James McAvoy Says He Will Not Be In The Hobbit
A few weeks ago a British tabloid suggested that Jack Black, Daniel Radcliffe and James McAvoy were in the running to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, and being the douchebags they are people fell for it even though Guillermo del Toro said that casting wouldn’t be revealed until next year. Then an even bigger douchebag reporter asked Jack Black if it were true. He replied by thwacking them across the face and shouting “STOP BEING A DOUCHEBAG OF COURSE ITS NOT TRUE”.
People should learn that if a British tabloid is reporting that Harry Potter will play Bilbo Baggins, then the other names they suggest in the same sentence are probably bullcrap too. However, because people liked the suggestion of James McAvoy they stuck with it, and now McAvoy himself has denied the rumours:
“it’s not true by the way, it’s all internet rumoring and nothing else I’m afraid. Sorry.”
Moral of the story: Don’t believe British tabloids. I should know, I’m British.
Second Moral of the story: Just because you like what a British tabloid spews out doesn’t make it true!
Eastwood and Spike Go to War!
Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are bickering, and we’d suggest the directors take the high road but they might just use it to get a better shot at each other.
To catch up: At the Cannes film festival last month, Lee said if reporters “had any balls” they’d ask Eastwood why he didn’t include any African Americans in his films based on the battle of Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Aside from suggestion that Cannes reporters are eunuchs, Lee was also promoting his own war film, Miracle at St. Anna.
Eastwood responded that he was being historically accurate about the make up of the soldiers who raised the flag on the island, and added that “A guy like him should shut his face.” Sounding stung by Lee’s criticism, Eastwood, whose next film The Human Factor is about South African rugby and Nelson Mandela, also added, “Yeah, I’m not going to make Nelson Mandela a white guy.”
Lee’s latest salvo was a mixture of sugar, saying Eastwood is “a great director,” and spice, saying Eastwood sounds like “an angry old man.” Despite adding that “we’re not on a plantation,” Lee announced he was going to end the feud with “peace and love.”
Cool. So, does this mean he’s going to apologize to the Cannes reporters, too? They’re a pretty sensitive bunch.
In any case, what do you think? Is Spike right? Or Clint? Or should they both get back to making movies and stop insulting each other?
Eastwood and Spike Go to War!
Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee are bickering, and we’d suggest the directors take the high road but they might just use it to get a better shot at each other.
To catch up: At the Cannes film festival last month, Lee said if reporters “had any balls” they’d ask Eastwood why he didn’t include any African Americans in his films based on the battle of Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. Aside from suggestion that Cannes reporters are eunuchs, Lee was also promoting his own war film, Miracle at St. Anna.
Eastwood responded that he was being historically accurate about the make up of the soldiers who raised the flag on the island, and added that “A guy like him should shut his face.” Sounding stung by Lee’s criticism, Eastwood, whose next film The Human Factor is about South African rugby and Nelson Mandela, also added, “Yeah, I’m not going to make Nelson Mandela a white guy.”
Lee’s latest salvo was a mixture of sugar, saying Eastwood is “a great director,” and spice, saying Eastwood sounds like “an angry old man.” Despite adding that “we’re not on a plantation,” Lee announced he was going to end the feud with “peace and love.”
Cool. So, does this mean he’s going to apologize to the Cannes reporters, too? They’re a pretty sensitive bunch.
In any case, what do you think? Is Spike right? Or Clint? Or should they both get back to making movies and stop insulting each other?
Who You Calling a Non-Mom?
They might have been called non-moms, but they didn't have non-voices.
An NBC Mother's Day special was seeing to some last-minute changes after adoptive parents balked at a category honoring them as "non-moms."
"We heard the concerns from our viewers, and we certainly understood that," an NBC spokeswoman said today. "We immediately looked into it, and we were able to change that."
As of Friday, the "non-mom mom" was rechristened the "adopting mom." The change was reflected on the network's website, and will be reflected in the special, which tapes today and airs Sunday.
"We did take their concerns into consideration," the rep said. "Certainly, it was always our intent to celebrate all moms, and that's why we wanted to have that category."
The category, as described by the site for the special, honors "a grandparent, stepmom or mom to adopted children, each one raising and loving a child."
The earlier suggestion that such a person was a "non-mom mom" did not sit well with adoptive parents who took to the Web Friday.
"I'm not usually offended all that easily by this kind of stuff, but this one really gets me," a poster on an Adoptions.com board wrote. "I guess if I'm not my kids' mom someone else can make dinner, buy their clothing and pay for their college!"
Interestingly, the show, America's Favorite Mom, is cohosted by Marie Osmond, who herself is an adoptive mother.
The NBC rep didn't know if Osmond, who cohosts with brother Donny Osmond, had spoken up about the non-mom category.
Teleflora, the show's sponsor, did chime in. On a show site, the flower company says "many of us at Teleflora are 'adopting' parents ourselves, including our president and owner."
"After closer examination," the online statement says, "we can see how this may have been offensive to moms who have adopted childrenmoms who are indeed real moms to their children in every sense of the word."