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Demure diva Mariah Carey poses backstage at MTV's "TRL Live" on Tuesday in New York. (AP)
Headlines: "Golden Girl" Estelle Getty dies at 84 | EW shares some top Getty moments via YouTube... Will Smith is top Hollywood earner, says Forbes... Robert Downey Jr. postpones his memoir... OK! Magazine debuts pix of Levi McConaughey (who is still too young to be embarrassed by this)... Britney Spears snapped smoking around ciggy curious toddler Sean Preston... "The View's" Sherri Shepherd says she had "more abortions than I would like to count"... Courtney Love sued for profits from Nirvana catalog sales... Miley Cyrus calls Vanity Fair photos a "mistake," says she won't be starring in an R-rated film anytime soon... Lindsay Lohan returns to the set of "Ugly Betty"... Ian McKellen to reprise Gandalf role in "Hobbit" films... Anne Hathaway goes down the shore to get her karaoke on... Candy Spelling buys $47 million condo... Natalie Portman appears in her boyfriend's needlessly weird video... Uncomfortable "View" Moments, Chapter MMMCDLVI, in which Elisabeth Hasselbeck quizzes Shirley Maclaine about a "urine, mold, dog hair" concoction.
Crime Watch: Following arrest and release, "Batman" star Christian Bale denies assault allegations... Cell phone video purports to show police abuse during Josh Brolin/Jeffrey Wright Louisiana arrest... Paparazzi arrested outside Britney Spears's home... Kid Rock gets probation in Waffle House scuffle.
Rumor Mill: Man offers to sell alleged Madonna/A-Rod footage to the highest bidder.
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"Blake and I can't wait to have kids. I want at least five kids. I want twins. Blake is gonna be the most amazing dad." -- Amy Winehouse
By Liz |
July 23, 2008; 7:04 AM ET
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Posted by: Ariabob | July 23, 2008 7:11 AM
Sherri Shepard says she had "more abortions than I would like to count"...
JWs don't go for abortion ...
Sherri Shepard doesn't know if the earth is flat round...
Hot guys from Mad Men are appearing on The View today...
Posted by: I heart Mad Men | July 23, 2008 7:26 AM
Correction:
Sherri Shepard doesn't know if the earth is flat or round...
Posted by: I heart Mad Men | July 23, 2008 7:41 AM
Sherri Shepard says she had "more abortions than I would like to count"...
And more cookies...
Posted by: Wow! | July 23, 2008 7:44 AM
"Britney Spears snapped smoking around ciggy curious toddler Sean Preston... "
Funniest comment:
"Is that a dirty diaper in the flower pot?"
Posted by: LOL | July 23, 2008 7:49 AM
Hasselbeck, MacLaine and Shepherd seem to lend support to Brooke Hogan's theories about women in politics.
Show of hands: who wishes Sherri Shepherd's mama had had just one more abortion?
Coincidentally, "urine, mold, dog hair" is the current high bid for the Madonna-on-A-Rod video.
(If the old Match Game tv show were still on the air, I could imagine Gene Rayburn reading from an index card to his distinguished panel: "I blanked Madonna and all I got was this lousy t-shirt.")
Amy Winehouse puts her kids to bed: "This little piggy went to rehab, this little pig went to jail. This little piggy got mice stoned, this little piggy punched a fan. This little piggy crawled under a garage door to get in her house and this little piggy offered a bloke four hundred thousand quid to sod off but the bugger didn't go for it, innit? This little piggy broke out of rehab, and this little piggy's mum and dad keep sticking their nose in, don't they? Why don't they sodding sod off and go wheeeeeeeeee all the bloody way home, bloody wankers.
Remember that time my mom smoked in front of me and *her* picture ended up on the x17 website?
Posted by: byoolin also blanked Madonna and all he got was this lousy t-shirt. And lice. | July 23, 2008 8:15 AM
Christian Bale disn't assault his mum, he only slapped her around a bit.
Posted by: Curmudgeon parses the statement | July 23, 2008 8:24 AM
Dang...cute picture of Mariah.
Posted by: 23112 | July 23, 2008 8:33 AM
Miley - really, just shut up now. No one cares, and it was a fabricated tempest in a teapot anyway.
Posted by: Chasmosaur | July 23, 2008 8:45 AM
Oh byoo, what would Wednesdays be without you?
Am I a bad person because I don't think the Britney smoking pic is all that bad. They're outside for chrissakes.
My neighbor who was evicted recently told me about fighting with his girlfriend and said, in a furtive tone, "once I did slap her a leetle beet, jus' to get her attention, thas all". Nice. Still, we don't have all the details of CB's story, so I'm holding out.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 8:54 AM
Will Amy Winehouse live long enough to have any kids?
From The Defamer link, comes the inspired:
"Pressed on for specifics ("Is it just like a really hairy smoothie?"), MacLaine--who can barely keep track of any dozen of the literally hundreds of quack practices that fill up her busy transmogrification schedule at any one time--finally cut the persistent yapper off with one tug of an invisible choke collar, saying, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Which, as you may or may not know, is merely reincarnationist speak for, "Drop it now, or I'll squash you like the little potato gnat that you are in the next life, honey.""
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 9:06 AM
Miley Cyrus calls Vanity Fair photos a "mistake,"
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You know, that's that same thing everyone is saying about her new album as well.
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 9:12 AM
"more abortions than I would like to count"
Sounds like a reformed sinner, all right.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 9:14 AM
"more abortions than I would like to count"
How high can this moron count?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 9:15 AM
There doesn't seem to be anything like potato gnats. There are fungal gnats but no potato gnats. And Fungal Gnats seems like a great name for a rock band.
Posted by: Stick | July 23, 2008 9:17 AM
jelo,
I know Britney was outside. I mean heck why didn't she just light up a cigarette for the little guy. And for crissakes, next week she can teach him about smoking a doobie, and then the next week he can learn the merits of crystal meth. As long as she is outside she might as well teach him how to be as disgusting as she is.
Posted by: dw | July 23, 2008 9:19 AM
Levi McConaughey (who is still too young to be embarrassed by this).
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The link is blocked so I'm just going to guess that the embarrassing moment is:
Fool's Gold
Failure to Launch
Two for the Money
Sahara
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
The Wedding Planner
The Newton Boys
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 9:20 AM
Becoming a father felt very, very natural" says Matt McConaughey.
Yes Matt, you didn't push a watermelon sized human being out of a very small opening in your body. Once you do that, I may care whether you think it feels "natural" or not.
Poor little Levi, good luck to you kid.
I have to agree that I see nothing all that crazy about Britney having a cigarette outside with her son there. OK, maybe it's not an ideal influence, but she's not teaching him to inhale. It looks like he picked the lighter up off the table and she is taking it away from him.
"Blake is gonna be the most amazing dad."
If by "amazing," you mean incarcerated, insane, drug-addled, probably abusive, and/or sorry as all he77, then yes, he will be "amazing." Poor little future Winehouse kid, if you survive being addicted to drugs at birth, then good luck to you, too.
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 9:29 AM
Nope dw, not gonna bite. Brit smoking in front of her kids is no big deal to me. And fwiw, I don't smoke and can't stand cigs.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 9:34 AM
When I read that Amy Winehouse quote my first thought was: "Is that girl on crack?" And then I quickly remembered why she's in the "news" about every day. Ha.
Posted by: WDC 21113 | July 23, 2008 9:36 AM
"Brit smoking in front of her kids is no big deal to me."
Dear Lord, when you think of the other things she could do in front of her kids:
beating up a car with an umbrella
flashing photographers
getting shots of botox in her lips
filming videos with K-Fed
partying with Paris and Lindsay . . .
smoking tobacco on the balcony is small potatoes.
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 9:38 AM
Well, I don't know if it's age or parenthood or what, but in the past few years, I've started getting more and more grossed out by smokers, especially parents with small kids, senior citizens, and hot chicks (what? I'm being honest).
Posted by: 23112 | July 23, 2008 9:38 AM
"more abortions than I would like to count"
I've had more snacks than I would like to count, I don't announce it to the world. What makes such a public figure think she could say something so flippantly and it wouldn't be the center of snarkacism?
-sigh-
I can't imagine Amy Winehouse's body could handle a pregnancy, let alone twins!!! Oh, please don't let her convince a doctor to artificially inseminate her.
