Celebrities

When Dirty Is A Compliment

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.10.2008 | Living

Read More: Cleanliness, Bathing With Bierko, Urine, Hygiene, John Malkovich, Toilets, Public Restrooms, Craig Bierko, Celebrity Interviews, Celebrities, Living News

Getting caught doing this during the Spanish Inquisition was a one-way ticket to the iron maiden. In medieval times doing it was believed to infect you with the Black Death. What is it?

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Top 10 Celebrities Who Need A New Cause

Kerry Trueman | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Paris Hilton, Michael Shnayerson, Richie Sambora, Video, Britney Spears, The Story of Stuff, Green Belt, David Gershon, The Church of Stop Shopping, Save Our Squirrels, Bon Jovi, Celebrities, Reverend Billy, Everything's Cool, Mike Huckabee, Colony Collapse Disorder, Climate Change, David Beckham, Transportation Alternatives, James Howard Kunstler, Global Warming, Garbage Land, Burning the Future, Deep Economy, No Impact Man, Lindsay Lohan, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Mckibben, Madonna, