Julian Ayrs & Pop Culture

Archive for December 3rd, 2008

Proposition 8…”No gays” for a day! Man from glad stays home…

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: December 3, 2008

Recently, Joel Stein (Los Angeles Times writer) tongue-in-cheek urged the LGBT community to organize a “no gays day” – much like the one that Latinos launched a few years ago – to hammer home the point that homosexuals play a vital part in the community-at-large (and in the marketplace) today.
The suggestion came on the heels [...]

Screen Actors Guild…sh** or get off the pot!

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: December 3, 2008

Rebel rouser Affleck turns off SAG Membership with elitist views

Although I am a member of the Screen Actors Guild, I haven’t been reporting much on the contract negotiations much ballyhooed in the press in recent days.
For the most part, it’s because I have been ticked off with the way the negotiators have been handling the [...]

Sean Avery…sloppy seconds jibe gets hockey jock canned!

Posted by: Julian Ayrs on: December 3, 2008

Dude, care for some sloppy seconds?

Boys will be boys.
Well, one anyway.
When Dallas Star Sean Avery roared into Calgary, he was obviously chomping at the bit to settle a score or two.
A cutting remark about Jarome Iginla failed to rustle up a fight night, so the hockey stud was inclined to pin his raunchy jock strap [...]

In addition to their ever-popular Classic Film screenings, the Hollywood Forever Cemetery has ventured onto new – um – hallowed ground!
On Thursday, December 4th, showman Duncan Trussell presents the 4th installment of “Comedy is Dead” at the legendary cemetery.
Trussel conjured up the novel idea to stage a comedy show in a cemetery after he took [...]