Caution…profanity? Apparently, there’s a prerequisite that if you want to be a leading man in a Terminator film, you need to take ‘roids and/or struggle with ‘roid-style rage.
You may remember that Christian Bale went nuts on the set of Terminator Salvation a few months back, threatening to stop production and beat some serious ass.
Well, the incident was audiotaped, and it’s amazing. It happened on the set after a director of photography accidentally ruined a scene by walking onto the set. Bale lost it, screaming, yelling and threatening to quit if the bosses didn’t fire the dude.
Apparently, the film execs were so freaked out that they sent the tape to their insurance company in case Bale decided to walk.
I’m pretty sure the tag isn’t the “eyesore,” it’s the river made entirely of concrete. Jesus…
L.A.’s largest tag: the giant, half-mile-long “MTA” scrawl that appeared last year along the concrete banks of the Los Angeles River near downtown.
Authorities say the Metro Transit Assassins created the city’s largest tag — a three-story-high, half-mile-long scrawl of its moniker along the concrete banks of the Los Angeles River.
…The tag has been an eyesore visible from downtown high-rises and freeways for months. But removing it is proving difficult — and costly.
I didn’t realize that the article was written by Donald Fagan (Steely Dan) until near the end, so I was pleasantly surprised to be reading an article about a great modern storyteller (Shepherd) written by a great modern musician (Fagan).
Fagan is as articulate as any professional writer, and the article is not only a nostalgic reminiscence but it’s a touching microcosm of A Christmas Story.
Gearing up for his NBCÂ late-night premiere on March 2, 2009, Jimmy Fallon plans to release a series of behind-the-scenes Web-exclusive videos, the first of which aired (interneted?) last night.
We didn’t learn all that much about Jimmy or the show except that he’s excited, and perhaps humbled, to be occupying the recently vacated news studio that once housed Milton Berle and Johnny Carson, before the latter’s show moved to California. Also, in a passing moment before the video goes black, Fallon introduces the Roots as his Max Weinberg 7.
Caution…profanity? Apparently, there’s a prerequisite that if you want to be a leading man in a Terminator film, you need to take ‘roids and/or struggle with ‘roid-style rage.
Slate is running a great piece today called 
Gearing up for his NBCÂ late-night premiere on March 2, 2009, Jimmy Fallon plans to release a series of