How is Emme pronounced? Like "Emma" or like the letter "M"

Did anyone else half a dozen Hell's Angels sitting astride their motorcycles as their little aluminum boat sank from underneath them?

Let's try that again, with *all* the words, this time.

Did anyone else picture in their mind half a dozen Hell's Angels sitting astride their motorcycles as their little aluminum boat sank from underneath them?

Emme is usually pronounced liked the award. Of course, being a celebrity baby name, it's probably pronounced orange.

Thank God for normal baby names.

I think it is pronouced EM-E. If that makes sense.

Maybe its the just the engineer in me, but I can't stand it when people who have no formal training (a la Rosie and Marion Cotillard) say that 9/11 or the moon landing was a government conspiracy.

The cheese-eating-surrender-monkey should stick to acting.

Diablo Cody has jumped the shark. Get over yourself already.

At first glance, I thought she names her kids Max and Erma. Like the restaurant.

I'm not familiar with his work, but my heart aches for Juvenile. To lose a child to violence is a pain I don't even want to imagine.

Didn't Christina also name her son Max? That must be the "it" boys name these days.

I don't know if an endorsement for Scientology from Kenickie is the best thing...

Max is also a popular dog name...just saying.

Max and Emmy (Emme) are the names of the main (human) characters in the PBS kids show Dragon Tales. No one will ever convince me she didn't name her kids after that show!

Per Marion Cotillard -

You know, I have so much I want to say, but as the old saying goes: "Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig."

where is that jack nicholson endorsement video being shown? ohio & texas?

marion cotillard made a lovely oscar acceptance speech. i think she should have stopped there. now she just sounds stupid.

We named our son Max all the way back on January 3, well before Christina and JLo. Now I'm worried it will be the "it" name and he'll be one of a dozen in his class when he gets to school. Oh well, I guess he can go by his middle name if he wants.

Also, my parents had a German Shepherd named Max when I was born, so the fact that it's a common dog's name wasn't lost on me. It just reminds me of a line from Scrubs about what it's like to have a baby: "It's like having a dog that slowly learns how to talk."

I'm so disappointed in Marion Cotillard. According to Skepchick, she also thinks the moon landing was a hoax.

Liz - you gotta bug WaPo about your homepage link. It takes you to an article about gay soap opera characters. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Max and Emme sure seem like a "Dragon Tales" shout-out to me, especially given the Hispanic connection.

There is something about Jack Nicholson saying the "There's nothing sexier line" and linking it to Hillary Clinton that makes me shudder.

Okay, so is Jack Nicholson's endorsement commercial an asset for Hillary, or a liability?

When you consider that five of the six characters depicted in the commercial are total lunatics, sociopaths in the best sense of the word, I'd have to recommend that Hill not air the commercial.

"Heeeere's Johnny!" Yeah, maybe have Jack endorse you isn't such a good thing. But, you know, if he wants Hillary to beat him with a whip, who am I to question his personal sexual fantasies.

RE: Marion Cotillard. Now you know what people overseas think about Americans. Believe me, many think we are either "Desperate Housewives" sex maniacs, drug-dealing rappers, CIA moles or all of the above.

I read in the local paper yesterday about Jennifer Lopez's babies names. Max and Emme are NOT their complete names. Max and Emme are just abbreviations of their real names. The real names are something like Maximillian and Emmeliane.

Evidently Mlle. Cotillard's Oscar came with a degree in structural engineering.

I'm especially amused by the motive she sussed out - not something big and crazy like 9/11 was a conspiracy to start a war on Islam or a plan create a dictatorship within this country - non, non, non, she thinks the government crashed four airliners, killed three thousand people, destroyed half a dozen buildings and spent a trillion dollars because the WTC "was a money-sucker" that would be very expensive to "re-cable... [and] to bring up-to-date all the technology and everything."

Yeah. That's plausible.

I'm just glad this week has allowed me to indulge gleefully in my Prince Harry crush with no shame. This is what celebritology is all about, I say!

I read an article about a trip to India where the author was questioned at length about Area 51 by a young Indian male. The writer never could convince the guy that he didn't have some inside knowledge. I'm sorry, but if that's the way "the rest of the world" views Americans, then I don't think we are the problem. That said, I've always wanted to go all improv on some of the conspiracy theorists and find some way to tie it all back to, say, Celine Dion or those kids in Menudo.

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Speaking of Ellen Page and a horror movie, did anyone else see her SNL sketch about the mirror?

well, here's the thing w/ diablo cody: she really did post those pictures of herself. when her old blog, the "pu$$y ranch", used to be w/ citypages, those photos accompanied blog entries. she never really jumped the shark. she had a blog, someone read the blog and signed her for a memoir, then hollywood wanted a screenplay, and the rest is history. though now that she is an actual celeb, i miss her ever-so-scandalous blog entries!

For all you Katherine Heigl haters, I found her new husband's CD at the dollar store. AT THE DOLLAR STORE!!! Not sure if its his latest, it was from 2005. I wouldn't have even know who he was if it weren't for Celebritology. I almost bought it, but didn't want to waste a perfectly good dollar.

It looks like dirt to me, she always looks like she could do with a good wash.

- Clare, Manchester

From the Amy Winehouse story...That's great!

For what it's worth, I have friends who named their son max about 8 years ago. Guess they were ahead of the times!

hey, thanks for mentioning katharine heigl...i saw a picture of her from the oscars and thought it was kim cattrall channelling samantha jones from SATC. she looked awful!

What's more pathetic: a) Diablo Cody having to "leak" her own topless photos because nobody else evidently cared to see he naked, or b) Jeff Conaway saying he's drug free because of Scientology?

I guess it back to hating the French again.

If anyone happens to know one of those crazy American "Desperate Housewives" sex maniacs, and this individual would agree to whip me (when they're not making a living as a drug-dealing rapper and a CIA mole), please give them my number. Thanks.

did we stop hating the French?

ABC News web site is saying that Ellen Page outed herself as a lesbian during a skit on SNL this weekend. It's not clear if she really outed herself or was just making fun of the rumors about her orientation.

Too right! I'm not fickle. I've never stopped hating the French.

Someone probably should touch base with the people at ABC News and explain to them that the 'skits' on Saturday Night Live are what we call 'made up' or 'pretend' and that things said during them are not necessarily 'real.'

You know, like much of their reporting.

Right... skin infection. Amy probably got into a fight with gravity and landed hard.

Monique Cotillard made those remarks over a year ago. So, it is not like she just suddenly, since getting the Oscar, decided to comment on stuff for which she has no knowledge.

Which is worse, being endorsed by Jack Nicholson using all his creepy characters or Russell Simmons?

Good line, Vanhaliz1!

Yuck- why would Amy Wino's managers blame the swelling on impetigo- isn't that a skin condition that comes from being dirty?! I'd rather blame it on dental work or something else. Vanhaliz1 above said it right-the swelling no doubt comes from another tumble with herself probably after taking drugs...

Emme is pronounced M-E, as in Medical Examiner.

Marion Cotillard always had these opinions. The difference is that now people are listening. Don't worry. It won't last. Along with structural engineering, she also became an expert in astrophysics. Once we hear her opinions of reducing ICP in traumatic brain injuries, her round of rocket science and brain surgery will be complete and she will fade into oblivion.

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Speaking of Ellen Page and a horror movie, did anyone else see her SNL sketch about the mirror?

Posted by: other liz | March 3, 2008 11:38 AM

yes, and it was hilarious. though it was the only midly funny part of her appearance - the rest was terrible. Hillary was also fantastic (and I like Obama).