Archive for November 4th, 2008
Looks like Project Runway can expect a sharp drop among its Hindu viewership. Yahoo! reports:
Heidi Klum, who dressed up as Hindu goddess Kali, who symbolizes death and destruction, for her Halloween bash, has left the Hindu community in America fuming.
The German supermodel dressed up as Kali for the Halloween party at her place on Oct 31, and was even awarded for the best costume of the night.
And now upset Hindus have asked Klum to make a public apology for posing as a sacred figure.
“Goddess Kali is highly revered in Hinduism and she is meant to be worshipped in temples and not to be used in clubs for publicity stunts or thrown around loosely for dramatic effects,” Contactmusic quoted Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed as saying.
He added: “Hindus welcome Hollywood and other entertainment industries to immerse themselves in Hinduism, but they should take it seriously and respectfully, and not just use the religion for decoration or to advance their selfish agenda.”
Other than Zed, various Hindu leaders, including Jawahar L. Khurana of the Hindu Alliance of India, and Bhavna Shinde of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, have condemned Klum for posing as Goddess Kali.
They went to the extent of calling Klum’s act as “denigrating.”
Weird, but I would think that, when one of the world’s hottest women chooses to emulate one of your deities, it would be a positive thing. Especially if it’s a goddess who symbolizes death and destruction. If anything, maybe having a goddess who symbolizes death and destruction in the first place is the problem. Isn’t that a little…negative, like having a goddess who symbolizes venereal warts and paper cuts? No wonder these guys are so cranky.
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November 4th, 2008
Former FHM model Vida Guerra hit the beach yesterday and, yeah, you got me; I’m posting these so I can head off to the voting booth. But don’t worry, I’ll be back shortly. In the meantime, I expect a deep, intellectual discussion on the aesthetic properties of Ms. Guerra’s large Cuban posterior. (Show your work.) Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have an apparently secret Muslim to elect.* To the polls!*Best endorsement EVER!
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November 4th, 2008
It’s nice to know that some celebrities can still take time out from making millions of dollars and espousing their political beliefs in order to set their genitals ablaze on occasion. Monsters and Critics reports:
Robert Downey Jr. set his crotch on fire while shooting his new film.The actor, who plays fictional British detective Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie’s latest project, was smoking the character’s famous pipe in one scene when the ash fell onto his lap and set his trousers alight.A source said: “Robert leaped from his armchair and jumped up and down, slapping his crotch and howling, ‘Oh God, I’m on fire!’ Robert had placed the pipe on a plate on the arm of the chair, but it overbalanced and plopped into his lap, scattering lit tobacco all over his pants.”Luckily, Robert’s co-star Jude Law—who plays Holmes’ sidekick Dr. Watson in the movie—was on hand to extinguish the flames and save the star from singeing his privates.The source added: “While Robert was screaming and swatting his pants, quick-thinking Jude saved the day by flinging water from a flower vase at Robert’s naughty area.”Robert emerged unscathed from the incident, but production was halted while the wardrobe department found him a new pair of trousers to wear.
At least this time it was an accident. Last time Robert Downey Jr. set his own crotch on fire it was because he thought his pubes were broadcasting radio waves transmitted by the CIA ordering him to assassinate Dick Van Patten for the good of the country. To be fair, crack was involved. And Dick Van Patten really is an evil bastard.
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November 4th, 2008
