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    01:14 AM

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    Solve clues to go to wizard college? Whoa, will they adopt me???
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    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    I clicked through to the ear-candling video because I've been curious about the process ever since I worked at a Wild Oats. Huh. Looks exactly like you'd expect.

    But I was struck by how naturally gorgeous Jessica Simpson looked with no makeup and a burning thingie in her ear. Go, girl!
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    01:45 AM

    @gangey: The JS hate is ridonk. She's sweet, cute, and harmless.

    If MY hairdresser gave me an ear-candle kit, you bet your ass I'd be on YT with it. WTF, who wouldn't?

    Shit, I remember one awesome Jez editor talking about garlic up her candydish for.. uh, scientific purposes, and another recounting a 5day romance with a lost tampon... but Jessica Simpson gets the "Wtf are you posting this shit for?" treatment?

    Over the hate, I say. Unless its girl hate just for the sake of girl hate.
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    Image of t-yo3 t-yo3
    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    If Jay-Z has really changed his name to Shawn Knowles-Carter (as opposed to just B changing hers), then my liking for him has just increased astronomically. I kind of doubt that it's true, but if it is true, then it's awesome.
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    Image of LucilleMcGillicuddy LucilleMcGillicuddy
    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    dear carrie underwood,
    first of all, best wishes for your engagement.

    now, I know you are somewhat traditional, but I just wanted to ask you as a friend not to adopt your fiancee's name once you are married. You seem to work hard and have a nice story but I'm afraid you are no Carrie Fisher.

    love, Lucy
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    Image of Penny Penny
    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    Drugs are an easy way to keep weight off and your energy up. I wish it were not so, but it's true. I can honestly say that if I were in film for whatever reason, I would be totally fucked up. Not only that, but I can see how so many women drop weight just from the stress of being followed, performing in films (so many are not natural actors, and so many question their talents), having everything you say and do picked apart, including your looks. That kind of anxiety would straight up kill my appetite.

    I don't want to project that this was the case for Murphy. In fact, it didn't even cross my mind until I started reading media this morning. But I can't ignore the culture radiating through this industry that is so totally damaging. And we all feed into it. It's just sad. Really sad.

    I am a reasonably intelligent 30 year old and I am still not past the point where I am tempted to be a vulnerable, self-destructive, wasting away kind of person. It's almost like society worships this kind of female being who needs to be saved, but only when she is whip thin, doe-eyed or conforms to any kind of superficial way. It's super distressing.

    I think I might just be taking this personally, but having known people with EDs whose hearts have stopped and so many people with drug problems, I just know that even if it turns out that this is what happened with Murphy, none of them, none of us will take anything from it in any real way. And things will just go back to being the same.
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    Image of PilgrimSoul PilgrimSoul
    12/21/09

    @Penny: Yeah, almost every day I have to dismiss a fleeting thought that if I developed a raging coke habit the rest of my life would be happy even if shortened because I would be thin. And I ain't even an actress.
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    Image of Penny Penny
    12/21/09

    @PilgrimSoul: And if this is an issue for average people, imagine being in Hollywood.

    The more this day has progressed, the sadder I've gotten about this.
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    Image of zu_zu zu_zu
    12/21/09

    @Penny: I have to say Brittany's death woke me the hell up. I *suspect* she had an ED - that's only because I have one and have had one for 20 years, the vast majority of my life. Saturday I was really bad off from the night before and kept thinking "okay is this the day?" because I know I'm playing Russian roulette with my life. I honestly can't believe I am still here - so seeing what happened to her, and we're roughly the same age - made me realize I needed to get some help (again). Regardless of whether or not she suffered from an ED, it hit me hard and I realized I was kidding myself that I could remain this way and still be here for the people who I love.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    12/21/09

    @Penny: I think all the time about the boundaries in place in most people's lives that keep them from a raging drug habit, ie money, family, job, ect. So many of those things can't be done (or done long term)by your average joe with an incapacitating drug habit.