Posted by: flutterbyjen | July 23, 2008 9:40 AM
I just want to thank Liz for stopping putting anti-linsey posts on her blog. it really prooves that everyythyng that was ritten about linsey was lies and made up from the paparazi.
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 9:41 AM
More from the Sherri Shepherd article:
Still, Shepherd admitted it is tough talking religion on the popular ABC chat-fest. (She received criticism after she once remarked that ancient Greeks persecuted Christians, even though Christ hadn't been born yet.
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Um, Sherri, no one is criticizing you for your religion, they are criticizing you for being an idiot when it comes to history.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 9:44 AM
Motion affirmed. Most of the topics are about CRAP aka STUFF to the MMs. Today's topic is a classic example. "Perfect Water Bottle",!! Ha! MMs love "perfect".
Posted by: Unintentional humor | July 23, 2008 9:32 AM
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 9:44 AM
RIP Estelle Getty.
Liz, I like the words "demure diva" regarding Mariah. She looks kinda weird without her hubby carrying something in the background. Note to Mariah, if the zipper can't go all the way up you shouldn't wear the skirt. Is that red spot her underwear, what the heck is going on?
I suspect that Sherri Shephard's inner monologue is always malfunctioning. Sherri dear, somethings are better kept a secret and I can count really high so.....
I can't wait to see how Amy pulls that off. Didn't Blake say he didn't want to be with her anymore? Wasn't there talk of a divorce?
Posted by: petal | July 23, 2008 9:45 AM
smoking tobacco on the balcony is small potatoes.
No, but it's modeling unhealthful behavior when a child is most impressionable, and exposing the child to secondhand smoke. Sorry, but you can't rationalize irresponsible behavior with straw men.
Posted by: uh, no | July 23, 2008 9:45 AM
I just want to thank Liz for stopping putting anti-linsey posts on her blog. it really prooves that everyythyng that was ritten about linsey was lies and made up from the paparazi.
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 9:41 AM
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Don't worry luvlinsey, as soon as Lindsey does something stupid and/or embarassing (and she will), she will be back on the blog. She's been keeping her nose clean (so to speak), good for her.
Posted by: Just give her time | July 23, 2008 9:47 AM
I am in now way religious, but it really bugs the hell out of me the way people say "I used to be an amoral piece of crap and did terrible things, but since I'm Christian now, its cool." If I were a churchy person, this abuse of Christian forgiveness would bug the hell out of me. We need a revisit from the Old Testament type God to straighten these folks out.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 9:48 AM
Don't worry luvlinsey, as soon as Lindsey does something stupid and/or embarassing (and she will), she will be back on the blog. She's been keeping her nose clean (so to speak), good for her.
Posted by: Just give her time | July 23, 2008 9:47 AM
Why are u so mean and anti-linsey and anti-dina? u dont know how dificult it is to grow up in the public microscope and have papazzi filiming u're every move. dina is doing the best she can and linsey is being all the good too.
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 9:49 AM
Didn't The View settle for Sherri Shephard after Kathy Griffin wanted too much money? I find it hard to believe she was their first or even their second choice.
Posted by: jake e. poo | July 23, 2008 9:51 AM
I know where Lindsay's nose has been lately.
Posted by: Samantha | July 23, 2008 9:51 AM
I'm as pro-choice as the next girl, but Sherri does know what leads to all those abortions, doesn't she? After her previous comments, I'm not sure she does. Pregnancy is not that difficult to avoid, Sherri.
Posted by: DC Cubefarm | July 23, 2008 9:52 AM
No, but it's modeling unhealthful behavior when a child is most impressionable, and exposing the child to secondhand smoke. Sorry, but you can't rationalize irresponsible behavior with straw men.
Posted by: uh, no | July 23, 2008 9:45 AM
*Sigh* I am not rationalizing. I simply didn't realize this was the ideal parenting blog. I thought we snarked on celebs behaving outside the bounds of generally accepted sane behavior. What's next, faulting them for feeding their kids juice that contains high-fructose corn syrup? Come on. There's more fun material here than that.
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 9:53 AM
smoking tobacco on the balcony is small potatoes.
No, but it's modeling unhealthful behavior when a child is most impressionable, and exposing the child to secondhand smoke. Sorry, but you can't rationalize irresponsible behavior with straw men.
Posted by: uh, no | July 23, 2008 9:45 AM
Not to mention that curious kids and lighters/matches don't mix.
That's the part that got me, more then her actual smoking...Sad.
Posted by: WDC 21113 on her fire prevention soap box | July 23, 2008 9:53 AM
I know where Lindsay's nose has been lately.
Posted by: Samantha | July 23, 2008 9:51 AM
i dont understand what thayt maeans. hopefuly its a non-anti linsey post!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 9:53 AM
""Not to mention that curious kids and lighters/matches don't mix.
Guess she forgot those pockets in her bikini.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 9:55 AM
*Sigh* I am not rationalizing.
Posted by: Touchy much? | July 23, 2008 9:56 AM
where Lindsay's nose has been lately.
Posted by: Samantha | July 23, 2008 9:51 AM
i dont understand what thayt maeans.
If you did, you might not still luv linsey.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 9:58 AM
I know where Lindsay's nose has been lately.
Posted by: Samantha | July 23, 2008 9:51 AM
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I have green tea in mine from laughing so hard
Posted by: jake e. poo | July 23, 2008 9:58 AM
Hey luvlinsey, my baby has just started stringing syllables together so that they sound like words, although it's still really just babble. Last night, he was "talking" and started saying "lilo, lilo, lilo!" (Really!) I thought you would appreciate that Lilo appears to have another fan.
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 9:58 AM
I thought we were going to talk about soccer players today and post pix of them? Has this blog become infested by MM's who just like to slam each other?
Posted by: sigh | July 23, 2008 9:59 AM
Hey luvlinsey, my baby has just started stringing syllables together so that they sound like words, although it's still really just babble. Last night, he was "talking" and started saying "lilo, lilo, lilo!" (Really!) I thought you would appreciate that Lilo appears to have another fan.
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 9:58 AM
YAY! she can be the newest member of linsey's fan club and hopefully dina can be a second mom to her like she is 4 me!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 10:00 AM
""Not to mention that curious kids and lighters/matches don't mix.
Guess she forgot those pockets in her bikini.
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 9:55 AM
Har har.
She could have easily put them out of reach! What, there's no TV cabinet/armoire or the back of a dresser/desk in the hotel? Give me a break. Stop making excuses.
Kids and adults get burned and die every day because of other people being careless.
Posted by: Tit for tat | July 23, 2008 10:01 AM
MICHAEL: Don't knock rationalization. Where would we be without it? I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex.
SAM:: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex.
MICHAEL: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization?
Posted by: byoolin quotes The Big Chill. | July 23, 2008 10:01 AM
*Sigh* I am not rationalizing.
Posted by: Touchy much? | July 23, 2008 9:56 AM
Friendly? nah.
Welcoming? no dice.
Boring? Yup.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:01 AM
Come on. There's more fun material here than that.
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 9:53 AM
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MN is right! Come on, focus folks. Amy Winehouse wants to have twins!
Owe, the humanity!
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 10:02 AM
I don't know how I feel about the run on Lindsay's leggings. Sold-out in a week?
www.eonline.com/uberblog/b147121_lindsays_leggings_already_off_rack.html
Posted by: Did we already know this? | July 23, 2008 10:02 AM
YAY! she can be the newest member of linsey's fan club and hopefully dina can be a second mom to her like she is 4 me!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 10:00 AM
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This is sooo not luvlinsey. Look at the grammar, look at the spelling. It is coherent. This is definately not luvlinsey. Who are you imposter and what have to done with the real luvlinsey?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:03 AM
While Shirley McLaine might be all kinds of celinedion crazy she still came out looking better that Elisabeth in that exchange. When Shirley said she didn't know what Elisabeth was talking about Elisabeth responded, 'it's right here on the card'. Next time the little nitwit might want to crack open the book instead of relying 100% on staff to write questions on the card.
Posted by: jes | July 23, 2008 10:04 AM
YAY! she can be the newest member of linsey's fan club and hopefully dina can be a second mom to her like she is 4 me!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 10:00 AM
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And again, I have to say it:
Owe the humanity!
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 10:05 AM
YAY! she can be the newest member of linsey's fan club and hopefully dina can be a second mom to her like she is 4 me!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 10:00 AM
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This is sooo not luvlinsey. Look at the grammar, look at the spelling. It is coherent. This is definately not luvlinsey. Who are you imposter and what have to done with the real luvlinsey?
