Posts Tagged “MySpace”
- Hillary Clinton’s decisive win last night in West Virginia still makes her an underdog in the battle for the Democratic nomination, but you wouldn’t know if from her statements, saying, "I am more determined than ever to carry on this campaign until everyone has had a chance to make their voices heard." I’m pretty sure the only voice she really wants heard is hers…
- Social networking giant MySpace says it has won a $234 million judgement for junk e-mai sent to its members by a man known as "Spam King". My guess is they’ll collect once they hook up with that rich dude in Nigeria…
- Airlines will likely couple higher fares with fewer flights this summer to help offset the skyrocketing cost of fuel. If you’re flying anywhere for vacation, don’t be surprised if you crave some really expensive sardines when you arrive…
- The worst drought in Spain in a decade has forced Barcelona to import drinking water via tanker ships–a public relations disaster for what’s considered one of Europe’s top tourist destinations. Apparently visitors aren’t that keen on taking a cruise on the USS Aquafina…
- The escalating price of gold has led thieves to steal over $2 million in jewelry from about a dozen J.C. Penney stores in California. It makes sense–you nab a couple hundred grand in precious metals and snag plenty of Towncraft undies all in one trip…
- A medical study concludes that teen girls who begin moderate exercise by age 12 can help protect themselves against breast cancer as women. They get a double benefit with an early start–they can also defend against groping teenage boy cancer…
Tags: airline, Barcelona, breast cancer, Democrat, email, gold, Hillary Clinton, MySpace, West Virginia
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- Britney Spears makes her return to CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother tonight, and the show’s creator says the episode leaves open the chance for her to return next season. This is easily the best thing to happen to her since she kicked K-Fed to the curb…
- Colbie Caillat, who hit the big time thanks to being discovered on MySpace, tried out not once but twice for American Idol and was rejected both times–not even getting past the first line of producers. In other words, Colbie got all the glory–with none of the humiliation…
- Playboy founder Hugh Hefner said recently that 15-year-old Miley Cyrus–recently featured in a suggestive Vanity Fair photo shoot –would be, "welcomed in [Playboy] magazine" and the outcry over her photos shows, "how schizophrenic America is about sexuality." I think the kindest thing I can is that Hef’s senility has obviously set in…
- Leona Lewis’ huge hit Bleeding Love has set another chart record–it’s been #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for four consecutive weeks, something no British solo female artist has ever done. For Lenora, there’s no bleeding, but plenty of love–at least from her accountant…
- Justin Timberlake is teaming with MTV to produce a reality game show called The Phone–where 2 contestants will answer cell phones at opposite ends of a big city, and an unseen guide will direct them through a "race against time" for a big cash prize. This sounds suspiciously like my teenager’s last shopping trip…
- It’s official–when Late Night host Conan O’Brien takes over for Jay Leno on The Tonight Show next year, Jimmy Fallon of Saturday Night Live fame is set to replace O’Brien. So much for Phil Donohue’s comback hopes…
Tags: American Idol, Billboard Hot 100, Britney Spears, CBS, Colbie Caillat, Conan O'Brien, How I Met Your Mother, Hugh Hefner, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake, Leona Lewis, Miley Cyrus, MTV, MySpace, Playboy, The Tonight Show, Vanity Fair
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- Hard Candy, Madonna’s 11th album, is out today and you can get a free preview of all the tracks on her MySpace page. But bootleggers should beware–anyone caught illegally downloading her music is subject to nonstop lectures on macrobiotic diets and the Kaballah…
- Jordin Sparks told MTV in an email that she’s almost healed from a vocal cord hemorrhage and that she should be back on tour in a few more days. She wrote that full vocal rest for two weeks has been pretty tough on her, meaning "no talking, laughing, giggling and singing. Can I tell you how hard that is?"…
- Britney Spears is definitely returning to How I Met Your Mother–she’ll be featured on the sticom in a May 12 episode. She reportedly will have a lot of screen time with star Neil Patrick Harris, which will make him almost as happy as being called "Doogie Howser"…
- Saturday Night Live’s Amy Poehler, who stars in box office hit Baby Mama as a surrogate mother for co-star Tina Fey’s character, is actually pregnant herself. So how often can an actor use a performance to enhance their real life?