    It is astounding how many of these boundaries lift when you are rich and famous. Suddenly drugs are every where, done by everyone and money is no issue. You have people paid to cover your indiscretions. Who would not develop some sort of raging habit given those conditions?
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    Image of phantom lady phantom lady
    12/21/09

    @Penny: The photo yahoo used to break the news was of a stick thin Britanny and with mention of cardiac arrest, my first thought was another Karen Carpenter type of death.
    Like you, if I was in that biz, I wish I could say I'd buck the system, but I know I would cave.
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    Image of A Small Turnip A Small Turnip
    12/21/09

    @zu_zu: Please hang in there, kiddo. Acknowledging that things are rough right now, and asking for help to get through it is the very hardest part - it really is. Things do get easier, bit by steady bit.

    And fuck me, I'd miss you if you weren't around. Even strangers on the internet love you, so it's time to give yourself a break, okay?
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    Image of HadwinBabazoid HadwinBabazoid
    12/21/09

    @zu_zu: take care of yourself. I know it's hard (it took me a long time to seek therapy, and now, to stay in it) but you deserve it. Knowing that my heart could basically give out any day and losing my life (not just my life, but all that makes it vibrant, worthwhile, and even fun sometimes) is just not worth the security that the ED offers. It's a lonely, false security. Wishing you a good recovery-- it's long and annoying as hell, but you deserve to life a long full life.
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    Image of zu_zu zu_zu
    12/21/09

    @A Small Turnip: Thank you :)
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    Image of zu_zu zu_zu
    12/21/09

    @HadwinBabazoid: Thanks :)
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    I remember when the original Supergirl movie came out. My mom had given me some sort of promotional magazine with Helen Slater on the cover, and I was convinced it would be the best movie of all time and win every Oscar there was.

    I mostly remember being very disappointed.
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    Image of icyblonde icyblonde
    12/21/09

    @la.donna.pietra: While I know it didn't win every Oscar there was, are you implying that it WASN'T the best movie of all time?!
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/21/09

    @icyblonde: Sadly, I am confirming it.

    An investigation on Wikipedia does inform me that the director's cut was released on DVD in 2006 with about 50 minutes of footage added to the theatrical release, which might go a long way towards restoring best-ness.
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    Image of A Small Turnip A Small Turnip
    12/21/09

    @la.donna.pietra: Are you fucking kidding me? Supergirl and the omegahedron RULED YOUR FACE. Kara-El crushed rocks, for god's sake!

    Take back what you said! Take it back!
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    Image of icyblonde icyblonde
    12/21/09

    @la.donna.pietra: Oo, director's cut?! Merry Christmas to me!

    Santa, to the interwebz!
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    Image of icyblonde icyblonde
    12/21/09

    @A Small Turnip: *patpat* She didn't mean it. Supergirl is awesome. Everyone knows that.
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    Image of A Small Turnip A Small Turnip
    12/21/09

    @icyblonde: I know. I know. I've just about pulled myself together now. Pietra was just trying to get a rise out of me - she's naughty like that, you know. Does it all the time.

    And now I'm going to have to investigate this director's cut thingy too. 20 years on, I feel like I'm ready to watch it again and be stunned by the earth-shaking cinematic genius once more.
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/21/09

    @A Small Turnip: There's supposedly a 150-minute version hidden in the vaults somewhere. I bet that shit knocks out Citizen Kane.
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    Image of Scout Scout
    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    some "friends" of Brittany. gah.
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/21/09

    @Scout: Yeah, a real classy bunch.
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    Image of msdisc msdisc
    12/21/09

    @Scout: I love how they wait until the person's gone. If I were a friend, I would go "Intervention" on my friend's ass.
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    12/21/09

    @msdisc: there is something to be said for the ability to keep one's mouth shut about business which is personal. Now, this information does nothing but work to damage a dead girl's reputation without her around to defend herself. (not that she would need to anyhow)

    you know what they say about "with friends like that ..."
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    Image of AmbiguouslyStraightUno AmbiguouslyStraightUno
    12/21/09

    @msdisc: Interventions don't always work.
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    Image of AmbivalentAlumna AmbivalentAlumna
    12/21/09

    @Scout: I think in this case it's possible that 'Brittany's friends' could be code for 'writers from The Sun'.
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    Image of msdisc msdisc
    12/21/09

    @AmbiguouslyStraightUno: True. But I would feel much better to have helped somewhat than for my friend to pass and I start saying "Oh, you know he/she was addicted to XYZ. I saw it from the beginning." What good does that do, you know?
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    Image of token_illiterate_commenter token_illiterate_commenter
    12/21/09

