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Here Are Some Afternoon Links!

Kelly — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:00:52 +0000

An attempted explanation of how poor old boring Ryan Reynolds has become a big star. I can answer that in eight words: Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place. Duh, hello. -Salon
Warner Bros. settled the Hangover II face tattoo lawsuit. And in one moment all of your hard work became useless trash. Oh well. L’art pour l’art. (Correct.) -The Hollywood Reporter
People from popular culture on money. Print it out and use it to get into frat parties and then ask for change back. Just kidding don’t do that! Definitely don’t do that. But think about if you did. -Buzzfeed
Tracy Morgan, professional apologizer, returned to Nashville to apologize and hug the guy who wrote the Facebook post hear ’round the blogs. -TheDailyWhat
David Chang, celebrity chef, shows you and Jimmy Fallon how to make ramen for your hangovers. -Late Night
Here’s a deleted scene from the first season of Louie! -Splitsider
“No, I’M the real Jeff Buckley movie. “No, I’M the real Jeff Buckley movie.” “Well if YOU’RE the real Jeff Buckley movie, why don’t you tell me something that only the real Jeff Buckley movie would know?” “Because I don’t see how that would help things, there are only two of us, how could you possibly know if it was true unless we were BOTH the real Jeff Buckley movies?” “Ahhhh!!” And, scene. -FilmDrunk
Lindsay Lohan shot a very professional commercial for a very professional company while under very professional house arrest. -The Superficial
Do you prefer the Matthew Morrison spoof of Matthew Morrison, or Matthew Morrison non-spoof of Matthew Morrison? You can only choose one! The spoof has Nate in it! -Celebuzz
Lil Jon talks about his association with The Devil’s Double, why he doesn’t want to be a movie star, and then a joke about something concerning Lil Jon that I don’t know because I don’t really know anything about him unfortunately. -Movieline

Jo Koy Is OUR Generation’s Tracy Morgan

Gabe — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:15:53 +0000

Hey! Remember during Tracy Morgangate last week how I told that story about Jo Koy telling the exact same miserable joke and being a jerk? Well, now look.Oh jeez. Come on, jerks! Go to bed!

Louis C.K. Weighs In On The Tracy Morgan Scandal As All The “Videogum Promises” Crash Into Each Other And Explode

Gabe — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:45:03 +0000

Louis C.K. has FINALLY broken his legendary silence on the Tracy Morgan issue, taking to Twitter to defend Tracy Morgan’s comments:

Sure! I mean, no? But sure. Like, you can totally NOT be offended by the things that Tracy Morgan said and that makes sense. Not everyone is offended by everything. But your own non-offense doesn’t negate or invalidate other people’s offense? (I know that he kind of says as much, but then he goes on to kind of take it back. He later tweets that anyone with reason knew that Tracy didn’t mean a single thing he said, which is both condescending and unrealistic.) Also: no one, not one person, is saying that everything needs to be right and balanced and fair. That’s the old anti-political correctness trope, which is and has always been nonsense. There is no such thing! People say horrible shit that is hilarious all the time, it is really not a problem. Louis C.K. is one of those people! But that doesn’t mean it is pro forma hilarious every time someone says horrible shit, even when those people have been hilarious for saying horrible shit in the past. We must always walk that line sometimes slipping over it and then refinding it again, and there is nothing particularly dangerous or harmful to a free and open society in being asked to occasionally re-examine where that line is to be found. Oh, but here is one final thing:

Tracy Morgan Appears To Be Making Pretty Decent Amends Actually

Gabe — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:30:20 +0000

After his on-stage homophobic tirade “went viral” last week, Tracy Morgan issued a lukewarm apology that included such garbage chestnuts as “my friends and family know what is in my heart” and “I am an equal opportunity offender.” Yuck to both of those statements. But after being publicly admonished all weekend by Tina Fey and NBC and Chris Rock (eventually), etc, Tracy Morgan appears to be taking genuine steps towards making things right. From the Hollywood Reporter:

On the heels of his anti-gay tirade and subsequent apology, Tracy Morgan has told GLAAD president Jarrett Barrios that he will team up with the group to meet with LGBT youth and participate in an anti-bullying PSA.

Additionally, Morgan plans to return to Tennessee next week to apologize to audience members offended by his comments.

Right? That’s kind of a lot, doing community outreach and a PSA and apologizing directly to the people who were at the show in question. Not bad. He also issued a much more thoughtful and personal reaction to his own behavior:

“Tracy Morgan Is A Nightmare” Follow-Up

Gabe — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:00:57 +0000

Tracy Morgan has issued a (half-hearted) apology. Meanwhile, Kevin Rogers, the man behind the Facebook page, talked to CNN and came out to his parents.

