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Vote Now For ‘Oprah Winfrey Ryan’ and 8 Other Celebrity Baby Names of the Future

7:25AM STV | You might not guess it at first, but in the schema of exotic celebrity baby-adopting, obtaining the child is often the easiest part of the whole endeavor. Especially for Meg Ryan, who regaled David Letterman’s viewers Friday night with her tale of baby procural in the farthest-flung reaches of China. As she navigated the teeming metropolis of her daughter’s birth, at the mercy of maternal instinct and Google Maps directions 12 pages long, she fielded one e-mail after another recommending potential baby names. Among the most intriguing was a note from an unnamed “bipolar” friend who offered the brilliant suggestion “Oprah Winfrey Ryan.” Sadly, after a month of deliberation, Ryan went with “Daisy” — tired, we know, but not for lack of inspiration. We think that celebrity offspring named after celebrities is an idea whose time has come. Hear Ryan’s story after the jump, and join us in selecting the top celebrity-celebrity baby names of the future. Help us help her to not make the same mistake twice. More »

Kylie Gets Pop Poll Nod; They Like Us, They Really Like Us!

9:25AM Clem Bastow | It’s hard to stifle the inevitable groans that rumble deep inside whenever a) an Australian is nominated for (and thus, doesn’t win) an award overseas, or b) in this case, gets a dubious honour in some sort of top fifty things since the beginning of stuff, usually organised by a telco or a bread company. In this case, congratulations to Kylie Minogue for “scraping in” the top ten of a poll of best pop singles ever, organised by… onepoll.com! You know, onepoll.com! Those guys! Kylie Minogue’s hit – Can’t Get You Out Of My Head – has been named in the top 10 pop songs of all time. In a survey of 10,000 people, Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody – which twice made number one in the UK singles chart – beat tracks from Bryan Adams, Robbie Williams and John Lennon to take the prestigious top spot. Kylie’s hit scraped in the list, coming in tenth place. Commenting on the results, survey organiser John Sewell from onepoll.com said: “We got a worthy winner.” Hahaha, this is entertainment news? (And before you lot up the back say something snide, it’s our “thing” to make news out of non-news, via the meta-ness of commenting on its inherent non-newsworthiness, so ner.) Let’s start an online poll at one of those “make a poll 4 ur MySpace!!” sites, and see if we can get it in the news.com.au entertainment section, shall we? Anyone got any ideas? More »

‘Extra’ Website Visitors Fear Britney Is The Next Anna Nicole

3:40AM Defamer Hollywood | If you’re inclined to believe in the wisdom of crowds (well, in this instance, the wisdom of trainwreck-craving mobs), then perhaps the celebrity-mental-health professionals of Cedars Sinai shouldn’t have been so willing to rid themselves of tantrum-throwing, high-profile charge Britney Spears even a minute before the conclusion of the 72-Hour Handcuffed To A Radiator Until She Chills The Fuck Out Watch under which the troubled part-time mom was supposedly being detained. We, however, choose not to share in the bleak prediction of ExtraTV.com’s readership, instead trusting that Dr. Phil, even after abandoning his poorly received plans for a nationally televised intervention, will still find a way to deliver the tough love it will take to get Spears’ life back on track. You Tell Us: Is Britney the Next Anna Nicole? [Extra TV] More »

Even Rosie O’Donnell Gets To Top A List At The Listiest Time Of The Year

3:41AM Defamer Hollywood | With its ear pressed firmly to the streets of middle American suburbs, Parade Magazine has released its 2007 Year-End Pop Culture Poll Results. Among the more notable results: 44% percent of poll-takers responded with “Rosie! Rosie O’Donnell! My answer is ROSIE O’DONNELL,” when asked, “Who would you consider to be the most annoying — well calm down, let me finish asking the question –” More »