Fans Will Appear In The Hobbit!
Guillermo del Toro had a Q&A session with MTV and revealed some rather good news for Hobbit fans.
“Who do I have to kill or sleep with to get a role as an extra?” user Mike Moore asked.
“Oh my god, well that’s a good question only in that it’s asked often,” del Toro said, chuckling. “[But] I believe as the film comes to happen, in either of the two films, [fans] have a good chance of being there.”
“Sleep with a lot of people if you can! That’s a very good piece of advice. But don’t bribe anyone. It will be wasted money,” del Toro said, laughing. “We will set some rules and some contests and some fans will definitely get the chance of being extras. Go and apply for those roles!”
Contests will be the better option for Hobbit fans as there is more chance of Gimli getting a back, crack and sac wax than a Hobbit fan sleeping with anyone.
The Mole: Episode 5
Nicole said something interesting tonight, right at the top of the show. “Why is that everyone I pick as the Mole gets executed and I don’t?” That’s a good question, because you would think that if Nicole is truly concentrating on one person every time she takes the quiz that she would have been eliminated by now. Maybe she’s The Mole! Of course, we can make that case for every single one of the remaining contestants at one point or another. Well, except for the one that was executed tonight, the player that a lot of viewers picked because this person was rather quiet and flew under the radar. Just goes to show you that you really can’t predict who’s going to get kicked off the show.
Something hit me tonight as I watched Paul do a nutty again on Clay and Mark over-react (overact?) about a challenge: one of these people is putting on a show. So maybe Paul’s intense jerk act is just that, an act, and he’s a helluva guy. Maybe Mark’s immature drama is an act and he’s really a cool person. Maybe Nicole’s arrogance and scheming is just an act and she’s really your average, nice girl. But think of this: only one person left on the show can be the Mole, so the other personalities we’re seeing are the real thing. Yikes.
In the two challenges tonight, I think a lot of the players were completely illogical. In the first, everyone is ticked at Mark because they think he took the exemption instead of the key. But why would they be so pissed at him? I mean, he was the last person left at the prison, so why wouldn’t he take the exemption? Hell, even Paul was tempted and he left a lot earlier (as it turns out, Mark didn’t take the exemption, though if he’s the Mole it’s a smart move). In the second, everyone is mad that Craig took the exemption after he got one by sheer luck, saying the word “exemption” first (of course, maybe it wasn’t luck, maybe he said it on purpose because he’s the Mole - then again, maybe the show made up the whole “first one to say exemption” thing, it really could have been any word they thought of after the fact). What, they wouldn’t have taken the exemption if given the chance?
And I’m so tired of these complaints about challenges (the “Travelers” challenge - too bad Traveler isn’t on anymore, we could have had a crossover episode). Everyone thinks it’s not worth it to be “humiliated” by wearing a llama costume or wearing stilts or riding a unicycle? Why the hell did the even sign up for this game? Mark really pushed this. You know what? I actually believe Craig when he says that even though he took the exemption he picked those things because he thought it would be fun. I think Craig is the guy I’d like to hang out with in real life, Mole or not.
I’m not sure what we’re supposed to think about another tie in the quiz. Only one second separates two players? The one executed tonight is Kristin, who seemed nice and was quiet (hey, turns out she probably really is!). All of the most controversial players - Mark, Paul, Nicole - are still around, along with the still-sick Craig (?), religious lawyer Clay (and no, Paul, those things aren’t contradictory), and musician Alex, who was the only one who really seemed to want to dress in a funny outfit tonight.
Next week: highlights from the season so far, but a new episode too.
Some observations/questions:
- Is there some significance with that damn lemon pet that Paul carries around? It will be fun to see the clues that the show laid out for us when the show is over.
- Some of the questions on the quiz are so specific that if you’re not the Mole and you concentrate on one person and they aren’t the Mole, you’re screwed. For example, a question tonight asked if the Mole used a sleeping bag in the prison challenge. Only one person had a sleeping bag and that was Clay.
- During his argument, Paul said “My whole life is a hypocrite.” Wow.
- The Mole is keeping a journal at over abc.com. I haven’t checked it for clues yet.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt: Mixed Signals
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt: Mixed Signals
As if there was any way to cram more irony into the phenomenon that is Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt’s relationship, they may have managed to do it.
Yesterday, the peroxide pair was spotted in West Hollywood as they headed over to the Palms Restaurant for a romantic dinner date.
And once again, Miss Montag opted for her “I Want More Privacy” t-shirt, a starkly contrasting message to her well-known publicity-getting antics (she also wore the shirt to Disneyland recently as she posed for paparazzi pics).
She has also told press that she wants to get married on live television. ‘How is that consistent with wanting more privacy,’ you ask? Good question.
In terms of her dream wedding (translation: probably won’t happen), Heidi told E! that she wants a “small wedding on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island in the Virgin Islands, with catering by Wolfgang Puck’s Cut restaurant, watches by Jason of Beverly Hills for all their guests and a performance by U2.”
Amy Winehouse Goes For a Stroll in Her Bra
Amy Winehouse Goes For a Stroll in Her Bra
Things just keep getting weirder and weirder with Amy Winehouse. This time paparazzi caught her walking around London in the wee hours of the morning wearing nothing but a red bra and a pair of jeans.
Why, you may ask? Good question! According to her rep, it wasn’t the result of a hard night of partying. “She was not on an all-night bender,” claims Amy’s spokesperson when questioned about the 5:45am incident Sunday morning.
Apparently, the “Rehab” singer held a little gathering earlier that evening, and when she heard the photogs outside, she thought it was one of her friends coming back to her house.
Her rep reported, “She heard all these noises, and she went outside to look and there were all these photographers. She’d been sound asleep, and then there were all these photographers – of course she looked startled.”
As for her “incomprehensible muttering,” her rep says it was just the effects of having just woken up. “In light of recent reports, it’s easy to make false assumptions, but she’s getting better and she needs the space to do that.”