New Cleopatra Show on NBC Offers Another Chance to Get Cleopatra Casting Right [TV]

Aug 12, 2012 12:00 PM  

According to Deadline, NBC has outbid two other networks for a period drama called Cleopatra, which is about Cleopatra, who was an Egyptian famous for having a high school quartback/cheerleading captain relationship with Mark Antony. Of course, anyone who knows their ancient world history is familiar with the historically-accurate angle the NBC show is taking — Cleopatra made a divine pact to win her throne back from the Romans. And Egypt was full of sorcerers and monsters, obviously.

Since it will be on network TV, the Cleopatra series might not go full-tilt with the Antony and Cleopatra orgy scenes like we saw in HBO's Rome, but there's still room for a good amount of ancient world sexiness. If you've seen the Odyssey teleplay with Armand Assante as Odysseus, you'll know what I'm talking about, and if you haven't seen the Odyssey teleplay, then you need to immediately because it is wonderful and Eric Roberts is in it. News of the NBC series comes even as the Angelina Jolie Cleopatra movie percolates, much to the chagrin of ancient historians who are pretty sure that Cleopatra didn't look anything like Angelina Jolie. Maybe the small-screen version will make some bolder casting choices (fingers crossed).

‘Cleopatra' Drama [Deadline]

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Anime Convention Bizarrely Offers Established Cosplayer a Stripper Gig in Exchange for $200 and Snacks [Video]

Ginny McQueen, a costumer of 14 years who works full-time as Director of New Media for Cosplay.com, the largest cosplay website on the internet, recently received a proposal from an anime convention in Las Vegas offering her $200, snacks, and two free tickets in exchange for a "live burlesque performance" that would require McQueen to strip down to her undergarments (lingerie or pasties!) and dance for hours on both Friday and Saturday nights.

Here's the email:

from:
***@***con.com
to:
ginny@ginnymcqueen.com
date:
Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 8:37 PM
subject:
Booking Contract for  ***CON

Dear Miss Ginny,

Are you interested in dancing for   ***CON  Friday Aug 17 and Saturday Aug 18, 2012?  Terms are as follows: 

 ***CON agree to the following:
• Two Hundred Dollars US ($200) as compensation
• Complimentary Snacks and Beverages in the Green Room
• Two complimentary 3-Day Badges to   ***CON  2012 ($120 value)
• A shared gratis booth to sell your merchandise/autograph pictures in the Exhibitor's Hall 3 days of the convention (Friday, August 17, Saturday, August 18, and Sunday, August 19, 2012)
• To promote you (Ginny Mcqueen) as a performer of   ***CON

Ginny McQueen agree to the following:
• Wear undergarments (lingerie or pasties) underneath your cosplay attire
• Provide your own cosplay attire(s) for to wear during your live burlesque performance on Friday, August 17, 2012 and Saturday, August 18, 2012.
• Perform live onstage in the 18+ lounge at ***CON on Friday Night, August 17, 2012 at 11:20pm to 11:40pm, 12:00am to 12:20am, 12:40am to 1:00am, and 1:20 to 1:40am, and Saturday Night, August 18, 2012 at 11:20pm to 11:40pm and 12:40am to 1:00am for six 20 minutes burlesque strip tease dance routines to anime songs (take off cosplay attire down to undergarments (no nudity)
• Return cosplay attire in good condition before you exit the 18+ lounge
• Perform live onstage at our Rave at ***CON on Saturday Night, August 18, 2012 at 12:00am to 12:20am and 1:20am to 1:40am for two 20 minutes go-go dance performances 
• Live up to the terms of the Exhibitor Contract in the Exhibitors Hall
• To promote   ***CON  from now till the actual convention on all social media and at other events
• To provide   ***CON  the right to use your name and images, videos, marketing collateral, etc. in conjunction with promoting of   ***CON  in all media
• To be available and actively participate in any video/photo/media interview opportunities during the convention  

This Offer, when signed, constitutes a binding Memorandum of Understanding.

______________________________________________ ___________________________
Miss Ginny McQueen                                               Date 

Earlier this week, McQueen posted a YouTube video detailing the many offensive aspects of the offer: the "Miss" salutation (McQueen is married, but more to the point, what type of business contract assumes a woman is a "Miss" these days?), the extensive amount of work asked in exchange for less than minimum wage, and most outrageously, the fact that the convention assumed McQueen would be interested in stripping even though she's never done anything of the sort thus far in her career.

