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Lindsay & Sam Back Together; Madonna's Adopting Mercy

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Sasquatch
06/09/09

In reply to Lindsay & Sam Back Together; Madonna's Adopting Mercy
Can we try an experiment? We stop talking about or paying attention to Lindsay Lohan, and we'll see if she shrivels up and dies.

Let's do this, people!
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BAngieB
06/09/09

@Sasquatch: Oh, I know! Let's do the same with your comment.
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sshacker
06/09/09

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Wow, nobody seems to mind Gordon Ramsey's statements. Given the outrage over Terrence Howard's baby wipes comment that was so tame in comparison, I am shocked, well not really just confirmed what I have always believed.
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Bunsen Honeydew
06/09/09

@sshacker: I don't see Gordon Ramsey worth wasting valuable keystrokes on, but I'll back you up... I think he's gross too.
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dirtybee
06/09/09

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Well, call me a crazy cat lady, but I'd never leave my two cats alone for too long. I'd miss them :-(
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ihateemo
06/09/09

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And this might sounds weird, but cats are not designed to be hauled around on the tour.

Reading that made me kind of annoyed. Poor kitty.
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formergr
06/09/09

@ihateemo: Yeah, cats generally do NOT like going from place to place. It's quite cruel to take one on tour, I think. Not at all like a dog.
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Azraelle
06/09/09

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Am I he only Jodi Picoult fan who shudders with disgust every time I see that My Sister's Keeper promo with Cameron Diaz as the mom? UGH!
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chatterboxwriting
06/09/09

@Azraelle: I'm not too thrilled about the casting of the movie, but I am still excited to see it.

Picoult's novels are so dark, and I just always picture Cameron Diaz as being smiley and giggly for some reason.
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PaintedTrollop
06/09/09

@Azraelle:

You are not alone. The better casting choices are endless.

I learned a long time ago not to see the movie if I'd read the book. The movie has been as good as the book only twice - A River Runs Through It, and The Great Gatsby.
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gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy
06/09/09

@Azraelle: I agree. Did Cameron have these kids when she was 14? Couldn't they have come up with someone else with "name" recognition a little more age-appropriate?
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PaintedTrollop
06/09/09

@gerbilsoutofexile...is cheap and easy:

Julianne Moore would have been perfect.
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ihateemo
06/09/09

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Megan Fox is so painfully sexy that I would probably have a heart attack if she ever made eye contact with me.

That said, she does seem to have, ah, rather bad skin under all those layers of makeup. (I still love her though.)
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BAngieB
06/09/09

@ihateemo: Oh.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
06/09/09

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The Dratch and Cotillard quotes deserve their own postings! They're both so damn true.
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Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!
06/09/09

@HeatherNumber1: Also, Vardalos. I was just going over this with someone, the phenomenon of bullet proof male leads and femaled leads walking on ice. How many shitty movies can Russell Crowe make before he's never cast in anything again? What actress could get away with that? One rom com breaks even and every rom com in existence gets put on hold.
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kkatt
06/09/09

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Dear Hollywood

STOP REMAKING CLASSIC MOVIES AND TV SHOWS AND WRITE SOMETHING NEW

Thank you
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the dodo, the cuckoo, and the nene
06/09/09

@kkatt: The funny thing is, Hollywood has been remaking movies ever since the beginning of Hollywood. This is nothing new. It just happens that all of the modern remakes are crap.
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BellaNotte
06/09/09

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I'm not into S&M, personally, but it troubles me how David Carradine is being posthumously shamed and pathologized for liking what he liked. Don't we all have something we like? Would that mean we all have "sex secrets"? Jebus, world, let the guy rest in peace.
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Bunsen Honeydew
06/09/09

@BellaNotte: I'm glad a few ex-lovers are coming forward to be like "No, I slept with him and he was into asphyxiation, so it probably wasn't suicide", but then stopping there. As a fan, I prefer to think of him being happy at the time of his death, rather than dealing with the anguish of what ever causes one to take their own life. I just don't need details.
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Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.
06/09/09

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It makes me very happy that LiLo and Sam appear to be back together.
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Francie Nolan
06/09/09

@Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: Stalking her to England is kind of creepy, but it's hard not to be happy for her. She seems so much better (read: normal) with Sam.
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BAngieB
06/09/09

@Francie Nolan: Well, seeing as how they continued to see each other, I fail to see how she was stalking her.

