5:40AM Defamer Hollywood | When it comes to the Oscars, who you bring is just as important as
who you wear. And sure, it used to be cool to take your significant other or your mom, but now, thanks to one little off-the-cuff remark from Michael Moore, you’re nobody unless you bring a dictator. On Tuesday, while walking the red carpet at
the Semi-Pro premiere, the rotund documentarian joked about wanting to take the newly retired president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, as
his date to the Academy Awards. As he says:
“I got some great news today because I was trying to figure out how I was going to get Castro into the Oscars and for me he resigns today so he can come to L.A. and go as my guest and perhaps give the acceptance speech.”
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3:27PM Clem Bastow | Natalie “Boog” Imbruglia has hit the singles scene running since her split from husband Daniel “I Like Vaginas, Honest Injun” Johns; first she was checked out by Johnny Borrell from Razorlight, now it seems she has her eye on someone who, should one of his dad’s famed idiotic promotional pranks go wrong sooner rather than later, will one day inherit exceedingly large amounts of money – Sam “Son Of Richard” Branson.
Imbruglia, who split from her rock star husband Daniel Johns in January after four years of marriage, has reportedly been cosying up to Sam in London.
The 33-year-old Torn singer was one of the guests at a £100,000 ($216,122) ski-themed party to celebrate Sam’s planned Arctic expedition.
This is all well and good, but we were particularly amused by News Ltd’s decision to illustrate the story with a picture perhaps more befitting Australia’s Most Wanted:
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