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Thursday, December 28, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
You Need To Know About This!
Better check this one out...
Check for your Driver's License . and remove it! I definitely removed mine. I suggest you all do the same.
Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the Internet, including your own! Click Here
I just searched for mine and there it was...picture and all! Thanks Homeland Security!
Go to the web site, and check it out. It's unbelievable!!!
Just enter your name, city and state to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked "Please Remove".
This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.
Please notify all your friends so they can protect themselves, too. Believe me they will thank you for it.
Check for your Driver's License . and remove it! I definitely removed mine. I suggest you all do the same.
Now you can see anyone's Driver's License on the Internet, including your own! Click Here
I just searched for mine and there it was...picture and all! Thanks Homeland Security!
Go to the web site, and check it out. It's unbelievable!!!
Just enter your name, city and state to see if yours is on file. After your license comes on the screen, click the box marked "Please Remove".
This will remove it from public viewing, but not from law enforcement.
Please notify all your friends so they can protect themselves, too. Believe me they will thank you for it.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Kato Kailin Speaks
by Harvey Levin, on tmz.com
Kato Kaelin said something pretty interesting on his way out of Hyde last night. Yes my friends, Kato actually got into Hyde and maybe that's the lead.
But on his way out, someone stopped the man who was in O.J. Simpson's guesthouse the night Simpson banged into the air conditioner and dropped his murder glove.
Kaelin was asked about Simpson's disgusting book, "If I Did It." His response -- "What do you mean 'if'?"
The criminal and civil trials were my life for two years. I covered it for the CBS affiliate in L.A. and it was the only topic in my life. Trust me, Kato knew a lot more than he told. Remember, he claims he was awakened by a thump that shook the walls of the guesthouse -- that was Simpson hitting the A.C. (no, not Cowlings, the air conditioner).
Remember, before the murders, Simpson and Kato drove to McDonald's together. There are a lot of stories about what they did and what they said during that McRun. At the very least, O.J. Simpson was in a rage after getting snubbed by Nicole, and he was always willing to rant even when people weren't in the mood to listen. Kato the houseguest was obligated to listen.
And one more thing -- there's no doubt in my mind that Kato heard a lot of commotion after Simpson left for the airport. Double murder is a messy business, and there was plenty to clean and discard that night. I don't think Kato was part of the cleaning crew, but I think he knew exactly who was.
So, when Kato nixed the word "if" last night, it's the most honest he's been about the murders in a dozen years. By the way, he's a really nice guy, but I can't believe he got into Hyde.
Kato Kaelin said something pretty interesting on his way out of Hyde last night. Yes my friends, Kato actually got into Hyde and maybe that's the lead.
But on his way out, someone stopped the man who was in O.J. Simpson's guesthouse the night Simpson banged into the air conditioner and dropped his murder glove.
Kaelin was asked about Simpson's disgusting book, "If I Did It." His response -- "What do you mean 'if'?"
The criminal and civil trials were my life for two years. I covered it for the CBS affiliate in L.A. and it was the only topic in my life. Trust me, Kato knew a lot more than he told. Remember, he claims he was awakened by a thump that shook the walls of the guesthouse -- that was Simpson hitting the A.C. (no, not Cowlings, the air conditioner).
Remember, before the murders, Simpson and Kato drove to McDonald's together. There are a lot of stories about what they did and what they said during that McRun. At the very least, O.J. Simpson was in a rage after getting snubbed by Nicole, and he was always willing to rant even when people weren't in the mood to listen. Kato the houseguest was obligated to listen.
And one more thing -- there's no doubt in my mind that Kato heard a lot of commotion after Simpson left for the airport. Double murder is a messy business, and there was plenty to clean and discard that night. I don't think Kato was part of the cleaning crew, but I think he knew exactly who was.
So, when Kato nixed the word "if" last night, it's the most honest he's been about the murders in a dozen years. By the way, he's a really nice guy, but I can't believe he got into Hyde.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Jenna Jameson Seeks Legal Separation
LOS ANGELES - Porn queen Jenna Jameson filed court papers Monday seeking legal separation from her husband of three years, fellow adult film star Jay Grdina, who headed the business venture she sold to Playboy Enterprises Inc. this summer.
The filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, first reported by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com, comes months after Jameson, 31, whose real surname is Massoli, became romantically involved with mixed martial-arts champion Tito Ortiz.
Jameson and Grdina were married in June 2003 and have been estranged since July 1 of this year, according to the court filing, which cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split.
A legal separation involves the division of finances and assets while the couple remains formally married. Jameson and Grdina, who performs under the name Justin Sterling, have no children together.
A spokeswoman for Jameson said she and Grdina have appeared together in porn films produced for Club Jenna Inc., a multimedia adult-entertainment business she founded and later sold to Playboy.
As part of that deal, announced in June of this year, she and Grdina, who served as president of Club Jenna, both signed personal service agreements with Playboy. Club Jenna’s assets included a film production business, a video library, a network of Web sites and a DVD retail distribution outlet.
A spokeswoman for Jameson and Ortiz, 31, said Ortiz will seek to reclaim his light-heavyweight ultimate fighting title in a championship bout set for Dec. 30 in Las Vegas. She said the pair have been dating for several months.
The filing in Los Angeles County Superior Court, first reported by the celebrity Web site TMZ.com, comes months after Jameson, 31, whose real surname is Massoli, became romantically involved with mixed martial-arts champion Tito Ortiz.
Jameson and Grdina were married in June 2003 and have been estranged since July 1 of this year, according to the court filing, which cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for their split.
A legal separation involves the division of finances and assets while the couple remains formally married. Jameson and Grdina, who performs under the name Justin Sterling, have no children together.
A spokeswoman for Jameson said she and Grdina have appeared together in porn films produced for Club Jenna Inc., a multimedia adult-entertainment business she founded and later sold to Playboy.
As part of that deal, announced in June of this year, she and Grdina, who served as president of Club Jenna, both signed personal service agreements with Playboy. Club Jenna’s assets included a film production business, a video library, a network of Web sites and a DVD retail distribution outlet.
A spokeswoman for Jameson and Ortiz, 31, said Ortiz will seek to reclaim his light-heavyweight ultimate fighting title in a championship bout set for Dec. 30 in Las Vegas. She said the pair have been dating for several months.
Angie Opens Up About Brad, Jen!
from perezhilton.com -
Papa Pitt and Santa Angelina have been rather reticent about their relationship.... until now!
For the first time ever, Jolie is speaking candidly in the press about life with Brad.
The Good Shepard star graces the cover of the new issue of Vogue, where she reveals many intimate details, like these:
On Brad
- "Brad was a huge surprise to me. I, like most people, had a very distant impression of him from...the media. I am just as guilty! We push each other to be better. Even if it's just a better bike rider or a better pilot. We're constantly in competition with each other. He's somebody I admire based on the way he lives his life. And that's why I'm with him. [He is] the person closest to me."
On their relationship:
- "[We] found this strange friendship and partnership that kind of just suddenly happened [on the set of their Mr. & Mrs. Smith.] I think a few months in I realized, God, I can't wait to get to work. Whether it was shooting a scene or arguing about a scene or gun practice or dance class or doing stunts - anything we had to do with each other, we just found a lot of joy in it together and a lot of real teamwork. Life developed in a way where we could be together, and where it felt like something we would do, we should do.
On marriage
- "We are legally bound to our children, not to each other, and I think that's the most important thing."
On Jennifer Aniston:
- "We've, like, passed each other and said 'hi' briefly, shook hands. But not a real sit-down-and-talk kind of meeting."
On a proper meeting with Maniston:
- "That would be her decision, and I would welcome it."
On Shiloh,
- "The day Shiloh came home... we looked around at three sleeping children and each other and thought, My God! Here we are! This is amazing! Couldn't be happier! But ...wow. We can't even figure out how to get them all in the car."
Papa Pitt and Santa Angelina have been rather reticent about their relationship.... until now!
For the first time ever, Jolie is speaking candidly in the press about life with Brad.
The Good Shepard star graces the cover of the new issue of Vogue, where she reveals many intimate details, like these:
On Brad
- "Brad was a huge surprise to me. I, like most people, had a very distant impression of him from...the media. I am just as guilty! We push each other to be better. Even if it's just a better bike rider or a better pilot. We're constantly in competition with each other. He's somebody I admire based on the way he lives his life. And that's why I'm with him. [He is] the person closest to me."
On their relationship:
- "[We] found this strange friendship and partnership that kind of just suddenly happened [on the set of their Mr. & Mrs. Smith.] I think a few months in I realized, God, I can't wait to get to work. Whether it was shooting a scene or arguing about a scene or gun practice or dance class or doing stunts - anything we had to do with each other, we just found a lot of joy in it together and a lot of real teamwork. Life developed in a way where we could be together, and where it felt like something we would do, we should do.
On marriage
- "We are legally bound to our children, not to each other, and I think that's the most important thing."
On Jennifer Aniston:
- "We've, like, passed each other and said 'hi' briefly, shook hands. But not a real sit-down-and-talk kind of meeting."
On a proper meeting with Maniston:
- "That would be her decision, and I would welcome it."
On Shiloh,
- "The day Shiloh came home... we looked around at three sleeping children and each other and thought, My God! Here we are! This is amazing! Couldn't be happier! But ...wow. We can't even figure out how to get them all in the car."
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire?
Girlfriend sets her boyfriend's balls afire
Georgia- A woman in Fulton County, Ga., who was angry with her boyfriend when the pair went to bed over the weekend, poured gasoline on his genitals and ignited a fire, according to police.
Fulton County police said Bobby Thompson and his girlfriend Cynthia Covington had a fight Saturday morning and Thompson went to bed. However, Covington was still upset, the report said. Covington then allegedly poured gasoline between Thompson's legs and ignited a fire. Covington also caught fire, the report said.
Both were transported to Grady Hospital's burn unit.
Covington was in critical condition Sunday night while Thompson was listed in stable condition.
Covington faces aggravated assault and arson charges.
Georgia- A woman in Fulton County, Ga., who was angry with her boyfriend when the pair went to bed over the weekend, poured gasoline on his genitals and ignited a fire, according to police.
Fulton County police said Bobby Thompson and his girlfriend Cynthia Covington had a fight Saturday morning and Thompson went to bed. However, Covington was still upset, the report said. Covington then allegedly poured gasoline between Thompson's legs and ignited a fire. Covington also caught fire, the report said.
Both were transported to Grady Hospital's burn unit.
Covington was in critical condition Sunday night while Thompson was listed in stable condition.
Covington faces aggravated assault and arson charges.
Monday, December 04, 2006
World's Fattest Fat Lady Dies
Weighed in once at 1200 pounds
AUBURNDALE, Florida - Rosalie Bradford, who once held the Guinness record as the world's heaviest woman, died from complications of obesity. She was 63.
Bradford, of Auburndale, weighed 1,050 pounds in January 1987, according to the 1994 edition of Guinness Book of Records. She also was listed by Guinness as having lost more weight than any other woman - 736 pounds - weighing in at 314 pounds in September 1992.
"We're going to miss her," said Sandy Nice of Auburndale, Bradford's half-sister who assisted in a worldwide ministry that counseled hundreds of obese women.
Bradford is survived by her husband, Robert Bradford, and son, Robbie Bradford, of Sarasota. She also leaves a sister in Pennsylvania, where Rosalie Bradford was raised by her baby sitter after being abandoned at age 6 months by her mother.
On her carefully maintained Web site, RosalieBradford.com, Bradford blames her lifelong battle with obesity on her abandonment, which bred a food addiction. At 15 she weighed 309. The Web site claims her peak weight was in excess of 1,200 pounds.
In 1989, Bradford, who was 5-feet 7-inches tall, attempted suicide, and owed her drastic weight loss to Richard Simmons, the flamboyant fitness guru and television personality. The two began corresponding after a friend of Bradford's wrote Simmons about her struggle.
Ten years later Bradford left Pennsylvania for Auburndale with her husband, a former Ferris wheel operator, and son. The couple married in 1973, when Rosalie was down to 250 pounds. After giving birth she weighed 374 pounds.
In a 1999 Ledger article, Bradford told of a failed 1970 intestinal bypass operation in which she nearly died from a blood infection.
Two beds had to be chained together to support her frame.
"I was just like an addict - lie, cheat, steal, whatever to get my drug of choice. And my drug of choice was food," Bradford said. "She binged on potato chips, pretzels and cheese, consuming at least 10,000 calories a day. At the time of the interview, she was at 304 pounds.
At her largest, Bradford's 8-foot-wide girth couldn't fit in the hallway of a single-wide mobile home. Bathing took more than 90 minutes.
She said Simmons sent her a diet plan and became a "pain in the butt," helping her lose weight over a period of 1 1/2 years. Yet her weight continued to fluctuate.
She spent the last year bedridden, her legs bloated due to complications from having had her lymph nodes severed a number of years ago, said her publicist, Stephen Nortier, of Michael Thomas Media Group. She died Wednesday at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
Bradford's weight had rebounded to more than 400 pounds, but she continued working on a book that Nortier's company plans to have published in coming months.
"It will be her life story," he said, "and it's an incredible story
AUBURNDALE, Florida - Rosalie Bradford, who once held the Guinness record as the world's heaviest woman, died from complications of obesity. She was 63.
Bradford, of Auburndale, weighed 1,050 pounds in January 1987, according to the 1994 edition of Guinness Book of Records. She also was listed by Guinness as having lost more weight than any other woman - 736 pounds - weighing in at 314 pounds in September 1992.
"We're going to miss her," said Sandy Nice of Auburndale, Bradford's half-sister who assisted in a worldwide ministry that counseled hundreds of obese women.
Bradford is survived by her husband, Robert Bradford, and son, Robbie Bradford, of Sarasota. She also leaves a sister in Pennsylvania, where Rosalie Bradford was raised by her baby sitter after being abandoned at age 6 months by her mother.
On her carefully maintained Web site, RosalieBradford.com, Bradford blames her lifelong battle with obesity on her abandonment, which bred a food addiction. At 15 she weighed 309. The Web site claims her peak weight was in excess of 1,200 pounds.
In 1989, Bradford, who was 5-feet 7-inches tall, attempted suicide, and owed her drastic weight loss to Richard Simmons, the flamboyant fitness guru and television personality. The two began corresponding after a friend of Bradford's wrote Simmons about her struggle.
Ten years later Bradford left Pennsylvania for Auburndale with her husband, a former Ferris wheel operator, and son. The couple married in 1973, when Rosalie was down to 250 pounds. After giving birth she weighed 374 pounds.
In a 1999 Ledger article, Bradford told of a failed 1970 intestinal bypass operation in which she nearly died from a blood infection.
Two beds had to be chained together to support her frame.
"I was just like an addict - lie, cheat, steal, whatever to get my drug of choice. And my drug of choice was food," Bradford said. "She binged on potato chips, pretzels and cheese, consuming at least 10,000 calories a day. At the time of the interview, she was at 304 pounds.
At her largest, Bradford's 8-foot-wide girth couldn't fit in the hallway of a single-wide mobile home. Bathing took more than 90 minutes.
She said Simmons sent her a diet plan and became a "pain in the butt," helping her lose weight over a period of 1 1/2 years. Yet her weight continued to fluctuate.
She spent the last year bedridden, her legs bloated due to complications from having had her lymph nodes severed a number of years ago, said her publicist, Stephen Nortier, of Michael Thomas Media Group. She died Wednesday at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
Bradford's weight had rebounded to more than 400 pounds, but she continued working on a book that Nortier's company plans to have published in coming months.
"It will be her life story," he said, "and it's an incredible story
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
K-Fed Hitting Porn Star Kendra Jade
From MSNBC.COM
Add this to the reasons that Britney Spears had to dump her hubby: Kevin Federline reportedly was having an affair with a former porn star a full month before Spears filed for divorce in November.
Federline met Kendra Jade, an “exotic dancer” and former porn star, in Las Vegas in December 2005 while his wife was visiting her family in Kentwood, Louisiana, according to Star magazine, and the two stayed in touch.
“Kev and Kendra had sex at their friends’ apartment multiple times, starting in early October,” a source told the tab. “Their friend would phone Kendra and a few other girls to come hang out, and it would always end up with Kevin and Kendra heading off to the spare bedroom!”
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Updated: 9:51 a.m. PT Nov 29, 2006
Add this to the reasons that Britney Spears had to dump her hubby: Kevin Federline reportedly was having an affair with a former porn star a full month before Spears filed for divorce in November.
Federline met Kendra Jade, an “exotic dancer” and former porn star, in Las Vegas in December 2005 while his wife was visiting her family in Kentwood, Louisiana, according to Star magazine, and the two stayed in touch.
“Kev and Kendra had sex at their friends’ apartment multiple times, starting in early October,” a source told the tab. “Their friend would phone Kendra and a few other girls to come hang out, and it would always end up with Kevin and Kendra heading off to the spare bedroom!”
Now that K-Fed is a single guy, will he and Jade become a couple? Not likely, says the source, explaining, “They’re just friends who have sex.”
Add this to the reasons that Britney Spears had to dump her hubby: Kevin Federline reportedly was having an affair with a former porn star a full month before Spears filed for divorce in November.
Federline met Kendra Jade, an “exotic dancer” and former porn star, in Las Vegas in December 2005 while his wife was visiting her family in Kentwood, Louisiana, according to Star magazine, and the two stayed in touch.
“Kev and Kendra had sex at their friends’ apartment multiple times, starting in early October,” a source told the tab. “Their friend would phone Kendra and a few other girls to come hang out, and it would always end up with Kevin and Kendra heading off to the spare bedroom!”
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By Jeannette Walls
MSNBC
Updated: 9:51 a.m. PT Nov 29, 2006
Add this to the reasons that Britney Spears had to dump her hubby: Kevin Federline reportedly was having an affair with a former porn star a full month before Spears filed for divorce in November.
Federline met Kendra Jade, an “exotic dancer” and former porn star, in Las Vegas in December 2005 while his wife was visiting her family in Kentwood, Louisiana, according to Star magazine, and the two stayed in touch.
“Kev and Kendra had sex at their friends’ apartment multiple times, starting in early October,” a source told the tab. “Their friend would phone Kendra and a few other girls to come hang out, and it would always end up with Kevin and Kendra heading off to the spare bedroom!”
Now that K-Fed is a single guy, will he and Jade become a couple? Not likely, says the source, explaining, “They’re just friends who have sex.”
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Britney Spears Really Wants You To See Her Vagina
Calling this a slip or an accident is like calling hardcore pornography an oops. Obviously all the pictures are super NSFW so wait til you're somewhere private before checking them out. Or don't check them out at all. The only thing you'll be missing is a monitor covered in whatever you had for breakfast. Or the first of many steps that leads to you becoming a gynecologist.
Here's Britney Spears showing off her shaved vagina. And when I say showing off I mean showing off. Like the way a hooker shows off. Or a porn star. Or that creepy guy in the trenchcoat who's always hanging around the park. I mean... damn! You just don't NOT notice when your vag is swinging in the breeze! How cracked out do you have to be before you lose all feeling below the waist anyway? And I hate to say it but Paris is looking better to me everyday..... Since when is she the classy one?
Here's Britney Spears showing off her shaved vagina. And when I say showing off I mean showing off. Like the way a hooker shows off. Or a porn star. Or that creepy guy in the trenchcoat who's always hanging around the park. I mean... damn! You just don't NOT notice when your vag is swinging in the breeze! How cracked out do you have to be before you lose all feeling below the waist anyway? And I hate to say it but Paris is looking better to me everyday..... Since when is she the classy one?
Borat breaks up Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock
Page Six is claiming Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from Kid Rock because of his "male insecurity and major anger issues" with the last straw being when he blew up at her during a screening of Borat at Universal Studio chief Ron Meyer's Beverly Hills house two weeks ago. A friend of Pamela says:
"It was the first time Bob had seen the movie, and, well, he didn't like it." The hugely popular film shows Sasha Baron Cohen - in character as Borat Sagdiyev - falling in love with Anderson after seeing her in a "Baywatch" rerun, then driving across America in order to propose marriage to her. "Bob started screaming at Pam, saying she had humiliated herself and telling her, 'You're nothing but a whore! You're a slut! How could you do that movie?' - in front of everyone. It was very embarrassing. Pam thought he could have a sense of humor about the movie. She was in on the gag from the very beginning and loved doing the movie. And on the eve of what was supposed to be a very positive thing, he made it an awful night. Ever since that night, it has been icicles between them. Bob is just a very unhappy and angry man. Pam is very disenchanted and sad. You know, there are reasons why she never married him before. Those reasons disappeared while they were together on a boat in St. Tropez, but she knows now that they never went away. The reality is he is an insecure, angry man. Pam is just very happy to not be in the same house with so much passive-aggressive hostility in it."
If you've seen Borat you know Kid Rock is out of his mind. It's probably the least slutty thing Pamela Anderson has done since she was twelve. And getting mad at Pamela Anderson for being a slut is like getting mad at a Smurf for being blue. You don't marry a hamburger and throw a fit when you find out it's delicious.
