Saturday, June 16, 2007

John Waters, Inc.


He's turning up everywhere these days, from cable TV and the standup circuit to Broadway and the art world. Baltimore's subversive filmmaker is more complex than you might think.It’s been 20 years since William Burroughs dubbed John Waters “the Pope of Trash.” And it wasn’t long before it spawned other similarly spirited, press-ready titles: “the Sultan of Sleaze,” “the Prince of Puke,” and “the Duke of Dirt” among them. They were certainly well deserved, as anyone who’s seen Pink Flamingoscan attest, but those oft-repeated phrases no longer seem applicable. If they do, you haven’t been paying close attention to Waters’s career.
Waters has become something of a ubiquitous—and welcome—presence on the cultural landscape. On any given day, he might be speaking at Oxford, exhibiting his artwork at The Andy Warhol Museum, kibitzing with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, starring in his own TV series, releasing a CD, taking the Tony Awards by storm, writing a piece for The New York Times book review, or recording a DVD commentary for The Little Mermaid. He may even be working on a new film project of his own.
“I’ve always wanted to sell out,” Waters wrote in his 1986 book Crackpot, “but no one wanted to buy me.”

To read more about how he sold out and still be awesome here:
http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=30&s=272&ai=56772

Move bitch, get out the way!


Maddox Jolie-Pitt (aka the first adopted baby) is officially the fiercest kid in Hollywood! Brad sure loves to give those piggy-back rides.

Mary-Kate in Vogue Italia June '07




I can dig it.

I like Britney's lipstick color


I seriously do.

David Lynch on Product Placement


Hahaha, that's pretty special considering how he's not usually one to swear so bluntly like that.

This is why Jessica Alba shouldn't be allowed to speak


Get the fuck off that nasty poor peroxide job and tacky contact lenses cuz honey, you still hispanic.

"Alba is my last name and I'm proud of that. But that's it. My grandparents were born in California, the same as my parents, and though I may be proud of my last name, I'm American. Throughout my whole life, I've never felt connected connected to one particular race or heritage, nor did I feel accepted by any. If you break it down, I'm less Latina than Cameron Diaz, whose father is Cuban. But people don't call her Latina because she's blonde."

"George Lopez starts speaking to my father in Spanish, and my dad says, 'I don't speak Mexican.' I turned purple. I love my papa. But he has no filter. I probably acquired that characteristic from him."

"My grandfather was the only Mexican at his college, the only Hispanic person at work and the only one at the all-white country club. He tried to forget his Mexican roots, because he never wanted his kids to be made to feel different in America. He and my grandmother didn't speak Spanish to their children. Now, as a third-generation American, I feel as if I have finally cut loose."

"My whole life, when I was growing up, not one race has ever accepted me, ... So I never felt connected or attached to any race specifically. I had a very American upbringing, I feel American, and I don't speak Spanish. So, to say that I'm a Latin actress, OK, but it's not fitting; it would be insincere."

I feel sorry for her.