Courtney Love, WTF?

Is she back on the hoss? shootin the smack? I mean really, how else would she be so damm skinny AND pale like death? She honestly looks like she's ready to step right into her grave.

from Mail Online:

Halloween may be months off, but Courtney Love did a good job of frightening onlookers with her ghoulish appearance in LA yesterday. (6/19)

The singer's deathly pale skin drew gasps as she stepped out for a shopping trip in Malibu in a 1920s see-through lace dress, as did her painfully frame.

Her once Rubenesque figure has been reduced to just skin and bone, sparking concerns over her health.

Love's weight has long been the focus of attention - she lost 52 pounds last year on a strict diet of shakes combined with minimal fish and vegetables.

She denied reports gastric bypass surgery and liposuction aided her initial transformation.
Now it appears emotional strain is to blame - Courtney recently revealed she was feeling suicidal after the ashes of her husband, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain disappeared from her home.

Is 'Fencing' gay code for buttseks?

from digital spy:

Rex Features

Will Smith has revealed that he and David Beckham have taken up a new hobby with Tom Cruise.

Speaking at the premiere of his new film Hancock, Smith explained that he had started fencing with the pair.

He told The Mirror: "Tom has a room for training. We don't get enough time to hang out, just us three guys, so this is his way of getting together and bonding. David and I go to his home and just do fencing. It's a lot of fun.

"We wanted an activity that was strenuous, but we're getting older - we have to think about slowing down."

Smith joked: "We've got to watch our joints. Especially my knee."

So....

Jamie Lynn Spears spawned another Spears girl. *yawn* Teen pregnancies are so boring. Somebody should slap her for the name choice, Madison Brianna would have been better.

from Ass-kissing, kneepad wearing People:

There is a new baby in the Spears clan! Jamie Lynn Spears and her fiancé Casey Aldridge welcomed a baby girl Thursday morning.

PEOPLE confirms exclusively that the baby was named Maddie Briann

"Just the family was there," says a source about the birth around 9:30 a.m. at a hospital in Mississippi, near her Louisiana hometown. "Everyone is healthy and happy."

Jamie Lynn's sister Britney, father Jamie and brother Bryan flew in Wednesday to be with her for the birth; her mother Lynne had been with her helping her get ready for the baby.

Since announcing her pregnancy in December, Britney’s little sister has retreated from the bright lights of Hollywood, opting for the comforts of her hometown of Kentwood, La.

and in other boring Spears news, from handbag gossip:

A shocking new book claims Britney Spears has tried to kill herself twice in the last 18 months.

Britney Spears attempted suicide twice in the last 18 months, a shocking new book claims. Award winning journalist Ian Halperin spent the last year and a half undercover posing as a paparazzo to "get close to Spears and her inner circle of managers and friends". Halperin told Life And Style Weekly of the singer's two apparent suicide bids and claims her problems are fuelled by drugs and the company she keeps. "I saw a lot. I partied with her and was able to really monitor what type of stuff she was using. It's very concerning," he explains. "But the book is mainly about her handlers, how sleazy and destructive they are towards her. The people around her are like vultures. She's on major medications. And she's being micro-managed and controlled to the extreme by her parents, the courts and a huge team of doctors and handlers. I think she's in danger of a catastrophic relapse." It's not all bad though, the journalist, who's written books on Kurt Cobain and Celine Dion, did say, "She's basically a good person. She's actually a very caring mom."

*why are all books promoted as being "shocking".....none of this really surprises me*

and from digital spy:

Britney Spears's mum has revealed that her popstar daughter wants to leave California and "return to Louisiana".

Since rising to fame a decade ago, Spears has spent most of her time away from her Kentwood, Louisiana hometown.

According to Us Magazine, a declaration from Lynne Spears to the LA Superior Court said: "Britney has spent a majority of her time over the last five years in the state of California due in part to work but primarily with respect to a custody dispute currently ongoing."

Spears's ex husband Kevin Federline currently has primary custody of their two sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston.