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 10:03 AM
I am the real "luvlinsey" and all of the posts from 2day are mine. And my spelling and gramr are ALWAAYS good. U r just jelus that u're kids arent famous and talnted like linsey and u r'nt a good mom like dina!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 10:06 AM
Friendly? nah.
Welcoming? no dice
Oh yea, we're so lucky to have your stellar company. You earn respect, not demand it on a silver platter as some kind of birthright.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:07 AM
Geez, 10:07, this crap is so lame.
It's about CELEBRITIES. Got it?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:08 AM
sunnydaze,
for example, imagine Ann Hathaway selecting, from all the abominable karoake choices, Journey's Don't Stop Believin'. Now there's a trainwreck for you.
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 10:09 AM
jelo,
I don't care if she smokes 4 packs a day. The problem in the photo is not Britney smoking it is the kid with the smokes and lighter in his hand. Haven't you seen the thousands of stories in your lifetime where a house fire was started by a kid playing with the parents lighter?
Once he is exposed to the cigarettes and lighter and sees mommy doing he will think it is ok for him to play with the lighter.
Common sense much? Kids plus fire = bad!
Posted by: dw | July 23, 2008 10:11 AM
Well if you need some celebrity-freak show, go check out www.awfulplasticsurgery.com to feel better about yourself. I know I do. Some stuff nsfw.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 10:14 AM
Kids plus fire = bad!
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kids + fire = cub scouts camp. Ahh, fond memories...
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 10:15 AM
kids + fire + s'mores = girl scout heaven
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:17 AM
kids + fire + indoors = bad
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:18 AM
Amy Winehouse wants 5 kids ... for breakfast.
Posted by: other liz | July 23, 2008 10:20 AM
Kids + Amy Winehouse =bad!
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 10:21 AM
Maybe she wants 5 kids to sell on the black market for more dope.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:21 AM
When did this become an angry parenting blog? (Are there any other kinds of parenting blogs?) Within the past week we have had kerfuffles over stars' decisions to have kids and their fondness for weird baby names, not to mention a few other minor kid-related broo-ha-has (selling baby pics, e.g.). And now the spawn-related smack talk is inflitrating the Morning Mix.
Quick! Someone bring up a story involving shots of Jaeger, cowboy boots and nudity, murder and mayhem or Club Hyde. Preferrably including all of the above.
Posted by: musicgeek fears a coup | July 23, 2008 10:21 AM
Brit caption:
"Sean Preston, hon, be a good boy and hand Mama her smokes. Gotta hurry, my stories are startin' in five minutes."
Posted by: Nick | July 23, 2008 10:22 AM
dw-still don't care.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 10:22 AM
musicgeek,
You are right. This blog should be fun. I will go back to mostly just reading and laughing at byoolin, sasquatch, methinks, and the many other great snarkers!
dw + bringing down lizards = bad!
Posted by: dw | July 23, 2008 10:25 AM
for example, imagine Ann Hathaway selecting, from all the abominable karoake choices, Journey's Don't Stop Believin'. Now there's a trainwreck for you.
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 10:09 AM
First angry baby-raising babble, and now THIS?! Egads! I can't take it.
After a few fermented bevereges, "Don't Stop Believin'" is a brilliant karaoke choice. As is any song that is sung at the top of the lungs with the windows rolled up.
Posted by: musicgeek always liked the Humpty Dance | July 23, 2008 10:26 AM
"Kid Rock gets probation in Waffle House scuffle."
The Waffle House Scuffle: sounds like a new country line dance. Get Billy Ray Cyrus on the phone.
Posted by: Nick | July 23, 2008 10:27 AM
ADAM Levine loves to pull pranks on the bands touring with Maroon 5. "We were on tour with the Donnas, and we were partying backstage and we hired male strippers," Levine tells MySpace Celebrity. "So these male cheeseball strippers came in and the Donnas were panicking. These guys kind of looked like cops, enough to fool them . . . Once everyone realized they were strippers, one of the guys plugged in the music to start dancing, and by then everyone was over it, and it was extraordinarily uncomfortable."
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:27 AM
an MM is someone hated by those who wish they were cool Lizards, but alas are not.
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Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:29 AM
I can't tell if luvlindsey is real or just screwing with us. One is brilliance, once is lunacy, and I'm not sure which is which.
Posted by: EricS | July 23, 2008 10:30 AM
So Candy Spelling is downsizing to a $47 million condo. See, celebs are just like you and me - they downsize when the economy goes south!
During this morning's commute, my daughter and I listened to Miley Cyrus' new album. Not much news to report there. There's a remake of Cyndi Lauper's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Much of the album sounds like the old Miley Cyrus, though there are a couple of tracks in which she is clearly trying to move away from her bubble gum Disney product image.
Posted by: new england | July 23, 2008 10:34 AM
I can't tell if luvlindsey is real or just screwing with us. One is brilliance, once is lunacy, and I'm not sure which is which.
Posted by: EricS | July 23, 2008 10:30 AM
u r just jelous. u wish u were as cool as me and my bff linsey and my second mom dina!
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 10:36 AM
musicgeek, The Humpty Dance would have been a fine choice for Ann, what with that late unpleasantness about her shyster boyfriend and all.
The windows need to be rolled up?? Why not share bad pitch with the world? Especially if it's Journey. Do you agree?
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 10:37 AM
Hey! How about if Shirley McClaine kills Elizabeth Hasselbeck in a previous life and she gets to be Amy Winehouse's baby? How about that?
Posted by: chocolatetiara | July 23, 2008 10:40 AM
Byoolin is totally luvlinsey.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 10:41 AM
OK, I echo everybody's comment that a parent smoking out of doors with a kid is not tragic, and that she took the lighter away from the kid didn't she? She didn't show him how to use it or anything?!
What I find disturbing about the picture is that paparazzi are shooting photos over a wall of a mother and child!! I don't care how famous the parents are, or if they're at a hotel, leave people a zone of privacy. "Extra" showed pictures of the Jolie-pitts in their yard on TV last night that were obviously taken with a faraway lens. The family appear in public all the time, leave them alone at home.
(Sorry, Liz.)
Posted by: Ame | July 23, 2008 10:41 AM
Since I am supposed to be reading our ASCAP, BMI, SESAC licenses right now, I can *rationalize* that this is somehow related and productive, right?
I had to look up the lyrics to that Journey song and now it's my turn to say "egads!" Wow, what a terrible song - they took the midnight train going anywhere? Seriously? What the heck are "streetlight people?" Is that the same as homeless people? Anyway, this is not a song that I would choose to sing, but I still heart Anne Hathaway.
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 10:41 AM
Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.
The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer -- met with his mistress, blonde divorcee Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn't leave until early the next morning.
Then the reporter cornered Edwards and Edwards hid in a bathroom for 15 minutes. Seriously.
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen_john_edwards_caught_with_mistress_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:45 AM
Personally, I prefer to croon to 'Lovin, Touchin', Squeezin'.
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 10:46 AM
Kids + Amy Winehouse =bad!
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 10:21 AM
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck + mouth = bad.
Posted by: beaker | July 23, 2008 10:46 AM
u r just jelous. u wish u were as cool as me and my bff linsey and my second mom dina!
Posted by: luvlinsey
Ummmmmmmm.........no, that would require a signifigant downgrade on my part.
You're probably right jelo, it's just Byoo screwing with us.
I wish I coudl come up with something for the Kid Rock item, but it just captions itself.
Posted by: EricS | July 23, 2008 10:46 AM
Miley Cyrus calls Vanity Fair photos a "mistake,"
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You know, that's that same thing everyone is saying about her new album as well.
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Dorkus I am sorry to say that my 10-year-old daughter is an exception. She has been playing that CD almost non-stop for a couple of weeks now. At least she took a break from Bratz Rock Angels (do not tell OP blog, OK).
My beloved husband and I have thought for a long time that music geared to those under 14 should carry an "I" rating for irritation factor. The Miley CD has a moderate irritation factor, whereas "Songs from Bear and the Big Blue House" maxes it out.
Posted by: Angela | July 23, 2008 10:47 AM
DC Cubefarm, I agree with you. I support a woman's right to choose, but abortions are not a form of birth control. If you can't even remember how many abortions you have had ( even someone as dim as Sherri Shepperd), you need to look at what you are doing that leads to the choosing to have an abortion. Birth control doesn't fail *that* often.
