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Thursday, April 3, 2008

Naomi Campbell beats someone up again....and again .....and again


This news story is one that just won't go away. I feel like every six months to a year you hear this one. It keeps popping up. Its like that game where you have the hammer... You know whack a mole, but it is whack a Naomi assault story. If someone told me that we have been talking about the same assault for ten years I would believe them. It is like Naomi Campbell wants press and knows that assault is her go to, so shes cool with it. Normal gossip column post about night club antics, or romance rumors are useless. Punching someone gets her what she wants, and she is good at it. Its like she wants to remind everyone that she is crazy. People don't even need to write new stories, they can just recycle previous stories. Well, this time Naomi punched a cop at Heathrow Airport and was dragged out of the first class lounge kicking and screaming. I can only hope that she had that shirt on in the above picture. Last time she was ordered community service picking up trash. She showed up in a couture dress. Hahah how funny.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

LINKA DINKA DOO

Mariah Carey surpasses Elvis with her 20th number one single "Touch My Body" look out Beatles Mariah is on her war path Huffington Post

Hiedi Montag endorses John McCain- does this mean that Lauren Conrad must Endorse Barrack Obama or Hillary Clinton? Gawker

Anyone interested in seeing lesbian porn with Dita Von Teese? The Sun

Scott Wieland fired as frontman for Velet Revolver - MTV

See Gisele Bundchen's naked but cheeks here- INF DAILY

NBC planning on ruining the Office by creating a spin off- The Hollywood Reporter

Shakira Sex Tape? - DEFAMER

Hillary says Obama can't win in November- what do you expect her to say? NBC

To no ones suprise judge dismisses lawsuit against BORAT - AP

WALMART decides it may have a heart.



If you haven'y heard about this story involving WALMART and a brain dead women who worked for the company I am not going to explain the whole thing. You can read about it here and here. Basically shit the fan when people heard about this. Kieth Oberman said WALMART was the worst person in the world every night on his Countdown show, and the 24 hours news network hammered it down our throats. I figured WALMART would cave the more there was bad press. Well they finally came to their senses at let the family keep the remaining money in their trust. They also removed the subrogation clause in their health plan. Everyone was upset over this case, but it really quit common. I kind of fell the lawyer shifted the blame to WALAMRT so that he would get a malpractice claim. Most insurance plans have a subrogation clause stating that any money won in a settlement requires a refund of money paid out by the insurance provider. The lawyer should have read this in the plan and been aware of it when he took the case. Plaintiff's coucel should have claimed enough damages to cover the money WALMART paid out of the plan. He didn't and thats how this whole mess started. WALMARt was weel within their rights and did something that happens everyday in personal injury cases. Regardless, WALMART did act heartless, and did not need the money. It is nice to see a big company coming to its senses and realizing that a good public image is worth way more than a couple hundred thousand dollars.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Hells Kitchen borders on camp


Hells Kitchen debuted last night, and it took a hint from the Hills. This show is so obviously scripted and overly exaggerated that it cannot be taken seriously. The show started with all the contestants on a bus going to Hells Kitchen. Ramsey was in disguise on the bus listening to what everyone said. His disguise was ridiculous. He could have worn the glasses, mustache, and nose combo sold and Rite Aid, and would have been more unrecognizable. Anyone who was fooled was definitely faking it. The contestant had to make Ramsey their signature dish for the first challenge. The dishes were completely unbelievable, but not as unbelievable as Ramsey's vomiting after tasting a scallop tartar with shaved white chocolate dish. The show cracks me up because they go completely over the top humiliating the contestants by putting them in unrealisticly high stress situations with Ramsey insulting them the whole time. If Top Chef is authentic restaurant reality, then Hell's Kitchen is just comic buffoonery. They purposely pick fat, lazy, stupid people that Ramsey can just rip to shreds. Last year they had an Ihop line cook, and this year they have a legal secretary and a stay at home dad! You mean to tell me one of these people could turn out to be an executive chef? Yeah right. Its good TV, but there is no way it is even remotely genuine.


April Fools!!!



The video is pretty long, but it gives you the idea. I couldn't get the Anderson Cooper coverage of this. I have seen a bunch of April fools jokes on the Internet today. Rick Rolled, Virgin's trip to Mars, and even Katie Holmes new haircut that makes her look like her husband. But, I think this one is my favorite. A group of Wisconsin teenagers were suspended from school when video surfaced of a party where the teens were drinking out of red cups. There was no evidence of alcohol-only the cups. To prank the administration, students from the same school threw a Root Beer Kegger with 90 students. The police showed up and gave every one of the students a breathilizer. They all passed of course. They were trying to make the point that not all high school kids have to drink to have a good time, and school administrators should not assume that cups have beer in them. OK, I totally disagree with both of those statements, but anytime you make the police look stupid and waste time and money on something so ridiculous, you will at least get a post on my site.

The Penns almost had it...



The Penguins really need to just seal the deal and win their division. They could have won the division for the first time in 10 years if they would have beaten the Rangers last night (that is why I posted that image of Jaromir Jagr. Anytime the Pens play the Rangers, I will post that incredible picture of his awesome bangs and mullet). Instead, they lost 2-1, and have to wait til Wednesday against the Flyers. At 46-26-8 with 100 points, the Penguins will win their first division title since 1997-98 with a victory in either of their final two regular-season games - against the Flyers. Jagr scored a bizarre goal in the second period while Chris Drury scored the game winner in overtime. Talbot scored the only goal for the Penguins.

Tracy Ullman does Dina Lohan!!!



I have been looking for this video of Tracy Ullman doing Dina Lohan since Sunday night, when State of the Union debuted, so that I would be the first to bring it to the millions that read my blog. Unfortunately, I was not successful. Those bitches at Jezebel had it yesterday, but were too selfish to share the embeded code, and Best Week Ever posted it today.(By the way Michelle Collins has a fabulous post about the new Kanye West video for Homecoming where she compares Chris Martin's shadow to an autistic kid in an Apple I-pod commercial- No that was not an April fools joke). Luckily, I found the Dina Lohan video on You Tube, so if you are having trouble viewing it, that means that Showtime got to it before you did. It also means you don't read my blog enough. "I should have never restarted her fuckin heart" I hear ya Dina.