Tom Cruise Still Has A Fan

I really didn't think Tom Cruise had any fans left except for those who as part of their Scientology membership are forced to donate to his fan club. OK, maybe they don't have to do that, but you know he must be getting a cut from new members. I mean look how successful he has probably been over the past few months in attracting new members.

Well one fan must just sit at home watching DVD's 24 hours a day with no idea of what is going on in Tom's world. At the Beverly Hills Hotel as Tom Cruise was making his way up the red carpet this fan jumped the barricade in a single leap and was within about ten feet of Tom when security tackled the guy to the ground. Tom was safe, but really don't you think that any fan that Tom has, let alone a guy willing to get trampled by the LAPD and security should have been given a hug and invited over to the compound for some tea. Of course it could have also been a Scientologist who was behind in his payments and was given a pass on his debts to make believe that Tom actually still has a stalker or two.

At this point, you just have to question anything that goes on in his life and even though I'm 99% sure the guy wasn't a Scientologist in a set up job, one should think it is 100%. That is how messed up all of this has become.

Fired? Give Them A Raise

Christina Aguilera is obviously confused about what is a good business decision and what is not. Christina fired her manager, her PR firm and an assistant this week over the revelation that no one really cared about buying the People Magazine with her on the cover with her kid. No one would have probably even noticed that People sold 100,000 fewer copies with her on the cover than it normally does, except for the fact that everyone was doing the math on whether the Jennifer Lopez cover made any fiscal sense and Christina's was the issue they had the numbers to use and so they did.

Christina was pissed that the issue sold poorly and so fired the lot of them. How the assistant fit into the whole firing makes no sense, but whatever. I think that Christina is missing the big point here. It is the PR firm's job to suck up enough to People to get them interested in Christina on the cover. They did their job. It is Christina's manager's job to negotiate the best price possible for the photos. At one point magazines were offering the hugely bosomed one $50,000 for a cover. Somehow her manager got People to shell out almost $1.5M. The guy deserves a raise, not a firing. The fact that her PR firm and manager were able to do that for her shows how good they are. Again, I have no idea how the assistant got fired unless she was making a pass at the husband which seems VERY unlikely.

I really thought Christina was smarter than this. Obviously not. Hell, maybe she should manager herself. Or I hear Sam Lufti is available. That should work out well.

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My 45 Minutes Of Oscar

I have been really busy the past few weeks and have been working crazy hours. So, the plan yesterday was to camp down in front of the 12 inch black and white and watch E! for six hours and then the Oscars. That plan lasted about 15 minutes.

I turned on the television and saw three of the hosts talking about how to apply makeup. It wasn't even one of those hosts I was interested in seeing. The day before at my favorite In-N-Out I saw Ashlan Gale, or at least I think that was her name and as she ate 2 double doubles animal style, I said to myself this is a woman I could watch on television. The fact that she is fairly hot played no part in my decision. It was the appetite and the fact that I am fairly certain she didn't go puking it up on the two block drive back to the Kodak Theater. I turned it off. Not unexpected. Six hours is a great deal of coverage and so they will cover lots and lots of topics. So, went back to the Dirty Jobs marathon and promised myself I would click back.

I guess it was about 45 minutes later, and I turned it back on. I literally had it on for about 30 seconds before I turned it off. Come back from commercial and lets go talk about Fashion from two people who know all about it. Nick from Project Runway. OK, he is knowledgeable and funny and I am okay with his comments. Their other fashion expert? Kim Kardashian. No shit. Seriously. Honest to God, the first shot of her was a closeup of only her ass. At that point, I said screw it and turned it off. One of the unique things about LA unlike the rest of the West Coast is they actually show the Academy Awards live at 5pm. If you are anywhere else on the West Coast you have to wait until 8pm which means you may as well just go on Yahoo and see who won.

So, having enough of E!, I decided to head over to the Beverly Center because I thought it would be cricket like. Ummm. It wasn't Christmas there, but it was really packed for a Sunday in February. I guess the rest of LA was also fed up with the Kardashians and had retreated to the mall. I have already told you how much I abhor exercise, but my doctor told me I needed to do something, so I started mall walking. It really isn't bad, and unlike the Grove, the Beverly Center is all inside and has places to site with plasma televisions, and has a really nice bar where people can stare down at you from three levels while you get drunk.

So, I finished my mall walking and am in the bar replacing all the calories I just burned with many alcoholic drinks. I want to be clear that there was no sound, but here is what I saw. Amy Adams looked like she was going to have a heart attack when Ryan grabbed her purse from her. By the look on her face I'm guessing it was solid gold spun from the hair of virgins or something and probably signed her life away when she borrowed it. She was seriously freaked out, and will probably never talk to Ryan again.

Jennifer Garner earned my big b*tch of the night. She was presenting. That's it. I thought she looked awful and then she did something that I had only previously seen Scarlett Johannson do and that is steal the spotlight. Laura Linney was about to be interviewed. Jennifer Garner comes over to her and gives her a hug, then Jennifer moves to Ryan and does an interview and leaves the Best Actress Nominee sitting there looking like a deer in the headlights. Remember. I had no sound, but in my heart, I am hoping Gary Busey saw this injustice and that is why he harassed Jen. I hope he did it on purpose, because honestly I have not seen something that low in a very long time. I know she was in Juno, but still, she is stealing time from a Best Actress nominee which is something Jennifer Garner isn't going to ever get. I was disgusted. Almost as disgusted as John Travolta's hair. Did you see that he and The Rock had the exact same hairstyle? You remember when that Ronco guy was selling the spray paint hair? That is what it reminded me of.

