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		<title>Other Things Tom Cruise Was Wrong About</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 01:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not often that a celebrity admits when they’re wrong. Scandals come and go, but count how many times you’ve actually heard Lindsay or Paris admit the wrongness of their actions or words. You can probably count the number on your thumb. And even then, the detraction was more than likely court-ordered. So color me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/tomcruise-profile.jpg" alt="Tom Cruise Admits His Mistakes" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" />It’s not often that a celebrity admits when they’re wrong.  Scandals come and go, but count how many times you’ve actually heard Lindsay or Paris admit the wrongness of their actions or words.  You can probably count the number on your thumb.  And even then, the detraction was more than likely court-ordered.  </p>
<p>So color me stunned when famed Dawson Leery sloppy seconds lover, Tom Cruise, went on the Oprah Winfrey show last week and admitted he was “wrong” about his comments on post-partum depression.  He apologized for attacking Brooke Shields, and expressed his newfound belief that post partum depression can not be cured simply by taking vitamins (though, he did also claim that an Orange Wilma Flintstone vitamin cured him of “abnormal thoughts” back in 1996, so maybe he hasn’t learned that much).  He further explained that he felt “pressed” by the media during his couch-jumping, batshit crazy period, and regrets saying a lot of things on TV.</p>
<p>The newly humble Cruise, fresh off the monumental failure that was Lions For Lambs, still plugging his ongoing sham marriage, and desperate for the love we all once had for the diminutive star, ran down a litany of things he once said or did that he now believes are mistakes.  I have collected those comments for your perusal.  You can judge just how truly sorry he is for the “mistakes” he once made.</p>
<p><strong>OTHER THINGS TOM CRUISE WAS WRONG ABOUT:</strong></p>
<p>- Tom admitted that he was wrong to date Penelope Cruz for two years.  Not because they weren&#8217;t a happy couple, but because she had only signed a deal to be his beard for 18 months, and the negotiation for the additional six months was pretty onerous.  Also, because he could never understand a word she was saying.</p>
<p>- Turns out, all the research Tom claimed to have conducted about drug addiction wasn&#8217;t actually factual medical information.  It was just an early draft of the Requiem for a Dream script that got left on his desk (in his defense, Jared Leto can be quite confusing).</p>
<p>- Despite his initial fears, luring, capturing and commanding the mind of a teen soap star was far easier than Tom thought.  Dealing with Scarlet Johansson, on the other hand, was just as annoying as predicted.  He then wished Ryan Reynolds well in navigating that husky-voiced, square-bodied landmine.</p>
<p>- Tom regrets choosing to play a Nazi as his big comeback film; feels it may NOT have been the best vehicle for getting back into the hearts of the American people.  In related news, Valkyrie has been delayed a full year while filmmakers try to figure out how to make a Nazi Tom Cruise appealing to anyone beyond the day staff at the Celebrity Center.</p>
<p>- Tom has come to realize, after many moments of soul-searching, that association with Ben Stiller in any form might be detrimental to his already damaged public image.  Just ask Owen Wilson (too soon?).</p>
<p>- Electrocuting the most beloved TV personality in the world?  Maybe not his finest hour.</p>
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<p>- Tom doesn’t view his comments on the infamous Scientology Video as a mistake; he was speaking from the heart, and meant what he said.  But looking back, maybe he wouldn’t wear the black turtleneck; that much neck fat should really only be rocked by a Thanksgiving Day turkey, or by John Goodman.</p>
<p>- And of course, he regrets hiring a sex doctor to teach him and then wife Nicole Kidman how to have realistic looking straight people sex for his Stanley Kubrick misfire, Eyes Wide Shut.  Though the doctor was able to work through Tom’s awkwardness around the naked female form and successfully get the couple to look like they like each other on film, he was not, however, able to achieve Tom’s ultimate goal of the arrangement: convincing Tom that girls don’t have cooties.  Sadly, Katie Holmes must now bath in an anti-cootie solution before and after she comes into the bedroom.  And by” bedroom”, I of course mean “mind prison”.</p>
<p>So as you can see, Tom showed much contrition about his crazy antics of the last few years.  He clarified comments, apologized for weird behavior and even acknowledged the creepiness of Ben Stiller.  But the one thing Tom did not do?  The one thing Tom will never agree was a mistake?  Putting Colonel Jessup on the stand.  He wanted answers.  And after all, he was entitled to them!  The big question is: can he still handle the truth?  At least for today, the answer seems to be a resounding “sort of”.</p>
<p>Bangarang!</p>
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		<title>My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.thejay.com/2008/03/27/nike-sparq-commercial-spoof/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
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<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/stevenspielberg-better.jpg" alt="Steven Spielberg - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My power is more powerful than your power.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/ronburgundy-better.jpg" alt="Will Ferrell - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My funny is funnier.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/reneezellweger-better.jpg" alt="Renee Zellweger - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />I&#8217;m Scrunchy Von Scrunch Scrunch</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/keanureeves-better.jpg" alt="Keanu Reeves - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My whoa is better than your whoa.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/matthewmcconaughey-better.jpg" alt="Matthew Mcconaughey - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />L-I-V-I-N!</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/hilaryswank-better.jpg" alt="Hilary Swank - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My manly is more manly than your manly.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/britneyspears-better.jpg" alt="Britney Spears - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My talent is funnsmartandgreat.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/parishilton-better.jpg" alt="Paris Hilton - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />I&#8217;m already my prepping my next reality show.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/lost-better.jpg" alt="Lost - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My TV show is more confusing.