On Ari Gold’s Love-Hate Relationship With the Gays

“He will prove himself to be the biggest homophobe and the biggest friend to the gay man in the history of humanity.� —Entourage’s Jeremy Piven on what’s in store for Ari this season [TV Guide]

“I would do flipbooks of Barney giving it to Wilma and stuff. It kept me from getting beat up by the football players.� —Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi explains how he survived high school [A.V. Club]

“I’m astounded that people really care. I really am.� —former View co-host Lisa Ling’s response to the show’s massive public appeal [PopMatters]

“God, I like to think I have nothing much in common with the airhead daughter of a pedigreed Earl who left school, became a nanny, and married a prince with a tenacious mistress. I don’t see much of a resemblance, to be perfectly frank. Except for a haircut.� —Tina Brown on noted similarities between herself and Princess Di [Radar]

“When I go to parties back home, my friends say ‘Guess what, he’s in Harry Potter’ because it’s a good way of getting in with girls.� —Seventeen-year-old actor Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the hit film franchise [BBC Online]
—Hannah Tucker