This has got to be one of the dumbest stories to ever come out of the entertainment industry.
Michael Jackson and Britney Spheres are involved.
Just go read -- and make sure to follow the links in the story.
UPDATE: Sara watched the VMAs and didn't understand, but not in a bad way. Who could expect ANYONE to understand what happened when the presenter and the receiver didn't get what was going on! For more, read this.
[Links via Drudge and Something Else.]
Iran may finally be dragged, kicking and screaming no doubt, into the Century of the Fruitbat: Iranian woman will be allowed to sue for divorce if the Guardian Council approves the measure. <ViaFARK>
Whether it's publicity stunts or sheer kindness, many are offering deals for travel this Spetember 11th.
The Newseum is publishing a book featuring accounts of the journalists who covered the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Should be a good read, no matter how you feel about the media.
[Link via Editor & Publisher.]
If this is how K-Mart spends their money, no wonder they're in Chapter 11. <Via Something Else>
A chilling detailed report of what took place in the skies on September 11th
Part I & Part II.
Just look what happens when you combine America's favorite pastime with America's...um... not so favorite profession.
Someone has unearthed Leonard Nimony's "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" video. This is funny stuff.
Now you, too can have your very own action figure. I gotta admit, this really gets my inner geek going. <Via Sand in the Gears>
No commentary here.
From the Associated Press:
"LOS ANGELES- The body of Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal journalist kidnapped and slain by Islamic militants, was returned Thursday to the United States, a family spokesman said.The body was flown from Pakistan on a Cathay Pacific flight to Los Angeles International Airport, said James Lee, a spokesman for Pearl's parents, who live in a suburb of the city."
[Link via Drudge, via Las Vegas Sun.]
Mark your calendars, make a date, take a blankie and maybe some hot coffee for the upcoming metero showers to take place this upcoming Sunday!
Or maybe it is.
Poor Martha Stewart probably has her hand-embroidered panties in a wad again today. The House Energy and Commerce Committee has requested e-mails, business records and additional info on her phone records as it expanded the probe into her sale of ImClone shares the day before they tanked. Stewart has also been asked again to meet with investigators because the doyenne of domesticity has refused investigators' previous invitations for interviews.
The multimedia maven better get cooking: she has until Aug. 20 to supply the requested records before the committee subpoenas them.
It could be a good thing.
[Link via Drudge.]
Hello everyone, I have begun the process of moving The Weigh In over from blogspot. Thanks again to Dodd for this offer.
Hopefully I will be ready to start posting with MT soon, and can get my name added to the "Resident Blogs" list once I've earned my keep. (There's no hazing to run with this group, right???)
They're letting him keep it attached in the county jail that's holding him now but, once he's moved to long-term storage in federal prison, James Traficant won't be allowed to wear his toupée.