Creepy or Just Gross?

I'd be running away screaming in the other direction if some old guy who tried to convert me to his craziness tried to pair me up with one of his sons, regardless if they had done rehab or not.

Mel Gibson has twin sons who turn 26 this year, Edward and Christian, who both have stints in rehab. Ed was out of rehab late last year for an alcohol and cocaine addiction, and Christian got a DUI in 2006 and checked into rehab in late January of this year. Mel, who has also has a well publicized DUI under his belt, has recently befriended pop singer Britney Spears, 26. Britney has spent time at Mel’s estate in Costa Rica and has been seen out to dinner with him and his family.
While some speculated that Mel wanted to help Britney with her personal problems, and others wondered if he was trying to convert her to his unique brand of Catholicism, Mel may have had another motivation for spending time with Britney. The National Enquirer reports that Mel tried to set Britney up with the less messed-up twin her age, Edward, but that Britney wasn’t having that. Mel’s son Edward is working his recovery program and the Enquirer says Mel believed he would be a good influence on her.

[Mel Gibson] believed his son Edward - who was in rehab last year for cocaine and alcohol addition - had turned his life around and could help Britney do the same, an insider told The Enquirer.
“Mel felt Ed would be a great influence on Brit, and if the relationship turned to romance, all the better,” said the insider.
So Gibson arranged a meeting between the pair at Britney’s home in the Hollywood Hills last March, said the source.
“He sincerely believed that his son could help Britney stay on the straight and narrow and that they might hit it off as a couple as well,” the insider explained.
But Britney, 26, gave the cold shoulder to Mel and Edward…
“She hid from them most of the night,” revealed the insider. “Mel and his son spent most of the evening talking to her bodyguards.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, July 7, 2008]
There must have been no hard feelings between Britney and Mel after she tried to avoid the set up with one of his sons. She was seen at his Costa Rican getaway in mid-May. Britney also brought along a man with whom she’s been romantically linked in the past, agent Jason Trawick. Maybe Britney and Jason were already dating at that point and she wasn’t open to meeting Mel’s son or maybe she just wasn’t interested in the guy. Can you imagine thinking it’s a good idea to set up Britney Spears with a member of your family, though? At that point it had only been two months since she had that big melt down and was hospitalized.
In related news, OK! Magazine reports that Britney and Kevin had a “secret meeting” with their lawyers over the custody of their two boys. It is thought they are working to avoid having to go to trial to hash out custody issues. The talks were said to be unsuccessful, though, with neither of them willing to compromise. Britney went back home and then had a massage at the Ritz Carlton


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the Netherlands cave

And it's the fault of a damm religious government that has to stick its nose where it doesn't belong!

from yahoo news:

By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 28, 6:58 AM ET

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - This city's famed marijuana bars have weathered many challenges over the years and are still smoking. But now they face an unwelcome blast of fresh air: On July 1, the Netherlands will be one of the last European countries to ban smoking in bars and restaurants in compliance with EU law.

The Health Ministry says the ban will apply to cafes that sell marijuana, known as coffee shops. But this being Holland, which for centuries has experimented with social liberalism, there's a loophole: The ban covers tobacco but not marijuana, which is technically illegal anyway.

But that still leaves coffee shops and their customers in a bind. Dutch and other European marijuana users traditionally smoke pot in fat, cone-shaped joints mixed with tobacco.

"It's the world upside down: In other countries they look for the marijuana in the cigarette. Here they look for the cigarette in the marijuana," said Jason den Enting, manager of coffee shop Dampkring.

Shops are scrambling to adapt. One alternative is "vaporizer" machines, which incinerate weed smokelessly. Another is to replace tobacco with herbs like coltsfoot, a common plant that looks like a dandelion and that smokers describe as tasting a bit like oregano.

But most shops are just planning to increase their sales of hash brownies and pure weed — and are hoping the law isn't enforced.

Michael Veling, owner of the 4-20 Cafe and a board member of the Cannabis Retailers' Union, said he expected a small decline in sales as smokers are forced to separate their nicotine addiction from their marijuana habit.

But he expects the long-term effects to be minimal. "It's absurd to say that coffee shops will go bankrupt in the second week of July. Nonsense," he said.

Veling is instructing his staff to send tobacco smokers outside, but he doesn't expect all coffee shops to do the same. He said some owners will ignore the ban — and will probably get away with it, at least for a while.

But "if obeying the smoking ban becomes a condition of renewing your business license, just watch how fast it will happen," he said. "That's the way things work."

