Entertainment To Me!

Stars are known for their ranting and raving, as can be found throughout the news stories in today’s society. But this latest, a blowup by superstar Christian Bale on the set of Terminator: Salvation, tops what I’ve seen in the usual star crazy-talk. I saw it last night on a Fox News show, and of course it was the edited version.

Christian Bale seems to get extremely pissed off at a lighting guy who gets in the way of his shot, or crosses his line of vision, or makes some sort of other minor mistake. The poor guy just has to take it whilst Christian just reams him out, cursing in almost every other word.

Not just cursing, though, but F-bombing the guy’s ears off! You can watch the YouTube video version HERE ! WARNING, though–it’s NOT edited, so there is a lot of language, hence why I am not posting the video here in its whole form.

It took me about 5 seconds for me to lose all respect for Bale, like, really. I understand he’s a working man, and I understand he’s a top star, and in high demand. And I understand his shirts probably cost more than everything I own…But just because you’re rich does NOT mean you can treat the people below you–who, oddly enough, make your movie set and do all the labor that makes you look good–like crap! It was so very demeaning and uncalled for. And it doesn’t stop!!!

Christian Bale just won’t let the guy go. He even says “You’re a good guy, but…”, then continues to F-word him to dust. Where’s his dignity??! And what threw me off the most? No one else does ANYTHING. What, is Christian Bale a god?! Where is the respect of others?

Do stars think they’re above us commoners? Most of us don’t know their lives off-screen/set/YouTube. Till something like this surfaces, and we wonder what’s going through their heads.

Yahoo Buzz Log for today quotes the assistant Director on “Salvation” as saying that Christian’s rant was “just a moment” and that the actor isn’t like that normally….So what–it was just a thing he was trying out?! Does he need meds?!!

Famous people–if it wasn’t for us common folk, your movie/TV/music sales would plummet, and you would fade into obscurity. Just remember that.

On December 9th, omg.yahoo.com published an article about the odd (quirkiest) names stars name their kids–read it here! I often give these articles a glance, because they’re usually more of the “worst/best outfits” variety. But this one caught my eye a bit more, since odd names alwaze interest me.

Some of the names included, of course, a mention of Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter named Apple–which I personally thought was nifty! Before I became Catholic, I was insisting I wanted to name one of my daughters “Fire!” But anyway…

Rocker Ashlee Simpson and her hubby named their kid Bronx Mowgli. Neither of them hails from NY, apparently, but obviously both love the Disney’s Jungle Book. Poor kid. Still, could be worse;

Love Gwen Stefani, but she might’ve been on crazy glue, along with her husband Gavin R., when they named their baby boy Zuma Nesta Rock.  Sounds like a cross between a weird tea, something African, and a music type. Or just craziness. That’s my bet..

I didn’t agree with the article that Sunday Rose–Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban’s baby girl–was such a bad name, or Buster Timothy, Johnny Lee Miller’s baby boy.

Personally, I think Fire would’ve been much stranger, heh. Stars, though (I guess), have liberty to invent whatever names they want…? Poor kids…

The U.S.A.’s Big Brother 9 was the first season of this crazy reality show I actually ever watched. I discovered it one evening on my laptop, checking out the CBS.com line up for that season, to see which shows were online to watch. Never having been too big on reality TV before–after watching the very different characters come into play that season, and after seeing what the show was all about–I was hooked on Big Brother, instantly becoming a lifelong fan, I am sure, as long as the “house” continues to fill up with interesting characters and insane drama!

After all, isn’t that what reality TV is all about?!

Another aspect of Big Brother that I really enjoy is  the competitions. They’re always so unique and often ridiculous. It brings a fun aspect to the show, which is a big thing to keep this blogger watching.

And finally, my favorite thing about Big Brother–that no matter how many seasons a person has watched, and no matter how much they brag about strategy going into the house, there is NO way for anyone to predict what will happen, because everyone is scheming to win, and as a random person, you have no control over what any other random person may do/choose/say! So the housemates go into the house bragging and planning, and 3 weeks in–are already turned on their heads. I like that, because the random factor makes it more realistic. You can only play for yourself, because you have no idea what others are thinking.