@Remedios Varo can't see no huevos.: @Francie Nolan: Not only is Lindsay so, so pretty, but she is smart enough to know that life is better with a tomboy in it.
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nyc-caribbean-ragazza
06/09/09

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NOOOOOOO! Leaving Saturday Night Fever alone.

Why redo it? It's such a specific place and time.

Plus the movie is very dark. Did they watch the original or only the PG version?

Is Hollywood going to remake The Godfather next or Casablance? How about All About Eve or Citizen Kane? Enough with this bs.
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heykoukla
06/09/09

@nyc-caribbean-ragazza: The movie was dark and kinda gritty, too, but Simon Cowell loves taking interesting pieces of work with a bit of an edge and grinding them down until all those edges are smoothed out and therefore become palatable to a wide, brain-dead audience. As with the X-Factor version of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah.
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kithkin
06/09/09

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What are the differences, if any, between dry shampoo and baby powder? Will this incarnation have glitter or something in it?
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BeckySharper
06/09/09

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Y'know, "Saturday Night Fever" was actually a total feel-bad movie (rape, working-class angst, a header of the Verrazano Bridge, etc). Aside from the glory of Johnny T's booty-shaking, it was pretty grim. So is the Simon Cowell/Zac Efron version going to strip all that out and be totally sweetness and light?
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KathrynwithaY loves Joan Collins
06/09/09

@BeckySharper: That's what I thought...It will be like every other dance movie from the past decade? Minor fluffy conflict and dance numbers?

::Lame::
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margareita metermaid
06/09/09

@BeckySharper: You know it!
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Rare Affinity
06/09/09

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I for one will be very pleased if Madonna does finally adopt Mercy as now seems likely. Mercy's immediate family appear to want it other than the father, who only reappeared on the scene when he heard a wealthy white woman wanted to adopt Mercy. Until that point he had been quick to deny parentage. It also seems Madonna has spend thousands of dollars on a day care centre which will benefit fa more chidren than just Mercy. In that respect, Madonna has done far more than most parents who adopt children from US or UK orphanages say but do little to help those left behind.
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
06/09/09

@Rare Affinity: I thought the adoption was derailed initially because of Mercy's grandmother was against it?
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Sputnik_Sweetheart
06/09/09

@Sputnik_Sweetheart: Found a link:

[www.usmagazine.com]
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DexterHaven
06/09/09

@Rare Affinity: I think the point was that Madonna did not fulfil the residency requirements for adoption in Malawi, requirements which are in place to prevent the very serious problem of baby trafficking. I imagine if she has now been exempted from that requirement, it is because of who she is, and similar exemptions will not be forthcoming for non-celebrities wishing to adopt.
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doodley is not amused
06/09/09

@DexterHaven: Exactly. Adoption laws are in place to protect the children involved and when they're not followed, it opens the entire system up to corruption that threatens the safety of the children.

@Rare Affinity: In that respect, Madonna has done far more than most parents who adopt children from US or UK orphanages say but do little to help those left behind.

I assume what you meant here is that UK and US parents who adopt from foreign orphanages do not help those children remaining in the orphanages. I'm curious where you get that idea, because every international adoptive parent I know continues to support charities working in orphanages in the child's birth country. You're right that most of us are not building entire day care centers because we are not Madonna and don't have that kind of money to donate. However, to say that we don't give what we can is simply inaccurate.

I would point you to two wonderful examples of charities in China started by adoptive parents, both of which provide significant funding to the orphanages:

Half the Sky Foundation: [www.halfthesky.org]

Love Without Boundaries: [www.lovewithoutboundaries.com]
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Kivrin
06/09/09

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Oh, I had almost forgotten about Andrew Shue. Damn, he was hot.
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cuteasabutton
06/09/09

@Kivrin: He was my favourite.
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