Tom Cruise out of MI:4!!!

from ONTD:


It appears that Tom Cruise isn't putting all his eggs into the Valkyrie basket. Valkyrie, you'll recall, is the Bryan Singer-directed thriller in which Cruise plays a German officer who tried to assassinate Hitler. That project has hit some bumps on its way to theaters. Meanwhile, Cruise is also making an attempt to go back to his roots. But making that happen isn't simple: It seems that the Cruise camp recently reached out to Paramount about making Mission: Impossible 4 and got seriously disavowed.

Paramount's response was to ask whether Cruise would like to produce the film—as in, produce but not star in. And, since he's contractually guaranteed the right to produce such a film at this point, it wasn't much of an offer. This tells us not to read too much into that supposed rapprochement between Cruise and Sumner Redstone. And it suggests that the fighting between Cruise and Paramount studio chief Brad Grey over the deal for M:I3 was a lot more rancorous than we knew at the time.

We don't want to keep you in suspense: Cruise's answer was no. Our source tells us that Paramount met this with a shrug, since in the not-too-distant future the studio expects that it will be free, contractually, to make the movie without involving Cruise's production company. Some film executives say they think Paramount is being foolish, because they believe there is an avid audience for Cruise in this role. After all, the last one grossed about $400 million worldwide. (Maybe M:I4 could pair Cruise with Shia LaBoeuf as the young successor.) But Paramount seems to think it could relaunch the franchise with a young star and leave Cruise out of the equation.

*Tiny tom: PWND!*

Update!

Ok, so I know this is posting about my period and WTF, right? Who posts about her period? Well, it's been three weeks since my surgery and this is my first post-op period. The best part is, I have NO pain! None at all! I am a little bloated, tired and slightly cranky, but there is NO PAIN and I am so happy!!!! Yes, Virginia, I'm having a happy period! I'm not so heavy on my flow and I've had a terrible sugar craving yesterday which may have been from being very tired, but I have no pain! That makes it all worth while!!!

And Captain America to be played by.....

Leo DiCaprio or Brad Pitt??!! Actually, I can't think who I would want to play Capt. America....or Thor for that matter! from the Tipster:

If you're gonna dream, dream big, as Marvel Studios is reportedly doing with its wish list for its upcoming Captain America. According to Latino Review, the two names topping the studio's most wanted list as potential Cap'ns: Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. DiCaprio, who earlier this week signed on to play Atari founder Nolan Bushnell in a biopic, seems unlikely to step up for the project, especially since he reportedly turned down the offer to play Spider-Man when that franchise launched, with DiCaprio pal Tobey Maguire, in 2002. Pitt, meanwhile, has been rumored for months to be the top choice for an adaptation of the Thor comics, but he's also, according to Latino Review, the number-two pick for Captain America. Both stars already have fully packed schedules, with DiCaprio also committed to Martin Scorsese's Teddy Roosevelt biopic, the thriller The Chancellor Manuscript and historical drama Freedom Within the Heart, while Pitt is attached to the Terrence Malick-directed sci-fi adventure Tree of Life, the boxing drama The Fighter and the Watergate drama Dirty Tricks.

*Here's an update on more Marvel movies to be released:

Iron Man 2 in 2010
Thor in 2011
The Avengers in 2011
Captain America in 2011

and this I just found out....X-Men origins: Wolverine to be released May 2009

SO STOKED!!!*

Get the Lube ready!

You're about to take it hard in the ass for internet access, it seems! From gawker.com:

Well, the Internet was fun while it lasted, but now three of the nation's largest service providers are going to shut it down and throw us all back to the dark ages of telephones and postage stamps. "Some people use the Internet simply to check e-mail and look up phone numbers. Others are online all day, downloading big video and music files. For years, both kinds of Web surfers have paid the same price for access. But now three of the country’s largest Internet service providers are threatening to clamp down on their most active subscribers by placing monthly limits on their online activity."

"One of them, Time Warner Cable, began a trial of 'Internet metering' in one Texas city early this month, asking customers to select a monthly plan and pay surcharges when they exceed their bandwidth limit. The idea is that people who use the network more heavily should pay more, the way they do for water, electricity, or, in many cases, cellphone minutes.

"That same week, Comcast said that it would expand on a strategy it uses to manage Internet traffic: slowing down the connections of the heaviest users, so-called bandwidth hogs, at peak times.

