A young woman showing remarkable candor and courage in the face of imminent death, or opportunistic drama whore?  Discuss.

For those of you about to answer: "Who the fuck is Jade Goody?"

I didn't get around to commenting on the passing of Paul Newman, so I'll let David Letterman speak for me:

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Also see Roger Ebert's blog entry on Newman.  He was a great actor, but it was all the other facets of his life and character that made him a great man.

Heath Ledger dead at 28.  That was . . . unexpected.  I actually liked his work; A Knight's Tale is still a fun way to kill two hours, even with its cavalcade of anachronisms, and there was also Casanova and The Brothers Grimm.  Why is it that complete wastes of oxygen manage to survive overdoses and DUI arrests and failed stints in rehab, but the ( Read more... )

Bill Gates delivers his last keynote speech at CES as the head of Microsoft, and leaves with a hilarious and celebrity-packed video speculating on what his last day at the office might be like.  Apparently these films are a hallmark of his CES appearances, but not having attended one, I can tell you this is a side of Gates I haven't seen before.  ( ( Read more... )

Artists, entertainers and celebrities who died in 2007

A few who stand out for me (in chronological order):

• Iwao Takamoto: influential animator, best known for his production design work on Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and later shows
  
• Molly Ivins: I usually disagreed with her, but no liberal columnist was more entertaining than Ivins.  Her utter ( Read more... )

Britney's 16-year-old sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, is knocked up.

Jamie Lynn says she plans on raising the baby in Louisiana so "it can have a normal family life."  Right, like hers and Britney's?

I can't make this shit up, folks.

Update: Assuming this is correct, Casey Aldridge, Jamie Lynn's baby daddy, may have committed felony statutory rape ( Read more... )

Jerry Falwell is dead at 73.

I know it's generally bad karma to disrespect the dead, but I don't really believe in karma.  So forgive me if I don't shed a tear for this hypocritical, self-righteous, homophobic, anti-Semitic piece of shit.  Good riddance, fucker.

You people need to stop reading the same Web sites.  I counted seven consecutive posts on Steve Irwin's deathI also find it kind of amusing.  Here's a guy who made his living grabbing crocodiles by the nuts (or whatever he did to piss them off, not that the stupid creatures needed much provocation), sticking his head in their jaws, and generally ( Read more... )

Dee Dee Ramone died on this day in 2002.  He shares his death-day with a few other guys you might have heard of, like Ronald Reagan, Mel Tormé, Conway Twitty (I briefly thought of "Tight Fitting Jeans" but then I came to my senses) and O. Henry.  I found this list of songs about Reagan and realized there was one missing, which I'd even quoted in my ( Read more... )

In Michigan, you better pay your electric bill. Every damn cent.

Please don't feed the bears. It'll spoil their appetite for the monkeys.

Do they have tuna on the menu?

Survivor just a warmup for Richard Hatch's latest reality venture.

Seriously, Hatch is an idiot.  He should go to prison, not for failing to pay taxes (about which I could ( Read more... )