By Drew Grant 9/13/12 4:33pm

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Savannah Guthrie interviewing Kris Jenner on September 11th (NBC)

NBC’s Half-Assed Apology for Airing Kris Jenner Interview During 9-11 Moment of Silence

September 11th was Tuesday, which most people remembered, what with “Never Forget” being the slogan for the annual commemoration of those who lost their lives or loved ones when the planes crashed into the Twin Towers 11 years ago. NBC might have forgotten the date, however. At least we assumed that’s what happened when it booked Kris Jenner to talk about reality television and filming her daughter’s fake-boob upgrade on Today, making it the only major network out of the Big Three that didn’t air footage from the Pentagon and Ground Zero to honor the Moment of Silence. We were willing to give NBC the benefit of the doubt, something that the network’s President Bill Capus obviously didn’t want. Read More

By Drew Grant 9/11/12 1:36pm

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Kris Jenner, blithely blathering on about some bullshit (NBC)

9/11 Gaffe: NBC Chooses to Air Interview With Kris Jenner About Breast Implants During Moment of Silence

While every other major network today chose to interrupt its normal programming in order to cut to the president observing the annual moment of silence for the fallen heroes and victims of September 11th at Ground Zero and the Pentagon, NBC decided to go an alternate route … by skipping the matter entirely and having Today interview Kris Jenner about breast implants. Read More

By Drew Grant 5:35pm

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg (Getty Images)

Mark Wahlberg’s Punishment for 9/11 Comments: Helping with the 9/11 Memorial Museum?

If we were Mark Wahlberg‘s handlers this week, the absolute last thing we’d want to give him was another platform to talk about the September 11th. He’s already apologized for the comments he made to Men’s Journal– you know, where he implied that if he’d been on a plane that was hijacked in 2001 (which he should have been, had he not switched his ticket last moment), “it wouldn’t have went down like it did,” and that “there would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry,’” –which really should be the end of the matter. Let’s all forget about Mark Wahlberg and any (fake) connection he has to that tragic day in U.S. history.

Except that some of the families who lost a member on September 11th think that a more fitting way to make amends would be to use his star power to attract visitors to the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Read More

By Drew Grant 1/19/12 3:28pm

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg does not know how to fly a plane. (Getty Images)

Mark Wahlberg Apologizes for Indulging 9/11 Fantasy in Men’s Journal

Yesterday Men’s Journal published some tantalizing quotes from their Mark “Is Anyone Else Still Wondering About That Third Nipple?” Wahlberg profile. Quotes in which Mr. Entourage speculated on how he would have kicked some terrorist ass, had he been on the planes during the September 11th hijacking.

“If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did,” he said in the piece. “There would have been a lot of blood in that first-class cabin and then me saying, ‘OK, we’re going to land somewhere safely, don’t worry.’”

Responding to some less-than-positive feedback for his “grandstanding” (to put it mildly), Mr. Wahlberg apologized today in a statement released to the press. Read More