Stephen Colbert spoofs Tom Cruise and did it so well in it, it’s so pfffft poof!
TMZ has learned that 2006 Academy Award nominee Heath Ledger has died in NY.
He was found dead in his bed in one of his residences in Soho by his housekeeper at 3:35 PM ET today. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they believe it was not a crime, adding that prescription pills were found near his body.
According to NYPD a masseuse arrived at Ledger’s apartment and was let in by a housekeeper. When Ledger didn’t answer his bedroom door, the housekeeper and the masseuse opened it and found him unconscious. They attempted to wake him; when they couldn’t, they called 911.
We’re told when paramedics responded, the actor was in full cardiac arrest. They attempted to perform CPR on him, but were unsuccessful. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
(Poster of Brokeback Mountain.)
Earlier this evening Bill Gates gave his final Microsoft keynote at the 2008 CES show in Las Vegas. Throughout the keynote he made many references to what he will do with his free time once he retires from day to day operations at Microsoft. It turns out, Bill has big plans in addition to his foundation after all.
Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
He seems like such a loser in the video. He’s probably a little stiff in the film but the short film works out right and all the cameos made me laughed. There’s Bono, Obama, Al Gore, Jon Stewart and others. Looks like he’s having fun.
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Sacha Baron Cohen decides to retire Borat and Ali G. I’m not too surprised though, after all the whole idea of both characters is to catch people at their most unaware times. And since Borat and Ali G got so popular, it’s probably hard for him to continue his act.
RIP Borat And Ali G
Sacha Baron Cohen is retiring the outrageously anti-Semitic, homophobic Kazakh journalist Borat as well as his alter ego, aspiring rapper Ali G.
Cohen readily admits he is more comfortable talking in the guise of the characters he has created, but unfortunately for him, both Ali G and Borat have had their day. Too many people know them and he reluctantly acknowledges that he can no longer retreat behind their personas.
“When I was being Ali G and Borat I was in character sometimes 14 hours a day and I came to love them, so admitting I am never going to play them again is quite a sad thing,” the 36-year-old actor-comedian says in the British newspaper’s Friday edition. “It is like saying goodbye to a loved one. It is hard, and the problem with success, although it’s fantastic, is that every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I ‘get’ with Borat again, so it’s a kind of self-defeating form, really.”
“It’s upsetting, but the success has been great and better than anything I could have dreamed of.”
Source: DailyStab
(Borat DVD packaging looks pirated.)
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Legendary designer Philippe Starck — with no pretty slides behind him — spends 18 minutes reaching for the very roots of the question “Why design?” Along the way he drops brilliant insights into the human condition; listen carefully for one perfectly crystallized mantra for all of us, genius or not. Yet all this deep thought, he cheerfully admits, is to aid in the design of a better toothbrush.
Philippe Starck: Why design?
He is pretty entertaining, calls us the most stupid bacteria. He speaks terrible English but who cares he’s funny at TED.
Letterman invites Paris Hilton to make fun of her in the show? It’s not the nicest thing to do. Letterman talks very well but seriously it’s kinda too mean, isn’t it?
David Letterman-Paris Hilton-Sept-28-2007
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I can’t believe he actually drank the perfume. I hope it’s just water.
This is Chris Crocker on Maury Show telling Americans about Britney. Apparently, he, or rather more like she, love Britney a hell lot and is not ashame to admit it. She did so publically announcing that before she is an American, she is a Britney fan.
Chris Crocker on Maury show Sep 20
Do something shocking and be proud of it. A true Britney fan indeed.