"It was the first time Bob had seen the movie, and, well, he didn't like it." The hugely popular film shows Sasha Baron Cohen - in character as Borat Sagdiyev - falling in love with Anderson after seeing her in a "Baywatch" rerun, then driving across America in order to propose marriage to her. "Bob started screaming at Pam, saying she had humiliated herself and telling her, 'You're nothing but a whore! You're a slut! How could you do that movie?' - in front of everyone. It was very embarrassing. Pam thought he could have a sense of humor about the movie. She was in on the gag from the very beginning and loved doing the movie. And on the eve of what was supposed to be a very positive thing, he made it an awful night. Ever since that night, it has been icicles between them. Bob is just a very unhappy and angry man. Pam is very disenchanted and sad. You know, there are reasons why she never married him before. Those reasons disappeared while they were together on a boat in St. Tropez, but she knows now that they never went away. The reality is he is an insecure, angry man. Pam is just very happy to not be in the same house with so much passive-aggressive hostility in it."
If you've seen Borat you know Kid Rock is out of his mind. It's probably the least slutty thing Pamela Anderson has done since she was twelve. And getting mad at Pamela Anderson for being a slut is like getting mad at a Smurf for being blue. You don't marry a hamburger and throw a fit when you find out it's delicious.
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Murdoch Offered $$$ in OJ Hush Money
WWW- The O.J. Simpson book fiasco took another shocking turn yesterday when his former sister-in-law claimed that Rupert Murdoch's deputies offered her family "millions of dollars" in "hush money."
Denise Brown concluded the money was intended to buy her family's silence on Simpson's print and TV deal with Murdoch's News Corp. in which Simpson was to expound on how he would have committed the 1994 slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
But the offer made to the Brown and Goldman families over the weekend - after criticism erupted over the book and TV deal - amounted to a hollow promise because it was contingent on the book and TV special turning a profit.
With advertisers balking at backing the TV show, stores threatening to keep the book off shelves and millions of dollars in expenses, any profits would have been iffy at best.
Simpson, much to the fury of the Browns and Goldmans, may get the last word on his scandalous tome titled "If I Did It." His attorney Yale Galanter told The News that Simpson is planning to break his silence and do "a couple of major interviews" to react to the book debacle.
Both the Brown and Goldman families turned down the money offer made by senior News Corp. executives, and on Monday, Murdoch pulled the plug on the entire project calling it "ill-considered."
"They wanted to offer us millions of dollars. Millions of dollars for, like, 'Oh, I'm sorry' money. But they were still going to air the show," Brown, 50, told NBC's "Today."
"We just thought, 'Oh my God.' What they're trying to do is trying to keep us quiet, trying to make this like hush money, trying to go around the civil verdict, giving us this money to keep our mouths shut."
But News Corp. spokesman Andrew Butcher denied the offer was hush money.
"There were no strings attached," Butcher said.
He explained the offer was for the families to split the profits from the book and TV deal once the company recouped its initial outlay. Reports said ReganBooks, an offshoot of Murdoch's HarperCollins publishing house, paid as much as $3.5 million for the deal.
Ron Goldman's sister, Kim, confirmed her family was contacted by News Corp. executives over the weekend and offered profits from the Simpson deal.
"Our first reaction was we want you to pull it and that's the most important thing," Kim Goldman told the Daily News yesterday. But she said, "It was not in exchange for anything from our family whatsoever."
Last night, the Goldmans' attorney, Jonathan Polak, sent a letter to News Corp. Senior Executive Vice President Lawrence Jacobs demanding all copies of the book and taped interviews with Simpson be destroyed.
"It is vitally important that in order to honor the wishes of the victims' family members, News Corp. must do everything in its power to make sure that the book and interview never see the light of day," Polak said.
Polak also demanded that the Goldman family be assigned "all rights News Corp. or its affiliates has in the book and the interview."
Butcher said News Corp. will try to accommodate the request.
"We'll destroy everything we have in terms of books printed and tapes made of the interview," Butcher said. "We'll do all we can to make sure they're not made public."
The families also were still fuming over News Corp.'s financial deal with Simpson, made with a mysterious third party, that allowed him to be paid and avoid paying down a $33.5 million civil court judgment for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
"He brokered a deal again to evade the judgment. You can't get around that," Kim Goldman told The News. "I don't care who it went to, it was an absolute effort to evade the judgment."
Galanter, Simpson's lawyer, insisted that Simpson's children, Justin and Sidney, directly received the entire advance from the News Corp. deal.
Denise Brown concluded the money was intended to buy her family's silence on Simpson's print and TV deal with Murdoch's News Corp. in which Simpson was to expound on how he would have committed the 1994 slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
But the offer made to the Brown and Goldman families over the weekend - after criticism erupted over the book and TV deal - amounted to a hollow promise because it was contingent on the book and TV special turning a profit.
With advertisers balking at backing the TV show, stores threatening to keep the book off shelves and millions of dollars in expenses, any profits would have been iffy at best.
Simpson, much to the fury of the Browns and Goldmans, may get the last word on his scandalous tome titled "If I Did It." His attorney Yale Galanter told The News that Simpson is planning to break his silence and do "a couple of major interviews" to react to the book debacle.
Both the Brown and Goldman families turned down the money offer made by senior News Corp. executives, and on Monday, Murdoch pulled the plug on the entire project calling it "ill-considered."
"They wanted to offer us millions of dollars. Millions of dollars for, like, 'Oh, I'm sorry' money. But they were still going to air the show," Brown, 50, told NBC's "Today."
"We just thought, 'Oh my God.' What they're trying to do is trying to keep us quiet, trying to make this like hush money, trying to go around the civil verdict, giving us this money to keep our mouths shut."
But News Corp. spokesman Andrew Butcher denied the offer was hush money.
"There were no strings attached," Butcher said.
He explained the offer was for the families to split the profits from the book and TV deal once the company recouped its initial outlay. Reports said ReganBooks, an offshoot of Murdoch's HarperCollins publishing house, paid as much as $3.5 million for the deal.
Ron Goldman's sister, Kim, confirmed her family was contacted by News Corp. executives over the weekend and offered profits from the Simpson deal.
"Our first reaction was we want you to pull it and that's the most important thing," Kim Goldman told the Daily News yesterday. But she said, "It was not in exchange for anything from our family whatsoever."
Last night, the Goldmans' attorney, Jonathan Polak, sent a letter to News Corp. Senior Executive Vice President Lawrence Jacobs demanding all copies of the book and taped interviews with Simpson be destroyed.
"It is vitally important that in order to honor the wishes of the victims' family members, News Corp. must do everything in its power to make sure that the book and interview never see the light of day," Polak said.
Polak also demanded that the Goldman family be assigned "all rights News Corp. or its affiliates has in the book and the interview."
Butcher said News Corp. will try to accommodate the request.
"We'll destroy everything we have in terms of books printed and tapes made of the interview," Butcher said. "We'll do all we can to make sure they're not made public."
The families also were still fuming over News Corp.'s financial deal with Simpson, made with a mysterious third party, that allowed him to be paid and avoid paying down a $33.5 million civil court judgment for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
"He brokered a deal again to evade the judgment. You can't get around that," Kim Goldman told The News. "I don't care who it went to, it was an absolute effort to evade the judgment."
Galanter, Simpson's lawyer, insisted that Simpson's children, Justin and Sidney, directly received the entire advance from the News Corp. deal.
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Oh, Please! Someone Tell Me They Caught This On Their Cellphone......
According to Joshua Radin, Paris Hilton was "performing" in Las Vegas when she puked on stage. Radin was in Vegas with the cast of "Scrubs" and went to a club to see Jay-Z perform. He wound up sitting next to her at the show. He writes on his MySpace:
"Paris Hilton ...was sitting next to me the whole night. Seriously, next to me, like our legs were touching for a good 5 hours," Radin wrote on his MySpace site. "Now don't get the wrong idea. She never once said hello, nor even looked in my direction. Five hours. And it was unreal to watch. She must have pulled a compact out of her bag every 6 minutes to stare at herself and pose while Jay-Z was performing 18 inches from us." When Jay-Z left the stage, according to Radin, it was Hilton's moment. "Paris, who had been swilling straight vodka from [a] Grey Goose bottle for hours, gets up on stage, has the people in charge throw her 'record' on the house stereo for her to lip sync two of her songs," writes Radin. "She gets up on the stage, pukes, leaves. . . I find the music business charming."
"Paris Hilton ...was sitting next to me the whole night. Seriously, next to me, like our legs were touching for a good 5 hours," Radin wrote on his MySpace site. "Now don't get the wrong idea. She never once said hello, nor even looked in my direction. Five hours. And it was unreal to watch. She must have pulled a compact out of her bag every 6 minutes to stare at herself and pose while Jay-Z was performing 18 inches from us." When Jay-Z left the stage, according to Radin, it was Hilton's moment. "Paris, who had been swilling straight vodka from [a] Grey Goose bottle for hours, gets up on stage, has the people in charge throw her 'record' on the house stereo for her to lip sync two of her songs," writes Radin. "She gets up on the stage, pukes, leaves. . . I find the music business charming."
K-Fed's Court-Approved Blackmail
from tmz.com...
Britney Spears is in for a rough ride in her divorce from creepy Kevin Federline. She's about to learn an ugly lesson about celebrity divorces.
Make no mistake about it -- Federline has no interest in getting custody of the couple's two children. Sure, he's asking for custody, but it's all a thinly veiled attempt to extort money from Spears.
The word in Hollywood is that Britney loved partying before she had kids. My only encounter with Spears -- maybe two years before she got married -- was at a gym where she seemed completely oblivious to her celebrity -- chewing gum, dancing and clearly up for a good time, whenever. People I know who know her well say she was a sweet but wild girl.
Enter Federline. He partied with Britney and knows things she probably doesn't want public. And that would probably make her the same as anyone in a relationship. The difference is that Britney's secrets would get huge media play, and Kevin knows it.
So here's where he stands. Thanks to Laura Wasser, Britney's legal eagle who drafted an air-tight prenup, K-Fed will get less than $250,000 (a one-time spousal support payment), around $2.5 million (his share of the Malibu house) and that's pretty much it. So how does Fed-Ex really cash in on Britney's fortune? He tells her that there are things the judge may want to know about her past that could bear on her mothering skills. But, of course, for a price, he'll go away.
Federline has been an absentee dad from the get go. He's shown no interest in parenting his kids. On the other hand, people who are around Britney all the time tell me she's an amazing mother. Trust me, we did more stories about the car seat than you can count. But she's with these kids 24/7 and does a really good job.
