Presidents' Day Fully Loaded

It's back to work for all you jerks who actually got the day off on Monday! I, not being one of said jerks, celebrated the beloved past and present leaders of my country in my cubicle, where I spent the majority of my day slacking off and reading trashy gossip websites. Since I did not have a very exciting Presidents' Day, I thought you might enjoy hearing the juicy details of what some celebs are doing today.

Happy Birthday Mister President...

Lindsay Lohan playing Marilyn Monroe? And nude?!! - ok that one doesn't surprise me. This year, New York magazine's spring fashion issue will contain pictures from a re-creation of the famous Bert Stern photo shoot, "The Last Sitting," featuring one favorite gutter-press princess stepping in for another.

I think it's funny that in the interview about the shoot, Lindsay got up on her soap box and preached about how the industry can destroy young actors' lives, while remaining in complete denial about her own problems. I mean, how could ya miss that one? There would be no point in imitating the original shoot, (and even Stern would agree), except to draw the parallel between Marilyn Monroe's troubled life and Lindsay's.

Despite the connection between the two actresses lifestyles, I didn’t think Lindsay really resembled Marilyn at all. First, she doesn’t have the curves. I know that the Twiggy look is in right now and it’s considered hot to be shaped like a little boy with boobs, but that does not say voluptuous to me the way that Marilyn Monroe does. Also, perhaps a purely artist disagreement, I would not shoot such a pasty-white girl with a bleach blonde wig naked in white linen sheets. She almost blends right in. And finally, the personality is just not the same. There’s something about the way that Lindsay Lohan tries to play the “sexy” role that I just don’t buy. I’m sure that it’s because I’ve simply seen her in too many of the “cute, high school girl” roles to be able to accept her sexiness.

But regardless of how I feel about Lindsay portraying Marilyn Monroe, sex sells and thus, a naked Lindsay Lohan is bound to sell quite a few magazines. Plus, at least she took her clothes off for art rather than a porno mag (which I would have guessed she’d have done by this point).


First Daddy...

The writer's strike IS over, but we can't expect miracles out of them. There's bound to be a transitional period before we get our fix of new shows. And to fill that last little gap in programming, NBC launched a new reality series this Presidents' Day called, My Dad is Better Than Your Dad, based off the proverbial schoolyard squabble over who’s dad could beat up everyone else’s. Unfortunately there was no dad-on-dad fighting and none of the kids got into screaming matches with each other. In fact, all of the contestants were good sports – sort of contradicting the spirit of “my dad is better than your dad.”

The Teams:

• The ex rock star who gave it all up for his kids
  
• The overly competitive athletics coach for whom failure is not an option
• The All-American teddy bear dad with the tiny daughter
• The goofball who performs each challenge in the least efficient way

The show works by pitting four dad-kid teams against each other in a series of challenges for a chance to win $50,000. One team is eliminated after each of the four challenges that include chopping up a desk and fitting the most bits inside a box, shooting the kid at a dart board, a knowledge bowl quiz, and shooting rolled up newspapers through glass windows with an air cannon.

I'm not sure how that skill set adds up to "best dad," but I'm willing to look past the logic of it all and settle for this cute and moderately entertaining reality series to get me through till NBC can pump out new episodes of Heroes.

That's all I've got for your Presidents' Day wrap-up for this year. Now it's back to work!

This entry was posted by Lady Amy, on Monday, February 18, 2008. You can leave your response.