Not wife, longtime significant other Mary Louise Parker. Not that that makes it any more acceptable, and **his ** loss, IMHO.
AD: Diana Ross suddenly insisted that she be called that even by their friends among the roadies/musicians who known her for years and had always called her Diana up to then. Sounds pretty arrogant to me.
Oh, well, if she’s asking for a formal address even from people she’s already friends with, then yeah, I gotta agree.
This reminds me of an anecdote about Michael Jackson visiting Disneyland, from David Koneig’s Mouse Tales. As I remember it…
According to one unnamed Disney ride operator, Mr. Jackson once showed up at Disneyland all wrapped up – sunglasses, scarf, thick sweaters – while riding in a wheelchair. He spent the entire day at the park in this regala, going so far as to use the handicapped ride entrances instead of being queued up like everyone else. Said anonymous ride operator barely managed to restrain the urge to shake him and yell, “You’re not fooling anyone! Get up on your feet and get in the car like everyone else!”
Of course, Jacko’s hardly a poster child for Normal Celebrity Behavior, but stuff like this does make me wonder why they don’t just pretend to be Joe or Jane Normalperson Who Simply Bears A Close Resembalance To Some Celebrity. Assuming they don’t want to be seen, of course…
It’s probably the same instinct that makes celebrities insist on signing into hotels under assumed names (as if the other guests in a five star resort are going to be going through the register to see if any “famous” people are there). But Joe Star can’t just sign in as Joe Normalperson. No, he conceals his identity by signing in as Enormous Donkeypenis - that way he won’t draw attention to himself.
Maybe he had a spider bite?
Whoopi Goldberg used to claim to do that. She still had ID in her real name and could pull it out and say, “No, I’m not Whoopi Goldberg, I’m Jane Smith. See!” (or whatever her real name is).
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I just wanted to add that I thought the Gene Simmons/Teri Gross interview was one of the fucking funniest things I’ve heard in years.
I mean, have you *seen * Teri Gross? haha. I can only imagine the look on her face when Gene was talking. She played right into his bullshit. Unless she did absolutely no research, she knew how he was going to behave.
Wacky. I bumped into her in Soho (NYC) about, damn, eight years ago. She was dressed in exactly the same way: trench coat, sunglasses, huge hat. The only reason I recognized her is because she was constantly looking over her shoulder. I thought she had ducked into the store to escape pursuit or something.
I suppose she had.
It’s not the other guests they’re hiding from. It’s the paparazzi and gossip mongers. They will aim boom mikes and telephoto lenses into whichever room a celebrity is checked. They will bribe every staff member they can just to find out what shampoo a celebrity is using. The later these vultures find out a celebrity’s whereabouts, the more personal time said celebrity has.
Could you be more insulting and shallow? No, I don’t think you could.
This is what Teri Gross looks like. A perfectly ordinary-looking woman. Not gorgeous, but not unattractive.
Besides, Simmons behaved the way he did because he’s an idiot, and Gross is female, and that’s his schtick. She’s not decrepit, she’s not hideous, and he’s a pig.
Indygrrl didn’t say she was ugly. I think the point she was going for is that Terry Gross looks like a stereotypical PC liberal weenie. I’m pretty left wing, and I actually like Terry Gross, but I can’t say with absolute certainty that if I were being interviewed by her, I would be able to refrain from pushing her bright ‘n’ shiny buttons, just for the hell of it. Which is what Gene Simmons was probably doing: acting like an over the top charicture of himself to wind up the terribly earnest NPR radio personality.
At least, that’s how I read the posters defending Simmons in that interview. I haven’t listened to it myself, so I can’t say what I think of it.
Ah, I see what you’re saying. That might be it.
If that’s the case, then . . . [Emily Litella] Never mind. [/Emily] 
Is there a spare “Band Name” voucher behind the couch cushions, because I’m thinking…
Does anyone hear Sean Connery in M’s waitingroom, flirting with M’s secretary whom he calls “Monkeypenis”?
Didn’t think so.
You think I was joking? Johnny Depp really has registered himself into a hotel as Mr Donkey Penis. Here’s some other names celebrties have used to “hide” themselves:
Johnny Depp - Mr Stench, Emma Roid
Elton John - Bobo Latrine, Sir Humphrey Handbag
Ozzy Osbourne - Harry Bollocks
Tiger Woods - Bart Simpson
David Nilsson - Ernie Dingo
Kenyon Martin - Peter Parker
Chad Smith - Pat McGroin
Elvis Presley - Clint Reno
Mike D - Vijay Singh, I Clouseau
Courtney Love - Blanche Dubois
Kate Beckinsale - Sigourney Beaver
How about all the celebs that said if GWB was elected in 2000, they would pack up and leave the country? As if their opinions mattered.
And I notice they’re still here…
So what you’re saying is they were all show (business) and no go. 
Who are some of those celebs? Cite? It was alleged to have been said by Alec Baldwin but he’s denied ever saying it. Is there anybody else? Name them?
This is really just right wing radio bullshit.
For that matter, how does that demonstrate “arrogance”?