Oh, the one other thing that I really liked was the way James McAvoy and his wife interacted. I really thought it was sweet. Went home, and watched more Dirty Jobs. Love that show.

Who Even Cares If It's True?

Brendalove found this lovely little story tucked away in NME this week, and I just had to share. I know this probably borders on sacrilege to most of you, but I am not one of the people who think Oasis walks on water, and I think sometimes Noel Gallagher goes a little overboard in his Johnny Rotten I hate everyone imitation. That being said, this is classic, and I would feel the same way, but probably do things a little differently.

Turns out that Noel Gallagher has put his Ibiza home on the market. Now, other than the fact that it has doubled in price since he bought 9 years ago, why would he do such a thing? I'll tell you why. James Blunt lives just a few doors down. Just like I could never stand the thought of living close to Denise Richards, Noel can't stand the idea of living close to James, “It’s taken the charm out of it for him so he’s put his villa up for sale. It’s close to Blunt’s place, and he says he can’t stand the thought of Blunt writing crap tunes up the road.”

If I were Noel, and I'm certainly not, and will never be close, I would probably be more pissed about the loudspeakers around James' property that play "Beautiful" 24 hours a day. The doorbell, the speakers in the pool, the horn on his car, all reminding the world of why you should always illegally download songs from one hit wonders and never add to their coffers.

Making matters worse is although Noel has been going to Ibiza for years and years, and considers it a second home, he has never tried to claim it as his own. Apparently James "My girlfriend that I cheated on is doing an Academy Award winning cheater" Blunt has been going around telling anyone that will listen that Ibiza was crap until he decided to move there and that blah blah blah. He is a jackass of the world. If there were an Olympics for the jackasses of the entertainment world, I don't know if he would make the medal stand but he would be in the running for it.

Way to go Noel.

Weasley Gets A Rock Star

I would have never seen this one coming. Rupert Grint who is really only known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films has been secretly dating Lily Allen. This is the same Lily Allen who a week ago was rumored to have made up with Ed Simons and was getting engaged to him as well. Please. I don't necessarily buy the story of Lily and Rupert but it would make more sense than Lily and Ed. The guy broke up with her right after a miscarriage. That says to me the guy was desperate enough to get out of the relationship that he was willing to take whatever crap anyone threw at him for leaving her in her time of pain. To think he would deal with that crap and then go back to her is just not realistic. Now that I've said that of course they will probably end up being married for the next 20 years.

Anyway, back to Rupert. Rupert is the quiet one of the trio as he rarely makes the headlines. Rupert was allegedly dating Hannah Murray who is on the television show Skins over in the UK, and seems much more his type than Lily. For those of you in the US, you can see Hannah VERY briefly in In Bruges. She portrays a working girl in the film, and somehow I don't think they are meaning a reincarnation of Melanie Griffith.

So Rupert and Lily have been going out every night. No kissy sucky in public but they have been going out to dinner and to movies and whatever else two crazy people do when they start going out. Seems they met at a Harry Potter premiere last year, and Lily turned Rupert down. She kept him on the line by texting him now and then, and when she and Ed broke up, she started reeling in our King Weasley.

Well, if Rupert needs to get his drink on, then he has certainly found the right lady. If he needs drama and excitement, then again he probably has found the right one. I think Rupert though is more the quiet type though and so I think this will last long enough for him to realize that Lily really does drink 24 hours a day and that most of the world doesn't.

Rihanna Can Now Get Away With Anything

I guess the Prime Minister of Barbados was looking for just that special gift to get Rihanna for her 20th birthday, couldn't find anything, so basically got her a get a out of jail free card for any country in the world. Rihanna was named an Ambassador for Culture and Youth by the government of Barbados. Although she won't be an Ambassador to any specific country and it is more of a goodwill thing than anything, what it does give Rihanna is a diplomatic passport and diplomatic immunity in any country of the world. Drug offense? What drug offense? Parking tickets? Please? Speeding tickets? Just ignore them? Murder? In most countries.

Basically, any of those troubling problems that plague singers as they travel the world can all be taken care of now with a flick of the passport. Yes, she probably would have to leave the country and never return, but things would not count against her. An arrest in Norway for pot? She normally would never be able to even enter Japan. Now, since it wouldn't be an official"arrest" they would let her in.

In order to encourage Rihanna to think about giving the Prime Minister a lap dance, he also gave her a plot of land in the most exclusive section of Barbados. This makes me more upset than the get out of jail free card. This is a woman who has made a fortune the past few years and can easily afford her own piece of land in this exclusive section. If you want to do something nice, donate the piece of land to the public and let them enjoy some time in a part of the country they are currently excluded from even getting close to. Rihanna will probably turn around and sell it anyway, so why not use it for something good? This is not about giving land to the disadvantaged, but it is about letting the citizens of the country who voted for you share in every part of their country, and not just the rich people.

Rihanna had this to say about it all, "I really don't know what to say. I am so grateful and I have never been more proud to be Bajan." Easy to be proud when they are giving away stuff.

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