Neil Gaiman is awesome, Regis Philbin is an idiot, Jay Leno and the end of America, and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But there’s no reason to let this stuff go to waste: I can still share it with you, for your amusement, and start the new week with a clean slate.
Herewith this week’s leftover links, in no particular order:
Tom Shales on the villains in the Leno-O'Brien fiasco at NBC
Coraline's Neil Gaiman Is "Nobody's Bitch"
Mariska Hargitay: New Time Slot Hurt SVU's Ratings
Sex on TV: It's increasingly uncut — and unavoidable
With New Films, CBS Charts Tough Middle Course
The Battle for the American Soul Is over and Jay Leno Won
Regis Philbin Wonders How Records "Fit Inside" iPod
Mel the Viking: Now Gibson is invading England AND Scotland in movie... speaking Old Norse
Laughable Percy Jackson Promo Photos
Man dies during 'Avatar' screening
NYT Distorts Image Of Christina Hendricks, Calls Her "Big"
The Lovely Bones Wins By Targeting Twihards
The Pregnancy Pact Trailer: Pretending Fiction Is Fact
The Hangover That Never Ends: What I Learned From the Golden Globes
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posted by Bluejay (Sun Jan 24 10, 6:00PM)
On his blog, Neil Gaiman has said that he doesn't remember saying the "nobody's bitch" thing about himself, although he's used the phrase to defend George R.R. Martin from fans who feel entitled to the next "Song of Ice and Fire" book right now.
Warning: the first link also leads to a heartbreaking account about one of his cats. Brace yourselves. And send him some nice emails, if you're fans.
posted by Bluejay (Sun Jan 24 10, 7:13PM)
Also, the bit about Gaiman's many female readers reminded me of this.
posted by Mo (Sun Jan 24 10, 9:20PM)
That New Yorker article on Gaiman made me so angry. Here you have an article about one of the few authors I've ever come across who actually seems to get women, and yet a huge chunk of it is devoted entirely to passive-aggressively belittling his female fans. What's wrong with women liking fantasy? What's wrong if some of them have a flair for the dramatic? She certainly doesn't seem to have a problem with his male fans.
Gah.
posted by Bluejay (Sun Jan 24 10, 9:23PM)
Whoops--the George R.R. Martin link didn't seem to work. Here it is.
http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.html
posted by bats :[ (Mon Jan 25 10, 12:22PM)
Gads! How hot must all the upcoming television series be if there's no mention made at all of "True Blood"'s sexual antics?
posted by Mest (Fri Feb 12 10, 11:18PM)
Gaiman is a hypocrite who funds Scientology.
Neil Gaiman's 2009 contributions to the CULT of Scientology are listed in the cult's Cornerstone Newsletter (circa November 2009)
$142 million plus given to Super Power Scam - Ex Scientologist Message Board
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?t=16197
Under
CORNERSTONE CLUB MEMBERS [1315] [$35,000.00]
You'll find:
Mary & Neil Gaiman
And as the ex Scientologists state: "Also, this list does not include donations made by people who have since left the Church and been declared SP’s or “ethics bait”. The Church deletes those people’s names from the lists."
This probably reflects the $30,000.00 Neil Gaiman gave to the cult, and an additional $5000.00 to bring him up to Cornerstone Club member. Neil Gaiman is a Scientologist in good standing.
Gaiman is a Scientologist.