So the time will come soon when bad Dad will start threatening. And Britney will probably give Kevin more than he deserves to pimp his ride into the sunset. The only solace is that Federline will blow through his settlement quickly and I'm guessing he won't sell enough CDs to buy a Happy Meal. Maybe that's justice.
Britney Spears is in for a rough ride in her divorce from creepy Kevin Federline. She's about to learn an ugly lesson about celebrity divorces.
Make no mistake about it -- Federline has no interest in getting custody of the couple's two children. Sure, he's asking for custody, but it's all a thinly veiled attempt to extort money from Spears.
The word in Hollywood is that Britney loved partying before she had kids. My only encounter with Spears -- maybe two years before she got married -- was at a gym where she seemed completely oblivious to her celebrity -- chewing gum, dancing and clearly up for a good time, whenever. People I know who know her well say she was a sweet but wild girl.
Enter Federline. He partied with Britney and knows things she probably doesn't want public. And that would probably make her the same as anyone in a relationship. The difference is that Britney's secrets would get huge media play, and Kevin knows it.
So here's where he stands. Thanks to Laura Wasser, Britney's legal eagle who drafted an air-tight prenup, K-Fed will get less than $250,000 (a one-time spousal support payment), around $2.5 million (his share of the Malibu house) and that's pretty much it. So how does Fed-Ex really cash in on Britney's fortune? He tells her that there are things the judge may want to know about her past that could bear on her mothering skills. But, of course, for a price, he'll go away.
Federline has been an absentee dad from the get go. He's shown no interest in parenting his kids. On the other hand, people who are around Britney all the time tell me she's an amazing mother. Trust me, we did more stories about the car seat than you can count. But she's with these kids 24/7 and does a really good job.
So the time will come soon when bad Dad will start threatening. And Britney will probably give Kevin more than he deserves to pimp his ride into the sunset. The only solace is that Federline will blow through his settlement quickly and I'm guessing he won't sell enough CDs to buy a Happy Meal. Maybe that's justice.
Monday, November 20, 2006
OJ Special Cancelled
WWW- Faced with a growing uproar, Rupert Murdoch, the chairman the News Corporation, announced this afternoon that his company had canceled publication of the pseudo-memoir/confessional by O.J. Simpson, “If I Did It,” as well as a related television special that was to be broadcast on the Fox network next week.
“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” Mr. Murdoch said in a statement. “We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson.”
Mr. Simpson was accused of the 1994 stabbing murders of his wife Nicole and her friend Ronald L. Goldman. After a televised trial watched by millions around the world, a jury acquitted Mr. Simpson, who had always maintained his innocence. But in the unorthodox literary project, and the accompanying television special, Mr. Simpson reportedly details how he might have killed Ms. Simpson and Mr. Goldman, if he had killed them.
His book editor, Judith Regan, who also conducted an interview of Mr. Simpson for the television special, has said the book is Mr. Simpson’s confession to the murders of Ms. Simpson and Mr. Goldman. Mr. Simpson has not spoken publicly about the book or the TV special.
The project was met with a hail of criticism, especially as it revived memories of a crime that set off a searing national debate on race, crime and whether the rich get away with murder. A dozen Fox affiliates have already said they would not broadcast the two-part program, which had been scheduled during sweeps month on Nov. 27 and 29 just before publication of the book. It was being published by ReganBooks, a HarperCollins imprint owned, like the Fox network, by the News Corporation.
Ms. Regan so far declined to comment today on the cancellation of the book and the television special.
The News Corporation also publishes The New York Post, which featured the book and the interview on its front page on Thursday, with a photo of Mr. Simpson and his late wife, both of them smiling, with a headline reading “O.J. ’fesses.”
Earlier today, the industry trade publication Broadcasting & Cable editorialized against the program, saying "Fox should cancel this evil sweeps stunt."
Although it had yet to be released, the book made the top 20 most ordered books on Amazon.com, but even on that bookseller’s Web site, a campaign to boycott the book was waged in its customers’ comments section.
Today, after the announcement that it would not be published, the book dropped to 46 on the Amazon list, and some readers reacted gleefully.
“Decency wins out over greed,” wrote one.
The Borders bookstore chain announced last week that it would donate any profits from the Simpson book to charity.
The plans for the book and the interviews outraged family members of the victims and victims’ rights organizations.
"He destroyed my son and took from my family Ron’s future and life. And for that I’ll hate him always and find him despicable," Mr. Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, said on ABC last week.
Ms. Regan is known for promoting books by celebrities and controversial figures like Jenna Jameson, the pornography star, and Jose Canseco, the steroid-popping baseball player.
Ms. Regan has said she considered the book to be Mr. Simpson’s confession, although she acknowledged that he did not say directly in the book or the interview that he killed his wife and Mr. Goldman.
In a lengthy statement she released last week, Ms. Regan said she pursued the project because she too had been a victim of abuse and wanted “to hear him say, ‘I did it and I am sorry.’ ”
“I wanted his confession,” she said.
“I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project,” Mr. Murdoch said in a statement. “We are sorry for any pain this has caused the families of Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown-Simpson.”
Mr. Simpson was accused of the 1994 stabbing murders of his wife Nicole and her friend Ronald L. Goldman. After a televised trial watched by millions around the world, a jury acquitted Mr. Simpson, who had always maintained his innocence. But in the unorthodox literary project, and the accompanying television special, Mr. Simpson reportedly details how he might have killed Ms. Simpson and Mr. Goldman, if he had killed them.
His book editor, Judith Regan, who also conducted an interview of Mr. Simpson for the television special, has said the book is Mr. Simpson’s confession to the murders of Ms. Simpson and Mr. Goldman. Mr. Simpson has not spoken publicly about the book or the TV special.
The project was met with a hail of criticism, especially as it revived memories of a crime that set off a searing national debate on race, crime and whether the rich get away with murder. A dozen Fox affiliates have already said they would not broadcast the two-part program, which had been scheduled during sweeps month on Nov. 27 and 29 just before publication of the book. It was being published by ReganBooks, a HarperCollins imprint owned, like the Fox network, by the News Corporation.
Ms. Regan so far declined to comment today on the cancellation of the book and the television special.
The News Corporation also publishes The New York Post, which featured the book and the interview on its front page on Thursday, with a photo of Mr. Simpson and his late wife, both of them smiling, with a headline reading “O.J. ’fesses.”
Earlier today, the industry trade publication Broadcasting & Cable editorialized against the program, saying "Fox should cancel this evil sweeps stunt."
Although it had yet to be released, the book made the top 20 most ordered books on Amazon.com, but even on that bookseller’s Web site, a campaign to boycott the book was waged in its customers’ comments section.
Today, after the announcement that it would not be published, the book dropped to 46 on the Amazon list, and some readers reacted gleefully.
“Decency wins out over greed,” wrote one.
The Borders bookstore chain announced last week that it would donate any profits from the Simpson book to charity.
The plans for the book and the interviews outraged family members of the victims and victims’ rights organizations.
"He destroyed my son and took from my family Ron’s future and life. And for that I’ll hate him always and find him despicable," Mr. Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, said on ABC last week.
Ms. Regan is known for promoting books by celebrities and controversial figures like Jenna Jameson, the pornography star, and Jose Canseco, the steroid-popping baseball player.
Ms. Regan has said she considered the book to be Mr. Simpson’s confession, although she acknowledged that he did not say directly in the book or the interview that he killed his wife and Mr. Goldman.
In a lengthy statement she released last week, Ms. Regan said she pursued the project because she too had been a victim of abuse and wanted “to hear him say, ‘I did it and I am sorry.’ ”
“I wanted his confession,” she said.
Britney Spears To Give Away Sex Tape
What I want to know is when did Britney get so smart!
According to a family friend, Britney Spears is "seriously thinking about" just giving away a digitally re-mastered copy of her sex tape for free so Kevin Federline can't make any money off of it.
"Brit figures she'll beat that sucker to the punch, just like she did by giving away pictures of Jayden James," said Spears family friend Nyla Price, 55, the owner of Nyla's Burger Basket. "Half of nuthin' is nuthin', and that's what her lying skunk of a husband will get if she gives that video away before he can find some sleazeball to buy it." Federline has been saying the sex tape is four hours long, however, Price says the tape is closer to forty-five minutes
This is like a battle of wits between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline to see who can screw each other over the most. I'd compare it to an intricate game of chess but it's really more like a pig wrestling contest. I picture each of them staying up late at night trying to put together battle plans, furiously scribbling on a notepad with their tongue sticking out. Then when you look at the notepad it's just a bunch of numbers, with some of the 3's facing the wrong way.
According to a family friend, Britney Spears is "seriously thinking about" just giving away a digitally re-mastered copy of her sex tape for free so Kevin Federline can't make any money off of it.
"Brit figures she'll beat that sucker to the punch, just like she did by giving away pictures of Jayden James," said Spears family friend Nyla Price, 55, the owner of Nyla's Burger Basket. "Half of nuthin' is nuthin', and that's what her lying skunk of a husband will get if she gives that video away before he can find some sleazeball to buy it." Federline has been saying the sex tape is four hours long, however, Price says the tape is closer to forty-five minutes
This is like a battle of wits between Britney Spears and Kevin Federline to see who can screw each other over the most. I'd compare it to an intricate game of chess but it's really more like a pig wrestling contest. I picture each of them staying up late at night trying to put together battle plans, furiously scribbling on a notepad with their tongue sticking out. Then when you look at the notepad it's just a bunch of numbers, with some of the 3's facing the wrong way.
Izabella St. James Spills Playboy Secrets
In her tell-all book ‘Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors At The Playboy Mansion.’
London - Playboy playmate Izabella St James, who was a part of the eighty-something lothario Hugh Hefner’s sexiest seven squad, has spilled the sex secrets of some of Hollywood’s prolific actors, in her tell all book ‘Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors At The Playboy Mansion.’
In her shocking new book the Polish-born blonde admits: "Anything goes in that place — but until now nobody has dared to tell.
"It's everything you ever imagined and worse... the world's biggest celebrities surrounded by half-naked beautiful women, and hormones run wild.
All the girls were up for it — the hunky young stars just had to click their fingers and a gaggle of Playmates would jump at spending the night with them,” she was quoted by the Newsoftheworld, as saying.
In her book Izabella revealed how Leonardo DiCaprio loved to frolic with blonde Bunnies in the bushes by the monkey house and glamour girl Jordan was all over ageing tycoon Hefner after watching him enjoy an orgy with seven other beauties.
Others like Hutch star Owen Wilson and Irish actor Colin Firth almost lived at the mansion indulging a craving for group sex.
