Posted on 01/21/2006 6:23:00 PM PST by Fintan
LOS ANGELES - Was it playfully outrageous, or just plain offensive? Live from the red carpet at the 63rd annual Golden Globes, E! correspondent Isaac Mizrahi groped Scarlett Johansson's breast, looked down Teri Hatcher's dress, asked Eva Longoria about her pubic hair and otherwise caught celebrities off-guard.
The openly gay fashion designer didn't mean to offend anyone, E! Networks President and CEO Ted Harbert told The Associated Press on Friday.
In fact, Mizrahi was just what the network ordered. He's already been assigned to carpet duty at the Academy Awards on March 5.
"I've hired Isaac because I felt the red carpet work on television, not just on E!, had become predictable, staid and frankly boring. What I wanted is someone who would bring surprise," Harbert said.
But whether the staid Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take kindly to a repeat of Mizrahi's Golden Globes behavior on its own red carpet is another question entirely.
"I have no idea what plans E! has on Oscar night. If they're suggesting they would do something similar on our red carpet, we would have some good discussions with them," said academy spokesman John Pavlik. "I can predict we would be extraordinarily angry if that happened on our carpet. I cannot predict what we would do afterwards."
E! has not received any official complaints from any of the actresses involved in Mizrahi's Golden Globes appearance, and no apologies have been issued, Harbert said.
However, Mizrahi's comment to Charlize Theron about her Oscar-winning role as a "scary dyke with bad teeth" in 2004's "Monster" elicited a formal complaint from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Harbert responded with a statement Thursday: "While E! Networks does not generally condone the use of that word, we are totally confident that Isaac is the last person on Earth who could be accused of even the slightest degree of homophobia."
GLAAD spokesman Damon Romine said E! agreed to edit the word out of future airings of Mizrahi's encounter with Theron.
Mizrahi, who has his own talk show on the women-friendly cable channel Oxygen, questioned a stream of actresses on the Golden Globes carpet about everything from what they were wearing _ or not wearing _ underneath their gowns to personal grooming habits.
He asked a purse-less Natalie Portman, 24, what she would do if she needed a cell phone, credit card or condom. Portman laughed.
He tugged on Hatcher's bronze halter to look for a hidden speech. "Oh my God, he touched my stomach and then he pulled down my dress!" she said.
Mizrahi asked fellow "Desperate Housewives" star Eva Longoria what her "hair was like down there."
"I'm sorry, I can't help myself," Mizrahi said, when called on his comments by co-commentators Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana DePandi.
Fascinated by Johansson's skintight red Valentino dress, Mizrahi squeezed her breast _ twice. "What's going on!" she demanded.
Johansson was too busy working on a new film to comment, said her publicist, Marcel Pariseau, and representatives of the other actresses did not returned phone or e-mail messages seeking comment by late Friday.
Messages left at Mizrahi's New York office also were not immediately returned.
"I think he forgot he was on live television, and he talked to people as if he was in their living room, which is exactly what I wanted," explained Harbert. "As a fashion designer, he pokes and prods people's dresses every day."
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I have this feeling that the E! commentator in question might not get a press credential at the Oscar ceremonies. AMPAS tends to take their awards ceremony quite a bit more seriously than the Golden Globes, and what the E! commentator did won't be acceptable, that's to be sure.
It comes in handy!
This is what we have come down to ? Pretty pathetic if you ask me.
Nope; Nurse Ratchet looks human...
So did Hillary, once upon a time. :-)
Talk about cognitive dissonance...!
Hang on for a tick. I've got this one movie where.......
I actually saw that guy and I was getting pissed and offended at the questions he was asked. What made is worse was his gayness. He looked down her top but for the wrong reasons.
Well, boo-[deleted]-hoo.
Misery? Misery is knowing that the Holly-er than thou celeftrities have the cash to take out full page ads filled with anti-American screed in partisan rags like the NY Slimes, and the paper publishes it. At least John-John used his inherited wealth to start his own magazine when he wanted to spread it think and stinky.
Your Celebrity Update (Just When You Thought YOUR Life Was Miserable...)
CelebrityWonder | December 2005 | CelebrityWonder
Posted on 12/13/2005 12:05:29 PM PST by Fintan
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Sexual is sexual. Anyone who is sexually attracted to women is allowed no where near my charmin in public.
Kinda like this; if a gay guy tells me I look great, I know he means it, because he has no interest in my charmin.
Hafta go with Emma on this one.
Thanks, btw. You post a very interesting selection of articles.
An Open Letter From John And Elaine Mellencamp
(Your Civics Lesson for the Day/Humor Alert)
www.johnmellencamp.net/ | November 2005 | John & Elaine Mellencamp
Posted on 12/10/2005 3:45:17 PM PST by Fintan
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Oh, man, you KNOW hildebeast was diggin on being that close to some boobies.
Mizrahi's comment to Charlize Theron about her Oscar-winning role as a "scary dyke with bad teeth" in 2004's "Monster" elicited a formal complaint from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Harbert responded with a statement Thursday: "While E! Networks does not generally condone the use of that word, we are totally confident that Isaac is the last person on Earth who could be accused of even the slightest degree of homophobia."Homophobia doesn't exist anyway, it's just a buzzword from leftist semantic warfare. The wind-up stereotype Mizrahi is another good reason never to watch awards shows. To borrow a turn of phrase from Gary Trudeau, showbiz awards shows are just special olympics for the entertainment industry. Hundreds of overpaid do-nothings wear clothes that cost $1000s, carry handbags that cost $1000s, and receive gifts that cost 10s of $1000s, just for showing up, regardless of whether they're up for awards.
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