"AT&T also said Thursday that limits on heavy use were inevitable and that it was considering pricing based on data volume. 'Based on current trends, total bandwidth in the AT&T network will increase by four times over the next three years,' the company said in a statement.

"All three companies say that placing caps on broadband use will ensure fair access for all users. Internet metering is a throwback to the days of dial-up service, but at a time when video and interactive games are becoming popular, the experiments could have huge implications for the future of the Web [...]

“'As soon as you put serious uncertainty as to cost on the table, people’s feeling of freedom to predict cost dries up and so does innovation and trying new applications,' Vint Cerf, the chief Internet evangelist for Google who is often called the 'father of the Internet,' said in an e-mail message.

"But the companies imposing the caps say that their actions are only fair. People who use more network capacity should pay more, Time Warner argues. And Comcast says that people who use too much—like those who engage in file-sharing—should be forced to slow down."

The Incredible Hulk

I just saw this movie today, just got back and here is Spin's Official review (WARNING, spoilers):

Save your money and rent the DVD. I was very disappointed. Like other reviews have pointed out, the CGI for the Hulk itself and the abomination were just too cartoony, more realism would have been better.

All of the cast gave a great performance, except Ed Norton. His delivery was just plain flat and he never convinced me that he was, in fact, Bruce Banner. Everyone else was quite good. With Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, she played a great love interest, although there were times when Betty had quiet moment with Bruce or the Hulk, where I thought she was going to start speaking Elvish. Tim Roth, I love him so. I was so glad to see him in an action film. He never disappoints me.

The story was not outstanding and even the fight scenes were boring. It was very predictable and lackluster. Many parts just seem too dragged out. I could not connect with any of the characters in the story.

Things that bothered me about the plot: 1) If everyone who fired at Bruce while he was the Hulk figured out that their bullets and bombs didn't work on him, why did they keep firing? Why not wait until he's no longer the Hulk and kill him then? 2) Why is it that when Betty and Bruce were trying to figure out how to get away without being tracked, they talked about how they couldn't use the credit cards. Um, yes you could, but only once....you'd have to hit an ATM and take out all the money. Then it's cash only after that, duh. 3) What the hell happened to the abomination after the ending fight? That was left waaaay too open.

It's not worth paying the extra money just to see it on the big screen I recommend waiting to watch it on DVD. Or on the net for free, if you know how. It's boring, not nearly entertaining as I would like. It certainly didn't leave me with the feeling of "WOW" as I watched it. I couldn't wait for it to end. It was a nice breath of air at the end though, where the general is at the bar drinking and Tony Stark makes his appearance. Yes, everything is being set up to get S.H.I.E.L.D. put together. And, unlike Iron Man, there is no clip at the very very end, after all the credits, so don't bother staying. Your treat is Tony Stark coming into the bar to talk to the general.

The Incredible Hulk isn't so incredible and gets a frowny face. :(

One extra note from the LA times:

The character: Mild-mannered scientist Bruce Banner, who turns into the eponymous muscle-bound, green-hued monster in Marvel's new $150-million adaptation of its beloved comic book character.

Stickler for details: During the last four months, Norton and director Louis Leterrier lobbied for a longer, nuanced film with more in-depth exposition while the studio has stood firm, insisting on traditional slam-bang, action-movie pacing and ultimately refusing Norton the power of final cut.

Back story: The actor-writer hasn't done much to promote "Hulk" outside of issuing a terse 257-word statement to Entertainment Weekly. It recasts the so-called "dispute" between Marvel/Universal and himself and Leterrier as a media misrepresentation that's really a "collaboration" in which the principal parties have simply agreed to disagree. Thanks for clarifying, Ed.

Tim Russert, We hardly knew ye

Goodbye to a truly great journalist and a man who loved his work. His shoes will be hard to fill.

from msnbc.com, some of his last thoughts just a couple of hours before he died:

Russert on Politics
NBC News
updated 11:50 a.m. CT, Fri., June. 13, 2008

Tim Russert is NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and host of Meet the Press. He regularly offers MSNBC.com’s readers his insight and analysis into questions about politics past, present and future.


