Jessica Alba doesn't believe in competition with other actresses. She believes they should... work together to demand more... I dunno, money or something.She says, "I'm not competitive with them (actresses). I root for all of them because we definitely don't have equality with men in this business.
"There are a lot more men making a lot more money and headlining movies than women, and the more of us who can come up and do that the better. I want my friends to produce, direct, act, write, all of it."
She adds, "I think being competitive defeats the whole female movement. I want to be encouraging to my girlfriends. Totally."Fuckin' A "Totally". Except you're all fighting over the same scripts and you keep getting shit like "The Love Guru" and "Good Luck Chuck".
Actors are paid the big money because it means people will be more likely to see it with them in it. They could have made "Cast Away" with Jan Michael Vincent, but nobody would go see that. So you invest $20 million in Tom Hanks and you've got a decent chance.
That's America. I didn't say I liked it. There aren't a lot of actresses right now that can open a movie. On their own. Why do you think that is?
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For the same reason there's not pay equality and there's glass ceilings and women aren't respected in this Man's World. Jessica's complaint is the same that can be heard any day at any corporation.
Yeah, I know the complaint. I'm ready to start hearing about the solution.
I wish I was that sheet!
Hey. Mrs. snark just made me shell out top dollar so she could catch a glimpse of Harry Potter's "wand" in Equus.
A little payback for your side? ;)
Maybe if it was George Clooney instead of a kid...
Was he any good? That's one tough role to play.
Solution? More women in power. Movies like "Juno" are important because women were in charge of that.
And maybe you should look at your headline. Calling women "hot buttered biscuits" may not be the way to start a conversation about equality of pay in the movie industry.
You know what, though? I don't give a shit. I hate the world right now.
It's in September. But he got pretty good reviews in London. And Richard Griffiths, who plays Dysart, is really good.
Read the play in high school (Catholic School no less!) but have never seen a stage production.
We're going for our anniversary.
I hate the world right now.
I hate the world all the time.
It's a nasty horrible place.
People suck.
That's never gonna change.
Best you can do is try and make a little difference in your little corner.
That's what keeps me sane.
Cool, snark, it should be interesting. And Jeff, you're right - MV's answer is in his headline. I'm pretty much with you on hating the world right now. I had 5 days off, which pretty much gave me enough time to help everyone I know with some goddamn problem or other, so I didn't get one stitch of rest or have one quiet moment to myself. Waste of goddamn vacation time, it was. I should have gone somewhere, but I wanted to get some shit done at home. Next time I take a vacation, I'm not telling anyone.
But Alba uses her sea appeal to sell herself. It's called marketing. She can take all her money and dump it into projects that put women at the forefront if she wants. Maybe she'll meet some success. Maybe she'll lose a lot of money. But most likely she's gonna make any decision about her money based on the potential return. That's normal. And that's what movie studios do. The status quo is hard to change. Not to many people are willing to lay themselves on the line so that those who follow will have a better time of it.
Sex appeal that is.
Although I'd imagine she has sea appeal as well.
If that's how you want to interpret it go ahead.
But I'm not quite sure how, other than you wanting to pick a fight, you interpreted it that way.
Alba's a horrible actress but says some really smart things here. To rip off Paul Westerberg, she shoulda been a silent film star.
Snark, you're right, of course, make a difference in the small space I have. My therapist tells me that all the time. Take care of yourself first, then concentrate on the things you can control. I've been through a divorce once before, but never experienced one with kids involved. It's disconcerting watching/feeling your family fall apart over really stupid shit.
Blah blah, waa waaa.
I did indeed say that. I also said people need to focus on their little corner. If Jessica Alba truly wants to increase opportunities for women in film she can put the resources at her disposal into a personal effort to do so. I most certainly did not tell her "to just roll over". Although I wouldn't mind the view if she did.
Sorry. Just pissed off. We'll start over.
Titties! Yay!
Titties! Yay!
Now I'm offended. You don't like my answer so instead of discussing it you're just gonna reduce the conversation to a level that you think us lizard brained men can relate to?
See, I can pick a fight too. ;)
Naw, you're exactly right. I really don't care, to tell you the truth. I really give up on "issues." It's nice that someone so young and pretty thinks about things like this, but ultimately, she's gonna go with young and pretty 'cos that's where the money's at. I wish I'da used my young and pretty better, I wouldn't have been stupid enough to marry for love and supposed security, and could have fucked an old rich guy to death and take his money. Then I wouldn't have to care about anything! And I'm past childcaring and childbearing age, so fuck the young and pretty. Let them fight for abortion rights and equality and against sexism. Technically, I'm no longer a viable female, so really, I have nothing in common with this bit o' fluff.
