FameCrawler : high school

LeBron James is Most Valuable

Whit Honea — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:03:00 GMT

We here at FameCrawler would like to extend a hearty congratulations to Mr. LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers on his winning the NBA's MVP award.

James accepted the trophy at his old high school ("old" being relative as he's only 24) along with his partner Savannah Brinson and their boys LeBron Jr., and Bryce Maximus.

Well played, Sir.

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Kevin Costner Hospitalized After Fainting

Karl Erikson — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:38:00 GMT

Kevin Costner spent some time in a Los Angeles hospital this week after calling 911 following a fainting spell. Kevin, 53, complained about feeling dizzy while he was driving to a meeting. Paramedics zoomed to the scene to find Kevin puking by the roadside.

The paramedics took Costner to the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and kept him overnight for tests. His publicist said, "Mr. Costner experienced some light-headedness while he was driving, was checked out at the hospital and released after tests found that everything was normal."

Kevin has 3 children with former wife Cindy Silva: Annie, 24, Lily, 22, and Joe, 20. He has another son, Liam (12) with ex-girlfriend Bridget Rooney. And of course he has son Cayden Wyatt Costner, 1-1/2, with wife Christine Baumgartner. The couple are expecting another baby some time this year.

Here's to hoping Kevin's okay. He has a new movie coming out this year, "The New Daughter," which is oddly enough a horror film. IMDB.com describes it thusly: "Costner will play John James, a single father who moves to a farm with his two kids after a painful divorce. Soon, his daughter starts behaving ominously, and Dad begins to suspect that the burial mound in a nearby field might have something to do with it."

God, I hope this isn't Pet Sematary 3.

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Sarah Palin Calls People About Grandson Tripp

Whit Honea — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:06:00 GMT

It turns out that one of the many magazines that Sarah Palin reads is People. Even Governors need to kill time in the check-out line.

Grandma Palin called the magazine to talk about her teenage daughter Bristol, her baby daddy Levi Johnston and their new bundle o'joy Tripp. She's pretty excited. If People had a couch Palin would have been jumping on it.

“You need to know that both Levi and Bristol are working their butts off to parent and going to school and working at the same time. They are certainly not high school dropouts. [Any suggestion otherwise] harms Bristol’s reputation and Levi’s reputation and their chances for good work opportunities.”

Notice that nowhere in that sentence is the idea of college even approached. Go Seawolves!

Tripp Johnston Speaks Out: Take My Family, Please.

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Angelina Jolie Makes The World A Better Place

trix — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:49:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie recently took a secret trip to Afghanistan where she furthered her role as a Goodwill Ambassador. She takes her role very seriously and has taken steps to insure that the refugee children get the help they need.
Actress Angelina Jolie and a team of 25 powerful law firms are joining forces against the government's attempt to deport thousands of unaccompanied and illegal immigrant children - including hundreds from New York City. Backed by Microsoft Corp., Kids in Need of Defense will provide free legal representation to children separated from their parents. The group will open offices in New York and other several other cities... "These children often have nothing - no money, no support and no family," Jolie said in a statement. "Many end up becoming lost, traumatized, and ultimately forgotten."
"Over the past seven years, I've worked with UNHCR and I've traveled around the world trying to bring attention to refugees," she said. "It's been a remarkable education."

Jolie, who has visited dozens of war-torn countries around the world, spoke passionately on behalf of the victims she's met. "I've seen refugees return to live among the same people who attacked them," she said. "They are returning to the same lawlessness that sent them running in the first place. I've seen aid workers tear up as they put ladies on a bus and say, 'I don't know what we're sending them back to...
"I don't know if the ICC is the answer. And I don't know what type of court is, or what it would need to be to make all of us agree and make it strong enough," Jolie admitted. "But I do know this: No mother who had her children killed in front of her, no young girl sold into slavery, no boy kidnapped and forced to be a child soldier and no young girl like the 3-year-old I met in Sierra Leone, who had her limbs cut off, should be expected to simply forget. No one should have to choose between peace and justice."

Those are powerful words and we can hope that this team of lawyers can make a difference in the lives of these women and children. It will be a great thing to make sure these victims see justice.

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'Joe The Plumber' Doesn't Understand The Media

trix — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Joe Wurzelbacher is mad. So mad in fact, that he is striking out at the media for jumping feet first into his personal life and finances.
"The media's worried about whether I've paid my taxes, they're worried about any number of silly things that have nothing to do with America," Wurzelbacher told the former Republican presidential hopeful on his show, "Huckabee."

What did he think was going to happen? Did he not see what happened to Sarah Palin? She was completely vetted by the gossip magazines so be prepared, it will only get worse before it gets better.

