The women were filmed at all hours of the day, in various states of undress. They were encouraged to wear bathing suits and dance provocatively for the cameras. Although they were told that they were part of a reality show to be aired on Turkish television, competing for a cash prize, the company instead sold naked pictures of the women on their website and asked users to vote for their favorites. For a subscription fee, viewers could watch videos of the women online, but despite what they told the girls, the footage was never intended for television.

The nine victims were all models from the Mediterranean resort of Antalya and the Aegean port city of Izmir. They reportedly responded to an ad seeking contestants for a competition-based reality show, and following a short interview, all nine women were asked to sign a contract. According to a Turkish newspaper, one of the "contestants" was a teenager, who may have been as young as 15. All of the women were told that they could not leave the villa unless they paid a fine of 50,000 Turkish lira (approximately $33,000). They were prohibited from speaking with their families, or from having any contact with the outside world.

"We were not after the money but we thought our daughter could have the chance of becoming famous if she took part in the contest," said the mother of one of the "contestants." "But they have duped us all." She says that while the women were not physically abused, they were told to fight each other and wear bikinis.

There are conflicting reports of how the women were rescued from the house. One Turkish paper claims that a girl got "bored" and called her mother for help, the Guardian reports. Another source says that the police stormed the villa after family members complained about being unable to contact the women. The HaberTurk newspaper said the women realized they were being duped soon after they arrived and quickly asked to leave the villa. A lawyer for the company that organized the fake show said that although eight out of the nine women had formerly complained that they were being held against their will, they were never actually held captive.

The men found in the villa were arrested on Monday, but have since been released.

Nine Women Rescued From Fake Big Brother House In Turkey [Guardian]
Turkish Police Say Women Held Captive On Show Set [AP]

Image via Cameron Self's Flickr

1.) Models of the Runway
It's boring…and "dumb."

I love Heidi's reaction to them.

2.) Speaking of Dumb
Who the fuck forgets the words to "God Bless America"? Especially if it's your job to remember them.

3.) Gosselin Kids Promise Not To Murder Their Mother

4.) The Insider: "Michael Jackson…A Ladies Man?"

Did they mean like this?

5.) Anal Retentive
That OCD guy from that Bravo show doesn't allow his employees to poop in the office bathrooms, and if they do, and he finds out about it, he gets revenge.

6.) Anal Retentive, Part 2
On the TLC show Truth Be Told, people with who are obsessed with their pets were profiled. This woman swears she's "not a crazy pet owner," although she does admit to—and is filmed—wiping her dogs ass after she (the dog, not the owner) shits.

I wonder if this dog sleeps in her wig.

7.) Kim Sleeps in Her Wig

What would NeNe think?

8.) Everyone Thinks Spencer Pratt Is An Idiot

9.) Steven Seagal Is Working
Is anyone else as excited about Steven Seagal's new reality show as I am?

10.) My Sentiments, Exactly

CBS has released an official statement regarding Chima's departure:

Chima has been evicted by the producers from the Big Brother house for violating the rules. She will not be part of the show's jury. Her eviction will be addressed on an upcoming broadcast of the show.

Thanks,

CBSBig Brother Web Team

LIVE FEED

Thursday, 8/13 8pm - After Jessie's eviction, Chima, Lydia, and Natalie cried like he was dead and essentially eulogized him. Lydia and Natalie decided to go through the clothes that Jessie left behind, and vowed to wear them as some sort of memorial.

Chima ranted on and on about how she wanted to leave the show because she was so upset over the outcome of the "Cootie Taw."

Remember when Chima delivered that big speech about Braden being a racist during the first live eviction of the season? Well, when bitching about Russell, she said the following: "Russell isn't a fucking Catholic, he's some extremist Muslim terrorist."

The contestants were given some crafts to entertain themselves, one of which was origami. Russell made a plane, and in reference to it, Chima said that she was the World Trade Center.

Later on, there was a lot of commotion among Russell and Jeff because supposedly Chima and/or Lydia stole some of their possessions and vandalized them.

Friday, 8/14 10pm - This was the night that Chima lost her fucking marbles.

The house guests were given some kind of mini-golf set to practice for an upcoming competition. Natalie rallied her allies and got them outside to practice. Chima came out without her microphone, and she refused to put it on. Then Chima began hammering the golf club on the ramp. Natalie ran and got Chima's mic and handed it to her, and Chima threw it in the hot tub.

