Zach Galifianakis is currently my favorite comedian (got Mel Gibson fired because hitting women is wrong; is from my home state of North Carolina), so Zach + SNL + Assistant sketch = Best Thing Ever.
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Robert Collins, a Maryland man who works for the Department of Corrections, was told he had to give his supervisors his Facebook password as part of a re-certification process. While I’ve talked a lot on this site about being smart on social networking sites, giving your password to your boss is totally not OK under any circumstances. The Maryland ACLU has taken up Collins’ cause:
The scene: a woman calls her dad to complain about a rough day she had at work. The dad isn’t really sure how best to comfort his daughter, so he ends up writing her a song. You’ll be humming this in your head all day long.
… well, not really. But it seems so realistic! After all, considering we’re talking about a woman who has an army of assistants and made one of them plan her wedding here, the fetus will probably have its own legion of nannies. Hello Kitty shaped ones, perhaps.
Senator Harry Reid referred to his colleague, Senator Kristen Gillibrand, as ‘hot’ at a recent fundraiser. Since Reid’s the majority leader, he could be seen as Gillibrand’s boss. So CNN went to the street to ask people how they’d feel if their boss called them hot.
My book, the cleverly titled Save the Assistants, came out last week. And, as any author knows, the most important part of publishing a book is throwing a book party. However, I was at a total loss about what to wear at said book party. Luckily, my friend Carrie Goldberg (the fashion editor at Jewcy.com) is a stylist and came over to my apartment to help me dress myself out of stuff in my own closet. Everyone needs a Carrie in his or her life.
While working on what would become their blockbuster album The Joshua Tree, U2 suffered a personal tragedy. Bono’s assistant Greg Carroll was killed while riding a motorcycle he was due to deliver to his boss. Carroll was a native of New Zealand. Bono penned the song “One Tree Hill,” the ninth track on the album, about Carroll and dedicated the album to him. Now, U2 is planning a huge stage show near that famous landmark. The show will take place on November 25th. Here’s the lovely song, in case you’re not familiar with it.
Most likely, this would happen.
As assistant gigs go, this one’s not bad: Holly Madison’s assistant, Angel Porrino, will be taking over Holly’s role in the Las Vegas show Peepshow while Holly is on vacation. The fill-in only lasts for a week, but I can definitely say that in all the times I ever covered for my boss I never go to do anything remotely as interesting as that.
For those of you who watch Holly’s reality show Holly’s World, Angel is a regular cast member. Here’s a clip from when she celebrated her 21st birthday on the show:
