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Sweet God No! What Happened to Lara Flynn Boyle?

The actress who is best known for being in films such as Twin Peaks and Men in Black II, as well as dating Jack Nicholson, has appeared in public looking awfully strange. I'm just sayin'.

Healthier times.

Uhhh! And she's only 37. Sheesh.

Today versus 2002.

Posted by Tammy · April 1, 2008 08:45 AM · Permalink · Comments (9)
Celebrity | Sweet God No!

Britney 'Screamed Throught the Night'

Yeah, and I probably will, too, until November. And then who knows, maybe afterward.

Sectioned Britney Spears: Now court lets father takes control of her millions

Britney Spears has lost control of her assets after a Los Angeles court commissioner placed her estate under temporary conservatorship.

This follows the actions of her desperate parents Jamie and Lynne Spears who went to court this morning to try regain control of their daughter's finances from her manager Sam Lufti.

He is now banned from seeing her under a 22-day civil harrassment restraining order that will prevent him from visiting the hospital she is being treated in...Britney was committed to a hospital in Los Angeles in the early hours of Tuesday morning following months of erratic behaviour that saw a court deny her access to her two sons....

Miss Spears, who reportedly had not slept for five days before being committed, endured a traumatic first night under psychiatric care following her hospitalization.

"She hasn't adjusted well," the source said, adding: "The first night, she barely slept. She was up most of the night screaming for Adnan. It's obvious she really loves him – or she thinks she does, anyway." [...]

Since her admission, Britney has been branded "gravely disabled," a term used to indicate a patient is unable to properly care for themselves as a result of a mental disorder.

Posted by Tammy · February 1, 2008 04:10 PM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Celebrity | Health & Fitness | Mental Health, Lack Of

Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead

28 years old.

Actor Heath Ledger Dead At 28
Sources: Death May Be Drug-Related; Pills Found Scattered In NYC Residence Owned By Mary-Kate Olsen

Heath Ledger, who was nominated for an Oscar for his performance in the critically-acclaimed movie "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead in a New York City apartment this afternoon owned by actress Mary-Kate Olsen, sources tell CBS 2.

The Australian-born actor was just 28.

He was pronounced dead at 3:26 p.m. in an apartment on 421 Broome Street in SoHo by a housekeeper, who discovered him in cardiac arrest and called 911, an NYPD spokesperson says. He was apparently scheduled to have a massage in his apartment this afternoon.

Sources tell CBS 2's Scott Weinberger the death may be drug-related and that there were pills, possibly a very strong over-the-counter medication, scattered around the room...Ledger had recently separated from actress Michelle Williams, who he met while filming "Brokeback Mountain" and became engaged to last year. The couple had an apartment in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn and had one daughter, Matilda, who was born in 2005.

UPDATES:

Heath Ledger autopsy results due in 10-14 days

"The autopsy was finished and the cause of death for Mr. Ledger will be pending further study," said Ellen Borakove, spokeswoman for the medical examiner.

She said results would be released in 10 to 14 days, after tissue and toxicology tests.

Police said the death may have been accidental. There were sleeping and anti-anxiety pills by the bed but no illegal drugs in the apartment, no suicide note and no evidence of foul play, spokesman Paul Browne said.

Medicines Found in Heath's Apartment

TMZ has confirmed two of the medications found at Heath Ledger's apartment were Xanax and Valium, both anti-anxiety drugs. Cops also found Ambien, along with several medications prescribed in Europe.

Posted by Tammy · January 22, 2008 02:52 PM · Permalink · Comments (18)
Celebrity

Dear Sharon: Get Some Panties

**Bumped up for the fun of the KABC listeners...And Because some Sharon fans have complained. So the only decent answer is to post it again.***

This sort of, uh, below-the-waist profile doesn't quite evoke 'Basic Instinct.' Instead, strangely, it brings to mind Hope and Crosby's "Road to Morocco." But maybe that's just me.

Sharon's Stones

While Sharon Stone is obviously still a beautiful woman and inspirational as she approaches 50, it takes something else to be glamorous--that little thing called 'dignity.' Look at it this way--would Katherine Hepburn or Grace Kelly ever have lowered themselves by wearing something that would get them offered $20 at the corner of Hollywood and Vine?

That, my friends, is the difference.

Related Posts:

Dear Drew: Get a Bra

Dear Barbra: Get a Bra

Posted by Tammy · January 16, 2008 06:45 PM · Permalink · Comments (32)
Celebrity

OJ Simpson Back Where He Belongs

The Butcher of Brentwood doesn't look too happy these days, does he.

In jail. Idiotic beast.

O.J. Simpson Held on Bail Violation

O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail by calling one of his co-defendants in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said Friday.

