Entertainment: September 2008 Archives

In these politically dubious times there are certain things I won't stand for on principle at a soccer game, but watching David "Golden Balls" Beckham lead Galaxy to a 5 to 2 victory on Saturday night had me jumping up from my seat like a Jack-in-a-box on speed. Losers, Washington D.C. might as well have gone home at half-time. Go Galaxy!

PS. Apologies to David if he had the feeling he was being followed from the freeway into the stadium. He was -- by me and my buddies. Well, after spotting his rather conspicuous blacked-out convertible Roller on the way to the game, with its even more conspicuous DVB plates, what else were we supposed to do?

Little Britain and the USA will consummate their "special" relationship on September 28, when HBO airs the first of six episodes of the American version of the popular BBC extreme comedy. Whether the humor (or humour in English) translates remains to be seen.

In England the show's writers and stars, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, turned preconceived notions of good and bad taste on their head. Their humor falls into both categories at once, and is aimed at just about every minority group one is supposed not to laugh at: the disabled, the obese, and "the gays."

It's the only show that would dare ask guest star Rosie O'Donnell, "Are you fat because you're a lesbian, or are you a lesbian because you're fat?" -- the question being posed by one of Little Britain's many larger-then-life characters, Margaree, the leader of the Weight Watchers-like Fat Fighters group. Other UK characters that make the trip across the Atlantic include Vicky Pollard, a young lady that makes Britney look classy, and Daffyd Thomas, who has gone from being the only gay in a small Welsh village to the only gay on an American university campus.

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Sicko moviemaker Michael Moore is making his latest film, which documents his 2004 Slacker Uprising campaign, available as a free download for three weeks starting September 23. The flick features overachieving (or are they failed?) slackers R.E.M., Tom Morello, Eddie Vedder and Roseanne.


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