Flying cows, cop cars and illegal immigrants

Flying Cow Leaves Two Police Cars in Flames

A flying cow (no, not this one) led to the destruction of two cop cars and one cop was almost run over by a truck carrying illegal aliens (no, not the ones abducting the cow).

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Chef didn’t quit South Park!

If Roger Friedman is right about Chef’s Quitting Controversy, then someone has been falsely representing Isaac “Chef” Hayes while he’s been incapacitated. After South Park ran a daring and controversial episode attacking Scientology, there was some outcry from Scientologists but then the controversy died down. Then, out of nowhere, Isaac Hayes allegedly quits the show…and that is followed fast on his heels by Comedy Central’s yanking a rerun of the episode.

The episode in question is online. If you have not seen it, click on the extended entry for this post and you can watch it right now.

According to Friedman:

…Hayes is in no position to have quit anything. Contrary to news reports, the great writer, singer and musician suffered a stroke on Jan. 17.

…Friends in Memphis tell me that Hayes did not issue any statements on his own about South Park. They are mystified.

"Isaac’s been concentrating on his recuperation for the last two and a half, three months," a close friend told me.

Hayes did not suffer paralysis, but the mild stroke may have affected his speech and his memory. He’s been having home therapy since it happened.

That certainly begs the question of who issued the statement that Hayes was quitting South Park now because it mocked Scientology four months ago. If it wasn’t Hayes, then who would have done such a thing?

Of course, Matt Stone would not have been talking to the press if South Park Studios hadn’t received some form of official resignation from Hayes’ “people.” The pivotal consideration may be, who are Hayes’ “people” in question? Hayes is a Scientologist, and as Friedman notes, “Hayes, like Katie Holmes, is constantly monitored by a Scientologist representative most of the time.” (Emphasis mine.) These advisors are often guiding the celebrity’s actions, with advice like “You must never show it to the Laker Girls.“

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V for Vendetta takes in $26.1 million

‘V for Vendetta’ takes the top spot, which isn’t really hard when the competition is the likes of cross-dressing soccer film “She’s the Man”, the Tim Allen Disney remake (that’s three strikes right there) “The Shaggy Dog” and the remake of “The Hills Have Eyes.” There really isn’t anything to see in theaters right now.

Still, V for Vendetta made only a tad less than the expected $30 million and as Box Office Mojo notes, dystopian future pics are a bit of a hard sell regardless of quality (Brazil, Blade Runner, The Island).

It’s odd that Box Office Mojo’s “analysis” just skips over all controversial elements. Brandon Gray’s “News and Analysis” columns are often strictly business; despite all the “Mel Gibson’s an anti-semite” controversy in 2004, Gray’s summary of the Passion of the Christ’s debut only mentions “media frenzy and religious fervor.” Purely from a business standpoint, however, the national argument over this film should at least be noted as a factor…particularly when the movie’s delay from November was just as much (if not “entirely”) due to the real-life terrorist attacks in London which used the London Underground.

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