(Clip starts at 1:28) "Ca…Can we start, I mean, this country was fuh-founded, you know…people trying to separate cha-church and state." Jesus man, you've been watching too much Sarah Palin lately.
Also, Ashton, you and Demi need to take a break from politics. Although we're sure in reality you are very sober, rational minded people, there is less than a .00001 contingent of the population that votes for whoever Kelso tells them to.
It's funny that some people (read: CNN) are still falling for the classic "Obama is the Antichrist" gag, when it's so obvious that another liberal mouthpiece is clearly going to take that cake. Bill Maher's new film, Religulous, is already getting some heated pre-Oscar buzz going, while setting Maher up to be the new golden idol for people who are done with worshiping. CONTINUED »
Ben Stein's Expelled isn't the only ridiculous movie attached to an even more ridiculous publicity campaign.
Bill Maher, the HBO host who still allows Arianna Huffington on the show, teamed with Borat director Larry Charles for Religulous, named after, of course, the combination of "religion" and "ridiculous." The documentary, dubbed "the nonfiction film about the greatest fiction ever told," focuses on various religious sects, "including Jews for Jesus, Muslims, polygamists, Satanists, Hasidic Scholars and even Rael of the Raelian Movement."
And though you'll have to wait until October to catch the film in theatres, if the religious right lets it even get that far, Maher & Co. have already set up a website to push their agenda. It's Disbeliefnet.com, a simple and clever take on the surprisingly valuable Beliefnet.com, which is now owned by News Corp., that you can troll for the next few months learning about exciting groups like the Neturei Karta, "an anti-Zionist sect of Orthodox Judaism that denounces the Israeli government as heretics for its efforts to obtain and secure a sovereign state before the return of the Messiah." CONTINUED »
Don't you just hate it when you start dating someone, only then they turn out to be a psycho hose beast, so you cut this person loose and then, suddenly, it's like they're running off to every magazine they can find (seriously, Vibe??) and telling everyone what an insensitive Islamic fundamentalist you are? Weirdly, the exact same thing is happening to Bill Maher right now with his ex, jilted video ho impresario Karrine Steffans!
DON'T mess with Karrine "Superhead" Steffans. The former girlfriend of television pundit Bill Maher spits fire at her ex in next month's Vibe. She says, "Bill wants someone he can put down in an argument, tell you how ghetto you are, how big your butt is, and that you're an idiot. That's why you never see him with a white girl or an intellectual. I might as well have been a Muslim woman with my head wrapped, walking 10 paces behind my man. [But] I couldn't be 'Bill Maher's girlfriend' any more - not when I'm Karrine Steffans . . . best-selling author."
When watching this clip of Bill Maher ejecting some crazy protesters from the set of Politically Incorrect whatever his HBO show is called, we can't decide which part was our favorite. The incensed Maher yelling, "Hey do we have some fucking security?" and "Is is that hard to throw somebody out of a building?" are both strong early contenders, but those gems are quickly usurped by the ensuing, "Or do I have to kick this guy's ass outta here?"
• American Idol judge Paula Abdul slips, falls flat on her face and breaks her schnozz. Before you laugh, remeber: this could happen to you. Or at least to those of you who imbibe.
• Bill Maher to homosexuals: "Forget civil rights, just make gayness a religion. I mean, you're kneeling anyway."
• Al Gore is, was and always will be sexy. (And boring).
• Fugs & Jugs are back on again! Apparently she missed his shaggy hair and maudlin guitar music while he couldn't stay away from her giant flotation devices.
• CNN: "New pill aims to stop women's periods." Which would kind of put a damper on that whole sexual reproduction thing.
• David Beckham tears ligaments in his knee, inspires flurry of "Beckham can no longer bend it" jokes.
• And while the extent of Beckham's ligament damage is still unknown, David will undoubtedly be relieved to hear that his injury woes will in no way ruin his wife's upcoming reality show prospects.
• And in less interesting celebrity injuries, Will Smith has "non life-threatening" shoulder surgery.
• Whiny Columbia seniors: "We spent 40K on an Ivy League education, and the best graduation speaker you could find was Matthew Fox?"
• Bill Maher wishes VP Dick Cheney would just die already. And suddenly, things are looking up for Ann Coulter.
• K-Fed keeps Britney in the custody game by likewise shaving his head, then ditching the kiddies to party all night in Vegas.
• Why should Kanye West settle for the local Indian take-out joint, when he could just as easily fly in a real, live Indian chef for $4,000 (plus travel and accommodations costs)?
• Ousting of LAT's older publisher and editor seems the perfect time for incoming publisher David Hiller to pen an Op-Ed piece on Donald Rumsfeld.
• Keith Olbermann viewership up on MSNBC, YouTube.
• CNN didn't re-air Bill Maher's Larry King Live outing because legal is a bunch of bitches.
• Women's Wear expands on the information we already told you about last week about GQ's Men of the Year: Looks like Leo DiCaprio also makes the list.
• Gannett joins the Tribune bid gang bang.
• Daryn Kagan sought inspiration, created vlog, avoided religion debate.
• Anderson Cooper visit to university results in gay boys oohing and typical college student newspaper article.
• If Oprah brings home a C on her report card, poor FHM probably doesn't stand a chance. [Ad Age]
• The Washington Post gives their comments right back. [Romenesko]
• Bill Maher waxes on his three month drinking bender and the sale of Mexico. [HuffPo]
• Spin is on sale. Get it now, and save $37 million off the original price. [Folio]
• Who knew the media world could get so exciting in Illinois? We didn't even know those U of I kids stayed sober long enough to put together a newspaper. [Fishbowl, NY]
• Teenagers are taking over the world. You know, in case the end of the world due to melting glaciers wasn't "realistic grounds" enough to induce your next panic attack. [Business Week]
• The Island producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald are blaming the movie's title (named after something that doesn't even exist in the film) and its stars Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor for the $120 million flop. They say lesser TV actors couldn't secured a bigger draw. Like, Katie Holmes?
• Bill Maher is falling for Niche Media's Jason Binn, now that the actor is penning a column for Binn's Gotham magazine. We're hoping that won't mean Fabian Basabe loses his page.
• HBO isn't letting its favorite franchise die early. Instead of the planned series finale next year, The Sopranos was signed for an extra eight episodes to air after the sixth season's sign-off.
• It's been only a few days since Eddie Murphy's wife Nicole filed for divorce and already he's on the prowl for a new fling. Perhaps his behavior has something to do with their "irreconcilable differences."
• Kimberly Stewart, who called Jennifer Anistion "homely" and not "gorgeous or anything" is trying to make good, sending flowers and an apology to the broken-hearted actress. Kimberly, Kimberly, Kimberly, now what did we say about throwing stones?
• Nicole Richie and producer Andrew Shaifer are trying to dodge Paris Hilton by moving the premiere date of their Kids In America to October 21, away from Paris' Pledge This November 4 debut date.
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