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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: “I always believe it’s very unlikely that lightning will strike twice. I believe it’s very unlikely that we will win because I made such a jackass out of myself last time. Although there might be some curiosity about what I might do.”
Wanker par excellence James Cameron tells Empire magazine that whether or not he wins Best Picture for Avatar, it’s still all about him.
And his titanic ego.
BLATHER: 1) “When I was a working man I didn’t want to go to a concert for some bastard to talk down to me that I should be thinking of some kid in Africa. I’m sorry mate, do it yourself, spend some of your own money and get it done.”
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson is tired of Bono and Bob Geldof and their public posturing over charity work, and suggests they pay up and shut up.
2) “There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can’t think of one at the moment ... Had Bono looked closely at Malawi he would have seen an earlier incarnation of his own Ireland. Both countries were characterized for centuries by famine, religious strife, infighting, unruly families, hubristic clan chiefs, malnutrition, failed crops, ancient orthodoxies, dental problems and fickle weather. Malawi had a similar sense of grievance, was also colonized by absentee British landlords and was priest-ridden, too.”
Paul Theroux (in The New York Times) is likewise unimpressed by Bono.
3) “A------.”
What Mel Gibson called TV reporter Dean Richards after Richards asked about Gibson’s past problems with alcohol and hysterical anti-semitic rants.
4) In a text message to KTLA’s Sam Rubin Wednesday, Gibson
claimed he called his publicist, and not Richards, an “a------” because he was making faces at him off camera.
Mel Gibson defends himself by saying he was calling someone else an a------.
Isn’t this fun?
5) “I don’t regret anything. With hindsight it’s easy to look back at Batman and Robin and go, ‘Woah! That was really s---, and I was really bad in it.’ ”
George Clooney is not worried by the fact that Batman and Robin was voted Worse Movie Ever by readers of Empire magazine. In second place was Battlefield Earth, with Love Guru in third spot. Take a bow, people.
DRIVEL: 1) “You get to a point where you’re living to work, not working to live. I want to try and enjoy the benefits of what I’ve worked so hard to achieve.”
That workaholic Sienna Miller tells Stylist magazine how she’s been slaving away at the herculean task of memorizing lines. By heart and everything.
2) “At the end of the day, who are we hurting? Oh, ‘the new black’? Since Barack is President blacks don’t like fur coats, red leather and fried chicken any more? When you truly understand cultural settings, boundaries, and our modern day caste systems, then you can feel the glory and pain from the days of kings in Africa to the new kings of the media.”
Kanye West responds to criticism from PETA over his fur coat.
3) “It didn’t hurt in the slightest. The whole time my mind was focused in each contraction on the thought, ‘My baby is closer to coming out.’ ”
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is taller and prettier than you, everyone likes her better, and when she gave birth, it was painless. Anything else you’d like to know?
4) “Tiger Woods’ problems come from him being married. The end. If Tiger Woods was single and he texted a girl and said, ‘I wanna wear your a-- like a hat’, why would that ever hit the news?”
John Mayer (in The Independent) says Tiger Woods should have just bought himself a new hat. We might have that wrong.
5) “She was looking at me almost like a zoo animal. It wasn’t like I was her daughter anymore. She was looking at me like I was a circus freak.”
Circus freak Heidi Montag describes her mother’s reaction to her recent plastic surgery-a-thon.
CELEBRITY HALLUCINATIONS: P. Diddy Combs intends to found a school where leaders can be nurtured and where he can be a good role model for children.
“I want to have an academy that’s known for building leaders. I feel that’s one of the things I can have an impact on. I want to take on more responsibility. I’m still honestly in search of how I can have the most positive effect that I can have.”
We could help with that.
CELEBRITY BUST-UPS: There are reports that Madonna and Jesus are no longer romantically involved, with “lack of mutual interests” offered as the reason why the two have gone their separate ways. “I have socks older than him,” is something Madonna never said. But she could have.
CELEBRITY COMEUPPANCE: This year’s 2010 Golden Raspberry Award nominations for worst in film have been announced. The worst actor nominees are the Jonas Brothers, Steve Martin, Will Ferrell, Eddie Murphy and John Travolta. The worst actress honours go to Sandra Bullock, Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox, Beyonce and Sarah Jessica Parker.
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