Four For Friday

I don't really feel like posting anything terribly juicy because I am still in mourning over the whole John Hughes passing. However I have some light ones which really don't need to be blind but are still fun to guess.

#1 - At The Grove on Monday this former right on the cusp glasses wearing A list movie star and now a solid B in movies and television was walking with a woman past some tables set up outside a restaurant. At each table someone would stop him and want our actor to pose for pictures. Each table. He never stopped smiling and posed patiently for each person.

#2 - At the Four Seasons on Sunday this controversial magazine publisher had a multi-hour brunch while his bodyguard/driver never moved an inch from a separate table five feet away. When someone would walk up to the bodyguard he would talk and converse but his eyes never left the table of his employer.

#3 - Also at the Four Seasons on Sunday this former C list television actor with a very bad past drinking problem which basically got him booted from a hit network drama didn't touch a drop of alcohol even when it was offered to him.

#4 - At Chateau Marmont on Sunday an impromptu dinner party for 30 was held to honor this Olympic Gold medal snowboard winner and frequent skateboarder.

#5 - FYI - The grieving brother was also at The Four Seasons this past Sunday.

Mr. Tori Spelling Wants To Be On Dancing With The Stars

I'm guessing that Dean McDermott wants to step out of the shadow of his wife and find honest work. You know something where he can make some money on his own and not have to rely on his wife's name to make a buck. Oh, I know he gets a paycheck from Oxygen, but lets face it, he wouldn't be getting that paycheck if he hadn't married Tori Spelling. All he would be doing is sitting in Toronto with his wife and kids waiting for some bit part in made for tv movies.

Now though he has dreams. Big dreams. He wants to be on Dancing With The Stars. “I’d love to be on Dancing with the Stars. It looks like the scariest thing in the world. I’m a huge fan of the show and it looks like a lot of hard work. I tend to gravitate towards anything that’s a challenge.”

Well he took on the challenge of being married to Tori. Does Dean have any dancing skills? “I have no dancing skills whatsoever except for the improv stripper moves which Tori thinks I’m pretty good at."

Yeah, I just threw up a little.

Cocaine Was A Factor In Billy Mays' Death

The Miami Herald is reporting that the autopsy report of Billy Mays showed he had used cocaine as recently as a few days before his death. Although he died of heart disease, cocaine was a contributing cause of death. (Thanks Audrey)

Random Photos Part One

Sam The Koala - RIP
Whenever I see Adam Arkin all I can ever think about is Northern Exposure. I know he has done so much other than that, but it is what comes to my mind first.
Do you feel that? The world stopped spinning. Aubrey O'Day is actually wearing clothes and a modest amount at that. She isn't going to be teaching Sunday School anytime soon, but she looks normal.
So, who do you think is enjoying the GI Joe premiere more? Channing Tatum the star or his wife Jenna Dewan? Yeah, like she wasn't counting down the days to this one.
Then Carl Weathers went to the craft service table and made himself a stew.
I like David Boreanaz a lot but he kind of looks like a funeral director here.
The Emily attending said funeral.
Eric Dane doing his best Matthew McConaughey impression but with clothes on.
I am always posting Halle Berry pictures. Meanwhile all I get is e-mails telling me about how Gabriel Aubry is the hottest guy alive. So, here you go.
Hugh Laurie hasn't been in the photos for awhile.
I always feel like Henry Rollins is one step away from giving someone a beat down.
Jason Biggs looks hammered or he just had sex with his wife on the way over. They must have been listening to Jada Pinkett Smith marriage advice CD's.
Joshua Jackson teaches the press to count to ten.
Ever wondered what Justin Long's hair looks like in the morning? Now you know.
Jason Mraz - New York
Kirsten Dunst and in the background checking her teeth or Twittering is Demi Moore.
At the same party was Brittany Flickinger. Here is what I imagined she said when she went up to Demi Moore.

Brittany - Hi Demi. The paps on the red carpet just wouldn't stop taking pictures would they?
Demi - Do I know you?
Brittany - Well I won the BFF competition on Paris Hilton's reality show.
Demi - You must be so proud.
What the hell happened to Kourtney?
It is hard to believe it has been like 25 years since Married With Children first aired. Katey Sagal looks great.
All of the pregnant moms to be were out yesterday celebrating Nicole Richie's new maternity line of clothes and tanning spray.
Alice Evans and Ioan Gruffudd were there.
As was Tisha Campbell.
This is Pete Doherty and his son. Alone. In Germany. Scared?
Great family vacation picture, but still no bikinis or wild yacht parties.
The one and only Wanda Sykes. Love her.
Rachel Nichols might want to be careful when she sits down. She has a toy poodle attached to her butt.
All of those people taking pictures have no idea who in the hell Sienna Miller is.
Sarah Michelle Gellar never walked her dog. Suddenly when she is pregnant that dog gets more time on that leash then Freddie.
Vampire Weekend - Chicago

Put Some Shoes On Your Baby Or We Will All Die

Apparently a manager at a Burger King store takes his job a little too seriously. Everyone has seen those no shoes, no shirt, no service signs but has anyone actually seen them be enforced? Even if you have seen them enforced do they apply to a six month old baby? Well, yesterday a woman in St. Louis decided to stop into her local Burger King and had her six month old baby with her. The manager took one look at the baby and said because the baby wasn't wearing shoes that it would be a health violation for the baby to stay in the restaurant. The manager didn't indicate how many people would die from obesity after eating a diet of Burger King.

The manager was willing to sell the woman some food but she would have to get it to go. Well, the problem was that Jennifer Frederich who is the mom of the baby was with a group of friends who were headed to a concert. She didn't want to eat outside by herself and so she came up with a solution. She put socks on the feet of the baby. Not good enough for the manager of the restaurant. Even when Jennifer said the baby didn't even own any shoes, the manager wouldn't budge. When he threatened to call the police everyone left the restaurant.

Burger King didn't have any comment except to say they have a new dollar menu that tastes like shoes but you still have to wear shoes to enjoy it. Or go through the drive-thru.

Your Turn

Since I already have a Your Turn running from yesterday I figured today would be a good day for all of you to plug whatever it is you want to plug. A site, a movie, a YouTube, your garage sale or band. Whatever it is you can think of that you want to plug, now is your chance.

Noooooo!! GOOP Is Going On Vacation

As I do every week I read Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP site to see if I could find any of her pearls of wisdom to share with all of you. When I got to the newsletter portion all I saw was one sentence from Gwyneth and some recipes and the note that GOOP was going on vacation until September. Seriously? What am I going to do for the next three weeks without the site? Who is going to give me something to write about when no one has been arrested or made an ass of themselves?

Taking a three week vacation shortly after you have started a site doesn't seem like the best way to have someone take you seriously. It isn't like the people over at GOOP are working 24/7 to bring us that thing. Granted if any of them have to deal with Gwyneth on a daily basis they have probably been ready for a vacation since day one.

All I can hope for is that when Gwyneth comes back she can give us great tips like she did back in April when she said using shampoo causes cancer. Now I guess I know why her hair has that greasy look to it. Where else am I going to learn how to cook a chicken or see what people have wronged her over the last several years?

I can only hope that when she comes back she will have lots of new ideas to share with all of us like the body oil she slathers over herself after every bath. Homemade, but not by her. What is in it? Extra virgin coconut oil which she buys for just $500 a bottle. What? You mean you don't have any at your house? Nothing like going to bed smelling like a Mounds candy bar.

One of her tips that left me nearly blind was her three stage body scrub. First you clean your pores with Turbinado sugar and only Turbinado sugar. Nothing else will do. It is also the most expensive. Then you rub yourself down with some olive oil and top it all off by scrubbing ground coffee into your skin. What she doesn't say is not to touch your eyes during any of this process. There I am a fat, sticky tiramisu going blind. Not fun.

I had not energy left to rub it all off with a honey and oatmeal mix and then clean myself off with aloe. The sad thing is she probably does this every night. I hope she has plastic sheets.

Juliette Lewis Talks About Brad Pitt

Maybe I have never noticed before or maybe Juliette Lewis just doesn't give very many interviews, but this is the first time I can remember her talking about her relationship with Brad Pitt in a very long time. In an interview with Black Book Magazine she talks about her three year relationship with Brad which began when she was just 16 and ended three years later.

"It was such a lovely time in my life, well, in both of our lives, because we were anonymous. We were both struggling actors and Brad blew up after we were together, when Legends Of The Fall came out. We both had our turning points. There were six months between the release of Thelma And Louise and Cape Fear - but for half of our relationship, we were just unknown young actors in LA. Then we split and he became Brad Pitt, and I became whoever I am now."

It is hard to think of them as unknowns sitting around in LA waiting their chance at fame and wondering if it would work out. I also love how there is no blame game or any drama. She just reflects on that time in their lives and nothing more.

Break Out The Juicy Fruit - Wrigley Drops Chris Brown

Congratulations to Wrigley for doing the right thing. When Chris Brown was arrested for beating up Rihanna the chewing gum company suspended a very expensive advertising campaign featuring Chris Brown and one of his songs. At the time they only suspended the campaign and didn't drop him because of things like due process and innocent until proven guilty. They didn't have to suspend his campaign. They could have used that same reasoning to keep the campaign going until he was convicted. They did the right thing then and they have done the right thing now.

In a statement released yesterday, Wrigley said it was ending their relationship with Chris Brown. They joined the Got Milk people who dumped Chris right after he was arrested. I don't think he has any endorsement deals left and hopefully he won't be getting any new ones.

STFU Jada Pinkett Smith

In the latest issue of Good Housekeeping, Jada Pinkett Smith was interviewed. Take a guess at what the interview was about. Yep. Sex. How she and Will Smith have sex everywhere and how they takes risks and she can't believe how much they have sex.

"My husband and I always make time for sex! Always! No matter how busy we are. And if I told you the places! You would not even believe! It's crazy the risks that we take, but that's what keeps it so much fun."

Has there ever been an interview she has given where it has not led to talking about sex? I found this interview she did with Fox & Hound last year.

F&H - So do you have any dogs?
Jada - Oh Will and I have dogs and we take them out for walks at night and have sex on people's lawns.
F&H - What kind of dogs do you have?
Jada - Oh mostly mixed breeds. It's so funny when we are having sex in the bushes or on the porches of houses our dogs will kind of watch and stand guard.
F&H - Do you believe in canned or dry dog food?
Jada - Oh that reminds me last time Will and I went grocery shopping we had sex in an aisle at the supermarket. He just pushed me up against the Campbell's soup cans and we had great sex.
F&H - Do you recommend dogs for families?
Jada - What I recommend for families is two parents who have as much sex as I do with Will. We almost don't have time for our kids or dogs or jobs because we have so much sex.
F&H - Yes, well then I am glad you were able to find the time to speak to us on the phone for this interview.
Jada - Oh, it's no problem. I have been having sex with Will during this entire call.

Sincerely, John Hughes

Today I came across a blog post by a woman who had a friendship with John Hughes that spanned 20 years and started after she watched The Breakfast Club as a teenager. She loved the movie so much she sent John a fan letter. He wrote back. You will love this post whether you are a John Hughes fan or not. It is a great story.

Jennifer Aniston Must Be So Sad

The most popular game in the tabloids has always been guessing who Jennifer Aniston is dating and then if she is dating someone guessing when she will get pregnant and married. Now though it appears the newest game in town leaves Jennifer Aniston completely out in the cold. Instead of her dates we are left with a bunch of tabloids all trying to guess who the next judge will be on American Idol. Yesterday was the news that Victoria Beckham will be a judge today at the auditions in Denver, and Katy Perry will be judging a round of the auditions as well.

Now comes news that Kirstie Alley is being considered for the position. Well, at least that is what her publicist wants us to believe. Radar Online ran this headline. "American Idol May Take Kirstie Alley After All." I guess Kirstie has been tweeting that she is set to replace Paula Abdul and so Radar went looking for confirmation from her spokesperson. Well her spokesperson unplugged himself from his e-meter and told them “She is ecstatic at the prospect.” Yeah, well I think any of us even if we hate the damn show would be ecstatic at the prospect of picking up a few million bucks and some free Cokes and getting to see Ryan's dye job up close.

That doesn't exactly provide an answer. But being the good journalists they are they recognized the statement was for crap and asked what that statement meant exactly. The rep just repeated the same thing word for word. What exactly would make Kirstie qualified for this? I can't imagine giving her this kind of platform so I hope this is all a big joke.

Lady Gaga Admits She Is A Hermaphrodite

Because of the video below, Lady Gaga was forced to come out as a hermaphrodite. The spot in the video which necessitated this is at the 1:10 mark.



"It’s not something that I’m ashamed of, just isn’t something that I go around telling everyone. Yes. I have both male and female genitalia, but I consider myself a female. It’s just a little bit of a penis and really doesn’t interfere much with my life. The reason I haven’t talked about it is that it’s not a big deal to me. Like come on. It’s not like we all go around talking about our vags. I think this is a great opportunity to make other multiple gendered people feel more comfortable with their bodies. I’m sexy, I’m hot. I have both a poon and a peener. Big f*cking deal."

I don't think she should be ashamed at all. It isn't like I am judging her music based on what she has between her legs. I personally don't care if she is man or woman or a little bit of both. She considers herself a woman and so I will think of her that way. Hopefully by coming out she will help others who are in a similar situation and make them feel more comfortable about themselves.

Ted C Blind Item

Most featured Blind Vice babes just guest star in this blolumn, but Morgan Mayhem's practically a series regular here at the Awful Truth. Truthfully, she should be happy for the work, especially since she's favored her drama and drug addiction over any semblance of a once spot-on career.

We're almost falling asleep at Morg's predictable downward spiral, and it looks like she's bored, too—she's looking for a change.

Not in lifestyle, like sobering up finally and screwing her head on right, but in drug choice. M2's party days of dipping her nose in the white stuff just don't thrill anymore, which may be why she turned to meth (Wonder if she and Emma Uh-Oh ever hung out in the same crystal-abusing circles?). Morgy got bored with that, too, and has moved onto something entirely new to stick in her bod.

And it's deadlier than blow or meth, if you can believe it:

If Michael Jackson's death can be used as a cautionary tale, Morgan Mayhem's new fave things, prescription drugs, are the most dangerous things to abuse. Why? Well, (a) they're easy to get and keep getting, as long as you get that first prescription, and (b) abusers don't exactly consider themselves to be abusing drugs in the naughty sense of the D-word, since they got 'em straight from a doctor. A medical "professional" gave them to me, so it must be OK! Right?

So wrong. Morg's constantly up on Adderall, among other happy pills. Some wouldn't be surprised that the unfocused honey's got ADD, but this is strictly for recreational use as opposed to anything M2 actually needs—gives her a much-mellower high as opposed to an anxious tick like blow, and she can actually get some work done! Girl can actually fake being sober a lot better than she could before, which only encourages her to keep pill-popping like mad. But deep down she must know something's not right, since she still tries to hide her habit from everyone around her.

But she's not always successful: M2 was just caught red-handed with the script stuff by her dearest friends—the paparazzi. Spilled all over the sidewalk, reds, blues and purples falling out of her purse, M-hon scrambling to pick them all up. She begged her photo friends to erase the pics, which they did—and they would, if they wanted Ms. Mayhem to keep calling them whenever she goes out on the town.

