It's just a flesh wound
This entry introduces the Content Free Celebrity Head©, an exclusive new feature* of the Gazette designed to help its valued readers distinguish between those posts which are truly Content Free© and those which are simply lame, inane, or otherwise lacking in proficiency. Here at the Gazette, we never stop working to make your blog consumption more satisfying. [Feel free to submit your nominations for celebrities who merit an appearance as a Content Free Celebrity Head©.]

*The concept is, of course, shamefully stolen from James Lileks's Perry Mason Head of Disapproval (or something like that), a link to which I was unable to find (owing to the fact that I didn't look for it, but, still...)
I guess I'm the Tootsie Pop of the blogosphere.
Posted by: Eric at September 29, 2007 04:44 PMIs saying Paris Hilton too obvious? Or are you not trying to imply that the celebrity's head pictured is content free?
If the above is not the case, then Stanley Tucci. Cause anything with Stanley Tucci in it is always better.
You should probably have that eye looked at.
Posted by: beth at September 29, 2007 09:23 PMYou should probably have that eye looked at.
Which eye?
Paris would be a great content free celebrity. She's the very epitome of the concept.
But the bar isn't really very high, and LOTS of people are clearing it nowadays.
Steve Buscemi is my Stanley Tucci (who, however, was one of the best things about The Devil Wears Prada).
Posted by: Eric at September 29, 2007 09:30 PMHmm...looks painful. Sorry I asked. ;-)
Posted by: gwynne at September 30, 2007 01:34 AMHmm, if anything, an improvement. You should crash more often. ;)
(JUST kidding!)
Posted by: Stephen at September 30, 2007 07:00 AMOooh...Steve Buscemi is right up there. Definitely. He was about the only good thing in Armageddon. (Well, I do love me some Bruce if he's in a good cheesy movie, which this also was. But without Buscemi it just wouldn't have been the same.)
As for the eye, you had one that looks a little redder than normal. :)
Posted by: beth at September 30, 2007 09:20 AMNo, Stephen, it's OK...and you're right: most people are envious of my shiny titanium endoskeleton. I try not to flaunt it.
Beth, don't go dissing Armageddon. It's one of my favorite big budget cheese-fests, and it includes some pretty accurate portrayals of oilfield characters.
Buscemi was also excellent in Con Air.
Neal McDonough is another one of those actors who can entice me to see whatever he's appearing in, even if I otherwise wouldn't care.
Posted by: Eric at September 30, 2007 08:14 PMWasn't intending to diss...though I can see where it might come across that way.
Con Air is a personal favorite on any number of levels - but Buscemi definitely added even more flair.
Posted by: beth at October 1, 2007 06:22 AMFirst, I'm with beth, in that the first celebrity candidate to pop into my content-free head was Paris Hilton.
Next, if Steve Buscemi is your Stanley Tucci, then John Turturro is my Steve Buscemi. And any one of the three lends a certain cachet of what ever he's in.
Finally, I'm sorry to hear you had a crash. There must be something going around, as I had one about a month ago. I didn't (apparently) leave the sort of DNA sample on the road, as you seem to have done. I just dislocated my shoulder, which while undoubtedly plague me to some degree for years to come.
I hope you're healing well.
Posted by: Foo at October 1, 2007 07:43 AMDagnabbit. I oughtn't post before my sixth cup of coffee. Please accept my apoplexies for the various ofs where there should have been tos; whiles where there should have been wills; etc.
And while we're at it, apologies instead of apoplexies (though I'm certain to have my share of those as the morning wears on, it being Monday and all).
Posted by: Foo at October 1, 2007 07:47 AMHilarious.
Of all the content free celeb heads available, how'd you settle on Spacey?
Oh. Spacey - spacy?
Heh. I'm funny.
Posted by: jen at October 1, 2007 09:04 PMI just dislocated my shoulder
Just!? Man, if that's not a major owie, I don't want to know any more about your hierarchy of injuries!
Jen, qualifying as a content free celebrity head is not limited to those who actually have content free heads. In fact, folks like Paris and Britney are too easy as marks for this (although they will nevertheless be included). Spacey gets in, along with Sean Penn and Sally Field and those of their ilk for thinking they provide more content to our lives than they really do...if that makes sense.
Posted by: Eric at October 1, 2007 09:13 PM
How'd you manage to look like Kevin Spacey and the Governator in the same post.
You're somethin'!
Posted by: Jim at September 29, 2007 03:48 PM