As for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, idiot, you aren't supposed to admit you are reading from cards.
Who would have thought Star Jones would actually seem one of the smart ones on the View? The show's collective IQ went downhill when she left.
Amy Winehouse -- umm, I hope you weren't planning on having those kids anytime in the 36 months.
Posted by: ep | July 23, 2008 10:49 AM
Brad Pitt smokes around the Brangelina kids...
Posted by: Too much | July 23, 2008 10:50 AM
Queen Liz,
I'm afraid you will have to refrain from using any link to any material that has anything to do with children (or lack thereof), parenting (or lack thereof), morality (or lack thereof), civility (or lack thereof) on the part of celebrities or lay people for the immediate future.
At least until Sasquatch and Bawlmer can execute and complete an in-depth purge of MMs from the Island, the Hut, the Universe, and the blog.
Owe, the humility!
Posted by: Curmudgeon has had enough | July 23, 2008 10:54 AM
In the pre-Angelina days, Brad would have smoked pot, so maybe this is a step up for him.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 10:56 AM
Oh, and I'm happy to see that Robert Downey has decided to live awhile longer before penning a memoir.
whew
Posted by: Curmudgeon is drumming her fingers on the desk | July 23, 2008 10:56 AM
I thought the "Lizards" talk was gonna stop?
Posted by: Stop it dammit! | July 23, 2008 10:57 AM
I thought the "Lizards" talk was gonna stop?
Posted by: Stop it dammit! | July 23, 2008 10:57 AM
=========================================
Oh?
tsk,tsk
You have another think coming.
Posted by: Mudgeon | July 23, 2008 10:59 AM
I thought the "Lizards" talk was gonna stop?
Posted by: Stop it dammit! | July 23, 2008 10:57 AM
SERIOUSLY! its stupid and idiotic. who the heck wants to be called a "lizard"? i think some of the people who post on this blog (i.e. the "Island" creators) are losers who miss being the cool kids in high school, since they're all 7-11 cashiers now.
Posted by: td | July 23, 2008 11:00 AM
Dearest Diary,
I lay pen to paper in the fervent hope that you will know my deepest appreciation for living in flyover country.
Now and forever
Posted by: To the big city cuckoo birds | July 23, 2008 11:02 AM
SERIOUSLY! its stupid and idiotic. who the heck wants to be called a "lizard"? i think some of the people who post on this blog (i.e. the "Island" creators) are losers who miss being the cool kids in high school, since they're all 7-11 cashiers now.
Posted by: td | July 23, 2008 11:00 AM
___________________________________________
Oh, td--you have no idea what you've started.
Posted by: beaker | July 23, 2008 11:04 AM
who the heck wants to be called a "lizard"?
umm...the lizards that cling to my walls by the porch light at night. duh.
yes. slow work day.
Posted by: jelo | July 23, 2008 11:05 AM
"Hey! How about if Shirley McClaine kills Elizabeth Hasselbeck in a previous life and she gets to be Amy Winehouse's baby? How about that?" - Posted by: chocolatetiara
*************
Now we're cookin'.
Who can argue with genius AND a tiara made of chocolate?
Posted by: also, byoolin luvs, but is categorically not, luvlinsey. | July 23, 2008 11:06 AM
I just tried to watch the Natalie Portman vid and couldn't get it to load, but this was posted in the comments section below it and it kind of makes me happy that I couldn't see the video...
"it's a method in literature science: text-based reading and interpretation. a piece of text/art is worth being read/watched/listened to worldwide and over the time if it's understandable/touching/giving etc. without the context (like bio of the author or history facts). all arguments should be found in the text/or in this case, vid. "
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 11:07 AM
Inquiring Minds Want To Know:
1) Is the picture in the Enquirer article of "the mistress" or "the love child"?
2) Why is she wearing an expression like she's watching that 'sharing back and forth' video?
3) Camilla? Camilla Parker-Bowles?
Posted by: byoolin | July 23, 2008 11:11 AM
Sunnyd, I love the phrase "text-based reading."
Posted by: byoolin is looking forward to doing some food-based eating later. | July 23, 2008 11:13 AM
who the heck wants to be called a "lizard"
****
hey, i'm from arizona. they're everywhere. they keep our 7 dogs busy every day as they race around the yard trying to snag them. lizards are cool. quick. attractive. wily.
better a lizard than a moose turd.
p.s. is working at 7/11 supposed to be a slam? they have such delicious snacks there and a colorful clientele. what could be better?
Posted by: janet hearkens back to utah phillips | July 23, 2008 11:19 AM
Who would have thought Star Jones would actually seem one of the smart ones on the View? The show's collective IQ went downhill when she left.
Posted by: i miss meredith too | July 23, 2008 11:20 AM
Barbara Walters has GOT to be sorry she let that lunatic Sherry Shepard on the View. She and Hasselbeck have the combined IQ of a ficus.
Re: Brit and smoking. Yeah, the smokings not good, but they are outside. I'd give it a pass considering her previous behavioral lapses. I'm more concerned about the fact that there's a bowl of lighters on the coffee table fully in 2-year-old reach. 2-year-old + easy access to multiple lights = bad. And I'm not a Mommy. Let alone a mean one.
Posted by: TheBard | July 23, 2008 11:23 AM
DECATUR, Ga. -- Kid Rock has been sentenced to a year's probation and fined $1,000 for his role in a fight at a suburban Atlanta Waffle House last fall.
Was Kid Rock here?
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=84&ArticleID=16944
Posted by: NW DC | July 23, 2008 11:25 AM
let's go back to the john edwards story for a second. i read newspapers online every day and completely missed this story until yesterday. could it be true? what other info exists other than the enquirer, which is close but not quite the new york times?
some article said blake is getting more prison time so put those 5 children on hold.
i didn't like it that britney had her son holding the cigarette pack, but my parents smoked (killed my dad and did no harm to my mother who lived to be 87 and perky). plus he may have just grabbed them up. i hope she's not treating him like a manservant.
matthew mcconaughey looks weird in his photos. can't put my finger or anything else on why.
what would robert downey jr. put in a memoir that we don't already know? unless he's shirley mcclaine's offspring.
sherri shepherd needs a gatekeeper. or training in learning "think first, then speak".
candy spelling is downsizing folks. she's giving up her in home doll museum and gift wrapping room. what's a girl to do? does she "date" anyone?
Posted by: janet ponders the overnight news | July 23, 2008 11:26 AM
mmmm food-based eating...
but this the phrase that really got me:
"if it's understandable/touching/giving etc. without the context"
I know I really like it when the text-based reading starts touching me out of context...that always ends in good times.
Posted by: sunnydaze | July 23, 2008 11:27 AM
Britney Spears seems almost "normal" compared to some of the MMs
Posted by: Psst | July 23, 2008 11:27 AM
OP-land, where being wrong can be offered up with a straight face as proof of superiority.
Posted by: war is peace, good is bad | July 23, 2008 11:14 AM
See at least we here at the Island are not like that!
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 11:29 AM
Janice Dickinson will live with her models in the fourth season of Oxygen's "Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency" (airs starting Aug. 26).
Exactly what we've been waiting for.
Posted by: Nosy Parker | July 23, 2008 11:30 AM
janet, over on Slate, Mickey Kaus has been following this for a while. It really hasn't been picked up by the media until now, but the National Enquirer has really done most of the leg work on this story.
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 11:32 AM
OP-land, where being wrong can be offered up with a straight face as proof of superiority.
Posted by: war is peace, good is bad | July 23, 2008 11:14 AM
See at least we here at the Island are not like that!
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 11:29 AM
I hear an echo. Post it on one blog, then block, copy and paste your own comment here. Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Then use the royal "we".
The denizens of this blog are nothing like you.
Posted by: Get Real | July 23, 2008 11:33 AM
Somehow, I doubt people that make up an internet island were cool in high school; I wasn't! But it's fun and funny in our little internet world. We all have real worlds too, sheesh. MN - I thought your comment on small potatoes was funny and celeb-blog-appropriate, but I wouldn't take it as slamming if people debate you. That's what we do.
It is kind of crappy to smoke around your kid, even outside; we all know that's not good for you, but I doubt it's like, call Child Services immediately level stuff.