So can't anyone help poor Morgan? Anyone?

And It Ain't: Kristen Stewart, Hayden Panettiere, Mischa Barton

John Hughes Montage

Your Turn - John Hughes Edition

There won't be any blind items today. I just don't think it is right. Instead I hope that all of you will list your favorite John Hughes movie. Here is the list of all the movies he wrote.

# Drillbit Taylor (2008) (story) (as Edmond Dantes)
# Beethoven's 5th (2003) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantes)
... aka Beethoven's 5th: Big Paw (USA)
# Maid in Manhattan (2002) (story) (as Edmond Dantès)
... aka Made in New York (USA: poster title)
# Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV) (characters)
... aka Home Alone: Taking Back the House (USA: DVD title)
# Beethoven's 4th (2001) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
# Just Visiting (2001) (screenplay)
... aka Les visiteurs en Amérique (France)
# Beethoven's 3rd (2000) (V) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
# American Adventure (2000) (TV) (characters)
... aka National Lampoon's American Adventure (USA: complete title)

# Reach the Rock (1998) (written by)
# Home Alone 3 (1997) (written by)
# Flubber (1997) (screenplay)
... aka Disney's Flubber: The Absent Minded Professor (promotional title)
# 101 Dalmatians (1996) (screenplay)
# Miracle on 34th Street (1994) (screenplay)
# Baby's Day Out (1994) (written by)
# Beethoven's 2nd (1993) (characters) (as Edmond Dantès)
# Dennis the Menace (1993) (written by)
... aka Dennis (UK)
# Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) (characters) (written by)
... aka Home Alone II (USA: short title)
# Beethoven (1992) (written by) (as Edmond Dantès)
... aka Beethoven: Story of a Dog (Australia: cable TV title)
# Curly Sue (1991) (written by)
# Dutch (1991) (written by)
... aka Driving Me Crazy
# Career Opportunities (1991) (written by)
... aka One Wild Night
# Home Alone (1990) (written by)

# Christmas Vacation (1989) (written by)
... aka National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title)
... aka National Lampoon's Winter Holiday (UK)
# Uncle Buck (1989) (written by)
# The Great Outdoors (1988) (written by)
# She's Having a Baby (1988) (written by)
# Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) (written by)
# Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) (written by)
# Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) (written by)
# Pretty in Pink (1986) (written by)
# Weird Science (1985) (written by)
# European Vacation (1985) (screenplay) (story)
... aka National Lampoon's European Vacation (UK: video box title)
# The Breakfast Club (1985) (written by)
# Sixteen Candles (1984) (written by)
# Nate and Hayes (1983) (written by)
... aka Savage Islands (UK)
# Vacation (1983) (screenplay) (short story "Vacation '58")
... aka National Lampoon's Vacation (UK) (USA: complete title)
... aka American Vacation (Europe: English title: video title)
# Mr. Mom (1983) (written by)
... aka Mr. Mum
... aka Perfect Daddy (Philippines: English title)
# Class Reunion (1982) (written by)
... aka National Lampoon's Class Reunion

John Hughes Has Died

John Hughes, the prolific director of films such as 'The Breakfast Club', 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off', 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' and 'Home Alone' has died of a heart attack while taking a morning walk during a trip to Manhattan. This one really hurts. This man made the movies of my life.

Random Photos Part One

Budd Schulberg - RIP
On any other day this probably would have got the top spot. This is about as close as I am going to get to seeing a That Thing You Do reunion. Plus Steve Zahn is in the picture. He could make the top spot all by himself. I love that guy.
The newly engaged Anna Paquin who seems to be wearing her ring and very proud of it.
And here is the man who gave it to her.
BJ Novak plugging the new season of The Office.
Benjamin McKenize is in the photos for the first time in awhile.
Cyndi Lauper & Rosie O'Donnell - New York
And Christian was blinded for life because Kim couldn't stop posing for the cameras.
Don't worry Charlyne you can do so much better than Michael Cera.
Is anyone else disturbed that David Copperfield seems to enjoy posing with rope like this? I only posted his picture to see if anyone has any updates on the woman he allegedly kidnapped and raped.
All of these people are waiting patiently to see
David Cook.
Ellen & Portia looking really happy.
Jennie Garth looks lovely.
Someone please explain to me the purpose of a tattoo in this location. I understand when you don't want it to always be visible, but it isn't even visible to her unless she looks in a mirror.
I didn't recognize her but I like the new look of Katharine McPhee.
A first time appearance for Kevin Pollak.
Kevin Smith wants to know where his weight loss supplement deal is.
I think Kimberly Stewart is still in her 20's. You wouldn't think it by seeing this photo.
The ridiculously good looking couple of the day award goes to Milla Jovovich and Timothy Olyphant.
Milla up close.
Congratulations to Molly Ringwald on her new twins.
Paula Abdul looks remarkably happy for someone who walked away from millions of dollars a year.
I'm not opposed to seeing pictures of Prince Felipe on his boat. However, what I want to see when Spanish royals are on a boat is the Princess in a bikini.
Quarters for the meter Rachel Bilson or something else. For the record she was wearing her ring.
And the horse was crushed by the weight of Russell Crowe.
I will leave you alone and give you some quiet time with Ryan Gosling's photo.
A new hair color for Samaire Armstrong.
Lance Bass has been working out. Here he is with Simon Rex.
Taylor Lautner on his way to Vancouver.
And in Vancouver going to the gym is Kellan Lutz.
Taylor Schilling's look towards Michelle Trachtenberg says it all. Oh, and seriously, Michelle. A little sun would be ok.
Tiffani Thiessen promoting her show.

Screech's Book Hits Stores September 29th

Tell all books usually disappoint. Even a book like the one from Kathleen Turner disappoints if you think about it. There were hundreds of pages in the book but only about four or five really juicy things in it. I have big hopes for Dustin Diamond's book though. The reason for my hope is that he has nothing to lose. The only way a book publisher was going to be interested in a washed up tween star was if he wrote things which are incredibly juicy and make you want to actually buy a copy and not sit in Borders and skim through it for the good parts.

The cast of Saved By The Bell have previously said they didn't do anything worth writing about in a book. The original publisher who has since dropped out of the process promised "sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying." Now that is a book.

The last book I remember from someone who had nothing to lose and who everyone hated was Jose Canseco's book. Jose was a baseball player who used steroids to succeed and had become a pariah and was broke. So, what he did in his book was name lots and lots of names most of which proved to be true. It didn't change the fact that Jose was an ass but it made for good reading. This book of Dustin's isn't going to make anyone like him but at this point I think he is beyond that and just wants the money and attention.

Catherine Deneuve Gets Booed In Italy

Apparently at the La Versiliana cultural festival in Tuscany it is considered bad form to speak in a language other than Italian. Catherine Deneuve was at the festival to read lines from George Perec's book Je Me Souviens. She was accompanied on stage by the Italian actor Michele Placido. Michele spoke all of his lines in Italian but Catherine read all of hers in French.

As soon as she started speaking in French the crowd started booing and they didn't stop except when Michele was reading. If the booing wasn't enough the crowd then started chanting, "Thieves, we want our money back."

After the performance Catherine refused to talk about the incident but Michele went ahead and threw Catherine under a bus by admitting it was a mistake for Catherine to speak in French. The organizers of the event gave the audience members free tickets for another event to appease their anger. I still love her though.

L'unico italiano che conosco mi sarebbe gettato in carcere, perché ho imparato da guardare porno italiano. Mi chiedo che cosa la gente avrebbe detto se avessi cominciato a dire, "Wow avete enormi seni."

