Talk Show Breaks Out at Race Riot
Posted by Defamer Hollywood at 11:00 AM on July 18, 2008
· After holding it in through years of her own private hell, the N-word finally makes Elisabeth Hasselbeck cry. We salute Whoopi Goldberg's restraint in not climbing over the table and drying her tears one slap at a time. [The View]
· Carpetbagger blogger David Carr's crack-rock memoir The Night of the Gun give Emily Gould a run for her NYT Magazine money. [NYTM]
· Matthew McConaughey plans to start a record label; three guesses as to what kind of music he'll feature. Actually, no. One guess. [NYP]
· Roman Polanski wants the LA District Attorney to review the new documentary about his sketchy 1978 rape conviction. Another review? Is it being re-released again? [NYT]
· Hooray for Hollywood, home of the second-worst industry growth rate in the country! [THR]
· Zach Braff is leaving Scrubs — conveniently enough, only a few seasons after its viewers did. [Variety]


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WGARefugee
Posted 11:18 AM 18/7/08
I saw we trade France Andy Dick for Roman Polanski. They can turn him into a misunderstood comic genius like Jerry Lewis and we can get another Rosemary's Baby. Last time I checked, Victor Salva was still working.
WGARefugee
Tiger_Tanaka
Posted 12:12 PM 18/7/08
Next on Lifetime, That Nigga's Crazy: The Elizabeth Hasslebeck Story.
Tiger_Tanaka
shutupitsmine
Posted 12:47 PM 18/7/08
@Tiger_Tanaka: Please baby jeebus, make it so. For the children.
shutupitsmine
Hubert Cumberdale
Posted 1:23 PM 18/7/08
It's almost like she actually cares.
Hubert Cumberdale
Desk_hack
Posted 3:18 PM 18/7/08
Did I miss something? No "To Do" today? Where's MollMac?
Desk_hack
WGARefugee
Posted 3:48 PM 18/7/08
@Desk_hack: Rex Reed has her and he's not giving her back until we stop making jokes about his ascot.
WGARefugee
thebullfrog
Posted 10:27 PM 18/7/08
Uh-oh, the Apocalypse might be near. I (deep breath) -- sort of see Hasslebeck's point.
Whoopi's dead-on -- they DON'T live in the same "world". But the Bland Blonde actually made sense to me. Can someone start me a Thorazine I.V.?
thebullfrog
regisgoat
Posted 10:43 PM 18/7/08
I've got the perfect title for the Carr movie: The Tweakening.
regisgoat
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 1:50 AM 19/7/08
I'm thinking Zack Braff leaving Scrubs will have the same effect as Topher Grace's leaving That 70's Show.
Oxycontinmoron
gwendolyn
Posted 1:32 AM 19/7/08
I am listening to the 'Stephanie Miller Show' this morning and the comedy duo Frangela, who are subbing for Ms. Miller this week, just gave a shoutout to DEFAMER for the Short Ends item on Ms. Hasselbeck and Ms. Goldberg. They were quite delighted with it and read it on air.
gwendolyn
Oxycontinmoron
Posted 2:50 AM 19/7/08
@hummingpenguin: Snark-zactly!
Oxycontinmoron
hummingpenguin
Posted 2:45 AM 19/7/08
@Oxycontinmoron: You're thinking who leaving what will be like what with the who-now?
hummingpenguin
gwendemarco
Posted 9:11 AM 19/7/08
@thebullfrog: Must be so hard to endure private jets, penthouses, huge paychecks, gigs and underlings doing your bidding. Poor, poor Whoopi.
gwendemarco
Werrick
Posted 10:52 PM 21/7/08
It's not often I say this, but I think Elizabeth is right on this one. I would have said it differently, I think... certainly I would have attacked the weaknesses in Whoopi's "This is the way it is, stop arguing!" statement, but ultimately I agree with Hasselbeck.
Werrick
Hanapana
Posted 2:28 AM 22/7/08
And if that Sherry chick could get ANY dumber..(the N word) "used as a term of endearment"??
Oh yeah...like that one time at Disneyworld when the black woman said to her youngest black child, "Calm down my silly n*gg*r, its just a cotton-pickin' costume for Allah's sake!"
*rolls eyes*
Hanapana
Little Mintz Sunshine
Posted 4:11 AM 22/7/08
I do agree with Elisabeth in theory, but her insistence on getting into a philosophical discussion with the brain trust that is Sherry and Whoopi leads me to question her mental health. You want to call each other the n-word and rationalize the centuries old hatred away? Have at it. But just remember that the "stupid bitch" you hear me muttering under my breath is meant with respect.
Little Mintz Sunshine
rachcornell
Posted 7:37 AM 19/7/08
god let me in there! I really want to talk to Whoopi. If the fn word is soooo painful then don't fn use it "IN YOUR WORLD" either. I dont get that. You know I am white, mom and dad is white, I look white but my great great grandmom was a black slave, can I use the N word? Im just curious. Who has the rule book on the N word I need a copy. anyone anyone. I love blacks same as whites but I gotta tell you 15 years ago tv was mostly black, blacks have come a long way. I swear the further they get the more they cry. You know what, its hurtful to call a black a "N word". Its just as hurtful to call a fat person fat, can we get that word outlawed too please. It seems like blacks say "oh that word hurts that word hurts, whites cant use it". then behind closed doors they say it to one another "in a playful way". Im sorry but I dont call my aunt a fat ass "in a playful way".
rachcornell
gi-gi
Posted 2:45 PM 18/7/08
GET RID OF HER! She is always complaining about something ... I feel for her poor husband.
gi-gi
rachcornell
Posted 6:03 AM 24/7/08
Just to edit a statement I made above, what I ment to say was 15 years ago t.v was mostly whites not blacks. Now its about the same. Whites have excepted the black race. We really don't care what color you are. I feel blacks are the racist ones. Why hold us responsible for slavery for gods sake we wernt even here! If you get called the N word its because we as humans look for a certain word to call someone when they make us angry. I once had a black call me a white bitch. Ok why did she have to point out that I was white. "Bitch" was ment to hurt me, "white" was her pointing out the reason she didn't like me. If I wanted to hurt a black person and she was fat I may call her a fat ass. Why because I knew that would make her mad. My point is if blacks didn't cry about the word so much then they wouldn't get called it. Its called name calling people it doesn't mean slavery has returned. If it really really hurts then you would not say it to each other. a load of CRAP CRAP CRAP thats what I call that! Now I gotta go and call my fat ass mom.
rachcornell
willz0rz
Posted 1:04 PM 18/7/08
i saw that segment on The View, and that shit escalated quickly.
only to be washed away by Elizabeth's sweet, sweet right-wing tears.
willz0rz