sacha Barron Cohen was going to 69 him on TV last night, but E! now has what is probably the most likely scenario…

(Eminem) was aware that Brüno would be falling on him—but not while wearing a butt-baring thong. And though Eminem stormed out of the Gibson Amphitheatre, the hip-hop star didn’t leave; he hung out in his trailer until the show was nearly done.

Life and Style says much of the same but adds that so did Paris Hilton, because that’s who Bruno asked first.

…producer Mark Burnett cleared the prank with the rapper beforehand. However, Eminem wasn’t aware of exactly how naked Sacha would be when he agreed to do it!
A second insider also confirms that Eminem was actually Burnett’s second choice. The first? Heiress Paris Hilton, who, luckily for her, declined to participate.

Oh, ooh, yeah.  Wouldn’t want to offend her delicate sensibilities.  As if that do-nothing whore hasn’t had random balls dropped on her chin a thousand times already.  Probably wouldn’t even be the first time a guy with a camera in an angel costume had done it.  Doing the same thing on TV seems to be the next logical step.

06.01.2009 it was staged! or maybe not!

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The LA Times makes some alarmingly stupid points to “prove” that Eminem was in on the joke last night when Bruno dropped into his lap at the MTV Movie Awards.  Namely…

1.  “It can’t be a coincidence that the two forces met and cameras were poised to catch it perfectly on TV.” No it’s not a coincidence.   It’s a TV show.   That’s how they work.  They point cameras at events as they happen to “catch” them.
2.  “Furthermore, it seemed like Eminem was wearing a live microphone…” Well Brunos would have been about 12 inches away.  That should be close enough.  You don’t have to swallow the things.
3.  “And can it be another coincidence that a camera just so happened to be positioned in the aisle to catch sight of Eminem stomping out?” Are we starting over?  Go read Point 1 again.

But they clearly feel it was staged, and Drudge links to a Daily Mail story with a link titled “STAGED”.   The Daily Mail doesn’t actually go that far, but it’s possible the story has changed since the link went up.  Radar Online seems to be the only one with any new news at all:

We don’t know if Eminem was in on the joke, but Sasha Baron Cohen and a group of pals were laughing and drinking after the MTV Movie Awards Sunday.
The caper, however, was not well-received by all … partying at a West Hollywood celebrity hive, the Chateau Marmont hotel, the Borat funnyman boozed it up with pals, according to an on-scene source. As a girl walked by Cohen, she loudly told him, “You’re disgusting,” before walking away.

So at least Sacha is still alive, or was last night for a few hours.  The reason I’m so alarmingly slow today is because I’ve been calling all my friends to figure out the truth here.  Unfortunately I don’t have a really huge circle of friends.   There’s that pretty black girl at Starbucks who calls me “baby” when I order, but I don’t think she knows anyone in Hollywood.  And then there’s my friend Essence.   “Friend”.  “Girlfriend”, practically.   I know those girls act like they like you because you’re buying dances, but I don’t think this is that.  I really get the feeling this is different.  When I brought her flowers she even kissed me on the cheek.