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Iraq War Veteran Recycles Uniforms Into Art
2008-05-29 21:02:00
Aren't these beautiful? You'll never guess what they're made out of! Well, yes you will, because you probably read the title of this article. Jon Michael Turner is a US soldier returned from the Iraq War. The creative veteran has used his combat duds and his artistic touch to actually make notebooks, art paper, and other items out of his uniforms!
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Former Washington Times Chief Says Knock Off Osama And Obama
2008-05-29 20:57:00
Out of control! We cannot believe she said this on national television! Or at all! Former New York bureau chief of the Washington Times , Liz Trotta, is a sometimes correspondent for FOX News. She recently sat down with a FOX News host for a conversation about - what else? - Hillary Clinton's remarks about RFK's assassination. In the context of the subject, Trotta suddenly gave a very strange comment in which she mixed up Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden, and then slammed them both.
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When Is It Okay To Get Paid For Community Service?
2008-05-29 20:55:00
When you're famous, apparently. I mean - we're glad for rapper Clifford Joseph Harris, aka TI, that he's supposedly getting his life together enough to reflect and to speak to younger kids about not following down a path of crime. But you can't tell us he's not going to get paid for his new reality show, which has gotten the okay for at least 6 (some sources say 8) episodes from MTV. The premise of the show covers TI's house arrest for machine gun charges, and some of his 1,000 hours of community service up to his return to jail in early 2009; TI has been sentenced to one year in prison.
More About: Community , Service , Paid , Community Service

In Memory Of Spc Christopher Gathercole
2008-05-29 20:52:00
So, beginning today, we are going to make our best effort to post an article each day commemorating a US soldier that has been KIA in the Iraq War. We hope that this can serve as a very real daily reminder in a war an ocean away that is too often out of sight, out of mind.
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Tyra Banks Turns Into A Chess Piece
2008-05-29 20:49:00
It's a chess piece...no, it's a salt shaker...no, it's a rubber stamp...nope, you're all wrong! It's Tyra Banks on the cover of this weekend's issue of The New York Times Magazine. And it's the same old comparison: Martha...Oprah...Tyra. Is she the next big female branded self?
More About: Chess , Piece

Are The Girls Next Door Coming Back?
2008-05-29 20:47:00
Yes, we poke fun at celebrity reality shows. But there is at least one that we have been hooked on from day one, and that is: The Girls Next Door . Why? Eh, hard to say. They're the most believable (it seems to be the only unscripted celeb-reality show out there...we think); they're girly; they go on the best vacations; they're all drop-dead gorgeous; the Mansion grounds astonish us; and they are the three girlfriends of the same 82-year-old CCO / Editor / Magazine mogul.
More About: Back , The Girls Next Door

Journey Blows Us Away On The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2008-05-29 20:44:00
Yesterday was a big day for The Ellen DeGeneres Show . Ellen's guests included Neal Schon, Ross Valory, Jonathan Cain, Deen Castronovo, and Arnel Pineda, the current members of the legendary band Journey . Oh yeah, and Laura and Jenna Bush were there, in continuation of their quest to take over the world get tons of press and wedding coverage.
More About: Ellen Degeneres , The Ellen Degeneres Show

Scott McClellan To Appear On MSNBC With Keith Olbermann
2008-05-29 20:43:00
Yesterday we reported that we'll be reading Scott McClellan's new book, entitled What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception. It's being officially released next week. McClellan has chosen NBC on which to be interviewed about the memoir, and he will be appearing on the Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC tonight at 8 PM ET.