Prosecutors allege that Simpson, identifying himself as "Miguel," telephoned Clarence "C.J." Stewart on Nov. 16 and expressed frustration with Stewart's testimony at a preliminary hearing, court spokesman Michael Sommermeyer said.

That was two days after a Las Vegas justice of the peace ruled that Simpson, Stewart and another co-defendant should stand trial on 12 charges, including kidnapping and robbery...Simpson was to go before a judge Wednesday...A bail bondsman at You Ring We Spring bail bonds in North Las Vegas declined to comment.

ROTFLMAO!

Posted by Tammy · January 11, 2008 01:32 PM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Celebrity | Crime | Malignant Narcissism

Seven Great Medical Myths

According to the British Medical Journal include reading in dim light will not hurt your eyes and shaving will not make your hair grow back faster. But then how do we explain those tattoo and motorcycle issues?

Revealed: The seven great "medical myths"

LONDON (Reuters) - Reading in dim light won't damage your eyes, you don't need eight glasses of water a day to stay healthy and shaving your legs won't make the hair grow back faster.

These well-worn theories are among seven "medical myths" exposed in a paper published Friday in the British Medical Journal, which traditionally carries light-hearted features in its Christmas edition. Two U.S. researchers took seven common beliefs and searched the archives for evidence to support them.

Despite frequent mentions in the popular press of the need to drink eight glasses of water, they found no scientific basis for the claim...

Here's the whole list:

* Reading in dim light ruins your eyesight
* Shaving makes hair grow back faster or coarser
* You need to drink 8 glasses of water a day to remain healthy
* Eating turkey makes you drowsy
* We use only 10 percent of our brains
* Hair and fingernails continue to grow after death
* Mobile phones are dangerous in hospitals

Oh, wait! There are actually 8 medical myths. Shockingly, Chuck Norris's tears won't cure cancer. Who knew?

Posted by Tammy · December 23, 2007 01:00 PM · Permalink · Comments (7)
Celebrity | Health & Fitness | Science & Technology

Ashley Judd: Angry Because She Loves Too Much

Ashley thinks Ashley is sensitive and incredible and unstoppable. And really sensitive and special. And really caring. And special. Yes, everything in the world comes down to showing Ashley how important and sensitive she is. Because she cares. And she gets really mad because she loves. She's angry and loving, at the same time. Because of injustice, which is her Nemesis. Which is why she's an actress and not in the Peace Corp right now, or in the military, or working as a social worker. Because she's unstoppable. And loving. Since forever.

Posted by Tammy · December 21, 2007 02:11 PM · Permalink · Comments (10)
Celebrity | Just Plain Stupid

Jodie Foster Finally Comes Out

Good for her.

For some people this isn't news at all, but there is an importance to actually saying something every now and then, and not letting gossip or presumption define you. Especially for young people (and everyone else!) out there who are homosexual and think there are no role models, or that gay people aren't successful, now have proof otherwise. There is also another important reason for gays to come out of the closet--it would be nice to not have men dressed in cheerleader outfits or "dykes on bikes" at parades be the only image of gay people many in American ever see.

Posted by Tammy · December 8, 2007 05:55 PM · Permalink · Comments (19)
Celebrity | Gay Issues

'Bisexual' Celebutante Outed As...Heterosexual

Celebutante Tila Tequila. Blech. Uh, yes, I would slam the window down in her fingers. I would then disinfect the window sill.

You know gay rights have come a long way when you see 'news' like this.

I just hope it never gets out that I'm really a natural blond married to a cop named Gary. Now that would really ruin my rep.

Report: 'Bisexual' MTV Star Tila Tequila Is Straight

Self-proclaimed bisexual MTV star Tila Tequila may actually be stick-straight.

Tequila, who stars in "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila," a show about her search for the perfect mate, male or female, is not bisexual and it's "all a sham," a source close to the show told the New York Post's Page Six gossip column.

"Tila has and has had a boyfriend for over a year, and she's not really bi. She's made out with some girls in her past, as all girls have, but she is not bi at all," the source said.

Me too! Oh, wait, nevermind.

Damn it.

Posted by Tammy · November 30, 2007 01:52 PM · Permalink · Comments (11)
Celebrity | Cultural Commentary | Just Plain Stupid

Adam Sandler Speedo: Sock or Nature?

Who knew? (HT Hot Air). Compared with Daniel Craig's famous speedo shot from his Bond film (obviously all Craig), this look makes one wonder...sock or nature?

Posted by Tammy · November 14, 2007 11:08 AM · Permalink · Comments (26)
Celebrity | Fashion | Nature | Squirrels

Mary Lynn's Poodle

A post by Maynard

This may be of interest to fans of "24", or to Hollywood pseudointellectuals (like me) who occasionally seek out live theater. Everyone else can briefly glance at Mr. Rush taking liberties with a black-clad gun-toting floozy, and then move on to more important things.

