As anyone with a fascination for celebrity mug shots will tell you, a casting director looking to hire someone even creepier than Nick Nolte would seem to have a gargantuan task ahead. The guy or gal entrusted with filling out the dramatis personae in the upcoming gore-fest King Shot managed to hit the mark, however, by hiring Marilyn Manson for a key role. According to the antichrist superstar, he plays a "400-year-old prophet that lives in a hole in the ground and eats skinned ostriches and rapes women -- and has thorns for teeth that come out of his lips." Of course, the characters depicted in the film are fictitious, and any similarities to Gene Simmons are purely coincidental . . .
Since he was never exactly known for his robust physique, we're not altogether surprised that Jerry Garcia couldn't score an endorsement deal from a major athletic shoe company while he was waddling across this mortal coil. Fans can now use their lower appendages to pay tribute to Cap'n Trips in a far more appropriate manner -- by strapping on a pair of the custom J. Garcia sandals that Birkenstock have just introduced. The shoes, much like the ties Garcia's estate began peddling some years back, are festooned with artwork designed by the late guitarist -- work that some might compare to Jackson Pollock, although we see more similarities to the drippings of a Ben & Jerry's ice cream cone . . .
While having been, shall we say, "closely associated" with a second-generation rock bozo might ordinarily paint a person as damaged goods, we'd have thought that Lisa Loeb had enough going for her that she'd make quite a splash upon diving back into the waters of the dating scene. Apparently, the boho librarian thing isn't as appealing to everyone as it is to us, since the lovely Miss Loeb has decided to try her chances on a new dating show entitled #1 Single, which will follow her in her efforts to shake off the memory of former beau Dweezil Zappa and hook up with a boy who has an affinity for key lime pie and Catholic schoolgirl skirts. We think we recall just such a gent from our college days, but since he preferred to don said skirts while using the dessert in an altogether unmentionable manner, we'll refrain from passing along his info . . .
Given that the members of My Chemical Romance tend to slather themselves with more eye makeup than just about any of the residents of Barbie's Dream House, it was only a matter of time before someone got the idea to model dolls after 'em. That's exactly what's going on at the headquarters of SEG toys, a company that's crafting life-size -- meaning roughly six or so inches in height -- replications of Gerard Way and his pals. We can't think of a better thing to stuff into the stocking of the thirteen-year-old girl -- or considerably more virginal forty-year-old comic book geek -- on your Festivus shopping list.