I am not turning on the morning news today, because I don’t want to see any chyrons proclaiming “Surely Serious: Leslie Nielson dies at 84.” (Shame on you, NPR.) It’s sad that this actor’s trademark line from Airplane! is perhaps the only thing our generation can recall of him off the top of our heads, besides maybe snippets of the Naked Gun movies, or if we’re really terrible, Scary Movie 3.
Although Leslie Nielsen’s straight-man delivery in absurd slapstick situations may be his legacy to the American public, there are more layers to this Canadian-born actor than Zucker comedies. Like how about how sexy he was in 1956′s The Forbidden Planet? Below, our tribute to Leslie Nielsen: the man, the comedian, and the hottie. And we’re totally serious. More »
Well at least we can’t make a blond joke here: 21-year-old brunette Playgirl Tiffany Livingston freaked out on a recent flight from Orlando to Newark, went to the nearest emergency exit, and tried to “steady herself” with the handle release before some cops dragged her away. The official publicist spin is that she didn’t have her medication, but what self-respecting Hugh Hefner prodigy travels without her medicine case? More »
Man Arrested for Trying to Dazzle Pilots with Laser – A Parisian man was taken into custody after he pointed a laser beam at plane touching down at the Paris Orly airport. The weirdest part? A spokeswoman for French Air claims there have been “a growing number of such incidents.” (via Reuters)