Wow. I’ve started to feel like I’m in the Lohan’s living room witnessing the. biggest. fight. ever.: thankfully, I don’t have to be anywhere near Michael Lohan to get the gossip. That’s good, since he sounds one step away from crazy while dealing with Lindsay and Sam’s most recent retaliations.
While the first paragraph below is a must-read, I’ll give you a short synopsis of Michael’s charming response: Dina’s a “two-face,” Lindsay doesn’t make any money now, and everyone’s “out of control” except him (because he goes to church and helps people, you know):
“‘Who’s out of control? Whose life is out of control? Give me a break. Going from place to place, being dragged around by Samantha so she can make more money off of Lindsay being there when she spins … She’s gone from making $7 million to less than a million a movie. Who’s out of control? I go to church. I go and help people in rehab. That’s control. How can she say I’m out of control?
Chinese cats sprout wings Comments - Posted
08.28.08
As China opens to the world, the mysteries of the far East are revealed, and by all accounts this includes cats with wings.
The Sichuan cats started sprouting wings over summer, although reports are scant at this stage as to whether they've managed take off as yet. More pics at the Mail. continue
Yahoo to close Facebook competitor. Yahoo had a Facebook competitor? Comments - Posted
08.28.08
Yahoo has announced that it will be shutting Yahoo Mash, a little known Facebook competitor which apparently launched last year.
According to Mashable, users of Mash were sent a notice saying that the service would shut September 29. From what I can gather trying to login to the site, Mash never left closed invite only beta, which probably didn't help things ... continue
eBay Suing Digital Point over Cookie Stuffing Scheme Comments - Posted
08.28.08
eBay has filed suit against Digital Point Solutions, best known as the owner of one of the more popular web site owner communities, and others over an alleged cookie stuffing scheme.
According to the filing lodged in the Northern California District Court, Shawn Hogan and Digital Point Solutions, Todd Dunning and Kessler's Flying Circus, and Brian Dunning and Thunderwood Holdings defrauded ... continue
Crucified frog upsets Pope Comments - Posted
08.28.08
An Italian museum is in hot water with the Pope over an art sculpture of a crucified green frog holding a beer mug and an egg.
The Vatican has condemned the sculpture as blasphemous, and demanded that the museum take it down, but the board of the Museion museum in Bolzano decided by majority vote to keep Zuerst die Fuesse" (Feet ... continue
The Sky is Falling: Comcastic Caps Comments - Posted
08.28.08
Starting October 1, Comcast users in the United States will have a 250GB per month data cap on their accounts, and will charge for excess usage.
Let me say upfront on a less serious note: You've got caps! Welcome to my world, one where I pay a small fortune for my 130GB a month on one of the largest cap plans ... continue
And more than echoes talk along the walls [Crunchmemeosphere] Comments - Posted
08.28.08
There's an interesting debate brewing around what Robert Scoble describes as the passionates vs the non passionates, or alternatively described as the first adopter/ Crunchmemeosphere vs the rest of the world. Loren Feldman's contribution is as always directly to the point, and the point remains one of an event horizon of echo within a small statistical group of tech lovers ... continue
Michael Lohan Strikes Back at Lindsay and Sam Comments - Posted
08.28.08
Wow. I've started to feel like I'm in the Lohan's living room witnessing the. biggest. fight. ever.: thankfully, I don't have to be anywhere near Michael Lohan to get the gossip. That's good, since he sounds one step away from crazy while dealing with Lindsay and Sam's most recent retaliations.
While the first paragraph below is a must-read, I'll give you ... continue
After all these years being prepped for life in the spotlight, Jessica Simpson just can’t get it into her head that she shouldn’t talk about relationships to the general public. Did she learn nothing from Newlyweds? Is she casting a shadow of bad luck over her relationship with Tony Romo by blabbing? Probably. The highlights, hit-by-hit:
1. “‘I just told him today, ‘You’re the love of my life.’ I don’t really ever say that to anybody.’” (Ouch.)
2. “‘I don’t want anybody that’s been in my life [before] in my life anymore. I don’t even want them to have any way of contacting me.’” (She wants Tony to do the same, of course. She’s just not admitting it.)
Saturday Night Live announced their season premiere host: it’ll be Olympic supahstar Michael Phelps! Let’s hope that this fares better than his pre-/post-performance interviews, where things can get a little awkward. Come September 13th (11:30 pm, on NBC, people!), I’ll be wishing that he doesn’t suck out after riding high on his gold awesomeness. I hope there’s a surprise lurking and he turns out to be a comedic genius, because otherwise it’ll be kinda sad.
Who am I kidding? It’s not like people will worship him any less if he has an off day in the comedy world.
If Michael Lohan is going to reach out to his daughter through the media a couple times per week (and say that he’s worried/concerned/outraged/etc.), then Lindsay Lohan’s most recent retaliation can’t be much of a surprise. Both Lindsay and pal Samantha Ronson hopped on their MySpace blogs to make much-needed public responses to Michael’s recent claims that “[Sam]’s using my daughter. People never even knew who Samantha Ronson was until she met Lindsay.”
If you have something to say to me, say it to my face- that’s what i have believed my whole life- don’t be a coward and say it to others first, let alone all the media in the world- i think we know where the rest of this blog is going…
If you guessed it had to do with my father- then you guessed right! It really hurts, because i have tried- after all that my mother and siblings have gone through, i really tried to make things work- For the hope of having a father again-wanting things to change- even though people have said, some people will forever remain the same.
