Old news: Annie Duke’s boytoy boinks boozy Judas
The man sat at the bar under a cloud of tight curly hair. It was as if the hair thunderhead had sprung a storm and the downpour produced a guy with bad pickup lines. Beside him sat a pretty woman. She wasn’t drinking for fun. Her order–shots and beer–had purpose. The drunker she got
the more she wanted to run naked in the hair storm. I’ll be honest
Joe Reitman’s hair has always freaked me out. Reitman looked like was wearing make-up. He threw out some line like
“If I order you one drink
I get to talk to you for ten minutes. If I order you four drinks I get you for an hour and half. If I order you more
I get you all night.” That’s not a direct quote. It wasn’t recorded for posterity
because the next thing anyone knew Reitman’s pants were around his ankles and he was humping the girl known as Gayle in the parking lot. His bad pick-up line wasn’t as bad as it seemed. He probably didn’t notice the girl was about to cry. But
be honest. If somebody was pumping on you and letting that hair bounce all around your head and shoulders
you’d probably cry
too. When I saw it happen
I turned to my wife. “I think that’s Annie Duke’s boyfriend!” I said. My wife snored. *** I guess I don’t keep up with pop culture well enough to know the occupations of pro players’ bed buddies. That is
I didn’t know Reitman was an actor. What I’d just seen was one of his breakout performances
this time as “Bar Customer” in the 2005/2006 Showtime series “Sleeper Cell.” You might also have seen him in such roles as “Hippie boy
” “Radio Station Manager” and “Regulator 2.” I don’t say any of the above to poke fun at Reitman. He has been married to and presumably slept with Shannon Elizabeth. Just because he played “Freshman” on 90210 doesn’t mean he isn’t 100 times cooler than I am. I only bring it up because I’d honestly forgotten Reitman’s name. I’d seen him around Vegas and always with Duke. As I struggled in vain to remember the guy’s real name
I wondered how Reitman would feel about me Googling him as “Annie Duke’s boyfriend.” I had to know
though. I’ve recently been watching the new-to-me “Sleeper Cell” on DirecTv’s 101 network. In this episode
the boozy bitch was about to turn on her boyfriend. That Retiman’s “Bar Customer” sealed the deal was almost poetic. That is
he put his career on hold to make sure we would have Shannon Elizabeth as a star. He deserved a little somethin’ somethin’ for his time. In fact
he also got Duke in the settlement and that should’ve been enough. I’ve heard no rumor of their break-up
so presumably they are happy. I think we all wish them the best. I’m simply happy I now have Reitman’s name locked permanently in my memory. Never again will I think of him as Shannon’s ex or Annie’s boyfriend. Now
he will be Joe. Or Joseph. Or Mr. Reitman. Or
after the 2009 release of “Radio Free Albemuth
” as “Prisoner #1.”
Johnny Cash Rises From Grave to Kill American Idol Contestant
Okay
so perhaps that’s a slight exaggeration in the headline. I’m guessing Johnny Cash merely rolled over in his grave when he heard Adam Lambert’s bastardization of the classic “Ring of Fire.” Had Jaoquin Phoenix not already gone crazy
maybe he would have rushed the stage to stop what millions of Americans witnessed last night. Instead
we get one of the most horrifying performances in American Idol history. If you missed it
thank your lucky stars. If you saw it
I hope you’ve managed to block it from your mind. I’ll keep the rest of my American Idol thoughts short going into tonight’s elimination. Looks like one of the ladies is leaving tonight. If it’s Megan Joy Corker
so long. If it’s either Alexis Grace or 16-year old Allison Iraheta
than the judges will have a difficult c
hoice on whether to use their one save. Matt Giraud continues as my favorite after another strong performance last night with Danny Gokey close behind. I was glad to see Anoop Desai bounce back like he did. As you can guess
I’m fairly certain the men will extend their lead in American idol finalists. Thus far
there have been 8 male and 6 female finalists. When this season is over
it will be 10 male finalists… and the men will tie the women in total winners at 4 a piece.
Poker legalization hearing in Greenville
SC
The Poker Players Alliance has just sent out notice of a poker legalization hearing in Charleston and Greenville
SC this month. From the e-mail: Playing poker in the privacy of your own home is a crime in South Carolina thanks to a ridiculous outdated state law signed 209 years ago. Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell will be holding two public hearings to discuss S535 a bill that would legalize home poker games and also expand charity gaming (including charity poker tournaments) in the state. The first public hearing will be March 23rd in North Charleston City Hall and the second on March 30th in the Greenville County Council Chambers
both start at 5:30pm. I plan to attend the March 30 hearing in Greenville. The PPA is looking for a large turn-out of pro-poker folks. Details: Monday
March 30th 5:30-7:30 pm Greenville County Council Chambers 301 University Ridge Greenville
SC 29601 I’ll likely have more on the subject in the coming days. In the meantime
if you’d like to RSVP for the hearing
you can do so HERE. To read the full text of the bill
click HERE.