Izabella was a permanent fixture at the Beverly Hills mansion from 2002 to 2004 and witnessed all the wildest bashes. As one of Hef's seven special girls she was banned from flirting with anyone else.
But she admitted: "Leonardo, Owen and Colin were the girls' favorites. They all wanted to spend the night with them and many had their wish come true.
"These boys were all single and caused a stir at every party. Leo was so handsome and adorable — and had a reputation for being amazing in bed.
He practically lived at the mansion. Every party, he'd be there. I lost count of the times I saw him at the end of a bash bundling five or six girls into the back of a limo to take back to his house,” Izabella revealed.
London - Playboy playmate Izabella St James, who was a part of the eighty-something lothario Hugh Hefner’s sexiest seven squad, has spilled the sex secrets of some of Hollywood’s prolific actors, in her tell all book ‘Bunny Tales: Behind Closed Doors At The Playboy Mansion.’
In her shocking new book the Polish-born blonde admits: "Anything goes in that place — but until now nobody has dared to tell.
"It's everything you ever imagined and worse... the world's biggest celebrities surrounded by half-naked beautiful women, and hormones run wild.
All the girls were up for it — the hunky young stars just had to click their fingers and a gaggle of Playmates would jump at spending the night with them,” she was quoted by the Newsoftheworld, as saying.
In her book Izabella revealed how Leonardo DiCaprio loved to frolic with blonde Bunnies in the bushes by the monkey house and glamour girl Jordan was all over ageing tycoon Hefner after watching him enjoy an orgy with seven other beauties.
Others like Hutch star Owen Wilson and Irish actor Colin Firth almost lived at the mansion indulging a craving for group sex.
Izabella was a permanent fixture at the Beverly Hills mansion from 2002 to 2004 and witnessed all the wildest bashes. As one of Hef's seven special girls she was banned from flirting with anyone else.
But she admitted: "Leonardo, Owen and Colin were the girls' favorites. They all wanted to spend the night with them and many had their wish come true.
"These boys were all single and caused a stir at every party. Leo was so handsome and adorable — and had a reputation for being amazing in bed.
He practically lived at the mansion. Every party, he'd be there. I lost count of the times I saw him at the end of a bash bundling five or six girls into the back of a limo to take back to his house,” Izabella revealed.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Launch of Pubic-Hair-Coloring Product
Now The Carpet Can Truly Match The Curtains
CINCINNATI -- If you think a brown betty is an apple tart, you may not want to read further.
That's not the meaning ascribed by Betty Beauty, a New York startup that is getting big PR play by marketing hair color for the nether regions. Billed as "color for the hair down there," the company began really building buzz this summer with a brief appearance on the "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and mentions in magazines such as Vogue, W and People Style Watch.
Distribution so far is only in about 300 salons and beauty stores and via the website Bettybeauty.com. But helped along with a publicity push from LaForce & Stevens, New York, traffic to Bettybeauty.com, as measured by Alexa.com, was on pace last week for 2 million visits annually, running well ahead of Procter & Gamble Co.'s Clairol.com and climbing toward that of L'Oreal's website.
That's despite the fact that founder Nancy Jarecki's first, and to date only, advertising expenditure was a $1,995 full-page ad in the official publication of the Cosmoprof beauty trade show in Las Vegas in July. By the time she registered for the show, the ad had already created enough buzz that several people around the table were asking her about it. The ad also helped draw the "Leno" team, which was taping a segment at the show. "It was just banter," she said, along the lines of "It's Betty -- color for the hair down there."
But it was enough to draw thousands of visits from people who did online searches even before her site was taking orders, Ms. Jarecki said. Mentions in magazines, on drive-time radio and on the website DailyCandy.com followed this summer and fall.
The whole thing started with Ms. Jarecki's visits to a hair salon in Rome, where she was living three years ago. She noticed as women left the salon, the colorist would discreetly slip them little brown bags. "They would receive it with such delight, kiss kiss, and away they would go," she said.
Curious, she asked the receptionist what the women were getting in those little bags and was told, in Italian, "to match down there."
"I thought, 'Of course, who wouldn't want to be a true blonde?"' Ms. Jarecki said.
And so began research and development. Ms. Jarecki and a couple of female college students she hired called on women in salons and waxing parlors. "It came back that a lot of people would be interested in doing this," she said, but safety concerns prevented them.
She also asked a gynecologist to track patients for a month (anonymously, of course). He had never paid much attention before in 25 years of practice, but he told Ms. Jarecki that "not one person matches." A few blondes who had tried did so poorly, he told her.
So she worked with a chemist and toxicologist to develop a gentle, no-drip formulation and specialty application tools. Ms. Jarecki then wanted a brand personality she describes as a cross between Doris Day and porn star Traci Lords. The term "betty" came to mind as a term guys in college had applied to attractive women.
"People have always wanted a name to call their betty," she said. "And I've been able to describe this product without having to say all the many types of ways to describe your betty."
And so, another euphemism for the female anatomy is born. In five colors -- Brown Betty, Blonde Betty, Auburn Betty, Black Betty and Fun Betty (hot pink) -- priced at $20 a box. Bettybeauty.com also sells T-shirts that ask: "Is your betty ready?"
"Men can be betties, too," Ms. Jarecki said, as some are buying Betty products. She knows because response rates for web questionnaires have been high. They also show surprising interest from women ages 60 to 85.
Beyond Betty, below the belt has become fertile ground for personal-care marketers lately. Philips Norelco caused a viral sensation with its Bodygroom and its website Shaveeverywhere.com, replete with influencer marketing via Howard Stern and a promise to add an optical inch to male anatomy.
Unilever's Sunsilk is running magazine ads from WPP Group's JWT, New York, for its De-Frizz products in which a curly-haired woman complains, "My hair's so frizzy I should give it a Brazilian."
But sales in the $1 billion mass-hair-color category were up only 0.7% in the 52 weeks ended Oct. 8, according to Information Resources Inc., with the main gainers being Revlon's value brand and Combe's Just for Men. Betty may be just what the market needs.
CINCINNATI -- If you think a brown betty is an apple tart, you may not want to read further.
That's not the meaning ascribed by Betty Beauty, a New York startup that is getting big PR play by marketing hair color for the nether regions. Billed as "color for the hair down there," the company began really building buzz this summer with a brief appearance on the "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" and mentions in magazines such as Vogue, W and People Style Watch.
Distribution so far is only in about 300 salons and beauty stores and via the website Bettybeauty.com. But helped along with a publicity push from LaForce & Stevens, New York, traffic to Bettybeauty.com, as measured by Alexa.com, was on pace last week for 2 million visits annually, running well ahead of Procter & Gamble Co.'s Clairol.com and climbing toward that of L'Oreal's website.
That's despite the fact that founder Nancy Jarecki's first, and to date only, advertising expenditure was a $1,995 full-page ad in the official publication of the Cosmoprof beauty trade show in Las Vegas in July. By the time she registered for the show, the ad had already created enough buzz that several people around the table were asking her about it. The ad also helped draw the "Leno" team, which was taping a segment at the show. "It was just banter," she said, along the lines of "It's Betty -- color for the hair down there."
But it was enough to draw thousands of visits from people who did online searches even before her site was taking orders, Ms. Jarecki said. Mentions in magazines, on drive-time radio and on the website DailyCandy.com followed this summer and fall.
The whole thing started with Ms. Jarecki's visits to a hair salon in Rome, where she was living three years ago. She noticed as women left the salon, the colorist would discreetly slip them little brown bags. "They would receive it with such delight, kiss kiss, and away they would go," she said.
Curious, she asked the receptionist what the women were getting in those little bags and was told, in Italian, "to match down there."
"I thought, 'Of course, who wouldn't want to be a true blonde?"' Ms. Jarecki said.
And so began research and development. Ms. Jarecki and a couple of female college students she hired called on women in salons and waxing parlors. "It came back that a lot of people would be interested in doing this," she said, but safety concerns prevented them.
She also asked a gynecologist to track patients for a month (anonymously, of course). He had never paid much attention before in 25 years of practice, but he told Ms. Jarecki that "not one person matches." A few blondes who had tried did so poorly, he told her.
So she worked with a chemist and toxicologist to develop a gentle, no-drip formulation and specialty application tools. Ms. Jarecki then wanted a brand personality she describes as a cross between Doris Day and porn star Traci Lords. The term "betty" came to mind as a term guys in college had applied to attractive women.
"People have always wanted a name to call their betty," she said. "And I've been able to describe this product without having to say all the many types of ways to describe your betty."
And so, another euphemism for the female anatomy is born. In five colors -- Brown Betty, Blonde Betty, Auburn Betty, Black Betty and Fun Betty (hot pink) -- priced at $20 a box. Bettybeauty.com also sells T-shirts that ask: "Is your betty ready?"
"Men can be betties, too," Ms. Jarecki said, as some are buying Betty products. She knows because response rates for web questionnaires have been high. They also show surprising interest from women ages 60 to 85.
Beyond Betty, below the belt has become fertile ground for personal-care marketers lately. Philips Norelco caused a viral sensation with its Bodygroom and its website Shaveeverywhere.com, replete with influencer marketing via Howard Stern and a promise to add an optical inch to male anatomy.
Unilever's Sunsilk is running magazine ads from WPP Group's JWT, New York, for its De-Frizz products in which a curly-haired woman complains, "My hair's so frizzy I should give it a Brazilian."
But sales in the $1 billion mass-hair-color category were up only 0.7% in the 52 weeks ended Oct. 8, according to Information Resources Inc., with the main gainers being Revlon's value brand and Combe's Just for Men. Betty may be just what the market needs.
The Word According To OJ... "If I Did It..."
LOS ANGELES - Fox plans to broadcast an interview with O.J. Simpson in which the former football star discusses "how he would have committed" the slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, for which he was acquitted, the network said.
The two-part interview, titled "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened," will air Nov. 27 and Nov. 29, the TV network said.
Simpson has agreed to an "unrestricted" interview with book publisher Judith Regan, Fox said.
"O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes," the network said in a statement. "In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade."
The interview will air days before Simpson's new book, "If I Did It," goes on sale Nov. 30. The book, published by Regan, "hypothetically describes how the murders would have been committed."
In a video clip on the network's Web site, an off-screen interviewer says to Simpson, "You wrote 'I have never seen so much blood in my life.'"
"I don't think any two people could be murdered without everybody being covered in blood," Simpson responds.
Simpson, who now lives in Florida, was acquitted in a criminal trial of the 1994 killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Simpson was later found liable in 1997 in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Goldman family.
The two-part interview, titled "O.J. Simpson: If I Did It, Here's How It Happened," will air Nov. 27 and Nov. 29, the TV network said.