The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise”: Tracy Morgan Is A Nightmare Homophobe And Worst Of All He Is Lazy About It And The End Of The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise”

Gabe — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:15:16 +0000

After a recent performance by Tracy Morgan at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, a young man named Kevin Rogers took to his Facebook page to describe the show:

I have very thick skin when it comes to humor; I can dish and I can take. What I can’t take is when Mr. Morgan took it upon himself to mention about how he feels all this gay shit was crazy and that women are a gift from God and that “Born this Way” is bullshit, gay is a choice, and the reason he knows this is exactly because “God don’t make no mistakes” (referring to God not making someone gay cause that would be a mistake). He said that there is no way a woman could love and have sexual desire for another woman, that’s just a woman pretending because she hates a fucking man. He took time to visit the bullshit of this bullying stuff and informed us that the gays needed to quit being pussies and not be whining about something as insignificant as bullying. He mentioned that gay was something kids learn from the media and programming, and that bullied kids should just bust some ass and beat those other little fuckers that bully them, not whine about it. He said if his son that was gay he better come home and talk to him like a man and not [he mimicked a gay, high pitched voice] or he would pull out a knife and stab that little N (one word I refuse to use) to death. He mentioned that Barack Obama needed to man up and quit being all down with this just because he has a wife and two daughters. All of this being followed by thunderous cheer and “You go Tracys”. Tracy then said he didn’t fucking care if he pissed off some gays, because if they can take a fucking dick up their ass… they can take a fucking joke.

I won’t even get started on his rant about how women should be home cooking him a fucking meal and not becoming CEOs or him talking about fucking the moms of retards.

EEEEEEEEEEEEK! That is me, jumping on a table and shrieking. “KILL IT, DANNY! KILL IT!” (I don’t know who Danny is, but I would rather he have to deal with this situation. Too gross!) Obviously, uh, this is pretty unacceptable. I’m sure it was a GREAT SHOW because it sounds VERY FUNNY (JUST KIDDING I am BEING SARCASTIC) but as far as the politics of it goes: painfully reprehensible. And I bet you five hard-earned Disney Bucks that when Tracy Morgan is forced to publicly confront this and apologize, his defense will be that he is a comedian and that he was telling jokes at a comedy show. Man oh man. As someone who loves comedians and jokes and comedy shows, I sure hate that defense!

The worst part about this whole situation, though, is that the “joke” Tracy Morgan made about STABBING HIS SON TO DEATH if he ever said he was gay (in too gay a voice?) is a rip-off of SOMEONE ELSE’S NIGHTMARE JOKE!

The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise”: Tracy On Conan

Gabe — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:30:45 +0000

Tracy describes his experience at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Remains the best while doing so.

The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise”: TNT Apologizes

Gabe — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:30:01 +0000

TNT, whatever that is, has been forced to make an apology on behalf of Tracy Morgan after he made some “inappropriate” comments during a basketball (whatever THAT is) game earlier this week. From the Hollywood Reporter:

TNT has issued an apology for comment made by 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan about former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin during a live Inside the NBA broadcast on Thursday.

“It’s unfortunate Mr. Morgan showed a lack of judgment on our air with his inappropriate comments,” a Turner spokesman said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

The incident happened during a pre-game chat when co-host Charles Barkley asked the actor, “Sarah Palin’s good looking, isn’t she?”

Cool question! Neat question! Bend down, Charles Barkley, so we can all high-five you. Do they give Pulitzers out for Best Question? Becauuuuuussssssssssse…You can see Tracy’s answer after the jump.

The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise”: Son Of No One Trailer, You Guys

Gabe — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:45:27 +0000

Fair enough! I love a good movie about crooked cops whose dads were crooked cops or whatever, or maybe they aren’t crooked but their dads’ partners were crooked? Or sometimes they are crooked but their dads and their dads’ partners weren’t crooked and they would be ashamed to see what their sons had become? That kind of stuff. (P.S. Have you read Richard Price’s Lush Life yet because go read Richard Price’s Lush Life bye.) It’s also nice to see Tracy Morgan getting some dramatic work. Life imitates 30 Rock imitates life! They should have called this movie The Urban Juror! (I know that’s the wrong 30 Rock reference. Take it up with some nerd who cares.) It’s also hilarious that they don’t show him saying anything in the trailer. Kind of makes you wonder. He probably threatens to blow the whistle on the cops and then they try to arrest him under false charges and he just shouts “I GOT A PARROT PREGNANT AFTER IT TRIED TO STEAL MY WALLET!” Probably.

The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise”: Tracy Morgan Gets A Kidney Transplant

Gabe — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:21 +0000

The Videogum “Tracy Morgan Promise” takes a somewhat darker turn this morning as we report that Tracy Morgan has undergone kidney transplant surgery, but it is ESPECIALLY at times like these that promises mean so much. Get well soon, Tracy Morgan!