Separated at Birth?
Drudge has some interesting picture placement this afternoon. LOL!
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Juan Williams said what?
And then you think about things like Jesse Jackson's campaign for president, or Al Sharpton, who's a Jesse Jackson wannabe, and you think, "How is this about improving the quality of life for anybody else?" It seems to me to be about self-aggrandization for them.
- Juan Williams, in a recent interview with the Tulsa World newspaper.
Photo Credit: Stephen Holman/Tulsa World
Cross-posted at Dodo World.
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Oh, Please!
Brad Pitt uses his unwed state to shill for gay marriage...at least that's what I get out of the following:
Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
"Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able," the 42-year-old actor reveals in Esquire magazine's October issue, on newsstands Sept. 19.
What, does he really think that opponents of gay marriage will change their minds when they find out that Brad and Angelina are sacrificing their own happiness in solidarity with gays? If so, his ego is bigger than I ever thought imaginable.
It's more likely that he and his woman prefer to stay unhitched, making it easier for them to go their separate ways the next time passion calls on the movie set.
In the interview excerpt, Brad also gives parenting advice:
"I try not to stifle them in any way," he says. "If it's not hurting anyone, I want them to be able to explore. Sometimes that means they're quite rambunctious."
Not stifling kids usually equals spoiled brats who end up like Paris Hilton. Good luck when these kids get older, Brad and Angelina!
Putting off their own happiness
for the greater good
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Janet Jackson Goes Topless For Magazine
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Happy Birthday to the Ice Queen!
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Angelina "Frightened" By Birthing Process
I have simply got to get this out of my system: Is anyone else tired of hearing about the birth of Brangelina's baby?
NEW YORK (AP) -- Angelina Jolie, in her first U.S. interview since the birth of her daughter last month, says the experience was frightening.
"You know, because you're there for the birth, which I wasn't for my first two kids, you're just suddenly terrified that they're not gonna take a first breath," the 31-year-old actress says in an interview to air Tuesday on CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" (10 p.m. EDT).
"That was my whole focus. I just wanted to hear her cry."
I might be frightened too, if I chose to have my child in Namibia. Actually, since she used a private clinic, I guess she had a better chance at having no problem than the average Namibian. (The infant mortality rate in the US is 7 in 1000 vs. 48 in 1000 in Namibia.)
And while it's admirable that Mary and Joseph...er, Angelina and Brad...decided to donate the $4 million or whatever that was paid for exclusive Messiah...er, Shiloh...baby photo rights to charity, the fact that any publication would pay that kind of money for such a photo op is ludicrous.
We scoff at other countries for having royalty, yet we grovel at the feet of such luminaries as Brad and Angelina and the rest of the Hollywood court jesters because they are good looking and look larger than life on the silver screen. Oh, and they make lots of money and spend it on mansions, private jets and big parties.
With all of the hooh hah, you would think Angelina was the first woman ever, in the history of mankind, to give birth. Until, that is, the next celebrity has a child. I just love the questions these women are asked: How do you manage to have such a fabulous career and still have time to be a mom? Answer: With the boatloads of money I'm paid, I can afford to hire nannies, maids and cooks, as well as personal trainers to get my figure back within weeks.
Who would have thought that actors and other entertainers went from being lower than toilet scrubbers on the social ladder to being top of the heap?
Okay...I feel better now.
The second coming?
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And where was Kanye West?
Here is a good role model:
On Monday, the R&B megastar walked through storm-damaged neighborhoods in New Orleans. Tuesday, he helped volunteers clean up overgrown vines at an area high school.
''I'm here to physically do something and hopefully motivate other people to do the same,'' said the U Got It Bad singer.
I want to know what Kanye West has done since alerting everyone to the fact that Bush hates black people.
UPDATE: I was right; he is a good role model. I just found this gem:
R+B hunk USHER is the latest star to attack KANYE WEST over comments he made at an all-star Hurricane Katrina fundraiser a week ago (02SEP05).
The YEAH! singer claims the rapper was wrong to point the finger of blame at President GEORGE W BUSH, who he accused of being a racist, during the telethon.
And the R+B star, who will be among performers appearing on an MTV telethon tonight (10SEP05), states, "I wasn't mad at Kanye's statement - that's his opinion - but it's obviously not the opportunity or the time to poke fun or appoint blame.
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Paris Hilton doesn't have a chauffeur?
Now for something completely different.
