Every now and then a project rears it’s ugly head and bellows out to the world it’s total intentions and ambitions. Most of the time we ditch diggers simply re-bury our collective heads in the sand and let the bellowing and the project pass by us by like so much proverbial sludge in this metaphorical trough we sludge through.


NOT TODAY! Pull that head out and hear and see and feel what the people are projecting!


LITTLE HOLLYWOOD is here.


It’s a package. It’s a smooth project with plenty of edge and enough real life elbow grease to move a mountain.


Little Hollywood is a television show you will identify with from behind your bottle, from behind that desk, and definitely from behind that stack of could of would of should of. But don’t listen to this energy drink fueled hack instead indulge yourself in the playful insights of the one and only Bathroom Philosopher.


We tried hard to nail this guy down and wrangle an answer out of him but not even Los Angeles’ own Stardum Entertainment could get this wild man to hold still.


You asked for and now you’ve got it-Little Hollywood and The Lost Interview.


Part One: How did you get involved with Little Hollywood?


Well, high Nick! I am so awful goddamn slow sometimes when it comes to answerin’ somebody’s questions which they has put to me, and I guess this is one of them times. As I recollect, ye asked me how I got involved in this here Little Hollywood, and I do not believe I told you at all, or if I did, I have forgotten what sorta lie I mighta foisted upon ye unless I somehow got accidentally messed up and laid facts on ye instead. Well, here’s what really happened, and this is just like in the show itself in which I play myself because this is the honest truth about how I met up with Condon: I have been off and on drinkin’ at Barney’s Beanery since the summer of 1968 when I first ventured into the confines and freedoms of the golden state of California. In them days I lived up past Topanga…beyond the old Buffalo Springfield house ‘n’ all…sometimes in the back utility body of a 1948 6volt 6cylinder Dodge truck I had purchased from a plumber for $200 and a couple of jarsof pure sweet Kentucky corn which had accompanied me from wherever it was that I come from before I discovered the wilds of Topanga, and they was “wilds” back then. I knew a sweet dancer I sometimes stayed with there at her cabin in the woods. Oh, Nicholas, she was a beauty, and kind, and beautiful, and she’d let me bed down at her place…and she didn’t care a whit if I got drunk or came up to see her with another li’l ol’ gal…and did I mention, Nick, that she was a dancer? With the two most amazingly beautiful breasts that she had to partially camouflage with stuck-on pieces of sparkly-ass paper kinda-things when she danced. Oh Nick, she was a goddess, a high-tone New Jersey gone to LA sweet, sweet princess of a woman. And you know what? That house of her’n had a big ol’ pit toilet in it, and it did not stink not even a little. That was Topanga then, as I recollect. And Elysian Fields and all such like that then. Well, ennyways, I sometimes stayed over to Argyle ’cause the rent was cheap. So I’d drive to the beanery and drink some…and meet gorgeous movie star ladies I shall not name because they wasn’t real famous yet, and to tell you the truth Nick, if I actually COULD remember their names you could probly pry ‘em outta me if ye was to stand me to a little bit of godly elixir…


Part 2: Ok, could you possibly elaborate on your participation in Little Hollywood?


Well, ennyways, like I said Mick, I ain’t that good with names over the course of disappearing chunks of time and place, so’s mebbe I do and maybe I don’t remember them movie gals’ names, but I wouldn’t tell you nor no-one else either what they was under any conditions whatsofuckinever! And there you have it! There useta hang a sign backa th’ bar what said “No fagots” and I sure as hell weren’t no faggot with them pretty young actresses, no sir Rick, but I ain’t gonna fuck and tell. No sir, brother. Not for nothin’! But if you was to set me up for a good barroom sit-down, I could be tempted to give you some hints. But these goddamn lips are sealed, Nick, and I do not give a good goddamn what you offer…I ain’t talkin’ to you nor no other goddamn reporter nohow. And that is goddamn final. I hope I ain’t pissin’ you off or nothin, Mick. I kinda think of you as a younger version of myself only not near so sophisticated and elegant as me. I got class, Mick…and don’t you goddamn forget that either…Now where in the hell was I………so I’m back in LA again and back at the beanery and sittin’ in a private room tryin’ to unload nine or eight high lifes and a coupla street-bought burritos when I hears Sid Condon talkin’ to some other feller about God and Elvis and Nashville and all like that, and I convince him to write a tv show about himself and Hollywood and Nashville, Tennessee ‘n’ all like that…and the rest is history. I pretty much made up the whole tv show for him and told him how to write it…and to include me…and not use my real name at all and just call me The Bathroom Philosopher…and that is exactly what Steve Condon has done. He stole my idea, and now he’s gettin’ rich and famous from Little Hollywood, and here I sits askin’ you for drinkin’ cash. It is goddamn pathetic, Vic, and I don’t have to goddamn stand for it. Maybe you could loan me some cash, and we’ll hire us a lawyer and sue Condon for everything he has stole from me. Damn, Nick, whyn’t I think of that before?…..