Tim Russert
Washington bureau chief
Msnbc: Tim, www.fightthesmears.com is a web site launched by the Barack Obama campaign to combat potentially damaging rumor about the candidate and his wife, Michelle. Is this necessary? How big of a problem is this really?

Tim Russert: It’s amazing how much the Internet has changed our lives. People get emails that make accusations without foundation and they are circulated around the country within seconds and suddenly become topics of conversations around water coolers or in lunchrooms.

I remember being in Indianapolis covering the Indiana primary and a man came up to me and said he wasn’t going to vote for Senator Obama because he was very concerned about the comments made by Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor. I said, “That’s interesting. As a reporter, I’m curious what comments particularly bothered you?” He said, “Well, I can’t think of any that come to mind, but I also read on the Internet that he’s a Muslim.” And I said, “Now wait a minute. You can’t have both. You can’t be offended by his Christian minister and then say he’s a Muslim. You’ve got to pick one.”

But that just underscores what we’re dealing with in this modern era.

Now I’m told there’s a counter organization with a very similar name that is going to be positioned and posted to spread the rumors, so that people that go to the Internet to get clarification will go to the wrong web site and get confused.

Tim Russert
Washington bureau chief
Msnbc: Tim, www.fightthesmears.com is a web site launched by the Barack Obama campaign to combat potentially damaging rumor about the candidate and his wife, Michelle. Is this necessary? How big of a problem is this really?

Tim Russert: It’s amazing how much the Internet has changed our lives. People get emails that make accusations without foundation and they are circulated around the country within seconds and suddenly become topics of conversations around water coolers or in lunchrooms.

I remember being in Indianapolis covering the Indiana primary and a man came up to me and said he wasn’t going to vote for Senator Obama because he was very concerned about the comments made by Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor. I said, “That’s interesting. As a reporter, I’m curious what comments particularly bothered you?” He said, “Well, I can’t think of any that come to mind, but I also read on the Internet that he’s a Muslim.” And I said, “Now wait a minute. You can’t have both. You can’t be offended by his Christian minister and then say he’s a Muslim. You’ve got to pick one.”

But that just underscores what we’re dealing with in this modern era.

Now I’m told there’s a counter organization with a very similar name that is going to be positioned and posted to spread the rumors, so that people that go to the Internet to get clarification will go to the wrong web site and get confused.
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It’s a virus. You have bloggers on both sides, liberals and conservatives, Republicans and Democrats all trying to utilize this vehicle without any kind of fact checking and without any kind of editorial control.

Msnbc: Given the way people use the Internet, do you wonder if there are going to be some things said or done during the course of this campaign that will be very unsettling?

Russert: That’s what we have to be conscious of and vigilant against, particularly at the end of the campaign as things are put out there. We’ve already had a few fake videos with different words dubbed in and people say, “This must be true because I saw it on the Internet.”

What we hope to do in this campaign is recognize there are big differences on big issues between John McCain and Barack Obama – the war in Iraq, Iran, Social Security, taxes. You don’t need to get into this other stuff. If it does surface, then I think the mainstream media has an obligation not to just instinctively put it out there without vetting it. Or, if it is something that is manufactured as a virus, report on that – who did it and why. But sometimes it’s very hard to trace it back to its original source.

Msnbc: Who do you have coming up on Meet the Press?

Russert: We’re going to talk big issues with a debate: Obama vs. McCain. Joe Biden will represent Barack Obama; Lindsey Graham will represent John McCain.

Msnbc: Do you think Lindsey Graham might be on the ticket with John McCain?

Russert: I think he’s on the list. South Carolina is a solid state, but McCain really likes his passion and his ability to be on the attack against the Democrats on these foreign policy issues. I think Biden is someone who’s very much on Obama’s list because of his wealth of foreign policy experience, his knowledge of the Iran and the Iraq. It’ll be interesting. They’re both coming into the studio. It could be an vice presidential audition. A Meet the Press audition, coming your way Sunday, on Meet the Press!
© 2008 MSNBC Interactive

*Sorry guys, I have great love for this guy, like a lot of people right now. I hate to see him go.*

In honor of a verdict being reached in the R. Kelly case:

And this is also why I love Riley ("That's a bitch move, Santa"):




and of course:



and after one day of deliberations, R. Kelly is ACQUITTED....which means not guilty. The jury was not convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, the girl didn't testify and kept saying it wasn't her on the tape. Was she too scare to say anything? Plus R. Kelly exercised his right to stay quiet. That's probably why he was let go. The prosecution just could'nt prove it. Wow.