The current season of Big Brother hasn’t been as interesting, as far as characters go, to me. But it has still been fun to watch, and there have been some all around interesting developments–such as Renny, who is from New Orleans, wearing ridiculous wigs

, and many times ridiculous outfits, making people love her or hate her in the end. Or Julie Chen finally having some decent outfits; I usually abhor her clothes, thinking she makes some of the worst fashion choices of any famous person I’ve ever seen–not to mention her hair looks like it weighs more than she does…                                                                                                                                     All in all, this season has been moving along normally. Not too many surprises, though in the beginning, there were a series of backdoor-ing schemes that had some of the players flabbergasted.

Now it’s in the home-stretch of the season, with only a couple more shows left. At this point, as of this evening (9/7/08), Dan was HoH, won the Luxury competition, and is once again choosing to make a move that may alter the game.

Dan’s been quite a player to watch, actually. Being Catholic, I didn’t enjoy his portrayal of the faith, and his lack of regard for his Church as he went into the house, admitting to making moves that he’ll just go to Confession for later (as if that’s how it works). But as I watched more of the season, and some of the risky moves he’s taken, I’ve realized that if nothing else,  Dan is an amazing house player. And still charming and likable to boot, which is unusual. He’s been America’s player, he’s duped all kinds of people, he’s backdoored and lied to others–and yet people in the house still don’t know what to make of him! And yet, there he is, playing with a fighting spirit, and reeling the finish line in.

The only major setback I see for him right now is that because of the lack of trust and his scheming, no one in the jury house (the ones that will ultimately decide who of the last two standing wins the top prize) likes Dan, or wants to vote for him. Though that may change slightly, since the prize he won is a trip out of the house, to an island for a day. He got to choose to bring either one of the 3 remaining house-guests–Keesha, Jerry, or Memphis–with him, or one of the jury house members. He choose Michelle, from the jury, hoping to swing her vote in his favor, should he be one of the remaining two.

Dan, as HoH (Head of Household), nominated Memphis–to keep down rumors that he has an allience with him–and Jerry–just cause, heh. The plan is for Jerry to go, but the upcoming competition will be important to see who wins PoV (Power of Veto), because they could save someone/themselves from the block, and alter the end game again. Then comes the all important last HoH competition, in which the winner will be the sole vote to decide which person is going home of the two on the block.

Next upcoming show is Tues., 9/8pm Central, and I look forward to seeing how the end of this Season all unfolds; Dan is my pick, though I think if Keesha came through and pulled something off, that’d be cool to see as well. Or Jerry, but I doubt it. Dan seems determined to bring Memphis to the end, and vice versa, but I don’t know if that was such a great move on Dan’s part, because Memphis seems like a strong competitor. However, Dan has proven he can win both physical, and mental challenges, and he is fiercely determined, so he may just have a strong shot. But as I said before, he then faces the fact that all the members of the jury like everyone else currently in the house more than him, so I am not sure how he’d win.

But I wonder how much people can actually predict who will win Big Brother 10 , considering the “random” factor!

It’s amazing to find kindness in Hollywood today. Real, genuine kindness.

Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell are all actors who, along with now-deceased Heath Ledger, are playing a lead role in Terry Gilliam’s (you’d know him from Monty Python, most likely) upcoming fantasy adventure film, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus . They’re all huge budget actors, and usually we expect actors to just do movies, get paid over-excessive amounts of money, and live the rich life, without actually seeming like they’re real.

But these three actors have gone above and beyond for their former friend’s daughter, in refusing their pay for their rolls in the new film, instead donating the money they’d have made to Heath’s 2 year old daughter by actress Michelle Williams, Matilda. When I first read the headlines about this fact, stemming from an article and comments made by Terry Gilliam in Britain’s The Sun, I was touched. Matilda was oddly left out of Heath’s will–probably because he didn’t expect to die before he altered it–and the actors wanted to insure she was taken care of. It’s a testament to Heath’s character, I think. As well as that of the three actors in question.

Now, of course, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell are actors we could just write off as (of course) being able to afford to give away a paycheck now and again, without a second thought. But if you are that rich, and you are making millions of dollars per film, that is your paycheck and your life, and to be that compassionate towards a friend’s daughter is impressive.

I think Terry Gilliam made a good statement when he said to The Sun, ” That’s extraordinary! And wonderful . . . and when you’re part of that, you think, ‘Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.’”

Kudos to Johnny, Colin and Jude.