Weird NJ was one of those great zines that happily exploded out into popularity. Dedicated to everything from the Jersey Devil to a real street called Shades of Death Road, Weird NJ soon became so popular that it evolved into the book Weird US. And now that’s become a TV show on the History Channel, debuting August … Continue reading
“You had to be there.” We’ve all said it. We’ve all heard it – when something is so funny, but cannot be adequately expressed to someone else. The real phrase shouldn’t be “You had to be there,” it should be “I can’t tell it.” That, at the core, is what The Aristocrats is all about. … Continue reading
I was in Los Angeles when the New York press day for Don Roos’ nice new film Happy Endings took place, so I missed it when one of the reporters asked Maggie Gyllenhaal about her comments on 9/11 – which prompted Maggie’s publicist to whisk her the fuck out of the room. Gyllenhaal, who lives … Continue reading
Clint Eastwood is putting together a fighting force for his WWII film, Flags of Our Fathers, and the latest dogface to sign up is the human slab of void, Paul Walker. Walker, one of the single worst and least interesting actors of his species, will play Hank Hansen, one of the guys who raised the … Continue reading
Scooper ewoklake hooks us up with the trailer to next summer’s Marvel movie, Ghost Rider, starring Nic Cage in the comic book role he had been dying for all these years. It’s weird that the trailer didn’t appear at Comic Con, but after seeing the brief Ghost Rider CGI – which looks like something out … Continue reading
While I was in San Diego Claire Forlani came up. In conversation, that is. It was decided that whiel Forlani was a very beautiful woman, her career was an ugly, stanky thing. When Mallrats is the pinnacle of your career, you know you’re in deep shit. So it’s funny to see Forlani getting some ink … Continue reading
Like a leprous pervert advancing on the chained victims in his dungeon, production on X3 moves ever closer. The film, which has transcended the "troubled" monicker and become a full blown Brett Ratner movie, has added some of the final pieces of the casting puzzle – last week some dude was hired to be Angel, … Continue reading
As a writer for CHUD.com I do not get to hang out with many real life CHUDs. I wonder if Daniel Robert Epstein thought he would be hanging out with a lot of goth nudie models when he started writing for Suicide Girls. He doesn’t, but he does get to talk to cool people all … Continue reading
Guarantee: You won’t see a film funnier than The Aristocrats released in 2005. The premise is deceptive, and looks rotten on paper: One hundred comedians are filmed performing and discussing the filthiest joke in the world, known as The Aristocrats. Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette, who made the film, understood that the reality would transcend … Continue reading
Guarantee: You won’t see a film funnier than The Aristocrats released in 2005. The premise is deceptive, and looks rotten on paper: One hundred comedians are filmed performing and discussing the filthiest joke in the world, known as The Aristocrats. Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette, who made the film, understood that the reality would transcend … Continue reading