Simply Dumb

Is anyone else getting tired of all of the celebrity nicknames that the news insists on giving them? Bennifer. Brangelina. JLo. There are too many to remember. At least they just call Paris Hilton plain old Paris. That we can handle.
As we were cruising for the silly things that celebrities do, we were irritated by not one, but two annoying abbreviations. LiLo and SamRo. Like in this headline: LiLo Spars With Top Cop, Spas with SamRo. Are entertainment reporters so lazy that they can’t type out Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson? Really?
Do they think that these names are cute …read more

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Remember how Sharon Stone insulted Chinese earthquake victims? Well, now more than 1,000 victims and a New York lawyer want $1 billion from the actress. Or possibly an apology. Stone was actually served with papers by an attorney who plans to sue her for her words against the Chinese people.
Stone took the country to task for its occupation of Tibet, suggesting that maybe the earthquake was karma. Tell that to the thousands of families who lost children and other loved ones in the quake. It’s doubtful they would feel like hearing about how karma’s getting all up in their face …read more

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Book publisher Simon & Schuster doesn’t like it when celebrities don’t keep their word. Even if they were in jail and didn’t produce a book when promised.
Simon & Schuster apparently doled out some hefty advances to two rappers for books they were supposed to pen. Lil Kim got $40,000 in 2003 and Foxy Brown got $75,000 in 2005. But neither woman followed through with a completed book.
And since they didn’t fulfill the agreement, the company is suing them for breach of contract. Usually, publishers try to avoid actual litigation. They give the would-be author some time to either complete the …read more

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