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[ypsidan04]

News on some popular recording artists:

We're All To Fight

Sum 41 and Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale joined a fight against illegal music downloads. They are among the musicians supporting a brief that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a lower court that provides relief from copyright-infringement prosecution to several unauthorized file-sharing networks. Meanwhile, Sum 41 will tape a performance Tuesday on NBC's Last Call With Carson Daly for a future airing.
Grammy.com

Ridin' On

Kid Rock has announced that he is parting ways with his publishing company, Warner Chappell's BMI-affiliated Warner Tamerlane. However, Rock says he still owes Warner's Atlantic Records three albums "pending their attitude." Meanwhile, George W. Bush's twin daughters reportedly wanted Rock to perform at an inaugural concert for the president last week in Washington, D.C., but Rock didn't make the bill amid protests from conservative groups.
AP/The Freep

Backing Out

After five years handling drumming duties for Nickelback, Ryan Vikedal has parted ways with the multiplatinum rockers. In a statement issued Wednesday, Nickelback wished the stickman "all the best in his future endeavors" and added that "no replacement for Vikedal has been named." However, Internet reports suggest that 3 Doors Down drummer Daniel Adair is leaving 3DD to join Nickelback

That last one is a noticeable step down. I wouldn't recommend it.

[forre]

The best and the worst autograph "writers":

Magazine Autograph Collector had its annual query among its readers to determine the best and the worst autograph writers.

The best:
Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Tom Cruise, Mike Myers oand Angelina Jolie.

The worst:
Britney Spears, Cameron Diaz, Tobey Maguire and Justin Timberlake.

[ypsidan04]

^^ So do the best have the most elaborate pretty signatures, or do the best never turn someone down? It could be either...

Oh, and the 3DD drummer has officially defected. Apparently Mr. Vickedal was "fired" from Nickelback, "people who used to be family", with "no reason" given, and he's pretty resentful. Not that its a big deal...

[forre]

Wanna JLo's engagement ring?
Affleck proposed her with this pink diamond of 6,5 karat. Now the fairy-tale is over and the ring is FOR SALE!
Got $ 1,100,000? - Then you have a chance to become the lucky owner of this exclusive piece!

[QueenBee]

Meep! Pink diamonds!

[ypsidan04]

Feb. 17, 2005

You gotta wonder what misguided exec thought it would be a good idea for Lindsay Lohan, who has a reputation for finding the fun when the sun goes down, to shoot a movie in the non-stop party town that is New Orleans.

The rumor mill has been churning recently with tales of the teen queen's purported late night adventures in the Big Easy, where she's filming the romantic comedy "Just My Luck." Last week, production was shuttered for several days after Lindsay reportedly came down with bad flu.

Now, frustrated crewmembers on the Donald Petrie-directed flick are tattling to the media about the 18-year-old's supposedly slack on-set behavior.

"I've never seen anything like this," one unnamed staffer fumes to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "She is making our lives a living hell. It's just not professional."

A local actor, who spent two nights working with Lohan on the supposedly tension-filled set, claims she would hole up in a corner while a stand-in rehearsed with her co-stars. When it was time for cameras to roll, he tells the paper, she would wander over and repeatedly blow her lines.

"If I had to learn four lines and had all day to do it -- and was paid millions of dollars to do it -- I think I could do it," he rants. "The whole thing was more like a scene from a movie than a set for a movie: The star throws a fit and someone has to console her and lead her away. That happened twice while I was there."

But Lindsay, who will soon get her very own 6-inch plastic doppelganger courtesy of Mattel, does have her defenders, including ones who aren't on her payroll.

Locals who have bumped into the "Mean Girls" starlet out on the town say she's an "effervescent delight" who always says "please and thank you to service workers," while a Louisiana high school teacher who got up close and personal with Lindsay after winning a radio contest said she seemed just "like a regular girl."

"I thought she was very nice," the educator tells the Slidell Sentry-News of her brief, between-scenes chat with the actress last Friday. "She was busy when we were there, so I didn't expect a lot out of her. But I thought she was very pleasant. She'd been on the set for 13, 14 hours by the time we got there. She's a hard worker."