Posted by: Sigh | July 23, 2008 11:38 AM
Did anyone else notice that the quote from Amy Winehouse sounded suspiciously like our very own luvlinsey? Does this mean that 1) Amy Winehouse posts on celebritology as luvlinsey, 2) luvlinsey provides quotest to other publications as Amy Winehouse?
Posted by: spartan | July 23, 2008 11:39 AM
Just a reminder, that is a PERMANENT moratorium on posting about the goings on at other blogs.
If we ignore the people who are trying to stir up trouble, they will leave to go cause trouble elsewhere.
Besides, debating Twitney and the cigs is much more fun. I'm less than thrilled she is smoking around her kids -- even if they are outside. Second hand smoke is second hand smoke. Also, as was pointed out, the dangers of a lighter near a curious two-year old (yes, that is redundant) is just a horrible accident waiting to happen. Does Britney really want one of her people to rush the kid to the ER while trying to explain she was just having a cig, turned away "for just a second" and the next thing she knew his face was on fire?
Posted by: ep | July 23, 2008 11:41 AM
A Sandy man took offense to a motorist, who, after getting him to roll down his window, asked, "Excuse me, sir, do you have any Grey Poupon?"
After hearing the request for Dijon mustard, the 22-year-old driver pulled a black handgun from his glove compartment, cocked the weapon and pointed it at the three people in the other car.
"Here's your Grey Poupon, roll your [expletive] windows up," he responded.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 11:42 AM
Here's a good one from the local rag:
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jul/23/zoo-residents-crush-lands-a-date-with-rachael/
Posted by: b | July 23, 2008 11:44 AM
Janice Dickinson will live with her models
****
oh, boy, this could be absolutely fantastic as she is a crackerdoodle as they come. i haven't watched the show but will now. trainwreck approaching, conductor.
* oh, and back to candy spelling and her dolls and i do mean dolls, doesn't marie osmond have a thing w/dolls as well?
*well, i read slate, but not faithfully. don't know how i could have missed something as pertinent as that on john edwards. i so admire his wife. bummer. goodbye VP slot. but the issue is really between him, his wife and the gf or whatever she is. he's not my husband, who knows he would receive a solid thwack from my mother's very heavy cast iron skillet if he brought home such news to me.
Posted by: janet ponders further | July 23, 2008 11:44 AM
Did anyone else notice that the quote from Amy Winehouse sounded suspiciously like our very own luvlinsey? Does this mean that 1) Amy Winehouse posts on celebritology as luvlinsey, 2) luvlinsey provides quotest to other publications as Amy Winehouse?
Posted by: spartan | July 23, 2008 11:39 AM
why do u all have to be so means about me and my bff linsey? i dont like amy wienehuse and i dont know what quotests R. ok? u r just a mean person and the type of pepul that my second mom dina warns about.
Posted by: luvlinsey | July 23, 2008 11:48 AM
Alexandria, Va.: So is the Enquirer report on Edwards's late night jaunt getting any play in the mainstream media, or are they in wait-and-see mode until they see what pans out?
Anne E. Kornblut: Did I already use up my "oy" quotient for this chat? I'm not touching this one at the moment. Does that make me a bad reporter?
Posted by: online post political chat | July 23, 2008 11:51 AM
"Barbara Walters has GOT to be sorry she let that lunatic Sherry Shepard on the View. She and Hasselbeck have the combined IQ of a ficus."
I gotta disagree. I think that Baba is thrilled with the press (press = ratings) that Lizzie Hasselcrap and Flat Earth Sherri bring to the show. In less than a week, we've had 3 View stories: Lizzie crying over the "N" word, Lizzie discussing urine, mold and dog hair smoothies with Shirley MacLaine, and Sherri on her countless abortions. Now, these two morons can't fill the gaping hole left when Rosie skedaddled, but those are really big gravity boots to fill.
Posted by: Nick | July 23, 2008 11:53 AM
the gaping hole left when Rosie skedaddled,
****
did rosie do the skedaddling or was she skedaddled out the door by babwa?
p.s. i'm a rosie fan. my husband doesn't like her. doesn't like kathy griffen either. i like her as well, but in measured doses.
Posted by: janet admits to watching the rosie o'donnell show whenever she could | July 23, 2008 12:01 PM
Man, that whole McConaughey article is TMI. Every time I thought it couldn't get more embarrassing, dude said something even more cringe-inducing ("pecker?!")...
Posted by: logan | July 23, 2008 12:01 PM
I don't think that's td.
Posted by: imposter alert | July 23, 2008 12:03 PM
logan, I agree. And what's with McConaughey saying "we" had an epidural?
Posted by: Nosy Parker | July 23, 2008 12:05 PM
Through the magic of Google News, a photo of Rielle:
http://gaysocialites.com/2008/07/national_enquirer_back_on_john.html
Posted by: Nosy Parker | July 23, 2008 12:07 PM
don't think that's td.
***
agree. doesn't sound like td at all. you'd think if someone wanted to write mean things, they would to post their nom de plume proudly, instead of being craven.
Posted by: janet wonders if td is being punk'd? | July 23, 2008 12:23 PM
That story about the alleged Madonna sex tape is creepy. According to the guy who is trying to sell the tape, he secretly installed a vide camera in a private apartment and recorded the couple's intimate moments.
That's a nasty invasion of privacy. I hope no one buys the tape.
Posted by: new england | July 23, 2008 12:25 PM
The windows need to be rolled up?? Why not share bad pitch with the world? Especially if it's Journey. Do you agree?
Posted by: MN | July 23, 2008 10:37 AM
It depends on the neighborhood. I typically leave the windows down in my Journey-belting moments, but if it's Ice Cube's "Today Was a Good Day" and I'm in a more hip, urban area, my suburban VA arse is too embarrassed to make this whole shebang public.
Posted by: musicgeek | July 23, 2008 12:39 PM
Just saw that pompous Robert Novak hit someone on his way to work, and tried to drive off because he said he didn't know he hit anyone! The guy was LAYING ON THE GROUND!!
I was looking for shirtless soccer player pictures on TMZ and saw the recording pop. He's so arrogant it's funny, I can't wait for Jon Stewart to get his hands on it!
Posted by: anonymous lurker | July 23, 2008 12:50 PM
Did you watch that view clip? Shirley MacLaine is really talking about Radionics. For realsies. Which makes her 10X crazier than Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
Posted by: ol | July 23, 2008 1:02 PM
I thought we were going to talk about soccer players today and post pix of them? Has this blog become infested by MM's who just like to slam each other?
Posted by: sigh | July 23, 2008 9:59 AM
********
sigh,
for you (& me!)
http://gaysocialites.com/2008/07/cristiano_ronaldo_lookin_good.html
I wasn't able to find the other ones on TMZ.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 1:03 PM
According to the Post, Novak was driving a black 2004 Corvette. I don't suppose he's compensating for anything? The pedestrian appears to be OK. It's not like he was really covert or anything.
Posted by: Angela | July 23, 2008 1:04 PM
Ok, had to pop in and say the Matthew M interview shows a man who has banged the bongos proper nakkid a few two many times. My apologies to my fellow Island folk on the misspelling...
Dude is a few sandies short of a picnic.
Posted by: LTL | July 23, 2008 1:12 PM
SERIOUSLY! its stupid and idiotic. who the heck wants to be called a "lizard"? i think some of the people who post on this blog (i.e. the "Island" creators) are losers who miss being the cool kids in high school, since they're all 7-11 cashiers now.
Posted by: td | July 23, 2008 11:00 AM
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WHOA! The above is not the real "td." I haven't posted since around 10:00 Monday night because these comments are getting out of hand and I needed a break from the chaos. I just stopped by for a second now on my lunch break and discovered a troll posting as me. I repeat, the above is not me.
Posted by: td is seriously annoyed | July 23, 2008 1:12 PM
I thought we were going to talk about soccer players today and post pix of them? Has this blog become infested by MM's who just like to slam each other
SHUT UP already, you are part of the problem.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 1:13 PM
I just read the later comments from "imposter alert" and "janet." Thanks for watching my back. While I haven't asked for a formal role on Lizard Island, I proudly support everyone's right to drink and claim a spot on the beach.
Posted by: td thanks you kindly | July 23, 2008 1:16 PM
td, there was never any question.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 1:17 PM
I think the little jokes about lizards and stuff are great. I like the feeling that posters have something in common and are friendly with each other.
