Four For Friday

#1 This dancer/celebutante who had a certain amount of fame from her dalliance (I always wanted to use that word)with one boyfriend but was primarily passed around from boy bander to boy bander is now making her living as an escort, and not a very expensive one at that.

#2 In what would be the scariest hookup of modern times either gay or straight, the rumors are swirling that this stylist to the stars has hooked up twice in the past week with this equally outrageous decorator to the stars.

#3 This currently single A list film actor was making frantic calls all around town yesterday because when he returned home after being evacuated, he noticed that his DVD collection was gone. Not that big of a deal except that some of the DVD's were made at home, and made when the actor was naked, and made while having sex with men and women, often at the same time. It's not a secret he has the films and so he was calling around to see if someone was playing a joke on him, or if they are going to end up on the internet next week. I'm told that he enjoys touching himself on film also, while singing the theme song from a film he was in. It takes all kinds to make the world.

#4 This rocker married couple could be headed to the lawyers after a screaming match at a store included the words, "why do you always hit me? I'm tired of you beating on me all the time, and one of these times I am going to hit you back." The interesting thing here is that it was the guy who said the words.

Random Photos Part One

I got tired of looking at Denise Richards' tired, haggard face, so for a change of pace thought I would post her tired haggard feet.
Not tired and not haggard is Carmen Electra although I am convinced she had some work done. If I could stop staring at her cleavage I could probably take a look and find where the work was done, but I just can't stop staring.
The world's favorite exhibitionist Bai Ling actually covers up, although I notice that her red hair disease has moved from just one side to both sides now. I don't know if she can't afford to get the entire head done at once, or each dyed red strand indicates someone she has slept with in some kind of Pleasantville tribute.
Adam Brody looks like he is struggling with the big words at this newsstand.
Wow. Someone must have slept with the other's girlfriend.

I think we should all be grateful that the Bee Movie is a live action film and thus no need to cover our eyes when Renee Zellweger comes on screen.
Seeing Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro now is kind of like if Godfather was made into a Love Boat reunion show.
Jewel's nose is not the same as it used to be.
I hope the designer of that costume got voted off the show.

Look, But Don't Touch

To show that I am not beholden to corporate interests, and because I already got the perfume in the mail, I feel safe in telling you this. Mariah Carey can be a bit of bitch at times. I know, I know. Who would ever think that Mariah Carey had it in her to be bitchy? At the launch of her new perfume M, which I have now mentioned more than any other product and for which I didn't get to do anyone up the butt, and certainly didn't get any coke, Mariah met all her fans.

Well, not all her fans. She met as you know the fans who were first in line and who gave her $300 in cash, in small bills and in return, the fan got a photo and an autograph and a telemarketing call later from some woman named MiMi that night asking for more money.

Well when you pay $300 you kind of expect a little something extra if you know what I mean. In Tokyo, all the fans who paid $2500 to meet with Michael Jackson got to have their hair pulled by Michael and also a courtesy grope if you were a young boy.

Well back in New York, fans who were getting their photo taken with Mariah wanted to actually be in the photo. Instead there was some kind of one foot rule. If you came within the one foot line, you were shown the door. No photo for you. One guy actually had the nerve to try and touch Mariah. Well after he was shown the floor by security and Mariah disinfected from her brush with human contact, the offender was shown the door.

The good news was that since her fans couldn't get that close to Mariah they didn't have to smell the perfume known as eau de Mariah.

DNfromMN --Movie Review--Lars And The Real Girl

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL is not your straightforward romantic comedy. And it will probably take in less money than Dan in Real Life because of it. Honestly, a movie about a weirdo who starts dating a sex mannequin (who does not come to real life, sorry Andrew McCarthy) and the town who backs him up? Not your typical love story.Here's the thing, I'm the dope who cried at this one. And if a movie makes me cry because I'm invested in the characters not because of movie manipulation, to me it's worth my time and money. Give Lars your$10.00 and support the theater that is showing it buy tossing them some candy or popcorn money. Yes, my friends, Lars and the Real Girl is worth $15.00

Ryan Gosling is sweetly tragic Lars, who is just a little quirky, even before ordering his plastic Bianca. You'll see Lars through the eyes of his brother and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer).

Emily Mortimer has so many scenes where you just want someone to love you that much, and I hope she gets recognized by some awards group(probably not Oscar, but some Critics Circle). Gosling does a little Kevin Spacey-ish mugging for acting, but it works, it's part of the shyness of his character. Patricia Clarkson does well as the small town doctor who is trying to help Lars.

