"Thank You for Being a Friend"

I'm still chuckling from Monday night's episode of My Life on the D-List, featuring Kathy's mother Maggie's bucket list. Betty White was, as always, a pistol, The Griffin Girls was a good laugh, and Maggie's genuine emotion at the end was touching. I guess we can all assume the episode will be Kathy's submission tape for next year's Emmys, and she'll probably get another win. In general, I like how this season has turned out so far, and how Kathy has been "honoring" female entertainment legends, who aren't currently grabbing all the headlines - Bette Midler, Lily Tomlin, Stevie Nicks, Liza, Jane Fonda, Betty White...

Screen God Top 5 - Warren Beatty

1. Bonnie and Clyde (Arthur Penn, 1967)

2. Reds (Warren Beatty, 1981)

3. McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971)

4. Shampoo (Hal Ashby and Warren Beatty, 1975)

5. Splendor in the Grass (Elia Kazan, 1961)

Sunday Blessings - Chris Messina

This week's edition of Sunday Blessings is devoted to character actor Chris Messina. Now, you're probably wondering who the hell Chris Messina is. Well, damn it I'll you. He might be familiar to you after popping up in a number of indie features including Towelhead, Ira and Abby, Vicky Christina Barcelona, and the recently released Away We Go. He will also be featured next month in the Meryl Streep film Julie & Julia, playing Amy Adams' husband. I, however, will always think of him as Claire's boyfirend Ted, from the final season of HBO's Six Feet Under. How could you not fall in love with that character? Sigh... I miss that show. So why exactly did Chris Messina all of a sudden come to mind when deciding whom to center this post on? Yesterday, I watched the Patrick Dempsey rom-com Made of Honor, which is such a irritatingly crappy film, and in the film Messina has the thankless role of Dempsey's jerky friend (though really all the roles in the film are thankless). While sitting though the horror, I had to focus on something positive, and, of course, male eye candy won out. Since I had previously posted about co-star Kevin McKidd, and Patrick Dempsey takes some hits from me for being the star of the picture, though I did appreciate the scene in which he wore a way-too-short kilt, Messina gets the post devoted to him. Let's just hope he never appears in a film this bad again. Amen.

KA-BOOM!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

I'm actually not a big fan of fireworks. The noise irritates me.

"End" of the Week - Ryan Reynolds

I thought I'd start a new weekly posting, entitled "End" of the Week, essentially showing the "end" of a male celebrity worthy of objectification. The post is on Friday, which is the end of the work week, sooooo... there's the joke. We'll start things off this week with Ryan Reynolds, currently staring the hit rom-com The Proposal. The pics come from a previous film of his entitled Buying the Cow. I have not seen the film, since it sounds like crap, but the images make me think twice.

Happy Belated Birthday Lindsay Lohan

The "actress" celebrated her 23rd birthday yesterday. Sigh... what happened to her? She showed talent and promise in comedies Mean Girls and Freaky Friday, and a wilingness to act alongside more talented ensembles in A Prairie Home Companion and Bobby, but alas she's decided to go the route of a fame-seeking celebrity. Paris Hilton has to play the role of fame-whore because she doesn't have real talent, but Lindsay, you actually have talent, so you don't have to go that route.

Neil Patrick Harris to Host Emmys?

(Variety). If this is finalized, it will be the third awards show he hosted this year, after the TV Land Awards and the Tonys. Harris would make a fine host for the broadcast, as evidenced by his previous endevours, but I hoped CBS would have chosen Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson to punch up the show. Oh well, at least its better than last year's decision by ABC to have the five nominated reality hosts emcee the broadcast. Now if only the Emmys voters would come up with better nominees. Hah! What are the chances of tha happening?