Okay, this isn't a political post, but Rush happened to bumble into the picture, so I had to go with it. Here's the story:

Mary Lynn Rajskub is the actor who plays Chloe-the-computer-genius on "24". Actually, I've never watched "24", but Rajskub caught my eye in Punch-Drunk Love, which is a quirky romantic comedy that I rather liked. She's got a special ability to play an offbeat character in a down-to-earth manner, and she also looks just a bit like Tammy. I guess she's got some geek appeal going, because Geek Monthly ran this photo shoot.

So I ventured down to the Steve Allen Theater in Hollywood and forked over $15 to see Mary Lynn's eccentric personal monologue, "The Complications of Purchasing a Poodle Pillow". This is the kind of exploratory self-indulgence that I sometimes enjoy, and I liked it this time. Rajskub talks about...well, everything. She seems to view herself as a troubled and subnormal soul attempting, without much success, to forge a pathway through a world that thinks it makes a lot more sense than it does.

The picture of Rush ties in to an anecdote. As a player on "24", she ends up sitting on a panel in Washington. At first she protests: "Hey, I'm an actor. I read lines and jump up and down and make funny faces. I don't actually know anything about terrorism. In fact, I'm pretty much a complete ignoramus." But they want her in the limelight, so off she goes. Rush appears on the scene, and he greets her with a quick, unexpected kiss. It would have been over in a second, except for the cameras. The moment is captured and frozen forever. It's on the Internet. The Photoshop mavens are pixilating her clothes off. Her ex-fiancé calls in a state of extreme distress, complaining that he would have been vastly more pleased to see her appearing in pornography involving unlikely relationships with a collection of barnyard animals. She chides him for excessive hyperbole, and he explodes: "Oh! So they got to you!"

A crazy gal in a crazy world. Or am I projecting? Anyway, it was an interesting show. (Due to adult language, this one is unsuitable for kids.)

Mary Lynn's official site is here.

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Posted by Maynard · November 12, 2007 12:06 AM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Celebrity | Hollywood/Films | Maynard Post

Newsflash: Oprah Cried for a Whole Half Hour

I'm just wondering how child sexual abuse crying gets timed out at 30 minutes. I suppose when you're really busy, crying for a whole collection of thirty 1-minutes seems like an awfully long time. I do have a feeling, however, that the girls allegedly abused at Oprah's girls' school in South Africa have known, and will know, what it's like to cry for a heck of a lot longer.

'Momma bear' Oprah steps in

Johannesburg - Oprah Winfrey said on Monday she wept for half an hour when she heard a dormitory matron had been accused of abusing students at her school for disadvantaged girls, and promised to "clean house" starting with the headmistress.

The talk show host said officials at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls hid facts from her and told students to "put on happy faces" and not complain to her.

Oprah spoke to reporters in South Africa by satellite from the United States hours after the accused dormitory matron appeared in court near Johannesburg and was granted bail.

Tiny Virginia Makopo, 27, said she was "not guilty" of 13 charges of indecent assault, assault and criminal injury committed against six students aged 13-15 and a 23-year-old fellow dormitory matron.

Oprah said: "When I first heard about it, I spent about a half hour going around my house crying," calling it "one of most-devastating experiences of my life".

Oops, it might not have been whole thirty minutes, just 'about.' Should I now wonder if it was wrong of me to cry longer during one of my 'most-devastating' experiences? I mean, maybe 30 minutes is enough, that way you don't have to miss a whole TV show or a whole lunch hour, you could finish the New York Times crossword puzzle and maybe you can even get 30 more minutes of sleep if you keep your upsetness short.

I'll wait for Oprah's guidance on this issue of compassion, character and empathy. Because, after all, when you watch the clock 30-minutes feels like a lifetime.

Ellen DeGeneres: Slayer of Puppies!

A note by Maynard

The Ellen DeGeneres story has pretty much been beaten to death, but Tammy offered some insights on her show that bear repeating. The tension between Ellen and the puppy rescuer exemplifies a greater struggle in our culture (or, for that matter, in any culture): The individual versus the busybody.

I'm going to paraphrase the essence of Tammy's comments (and I hope she'll correct me if I misrepresent her), and carry on with my own editorializing:

A puppy rescuer must be an obsessed person. It's not a task to be picked up lightly. You've got to go to the shelters again and again, and you're going to see a lot of doomed dogs who you'll have to abandon to their fates. If you don't love dogs, you wouldn't do it. If you do love dogs, you'll be tearing your hair out and crying yourself to sleep.

So the people who embark upon these charitable missions are going to be a bit unusual. They're driven to do something that the rest of us wouldn't or couldn't do. And if we want to work with them, we need to start by understanding their needs. This is the tolerance thing that we hear so much of these days.

And then there are the Ellens of the world.

