Cher performed on live television for the first time in over 10 years on Tuesday night's live finale of The Voice. She moaned over a backing track on her comeback single...blah blah blah...the real story was her wig. Sorry, wigs.
A funny video, the snake laugh the whole time.
You know, I don't think they ever explained it in the doc (or I didn't catch it). I'm gonna guess the reason is something like: just cuz followed by maniacal laughter.
Last night, the U.K.'s Channel 4 aired a special called Scientologists at War, which profiled the Church of Scientology's former Inspector General of the Religious Technology Center, Marty Rathbun. Once a spiritual mentor to the likes of Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, and Greta Van Susteren, Rathbun left the church in 2004 to practice Scientology independently. He runs a blog called Moving On Up a Little Higher, and has been vocal regarding his displeasure over many of the Church's practices. He says this has resulted in harassment.
We Don’t Need Another Superhero: Man of Steel
There’s nothing like superhero flicks to make a moviegoer feel powerless. They are as inevitable as the changing of the seasons, and the changing of the seasons into summer triggers a bunch of them. Welcome to summer, here is your Superman.
I do — I think it gives the illusion that the situation is more manageable than it really is. You know, when Kanye calls himself an "anti-celebrity," it's absurd and so fucking false, but it's also the sign of a struggle.
I guess because all along, the crimes are portrayed as the Bling Ring's way of getting closer to their heroes. The idea that Lindsay would have considered Rachel Lee at all really excites her — enough for her to sort of gloss over the severity of her situation and focus on that idea (or at least, that's how the…
I generally agree with that, although I rewatched The Virgin Suicides this week and was amazed all over again. That movie is sensitive and gorgeous and Kirsten Dunst has never been better.
Controlling the Chaos of Fame: The Bling Ring and This Is the End
If you want to wrap your head around the absurdity of celebrity in 2013, the New York Times Magazine's recent profile of Stalker Sarah is a good place to start. Sarah, 17, spends 40 hours a week hunting down celebrities so she can take pictures with them for little to no monetary profit on her end. From the profile:
To make the July 17 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo season premiere a multi-sensory experience, TLC will distribute "Watch ‘n Sniff cards" in various magazines and Time Warner stores. Pink Flamingos meets Polyester and it's all real (or, you know, close enough).
