Oh Carmen…
A so-called “Carmen Electra Sex Tape” was ‘leaked’ not too long ago all over the colorful easel of controversy, the internet. When word of the ‘tape’ spread, I’m sure a glutton of anticipation filled the minds of men and young boys everywhere. However, these poor boys minds were shot with a bullet of disappointment (or maybe not) when it became clear that this “sex tape” wasn’t of the likes of Electra’s fellow playboy pals, i.e. Pam Anderson and Kim Kardashian. Although the video sneaks in a little ‘girl on girl’ action and a drunken strip tease, the behavior depicted in the video isn’t exactly shocking coming from a Electra, or nowadays, anyone. In fact the real controversy over the tape is trying to describe what it actually is. The answer- it’s not much of anything. Yes, that’s right. No nudity, no actual sex, and a controlled leak to gain publicity.
As we are all well aware, Electra’s so called “career” hasn’t exactly been stellar of late (or ever). With her only gigs being minor acting roles in cheap, meaningless spoof movies, it’s quite obvious that Electra was in need of some good ol’ fashion exposure. And of course, there is no better exposure than a sex-tape, or at least an attempt at one. Apparently for Electra, any publicity really is good publicity.
Unfortunately for her, this staged ‘tease tape’ didn’t quite spark the publics attention like i’m sure she hoped it would. It seems that this home video tape is just too inconsistent with the type of tapes the public has grown use to in recent years. C’mon Carmen, it’s all or nothing!
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The Ban is On!
Is he just too gay for ABC? Apparently, he is. Immediately after his American Music Awards performance, ABC cancelled his next scheduled performance with ABC on Good Moning America. Their statment: given his controversial American Music Awards performance, we were concerned about airing a similar concert so early in the morning.
Many people thought this might have just been a rash decision based on an immediate frenzie that would eventually die off. However, that’s not the case. Now it has been reported that ABC has kept their promise of a ban and canceled Lamberts schedueled appearances on Jimmy Kimmel Live AND Dick Clarks Rockin’ New Years Eve.
Lambert is coming to the defense and saying not to blame ABC, but the FCC. Or maybe just a little of both? Either way, this is a BIG decision for ABC to make, considering the amount of viewers that would be sure to tune in to catch a few more of his antics.
Still, I can understand ABC’s decision to ban Adam. In this economic time, networks must do what they have to do to keep their advertisers. After all, they pay the bills.
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Tiger Made a Boo-Boo
Ten years ago, golf superstar Tiger Woods may not have had as hard of a time keeping his personal life private. There was no TMZ.com, the mainstream media largely ignored celebrity gossip and celebrities only had to worry about professional paparazzi catching them in compromising positions. It also wasn’t as easy to keep permanent records of private conversations.
But these days, scandals unfold in seconds and minutes instead of hours and days, and every voice mail, text message, e-mail, instant message or Facebook photo could be incriminating evidence. The problem is even worse for celebrities such as Woods, who often encounter people with cell phones who can instantly shoot and upload photos and videos of him to the Internet.
Those realities mean that despite Woods’ stated desire to protect his privacy in “matters that are intimate and within one’s own family,” being able to do so may be nearly impossible in the age of Twitter, instant media updates and cell-phone cameras.
So should we feel bad for Tiger, as he really does find it impossible to live normally and peacefully. Or should we make him the enemy and exploit him for all he’s worth?
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The ‘Wild Idol’ Shocks LA
Adam Lambert's debut album cover
On October 30, 2009, the cover art of AI runner-up, Adam Lambert, was revealed to the public. The photo immediately stirred up controversy. The picture defitely illustrates Lambert’s ‘glam rock’ image as he sports over-the-top makeup and hige blue hair. On his hand a ‘Madonna-esque’ glove, earings, and the background looks like outer-space. Yet, no matter if you love-it or hate-it, Adam has accomplished his goal: everyone’s talking about it.