Ellen thinks she's being reasonable. Sure, she contracted with a puppy rescuer who insisted on placing dogs into families without young kids. But Ellen thought that was a silly stipulation, just a piece of paper she signed, so she didn't consider herself bound by it. Ellen thinks the puppy rescuer acted wrongfully in enforcing that provision. Ellen acknowledges the rash of death threats are "not okay", but she understands the passions that prompted those threats.

If the puppy rescuer were to throw up her hands and quit the business, Ellen would just shrug and figure the job will be picked up by somebody else. Somebody more reasonable.

What Ellen can't fathom is that a reasonable person would never take up the job in the first place. Only a special person would do this. So Ellen, who considers herself a reasonable person, uses her media power to neutralize the vital energy that saves puppies.

This is the sort of intrusiveness that brings us down. It manifests in, for example, the war against the Boy Scouts, which has been picked up by the ACLU and many municipal governments and the Clintons, among others. Oh, if only the Boy Scouts would be reasonable, and promote the approved attitude about God or homosexuality or whatever. If only firemen would be reasonable and stop pulling pranks on each other. If only the businesses would be reasonable and build transgender restrooms and janitors' closets big enough for wheelchairs. If only rich people would be reasonable and pay more taxes. If only everybody would be reasonable and do things my way!

I don't want to oversimplify the boundaries of this ongoing struggle. I'm not advocating anarchy, and I understand the need for taxes and regulations, when applied in moderation. Yes, we need some reasonable external restraints. But we sense that our modern cultural expectations are shifting the burden in the wrong direction. We bash our benefactors while enabling our miscreants.

The clearest example of institutionalized moral inversion is always provided by our favorite whipping boys and girls at the ACLU, who spearhead legal attacks against Boy Scouts, while at the same time working to thwart restrictions imposed upon criminal gangs or NAMBLA.

But the ACLU doesn't operate in a vacuum. Bill Clinton's Supreme Court appointee, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, was an ACLU in-house counsel before her canonization.

So our problem isn't a few kooks. There have always been kooks. The problem is the kooks have gone mainstream. Kookery has become respectable. The inmates have taken over the asylum.

Wow, I seem to have connected Ellen's mad rant to the decline of Western civilization. Do you think that's a bit of a stretch, perhaps? Well, I stand upon my assertion that Ellen, for all her self-proclaimed good intent, is a puppykiller. And I wish the confused busybodies of the world would start thinking about the practical effects of their misguided crusades.

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Is Ellen's IggyGate Really About Something Else?

Not Iggy, but a Brussels Griffon sort of just like him.

From the sobbing meltdown to the news that she completely canceled the taping of her show today, it just strikes me that this isn't about a little rat dog named Iggy. Really, none of this is normal. It just isn't.

All of my pets have been rescues, adopted from a rescue group--including Sadie who passed away earlier this year, to Sydney and now the new addition Snoopy--and I take the agreements with the rescue groups I deal with very seriously. After all, they rescue the babies and take care of them so we can then 'rescue' them ourselves by adopting them. But the truth of the matter is, the rescue group or person does all the hard, heartbreaking work saving the little creatures and making them available to us.

As far as I'm concerned they can have any rules they want and I'll follow them. Rescuing pets is what these people so, and they take it seriously. I respect that. I've never dealt with Mutts and Moms, the rescue group getting nailed by Ellen, but it's a shame that a celebrity with the power of 'J'accuse' would do so seriously impeding the work of the rescuers.

Ultimately, the sobbing breakdown on international television (her show is syndicated outside of the U.S.) and today's cancellation of and entire taping, seems just a bit much. Mark my words--I think we'll be hearing news of a serious relationship problem, health issues in the family or some other unrelated, but life changing, event for Ellen.

In the meantime, I also hope Mutts and Moms is able to continue its work at the pace it was before for the sake of the animals not involved in a national news story like Iggy, who still sit and wait to find their Forever Home.

Posted by Tammy · October 18, 2007 10:41 PM · Permalink · Comments (12)
Animal Issues | Celebrity

50, Even 60, Isn't Fatal

Madonna, now in her 50th year, and not being kicked to the back of the tour bus

For anyone who would let themselves go and make the excuse it's because we're menopausal, or "getting old," or "we can't/don't have to compete anymore," or "life is made for the Under-50 set." And for every 29-year old out there panicking bout turning 30: Get over it! Take good dose of this, the subject of whom is now 49, and will be in her 60th year as her deal ends:

Madonna reportedly near $120 mil record deal

LOS ANGELES - Madonna intends to sign a $120 million recording and touring deal with live entertainment promoter Live Nation Inc. and leave her longtime record label at Warner Music Group Corp., a person familiar with the contract negotiations said Wednesday...

