I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but the United States is going down the crapper. And fast! People are losing homes and jobs…..and their sanity. Karthik Rajaram and five family members were found dead from gunshot wounds in their Porter Ranch home in the San Fernando Valley Monday morning in …
It’s about time!! Thirteen years to the day after OJ Simpson was oh-so-wrongly acquitted of double murder, the former football player was found guilty on 12 counts including conspiracy to commit robbery and kidnapping, burglary, assault and coercion. He will be sentenced on December 5th; I’m crossing my fingers for …
Did you know it was Mark Twain who said that? Neither did I. What do Michael Lohan, Sandra Bernhard, and Jeremy Piven all have in common? Denial: a) an assertion that something said, believed, alleged, etc., is false: Despite his denials, we knew he had taken the purse.…
I’ve got some stupid non-Hollywood Gossip things to do tonight, so here are some funny quotes my mom sent me. Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself ‘Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.’ – Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter) I had a rose named …
I’ve never been a huge fan of Sharon Stone, but I’ve never really disliked her either; I just think she’s kinda weird. And now a judge is agreeing with me. It has been reported over the past few days that Sharon Stone lost physical custody of her oldest son Roan …
Remember a couple of weeks ago when I told you that Elisabeth Hasselbeck may finally be leaving The View? Well from the sound of things today, there may be more truth to that rumor than I previously thought (and hoped for).…
When I think of Paul Newman, I think of race cars, salad dressing, a long Hollywood marriage, and those sexy blue eyes. Legendary actor Paul Newman has died at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer, it was announced today.…
I’ve long held the belief that if California was to legalize marijuana, it could be taxed and with that money the State could pay off its deficit. Below is an idea that looks at our current economic state of affairs and takes things one step further, to the national level.…
From US Magazine: Eric West, who appears alongside Brad Pitt in the upcoming film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is asking Usmagazine to help him find his mother, Brenda Joyce Rose, who has been missing for two months… “Last time I spoke to my mom she called me from …
There’s something rotten in the state of Denmark. Or at least in the Los Angeles prison system. I can understand why celebrities serving jail time for non-injury DUIs are released early; just the humiliation of being behind bars can be punishment enough.…
The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were on ABC last night. I didn’t really watch them. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one. Thankfully some of my gossip friends not only watched the ceremony, they took notes too….. Oprah Winfrey opens the show and introduces the hosts for the night Howie …
The next time you think you’re invincible, remember this….. Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday.…
Watch out everyone; it looks like Jessica Simpson is quickly turning into a lush. That girl is loud and annoying as it is, I can only imagine what she’s like drunk. I guess the decent started when she began dating Tony Romo, and she’s been going steadily downward since.…
Earlier this month, Gary Coleman proved once again that he has some serious anger issues. Today, he was formally charged with reckless driving and disorderly conduct. People Magazine reports… “Mr. Coleman was notified today of the charges through his attorney,” said Lt.…
OJ Simpson is finally going on trial in Las Vegas for his participation in a botched robbery last September. Today the 12 members of the jury was selected. They are all white. But don’t worry, that won’t affect anything. LAS VEGAS, Nevada (AFP) – An all-white jury of 12 was …
I’m sure you’ve heard by now that Kanye West was arrested this morning at the Los Angeles Airport. The story goes that the arrogant musician and his bodyguard were walking through the American Airlines terminal, where a photographer was trying to take their picture.…
…all the random things that happened today….. 1847 – “Oh, Susannah” was sung in public for the first time. Stephen Foster sold the rights to the song for a bottle of whiskey. 1963 – “The Great White Wonder” first appears in a record store in Los Angeles, CA.…
This is by far the craziest house I have ever seen. Trassenheide, Germany — A businessman who put up a house in Germany upside down, with its gabled roof poking into the soil, said it was intended to be “an experiment for the senses.”…
How to Handle Fame from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit I handle fame by not being famous…I’m not famous to me. Bob Marley Whether you’re a celebrity, a politician, a MySpace star, dating someone famous, a well-known author, and even if you look different in …
Yes, that kind of human waste. SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – San Antonio unveiled a deal on Tuesday that will make it the first U.S. city to harvest methane gas from human waste on a commercial scale and turn it into clean-burning fuel.…
