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2012-07-10T13:03:18-04:00

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Bravo’s ‘Miss Advised’ Gets Their Golems All Wrong

Last updated on: July 10, 2012 at 1:03 pm By Lilit Marcus

Bravo’s reality show Miss Advised is about three women who give relationship advice for a living – a radio show host, a matchmaker, and a “columnist.” They go on awkward televised dates and then see if they can take their own advice. Julia Allison, the columnist, went to see a witch in last night’s episode for help making a love spell. The witch had Julia make “a golem,” which was a small clay figure meant to represent herself and her... Read more

2012-07-09T10:00:49-04:00

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Chris Meloni Talks ‘True Blood’ and Cultural Catholicism

Last updated on: July 9, 2012 at 10:00 am By Lilit Marcus

Christopher Meloni is one of the bravest actors working today – he’s not afraid of getting naked, looking bad, or even peeing on camera. After a 12-year stint as conflicted Catholic cop Eliot Stabler on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, he just started a new role on True Blood, which loves to skewer religious iconography. He’s interviewed in this week’s New York magazine: [His character Roman has] stabbed a traitorous ally, chanted vampire liturgy in Aramaic, and shagged the... Read more

2012-07-07T15:04:54-04:00

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‘Trishna’ Is a Hindu Retelling of ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’

Last updated on: July 7, 2012 at 3:04 pm By Lilit Marcus

Indian actress Freida Pinto stars in Trishna, a modern retelling of Tess of the D’Urbervilles set against the Hindu caste system. I’m a big Thomas Hardy fan, and I think the trailer looks compelling. It’s out in theaters on July 13 and will begin airing on the IFC channel the following week. Read more

2012-07-06T11:52:10-04:00

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Brad Pitt’s Mom Writes Letter to Newspaper Espousing Christian Beliefs, Criticizing Obama

Last updated on: July 6, 2012 at 11:52 am By Lilit Marcus

Brad Pitt has a reputation for being one of the most liberal stars in Hollywood – he has spoken out in support of gay marriage and environmentalism in the past. However, his mom Jane Pitt doesn’t seem to be on quite the same page. She wrote a letter to the editor of her local newspaper, the St. Louis News Leader, criticizing an op-ed that suggested Christians should not vote for Mormon presidential candidate Mitt Romney. While she was at it,... Read more

2012-07-03T20:35:26-04:00

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Guns ‘N Roses Guitarist Plays Israeli National Anthem

Last updated on: July 3, 2012 at 8:35 pm By Lilit Marcus

Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, aka Ronald Blumenthal, is the lead guitarist for the current incarnation of Guns ‘N Roses, performed the Israeli national anthem at a recent show in Tel Aviv. He played unaccompanied, but audience members sang “HaTikva,” which is Hebrew for “The Hope.” After the song, the rest of the band came out and performed their song “Don’t You Cry.” Some people think the performance was a response to groups who want to divest from Israel, while some think... Read more

2012-07-03T19:27:16-04:00

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The First Non-Christian Album Katy Perry Ever Heard Was ‘Jagged Little Pill’

Last updated on: July 3, 2012 at 7:27 pm By Lilit Marcus

Before Katy Perry was Katy Perry, she was Katy Hudson, a preachers’ daughter and aspiring gospel singer. Her parents are both Pentecostal preachers, and when Katy was growing up she was forbidden to read Harry Potter, listen to any non-Christian music, or even watch the first Sister Act movie (the second one was a-okay). After a failed attempt at a gospel career under her real name, Katy reinvented herself as the candy-loving boob-flaunting superstar she is today. She says that... Read more

2012-07-02T11:49:15-04:00

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Will Smith’s Ex-Wife Sheree Is Now Married to a Preacher and On a Vh1 Show

Last updated on: July 2, 2012 at 11:49 am By Lilit Marcus

The new Vh1 show Hollywood Exes is kind of like The First Wives Club meets The Real Housewives. Five women who are all divorced from famous men meet up in LA for general reality show fare. The five women are Mayte Garcia (who was married to Prince and engaged to Tommy Lee), Nicole Murphy (ex-wife of Eddie Murphy, now engaged to Michael Strahan), Andrea Kelly (ex-wife of Robert Kelly), Jessica Canseco (ex-wife of Jose Canseco), and – the person who... Read more

2012-07-02T11:23:15-04:00

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Shappi Khorsandi Is Female, Iranian, and Hilarious

Last updated on: July 2, 2012 at 11:23 am By Lilit Marcus

Once upon a time when I was super jet lagged in a hotel in Amsterdam, I found one English-language channel on TV and stumbled on a standup routine by Shappi Khorsandi, an Iranian-British comedian who is fucking hilarious. (Sample joke: her son’s dog is named Benjamin Petanyahu.) Though she’s pretty damn funny in English, she claimed in her autobiography that she’s much funnier in Farsi. Time to start learning the language. Read more

2012-06-30T14:52:49-04:00

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Alec Baldwin Accuses Paparazzo of Being Raped By a Priest

Last updated on: June 30, 2012 at 2:52 pm By Lilit Marcus

Actor Alec Baldwin has made no secret of his hate for paparazzi photographers (or, as Page Six calls them, “fotogs”). He has gotten in altercations with photographers in the past, and yesterday he upped the ante a little bit. Baldwin yelled at a photographer who was getting a photo of him and fiancee Hilaria Thomas and began screaming “I know you got raped by a priest. Now shut the f-k up and get out of here.” This kind of reminds... Read more

2012-06-28T10:01:49-04:00

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Mark Wahlberg Takes Time Out of His Busy Pants-Dropping Schedule to Go to Church

Last updated on: June 28, 2012 at 10:01 am By Lilit Marcus

Remember when Mark Wahlberg was a rapper? And in that movie Fear? And had a reputation for being kind of a bruiser? Well, no more. The actor, who is starring in the new movie Ted, says that now that he’s married to Rhea Durham and a father of four, he’s not that cool anymore. “You’d be amazed with what you can do once you stop drinking and going out at night,” he said in an interview. “Today I was up... Read more

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