Fame is the new American Dream
What exactly is the “American Dream”? According to Wikipedia, the concept was first expressed by James Truslow Adams in 1931, saying citizens of every rank feel that they can achieve a “better, richer, and...
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Chris Rock’s new doc ‘Good Hair’ is both hilarious and insightful
Chris Rock’s new documentary Good Hair began when one of his daughters came to him to ask, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” The question inspired Rock’s journey through the world of...
Touching tribute to the King of Pop upstaged by Kanye’s award show terrorism
Oh the VMAs! Where do I start? With the passing of Michael Jackson, I was worried that the days of precision choreography, visual feasts for the eyes and pop songs you didn’t mind hearing...
Michael Jackson 1958 – 2009
There is no way I can string together a sentence that can fittingly express just how much Michael Jackson meant to me or how deeply devastated I am by his death.
New documentary paints captivating portrait of Mike Tyson
Director James Toback’s inventive visual style and complex mixture of original interviews, archival footage and photos combines with the captivating words from Mike Tyson himself to make Tyson one of the most fascinating portraits...
Scraping the bottom of the barrel with ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here!’
Besides the change in temperature, crappy television also signals the beginning of the summer season where writers save their wit for the fall and actually “go to there” – there being vacation. While the...
The A-List comes out for the White House Correspondents Dinner
Swine Flu be damned, nobody declined an invite to the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this year. This was Trashiwire’s fourth year of attending the pre-parties at “NerdProm”, as it was dubbed by the...
Videos from Nerdprom
Check out some of the video clips we took from the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. this past Saturday… Steven Spielberg rolled into the White House Correspondents Assoication Dinner flanked by...
Do you like fishsticks?
I was planning on writing a blog post about last night’s “Fishsticks” episode of South Park, but the ever-so-clever Michael K from DListed has beat me to the punch. Here’s a quick bite: The...
Drunk History: The Duel of Hamilton and Burr
I’m a huge fan of Michael Cera. His online series with friend Clark Duke at clarkandmichael.com is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. Naturally, you can imagine my surprise when I stumbled...
Gerard Way is looking for a Trans Am
As many of you know, my favorite band is My Chemical Romance. Lead singer Gerard Way (@gerardway if you’re on twitter) posted an update on the band’s blog detailing his current obsession: procuring a...
John Mayer chose Twitter over Jennifer Aniston
If you needed more proof that Twitter is awesome, just take a look at what DListed (via showbizspy.com) had to say about John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston: Star Magazine thinks they know the real...