Celebrity Character Assassination: back by editorial demand
Third post in a row that’s treading old ground: we’ve officially hit our creative apex and from now on hell’s paving stones is going into decline. Enough! Back to the regurgitory task at hand!
Here’s a picture of the little demon - we know how much you like pictures:
HPS was toying with the idea of liveblogging the Logies, but that’s just been a dream to bathe in the reflected glory of Gothamist’s liveblogging of the Oscars. That, and the fact that we completely forgot it was on. And the added fact that we struggled - genuinely struggled - to care once we found out we’d missed it.
So anyway, anyone who reads the front page of the Australian newspapers to learn about news of global, political and social significance would have found out that Rove McManus won his third Gold Logie Sunday night (fact: it is Commonwealth Law that 3-time Gold Logie winners get their names written in boldface). And got some uncensored swearing into the mix. According to the Herald Sun:
Australian Family Association vice-president Bill Muehlenberg said the incident showed McManus was too big for his britches.
The size of Rove McManus’ britches relative to Rove McManus was an HPS scoop, Muehlenberg! Last year’s Yesterday’s news!
However, our favourite piece of news from the night came from Age journalist Nassim Khadem’s wrap-up of the night:
Bec Cartwright did not go home empty-handed. The fiancee of Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, won the Silver Logie for most popular actress for her role as Hayley in Home And Away. After thanking her dogs for helping her win the award she thanked Hewitt.
Our emphasis. Read between the lines, people. Read between the lines.
Did you know? A genuine Sally Struthers quote circa 1975, on learning that the name of the Australian awards show she was to guest present at was called the “Logies”:
(uncontrollable giggling)…really? It sounds like a disease!
Sally Struthers, for those of you who don’t know, played Gloria Bunkem-Stivic on the long-running US sitcom “All in the Family”. Her charity TV spots for the Christian Childrens’ Fund were famously lampooned in South Park.
May 4th, 2005 at 7:27 pm
Geez, sorry I have no idea who this guy is– never heard of him, in my part of the world that is…
May 4th, 2005 at 7:50 pm
Well it’s no wonder, Alma…he’s hardly a global celebrity. Basically he won the top prize in the Australian equivalent of the US Emmy awards - its an awards night for Australian television called the Logies (”Logie” being the middle name of the man who invented television, John Logie Baird). It’s the third year running that he won the “Gold Logie”, and he has a chat show on Channel 10 in Australia
Generally most Australians think its a bit of a joke. It’s a tacky night’s entertainment and winning one isn’t really a career-defining achievement (even for a B-grade soap star without a singing voice).
A guilty pleasure.
May 5th, 2005 at 11:12 am
V, he looks like that American Idol winner…