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Madonna vs. Lady Gaga (No One Wins)


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Pajiba Love | October 5, 2009 | Comments (38)


Madonna and Lady Gaga played themselves in a skit on “SNL” this weekend. It wasn’t funny, because they played themselves. I thought that’s what actual “SNL” cast members were for. (Superior Gossip)

Since Dave Letterman’s “scandal” hit — which I’m not sure can technically be declared a scandal since he himself broke it — his lesser talk show counterparts have been having a damn field day. (Webster’s)

OK, are you guys ready for this? Mitch Hurwitz is — wait for it — working on a script for the Arrested Development movie. Are we allowed to get excited yet? (Film Drunk)

The Naked Chef Jamie Oliver dressed up as all five, count ‘em five Village People to promote his new book, Jamie’s America. (Agent Bedhead)

Kate Beckinsale is Esquire’s 2009 “Sexist Woman Alive?” Sure, why not. I’m just glad somebody stopped talking about Megan Fox for five goddamn seconds. (Popoholic)

NO WAY! Jones put out a candy corn-flavored soda this year? Despite this review that says it’s basically gross — I am all about this idea because I loves me some candy corn. (Impulsive Buy)

If you want a recap of last night’s “Mad Men” without all the stupid subtlety and nuances, this just sums up the most “badass” parts. (Warming Glow)

What do you guys think — should theater hopping be legal? I guess anything can “theoretically” be legal if you’re sneaky enough about it. (Cinematical)

An L.A. waiter got fired for twittering about “Hung” actress Jane Adams. But to be fair it sounds like she kind of deserved it. (Zelda Lily)

What do R. Kelly and Charlie from “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” have in common? And no, it has nothing to do with urinating or closets. (Celebitchy)

Seth Green is getting in on the “freaking out on crew members” action, and whether or not it’s staged, one thing we all can agree on is that its adorable. (DListed)

Since I always pimp out everyone else’s causes, I’m going to throw a shout-out to a very good friend of mine and talented artist, Leah Stuhltrager, who is holding a fund-raiser to raise money for an artist residency program her gallery is running abroad in Berlin. You guys like art, don’t you? (Kickstarter)

What if there was a fifth Mutant Turtle who didn’t get all of the cool ninja skills of his brothers? It might go something like this:

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Comments

Kate Beckinsale is Esquire’s 2009 “Sexist Woman Alive?”

I'm gonna get drunk just so I can throw up on that magazine.

Posted by: Jay at October 5, 2009 1:14 PM

Christ, I hope that asshole with the theatre-hopping article is attempting irony. One of the most obnoxious classes of disruptive offender is the dipshit kids switching theaters. Not only would condoning this behavior further degrade the moribund sense of public civility lingering in today's multiplexes, but often the primary means by which these people can be ejected from the theatre is the very fact that they're cheating the theatre by switching, not that they are cheating the other patrons by being disruptive.

Mr Warren...when are you going to build in Tulsa, sir?!

Posted by: laredo at October 5, 2009 1:24 PM

R. Kelly didn't say "I can't read." He said, "I don’t even read." One is a shameful indictment of America's public schools. The other qualifies him to run for vice president as a Republican.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at October 5, 2009 1:27 PM

I'm gonna get drunk just so I can throw up on that magazine.

While I don't agree that she is the sexiest woman in the world, consider what the alternatives could have been. Also, that's a waste of two good glasses of wine, Jay.

I'm going to echo laredo's comment on the "open theater" suggestion. It's bad enough that you have to put up with talkers, kickers, loud eaters, texters, the guy who hasn't showered for a week and the woman who refuses to adhear to the principals of feminine hygiene in any and all forms; but to add to them a bunch of dipshits running in and out of the theater at any time in the movie would cause the instances of assult to dramatically increase. At least in my theater.