There are some things that will require a suspension of disbelief. A town that "goes along with" pretending Bianca really is a wheelchair bound raised-by-nuns orphan immigrant from Brazil really wouldn't happen in today's world. It's an idealized world, it's Lars's world,and just go with it.

Lars and the Real Girl is a movie about love and learning to love. And I loved it. Please go see it. You'll laugh, I cried, and it was definitely better than Cats.

Spice Girls Almost To The Product Whore Line

The Spice Girls haven't quite reached the doing it up the butt for coke line that Paris Hilton so nobly established as the benchmark for whoredom, but they are getting close. Realizing their window of fame has reopened for just a short time, the Spice Girls have turned their initial limited reunion tour into a mess of endorsements, extra tour dates, a new record, a documentary, and now are willing to hire themselves out to any company who has $2M for each woman. This $2M fee for each is for a 30 second commercial and also buys you 4 hours of the Spice Girls time. A complimentary flash by Victoria is included in the price as well as a running commentary by Mel C on why she isn't a lesbian.

The latest company to fall for the scam is Tesco which is a huge retailer in the UK and is "thrilled" to be working with the Spice Girls. This is of course despite the fact that Victoria Beckham refuses to shop there saying she prefers Marks and Spencer because they give her free stuff. Well, maybe $2M for sitting at a table with a fake smile for a few hours will change her mind.

Reports say the commercial filmed for Tesco sees the recently reunited group in seasonal cheer, gathered around a table laden with Christmas goodies of which non are being eaten. Isn't seasonal cheer a euphemism for smashed off your ass on egg nog?

Same Old Same Old--Pete Doherty Dodges Jail Time

In a prison evading streak that would have made John Gotti jealous, Pete Doherty once again managed to avoid having to serve any jail time, despite the fact that he has been arrested and convicted so often that he doesn't have to be photographed or fingerprinted anymore when he is booked, and has his own keys to the holding cell where he stays while awaiting release on bail.

In the latest escape, Pete was given a suspended four-month prison sentence for his May arrest for drugs and moving violations. Pete will have to stay out of trouble for two years or the sentence would be actually reinstated and Pete, if a normal human would have to serve the four months.

Pete was also given 18 months on probation and some kind of 12-month drug rehabilitation order which I thought the judge removed last week, but who knows. He has so many probation orders, drugs orders, and such that no one can really keep track. All of this latest round of trouble comes as a result of Pete driving illegally while in possession of drugs and driving without insurance.

Introducing Wonder Woman

Teresa Palmer has been cast as Wonder Woman in the new Justice League of America film. Palmer beat out Minka Kelly and Mary Elizabeth Winstead for the role. Allegedly Jessica Biel turned down the role when it was offered to her by director George Miller because Jessica wanted to keep starring in films no one sees, being box office poison for established stars, and making sure that people never take her seriously as an actress. Good luck on that Jessica.

(Very deep voice) Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice. Kind of a nice segue. All the episodes say that. Yea, I know, I know. I should watch something else on Saturday mornings.

I'm sure absolutely none of you have heard of Teresa Palmer, but she is 21, from Australia and stars in December Boys with Daniel Radcliffe. In the US she is probably best known for her work on Grudge 2.

I Love Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell is like a breath of fresh air. After keeping her temper in check for what must be a good four months since her community service and anger management classes, she is back to doing what she does best. She yells, screams, and throws the abuse out, but this time just verbal. Anger management classes might not have taught her control, but picking up trash must have taught her not to combine yelling and screaming with punching, throwing things and hitting people.

In this latest incident Naomi abused BA staff at London Heathrow Airport. The supermodel demanded to be allowed on the plane after turning up at Heathrow 11 minutes before it was scheduled to leave. 11 minutes? For an international flight? People we are not talking about being at the gate 11 minutes before flight time. This is showing up at the ticket counter 11 minutes prior to an international flight.

According to witnesses, she stamped her feet, saying: "You have to let me on. Come on."British Airways staff said she could travel to New York without her bags, which they would send on a later flight, but she shouted: "You are joking. You are always losing bags and I don't trust you with mine in a million years. I can't believe you won't allow me on your flight. What is this? Who must I speak to?"

I have no reason to doubt this is true, and if it is, each and every passenger on BA in the future should show up 11 minutes prior to flight time and demand to be allowed on the plane. BA was going to let her on the damn plane even though she showed up 11 minutes before the flight. Her only punishment was she was going to have to get her bags on a different flight which you are not really supposed to do on an international flight, but you aren't supposed to whip someone across Heathrow, through security and out to a late departing plane simply for a passenger who can't wait an hour for another flight. Do you know how many flights there are between London and New York?

