May 30, 2006
Mira Sorvino Gets Back To Basics With Little Johnny
For the record, I happen to like Mira Sorvino. I think she’s a talented actress. I say this because I don’t want to convey the impression that I’m anti-Mira Sorvino or anything like that. But ‘Johnny?’ Johnny Sorvino-Backus? With an older sister named ‘Mattea Angel?’ What part of left field does that come from?
Perhaps Mira and husband Chris Backus were so dismayed by all the strange names being foisted on celebrity babies, they decided to get back to basics with a resounding thud by calling their new son ‘Johnny.’ Or perhaps they just felt that it was impossible to come up with anything more outlandish than Grier, Suri, Zolten, and Shiloh Nouvel, and they decided to throw in the towel.
Either way, celebrity baby naming is now officially ‘back to basics.’ I hope this is the start of a new trend, where instead of trying to outdo each other by coming up with the weirdest baby names. celebrities will now try to outdo each other by coming up with the most basic, plain, meat-and-potatoes baby names they can come up with. If that’s the case, Mira and Chris have set the bar pretty high. Or should I say low?
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