After that incident, the live feeds intermittently went in and out of the fish tank, as Chima was screaming stuff about production.

The live feeds came back on for a bit to show Chima throwing fits over the fact that someone (whom she believed to be Russell) ate her Cheetos. She went into the Diary Room and the feeds fish tanked again, this time for hours.

Saturday 8/15 1am - The feeds returned. It's clear that something really big went down, but no one was saying anything, and instead, were in the kitchen silently eating chips and guac.

Finally, Michele noticed that Chima's picture turned black and white, the first mention that the latter was in fact, removed from the house. Russell said that it was "her choice," but he might have just been referring to her actions, and the fact that she refused to follow the rules of the contract that she signed. (She also destroyed a $5,000 body mic. I've heard house guests talking in the past about how if a mic gets destroyed, it comes out of their pockets.)

Later in the day, there was a luxury competition/HoH, in which Jeff won a trip to Hawaii, Kevin won another $5,000, and Jordan won HoH. (Apparently, Chima's departure counted as the eviction for the week, and another HoH competition was held, which supposedly will be passed off as the "live" show on Thursday, even though it was taped.) Lydia "won" the red leotard but refused to wear it.

5pm - Lydia apparently had a beef with Michele. There didn't seem to be a logical reason behind this. She said some horrible things, prompting Michele to yell, "Put on your fucking leotard, you fucking bitch!"

Then all hell broke loose. Lydia dumped out Michele's beer and threw away her food. Lydia seemed completely wasted, but she and Natalie both insisted that she was not drunk, even though she was slurring her words. She repeatedly called Michele a "bi-polar, psycho bitch" and Michele retorted with, "I work in a psychiatry department where I try to help people like you!"

Jeff freaked out and said he had enough. He tried to calm Lydia down, but there was really no talking to her:

(BTW: Natalie constantly picks her nose all the time, even while she's talking to people. She's gross.)

Lydia kept insisting that she wanted to be voted out of the house. Jordan said that she only wants to leave so that she could be alone in the jury house with Jessie.

Jeff continued to talk to Natalie and he said that Chima had issues beyond being in the BB house, and that it was "none of his business." I think he was referring to when she was assaulted.

Sunday, 8/16 - Lydia debuted her pink hair.

Late at night, just before they fell asleep, Natalie asked Lydia how many times Lydia and Jessie hooked up. Lydia said five times. Natalie wanted every gory detail, but Lydia wouldn't give in. Eventually, some information came out that while giving Jessie a hand job, Lydia accidentally got semen on one of Natalie's sweat shirts.

Lydia also said of Jessie, "I'd be so much more of a happy camper if his two fingers fucking worked."

1.) Adderall!

2.) The Stanky Leg

3.) Lil' Monkey

4.) Big Brother's Impeccable Montage Editing

5.) NYC Prep Schadenfreude

6.) Fox News' "Liberal" Views On Pole Dancing
(It doesn't count as "pole dancing" if you're using the pole for balance. Fair and balanced.)

7.) Good News for Gays
They have your kind in Wasilla, and Levi doesn't mind 'em.

8.) Gay Bitch

9.) La Toya: "There's Not Enough Aid For AIDS."
She is manic!

10.) A Hooker/Pimp Relationship Gone Awry?

"Heather Mills."

She was pissed when her fellow cast mates immediately began insulting Mills.

Here's a paparazzi shot of Lydia with Beatrice in January 2009.

And here she is again, with Heather Mills, on the way to an October 2007 Good Morning America interview.

In other BB news:
Natalie is a republican and she doesn't believe that police work should be done by women.

Earlier: Which Celeb Couple Did Big Brother Houseguest Nanny For?

Her story was actually featured on an episode of Cold Case Files a few years ago. The more recent conversation took place several weeks ago in the house (if you look closely at the mirrors, you can see Laura's head), and I'd assumed that CBS had decided to not broadcast it, out of an uncharacteristic sense of privacy and ethics, but they were just waiting until Chima had won HoH to air the footage.

In other news, to promote his new movie The Goods, Jeremy Piven showed up to the BB house, with a wig that was a completely different color from the rest of his hair.

It looks like the "sushi poisoning" may have taken a toll. I love how Jessie called him out on the whole "see you on the other side" casual line he threw.

LIVE FEED
There were a lot more fights between Chima and Russell over the weekend, but it's difficult to tell if they're still putting on an act, or if somehow the animosity turned real. The house guests received a lot of booze, and everyone got drunk at various points, including Jessie, who never drinks, which is apparent by this drunken conversation he had about unicorns.

1.) One Life to Live Does Grey Gardens
During a drunken daydream, one character on the soap imagined life as Edie Beale. They did a musical number, and the Costume of the Day speech, although the accent was way off.

2.) Joan Rivers on Live TV
I love that for her publicity tour for her new reality show, she keeps dropping F bombs on live television.

3.) Police Women Get Stuck With The Vagina Jobs

4.) Moe
Former Jezebel editor Moe Tkacik was on MSNBC on Tuesday morning, where she talked about the economy and possibly got hit on.

5.) Do You Remember the Time?
It was discovered that a 3000-year-old tomb of a mummified woman looks exactly like MJ.

6.) Lesbians Aren't Into Sausage Parties
Zing to you, Gordon Ramsey!

7.) Wasted Housewives of Atlanta
I love how drunk and loving NeNe and Kim got at their "let's be friends again" dinner.

8.) Who Pulled Tiger Woods' Finger?

9.) Do You Wanna Hear Someone From Chicago Pronounce "Coup d'état"?

10.) Why Am I So Obsessed With Her?
Her feigned modesty is one reason.

Chima and Russell have been flirty friends in an alliance up to this point, so their acrimony seemed to come out of left field, with the only possible explanation being Chima's jealousy over Russell's friendships with some of the other women in the house. As of right now, their animosity will most likely not affect the eviction vote on Thursday.

However, on the live feeds, shit went down, leading to some of the best fights, drama and crying (Ronnie, of course) of the season, thus far. I don't think I've ever heard the word "motherfucker" tossed around so much in the span of an hour.

LIVE FEED:

Monday, 8/3
During the day, Chima and Lydia got into it over something, which seemed to spark a general uneasiness in the house.

Around 10 pm, talk was brewing that Chima was planning on backdoor-ing Russell. Michele supposedly relayed this to Russell, and he brought Chima and Michele up to the HoH room to hash it out. That led to this argument, in which Chima got up in Russell's face.

Things snowballed from there, with almost the entire house getting involved in some way or another. While Chima went to another room to cool off, Russell stayed outside, fuming. He then told Natalie a secret he knew about Michele: that she has a PhD in neuroscience. He said she "works on the brain" which "changes things."

Post-fight, Chima and Jordan talked in the bathroom. They both agreed that Ronnie and Russell had a secret alliance (totally true, but was then called off). Eventually, Lydia, Kevin, and Natalie joined them in the bathroom to shit talk on Russell and Ronnie. Ronnie overheard them, and entered the bathroom to clarify that he wasn't in an alliance with Russell.

Thinking that Ronnie was lying, Kevin became enraged. He got in Ronnie's face, screamed at him, and chest-bumped him.

Ronnie went into the red bedroom with Chima and started crying, saying that Kevin hurt his feelings, and that his physically aggressive behavior should be cause for him to be removed from the house by producers. Then Ronnie said one of the best lines in BB history:

Later on, Chima and Russell fought again. This time, they threw water on each other and began making sexual insults. Chima said he had a tiny dick, and Russell said that she only knew that because she touched it when she tried to have sex with him, making that the worst comeback ever.

He then went on to tell her that the only thing she's good for is "talking and sucking dick."

The drama for the night was cut short when production issued three-foot restraining orders between Chima and Russell, Kevin and Ronnie, and Natalie and Michele.

But are you ready for this? All of the fighting between Russell and Chima? Staged! They planned the entire thing on Saturday, even choreographing how they would throw drinks. They still secretly make out from time to time.

Tuesday, 8/4
In the evening, Russell talked to Jeff outside. He told Jeff that his father wrote a subliminal message in his letter that he received in the HoH room. Russell said that the part where his dad said, "Remember the lessons I taught you in grade school and middle school" was in reference to when Russell fought with Jeff. It was Russell's dad's way of telling him that he should trust Jeff

In another room, Lydia shot off one of her malapropisms: "If you think you're going to come out of this conversation scotch clean…"

So far, no one has been awarded the "secret power"—which Ronnie has dubbed the "wizard power" and everyone has happily adopted—but as Julie Chen promised, it should be a game-changer.

First of all, can we just talk about how awesome this is?



It's like the "How Will I Know?" video — when Whitney looks at the screen of Dionne Warwick and sings, "I'm askin' you, 'cause you know about these things" — except gayer.

Before getting into the Live Feed, I want to talk about Chima a little bit. She's constantly referred to as a freelance journalist on the show, so I did some internet stalking to see what she's written. I assumed that because she's on the Brains Clique, she was in print. Turns out she's in broadcast… internet broadcast.

You can check out her (probs self-written) broadcast bio here.

But way more shocking is that Chima told the other house guests that she was a victim of a brutal sexual assault at the hands of a serial rapist/murderer, which was featured on an episode of Cold Case Files.

The page for her episode has been removed since the Live Feed geeks scrambled to it after Chima's announcement. But the full story on it is here.

According to the article, Chima was the last victim of "The Bathtub Rapist," Dale Devon Scheanette. Luckily, unlike Scheanette's other victims (whom he murdered), Chima was able to fight him off. He was arrested shortly thereafter and in February 2009, he was put to death by lethal injection. Chima told the house guests that she had to have two surgeries to correct the damage he'd done to her face when he beat her.

LIVE FEED:

Wednesday 7/22
Russell visited Ronnie secretly twice in the HoH room. The two made a deal to return to their alliance, but decided they're going to do it secretly, and Russell said that he will continue to rag on Ronnie and bully him in front of other house guests for the next few weeks, so that no one will catch on to their scheme.

During Russell's second secret visit to Ronnie, the two guys almost got discovered. Russell had to sneak out of the room, and crawl on his stomach. (I love that Ronnie repeatedly uses the term "smiling with their eyes" when talking about game play.)

Thursday 7/23
A few hours after the live show broadcast, Jessie, Casey, Natalie, Russell and Kevin were in the HoH room. The CD that Jessie requested was Robin Thicke. Casey likes Robin Thicke, too.

Jessie talked a lot about some kind of fitness supplement that he loves (and received in his HoH care package). Apparently it was owned by some steroids manufacturer.

Jessie and Natalie were then called to the DR together, which raised everyone's eyebrows.

After they went into the DR, Casey said that if Jessie took a shit on Natalie's chest, she'd be OK with it, because she's so up his butt.

Various house guests talked about the "mystery vote" to keep Laura in the house. They all said they think it was Russell. (It was really Natalie.)

Outside, Jeff and Jordan were talking. Jeff said that he wished he won HoH, because he would've requested a Bob Marley CD.

Jordan told Jeff and Casey that Lydia tried to make out with her earlier in the day! Then she made Jeff and Casey promise to never repeat that.

As it stands, Jeff won the PoV, which got him off the block. Ronnie replaced his nomination with Jordan, so on tomorrow night's live show, the house guests will have to choose between evicting Jordan or Laura.

So, apparently, Casey and Jessie knew each other before entering the BB house. Back in May, Jessie was involved in some kind of hot body competition (competing in the men's version, and possibly judging in the women's version) over several days in Florida, and Casey was the emcee of the event. There are videos of it, but they're really hard to watch…as in, boring. Here are some stills:

You can spot Casey behind this hunk.

No one is really sure what this means for the game so far, or if Jessie even remembers Casey. It's likely though, that Casey remembers Jessie, as he had already been on BB the previous season.

LIVE FEEDS:

Sunday 7/19
Jessie shaved his pubes with someone's razor. (Apparently, it was a girl's.) When the girls found out, he didn't understand why they were grossed out, because he said they wouldn't be using the razor on their faces.

Later, Jessie was talking to Chima in the bathroom. He was telling her that he has a crush on Natalie. He wanted privacy, so he put a towel over their heads, but "The Voice" yelled at him for it.

At night, Jessie slept in a bed with Lydia and Natalie slept on the floor next to them. This is apparently a routine arrangement.

Monday 7/20
Lydia lost a bet with Natalie in a game of pool, and had to go all day without makeup or hair products.

Jessie and Natalie were playing chess and Jessie said that he loves Butterfingers, but hates when they get stuck in his teeth.

In the kitchen, Jordan asked Russell what the date was. He said "It's the 19th." Jordan asked him how he knew that. Russell said it's because he's God. (The date was actually the 20th.)

Later, Lydia and Jessie were in one of the bedrooms, in the same bed. Lydia tried to flirt and get some under-the-covers action going on. Jessie changed his positioning to head-to-toe.

Tuesday 7/21
During the day, Laura, Chima and Russell talked in the kitchen and began to figure out that Ronnie is a liar.

Laura and Chima talked about how Ronnie is a mean person, especially to Michele, and said that, over the last couple of days, Ronnie repeatedly badgered Michele with math equations, and, when she wouldn't know the answer, he would make fun of her and tell her she's stupid.

At midnight, Russell confronted Ronnie in the storage room on all his bullshit games and lies. Ronnie denied everything and told Russell that he was intimidating him.

In the recycling room, Lydia revealed to Jessie and Kevin that Natalie hid Laura's flatiron, just to be a bitch.

After his fight with Russell, Ronnie stormed up to the HoH room, reverted to crybaby mode and told Chima that he wants to go home.

Downstairs, Laura and Jordan rallied the rest of the house and they all went outside (except for Jessie and Lydia, who were cooking waffles). Everyone exchanged stories about what Ronnie had been telling them, and they all realized that Ronnie was playing both sides and pitting them against each other.

During this bitchfest, Russell said "[Ronnie's] not a teacher! He's a professional masturbator!"

Laura said, "[Ronnie's] the only weirdo who locks the HoH room!"

Chima and Michele agreed to throw the HoH competition so that they could all evict Ronnie.

Around 1 AM, Ronnie went downstairs and told Laura that she was going home. He made a big show about it as an attempt to take some heat off himself. It failed drastically.

(In my opinion, Ronnie is a sellout. He was an outcast in high school, and has admitted to getting picked on. Now he's finally in a power position in a game broken into high school cliques, and instead of standing up to the bullies and jocks, he allows himself to be intimidated, and then takes out his frustration and contempt on the "weaker" people. Instead of life imitating art, reality TV is imitating life in high school…which is probably the key to success for reality TV shows.")

The entire house jumped on Ronnie.

Eventually, Ronnie promised to stay in the HoH room for his remainder of his time in the house. He's kept to his word so far. (But on the occasion when he DID leave for a DR session, Russell harassed him the entire time.)

Around 3 AM, Natalie and Jessie went outside to chat. Natalie said, "I don't think Lydia likes me. I think she's jealous.." Jessie stayed quiet.

Natalie went inside to go to sleep and Casey came out. He and Jessie talked about the night's events, and game play in general. It doesn't seem like an alliance discussion, but eventually Casey said, "Look, all we know is that I'll never put you up, you'll never put me up" and then something to the effect of "I don't expect for the same from your teammates, because I know you don't have complete control over them." (So is this a secret alliance confirmation?)

Jessie compared life to Super Bowl 2007.

Check out People's interview with Braden. Here's a good snippet:

Do you regret calling Lydia names?
Absolutely not. She's gross-looking and she does weird things and she hangs out with old men and she's tattooed from head-to-toe and I think she's disgusting. I have no respect for her.

Kevin ran up to defend Lydia and you threw water on him. Do you regret that?
No. He's flamboyantly gay and you can't punch a gay guy, let alone push him. I just wanted him to get out of my face. It was like saying, "Shoo, button."

Still a classy guy. But seriously, does the "old man" dig at Lydia have anything to do with Paul McCartney?

LIVE FEED:

Saturday, 7/18
Laura and Jordan were eating slop for breakfast and Laura said that it tastes just like oatmeal and it's not really that bad.

After breakfast, Ronnie, Jordan and Laura had a conversation in the recycling room. Ronnie mentioned that Lydia told him that Braden tried to kiss her on the third day but she "turned her head."

The three of them all agreed that Julie Chen is really pretty.

Sunday, 7/19
Jeff won the PoV. Ronnie decided that he wanted to put Casey up in his place (because the two apparently exchanged words in the HoH bathroom at some point), instead of the original idea of putting up Russell. Ronnie divulged this plan to Jordan and she got pissed and confronted him.

Jordan called him out on playing both sides. He sorta denied it, but not really. She wasn't buying any of his bullshit. (Natalie and Russell were eavesdropping outside at the time.)

Later in the in the day, Chima and Russell sit down at the kitchen table and talk about the casting process of Big Brother, and then the voice came over the loudspeaker and told them to "stop talking about production." Russell is working a new look:

Then they started talking about the luxury competition. Chima said that she would never egg an ex-boyfriend's car to get revenge, but she chose that answer instead of picking "going to Australia with a friend" because the Australia option required her to wear a kangaroo outfit, and she didn't want to put it on. Chima said she would rather travel to Australia because she likes free trips.

Then they started talking about nominations. Chima said that she won't feel bad if Laura is evicted, because she's a swimsuit model and will do fine in life.

In the "prison" room, Jordan told Laura that she doesn't mind slop because "it makes you go [fart noise]." She had previously been constipated in the house.

Outside on the couches, Russell and Kevin talked about their love lives. Russell said that he dates tons of girls and they all "look like porn stars." But he said that this gets "boring." Kevin mentioned that he has been with his boyfriend (husband?) for nine years.

1.) "God, Guns, Guts, and American Pickup Trucks"
That's this guy's motto for his truck dealership in rural Missouri. He gives away a free AK-47 with each vehicle purchased. While being interviewed on CNN's American Morning, he made some compelling arguments for his business model:

"The only 911 call I need is chambering a round."
"There is a tremendous crime problem with people doing meth and these people – they've lost their souls."
"You don't have a problem with God, do you? I'm just curious…"
"We're a Christian nation."
"You don't think God wants us to defend ourselves? I'm confused."

2.) Paris Hilton: "I'm Not Retarded"

3.) Me: "Yes You Are"

4.) Barbara Walters' Speech Impediment
I've finally cracked the code to the cause of Barbara Walters' "accent." She says her R's backwards, so they come out as "raw" instead of "arh."

5.) Big Brother

I'm so obsessed with these turds. This sums up how I'm feeling right now:

6.) Gay Penguin Dramz
After a six-year relationship, Harry and Pepper, two gay male penguins living in a zoo in San Francisco, are no longer an item. Harry left Pepper for a woman. (A penguin one, not a human one.)

7.) And This

8.) Things Are Different in Canada

9.) Who Does Jon Gosselin Think He Is?
Remember when the father of eight said that he was sick of doing the show and sick of paparazzi? He's so sick of the celebrity life, that he just needed to get away from it—by sipping champagne on a private yacht floating in the French Riviera.

10.) Wrap It Up, Linda

In her speech, Chima also told host Julie Chen that Braden — who was up for elimination with Chima — called Julie a "whore." The vote came down to a tie, and Jessie chose to evict Braden. It made for a really awkward exit interview with the Chenbot. Usually she says something like, "Well, this isn't the end for you. We'll see you again at the finale in September." Instead she just said, "Braden, you're going home," then shook his hand and looked away.

Usually, the day after the eviction, Julie Chen interviews the evicted person on the Early Show. Interestingly, that did not happen today. The show briefly mentioned last night's eviction, but none of the dramz.

The incident Chima was referring to involved Braden calling two non-white house guests "beaners" earlier in the week. He also called Lydia a "slut" a "skank" and a "bitch." His misogynistic remarks were left in the actual broadcast, but the racial slur was eliminated all together. This is how the show edited it:

And this is how it really went down, via the live feed:

On Wednesday, I mentioned that Jessie was given a camera during his Diary Room session. He took pictures of himself bench-pressing Russell. The photos were posted to the CBS site.

He also took a picture of his calf.

And some bromance.

He's really into his muscles. You can check out the rest of the pics here.

LIVE FEED:
Spoilers, yo.

[All time stamps are EST]

Thursday Day
The live feed was shut off for the entire day as the house was getting ready for the live broadcast that evening.

Thursday Night
Shit went nuts after the live eviction and HoH competition. People were fighting in every room, and each time someone would try to escape one fight and move to another spot, another fight would erupt.

10:30-ish - Ronnie went into the recycling room and talked to Jessie, Russel, Natalie, and Lydia and said, "I was being fake to those guys [meaning everyone else] and sincere with you." Then he said he thought he would "shit his pants" after Chima's speech.

11:50 Casey confronted Ronnie about being aligned with the Athletes. Ronnie denied it up and down. Casey doesn't believe him and they start yelling.

Nobody knows why the vote came out in a tie. Someone is lying about how they voted (Ronnie) but no one can figure out who it is. This basically caused the house to erupt.

Laura yelled at Jessie for disrespecting her the night before. She said to him, "How would your mother like it when she sees you speak to a woman like that?" For some reason, everyone took this as Laura disrespecting Jessie's mother.

Lydia jumped in and stuck up for Jessie, and began screaming at Laura. The underlining issue is that they're mad that she voted Chima out. Eventually, Natalie, Kevin, Russell and Lydia all attacked Laura until she cried. (Jessie, the pussy willow that he is, didn't say anything.)

Ugh, Lydia seems like a total nightmare. I don't know if this is her game-play strategy, but she seems like the kind of girl who always puts dudes first. (Hence, fellating someone without any reciprocation or even a kiss on the mouth.)

Lydia and Jessie retreated to the recycling room, where she gave him a massage. He asked her which "high-profile" couple she nannies for. She wouldn't say, but began giving hints, explaining that they're "a really big deal" and work in music. But then BB cut off the live feed when she seemed like she was about to bend and tell him. (I think they always cut off the live feed when people begin using full names of those they know outside the house. This happened one night when Jordan was telling an anal sex story about a girl in her high school.)

I'm trying to think who would be a "really big deal" in music to Lydia. My guesses are:
1.) Nicole Richie and That Twin Guy
2.) Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale
3.) Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson

When the live feed returned, Lydia and Jessie were not an option to watch on one of the cameras.

Out on the patio, Laura said that the producers of BB probably "fish tanked" Chima's speech. She's not as stupid as Kevin thinks she is!

Jeff mentioned that he thinks the episode is going to be on The Soup. (Except he referred to it as Talk Soup.)

All of a sudden, the Big Brother voice broke in and says, "Lydia, stop that!" What the hell was she doing!?

Back at the kitchen table, Natalie and Chima got in a fight with first, Jordan, then Michele. Natalie is like a yippy, annoying-ass dog. She doesn't ever shut up, and logic doesn't apply to her. Her yammering is compulsive. She won't back off Michele.

Michele said that her vote to evict Chima was based on the fight they had the other night, when Chima accused her of leaving poop on the toilet seat. Natalie either doesn't believe that, or doesn't understand. (Probs the latter.) Michele eventually told Natalie that she doesn't like her. Natalie didn't understand this either (even though she's an ass to everyone except Jessie). She was incredulous over the news.

1:00 AM Ronnie got the key to his HoH room. No one really wanted to go up there and see it, since they were all fighting, but they reluctantly made their way up there.

Ronnie referred to himself as the HGIC—the "head geek in charge."

The CD that he got in his care package is Legally Blonde: The Musical.

Friday Morning
11:25 Everyone is sleeping. Lydia and Jessie are sharing a bed.

I'm a big Big Brother dork and I subscribe to the live feed. A big huge fight just happened today that I stumbled across at its tail end. It seems like Braden (Popular Clique) was fighting with Kevin and Lydia (Offbeat Clique). He got really bad and called Lyida a "bitch slut skank" and then called Kevin a "beaner." Keven said, "I'm not even fucking Mexican!" Braden responded by saying "You're all fucking beaners!" Then he tried to throw his drink on them, but his cup was empty. It'll be interesting to see if any of this will be included in the show, seeing as how Big Brother has been known to edit out racially charged comments from broadcasts in the past.

I have been aware of Jade Goody for some time now; she was all over the British tabloids in 2002 when my fiance was living overseas, and when I went to visit, her face seemed to be everywhere. I assumed, at the time, that she was a singer or actress of sorts. My fiance informed me that she was "just some girl from Big Brother," a show that never quite took off in the States as much as it had in England.

A few years later, in 2007, Jade came under fire for making racist remarks toward her Celebrity Big Brother castmate, Shilpa Shetty. Stuart Jeffries of the Guardian notes that Goody quickly became reviled for her behavior: "The People had already branded the 20-year-old "Miss Piggy" on account of her appearance, and ran headlines such as "Ditch the witch" and "Gobby Jade is public enemy no 1". For a moment, it seemed that a vulnerable and evidently poorly educated woman was going to be lynched – certainly figuratively – for the 21st-century crimes of being dim, mouthy and libidinous on a reality show."

A year later, Jade appeared on yet another reality show, Bigg Boss, an Indian version of Big Brother, wherein she discovered that she was battling cervical cancer, and that the cancer had spread. She left the reality show and became the star of her own strange saga, a reality show based purely in reality itself; she was dying, and the tabloids were invited to document every moment. An OK! magazine tribute cover was published weeks before Goody actually died, a bizarre testament to the coverage surrounding Goody, which seemed to be a countdown to getting the scoop of her actual death, rather than a celebration of her actual life.

Perhaps this is because Jade Goody filled the role of reality TV star to the extreme: she was "famous for nothing," she once said, a woman who went from obscurity to a national sensation due to the public's desire to create heroines and villains out of their neighbors, their peers, people who look and act quite like they do. Her short life was defined by public opinion; she was loved, then fiercely hated, and then pitied, but all of these things came through a lens, a distanced view; she was simply another character for the public to follow, and she knew and seemingly accepted this, giving her blessing to the tabloids to follow her until the very end. As Jeffries notes, "Like a working-class Princess Diana, Goody became the object of strangers' intense feelings, and she became a sacrifice, a woman whose suffering and death made it possible for people to ritually cry for someone they scarcely knew."

Goody hoped that her public struggle would raise awareness about cervical cancer and inspire young women to be more proactive about their health. But Goody's legacy may be her ability to use the reality tv/tabloid media to her advantage, even in dark times: for example, she recently held an elaborate wedding to her prisoner boyfriend, Jack Tweed, in order to sell the media rights and leave her sons with a substantial amount of money, knowing she'd be leaving them soon. Jade Goody was able to make a living out of living; as long as there was a camera present, and a photographer ready to chase her every move, she was able to capture the minds of millions, for better or worse. She forced the public, however unwittingly, to discuss racism, the challenges of cancer, and ultimately, the boundaries of fame.

"It's easier sometimes for me to deal with bigger things in the public eye," Goody once said. One wonders how that life will be remembered, if the public will take any lessons from her death, or if, as the world of reality tv often seems to move, the public's eye is already on the lookout for the next heroine, the next villain, the next star in the never-ending tabloid show.

Obituary: Jade Goody [The Guardian]
Jade Goody and her Big Mouth: Quotes From Her Life [Telegraph]

• This week we learned about poor 13-year-old Megan Meier, who committed suicide after being harassed on myspace by pretty much the worst people on the planet masquerading as parents and members of a civilized society.
  
• Also, some other misguided teenagers posted pro-ana messages on Teen Vogue's website.
  
• You know who else is proud of themselves for not eating? Models! Shocker!
  
• Earlier, Kanye West's Kanye West's mom died and it made us all want to sob like little, tired children.
  
• Then an ass-faced rapist won Big Brother: Africa and it made us stabby.
  
• But look on the bright side! We'll always have adorable Project Runway hippie Elisa and her pooing fabric.
  
• And the comment that covers pretty much all the bases we missed award goes to some brand-new person named Durgalicious. Welcome! And get procrastinating!
  
• [Obligatory invitation to turn to binge drinking]

Executives at the station airing the episode maintain the incident was not rape because Ofunneka wasn't unconscious, while viewers apparently claimed she was; she's filmed hurling, etc.

The whole thing is a lot to take.

Oh yeah, and they are both still competing for the prize money.

Jesus Christ.

Big Brother Horror Show [First Post]

Faster answers to whether you're stylin' [Atlanta Journal Constitution]

There's celebrity and then there's celebrity.

"Dzhambik doesn't like losing at draughts, and is more than a handful when unhappy. As Nelya changes him out of his wrestling vest and puts on his Ronaldinho football shirt, he grumpily decides to thump her a couple of times. Nelya tries to laugh it off. She holds up his size 58 shorts and says, simply: "Nightmare." She asks me, concerned: "Do you think a child like this has any future prospects? Might some British TV producers be interested in him?"

I'm sure he'd be a shoe-in for the next Big Brother.