Turn over, Jessica, turn over!!
Where's MV?
What do you think of a post on TLC entitled, "Top Ten Albums To Smoke Pot To"?
Well, Jeff, it'd probably be better than the shit they've got up now. And since the trolls pretty much own the place, you can't fuck it up any worse than it already is. Go for it!
With all the talk of goats and blowjobs over there I'm worried it might lose it's PG-13 rating!
I'm gonna wait for the weekend, but I'm considering doing it.
By the way, I'll take Zooey Daschenal over Alba anyday. And we don't even have to crawl into bed together at the end of the night.
With all the talk of goats and blowjobs
You got something against blowjobs? Heh. Fuck it. If peter can dump steaming piles of shit, why shouldn't I? I tried the ignore. I tried to get people to realize that he's not serious, but what the hell. If you can't beat them, join them. And to have Steve pretend that he didn't jump on the Obama bandwagon was pretty dang silly.
No way. Alba's hotter.
Oh, I liked your comment to Steve. Although I saw his posts more as seeing the handwriting on the wall for Clinton than as jumping on the Obama bandwagon.
Yeah, you're right about Steve, and he did endorse Clinton before the primary got underway. But to act like he wasn't one of those falling for the new guy is a bit disingenuous. And who cares if Obama goes on vacation? Sigh. After 7 years of screaming at the dems to actually put up a fight, I think digby's right - it's not that they're powerless, or don't think they'll win. It's that they agree with the 'pukes. The only changes the blogosphere has made is it got kos on tv, where he wanted to be, more money in Huffington's pocket, and a quicker route to fame for Josh Marshall than might have been possible before. For us, nothin' not even a candidate I can believe in.
And Jessica totally wants me! You should see how she's looking at me in that picture.
Heh, you got it all wrong, she's actually lookin' at me!
This site has been greatly enhanced because of this photo. I like to go elsewhere, then come back here and POOF! There's Invisible Girl.
I think Soto's watching the running of the Obama campaign closely, as we all should, prolly, because he wants the guy to win. He woulda done the same thing if it were Hillary or whomever.
MV is officially MIA. Can't reach him.
Did anyone see the Jenna Jameson movie called "Zombie Strippers"? It's not a porno, it's just a really, really bad film that went straight to DVD. I'm assuming it's brilliant but I know no one who has seen the thing.
Coyote, is that the flick that that Boo chick was in?
And I agree about the photo. Good thing I don't believe in God these days because I've been having some really really impure thoughts.
Which reminds me, the otherday on the train ride home some people got up to get off the train as we approached their station. It was a group of late middle aged black women. As they moved towards the door one of the women unknowingly dropped her cell phone on the floor. A guy saw it fall, picked it up and gave it to her. Her response? "Oh! Thanks God!" That's it. That's all she said. Took her phone and left. I wanted to tell her it wasn't God who gave her her phone back it was the guy who picked it up off the floor.
I heard about it, but I can't sit still long enough to watch a good movie lately, much less a bad one. I may get around to it - zombies are way cool, after all.
I'd forgotten about that Invisible Girl shit. Man, if I were her, I'd want to forget about Fantastic Four. The world's falling apart, and she's whining about getting married? Helluva great part for a woman, really. Those flicks were so bad, they're still bad!
I think Boo was in a vampire movie. And wasn't it soft-core? Wonder what happened to her. She could be funny, but it was obvious she was trying to use the blogs to get more exposure.
I know a couple people like the woman on the train. Whenever my accountant gets a big cash deposit, she's all "I prayed and God answered." And I'm all, "thanks a lot, then I don't have to do the invoicing anymore, eh?" I hate how she attributes anything good people do to some sky fairy's intervention, but the bad they do is all their fault. Sad.
Fantastic Four films suck, but good effort to work in my fav, the Silver Surfer.
My daughter and her friend went back for seconds on the Joker last night. I drove them and picked them up. They thought they were hot shit 'cause the movie didn't let out until a little after 10pm.
I gotta get ahold of "Zombie Strippers" and review it. I'm quite familiar with Jenna's work, after all.
