Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles was quite busy today….. Nicole Richie and her fiancé, Joel Madden of Good Charlotte fame, named their new daughter Harlow Winter Kate Madden. The child weighed in at six pounds, seven ounces and was apparently quite healthy, as the proud parents have already left the building. “The beautiful healthy baby girl left the hospital with her ecstatic parents,” a rep for the couple told People. Nicole’s Winter...  Read More »

These links should be enough to keep you entertained all weekend… Celebrities: alphabetical by article title… Adrian Grenier is dating Lindsay Lohan – Lindsay Lohan Avril Lavigne Pregnant? – Right Celebrity Bond beauty: Olga Kurylenko is the new Bond girl – Celebs Planet Britney Spears Got Married in Mexico – Fatback and Collards CANDIDS: HALLE BERRY AND GABRIEL – Bizzom Eva Mendes Wanted To Be A Nun?! – Daily Stab Farrah Fawcett’s Cancer...  Read More »

It’s Friday!! Time for a little fun – a new take on an old favorite (in alphabetical order)… AL GORE: I invented the chicken! AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens. ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken? ANDERSON COOPER – CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road. ARISTOTLE: It...  Read More »

Actress and drinker extraordinaire, Michelle Rodriguez, has been released from jail after serving only 17 days of her 180 day sentence. An early release seems to be the norm these days in Hollywood – remember Lindsay Lohan’s 18 hours and Nicole Richie’s 84 minutes? The Judge in this case ruled that under no circumstances should Michelle be released early, but obviously the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office doesn’t care much about that order....  Read More »

Fashion Nazi Mr. Blackwell is at it again, releasing his 48th annual Worst Dressed List. And the winners are… 10. Alison Arngrim: “Little Nellie of the prairie, looks like a 1940’s fashion editor for the Farmers Almanac.” 9. Lindsay Lohan: “Lindsay the fashion frenzy strikes again! Lohan takes fashion to a new low.” 8. Jessica Simpson: “Forget the Cowboys. In prom queen screams, can it get any worse? She’s a global fashion curse!” 7. Avril...  Read More »

• Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi • 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton • 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope • Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1bananosecond • Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram • Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour =Knotfurlong • 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling...  Read More »

I KNEW IT! TV’s Extra confirmed today that Nicole Kidman is indeed pregnant. According to the rep for the newly expecting couple, “Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban confirmed today that they are expecting a baby. The couple are thrilled.” Rumors began to swirl at the end of December when it was reported that Nicole and Keith announced the pregnancy to their family over the Christmas holiday. I’m never going to believe a publicist again when they deny pregnancy...  Read More »

I was in the snowy mountains all weekend and a bit out of touch, so let’s play catch up. Britney Spears was released from Cedars-Sinai Saturday morning and went back to her place with her dad. Britney Spears Leaves Hospital – Usmagazine.com A few hours later, she attempted to leave her gated community in her infamous white Mercedes convertible, but flipped a @@@@@ and went back home when she saw the paparazzi. Britney Spears on the Go – Usmagazine.com Before...  Read More »

UPDATE:3:45 PST… A court commissioner gave sole physical and legal custody of Britney Spears’ two little boys Friday to ex-husband Kevin Federline and suspended the troubled pop star’s visitation rights…Court Awards Spears’ Kids to K-Fed – examiner.com Oh my God, have you heard? Britney Spears was taken to Cedars Sinai Hospital last night after a three hour standoff at her house. And apparently she went totally bonkers in...  Read More »

I received this forwarded email from one of my co-workers yesterday and felt compelled to share it. A group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to go visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives. Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate...  Read More »

Sid Vicious was an OG of Punk, and on this day in 1979 he went on trial for the October 1978 stabbing death of his girlfriend/manager, 20-year-old go-go dancer, Nancy Spungen. Vicious was accused of stabbing and then leaving Spungen to die while he visited the local methadone clinic. In the beginning Sid Vicious claimed his innocence, but then the D.A. said they had a confession. On February 1, 1979 Sid Vicious was released from jail on bail. The next night,...  Read More »

While I was home last night, eating and drinking and being merry with a couple of friends, and you were doing whatever it was that you were doing, four more people got engaged. Lately it seems like every time I turn around, people are getting married and having babies. Not necessarily in that order, however. Actually, now I think about it, of all my friends who have had or are having babies, only one of them was married first. But I digress… First up is...  Read More »

Well it’s about time! The New Year is finally here. I’m so ready for it. There are going to be a ton of changes in the near future for me, including acquiring a roommate and rearranging my house (and hopefully increasing my income). I’m looking forward to having a roommate – as much as someone who loves living alone can look forward to no longer living alone. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. I’m also turning 30 this year, but I’m not...  Read More »