Monday, February 26, 2007

It is hard out here

Lex would like to thank the Academy, his agent, his manager, his publicist and a whole lot of other people nobody else cares about, Torn Slatterns and Nugget Ranchers

Peter O’Toole was denied an Oscar on his eighth nomination. I’m starting to think it wasn’t a good move politically, the year he lost his third nomination, when O’Toole got drunk, donned a penis suit and ran out on stage singing; “All of me, why not take all of me?”

I don’t want to say British actor Peter O’Toole is bitter about not getting an Oscar on his eighth nomination, but today he legally changed his name to Peter O’Tooled.

The day after the Oscars is the busiest negotiating day in Hollywood. Not for film projects, it’s when agents argue with limousine owners to try and get back their deposits despite the vomit.

It was a great Oscar night for lesbians. Ellen DeGeneris did a fine job hosting, Melissa Ethridge won the Oscar for best song, and Al Gore did not announce he’d run against Hillary Clinton.  

At the Academy Awards, it was mentioned that best supporting actor nominee Mark Wahlberg has been arrested over 25 times. And here I didn’t even know Wahlberg played for the Bengals.

So is Jack Nicholson Britney’s father?

Is it just me or does anyone else think it is just shameful how the Academy snubbed “Deuce Bigalow: European Gigilo”?

Is it just me or does it seem like Hollywood has a crush on Al Gore? If they like Al so much why don’t they marry him and have like a million of his babies?

When is the Academy going to learn we do not care about any – and I mean any – of the technical crap awards? We don’t really care about the producer either. Just give us the best movie, best actor, best actress, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best song, and that’s about it. With more from the host and better bits.  

The whole thing should be over in one hour. They can do the mutual masturbation awards on their own time. And they can have a separate show for thanking all the people we don’t care about. Instead just give one great story.  

Since you asked:
The “Sports Illustrated” cover jinx is alive and well. The Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella and slugger Alfonso Soriano were on the cover Thursday and today the Cubs were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs.

France has decided to support Palatines militant group Hamas and their leader Abbas. Unless Abbas and Hamas encompass an impasse than, alas, for Paris, it is no mas, ne’st pas?

Barry Bonds has refused to cooperate in a baseball steroid investigation headed my former Senate Majority leader George Mitchell. How big an ego do you have to have to refuse a former Senate majority leader? If Bonds isn’t careful, he could be accused of getting a big head.