Here is the beginning of an AP story reported by TownHall.Com on Friday, June 9th.:
(AP) Hilton Backs SUV Into Car After Shopping
Jun 10 2006
LOS ANGELES
Paris Hilton had a fender-bender accident when her Range Rover backed into a car in a parking garage after a shopping trip, her publicist said Friday.
Someone who videotaped the incident is claiming that Paris Hilton committed hit-and-run because she left the scene without placing on the other car information on how to contact her.
Whoever is accusing Paris Hilton of hit-and-run needs to wake up to reality. An ordinary person might have left contact information on the windshield of the other car. However, doing such a thing would have caused additional trouble for Paris, because the paparazzi following her would have copied the information - perhaps also the person who made the videotape. Thus, Paris left contact information with an employee of the parking facility.
I have no particular interest in Paris Hilton, but I have disliked paparazzi ever since the death of Princess Diana, who at the time of her death was trying to escape the paparazzi who were following her. (Yeah, I know that the paparazzi who were following Princess Di didn't cause her death.)
By the way, how is it that a story reported on June 9th is dated June 10th? Does the AP have a reporter who travels through time?
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Schwarzenegger to Graz: Buzz Off
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Arnold Schwarzenegger has told politicians in his hometown of Graz, Austria, where to get off regarding their concern that he didn't grant Stanley "Tookie" Clemens clemency:
In a letter that began "Dear Mister Mayor," Schwarzenegger said he decided to spare the Graz city council "further concern" should he be forced to make other clemency decisions while he's governor. Another inmate is scheduled to be executed in California Jan. 17.
"In all likelihood, during my term as governor, I will have to make similar and equally difficult decisions," Schwarzenegger said in the letter. "To spare the responsible politicians of the city of Graz further concern, I withdraw from them as of this day the right to use my name in association with the Liebenauer Stadium."
He also said he denies them the right to use his name in any way to promote the city, and the "ring of honor" that he received in 1999 no longer has any meaning, and it's "in the mail."
Bravo! Being a true leader means sometimes making unpopular decisions. It's bad enough that Schwarzenegger must deal with the loons in California. However, if he were to take every worldwide opinion seriously, he would never get anything accomplished.
Sound familiar?
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Bush Is a Gangsta'
I love it! I remember listening to comedian Sheryl Underwood go on about how she loves Bush cause he was a 'gangsta'.
"You don't send no tree-hugging hippie environmentalist after no murderous terrorists; you send a killa to go after murderous terrorists." She then went into a routine about Bush and executions in Texas.
Now you can add 50 Cent to that list of admirers:
50 Cent and Kanye West are the only ones selected to be GQ's "Men of the Year" who have no false modesty about it — both of the hip-hop stars justify their big egos in the mag's pages. But they also have more on their minds than just themselves. Like George W. Bush, for one. 50 thinks the president is "incredible ... a gangsta." "I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him," 50 told GQ. If the rapper's felony conviction didn't prevent him from voting, 50 said he would have voted for Bush. Meanwhile, Kanye basically called Bush a racist on national television, and has since rethought his strategy for speaking out. "When NBC edited it out on the West Coast, that was a wakeup call," West told the magazine. "It let people know how censored we still are. This is supposed to be America, but you can't get your opinion out. There's all kinds of things I want to say, but I need to pace myself, to make sure my opportunities to say these things aren't taken away too abruptly." Kanye says after giving us entertainment, his next goal is to give us "inspiration."
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Danielson, I Have Waxed Off
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Packs a Big Gun but Little Cash
The New York Post reports on the infamous Page Six:
BAD tippers, beware the Web site bitterwaitress.com, where servers post reports on the celebrities they encounter. The submissions are anonymous and uncorroborated, and it is certain that every celebrity identified will dispute he or she is a bad tipper. The latest target is Sean Penn, who was famously photographed in New Orleans rescuing Katrina victims and carrying a shotgun. Says one server of Penn and three others: "Waited on them hand and foot. The bill: $450. The tip: none. Cheapskate!" The list also includes Bill Cosby, Bruce Willis, Britney Spears, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Kirsten Dunst.
True? Perhaps. Funny? You bet.
(Left: Sean Penn bails out his sinking PR.)
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Jesse Jackson to go on trial
John Hawkins at Right Wing News has picked up on a story that is bound to become a hot topic beginning next year.
Rev. Jesse Jackson will be a defendent in a civil trial that is to take place next January.
To learn more about the story, click here.