I'm Worried About Steven Tyler

Last night Steven Tyler took a fall from a South Dakota stage and had to be hospitalized. Although he suffered some head and neck injuries it doesn't appear from the first reports that the injuries are anything that serious. Still though you have to worry anytime it involves your head or neck or back. The thing that makes me so worried though is that Steven has a long history of drug abuse and just finished a stint in rehab not so long ago for his dependence on pain medication. The way most people deal with head and back pain is through medication and so I wonder if the doctors are going to put him on pain medications and that it will lead him to become addicted to them again.

The incident happened last night when the power went out on stage. To keep the audience entertained while the sound problems were fixed, Steven did what Steven does best and that is dancing around on the stage. At one point he lost his balance and ended up in the crowd. A doctor took a look at him backstage and then Steven was airlifted to a local hospital.

Ashton Kutcher Is An Ass

If it wasn't bad enough that Ashton Kutcher and Chris Brown are BFF, now Ashton has gone out and made fun of fat people. In an interview he gave while doing press for his new movie he claims to have solved the problem of world hunger. How so? "If the fat people just gave the skinny people more food, we could all just eat... We could solve obesity and hunger at the same time."

While I admit that I am the poster child for obesity, I also recognize there is a problem in this world where people do not get enough food to eat. I know what I could do to lower my weight problem, but I don't do so by choice. Many overweight people though have emotional issues which lead to their weight gain and so it isn't as simple as just taking away food from them and giving it to the less fortunate in the world. I think his attitude makes light of a serious problem facing the world and blaming it all on people who are overweight doesn't do anything to actually solve the problem on how to feed all the people who go to bed hungry every night in this country and in others.

I know Ashton makes a living on being an idiot, but sometimes the idiocy becomes too much to take.

Was Mariah Carey Drunk On America's Got Talent?

Last night Mariah Carey was on America's Got Talent. I am guessing she was on because of Nick Cannon who some say is her husband and who I say is an employee that happens to be married to Mariah. I have posted the video, but honestly you will be seeing flashing lights for the rest of the day if you watch it all. It is the most disturbing 5 minutes of lighting ever. Try and make it through one or two minutes and just watch Mariah. She looks completely uninterested to be there and quite possibly drunk.

I understand this was a favor to Nick, but agreeing to do it and then not caring how you look or what you sound like isn't doing anyone a favor. At the Michael Jackson funeral she wasn't that great either and I'm wondering if she just doesn't care anymore because she knows people will continue to pay to see her no matter how bad she is.

Kevin McFederline To Get $2.5M For Going On A Diet

Kevin Federline is quite possibly the luckiest person I have ever seen. I know there are a few people in the world who have won the lottery more than once and so they are right up there in status to Kevin, but he has won the lottery repeatedly.

How many people do you know that get paid hundreds of thousands dollars to baby sit their own kids? Oh, and still get paid child and spousal support while you are doing it? Oh, and get to travel the world in a private jet for free while doing it. Oh, and not have a job for the past five years.

To show the world that he is not finished winning the lottery, Kevin not only landed a reality show which is going to pay him millions, but also now a supplement company has offered Kevin $2.5 million to use their new supplements and lose weight. So, let me get this straight. This company is going to pay a guy more money in one year than most families earn for their entire careers and just to take their pills. The name of the company is EP-2. If you are a shareholder you need to run away very quickly. I think they could have paid Kevin $10,000 and a lifetime supply of Marlboro Lights.

So, any of you out there who are looking to make a buck, go ahead and get a singer pregnant and you will become rich and famous. If she could somehow have 8 kids I'm pretty sure TLC is looking for someone.

American Idol Found A Singer Worse Than Paula Abdul

I know it is only for one day, but the idea that Victoria Beckham is any kind of authority on singing ability is hilarious. American Idol announced that for the Denver auditions tomorrow that Victoria will be the fourth judge. Yes, the same Victoria who averaged about two lines of singing in each Spice Girls song.

I know I have told you before that I don't watch American Idol. It isn't that I abhor the show or anything, it is because I don't want to make the commitment involved in watching the show. However, with that being said there is no way on this earth that I would ever intentionally expose myself to week after week of Victoria Beckham. I don't need to see that cold fish look and attitude every week. And also, I understand the producers are British, but the show is still called American Idol. Now half the judges are British. Does this mean X Factor is now going to have two US judges?

I know that if I was a singer I would be offended if Victoria Beckham wanted to try and offer me singing advice or criticism. At least Paula had actually been in a recording studio as a solo artist. She has choreographed for lots of other singers and been around them and knows what is good or bad based on her experience. Plus, Paula was always in a good mood. The last time Victoria was in a good mood was ummm, never.

If you need a temporary judge what is wrong with Taylor Dayne or Cyndi Lauper? If you want someone younger how about Norah Jones or Alicia Keys? You can't expect anyone to believe that no one was available for one day of auditions. I think Gloria Estefan said she was retiring from singing. She wasn't available? Cher? Kelly Rowland? Weird Al? I could go on and on with people that would make better choices. It isn't like she is going to give the show better ratings because no one cares about her or likes her. If we did we would have watched her reality show or bought her clothes. The thing is we don't like her. We don't like people who think they are better than us and that is exactly what she does every day of the week. The thing is she isn't better than any of us and she is a worse singer than William Hung yet she is going to judge. Lovely.

Tom Sizemore Arrested Again

TMZ says it has been 70 days since the last arrest of Tom Sizemore, but it doesn't really seem that long. Between Tom and DMX they must have 15 arrests over the past year. They are their own crime wave. Instead of drugs or robbing a Verizon store, this time Tom went back to one of his favorite things to do. Domestic violence. Heidi Fleiss was on the receiving end of his last domestic violence conviction. There is no word on who the victim was this time. So, do you think that Tom was abusing drugs or alcohol at the time? Is Celebrity Rehab already finished filming?

Tom was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence and his bail was set at $20,000. So far he hasn't posted it and remains in jail. He is the kind of guy who needs like about two years in jail just to get his life back together and for someone to kick his ass on a repeated basis so that way he might learn about what the women in his life feel like when he beats them.

Ben Widdicombe Blind Item

Which TV veteran and noted celebrity fashion critic trying to sell her ornate Manhattan apartment might want to hold back on the gilt? Guests at a recent party complained that a recently-applied coat of gold paint on some of the flashier furniture was coming off on their hands and clothes.

Today's Blind Items

This B list cable television and sometime feature movie actor recently took part in a contest with an organization which allowed for several lucky winners to meet him at an event. Everything went fine, but our actor seemed to spend a great deal of time focusing on one female fan in particular. He focused in on her so much that they ended up having sex in his dressing room at the event. What neither of them realized at first was the walls in the dressing rooms were paper thin. They finally realized it when they could hear the people in the surrounding dressing rooms laughing at them because the actor kept asking the fan during sex if she liked f**king a star.

Random Photos Part One

Willie Nelson - Round Rock, TX
There is a very interesting phenomenon going on with me right now. As my like for Jessica Simpson increases, my dislike for Ashlee Simpson increases. Hell, I feel like Einstein right now.
Catherine Hardwicke looks awfully happy standing next to Billy Burke.
Billy Corgan and his "guest." Much better choice than his last "guest."
I haven't seen Bridget Fonda on a red carpet in a long time.
Hell that is more action than Chris Kattan probably got when he was married. That is Pooja Kumar doing the kissing. On the other side is Neha Dhupia.
Lets see. George Hamilton is about 70 and the woman is what? 30?
Halle Berry got a cake. Is it wrong for me to want her to deliver it to the basement?
Ice-T dreaming of Coco.
Jennifer Aniston with an umbrella holder and a fan.
It must be to protect her valuable acting skills. She looks good though.
"Drew?"
"Has anyone seen Drew?"
"Umm. Drew?"
"Drew!"
"Excuse me. Drew?"
"Where the hell did she go?"
Josh Duhamel doing yard work. Enough said.
James Franco on the set of his new movie.
This is right before Kate Moss got on a yacht. Literally within five seconds of getting on the yacht the dress was off.
You really don't see suits this shiny. Is it plastic?
No it isn't Hailey Glassman going after Jon Gosselin, it is Mariska Hargitay and Stephean Rea on the set of Law & Order.
"Daddy. The ice cream man is over there. Why are we over here?"
Ummm, yeah, Rachel Dratch everyone.
It was Robert Pattinson's turn yesterday to fly to Vancouver.
Seth Meyers is not a bad looking guy.
Probably the best picture I have seen of Taylor Momsen.

