Having participated in magazine articles of this type, I can tell you that the star in question is just along for the ride, unless he or she has some pull and is DONE with the manipulations of the industry.

Oh, the one guy has a funny last name!!!! "Pancake?" Who has a last name like that? Hilarious!!! I hope somebody in Hollywood remembers that silly-name gag and will maybe use it once more at some point in the distant future.

Every time I get a haircut and some young whippersnapper is cutting my hair, I have to mention the Barney Miller episode where some guy killed his barber because his sideburns weren't even.

He can sing and dance, and is cultured and intelligent - he must be gay. Isn't that how being gay starts?

If you are in a good mood this morning, and want to ruin it, there's one of those click-bait insult / 'think' pieces on salon.com titled 'Kanye West vs. White Mediocrity' juxtaposing pictures of Beyonce, West, (and the mediocrity of?) Beck and Seinfeld… Which is helpful, just so you know what trash-writing you're…

Just curious… What's Cooper's rep as an actual musician (aside from all of the theatrics, etc.). Can he actually play, sing or what have you?

I hate to pile onto an attempt like this but, yup, I was thinking the same things…

Seriously… I read 'unjustly maligned' and made "thhrrrrpppp" sound. That movie is very deservedly gathering dust on the very bottom of the $.99 pile at Walmart.

You're an interesting guy, Ron… I checked your posting history on disqus and find you posted this same comment on several different sites, and as far back as I waded through your comments, I see they are pretty much all related to Cosby and defending HIS stories. So, I'm interested - what's your story?

Glad you enjoyed it. That particular sentence you reference was one of my favorites, too.. Truly bizarre.

Just thought I'd mention that the complaint filed against Travolta by the massage-guy is worth reading as a piece of modernist literature or performance art. (Its filled with towels not covering body parts and hamburgers being cooked by an unnamed chef.) Probably Travolta's best work, actually. http://www.thesmokinggu…

I don't think it was cancelled so much as they thought they had told the stories they wanted to and saw this season as a natural end… I'd imagine they're all going on to even bigger and better things.

Where does the quirky / gay best friend fit in to all of this? Does he offer a shoulder to cry on and a sassy comment or two? (fingers crossed)

In the future, please also insert something about what all the fluoride in the water is doing to our brains. Thank you.

I know the word 'romantic' doesn't really apply when talking about James Bond, but it seems one 007 movie might have made the list. Maybe Goldfinger? Bond imposes himself on a girl in such a way that she alienates an evil madman / benefactor, and thus ensures she loses her paying gig helping him cheat at cards, and…

Kanye, like many a small man, takes every shinning spotlight very seriously, even if has nothing to do with him. Growing up, one can only imagine what he did at other kids' birthday parties.

Indeed. As a dorky white kid who loved jazz, bought Miles Davis records, etc. by the boat load, played in jazz bands up through grad school, went to jazz camps, and actually got to meet some of his musical heroes, never once did I feel - or was made to feel - like I was stealing or encroaching on a musical form that…

I don't understand your criticism of the analogy… The movie draws a direct - and totally false and propagandist - connection between the attacks on 9/11 and the war in Iraq. Moreover, before the Iraq War a majority of the US believed such a thing: http://www.cbsnews.com/news…

I think you could cut through a lot of the philosophical naval-gazing about art and intent, etc. by asking yourself how you'd feel about a movie that showed bombers attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941, and then immediately afterwards cut to the U.S. military heroically killing people in China in order to exact some sort of…

I thought the same thing… And this is the same Whedon that hoisted that idiotic script of Alien 4 onto an already wonderfully realized 'universe' of other - much more talented - people, is it not? Douchiest, indeed!