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However, I don't think this is particularly normative movie star behavior.
Well, first off, I've never found "movie star" and "normative" to spend a whole lot of time together. Secondly, movie star+aviation buff = any damn cool airship you want. He has a jet and a helicopter too, doesn't he?
As for Mel, I still can't reconcile the reactionary, fundamentalist freakazoid with the Three Stooges loving goofball. But compared to Tom and Michael, it's just not that weird to me, merely annoying.
Admittedly, the Zepplin buyer is also a space clam overlord worshiper, but comparing one to the other....
Oh, good point.
So I guess the real question is, is it weirder to (a) buy a zeppelin or (b) proclaim your love for Katie Holmes on Oprah in a scarifyingly enthusiastic manner?
Val is whacked. OUT., to be sure, but not in the space-clam-worshiping way. I don't think.
Val's a Christian Scientist -- the only medicine you need is a good prayer session -- but as wacky Christian cults go, the Christian Scientists are okay -- they are capable of objective literature review and support reading and literacy. Val's a jerk, but that's another subject.
Has the Mirrormask trailer on Yahoo been linked yet?
Has the Mirrormask trailer on Yahoo been linked yet?
Yes.
I keep getting a "The proxy experienced an error" message while trying to watch the Mirrormask trailer. Pout.
So I guess the real question is, is it weirder to (a) buy a zeppelin or (b) proclaim your love for Katie Holmes on Oprah in a scarifyingly enthusiastic manner?
No, I think the comparable (b) point for Travolta was BATTLEFIELD EARTH. That said, he hasn't seemed to be much of a spokesperson since then.
I'd put Michael and Tom 1 and 2. Michael's repeated surgery tips the scale for me.
Mel isn't that close. I mean,
reactionary, fundamentalist freakazoid
isn't that rare.
Buying a zeppelin pings me as much further toward the "charmingly eccentric" end of the weirdness scale, but hopping up and down on Oprah's furniture is firmly in the moderate-to-severe FREAKASS range.
Also, Travolta has been married to the same identical person for some appreciable length of time, and has managed in interviews to convey his affection for her without pouncing, hopping or flapping. Mind, I still think he's weird, but compared to Tom he is at this point positively stodgy.
isn't that rare.
Running his own religious cult and bankrolling his own freakass movies. Honestly, Tom's not in his league. Scientology in Hollywood is as common as herpes.