Miley Cyrus Doesn't Like Guy Fans

To prove to myself that I can make something out of absolutely nothing when I want to, I saw that Miley Cyrus is running some contest with the people over at eBay. It is some kind of online charity auction of the contents of her closet. Plus one fan will get to be Miley's roadie for the day.

Here is the description of the contest from eBay. "that gives one fan and three of her friends the chance to hit the road with the teen star, and be her roadie for a day, going behind-the-scenes at one of her upcoming concerts and hanging out backstage."

When I first read it I said to myself why the hell would Miley's friends need to win a contest to hang out with her? Is she that pretentious that she makes her friends enter contests to spend time with her? Then I realized that "her" refers to the winner of the contest. I guess they are assuming that only girls will enter a contest to win or buy stuff from Miley's closet. Hello? Have you seen the 57 year old guy who is stalking Miley? How about all the guys who stare at her underwear pictures for hours? You don't think they want a chance to hang out with Miley on the road? But seriously, are there no teenage guys who just want the chance to hang out with Miley regardless of whether they want anything from her closet?

I don't think it was intentional. I think the person writing it was imagining the winner and assumed it would be a girl and so that is how they wrote it. It could also be that the person is tired of seeing "his" being used to represent women for the last some odd hundred years. Which Jonas brother dressed up like Beyonce? She might like to win. I mean he.

Sienna Miller Doesn't Think We Should Be Her Moral Judges

Now that Sienna Miller is out promoting GI Joe it is the perfect opportunity for her to stick her foot in her mouth at least once a day. By the way, let me remind all of you again for the 38th time that GI Joe is the worst movie ever. The only "critics" the studio let review the movie were online sites which started a week ago and are run by guys who still have GI Joe doll sheets. I saw some quote from one of those sites that said GI Joe was the best movie they had ever seen. I bet he did. I would to if the studio flew me out to LA all expenses paid.

Anyway, back to Sienna hating all of us. In an interview with GQ she says that because we are on the outside looking in on her that we just don't understand what went on with the whole affair thing with Balthazar. True. And we also don't know what went on with all her other affairs either, but I sense a pattern in her life which allows us to judge.

"I probably seem like not a particularly nice person, not a girl's girl. I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations."

She is right. She doesn't seem like a particularly nice person and I think that people do get morally superior sometimes about things which they have not seen or don't understand. For example I dislike when people say a book should be banned but they have never read the book. However, I think everyone who is judging Sienna based on her behavior can go ahead and judge.

"The situation I got into was not ideal but it happened and if I could go back and be more responsible, I would."

She left out the part that said, "or hide it better."

"I probably would be less naive about ignoring the fact that people care. I've always kind of done exactly what my instincts said."

This is one part where I agree with her. We do care and I suppose that is the nature of gossip, but technically should we really care what she does with her life? She is an actress and I use that term loosely and I suppose the only people that should really care are the family members affected and their lawyers.

"I definitely have been foolish. I've made apologies to people I needed to, but I can't apologize to people I don't know for things they don't understand."

Sure you can. Lots of politicians and evangelists and plenty of other actors have apologized for things they have done or said even though they don't know 99% of the people they are apologizing to. I don't think she needs to apologize to us though for what she has done with married guys. I do think she needs to apologize to the people of Pittsburgh and go live there for a year. Even though she doesn't know them she needs to do that.

In the article, Sienna also says that she would be judged differently if she was a male star. I agree with her on that as well. Balthazar is a tool and he should be treated even more harshly than Sienna but he isn't. He is the one who broke his marriage vows and hurt his kids all for the sake of some action. He is actually worse than her.

Ben Widdicombe Blind Item

Which emaciated Housewife might want to hold back on the cocktails if she's going to be so skinny? The Bravette was so drunk at a Hamptons restaurant last Friday she spilled her (hardly touched) bowl of pasta on herself.

The Secret To Picking Up Women Is To Have 8 Kids

Apparently even though I live in my basement and with my parents and am overweight to the point I can't see if my shoes match I could still get 23 year old women to have sex with me and I don't even need to pay. All I need to do is find someone to have 8 kids with and get a reality show and I am set. Sure, I would have to increase my Ed Hardy wardrobe and start chain smoking, but it looks like you can be overweight and have hair plugs and still pull in the 20 year olds. The secret is to have the 8 kids. I can see the book now. How To Pick Up Women. Here is a sample paragraph. "Blah, blah, blah, have 8 kids."

Radar Online is reporting that Jon Gosselin found another 23 year old to have sex with him. This one he has hired to babysit his kids before but on Saturday night it went from business to personal as Stephanie Santoro spent the night with Jon in his apartment over the garage. It isn't exactly the cupboard beneath the stairs, but I'm sure it was magic for her. I mean who wouldn't want to have sex with Jon. He dresses like a million bucks, is in the middle of a divorce, chain smokes, has bad hair plugs and has a burgeoning K-Fed belly. Oh, and then he has the 8 kids.
The couple met at a bar Saturday night and after Jon whipped out the pictures of his 8 kids she was ready to head back to his place. They got there at 315am and by 715am she was ready to leave. I'm guessing the sun came through the windows and she freaked out. Either that or Jon had one of his other women coming over to the house to spend some time with The Love Buddha as he likes to call himself.

Stephanie, an aspiring model says on her resume that she is willing to pose nude. I bet she is but you better have 8 kids and be hot like Jon Gosselin.

Two Year Old Chinese Boy Lights And Smokes A Cigarette

I am not sure why this video has not taken off in the world of viral videos. Last I checked only 5,000 people had viewed it. In the video, a two year old boy is sitting on the handlebar of his parents bike and lights a cigarette with a lighter and then proceeds to spend the next two minutes smoking it like he has had a hundred of them in the past. Obviously they don't have child safety locks on their lighters in China. The video absolutely blows my mind and I wish there was something we could do to turn in the parents for abusing their child in this way. The way the child handles and smokes the cigarette is very practiced and so I kept looking to see if it is some kind of camera trick. I think it is real though. Take a look and judge for yourself. I can't remember what Facebook friend I took this from last night, but whoever you are, thank you.

Paula Abdul Should Fire Her New Manager

As you probably know by now Paula Abdul quit American Idol last night and told the world via Twitter. Ryan Seacrest says Paula is a dear friend but he only found out the same way all of us did. I blame her manager. Paula recently switched managers and apparently this guy convinced her she was worth way more than $3M a year and she should play hard ball and then the producers would back down. It appears that strategy didn't pay off and I think Paula will never earn $3M a year again hosting a show. Even if someone does pay her that much there is no way it will give her the exposure that American Idol has given her. It is hard to fathom what her manager said to convince her that walking away from American Idol would do to improve her career. Her attempts at doing things in addition to Idol have not ever worked. Whether it was her own reality show or her new album, things have not worked. It didn't really matter though because there she was each week seen by millions of people and making a very decent living not doing much of anything.

