Saturday, March 24, 2012
Who Doesn't Love GCB's ? Mark Deklin
Before Deklin was cast as GCB's Blake Reilly, a rancher-turned-clothing designer, he co-starred last year in the acclaimed but short-lived Lone Star, which was filmed in Dallas. "When I first came to Texas," Deklin says, "I thought, 'Oh, man, how am I, a Yankee through and through, going to fit in this place?' ... I didn't expect to be able to say this, but I really love Dallas." As a result, Deklin believes his performance is more genuine. Judge for yourself when GCB airs at 9 p.m. Sunday.
1 As a TV character, Blake is one of a kind: He's a gay man who doesn't consider his marriage to be a sham and who isn't tortured by the secret he's keeping. Is that fun to play?
It's great. No one wants to play a two-dimensional character. I've played a lot of guys on TV who were like, "Hi, I'm wearing a suit and I have a square jaw and I'm here to spout a lot of technical information." That's fine. I'm always grateful for the work. But to have a character with layers and levels and secrets and complexity is very appealing.
2 How did you get a handle on what makes this character tick?
I have many gay friends, but they're all out. I don't know anybody who's closeted. So I didn't have a template to work from. At first, I was thinking of the Dennis Quaid character in Far From Heaven: a tortured, hiding kind of guy. But Bobby Harling (series creator and executive producer) said, "No, Blake is not tortured. He knows who he is. He is comfortable in his skin. He has made the arrangement that works best for him. He is a warm, life-filled person. That is the quality we want you to bring to this."
3 His is an unusual marriage, isn't it?
I think, as the series unfolds, people are going to be fascinated by his marriage to Cricket (Miriam Shor). Despite the oddness of the arrangement, these two people adore each other. And their marriage works.
4 What do you hope the viewers from North Texas think of the show?
I hope they enjoy it. I hope they recognize that we're not attacking anybody. We're not attacking Highland Park. We're just taking a very specific community and taking a comedic, lighthearted jab at some of the hypocrisies one might find within that community.
5 Will GCB keep you from doing more of Hawaii Five-O (as the husband of Scott Caan's ex)?
Well, Scott did shoot me in a recent episode! I lived to tell the tale, so they left it open. But my hope, as much as I've enjoyed Hawaii Five-O, is that GCB takes off and that I won't be available for many years to come. As an actor, that would be a great problem to have.
Saints Need Brees More Than Ever - Pay The Man!!
Brees wants $23 million annually? Give him $25 million. He will earn every penny.
Now that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has leveled the Saints for their bounty program, Brees needs to be the face of the New Orleans franchise as never before. It can't be head coach Sean Payton, or assistant head coach Joe Vitt, or general manager Mickey Loomis.
Brees can do it, but only if he's happy. And he isn't happy, not right now. He doesn't want to play the 2012 season under the exclusive franchise tag, which will guarantee him in the neighborhood of $16 million for the year. Brees worked under a franchise tag in San Diego, and after his right shoulder was mangled in the season finale against Denver, the Chargers tossed Brees to the curb.
He isn't going through that again.
And unless Benson is oblivious, Brees won't have to.
Pay the man.
Benson needs Brees like never before. Brees is his most valuable asset. He is what's good about the Saints, what is pure. He is not tainted, not arrogant, not a liar. He wasn't green-lighting the bounties or trying to cover them up. Last season, he was simply setting the single-season record for passing yards, breaking Dan Marino's long-held and revered record.
Brees is well respected in the Saints' locker room and throughout the NFL. He is a member of the NFL Players Association's executive committee and one of the players who lent his name to a lawsuit against the NFL during the lockout. His reputation is bulletproof. Brees is philanthropic, caring and kind. He went on "Sesame Street," for goodness' sake.
It is impossible to put a price tag on Brees' worth to Benson now, and while Payton packs up his office for his long hiatus, Benson should be begging Brees for help.
This thing is going to get worse before it gets better. If you thought it was bad on Wednesday when Goodell suspended Payton for a year and Vitt and Loomis for eight games, just wait. The player punishments are still to come.
The last thing Benson needs amid all of this mess is a disgruntled star. It will be bad enough to wade into the unchartered waters of not having the head coach for an entire season. What if Brees doesn't report for the start of the Saints' offseason conditioning program on April 16? What if he holds out of minicamps? What if he doesn't show up at training camp?
That would be catastrophic. Benson can't have that. Not now.
Brees has all the leverage, and Benson should be more than happy to let him profit from it.
Brees and the Saints are reportedly about $5 million apart. Brees is asking for $23 million a year. New Orleans is offering $18 million. Denver just gave Peyton Manning a five-year deal for $96 million -- an average of $19.2 million a year. Isn't Brees worth more than that now?
The answer is yes.
Brees is not just the quarterback of the Saints anymore. He is going to have to be their rock, their leader, their voice and essentially their head coach. Brees is going to have to be heavily involved in the game planning. He is going to have to be prepared to call the plays. He basically is going to have to run the offense and do it without the mastermind behind it.
It was never offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael running the show. It was Payton, who has a brilliant offensive mind and an even better feel for how to expose an opponent's weaknesses on game day. Payton and Brees are tight. Now Brees is going to have to do what Payton can't, and do it without him. That will be a tremendous loss to a player who has thrown for more yards and for more touchdowns than any other quarterback in the past six seasons.
On top of that, Brees is going to have to hold the locker room together during what probably will be a very bumpy start to the season. Goodell has said that 22 to 27 Saints players participated in the bounty program. Given the way he took a blowtorch to Payton, Vitt, Loomis and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, he probably won't let the players off easily. Would he stagger any potential suspensions, or would he not care about putting New Orleans at a severe competitive disadvantage -- the punishment fitting the crime?
