You may have caught this extremely emotional clip by now, but it’s absolutely deserving of it’s own post. Yesterday in Haiti, where thousands of People are currently without food and shelter due to the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country last week, CNN reporter Anderson Cooper made headlines for his bravery. A store was being looted and things quickly escalated in to violence. Anderson saw a young boy get hit with something causing massive amounts of bleeding, and ran over to aid him. When the video picks up (and this is very difficult to watch, so let me warn you of that before you click), Anderson is dragging the boy over to a safer area. The two stand there stunned for a moment. Anderson was clearly acting on impulse when he saved the boy from harm’s way, and the boy… well, it’s quite clear why he’s confused. Anderson keeps it together and proceeds to comfort the boy while looking around for help and ultimately walking him away from the cameras.
What will get you about this video, if it’s not the general sadness of the situation, is when you recognize the panic in Anderson’s face. His gut clearly took over and helped him do the right thing. When he realized what was going on, the intensity of the situation seemed the blow him away and you can see that in his face and hear it in his voice. It truly is amazing how most humans have the instinctual desire to help other human’s survive. Seeing video like this reminds you that you may not have the cash to donate or the time to take off work to help in Haiti, but if what’s going on down there was happening in front of your face, you’d have no choice but to help.
The guy who once played Kenickie in Grease, or whom you may know from his more recent stint on Celebrity Rehab, fell in his LA home yesterday leaving him injured. Jeff Conaway’s fall left him with a broken hip, a broken arm, a fractured neck and a brain hemorrhage. Pretty serious stuff for a man already in poor health.
The news of the fall was confirmed to People by Jeff’s girlfriend, Vikki Lizzi. Anyone who watched that season of Celebrity Rehab will never forget their tumultuous relationship and their weird connection over drugs/Jeff’s failing health. According to People, he was also on Celebrity Fit Club back in 2006, but had to leave due to drug relapse. I didn’t manage to catch that, but if it was anything like Celebrity Rehab (but with more drugs!) than I’m sure it was an insane television viewing experience.
The sad thing is, Jeff has been addicted to drugs for so long, that it’s unlikely he’d be able to kick his addictions before he dies. That’s compounded by the fact that he lives with someone who encourages his addiction in a very backhanded way (Vikki was called out by Dr. Drew on Celeb Rehab as a bad influence in Jeff’s life after showing up during visitation hours with pills on her person that were supposedly meant for her own consumption.) In a weird way, Jeff and Vikki remind you what that couple you know who has a sicko needy relationship could turn out to be if they were wealthier and more morally lax. It’s amazing how far some people can pull each other down for “love”, huh?
(If you’re unfamiliar with the pair, check out this video they made a couple years ago. Jeff and Vikki attempted to capitalize on their Celebrity Rehab fame by posting this video of Jeff shooting the actor who played Eddie Munster in the leg. The video turned out to be a fake made to promote Jeff and Vikki’s album, but you get a good idea of how they “really are” from it, anyway.)
But she and on-again beau Justin Long were spotted spending a rainy MLK day together in Los Angeles, heading to lunch in all their indie glory. Not gonna lie, though — I’m digging Drew’s shades. They’re kind of similar to the shades that Natalie sports on Bad Girls Club, and Natalie way sucks and I think the glasses make her look like a tool, but on Drew I actually have a different opinion. They’re cute. I like you, Drew Barrymore, even if I do continue to get tips that you still do too much blow.
You know, in all this hype about Jersey Shore, I’ve completely forgotten about The Hills. So has the rest of the country, it turns out, as the Kristin Cavallari-helmed former reality juggernaut continues to slide in the ratings. Jersey Shore beat The Hills in the ratings last week, and no one could be happier about that than Lauren Conrad, who jumped off the sinking ship last season, leaving her nemeses there to drown. I’m telling you — that’s a bright girl there, that Lauren Conrad.
Lauren Conrad’s favorite MTV reality show isn’t The Hills — it’s Jersey Shore! “I love it!” Conrad told UsMagazine.com at the Kari Feinstein Golden Globes Style Lounge at Zune L.A. Saturday.
“We had a double episode last night and it was the highlight of my week. It was awesome,” Conrad, 23, enthused of MTV’s latest hit, which is gaining in the the ratings as The Hills continues to slide. “I actually haven’t seen it since I left [in spring 2009],” Conrad told Us of The Hills.
Of Jersey Shore’s colorful cast, Conrad singles out Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino. “I have a love-hate [relationship] with The Situation,” she admitted. “I’m like, ‘you are not that cool but then I am like, ‘Uuugh you are so entertaining!’ I really like JWoww just because she can throw a punch.”
Oooh, JWoww is my favorite, too! And then Snooki next. I really think the three of us would be fantastic friends. And then we could hang out with Lauren Conrad and it would be a foursome. OH THAT IS SUCH A GOOD PLAN.
Sometimes you just love somebody so much that you literally have to go on E! to bid a tearful videotaped farewell to her and then publicly blame her death on Tila Tequila. Which is exactly what Courtenay Semel did this week. Casey was literally her other half (how would that actually work, in a literal sense?) and she will never — probably — be with anyone else ever again. For the rest of her life. Ever. She will love Casey literally forever and ever. Literally. In the literal sense. Forever and ever. Not even figuratively you guys.
How can vapidity shine so brightly through grief?
Courtenay also mentions that she’s sorry she ever brought Tila Tequila into their world, “because she destroyed it.” You’ll recall, of course, that after a stormy and violent and drug-riddled relationship with Casey Johnson, which, I believe, involved one of them setting the other’s hair on fire, Courtenay started dating Tila Tequila. And then they broke up and Tila started dating Casey. And now Courtenay is on E! talking about Casey’s drug-related death and Tila’s blame in that, because obviously everyone was totally sober back when they were setting each other’s hair on fire and beating each other up, and Casey, at age 30, could never be expected to be responsible for her own physical well-being and/or sobriety.
So, ya know, this whole thing is totally insane, and it makes me super happy that I am neither rich nor famous.
NY Post ‘PopWrap’ writer Jarett Wieselman made quite the accusation in a post today about Bill Paxton’s reaction to Michael C. Hall’s Best Actor win at last night’s Golden Globes.
One of The Golden Globes most memorable moments was Michael C. Hall‘s victory in the Best Actor, TV Series Drama category for his wonderful work on “Dexter.” Not only was this win long overdue, but the timing was even sweeter following last week’s admission that Michael’s been receiving treatment for Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
However, at least one person in the Shrine Auditorium might have felt that sympathy factored in to Michael’s win, his category rival, Bill Paxton. I’m no lip reader, but it looks suspiciously like the “Big Love” loser says something about “the cancer card” when the camera cuts to him during Michael’s walk to the podium.
This was one of the few moments I did catch live last night, and I did not notice any such comment being said. However, it does not surprise me in the least that someone’s wondering aloud in the newspaper if that’s what happened. The clip that accompanied the PopWrap piece was pulled down due to copyright infringement, so I can’t catch a second look, but do we have to even talk about this? If Bill Paxton really did say that, then why can’t we just let him be an asshole? It’s much more upsetting for Michael C. Hall to know that one of his peers said that about him than it is for us to know that we can trust the guy who plays Bill Hendrickson on TV.
UPDATE: If you want to check out the clip, here it is:
I would like to tell you that the term “retard” is very offensive to me. I am not offended because I ASSUME it would offend someone who has mental retardation. I am offened on how the word came to...
I am not offended that Rosie has a fear or anxiety of LP. I feel that when someone knows very little about things and or people they tend to be anxious. Think about it if you had never been around someone...
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