Having said that- the people were right, and he is yet to change- but this time, without his daughter by his side- He has become a public embaressment and a bully- To my family, my co-workers, my friends, and a girl that means the world to me (its obvious who that is).
There were plenty of impressive houses on display as I did a Beverly Hills house tour on Monday, but Georges Marciano’s (the founder of Guess Jeans) collection of Ferraris and a stray Rolls Royce or two really was rather amazing. Apparently he owns 9 Ferraris, so they weren’t all out the front, but notably they were all late models. Tens of millions worth in cars sunning themselves as we drove buy.
Samantha Ronson’s planning a memoir, according to E!, and Michael Lohan is soooo pissed about it. But why should he be? Since Sam’s been around enough celebs in her lifetime, surely the whole thing won’t be about Lindsay.
“Insiders told E! that Ronson is telling pals she plans to write a book about her life. ‘Well, she’s certainly telling friends she’s planning to write a book,’ the source says. ‘It’s supposed to be about her, allegedly. But come on, you know Lindsay will be all over that book. She’s the only one people want to read about.’”
What, you don’t want to read the book for her pithy descriptions of wealthy London existence? Or vivid accounts of brother Mark Ronson’s shenanigans? Me neither: bring on the dirt!
The grunge factor in combination with sexual factoids about Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse has got to be riveting, in the whole so-terrible-I-can’t-stop-watching way.
If I ignore the conflicting reports (flaunting her single self vs. being engaged), I can concentrate on the ridiculousness that is this OK! mag report. They’ve made Jennifer Aniston out to be a heroine of the dating world, when what she was really doing was shopping and sightseeing:
“Indeed, Jen spent the next few days showing just how happy she was to be single, wearing flattering outfits and going shopping. She also spent time soaking in some culture, walking the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on, where she spent over an hour admiring one exhibit.”
There’s a grain of truth to the lightweight sensationalism, even if it does describe Jen as “‘openly encouraging the attention, smiling, showing off her body, and creating photo ops’”: I’d be happy to be single after my ex gave everyone blow-by-blow account of the breakup. Maybe Jennifer’s not flaunting her singleness as much as rejoicing the fact that she’s escaped from such a cad. Now that I can believe.
Like I told you last week, I can’t admit how many times I watch The Hills, but it’s scary. And you know what? I think the tide is turning on the show’s villain of choice: Lauren “Lo” Bosworth is the New Spencer.
While Spencer Pratt is still going on and on about his “enemies” (How many seasons has it been already? Get a new word!) Lo’s got a new bag of tricks. Instead of the usual blah-blah, she’s got evil stares (see above), brand-new insults, and an exceptionally catty way of speaking. I predict that she’s going to surprise us before Audrina moves out for real.
Lauren Conrad needs to reevaluate her friend situation for real and dump half of her supposed support system. She shouldn’t bother telling Stephanie that she doesn’t trust her because Spencer magically appeared at the b-day bash. Instead, L.C. should concentrate on full-of-opinions Brody, her somewhat dull boyfriend, and nasty nasty Lo. Can’t she do better than this? We’ll see next week, when it looks like she might have a tiff with Doug and with Stephanie. I have a feeling that Lo will find a way to pop up somewhere and insult Audrina, too, the way things are going.
After hanging out with fans and giving them some love, lanky Justin Long has moved on. According to recent buzz, he met his current flame Kirsten Dunst at Sunset Junction in L.A. when the sun went down last weekend. Rush & Molloy reported that one of the waitresses saw them “all over each other” and “making out hard-core while waiting in line for margaritas.”
Maybe Justin Long was only sexy when he had Drew Barrymore by his side, ’cause I’m not really feeling it anymore. Maybe it has something to do with this very gross photo of him with Kirsten Dunst, and the thought of them PDA-ing all over the place. I keep picturing Kirsten dressed like this, which is so not helping.
Usmagazine.com has dished that Lauren Conrad will be a guest on CW’s Privileged. Since she’s playing herself in the show, at least she wasn’t too taxed mastering her character when she filmed the guest spot yesterday!US continues:
“The 22-year-old will […] attend a bash thrown by the show’s central characters, twins Rose (Lucy Kate Hale) and Sage (Ashley Newbrough), that gets out of control. The episode airs October 7.”
Lauren will also be guest-starring on ABC Family’s Greek, but for those looking forward to her upcoming roles, be warned: Conrad has admitted that “I’m not good at acting — I’m not going to pretend to be.”
This just in! Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller are expecting a baby. For those of us keeping track, they were married almost three months ago. If you get married at 42 (Sheen) and 31 (Brooke), can it even be a shotgun wedding anymore?
A source told In Touch the usual baby-announcement stuff, along the lines of “They are so happy and excited. They are in love, and this news makes things even better.” (Wow, you really need to be a source to know all those insider details, don’t you?!)
The Hills salaries explained! I’ve always been curious how much Heidi and Spencer make, since they’re so flash and obviously Heidi’s (ahem) invested in herself quite a bit since the first episode.
According to an In Touch source, Lauren gets paid the most at $75,000 per episode, and “If you bring drama, you’ll get more money.” If that’s the case, Spencer should really be the one leading the pack, salary-wise!
However, the secret source revealed that “The only reason LC gets paid more than anyone else is because she demanded in her original contract that no one could ever get paid more than her.”
Well, I guess I’ll have to drum up some extra resentment since I’ll still be watching it tonight.