How do you know that wasn't God, Snark? What the hell kind of response was that? Thanks, God. Like, thanks, God, for allowing me to retrieve my cell? In that case, thank the damn dude who saved it! And if I don't believe in God, do I have to capitalize his name? And when does Bill Maher's film about religion get released? I'm gonna be first in line at that puppy.
I was tempted to post on Joel Osteen's (hot) wife getting arrested for elbowing the flight attendant in the boob, but it wasn't un-Christian enough an action to take much pleasure in it.
Man, do I hate Bill Maher. I couldn't believe how people were falling all over him when his HBO thing came out. I tried to watch, but he's such a dick. And you just know he poked Ann Coulter, so you know he's into skanks. Nothing worse than a "comedian" laughing at his own jokes. Dennis Miller used to do it, too. Ugh!
How do you know that wasn't God, Snark?
Maybe it was God who made her drop it in the first place? And the guy, soon to be smote by a wrathful God, unwitingly undid God's plan? Poor bastard!
I capitalize simply out of habit.
Funny - I deliberately try to avoid using god at all, but if I do, I don't capitalize it on purpose.
I'm gonna not cap it on purpose, too.
And Coyote, Maher's cocky and a womanizer, but he's a great spokesperson against religion and for weed. I don't always agree with him but he makes me laugh, which isn't easy to do. BILL MAHER ROCKS!! I'm gonna do a post on Top Ten Reasons Why Coyote's Wrong About Bill Maher.
I'm going with this story: god made the chick drop the phone because it's a sign of her vanity and gossip tendencies. Satan already has the dude under his control so he had him pick it up and give it back to her. It's a daily battle, after all, people.
Hey, I want a cool little pic to go with my name, too, in the comments threads! I want The Dude from "The Big Lebowski". Dunno how to do it, though.
Jesus Fucking Christ!! What the fuck's been going on here? Coyote and Snark got all pissed at each other and Coyote deleted her comments?
I've been working, like, at my job, all day. That shit they pay me for.
My "Hot Buttered Biscuit" headline was obviously ironic. Get it? She wants equality so I post a nudie pic of her and call her a biscuit? (sigh.)
Mainly I just like to get you whiny liberals all wound up so you'll cry about how unfair everything is.
"Jessica has to compete with her friends because it's just a big Boy's Club!"
Fuck all that. That didn't stop Demi Moore and Julia Roberts from commanding a $25M paycheck back in the day. Those chicks could open a movie.
My question is, who stepped up to take their place? Drew Barrymore is the only one I can think of. She doesn't get much chance to open a movie on her name alone, but she does own her own production company and actively does what Jessica is saying.
Nicole Kidman is another one.
I dunno what you guys were fighting about, but you need to quit being such world haters.
I was pissed at work people and took it out on snark and felt bad so I got rid of my shit. It's all better now. Except for the world hating.
Jeff, what you do is choose a photo like this one, save it to your desktop, then you have to create of profile in blogger - I'm not sure what you see on your screen, but you might try to sign into blogger, and find where you create a profile. I'll look around and see if I can find it.
When you're in the posting page, or even just viewing the blog, can you see the dashboard link up to the right? You can access your profile there. If you have to type in a code to comment, you're not signed in, so you gotta do that first.
MV, YOU MUST CHILL!! We've been fine here all day and Snark and I have grown to really appreciate the pic. No need for you to come in here and step on our buzz. I think I speak for the rest of the class when I remind you that we hate everything.
Now more importantly, have you seen "Zombie Strippers"?
There was no pissing. This isn't that kind of site. Is it?
Golden Showers are one blog over!
I'm chill. I just thought it was funny. I threw this out there last night, then got busy today, then suddenly there's like 40 comments!
No, I have not seen "Zombie Strippers" yet, but I do know that Jenna is pregnant with her first baby.
And you're totally missing the blog musical chairs going on. It's like a game of chase. Much better than the shit I gotta deal with at work.
This is what I used to love about L&L.
[sigh]
Yeah. I just couldn't help commenting on SoS begging for Clinton to save us. Oy!
TLC gives me hives. Democrats fighting each other. It was entertaining for a while, but now...
I went to a libertarian blog one time. People don't argue. Somebody posts something and the comments are like, "Yep. That's what I think too."
Is all the Democratic in-fighting the reason why your candidates always suck so bad?
Pretty much, yeah. Fuckers!
That's why I left the party. I voted for Gore in 2000 and Kerry, who turned out to be the biggest pussy in the world, in 2004.