Posted by: Irishgirl | July 23, 2008 1:20 PM
I thought we were going to talk about soccer players today and post pix of them? Has this blog become infested by MM's who just like to slam each other
SHUT UP already, you are part of the problem.
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 1:13 PM
Excuse me? What did I do to you? Do you have a super wedgie or a something up stuck up your heinie?
here's some good soccer pix!
www.laineygossip.com/Hot_photos_of_David_Beckham_warming_up_before_the_LA_Galaxy_played_the_New_York_Red_Bulls.aspx?IsMicro=0
Posted by: sigh | July 23, 2008 1:20 PM
sigh (lower case s), no offense but this is a Celebrity blog. We accept David Beckham as a celebrity mainly because he's married to skele-boobs, otherwise he'd just be another soccer player.
Please lets not forget what this blog is really about.
Posted by: You are always welcome to stay for the snark | July 23, 2008 1:23 PM
Who would have thought Star Jones would actually seem one of the smart ones on the View? The show's collective IQ went downhill when she left.
Posted by: ep | July 23, 2008 10:49 AM
And it's still higher than Sherri can count.
Posted by: ADHD can count waaay up high | July 23, 2008 1:25 PM
Mouse, need your Latin skillz:
Something along the lines of "Non pasco pecus" or "Non pasco beluae" might make a useful admonition to the Lizards/regulars.
Posted by: byoolin's lingua Albanus perfututus est. | July 23, 2008 1:27 PM
sigh
You can't expect for the MM to ever be nice if you keep calling them that. Get over it.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 1:28 PM
"who the heck wants to be called a "lizard"?"
I aspire to it. Only I don't post enough, cuz I get so... you know... distrac...
Posted by: ADHD just saw something shiny | July 23, 2008 1:28 PM
sigh (lower case s), no offense but this is a Celebrity blog. We accept David Beckham as a celebrity mainly because he's married to skele-boobs, otherwise he'd just be another soccer player.
Please lets not forget what this blog is really about.
Posted by: You are always welcome to stay for the snark | July 23, 2008 1:23 PM
This is what I mean about some of the celeb blog posters trashing new commentators. I talked about this yesterday, but everyone denied it. I guess they just believe they're own lies.
Posted by: anonymous commentator | July 23, 2008 1:35 PM
Yeah, "sigh" - not me.
Soccer players are celebs elsewhere (much like Formula One drivers), but not quite here...
Posted by: Sigh | July 23, 2008 1:36 PM
here's some good soccer pix!
www.laineygossip.com/Hot_photos_of_David_Beckham_warming_up_before_the_LA_Galaxy_played_the_New_York_Red_Bulls.aspx?IsMicro=0
Posted by: sigh | July 23, 2008 1:20 PM
***
Thank you! - I just cannot seem to get back to work today....I may as well leer at the pictures....
Posted by: anonymous lurker | July 23, 2008 1:37 PM
Thank you! - I just cannot seem to get back to work today....I may as well leer at the pictures....
Posted by: anonymous lurker | July 23, 2008 1:37 PM
Well at least someone liked them.
Posted by: sigh | July 23, 2008 1:41 PM
Hi, Lizards. Today is a quick Hi/Bye! I've got to finish dummying up some test data (Since I'm a dummy, the developers assumed this would be a cinch for me). Then I've got to head over to the condo cave to continue renovations.
Keep posting those futbol player pics. I also think we need some topless pix of Mariah Carey. As you can tell, I believe in equal opportunity leering.
Have a cold one for me at the Tiki Bar. Later, 'zards!
Posted by: Sasquatch | July 23, 2008 1:44 PM
More Barbara Walters news
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/praagh-says-ghosts-2102185-told-spirit?slideshow=1
(James) Van Praagh was on the daytime talk show The View last week to promote his new book "Ghosts Among Us" and told Walters when the cameras weren't rolling that he was picking up on a high white blood cell count. On Friday, Walters told The View audience that although she thought Van Praagh's warning was "ridiculous," she went to get her blood checked and was told by her doctor she was fine. She then told the audience that she thought what Van Praagh did was "dangerous."
On Tuesday, Van Praagh went on Entertainment Tonight to defend himself, calling Walters a "nasty" host. "I think she's (mad) because my book did better than hers," he says.
Posted by: Nosy Parker | July 23, 2008 1:48 PM
In the pre-Angelina days, Brad would have smoked pot, so maybe this is a step up for him.
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 10:56 AM
Thanks for this--got an instant replay in my head of his hilarious performance as a stoner in "True Romance". Stole the show.
Thanks Byoo for some "Big Chill"--great dialog in that movie.
Glenn Close stands staring mindlessly into the refridgerator. Jeff Goldblum reaches in and retrieves an orange juice.
JG: "That's the problem with these things. You have to WATCH THEM ALL THE TIME."
Note to the Cyrus family: ENOUGH ALREADY!
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 1:56 PM
"I also think we need some topless pix of Mariah Carey."
Sas, did you miss Gene's chat yesterday? Topless photos of Helen Mirren. I know not Mariah, but hey boobs are boobs right?
Posted by: jake e. poo | July 23, 2008 1:56 PM
Jake e. poo--I couldn't link to the topless HM pix--got some weird site, no pictures when I clicked it.
In other news, Michael Douglas is in France and presented the yellow jersey to the stage winner today. Just thought you'd all like to know.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 1:58 PM
That's a nasty invasion of privacy
&&&
a la madonna & arod sex tap(e), the activity in hiding the camera in a third person's residence w/o their knowledge & consent is criminal. no one will buy the tape. too hot to handle. unlike madonna.
Posted by: janet posits a legal theory | July 23, 2008 1:59 PM
REFRIGERATOR that is...argh.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 1:59 PM
This is what I mean about some of the celeb blog posters trashing new commentators. I talked about this yesterday, but everyone denied it. I guess they just believe they're own lies.
Posted by: anonymous commentator | July 23, 2008 1:35 PM
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Please explain how this is trashing a new commentator? Asking to keep the focus on why we're really here which is to snark on celebrities. I could give a rat's arse about soccer players, if I did maybe I would just go here: soccerblogs.net.
Posted by: You are always welcome to stay for the snark | July 23, 2008 2:01 PM
they just believe they're own lies.
***
actually, it should read "their own lies". can't help being the grammar police
Posted by: certain grammar errors drive janet nuttier than she already is, frankie attests | July 23, 2008 2:02 PM
My favourite Big Chill exchange is when Sam (Tom Berenger) comes into the room where Nick (William Hurt) is watching a tv.
SAM: What's this?
NICK: I'm not sure.
SAM: What's it about?
NICK: I don't know.
SAM: Who's that?
NICK: I think the guy in the hat did something terrible. [cut to shot of tv - 30s gangster movie, about 8 guys in hats on screen]
SAM: Like what?
NICK: You're so *analytical*. Sometimes you just have to let art - flow - over you.
Posted by: byoolin | July 23, 2008 2:08 PM
and one thing about soccer players - has anyone watched "the footballers' wives"? stunning almost beyond belief. my cousin and i were in london a few years back for her 50th birthday and got our first look at the show. hooked. it's dreadful, fantastic. and then the real life soccer guy who hooked us is wayne rooney and his now crazy bride coleen and his absolutely insane family. when they had the engagement party, his family started a brawl because they shut down the bar. police were called, etc. a dream come true. you can read about the rooneys in the daily mail.
Posted by: janet only soccer comments, ever, on this blog | July 23, 2008 2:09 PM
byoolin, you're on the money today. frankie barked twice in agreement.
Posted by: janet genuflects before byoolin's considerable knowledge, humor and timing | July 23, 2008 2:14 PM
Another great scene! I'm faintly ashamed to say I know the whole movie line for line.
Meg: The last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight. I yelled at him.
Nick: That's probably why he killed himself... What was the argument about?
Meg: I told him he was wasting his life.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 2:17 PM
I will see your pansy soccer players and raise you this
http://www.normann-stadler.info/html/images/galerie/06%20Germany%202005/P7090269.jpg
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 2:18 PM
The best thing about "The Big Chill" was the pitch-perfect casting.
Kevin Costner as a stiff . . . you just can't top that.
Posted by: Nick | July 23, 2008 2:21 PM
The best thing about "The Big Chill" was the pitch-perfect casting.
Kevin Costner as a stiff . . . you just can't top that.