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Katrina Tax
I've mentioned a Hollywood Tax before where members who whine and complain that taxes are too low can opt to pay a higher tax bracket--so that anytime they complain, we can ask what bracket they are paying.
I suggest the same for Katrina. Cut the pork, but offer a special tax to anyone who wants to pay a higher federal tax in 2.5% increments up to 10% more. Also, guarantee that all proceeds will go to Katrina Relief and will not be spent on the military, social security or any other projects.
I wonder how that would fly. Is it such a bad idea? Hell, I'd even do 2.5% I just don't want people with my income that might have 3 mouths to feed be forced to do it. Better yet, we could use that tax to set up private accounts and set up three-year private annuities to be paid out only to things like housing and health care!
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Farm Aid or Scam?
Well, I am glad I never donated:
Last year, Farm Aid donated less than 28 percent of its revenue, according to a review of the non-profit's records and policies. An organization should be giving away at least 65 percent of its revenue to be considered performing adequately, said Naomi Levine, a New York University expert on philanthropy.
The high-profile concert itself, which is also burdened by high expenses, provides only a small percentage of revenue to philanthropic causes.
Farm Aid, which has been more successful than any other group -- maybe even farmers themselves -- at advocating the need for family farms, dispensed $387,641 in 57 grants to local organizations in 2004. This was on total revenue of slightly more than $1.4 million, according to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service.
Evelyn Shriver, president of Bandit Records and a director on Farm Aid's board, said she was "shocked" that such a small percentage of the money raised went to grants last year.
"Farm Aid prides itself on the fact that the majority of the money goes to the grants," she said. "I truthfully don't know how to justify that they raised so much money and only gave that amount in grants."
By contrast, the Band Aid Trust, which like Farm Aid began in 1985, spent $144.1 million, mostly on African projects, between its first Live Aid concert in 1985 and when it shut down in 1991. The trust spent less than $2.5 million, or 2 percent, on administration and salaries, according to numbers released by the British organization.
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Gilligan Is Dead - Waah!
FOX News is reporting that actor Bob Denver has died. Denver played Gilligan on the TV show Gilligan's Island. To read the FOX story, click here.
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Send this Skank to Jail
I've had it with the likes of Courtney Love. Her latest "last chance" is just another in the long legacy of pandering to celebrities.
Love is being sent to in-house drug rehab for parole violation...it's either that or jail. But had Love been just your average drug addict, she would have been in the big house a long time ago.
I'm tired of people like Love getting the kid glove treatment. She's a citizen who is supposed to be subject to the laws of the land. Parole violation for any crime usually means jail. And I don't care how many tears she sheds. She needs to grow up...she's over 40. Time to take responsibility for her actions.
Does this mean she'll lose custody of her daughter again, or will the courts continue to feel sorry for her? Bah.
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So Where Are the Celebs When You Need Them?
You know, I was beginning to count on the rabid rantings of the Hollywood Left for my daily entertainment. Silly spoutings from the likes of Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand, those leaders of the progressive party, made me laugh like no sitcoms ever could.
But Moore and Streisand have been eerily quiet of late.
There hasn't been a "Truth Alert" on Streisand's site since August 11, 2004. And on Moore's site, the last "letter" from "Mike" is dated April 16, 2004 (although there are plenty of misleading headlines entered by the Canadians who maintain the website for Mr. America).
The other usual suspects (Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, et al) have been quiet as well. Where is Sean's brilliantly penned (bad pun, sorry) article on the Iranian elections for the San Francisco Chronicle? The only Hollywood hotshot I can think of recently who has opened her yap is Jane Fonda, who announced an upcoming bus tour (powered by vegetable oil) to protest the Iraq war. We can hardly wait, Jane. Will you be bringing your own anti-aircraft gun to sit on?
Even Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo have been unusually quiet, save for their regular airtime. I guess they are too busy trying to downplay the unfolding scandal regarding Air America's unpaid "loan" from the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Clubs.
So what's up? One theory could be that, in the wake of LaLaLand's recent slump (some say the worst in 20 years) could have the stars more worried about the bottom line than getting involved in politics--something that has the potential to burnish reputations, but doesn't necessarily plump the pocketbook. (Remember Whoopi Goldberg getting sacked from her spokesperson gig over at SlimFast because of her nasty jokes at a Kerry fundraiser? That had to hurt, no matter how nonchalant she was at the time.)