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/megan-fox-better.jpg" alt="Megan Fox - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />I&#8217;m hotter.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/katherineheigl-better.jpg" alt="Katherine Heigl - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />I&#8217;m more annoying.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/cubagoodingjr-better.jpg" alt="Cuba Gooding Jr. - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />Your Oscar speech isn&#8217;t very good.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/tomcruise-better.jpg" alt="Tom Cruise - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My batshit crazy is crazier than your batshit crazy.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/scarjo-better.jpg" alt="Scarlett Johansson - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />Your cleavage owes my cleavage $20 bucks.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/willsmith-better.jpg" alt="Will Smith - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My jiggy smells like baby wipes.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/terrencehoward-better.jpg" alt="Terrence Howard - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" /><a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/top/terrence-howard-thinks-women-are-unclean-and-dressed-like-whores-287242.php" target=blank><strong>Baby wipes?</strong></a></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/davidarchuleta-better.jpg" alt="David Archuleta - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My better.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/owen-wilson-better.jpg" alt="Owen Wilson - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My better.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/rachelmcadams-better.jpg" alt="Rachel McAdams - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />Is better than your better.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/georgeclooney-better.jpg" alt="George Clooney - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />My better is better than your better.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/thejay-better.jpg" alt="The Jay - My Blog Is Better Than Your Blog" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 3px" />Thank you very much for coming.</p>
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		<title>What $40,000 Gets You With Scarlett Johansson</title>
		<link>http://www.thejay.com/2008/03/14/20-minutes-with-scarlet-johansson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:07:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ben Affleck]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[International screen hottie and budding hack musician, Scarlet Johansson, recently put a date with herself up for auction on eBay. The sham affair is an effort to raise money for the OxFam charity. Some pathetic Britboy actually dropped $40,000 to win the auction. That gigantic sum of money earns him the right to spend 20 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/scarjo.jpg" alt="Win A Date With ScarJo!" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" />International screen hottie and budding hack musician, Scarlet Johansson, recently put a date with herself up for auction on eBay.  The sham affair is an effort to raise money for the OxFam charity.  Some pathetic Britboy actually dropped <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/13/what-a-waste-of-40-000/" target=blank><strong>$40,000 to win the auction</strong></a>.  That gigantic sum of money earns him the right to spend <strong>20 minutes</strong> (less time than a sitcom!) with ScarJo at the red carpet premiere of her upcoming romcom “He’s Just Not That Into You”.</p>
<p>Wondering just what $40k for 20 minutes with a pretty Hollywood actress gets you these days?  Read on to find out…</p>
<p><strong>Minute 1:</strong> You’re at the premiere of ScarJo’s new movie “He’s Just Not That Into You” and you’re pitting up with excitement in your linty, off the rack tux; you&#8217;re about to meet the blonde chick with the big boobs and hot lips from that weepy indie movie you saw that one time because someone told you she shows her ass during the opening credits, and the ass was there as promised and it was fairly nice and easily the best thing about the movie, and you kept that in your head for years, secretly returning there in your happy place when no one was watching, and it slowly overtook you to the point where you voluntarily went to that magic movie she did with Wolverine on the off chance she showed some side boob action during her one-piece bathing suit scene, but she didn’t and the movie was really fucking bad but you forgave her cause in that other movie where she got dead in Britain she looked too fine, and you still worshipped the ass until last year when you heard it was a stunt butt and you were devastated, and then after subsequently snapping out of the years-long reverie you realized she hasn&#8217;t been in anything fun to watch beyond The Perfect Score, and that’s only as a goof.  And it only cost $40,000 to live that dream.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 2:</strong> She’s running late.  Smell ya later, $4,000!</p>
<p><strong>Minute 3:</strong> There she is, in all her glory.  And by “glory”, I mean a frumpy, non-form fitting dress that highlights NOTHING, literally none of her fun bits, because you are a plebe and she’s not an idiot and you didn’t even crack $50k.  But she shakes your hand (it’s a pullback shake, where you only get the fingers and half the palm… bitch), and smiles at you and you turn to mush, cause she is a celebrity and you <strong>are</strong> an idiot.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 4:</strong> Awkward silence.  Make that money count, boy!</p>
<p><strong>Minute 5:</strong> You ask her how her day went.  You make a mental note to beat your penis to death later for your lameness.  She responds: “Um, nothing.  I didn’t do much.”  She subtly checks her watch.  You have the vague feeling that she isn’t as charming as you’d hoped.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 6:</strong> She thanks you for paying so much to meet her, and for giving it all to charity.  You believe this is an invite to brazenly eye-fuck her rack.  She raises her eyebrows at you, and four huge black guys are immediately five feet away from you and are hungry. </p>
<p><strong>Minute 7:</strong> You &#8211; “So what’s it like being an actress?”  ScarJo – “It’s great. I work with a lot of cool people.  It’s fun.”  You – “… so what was up with The Island?  Boy, was that a pile of shit.”  ScarJo – “So what was up with you paying forty grand to meet me?  Boy, does that make you creepy.”  You – “Riiiight.”</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/scarjo-directs.jpg" alt="Win A Date With ScarJo!" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>Minute 8:</strong> Awkward silence.  </p>
<p><strong>Minute 9:</strong> You ask her about the short film she’s making.  Out of nowhere, a beret and sunglasses magically appear on her head and she begins a lengthy explanation of her composition and mise-en-scene.  You become acutely aware of how disappointing you found her to be in The Prestige.   </p>
