The Loquacious Limey

[The Limey] – In the final denouement of what may be Hollywood’s worst-kept secret since the personal life choices of the late Liberace, Will and Grace actor Sean Hayes has finally agreed that he’s gay.
When the now 39-year old actor first appeared on the screen in 1998 as Will’s constantly unemployed neighbor, Jack McFarland, speculation [...]

[TheLimey] – The curious, virtual peacock that is Twitter has gained a great deal of press since many so-called celebrities jumped aboard to stroke their own egos and compound their fame. But Conan O’Brien is the one viable celeb who has found a good use.
Since he began tweeting on February 24 the 46-year old host [...]

[The Limey] – After nine endless, pain-riddled weeks MTV’s latest hype-driven insult, Jersey Shore has vacated our screens. But rather than give the public a few weeks of BS-free silence the ‘network’ is now leaking stories on how the ‘cast’ of this mindless farce are supposedly demanding more money to do it again.
The offer from [...]

[The Limey] That beacon of truth and incisive reporting, TMZ is running a story that NBC and Jay Leno have struck a deal which puts Jay firmly back on the throne he should never have left.
The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, says that story’s hokum and no deal has been reached.
So, who to believe?
The whole tiresome spat [...]

In a final, long-stalled admission of brain-strangling stupidity that will be coated with spin and presented as a triumph of creative thought, TMZ is reporting Jay Leno is now scheduled to take back his show.
Having been up-rooted from the Tonight Show in May – which he had made one of NBC’s few successes – reports [...]

Today may be a very dark day in this history of this nation’s TV. The New York Times is reporting that nine months of coercing, cajoling and infeasible cash have persuaded General Electric to let Comcast buy NBC.
This potential downside of this deal is not far short of a nightmare – The people so underfunded [...]

Henry Gibson, whose diverse portrayals of the full spectrum of life from Nazis to poets delighted and endeared him to three generations, has died at his home in Malibu after a brief battle with cancer. He was 73.
Born James Bateman, on September 21, 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvnia, Henry took his stage name from the Norwegian [...]

With a sense of respect that’s as weak as his acting, Charlie Sheen has announced that the US Government itself was behind 9/11.
The New York-born actor, who turned 44 on September 3rd, has just released a fictional transcript in which he ‘interviews’ President Obama and asks him to re-open the 9/11 case.
“The official 9/11 story [...]

In a worrying sign of the direction reality TV may soon begin taking, MTV just announced they have given the go-ahead to yet another example of unwelcome influence-meets-unscripted cash-cow, the teen-pregnancy reality drama, ‘Teen Mom.’
This tasteless new travesty is proudly seen by the MTV suits as a spin-off from its reprehensible parent, ‘16 and Pregnant,’ [...]

In a story even more risible than yesterday’s news of a failed pageant queen’s new fame-seeking lawsuit, US Magazine now reports that the indisputable king of the airheads has decided to update his name.
In the future, please call him ‘King Spencer Pratt.’
And the 26-year old star of MTV’s high-saccharine soap, ‘The Hills’ appears perfectly serious [...]