Gwyneth Paltrow was asked to bust a rhyme on the popular UK program the Graham Norton Show last week — and the best part, she actually did it. Entertainment Weekly says:
During a discussion of her musical tastes, Norton brought up that Paltrow is a huge fan of hip-hop.
That revelation isn’t so surprising, especially considering she counts the Carters as personal friends, but she upped the ante by dropping Ice Cube’s opening verse from N.W.A’s statement-of-purpose anthem “Gangsta Gangsta.”
[She laid] it down, with backing track assistance from Geoffrey Rush and comedian Jason Byrne.
I didn’t think anybody could take the starch outta gangsta rap lyrics like Robert Goulet, but that’s just because I never saw a skinny white bitch break out with N.W.A. before. The only way it could sound less intimidating is if it were coming out of the mouth of a sock puppet sheep.
American Asian groups are getting their noodles in a knot after Toby Keith did an impromptu eye-pulling gesture at a Nobel Peace Prize party recently. Says Popeater,
An Asian American group says Toby Keith “embarrassed himself and his country” this week at a Nobel Peace Prize party in Norway when he stretched his eyes back while Will Smith rapped the word “yellow.”
Besides embarrassing all sorts of people, a rep for the Asian American Justice Center tells TMZ that Keith “denigrated the Noble (sic) Peace Prize and offended Asians and Asian Americans by using a crude, racist hand gesture.”
Piling on is the Media Action Network for Asians, who believes Keith “is telling his Asian fans ‘you don’t matter, you’re not on my radar.’”
The incident occured while Smith was rocking a rendition of ‘Rapper’s Delight,’ and Keith began pantomiming along with the lyrics. His rep told TMZ on Tuesday that “No one at the concert thought Toby was out of line.”
When did Asians turn into such wussies? They come from a hardcore tradition of kamikazes, ninjas, hara-kiri, samurai, caning, hell, even their women would bind their baby girls’ feet! Now you’re all offended because somebody pulled their eye? Cry me the fucking Yangtze.
Joaquin Phoenix made his debut performance as a rapper in Vegas this weekend. It was, of course, the awe-inspiring performance you were expecting. The NY Daily News says
Phoenix, 34, walked right off the stage, falling flat on his rear following his unusual three song set. And brother-in-law Casey Affleck, [who is married to Phoenix's sister Summer] was there to capture it all. Affleck is filming a documentary to capture the actor’s transition to music.
“Transition” my ass. Try “side-stagger and face plant.” It’s like someone crossed Vanilla Ice with Bruce Vilanch and then repeatedly kicked it in the head before handing it a microphone.
BONUS: Footage of Phoenix wiping the fuck out (FF to the 36 mark) after the jump:
Walk the line, then bring your finger to your nose, put your hands behind your back:
