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stacyinbean
06/01/09

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Yes Gaga, you are the first and only artist to not do drugs. You are such a unique little snowflake, aren't you?
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Mrs. Stephen Fry
06/01/09

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"People sometimes think I'm on drugs when I'm not. It's because I am actively in my creative headspace. I operate in a different way to other artists."

Every word she speaks makes me dislike her more.
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lucystrawberry: Tier 2 is the new black
06/01/09

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My SQUEE for this twilight movie could go on for pages and pages.
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ihateemo
06/01/09

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I don't understand the Susan Boyle craze. As a Brit, I checked out the video on YouTube at my dad's behest when he called to tell me about it and thought she was covering up a snippy, nasty personality with faux sassiness.

I'm about as interested in reading about her as I am about Heidi Montag, to be honest.
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GoodBadNotEvil
06/01/09

@ihateemo: I just feel kind of bad for her, she's in a bit of a fishbowl and unequipped to handle it.
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emilyanne
06/01/09

@GoodBadNotEvil: @ihateemo: to be fair her personality, pleasant or otherwise, is sort of irrelevant given it's supposed to be about whether she can sing or not. As to the latter I don't know whether she's talented as i am on my high horse regarding reality shows and won't watch them.

But I do think that there are issues surrounding her ability to cope and mental health issues deriving from the fact that she was deprived of oxygen at birth which might raise questions about how the press/internet etc have treated her. There was a good piece in the Observer this Sunday about it.
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ihateemo
06/01/09

@GoodBadNotEvil: I find it hard to pity anyone who puts themselves out there to the public and then suddenly has a moment of realisation that goes along the lines of "oh FUCK!", especially since if she wanted to she could fuck off out of the limelight, go back to Scotland and enjoy being the weird deference that local celebrities attract.

But she's not going to do that is she? Rather, she's going to milk it for all it's worth and make a sum of money that very few of us can comprehend regardless of how bad the press gets. Waaaaaaah, so sad.
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A Small Turnip
06/01/09

@ihateemo: Hey, you know what's a really lovely character trait?

Compassion. Totally underrated, dude.
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Ascendo_tuum
06/01/09

@ihateemo: The fact is that she has documented learning disabilities and possibly other mental issues..which may have made it difficult for her to understand exactly what she was getting herself into.

Also, depression and other mental illnesses don't discriminate based on how much money a person has or how seemingly wonderful their life is. If a celebrity gets sick with cancer, say, they are still suffering the same as anyone else with the disease. Mental illness is no different.
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Breamworthy
06/01/09

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Am I giving Janice Dickinson too much credit by suggesting that she's being funny by repeating the thing about having a credible agent (while at the same time drawing attention to how important it is)?

You know, kind of like, The first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club; the second rule of fight club is you DO NOT talk about fight club.
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Nighthawk (the former Okori Wadsworth) is headed back to DGUSA in November!
06/01/09

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Sophie Dahl..... I luvs you. I thought about breakfast when i went to sleep last night too.

(sorry if this triggers anyone. didn't intend it to. really... honestly..... sorry.)

and right now Russell Brand is calling Jonah Hill and going "What in the bloody hell are you doing? you're ruining my goddamned image."
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Wibbles
06/01/09

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What kind of Swiss boarding school takes six-years-olds? I mean, really.
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CareerUnderachiever
06/01/09

@Wibbles: Friend's dad (English) was sent to boarding school at six. Met his best friend there. Both over 80 and still tight. Maybe it's a cultural thing?

Sounds cruel, though. I don't even like to board my dog.
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bowleserised
06/01/09

@CareerUnderachiever: My mum was packed off at seven, and was adamant that her kids wouldn't go through the same thing.
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emilyanne
06/01/09

@Wibbles: my dad went at 7, he was also determined this wouldn't happen to us. So he sent me at 10, way a whole three years later. But he did let me leave after a term when I told him I hated it.
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MissAmy
06/01/09

@Wibbles: Lots of them. I went to boarding school with a girl who had been in boarding schools since age [i]four[/i]. Some people have kids as status symbols and really have no interest in raising them.
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emilyanne
06/01/09

@MissAmy: or jobs that take them out of the country for long periods of time, deaths in the family which make it more difficult to have the child around. There are other reasons rather than simply 'oh they don't have any interest in raising them'
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emilyanne
06/01/09

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In other news i would like to see Courtenay Love and Yoko Ono face off for the title of 'most famous rock widow'. I have a secret belief that Yoko would win easily.
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CareerUnderachiever
06/01/09

@emilyanne: Anyone been to the John Lennon exhibit at the R&R Hall of Fame Annex in Soho? So psyched and at same time fear the sadness.

Yes, Yoko would definitely kick Courtney's ass but would be too cool to do so.
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emilyanne
06/01/09

@CareerUnderachiever: ooh no, I might check that out. Completely true, far too cool.
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midwesternmom
06/01/09

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I am really happy that Jennifer Hudson is living her life as if the rumors and paparazzi don't exist. If she has found a way to regain her privacy and rebuild a family, that is the best news I've read in a long time.
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
06/01/09

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Janice Dickinson may be completely crazypants, but she's I love how funny and self-aware she can be.

It's fighting hunger. Since I haven't eaten in 32 years, it won't affect me.

That's pretty much the best quote ever. Especially since most current or former models would never admit (even in jest) that they had a less than sensible diet.
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HarpMadness
06/01/09

@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: I have to admit I giggled at that. And her advice in the other quote was actually very sensible.
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Theacracy
06/01/09

@IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel: I love that line as well... reminds me of Patsy on AbFab who hadn't eaten since 1974.
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Hiroine Protagonist
06/01/09

@Theacracy: That's exactly what I thought - that line really perked up my morning!
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HarpMadness
06/01/09

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Gah, that Andie McDowell quote. Yes, girls just automatically want to wear dresses. We as a society do nothing to teach them that ... nope, nothing here. It's just natural!
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Laulau
06/01/09

@HarpMadness: I know, that drove me NUTS. Yes, some girls naturally tend to like dressing up, some don't. Some boys naturally like adorning themselves, some don't. Can we get past gender essentialism already?
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CFinWV
06/01/09

@Laulau: Aren't you kind of validating what she said? Her stance was that some girls gravitate towards it because they enjoy it, just as some girls gravitate away from it. Seems just like what you were saying.
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kithkin
06/01/09

@HarpMadness: Right, her little girls liked to dress up. She, their mother, made their money by being a model. Girls never ever try to emulate their mothers.

And this is assuming they never met anyone else, mind you. "I've read books like the Beauty Myth"

"...and then dismissed everything I've read because I still enjoy makeup and fancy clothes."

I say this not to throw particularly large stones, as I love dresses and dressing up, too, but I don't kid myself about it.
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HarpMadness
06/01/09

@kithkin: The lack of self-awareness is what gets me or the understanding that anyone could be different. My nephew for a while would come dancing out of his room with a blanket around his legs saying, "I'm a princess!" Well, it took about two times before the shocked and disapproving looks of his parents stopped that. But, hey, they didn't SAY anything. He's a boy, so he just wasn't into it. Right. It's just amazes me that people don't see how we shape the gender behavior of children right from day one.
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Ms. Crankypants
06/01/09

@CFinWV: No, that's not her stance - "Femininity is an amazing quality and with it comes wanting to dress beautifully - as a little girl, it's in your nature. I watched my daughters do it - you don't teach them" Nothing there about some liking it & some not.
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CareerUnderachiever
06/01/09

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I think they should have an entire line of celebrity popsicles. Personally, I would love to lick Clive Owen's face. Clive Owen's anything. Anyone to nominate?
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
06/01/09

@CareerUnderachiever: I'd settle for stroking Wolverine's glorious mane.
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Sandicomm
06/01/09

@CareerUnderachiever: My darling Rahm. <3 And Viggo Mortensen.
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mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it
06/01/09

@Sandicomm: Naked fight scene FTW.
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theysaidwhat
06/01/09

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I really feel for Ms. Boyle. She's suffering from some sort of mental health issues which have allowed her to collect public assistance for years. Don't the producers of the show screen for such things? The producers of the show are somewhat to blame here.
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LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues
06/01/09

@theysaidwhat: Don't the producers of the show screen for such things?

Yes, probably. I suspect that they value good television (read: ratings) over the mental health of their contestants. Look at the casting choices for almost any reality show and you can almost hear the thought process of the casting directors.
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BlondeGoddess
06/01/09

@theysaidwhat: Today is the first time I heard about her learning difficulties and oxygen defiency etc. This, and two crying children on the show, and the morals of the producers should be seriously questioned.
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Le Kangourou de Kataroo
06/01/09

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A surrogate that's insane? No, that doesn't sound anything like Baby Mama, Halle.
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eidolem
06/01/09

@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: I was thinking more along the lines of Hush, the Lifetime movie starring Tori Spelling, but... that crazy surrogate stole Tori's embryo, so.
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PhillyLass
06/01/09

@eidolem: Or a more scientifically up-to-date version of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.
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LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues
06/01/09

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Hold the phone: Janice Dickinson is releasing a single? And she's telling people to "Say no to alcohol?" Is this one of those "Do as I say, not as I do" things? Because I hated when my Nana would say that.
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