And there you have it folks, the Bathroom Philosopher and all the insight you may ever need into all things related to….Well you get the point, Little Hollywood kicks ass.


Written, Reported and Interpreted by Nick Sinn-White for all things Stardum.

Finally!  A funny episode of South Park!  And this time it isn’t a re-run!  I’ll be honest, the last few weeks of the show have left more than a little something to be desired.  Like laughter for one.  I like fishsticks as much as the next guy (not fish dicks), but an episode all about Kanye West not understanding a simple joke makes for some pretty lackluster comedy.  This week, however, is a much different story.  Like one taken straight from the headlines.


South Park has always been popular for taking headline news and twisting it into a hilarious twenty two minute parody that make you realize just how ironic this world really is.  I was shocked when I saw the Yahoo! news bulletin about Pirates taking two hostages off the coast of Somalia, but Matt and Trey saw something else.  Gold.  Not pirate gold; comedy gold.  If you missed the mid-season finale on Wedensday, I recommend you watch the episode prior to reading this review as it will be the last one you see for quite some time (the f**k!?).  But for you impatient sons of biscuits out there, here’s a quick re-cap of what went down in Pirate town.


Cartman believes he has embarked on the opportunity of a lifetime:  pirates are back!  When he plans to visit Somalia to become one of them pirates, Kyle seizes the opportunity of his lifetime and encourages him to go to get rid of his fat ass.  Unbenounced to Kyle, Cartman doesn’t go alone.  Craig, Butters, and Kyle’s Canuck little brother, Ike, all tag along once again succumbing to the overwhelming charm of televisions greatest character.  Of course what Cartman believes pirates to be and what Somalian pirates really are was expected, the confusion was a great comedic vehicle when the boys had no effing clue that they were hostages.  That is until Cartman comandeers a French ship and becomes the pirate leader (who knew?). Once Kyle discovers that his little brother has tagged along on this ridiculous adventure, it is up to him to bring him back.

Most of us have already seen Jake Shields tangle with some of the highest mma competition there is now a days but to see him attack and kick the shit out of some saucy rollerblading ass-clown on MTV’s Bully Beatdown was and is a real treat. I guess some guy named Jonathon, which is not the name of a badass unless it’s shortened to Jon and ends with Fitch, was picking on some nerds when they called Jason “Mayhem” Miller for some help and sure enough Jake Shields arrives. Shields takes one look up and down the guy and decides to just arm-bar and crank his neck for about three minutes. This beat down is classic with all the right components of ass kicking being put to good use.


For his part the roller-clown did manage to hold on to at least a couple grand which means he made more then that poor little Japanese girl Cyborg Santos destroyed.


Be sure to tune in to last Sunday’s all-new episode re-airing this week –


WEDNESDAY, April 15 – 12:30 am


FRIDAY, April 17 – 11:30 pm


SATURDAY, April 18 – 12:30 am


SUNDAY, April 19 – 12:30 pm and 6:30 pm


“Jake Shields, who will square off with fellow top-ranked mixed martial arts (MMA) competitor “Ruthless” Robbie Lawler in the main event of the historic, first-ever Strikeforce MMA event in St. Louis on Saturday, June 6, appears on the latest episode of MTV’s new smash hit reality series “Bully Beatdown.”


The complete episode is also available for viewing online at: RollerBlader gets manhandled!

…sucked! One of South Park’s most distinguishable and defining features is its ability to instantly turn any relevant current event or topic and spin it into a tight, twenty two minute package of pure hilarity.  Then where did the other twenty one minutes go this week? Three chapters into the new season and we’ve got ourselves the first big “message” episode. Making fun of the economy is about as scattershot as talking seriously about the economy. Bailout jokes aren’t exactly knee-slappers As “Margaritaville” demonstrated tonight. Although making fun of Christians is always funny you have to agree that this week was much more tame compared to the “The Ring” episode where Mickey Mouse proclaims that “All Christians are retarded”. Its unfortunate that for two weeks in a row, Trey Parker and Matt Stone couldn’t muster more than a few chuckles from its audience. And I’m being generous when I say a few.



