|
 Andy
Serkis, no SAG nor Oscar supporting actor nomination for you!
|
Never
mind that he put in more work for his role as Gollum in The
Two Towers than the five "traditional" actors nominated
did for their roles, combined. And yes, Lord knows Ed Harris and
Christopher Walken are in desperate need of more work and recognition.
Pompous, circle-jerking bastards. |
| The
Rolling Stones make a guest appearance on the 14th season premiere
of The Simpsons |
The sad thing is, the Rolling Stones weren't even remotely cool
ten years ago, either, when The Simpsons was last funny.
|
| David
Pajo (ex-Slint, ex-Tortoise) is now playing guitar in Billy Corgan's
new band, Zwan |
Maybe
we can all chip in and buy him a T-shirt that says, "I was
in two of the most influential indie bands of the '90s, and all
I got was this lousy rhythm guitar slot in Billy Corgan's vanity
project." |
The
unending proliferation of dull, boring, visually identical Klasky
Csupo cartoons on Nickelodeon
|
From Rugrats
to As Told By Ginger to Rocket Power to The
Wild Thornberrys, good luck trying to tell one from the
other without a scorecard. Is it really that difficult to draw
people slightly differently in different shows?
Not to mention that Rocket Power may be the lamest cartoon
ever conceived. Can this really be the studio that produced
The Simpsons (originally) and Duckman?
|
| Kelly
Clarkson and Justin Guarini still haven't disappeared |
Counting
the days until they go the way of Sam Harris. |
| The
Grammys' continuing ability to further deepen its own irrelevancy |
Two glaring examples:
- (1) "Best Female Pop Vocal Performance" includes Britney
Spears and Pink. If filling out five slots requires you to make
either of those selections, shouldn't you just dump the category?
And how is Avril Lavigne both "Rock" and "Pop"?
- (2) "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance": "Slow
Burn," David Bowie; "45," Elvis Costello; "The
Barry Williams Show," Peter Gabriel; "Darkness, Darkness,"
Robert Plant. Okay, hands up everyone who knew any of these dinosaurs
had an album in the last 10 years, let alone one that could reasonably
be considered "rock" (not to mention worthy of praise)?
At that rate, they might as well nominate Bon Jovi, just for being
old and not particularly good. Oh wait, they did.
Cumulative nominations for: The White Stripes, The Hives, Jimmy
Eat World and Badly Drawn Boy (all of whom at least got airplay):
Zero.
Cumulative nominations for: Nickelback, Creed, Aerosmith and Bon
Jovi: Too many to count.
You do the math. |