PlumberGate: Joe The Plumber IS Related to Charles Keating, and Also Owes Back Taxes!

Joe the Plumber: The Videos!

Joe the Plumber: Republican Plant and Relative of Charles Keating?

Tina Fey "You Ignorant Slut"*

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Kevin Costner and Wife Expecting Another Child

Karl Erikson — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:02:00 GMT

Mr. Field of Dreams Kevin Costner has proved once again that his baby batter is potent stuff. He and his wife Christine are expecting their second child. For some reason, they declined to inform Famecrawler of their due date, but a friend of the family does say that Christine has a boy in her belly.

"Kevin and Christine are ecstatic," says the friend. "They feel so incrediby blessed right now, as everything in their life is perfect."

Well, not everything. "Waterworld" still exists.

Kevin, 53, has a number of children already, ranging from ages 17 months to 24. Cayden, the 17-month-old is also with his current wife, and the others are from previous relationships.

Congrats to Kevin and Christine.

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Christian Slater Does Right By His Kids

Karl Erikson — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:32:00 GMT

Talk about being a good father. Christian Slater was so set on proving the importance of education to his kids that he went back to school to get his GED. Slater, 39, has a couple of kids with his ex, Ryan Haddon. 9-year-old son Jaden and 7-year-old daughter Eliana considered it odd that their father didn't graduate from high school. Thing is, Christian was far too busy being a child star to get his diploma...well, that's not entirely true. There are lots of child stars who still go to school and graduate with honors. Christian just didn't deem education very important in his youth.

But the last thing you want as a parent is for your kids to repeat your mistakes. So the star of movies like "True Romance" and "Pump Up the Volume" (great soundtrack) went back to school. He told Parade magazine, "I wanted to be able to look my kids in the eye and feel they were looking in the eyes of somebody who was making an effort to take care of himself and be a better person.

"High school was not something that I remotely took seriously, and not I've got these kids, so it's like, 'Oh, gosh, what am I going to do? I obviously care for them to get an education, and I want them to take it seriously, so I'm going to have to do something.' I had to go to a high school lassroom with a bunch of kids getting their GED (General Equivalency Diploma). It was a 3-day test. I did very well on the reading portions of it. I was very proud of that."

Dude, you're an actor. Of COURSE you did well on reading! Pretty admirable thing to do, though. We must be good examples for our children. That's why I write snarky shit about celebrities, so my girls can look up to me and say, "They PAY you for that?"

"My Own Worst Enemy" is Christian's latest acting endeavor and it starts Monday on NBC. I'm looking forward to it, but the advance buzz isn't so great. I'm praying to the great TV gods it doesn't suck.

How about you? Are you going to watch?

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Sarah Palin Wants To Be On SNL?

trix — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:27:00 GMT

Sarah Palin and the McCain staff are trying to figure out how to respond to the spot-on impersonation done by Tina Fey on SNL the last three weeks.
Do you think that she should respond at all?
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that a Palinesque tweak to Tina Fey's American Express commercials may be in the works.
Sarah Palin may also appear on NBC's "Weekend Update" as early as Thursday night.

I can't wait to see what the next SNL Palin skit will be. They have been pretty funny thus far.

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Kevin Costner Too Old to Be a Dad?

Karl Erikson — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:17:00 GMT

Kevin Costner has been married to wife Christine for four years and is a dad once again with 16-month-old Cayden Wyatt. At Costner's age, 53, that's kind of a risky undertaking. The once big-deal movie star says his biggest fear is leaving Cayden to be raised by somebody else.

"I think to myself," he said, "am I going to see him go to college? Am I going to see him graduate? You start doing the math. You begin to look at things that way."

He's got four other children from earlier relationships. They range in age from 11 to 24.

I don't know, I just hit 42 the other day and I'd be hard-pressed to go starting a new family. You have to add 19 years to whatever age you are...and that's just to see your kid graduate high school. There's a reason why babies are for the young.

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Sarah Palin's Daughter Caught Doing Drugs On Tape

trix — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:14:00 GMT

Heavens to murgatroid, will it ever stop?

The Enquirer has done some digging and says that it came up with a video of Bristol Palin smoking pot on camera. It also had a source who like any true source would, spilled the beans regarding Levi's, cocaine buying, smoking Oxycontin off of aluminum foil, habits.

They have such great parents!

The video of Bristol is from 2 years ago when she was 15, and reportedly was giggling like crazy after taking hits. The video is also being labeled as a regular night out for Bristol and her friends.

