Assorted inanity

Nominees for the first annual American Latino TV Awards were announced today - yes, yet another dubious awards show - and if they want to reach the second annual American Latino TV Awards, they might want to think about hiring a fact-checker or two. Gael García Bernal is a nominee for Favorite American Latino Actor; Guillermo del Toro and Alejandro González Iñárrittu are nominated in the Favorite American Latino Filmmaker category. All were born in Mexico. Worse, Carlos Mencia is up for Favorite American Latino Comedian. Mencia is a stage name; the guy's part German and part Honduran. That, and who said the guy was a comedian?

The press release touts the fact that U.S. Latinos will be able to vote for their favorites. Well, that's true, but given that voting will be conducted online, just about anyone could vote were they so inclined.

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Well, that didn't take long: Someone's hacked together a response to the viral anti-Hillary/pro-Obama ad spinning off Apple's 1984 Super Bowl commercial (if you haven't seen the original, it's on the link, too). Trouble is, it's obviously a cut-and-paste job lacking the facility and ingenious subversive subtext of the original. (Well, the original replica. It's hard to assess originality in these post-modern mashup times.)

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Stuff magazine, as part of its ongoing work in progressive public-service journalism, has named the Wimpiest Men on TV. Ryan Seacrest, Carson Daly and Butters from "South Park" all made the cut; Andy Milonakis, Jared from the Subway commercials and Alan Colmes were all overlooked. Maybe next year.