Under terms of the proposed deal, Madonna, 49, would receive a signing bonus of about $18 million and a roughly $17 million advance for each of three albums, the person said. A portion of the compensation would involve stock, the person said...Live Nation also would have to pay $50 million in cash and stock to promote Madonna’s tours, according to the Journal, which broke news of the deal on its Web site Wednesday afternoon.

I'm not a fan, to say the least, of everything Madonna does, but you have to give her credit as a woman and performer who understands how to adapt and remain relevant and powerful in an industry not known for being kind to women of any age. Kudos to her and the message a deal like this sends to every woman, especially as it comes on the heels of the Warner Bros. decision to excise women (all women) from the lead of any of its films.

Posted by Tammy · October 10, 2007 08:54 PM · Permalink · Comments (8)
Authentic Feminism | Celebrity | Music

Sweet God No! Uh, What Happened to Liz?

I know she's always been eccentric, but what's the deal here?

"Now I'm going to howl!" Okay, at the very least, what is it she's on? It could make for very interesting Tammy Radio, but probably not so good for my love life.

Posted by Tammy · October 9, 2007 05:56 PM · Permalink · Comments (7)
Celebrity | Sweet God No!

Oprah Just Got Richer

And boy she needs it.

Posted by Tammy · October 9, 2007 01:53 PM · Permalink · Comments (1)
Celebrity | Money/Capitalism

Meathead Endorses Hillary

Meathead Bonehead

Reiner and Clinton

Shocker, I know. Yet it does appear Rob Reiner decided to endorse the person he would most look like if he had hair and no beard.

Let's just admit it, with this crucial endorsement, it's all over. Let's just pack it up and let the rest of our lives be guided by what the former cast members of All in the Family think is best.

Or, maybe not.

fathead

Sally Struthers

Posted by Tammy · September 27, 2007 03:39 PM · Permalink · Comments (11)
Celebrity | Politics

Mime Legend Marcel Marceau Has Died

Marcel Marceau

The man was remarkable.

Mime Legend Marcel Marceau Dies at 84

Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions that spoke to generations of young and old, has died. He was 84...Wearing white face paint, soft shoes and a battered hat topped with a red flower, Marceau breathed new life into an art that dates to ancient Greece. He played out the human comedy through his alter-ego Bip without ever uttering a word.

Offstage, he was famously chatty. "Never get a mime talking. He won't stop," he once said.

A French Jew, Marceau escaped deportation to a Nazi death camp during World War II, unlike his father who died in Auschwitz. Marceau worked with the French Resistance to protect Jewish children, and later used the memories of his own life to feed his art.

Let us not be silent about the impact of someone like this, saving children's lives during a time of war, and entertaining children in the aftermath. All of us can look to Marceau as an example of how to lead a worthy life.

Heaven just got a bit more interesting.

For those of you who do not know Marcel Marceau, here's a 5-minute tribute well worth watching. It is a reminder of the day when being an "entertainer" was more nuanced and complicated than getting out of a car without panties on, or being arrested for DUI, or getting caught in Vegas committing another crime.

Posted by Tammy · September 23, 2007 07:31 PM · Permalink · Comments (5)
Celebrity | Cultural Commentary | Tammy Notes

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!

My sister...My bride!

Maureen McCormick. Hmmm...yep.

Three words as uttered by Jan which will forever have a new meaning.

Brady Bunch Star Reveals All About Lesbian Fling With TV Sister

Wholesome former THE BRADY BUNCH star MAUREEN MCCORMICK is set to reveal the beloved 70s TV series' most shocking secret in a new book - she and her on-screen sister had a lesbian fling. MCCormick's tell-all, Here's The Story, won't hit bookstores until 2008, but publishers are already buzzing about the big reveal. As well as talking candidly about her well-documented eating disorder and drug problems in the book, TV's Marcia Brady will come clean about a romance she had with co-star Eve Plumb, who played her sister Jan on the hit show. A source tells America's National Enquirer, "The most explosive comments will be how the then-blonde, blue-eyed cutie developed a crush on Eve Plumb, which led to some sexual play. "This book will certainly come as a shocker. While Maureen is not a lesbian [of course not!--T], she reveals there were some sexual hijinks going on behind the scenes. "It's bizarre because she played such a virginal character on the show."

Jan, Jan, Jan!

The Tiny Gay Squirrel says: "And Hillary's not gay, either. She just likes Jan. A lot."

Celebrity Partial Face Transplants

Because that's the mood I'm in. Be careful, this could be the most frightening thing you encounter during this entire Labor Day weekend. Here's one example. Don't say I didn't warn you.

The Paris Hilton/Jessica Simpson partial transplant

Oh, and if anyone out there feels they may waver between now and November 2008, here's a little something to remind you what a horrible mistake would look like.

Posted by Tammy · September 2, 2007 11:54 PM · Permalink · Comments (3)
Celebrity

Tom and Katie Sleep in Separate Bedrooms...