However this isn’t the last time Lambert will shock the world. At this years American Music Awards, Adam Lambert made his debut performance with his new sinlgle “For Your Entertainment” and caused an even greater stirr. Make no mistake that Adam Lambert wishes to make a statement and rub his sexuality in your face. Lambert aimed for the kind of controversy Britney Spears and Madonna are known for mustering up, which left the audience at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre and millions of viewers completely stunned. Lambert definitely delivered on his promise of a “sexy” performance as he closed the live show with simulated oral sex from a male backup dancer, a brief make-out session with his male keyboardist and a giant mirrored prop so the audience could see the looks on their own shocked faces.
Controversy aside, the real question that still puzzles me is: what kind of fans will Lambert genrate? Yes, he has the gay vote, but even some gays are finding his behavior demeaning and too stereotypical. I would probably say that you could leave the middle-America crowd out of his fan base. So who are these millions of people that are going to buy his albums and buy tickets to see him in concert? I guess if he did it on American Idol he can do it again.
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I’d Rather Go Naked Than…
Christian Serratos for PETA
…fade into obscurity? For years, PETA (people for ethical treatment of animals) has been plastering the nation with anti-fur campaigns. The slogan: ”I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur”. This might have been a more effective ‘protest’ if people weren’t so sick of PETA sexing up everything it does. Yes, we understand the message that PETA is trying to convey, but we don’t understand how it translates. How does looking at celebrities (one of the few types of people who can afford fur) naked supposed to make the average person (average meaning someone who can’t afford fur) go anti-fur.I would say these campaigns do a few things: entertain men, make women feel insecure (don’t get me started on the photoshop), and definitely make us think about everything but not wearing fur.
When PETA first started these campaigns they seemed to be at least a little more appealing with well-known supermodels-Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell. But in the past few years, PETA has turned to our more “D-List” celebrities to sell their message: Khloe Kardashian, Holly Madison, and the latest, Christian Serratos. The whole think makes me wonder, anti-fur? Or, a “kill two birds with one stone” publicity stunt?
Take this new PETA campaign featuring Christian Serratos of Twilight. The ad was released at the height of Twilight’s promotional campaign, and the font and woodland setting are as close to New Moon’s official artwork as Peta could possibly get away with. What was that about fur?
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Lately, I’ve been noticing that my favorite TV shows are trying much too hard to “relate” to their viewers. It’s become the latest craze for writers to shift the direction of their series and create some sort of financial hardship for the characters (to reflect the current economic situation in the US). Even one of my favorite dramas, Grey’s Anatomy, is a culprit of this appealing movement. For example, in the beginning of this season a huge change in plot occurred when two hospitals had to merge toegether in order to save money. Now, with the merger, hundreds of nurses, doctors, and other hospital staff are watching their every move as they live in fear of being laid off. Funny, that a show which depicts an extremely unrealistic hospital full of gorgeous doctors whom all sleep together and live in one big fantasy world, all the sudden feels the need to “get real”. Dont get me wrong, I love watching beautiful seurgons partaking in scandalous affairs, after all, that’s the whole reason I watch the show in the first place. However, I do not tune in every week for another reminder of how scary our economy is and how badly it’s effecting our lives. I don’t want to be worried about my favorite characters losing their jobs, just like I don’t want to have to worry about myself losing my job.
My point is, the whole reason people watch television is for entertainment. People need entereainment to escape from their everyday lives and live vicariously through their favorite real or fictional characters. But watching my favorite chracters go through something that I hear, see, feel and read about everyday in the news, isn’t my idea of an escape. So to all of the network executives out there looking to appeal to audiences by creating a this type of storyline: please stop.
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Glee
Glee first aired in May of 2009 on FOX and after watching the pilot on the first night, I urgently recommneded it to family and friends. Now, I don’t think this show is for everyone…as it does plaster itself with ridiculous humor and cheesy music (all of which I love), but still, there is a unique charm about the show that anyone can appreciate.
Not only has Glee been critically acclaimed, but it’s now being recognized for it’s efforts to stand up for the minority. This november, Glee will be presented with a Hollywood diversity award for their portrayal of a group of teen oddballs with a passion for song and dance (the Multicultural Motion Picture Association promotes story lines, characters, and actors of all backgrounds in the Hollywood film and TV industry).