- Famed photographer Annie Liebowitz is defending that controversial photo of Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair that Miley told fans she was sorry she did. Liebowitz says the shot has been "misinterpreted"–but I wonder if she’d feel the same way if it was her 15-year-old who looked topless in a fashion magazine…
- Grey’s Anatomy suffered its smallest audience ever for an original episode when it returned last week, and star Patrick Dempsey suggested that the wirter’s strike was the reason. It’s just a guess, but I think McDreamy is McDreaming…
Tags: Amy Poehler, Annie Liebowitz, Britney Spears, Grey's Anatomy, Hard Candy, How I Met Your Mother, Jordin Sparks, Madonna, Miley Cyrus, MTV, MySpace, Neil Patrick Harris, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Vanity Fair
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- The White House claimed that North Korea secretly helped Syria with its nuclear program and that a reactor destroyed by Israel seven months ago there was not intended for "peaceful purposes". So far, Syria is keeping mum while North Korean leader Kim Jung Il continues to have that ridiculous Alfred E. Neuman smile on his face…
- Republican nominee John McCain visited still-damaged areas of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and told an audience there that, "Never again, never again, will a disaster of this nature be handled in the disgraceful way it was handled". Then again, what’s the chance he would have said, "It’s too bad the plan didn’t work out–maybe it will next time"…
- The just-announced merger of Delta and Northwest Airlines was met with a fair dose of skepticism on Capitol Hill, where CEO’s of both companies spoke to House and Senate committees about their plans to close no hubs and plan no large-scale layoffs. It’s a funny thing about statements like that–usually the exact opposite happens…
- Congressional Democrats are pressing President Bush to release some of the Strategic Oil Reserve to help drive down prices. Administration sources claim it wouldn’t have a dramatic impact on the economy–at least that’s what the oil industry tells them…
- New research indicates that teens who keep blogs or use social networking sites like MySpace have a greater tendency to use non-standard elements like emoticons and internet slang into school assignments. I’m totally LMAO over that one…
- Scientists say that it’s likely that birds–not reptiles–are the closest living decendents to dinosaurs, based on the kind of protein found in both their bones. So if things had turned out differently, we could all have been enjoying Kentucky Fried T-Rex…
Tags: Congress, Delta, Democrat, House, Hurricane Katrina, John McCain, MySpace, New Orleans, North Korea, Northwest Airlines, nuclear weapons, President Bush, Republican, Senate, White House
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- Many Americans will pause today to remember the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King. The dreamer may have been silenced, but his dream never died…
- Testifying before Congress, Fed chairman Ben Bernake and Treasury Secretary Robert Steel defended the Bush administration’s action to save investment firm Bear Stearns amid questions about why the government was helping Wall Street but not Main Street. They were baffled at first, unsure of whether Main Street was uptown or downtown…
- New York’s Madison Square Garden is planning a half-billion dollar renovation that will widen hallways and raise ceilings among the improvements to the nation’s busiest sports arena. Was this about making sure Spike Lee could drive to his Knicks seats?
- After some serious technological hiccups in trying to upgrade data collection for the 2010 Census, the government says it will return to the old reliable method of paper and pencil to count the nation’s 300 million people. Their new challenge–finding 200,000 temporary employees who can both add and spell correctly…
- Social networking giant MySpace announced the launch of an online music venture called MySpace Music that will include Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group as partners. This means a middle aged perv trying to pretend he’s really a 14 boy can find the perfect song for the occasion…
- A black judge in Georgia apologized for clearing the white people from his courtroom so he could issue a stern lecture to some black defendants but said he meant no harm, quoting his grandmother who told him that, "if you’re going to fuss at black people, you don’t need to do it in front of white people." It’s a wise observation, but I’m sure she wasn’t thinking of prosecutors when she came up with it…
Tags: Bear Stearns, Census, Federal Reserve, Martin Luther King, MySpace
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