Breathe Right or separate bedrooms? Apparently a tough call for Tom Cruise.

Because he snores. And Angelina Jolie and I sleep in separate bedrooms because she snores. Or maybe it's because we really don't know each other. Actually, I'd have trouble breathing with Katie in my bed, too, but only at first :)

Katie blames Tom Cruise's snoring for sleeping in separate bedrooms

It's an age old problem, and many a wife has suffered because of it - but not Katie Holmes.

Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes are reported to sleep in separate bedrooms, so she doesn't have to suffer his snoring.

A source told US magazine, Star: "It's a situation that works for both of them"...

"In fact, they even joke about having separate bedrooms to their friends – Katie says Tom snores, and this way she can get her beauty sleep!"

"Of course they spend time together alone at night like most married couples; after all, they conceived Suri!"

Hey, what's this doing here?!

Vick Will Plead Guilty to Federal Dog Fighting Charges

I coulda been a contender

Happy Pit

Apparently he also thinks his football career can be saved. He's wrong.

Vick will plead to dogfighting charges

Falcons quarterback Michael Vick will plead guilty this afternoon to dogfighting charges.

"After consulting with his family over the weekend, Michael Vick has asked that I announce today that he has reached an agreement with federal prosecutors regarding charges pending against him," Vick's attorney, Billy Martin, said in a statement released shortly after 2 p.m. "Mr. Vick has agreed to enter a plea of guilty to those charges and to accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes he has made. Michael wishes to apologize again to everyone who has been hurt by this matter." [Would that include the dogs he tortured to death?--ed.]

Vick's plea hearing will be Aug. 27, Martin said.

The terms of Vick's sentence were unknown, but reports indicate it could be a sentence of between 18 and 36 months in federal prison. It could mean the end of Vick's career. If he serves 3 years, he wouldn't be out of jail until he's 30. And he has yet to face punishment from the NFL, which has restricted him from attending Falcons camp but has not issued any additional penalties.

And these details from the AP:

Falcons' Vick to Plead Guilty to Charges

Vick is charged with conspiracy to travel in interstate commerce in aid of unlawful activities and conspiracy to sponsor a dog in an animal fighting venture. He had pleaded not guilty last month and vowed to clear his name at a November trial.

Martin's announcement came as a grand jury that could add new charges met in private. Prosecutors had said that a superseding indictment was in the works, but Vick's plea most likely means he will not face additional charges.

Three of Vick's original co-defendants already have pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against him if the case went to trial. Quanis Phillips of Atlanta and Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach signed statements saying the 27-year-old quarterback participated in executing at least eight underperforming dogs by various means, including drowning and hanging.

The ASPCA responds, as does the Humane Society.

Related Posts:

Here's the list of all the posts I've made so far on this outrage.

Posted by Tammy · August 20, 2007 12:57 PM · Permalink · Comments (19)
Animal Issues | Celebrity | Crime | Death of Right and Wrong

Paris Hilton's Get-Out-Of-Jail Illness Revealed

Are you ready? TMZ is reporting Paris Hilton got sprung from jail last week because she suffers from...Attention Deficit Disorder (HT Hot Air). Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! Oh, and claustrophobia, too.

Sheriff Lee Baca has even more splainin' to do than we thought.

Actually, one would think that being in jail would help the distraught ADD sufferer. After all, you really don't need to pay attention when you're in a cell. Funny enough, you do when you're driving, though, and she certainly had no problem getting behind the wheel impaired.

Now, I actually have both of those, too, and last time I checked a) they haven't caused me to drive drunk and violate probation twice. And I was even in jail once when I was president of Los Angeles NOW and was arrested in San Antonio at an anti-Hooters 'restaurant' protest. I spent hours in a holding cell and didn't cry once. Actually, I called into my radio station at the time, and made a report right from the pay-phone in the lovely Texas cell. I don't think I ever called out for my mommy, either.

In other news, Paris is afraid of the local porcelain.

I have offered the following space to readers without opposable thumbs, who therefore need to express themselves about this, uh, issue, in a more visceral way.

Shirley, Los Angeles, CA

Charles, Baltimore, MD

Frank, Las Vegas, NV

Posted by Tammy · June 11, 2007 05:39 PM · Permalink · Comments (9)
Celebrity | Drugs

3 Days in the Paris Hilton

A post by Maynard

In a perverse way, I'm thankful for celebrity antics. As stupid and demeaning as it is to discuss these things, they serve to create a brief diversion from the real issues, sort of like a visit to the zoo is a diversion from real life. We are reminded that, in spite of our most dire fears, the world hasn't yet come to an end.