Chris Krikken, spokesman for the Food and Wares Authority, charged with enforcing the ban, said his agency won't be targeting coffee shops in particular.

"For the first month we'll just be gathering information about compliance in a wide range of hospitality businesses. Depending on what we find, we may focus more squarely on a sector that's lagging," he said.

But he said individual businesses caught allowing customers to smoke will be warned and definitely checked again. "Repeat offenders will face escalating fines," he said.

Marijuana possession is illegal in the Netherlands, but smokers are not prosecuted for holding up to 5 grams. Around 750 cafes — half of them in Amsterdam — are licensed to have up to 500 grams in stock at any one time.

The Dutch "tolerance" policy recognizes that some people will smoke pot regardless of laws, so it might as well happen in an orderly way. Critics complain this encourages substance abuse.

But cannabis abuse in Holland ranks somewhere in the middle compared to other nations and is lower than in the U.S., France and England, according to statistics compiled by the United Nations' Office on Drugs and Crime.

At the same time, the levels of THC — the main active chemical in marijuana — have soared in the past decade and are now at 16 percent in Dutch weed.

The U.S. government sounded the alarm earlier this month because THC in American marijuana has doubled to 9.6 percent since 1983, and it warned of recent scientific findings linking the drug to mental problems.

The Dutch government, currently led by a conservative coalition with a religious bent, is slowly squeezing back the number of coffee shops by not renewing licenses when shops close.

Growers are arrested, leaving coffee shop owners struggling to obtain their main product.

"The rules are being set to pester us out of business one by one, slowly but surely," said Richard van Velthoven, manager at The Greenhouse, who said he feared being shut down for tobacco violations.

"I've taken the cigarette machines out, I'm putting Coltsfoot on the tables, I've bought extra vaporizers, the staff is watching out — what more can I do?" he said.

German tourist Lars Schmit said lamented the possible end of an era.

Without coffee shops, he said, "a little bit of Amsterdam will die."

Rose McGowan to play Red Sonja

Come, on, this will be the third incarnation of this movie.....isn't it enough? From E!online:

MGM/Verase Serabande

Rose McGowan has been the go-go dancer with the machine-gun leg, and now she's going to be the She-Devil With a Sword.

The titian-haired former Charmed star has signed on to play the titular mythical comic book hero in Red Sonja, to be produced by fiancé Robert Rodriguez and directed by Highland: Endgame helmer Douglas Aarniokoski, Millennium Films and Nu Images announced Friday.

"This is an amazing property and film for our company," studio exec Avi Lerner said. "Working with the talented Robert Rodriguez, having Rose McGowan as Red Sonja and Douglas Aarniokoski directing is a fantastic combination. We could not be happier."

Inevitable?

From the Sun:

GUY RITCHIE and MADONNA’s marriage has been thrown deeper into meltdown after he told her he’s quitting Kabbalah.

Madge has become increasingly involved with the mystical Jewish religion, but her film director husband is a step closer to hitting the road after losing his faith.

Friends say his recent revelation has widened the gap between the pair, who are leading separate lives despite officially remaining man and wife.

Yesterday I revealed how they barely spent any time together during a three-day break in the romantic Italian city of Milan.

Now a source close to the couple has revealed: “Guy has turned his back on Kabbalah once and for all.

“He has gone hot and cold on the religion in the past, but now he’s given up on it altogether. It has always been her thing and is more a part of her life than ever.

“Guy threw himself into it at first and even filled his movie Revolver with obscure references to the faith.

“He was genuinely into it and it helped the bond between them. But then he backtracked a little with his gestures of public backing, like wearing the bracelet, because he didn’t like being such a high-profile follower.

"He also became suspicious of all the Kabbalah crowd living off her money.

“But he always told Madonna he had kept his faith — until now.

“A few weeks ago he told her he doesn’t want anything else to do with it. It didn’t go down well.”
In March the Snatch director was snapped at his wife’s side at the Purim Jewish Festival at London’s Kabbalah Centre.

He's in it for the $$$!

From ONTD:



HEATHER MILLS has a hunky new toyboy, the News of the World can reveal.


Sir Paul McCartney's 41-year-old ex-wife—who landed a £24million divorce deal in March —met beefy holiday rep Jamie Walker, 36, when she stayed at the Tenerife hotel where he works.

She fell for him after she saw him caring for daughter Beatrice at the kids club. The couple have been out on dates there and in her hometown Brighton.

Last night Jamie told us: "I'm under strict instructions not to talk about this."

Lonely Heather swooned over toyboy Jamie when she saw the 6ft 2in muscleman playing gently with her daughter.

