All the news that’s too low-brow for Monday to Thursday:
Dating objectively. The Ayn Rand dating site (yes, The Ayn Rand dating site) hooks up fans of Ayn Rand so they can get it on in objective reality (or whisper sweet nothings about laissez-faire economics or whatever else randy Ayn Rand fans do for a good time). Featuring such steamy talk as: “Contact Me If You: do not conform to the dictates and whims of any of the world’s religions, simply because your soul’s independence is paramount.” Saucy. [via New York Mag]
50 Cent takes on tacos. US Tex-Mex chain Taco Bell has filed a lawsuit against rapper 50 Cent. In July, he sued the company for $4-million for trying to tarnish his gangster rap cred (uh yeah, too late) when they sent out a fake letter asking him to change his name for a day to 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent as a publicity stunt, in return for a donation of $10,000 to charity. Now Taco Bell have hit back with a lawsuit of their own, claiming Fiddy’s suit was an attempt ”to burnish his gangsta rapper persona by distorting beyond all recognition the bona fide, good faith offer that Taco Bell made.” Surely this can only be settled via rap battle?
Van Damme hits on reporter, should stick to taking hits to the head. Washed-up action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme recently hit on a 22-year-old Newsweek reporter during an interview. The married 59-year-old proved himself a total creep, telling her: “I really opened myself up in JCVD. I peeled back the skin of the fruit, cut the pulp and then took that very hard seed. In this film I cut that hard seed, and inside that seed was a kind of liquid cream substance of the man I am, or the woman you are… It was like being naked–I would love to be naked in front of you.” It gets worse from there.
Prop 8 in the eyes of a ranger. Speaking of over-rated martial arts stars (zing!), Chuckles Norris has written a post over at conservative group blog TownHall in favour of California banning gay marriage. Says Chuck: “The truth is that the great majority of Prop. 8 advocates are not bigots or hatemongers. They are American citizens who are following 5,000 years of human history and the belief of every major people and religion: Marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman.”
I see dead careers. (Former?) child star Haley Joel Osment is apparently “begging” imdb to change his profile picture, which shows him as a six-year-old — as opposed to the 20-year-old he is now. Maybe it’s because he looks like this now:
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The JCVD link is great – but I couldn’t help but notice this line: Van Damme, 48 and 5′9.
As in, he is five feet nine inches, not 59 years old. He would appear to be 48.
Not that that in ANY way makes him hitting on a 22 yo less disturbing.
According to Wikipedia, he is in fact 5 feet and 9 inches and 48 years old: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_damme
I’ve no idea why the article mentions it, though, other than to pad the whole thing out.
I’ve heard some speculate that the whole thing was actually a media stunt, in which case it worked well — at the expense of his dignity, of course, but this is the same guy who appeared in Bloodsport, so eh.
(Actually, I love Bloodsport. KUMITE! KUMITE! http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=3gUn9QkbkPk)