Posted by: Nick | July 23, 2008 2:21 PM
His best work to date.
Posted by: do not luv kevin | July 23, 2008 2:22 PM
I will see your pansy soccer players and raise you this
http://www.normann-stadler.info/html/images/galerie/06%20Germany%202005/P7090269.jpg
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 2:18 PM
who IS that?
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 2:24 PM
I don't think it was the "best thing" about the movie, but I agree it is one of its major attributes!
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 2:25 PM
Yeah, "sigh" - not me.
Soccer players are celebs elsewhere (much like Formula One drivers), but not quite here...
Posted by: Sigh | July 23, 2008 1:36 PM
Well you may not like soccer players, but I definitely do. Whoever posted the one of beckham, please continue to do so!!!
Posted by: James from the Block | July 23, 2008 2:25 PM
detest kevin costner. waterworld, anyone? what a talentless dweeb, at least in my opinion. he once said if he could speak w/everyone in the world, there would be no problems. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
oh, the star is reporting the SJP's husband, one matthew broderick has been having an affair. i hate to admit i just saw this tidbit on perezhilton.
Posted by: janet tries to banish any thought of kevin costner from her brain | July 23, 2008 2:26 PM
But you have to love Crash Davis. At least, I do.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 2:26 PM
hermespal, no need to feel 'faintly ashamed.' Some of us have seen BC dozens of times.
HERMESPAL (in a special cameo as SAM): In Celebritology, I don't know who to trust. I don't know who likes me or why they even do like me.
HAROLD: Well you don't have that problem here. You know I don't like you.
MICHAEL: Me neither.
MEG: Ditto.
HAROLD: So relax.
HERMESPAL (in a special cameo as SAM): Lizards.
Posted by: byoolin agrees with them. | July 23, 2008 2:27 PM
Gerald Butler is yummy.
Posted by: Missed lunch | July 23, 2008 2:27 PM
Other headlines from Nat'l Enquirer:
*Kid Rock offers to design Candy Spelling's gift-wrapping room in new condo after Waffle House kerfuffle windfall.
*Britney forced to wear black head-to-toe burqa after Mad Mommies find out she was wearing bikini in front of toddler child, thus exposing him to various shameful parts of female anatomy.
*Small marsupial Lizard lover offers to provide surrogate pouch-pad for Amy Winehouse's 16 babies.
Posted by: possum | July 23, 2008 2:29 PM
oh, the star is reporting the SJP's husband, one matthew broderick has been having an affair.
With a woman.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 2:32 PM
"oh, the star is reporting the SJP's husband, one matthew broderick has been having an affair.
with "Mr. Big"
Posted by: GC | July 23, 2008 2:38 PM
I don't know from Gerald Butler, but Gerard Butler is pretty fine.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 2:39 PM
Most of the mad mommies are really quite liberal possum. I doubt a bikini can get them in an uproar.
Now a Speedo is another matter especially if it is worn by a fury possum
Posted by: Mad two piece | July 23, 2008 2:40 PM
Arrghh. I DO like soccer players. I give up. Sad about Matthew Broderick, but I'm back on my theory about him (and others like Jake G). If they were gay, they'd just be gay, esp Broderick. Jake might worry it would hurt his leading man potential.
Posted by: Sigh | July 23, 2008 2:43 PM
http://www.starmagazine.com/matthew_broderick_cheating/news/14391
Posted by: She calls him Matty Cakes | July 23, 2008 2:46 PM
It seems to me that every actor under the sun these days is subject to speculation that he's gay. I can't see Reece being anyone's beard, but everyone thinks Jake is gay. Clooney is with so many women that you'd think he'd be immune, but the speculation goes that he's gay BECAUSE he's with so many women. Broderick has been married for years, and is now reputedly caught having an affair with a 25 year old woman, and still...he's gay. I don't get it. What difference does it make anyway?
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 2:51 PM
I don't get it. What difference does it make anyway?
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now we're back to seinfeld.
p.s. i don't get it either. it's weird. or as my husband w/his ricky ricardo accent would say "it's weir".
Posted by: janet | July 23, 2008 2:54 PM
oh, the star is reporting the SJP's husband, one matthew broderick has been having an affair. i hate to admit i just saw this tidbit on perezhilton.
Posted by: janet tries to banish any thought of kevin costner from her brain | July 23, 2008 2:26 PM
puhleeze. broderick is one of the biggest FOD's. probably in the top 5, with john travolta, kevin spacey, jake G, and vin diesel.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 2:55 PM
Is it a "real" ricky ricardo accent or one he affects for comedic value?
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 2:57 PM
Crash Davis is outstanding.
Now I think I'll go hide some more.
Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 23, 2008 2:57 PM
CRIME: Big Black Car: Prince of Darkness Mows Down Pedestrian In DC Mêlée
Robert Novak--respected conservative journalist/commentator and grim spectre of soulless walking death--ran over a guy in his black Corvette this morning. Hilariously, a Politico reporter got the story by walking by. Novak hit the guy and then continued merrily speeding along until a bicyclist stopped him and said "you hit someone." Novak allegedly threw his head back and cackled for a moment before shooting him. There are no details about the pedestrian's condition. Look, we need to share more details about this with you. Just click.
In 2001, the longtime political columnist cursed at a pedestrian on the corner of Pennsylvania and 13th St., NW, for allegedly jay walking.
"'Learn to read the signs, [bodily orifice]!' Novak snapped before speeding away," according to an item in the Washington Post's Reliable Source column.
Or he will run you over, [intercourse enthusiast].
If recent history is any indication, Judy Miller will get jail time for this.
http://gawker.com/5028193/big-black-car-prince-of-darkness-mows-down-pedestrian-in-dc-mle
Posted by: Was it Scott McClellan? | July 23, 2008 3:03 PM
Anon, I'll give you Kevin Spacey (there are some VERY unsettling stories about him beyond simply being gay), don't have a clue about Vin one way or the other, but the others? Travolta's been married to Kelly Preston since 1991 and has two children. And Reece Witherspoon is not going to waste her time on a guy who isn't into women, seriously. I think a lot of gay men have fantasized that Jake is gay since Brokeback. Wishful thinking doesn't make it so.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:03 PM
Kelly Preston is a Scientology-appointed beard.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 3:09 PM
"And what's with McConaughey saying "we" had an epidural?"
He had his rolled in filter paper first.
Mmmm! That's some good celeb-snark today. Om nom nom.
Posted by: Bawlmer | July 23, 2008 3:13 PM
Crash Davis is outstanding.
Now I think I'll go hide some more.
Posted by: Curmudgeon | July 23, 2008 2:57 PM
Yep. Best baseball movie about sex ever. That character was dead sexy--enough to overlook that KC played him.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:13 PM
Kelly Preston is a Scientology-appointed beard.
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 3:09 PM
Whatever.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:14 PM
There is no "we" in epidural. Trust me, I had one with and one without (not on purpose) of course.
Posted by: Irishgirl | July 23, 2008 3:16 PM
Yep. Best baseball movie about sex ever. That character was dead sexy--enough to overlook that KC played him.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:13 PM
i thought you guys didnt want to talk about sports or athletes? idiots.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 3:17 PM
Sorry Kevin haters, but Crash Davis is great. I had the same reaction to his list of things he believes in as Susan Sarandon's character.
Posted by: jes | July 23, 2008 3:18 PM
Yep. Best baseball movie about sex ever. That character was dead sexy--enough to overlook that KC played him.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:13 PM
i thought you guys didnt want to talk about sports or athletes? idiots.
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 3:17 PM
WTF? Dude, we're talking about a movie and the actor who starred in it. That's pretty celebritology-y in my book.
Posted by: jes | July 23, 2008 3:23 PM
Right on jes, me too! And who would have thought painting someone's toenails could be an erotic act?
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:23 PM
Yep. Best baseball movie about sex ever. That character was dead sexy--enough to overlook that KC played him.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 3:13 PM
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Fair enough. But I still think playing a character that was plain old dead is more in line with Costner's talents.
Posted by: Nick | July 23, 2008 3:34 PM
Sorry I'm so late here today. Back to Sherri Shepard for a moment. Sherri says she was a Jehovah's Witness back when she was a comedian, "but then I converted to Christianity."
I think Jehovah's Witnesses everywhere would be pretty insulted to be identified as not-Christian.
Also, I have a hard time believing she was ever a successful stand-up comic. Is there any YouTube evidence out there?
