Back in May, a new highly exclusive club called the Crown Bar opened in Hollywood. Since then, it’s gained quite a reputation for turning away the type of clientele that probably shouldn’t be turned away from anywhere - paparazzi have captured one particular doorman turning away some recognizable faces, including, most recently, Seth MacFarlane.

Currently the highest-paid T.V. producer in the business, Seth was on his way to enjoy some of the perks that come with being filthy rich - until the doorman turned him away. Luckily, TMZ’s ever-vigilant camerafolk were there to catch the moment, and Seth turned to them in frustration and struck up a conversation. Soon they began egging him on to repeat “giggity giggity,” the catchphrase of Glenn Quagmire, one of the many “Family Guy” characters that he voices. When Seth finally obliged, something seemed to click with the doorman - and he invited the multi-millionaire into the club.

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This is one of those pictures that needs no introduction.

(Yes, that is Michael Phelps in the hat.)

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You know, I generally approve of Samuel L. Jackson. He’s a solid actor who’s done a lot of good work, and by all reports, he’s not one of those celebrity assholes you’re so constantly hearing about.  At least, he’s not in any reports I’VE heard.

I even enjoy referring to him as Sam Jack, mostly because I find it oddly appropriate.  But when I heard about his strange celebrity crush...well…I confess to some bafflement.

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This is one of those stories that is very sad in such a strange way, that you’re not sure whether to laugh or cry or make inappropriate jokes. I usually do all three just to be sure. But it’s hard, because I think we’ve all been through an obsessive teenage stage where we fantasized about developing a close friendship (or more) with a celebrity. Can we really judge Paula Goodspeed?

I’m not sure if her shared first name with Paula Abdul is just a bizarre coincidence, but what we do know is that she’s been obsessed with the pop star/American Idol judge for years. She appeared on Season 5 of the show, and her audition tape has been circulating on the Internet. Most people say you can tell she’s unabalanced, and yeah…you can. [Read more →]

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You can go ahead and scratch that question mark, assuming that these recent reports are true. There’s no way to be sure, but I believe it, because there are a lot of crazy people in the world, and it makes sense that a surprisingly high proportion of celebrities would be crazy. These are people who enjoy being famous, after all.

Madonna has established a pretty good reputation for herself, and a lot of it hinges on her being, well, unhinged. She practices Kabbalah, a religion that seems to attract solely unhinged celebrities (it’s the next Scientology!) and every few months a few disturbing fact surfaces. This is the latest, and it’s really, really…unhinged.

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The day of aggressive weirdness continues unabated as I read today that some random stranger in Korea ran out of a pet store one afternoon and gave Paris Hilton a dog.

Why?  Who knows! Even SHE doesn’t!

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The housing market is tough. People have mortgages they can’t afford, and they’re not sure who they’re making payments to anymore. Those seeking to buy a first home are having unprecedented trouble qualifying for a mortgage, and people who work as real estate agents are quickly losing their commission-based income. I suppose it’s not quite as bad as it could be - we’re not all living in straw huts just yet - but, basically, it’s a good time in history to have no investments and no immediate plans to buy any property. So I’m doing pretty well.

And, you’d imagine, celebrities are pretty safe too. They typically have a fair amount of liquid assets. (And I mean that literally, any self-respecting actor under 35 keeps at least ten cases of Everclear in their pool house.) Most celebrities own the kind of houses that will never lose their value, because they have like 43 bedrooms and look out over the nearest body of water. Also, if they’re really classy, they have one of those pools that pours over the edge and makes it look like the pool just goes on forever. I love those.

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A lot of a discussion around Barack Obama’s acceptance speech last week focused on how he looked. He looked happy, at first. Later, when waving for the camera with his family, he had a serious, pensive look about him. Why, some people wondered, didn’t he keep that smile going? After all, it was a joyful time. He had made history.

Was he just tired, or did he not realize the cameras would be following him so closely? Or was his heart heavy with the knowledge that, all too soon, he’d actually have to start being president?

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2008 has claimed its latest victim: writer Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and creator of the hit series ER, died on November 5th at the age of 66. His death was “unexpected,” according to friends and family, although he had been battling cancer for some time.

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So the trial of Matthew McConaughey’s roughneck surfer buddies has started, and naturally, they’ve pled not guilty.

Did anyone really expect them to plead otherwise?  No?  Yeah, didn’t think so.

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