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Women You Love: Cobie, Connie, and Leo Edition

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Think Pieces | Comments (19)

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Cobie Smulders, aka, Robin Sherbatsky, aka Robin Sparkles, may soon be a bona fide big-screen presence, possibly appearing as Agent Maria Hill, the sidekick to Sam Jackson’s Nick Fury. It’s typical Marvel casting: Take a likable personality with an unproven track record, give them a track record, and then replace them with someone less expensive. Will Maria Hill take us to the mall? Today!

Honestly, I like the casting choice, but I think The Avengers movie is getting way out of hand. This is what TK would call Ratnerfucking. It’s essentially tantamount to giving a sidekick a sidekick.

Please call me when movie bloggers start getting their own sidekicks.

In other news, another favorite of the small screen, Connie Britton, who is beautiful in ways that were not invented before she was born, is not only getting another show, but one that is being developed by David O. Russell, he of The Fighter and Three Kings and yelling at Lily Tomlin fame. If he yells at Connie Britton, Coach Taylor will snap him at the next. There are no details, however, about the show, except that it’ll air on F/X, a network that has a solid track record for fantastic programming, even if some of those shows are only given one season to thrive. This, I think, makes up for the cancellation of “Terriers.” Also, has Britton aged at all since “Spin City”?

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And finally, I extolled the many virtues of Melissa Leo last week, but two that I left out were vanity and clingy desperation. Though she is the front-runner for the Oscar this year, Ms. Leo has taken it upon herself nevertheless to launch her own personally funded For Your Consideration campaign, complete with built-in backlash. The two ads reek of something someone with very little PR savvy might attempt, or her character from The Fighter. And while we do love her acting, it is tacky to pretend to care about your Oscar chances — let your handlers pretend to care for you, Ms. Leo.

I didn’t realize that Glamour Shots did For Your Consideration Ads.


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Comments

Is Sally Kirkland in charge of Melissa Leo's PR?

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 7, 2011 2:38 PM

Good LORD. She's like Dynasty without the bitch-slapping.

Posted by: Julie at February 7, 2011 2:44 PM

She's versatile. She's Krystle AND Alexis. She can selfbitchslap like nobody's business. Do consider.

Posted by: schmerpes at February 7, 2011 2:50 PM

Are the Melissa Leo photos some sort of equation:

Fake Fur=Real Actress

The first photo looks she's going to drop her hands, the robe will slide languorously off her naked shoulders as she sldies gently into the pool as though a woodland nymph pausing in a woodland glade.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at February 7, 2011 2:54 PM

My friend once convinced me to watch Howard Stern's show with him because NPH was a guest, and I'll do almost anything for NPH. During that show, Howard Stern, sh*t stain that he has, called Cobie Smulders fat, repeatedly. NPH proceeded to smack him down. Did I mention that I love NPH? I do.

Posted by: coveredinbees at February 7, 2011 2:59 PM

Mrs. Julien, I find your thoughts intriguing and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at February 7, 2011 3:07 PM

Cobie Smulders? That sounds more made-up than Robin Sparkles!

Posted by: Fredo at February 7, 2011 3:10 PM

Cobie can sidekick me all day long.
I don't know what that means.
She's hot.
BANANARAMA

Posted by: Ian at February 7, 2011 3:56 PM

I bet Melissa Leo never thought her biggest achievement in that second photo would be starting a new photo-pose trend among the middle-aged cougar contingent (I'm calling it the "lusty duck" pose).

Posted by: Ashley at February 7, 2011 4:56 PM

The Leo campaign is wrong on so many levels.

That said, I have lusted after Connie Britton since she was on that Michael J Fox show. I will watch anything she is in.

Posted by: Sean at February 7, 2011 5:13 PM

Has Connie Britton aged since Sin City? Yes. Is that at all a bad thing? Nah, she's still gorgeous.

So, if Cobie is in The Avengers, does that take her out of the running to play Wonder Woman? Can we put that on hold til HIMYM's done?

As to her being fat, that's patently absurd. She was definitely heavier in the first season (in my opinion, her sexiest), but she's never been fat, much less overweight. Actually, a couple years ago she was way too thin. I hope douchenozzles like Stern didn't cause that. Flippin' douchenozzles.

Posted by: RobP at February 7, 2011 5:45 PM

i worship at the feet of tami taylor

Posted by: the chaplain at February 7, 2011 6:42 PM

Heh. Just realized I retconned Connie Britton into Robert Rodriguez's fellating of Frank Miller. Of course, I meant to type Spin City, which started good but ended as a pre-Two and a Half-Men fellating of Charlie Sheen.

Clearly, I'm not entirely at fault. So while my stoning should commence shortly, I beg the mob to use pebbles rather than big, honkin' rocks. Kthxbai!

Posted by: RobP at February 7, 2011 6:52 PM

In what universe is Cobie Smulders fat? Even pregnant, she was pretty thin. And post-pregnancy she lost weight pretty quickly. This is the kind of thing that makes some women wanna give up, Stern.

Posted by: Turtle at February 7, 2011 7:36 PM

Omg! Is it wrong that I want to don a fur coat and hangout poolside with Melissa Leo?

Posted by: Athena at February 7, 2011 7:42 PM

Posted by: Ian at February 7, 2011 3:56 PM

Ian, have I told you lately that I love you? And that you're the wind beneath my wings?

Posted by: Anna von Beav at February 7, 2011 9:29 PM

What? I think she looks pretty. Good for her.

Posted by: Austin at February 7, 2011 9:34 PM

AvB, do I also Raise You Up to Where Eagles Soar?

Posted by: Ian at February 8, 2011 2:42 AM

ugh. the fighter is one of the most overrated, overhyped flicks, right there with black swan. what the fuck was up with 2010?

Posted by: jonny at February 8, 2011 1:22 PM