Posted by: admin at October 5, 2009 1:39 PM

Jane Adams will always be "Dr. Megan from Father of the Bride", but her behavior was really tacky, and I feel for that waiter. Twittering about it wasn't smart, but in this market, getting fired is a nightmare.

Tracer, you took the words out of my mouth. There's a big difference between "I can't read", and "I don't read."

I don't feel bad for him because his marrying Aaliyah was the first sign that he had some serious fucking problems. I can see her family wanting it to blow over, but Kelly's publicist and all of his fans/group or whatever should have sent him to therapy before it happened again.

Posted by: Brie at October 5, 2009 1:39 PM

At the risk of coming off as a *ahem* "dorksnorkler" I can't think of anything less interesting than Lady Crap-Crap and some has been from the fucking 80's who can't seem to let go, being on a show that was past its prime..... 20 years ago.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 5, 2009 1:41 PM

"The other qualifies him to run for vice president as a Republican."

Or be president for 2 terms. GWB stated he wasn't a reader years ago.

That SNL skit was painful to watch. Why is that show even on still? It hasn't been funny in a decade.

If actresses in Hollywood don't want to get Twitted (or whatever it is called) about , they shouldn't skip out on their restaurant checks. And she should have had the sense to tip HUGE for that anyway. It would have been an amusing anecdote that made her come off like a real peach rather than a frazzled harridan.

That Seth Green clip is hilarious. Fake as Kate Beckinsale's tits, but really funny.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 5, 2009 1:43 PM

admin--you say "...talkers, kickers, loud eaters, texters, the guy who hasn't showered for a week and the woman who refuses to adhere to the principals of feminine hygiene in any and all forms...".

I've had personal experience with the first 5 groups. But I never had to deal with the feminine hygiene problem. Where is this theater, and how did you become aware of this woman's problem?

Posted by: True_Blue at October 5, 2009 1:51 PM

There needs to be more Seth Green in the world. And by "the world", I mean my vag.

Posted by: Quorren at October 5, 2009 1:53 PM

Dorksnorkler. Hee!

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 5, 2009 1:56 PM

I don't believe Kate Beckinsale has fakes.

As a woman who has waitressed may I just say that I hate that woman forever now. Wait staff need to stick together because we are the world's punching bags.

Posted by: becks at October 5, 2009 2:02 PM

Sweet Tap Dancing Buddha. I've seen better material and acting on public access. No...really, I have. At this point I think a Billy Mays Marathon followed by classic infomercials starring Michael Landon and Charlton Heston would be better suited (and probably more entertaining) to Saturday late night.

The simplest solution would have been for Lady Gaga and Madonna to play one another. Even though clearly the script was pathetic and those two couldn't act their way out of a paper bag, perhaps their bad impressions could have been at something to laugh at.

I picture them pointing and staring at each other, then sticking their tongues out and trading off, "Oh yeah well this is you; Duuuuh!" like 6 year-olds. Still would have been better than what was shown.

Posted by: bleujayone at October 5, 2009 2:04 PM

Becks:
Eh, if not it is only a matter of time.

Wait, what are you saying? Seth Green is actually a ranting asshole?!
Them's fightin' words.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 5, 2009 2:06 PM

If I had Charles Bronson's courage from Death Wish, I would take out all the nannies/mothers/idiots that bring their babies to movie theaters.

At night.
To R rated movies.
And let them cry.
And let them cry.
And cry.

And when audience members tell them to leave or scream expletives at them, they accuse the person of being racist (a lot of the offenders I've seen in NYC are black or latinas who use the movie theater as a babysitter.)

Posted by: scorzi at October 5, 2009 2:07 PM

"Madonna vs. Lady Gaga (No One Wins)"

That headline made me snort. Then I watched the video. Now I hate things.

Posted by: TSF at October 5, 2009 2:12 PM

Someone else has probably already said this, but Jones puts out the candy corn flavored soda every year for about the past five. It was excessively sweet, IMO, but not completely disgusting. Not like, say, their gravy-flavored soda (which you couldn't get me to touch with a pole of any length, frankly).