The exposure also allowed her to get endorsements and appearance fees which will be dramatically reduced now and her fee will be much lower also. Judging by the comments all over the internet, she will be missed on the show. The thing is people are missing her now but will they actually follow through on their promises to not watch the show without her on it? I doubt it.

I think Paula should swallow some pride and go back in and ask for the same amount of money or a little raise and then say something to the effect that she couldn't disappoint all her fans. Then she should fire her manager.

Vanessa Hudgens Is Naked Again

Apparently the first time the entire world decided to take a look at her naked was not enough. I guess Vanessa Hudgens decided there may have been two or three people who didn't see the photos last time so wanted to make sure they got a chance. Maybe she was worried Zac Efron was spending too much time looking at Megan Fox. Maybe Vanessa decided that since she is going to strip for a movie then why not strip again for free on the internet. Whatever the reason she went all out this time and took like ten different photos. Definitely NSFW.

Rihanna Wants Order Changed - Wants To Be With Chris

So, I know I posted that Star Magazine thing yesterday where they say Chris Brown violated a court order by canoodling with each other. I saw that The Sun used the term canoodling yesterday to describe another couple. There must be some word a day calendar that all tabloid reporters got for Christmas and the word that came up yesterday was canoodle. It is a great tabloid word because according to the dictionary it could include anything from a hug to sex.

Anyway, Chris Brown is going to be sentenced today for beating up Rihanna and the judge is expected to rule on a request that Rihanna made. What is that request you ask? She wants to be able to be with Chris and so only wants an order that says Chris can't annoy, molest or harass her. Other than that they would be free to get back together. If the judge keeps it as it is now then everytime they get together Chris will be violating a court order.

So, will the judge make it easy for Chris to keep beating Rihanna or will she make it hard? I hope she does the right thing and keeps it in place. So, if the judge does lift the order and allows them to be together and Chris beats Rihanna again, will you have sympathy for her? To me I think the judge has a chance here to do the right thing and break the cycle or at least make it much harder for the cycle to remain in place.

Bachelorette Winner Celebrated Engagement By Cheating - Twice

For once in the history of their publication, US Weekly has some great gossip. Juicy in fact. If they could keep this up then maybe they would be worth actually reading at the checkout stand. In their latest issue they have interviews with two women. Two actual women. Not sources, but actual women who are identified by name and who have texts and e-mails to back up their claims. They claim that while Ed Swiderski was on his "break" from The Bachelorette he slept with both of them. He also slept with one of the women after he asked Jillian Harris to marry him and tried to sleep with the other one. He proved to be unlucky with the second one though. Apparently he thought a text saying, "bring beer and condoms" would get him some action. You already know he is the biggest a-hole in the world for cheating a week after asking someone to marry him, but that text is the tool text of the year. It shows you exactly what he thinks of women and it isn't pretty. If you can't provide the alcohol and birth control than you shouldn't be having sex.

Neither of the two women knew about the other. Ed had actually been sleeping with both of them before he went on the show. Then of course he slept with both of them while he was on the show. He then told them both he had to go on a business trip which is when he went back to the show and had sex with Jillian. Maybe. I guess we know why he had problems performing. Too much sex with too many people. After he had sex with Jillian and asked her to marry him he went back to Chicago and cheated on his soon to be bride.

What does Jillian have to say about all this? "It's not possible... This is a bump in the road and we'll get through it." She needs to stop kidding herself and dump the guy right now. Right now. He will always cheat on her. Always. If she lets him get away with this he will just get worse. I know there are lots of people in Vancouver who read this and must know Jillian. Tell her to run, run, run. Throw the ring at him and run.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which wacky celeb is certainly no angel when it comes to her hobbies? This hostess holds drawing parties for her gal pals - complete with a nude model and lots of alcohol.

Today's Blind Items

What Pitchfork-magazine indie-music darling swears he doesn't drink, but was seen in Brooklyn Friday night downing martini after martini? Of course, he's also said he's following up his 2005 hit album with 48 albums more along the same theme and that hasn't exactly come to pass either.

Random Photos Part One

Naomi Sims - RIP
Jack Nicholson's back - RIP
Euna Lee and Laura Ling have been released from a North Korean jail and are on their way back to the US.
If James Tupper is still smiling after being with Anne Heche this long he must have a really shady doctor.
Engagement ring or prop?
Christina Applegate on the set of her new movie.
I always show other people from Mad Men so this time Christina Hendricks and Geoffrey Arend get some love.
Well at least Courtney Love has gained a few pounds so that is good. Hell, her lips probably added a half pound.
Channing Tatum showing the world how he will earn his living after GI Joe bombs.
Diane Kruger says she will never marry Joshua Jackson because she just isn't into marriage any more.
Eric Bana doing some press for his new movie with
Rachel McAdams.
Edie Falco looks great.
Elisabeth Moss must have heard something funny from Fred Armisen.
Gerard Butler on a red carpet in the UK.
If it is August it must be time for Harrods to be thinking about Christmas.
I say it is over by Halloween.
My favorite photo of the day other than Jack Nicholson.
That look on Katherine Heigl's face equals how I feel about her new movie.
Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter.
I didn't even recognize Patricia Arquette.
Peter & Jennie.
A first time appearance for Robert Luketic.
A family photo.
Demi up close.
Does everyone else think Demi looks younger than Rumer?
"Everyone say, I love Chris Brown."
Here is Simon Baker. As your many e-mails indicate, I know you love him.
Sienna walks down a street like no other.
Sarah Silverman and her dad.
Tori Amos - Chicago
Tracey Ullman is the reason for The Simpsons. Thank you Tracey.

Nikki Reed Cries Over Paris Hilton's Ex

Nikki Reed flew from Los Angeles to Vancouver yesterday with lots of the other cast members of Twilight also along for the ride. Apparently this Twilight thing is pretty popular because there were lots and lots of paps at the airport and parents were running around trying to get pictures of the cast to make up for the "I love LA" coffee mug which they had been planning on giving as a gift to their kids.

I am convinced that parents are the reason gift shops in airports sell such high priced merchandise. Go into an airport gift shop and the prices for regular food and cokes and things are not overly outrageous. They are for the most part comparable to a 7-11 or something similar. Gifts though are an entirely different kind of thing. You have the parent who is on their way home from meetings or whatever and they forgot to buy their kids a gift and so there they are in an airport gift shop and looking at a t-shirt which would sell for $10 outside the airport being sold for about $50. What is a parent to do? Sure, they could just blow the kid off and not get them anything, but guilt always wins out and the airport knows it. Things that can't sell in the real world because they are so tacky or awful are huge sellers in airports. Forget outlet stores. From now on just put everything into an airport gift shop and keep it at the regular price and that stuff will sell out.
Anyway, from what I heard, the cast arrived at separate times so it was basically an hour long feeding frenzy for the paps. Just as one cast member would finish, another would show up. Kellan Lutz was there and Bryce Howard and Ashley Greene and then Nikki Reed. Some of the other wolves were there also, but, for now lets just focus on Nikki. From what I understand she was incredibly nice to the customers who were trying to print out boarding passes and checking in for the flight. She apologized to everyone she saw for the intrusion and seemed genuinely concerned. Although she didn't stop and pose for any paps she stopped and posed for any fan.

Checking in with Nikki was Paris Latsis. You might remember Paris. He is the billionaire who used to have sex with Paris Hilton. Well now he is with Nikki Reed and even though he wasn't actually on the flight to Vancouver it appears he bought a ticket for the flight just so he could go through security with her and stay with her until the flight left. That is a perk of being rich.

When the time came for the flight to leave and Paris and Nikki to go their separate ways she apparently couldn't stop crying. So, I'm guessing that this is love. Does anyone also find it odd that Paris broke up with Paris and now dates Paris' sister at least name wise. It is kind of freaky. If he starts dating a Barron the circle will be complete.