Of course, no one could blame Lohan for acting out given the ongoing battle being waged by her estranged parents, Michael and Dina. The New York Post reports her recidivist dad, who has been shopping around a reality show titled "Living with the Lohans," decided to confront his soon-to-be ex-wife outside a New York courthouse on Tuesday with a film crew in tow.

An insider tells the paper that Michael "has demonstrated that he's clearly more interested in milking his daughter's success for his own financial remuneration than in being a responsible father or husband ... In fact, the only outreach Michael has made to his family in recent months is an attempt to participate in this ludicrous reality show for which he would be compensated significantly."

[Mossopp]

From today's Daily Record:

Patty Is Queerly Beloved

'Simpsons' fans have discovered the Springfield resident who is secretly gay - Marge Simpson's chain-smoking sister Patty.
The mystery was revealed in a new episode of the show, where Homer plans to cash in with an internet permit to conduct gay wedding ceremonies - and Patty is his first client.
He starts each ceremony: "Queerly beloved, we are gathered here today...."
But the programme has caused a huge fuss in strait-laced America - where a national debate rages on whether same sex marriages should be made legal.
For the first time, pre-transmission warnings were put on the show before it's 8pm Fox airing on Sunday.
The episode will be screened in Britain on Sky One in May.

[forre]

I'm sure many of you know this but I didn't - Paris Hilton's new boyfriend is called Paris too. Si, si .. Paris Latsis and he is from Greece.

[forre]

Arnie is in a desperate need of a plastic surgery.

Arnie before
Arnie now

[haku]

Yeah, i'm reviving this old thread.

Every hunk has his babe: Pierce Brosnan and his James Bond girl.

[forre]

If I had to choose, I'd go for Brosnan.

[forre]

The most beautiful 30+ by Eve Magazine:

1. Kristin Davis
2. Catherine Zeta Jones
3. Halle Berry
4. Nicole Kidman
5. Charlize Theron
6. Kate Beckinsale
7. Kate Winslet
8. Eva Longoria
9. Jennifer Aniston
10. Angelina Jolie

[Rachel]

Originally Posted by forre

The most beautiful 30+ by Eve Magazine:
5. Charlize Theron
8. Eva Longoria

Yum

[forre]

Bianca Ryan, 11 won 'America's got talent' (+ $ 1,000,000) and sounds like Whitney Houston.

Her performance on YouTube

[nath]

Originally Posted by forre

Bianca Ryan, 11 won 'America's got talent' (+ $ 1,000,000) and sounds like Whitney Houston.

Her performance on YouTube

WOW!!! SHivers everywhere , here!!!!!!

[QueenBee]

Oh yeah we had that chick somewhere in another thread... she's amazing!
And now she's rich too.

[forre]

Ha-ha

Porn broadcast stuns news viewers

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- Sweden's state broadcaster SVT on Monday faced ridicule for mistakenly showing a porn movie in the background of a news broadcast over the weekend.

A cap

FULL STORY

CNN.com

[haku]

Posh and Becks may have find a nice shack in LA, and it's near the Cruises, heaven!

I like this quote:

And the two-acre landscaped garden backs on to Tom and Katie's place —pretty handy if the Beckhams ever run out of sugar or need to know more about Scientology.

Priceless.

[haku]

Paris Hilton gets 45 days in jail

Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton has been jailed for 45 days for violating her probation over a drink-driving charge.

A Los Angeles judge ruled she must start her sentence on 5 June and she will not be allowed any work release.

"I'm very sorry and from now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything," she told the judge before sentencing.

Since Ms Hilton pleaded no contest in January to reckless driving, police have stopped her on two occasions.

She was also accused of failing to enrol in an alcohol education programme by a court-ordered deadline.

Ms Hilton, heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, first gained notoriety for her constant partying as a teenager.

BBC


That's gonna be a change of lifestyle.

[Argos]

Originally Posted by haku

That's gonna be a change of lifestyle.

Simple life behind bars? With 24 hours live-cam? Gonna love it, yo!