B-List Celebrities on Vh1, Part One

First off, this is our 200th post - WOO HOO!!
Secondly, I love Celebrity Rehab. Seriously, this is the best show ever. I first got addicted during the writer's strike when there was nothing else on TV. It was the series premiere of the show and Bea and I watched it together via the Internets. Between Daniel Baldwin and Brigit Neilson, I thought that there was nothing better. THEN they started the second season and threw in Gary fucking Busey. GARY BUSEY!! AND they've added another show "Celebrity Rehab: Sober Living" where the B-list celebrities leave the treatment center and enter the 'real world.'
The show comes on Sundays on Vh1 and I demand that you watch it.

Upcoming: Iron Man

Mame and I are going to blog about Iron Man. We have very strong opinions about this movie and comic book adaptations in general. And about Robert Downey Jr.* And about Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. If you know what we mean. And we think you do. It'll probably go up this weekend. Sooner if we get bored-er.


*Seriously, how is Robert Downey Jr. so awesome? Has he always been this awesome? Keep in mind, I have not seen Chaplin. It may have always been there. Or did he earn said awesome in rehab? Did the source material of Iron Man nurture his awesomeness? Is it all Stan Lee? Or was it a Christmas gift from Jon Favreau? Can we expect continued awesomeosity from him in future projects? Discuss.

Baldwin Family Crisis or Why I Didn't Major in Theology

All right. It's been awhile since you've been graced with my presence. Hopefully Bea's last post about my horrifying condition has explained why. I've got a lot of stuff written down that I need to post officially; however, today I need to write about an issue close to my heart: Stephen Baldwin.

Now let me preface this blog by explaining that although Alec and my relationship is a strong one* I am tested by his family on a semi-regular basis (note this blog about Celebrity Rehab). Recently his youngest brother, Stephen, has decided it is his place to comment on the state of Gay/Lesbian marriages and adoptions. My first reaction was to yell "FUCK YOU," but after talking with Alec** I have decided that the best place to vent my frustrations with the situation is here on my blog.

Recently Stephen called into the Howard Stern show - really the place to air your political views, especially those about gays and lesbians - and had this to say, "I don’t believe that gay marriage is in line with God’s Word, which is found in the Bible. So, what I think doesn’t matter; what I believe is what’s in the Bible and the Bible says that gay marriage is not acceptable"

Let me educate you all in case you weren't aware:
As far as my (granted limited) knowledge goes, the only place in the Bible that it discusses gays is in the Old Testament. One of the laws for the Jewish states not to "lay with another man." If you are a Christian, which I am, we believe that when Jesus Christ came and died for our sins and his disciples wrote the events of His word, we follow that Testament. It always gets to me when Christians quote the Old Testament. Rabbis and teachers of the Jewish faith have been studying and arguing about the writings of the Old Testament for centuries and here comes some new wave Christian who claims to know exactly what God meant in each passage. Anyway, that's just my view on the religious debate, but that's not the point I am trying to make with Stephen.

Here is my point to him:
Stephen, I don't think someone whose only 'main stream' movie is called Threesome and ends with a threesome of two men and a woman, should be telling anyone that Gay and Lesbian marriage is wrong.

At the latest family dinner***, Billy (the middle child) had this to say to Stephen "Well if you had a choice - if you and your wife were to die and your kids were still young, and you had a choice between your children being in foster care and potentially being physically and emotionally and sexually abused, as opposed to being adopted by a loving, healthy, caring lesbian or gay couple, what would you rather have?" He couldn't really answer, and Billy said, "Thank God Dad isn't here on this earth right now, because he would be so devastated and so horrified."
It made things a little uncomfortable, but I think he gets the point.



*Note: strong as in my love for him is strong, and he, well, just goes about his day as if I am just a "fan"
**By talking with Alec, I mean watching the latest episode of 30 Rock
***By family dinner I mean I read this on msn.com

Shameful Confessions, Part Deux

Everyone. I have something that I have to tell you. Something SHOCKING. Something SHAMEFUL. Mame and I...are addicts. ADDICTS FOR CELEBRITY REHAB. YES, *THAT* Celebrity Rehab. WAIT. DON'T GO. Let me explain!

I know you won't believe me when I say this and I certainly don't blame you, but it's really good! You'd think since it's on VH1, home of The Surreal Life and that show with Scott Baio, that it would be really trashy and exploitative and gross. And ok, it sort of is, but it's also compelling and sometimes touching and you really ROOT for these people. I totally want all of them to stop doing whatever destructive thing it is that they are doing and make better lives for themselves. Yeah, there's a little voyeuristic thrill in watching semi-famous people scrape rock bottom, but it's impossible not to feel for them and think there but for the grace, you know?

And then there's Dr. Drew. OH MY GOD. Is he HOT or what? And so...smart! And competent! He rolls his sleeves up and shows off his manly forearms! And he makes the BEST WTF? faces and also The Eyebrows of Stern Compassion and The Head Tilt of "You're Totally Lying to Me and I Will Make You Admit It, Then Forgive You." He's the greatest. Mame and I totally love and remember him from his Loveline days. Remember? He gave such good advice! (Hey, did you guys know that My Chemical Romance was totally on that show? I, um, heard that somewhere. Shut up. Never mind.) Anyway, we like him a lot.

And we LOVE the bitchy nurse, Shelly. I love her snotty little asides and how she totally intimidates even the giant Ultimate Fighter. Not so fond of the rehab counselor guy, I don't know his name, but he bugs me. We want to take Brigitte Nielson to go see the new Rambo movie and mock it. She rules! Popcorn and Raisinets are on us!

I watch the show with my mom and brother. Mame and I text during the show and call each other during commercials. It's all very unhealthy, but SO FUN. A highlight of last night was putting Mame on speaker phone so we could explain My Fair Brady to my mother. She'd never heard of it and the look of horror on her face was PRICELESS. Heheheh. Sorry Mom!