Asian Press Claims Bush Is Planning Air Strike On Iran
2008-05-28 22:04:00
This had better not be true. The Asia Times published an article today stating that the George W. Bush administration is planning to launch an air strike against Iran within two months. Citing an informed source, the Asia Times writes that two major US Senators are planning to come forward with the news - and their opposition to it - in a New York Times op-ed piece, including Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein of California and Republican Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana.
More About: Press , Planning , Asian

Idaho's Primary Proves To Be Ron Paul's Best State To Date
2008-05-28 22:00:00
The great State of Idaho held their primary yesterday, and guess who got his best voter turnout yet? Republican presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul! Paul scored 29,741 votes in The Gem State: 24 percent. Paul only had the chance to make one trip to Idaho - in April - but almost a quarter of Republican voters in Idaho were loathe to put rival candidate Senator John McCain on the ballot.
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Horny Women Swarm Jack Sparrow
2008-05-28 21:59:00
This is one gig Johnny Depp wouldn't want. Playing Jack Sparrow at Disney park. Former Disney cast member Brandon Hillock shared some of his experiences with Los Angeles Magazine. Evidently the women in the park are just as enamored with the fake Jack Sparrow s as they would be of the real thing. These are just a few of the things Brandon told reporters has happened to him.
More About: Women , Horny , Swarm

Now We're Going To Have To Read Scott McClellan's Book
2008-05-28 21:57:00
Anyone who's seen Frontline's documentary Bush's War (I know, I know, we still need to review Part 2 of that!) wouldn't be very surprised by this book. However, that doesn't make it any less of a must-read! Scott McClellan, a former White House press secretary under the President George W. Bush administration, has released a memoir, in which he reveals that the American public was manipulated by political propaganda leading up to the invasion of Iraq.
More About: Book , Read

Earth Justice Working To Keep Largest Forest Off The Chopping Block
2008-05-28 21:56:00
The Tongass is 17 million acres long, and houses a wide variety of wildlife; 2.3 million acres of which is in danger. According to Earth Justice , the Bush administration wants to hack 13 percent of the forest for roads and logging purposes. The administration announced in 2003 that it was making the Tongass exempt from the 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule.
More About: Forest , Working , Block

Mario Lopez Promotes Fitness Book In Miami
2008-05-28 21:54:00
So, remember when we told you that Mario Lopez was coming out with a fitness book? It's heeeeeeere. Mario Lopez 's new book, Knockout Fitness , is in stores, and Mario hit up a bookstore in Miami this week to promote the workout guide.
More About: Book

Lindsay Lohan Engaged?
2008-05-28 21:50:00
FemaleFirst is reporting that Lilo (AKA Lindsay Lohan ) is engaged to DJ Samantha Ronson. She was seen in France with a Dolce and Gabanna Ring and it's reported that she told Calum Best that she's engaged to Sam.
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Man's New Girlfriend Is A VW Beetle
2008-05-28 21:47:00
Warning: this article includes an explicit description! If you are of age, click here for the strangeness. The Telegraph recently interviewed Edward Smith. He is unique in that his girlfriend, Vanilla, is a white Herbie the Love Bug-style Volkswagen.
More About: Girlfriend , Beetle

Flavor Flav Thinks He Duped Us All
2008-05-28 21:45:00
Flavor of Love 3 is over--did any of you even watch this season?--and William Flavor Flav Drayton has announced that there will be no Seasons 4 or 5, that the whole thing is over with and he's going back to be with his baby's mother, whom he also proposed to in the last episode.
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John McCain Goes After Iran, Heckler Accuses Him Of Endless War
2008-05-28 21:31:00
John McCain was giving a speech in Denver, Colorado today, in which he was giving some serious implications that he wants action taken against Iran . Now that's scary: as if we weren't tangled and overextended enough in Iraq, McCain called out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (grossly mispronounced). He was interrupted by an audience member that began chanting, Endless war, endless war, endless war.
More About: John , John McCain

Happy Memorial Day
2008-05-26 20:01:00
Memorial Day photos...remembering and showing respect. Enjoy the holiday weekend!
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We Vow To Omit Clinton Obama Battles From This Weekend's News
2008-05-26 20:00:00
Have you had enough yet? We have! This Memorial Day weekend, we are vowing not to write anything whatsoever about the War of the Words between presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton . (Don't worry, we won't write about candidates John McCain or Ron Paul, either - it's only fair.)
More About: News , Battles

