A Little of the Old In And Out



(image via popculturedish)



(image via bostonherald)

In: Bo Diddley. Bo Diddley was one of the greatest influences of the Blues and, thus, Rock and Roll. There have been many cool recollections, but this one from Popculturedish is our favorite, "On Dec. 30th, rock and roll pioneer Bo Diddley turned 79. Along with his glasses and rectangular-shaped guitar, one of his trademarks is the 'Bo Diddley beat'; a rhythm that dates back to West Africa and later evolved into the Black music tradition known as 'hambone.' Although Bo wasn't the first to use the rhythm on record .. he did modernize and popularize it.

"Even if you don't know who Bo Diddley is, I am willing to bet your last dollar that you have heard the 'Bo Diddley beat' at some point in time. Because there are thousands of tunes that have used the 'Bo Diddley beat' over the years .." Among the mentioned are: U2's "Desire" and "I Want Candy." And Diddley was a true eccentric in a world increasingly verring towards the commonplace and boring. He, a true American original, will be missed. More here.



Punch him, George. (image via portfolio)

Out: Jeff Robinov. Now is not a good time to be on the bad side of the ladies. Senator Hillary Clinton's historic first presidential campaign for a woman is winding down. Feelings are raw about that. Sex and the City, also, ruled the box office with muscular profits. Leave it up to Robinov to drop a little something-something sexist into the awkward conversational vaccum. From Nikki Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily:

"I'm told Warner Bros execs including movie boss and charter member of the he-man women-haters club Jeff Robinov (who keeps maintaining he was just joking when he said he didn't want to make any more motion pictures with women as the leads) recently screened The Women and didn't like it. 'It's not Sex In The City. It's just not that kind of movie,' a studio insider insisted to me. Yeah, who indeed wants a low-budget $18 million chick flick written, directed and produced by one of the biz's greatest women's comedy writers of seminal Murphy Brown fame..."

Punk ass.



In: Julianne Moore. Moore, an indie queen who occasionally does Hollywood fare, has a face that only gets more bautiful the older she gets. And she carries her rabid fan base over into the indie film world despite minimal promotion. From Indiewire, "Specialty film vet Julianne Moore delivered an impressive $22,311 in weekend earnings for her latest independent release, 'Savage Grace,' director Tom Kalin's sexy period drama for IFC Films."





Out: Scott McClellan. Rough night for Scotty Mac. He took a beating from both Bill O'Reilly ("lOoFah!") and Jon Stewart. And then Stephen Colbert, who didn't even interview him, piled on Scotty Mac as well. Rhetorical manslaughter, clearly.