19th November, 2008
Sacha Baron Cohen sneaks onto International Space Station
Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as his alter ego Bruno on Sunday by sneaking onto the International Space Station. The British comedian is working on a film based on the fictional character Bruno, a gay Austrian style reporter who conducted gag interviews on HBO's "Da Ali G Show." Cohen has been crashing parties, style shows and gay rights rallies in the last few months. He appeared inside the space station disguised in a blond wig. The space shuttle Endeavour successfully docked with the International Space Station more than 200 miles above the Earth over the weekend.
"It appears Mr. Cohen somehow got himself inside the shuttle and hitched a ride to the space station," said NASA spokesperson Arthur Mulencrueger. "Under normal circumstances, this would have been considered a massive security failure. But once we found out that it was Borat (Cohen), we all had a good laugh here at NASA. It's Borat. That guy is hilarious. Remember when he got naked with the plump guy in his first movie? Again, since this was all done in good fun, we're not going to take any action."
Congressional leaders are calling for an immediate investigation into how Cohen was able to get on board the space shuttle. But NASA officials are dismissing the calls.
"Come on people, it's Borat," said Mulencrueger.
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15th September, 2008
Joss Whedon takes sick day
Fans across the Internet were buzzing about the future of upcoming Fox drama "Dollhouse" on Friday after creator and executive producer Joss Whedon took a sick day, delaying production by as much as eight hours.
"This is the second time that Joss has taken a sick day from 'Dollhouse,' not to mention when he took that half day in August to fly to his cousin's wedding in Texas," said Tamara Brandt, assistant managing editor of Whedon-News.net. "Our commenters are starting to wonder whether this could mean that the series premiere will be pushed back by one or, Buffy forbid, two weeks."
Fox issued a statement claiming that Whedon ate some bad sushi on Thursday night and that other "Dollhouse" producers took over his responsibilities with only a minimal delay.
"We don't believe that for a second," Brandt responded. "It's like saying God got sick on the second day of Genesis and Paris Hilton filled in for Him."
Science-fiction TV fans say it's the second scare they have had this week, following news that
the writers room for Ron Moore's mid-season show "Virtuality" started work 90 minutes late on Tuesday because the "Battlestar Galactica" creator was caught in traffic.
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5th September, 2008
Sarah Palin actually character created by Tina Fey, SNL
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain on Wednesday admitted that his vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin is actually Tina Fey, who joined the campaign as part of a stunt orchestrated by the "30 Rock" star's old co-workers at "Saturday Night Live."
"This Sarah Palin character is so obviously Tina with a bad beehive hairdo that I can't believe we managed to keep up the prank for an entire week," McCain said on Wednesday after Fey's Palin wig fell off during a press conference. "I didn't believe the 'Saturday Night Live' writers when they told me I could convince the media that I would pick a running mate who's obviously grossly unqualified, that I could pretend she's ready to be commander-in-chief because Alaska is near Russia, that I wouldn't mind she's in the middle of a corruption scandal, or that I didn't do the basic vetting to find out that her 17 year-old daughter was pregnant. I'm just sorry we didn't get to have Tina arrive on stage for her acceptance speech tonight by riding a snowmobile with a dead moose she killed herself strapped to the back like we had planned."
"SNL" writers and McCain's campaign staff said it was relatively easy to convince journalists that the fictional Palin is actually governor of Alaska by setting up a fake website and convincing the few Alaskans known to the national media to play along. "Actually, the governor of Alaska is a guy, Fred or Frank or something like that," said McCain campaign chairman Rick Davis.
McCain said he will announce his real vice presidential running mate, a boring but at least marginally qualified white male, later this afternoon.
Tags: fiction, hollywood, nominee, photos, pregnant, rap, sarah palin, snl, style, tina feyPosted at 11:34 am | Comment (0)