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Posh: LA Is Home Sweet Home

Josh loposer — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:00:00 GMT

Despite reports that the Beckhams we're ready to pack up their junk and blow this popsicle stand, Victoria says they're staying Stateside because LA is "home."

Over the last few weeks, rumor had the Beckham clan making tracks to Milan, where they'd supposedly placed a bid on a historic Venetian palace. But according to Victoria, it's all a pack of lies.

“There’s no truth to that whatsoever. So many people have been coming up to me saying, ‘I hear you’re moving…’ but we’re not - we’re staying in LA. It has been great for David being in Milan, and we’ve all enjoyed spending time there - I’m going over there in a couple of days to see him. He’s coming back to the States in June, though - he has his first game in New York on the 16th of July, which he is very excited about.”

“You know, LA is our home and the boys are happy. We’re not looking for a house in Milan - I don’t know where that story came from. The last thing I want is another house!”

It's nice that the Posh and Becks are taking the boys' (Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, 6, and Cruz,4) feelings into consideration. My family moved around a lot when I was growing up, and though it was good for me, I hated it.

Rumors about the Beckhams leaving the US have been circulating pretty mcuh since they first arrived. Still, with a jet-setting couple like Posh and Becks, you have to assume that one of these days the rumors will be true.

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Sting's Daughter In Intensive Care With Fractured Skull

Josh loposer — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:00:00 GMT

Sting and Trudie Styler's 18-year-old daughter "Coco" has been in intensive care for four days after taking a hard fall at an LA restaurant.

Eliot Paulina "Coco" Sumner (also a musician) was in LA putting the finishing touches on her first album for Island Records when it happened. Reportedly, she complained about feeling strange while sitting at her table. When she tried to stand, that's when she took a serious dive, hitting her head on a chair.

"The doctors are still running tests. Obviously it’s a serious injury and Coco is under constant surveillance.'

A friend told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Trudie and Sting were obviously besides themselves with worry. It was a blessing that Sting was in the States at the time and was able to get to the hospital so quickly.

‘Coco is still very shaken but she is planning to come back to the UK very soon."

What's perhaps even scarier is that she hadn't been drinking, which would've been my first guess. So, at this point, there's really no telling what caused her to black out.

Trudie hopped the first plane to LA from their home in the UK to be with Coco at the hospital. The whole incident is pretty much a parent's worst nightmare: your young daughter, overseas, seriously injured...

"She’s a real daddy’s girl and very close to Sting. He keeps a close eye on her. When she called to say there had been an accident there was panic all round. He dropped everything he was doing and rushed straight to the hospital."

Friends of Coco say she's recovering well, and plans to finish the album before going back to Britain.

Trudie and Sting have four children together, Mickey, 25, Jake 24, Coco, 18, and Giacomo, 13.

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Sarah Palin: Miss Alaska Pageant Video

Whit Honea — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:13:00 GMT

Sarah Palin, long before she was the GOP candidate for vice-president, long before she was the governor of Alaska, long before she was the mayor of whatever that town is called, long before she was a TV sports reporter, long before she was a mother or married, she was a beauty queen. She was in the Miss Alaska Pageant, and this is that pageant. Swimsuit edition.

Mind you, this is not a post of judgment. I'm not a hater of the beauty pageant. I can't say I've ever watched one, other than being forced by my wife to sit through Miss Congeniality, and wait, maybe I do hate pageants. That movie sucked. I digress. I don't believe that being a beauty queen in a life before kids and politics has anything to do with who she is now- although Todd Palin may disagree.

Here, in all her 1980ish glory is Sarah Palin, before she was a Palin:

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Sarah Palin Disney Movie: Head of Skate

Whit Honea — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:11:00 GMT

Matt Damon got it started. He said something along the lines of Sarah Palin running for vice-president was like a bad Disney movie which made me love him a little bit less because everyone knows there is no such thing as a bad Disney movie (possible exceptions include anything with The Rock or direct-to-video).

The good people at CollegeHumor thought that Damon was on to something. One thing led to another and now Head of Skate is just an Iger nod from a November release.

Here is the trailer. I feel an Oscar.

Holy high-sticking, America!

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Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw Rumored to be in Plane Crash

Whit Honea — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:46:00 GMT

By now you are most likely aware of the tragic plane crash that killed four people and left Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein in critical condition with severe burns. Rumors have been floating around that musicians Perry Farrell and Gavin DeGraw were also on the plane- this is not true.

Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction, Porno For Pyros, Satellite Party and DJ Peretz fame. He also created Lollapalooza and assisted with the creation of Kidzapalooza. He is married to Etty Lau Farrell and they have two sons, Hezron Wolfgang and Izzadore Bravo.

Farrell sent a message to Barker and Goldstein via MTV News: "Come back to us soon Travis and AM! We want to send our love/ healing vibes out to the two amazing fellows Travis and AM, who are at this moment very, very injured. The thought of what they went through and lived through is almost beyond belief. ... We keep wishing it was just a bad dream. We want them to know that they are in our prayers wishing them a swift and successful recovery."

Farrell and DeGraw both played the same show as Travis Barker and DJ AM.

The rumors surrounding the two being in the crash were so great that DeGraw's parents believed them. According to a conversation with Extra, DeGraw said, "My dad got on the phone and he goes, ‘Just say hi’ and I said, ‘Huh’ and he said, ‘That’s enough. I just wanted to hear your voice."

"My heart goes out to the friends and families of those affected by this tragedy. I wish Travis and Adam the best during their recovery," DeGraw told Us.

Scary stuff. We're glad that Farrell and DeGraw weren't a part of the tragedy and our continued thoughts go out to those that were.

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Todd Palin Subpoenaed!

Whit Honea — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:16:00 GMT

After much speculation regarding the probe being conducted by the Alaska State Judiciary Committee Todd Palin will be questioned.

The potential First Dude, husband of GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and father of 5, is, according to People, "to be subpoenaed in the state investigation into whether his wife possibly abused the power of her office to have her former brother-in-law fired from his job."

Never a dull moment in the GOP!

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Sarah Palin on Newsweek Cover

Whit Honea — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:55:00 GMT

Ack, bear! Run!

Sarah Palin is a straight-shootin' mama and Newsweek knows it. They have the cover to prove it.

No, this image was not photoshopped.

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Sarah Palin: Now She's a Racist?

Whit Honea — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:27:00 GMT

Obviously I'm not impressed with the GOP choice of Sarah Palin. That's the burden of common sense. However, even I'm getting tired of writing about her.

The thing is, ours is to cover celebrity and parents and poke the fun. Sarah Palin, with all apologies to the Jolie-Pitts, is the most famous parent in the world right now and therefore warrants our attention. The constant soap opera that surrounds her is just too much to ignore. Too much.

Now there is a server at a Juneau restaurant claiming Governor Palin used racist and sexist terminology, loudly and publicly, in regard to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, respectively. From the LA Progressive:

According to Lucille, the waitress serving her table at the time and who asked that her last name not be used, Gov. Palin was eating lunch with five or six people when the subject of the Democrat’s primary battle came up. The governor, seemingly not caring that people at nearby tables would likely hear her, uttered the slur and then laughed loudly as her meal mates joined in appreciatively.

What did she say, allegedly? “So Sambo beat the bitch!” Nice.

She may not win the vice presidency, but I wouldn't put Role Model of the Year out her reach just yet.

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Sarah "Barracuda" Palin and the Heart of the Matter

Whit Honea — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:24:00 GMT

According to Sarah Palin's sister (CNN interview) the VP nominee's nickname of Barracuda was a result of tenacious d. on the hardwood (we're talking basketball, not Jack Black).

Ann and Nancy Wilson, the sisters/mothers/working women behind the rock band Heart have a different opinion of the name, and as such wrote a little song about it (Like to hear it? Here it go!).

The song "Barracuda," as anyone that has ever been in the same room as me and a radio can attest, is quite possibly my least favorite song ever- or at least second, sandwiched between Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit," and the entire catalog of Jethro Tull.

Last night at the conclusion of the Republican National Convention the McCain-Palin ticket blared Heart's song "Barracuda" into the arena. Obviously they were playing on Palin's nickname and yada, yada, yada, we get it.

Heart also got it, and they didn't like it. The sent a cease and desist letter to the GOP and contacted Entertainment Weekly to voice their grievances.

A quick aside- when are politicians doing to start asking for permission? This has been happening more and more, usually to the Republicans as they are using music created by the stereotypical leftness that is the recording artist. It can't be good to have celebrities bust your chops every time you turn on the stereo. I'm sure John Rich would love to provide the entire soundtrack. Maybe some Jethro Tull?