Jamie took four-year-old Beatrice, Mucca's daughter by Sir Paul McCartney, under his wing while acting as kids' rep at the hotel.

And our exclusive pictures show how close Jamie has now become to Heather and her daughter.In pictures taken in Tenerife he looks on attentively as Heather talks to Beatrice and helps the youngster negotiate some steps.

He is also pictured chatting intently to Heather at a cafe on a recent visit to Brighton. Beatrice was playing nearby, looked after by a bodyguard. Last night Jamie told us:

"I'm under strict instructions not to talk to you about this.But I guess you already know it all then. Just be nice about me."

Last night a friend revealed: "Heather is completely infatuated with Jamie. He is a gym junkie and Heather has been boasting his body is so much fitter than Paul's.

"She likes the way he is with Beatrice and his gentle manner towards her. That has played a major part in their blossoming relationship.

*Points & Laughs*

From ONTD and totally why children should'nt have babies:

The birth of Jamie Lynn Spears' new daughter, Maddie Briann, wasn't without complications... to say the least.

In the new issue of Star, on newsstands now, we have all the details about Jamie Lynn's delivery room drama — including her life-threatening decision, emergency surgery to save the baby, Britney's jealous episode, Lynne Spears fighting with everyone and the brouhaha over a paternity test.

"The baby's heart rate dropped every time she tried to push," a family insider tells Star. "They did an ultrasound and quickly discovered that the umbilical cord was too short." But despite the doctors' dire warnings, the 17-year-old "was adamant about having a natural delivery."
Everyone in the room at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, Miss., pleaded with Jamie Lynn to listen to the doctors — including big sister Britney. Brit had already been with Jamie Lynn for hours, massaging her back as she endured painful contractions. "But she got mad," says the insider. She told Jamie Lynn to "just have a damn Caesarian," as she did. "Britney then ran out in tears because she couldn't bear to see what was happening."

The girls mother, Lynne, only added to the tension. "Lynne was already angry because her daughter didn't want her in the delivery room at all," says the source. "But she had insisted on being there, along with Casey Aldridge, Jamie Lynn's boyfriend. Jamie Lynn cussed and yelled at her mom, and told her to get out. She cursed Lynne for bringing her into the world to bear such pain."

Madonna Single Come November?

BTW, I got a copy of Hard Candy...and just to let you know, they have new codes on the CD that prevent you from moving music around to different media....I loaded a copy onto one computer to put it on my mp3 player then to another computer and nope! won't let me! I couldn't load it to the intended computer by CD because mine doesn't have a CD/DVD player in it. Bastards.

from Digital Spy:

Madonna and Guy Ritchie will end their seven-year marriage in November, say reports.

According to The Mirror, the pair have decided to delay the announcement until Madonna's Sticky And Sweet world tour finishes.

A source said: "Although the marriage is coming to an end, they don't want to say anything until the tour is over.

"They live like brother and sister rather than husband and wife and thought it best to call it a day. There's been speculation about them having furious rows, but they have just grown apart.

"They've decided they are better off as friends. It's sad, but they're determined to keep it amicable."

The pair recently denied rumours they were splitting, despite reports that Madonna has hired divorce lawyer Nicholas Mostyn QC.

See What I'm reduced to?

Fucking Paris Hilton posts. I'm reduced to that skank talking about how the puppy incident didn't happen. Thanks for nothing, Hollywood. From digital spy:

Rex Features

Paris Hilton has responded to media reports that she attempted to buy a puppy to accessorise a photoshoot.

The US socialite hit out at accusations that she tried to a buy a Yorkie dog at the Melrose Avenue Puppy Store earlier this month.

Hilton claimed that she was with partner Benji Madden when the incident was reported to have occurred.

"I wanted to let you know that I've been getting messages and reading stories about an incident that supposedly happened with me and a pet store," she wrote in her official blog.

"I was catching up on news last week only to read a story about me walking by some puppies for sale, and demanding that I be given a Yorkie puppy to be an accessory for a photoshoot.

"These stories have gotten out of control and I want to clear some things up. I wasn't looking for a new pet, I wasn't even at a photoshoot that day."

She added: "I love animals and the cruel things people say are not acceptable. Puppies are not accessories or toys and I love my own pets dearly - I treat them as if they were my children.

"So it is sad that someone felt the need to invent a story about me throwing a fit for a dog that would 'go with my outfit'."