(All that fuckin' guy had to do was JUST ONCE say, "Excuse me, Mr. Bush, but where were YOU during Vietnam?")
You guys never defend yourselves unless it's against each other.
And now you're about to get beat again for the same reason. You've got no fight in you!
Hillary would've kicked the living shit outta McSame. The Messiah has no chance. Neither did Edwards.
I know, I know. And I tried to tell them that they may get mileage out of the racist tag against dems, but the public at large will reject it, but noooo, it had to be all about race. And Obama hits back in a fookin' speech. Who listens to speeches besides the 'bot faithful? Really?
It's gonna suck having McSame as president. And George H.W. is like, "No way!! I get to be puppetmaster for 4 more years?? Holy shit I hope I live that long!"
And he will live that long. He's part reptilian, after all. The bloodline goes all the way back to Vlad the Impaler. Yeah, Dracula. It's all true. Wiggedy-wack!!
Saw Dark Knight last night.
I haven't seen them all but of the Batman films I've seen this was definitely the best. Heath Ledger's Joker will not be surpassed. I think the franchise needs to retire that character but good luck with that. Good story. The whole film felt more like a cop film than a super hero pick. Which I liked. It didn't feel to long to me. But I felt like the whole Two-Face story line was undeveloped and felt rushed. There needed to be more hint of Dent on the edge before Rachel's demise. That was the one aspect of the film that really felt comicbookie.
Overall, thumbs up. If you haven't seen it in the theatre on a big screen do it. TV won't be the same.
Oh, and Joker definitely reversed the addresses so that Batman would save the person he didn't want to save. Played Batman like a fiddle on that one.
Awesome. I agree. I didn't think it was too long either. It had the feel of a great 70's cop movie where everything was gritty and took its time.
The transformation from Harvey Dent into Two-Face was, unfortunately, a bit rushed. Kinda like Anakin's turn into Darth Vader. It needed to be done over the course of two movies.
Nobody goes from White Knight to Psycho Killer in a week. This movie should've ended with Harvey Dent suffering and losing his religion, so to speak, and then set him up to go over the edge in the next one.
They have to continue now that it topped "Spider-Man money", but without the Joker, Two-Face, the Scarecrow, and Ras al Ghul, that doesn't leave much.
Catwoman, Poison Ivy, The Riddler, the Penguin, etc. Catwoman and Poison Ivy would be an interesting mix. Batman's pining away for his lost love and these two women with vastly different agendas come into his life...
As long as they stay away from Robin. Great character in the comics, but will never come off in a non-homosexual way on film.
Bale said he'll never do a Batman movie with a Robin character.
And I agree, it could have been two movies and given Two-Face more time to develop.
On another topic, the "Let's blame Bill Clinton" for absolutely everything crowd makes me nuts. The man is the only Democrat to get into the White House since 1980 and it's a question as to whether he should have a speaking role at the Denver convention? It's times like this that I'm glad I'm not a registered Democrat.
They're probably scared Bill will overshadow Obama!
Good to see the pic of Jessica still on our site.
WHAT?!? There's even a QUESTION about Bill riffin' at Denver? I fookin' Hate the Dems. I think JESSE should still be featured! And BILL is too controversial? Get DK up there with a 4:30 slot, too! Big tent, Big Tent! Jerry Brown! Rage Against The Machine! Brooooooce! Sean Penn! True Warriors or check your tags at the door.
Man, I'm juiced today. Friday Fever. A cute young girl down the hall wants me to leave with her at noon to go meet some friends. MONEY!
Thers agrees with me on Batman. And he's a way better writer.
Hey Jeff, hold it down, some of us are trying to pretend to work, dammit. Oh, and get off my lawn ya frakkin' kids!
Jessica wants me I tell ya!
I like her better as a brunette.
the only Democrat to get into the White House since 1980
Holy shit, that's staggering when you think about it. 20 of the past 28 years have been all about the 'pugs.
You guys suck. Abandon the Democratic party. It's over and it's not a viable option any more. Hillary was your last chance, but everybody got sucked in by The Great White Hype.
Oh, she's blonde in that picture! Right. I missed that.
And you thought you could kill this thread just by posting a little beefcake up top?
HA!
Kill the thread? Even I know silicone and airbrushing lasts forever. Just look at Pamela Anderson (cos I certainly can't...ugh).
but everybody got sucked in by The Great White Hype.
Not me!
Me neither.
But hey, if you've got melons make melon balls I always say.
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