Travis Fickett at IGN agrees. “Margaritaville” is not, as a whole, a great episode of South Park. But it does what a lot of South Park has managed to do - it captures a moment in America as perfectly as possible with brilliant satire. So while there is greatness here, the sum is a bit less than the parts.

If there is one thing Matt Parker and Trey Stone now how to do its make enemies.  First it was Tom Cruise who threatened to quit Viacom (which owns Comedy Central) unless they pulled South Park’s episode “Trapped In the Closet” which made fun of Cruise and his Scientological beliefs.  Then the voice of Chef, Issac Hayes, quit the show entirely before his untimely death claiming that the duo had “gone too far this time”.  Hayes, a Scientologist himself, was quickly labeled a hypocrite for participating in numerous episodes that poked fun at other religions yet he appeared to be unaffected by the offensive material.  Now it appears that the boys from South Park have dug a new foxhole that may take some more digging to get out of.  At the expense of some of the hardest laughing I’ve had in a while, South Park could very well be Disney’s public enemy number one.  If you were lame and missed the premiere tonight, I suppose I can ruin the plot for you since you’re reading this article and obviously don’t give a sh*t anyways.  Kenny finally gets a girlfriend who happens to be a promiscuous 5th grader named Tammy.  When he finds out that The Jonas Brothers makes her feel all tingly inside (horny as a rabbit), Kenny decides to use that to his advantage and takes her to their concert. Unfortunately, the Jonas Brothers promote their “purity rings”, rings that indicate they will remain abstinent until marriage.  When the boys finally decide to revolt against the purity ring concept, the “big boss” has a few ideas of his own.  Mostly threatening to hack off Stan’s limbs with the chainsaw from “Scarface” for being alleged Dreamworks conspirators, Mickey Mouse is one crazy mother f***er!  He will do anything and everything to keep anyone from knowing that he uses The Jonas Brothers to turn 12 year old girls undies into slip and slides.  Watching Mickey kick the snot of Cartman made me shoot beer out my nose and from that point on, I was hooked.  I don’t know what the people at Disney thought (or if they even cared), but I can imagine that if they did, they didn’t like it.  At least not as much as me and my beer.  I’m not a lawyer so I don’t know what constitutes slander but I think accusing a children’s company of exploiting their pre-teen fans sexuality for a profit and publicizing it on one of the highest rated television shows on cable, that would come close.  But thats exactly what South Park is known for.  First, pushing the envelope then burning the bastard.

South Park is like crack cocaine.  When its good its really good (like really really good), and when its bad it just flat out sucks. Not that I know from experience or anything, because drugs are bad mmkay.  Either way, Season 12 of South Park left a little something to be desired.  Not trying to take anything away from such future classics as “Breast Cancer Show Ever”.  Seeing Cartman’s face cave in like the guy from the bitter beer face commercials made me cheer like it was the freakin World Cup.   And who could forget Mr. Slappity Slap from “Elementary School Musical”?  Domestic violence has never been more hilarious.   But what makes South Park, South Park, is its ability to make its audience laugh so hard their stomach literally clenches up like my cancerous colon.  Tears should be squirting out their eyes like SuperSoaker 3000’s.  Yet it seems like its been forever since that last happened.  Not everyone may agree with me on this but I’m still waiting for that one episode that absolutely wows me.  That one episode that makes me re-think what funny really is.  An episode that makes everything I’ve seen before this episode but a mere chuckle compared to the experience of watching the greatest South Park Episode of all time.  Yeah, I’m waiting for that one.  Hopefully season 13 will be kind enough to provide that for me.  I mean, 13 is a lucky number. Tune in to Comedy Central Wed. April 11th for the 13th and hopefully best season premiere of South Park.  Cause if its not, screw you guys I’m going home! 

NEW YORK (February 5, 2009)—Showtime Networks Inc. and World championship mixed martial arts (MMA) event producer Strikeforce have joined forces to create an all-new series of MMA events that will air live on SHOWTIME® as part of the SHOWTIME Sports franchise. The news was jointly announced today by Ken Hershman, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Sports and Event Programming, Showtime Networks, and Strikeforce Founder and CEO Scott Coker.

The multi-year agreement calls for SHOWTIME to produce and televise up to 16 live events per year including Strikeforce world championship events as well as a series dedicated to showcasing up-and-coming fighters in the sport. The initial championship event is schedule for Saturday, April 11, 2009 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. The fight card will be announced at a later date.