The other day, Anne Heche, ex-beau of Ellen DeGeneres and ex-disciple of the god "Celestia" (by the way, Heche's middle name is "Celeste", so the incident seems a bit narcissistic), filed for divorce from husband Coley Laffoon. In court papers, Heche alleged that she can "no longer ignore an escalating pattern in Coley's behavior, including a particular preoccupation with sexually graphic material and masturbation." Isn't it great to live in a celebrity fishbowl?

I won't bother to point you to the latest update about Paris Hilton, who is getting credit for 5 days in jail even though she was only there for 3 days (she gets a day's credit for arriving before 11:59pm the first non-day and leaving after 12:01am the final non-day, plus the 3 "real" days in between). But Mike Straka's wrongly (as it turned out) optimistic "GRRR!" column written on her first day in custody is interesting. In part:

Believe it or not, there's more hope for Hilton to come out of her stint in jail an older and wiser heiress than for Lindsay to come out of the Promises Residential Treatment Center clean and sober.

With no phone, no instant access to media and 23 hours a day in solitary confinement, Hilton will have no choice but to reflect on her life. She will also, presumably, meet some real hard-luck cases during her stay in the clink, and that is where Paris will do most of her growing up.

In jail she's going to meet women who would chew up and spit out the likes of most of her "hard luck" friends, but more importantly, she's going to see a part of this world that most of us only know from movies and television, and that's where she'll come out, hopefully, ahead of the game.

Nice try, Mike. I, too, would like to think individuals sometimes learn from their encounters with adversity. But not, apparently, in this case. You'd do well to heed the always-wise counsel of Yogi Berra: "Never make predictions. Especially about the future."

Posted by Maynard · June 7, 2007 02:13 PM · Permalink · Comments (4)
Celebrity | Just Plain Stupid | Maynard Post | Satire/Absurdity

Gore Slams 'Trivialities and Nonsense' in News

And then proceeds to spew trivialities and nonsense which were carried by the news.

Al Gore slams 'trivialities and nonsense' in news media

Former US vice president Al Gore on Friday criticized the "trivialities and nonsense" of celebrity gossip in the media and called on people to focus instead on issues like Iraq and climate change.

Gore, who is promoting his new book "The Assault on Reason," made the comments at a book signing in New York, where he was treated to a rock star reception by more than 1,300 cheering and screaming fans.

He lamented what he described as the "destruction of the boundary between news and entertainment" ["screaming fans...] and said the United States was "vulnerable as a democracy to mass and continuing distraction." ["he was treated to a rock star...]

...[T]he film he helped make of his best-selling global warming book "An Inconvenient Truth" earlier this year won an Oscar.

No trivial nonsense in there. Do I even have to mention that the new fake religion of 'climate change' is what this man is focusing on during Memorial Day weekend? A weekend which should be set aside to reflect on real-life and real, non-trivial situations like the sacrifice of regular Americans who put their lives on the line defending freedom. Instead, ManBearPig wanders around going to the Oscars, mc'ing rock concerts, and signing books to screaming throngs as he laments how vapid the rest of us are.

Yeah, thanks Al. Now you could do us all a favor by running for president and calling Hillary out. So to speak.

Related Link:

Zombietime shows us just how much you can learn about Algore and his supporters just by taking a look at a parking lot. (HT LGF).

Posted by Tammy · May 26, 2007 12:44 PM · Permalink · Comments (0)
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Edwards 'Not Comfortable' Around The Gays

Johnny--not comfortable with Teh Ghey

Former Aide Takes Shots at Edwards

Robert Shrum, the veteran Democratic strategist who worked on John Edwards's 1998 Senate campaign in North Carolina, does not remember his onetime client very fondly. In his new memoir, "No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner," Shrum recalls asking Edwards at the outset of that campaign, "What is your position, Mr. Edwards, on gay rights?"

"I'm not comfortable around those people," Edwards replied, according to Shrum. He writes that the candidate's wife, Elizabeth, told him: "John, you know that's wrong."

Well now, I'm confused. What does he mean by 'uncomfortable' anyway? The happy, fun, goofy way I'm uncomfortable when I think of Angelina Jolie, or the disgusted, nauseated uncomfortable when I think of Rosie O'Donnell?

Meeee.....yow! Who took my cheeseburger?!?

Shrum also reveals how angry the Silky Pony got when he told him he wasn't going to work on his campaign:

When Shrum called to say he had decided to join the presidential campaign of another former client, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Edwards was angry. "I can't believe you would do this to me and my family. I will never, ever forget it, even on my deathbed," he quotes Edwards as saying.

The Tiny Gay Squirrel says: "Now that is gay."

Harry Potter Author Gives Millions in Search for Missing Girl

J.K. Rowling

Kudos to JK Rowling for giving a reported $3 million in the search for a 2-year-old British girl who has gone missing in Portugal. How she went missing is a warning to every parent out there.

