It’s been some time since word first got out of the tragic shooting at the home of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, Darnell, which left her and Hudson’s brother Jason dead. The body of Hudson’s nephew Julian was discovered three days later in an SUV, also shot to death. At the time, police suspected the estranged husband of Julian’s mother, Julia. His name is William Balfour and he already had a criminal record - not to mention the fact that he’d had recent disputes with Julia and Jason over a car.

Earlier this week, the police finally arrested Balfour. [Read more →]

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There are times when I’d love–LOVE!–to slap a celebrity.

There are usually several REASONS for that kind of teeth-grinding rage, of course, from their sanctimony to their holier-than-thou behavior to why they’re getting paid criminally monstrous sums of money for work they do that can be done by absolutely ANYONE ELSE for much less money. And sometimes, it’s their sheer out-and-out stupidity that makes me long to slap a bitch.

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I know I’m not the only one who never really noticed Tina Fey’s scar until someone pointed it out to me. But most people seem to be a little more observant than I was, and speculation has run high about the origin of her scar since she first appeared on Saturday Night Live. As it turns out, the story is somehow more bizarre than I could have imagined. According to recent reports:

The 38-year-old comedienne was attacked by a stranger in a violent slashing incident when she was five.

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At first glance, Britney Spears’ recently leaked single “If U Seek Amy” from the her upcoming album “Circus” might just seem like another awkwardly-titled pop song that no one will care about in six months. The lyrics seem to tell the story of…uh…well, who knows. I can’t really figure it out. See if you can interpret this:

Oh baby baby
Have you seen Amy tonight?
Is she in the bathroom
Is she smokin’ up outside
Oh

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Taking the top spot this month, Paul writes a lengthy essay on why TV networks keep shooting themselves in the foot by prematurely cancelling good shows.

Ozone submits a Q and A session with the winner of the World Series of Poker 2008, Peter Eastgate. This one is a little outside of our usual subjects, but it’s an interesting look at the game, and hey, it’s televised, so…

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Chances are most of us have a reason to be thankful on Thanksgiving, if for no other reason than this is the day most people actually consciously THINK about being thankful for the things in their lives.

And I’ll freely admit that this is not one of the easiest years to be thankful.  With President Bullwinkle (I got that out of a local newspaper and frankly, I love it) still in charge for another six weeks or so, two wars going on at once (thanks to President Bullwinkle), the economy in a slow-death collapse so bad it’s even killing direct to video horror movies for a while (again, thanks to President Bullwinkle), with hurricanes, and terrorists, and job loss, and the bleakest EVER Christmas shopping season before us, it’s not hard to look at the world and let that turkey taste like ashes in your mouth.

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As someone who got married about a month ago, I am highly qualified to comment on other people’s weddings. And here’s the thing about weddings: they are like 90% pageantry, 10% actual getting married. Even though the entire point is to get married, people will criticize you and call you a social failure if you don’t invite 100 of your closest friends and relatives to watch you put your private feelings on display.

I guess my point is, weddings are 90% unnecessary, but we continue to participate in it because it validates our need to be paparazzi’d for a day. And weddings, it turns out, are exploitative enough without actually being 100% fake.

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TMZ has “reported” that Britney Spears doesn’t like her dad managing her affairs. This is almost as surprising as the fact that TMZ has, once again, posted a story without any reference to a source or where they heard it. Not that I doubt it - this is one of those things you can pretty much say without anyone questioning it.

We’re told Britney has been fighting with her dad quite often and one of the sore subjects is the dreaded Adnan. Britney wants to see him, but Jamie absolutely refuses. She is still in touch with her douchy ex, but they haven’t spent time together — even though Brit has been asking to see Adnan for months.

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So apparently Mr. This! Is! Spartaaaaa! managed to get himself into a fight with paparazzi last month, and despite the fact that he put said paparazzo in the hospital, the law is apparently willing to bend for Gerard Butler, and offer him an out.

He’s been ordered to attend an “informal hearing” at the city attorney’s office in Los Angeles, with the intent of “resolving the issue without a messy court case”.

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No one ever knows quite what to think when The Sun reports something. Like many of Britain’s popular newspapers, it’s a tabloid - but it’s not completely made up, like the Weekly World News. It’s more like the National Enquirer mixed with Star. Which is to say, some of the things they publish are substantiated, others are complete fabrications, and some actually turn out to be true.

Yesterday, The Sun reported that Michael Jackson had converted to Islam. And changed his name to Mikaeel. [Read more →]

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