Posted by: sistercoyote at October 5, 2009 2:23 PM

I would marry Seth Green in a heartbeat.

Jamie Oliver on the other hand...well, he needs to stop eating the pies. And thinking dressing up is cute.

Posted by: Carrie at October 5, 2009 2:27 PM

RE: Jones candy corn soda - Not only is it sickly-sweet, it looks more like electric piss than any other drink I've ever seen.

Posted by: Monica at October 5, 2009 2:29 PM

True_Blue I will attempt to explain the occurance as delicately as possible as I'm sure some people are, or have yet to, eat lunch.

In my youth I was less than selective regarding my tastes in women and, due to my unsavory ways, did come into frequent contact with those that one may lable as "skanks". Now, as I'm sure you know there are certain maintenance and upkeep proceedures that must be adhered to when one is in possession of an "innie" as opposed to an "outtie". On one occasion I happened upon a lady who ingored these simple sanitary proceedures and, needless to say, I did actually have some standards and got the hell out of there before what ever I was drinking made a reappearance.

The best way I can explain it is thustly: have you ever opened a cupboard to retrieve some potatoes only to find that they have gone completely rotten? Or opened a package of pork to find that it has gone rancid? Those are the types of smells that never leave your brain. No matter, what for the rest of your life, whenever you smell that particular smell, you know exactly what's going on. A complete lack of feminine hygiene is another such bouquet.

So, as I was sitting in my seat preparing to watch a movie and dive into my popcorn, I caught a particular aroma emanating from down and to the left of me. Admittedly there were a few women seated in the area so I could not positively determine which one was the culprit, but I did want to go and ask their dates if they were sure they knew what they were getting into. I also changed my seat so as to move upwind.

Posted by: admin at October 5, 2009 2:42 PM

LindsEy, they're real and they're spectacular.

It'd be difficult to call the Madonnagagabarfybarf the worst thing on Saturday Night Live this week, but that's not a compliment. Poor ReyRey. It's a shame he didn't just go with Dustin's skit submission where he simply rubbed oil all over himself for 5 minutes straight.

And until they start filming the AD movie, I'm ignoring all "news" about it. It's just too damn sensitive a topic.

Posted by: NJ at October 5, 2009 2:43 PM

Did anyone else watch Lady Gaga perform though? I only saw her second performance, and she did a piano version of "Poker Face" that, well...was really really good. Girl can SANG.

Posted by: Julie at October 5, 2009 2:57 PM

Chiming in with a 'Good Gawd Sistah' on the female hygiene issue.
It's just disgusting to sitting there and realizing that what you're smelling...
is just what you're actually smelling. [vomit]
Don't know if some gals don't realize ... or maybe they're going with
mattress pad rather than rocket... or maybe it's just dodgey upkeep on
the nether-regions.
Maybe just some of us have the ick-radar on this condition. But it's
definetly a definative stank. Eeeeeewwwww!

Posted by: Ms MoMo at October 5, 2009 2:59 PM

I gotta say, as the owner of an innie, I cannot even fathom the level of neglect it would take to cause odors that could be detected from a distance measured in FEET.

I believe you and all, but thank God I've never experienced that for myself.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at October 5, 2009 3:11 PM

RE R. Kelly: He said, “I don’t even read, really.”

That sounds like something illiterate people say to explain why they didn't read something. It implies that they didn't read something because they don't read, ie, they're too busy to read. But it really means they can't read.

I kinda think it's worse, because it implies that reading is elitist or something that uppity people do to prove how educated they are.


Posted by: Slash at October 5, 2009 3:13 PM

I think Mark Twain said there is no difference between the man who can't read and the man who won't.

Basically the one who won't read might as well be illiterate anyway, for the waste of a gift.