Here's a selection of some of the detailed costumes McQueen has constructed over the years; one of her favorites is this Madame de Pompadour dress, which earned her a spot in Doctor Who Magazine. She's won 18 costuming awards for her work. But she's also a lady — a lady who models and sometimes wears skimpy outfits — so, therefore, the convention assumed she'd be more than eager to take off all of her clothes for a bunch of convention goers. And for paltry compensation, at that.

"I find it insulting that someone would assume that because some of my costumes are revealing, I'd want to do a striptease for a crowd of people and let them film it," McQueen told us. "They put no effort into researching me or what I do. They also had absolutely no grasp of what a contract is." McQueen added that she tries to have a sense of humor when it comes to gender stereotypes within the cosplay community, as evidenced by her follow-up video, "How To Strip Off Your Cosplay." I was being facetious," she said. "I am not a stripper or dancer, nor would I spend even more of my own time and money to alter the costumes I've already made so I could easily strip them off for someone. I will, however, make insane videos of myself for the sake of humor."

Will the cosplay community at large ever fully accept women like McQueen, a self-professed "horribly goofy" geek who is also very traditionally attractive and enjoys emulating characters who wear skintight clothing? If they're stripping off their clothes, definitely! Otherwise, we're not so sure.

(Image via McQueen's website.)

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Jenna Jameson Offers Mitt Romney Key 'Wealthy Former Porn Star' Endorsement [Mitt Romney]

Finally, the political world can exhale — after months of anticipation, former adult film star Jenna Jameson has announced who she will be voting for in this November's Presidential election: former Massachusetts governor, possibly non-taxpaying rich cartoon dad Mittens Romney. But her reasoning behind her choice is not what you might think.

Despite the fact that Jameson has ostensibly benefitted immensely from the availability of birth control and low cost STD testing in her line of work and the fact that her entire porn library would be blocked by porn filters Mitt Romney says should be installed on every American computer, Jameson's not concerned about either of those things. In fact, her reasons for backing Mitt are entirely economical. According to the New York Daily News,

I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office," Jameson told a KCBS-TV reporter, champagne in hand. "When you're rich, you want a Republican in office.

While Mitt will surely appreciate the celebrity endorsement (a Jameson endorsement is much cooler and sexier to the youths than, say, a Ben Stein endorsement), he likely will not appreciate the fact that Jameson's perception of him is exactly what Mitt Romney wants the American middle class not to believe — that he's a rich guy who will promote the interest of champagne swilling rich people who only care about money.

The Obama campaign should send her a Thank You pie or something.

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Katy Perry Offers Robert Pattinson Refuge In Her Cupcake Décolletage [Dirt Bag]

The plot thickens: pastry-breasted recent divorceé Katy Perry has invited her friend Robert Pattinson, cuckold, to "take a break" with her. A source says, "Katy has been a rock for ­Rob. She has reassured him she is very much there for him just as he was for her when she split from Russell." Reportedly Kristen Stewart has been begging him to meet up and talk it out in New York, but he wants to take a few months to think about stuff, and Perry is there for him.

Despite rumors to the contrary, sparked lately when Perry was seen reading a tabloid covered by R-Patz, it seems like they're just good friends, particularly because Katy Perry is supposedly newly involved with that used Swiffer Wet Jet pad John Mayer for whatever fucking reason. [Gather Celebs, The Hollywood Gossip]

R-Patz is also seeking out a "man-to-man-chat" with Rupert Sanders, the married director with whom K-Stew had her dalliance, to find out the details. He should just ask Rupert Sanders' dad Michael, who weighed in on the whole thing today:

From what I gather nothing really happened and it is all a lot of fuss about nothing. I should imagine it was something very brief. She is a very pretty girl and when you work that closely with someone for so long, sometimes things happen. He is very honorable, hardworking and (a) dedicated father and filmmaker.

You heard it here first! The 22-year-old girl who cheated on her boyfriend is a slag everyone hates, and the 41-year-old married father with whom she cheated is "honorable, hard-working and dedicated." Shame on her for being so pretty that she strips grown men of their autonomy and ability to make their own choices! [NYDN]

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