<p><strong>Minute 10:</strong>  You know, in person, the ScarJo body is not so tight, huh?  A bit stocky, right?  That’s a $20,000 revelation you just had there, big guy.  Next time bid on a latte date with Carla Gugino.  It’ll be $35k cheaper and she’ll totally dish on making out with Lucy Liu in that low-rent vampire flick she made last year.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 11:</strong> Does she just really need to cough, or does her voice actually sound like that? </p>
<p><strong>Minute 12:</strong> You ask her what type of music she listens to.  She name checks working with The Jesus and Mary Chain.  You have no idea who she is talking about.  Why didn’t she say Justin?  He’s so dreamy!</p>
<p><strong>Minute 13:</strong> Oh my god, there’s Ben Affleck!!!  You beg ScarJo to introduce you.  She can’t believe you’d rather shake the hand of the star of Gigli than have an awkward conversation with the child star of The Horse Whisperer.  But c’mon, that’s a no brainer.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/benaffleck-wizard.jpg" alt="Win A Date With ScarJo!" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>Minute 14:</strong> You tell Affleck he was the bomb in Phantoms (yo!).  It was literally the best moment of your life.  You start wondering why you couldn’t have paid $40 grand to have a beer with the Fleck.  Maybe J-Garns would have dropped by and you could have taken a cell phone pic with baby Violet.  What a missed opportunity…</p>
<p><strong>Minute 15:</strong> ScarJo looks annoyed.  You could give a shit.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 16:</strong> Kinda bored and thus feeling reckless, you ask about the business with Tom Cruise.  She demurs talking about it.  Your response: “C’mon! … for charity?”</p>
<p><strong>Minute 17:</strong> She tells a completely astonishing tale about her near abduction into the cult of Scientology, her narrow escape from their compound, personality tests flying by her like Indy avoiding the cave spears in the opening of Raiders, and her race to hide from the chasing horde.  You are riveted.  Tom Cruise is the best.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 18:</strong>  One more eye-fuck, for good measure.  Now you can feel the breath of her bodyguards.  They had lemon chicken for lunch.</p>
<p><strong>Minute 19:</strong> Awkward silence.  Both of you hoping this charade just ends.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/scarjo-small.jpg" alt="Win A Date With ScarJo!" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>Minute 20:</strong> She thanks you one more time for being so generous.  You put out your hand for one more limp-wristed shake but she gives you a cute smile and pulls you in for a hug.  It goes on for maybe 1.5 seconds longer than necessary and at the last moment she gives you an extra tight chest squeeze.  The rack feels like overripe lemons being Jamba Juice’d into your torso.  It’s uncomfortable, but you’ll still feverishly masturbate to the memory of it for the next decade.  She walks away and you follow her ass as she goes.  It’s not bad, but it’s no Lost In Translation stunt butt.</p>
<p><strong>Consensus:</strong> Twenty minutes of awkward silences, stilted conversation and the briefest of hugs for forty thousand American dollars?</p>
<p>Totes worth it.  </p>
<p>(He got to meet Affleck.  Recognize!)</p>
<p>Bangarang!</p>
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		<title>Scarlett Johansson Thinks It&#8217;s Business Time</title>
		<link>http://www.thejay.com/2008/02/15/scarlett-johansson-business-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
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<p>Oh yeah, that’s right baby.  Girl, tonight we&#8217;re gonna do an interview. You know how I know baby? Cuz its The Today Show, and The Today Show is the show that we interview on. Regis &#038; Kelly is the show we go and plug our charities, but The Today Show is the show that we interview on. Cuz everything is just right, conditions are perfect. There&#8217;s nothing good on TV, conditions are perfect. You lean in close and say something sexy like &#8220;I really liked working on the movie, especially my personal scenes with Eric Bana.&#8221; I know what you&#8217;re trying to say baby.  You&#8217;re tryin to say &#8220;Ooh yeah, it&#8217;s show business, it&#8217;s show business time.&#8221; </p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOSEcmZvG8"><strong>It’s show business, it&#8217;s show business time!</strong></a></em> </p>
<p><em>That’s what your trying to say, your trying to say lets get down to show business, its show business time.</em></p>
<p><em>Its show business, its show business time.</em></p>
<p><em>Thats what you&#8217;re tryin to say, you&#8217;re tryin to say lets get down to show business, it&#8217;s show business time!</em></p>
<p>Ooh, Next thing you know were in the green room snacking on veggies.  That&#8217;s all part of it. That&#8217;s foreplay. Then you go check your Blackberry to see if your agent called, that&#8217;s not part of it but it&#8217;s still very important. Then we&#8217;re on the set. You&#8217;re wearing that ugly black see-thru librarian top that you had on for the Sundance junket you did for your last movie, and it&#8217;s never looked better on you. Mmmhh, Sundance junket is not tonight. Oh you don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re doing to me. I remove my earbud and don&#8217;t hear the producers, but i&#8217;ve still got my sleeve mic, but then I turn it into a sexy eye stare. Next thing you know I&#8217;m down to just my hip mic and you know when I&#8217;m down to just my hip mic what time it is. It&#8217;s time for show business. It&#8217;s show business time. </p>
<p><em>Its show buisness, its show business time</em></p>
<p><em>You know when I’m down to just my hip mic its time for show business, that’s why they call them show business hip mics.</em></p>
<p>Ooh, doin an interview, doin an interview with you, doin an interview with you for two minutes.  When its with me you only need two minutes, cuz I’m so intense. Two minutes in heaven is better then one minute in heaven.  You say sumthing like “Thanks for having us on the show, Matt”, I know what your trying to say, your trying to say “Ahh yeah that’s it”. Then Matt tells us he want to do one more segment.  Well I&#8217;m not surprised, But I&#8217;m quite sleepy.</p>
<p><em>Its show business, its show business time</em></p>
<p><em>Show Business hours are over, baby</em></p>
<p><em>Its show business, its show business time.</em></p>
<p>Bangarang!</p>
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		<title>Katherine Heigl Can NOT Open A Movie!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So we can dispense with that notion right now.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/heigllaugh.jpg" alt="Katherine Heigl" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" />Today, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-et-sisters-pg,0,4592641.photogallery" target=blank><strong>the LA Times posted an obnoxious, poorly-thought out piece on Box Office Sorority Sisters</strong></a>, claiming that with the moderate opening weekend success of 27 Dresses, Katherine Heigl had officially joined the elusive ranks of women who can open a movie on their own.  This, as I stated before, is complete shenanigans.</p>
