If you know who Howard Stern is you know he isn’t ready for prime time, let alone as the host of the popular TV show American Idol. But guess what, he may just be replacing Simon Cowell. While the ninja can see this, both Cowell and Stern have a way with words, still it may be a trade off CBS isn’t able to handle. Especially if they were to put him in the Morning Show.
As we have come to expect from Howard Stern he is adding fuel to the fire with by insulting everyone connected to the “karaoke show” as he calls it. The main targets of Howard’s tongue are Simon, Ellen and Ryan Seacrest.
The most resistance is coming from Ellen, who feels his “being considered” to replace Simon as a judge is a poor choice. Actually, it is much more than that. “Ellen is not in favor” of im joining the show at all.
But does she really have that much to say? Ellen DeGeneres is making her American Idol debut tonight, which means if Howard Stern takes the role on the early show she won’t have much more seniority.
Apparently Ellen is taking the show more seriously than either the current loud mouth host and his possible replacement Howard Stern.
She is a very organized person, and with the large amount of hosting duties she has on her plate things had to be moved around. When she got to the Hollywood set for the first day’s filming she was left waiting. Simon was nowhere to be seen and he eventually came in late. Will Howard do any better, probably not but the outcome would probably be much different.
So we can be sure than at least one person out there doesn’t want Howard Stern to jump into prime time TV and take on the role of judge. What do you think?
The ninja doesn’t really care, he doesn’t watch the show and whoever takes the vacancy is fairly irelavent. The only reason people watch the show is to enjoy some really bad singing.
No, this isn’t one of the movies that Marvel is rolling out, (though I wouldn’t be surprised if they titled one Iceman Cometh) instead it is a play.
The Iceman Cometh was originally premiered on 9 October 1946, however, it was written in 1939. The American playwright, Eugene O’Neill published the work in 1940.
The play was first preformed in the Martin Beck Theatre and was directed by Eddie Dowling. It had a very respectable run with 136 performances. The Iceman Cometh closed on 15 March 1947.
The play is very intelligent, and a little bit of a downer. Here is a excerpt of the plot summary.
“The Iceman Cometh is set in Harry Hope’s decidedly downmarket Greenwich Village saloon and rooming house, in 1912. The patrons, who are all men except for three women who are prostitutes, are all dead-end alcoholics who spend every possible moment seeking oblivion in each others’ company and trying to con or wheedle free drinks from Harry and the bartenders. They tend to focus much of their anticipation on the semi-regular visits of the salesman Theodore Hickman, known to them as Hickey. When Hickey finishes a tour of his business territory, which is apparently a wide expanse of the West Coast, he typically turns up at the saloon and starts the party. As the play opens, the regulars are expecting Hickey to turn up soon and plan to throw Harry a surprise birthday party. The entire first act introduces the various characters and shows them bickering amongst each other, showing just how drunk and delusional they are, all the while waiting for the arrival of Hickey.
Joe Molt is the only African American member of the group and is the former owner of a black casino. He insists he will soon re-open the casino.
Cecil “The Captain” Lewis is a former infantryman of the British Army who fought Piet “The General” Wetjoen, a Boer, during the Boer War. The two are now good friends and each insists they’ll soon go back to their nations of origin.
Harry Hope is the proprietor of the bar and, though he is constantly saying otherwise, has a tendency to give out free drinks. He has not left the bar since his wife Bess’s death 20 years ago. He promises that he’ll take a walk around the block on his birthday, the next day.
Pat McGloin is a former police lieutenant who was convicted on criminal charges and kicked out of the force. He says he is hoping to appeal, but is waiting for the right moment.
Rocky Pioggi is the night bartender, but is paid little and makes his living mostly off of allowing Pearl and Margie stay at the bar in exchange for all the money they make. He despises being called a pimp.
Ed Mosher is Harry’s brother-in-law, Bess’s brother. He is a former circus box-office man and con-man who prides himself on his ability to give incorrect change. He kept too much of his illegitimate profits to himself and was fired, but says he will get his job back someday.”
These are just a handful of the characters you meet in the Iceman Cometh. You can read about the rest of the characters here.
If you were going to get a staring role in a major Hollywood movie would you be willing to lose 70 lbs? How about gaining 70 lbs? No? Good, neither would the ninja. But that is probably why nobody has offered him one either. That and he prefers to work behind the scenes, preferably in the shadows. But that is the topic for another post.
What we are going to focus on here is the dedication of the top actors and actresses show for their art. Their willingness to lose huge amounts of weight, or their willingness to gain it. How they bulk up for a role after they’ve starved themselves for another. A practice that was detrimental to Matt Damon’s health when he filmed Courage Under Fire.
Let’s take a look at the Top 15 Celebrity Changelings.
And we will get started with…
15 – George Clooney14 – Jake Gyllenhaal13 – Ryan Reynolds12 – Hillary Swank11 – Tom Hanks10 – Jared Leto
Is it just the ninja or does anyone else think that Jared looks a lot like Kevin Smith without a beard?
9 – Charlize Theron8 – Russell Crowe7 – Gerard Butler6 – Benecio Del Toro5 – Renee Zellweger4 – Eric Bana3 – Colin Farrell2 – Matt Damon
And the winner for the most drastic change in weight for a role goes to…
1 – Christian Bale
For The Machinist Bale lost 70lbs in less than three months, putting him just over 100lbs. Six months later when he began filming Batman Begins he bulked up to 200lbs. For his ability to change so drastically and so rapidly for a role Christian Bale gets the number one spot.
I know what you’re asking yourself right now as you’re reading this, “What is bone black?” Well besides an amazingly sweet title for this post it is also the 29th episode of Dirty JobsSeason 5.
While working at the Bone Black Plant’s Ball Mill, Mike Rowe has to climb into the Ball Mill when he losses his flashlight. When he emerges he is so dirty, almost pitch black that his teeth and eyes almost shine. You can watch the the Bone Black segment of Dirty Jobs here:
The episode aired last night at 9 p.m. On Discovery.