Archive for September, 2008
 Not only does Katy Perry has a hit song, but she now has a doll, as she teamed up with a fashion designer to create a 12-inch doll that will sell for 50 bucks through Integrity Toys and will feature the belted gold minidress Katy wears in the video for I Kissed A Girl. I wanted to get one for my little niece, only it kept trying to put a lip lock on Malibu Barbie…- More great news for ex-Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker–he’s been released from the hospital with a spokesperson reporting that he’s "in good condition". That certainly is an encouraging report–although how often is someone discharged with the statement, "The patient is in terrible shape, but we’re cutting them loose anyway"?
- Britney Spears said in a radio interview Monday that she is "definitely" hitting the road next year to do some shows, and that it likely will be a world tour. It must make her feel just like a teenager again–you know, having to ask her dad for permission to go…
- A former attorney for Heath Ledger has filed suit against an insurance company who he alleges is withholding a $10 million payout on a policy Ledger took out to benefit his daughter Matilda Rose. The company claims they are just thoroughly investigating the possibility that Ledger committed suicide, despite a coroner’s report calling his death an accidental drug overdose, which would let them off the hook for paying–which would be almost as evil as Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight…
- Ed McMahon is back in legal hot water, thanks to a lawsuit from a company founded by the late Merv Griffin who claims it loaned McMahon $100 grand in 2005 and hasn’t been repaid. Maybe Merv’s people could let Ed win the money on Wheel Of Fortune…
 Janet Jackson had to cancel a Montreal concert when she was hospitalized after suddenly becoming sick during sound check. Maybe she took a look at her hairdo and just puked…
Tags: Blink 182, Britney Spears, Ed McMahon, Heath Ledger, Janet Jackson, Katy Perry, Travis Barker
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- Top Congressional and administration officials are scrambling to craft a new financial rescue proposal after the House soundly defeated the first Capitol Hill/White House effort–largely due to the response from thousands of constituents opposed to using $700 billion of their money to bail out the private sector. Most of them have a different kind of bailout plan in mind–one with those greedy CEO’s all in a leaky boat somewhere far from shore…
- The stock market reacted to the bailout failure in historic fashion, with a sell-off resulting in the worst drop in Wall Street history–falling 777 points at the close. It’s distressing to say the least–I was sure my 401K couldn’t possibly be a negative number…
- Political experts say that John McCain, who made a great deal of suspending his campaign so he could inject himself into the work of rescuing the nation’s financial industry, has painted himself into a corner now that the bill he essentially married himself to has gone down to defeat. I guess he could blame Obama for making him go to the debate…
 Time for an OJ Update: the prosecution has rested its case against Simpson, who they say kidnapped and robbed some Las Vegas memorabilia dealers. The defense has begun its case but has not yet decided if Simpson will testify–I mean, would you believe anything he said?- It appears that the honeymoon may be over for Sarah Palin, as an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows a dramatic downturn of positive feedback from a month ago and an AP survey found 61 percent of Americans believe she does not have the right experience to be president. The McCain campaign is at a crossroads–do they run or do they pull Palin’s cover story on Maxim…
 NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft has made more dramatic discoveries–including evidence of past water at its Mars landing site and the the lander’s first look at snow on the Red Planet. There are only a couple of possible explanations–there may be or have been life there, or we’re gonna need a plow guy up there…
Tags: financial bailout, John McCain, Mars, NASA, OJ Simpson, Sarah Palin, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal
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- Congressional leaders and the White House completed negotiations on the president’s $700 billion rescue plan late Sunday night, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying, "This isn’t about a bailout of Wall Street, it’s a buy-in, so that we can turn our economy around." So am I the only one a liitle freaked over Pelosi using poker lingo to explain how they’re making everything better?
 Both John McCain and Barack Obama Sunday used carefully crafted words to show their support of the financial rescue plan just completed by the White House and Congressional leaders, with Obama saying he’s inclined to back it, "because I think Main Street is now at stake", and McCain stating, "The option of doing nothing is simply not an acceptable option." McCain running mate Sarah Palin was also asked for her assessment, but she was apparently late for Girls Night Out at TGI Friday’s…- As the world mourned the death of movie icon Paul Newman over the weekend, close associates of his said that he wanted to be remembered most for the establishment of the "Hole In The Wall" camps he started for children with life-threatening illnesses, and that he wanted the charitable work of his Newman’s Own food company to continue after his death. We certainly won’t forget all his gifts to us–including Brick, Hud, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy, Henry Gondorf, Frank Galvin, and Fast Eddie Felson…
- A Chinese space mission returned to Earth Sunday and its crew of three astronauts hailed as national heroes after they completed the country’s first spacewalk, a significant step toward China’s ambitious plan to build a space station and land a man on the moon. Government officials insisted all the astronauts had proof they met the program’s mininum age requirements…
 Hurricane Kyle spent the weekend threatening Maine with its first Category 1 storm in 17 years–but instead delivering little more than a serious soaking to a few Downeast communities before weakening to to a tropical storm and making landfall in Canada’s Nova Scotia. I guess the biggest concern was the wild blueberry crop and the associated shortage of blueberry pies, ruining a perfectly good Maine lobster dinner…- A conservative legal group plans to send the IRS sermons from nearly three dozen clergy members who made pointed political references to candidates from the pulpit Sunday in order to force a legal challenge to a rule that such activities can risk the church’s tax-exempt status. I understand most of the homilies were deemed adequate; however, a few had to be discarded due to their apparent "Vote Pat Robertson for God On Earth" campaign effort
Tags: Barack Obama, China, financial bailout, Hurricane Kyle, John McCain, Maine, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Newman, Sarah Palin
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 Britney Spears continues to work towards the release of her CD Circus December 2, shooting a video for the album’s first single Womanizer at a club and restaurant in downtown L.A. Wednesday and Thursday. It reportedly contains some "erotic choreography" where she straddles a guy and then sucks on cherries–in other words, she’s trying something more mature…- U2’s The Edge was a bit peeved over reports that bandmate Bono had bought himself a pricey yacht–mostly because the buyer was actually the legendary guitarist himself, telling The Irish Independent, "For years, it was a dream of mine to own a yacht but to be honest, it was a bit out of my league. So myself and a few friends got together, chipped in and bought the Cyan." He makes it sound like they were ordering a pizza–only with seven-figure toppings …
 Illusionist David Blaine’s latest stunt, featured in a two-hour ABC special Wednesday night, had a less-than-thrilling finale–he told TMZ that he blames President Bush, whose speech delayed the start of his stunt by 15 minutes. You know, I have no problem blaming Bush for any number of things, but he is definitely getting a pass from me for this…- Ed McMahon will be featured in a new ad for FreeCreditReport.Com, rapping about his financial troubles and riffing on his former gig as spokesperson for American Family Publishers by cruising through neighborhoods and asking sweepstakes winners for money. Um…I think that last part is actually true…
- Nickelback returns with a new CD November 18 titled Dark Horse, and will offer fans a free download of the track Gotta Be Somebody from the album starting Monday at 6AM Eastern time on the band’s website. Frontman Chad Kroeger says, "there’s a lot of truly filthy subject matter and adult themes" on the new album–i guess he just wanted to make sure that kids would know not to buy it…
- September isn’t even over and we already have our first TV casualty, as Fox has dumped the Jerry O’Connell sitcom Do Not Disturb–the official line is that the show is being put on hiatus for a week, but gossip says that’s when the show will get the official ax. That’s pretty depressing–although not as depressing as being cancelled from The CW Network…
Tags: ABC, Britney Spears, David Blaine, Ed McMahon, Fox, Nickelback, U2
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