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| Well, at least the most recent entrant in the Celebrities Giving Their Babies Whacked-Out Names contest admits an explanation may be needed when a parent saddles his or her child with an outrageous moniker. Nicolas Cage, who decided to name his son Kal-El when the poor baby was born last month, has told the press he and his 21-year-old bride wanted a name that was “exotic and American and stood for something good” when it came time to name their first child. According to Cage, the desire for an “exotic and American” name came from the couple’s contention that their son is “exotic and American” and that the pair “think he’s good”. But Cage also, perhaps inadvertently, revealed the more likely reason an overgrown kid who makes his living playing make-believe would name his son after a comic book superhero. After the lovely speech about “exotic and American” names, Cage admitted that he’d “always liked the sound” of Kal-El, saying it had a “magical ring” to it. Perhaps he can invoke the powers summoned by his new baby’s magical name to conjure up a decent movie role for himself. |
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Scientologists may believe they have found a way to release the full potential of the human mind and do away with such dubious disciplines as medicine and psychiatry, but apparently the church itself isn't so "clear" that it can weather criticism turned in its direction. A Web site satirizing Tom Cruise and the miniature actor’s affiliation with the controversial religion has been hit with a cease-and-desist letter, and has been threatened with a lawsuit if its creators don’t pull the plug. The site, called ScienTomogy.info, makes it exceedingly clear that it is in no way affiliated with the Church of Scientology nor Tom Cruise, and that it is, in fact, a satirical site aimed at deflating the ego of the diminutive star and making fun of his increasingly bizarre behavior and the doctrines of the perennially-peculiar organization to which he has pledged his troth. The operators of the New Zealand site have been threatened with all manner of dastardly legal retaliations if the site is not taken down immediately; lawyers for the Church of Scientology have even gone so far as to claim the domain name has become “associated with our client's registered mark” and that the changing of one letter - regardless of how significantly that change differentiates between the two words for anyone capable of reading at a third-grade level - “does not protect (them) from trademark infringement.” Now while Scientology’s recruitment and marketing tactics have made it quite apparent for years that they truly believe their potential converts are really so stupid that they’d be confused, it remains unclear how the legal beagles plan on mounting a trademark infringement case against a site that is completely non-commercial in nature. Funny, isn't it, how a quasi-religious American institution could spend so many years hiding behind one portion of the First Amendment yet never bothered to read the rest of it. In other news, Michael Jackson has reportedly filed a copyright infringement suit against Tom Cruise, claiming he created the idea of finding a way to impregnate a willing female in order to prove you’re not gay. |
| Seems fans aren’t the only ones who are a tad upset with how the Bond producers handled the search for and selection of the latest 007. Reports have surfaced that other actors in the running for the coveted super-spy role only discovered they hadn’t been chosen when the announcement was made that Daniel Craig had been selected. Now that’s cold, even by Hollywood standards. Not to mention that the Bond producers are now claiming that no one else but Craig was ever, ever considered, ever. One of the former actors-in-the-running-except-not, Colin Salmon - we know; he never made it onto our bookie’s bet list, either - was already a part of the franchise, playing M’s Chief of Staff, Charles Robinson. Salmon, who could have potentially been an even bigger first for the franchise had he been cast, giving us the first African-American Bond instead of the first blond Bond, feels his days as a part of the spy series are still numbered. Salmon seemingly agrees with the publicly-stated plan to take the franchise down a different path; he is quoted as saying the producers need to “change the whole format” and that he believes his character won’t “translate”, describing Robinson as “very straight”. Oh, so that’s what they meant about taking Bond “somewhere he’s never been before”. |
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The honeymoon must be over. Apparently, pop tart and new mum Britney Spears has harpooned her hubby’s hopes of going into the family business by laughing his first efforts at making a pop record right out the studio. Sources say that Kevin Federline, the lucky-as-all-get-out white-trash icon who first met the Toxic singer when he danced in one of her tours, was hurt by Spears’ reaction when he played his first studio production for her. According to insiders, Federline’s songs were “greeted with hurtful laughter” by Britney, who was purportedly “unimpressed”. Reports go on to say that Spears predicted Federline’s debut CD might sell “a hundred, maybe a thousand” copies, if he was lucky, with that last comment likely referring not only to the level of sales but also Federline’s chances of even getting a CD released. Dude, when Britney Spears laughs at your singing, you are one sorry vocalist. Sources also allegedly witnessed Federline becoming quite upset over Britney’s lack of encouragement of his dreams, to the point where he threatened to leave if she didn’t champion his singing career. After being reminded of the millions of ways in which Spears already “supports” him, however, Federline reportedly calmed down considerably. |
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