I read in People (shut up) that Kim Kardashian is in Africa with her sister and her boyfriend with Russell Simmons on some sort of pro-diamond mining "charity" mission. I remain confused as to what is charitable about the mission. Celebrity "reporting" so often leaves me with more questions than answers. I mean, was this a press release from her team? "Kim Kardashian loses passport for twenty minutes and then finds it?" Even if she is working for the diamond industry, you would think it would behoove her to make the story about diamonds.
About the butter sculpture: I am pretty sure that the Iowa State Fair reuses the same butter every year to make the butter sculptures. It would be too costly to get new butter every year. I can't find an article or anything to prove this, but I am pretty sure it is true because I remember them saying that the butter stank because it was old. So, yeah, it may be a waste of butter, but at least it's a waste of the same old stinky butter.
@marlo: OK, I did find this old (1997) Des Moines Register article where the former Butter Cow Lady, Norma "Duffy" Lyon, says that they are able to reuse the butter but do have to replace it sometimes. Also, I don't believe the butter sculptures are SOLID butter, but have a framework of wood and wire.
@marlo: Wow. I am somewhat creeped out by the idea of a butter sculpture, but I am really, REALLY creeped out by a sculpture made of many-years-old butter.
Er, what does JK Rowling writing/not writing about Harry's life as a grownup have to do with people thinking Daniel Radcliffe is/is not gay? Didn't she already establish the non-gayness of Harry in the epilogue? Is this not a total non sequiter or does Harry have a secret passionate affair with Draco somewhere outside of fandom?
@Penny_Esq has a new job!: I think she did, but maybe it's just us? Then again, the epilogue was a short snapshot of time, so as you say there is the possibility of Harry's Lost Weekend.
Man...maybe if PETA focused on LEGIT ANIMAL-RELATED CONCERNS people would take them seriously...do they really think that bitching about butter sculptures and Obama killing flies is really helping their cause? They need some major restructuring of their image, and it could start with them ceasing to act like dumbasses, and actually doing things to help animals. Sheesh.
@SisterRay73: They seem to be subscribing to the "Any publicity is good publicity" theory.... Unfortunately they, along with a lot of other "rights" groups, don't realize that it takes away from the key issues of their causes....
Now I'm off to eat a steak in my new mink stole....
@NtotheItotheCKY: The idea that any publicity is good is so dumb because then you start justifying any crazy caper you can come up with. Doing any and everything for publicity just makes you look like nutjobs. PETA is not doing itself any favors by staying on the fringe.
LMAO at Rubina Ali thinking Nicole is strange because she was seemingly avoiding the sun. I mean there could have been tons of reasons why she didn't come out but you gotta love the way kids reason/kid's logic, they might not always be right but they'll come to some hilarious conclusions
OK, I have a theory about this MJ homicide/not homicide. Sometimes law enforcement will treat every death as suspicious/homicide until evidence indicates otherwise. They think it's a good idea to start from there and be proven wrong than assume all is innocent.
Fucking PETA... How about we don't rub our abundance and wealth in the face of the rest of the world and we stop using food products altogether for ridiculous, useless purposes? Now that would be a reaction I could get behind.
@ninles: It's the Iowa State Fair though. It's a celebration of farming life, including the products that come from farming. So there are pie contests, and weighing the largest pig, and yes, a sculpture or two made out of butter.
I gotta say, Daniel Radcliffe just keeps making me love him more and more. How down to earth does that kid seem? And he grew up in the spotlight.
Did acting as Harry Potter somehow save him from most of the crap that seems to happen to young Hollywood stars? And I don't think it's a gender thing either...Emma Watson seems pretty awesome as well. Granted, people want her to pose naked now, but she seems pretty capable of not falling into those traps.
I've met Nicole Kidman. She is, indeed, pretty shy, and with that skin, why would she go out in the sun a lot? Great, now I'm snarking on a nine-year-old who grew up on a trash heap.
Oh, and Jon's 8-year-old doesn't know what France is? Maybe don't tell the national media that your kid is an idiot.
@sarrible: I don't think he meant that she didn't know what France was, but couldn't conceive of how far away it was. It's hard to understand huge distances if you haven't traveled much.
I really, really think it is deplorable that Jon is in France with his girlfriend (who he told Audinger was his stylist so that they would pay for her to come along) and not home with his kids. WTF, Jon? Hang out with your kids. It's not like you HAD to go to France. It was a vacation. Well, maybe you should take a vacation with your new girlfriend AFTER the divorce is finalized and your children are settled in their new life. Just a suggestion.
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3. Rubina Ali: Adorable.
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Now I'm off to eat a steak in my new mink stole....
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Did acting as Harry Potter somehow save him from most of the crap that seems to happen to young Hollywood stars? And I don't think it's a gender thing either...Emma Watson seems pretty awesome as well. Granted, people want her to pose naked now, but she seems pretty capable of not falling into those traps.
Maybe it's because they're British.
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Oh, and Jon's 8-year-old doesn't know what France is? Maybe don't tell the national media that your kid is an idiot.
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