Drudge has a funny story today about anonymous industry insiders all up in arms about Chris Rock hosting the Oscars. Evidently he made some cracks about the show's demographic:
"I never watched the Oscars. Come on, it's a fashion show," Rock recently declared. "What straight black man sits there and watches the Oscars? Show me one!"
He continues: "Nothing against people who aren't straight, but what straight guy that you know cares? Who gives a f---?" Rock explained.
So now the bedwetters are (anonymously, of course) calling for Rock to be replaced. Which begs the question: have you ever seen his stand-up? Come on.
Also? He kind of has a point. And who cares? The Oscars are fabulous - the annual train wreck of high fashion and too much cocaine that no one can get enough of. Especially if you bring your lunch to work in a Madonna lunchbox. Not that I do.
There's also a great story on Defamer today about Arrested Development, the funniest show on TV that's about to be canceled.
According to the article, Jason Bateman hosted this weekend’s SNL, where Lorne Michaels and the gang generously let him turn his monologue into a plea for people to watch the not-yet-canceled-but-probably-canceled Arrested Development...but Bateman has no illusions about the show’s timeslot competition, the juggernaut Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: “Who’s going to watch us when they can watch a hot, shirtless guy build a skate ramp for a kid with no bones?”
Damn, I wish I had written that.
