chuck norris
Inside The Obama-Starring ‘SNL’ Premiere That Never Happened
8:05AM Defamer Hollywood | While the Tina Fey-as-Sarah Palin cold opening attracted some of Saturday Night Live’s best notices in years (and best ratings, too — it was the highest-rated season premiere since the 2001 opener following the 9/11 attacks), nothing else that followed had quite the same water cooler buzz. However, if the show had been able to stick to its original plan, there would have been at least one other moment that would have had people talking: a Barack Obama cameo. Though the presidential candidate was forced to cancel due to Hurricane Ike, Michaels reveals to the Washington Post exactly how he would have been used (and what other surprise celebrities got involved as a result):
‘The Chuck Norris Factor,’ and Other Weaknesses in Wesley Snipes’s Defense
8:05AM Defamer Hollywood | The 24 hours since Wesley Snipes’s three-year prison sentence for tax evasion have allowed for some perspective-gathering among the crack legal analysts at Defamer HQ. Sifting through the wreckage, we think we’ve discovered the key weak spots in the Snipes defence that, if only someone had acted sooner, could have kept our 18th (19th?) favourite action star a free man. Don’t let this happen to you; follow the jump for a glimpse at the Chuck Norris factor and other Achilles’ heels in Snipes’s strategy.
Chuck Norris And Scarlett Johansson The Celebrity Face, Rack Of Political Change
6:42AM Defamer Hollywood | For anyone with even a remotely legitimate interest in yesterday’s historic Iowa caucus, we refer you to our Beltway brothers’ coverage over at Wonkette. We, on the other hand, are purely fixated on how the celebrity factor figures into Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee being handed such landslide mandates for change from voters in the corn-shucking state. Huckabee’s acceptance speech–capped by a funky improvisational jazz bass performance loosely inspired by the Barney Miller theme–was greeted by longtime kung-fu sparring companion Chuck Norris, hovering over his shoulder with the kind of warmly proud look one typically associates with future First Ladies. The Democratic side, meanwhile, benefited from a far bustier and less hirsute celebrity endorsement: More »Huckabee A Landslide In Chuck Norris Primary
8:15AM Defamer Hollywood | Christian chop-socker and 2007’s “Most Forwarded” Chuck Norris sat down with Larry King last night to share his opinions about who should run the free world. It’s Mike Huckabee. So, when you’re in the booth next year, about to press flesh to Diebold, remember: Chuck Norris endorses Mike Huckabee. (You might want to bookmark this page.) The mind reels at the the “Norris Facts”-esque gems inboxs will clog with over the coming year: “Mike Huckabee doesn’t believe in creationism. He created it.” “Mike Huckabee once quarantined and entire gay pride parade…with his bare hands.” “Mike Huckabee doesn’t cut taxes. He shames them into hara-kiri.” Should you press play, stick around to the end where Chuck asserts that, were he to run for office, he’d choke every opponent unconscious. (Were he elected, he’d probably choke every terrorist unconscious before wrapping his hands around the uninsured, since it’s safe to assume he’d run on a “choke all problems unconscious” platform.) Larry King Live [CNN.com] More »
