Ah, something I can totally get behind: this movie and the pics from the Cannes photocall. And also, Rachel McAdams‘ backside. I could get behind that, too. I mean, I don’t have the equipment to really do anything back there and I wouldn’t even if I did, ’cause I don’t go that way, but since I just adore her so much I’d probably at least sniff her hair a few times. I know that probably sounds pretty weird, but I’m one of those smell-oriented people who relates pretty much every major event (and even non-major ones) to a certain scent.

Another thing I could get behind? Adrien Brody‘s massive hands. I’ve got this thing about big hands, and getting behind those of Adrien Brody’s? Sweet mother of cornbread. I’d die a fulfilled and whole girl.

… Because it looks like the eighth season will be the last. For real this time. Here’s what the amazing Hugh Laurie had to say:

“The end of that season, right now looks like the end of the show. Well, that’s as far as they’ve got me for. I never thought this would last seven years, just two weeks I thought. I get tired of getting up at four in the morning. Some days are harder than others.”

What with Hugh’s waning interest and Robert Sean Leonard’s yearning for Broadway, it feels appropriate that this upcoming season is the end.  That way, Hugh can focus on making beautiful music, Olivia Wilde can focus on being hot, and the rest of the cast can follow their dreams.  It’s a win-win.

Also, I haven’t been able to watch anything past the first episode of this current season.  As much as it pains me to say, House just seems to have gone so far downhill since about midway through the sixth season or so.  Am I wrong, have magical things been happening that I’ve been missing? Because based on nothing but intuition and reviews, I feel like that little clip above has been the best moment of the season. Let me know what you guys think, ok?

This is Frank Sorrentino. You might find his charming demeanor and touching way with words familiar – you should, because he passed those gifts right along to his son, The Situation.  As far as I can tell, here’s what happened:  The Situation’s dad was in a tight spot with money, he asked his surprisingly successful son for some help, and The Situation told him “go be like a regular fuckin’ Joe Blow and go on welfare.”  And then The Situation’s dad decided to make a website and a YouTube channel to talk mad shit about his son and his son’s friends.

So far, Frank has predicted that Italy will shun the heathens, revealed that in his pre-Shore days The Situation got a blow job from some lady at work and then tried to sue the company for sexual harassment, and called Ronnie a “fuckin’ fag” for crying over Sammi and Snooki a “4’11″ piece of shit.”

The moral of the story is that the totally classless yet somehow entertaining apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

I don’t know what’s going on where y’all live, but here in LA, everywhere you look there’s a new billboard up warning everyone against the “end of the world” and that it’s supposedly going to happen on May 21st. That’s in less than a couple weeks, you guys!

The always informed, totally current ladies of The View decided to discuss these ads, which were put out by a Christian Evangelical group, and per usual, they had a ton of nothing to say.

Since the apocalypse is supposed to begin with the return of Christ and end five months later after all of his non-believers have spent 5 months with their lives in shambles, that God-loving Sherri Shepherd had the most to say. She told the group that while she does believe Christ will return, there’s probably no way to guess the date. This isn’t say, logic or reasoning on her part, it’s because last time she thought Christ was going to come back, she put herself in a mountain of credit card debt and was disappointed upon realizing that she had to pay it off.

The rest of them? Barbara stayed neutral as she always does, Elisabeth says she’s going camping, and Joy said she’s panicked about having nothing to wear. Whoopi? She was probably off somewhere polishing off a flask of the hard stuff so she can function around these lunatics.

Where do I stand on this? I’m prepared for just about anything, so if we experienced nuclear fallout (which seems more likely to me than Christ “coming back”) I’d either survive or figure out a way to die as comfortably as possible, but I dunno if this is something to burn a lot of energy on. Or advertising dollars.

Lady Gaga has decided to take a new approach to releasing the rest of the tracks on Born This Way… She’s debuting them on FarmVille. Yes, like that Facebook game FarmVille. Sounds pretty ridick, but considering that Lady Gaga has more Facebook fans than anyone and FarmVille has 63,000,000 monthly users, it makes ridiculous amounts of sense to marry the two.

From GagaDaily:

On May 17th, Lady Gaga and Zynga will unveil GagaVille, a farm within FarmVille, which will showcase Lady Gaga’s themes from the album, such as crystals, unicorns and motorcycles. From May 17th to 19th, players can complete tasks to unlock and stream a new unreleased song per day.

Lady Gaga said: “I want to celebrate and share Born This Way with my little monsters in a special way that’s never been done before… Zynga has created a magical place in FarmVille where my fans can come play and be the first to listen to the album.”

Yeah, Gaga! You keep all of those outcasts you’re always singing about right behind the computer screen where they belong!

Are you going to play GagaVille or are you going to do something that doesn’t make you want to shoot yourself in the face?

Well, thank God for the people at Out Magazine who finally asked the question I’ve been wanting to ask Nicki Minaj since I first heard her collab with Eminem on Pink Friday: “When Pink Friday came out last fall, a lot of people were upset about Eminem’s use of the word “faggot” on your track ‘Roman’s Revenge.’ What’s your take on it?”

I mean, THANK YOU! I can’t tell you how upset I was that Eminem isn’t done (violently) gay-bashing in his songs (even though he says he’s pro-gay marriage,) but I don’t know how Nicki, who is rumored to be bisexual and has a very large gay fan base, allowed a track to be on her album with that kind of language.

Here’s what Nicki had to say:

“You know, if I’m being honest, I didn’t like [him using it]. I spoke to everyone I knew about it. I spoke to my hairdresser, who’s one of my closest friends. I sat him down and said, “Terrence, what do you think about this? How does this make you feel?” And we had a long, long talk. And he said he didn’t feel like Eminem was talking about a gay person. He felt like it was a word being used to describe a straight man, and he didn’t take offense to it. It’s Eminem — I felt like we were creating a movie. And in the same way, I feel like if you were to watch your favorite actor or actress say “faggot” or say “nigger” in a movie, you don’t hate them because it’s like they’re playing a role. “Roman’s Revenge” was more like a theatrical piece. I was a character and [Eminem] was a character. This was Slim Shady and Roman. Of course, when it comes to creativity, there’s such a thin line between creativity and something being offensive. But one thing I knew for sure was that my gay fan base knows about how I feel about them, and I’ve embraced them from the beginning — since my mix-tape days. [Reaching out to gay fans wasn't something I did] once I came into pop culture just to try and get some extra fans. So I felt like the positive would outweigh the negative, and we just kept moving with that”

I don’t think it’s fair to say that Terrance, Nicki’s gay hairdresser, has the final words on all things gay, but I will kinda sorta accept this answer. Both rappers are very theatrical in their verses, and both utilize a whole range of characters. And the entire song is told from the perspective of “Roman,” Nicki’s most angry and vicious character, who just so happens to be gay. Or so she says.

I dunno. I’m not thrilled, but I’ll take it. Where do you guys stand on this?