Potter author adds to U.K. reward fund

LONDON -Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has pledged a major contribution to a $3 million reward fund for the safe return of a British girl who has gone missing in Portugal, a Sunday newspaper said.

The News of the World said Rowling had offered the single largest contribution to the fund started by the tabloid newspaper. It called Rowling's pledge "staggering," but said the author asked the amount be kept secret.

Madeleine McCann, 4, disappeared on May 2 after her parents left her, and her brother and sister, both aged 2, alone while they went to a restaurant at Praia da Luz, their vacation resort in Portugal's Algarve region. Portuguese police continue to search for her.

Madeleine McCann

Pray they find this little girl, missing now for 12 days. I realize I should save this until the little girl is found, but I am just stunned by the fact that her parents left her, and her two-year-old siblings alone. This is absolutely inexplicable, in a foreign country no less. No one deserves this, and yes, they're suffering because of it, but not as much as little Madeleine is suffering.

Related Link:

Police chase new leads as resort search for girl ended

UPDATE 5/14 7:30pm PT:

A man who is described as the "go-to guy" for information, translation and assistance when it came to the search for little Maddy is now under investigation. While this story does not go into details, a reporter just on Fox News indicated another reporter alerted police to what is being termed "the creep factor" and his bizarre obsession with the case. Police have always thought whoever took Maddy had been able to stake out her family's villa and was able to know the comings and goings of her parents. This man's villa is within 100 yards of where the McCanns were staying. Besides searching his villa, they have also searched his pool. Not a good sign. Keep praying.

Search for girl focuses on Portugal villa, reports say

LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Police searching for a 4-year-old British girl who disappeared 11 days ago in southern Portugal sealed off a villa Monday near where she is believed to have been abducted, according to news reports.

Detectives were questioning three people in Portimao, the nearest large town to Praia da Luz, Portugal's national news agency Lusa reported, citing unnamed police sources. British broadcaster Sky News said one of the men who was reportedly being questioned lived at the villa with his British mother.

The man's father was Portuguese, the report said. The man had worked as a translator with police investigating the disappearance, according to Sky News.

Police began their search of the villa shortly after dawn after obtaining a search warrant, Portuguese public television Radiotelevisao Portuguesa reported.

The villa is about 109 yards (100 meters) from the Ocean Club holiday village where Madeleine McCann was apparently taken from her hotel room May 2.

The reporter on Fox also noted this man recently lost custody of his 4 year-old little girl who he described as "the spitting image" of Maddy. Why there was a divorce, why he lost custody, and why he felt compelled to move to Portugal after the fact remains a mystery.

I have been presuming the police and other investigators have ruled out any involvement by the parents. In all honesty, I worry and think back to the Susan Smith case. If the parents are involved, it means there's no hope for Maddy. if they're not, there's still a chance she may be found alive. For hope, I think of the recent Ben Ownby/Shawn Hornbeck and Clay Moore cases, two young men who were found alive after being abducted.

Posted by Tammy · May 14, 2007 06:39 AM · Permalink · Comments (4)
Books | Celebrity | Children | Crime | Hero

Paris Hilton Wants Pardon Because She "Enlivens" Your Mundane Life

Paris Hilton: Mugged by Repercussions

Actually, I always viewed her as someone to remind people about what not to become, and how we can all feel better about ourselves for being...ourselves.

Paris 2.0: An online plea for sympathy

Paris Hilton, socialite, sometimes actress, singer, and heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, is using the Web dig up a get-out-of-jail-free card.

PC World reports that a link to this online petition has been posted to her MySpace page. The petition urges California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon the socialite who was recently sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving with a suspended license. She has been ordered to report to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif. on June 5.

It's not clear who the source of the petition is, and to describe it as over-the-top would be putting it mildly. A sample of the reasons she should be granted leniency, according to the petition:

--"She provides hope for young people all over the U.S. and the world. She provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives."

--In addition, she "is notable for her leading roles on the FOX reality series The Simple Life and in the remake of the Vincent Price horror classic "House of Wax".

--And besides, "Paris Hilton did not hurt, injure, or kill anyone or anything."

Nah, actually, she just drove drunk, and then did it again, with a suspended license and her lights off. At night. But nobody got hurt. Actually, I think the internet discussion is getting it right with her real panic at her 45 day jail sentence for violating her DUI probation is that her TV show may have to change its name from "The Simple Life" to "The Simple Lice." Yes, it's awful and just the sort of thing, I'm sure, she thought her 'position' would protect her from.

Just as the outraged British were reminded when President Bush winked at Queen Elizabeth, we aren't anyone's 'subjects' and there are no class lines here to shield the vapid from fairness, honesty and the non-'royal' experience.

Every now and then it would be nice to get proof of that.

Posted by Tammy · May 9, 2007 04:56 PM · Permalink · Comments (12)
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