The pictures are a couple of years old as well of girls who are supposed to be friends with Bristol. It's supposedly a picture of Bristol, but as a commenter said it doesn't look like her. More like her and Levi's friends.

They're doing the Miley Pose.

Did Bristol and Levi Have A Shot Gun Wedding?

trix — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:16:00 GMT

Bristol and Levi may have tied the knot recently. That is, according to a Facebook page that has Bristol's name and picture on it. The couple got hitched and she, like any forward thinking woman may or may not do, hyphenated his name.

Do you really think that she would have used that picture, out of all pictures available? I'm thinking no. I think that the couple will be getting married soon but that it will be a minute or two before they do. Sarah Palin has a lot going on and needs to get a couple things done and over with before she can give her attention fully to being the interferring mother of the bride.

Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy Identified!!!

Vetting Sarah Palin: Like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but Funnier: UPDATED!!

Sarah Palin: Now She's a Racist?

Palin Family On The Cover OF Enquirer! Secrets Exposed!

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Vetting Sarah Palin: Like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but Funnier: UPDATED!!

Whit Honea — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:01:00 GMT

There is some speculation in the media, by which I mean the real media- that being people with neckties and make-up artists, not unshaven bloggers in their underwear (and some men, too) that John McCain's team dropped the ball regarding the vetting[1] process of Sarah Palin.

We're inclined to agree.

That's why we here at FameCrawler, home of all things fameish and crawlesque have decided to help you, the voter. We've done some pretty extensive ~~drinking~~ vetting ourselves over the weekend (McCain, you owe us a house each) and have some interesting information on Mrs. Palin, some of which is actually true!

Here is a list of the items we uncovered without ever stepping foot in Alaska (not that there is anything wrong with that):

The Original Palin Post: John McCain Picks Sarah Palin as VP

Bristol Baby: Sarah Palin's Teen Daughter Pregnant!

Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy Identified!!!

Bristol Palin's Baby Daddy - I Don't Want Kids (Oops!)

Pregnant Teen Bristol Palin - Photos

Bristol Palin Pregnancy Scandal: Babygate Lives! (Photos)

Bristol Palin Pregnancy: Is Sarah Palin's Baby Really Her Daughter's? (Photos)

Sarah Palin in a Bikini!

Sarah Palin Compared To Angelina Jolie

Diddy on Palin: Good Intentions, Bad Script, Ugly Production

Sarah Palin's Days as a Sportscaster...Video!

Sarah Palin Is A Hunter! Photos!

Seven Things You Might Not Know About Sarah Palin

Vice Presidential Nominee Sarah Palin was Runner Up in 1984 Beauty Contest

Sarah Palin's Husband Arrested For DUI

Sarah Palin Being Investigated (Child Custody,Threats & Lies)

Lindsay Lohan Blogs About Sarah Palin

NUDE! Sarah Palin Naked Photo?!

Bristol gets her drink on

Sarah Palin's Dark Secrets (Photos)!

Proof that Baby Trig is NOT Sarah Palin's Baby!?

Palin's First Baby Daddy to Attend Republican National Convention: Will Bring Mullet

Trig and Bristol: Palin Family Names Run Amok

Political Nanny: Obama Offended by Implied Link to Palin Family Rumors

'Palin Should Go Back to the Kitchen' and 4 More WTF Comments About the VP Pick

McCain, Palin oppose teen pregnancy aid and sex education

Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the RNC video

Palin family online: real or fake

Piper & Trig Palin: A Pretty Cute Video

The "Barracuda" Scandal(ish)

9 Most Disturbing Beliefs

Palin on Newsweek (and a dead bear)

Palin Affair?

Affair is False!

Robin Williams is Still Funny?!

When Hairy Met Pali

Sarah Racist?

Trailer Trash?

Todd Palin Subpoenaed!

Tina Fey is Sarah Palin on SNL! Video!

This list will be updated for your browsing and vetting pleasure. McCain, we're serious about the houses!

[1] From Wikipedia:

Vetting is a process of examination and evaluation. Specifically, vetting often refers to performing a background check on someone before offering them employment. In addition, in intelligence gathering, assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.

In the United States, a party's presidential nominee must choose a vice-presidential candidate to accompany him or her on the ticket. Prospective vice-presidential candidates must undergo thorough evaluation by a team of advisers acting on behalf of the nominee. In later stages of the vetting process, the team will examine such items as a prospective vice-presidential candidate's finances, personal conduct, and previous coverage in the media.

To vet was originally a horse-racing term, referring to the requirement that a horse be checked for health and soundness by a veterinarian before being allowed to race. Thus, it has taken the general meaning "to check."

