Posts Tagged Lege

WARREN SAPP ARRESTED

Posted on February 7, 2010

Warren Sapp was arrested Saturday accused of attacking his girlfriend of two years at Miami Beach’s Shore Club hotel.

Police were dispatched to the hotel after Sapp’s girlfriend called to report the 5 a.m. attack around noon. She was later taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center and treated for a swollen knee and bruising on her [...]

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American Idol: Hollywood Ho

Posted on February 4, 2010

Well gang, we did it. We got through a month of auditions episodes. Many of us died, even more of us are injured or dying, but we’ve struggled across the finish line and next week will taste glorious Hollywood.
Last night’s episode wasn’t about anything, so there’s not much to say. Basically it was the [...]

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The Cable Movie Rewatchability Index

Posted on February 1, 2010

With cable TV rerunning our favorite movies at a vicious rate, it is hard to determine whether or not one should give up two hours to the cable gods. Finally, we have a handy formula to help us decide.
Between TBS, TNT, Spike, Bravo, the Hallmark Channel, and every other basic cable outlet padding out their [...]

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Is ‘Twelve’ the Worst Movie in the History of Sundance?

Posted on January 30, 2010

Nick McDonell was 17 when he wrote 2002’s Twelve, about New York’s richkids experimenting with new superdrugs. Now it’s a Sundance movie, by Joel Schumacher, starring Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts, Keifer Sutherland, and 50 Cent. And it sucks. Terribly.
Via Page Six this morning:

Post critic Kyle Smith reports from Sundance that audiences were giggling at the [...]

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The Day the Indies Died: Miramax Closes Its Doors

Posted on January 28, 2010

It is with heavy hand and heavy heart that we inform you today of the death of Miramax. The once-proud indie studio was 31 years old.
Though it had dwindled a bit in recent years, the studio built by Harvey and Bob Weinstein (named after their parents, Miriam and Max) will stand in history as the [...]

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Ugly Betty Got Cancelled Because American Television Is Broken

Posted on January 27, 2010

ABC finally euthanize Ugly Betty. It used to be one of the best shows on TV, but the network system’s intractable greed and antiquated system ruined it. Can’t we have term limits for TV series?
Scooplet! A tipster tells us even though their show was getting tired (see below), the cancellation came as a surprise to [...]

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Beyond Seaside: Five Other Party Tribes in Need of Anthropological Examination

Posted on January 21, 2010

Jersey Shore, the (overly) buzzed-about documentary series created by the vengeful ghost of Margaret Mead, is coming to an end tonight. (Well, a season end, at least.) So what do we do now? Explore other terrible youth cultures, of course!
Former Jezebelian Jessica Grose just came up with a nice pitch for a [...]

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TIGER OUT OF THE WOODS

Posted on January 18, 2010

A writer published in the New York Times Magazine reveals that Tiger Woods is currently a patient at Gentle Path — a sex addiction program at Pine Grove, a treatment center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

Benoit Denizet-Lewis, who has written extensively about his own sex addiction, wrote on his personal blog Monday that a source confirmed Woods’ [...]

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TEDDY PASSES

Posted on January 14, 2010

R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass died Wednesday evening, his former publicist said. He was 59.

Pendergrass, known for smash love ballads such as “Turn Off the Lights” and “Love TKO,” died after a long illness, according to Lisa Barbaris, who described herself as a close friend and his last publicist.
He died at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [...]

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WHEN THE CHECKS STOP COMING IN: LLOYD BANKS

Posted on January 10, 2010

Former G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks is being held by police in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, on assault and robbery charges after an incident involving a local promoter on Friday night. Authorities say that Banks and three others assaulted the promoter after the G-Unit member performed at Club NV in nearby Blandford late Friday night.

Sergeant Brad Finucan [...]

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