It’s All In The Cards, But We Can’t Play This Spade
Comedian and occasional actor David Spade suffers from a common malady. You may have heard it referred to as short man’s syndrome.
That, of course, isn’t fair. Like all generalizations, remarks about body types are never always true.
Still, it is one way of explaining Spade’s acid-tongued put-down brand of comedy, which he aimed at some of the artists who didn’t appear at the recent Billboard Music Awards.
Guns N’ Roses: “Apparently Guns N’ Roses have stumbled upon a combination of drugs that makes you disappear.”
Jewel: “Its nice to be hosting a show that Jewel is not performing at. All right, you grew up in a van; we get it.”
By the way, reports have it that Spade is looking forward to his next big career move: “Tommy Boy 2.”
Loose talk
Tim Allen on his new movie, “For Richer or Poorer” (in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot): “I wanted to do a simple movie a romantic comedy that didn’t involve prosthetics or going to the jungle.”
So give out with a yABBA dabba do!
Benny Andersson turns 51 today.
He’s always lived in a world of shadows and fog
When asked by the New York Daily News whether he’s concerned that viewers from other parts of the country don’t connect with his New York and Jewish in-jokes, film director Woody Allen was frank. “I just do what I want, and they are free to come if they want and free not to come if they don’t want to,” he said. “I never worry about it.”
What we wanna know: What kind of a gem is Jewel?
In revealing the various temperaments of rock stars, MTV reporter Serena Altschul says what you see isn’t always what you get. “The Foo Fighters are as wild off-camera as they are onstage,” she told Cosmopolitan magazine, “but then someone like Marilyn Manson turns out to be just a nice, normal guy.”
The cast, obviously, was happy to see her
In an episode of “3rd Rock From the Sun” to air after the Jan. 25 Super Bowl, supermodel Cindy Crawford is scheduled to appear. The episode’s title: “36! 24! 36! Dick!”
How dare they make a mere movie about goddess Diana?
As an indication of how protective certain attorneys are getting about the late Princess Diana, a representative of her estate is trying to get a preview of the forthcoming Australian film, “Diana and Me.” Filmed before Diana’s death, it involves a young woman named Diana Spencer (Toni Collette) who wins a trip to London to meet the princess.
His favorite partner, of course, is himself
Apropos of his being named Esquire magazine’s 1997 Dubious Man of the Year, Michael “Lord of the Dance” Flatley says, “I’m not an egomaniac like a lot of people say. But I am the world’s best dancer, that’s for sure.”
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