Howard Stern said what all of us were thinking about Gabourey Sidibe and actually, I’m surprised he’s the only one who’s said it publicly – especially the way he did so. The whole spiel is very un-Sternian in its lack of crudeness and cruelty. He really just says the truth: she’s unhealthily huge and should change that and that Hollywood isn’t an industry-town that rewards obesity with acting roles. If you’re a big fat fatty in Hollywood, you can be a comedian or a one-shot role player and Gabby is the latter. It’s not mean to point that out – it’s mean to lead her on by pretending she’s going to move on to an illustrious career after this. eek.
Which is not to say that she’s gonna vanish immediately either. duh. not after all the buzz on her. Actually, I hear she has been given a role in the Showtime series The C Word and a role in a feature called Yelling to the Sky, so ya, she’ll have some kind of a wave to ride at least. But staying that size isn’t going to make that surf a long one. just makes sinking inevitable.
Stern also made the same Gabourey/Cabaret song acknowledgment that I’ve been saying to myself every time I hear her name, so I liked having that validated as a reference.
Alternate title #2: Kanye West doesn’t care about white people…
I’d love to think Kanye West is not an insensitive narcissistic asshole. but… dude…
Tonight’s VMA awards were messy. The transitions were sloppy. The performances were so-so. And the emotional outbursts were, well, tacky. Our evidence: Kanye West upstaging Taylor Swift’s big win. In a bit of a surprise, singer Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video for her track “You Belong With Me.” Sure, many of us aren’t familiar with this 19-year old country girl’s entertainment outputs, but that’s really no excuse for Mr. West, a man so consumed by his own fame that he has no respect for fellow travelers in the starosphere, to take the mic and declare Beyonce and her silly “All The Single Ladies” video the real winner. “Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time,” he declared, although that’s wrong on more than one level.
Honestly, Kayne, you look like an asshole. More so than usual. This poor girl had a moment to shine and, as is apparent by her reaction, you stole that and ruined what should have been a proud moment. That’s mean and childish and you should be publicly shamed. Oh, wait. Your own fame guarantees that. Good. As for Beyonce. She looked somewhat appalled, albeit under the guise of self-conscious humility.
First President Bush, now Taylor Swift. why is Kanye always picking on little girls who did nothing wrong?
(video updated since MTV keeps yanking uploads off of Youtube)
The contrast in this picture says it all: Classy, elegantly dressed young woman with good posture vs some hunched over thug-douche wearing sunglasses inside a brightly lit facility with a topiary maze shaved into his head, wearing a black (pleather?) shirt with – are those sleeves rolled up?? – and torn up jeans? wtf.
19 year old Swift was reportedly spotted “crying hysterically” backstage afterwards.
Stars watching the show and tweeting immediately posted their thoughts on the incident:
“Kanye needs to learn how to wait his turn,” Zac Hanson wrote. “I am sure he will get plenty of mic time to say something stupid later in the show.”
Country singer John Rich went even further with his tweet: “KanyeWest is a lowlife. He needs to have his @@@ kicked in the middle of the stage right now! What a piece of @@@@!!! Go TAYLOR SWIFT.”
Pink, who was also nominated for best female video, tweeted: “Kanye west is the biggest piece of s– on earth. Quote me.”
And Katy Perry followed suit: “F– U KANYE. IT’S LIKE U STEPPED 0N A KITTEN.”
Later, when Diddy and Jamie-Lynn Sigler took the stage to announce the best male video winner (rapper TI took it), they mentioned each of the nominees, including West, who was loudly booed by the crowd.
8 years ago. there was a time. It was a time when America was at peace, Britney Spears was pure as the wind driven snow and a little television program starring Steve Carell, Steven Colbert and some jew named Stewart was skewering the popular culture.
On September 11th 2000 Nancy Walls reported on MTV’s thrice-yearly annual music video awards. And it was good…