As an English teacher, I can't tell you how many 13 year olds came up to me on the first day of school (95% of them boys) who said "I DON'T read" like it was a challenge. The trick is not to react. That's nice, take your seat (you will read in my class).

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at October 5, 2009 3:18 PM

I did call BSlim a *dorksnorkler* which was rude and uncalled for and I would apologize but, then I remember that it's BSlim and he hates me anyway, so nevermind.

Posted by: Spender at October 5, 2009 3:18 PM

Kate Beckinsale is Esquire’s 2009 “Sexist Woman Alive?” Sure, why not. I’m just glad somebody stopped talking about Megan Fox for five goddamn seconds

Yes to this.

Posted by: Kate at October 5, 2009 3:23 PM

What Kate said. Megan Fox is a dorksnorkler.

Posted by: Snuggiepants the Deathbringer at October 5, 2009 3:24 PM

I don't even know what Dorksnorkler means, but I'm putting it into heavy rotation in my lexicon of snarky insults.
Unless it is too dirty, please someone tell me if it is.

Snuggiepants:
You rock. Make the little fuckers read. I use my B.S. in English to write silly things on the internet, but I am sure glad I have the skill.
Math is a different matter though... I DON'T math.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at October 5, 2009 3:38 PM

I'm with you becks. And frankly, I don't see why he shouldn't have tweeted about the incident, she acted like she had a pass just because she was famous. She didn't say I'll come back tomorrow, she said I left my wallet in the car which implies you'll be right back. And the no tip thing pisses me off. Some people treat you like absolute crap when you're a waiter/waitress. Everyone should have to work in a service job at some point in their life so they will know better. Grrr.

Posted by: Alarmjaguar at October 5, 2009 3:48 PM

Stacey...if you like candy corn, here's my favorite fall trail mix.

Candy Corn
Golden Raisins
Honey Roasted Pnuts
Goldfish

Mix and enjoy! YUM!

Posted by: wsapnin at October 5, 2009 4:02 PM

In the early 90's Madonna lampooned herself on SNL in the Coffee Talk sketch acting like a sequin-wearing Long Island girl. She did a good job. Was hoping it would be like that this time.

Posted by: scorzi at October 5, 2009 4:45 PM

HAH! *fist-bumps Slim*

Posted by: , (TCFKAB) at October 5, 2009 4:55 PM

What do you guys think — should theater hopping be legal?

Is it even illegal? I understand that the theater can (and should) throw you out, but what law is being broken if you've paid for one ticket and enjoyed one movie? It's like bringing in your own candy and soda -- it's not against the law, it's against their policy.

But the theater absolutely should prevent it from happening. What if they hop into a show that's sold out or almost sold out. I walk in and only get to choose from the two front rows because some assholes were stupid enough to buy tickets to Surrogates instead of Zombieland? Not only should they be thrown out, they should be rolled in crack and ejected from a moving vehicle near the docks.

Posted by: socalledonlycousins at October 5, 2009 6:30 PM

I remember that it's BSlim and he hates me anyway, so nevermind.

Posted by: Spender at October 5, 2009 3:18 PM

-----------------------------------------------


I don't even know who you are.

Why would I hate you?

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 5, 2009 9:32 PM

:)

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at October 5, 2009 9:34 PM

Re: Lady GaGa Question: is Lady Gaga a dude? Seriously, he/she/it has some serious man face going on. I've read on several sites that Gaga is a transsexual or a hermaphodite, but no actual confirmation. Since you Hipster snotwhizzlers at Pajiba are so hip and in the know, what's the skinny on GaGa?

Posted by: Fappy McFapper at October 6, 2009 9:55 AM

I'm a little late to this one, but did anyone else notice the Canadian flag in the background of the turtle video? Just me? Sometimes I think my life goal is to point these Canadian moments out to others, which might be sad if Canada weren't so frickin AWESOME.

Posted by: Rahel at October 7, 2009 4:31 AM





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