Simpson has agreed to an "unrestricted" interview with book publisher Judith Regan, Fox said.
"O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes," the network said in a statement. "In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade."
The interview will air days before Simpson's new book, "If I Did It," goes on sale Nov. 30. The book, published by Regan, "hypothetically describes how the murders would have been committed."
In a video clip on the network's Web site, an off-screen interviewer says to Simpson, "You wrote 'I have never seen so much blood in my life.'"
"I don't think any two people could be murdered without everybody being covered in blood," Simpson responds.
Simpson, who now lives in Florida, was acquitted in a criminal trial of the 1994 killings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. Simpson was later found liable in 1997 in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the Goldman family.
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
KFED ON THE ATTACK
Britney Spears is in the midst of severing her marriage and bankroll ties to estranged hubby Kevin Federline, but the master moocher is still plotting ways to make money off the pop star’s sexy image.
K-Fed has been touting a four-hour sex tape of the couple during happier times and has already been offered $26 million - half of what Spears’ fortune is estimated to be worth - reports News of the World.
“At the time, the two of them were in the honeymoon stages of the relationship and couldn’t keep their hands off each other,” a Federline friend told the tabloid about the X-rated vid. “Britney didn’t think twice about making the video at the time. She mistakenly believed that their love would last.”
Spears has allegedly called her lawyers to try to stop Federline from distributing the raunchy footage, but a source said because it’s legally K-Fed’s property, he owns the tape’s copyright.
The 28-year-old wannabe rapper is reportedly so furious with his estranged ex-wife for kicking him to the curb, he’ll do anything to hurt her.
News of the World also dropped the bomb that the newly svelte songstress filed for divorce last week after busting the professional inseminator with another woman.
Spears demanded the keys to the hotel room where the father of her two sons, Sean Preston, 1, and Jayden James, two months, was staying in the Big Apple after he stood her up for dinner.
“She raced up to his room and found another girl there,” said Someone Who Knows. “Just the fact she was in there was enough to confirm months of suspicions, rumors and accusations about him playing away. Britney had seen all she had to and decided their marriage was over on the spot.”
Federline wasn’t privy to the end of their relationship until he received a text message from his scorned wife a few days later, alerting him about the freshly filed divorce papers.
But, of course, none of this news comes as a surprise to Spears’ first husband-for-a-second, Jason Alexander.
“Kevin hasn’t really held up his end of the deal, just like he didn’t with his first relationship with Shar (Jackson),” Alexander told Inside Edition. “Now he’s got four kids out there.”
As for Federline’s countersuit seeking custody of his two sons with Spears, Alexander doesn’t think he has a chance.
“He won’t get the kids,” he said. “He can’t take care of his first two.”
And as for Spears, Alexander says she should “give me a call . . . I still love her.”
K-Fed has been touting a four-hour sex tape of the couple during happier times and has already been offered $26 million - half of what Spears’ fortune is estimated to be worth - reports News of the World.
“At the time, the two of them were in the honeymoon stages of the relationship and couldn’t keep their hands off each other,” a Federline friend told the tabloid about the X-rated vid. “Britney didn’t think twice about making the video at the time. She mistakenly believed that their love would last.”
Spears has allegedly called her lawyers to try to stop Federline from distributing the raunchy footage, but a source said because it’s legally K-Fed’s property, he owns the tape’s copyright.
The 28-year-old wannabe rapper is reportedly so furious with his estranged ex-wife for kicking him to the curb, he’ll do anything to hurt her.
News of the World also dropped the bomb that the newly svelte songstress filed for divorce last week after busting the professional inseminator with another woman.
Spears demanded the keys to the hotel room where the father of her two sons, Sean Preston, 1, and Jayden James, two months, was staying in the Big Apple after he stood her up for dinner.
“She raced up to his room and found another girl there,” said Someone Who Knows. “Just the fact she was in there was enough to confirm months of suspicions, rumors and accusations about him playing away. Britney had seen all she had to and decided their marriage was over on the spot.”
Federline wasn’t privy to the end of their relationship until he received a text message from his scorned wife a few days later, alerting him about the freshly filed divorce papers.
But, of course, none of this news comes as a surprise to Spears’ first husband-for-a-second, Jason Alexander.
“Kevin hasn’t really held up his end of the deal, just like he didn’t with his first relationship with Shar (Jackson),” Alexander told Inside Edition. “Now he’s got four kids out there.”
As for Federline’s countersuit seeking custody of his two sons with Spears, Alexander doesn’t think he has a chance.
“He won’t get the kids,” he said. “He can’t take care of his first two.”
And as for Spears, Alexander says she should “give me a call . . . I still love her.”
You Didn't Miss Nothing!
A thread is running on a porn party held on Sat. night.
Click Here For The Pictures.
Dan G comments: Jesus H. Fucking Christ...enough is ENOUGH!!!
The industry needs to take a little bit more care in how it presents itself. They need someone on the fucking door at these events to weed out and/or bar the fugly trainwreck chicks. Top end nightclubs seem to be able to do it, so why not porno parties?
People should be looking at these pics and thinking 'Damn...I wish I was at that party!'. Instead, they are probably counting their blessings that they weren't. A casual observer/porn customer who's not completely au fait might assume that the standard of girls at the party reflects the standard of girl to be found in 'Corruption'...and make a mental note to avoid it like the fucking plague!
Click Here For The Pictures.
Dan G comments: Jesus H. Fucking Christ...enough is ENOUGH!!!
The industry needs to take a little bit more care in how it presents itself. They need someone on the fucking door at these events to weed out and/or bar the fugly trainwreck chicks. Top end nightclubs seem to be able to do it, so why not porno parties?
People should be looking at these pics and thinking 'Damn...I wish I was at that party!'. Instead, they are probably counting their blessings that they weren't. A casual observer/porn customer who's not completely au fait might assume that the standard of girls at the party reflects the standard of girl to be found in 'Corruption'...and make a mental note to avoid it like the fucking plague!
Britney Spears Sex Tape Hits the Web
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Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Cruise, Holmes Drop 10K On Steak Dinner
Plus... Katie's wedding perfume costs $2,350 per ounce
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reportedly will wed Nov. 18 in Italy, and the river of pre-wedding cash has begun to flow. Tom Cruise’s romantic gestures aren’t limited to couch jumping.
The “Top Gun” star reportedly shelled out $10,000 for a dinner with fiancée Katie Holmes. Cruise took the mother of his daughter to Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills, according to In Touch Weekly, and to ensure their privacy, he paid 10 grand for a private dining room usually booked by groups of 15 or more.
The couple are “suffering from pre-wedding jitters” reports the mag, but the nerves are affecting them differently.
Holmes is said to have barely touched her grilled sea bass, but Cruise chowed down on a whopping porterhouse steak, a Caesar salad and three side dishes: wasabi mashed potatoes, French fries and onion rings — and he topped it all off with a dessert of cheesecake and chocolate-covered strawberries. The pair were celebrating not only their impending wedding, but also Cruise’s new gig at United Artists.
Looks like Holmes is developing pricey tastes. In addition to selecting a lavish Armani wedding gown, ITW also reports that the bride-to-be has selected the scent she’ll wear on her wedding day: Clive Christian No. 1, one of the most expensive perfumes in the world, which retails for $2,350 an ounce.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes reportedly will wed Nov. 18 in Italy, and the river of pre-wedding cash has begun to flow. Tom Cruise’s romantic gestures aren’t limited to couch jumping.
The “Top Gun” star reportedly shelled out $10,000 for a dinner with fiancée Katie Holmes. Cruise took the mother of his daughter to Mastro’s Steakhouse in Beverly Hills, according to In Touch Weekly, and to ensure their privacy, he paid 10 grand for a private dining room usually booked by groups of 15 or more.
The couple are “suffering from pre-wedding jitters” reports the mag, but the nerves are affecting them differently.
Holmes is said to have barely touched her grilled sea bass, but Cruise chowed down on a whopping porterhouse steak, a Caesar salad and three side dishes: wasabi mashed potatoes, French fries and onion rings — and he topped it all off with a dessert of cheesecake and chocolate-covered strawberries. The pair were celebrating not only their impending wedding, but also Cruise’s new gig at United Artists.
Looks like Holmes is developing pricey tastes. In addition to selecting a lavish Armani wedding gown, ITW also reports that the bride-to-be has selected the scent she’ll wear on her wedding day: Clive Christian No. 1, one of the most expensive perfumes in the world, which retails for $2,350 an ounce.
The Timing Behind the Spears Divorce
It's All About The Pre-Nup!
[Fox News] - Britney Spears didn’t pick Nov. 6 as the day to file for divorce from Kevin Federline by accident.
She filed two years and one month from the day of her marriage, on Oct. 6, 2004. Her prenup, according to legal theorists, evidently carried increases for Federline for every year of their marriage. And those deadlines, they say, likely had 30-day grace periods.
Hence, Nov. 6 would have been Britney's last chance to get out of paying a third year of alimony settlement to a basically talentless slacker who was a drain on her finances.
And in the end, money is probably what Spears’ divorce is all about. Since she deliberately showed off a new trim body on David Letterman’s show the other night, Spears is obviously getting ready to go back to work. If a new album and tour are on the boards, Spears obviously doesn't want to share the proceeds with Federline. It was clearly better to get out now, so that K-Fed can lay claim to only half of Spears’ earnings during what has been the most fallow period in her career.
Indeed, Spears has no doubt been feeling the pinch of diminished income since she met Federline and quickly had two children with him. The one thing she’s been unable to do is tour, and that’s really where she makes her bread and butter.
Spears has never been a huge recording artist. She hasn’t released an album of new material since 2003, and it’s hard to say whether there’s an audience out there to buy a new album.
Her biggest hits occurred some time ago, between 1999 and 2001, when "Baby One More Time" and "Oops I Did It Again" caused sensations. But Spears didn’t write those songs, and she doesn’t get a publishing royalty for any of her few big hits. That has no doubt hurt her pocketbook, since sales of her albums are long since finished.
Without touring, and getting paid for commercial endorsements, Spears doesn’t have much of a profitable career these days. Add in two kids, a husband with expensive tastes who doesn’t earn money, various family members and employees, and Spears could be facing Michael Jackson type financial problems. Offloading Federline, even with a prenup, is probably the first best thing she can do to cut expenses.
Spears, by the way, also has her name on a charitable foundation. But Nina Biggar, director of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Britney Spears Foundation, didn’t even know Spears had filed for divorce when I called her yesterday. She told me that the organization had given away almost $2 million in its short life, including $800,000 to the Twin Towers Fund.