It's Fairly Simple, We Hate Each Other
2008-05-26 19:58:00
Have we ever mentioned that the New York Magazine is hilarious? Because, seriously: they can be gut-busting. We were glancing over reviews of Denise Richards' new reality show that's premiering on Memorial Day. We didn't find much any positive commentary, but definitely did come across some fun-ny satirical ones.
More About: Hate , Simple

Paul Hodes' Amendment Says No To Propaganda From Defense Dept
2008-05-26 19:56:00
Democratic Rep. Paul W. Hodes of New Hampshire (yay NH!) introduced an amendment to the 2009 Defense Authorization Bill, which forbids the Department Of Defense (DOD) from participating in a concerted effort to propagandize the American people on the war.
More About: Propaganda , Amendment

Harry Potter Actor Stabbed In Bar Fight
2008-05-26 19:55:00
This is so sad. Rob Knox was an 18-year-old actor whose star was just about to shine: Knox had the role of Marcus Belby, a Ravenclaw student, in the flick Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, the sixth Harry Potter movie which is slotted for a November 2008 release. Yesterday, Rob was killed.
More About: Fight , Actor

Indiana Jones Blazes New Trail
2008-05-26 19:53:00
Look out...there's no stopping Harrison Ford! On top of getting stellar reviews, the new Indiana Jones movie - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - has already set a record. On it's opening day, Thursday, "Indy" took in $25 million, which was an opening day record for director Steven Spielberg, and for its star, Harrison Ford.
More About: Trail

Joe Rogan Calls Mandy Moore A UFC Groupie
2008-05-26 19:51:00
Last night was the broadcast of UFC 84: Ill Will, from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was an action-packed night with many a celebrity in the crowd: from David Spade (who was there with Laura Prepon, best known as Donna on That 70's Show) to Dwayne The Rock Johnson, to Jaime Pressley. A familiar face in the crowd was none other than Mandy Moore . who was in attendance in the last major event - UFC 83.
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Jenna Bush Goes On The Tonight Show With 'Momzilla' Laura
2008-05-26 19:49:00
Laura Bush (now Laura Hager, actually) was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno this week, along with her mother, First Lady Laura Bush...whom Jenna revealed was nicknamed Momzilla throughout the wedding planning & event. We were under the impression that the White House was angry at NBC, but apparently not angry enough not to send the Bush girls to The Tonight Show.
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Dita Von Teese Shows A Little Leg At amfAR in Cannes
2008-05-26 19:48:00
Don't you feel in a total time warp when you see Ms. Dita Von Teese ? In a good way! The legendary burlesque dancer and do-gooder extraordinaire was at amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2008 as part of the 61st annual International Cannes Film Festival in France on Thursday.

May 22nd News Roundup, Stuff You Don't Want To Miss!
2008-05-22 23:16:00
Cindy McCain poses for June issue of Vogue; a Texas appeals court rules that the State of Texas had no right to seize the more than 400 children from the Yearning for Zion ranch of the FLDS polygamist sect; federal forecasters say hurricane season will be busier by the Atlantic in 2008; the symptoms and signs of job burnout; the Tasmanian Devil is officially on the Endangered Species list. All this and more in our May 22nd News Roundup !
More About: Stuff , Miss

Ron Paul Still Drawing A Crowd, Picking Up Delegates
2008-05-22 23:14:00
It doesn't matter what the pundits say...Ron Paul can draw a crowd! Paul was in Kentucky over the weekend, where he visiting Bowling Green High School and the Louisville Palace Theater. And guess what, y'all: in all of the primary and election madness, Ron Paul has just snatched up two of Oregon's coveted 27 GOP delegates! Oh, yes he did!
More About: Drawing , Delegates , Crowd

Why Wouldn't Barack Obama Choose Hillary Clinton For VP?
2008-05-22 23:13:00
This is odd. The AP and TheAtlantic.com are reporting that likely Democratic nominee Barack Obama is secretly shopping for his Vice President on the DL. It could just be a rumor, but it's being reported that Obama asked Jim Johnson, a former Fannie Mae CEO, to start looking for potential VP's; a job which Johnson performed in the past for John Kerry and Walter Mondale.
More About: Hillary Clinton , Clinton