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5 Intelligent Screen Cars We Prefer to KITT From ‘Knight Rider’
6:10AM Kyle Buchanan | America, let’s face it: KITT from Knight Rider is kind of a bitch. Though he’s a car designed for adventuring, KITT is also a big scold, always crying, “Do this!” “Do that!” “Miiiichael, the risk factor is too high!” It remains to be seen whether the Val Kilmer-voiced vehicle in tonight’s Knight Rider reboot will prove less neurotic over time, but until then, we thought we’d take a trip down memory lane and give props to the “smart” cars we’d prefer to take a ride in. With the help of Molly McAleer, we’ve created this loving tribute to five of the best onscreen autos to ever rev their engines. Sorry, Herbie — better luck next time? [NBC] More »
‘Desperate’ Jay Leno Eager To Discover Scarlett Johansson’s Car-Related Sexual Fantasies
4:20AM Mark Graham | Now that Jay Leno has entered the lame duck phase of his relationship with the Peacock network, it appears that he’s decided to abuse his position as America’s top-rated celebrity interviewer as fuel for his sexual reveries for many moons to come. While interviewing a crestfallen Scarlett Johansson on Friday night about Vicky Christina Barcelona (itself a rather sexually charged subject), noted auto enthusiast Jay figured he’d use the opportunity to engage the voluptuous starlet in some automobile-related foreplay. You see, he had done some research in advance of the chat and discovered that Scarlett told a lad mag that her number one sexual fantasy involved having sex in a car. But while Jay stopped just short of confessing that he has Crash playing on an infinite loop in his 17,000 square foot warehouse / garage, it was clear by reading his clearly flabbergasted guest’s face that she’s rather looking forward to sitting next to Conan O’Brien the next time she makes her way through Burbank. [The Tonight Show] More »
Jeremy Piven: Responsible Drink-And-Don’t-Driver Or Drunken Hooptie Abandoner?
8:00AM Molly Friedman | Perhaps Diddy’s plan to create a celebrity chauffeur service wasn’t such a bad one after all. After leaving a club last night mumbling and grumbling, beach yogi Jeremy Piven made an attempt to drive himself home in a techno-blaring first generation Ford Bronco (we think), but didn’t make it very far. Seems the services of his dealer friend were needed to act as designated driver and deliver the Pivster to his abode unharmed. But what went down at the gas station where he abandoned his machismo-exuding ride? Tell us, nicotine-addicted witnesses, do tell us! More »
Schwarzenegger Tank Rides Will Fix Corrupted L.A. Youth Once and For All
9:32AM Defamer Hollywood | In the greatest act of child bribery by a sitting governor since Bill Clinton withheld his 44th birthday cake from a young, broccoli-boycotting Chelsea, Arnold Schwarzenegger recently recalled his vintage M47 Army tank from its Ohio museum exile as an enticement to California’s at-risk youths to just behave already, for Christ’s sake. More »
