Remixes, Edits, and Mashups - Oh My! March 7, 2008

So I’m sitting here at work just waiting until I can leave and go hop on a plane for my fun-filled weekend in New York City. Aside from wasting time putting together my Favorite Albums Of All Time list, I’ve also been putting together a really fucking awesome short list of songs to aid you in your partying this weekend. Make Betty proud.

M.I.A. - Paper Planes (DFA Remix)

Fat Joe, Lil’ Wayne, Hot Butter - Make It Rain Popcorn (Johnatron Edit)

Them Jeans - Oh Mandy/Throw Some D’s mashup

(NOTE: The streaming player is screwy with this track. So right-click it into a new tab to check it out. Sorry!)

(Thanks Beats™, Disco Workout, and Said the Gramophone)

Robert Downey Jr. Understands The Importance Of Doing Blackface Right March 6, 2008

In 1993 Ted Danson paid tribute to his then girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg at a Friars Club roast. Danson performed in blackface, used the N-word several times, caused quite the stir, and got called racist by a bunch of people (even though Goldberg had written most of his material and secured the makeup artist who painted his face). Danson is the perfect example of BGW (Blackface Gone Wrong).

In the new film Tropic Thunder, Robert Downey Jr. plays a white man cast to play a black soldier in a satire of the performing profession. “If it’s done right, it could be the type of role you called Peter Sellers to do 35 years ago,” Downey told Entertainment Weekly magazine. “If you don’t do it right, we’re going to hell.”

To keep the character from becoming a caricature (and to prevent another case of BGW), Downey “dove in with both feet.”

“If I didn’t feel it was morally sound,” he said, “or that it would be easily misinterpreted that I’m just C. Thomas Howell in (Soul Man), I would’ve stayed home.”

Tropic Thunder, which is set to be released Aug. 15, also stars Jack Black and Ben Stiller, who co-wrote, directed and produced it.

[Showbuzz]

Cute Break! March 5, 2008

No snark here, just the most adorable kitten OF ALL TIME. Consider this a Cute Break Classic.

I Want To Have Liam Finn’s Babies (AKA Liam Finn Performs On Letterman) March 4, 2008

So I included this song in the shower mix I posted back in early February, and if you didn’t listen to it - shame on you! This is one of the best songs of the year! This David Letterman performance is alright, though I’d argue it doesn’t pack quite the same punch as the studio version. The last minute of the studio version is epic. Anyway. This video still kicks ass because I have something of a beard fetish (are you reading this, Sam Beam?), and Liam Finn has quite the sexy beard. Meow.

Hillary Clinton Does ‘The Daily Show With Jon Stewart’

That Hillary Clinton has quite the sense of humor, doesn’t she? Yes, siree, Bob. But you should never vote for the candidate you’d most like to “have a beer with.” And that’s why I’m voting Nader no matter what.

Aw, To Be Young, Funny And ‘Close To Beautiful’

STOP MAKING SENSE • Amelie Gillette’s take on Vanity Fair’s irksome “Queens of Comedy” article.

[The Onion A.V. Club: The Hater]

This Is The (Early) Mixtape Tuesday In Which Betty Pretends To Like Guitars March 3, 2008

(photo by tetheredto)

Okay, so, I will be on a mini-road trip tomorrow and won’t be able to post Mixtape Tuesday, so I decided to do a little overachieving and post it today.

Ladyhawk - I Don’t Always Know What You’re Saying

Poney Poney - Cross the Fader

Taken By Cars - Uh Oh

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - With A Heavy Heart (I Regret To Inform You)

Have A Nice Life - Bloodhail

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Did Ellen Page Just Out Herself On ‘SNL’? How ‘Bout Andy Samberg? What’s Going On? And Where Am I? March 2, 2008

Juno star (and possible lesbian) Ellen Page may have just outed herself. Last night the 21-year-old Oscar-nominated actress hosted “Saturday Night Live” and during the shows closing bit she poked fun at all of the recent speculation that she’s gay.

Playing Andy Samberg’s girlfriend, Page whined after attending a Melissa Etheridge/Indigo Girls concert, “Why does everything have to have a freaking label? Why can’t I just hug a woman with my legs in friendship?”

The sketch’s ending didn’t necessarily bring the lolz. Instead, it left me with a case of the warm fuzzies. Which brings me to my next question: Would you go gay for Ellen Page? Ju-no what? I probably would. She’s got the cutest little nose, I swear!