Jon & Kate Is Boring

I have never watched any Jon & Kate episodes. I have seen bits and pieces but have never sat down and watched a full episode. So, last night I decided to rectify that situation. I don't know what the show was like before but last night was one big pile of boredom. It was two episodes. The first was filmed before they officially broke up and Kate made some remarks about Jon being an idiot when it came to home remodeling but there wasn't much other conflict. In the second episode, it was just Kate + 8 + some production assistants acting as parents. The kids wanted to go camping so Kate had to pitch a tent in the backyard. She couldn't and so the production assistants helped. The kids all kept saying dad was the best at camping and that Kate was not going to be able to do it.

I get the feeling that every week is just going to be akin to watching kids at a pre-school. Today we are going to do this and all the kids do it. There was no drama and no action and even great editing doesn't change the fact that the show is boring, boring, boring. I'm sure they had big numbers in the ratings last night but they are going to need to have Hailey show up with her guns and Michael Lohan to show up with Kate Major for this to have any kind of chance to be on the air past this season.

"My Uncle And I Are Suing" "I Don't Have An Uncle"

Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler are at it again. By at it again I mean fighting. They will say anything about each other to the public but this might be a new low for both of them. The other day Travis accused Shanna of endangering their children by letting them spend time with her sex offender uncle. Shanna immediately went to her Twitter page where she said she and her uncle were going to sue. Well apparently what you and I consider to be an uncle isn't what Shanna considers to be an uncle. Today she said, "I don't have a uncle, second, I would NEVER endanger the lives of my children, I find making public spectacles humiliating not just for our children but for our entire families."

What she doesn't say is whether or not the person referred to as an uncle is actually a sex offender and whether her kids have been around him. Yes, she says she never endangers the life of her kids but I think if she is exposing her children at all to a sex offender that she needs to explain how she prevents them from being endangered. Second, her remarks about public spectacles being humiliating is ridiculous. She is a public spectacle and she has shown no signs of ever following this policy in the past so I find it extremely disingenuous for her to say that now.

That being said, I wish both of them would try and keep these things out of the public eye. Everytime they open their mouths they need to realize their kids will read and see all of this. Gone are the days where you could say something and not have your children ever see what you said. Every negative thing they have ever said in public will be read by their kids and the friends of their kids and they need to start acting like parents and stop thinking of themselves first.

WTF Is Canoodling And Why Are Chris Brown & Rihanna Doing It?

I have heard the word canoodle exists but I am not sure I have heard anyone ever use it in a sentence. A source for Star Magazine used it this week to describe what Chris Brown and Rihanna were doing while staying at the same hotel last week. By now all of you know the pair were staying at the Trump Hotel last weekend. Instead of one of them moving to a different hotel which is what I would have done, they decided to let the media speculate about the whole thing.

Star accuses Chris Brown of violating a court order which says he needs to stay at least 50 yards away from Rihanna. A hotel worker who spilled to Star says, "He was cupping her cheeks with his hands and whispering in her ear. She was giggling. It all looked very cozy."

Rihanna doesn't seem the giggling type. Maybe it just looked cozy but Chris was just trying to see if there was still any visible bruising on Rihanna's cheeks, hence the close examination. I know Star is not always the best source for news, but you have to realize they are accusing Chris of violating a court order which could send him to jail. They must be pretty confident about all of this.

To really get some more traction out of the story Star went and asked Rihanna's mom what she thinks about the couple canoodling. "I'm devastated, but what can I do? Rihanna is her own woman with her own mind and very, very independent. We love her but can't stand to see her play Russian roulette with her life.

Chris has a bizarre power over her. She still loves him and he knows it. In her eyes, he's a god. Even after all this time, and even after what he did, it's not diminished."

To Wear Or Not Wear Your Engagement Ring - What Do You Think?

So, it is well known here that I give Rachel Bilson a great deal of crap for not wearing her engagement ring and then when she is called out on it she immediately gets photographed wearing it for the next two or three days. Then, when she thinks no one is paying attention she goes back to not wearing it. It is just one big cycle and I am all about breaking the cycle. Because The New York Daily News is a professional organization they called Rachel's publicist and asked her why she wears it only when being called out about it. Her publicist said, "The engagement is on. She just doesn't always wear the ring."

You know what? Fair enough. I am willing to give Rachel the benefit of the doubt here. How many of you when you got engaged never wore the ring? Did you not wear it because you were ashamed or because it didn't match what you were wearing? Perhaps you had a job where you couldn't wear jewelry. In my multiple engagements I have found that when a woman says yes, she is generally willing to wear the ring pretty much all of the time. Am I wrong here? Rachel will go days and weeks without wearing it. I thought they were supposed to be a symbol of commitment and a guy saying, "look I got her a ring so all of you other guys back off." When you can take it on and off your finger without a care in the world it is kind of like the friend who calls you but is not important enough to get their name added to your phone. If they stop calling there won't be any trace of them and if Rachel doesn't wear the ring then it is like the engagement never existed.

Hulk Hogan Going Broke - Only Bought 3,000 Copies Of Brooke's Album

Brooke Hogan's new album debuted this past week. It sold 3,381 copies which was good enough for #144 on Billboard's Top 200 chart. I figure that Hulk bought 3,000 copies but that still leaves 381 people in the world who have some serious explaining to do. I would also like to say that perhaps continuing the chart all the way to #200 is kind of ridiculous. I think #200 is actually A Borat & Bruno Family Christmas and sold like 146 copies. When you get down to numbers like that the chart is meaningless because there are bands that can sell 1,000 albums a week just at their shows while touring and yet their name will never show up in a top 200.

Do you know how bad a record sucks if you can't sell more than 3,000 copies despite the fact you have a national television show. At least we know she will probably get dropped by her record label, have her show canceled and will soon be working as a waitress in The Waffle House searching for love with a guy who looks and acts just like her dad.

Alana Stewart Sold Farrah's Stuff On eBay The Day Farrah Died

Did you watch Larry King last night? Larry had Griffin O'Neal on and he actually did not go as far as I thought he would against his dad. I really thought everything would be trashing him, but he seems to have just moved on with his life in regards to his dad. I guess that happens when your ad hits your 8 1/2 month pregnant girlfriend with a fireplace poker right after he stabs you with it.

Caller to "Larry King Live": I want to ask Mr. Griffin if he is worried about any relationship that is left over with his dad, that if there will be a relationship.

O'Neal: I can honestly say my dad has not called me once. He has shown zero remorse for the 22 stitches he put in my wife's face. And he showed very little remorse for trying to shoot me in the face. I'm having a hard time thinking there is going to be some reconciliation.

I am linking to the transcript for you and from time to time during the day you should read it. It is really fascinating stuff. You can tell that Griffin seems like a decent guy who watches over his family while at the same time seems to have a lot less anger towards his dad than I would.

He seems to save most of his anger for Alana Stewart which is fine with me since I don't like her anyway.

King: You are also angry about Alana Stewart [Farrah's friend], too?

O'Neal: I don't trust her. She was selling Farrah's stuff on eBay the day Farrah died. Trust me, I know who she sells through on eBay. I am disgusted with those people. I thought they were exploiting her. I think that they will continue to exploit her through the "Farrah Story II" and Alana's new book.

Ben Widdicombe Blind Items

Which T.V. actress and fashion spread regular used to feed herself before she made it by stealing restaurant gift certificates from goody bags when she used to work backstage at celebrity events in Los Angeles?