Who knows?
A lot will be on Brees' shoulders. He will have more responsibility than maybe any quarterback ever has. It will not be easy on him or his young family.
If any player in the NFL can handle it, Brees can. But his value is diminished if he's feeling underappreciated. His value is diminished if he doesn't have a contract that reflects how vital he is to the Saints organization.
Surely Benson doesn't want his organization to go down in flames. Surely he understands Brees' worth. Surely he knows that there is only one way to salvage this.
Pay the man. Drew Brees is worth it.
Pay the man.
Benson needs Brees like never before. Brees is his most valuable asset. He is what's good about the Saints, what is pure. He is not tainted, not arrogant, not a liar. He wasn't green-lighting the bounties or trying to cover them up. Last season, he was simply setting the single-season record for passing yards, breaking Dan Marino's long-held and revered record.
Brees is well respected in the Saints' locker room and throughout the NFL. He is a member of the NFL Players Association's executive committee and one of the players who lent his name to a lawsuit against the NFL during the lockout. His reputation is bulletproof. Brees is philanthropic, caring and kind. He went on "Sesame Street," for goodness' sake.
It is impossible to put a price tag on Brees' worth to Benson now, and while Payton packs up his office for his long hiatus, Benson should be begging Brees for help.
This thing is going to get worse before it gets better. If you thought it was bad on Wednesday when Goodell suspended Payton for a year and Vitt and Loomis for eight games, just wait. The player punishments are still to come.
The last thing Benson needs amid all of this mess is a disgruntled star. It will be bad enough to wade into the unchartered waters of not having the head coach for an entire season. What if Brees doesn't report for the start of the Saints' offseason conditioning program on April 16? What if he holds out of minicamps? What if he doesn't show up at training camp?
That would be catastrophic. Benson can't have that. Not now.
Brees has all the leverage, and Benson should be more than happy to let him profit from it.
Brees and the Saints are reportedly about $5 million apart. Brees is asking for $23 million a year. New Orleans is offering $18 million. Denver just gave Peyton Manning a five-year deal for $96 million -- an average of $19.2 million a year. Isn't Brees worth more than that now?
The answer is yes.
Brees is not just the quarterback of the Saints anymore. He is going to have to be their rock, their leader, their voice and essentially their head coach. Brees is going to have to be heavily involved in the game planning. He is going to have to be prepared to call the plays. He basically is going to have to run the offense and do it without the mastermind behind it.
It was never offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael running the show. It was Payton, who has a brilliant offensive mind and an even better feel for how to expose an opponent's weaknesses on game day. Payton and Brees are tight. Now Brees is going to have to do what Payton can't, and do it without him. That will be a tremendous loss to a player who has thrown for more yards and for more touchdowns than any other quarterback in the past six seasons.
On top of that, Brees is going to have to hold the locker room together during what probably will be a very bumpy start to the season. Goodell has said that 22 to 27 Saints players participated in the bounty program. Given the way he took a blowtorch to Payton, Vitt, Loomis and former Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, he probably won't let the players off easily. Would he stagger any potential suspensions, or would he not care about putting New Orleans at a severe competitive disadvantage -- the punishment fitting the crime?
Who knows?
A lot will be on Brees' shoulders. He will have more responsibility than maybe any quarterback ever has. It will not be easy on him or his young family.
If any player in the NFL can handle it, Brees can. But his value is diminished if he's feeling underappreciated. His value is diminished if he doesn't have a contract that reflects how vital he is to the Saints organization.
Surely Benson doesn't want his organization to go down in flames. Surely he understands Brees' worth. Surely he knows that there is only one way to salvage this.
Pay the man. Drew Brees is worth it.
A Very Unlikely Trio Strike A Pose!!
Barry Manilow, Marilyn Manson and Lana Del Rey — backstage,
at the Echo Music Awards in Germany
Kelly Clarkson Covers The Beatles and The Goo Goo Dolls!!
Kelly sang The Beatles Classic "Oh Darling"
in Kent Washington.
Then during a show in Salt Lake City she put her own spin on the Goo Goo Dolls‘ classic song “Iris”,
and it sounded amazing!
and it sounded amazing!
Friday, March 23, 2012
Classic Clips From The Arsenio Hall Show!
Arsenio goes up against some Queer Nation protesters
These are some really interesting clips to watch....
Kim Kardashian Flour Bombed!
Kim Kardashian was on the receiving end of a so-called flour bomb when an unidentified woman tossed a plastic bag of white powder at the reality star as she walked a red carpet Thursday night, according to sheriff's deputies. It was later determined the substance was cooking flour.
"That probably is the craziest, unexpected, weird thing that ever happened to me," Kardashian told E! News. "Like I said to my makeup artist, I wanted more powder and that's a whole lot of translucent powder right there."
A non-criminal battery report was taken by police, and Kardashian, 31, is not pressing charges, says AP. Afterwards, she reportedly went to a room in the hotel, cleaned herself up and changed outfits.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
CNN - Coroner: Whitney Houston Drowned After Cocaine Use
The cause of singer Whitney Houston's death was drowning and the "effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use," the Los Angeles County coroner's office said Thursday.
She was found dead last month in the bathtub of her hotel room in Beverly Hills, California.
The manner of death was listed as an "accident."
Cocaine and metabolites were identified and contributory to her death, the report said.
Other drugs identified in Houston's body were marijuana, alprazolam (Xanax), cyclobenzaprine (Flexeril) and diphenhydramine (Benadryl), but they "did not contribute to the death," the report said. Flexeril is a muscle relaxant, and Benadryl is an allergy medicine.
No trauma or foul play is suspected, the report said. The final coroner's report will be available within two weeks, the coroner's office said.
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