The charity is entirely funded by Spears, but Biggar told me that this past year’s contribution was lower than the one before. This doesn’t reflect lack of interest on Spears’ part, but just lack of funds. Once K-Fed is off the payroll, Britney will be able to afford a return to her charitable activities.
[Fox News] - Britney Spears didn’t pick Nov. 6 as the day to file for divorce from Kevin Federline by accident.
She filed two years and one month from the day of her marriage, on Oct. 6, 2004. Her prenup, according to legal theorists, evidently carried increases for Federline for every year of their marriage. And those deadlines, they say, likely had 30-day grace periods.
Hence, Nov. 6 would have been Britney's last chance to get out of paying a third year of alimony settlement to a basically talentless slacker who was a drain on her finances.
And in the end, money is probably what Spears’ divorce is all about. Since she deliberately showed off a new trim body on David Letterman’s show the other night, Spears is obviously getting ready to go back to work. If a new album and tour are on the boards, Spears obviously doesn't want to share the proceeds with Federline. It was clearly better to get out now, so that K-Fed can lay claim to only half of Spears’ earnings during what has been the most fallow period in her career.
Indeed, Spears has no doubt been feeling the pinch of diminished income since she met Federline and quickly had two children with him. The one thing she’s been unable to do is tour, and that’s really where she makes her bread and butter.
Spears has never been a huge recording artist. She hasn’t released an album of new material since 2003, and it’s hard to say whether there’s an audience out there to buy a new album.
Her biggest hits occurred some time ago, between 1999 and 2001, when "Baby One More Time" and "Oops I Did It Again" caused sensations. But Spears didn’t write those songs, and she doesn’t get a publishing royalty for any of her few big hits. That has no doubt hurt her pocketbook, since sales of her albums are long since finished.
Without touring, and getting paid for commercial endorsements, Spears doesn’t have much of a profitable career these days. Add in two kids, a husband with expensive tastes who doesn’t earn money, various family members and employees, and Spears could be facing Michael Jackson type financial problems. Offloading Federline, even with a prenup, is probably the first best thing she can do to cut expenses.
Spears, by the way, also has her name on a charitable foundation. But Nina Biggar, director of the Cambridge, Mass.-based Britney Spears Foundation, didn’t even know Spears had filed for divorce when I called her yesterday. She told me that the organization had given away almost $2 million in its short life, including $800,000 to the Twin Towers Fund.
The charity is entirely funded by Spears, but Biggar told me that this past year’s contribution was lower than the one before. This doesn’t reflect lack of interest on Spears’ part, but just lack of funds. Once K-Fed is off the payroll, Britney will be able to afford a return to her charitable activities.
Britney Spears Files For Divorce
Britney Spears filed for divorce today citing "irreconcilable differences" and asking for both legal and physical custody of their two children with K-Fed getting reasonable visitation rights. As for money, the two have already signed a prenup, although Britney is waiving her right to spousal support. She's also asking the judge to make each party pay their own attorney's fees, which means when they show up in court Britney is gonna have her expensive celebrity lawyer and K-Fed is gonna have half a hot dog because he couldn't afford the rest.
Britney also gives the date of separation as Nov. 6, which is the same day she showed up on David Letterman's show looking oddly good. Noone wants to imply Kevin Federline was the cancer in this relationship, but if we still remember who this guy is in 6 months it'll be a testament to how far we've fallen as a society.
People magazine has even dedicated a 'day after' article updating with everything she does today. So far they have:
12:30 p.m. ET: Spears remains in New York City on Wednesday after a night out shopping at the Gap, ice-skating at Rockefeller Center and dining out with pals in midtown.
12:45 ET: Meanwhile, Federline is in Chicago where he is due to perform at the House of Blues tonight. The Chicago Tribune reports that ticket sales for the concert have been so sluggish that the venue is giving them away (with the exception of a $2.25 convenience charge). No word on whether sales have picked up since news of the couple's split.
Kevin Federline was told about the divorce over a text message while he was shooting an episode of Exposed. Much News has footage of him getting the text message, and he apparently removed his mic and was gone for 30 minutes before returning to finish shooting the episode.
Britney also gives the date of separation as Nov. 6, which is the same day she showed up on David Letterman's show looking oddly good. Noone wants to imply Kevin Federline was the cancer in this relationship, but if we still remember who this guy is in 6 months it'll be a testament to how far we've fallen as a society.
People magazine has even dedicated a 'day after' article updating with everything she does today. So far they have:
12:30 p.m. ET: Spears remains in New York City on Wednesday after a night out shopping at the Gap, ice-skating at Rockefeller Center and dining out with pals in midtown.
12:45 ET: Meanwhile, Federline is in Chicago where he is due to perform at the House of Blues tonight. The Chicago Tribune reports that ticket sales for the concert have been so sluggish that the venue is giving them away (with the exception of a $2.25 convenience charge). No word on whether sales have picked up since news of the couple's split.
Kevin Federline was told about the divorce over a text message while he was shooting an episode of Exposed. Much News has footage of him getting the text message, and he apparently removed his mic and was gone for 30 minutes before returning to finish shooting the episode.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
SWEEP 'EM OUTTA OFFICE!
TODAY IS HOUSE AND SENATE CLEANING DAY!!!
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
5 Good Reasons to Vote Today ... a letter from Michael Moore
1. IT'S A NATIONAL REFERENDUM. Although candidates' names will be on the ballot today, this election is NOT about this candidate or that candidate. Make no mistake about it: This election is nothing less than a National Referendum on George W. Bush and his War. Don't waste your time trying learn about who the schlump is that's running for office. You know they're all pretty much the same, a few are better than others, but... please. They is who they is. THIS election is not about them. It's a simple up or down vote on staying the course.
To vote in favor of the war, vote for the Republican. To vote against the war, vote for the Democrat. As crazy as it sounds, even if the Republican is against the war, or the Democrat is for it, it doesn't matter. All that will matter by midnight tonight is the math on the big tote board. Did America say YES to Bush or NO to Bush? The ONLY way they're going to add it up is by counting the number of votes under the big D and the big R. The only way to take a stand against Bush today is to vote for the Dems on the ballot.
2. IN ORDER TO CATCH THE REPUBLICANS STEALING YOUR VOTE, YOU FIRST HAVE TO VOTE. There are huge and valid concerns about the new electronic voting machines that must be addressed. It is far too easy to use new technology to rig the vote. But if your fear of that leads you to decide that you shouldn't bother voting, well, then, I guess they've succeeded in snuffing out your voice without having to rig the machine. Make them break the law if they want to win. Vote. We'll catch them if they do. I promise.
3. WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN POWER IN THE HOUSE AND/OR SENATE, WE CAN GO AFTER THEM! These spineless Democrats who enabled Bush to start this war and funded it ever since are due for a shellacking from all of us. For nearly 6 years, they've hidden behind the cop-out of, "Hey, we're the minority, we have no power." As of tomorrow, hopefully, they will have no mask to hide behind. And it will be up to us to go after them.
4. I'LL PUT YOU ON MY WEBSITE. That's right. You can appear on my home page and be seen by millions later today. All you need to do is bring a broom when you go to vote. The broom is our mascot today because we're going to sweep the crooks and the warmongers outta office. Take a picture of yourself holding a broom outside your polling place, e-mail it to me (the address is below), and I'll put as many of you as I can up on the home page of my website. People all around the world will see you! Government files with your name on them will be initiated! What better way to celebrate this historic day?!
And the final reason to vote today...
5. 2,836 + 655,000. Each one of them, American and Iraqi, are no longer with us because of the decision by one man to start a war. Each one of them represented a precious, God-given life that no man had the right to take away. Each one of them had a mother and father, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, friends and loved ones, little boys and little girls. It's mad, my friends, utterly mad, this senseless loss of human life.
So, do it for them. Call up whoever you know and tell them to meet you at the polls. And tell them to bring a broom, real or imaginary, with a big D on it. It's the only true American thing to do.
See ya at the victory party tonight!
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com
P.S. Forward this to all your friends. Today is the day.
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
5 Good Reasons to Vote Today ... a letter from Michael Moore
1. IT'S A NATIONAL REFERENDUM. Although candidates' names will be on the ballot today, this election is NOT about this candidate or that candidate. Make no mistake about it: This election is nothing less than a National Referendum on George W. Bush and his War. Don't waste your time trying learn about who the schlump is that's running for office. You know they're all pretty much the same, a few are better than others, but... please. They is who they is. THIS election is not about them. It's a simple up or down vote on staying the course.
To vote in favor of the war, vote for the Republican. To vote against the war, vote for the Democrat. As crazy as it sounds, even if the Republican is against the war, or the Democrat is for it, it doesn't matter. All that will matter by midnight tonight is the math on the big tote board. Did America say YES to Bush or NO to Bush? The ONLY way they're going to add it up is by counting the number of votes under the big D and the big R. The only way to take a stand against Bush today is to vote for the Dems on the ballot.
2. IN ORDER TO CATCH THE REPUBLICANS STEALING YOUR VOTE, YOU FIRST HAVE TO VOTE. There are huge and valid concerns about the new electronic voting machines that must be addressed. It is far too easy to use new technology to rig the vote. But if your fear of that leads you to decide that you shouldn't bother voting, well, then, I guess they've succeeded in snuffing out your voice without having to rig the machine. Make them break the law if they want to win. Vote. We'll catch them if they do. I promise.
3. WITH THE DEMOCRATS IN POWER IN THE HOUSE AND/OR SENATE, WE CAN GO AFTER THEM! These spineless Democrats who enabled Bush to start this war and funded it ever since are due for a shellacking from all of us. For nearly 6 years, they've hidden behind the cop-out of, "Hey, we're the minority, we have no power." As of tomorrow, hopefully, they will have no mask to hide behind. And it will be up to us to go after them.
4. I'LL PUT YOU ON MY WEBSITE. That's right. You can appear on my home page and be seen by millions later today. All you need to do is bring a broom when you go to vote. The broom is our mascot today because we're going to sweep the crooks and the warmongers outta office. Take a picture of yourself holding a broom outside your polling place, e-mail it to me (the address is below), and I'll put as many of you as I can up on the home page of my website. People all around the world will see you! Government files with your name on them will be initiated! What better way to celebrate this historic day?!
And the final reason to vote today...
5. 2,836 + 655,000. Each one of them, American and Iraqi, are no longer with us because of the decision by one man to start a war. Each one of them represented a precious, God-given life that no man had the right to take away. Each one of them had a mother and father, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives, friends and loved ones, little boys and little girls. It's mad, my friends, utterly mad, this senseless loss of human life.
So, do it for them. Call up whoever you know and tell them to meet you at the polls. And tell them to bring a broom, real or imaginary, with a big D on it. It's the only true American thing to do.
