@Ms Meghan: Yeah, I don't like the idea of a (large) adult threatening to put their fist in a teenagers face... but that's me assuming that the bully phone caller was a teen.
@RupertsDrop: Right? Also it's like "ooooh look at me I have a bodyguard to deal with bullies" when there are people like Lori Drew are out in the world. It seemed like a ploy to relate her more to her target audience but it just alienated her more (at least to me).
@RupertsDrop: I just Googled it and Taylor is turning 20 next week, so I would assume that her bully was probably at least her age or maybe older. Although, of course I could be wrong, but bullies are just usually not younger than the people they pick on, right? I was lucky enough to never get seriously bullied so I don't know, maybe that does happen, but in any case I doubt it was someone under 18. It still doesn't make threatening violence to someone acceptable, but still.
@RupertsDrop: I'm fine with it. Bullies are bullies; the reason they're effective is the imbalance of power between the bully and the bullied. Any remedy to that is fine; note that the bodyguard didn't seek out the teen to threaten him (which would be wrong), but threatened him only after the teen made the first aggressive move against a potential victim.
Also, in this situation, Swift is famous. She has a bodyguard. And some bully STILL thinks he can get away with threatening her? That's beyond casual opportunistic bullying; that's seeking out to victimize someone. That he thinks he has the ability to victimize her is a little scary in and of itself; back to the concept of power disparity, for some reason he thinks he is more powerful than a celebrity, which is cause for concern.
@Nun Shall Pass: Ugh, you'd think, but as a senior, I was bullied by 2 freshman girls on my volleyball team. I still feel like a dunce for it over 10 years later (like, why couldn't I tell them to shove off? why did I even let them get to me?), but it does happen.
And I no longer stand for anything close to bullying, so that's improvement!
I dreamed a dream of 50 cent
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this past Thanksgiving
I dreamed despite my swift ascent
I dreamed of 745 chrome spinning
Then I was young and unafraid
And money was made and gangstas was wasted
There was no contract, gotta get paid
No bong unbung, no honey untasted.
In honor of Madonna and Courtney Love sharing breathing space for the same time in over a decade, I bring you my all-time favorite 7 minutes of television ever:
@Bettiespork: It was simply perfect television. The amount of comedy gold packed into 5 minutes is astounding: Courtney throwing a compact, Courtney pissing off Madonna, Madonna and Courtney sharing terse bitchery, Courtney falling off of the chair. I could watch it all day because it never gets old!
I could watch this and that marathon that Courtney hosted on MTV on repeat for days. She's fascinating when she's lucid, she's fascinating when she's clearly higher than a kite.
@dandelionbrowne: I had no idea there was a Courtney marathon! She's batshit, but she's not stupid by any means. Which only makes her problems all the more unfortunate.
Also, yeah, anyone who can effectively piss off Madonna gets a +1 in my book.
It was epic and deliciously off the cuff! I'll see if I can find it.
I recently re-read her speech about the music industry from the Napster days. I've always thought she was wildly intelligent and I wonder who she would have been without the drugs. I kinda hate that she's de-evolved into spanking hot mess territory.
@nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Another classic was Kurt asking Axel Rose to be Frances' godfather. Amazing. Plus, it was always good for a few artists accepting awards and thanking Satan. Ha.
There is genuine affection between my daughter and Clooney.
Who calls their daughter's boyfriend by his last name? "Well, honey, I certainly hope that she invites Martinez back for Christmas. Although I wonder what happened to her ex boyfriend, Miller. I hope that he didn't end up dropping out of grad school, like that loser Green."
I usually try to avoid the comments over at TMZ, but today I had to laugh out loud at this one, re Tiger being checked into the hospital under the alias William Smith: 'You know you're big time when using the alias "Will Smith" is an improvement on your privacy.'
Supporting orphans when you're are known for your charitable contributions is not really earth shattering. By secret family, I was imagining a second husband, different biological parents, 8 brothers and sisters all hidden in a luxurious cabin somewhere in the middle of the woods. Narnia-like.
@curiousgeorgiana: It's just a random coincidence that this "news" gets "broken" just a week after that nasty tell-all book comes out, right? And I don't find it skeevy that Angelina has a crew of orphans to trot out any time her public image gets a little tarnished, do you?
If this story about Angelina Jolie is true, I wonder if it will silence her detractors, who complain that she ought to pay towards the cost of raising orphaned children within their own communities as opposed to adopting them.
I know we're supposed to "consider the source" WRT the National Enquirer (per the Angelina story), but haven't they been spot-on about a few things lately? (Not space aliens, obvi, but some of the larger stories...)
@ShanaElmsford: Huh. I guess lately it seems like there is a whiff of a rumor from Nat Enq and then suddenly, bam!, it's huge. But as Dodai points out, their batting average may not be great. And who knows? On the stories where they are right, they may have just been guessing and got lucky.
@ShanaElmsford: I learned that too! I also learned they use the same law firm for libel protection as the Washington Post. And that they're much more careful about just insinuating what they can't straight-out say after the Carol Burnett lawsuit.
I also learned Carol Burnett gave all the money the Enquirer had to pay her to journalism schools around the country. Which makes me love her even more, as if that's possible.
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Page Six, you are a revelation! How could I have previously overlooked the "Tiger tail" wordplay? I am disappointed in myself.
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Tiger seen in grocery store handing money to blonde bombshell in uniform, who is not his wife!
Tiger seen giving car keys to gentleman in red vest, who is not his wife!
And on and on they go. Everyone's got a story to sell... errr, tell.
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Also, in this situation, Swift is famous. She has a bodyguard. And some bully STILL thinks he can get away with threatening her? That's beyond casual opportunistic bullying; that's seeking out to victimize someone. That he thinks he has the ability to victimize her is a little scary in and of itself; back to the concept of power disparity, for some reason he thinks he is more powerful than a celebrity, which is cause for concern.
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And I no longer stand for anything close to bullying, so that's improvement!
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When we were high
this past Thanksgiving
I dreamed despite my swift ascent
I dreamed of 745 chrome spinning
Then I was young and unafraid
And money was made and gangstas was wasted
There was no contract, gotta get paid
No bong unbung, no honey untasted.
I would pay for that.
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Their voices crunk, their beats like thunder
As they tear your grill apart
And fill your pimp cup with shame.
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I love that she makes Madonna so uncomfortable.
I could watch this and that marathon that Courtney hosted on MTV on repeat for days. She's fascinating when she's lucid, she's fascinating when she's clearly higher than a kite.
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Also, yeah, anyone who can effectively piss off Madonna gets a +1 in my book.
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It was epic and deliciously off the cuff! I'll see if I can find it.
I recently re-read her speech about the music industry from the Napster days. I've always thought she was wildly intelligent and I wonder who she would have been without the drugs. I kinda hate that she's de-evolved into spanking hot mess territory.
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ha. I thought it was one of the funniest "interviews' ever. The look on Madonna's face is priceless.
Remember when that awards show used to be fun and relevant?
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Who calls their daughter's boyfriend by his last name? "Well, honey, I certainly hope that she invites Martinez back for Christmas. Although I wonder what happened to her ex boyfriend, Miller. I hope that he didn't end up dropping out of grad school, like that loser Green."
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Of course I don't object to this relationship. I saw them together and Hef remembered her name and everything!
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What? You took up with a married man and he lied to you? Imagine that!
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I also learned Carol Burnett gave all the money the Enquirer had to pay her to journalism schools around the country. Which makes me love her even more, as if that's possible.