Glee cast
It was obvious after the pilot first aired that this show is trying to send a message. From race, peer pressure, stereotypes, and religion, this show pretty much covers all the basis of political issues. The musical comedy series features an array of students in an uncool high school glee club, including a boy in a wheelchair, a pregnant cheerleader, a gay student, an Asian misfit and an overweight African-American girl. But more than just your typical thematically created message, I think Glee is really proving to be a good influence on high school students especially. It’s teaching them that concentrating on what you’re good at and what you love is what’s really important. Cheesiness aside, I think this show is doing a great job of showing that there can be a balance between what’s “cool” and whats good for you, as an individual.
Please turn on you’re televisions to FOX on Wednesdays at 9 pm to witness all that is Glee!
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Balloon Boy…a bust?
On October 15, Thursday afternoon, a story broke lose that a six-year old boy supposedly flew away in a helium balloon. To be expected, as the days roll on this story becomes stranger and strager. At first, it seemed that the young boy was actually hiding in a basement because he thought he was in trouble by his parents and that he had never acutally been soaring through the sky in the balloon.
The story really started to get interesting when the Heene family appeared on CNN’s “Larry King Live” in an interview with Wolf Blizter. When Blitzer asked the young boy wheter or not he heard anyone calling his name during the search for him, the young boy responded to his parents first by saying “yes, I could hear”, then conveniently adding “you guys said that we did this for the show.” When you watch the clip, you can feel the tension stretching in the family as they try to get their story straight.
Turns out, the Heene family has a reality television past, as they recently appeared on the show “Wife Swap”. This immediately sparks suspicion.
The family has made many comments stating that this was not a set-up for media attention. However, police are taking this matter seriously and after a couple days of investigation, already piecing details together. People are truly convinced that this episode was simply a publicity stunt to expose father Heene so he could eventually self-promote his scientific theories.
What WON’T we do for a little publicity? Seems like no scenario is off limits anymore.
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The “Swine”
Lately there’s been a lot of talk about the swine flu. Yes, it’s true that each day more people are being swept by the virus. However, this virus that has sparked fear and precautions worldwide is no more dangerous than the regular flu virus that makes its rounds each year.
I blame the media and it’s never-ending need to construct fear in our society. The swine flu is essentially the same as the regular flu, with a few minor differences. But why are we speaking of it as if it’s some life-threatening disease?
Yes, I know people have died, mostly elderly and small children. Still, the number of deaths is less than the number that die by the regular flu. So why do we focus particularly on “swine”? Well, the gross name could have something to do with it. We learned MONTHS AGO that “swine” wasn’t an accurate title, so professionals carefully changed it to H1N1. Yet, people still can’t seem to get the name right. I can’t remember the last time I heard someone refer to this virus as the correct name, H1N1, instead of “swine”.
The bottom line is, the severity of the swine flu – how sick you get – is not stronger than regular seasonal flu. So, scary news briefs aside, we need to remember to do our own research before jumping to conclusions. That, and continue to religiously wash our hands!
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Letterman Confesses
On Thursday, October 1st, David Letterman announced on his show that he had been a victim of an extortion attempt that involved sexual affairs he had with female employees.
Letterman tells the whole story on The Late Show with ease and humor.
Thankfully, the affairs took place before his marriage to his long time girlfriend, (the pair have been together for two decades and have a 6-year-old son) Regina Lasko. Nevertheless, this is still a pretty humiliating situation for Letterman, as he exclaims “would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would…however I feel like I need to protect these people. I need to certainly protect my family”. Letterman didn’t need to address this issue, live, on his show at all. He could have easily left the scandal for news programs and tabloids to interpret. However, his lawyers handled the matter quickly and efficiently, which made for an easier case. I personally believe Letterman addressed his fans and viewers with honesty and class. I found it refreshing to see a celebrity fess up to a mistake, take responsibility, and then put the issue to rest.
Although there is bound to be heaps of press about the issue, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Letterman doesn’t come off as a playboy or a philanderer, so will the general public be more forgiving of his “exploits”? It also makes me wonder how being a comedian will play into the issue. A funny, goofy, average-looking white guy will surely get the sympathy vote from the American audience. I guess we will soon find out.
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