Eventually Naomi walked away. Her spokesperson was not aware of any incident. Uh huh. Naomi must have kicked him in the balls once for talking out of school or something.

DNfromMN--Movie Review--Dan In Real Life

Based on advertising, DAN IN REAL LIFE is something that I gravitate towards. It has people I enjoy watching: Steve Carell, Dianne Weist,John Mahoney (the dad on "Frasier"), and Juliette Binoche. She's the one who sold me that I should see this movie. She's one of those hoity-toity French artiste types, and she's not out of the indie consciousness enough yet where she has to take Hollywood jobs for money(see Julia Ormond forced to mug for the camera in I Know Who Killed Me).

As with most of my reviews, I'm lukewarm on this one. There's nothing bad about it, but it is a little predictable. It's a romantic comedy,and the bulk of it is given away in the previews.

Single widower with 3 girls Steve Carell meets perfect woman Juliette Binoche and becomes smitten. Whoops, she's his brother's girlfriend. Does he love her? Does she love him? What happens to the brother?

First impression: It's a simplified and less emotionally complex version of The Family Stone. There's no surprise downer in the middle of Dan in Real Life. It's a straightforward romantic comedy that's well done by everyone involved (yes, even Dane Cook plays Dane Cook well).

I'd say it's worth $7.00. You'll be entertained, but you probably won't watch it over-and-over again. It's at least worth a rental on a rainy night. Emily Blunt is in this movie in a small role.

Ted C Blind Item

‘Kay, we know last week everybody got so damn grossed out over Sha-Sha Shimmy’s accidental (due to too many laxatives) poop session at a Hell-Ay mall. Well, all we have to say is, after you read today’s latest Blind installment, you’ll be screaming to bring Shimmy and her brown-stained antics back, already!

But we’ll give ya one saving grace on this new one: It’ll be brief. It’s just too gross not to be, really.

Here goes: Now, we’re not prudes at Awful, not by any means. Can’t speak for Cristina, really, but certain elder members of the Truth team have pretty much done it all. Spanking, peeing, bondage, cellophane, groups, ho-hum, whatever. All kinda boring, in the end, as it were. Nothin’ like plain ol' nasty one-on-one, we (predictably, and romantically) say! But Super-Dooper Cooper hardly concurs, of that, we are sure.

See, not only does Super-Doop live to urinate on—and be peed on by—his sexual partners, always very pretty, not often terribly smart gals, but now, we’re hearing he likes it even dirtier than that. Yep, you guessed where we’re going here, surely.

Mr. C just thinks it’s so orgasmic-fantastic to get shat upon by whichever curvy pretty hon he’s seeing. So yuck-o! And when his sizable, legendary talent isn’t enough dangling bait to lure whatever wary baby he can find to his rank boudoir, SDC simply orders out. And hookers charge a lot for that kinda merde, trust.

This is just too sick even for us. So, we’re outta here! Good luck guessing! Remember to towel off afterward, please.

Today's Blind Items

This Oscar nominated actress and her new love interest, a B list actor on a hit network drama have been spending lots and lots of time together primarily at her place or a love nest he has in Venice Beach. Wanting to spend some serious time together they have been doing so outside the US. This doesn't sound like anything all that blind item worthy until you know that the actor is allegedly a happily married guy who plays that up whenever he gets the chance.

Random Photos Part One

Absolutely incredible. Halle Berry at her very best.
Ditto for Gwen Stefani. This is in her top three photos of all time.
God, I am going to hell, but even Dane Cook looks good. I'm going to have to give myself a Kneepad Award if this keeps up.
Thank God for Calum Best and his wasting away to nothing.
You know life is pretty miserable for Tori Spelling when you are digging through Denise Richards' trash for your Halloween costume.

I know most of you could give a crap, but I am utterly fascinated with Peaches Geldof.
Speaking of crap. Patrick Dempsey on the streets of Paris.
The look on Ken Paves' face almost moved this to the very top. Even some things are too outrageous even for him. The sight of Jessica Simpson made him almost choke on his pina colada.
John Cusack and Marisa Tomei? Maybe he's just keeping her upright.

CDANCON-More Stuff

This one is more for the readers rather than the attendees because the people who are coming can just bring whatever they want signed. But, for those of you who can't make it to the lunch, two lucky winners will receive the Dominique Swain DVD of your choice personally autographed to you or anyone else you want.

DS means a great deal to me and also to the blog. I think she provided the most fun over the first year, as well as the most intense debates, rivalries and nasty comments both for and against her existence. I'm glad that she will be able to sit down with everyone at the lunch, and just talk about herself, her life, her career, and what films she is doing over the next few months. I also know she will be happy to discuss the ins and outs of all the ZX posts, and I will make sure she signs something for "some" also.