Remember Color Me Badd? You know, that singing group of four guys who were all too eager to “sex up” girls everywhere? Yeah, they gave me the creeps too. Well anyway, one of them has been arrested for threatening to kill his girlfriend…..…
The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards were last night. I don’t have cable, however, so I was unable to participate in viewing. If you’re in the same pathetic boat I am, here’s a summary of the night’s apparently lack luster ceremony.…
Back in January I told you about Sean Penn and James Franco making a movie in San Francisco about assassinated city council man Harvey Milk. Well the trailer has hit the internet, and I must say that I think it’s going to be a great movie.…
Ok, so I don’t know if it’s because I’m from Berkeley, but I see absolutely nothing wrong with a transgendered person being a contestant on America’s Next Top Model. In fact, I hope Isis wins. Take that, Clark! If you have no idea what I’m talking about, here’s a brief …
Charlie Brown is off in a corner somewhere crying his heart out. The voice of his best friend Snoopy died yesterday at the age of 91 (that’s in human years). Bill Melendez joined the Walt Disney Co. in 1938, where he worked on the classics Fantasia and Pinocchio.…
Happy first day back from a 3-day weekend everyone! Is it just me, or should every weekend last three days? Labor Day weekend is the unofficial end of summer; allergies start to rear their ugly heads and kids go back to school.…
The Busted… We’ve known for a long time that Suge Knight is a big scary man and all around thug, but now we can add woman beater to his resume. Oh, joy! …about 6:40 a.m. after officers arrived at the scene of a minor traffic accident and found Knight hitting …
No one should have to bury their own child. Rap superstar and hip-hop producer extraordinaire Dr Dre, lost his second eldest son (and namesake) this past Saturday. Andre Romelle Young, Jr. was found unresponsive in his bedroom by his mother at approximately 10:30am on the 23rd; he was pronounced dead …
I must admit, I’m not all that surprised that rapper turned reality star, Da Brat, is going to be spending the next three years behind bars for assaulting a woman with an almost-full bottle of rum. I’m not surprised she assaulted someone, nor that she used a bottle of rum …
We all knew another one had to go; after all, celebrity deaths come in three’s. Except this time around, apparently; this time there are four, and they all happen to be black men. How weird. First it was Bernie Mac, then Isaac Hayes, and now saxophonist LeRoi Moore of the …
When deciding on a place to hold their real estate seminar, I bet they thought beautiful San Francisco would be the perfect place. They were wrong. I’ve been to real estate seminars before, but this one takes the cake on crazy.…
Maybe Jennifer Aniston should just get a whole crap load of vibrators and close the doors on her dating life. The poor girl gets burned at every corner, it seems. Depending on who you talk to, John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston are just “taking a break.”…
And we all thought Britney Spears was crazy! I’ve always known that the quiet ones are the ones you’ve really got to watch. If you were to mention Shelley Malil’s name last week, I would have had no idea who you were talking about.…
BREAKING NEWS Celebrity deaths tend to come in threes. Yesterday I told you about Bernie Mac, today it’s Isaac Hayes. Who’s next? …at approximately 1pm Central Time, Shelby County (Memphis) Sheriff’s department received a call from Isaac Hayes’ wife, who found him lying unresponsive next to a treadmill at 9280 …
BREAKING NEWS Actor/Comedian Bernie Mac died today in Chicago from pneumonia; just a few days ago we were told he’d be just fine. Looks like the joke’s on us. Bernie Mac will be greatly missed. TMZ reports: Mac, whose real name is Bernard McCullough, passed away early this morning at …
John McCain thinks Barack Obama is a “celebrity” – just like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears – and openly questions Obama’s ability to lead this (celebrity obsessed) country. Face it Johnny boy, America is fixated on celebrities – including those celebrities famous for being famous; so who better to run …
I am a firm believer in the freedom of speech. I also firmly believe that freedom includes the freedom to speak out against the President and the American Government in general, without fearing retribution. Of course, there are a zillion Americans who disagree with me; remember what happened to the …
The summer Olympic Games begin next Friday, 08.08.08, in Beijing, China. Did you know that the number 8 is considered one of the luckiest numbers in Chinese culture? They like it because when spoken, the number sounds a lot like the word “prosper” or “wealth.”…
We almost lost L.A. today. Ok, perhaps I’m exaggerating a bit, but I bet while the earth was shaking celebrities were saying their prayers and begging to be spared. LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — A magnitude-5.4 earthquake shook the Los Angeles metropolitan area Tuesday, leaving residents rattled but causing no …
Looks like some celebrities have a case of the Mondays today….. First up, Kelsey Grammer, who’s crappy Monday actually started yesterday when he was admitted to the hospital with an irregular heart beat. Grammer, if you recall, had a heart attack at the end of May while on vacation in …