Perhaps you may think, as the GOP must have, that the Wilson sisters, both working mothers (Nancy had twin boys in 2000 with husband Cameron Crowe) would be delighted to have their hit played behind Sarah Palin and, according to Wolf Blitzer, "an excellent balloon and confetti drop," but no, they weren't.

Here is their statement:

"The Republican campaign did not ask for permission to use the song, nor would they have been granted that permission. We have asked the Republican campaign publicly not to use our music. We hope our wishes will be honored."

They then told EW, "Sarah Palin's views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song 'Barracuda' no longer be used to promote her image. The song 'Barracuda' was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The 'barracuda' represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there's irony in Republican strategists' choice to make use of it there."

What do you think? Is the artist entitled to say who can listen to their music and where, or is a large, organized and televised event subject to the same rules that govern other TV shows?

To be fair, Obama also used a song without permission, but the artists in that case, Brooks and Dunn, chose to be flattered despite not endorsing the politics of it.

Here's my humble opinion, I think that Brooks and Dunn rolled with it because the use of their song at the DNC probably opened them up to a new audience. I think Heart is upset because a) it's Sarah Palin, and b) the best way to stretch their thrust back into the spotlight is to grab said spotlight. There is no such thing as bad publicity and even though their anger may be geniune and justified, the cynic in me knows a good marketing ploy when I see it.

I just hope "Barracuda" doesn't go back into heavy rotation.

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Re: Angie Harmon and Jason Sehorn Expecting

Whit Honea — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:21:00 GMT

Um, nevermind.

Rumors that Angie and Jason were expecting a baby were just that, rumors.

Us has Jason's take on it:

"I don't where this all came from – It's hilarious.

"It's like somebody says something and they run like wildfire with this stuff."

Yeah, about that. I ran. In my defense, that's the only exercise I get.

"You're always guilty until proven innocent. Once someone says something, it's fact."

Okay, okay, we get it. You aren't expecting. We're sorry.

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Britney Spears Just Can't Stop

Whit Honea — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:41:00 GMT

Seriously, what is up with Britney Spears and her refusal to obey traffic laws? Apparently stop signs are so last week.

It is funny that the paparazzi is making money by selling these videos of Britney Spears running through intersections, but you don't see them stopping either. Hello, Pot? It's the Kettle. You're black.

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Dumb and Dumber: When Heidi Met Britney

Whit Honea — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:03:00 GMT

UsWeekly quotes Project Runway host Heidi Klum telling Ellen DeGeneres about Britney Spears and a conversation they had about diapers. Apparently Britney taught Heidi a thing or two, which does not bode well for the supermodel's parenting skills (see three nannies).

Says Klum, "We were talking about babies and diapers and she explained to me a lot of things about diapers I that didn’t know. You know these sticky things on the side? I never knew that they were there. To close them in the front, I was always putting string around. I had no idea.

"It’s very clever. I learned a lot of things."

WTF? She put a string around them, like turkey legs? She was trussing her children because she didn't know that the stick tabs on the sides were functional pieces and not some sort of eye-candy accessory? Fashion has ruined that woman.

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How to Dress Like Katie Holmes and/or Suri: The Video Tutorial

Whit Honea — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:15:00 GMT

You know that jeans and jacket outfit that Katie Holmes wore (once) that set her back $6,000? How would you like to wear that same thing for only a hundred and some change? Now you can!

The Suri accessory cost extra.

There are also some other stars covered, but to be honest I lost interest when I realized I was too tall to play Tom.

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Colin Farrell Has a Heart

Whit Honea — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 22:02:00 GMT

Tough guy Colin Farrell has a heart of gold. Gold, I tell ya! He apparently befriended a homeless man named David when he was in Toronto a few years ago making a movie and then reconnected with him on his most recent visit.

Farrell, according to Us, took David to a camping store and equipped him with pants, socks, shoes, hats, warm boots, a sleeping bag and a backpack to put everything in.

Following the shopping trip, the source tells Us that Colin gave David some money "for first and last month's rent and then dropped him off at Hemingway's [a local restaurant] for a burger."

Despite what has been reported elsewhere, the source says that Farrell did not offer help because it was David's birthday, or take the man to a Chanel party later that evening.

That's actually pretty cool of Colin.

Although I can't believe he didn't take him to the Chanel party. You'd be surprised how far a schwag bag full of perfume goes for a guy that never gets to shower.

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