“We are very excited to have the opportunity to deliver live Strikeforce events on the SHOWTIME premium television platform,” said Coker.

“SHOWTIME is a forward-thinking innovator with a reputation for producing outstanding original programming in sports and entertainment. They have been a phenomenal partner in the past and we are looking forward to growing our relationship with them and bringing the Strikeforce brand of MMA to millions of SHOWTIME subscribers.”

“Strikeforce has a history of presenting high-quality, compelling mixed martial arts events and we are thrilled to be able to bring their world-class events to our subscribers,” said Hershman.

Hershman was responsible for pioneering the network’s entry into MMA in 2007, when SHOWTIME became the first premium network to televise the explosive sport.

He continued, “This relationship with Strikeforce will allow SHOWTIME to continue to deliver some of the best MMA match-ups in the rapidly growing sport as well as to expose the future champions of MMA to our audience.”

The agreement reunites SHOWTIME and Strikeforce following their successful “Shamrock vs. Baroni” event, presented by SHOWTIME PPV® in 2007. In the main event, former UFC middleweight champion and MMA legend, Frank Shamrock, submitted knockout artist, Phil “The New York Badass” Baroni, in the second round of action whereby Shamrock became the first-ever Strikeforce World Middleweight Champion.

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The historic event was followed up with a live SHOWTIME telecast of one of the sport’s most anticipated showdowns of all-time—Shamrock versus undefeated world kickboxing champion Cung Le—on March 29, 2008. In a battle that has since been proclaimed “Fight Of The Year” by industry experts and critics, Le seized the Strikeforce middleweight crown by pouring on a relentless offensive and fending off Shamrock’s counter attacks before breaking the defending champion’s arm with a hard roundhouse kick and forcing Shamrock to retire from the bout between rounds three and four.

A martial arts promoter of over 23 years, Coker has gained widespread acclaim amongst industry colleagues and the media, including Rolling Stone magazine, Yahoo! Sports, and The San Jose Mercury News, for positioning his 14-year-old Strikeforce organization as a major player in the world’s fastest growing sport since its inaugural MMA event that hosted a capacity crowd of 18,265 at San Jose’s HP Pavilion on March 10, 2006. The live gate figure also broke the then-all-time record for attendance at an MMA event held in North America.

SAN JOSE, Calif. —Strikeforce World Middleweight (185 lb. limit) Champion, Cung Le, will seize the spotlight during an all-new “Strikeforce on NBC” episode on Saturday night.

The special, 30-minute program, devoted entirely to the one-of-a-kind knockout artist, will showcase Le’s stoppages of Mike Altman and “Mr. Unbreakable” Brian Warren and will revisit his crushing knockouts of “The Ultimate Fighter” season three veteran, Sam “The Squeeze” Morgan, and Tony “The Freak” Fryklund.

Also included in the show is a feature segment that touches on the personal life of Le, who fled a war-torn Vietnam, just days before the fall of Saigon, as a baby in his mother’s arms in 1975.

Le’s victories over Altman and Warren were ranked number one and two, respectively, according to the results of an online poll that gave fans the opportunity to vote for their all-time favorite Strikeforce knockout on the promotion’s official website, www.strikeforce.com, last week.

A former junior college and high school wrestling star, Le has pioneered the Chinese stand-up fighting art of San Shou, which aided his run to a perfect 16-0 record in the sport of professional kickboxing and an International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) world championship. His kickboxing conquests, which included three victories in K-1 North America “Superfights,” have aired repeatedly on ESPN and ESPN2.

Two years after making his highly-anticipated mixed martial arts (MMA) debut, Le notched what is undoubtedly the greatest win of his career - a third round TKO of former UFC middleweight champion and MMA legend, Frank Shamrock on March 29th of this year. The live SHOWTIME televised victory earned Le the Strikeforce middleweight crown.

Le recently returned home from a two month stay in Berlin, where he completed his third acting stint for the silver screen, a supporting role in the science fiction thriller, “Pandorum,” which co-stars award-winning actors Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, Alpha Dog). The film is slated for release next fall.

“Strikeforce on NBC,” the first 52-week mixed martial arts series in network television history, airs every Saturday, immediately following NBC’s hit poker tournament series, “Poker After Dark” (check local listings). MMA legend Ken Shamrock and award-winning ESPN announcer, Lon McEachern, co-host each program and provide expert, play-by-play commentary.