<p>There are sooo many reasons why 27 Dresses opened to nearly $30 Million over the 4-day MLK weekend.  Just off the top of my head…</p>
<p>-	The ad campaign that focused on the movie being from the writer of The Devil Wears Prada.</p>
<p>-	The involvement of the far more awesome James Marsden.</p>
<p>-	A relatable premise (no girl likes to be a bridesmaid).</p>
<p>-	The fact that there hasn’t been a straight-up romcom in theaters in nearly a year.</p>
<p>-	The face that there is NOTHING else for women to see in theaters right now.</p>
<p>-	Men owed their girlfriends and wives a chick flick after subjecting them to four months of football watching.</p>
<p>-	Like me, people were going to the movie solely for the purpose of making fun of Katherine Heigl.</p>
<p>And I’d like to point out that 27 Dresses has a <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/27_dresses/" target=blank><strong>37% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes</strong></a>.  Not exactly the stuff of romcom glory (Juno, in comparison, is at 93% freshness).</p>
<p>So why do we all of a sudden think she’s a movie star?  She wasn’t more than a piece of lawn furniture in Knocked Up.  I’ve gone on record as saying she was the problem of the movie.  Her “prettiness”, or what have you, completely derailed the plot; there was just no way that a girl like her would actively choose to stay with a guy like Seth Rogen.  Maybe she wouldn’t have gotten a shmashmortion, but she wouldn’t have dated the guy.  Also, the movie was overrated, and I could have done without the three close-ups of the crowning stunt vag.</p>
<p>Adding to this the fact that Heigl is currently KILLING Grey’s Anatomy.  Her George-Izzie storyline single-handedly destroyed the watchability of last season and, barring the writer’s strike, would have probably side-tracked the current one.  She’s the most grating, self-involved, smug, witless character on the show, and I LOATHE the Pompeo.  Patrick Dempsey’s hair is even all “Cool it with the smugness, lady.  You’re not <em>that</em> cute!  Now where did my Personal Coif Attendant go?”</p>
<p>So where are her star credentials?</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/heigltopless.jpg" alt="Katherine Heigl" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /></p>
<p>Are we going all the way back to her classic work in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, where she disappointed every male viewer by not following in the hallowed footsteps of Erika Eleniak’s gorgeous “popping out of a cake” tittyballs?  Or the time when her brief thong flash in My Father, The Hero caused a 13 year-old The Jay to grudgingly sit through a Gerard Depardieu movie because there was no such thing as You Tube back in the day?</p>
<p>The fact is she’s only been likeable or even interesting twice in her entire career.  First when she posed topless for a Maxim spread, back when that magazine meant something; and second, her strip foosball scene in 100 Girls, which led her character to mack down with pre-approved hottie Larisa Oleynick.  That’s it.  Those are the two moments.  Everything else she has ever done is forgettable and worthless.</p>
<p>Moreover, opening a romantic comedy in January hardly warrants comparisons to Julia, Reese and Sandra.  There have been plenty of It Girls who opened a romcom and were never a contender again. For example:</p>
<p>-	Julia Stiles opened Save the Last Dance in January of 2001 to the same amount of money as 27 Dresses (more if you amend for inflation), and she can barely open regional theatre these days.  She was the second lead of one of the biggest movies of 2007, does anyone even care if she’s breathing right now?</p>
<p>-	Kate Hudson opened How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days to a cool $100 mil, but her combined B.O. grosses for The Skeleton Key, Raising Helen and Alex &#038; Emma (in total: $26 dollars) seem to point to McConaughey being the key to the success.  That’s why Fool’s Gold is gonna make a mint.  People want to see his abs, not hers.  <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2008/01/16/matthew-mcconaughey-parenting/" target=blank><strong>God bless evolution</strong></a>.</p>
<p>-	Lindsay Lohan opened Mean Girls and look what happened to her movie career.  The drugs and the whoring and the Hilton did her in, but the godawful movies were the coffin she laid to rest in (unless someone out there thinks I Know Who Killed Me was a positive step in her career).</p>
<p>The fact of the matter is that there are very few women who can truly open a movie.  This is the list: </p>
<p>- Julia Roberts </p>
<p>- Jodie Foster</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/heigl27dresses.jpg" alt="Katherine Heigl" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" />That’s it.  Everyone else has qualifiers to their successful openers (most of the time it’s due to their male co-stars).  Let’s go down the list of the women the LA Times believes are in the “Omega Mega Bucks” sorority (cause THAT’s not setting women back a decade).</p>
<p><strong>Julia Roberts:</strong> Pretty much retired.  And she has nothing to prove anymore.  When she puts out a movie, it’s an event, period.</p>
<p><strong>Reese Witherspoon: </strong>Can’t open a movie.  Legally Blonde was years ago, the sequel was diminished returns, Just Like Heaven tanked, Walk the Line was Oscar bait, Rendition bombed even with her on-set romance pub, and her current movie, Penelope, has been on the shelf for two years cause nobody thinks it’ll do any business.  She’s a big star, but call me when her name and face open a sub-par dramedy above $13 mil.</p>
<p><strong>Cameron Diaz:</strong> Aside from being successful at always looking like she just woke up from a three day coke bender, her movies haven’t done jack since before Tom Cruise went batshit crazy (can you even remember that far back?).  Also, you’re not an opener when you’re doing romcoms with Ashton Kutcher called “What Happens In Vegas”.  That’s just me being real with you.</p>
<p><strong>Sarah Jessica Parker:</strong> <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2008/01/18/broderick-sjp-at-night/" target=blank><strong>Can’t open an equestrian show</strong></a>.  Failure To Launch was the same as How To Lose A Guy…, the presence of Matthew McConaughey and a V-Day Release Date.  Sex and the City will open big, but that’s a brand.  Would you really see her in a movie if her co-star wasn’t Wooderson or the Sex girls?  Me neither.</p>
<p><strong>Drew Barrymore:</strong> If you’re goal is $50 million domestic, then Josie Grosie is your girl.  But you gotta pair her with a cute boy to get it.  Ever After was a loooong time ago.</p>
<p><strong>Rachel McAdams:</strong> <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2006/01/09/rachel-mcadams-is-the-next/" target=blank><strong>Can definitely open a movie</strong></a>&#8230; if she ever decides to make another one.  Also, if she had starred in 27 Dresses, it would have beaten Cloverfield, and I would have already seen it twice.  Warrants mentioning…</p>
<p><strong>Jennifer Aniston:</strong> Please!  Along Came Polly was Ben Stiller’s flick.  The Break Up was sold on Vince Vaughn.  Bruce Almighty was Jim Carrey’s show.  HER movies, Derailed &#038; Friends With Money, tanked.  I watched her for free for ten years, why would I ever pay to see her doing anything onscreen (showing her boobies boobies boobies, notwithstanding)?</p>
<p><strong>Angelina Jolie:</strong> Not without Brad Pitt.</p>
<p><strong>Catherine Zeta-Jones:</strong> Not without George Clooney.</p>
<p><strong>Halle Berry:</strong> Not without showing her tits.</p>
<p><strong>Renee Zellweger:</strong> Not without Bitchface removal surgery.  Or a British accent.</p>
<p><strong>Kirsten Dunst:</strong> Not without Spider-Man.  (Or her being executed on-screen.)</p>
<p><strong>Orlando Bloom:</strong> Not technically a chick, but does have a lovely vag, I’m told.  No matter, can’t open anything without Johnny Depp, anyway.</p>
<p>It takes years and multiple hits for a woman to attain true movie-opening power.  Jodie opened Flightplan, a movie so bad that Jodie Foster would rather admit she scissors her life partner than talk about that flick.  Could Heigl open a Flightplan?  I think not.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/heiglgreys.jpg" alt="Katherine Heigl" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" />Consider Katherine Heigl’s personality and persona for a minute.  Would you really go see her next movie if it wasn’t released in January, where your options are her or a vomit-inducing monster flick that’s sold out?  No, you wouldn’t.  She’s not opening a dark drama without a bigger male star, or an in-jeopardy thriller (not if Ashley Judd has anything to say about it), the two other genres women tend to do well in.  I wouldn’t buy her in a Sci-Fi blockbuster.  And there’s eight-trillion other hotties I’d rather see in a Bruckheimer style action flick (Megan Fox, for starters).  So what does that leave her?  Romcoms?  How many more of these are you gonna buy her in?  One, two tops?  She should ask Mandy Moore or J.Lo what that career path looks like. </p>
<p>The bottom line is that she got lucky with this one.  It won’t happen again.  So we, and especially the LA Times, needs to cool it with the STAR IS BORN talk.  I can’t be convinced to think of Scarlet Johansson as a true movie star and her T&#038;A is faaaar better than Heigl’s.  Also, ScarJo never emasculated George O’Malley, ruined his marriage to Callie, and forced me to pray for more Pompeo screentime. Sigh&#8230;</p>
<p>Fucking Izzie Stevens!</p>
<p>Bangarang!</p>
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		<title>The 2007 TheJay.com Year In Film Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 19:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
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<p>I’m rip roaring and raring to go on &#8217;0JAY8 like La Lohan on an extended weekend in Capri, so before a Celebritard does something so dissgrossting that I have to break my <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2007/07/25/lost-girls/" target=blank><strong>Lost Girls</strong></a> ban and dip into my bag of fake whore words to describe their actions (&#8220;whoreititude&#8221; being my current favs), let&#8217;s start launching some award bombs (be forwarned, this post is <strong>HUGE</strong>).  </p>
<p>And away we go (Read the <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2006/01/01/the-2005-thejaycom-year-in-film-awards/" target=blank><strong>2005</strong></a> and <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2007/01/08/thejaycom-awards/" target=blank><strong>2006</strong></a> YIF Awards post as a refresher to their awesomeness):</p>
<p><strong>MOST OVERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><strong>Knocked Up –</strong> Universally loved by both sides of the Relationship Wars, personally loathed by this guy.  As funny as it is to see Seth Rogen giggle like an idiot, smoke pot and heffalump all over that girl who used to be hot when she was on Roswell but now is a shrill harpy who’s about to banshee scream the awesome out of James Marsden in that exorable 27 Dresses abomination, I’d rather just watch the much better SSDD Judd Apatow manchild movie, The 40 Year-Old Virgin.  Also, I liked it better when it was called Nine Months and it starred a far more charming bumbling idiot and a much better actress who was also slumming it in a lame romcom but still managed to show a modicum of gratitude for hit studio movie that launched her career, unlike some other <a href="http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/george-izzie-made-me-cry/" target=blank><strong>wretched blonde yenta currently turning Grey’s Anatomy</strong></a> into a double-bloop fest.  Yikes, this movie gives me the hatebumps.  Apatow should have considered going to the Screenplay Smashmortion clinic and smashmortioning this twenty-minute too long unfunny fest like yesterday’s Spears bastard.</p>
<p><strong>MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><strong>Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix –</strong> Despite making nearly a gajillion dollars at the box office, I got the sense that most people considered this episode a toss-off.  A hurdle they have to jump to get to the infinitely more awesome Half-Blood Prince and the revelatory Deathly Hallows.  But let me learn you all an education, this may prove to be the most intelligent, well put-together flick of the bunch.  Book Five was nearly unreadable.  Two hundred pages too long, full of lame, angsty teen balderdash and an anti-climactic finale that didn’t advance the story enough to warrant the preceding 700 pages (we all knew Harry wasn’t gonna get to keep Sirius, the whole point of the series is that he stands alone).  Too my surprise, I found the movie adaptation positively mesmerizing.  From the totes sweet over the shoulder shaky dolly when Harry and Dudley are running from the storm, to the dark tunnel Dementor fight where Harry wielded his Patronus like some mighty Jedi.  From the crazy evil child torture scenes to the ku-reep-E Brooks Brothers-clad Voldemort on the train platform fever dream.  And that’s before I get to the wrenching “LOOK AT ME!” scene.  This film was playing to win the game.  They didn’t think it was a damn exhibition.  I must not tell lies dear readers, The Order of the Phoenix pwned hard.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/Hairspraypic.jpg" alt="Hairspray" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>Hairspray –</strong> I genuinely don’t care about musicals and I’m even more indifferent to John Waters, so imagine my surprise when I popped in the DVD and found myself bopping my head like I was the Kattan Roxbury jagoff for two straight hours (him? you? me? me? no? heh?).  Full of infectious energy and crazy slick choreography, I had a blast with this movie.  I dug Travolta so much I even forgave him for Wild Hogs.  But it was a tough decision.  I mean he does wear a bandana through that pile of shite.  A bandana.  Seriously.  On his head.  For two hours.  And it was intentional.</p>
