SHORT TAKES ...

Congrats to ...

Mel Gibson - living La Dolce Vita. Put his money where his mouth was, produced his passion, rode the waves of criticism and is living his prestigious lifestyle through wisps of his $100 Cuban cigars, draped head to tow in Armani and worshipping in the Church that Mel built. A real American (via way of Australia) success story!

Drea De Matteo - Snuffed out of her role on the Sopranos ... morphing as Joey's sister on (what else) but the Friends spin off,Joey. (Drea has a real, believable pisan look to her, and will give some credibility to characters on the new show. She could walk down any NJ street with nary a glance. Let's hope she doesn't go all Hollywood on us and adapt the plastic, Stepford look). Keep it real Drea!

Arrested Development ... This interesting, off-beat show was given a last minute reprieve and another shot on next season's schedule. The series needs a good time spot to find it's audience. It is not only one of the most original shows produced on the regular networks in years, but probably could have become a big hit on a Pay-per-view channel in it's first season. For all who are too cheap to pay for premium channels -- tune in to Arrested Development next season, and feel like a big spender!

Bummer to ...

Mr. President - George W. is blowing it big time when even his staunchest supporters are having second thoughts. His No. 2 man, Cheney, certainly was influential in securing the spoils of the war (most of the large contracts) for his former company, Haliburton and their off-shoots, and while the administration spouts how the economy is improving (improving for whom?), more people's unemployment is running out by the week while the Federal government denied approval for the three-month extension, which was once in place. Less people may be collecting, but doesn't actually mean more people are employed. Keep this up, Georgie, and Howard Stern could run against you and win! GET A GRIP!!! Lose your father's cronies, seek opposing views and strategies from a consensus of your constituents, give better tax breaks to the middle class, keep jobs in America, tighten up the borders, beef up security and anti-terrorist forces and get the gas prices back in line ... Awe the hell with it... You obviously aren't interested, so why not just take another vacation to prepare yourself for the permanent one after November.







- posted by rosemary @ 8:43 AM