    In reply to Cruise Sued For Spying; Brittany Murphy Autopsy Complete
    Entertainer of the year? I'm sure that Taylor Swift is a great person, but has anybody else heard her try to sing live? It ain't pretty. It's not so much that she's out of tune, but her voice is very thin and lacks any kind of tonal quality.
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/21/09

    @token_illiterate_commenter: She should win an award for playing someone MUCH YOUNGER than 20 years old. How long are they going to try to call her a teenager?
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/21/09

    @Tippi Hedren: To her credit, she was a teenager until 8 days ago.
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/21/09

    @la.donna.pietra: Did you call yourself a teenager when you were 19? I feel like she's trying to act like she's 16.
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    Image of TheBigSalad TheBigSalad
    12/21/09

    @Tippi Hedren: Haha. I've always found her to be slightly irritating and now I'm thinking that might be why.
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/21/09

    @TheBigSalad: I'm not a fan of the whole "goody two shoes" schtick. Even if it's not an act.
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    Image of la.donna.pietra la.donna.pietra
    12/21/09

    @Tippi Hedren: I did, actually; for some reason, I was very into being a teenager.
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    Image of Tippi Hedren Tippi Hedren
    12/21/09

    @la.donna.pietra: Well. I like you a lot more than I like Taylor.
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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    Actually, a friend of a source of a roommate tells me Michelle was impregnated by Ted Kennedy before he died (as opposed to after) and that the only reasonable thing to do was to put the child in a Portugese Water Dog costume and act so happy that Ted "gave" the family a new "pet."
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    I'm kind of loving the smug, giddy look on Gerard Butler's face in # 7. I'm almost hearing Austin Powers' voice: "Yeah, baby!"
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    Image of o-line o-line
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    I can't wait for my first issue of Jennifer Aniston Will Die Alone Weekly to arrive in the mail.
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    Angelina adopts Michael Jackson's children!
    Jen's baby fever is out of control!

    Britney Spears engaged to Robert Pattinson, who is an actual emo vampire!
    Stalk me, baby, one more time!

    President Obama caught in torrid embrace with Brad Pitt!
    We hear they're converting to Scientology, because why the fuck not?

    Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are a normal couple! No, really. Seriously. REALLY.
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    12/21/09

    @Yahtzii: Brad and Angelina decided on one last name for Shiloh as soon as they realized Jolie-Pitt sounds like Holy Shit!
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    12/21/09

    @Yahtzii: I bet at least one of these comes true in 2010.
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    12/21/09

    @CurtCole: Gwyneth Paltrow debut her new line: GOOP for K-Mart!
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    12/21/09

    @Yahtzii: GOOP taken off shelves after customer complains that it does not contain goop, only uppity advice!!!
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    Image of iquenique iquenique
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    Brad storms off into Gerard's arms, leaving pregnant Jen inconsolable and Angie adopting a white, Canadian child to mend her broken heart and be the ring-bearer as she walks down the aisle with Tom, as a distraught Katie moves to her secret apartment in NYC, where she hides Suri from Xenu while kindling the child's secret love affair with Maddox.

    Oh, and the Kardashians are all pregnant, married and go bald. And get In Touch tattooed on their scalps.
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    SomeAuthorGirl promoted this comment iquenique was starred iquenique was unstarred
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    12/21/09

    @iquenique: The only thing I would add is that Robert Pattinson getting pregnant would really make my 2010.
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    "Unless they've cleverly disguised their adopted son in a Portuguese Water Dog costume, this never happened."

    This made me laugh. Really, awkwardly hard. Thanks Margaret.
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    Image of sassyredhead sassyredhead
    12/21/09

    @SunburnedCounsel: Me too! And I so needed it! Thanks Margaret!
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    Image of cate3710 cate3710
    12/21/09

    In reply to Bogus: The Phoniest Tabloid Stories Of 2009
    I am still insanely jealous of the Jolie-Pitt "theme days." I wanna play too!
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    Image of Margaret Margaret
    12/21/09

    @cate3710: I know! I'm thinking of consoling myself by having a Jolie-Pitt theme day and forcing each of my friends to dress up as one of the kids.
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    12/21/09

    @Margaret: Can I be Shiloh? She always seems to have a sword, and sensible shoes.
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