Cameron Douglas Arrested For Being An Idiot

I noticed most of the headlines today referring to Cameron Douglas' arrest all mentioned he is the son of Michael Douglas. If not for that would any of us really care? It would be just like a thousand other stories every day in this world. Somehow because of who is dad is now we are all fascinated and interested and every site is talking about it. He is so insignificant that he was arrested almost a week ago and no one even noticed.

Cameron was busted by the DEA so he will probably be spending a great deal of time in our federal penitentiary system. He was staying at a hotel that his father pays for and was arrested because he was trying to move $18,000 worth of meth from California to New York. Why not just cook it in New York? I don't understand that logic. Trying to move it across state lines brings in the feds. If you just cook it and sell it all in one state you have a better profit margin and have bankrupt state police departments trying to find you. Hell, $18,000 worth of meth might not even get you jail time in some states.

Cameron is most known for being the Douglas most likely to be arrested for drugs. According to the NY Post, the cops found Cameron was strung out and his place was a mess. Allegedly daddy was pissed.

Today's Blind Items

What grieving brother is carrying at least two pens and a stack of headshots to sign for fans when they approach him? His only problem is that despite him probably being the best known brother no one is coming up to him asking for his autograph or headshot. He is ready though.

A Tell All Book About Paris Hilton

There is a fine line in this world about wanting to know more about Paris Hilton and whether knowing any more about her than I already do will make me actually hate her even more. At what point do I know enough where it meets my dislike and distaste for her?

Her former manager is shopping around a book deal which apparently will make her even seem more shallow and vapid than we already do. I didn't think that was actually possible, but when you know that he personally watched her stand in front of a mirror for hours at a time so she could practice different poses for paps, than you realize there maybe are new reasons to hate her and that the book could be fun.

Jason Moore didn't sign a confidentiality agreement so he can write whatever he wants. The thing is if he does write it, will it make you hate her more than you already do? Is there anything he can say that would make it even easier to dislike her? I think we already hate her enough. The only thing this will do is give her publicity. I don't want her to really have that. This will get her on talk shows and on the news and put her front and center and she can deny it all and give us some fake tears and talk about her love of children and animals and how she has found God again and never used drugs.

So, if I were a book publisher I would just go ahead and take a pass on the book and just let her fade away. Please.

Gerard Butler Does The Weather

This morning on GMTV Gerard Butler was just supposed to plug his new movie The Ugly Truth when he decided that instead he was going to go ahead and take a shot at the weather report. Not that informative, but pretty funny.

Mischa Barton Out Partying - Says She Is Doing Great

I will say upfront that despite Mischa Barton hitting some events and partying this weekend there were not any reports of her boozing it up in public. She was with people who were boozing which you would think would be frowned on by the producers of her new show. Of course we don't know that her issues were alcohol related so it would just be mere speculation to think that she should avoid situations that could be tempting, especially since she just got out of the hospital a few days ago. If her fashion choices are any indication I would say she is back to being the same horrifyingly dressed Mischa.

I guess I don't understand why she would put herself in a situation like that or why producers of the show don't have someone with her 24/7. If they have to stop production because of something she does when they could have avoided it easily I think they will kick themselves. Of course they might also have it so her part is not that crucial to the show until they see if she is going to keep it together. KIT.

Jessica Simpson Says She Is An Indian

Everything was going so well for Jessica Simpson. She and Ashlee Simpson were leaving Katsuya and you were actually feeling sorry for them having to make their way through the throng of paps to their car. Of course they brought much of it on themselves because they decided to eat where they did. If they had eaten at a sushi place in the valley there is a good chance they could have gone unnoticed but that isn't as much fun for your ego.

Anyway, a cameraman for TMZ tried to ask an intelligent question about Native American groups being mad at Jessica for her Indian giver comments from last week. Of course the cameraman actually insulted Native Americans with the way he asked the question and Jessica didn't do herself any favors by saying, "I am an Indian." I'm guessing that is probably news to Pimpa. If she had just stayed quiet ten seconds longer she would have been in the car and on her way and everyone would say she looked good and Ashlee looked like a shrew and we would move on. Of course maybe she didn't want us to move on and now she will be in the news cycle a few more days.

Sugar Ray Has New Album - Blames It On The Real Housewives

For all of you who were thrilled when Mark McGrath and his "band" decided to stop making music while he was the host of Extra, you can stop being thrilled now. Apparently all he has left from his career at Extra is a new set of lower veneers and now he is ready to torture us all over again with his music. The reason? Well, the title of the album is Music For Cougars and somehow I don't think it is a children's album kids take to zoos. Nope. Mark says he owes all of his inspiration and the name of the CD to his love for The Real Housewives of Orange County.

"And I love The Real Housewives of Orange County, especially Vicki Gunvalson, the one who goes 'Woo-hoo!'" In fact, says McGrath, "We wrote a song called 'She's Got The (Woo-Hoo!)' after her."

You just don't find song titles like that anymore. I think he is just angling for a spot on the next season of the show. Maybe I'm wrong though. Maybe all of you have already lined up and bought tickets and can't wait to see Sugar Ray in concert.

Bridezillas Isn't Real

Another reality show is out of the closet as not being real. I always thought Bridezillas was more real than most reality shows, but according to Karee Gibson who starred on the show, she was paid to act like an out of control bride for the show.

"I thought it would be a nice opportunity for me to show my acting skills, cause I've always wanted to be an actress and also a way for my family to get some income to help me pay for my wedding."

"I'm not like that at all and that's why it was fun for me because I'm not like that at all and that's why I'm getting so upset because everybody thinks I'm like that because I did such a good job acting and that's not me."

Apparently this all came to light because Karee is said to have violated her parole by being on the show. Oh yes, Karee is on parole for getting in a fight back in high school. Karee, who is 21 said she invited her parole officer to be on the show and he declined. Instead he said she violated the terms of her parole and is now going to jail. What kind of fight do you get into in high school where you are still on probation or parole three years later? I'm guessing she wasn't just acting when she was a Bridezilla despite what she says.

Kerry Katona's Husband Pulls A Sean Penn

What is about guys and strippers while on vacation with their families? First you had Sean Penn getting caught in bed by Robin with the Russian hookers. Now you have the how did I get famous Kerry Katona who was on a make or break vacation with her husband. They have broken up and got back together several times over the past few weeks and so they decided to try and make things work by taking a romantic vacation.

Was it romantic? Well I guess it was for the former taxi driver and now unemployed Mark Croft who left Kerry back in the hotel room while he went to a strip club, fondled every girl in sight, trashed his wife and begged two women to have a threesome with him.

Mark said it was all a setup. Of course it was a setup you ass. They knew who you were and made sure to get some photos of you to sell to the tabloids. But you know what? It was only a setup because you let it be a setup. No one made you go to the strip club or grope a stripper.

Ryan O'Neal Hits On Tatum O'Neal At Farrah's Funeral

If you didn't think Ryan O'Neal was already the biggest sleaze in the world, the September Vanity Fair will change your mind. Most people who are attending the funeral of the person they lived with or were married to would be in a state of shock or grief or both. Apparently this wasn't the case with Ryan who hit on his own daughter at Farrah's funeral.

"I had just put the casket in the hearse and was watching it drive away," O'Neal, 68, said, "when a beautiful blond woman comes up and embraces me. I said to her, 'You have a drink on you? You have a car?' She said, 'Daddy, it's me -- Tatum!'

"I was just trying to be funny with a strange Swedish woman, and it's my daughter," O'Neal said. "It's so sick."

Forget for a second that the man hit on his daughter. How about the fact that he was hitting on anyone at the funeral. He doesn't think that is sick at all. The only thing he thinks is sick is that he hit on his daughter. I'm guessing it wasn't the first time he has done that. In the same interview he also says he wishes some of his kids didn't exist and that the only kid he talks to is Redmond.

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