<p><strong>WORST ACTRESS IN AN OTHERWISE CRAPPY MOVIE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man 3 –</strong> Tobey Maguire dyed his hair black, grew knock-off Petrelli-bangs and emo-Manero’d down the street in the most regoddamndiculously stupid sequence in blockbuster movie history and it was STILL not the worst musical number in the flick.  That goes to Kristen Vampire Teeth McFlatboobs Dunst, who whilst singing in a play where she was the lead managed to sound like monkey shite even though she wasn’t actually doing the singing.  Her performance was so terrible that the audience I saw the movie with actually applauded when Tobey decked her in that SECOND so so bad Dunst musical number.  It was the one time in the movie where everyone got what they wanted: a scene where Tobey wasn’t weeping like a wee little girl and five fingers saying SLAP to the former <a href="http://pointlessbanter.net/2006/04/11/the-greatest-movie-ever/" target=blank><strong>Rancho Carne Cheer Captain</strong></a> who would NOT stop singing in the action-packed Comic Book movie.</p>
<p><strong>WORST ACTOR IN AN OTHERWISE CRAPPY MOVIE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tobey Maguire, Spider-Man 3 -</strong> Did I mention he cries through most of the movie and gay dances like Travolta in Staying Alive for the rest of it?  Also, that he sucks?  Oh I did?  Good.  I didn’t want to forget mentioning that he sucks.</p>
<p><strong>WORST EXPERIENCE IN A MOVIE THEATER</strong></p>
<p><strong>Pirates of the Caribbean: At World&#8217;s End -</strong> Not because of the actual movie, which was slightly better than Dead Man&#8217;s Chest, owing mainly to the Godzilla on Tokyo levels of kick ass rampage that is Chow Yun Fat, Keira Knightley in Asian Pirate fetish wear and Orlando Bloom getting dead, but because of how unbelievably long the movie was in relation to how much I had to pee.  I was in the center row center seat of a sold out 400 seat theater and had to go pretty hard starting in minute 17.  It was not pleasant.  Here was a brief summary of events.</p>
<p>17:00 &#8211; Damn, gotta yazzer.  I think can hold it, it doesn&#8217;t seem too bad.</p>
<p>24:00 &#8211; Maybe loosen the belt loop up one.</p>
<p>32:00 &#8211; Might be wrong about this. . .</p>
<p>46:00 &#8211; Shifty.</p>
<p>58:00 &#8211; Crap all, there&#8217;s ninety more minutes left!!  How much more &#8220;Yargh-ing&#8221; can they do?</p>
<p>1:05:00 &#8211; Yayayayayayayayayay.</p>
<p>1:17:00 &#8211; If I hold my junk any more people are gonna think I&#8217;m actually enjoying the movie.  Must be strong.  </p>
<p>1:29:00 &#8211; And there goes the belt and top button.</p>
<p>1:46:00 &#8211; Starting to get numb.</p>
<p>1:53:00 &#8211; Slouchy slouchy, calm the belly.</p>
<p>2:06:00 &#8211; JUST FUCKING END ALREADY!!!!!  Awesome effects and all, but can we just kill the Bloom already so I can save my kidneys?</p>
<p>2:15:00 &#8211; And my pants are officially off.</p>
<p>2:36:00 &#8211; Thank Jeebus it&#8217;s over.  I survived.  Eye of the Tiger saved me again!</p>
<p>2:45:00 &#8211; I will RAIN FIRE on you Valley bitches if you don&#8217;t leave the theater FUCKING FASTER!</p>
<p>2:49:00 &#8211; AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!</p>
<p>2:53:00 &#8211; Wait.  Waitwait.  Ye&#8230; wha&#8230; more&#8230; AHHHHHHH!</p>
<p>2:56:00 &#8211; Jimmy Dugan ain&#8217;t got nuthin on me!</p>
<p><strong> THE TAINTED MEMORIES AWARD A.K.A. WORST SEQUEL OF THE YEAR</strong> </p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/diehard4pic.jpg" alt="Live Free or Die Hard pic" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>Live Free or Die Hard -</strong> Psych!  Trick award, fools.  This movie ruled!  I was skeptical.  I thought it would be a whole bunch of man ass.  But it turned out to be a whole bunch of man awesome (yeah, that just happened).  I was cool with bald McClane.  I was cool with him Supermannig the fighter jet.  I was cool with villainous plot.  I was SuperCool with Mary Elizabeth Winstead.  And I was Super-Sized cool with Maggie Q.  Hell, I was even straight with Mac Guy Sidekick (which bodes well for Villa De La Beouf in Indy 4).  I missed a Hans-level bad guy and I hated John not dropping F-bombs everywhere, but kids, it could have been A LOT worse.</p>
<p><strong>MOST UNFORTUNATE THIRD ACT FLOP OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><strong>I Am Legend -</strong> So how come the Fresh Prince left his interesting character study to walk onto the set of a bad Sci-Fi network zombie flick?  Did the producers refuse to let him drop a &#8220;Ah, hell no!&#8221;?  Were they blocking him from getting jiggy with it?  These are things we need to know!</p>
<p><strong>MOST DISAPPOINTING MOVIE OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p>TMNT &#8211; Sarah Michelle Gellar should never be prominently involved with ANYTHING from my childhood ever again.  I swear to Xenu I will burn my Buffy box set if she even blinks in the direction of Cheetarah and the Thundercats.  Dude, I miss <a href="http://members.aol.com/ninjarap2/ninjarap.htm" target=blank><strong>Ninja Rap</strong></a>. (Go ninja! Go ninja! Go!)</p>
<p><strong>EIGHTH SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE A.K.A MOST SURPRISING PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ben Affleck, Director, Gone Baby Gone -</strong> A subtle, powerful, beautifully photographed debut from the man who was the bomb in Phantoms, yo!  I never had my doubts that he&#8217;d be a good movie director, but I never imagined he&#8217;d be <em>that</em> good.  Wisely letting Ed Harris chew the scenery like they were yesterday&#8217;s egg bagels.  Shooting close-ups all over the preternaturally pretty Michelle Monaghan.  The brilliant credits sequence that established the reality of the Boston streets better than Mystic River could even dream of.  Not to mention pulling an Oscar-worthy performance out of Amy Ryan.  And that&#8217;s before talking about Morgan Freeman&#8217;s nuanced work and Casey Affleck&#8217;s surprise work as a commanding leading man.  I&#8217;d love to have The Fleck in front of camera again, but I just may want him to stay behind it, more.</p>
<p><strong>WEIRDEST MOVIE COUPLE OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, Charlie Wilson&#8217;s War -</strong> There&#8217;s just something inherently creepy watching the Pretty Woman grab Forrest Gump&#8217;s ass.  And something totally gross seeing Erin Brockovich and the voice of Woody, post-coital.  I usually love seeing mega-stars onscreen together.  But in this case I just wanted it to go away so I could see Phillip Seymour Hoffman cuss some more.</p>