"If R. Kelly go to jail, I'll piss on yo cat!"

Wow, I had no idea that Sam Ronson had a twin sister!

Here's Sam with her twin Charlotte:

Goldigger (Kanye West) uncensored version

sorry but this song is STUCK in my head. It makes me laugh every time I hear it! The video isn't that great, but here you go:

Billy Bob Thorton weighs in on Brangelina

I've been waiting for him to speak up! from digital spy:

Billy Bob Thornton has said that Brad Pitt is part of a "high school phase" for Angelina Jolie.

Thornton hit out at his former wife, claiming that she would probably want to get back together with him in the future.

Speaking at a press launch for his new album with The Boxmasters, he said: "She's just going through a high school phase.

"You know dating the quarterback of the football team with Brad Pitt over there. She'll be waking up from that dream in no time.

"Who knows if I'll be there when she's ready to come to her senses though."

Thornton married Jolie in 2000 after meeting her on the film set for Pushing Tin. They divorced three years later.

*Brad and Angie do seem like the golden quarterback and the hot goth chick in high school*

*Points & Laughs*

Paris Hilton's night club "Club Paris" is now CLOSED
*like you even noticed*

from ONTD:

Paris Hilton's night club "Club Paris" in Orlando, FL ended its barely-three-year-run last summer (see, nobody noticed anyways did they?); making way for DOLCE to take its place.

*Paris herself probably didn't even go there*

oh and in related news: Paris has been closed for ages... in fact, Dolce already took over and closed just as quickly.

Well, duh!

All teens seem to think that a real relationship and even marriage is all lollipops and puppy dogs....They can't understand that it's work, a lot of commitment involved from both sides and a lot of learning to understand and compromise. So of course, Jamie Lynn and her man are fighting. Of course, he wants to get away. Of course, it is eventually doomed to fail unless there is a miraculous realization and growing up an both their parts. When one is so young, maturity hasn't had a chance to blossom yet:

By Ree Hines

MSNBC contributor

updated 9:34 p.m. CT, Wed., June. 11, 2008

It looks like the pre-baby wedding bells won’t ring for Jamie Lynn Spears and boyfriend Casey Aldridge. According to Star, the teenage parents-to-be are having such a hard time getting along, they may never wed.

“Jamie Lynn and Casey have been fighting non-stop about everything, from what to name the baby to what to eat for dinner,” a source told the magazine. “And now she's called off their wedding plans.”

Though the couple allegedly bought a house earlier this month, another Star source calls the “Zoey 101” star’s relationship with Casey “in and out,” and claims Jamie Lynn’s packed up and moved back into the Spears’ family home.

$citards hate Dr. Drew!

Don't mess with my Dr. Drew, I luurrvs him! Don't be scuured tiny tom! Dr Drew is there to help!

from ontd:

Drew Pinsky is downright respectable, at least by TV doctor standards. Unlike "Dr. Phil," he has an actual medical degree, practices medicine and even teaches psychiatry. His reality show, Celebrity Rehab, is both more gripping and responsible than other celebrity "reality" vehicles. But Tom Cruise has allowed his lawyer to compare "Dr. Drew" to Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, because the doctor told Playboy the following about movie star Cruise's fevered devotion to the Church of Scientology:

A lot of people in the public eye who behave strangely have mental illness we can learn from, and much of it is based on childhood trauma, without a doubt. Take a guy like Tom Cruise. Why would somebody be drawn into a cultish kind of environment like Scientology? To me, that's a function of a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood - maybe some abuse, but mostly neglect.