Posted by: MoCoSnarky | July 23, 2008 3:44 PM
"Now a Speedo is another matter especially if it is worn by a fury possum"
I just want to point out that "fury possum" would be an excellent name for a rock band.
Posted by: Angela | July 23, 2008 3:47 PM
"Sherri says she was a Jehovah's Witness back when she was a comedian, 'but then I converted to Christianity.'" - Posted by: MoCoSnarky
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There's enough there for Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses _and_ comedians to be offended.
Posted by: byoolin remembers Tim Watley. | July 23, 2008 3:49 PM
so would crash davis, strangely.
Posted by: b | July 23, 2008 3:55 PM
"Also, I have a hard time believing she was ever a successful stand-up comic."
She has hit the trifecta. She wasn't a successful Jehovah's Witness and isn't a successful talk show participant, either.
Posted by: FOW | July 23, 2008 3:56 PM
I know that there is some controversy regarding whether JWs are considered Christian or not (mostly due to rejecting the Trinity according to the Wikipedia). I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought it stange when it was mentioned Sherri was a stand-up comic.
Posted by: Dorkus | July 23, 2008 3:57 PM
then again, maybe she's just reinforcing the theory that some Christians can't take a joke and can't deliver one, either.
Posted by: b | July 23, 2008 3:57 PM
Is it a "real" ricky ricardo accent or one he affects for comedic value?
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oh, it's real. his word contortions are priceless. "weir" is a good one. but he has many others.
Posted by: janet is a pale copy of lucy | July 23, 2008 3:58 PM
some stinky people made one or two good movies before they got egos bloated as toads: costner in BD, cruise in RB, others?
Posted by: janet concedes costner made one good movie, or rather, was in one good movie | July 23, 2008 4:04 PM
"I know that there is some controversy regarding whether JWs are considered Christian or not." --Dorkus
Some "Christians" feel the same way about Catholics. . . .
Posted by: td welcomes all faiths | July 23, 2008 4:05 PM
a singular idea struck me today, what did i do today that stars do not do for themselves:
1. bathe
2. wash hair
3. put in contacts
4. put on makeup after having to peer closely into the 5x mirror
5. select clothes and dress
6. clean up dog poo for 7 dogs
7. feed one large desert tortoise and fight the dogs off from her veggies
8. go to the office
9. read mail
10.speak w/clients
11. type letters, do other work, etc.
12. prepare breakfast AND lunch
13. drive self to gym
14. make the bed, i almost forgot
15. pick up husband's items that he tends to strew across the house: socks, shoes, the like
16. read online newspapers and add witty comments
any other additions, lizards?
Posted by: janet's off to the gym to try and reduce her seaterumpus | July 23, 2008 4:10 PM
Some "Christians" feel the same way about Catholics. . . .
Posted by: td welcomes all faiths | July 23, 2008 4:05 PM
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Glad I'm not a very good Catholic...
Posted by: Dorkus, who once considered the preisthood | July 23, 2008 4:12 PM
Some "Christians" feel the same way about Catholics.
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dominus vobiscum
et tu spirito tuo.
15 years of catholic grade school, high school and law school have finally come to some good.
Posted by: janet hates genuflecting | July 23, 2008 4:12 PM
oh oh. don't tell sister macaria.
"et cum spiritu tuo". i think.
Posted by: eek, janet made a latin error | July 23, 2008 4:13 PM
b, I'm pretty sure there is a band by that name out there.
Ohh boo, we lost luvslindsey. I was having so much fun with her to.
Posted by: EricS | July 23, 2008 4:15 PM
"Oh, sometimes I say, 'Lord, Juanita Bynum or Joyce Meyer would be so good at this table. They could lay hands on Barbara Walters and get her saved,'" [Sherri] said.
Posted by: enough, shehwe, with the chwistian tawk. | July 23, 2008 4:17 PM
Janet, it sounds like he has a sense of humor about it too--that must be a great source of amusement in your household. I've got "s'plainin' to do" in my head now.
Other respectable Costner movies: I really liked Field of Dreams, but largely because Amy Madigan was priceless (the PTA meeting was beyond classic, and her character was not at all the typical complaining wife one would expect under the circumstances) and I would listen to James Earl Jones narrate the phone book. Silverado was wonderful, and KC was great in it--before he got so pompous and took himself so seriously--amongst a world class cast. Not to mention it showed the guy's an excellent horseman. No Way Out was a great film until the absurd ending, neither any particular thanks to KC. After those (and Bull Durham of course), "meh" is how I'd characterize his films.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 4:17 PM
Sherri Shepard was a comedian. Whoa. She isn't even remotely funny. At first the world being flat comment struck me a funny that she would be that slow but an actual comedian that's a shocker.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 23, 2008 4:20 PM
"No Way Out was a great film until the absurd ending" --hermespal
I couldn't agree more. I loved that movie. What a thriller. Then when he started speaking Russian I just lost it and almost demanded my money back.
Posted by: td thinks kevin costner is *neat* | July 23, 2008 4:21 PM
Was Sherri a comedian or did she say stuff so off the wall that people laughed and she considered that to be her act?
And I have to ask again. What is that red spot between Mariah's button and the top of the zipper?
hermespal, I also enjoyed No Way Out, altoughh I haven't seen it on tv in a while. I seem to be in the minority of my friends in liking Dances with Wolves.
Posted by: petal | July 23, 2008 4:24 PM
I couldn't agree more. I loved that movie. What a thriller. Then when he started speaking Russian I just lost it and almost demanded my money back.
Posted by: td
Yeah. I mean, everyone wants a twisty ending for a thriller, but sometimes they sacrifice the entire film for a twist. I, of course, do not do this!
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 4:25 PM
dammit janet, only minor quibbles:
Item 3: I have to think that stars who wear contacts put them in their own eyes. (Thought experiment: Amy Winehouse comes to you and says, "Wqewfefrewfcwef ,kdc ccdsackdsacieff contacts??" What would you do?)
Item 10: Heidi Fleiss and Ashley Dupre speak with clients, but charge extra.
Item 16: It is *possible* that Andy Garcia is Sasquatch (although S'quatch denies it, saying, "Not enough hair. Think GEICO cavemen, and you're closer").
Posted by: byoolin thinks, 'Seven!?!?! dogs?' and is grateful for three cats. | July 23, 2008 4:25 PM
Janet - that reminds of of The Dog Whisperer and Cesar Milan. "They are like little doggy popcorns." So cute, that accent.
Posted by: Sigh | July 23, 2008 4:27 PM
In other news, Michael Douglas is in France and presented the yellow jersey to the stage winner today. Just thought you'd all like to know.
Posted by: hermespal | July 23, 2008 1:58 PM
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ewww!! he didn't kiss the winner, did he? and WHY did he do it, and not the babes? Our untraditional! How un-French
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I will see your pansy soccer players and raise you this
http://www.normann-stadler.info/html/images/galerie/06%20Germany%202005/P7090269.jpg
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 2:18 PM
who IS that?
Posted by: | July 23, 2008 2:24 PM
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Why he's Norman Stadler - Ironman Triathlete!!
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I'd also like to add that as many of you might surmise I watch a LOT of cr@p TV - the cr@ppier, the better. I started to watch the Queen Bee show that I DVR'd, but I just couldn't bring myself to finish watching after the first 3 girls were introduced. Please look for them on Rock of Love 4, or as the next skank competing for Tila Tequila....
I am officially ready for my mojito! To be delivered by any smokin' hot soccer player or athlete with a rock hard body and willingness to serve me poolside. (While if fold my !#$*!)# laundry!)
I have to go set up my DVR to catch the Daily Show rundown of the Novak "accident"!
Posted by: anonymous lurker | July 23, 2008 4:27 PM
Alright I first need to read the posts properly before responding and that preview button keeps eluding me.
I totally thought you liked No Way Out, yikes. Pretend the 4:24 post didn't happen.
Posted by: petal | July 23, 2008 4:28 PM
Sorry petal, I detested DWW. Overwrought, overlong, sentimental claptrap (the ONLY decent white man in the movie except the doomed lieutenant?). The Indian scenes were great--showed humor, humanized their culture--but the story was lame. And he won best director over Scorcese, which is unforgivable, especially considering Kevin Reynolds pretty much directed the film (since KC was in nearly every scene) and KC didn't even acknowledge him when doing his thanks.
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