<p><strong>THE JOHN TRAVOLTA AWARD FOR ONE TIME BIG NAMED ACTOR WHO IS SOOOO OVER!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Anthony Hopkins -</strong> He&#8217;s now repeating himself worse than Tommy Lee Jones, and I&#8217;m pretty sure Tommy Lee Jones was actually credited as playing &#8220;Tommy Lee Jones&#8221; in that last Paul Haggis travesty.  Ryan Gosling blew him off the screen in Fracture.  It wasn&#8217;t even close.  The Washington Generals put up more of a fight than Hopkins did.  And with Anton Chigurh taking Hannibal&#8217;s mantle of most awesome screen villain we secretly love, what does Hopkins have to play for?  Time to pack it in and start considering begging Aaron Sorkin to do a Welsh version of The West Wing.</p>
<p><strong>THE “YES, YES YOU’RE BOTH HOT, NOW SHUT UP AND GO AWAY” AWARD</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/nannydiariespic.jpg" alt="Nanny Diaries pic" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>Tie &#8211; Jessica Alba and Scarlet Johansson -</strong> I was thinking about this the other day while I was checking Alba off the list of girls I am attracted to (The Jay does not date girls with baggage.  And by &#8220;baggage&#8221; I mean &#8220;intentional career-boosting celeb babies fathered by doofy civilians&#8221;), when was the last time either girl gave pop culture anything worthwhile beyond an occasional sex-A magazine photo spread?  Match Point belonged to Woody Allen.  And The Prestige was about Bale and Jackman.  Lost in Translation was nearly five years ago.  As for Alba, she was the worst thing about a bad FF sequel.  She did a Dane Cook movie this year.  Which, hello, pretty much forces me to stricken from the record her bra and panties work in Idle Hands.  And she refused to go topless playing a stripper in a graphic novel adaptation.  In my boy mind, they are both dead to me until one of them drops an intentional nipple in an indie flick or I get more from them than lame-ass Paul Walker action flicks and sub par Woody Allen movies.</p>
<p><strong>THE “WHO CARES?” AWARD FOR THE MOVIE ABSOLUTELY NO ONE WANTED TO SEE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Rush Hour 3 -</strong> Did anyone in the world need more of this nonsense?  Did anyone in the world even notice than Chris Tucker dropped off the face of the Earth?  Does anyone in the world really care about the words coming out of their mouths? </p>
<p><strong>THE OFFICIAL “JANEANE GAROFALO PLEASE FIRE YOUR AGENT RIGHT NOW, OR AT THE VERY LEAST, PLEASE STOP SAYING YES TO EVERY SINGLE MOVIE OFFER YOU GET” AWARD</strong></p>
<p><strong>Nicolas Cage -</strong> I&#8217;ve already written <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2007/02/09/bad-nicolas-cage-movie/" target=blank><strong>at length</strong></a> about the CageMatch <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2007/12/06/bad-nicolas-cage-movie-2/" target=blank><strong>this year</strong></a>, so I&#8217;ll keep this brief.  Nic should only make really absurd indie movies and National Treasure sequels.  Any time someone asks him to play anyone with long hair, superpowers, a dysfunctional family not played for laughs, or a guy that has to say the words &#8220;Why&#8217;d it get burned?&#8221;, he should run the other way.  Fast.  Fast enough to rip his toupee off.</p>
<p><strong>THE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT AWARD FOR BEING THERE AND HAVING DONE THAT</strong> </p>
<p><strong>The Heartbreak Kid -</strong> Yes yes, we get it Ben Stiller, you are neurotic and awkward with insanely hot, out of your league girls.  Stop complaining about having to bang a batshit crazy Malin Akerman before you turn into the Simian-looking older man version of Zach Braff.  And as for the Farrelly Brothers, unless Matt Damon has a mortgage payment and agrees to a Stuck On You sequel, ya&#8217;ll can STFU and put down the movie camera.  Gross out comedies haven&#8217;t been popular since Jason Biggs.  And Jason Biggs was never popular.</p>
<p><strong>BEST INTERSPECIES EROTICA SCENE</strong></p>
<p><strong>Phillip Seymour Hoffman doggstyling Marissa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows You&#8217;re Dead -</strong> More on this in a moment&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>BEST EXCUSE TO WILLINGLY HAND OVER TEN DOLLARS</strong></p>
<p><strong>Tie &#8211; Keri Russell in Waitress and Megan Fox in Transformers -</strong> My number one celebrity crush (despite having a half civilian half celebrity baby&#8230; a celivibaby?), was beyond reason fantastic playing a small town pie maker.  I could watch her whisk chocolate for eight life times.  And I could listen to her banter with Nathan Fillion in that wonderfully lyrical cadence until I ruined the spindles on my ears like a ten year old VHS player.  </p>
<p>And as for Megan Fox, um, well, <a href="http://www.popoholic.com/2007/05/17/megan-fox-at-the-maxim-hot-100-party/" target=blank><strong>look at her</strong></a>:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/meganfoxmaximcover.jpg" alt="Megan Fox on the cover of Maxim" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /></p>
<p><strong>BEST USE OF GRATUITOUS (BUT COMPLETELY LAUDED BY EVERY GEEK ON THE INTERNET) NUDITY BY A BIG NAME ACTRESS THAT EVERY MALE UNDER FORTY HAS BEEN DYING TO SEE NAKED</strong></p>
<p><strong>Marissa Tomei, Before the Devil Knows Your Dead -</strong> She was always a hottie, but never in that &#8220;I MUST see her nipples immediately&#8221; kind of way.  She was more sultry sexy.  Jersey sexy.  The kind of sexy where we dug seeing her in purple lycra showing how her biological clock is &#8220;ticking like this&#8221; or sweetly falling for Christian Slater and his untamed pig heart, but never where we would drive twenty miles out of our way on the rumor that she went topless in a Gothic Southern flick directed by Sam Raimi.  So how were we to know how utterly delicious she looked <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Marisa-Tomei-Bares-It-All-For-Devil-Trailer-5650.html" target=blank><strong>without her clothes on</strong></a>?  And after all these years, even!  Her body was so smokin hot its mere presence negated the retina-searing image PSH throw his freckled ass all over the medium shot.  Hell, it might be the only acceptable reason to ever see PSH&#8217;s ass.  Lemme put it this way&#8230; Marissa Tomei in Before the Devil Knows You&#8217;re Dead was eight Megan Fox&#8217;s hotter than Diane Lane in Unfaithful.  True Story.</p>
<p><strong>BEST REASON TO HAVE YOUR OWN POP CULTURE SITE TO MAKE FUN OF STUFF</strong></p>
<p>Getting to drop the post title &#8220;Alvin and the Shitmunks&#8221; and make my mom laugh at it.</p>
<p><strong>THE 2007 FILM I WILL NEVER EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE SEE. EVER.</strong></p>
<p><strong>P.S. I Love You -</strong> Which I believe <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2007/12/03/not-seeing-psiloveyou/" target=blank><strong>I&#8217;ve already covered</strong></a>.</p>
<p><strong>MY FAVORITE MOVIE POSTERS OF THE YEAR</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/theninesposter.jpg" alt="the nines poster" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/pridemovieposter.jpg" alt="pride movie poster" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/gonebabygoneposter.jpg" alt="gone baby gone poster" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/descentposter.jpg" alt="the descent poster" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/blacksnakemoanposter.jpg" alt="black snake moan poster" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/planetterrorposter.jpg" alt="planet terror poster" align=center border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /></p>