Cruise's high-powered attorney, Bert Fields, a frequent client of convicted wiretapper and racketeer Anthony Pellicano, called Pinsky an "unqualified television performer who is obviously just looking for notoriety," adding, "The last time we heard garbage like this was from Joseph Goebbels."

Cruise has already spoken on record about his abusive father. Strange, then, that he would snap so viciously over speculation he was neglected.

Perhaps the megastar interprets Pinsky's statements as a slam against his mother, the presumptive neglector. More likely, it was the line about Scientology's "cultish" environment that sent Cruise, a church bigwig, into attack mode.

But a slam this over the top only makes Cruise look more crazy while drawing attention to his own deep involvement with the sect.

weird dream!

My brain took a huge, massive crap last night (since that's what dreams have to be, your brain taking a dump). Because hollywood is desperate for storylines, just to protect both of us (I know hollywood doesn't read this site but just in case), if this ends up in a screenplay or movie, I will sue!! ^_^

So the dream was this:

I got a job looking after this enormous, beautiful tudor style mansion at night. It seemed like a sorority house, with a lot of young female residents. It was grey stone, the estate was huge, green and lush, it had one of those large circular driveways. The entryway doors were enormous and of heavy wood. There was stained glass to greet you.

The pay was pretty good and just looking after a house at night seemed easy work, so I took it.

Of course, things can't be as they seem after dark and the weirdness in my dream starts when night falls and all the residents have gone to bed. There were three bizarre mutant creatures that would come out and they were not friendly. I had to fight them or try to get away and hide because they could be killed. Not they there was a rule to not kill them, more like, they don't die. They just come back and try to kill you again.

So after a few crazy nights of fighting these things and being totally exhausted, I have to ask somebody what the deal is. I get invited to some sort of initiation ceremony. There's a huge marble circular setup behind the house, with a podium and carved marble thrones that make up the circle. The girls sit in these.

I get told to walk around the circle on the outside and when I finally reach the top of the circle where the podium is, with the lead girl's seat, I am told to slit her throat by this man in a black suit who is supposed to conduct this ceremony. I say "what?" because I'm not going to do that.

He tells me that the girls choose to be there, they are not forced. It is an honor for this girl to be killed as a sacrifice for the mutant things. The other girls get raped by the things, this is how they reproduce. Just to be sure, I ask if the girls really are by there because they want to be and after he says yes, I decide that I'm leaving, it's all just too weird. It's not a sorority but some kind of cult. I walk through the house, disguising my intentions to leave, like maybe I'm just trying to get to the bathroom.

It starts raining outside and i call my husband to come get me, please hurry. I try not to have a mental breakdown, I have to keep it together to get out. I finally reach the entryway and get outside to meet him. There are a few girls out there smoking and laughing. When they finish smoking, they go back in. I'm not going to try to save anybody, I figure fuck it, they can choose to leave. finally my husband pulls up and I jump into the car telling him to drive away fast but don't draw attention. Of course, he wants to ask what is going on, so I tell him, all while going through my purse and my clothes to make sure I don't have anything on me to track me.

Then I wake up.

My brain took a huge dump last night.

Girl has Skilz!

Make a bikini out of an old T-Shirt in two minutes. From Break.com:


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Did Mark Ronson out his sister?

you be the judge! Is RoHan finally outed? From JJ's Dirt:

Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan have not been hiding their love and affection for one another as of late in the public eye, but they have also never confirmed to the world they are a couple either.

So, leave it up to their friends and family to do that job. Samantha's studly and uber talented brother Mark Ronson had this to say to the media about the two, "My sister and Lindsay make a cute couple, don’t they?"

No, Brit Brit, NO!!

Stay away from the crazy! Stay AWAAAYYY!!!

From IDLYITW:


Already having spent time together in Costa Rica, Britney Spears and Mel Gibson met again last night at the Grand Havana Room, an exclusive Beverly Hills cigar bar. People reports:

For more than two-and-a-half hours, the singer, 26, and the actor-filmmaker, 52, met in what was confirmed to PEOPLE as a more of an ongoing guidance session than a business pow-wow."

Two-and-a-half hours? Really? Britney can't pay attention for five minutes. I have a feeling this is gonna take a lot of work if he plans on teaching her how to hate the Jews.