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More Trouble For Sarah Palin- Photos!!!

trix — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:24:00 GMT

Oh dear, when is it all going to end.? Bristol Palin is starting to look like she's going to be the bane of her mothers existence, or at least her campaign for VP.

Some new pictures have surfaced of Bristol who is only 17 partaking in, oh my don't say it, underage drinking. She's actually not drinking in the photos, but posing with alcohol bottles. The beer is open though, so who's to say whether she was or wasn't drinking it. There are also some shots of her with guns and Levi Johnston, the father of her unborn child. That is if she's even really pregnant.

Now, in Alaska a child can consume alcohol if it is given to her by her parents so...just saying...

I'll be honest my parents allowed my sister and I to taste their adult beverages, but to let us consume whole ones by ourselves, not so much.

For more Sarah Palin family escapades and mishaps click here. Tons of stories included.

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Xavier Nady Ready to Welcome Xavier Nady

Whit Honea — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:06:00 GMT

Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Xavier Nady and his wife, childhood sweetheart Meredith, are expecting a baby boy later this summer.

Nady is the sixth in a long line of Xavier Nadys, starting with his great-great-great-grandfather 150 years ago in France. Guess who will be number 7.

That's what they call consistancy.

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Lori Loughlin Moms It Up on New 90210

Whit Honea — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:00:00 GMT

The promo is out for the new version of 90210. Lori Loughlin will be speeding up her mom-o-meter, as her real life children are about half the age of what her television kids will be- because Beverly Hills moms have to be young and hot, duh.

The point is that the new spin on the old show, complete with some tagline about if you live in the zip you gotta live by the code, will be coming soon to the CW, and wow, what a piece of crap. Granted, I can't claim to have been a fan of the original, but please tell me that it wasn't this bad.

At least the stars in this promo look like actual teenagers, so there's that.

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Disney's Selena Gomez Has Big Shoes to Fill

Whit Honea — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:28:00 GMT

Selena Gomez has been all but crowned the next 'it' teen for Disney. This is a long and impressive list, and it is also a very checkered one.

Remember when it was generally accepted that Christina Aguilera was the bad one and that Britney Spears was golden? Time is funny, isn't it? The thing is, the press loves to make a big deal about the troubles of the Disney teen idol (the girls that is, you don't hear anything about Justin Timberlake or Zac Efron- apparently gender is funny, too), but for every Lindsay Lohan spreading stank in her wake there is a Hilary Duff working hard and doing it right. For every Vanessa Anne Hudgens there is an Anne Hathaway.

The most recent young lady to sit the throne, Miley Cyrus, is in a bit of PR spin, but let's be frank, she hasn't done anything wrong. She isn't doing drugs or endangering small children. Sure, there have been pictures released that may cast question on her judgment, but hey, she wasn't nude. She's just a teenager doing teenage stuff, but unlike most kids she's filthy rich and living under a microscope. It's hard to believe the commotion a few artsy photos caused when one channel over an equally young teenage star is about ready to have a baby. Isn't that a bit more scandalous?

So, the question is, will Miss Gomez be pregnant and in rehab before sweeps week or will she be able to stay the path despite the lures and pitfalls it offers?

Her parents swear she'll be okay, and like other well-meaning showbiz parents before them are putting themselves in the position to either protect their daughter or make total asses of themselves. Hey, it happens.

According to People, Selena's mother Mandy Teefey claims that she (along with Selena's dad) will keep her daughter out of trouble. For instance, she has a midnight curfew (or earlier) and never attends events without a parent. She is also held accountable with duties around the house. Says Teefey, "If she cooks, I clean. If I cook, she cleans. She has to help feed the dogs. There are really no set chores. We just all pitch in when needed."

We hear this talk from parents all the time. I hope they manage to avoid the trappings of the limelight and don't go the way of the Lohans. I really don't want to be searching for this post in 8 months as a reference to the calm before the storm.

Good luck, Selena, to you and your family.

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Heidi Klum's Gift to Posh Spice: Fattening Up the Cow

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:05:00 GMT

Remember those spiteful things you did in high school, like telling your best friend she looked skinny in those jeans even though her ass was the size of a Buick? No? Okay, me neither.

I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but Heidi Klum has gifted her good friend Victoria Beckham with a dozen cupcakes from L.A.'s trendy Sprinkles - and they'll keep coming every Friday for a year. Pastries for Posh? After all, this is a woman who, when asked by Barbara Walters if she would ever eat a cookie simply replied, "No."

Luckily Posh has sons Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz to help her eat all those cupcakes. Maybe she'll mash one up and spread a little on a lettuce leaf.

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