Or how about a more direct reason...the fact that what these pampered airheads have to say doesn't really carry much weight with the thinking American public and they're starting to figure it out?
Whatever it is, I am disappointed that there isn't as much amusing stuff out there as there used to be. In the same breath, it's refreshing not to have to listen to people like Julia Roberts and Cher talk about how "embarrassing" and "stupid" President Bush is.
Like we don't despair at how embarrassing those who (unfortunately) represent America are to us? Oh well...I'm sure one of them will get in a huff about something sooner or later, and use the all-too-willing MSM to trumpet their discontent.
Until then, we'll have to rely on the Democrat Party to keep the laughs coming.
*This post also appears on BlogMeister USA.*
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Um, Hello Denmark...Send More Danish Men to the US!
Can I get the ladies opinion of the looks of Anders Fogh Rassmusen?
Can I admit that my "hot factor" was increased after reading his political beliefs on Wikipedia?
Plus the fact that Denmark sent troops to Iraq and are not going to pull them out based on liberal opinion. Does Jack Iraq from France think Denmark is a part of New Europe and thinks he missed an opportunity to shut up:
It is not really responsible behavior. It is not well brought-up behavior. They missed a good opportunity to keep quiet
?
We will find out...
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Woody's Bored by 9/11
Woody Allen, everyone's favorite film maker and cradle snatcher, says 9/11 is insignificant in the big scheme of things.
This from Page Six of the NY Post:
WOODY ALLEN thinks 9/11 is like, so yesterday! The neurotic New Yorker tells Teutonic title Der Spiegel: "As a filmmaker, I'm not interested in 9/11 . . . it's too small, history overwhelms it. The history of the world is like: He kills me, I kill him, only with different cosmetics and different castings. So in 2001, some fanatics killed some Americans, and now some Americans are killing some Iraqis. And in my childhood, some Nazis killed Jews. And now, some Jewish people and some Palestinians are killing each other. Political questions, if you go back thousands of years, are ephemeral, not important. History is the same thing over and over again." Unlike Allen's movies?
While that may be true, it's kind of premature to put 9/11 into history's dustbin in 2005, doncha think, Woody?
Keep on trying to stay relevant, Woody...it's not like your movies are doing it for you.
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RE: Michael Jackson
As this post is being written, people who desperately need lives are celebrating the fact that singer Michael Jackson has been aquitted on all criminal charges against him.
Here are a few questions for Jackson's fans to consider.
Why has Jackson earned himself the nickname Wacko Jacko?
What justifies placing Jackson on a pedestal?
What makes Jackson relevant to anything that is important?
Would your life be any worse if Jackson were to disappear?
Where do you think that Jackson will spend eternity: Heaven or Hell?
Why should God let Jackson into Heaven?
Michael Jackson might have been a good entertainer, and he might be innocent of the charges that were filed against him. Yet, in the grand scheme of things, Jackson is no more important than any other entertainer.
Michael Jackson is still accountable to God for everything that Jackson has done.
Jackson has been aquitted on Earth. Now Jackson should be concerned about being acquitted in Heaven.
After all, in Heaven there are no jury trials.
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Tom Cruise: Too Much Information?
Tom Cruise has been in the public eye a lot lately, pumping up the hype for his upcoming movie War of the Worlds (opening June 29). While it's not unusual that he's doing the afternoon and late-night talk show bit, along with interviews galore, his topic of conversation is raising a few eyebrows.
Cruise is hyping not just his movie, but his religion and his love life. Constant chatter about Scientology (he had a Scientology tent open on the set of Worlds in order to offer "spiritual healing"), and hopping up and down on Oprah's couch while professing his love for the young starlet Katie Holmes has film execs worried that the movie might be overshadowed.
"You can have so much attention on a particular issue that maybe the movie doesn't get as much attention as it might," Marvin Levy, a spokesman for Mr. Spielberg, a partner in DreamWorks, said of the show [Oprah]. "It's the topic of conversation, for many reasons."
There are those who also wonder if his relationship with the much-younger Holmes (though a 20-or-so-year difference between a man and a woman isn't in itself unusual) is a publicity stunt. This has been denied.
But what about talk that his recent behavior might be doing damage to his career?
If Cruise were a devout Christian or Jew, his enthusiasm for religion would likely have been nipped in the bud well before now. Would he have been allowed to offer spiritual healing on his movie set if it was provided by a priest, minister or rabbi? Despite Steven Spielberg's being Jewish himself, it's unlikely. Hollywood has made its disdain of traditional Western religions quite clear, especially if one is open about one's faith. Even Hollywood powerhouse Mel Gibson had a bit of an uphill battle for his movie The Passion of the Christ, about the last 12 hours of Christ's life.
