Ten commercials male-bashers will love
Have you ever noticed that men are often the butt of jokes on television? Whether it’s the goofy, lazy husband on sitcoms or the incompetent, oversexed guy on TV commercials, men are often shown in a bad light (I know, I know, woman only make 70 cents for every $1.00 a man makes, but it’s almost Father’s Day so let’s talk about this, OK?). AskMen.com has a list of the 10 worst male-bashing commercials on television.
The Pizza Hut ad. Gah. Another commercial that shows that it’s the mom that can cook and the dad that has to call for takeout. I would guess that even a lot of women wouldn’t like this ad, since it reinforces the whole “women belong in the kitchen and men work and have to order takeout” stereotype. And that AT&T ad. Believe me, there’s no way a guy would admit so to his wife in such a stupid way that he lost $5800 in Vegas. The part you don’t see is when he goes on and on and tells her about the hooker that he was with the night before.
But the one that gets me is the ad for Dairy Queen. There is no other commercial right now that makes me want to throw my remote at my TV. A little girl completely manipulates a boy and gets a free dessert from him, and then tells her mom that “it’s like shooting fish in a barrel.” For one thing, I really doubt a girl that age would even be familiar with that saying, but second, this just reinforces ridiculous stereotypes and really sends a bad message (can you imagine the uproar if the roles were reversed?)
The mom’s expression at the end says it all. She seems to realize “oh my God, I’m raising a whore.”
Jennifer Garner Honored By Her Home State
Jennifer Garner Honored By Her Home State
It may not be an Oscar, but Jennifer Garner is still thrilled. Yesterday she was awarded the title “West Virginian of the Year.”
Charleston, West Virginia’s newspaper The Charleston Gazette-Mail proudly announced yesterday their choice to name Garner as their top pick for the honor, “For her dedication, work ethic and unique role as role model and ambassador for West Virginia,”
The “Alias” actress confessed her love for her home state (she moved there when she was four years old), saying, “I like to do the things that are familiar. I like to see people I grew up with. I always go to Taylor Books. I love going home to my church – Christ Church United Methodist. I probably visit a Dairy Queen, and I love the farmer’s market.”
And Jen’s younger sister, Susannah Carpenter (who still lives in Charleston) agrees. “Everyone in my family has a deep love of West Virginia.” Mom Pat Garner added, “She’s pretty passionate about her love of West Virginia. She just considers it home.”
January Jones Biography
Best known for her role as Alyson Hannigan’s sister in “American Wedding†(2003), the third installment in the “American Pie†comedy film series, pouty-lipped head-turner January Jones became almost as famous for her choice of notable beaus, as for her choice in movie roles.
The 5’ 7†beauty was born, fittingly, on Jan. 5, 1978 in Sioux Falls, SD. However, her parents came up with the name after reading a Jacqueline Susann book called Once is Not Enough, featuring a character named January Wayne. While attending Roosevelt High School, Jones spent her pre-modeling, pre-Hollywood time toiling away at a local Dairy Queen.
At age 18, she moved to New York City and made her first mark as a stunning model for hip suburban clothier Abercrombie & Fitch. After making the requisite move to Los Angeles, Jones made her acting debut with a small role in the independent film “All the Rage†(1999), starring Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin. Jones followed this with a guest appearance in the Fox TV pilot, “Get Real†(1999). Two years later, she had her biggest break to date when she landed a role in her first major motion picture, the teen-oriented thriller “Glass House†(2001), starring Leelee Sobieski.
Like all young and beautiful starlets on the cusp of fame, Jones quickly became a fixture on the young Hollywood scene. Her blonde beauty attracted a variety of male admirers, including a relatively unknown pre-Demi stud named Ashton Kutcher. The couple, who reportedly met in 1998 at an Abercrombie & Fitch shoot, dated for three years – until Kutcher became enchanted with the older actress Demi Moore. Jones moved on to funnyman extraordinaire Jim Carey and “American Wedding†co-star Sean William Scott before meeting and falling for pop-classical singer and favorite “Oprah†guest, Josh Groban in 2003.
Jones continued to hone her acting chops, landing roles in a variety of high-profile projects: as a bank robber in the Bruce Willis-Billy Bob Thorton crime comedy “Bandits†(2001); as a memorable lesbian sexpot with temperament issues in the Adam Sandler-Jack Nicholson hit comedy, “Anger Management†(2003); and as an British tourist in the hit romantic comedy, “Love Actually” (2003). At the same time, Jones was featured as #82 in Maxim magazine’s “Hot 100 of 2002″ supplement. Next up was the star-making role of Cadence Flaherty, the beautiful sister and maid of honor to the not-so-blushing bride, Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) as well as the love interest of the obnoxious hound, Stiffler (Sean William Scott) in “American Wedding†(2003). While the film tanked, Jones had received her first major coverage for a role that she had won from literally thousands of on-the-brink ingenues.
Looking for further challenges, Jones learned to 50’s swing dance for her role in “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights†(2004), the critically maligned sequel to the 1987 dance classic. She journeyed back to the small screen, appearing in the recurring role of Marissa Wells on the Showtime comedy series, “Huff” in 2004. The actress continued to expand her range as a dramatic actress by portraying Barry Pepper’s repressed wife in Oscar-winning actor Tommy Lee Jones’ directorial debut, “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada†(2005). The prestigious film – a first for Jones – won Best Screenplay and Best Actor awards at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.
- Born:
on 01/05/1978 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Job Titles:
Actor, Model
Significant Others
- Companion: Ashton Kutcher. dated from 1998-2001; no longer together
- Companion: Josh Groban. dating as of Fall 2003
Milestones
- 2001 Made her feature debut in the suspense drama “The Glass House”
- 2002 Had a part in Steven Soderbergh’s comedy “Full Frontal”
- 2003 Played Gina in the hilarious Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler comedy “Anger Management”
- 2003 Played the sister to the not-so-blushing bride in “American Wedding”
- 2004 Appeared in “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,” co-starring Diego Luna
- 2005 Played the bored wife of a border patrolman (Barry Pepper) in Tommy Lee Jones’ “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada”
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Returns to View – With Baby
The View added a guy to the gab on Monday: 2-month, 2-days-old Taylor Thomas Hasselbeck, whose mother, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, returned to the ABC daytime show with her baby in her arms.
“I thought I’d bring a little testosterone to the table today,” said Hasselbeck, as Taylor alternated between being wide-eyed in his new environment and crying like a baby for co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sherri Shepherd (Barbara Walters was said to be on assignment).
“He’s huge,” she admitted. “He’s almost like 12 pounds, I think. He’s just constantly on me. I call myself the Dairy Queen.”
Hasselbeck also said that Taylor bites her boobs, which, she also admitted, “are huge.”
Having announced her pregnancy in April, Hasselbeck, 30, began her maternity leave on Oct. 23.
Taylor was born Nov. 9, 2007. Dad is Hasselbeck’s husband, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Tim Hasselbeck.
The couple also have another child, Grace, 2, whom her mother described on Monday’s View as “such a good big sister.”
As for Hasselbeck’s very fit shape, Shepherd said, “You don’t even look like you were pregnant.”
“Wear prints,” Hasselbeck said, revealing her secret.