Do you work all day and have no time or energy to find out what's going on in the world? Do you get bored and impatient watching TV anchors tell you over and over what's going on? Do you sometimes care more about what Britney Spears is doing than what President Bush said during his State of the Union address? If you answered yes to even one of these questions this is what you've been waiting for! Every week I'm going to give you a quick rundown of the past week's biggest headlines. I won't bore you with minute details and shove tons of information down your throats. These are just the facts with a little humor for measure! And if you want to know more you can always just Google it or ask me.
Celeb Ups and Downs:
Lindsay Lohan is back in the eye of the gossip news storm. Remember that mink coat she stole despite being able to afford 100 of her own? Well now the student who’s coat Lohan stole is suing her for all the damage done to it. Linz is also dealing with some pretty hard to ignore lesbian rumors. She’s been hanging out with BFF d.j. Samantha Ronson A LOT, and they have been “caught kissing/nuzzling”. As a girl with close girl friends I have a feeling that their friendship is being blown way out of proportion, but take a look for yourselves: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/celebp/20080523_lohan/photo01.htm. Like all bad things Lindsay’s drama comes in 3s. Her fame-obsessed mom and not-so-talented younger sister are promoting the heck out of their new E! reality show “Living Lohan” trying to prove that they’re a normal Long Island family…yeah right! Bring on the crazy!
Instead of smog, love was in the air in L.A. this past week. Jessica Alba and Cash Warren weren’t too old-fashioned to stay chaste till marriage but chose to be all old-school and had a quickie wedding before their baby was born. If punk rocker/goth topped with Alice in Wonderland is your idea of the perfect wedding theme then you’ll want to check out Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s wedding pics in the newest issue of People magazine. Legendary actor and director Robert Redford announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend Sibylle Szaggars. See…even the elders can find love.
It hasn’t been all puppies and rainbows in the world of celebrity this past week. Kirsten Dunst secretly checked into rehab a while back and is finally speaking out as to why. She claims that she was dealing with depression, not drugs or alcohol. Well Aerosmith rocker Steven Tyler doesn’t seem to share in her sadness cause he just entered a rehab facility for substance abuse issues. It’s nice to see that age, children and even grandchildren haven’t slowed him down!
New York, New York: The biggest movie moment of the year is just around the corner (May 30th). The ladies of ‘Sex and The City’ have been promoting their movie all over and have just landed in NYC. Kristin Davis admitted that she doesn’t actually drink cosmos or any other drinks…she’s a recovering alcoholic. Charlotte would not approve. Katie Holmes is still trying to make a name for herself as a thespian instead of the crazy impressionable girl who fell under Tom Cruise’s spell so she’s headed to Broadway. Let’s see what she learned from all those years on ‘Dawson’s Creek’.
Politics Here, There, Everywhere:
The Oregon and Kentucky primaries came and solved absolutely NOTHING in the race for a Democratic presidential candidate! Senator Hillary Clinton won in Kentucky and Senator Barack Obama won Oregon. Clinton continues to keep on keeping on. For now the main focus has been Obama vs Senator John McCain over every issue (basically foreshadowing the upcoming election). What Clinton needs to stick out from the pack is some creativity in her TV ads. She could learn a thing or two from Steve Novick: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2UesvrH-cs. McCain finally released his medical records and got a clean bill of health to continue on running for President. Since he’s no longer competing with other GOP candidates and he’s feeling a-ok he played host to 3 potential vp candidates (Charlie Crist, Bobby Jindal and Mitt Romney). While their husbands are busy gathering votes potential first-wives Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama are getting some face time in the pages of Vogue magazine: http://www.donkeydish.com/2008/05/cindy-mccain-michelle-obama-photos-vogu/.
Senator Ted Kennedy, the 3rd longest serving member of the Senate, and one of the few remaining members of the Kennedy clan/dynasty, was diagnosed with a brain tumor after he had a seizure. All politics aside, people from any and every party expressed their condolences. Kennedy stayed in the hospital, had a few procedures but was released and is enjoying his recovery with family and friends.
Just an fyi…Sam Adams, no not the beer you drunks, has just become the 1st openly gay mayor of a major city (Portland, Oregon to be exact).
News Potpourri:
I'll leave you with some quick news tidbits that couldn't fit either here or there so they're getting their own paragraph! American Airlines has begun doing the unthinkable…they are charging for every checked bag you bring ($15 for the first and $25 for the second). If the hike in gas prices and hence airfare wasn’t bad enough now overpackers have to suffer too…life is so unfair! If you still need your dose of MTV I’m reminding you that this Sunday Mike Myers will be hosting the MTV Movie Awards at 8 p.m.. The streets of NY just got a whole lot more patriotic this week. ‘Fleet Week’ has brought out all the sailors, marines and coastguards. For all you YouTube fanatics the band Weezer has paid tribute to some of your fave videos in their new music video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muP9eH2p2PI. Test your YouTube knowledge and see if you can remember all the references! The new Indiana Jones movie opened as big as promised bringing in over $311 million during the holiday weekend. Award winning actor and director Sydney Pollack (‘Out of Africa”, “The Way We Were” and “Tootsie”) lost his battle with cancer at the age of 73 at his home in California. In the battle of the David’s on ‘American Idol’ David Cook came out victorious over David Archuleta. Does anyone even care about AI anymore? Paul McCartney isn’t letting a super nasty divorce get in the way of his dreams. He just received an honorary doctorate of music from Yale University. In another string of natural disasters several twisters have just ravaged Iowa. Something serious must be wrong with the universe cause Oprah’s ratings across the board (TV, magazines, etc) have been declining. It may be cause she endorsed Obama or cause she’s been losing the battle of the bulge…but no matter what I’ll always lover her! The Texas polygamist sect families who were separated after a police raid are being reunited after a Texas judge sided with the families over the state officials. Since the last Facebook video was such a huge success your video of the week comes courtesy of the Facebook Gansta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he1rYR_8T4s.
I hope this gives you an idea of what's going on in the world. Buck up…it's not so bad! T-Time was only 1 day late (even T needs some R&R), and Lindsay is stirring up drama yet again. All is right with the world!
Now go and have an intellectually stimulating conversation with your neighbor about what you've just learned.
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