The relationship with Katie Holmes is irrelevant. No matter if it's fake or if it's real, Cruise can only cement his upcoming middle-age sex appeal by having an attractive 20-something on his arm. In Hollywood, where image is king, Cruise has this aspect well sewn up.
Cruise's career will survive intact. He's on that short A-list of stars who can get away with just about anything because he brings in the bucks. This recent bout of questions about him is merely a blip on the screen that will soon be forgotten.
No, what's interesting here is Hollywood's hypocrisy. Cruise can prattle on as much as he likes about Scientology because it's hip...just as Madonna can carry on about Kabbalah, and Richard Gere can toot the Buddhism horn because they, too, are trendy religions acceptable in the fragile celebrity bubble.
Now, if Cruise were to talk about Christianity or Judaism, the story might have a different ending...
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Calling All Faith Healers
Update: I regret to report that Mrs. Roberts has passed away. [Story Link]
The wife of televangelist Oral Roberts is in a coma, and her family is asking for prayers (Story Link).
So where are the faith healers?
Now, I have nothing against Mrs. Roberts, and I am giving her prayer support.
Still, a question needs to be asked: Why is Mrs. Roberts still in a coma?
Why hasn't one of the faith healers associated with Oral Roberts come forward and healed Mrs. Roberts?
One such faith healer happens to be Mrs. Roberts son Richard. Many years ago during a Kenneth Hagin Campmeeting, Richard Roberts bragged about his ability to heal a sick person without touching the person.
Certainly Richard Roberts isn't too busy to fly to California and heal his own mother.
What about Benny Hinn? If he is in the USA, then what would prevent him from healing Mrs. Roberts?
Without a doubt, God can provide Mrs. Roberts with a miraculous healing, with or without the hands of a third party.
Still, when people claim to have the gift of healing and then use the claim to gain followers and fortune, then they need to be willing to demonstrate their claimed ability when a need arises.
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Hollywood Has a New Role...Blogging!
For those who may not have heard, socialite-cum-commentator (and former candidate for California governor) Arianna Huffington is starting a "superblog" that will feature none other than Hollywood's brightest minds...well, in their estimation, anyway.
The latest political genius to sign on to The Huffington Report is Warren Beatty (of Dick Tracy fame), whose sister Shirley MacLaine has the reincarnation thing down pat. Other featured contributors will include Senator Jon Corzine, David Geffen, Viacom co-chief Tom Freston, Barry Diller, Tina Brown and Gwyneth Paltrow. (Wow, Gwyneth Paltrow! Do you think she'll give advice on how to name your child?)
According to the New York Observer,
"I applaud the effort to tell the side of the story that Arianna Huffington seems to be engaged in," he [Warren Beatty] said. Mr. Beatty was all too aware, he said, of the power Mr. Drudge [Drudge Report] has to steer the American media.
"I would say he does a very industrious job of finding the things that he feels could be exploited to further the political agenda of the far right," said Mr. Beatty.
And...what? Does he think Huffington's site will be fair and balanced? Will he do his darnedest to tell both sides of whatever topic he decides to shower with his genius?
The partisan left has slowly been constructing outlets to counterbalance the partisan right’s perceived influence in radio and television (Air America; former Vice President Al Gore’s TV channel). Ms. Huffington, Mr. Beatty and Co., however, are aiming not at the margins but at the center of the media scrum: the news cycle itself, now being deftly nudged, goosed and spun by Mr. Drudge—daily, hourly, instantly.
Isn't having all of the mainstream news networks, most of cable, tons of magazines, major newspapers across the nation and the lion's share of the entertainment industry enough for these people? They want their greedy little fingers in every little pie!
Drudge, however, isn't worried:
Mr. Drudge observed that Ms. Huffington had "tons of charm and humor," but he questioned whether she and her powerful Hollywood friends had the stamina or wherewithal to keep up with him.
"This isn’t a dinner party, darling," he said. "This is the beast! This is the Internet beast, which is all-consuming, as anyone knows who works in this business."
My money's on Drudge. Unless they are willing to give 100%, I can't imagine Hollywood elitists clawing their way to the top of the Internet heap. After all, one must leave time for the good life, which celebs are very fond of living.
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