It’s been 38 years, but the question still remains: who is so vain that they think Carly Simon would write a song about them?
The speculation has increased recently thanks to Simon’s re-release of the song in which she whispers a name during an instrumental break. When played backwards, the name becomes clear—David. Entertainment sources have been pegging the David as David Geffen, the record executive who was chief of Elektra Records when Simon’s album initially came out, but though her dislike of Geffen has been acknowledged, Simon and her publicist have denied that he is the man with the apricot scarf.
Baller or B.S.? Baller. Only Carly Simon could turn one song into almost 40 years of free publicity.
The beauty of the song lies in the secret—and it helps to be a tease. NBC executive and Carly fan Dick Ebersol paid $50,000 at a charity auction for a personal performance with the revelation included, and Warren Beatty has even told sources that he thinks the song is about him (way to fall into the trap, Warren).
At this point, if the real person ever comes out, he will be disdained by generations—and Carly Simon will have to find another gig, which would be a terrible shame. Don’t you dare disagree. You probably think that sentence was about you. Don’t you? Don’t you?
Chances are that you’ve heard of “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” the take on Jane Austen’s classic with a bizarre undead twist. Well, the author responsible, Seth Grahame-Smith, is at it again, providing an American icon with heroic capabilities more appropriate to a horror movie. “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” was released recently to, actually, decent reviews.
If reading about our 16th president as a Buffy-esque vampire slayer doesn’t float your boat, don’t worry, you’ll get a chance to see it with your very eyes! Tim Burton has already signed on to turn the novel into a movie, bringing Honest Abe and his Honest Axe of vengeance to the big screen.
Baller or B.S.? Baller. While Burton will not be directing, you can expect a large dose of crazy from the man behind “Alice and Wonderland” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas” in a movie about the Great Emancipator destroying vampires and their slave-holding helpers.
Also, there’s no need to worry about the tarnishing of a classic (which might a problem when “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Movie” comes out) since vampire-killer can only be a bonus to Lincoln’s image.
On a more sentimental front (unusual, I know!), there was a great showing of sportsmanship after the qualifying match of the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s soccer championships between the U.S. and Haitian squads.
After their 9-0 defeat, the Haitian goalie Alexandra Coby let her emotions flow, dropping to the turf crying. While this is not unusual for the high-charged stakes of a qualifying game and certainly not unusual considering the situation in Haiti, what happened next is. As her coach helped her up, the U.S. goalkeeper Bryane Heaberlin crossed the length of the field and gave her opponent a big hug. Soon, the entire U.S. team joined in the love-fest. Baller or B.S.? Baller. One, who doesn’t love group hugs? Two, it’s so gosh darn sweet, you just want to cry! Even if the U.S. could have limited their scoring, they respected the Haitians in playing hard until the end and demonstrated the spirit of true sportsmanship.
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