Bloody Bizarre
I don’t know if I’m supposed to be writing about this or not, but I didn’t sign a NDA, so screw it. I just got back from the Fuse/Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, which is the “premiere award show spotlighting the best in horror-themed cinema, music and television”. It was pretty much what you’d expect of a music channel-sponsored awards show, but I gotta tell you about one award that was definitely the most surreal part of the evening. Rob Zombie was presenting the “Prince of Darkness Award” for the “Darkest male artist in [a] music video”. And the winner was….Jared Leto. Yeah, that Jared Leto.
To be fair, his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, wasn’t any worse than most of the crap they play on the radio. It was pretty much the same pseudo-goth mall punk that those young whippersnappers seem to love these days. Also, I can’t help but sympathise for a guy who’s probably spent the last decade trying to escape his Tiger Beat typecasting. The dude was in Fight Club, so he can’t be all bad. But c’mon. Prince of Darkness? Jared Leto? I don’t see it.
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That’s bizarre — I navigated here from a Google news blurb about Mr. Zombie winning one of those very same Chainsaw awards. Small internet.
By the way, have you ever seen him on “Dinner for Five”? He seems like a really nice guy, perhaps surprisingly enough. Doesn’t mean I’d listen to his band or see his movies. I, um, guess I don’t really have a point here.
Comment by briantologist — October 16, 2006 @ 10:18 am
Yes, but did you see him in “My So-Called Life”? His brooding demeanor was just dreamy! And that brooding performance lead to “Fight Club” which lead to…okay, I’m stretching, and I guess I don’t have a point either, but isn’t that what teh internets are for?
Comment by Ben in VA — October 17, 2006 @ 6:53 am
Well, yeah, there was Fight Club. But his character got the shit beat out of him by Brad Pitt. Hardly Prince of Darkness material there.
Comment by Nick J. — October 17, 2006 @ 4:18 pm
Be fair…move on. Have you seen the video “Attack” or “The kill”?? Everyone grows up, everyone moves on. Are you all still the geeky high school kids you used to be? Have you seen Marilyn Manson’s or Bruce Willis’ high school pics?
Comment by jen — October 20, 2006 @ 10:30 am