If you haven't entered the drawing, the clock is ticking. The M perfume from Mariah, the CD's from Fay Aiyana, the Full Bloom Tea which you all seem to adore, the signed Amber Tamblyn book, the signed Dominique Swain DVD, and there may be one or two other actor/actress DVD signings also, but they haven't got back to met yet so I don't want to announce them before I am sure. By the time I find out, the deadline may have passed to enter.

So enter now by sending an e-mail to ent.lawyer@yahoo.com by 5pm PDT and no, your e-mail addresses aren't going to be given away. I might drunk e-mail you in the middle of the night sometime, but other than that, no one will know.

What If Bars Had Child Care Services?

I know it is a dream of many of you. You say to yourself every weekend, "Gosh I'd like to go to a bar and get shit-faced, but I just can't find anyone to watch the kids. It's too bad that I can't bring the kids to the bar, and let them watch mommy and daddy get hammered and flirt with strangers."

Well unlike my childhood, which did include trips to bars with my parents, for the rest of you, the above dream is just a dream. Until now. It's not actually a bar, but hey, close enough.

If you are lucky enough to live in Brookfield, WI, the Marcus Majestic Cinema has begun serving alcoholic beverages and prepared entrees in its adults-only auditoriums and providing a babysitting service. "We want to create an entertainment destination and reach people who might not otherwise come to a movie theater," Marcus Theatres spokesman Carlo Petrick told the newspaper

I am all for booze at the movies. Whatever it takes to get the crowds in, then I am okay with. It's that last little ditty about the babysitting service. I know that it is really no different from going to a neighbors house for a party with the kids, having a few drinks and going home, but to me it just seems more seemly. Even if you have a designated driver, the kid is going to see either mom or dad laying next to them in the backseat, and perhaps spending some time with their head out of the window, saying, "it's okay honey, daddy just ate some bad oysters."

I'm Not Going To Print It. Let JJ Print It. He'll Print Anything

More power to JJ, and at least he hasn't been sued yet, which is a very good thing. I will go ahead and link to the story that Jonathan Jaxson is running today. I am simply commenting on a post and relating it to you. JJ alleges that Pamela Anderson is addicted to a laundry list of drugs and quotes a friend of Pam that says "The 3-4 days a week cocaine binges are insane. There isn't a day that goes by in the past 4-5 years of knowing her that I have seen Pam sober. She won't even take care of her health properly and the drugs are only further causing her liver trouble,"

You can read the rest, right here.

Celine Dion "Taking Chances" Photoshoot

Another "Lost" Actor Is Busted

In what is fast becoming Hawaii's national pasttime, another Lost actor was arrested this morning on suspicion of drunken driving. Daniel Dae Kim who portrays Jin-Soo Kwon on the show was arrested about 3am, booked in downtown Honolulu and released about 5am. That is some very quick service. Two hours from arrest to bail. If this were you or I, we would still be there, lonely and calling out to mama.

Can't remember all the other Lost actors who were pulled over? Let's take a look back, shall we.

Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros were arrested on suspicion of drunken driving on Dec. 1, 2005 when police spotted their vehicles weaving along Pali Highway. Both pleaded guilty, and both were gone from the show by season's end.

On Sept. 2, 2006, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Mr. Eko") was arrested and accused of disobeying a police officer and driving without a license. The charges were later dropped when Akinnuoye-Agbaje provided proof that he possessed a license. His character was killed off by a smoke monster in the first half of that season.

Hmmm. Arrest leads to bye-bye time. I wouldn't sign an extension on that lease Daniel.

Cute And Sweet Or Angelina Jolie Freaky?

I can't decide if this is just being sweet, or just plain freaky. I know many of you are still staring at the bare chest of Ryan Reynolds, but if I could have your attention just for a minute. It was recently Ryan's birthday and so Scarlett Johansson gave him a very special birthday present. No, it wasn't the loving that her publicist felt the world needed to know about, but instead a wisdom tooth. Not just any wisdom tooth, but one out of Scarlett's very own mouth.

Scarlett just had her wisdom teeth removed, and so as a special gift to her beloved, had one of her teeth dipped in gold and then strung on a necklace for Ryan.

There is no way Ryan was expecting that present. I don't care if he really wanted it or not, you know when he was pulling it out of the box, he was saying to himself, "wtf is this?" Maybe he thought it was a gold nugget, but it has to be really small, so you know ideas of what it was were just racing through his head.

So the way this works is Scarlett is at the