Thursday, July 23, 2009

Flotsam & Jetsam

Which Druggie Actor Got Beat Up For Peeing In Some Dude’s Car?

11:49PM Richard Lawson | Today we have just two little items, one about a drugged-out actor who decided the best thing to do was pee in a car, and the other about a designer with a nasty mean streak. More »
Print

Hobo New York Times Turns Profit, Technically!

11:38PM Hamilton Nolan | Living the hobo life really does save money. The New York Times Co. just announced that they actually made money in the second quarter. Cutting all expenses and selling off everything that works! Uh, sort of. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Megan Fox Refuses Bond Girl Role, Maintains Artisitc Integrity

10:14PM the cajun boy | Megan Fox turns down the chance to be the next Bond girl, Amy Winehouse goes on trial for assaulting a charity ball dancer, Lily Allen has a new man, Simon Cowell turns 50, and Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick split. More »
Online

NYTimes.com Web Editors Don’t Give A Damn About Traffic

8:10PM the cajun boy | The Observer’s Gillian Reagan wrote an interesting piece on how the content is managed at NYTimes.com. Reagan spoke to the Times executives who manage the paper’s website; two guys who don’t seem to understand the web all that well. More »
Small Screen

Tracy Morgan Has Interesting Plans For His Possible Emmy Award

4:36PM the cajun boy | Tracy Morgan brought his own unique brand of lunacy to Letterman’s show last night, where he spoke at length on what he plans to do to avoid the “Whitney Houston syndrome” in the event he wins an Emmy this year. More »
Music

Beyonce Thinks She’s Too Bootylicious For Australia

1:46PM Jess McGuire | I decided long ago never to walk in anyone’s shadow… and around the same time, I also decided Pink is currently the best pop star in the world. Then I heard Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) and I was like, hang on a second! Maybe Beyonce is as good as Pink? But then I found out today Beyonce has put back her Australian tour and cancelled some shows. Given that Pink is midway through an eight thousand date tour of our fine country, it’s clear that Beyonce does not deserve our love. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

1:44PM Jess McGuire | Oh my lord. I am a bit speechless, so I’ll let reader Kirsty introduce this clip in her own words. More »
People

Star Shamelessly Hyping Its Reporter’s Fling With Jon Gosselin

1:12PM the cajun boy | Today’s shameless press release of the day: Star Magazine issued a statement tonight touting the fact that one of their reporters, Kate Major, is getting boned by douche-y octodad Jon Gosselin. Yeah. More »
Music

Dannii Minogue Performing ‘To Sir With Love’ In Her School Uniform

11:55AM Jess McGuire | Reader Amelia alerted me to this amazing video of Dannii Minogue doing her “thing” on Young Talent Time. The note attached to Amelia’s thoughtful gift said: More »
Small Screen

Never Piss Off David Letterman

11:29AM the cajun boy | John Michael Higgins isn’t a household name, but you’ve probably seen him acting in Christopher Guest films and/or as Wayne Jarvis on Arrested Development. He also portrayed Letterman in The Late Shift, something he says Letterman still hates him for. More »