HOLLYWOOD

The helicopter I rented drops me right in the heart of Hollywood. It’s pitch black. California is everything I expected and nothing I could have anticipated. The roads are literally made of yoga mats. Once you arrive you just peel one off and it is yours: now, forever, always.

I see the stars everywhere I look: Clint Howard and Robocop are eating potatoes while tourists snap Fuji photos of them. The garbage man from ‘Hanging with Mr. Cooper’ makes eye contact with me. My fate is sealed. I am destined to be here. I hear a sound that calls out to me. I walk on a bunch of agents until I come across the man blowing the wood-stick that makes sounds.

Steven Spielberg stops playing flute on Rodeo Drive just long enough to tell me to “follow the Green River to Big Time City” and hands me a baggie full of executive-producer credits. I don’t understand what this means but man he can play the fuck out of a flute. Who knew? Before I can question the mutterings of a world-famous director, I see Christopher Walken doing push-ups, completely naked while Peter Dinklage does sit-ups on his back. I tell them how much I loved them in ‘Pretty in Pink’ and get my autograph stick signed by both of them.

I can’t lose sight of why I’m here: to become more famous than Christ and way better looking. To remake myself in plastic, tattoos, and cocaine. To finally live up to and waste my full potential. I set a stretch hummer on fire when I notice a pack of joggers running in unison. I start running with them as fast as I can jog. Mariah Carey tries to trip me, so I set her on fire and recite ‘Glitter’ word-for-word. I have the hunger of a thousand hunger games. I will not be beat. The runners evaporate into Coconut water. I soak them up with my yoga mat.

A dog dressed as Christoph Waltz approaches. He takes my hand and tells me to look directly into Camera 2. I close my eyes and hear a vaginal joke. Dog-Waltz is gone, replaced by Sarah Silverman. She asks me if I want to punch her butt-hole and we go hiking for four years. We shave each other’s beards and I inform her of my intentions. She laughs. I do too. Then I convince her to sign all of her agent to me.

I drink grass-fed tiger nipple supplements while I think of a better IMDB. I am Hollywood. I am Hollywood, I have my entourage tell me over and over again. I set my entourage on fire.

I call my agent and ask for my close-up. Michael Bay zip lines down from his office that floats in the sky. We eat explosions and talk about doing lunch. We lock eyes. He asks if I’m ready and we get collagen injected into our mansions.

I am.

REVIEW: ‘IRON MAN 3’

‘Iron Man 3’ REVIEW (Author’s note, I have not seen the movie)

IRON MAN 3 is already my favorite movie about a man wearing a suit of some sort of metal that I’ve seen all summer AND SUMMER ISN’T EVEN HERE YET!

The movie has everything any Marvel or non-comic book fan could want or expect from a Summer Blockbuster: explosions, guns, lasers, shadow puppets, RED BULL sponsorship that’s not too overt, cleavage, an airplane crashing into the moon, tanks, moonshine, laser boobs, clutch rides, and even a dragon having sex with a torpedo.

The cast is a bunch of all-stars: Johnny Depp, Hotel Rwanda/Crashie dude, and of course, PEOPLE magazine’s woman of the year, that wife of that u2 band(?) who do what they do best: read lines written by other people really, really well.

I don’t want to give away too much of the plot but here’s a brief summary:

Iron Man gets attacked by NASA for trying to steal all their precious moon juice. The Machine of War is also around, doing important things and tasks. At one point, precious jewels get stolen and they must unite in Argentina. Things look bad for these men made of aluminum(?) but just before the dinosaurs that were genetically designed to eat metal people and music make death befall the entire Southern hemisphere, the one lady comes dressed up in a suit made of adamantium(?) and blows away the dinosaurs with her laser boobs.

There’s a lot of sex and cannibalism in this movie; not more than I expected but definitely not enough.

FINAL THOUGHTS: I enjoyed IRON MAN 3. I would watch it on an iPhone with a delicious RED BULL nearby but I definitely wouldn’t let my kids watch it because they would hog the tiny screen with their smudgy, tiny, fat fingers. I recommend this movie if you are into: shit that blows up, metal, and nail salons.

On a scale of 1 to 5 STARS, I give IRON MAN 3 a yes.

(I was asked to submit a brief, fictional ‘The Bachelorette’ story yesterday so I wrote this:)

Dear Fans/Future Lovers/Family,

It’s me, Paul Bronso AKA ‘The Match,’ that was kicked off of Season 19 of ‘The Bachelorette.’ You know my infamous nickname because of “the incident” and today, I’m legally allowed to explain my side of things.

Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve made a killing as a used wig salesmen, so I obviously don’t need money or fame. People also constantly mistake me for an obese Ryan Gosling so I pretty much have it made.

I just want the undying love of a perfectly sculpted woman, that’s all.

When Tarva said my name, my heart skipped and so did I, and that’s when I ACCIDENTALLY knocked her into the forest of candles that my lawyer has made explicitly clear were a fire hazard created by the show. As her hair burst into flames, so did my chances for true love with a complete stranger.

Tarva’s hair grew back but I don’t know if the hole in my heart ever will (literally, it’s a birth defect).

I’m trying to look on the bright side though; just because I got burned by loved doesn’t meant I can’t find that spark again.

-XO

Paul

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@TonightOnGIRLS mentioned on HuffingtonPost.com

I went back and forth with creating @TonightOnGIRLS but I am so glad I went forward with it.

GIRLS

It launched on Monday and was written up on HuffingtonPost.com on Wednesday:

“Tonight On ‘GIRLS’ Twitter Parody Perfectly Sums Up Future Episodes”

Very cool and quite exciting but the best part is all the @’s I’ve gotten. If you follow it and have said kind words, thank you. It means so much to be able to create something that I have so much fun doing that other people truly enjoy.

HOLLYWOOD.com and Sam

Hollywood.com

At the beginning of January of this year I was approached to help co-run Hollywood.com’s Twitter feed (@Hollywood_com). I did it for a week as a test run and I had a blast and my bosses seemed very satisfied. Ever since then, I’ve been co-managing the account. Basically, I put up links to the stories and try to phrase them cleverly but I also write every single joke you see on there. I wasn’t sure if it was going to work out but it’s the most fun I’ve ever had at a real job.

So, if you like to keep up with the latest in Hollywood news, celebrities, and upcoming movies, I recommend you follow @hollywood_com. They just launched a newly, redesigned website yesterday too so it’s really, really nice. If it’s not your cup of tea, I understand and that’s cool too.

I didn’t do this because my bosses asked me to. I did this because I’m proud of the work I’ve put in and I truly have a blast working with everyone there.

#FF: @Hollywood_com

FEEL FREE TO TELL THEM I SENT YA!!!!