<![CDATA[Jezebel: vampira]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: vampira]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/vampira http://jezebel.com/tag/vampira <![CDATA[Nicole & Christina Are Mommies; Britney's On Wedding Watch]]>

  • As reported late Friday, Nicole Richie gave birth to her baby on January 11, a daughter she named Harlow Winter Kate Madden. (6 lbs., 7oz.) Ooh, pretty name! Er, names, that is. [People]
  • And the next day, just down the hall in Cedars Sinai's maternity ward, Christina Aguilera gave birth to a baby boy, Max Liron Bratman, (6 lbs. 2 oz.) on Saturday. Seventeen years from now, will Max and Harlow be dating? [TMZ]
  • Britney Spears and new boyfriend Adnan Ghalib went shopping over the weekend and Ghalib got into a "shoving match" with the paparazzi. Dude, don't forget where you came from! [Page Six]
  • Um, while Brit and her man were car shopping, she was wearing her old wedding dress. [People]
  • Did Britney pay for Adnan's new Mercedes SUV? [PopDirt]
  • Britney's due in court today, and Commissioner Scott Gordon is definitely going to want to know what was up with the kerfluffle at her house that crazy Thursday. But will she even show up? [TMZ]
  • She has been "strongly advised" to attend the hearing. Obviously. [People]
  • A source says Britney's boys are doing "fantastic" in the sole custody of Kevin Federline and aren't asking for their mom at all, sob. [PageSix.com]
  • Staffers at the Mexican hotel Britney stayed in on Wednesday say Britney appeared to be "high" while there. She sat all alone at the bar singing the words to "Toxic" to herself. Maybe she felt like she was in a video? [The Sun]
  • Sources say Adnan and Britney may get married. But wouldn't he have to get divorced first? [Mirror]
  • Is Val Kilmer dating Chad Lowe's girlfriend? Do you care? [Page Six]
  • "It's great to see an exotic face in sci-fi. Little girls who look like me — or who are Arab, Filipina, whatever — are going to go, 'Oh, my God, we can be in space, too!" — Zoe Saldana, who plays Lt. Uhura in the upcoming Star Trek movie. [Page Six]
  • Will Lipstick Jungle be way better than Cashmere Mafia? Sources say CM's Lucy Liu has a "lack of friendliness" whereas LJ's Brooke Shields "laughs out loud constantly." Hmm, could one of those "sources" be Candace Bushnell? [Gatecrasher]
  • Blind item! "Which candidate's daughter recently went on a date with an ardent Ron Paul supporter? "The date became all about him trying to convince her about Paul," laughs a friend. 'Finally, she said, "You know my dad's running for President. You're not going to change my mind!"?'" [Gatecrasher]
  • Will the writers' strike derail the Grammys? Survey says: Maybe. [Rush & Molloy]
  • Bjork landed in New Zealand and a member of her entourage asked that no pictures be taken at the airport. A photographer snapped a couple of shots, so Bjork ran up on the guy and tore his T-shirt. Human behavior! [TMZ]
  • A new report names Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent and Timbaland among the stars who may have received or used performance-enhancing drugs. Mary on steroids? Thought she was just fine! [Editor & Publisher]
  • So you know how Brad Pitt let Pax "drive" a couple of weeks ago? He also let him ride in a cherry picker at the construction site. Sources are saying that Brad put the kid in danger and Pax should have been wearing a helmet, seatbelt, safety harness, etc. [MSNBC]
  • Dame Edna (Australian comic Barry Humphries) has been ordered to rest for six months after complications from appendix surgery. The 73-year-old Humphries was forced to cancel a North American tour. Get well soon! [Reuters]
  • The Harvard Lampoon is giving Paris Hilton the "Woman Of The Year" award in a large public ceremony in the middle of Harvard Square. Is this the closest Paris will ever get to Harvard? And does she realize it's kind of a joke? [PR Newswire]
  • Oscar-winning screenwriter Roger Avary — he penned Pulp Fiction — was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and DUI after he crashed his car, injuring his wife and killing a man. Hate to say it, but it sounds like a plot twist from the flick. [USA Today]
  • Malia Nurmi, known as Vampira, has died at the age of 86. RIP. [BoingBoing]
  • Vivica A. Fox claims her rumored sex tape does not exist. "If you see me having a love scene, it's going to be choreographed in a movie, and be fabulous," she says. [People]
  • Yes, Lauren Conrad has left Teen Vogue but she was not fired. "I was kind of done," she explains. Meanwhile she says she's "looking" for a new job. And will return to The Hills for another season. [People]
  • In old-school Hollywood news, Richard Burton slept with Marilyn Monroe, a new book claims. Yeah, not surprising. At all. [Telegraph]
  • Wesley Snipes will go on trial today over the fact that he didn't pay taxes from 1994 to 2004, despite earning about $38 million. He says he is not guilty and acted on the advice of tax professionals. Good luck! [NY Times]
  • One of Kid Rock's friends dropped a $200,000 watch at a restaurant; Kid gave the busboy who found it $1,000 in cash. Who knew that KR had cash to throw around? [Page Six]
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<![CDATA[Vampira]]> The character Vampira was the creation of Finnish-born model/actress Maila Nurmi, who began hosting The Vampira Show in 1954. In a formfitting, long black dress (that clung to her 38-17-36 measurements) with a plunging neckline, fishnets, high heels, claw-like nails, long black hair, and a belt around her cinched waist, Vampira would introduce horror films through clouds of mist while making double entendre necrophilia jokes, drinking "poison," and talking to her pet sider Rollo. Despite the fact that she was Emmy-nominated Most Outstanding Television Personality for her hosting duties, she eventually fell on hard times after her show was canceled. A beauty shop accident forced her to shave her head, her hands were badly burned in a fire while trying to rescue her kitten, and her close friend, James Dean — to whom the tabloids linked her romantically, but their relationship was more likely of the hag and fag variety — died in car wreck.

The only existing footage of Nurmi in her Vampira character is Ed Wood's film Plan 9 from Outer Space, in which she speaks no lines. A cult icon, she was later immortalized in the Misfits' "Graverobber from Outerspace." Nurmi befriended the band and when on to front her own punk group in the '80s, called Vampira and Satan's Cheerleaders. She made it back into the news around that same time when she sued Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) for character copyright infringement, referring to Peterson publicly as "Judy Canova with cobwebs." Vampira isn't haunting us quite yet, as the 85-year-old Nurmi still walks among the living.

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