Disturbing Blind Item

from CDAN:

You might want to cover your eyes for this one. It is pretty rough. B list actor. A list name recognition. Award winner for sure. (Not Ben Affleck lol) He's been married before. Films. All the time. Serious roles. No comedies for this guy. Not married now, but in a relationship with a non-celebrity. She's pregnant. Apparently she has told a few of her close friends that our B list actor rapes her often. She is afraid to go to the police because he is a celebrity and she is pregnant with his child and of course even though he rapes her almost every night, she of course still loves him.

George Carlin Dead

from fox news:

LOS ANGELES — George Carlin, the frenzied performer whose routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" led to a key Supreme Court ruling on obscenity, has died.

Carlin, who had a history of heart trouble, went into St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica on Sunday afternoon complaining of chest pain and died later that evening, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. He had performed as recently as last weekend at the Orleans Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas. He was 71.

"He was a genius and I will miss him dearly," Jack Burns, who was the other half of a comedy duo with Carlin in the early 1960s, told The Associated Press.

'Member that "Lost Tribe?"

well, it was all bullshit! From Gawker:

Our own Alex Pareene was so money when he called bullshit on that supposedly unknown tribe photographed in the Amazon. It was all a ruse by a concerned environmentalist! "[I]t has now emerged that, far from being unknown, the tribe's existence has been noted since 1910 and the mission to photograph them was undertaken in order to prove that 'uncontacted' tribes still existed in an area endangered by the menace of the logging industry. The disclosures have been made by the man behind the pictures, José Carlos Meirelles, 61, one of the handful of sertanistas— experts on indigenous tribes—working for the Brazilian Indian Protection Agency, Funai, which is dedicated to searching out remote tribes and protecting them."

"In his first interviews since the disclosure of the tribe's existence, Meirelles described how he found the group, detailed how they lived and how he planned the publicity to protect them and other tribes in similar danger of losing the habitat in which they have flourished for hundreds of years.

"Meirelles admitted that the tribe was first known about almost a century ago and that the apparently chance encounter that produced the now famous images was no accident. 'When we think we might have found an isolated tribe,' he told al-Jazeera, 'a sertanista like me walks in the forest for two or three years to gather evidence and we mark it in our [global positioning system]. We then map the territory the Indians occupy and we draw that protected territory without making contact with them. And finally we set up a small outpost where we can monitor their protection.' [...]

"What he was looking for was not only proof of life, but firm evidence that the tribes in this area were flourishing—proof in his view that the policy of no contact and protection was working. On the last day, with only a couple hours of flight time remaining, Meirelles spotted a large community.

"'When I saw them painted red, I was satisfied, I was happy,' he said. 'Because painted red means they are ready for war, which to me says they are happy and healthy defending their territory.'" [Guardian via Dana]

BLIND ITEM!!!

And this one...could it be? I have a hard time imagining that Tiny Tom would slip up so much at this point so I don't think it's him. I also don't imagine TC going around to bars....but who could it be?

NY DAILY NEWS/FULL DISCLOSURE
Which A-list actor, who yells from the rooftops that he is straight, approached a male Off-Broadway star in a bar and offered to pay him big bucks to watch him and another dude get it on in the rest room?

NSFW: Sporn

Click on the headline to experience the best of Sporn.

From io9....they probably explain this best:

Why does Spore, the new evolution game from EA/Maxis, give us hope for the future of humanity? Because the first thing everybody did with the "creature creator" editor was create a bunch of, shall we say, genitally-oriented organisms. Call it Sporn. EA is unlikely to let you share these creatures with other Spore players, and every time somebody posts footage of a new one on YouTube it gets taken down. That's why we've put together this happy music video, featuring the vocal stylings of Peaches' "Tent in Your Pants," celebrating the very best of Sporn. There are some things in here that even I can't identify. Ah, evolution.

Amy Winehouse diagnosed with TB!

from ONTD:

As Amy Winehouse remains hospitalized, the embattled singer's condition may have taken a turn for the worse, as it's being reported that the 24-year-old has a case of tuberculosis.

According to London newspaper The Sun, sources from the London hospital say, doctors now believe Winehouse has tuberculosis and are performing more test to be certain.

The troubled crooner is suffering a chest infection and has been having severe coughing fits and hurling up blood. Despite her refusal to be examined, doctors are trying to control her irregular heartbeat.

As SOHH previously reported, after being rushed to the hospital earlier this week following a fainting spell, which could have been caused by a massive overdose she suffered last year, Winehouse received a dire warning from her doctor to quit using drugs or eventually her addiction will cost the British soul singer her life.

Winehouse's battle with drugs and alcohol coupled with her massive weight loss, have doctors concerned as well.