See ya at the victory party tonight!
Michael Moore
mmflint@aol.com
www.michaelmoore.com
P.S. Forward this to all your friends. Today is the day.
Taboo 22 Shipping 11/30
We will release the newest installment in our popular series, Taboo, on Nov. 30.
Starring Ava Rose and Van Damage and directed by DCypher, Taboo 22 drops viewers into a future where desire is forbidden and sex itself becomes the ultimate taboo. "It's definitely one of the hardest titles I've ever shot," said the helmer. "All the girls were amazing. It was a dream cast. Ava put in the hardest performance of her career...which is saying something."
Taboo remains one of our best selling franchises, so it made sense to pull out the stops," said VP of Sales at Metro, Christian Mann, "and we've dedicated a real budget and let DCypher give it his own personal twist."
"This is not a cookie cutter sequel, but a contemporary vision on the idea of what Taboo means," continued Mann. "
Taboo 22 stars Rose, Brooke Haven, Faith Leone, August Neveah, Charlie Laine, Celeste Starr, Carli Banks, Nicole Sheridan, Jeff McCain, Damage, Justin Snyder, Rick Masters, Jay Ashley, Jim Enright & Herschel Savage.
Woman Kept Sister-in-Law as naked Sex Slave
Gets seven years
UK- A mother of six was jailed for seven years today for turning her sister-in-law into a domestic slave.
Antonia Pearson-Gaballonie, 35, [pictured top] kept Veronica Sandeman, now 26, [pictured bottom] as a slave, assaulted her, forced her to work naked and made her beg for food over a number of years, York Crown Court heard.
Pearson-Gaballonie, of New Lane, Acomb, York, was sentenced to a total of seven years after being found guilty earlier of false imprisonment, making threats to kill and six counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following a week-long trial.
Her partner Neil Pearson, 35, whom she married in June 2004, was jailed for two years after being found guilty of one count of aiding and abetting an assault.
The Recorder of York, Judge Paul Hoffman, told Pearson-Gaballonie she was a "manipulative and cunning" individual who committed "callous and brutal" attacks on her sister-in-law in a period of systematic abuse, much of which was carried out while the victim was falsely imprisoned and forced to work naked under the gaze of Pearson.
The judge also said she had gone to great lengths to avoid the trial, including making an attempt on her life, and even initially refused to enter the dock for the sentencing hearing today.
UK- A mother of six was jailed for seven years today for turning her sister-in-law into a domestic slave.
Antonia Pearson-Gaballonie, 35, [pictured top] kept Veronica Sandeman, now 26, [pictured bottom] as a slave, assaulted her, forced her to work naked and made her beg for food over a number of years, York Crown Court heard.
Pearson-Gaballonie, of New Lane, Acomb, York, was sentenced to a total of seven years after being found guilty earlier of false imprisonment, making threats to kill and six counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm following a week-long trial.
Her partner Neil Pearson, 35, whom she married in June 2004, was jailed for two years after being found guilty of one count of aiding and abetting an assault.
The Recorder of York, Judge Paul Hoffman, told Pearson-Gaballonie she was a "manipulative and cunning" individual who committed "callous and brutal" attacks on her sister-in-law in a period of systematic abuse, much of which was carried out while the victim was falsely imprisoned and forced to work naked under the gaze of Pearson.
The judge also said she had gone to great lengths to avoid the trial, including making an attempt on her life, and even initially refused to enter the dock for the sentencing hearing today.
Judge Dismisses Spears Libel Suit
Britney sought $10 M against US Weekly over sex video article
LOS ANGELES - A judge has dismissed a libel suit brought by Britney Spears accusing Us Weekly magazine of fabricating a story about a sexually explicit video the pop star and her husband made together.
In a decision made public on Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Hart Cole found no basis for Spears to prevail on her claim that the magazine article about her was defamatory.
The suit, filed last year by Spears and her spouse, dancer Kevin Federline, sought $10 million in damages against Us Weekly over the article, which appeared in the publication's "HOTstuff" column in October 2005, about a month after Spears gave birth to her first child.
Us Weekly said it stood by its account, which ran with the headline: "Brit & Kev: Secret Sex Tape? New parents have a new worry: racy footage from 2004."
According to the article, the celebrity couple had told their lawyers that "a member of their entourage had threatened to release raunchy footage" of them and that Spears feared that "an X-rated tape starring the two may go public." The magazine also reported that Spears and Federline gave a copy of the tape to lawyers and watched it with them.
"The article is libelous on its face, since it maliciously and recklessly portrays (Spears) as acting 'goofy' while watching" the video with their attorneys, the suit said.
The judge disagreed.
"It is clear that plaintiff did not bring this lawsuit because she was falsely accused of acting goofy," Hart Cole wrote. "The issue is whether it is defamatory to state that a husband and wife taped themselves engaging in consensual sex."
The judge went on to conclude that Spears has "put her modern sexuality squarely, and profitably, before the public eye" in a way that would make it unlikely for the magazine article to be found defamatory.
The judge cited Spears' 2005 television reality show "Britney & Kevin: Chaotic," which chronicled her courtship and marriage to Federline based largely on home videos shot by the pop star.
The judge noted that the series included scenes of Spears filming Federline naked in a shower, Spears interviewing Federline during a night-time bus ride while she was naked, and "otherwise catching plaintiff talking uninhibitedly about her sex life."
Both Spears' publicist and her lawyer, Gary Stiffelman, declined comment on the judge's ruling.
Spears, 24, has sold more than 60 million albums since she shot to fame with her 1999 debut, "... Baby One More Time."
LOS ANGELES - A judge has dismissed a libel suit brought by Britney Spears accusing Us Weekly magazine of fabricating a story about a sexually explicit video the pop star and her husband made together.
In a decision made public on Monday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lisa Hart Cole found no basis for Spears to prevail on her claim that the magazine article about her was defamatory.
The suit, filed last year by Spears and her spouse, dancer Kevin Federline, sought $10 million in damages against Us Weekly over the article, which appeared in the publication's "HOTstuff" column in October 2005, about a month after Spears gave birth to her first child.
Us Weekly said it stood by its account, which ran with the headline: "Brit & Kev: Secret Sex Tape? New parents have a new worry: racy footage from 2004."
According to the article, the celebrity couple had told their lawyers that "a member of their entourage had threatened to release raunchy footage" of them and that Spears feared that "an X-rated tape starring the two may go public." The magazine also reported that Spears and Federline gave a copy of the tape to lawyers and watched it with them.
"The article is libelous on its face, since it maliciously and recklessly portrays (Spears) as acting 'goofy' while watching" the video with their attorneys, the suit said.
The judge disagreed.
"It is clear that plaintiff did not bring this lawsuit because she was falsely accused of acting goofy," Hart Cole wrote. "The issue is whether it is defamatory to state that a husband and wife taped themselves engaging in consensual sex."
The judge went on to conclude that Spears has "put her modern sexuality squarely, and profitably, before the public eye" in a way that would make it unlikely for the magazine article to be found defamatory.
The judge cited Spears' 2005 television reality show "Britney & Kevin: Chaotic," which chronicled her courtship and marriage to Federline based largely on home videos shot by the pop star.
The judge noted that the series included scenes of Spears filming Federline naked in a shower, Spears interviewing Federline during a night-time bus ride while she was naked, and "otherwise catching plaintiff talking uninhibitedly about her sex life."
Both Spears' publicist and her lawyer, Gary Stiffelman, declined comment on the judge's ruling.
Spears, 24, has sold more than 60 million albums since she shot to fame with her 1999 debut, "... Baby One More Time."
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Jenna Jameson's Husband Speaks Out On Their Split
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Kate Hudson Splits
WWW- The Skeleton Key’ and ‘How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days’ star Kate Hudson is to separate from her rocker husband Chris Robinson.
Goldie Hawn’s daughter and the Black Crowes singer had been married for nearly six years before announcing the split on Monday through Hudson’s publicist.
“Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson are splitting up after nearly six years of marriage,” Brad Cafarelli said simply, according to People magazine and celebrity website TMZ.com.
After a whirlwind meeting in 1999, the now 27-year-old actress dated the now 39-year-old Robinson for seven months before the pair married at the home of Hawn and her long-time partner Kurt Russell on New Year’s Eve 2000.
They have a two-year-old son, Ryder Russell Robinson, born on January 7, 2004.
A few months later, in September 2004, she talked to People magazine about the birth’s impact on her marriage.
“We're sharing something so gigantic now. I think it's the best we've ever felt being together.”
Almost a year later she spoke to ET about her happy family.
“[Ryder's] great. It's so much fun!” she gushed at the ‘Skeleton Key’ premiere.
“He's getting so big and it's happening so fast. We don't spend much time in Los Angeles. We spend a lot of time in New York, but we're pretty much on the road experiencing our life.”
But, ironically, in a recent interview with Elle magazine she claimed there was no such thing as the perfect marriage, possibly hinting that a break-up was imminent.
“I don’t like this idea of the perfect marriage,” Hudson told Elle magazine.
“People can be in love madly and deeply and go through so much and still end up together. That’s what you hope for.”
She also warned that marriage wasn’t easy.
“No one should get married if they think it’s going to be a fairytale.”
Goldie Hawn’s daughter and the Black Crowes singer had been married for nearly six years before announcing the split on Monday through Hudson’s publicist.
“Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson are splitting up after nearly six years of marriage,” Brad Cafarelli said simply, according to People magazine and celebrity website TMZ.com.
After a whirlwind meeting in 1999, the now 27-year-old actress dated the now 39-year-old Robinson for seven months before the pair married at the home of Hawn and her long-time partner Kurt Russell on New Year’s Eve 2000.
They have a two-year-old son, Ryder Russell Robinson, born on January 7, 2004.
A few months later, in September 2004, she talked to People magazine about the birth’s impact on her marriage.
“We're sharing something so gigantic now. I think it's the best we've ever felt being together.”
Almost a year later she spoke to ET about her happy family.
“[Ryder's] great. It's so much fun!” she gushed at the ‘Skeleton Key’ premiere.
“He's getting so big and it's happening so fast. We don't spend much time in Los Angeles. We spend a lot of time in New York, but we're pretty much on the road experiencing our life.”
But, ironically, in a recent interview with Elle magazine she claimed there was no such thing as the perfect marriage, possibly hinting that a break-up was imminent.
“I don’t like this idea of the perfect marriage,” Hudson told Elle magazine.
“People can be in love madly and deeply and go through so much and still end up together. That’s what you hope for.”
She also warned that marriage wasn’t easy.
“No one should get married if they think it’s going to be a fairytale.”
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