<p><strong>THE JAY’S PICKS FOR THE BEST “B” MOVIES OF 2007</strong></p>
<p>Let&#8217;s drop some math to explain these:</p>
<p>1. <strong>Shooter -</strong> Marky Mark + Smart Action x Kate Mara in a see-thru shirt = The Very Definition of Awesome Sunday Afternoon TNT New Classic.</p>
<p>2. <strong>Superbad -</strong> &#8220;Fellashe&#8221; + The Jay = Overused movie quote of the year.</p>
<p>3. <strong>Ocean&#8217;s Thirteen -</strong> George Clooney&#8217;s Stache / No Julia Roberts x Matt Damon&#8217;s Nose &#8211; Don Cheadle in an Evel Knievel costume = Crap in a can, that threequel rocked!</p>
<p>4. <strong>Balls of Fury -</strong> Maggie Q in booty shorts + Christopher Walken imitating Christopher Walken = A missed opportunity for greatness, but thanks all the same for giving Jason Scott Lee some work.</p>
<p>5. <strong>Shoot Em Up -</strong> Clive Owen with guns + Monica Bellucci with tits + Paul Giamatti with villainy = Geek Splooge.</p>
<p><strong>THE FIVE WORST PIECES OF CRAP I SAW IN 2007</strong></p>
<p>1. Spider-Man 3.<br />
2. Vacancy<br />
3. The Reaping<br />
4. Ghost Rider<br />
5. License To Wed</p>
<p>And finally&#8230;</p>
<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/atonementpic.jpg" alt="Atonement pic" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" /><strong>THE JAY&#8217;S TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2007</strong></p>
<p>1. Atonement<br />
2. No Country For Old Men<br />
3. The Bourne Ultimatum<br />
4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<br />
5. Waitress<br />
6. Juno<br />
7. The Darjeeling Limited<br />
8. Gone Baby Gone<br />
9. Hairspray<br />
10. There Will Be Blood</p>
<p>Bangarang!</p>
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		<title>&#8220;Ride it, Lick it, Snort it, F-ck it!&#8221; And Other Celebrity Mottos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love me a good motto. I love mottos even better when I can steal them from pop culture. Whether it’s Nicolas Cage’s “B.A.D. &#8211; Balls Attitude Direction” from Kiss of Death, “A.A. – Attitude Adjustment” from Rad, or my personal favorite “F.U.B.A.R.” from Tango and Cash, I like to yoink them all for my [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.thejay.com/wp-content/britneyspearsrideit.jpg" alt="What a re-re!" align=right border= "0" style="margin: 5px" />I love me a good motto.  I love mottos even better when I can steal them from pop culture.  Whether it’s Nicolas Cage’s “B.A.D. &#8211; Balls Attitude Direction” from Kiss of Death, “A.A. – Attitude Adjustment” from Rad, or my personal favorite “F.U.B.A.R.” from Tango and Cash, I like to yoink them all for my own personal abbreviated vocabulary.  And I’m always on the lookout for a new one; which is why I was only too happy to see Britney Spears recently get in on the motto act.  </p>
<p>In one her recent trips to court (for her kids, or her hit n’ runs, or her drug problems, or her communism or whatever), she inexplicably walked up to a reporter and yelled out “<a href="http://www.welovecelebs.com/wp/?p=9039" target=blank><strong>Ride, Lick it, Snort it, Fuck it!</strong></a>” and walked away.  Now we could go on ad nauseum aover what possessed her to take focus away from her losing custody battle, her possibly getting her license suspended, her maybe getting jail time (which she probably should do at some point), to serve up some juicy grist for her trashy celebritard mill.  But we’re not going to.  Least of all because <a href="http://www.thejay.com/2007/07/25/lost-girls/" target=blank><strong>I promised not too</strong></a>, but mainly because, who cares?  She’s retarded.  And not in the mentally handicapped way, I mean she’s an idiot.  You can’t put logic or reason behind the actions of an idiot.  She dated Criss Angel, for chrissakes, how can we take anything she does seriously?  We can’t.  But what can do is laud her for awesome motto construction.</p>
<p>Those four words perfectly encapsulate her every waking moment, thereby making the motto a spot on phrase for the way she should live her life.  For just one moment, she might have been the most clear, prescient celebrity in a three block radius (assuming Hasselhoff wasn’t around the corner getting drunk and spilling his Whopper Jr. everywhere.).  If more celebrities took the time to create a motto about their particular brand of celebridom, it would go a long way to making us like them more.  Not that that’s actually going to happen.</p>
<p>Since Britney (bitch!) is the only celebrity with the crazy stones to break themselves down motto-listically, I’ve taken the time to come up with some choice abbreviations for some of the biggest names in Hollywood.  With any luck, they’ll be coked out of their minds at the county courthouse one day soon, yelling out the motto I created for them, and then retreating back inside to have their life ripped apart while they worry about when they’ll next get the chance to hit up Taco Bell.  An internet humorist can dream…</p>
<p><strong>Other Celebrity Motto’s (in Britney-specific format)</strong> </p>
<p><strong>Lindsay Lohan:</strong> Drink it, Drug it, Rehab it, Repeat it!</p>
<p><strong>Mel Gibson:</strong> Slur it, Jew it, Blame it, Sugartit it!</p>
<p><strong>Tom Cruise:</strong> Ensnare it, Contract it, Publicize it, Fake it!</p>
<p><strong>Angelina Jolie:</strong> Act it, Homewreck it, Adopt it, Pouty-Lip it!</p>
<p><strong>Bruce Willis:</strong> Yippe it, Kay it, Yay it, Motherfucker it!</p>
<p><strong>Keanu Reeves:</strong> Whoa it, whoa it, WHOA it, Whoa it?</p>
<p><strong>Orlando Bloom:</strong> Act it, Bland it, Bore it, Snore it!</p>
<p><strong>Jennifer Aniston:</strong> Oprah it, Vanity Fair it, People it, Milk it!</p>
<p><strong>Ben Affleck:</strong> Date it, Act it, Fail it, Direct it!</p>
<p><strong>Kiefer Sutherland:</strong> Scream it, Torture it, DUI it, Christmas Tree-Jump it!</p>
<p><strong>David Hasselhoff:</strong> Hassel it, Hoff it, Drunk it, Record it!</p>
<p><strong>Nicole Kidman:</strong> Curly it, Straighten it, Botox it, Shrill it!</p>
<p><strong>Will Ferrell:</strong> Naked it, Baby Jesus it, Cowbell it, Burgundy Done it!</p>
<p><strong>Michael Douglas:</strong> Lift it, Tuck it, Botox it, Zeta-Jones it!</p>
<p><strong>Neil Patrick Harris:</strong> NPH it, Legen it, Wait it, DAIRY it!</p>
<p><strong>Matthew McConaughey:</strong> Crunch it, Tan it, Lance it, Gylleenhall it! </p>
<p><strong>Kiera Knightley:</strong> Lemonface it, Lionface it, Bitter Beer Face it, Bitch Face it! </p>
<p><strong>Morgan Freeman:</strong> Narrate it, Gravitas it, Charisma it, God it!</p>
<p><strong>Jennifer Lopez:</strong> Act it, Sing it, Spanish it, No One Likes it!</p>
<p><strong>Scarlet Johansson:</strong> Lip It, Cleavage It, Blonde It, Is That It?</p>
<p>Bangarang!</p>
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