Quotables: Steve Martin — and His Banjo — Win Big
Sep 30, 2011 at 03:30 pm by Jenn

Photo: Steve Martin accepts his International Bluegrass award.

“I want to thank all the other nominees. For losing.”

—Steve Martin, on his IBMA Entertainer of the Year win.

Congratulations are in order for Steve Martin! The banjo-pickin’ comedian sure must feel validated: last night, Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers were named Entertainer of the Year, the top award bestowed at the annual International Bluegrass Music Awards.

In 2007, performing with freaking Bela Fleck:

Celebrity Tweets of the Day: LA Is Weird Edition
Jul 16, 2011 at 06:30 am by Jenn

I noticed that on Fridayish a lot of celebrities tweeted about something called “Carmageddon,” and I thought it was so weird that a 1997 computer game was suddenly getting this much visibility. So I googled for answers. Turns out the LAPD actually asked celebrities to go on Twitter and announce that the 405 Freeway will be closed all weekend. Yawn.

Speaking of the freeway, this is not Kathy Griffin‘s best look:

Got mah hair did. Ladies, try hangin ur head on the window goin 55MPH

However, this is a very good look for Ricky Gervais:

Gervais, who is too lazy to tweet, sent me this pic of his obscene new toy

In spite of his technical difficulties, I still say Steve Martin is the only old man who should be allowed on Twitter:

Much as I enjoy Sarah Silverman, that was a mysterious retweet off my iPad

As for Sarah Silverman, she is so right about this next thing. She should be a theater critic!

Yeah ok great acting sometimes involves spit strings

I think Yoko Ono is trying to get all existential and meta:

Is anything lopsided in your room? Would you like more lopsided things?

(I read that and snorted, and then I looked up and stared at my off-kilter lampshade, which is always and irretrievably off-kilter, and then I sloooowly realized that maybe Yoko Ono wants me to tilt my entire living room to match my one lampshade.)

Rob Schneider hasn’t made a good movie in ages—or ever?—but his career could be worse. He definitely has his priorities straight:

Happiness is not being on Celebrity Rehab!

P.S. Jerry Seinfeld just joined Twitter. Should we tell him about Google+? Or should we let him wait five years?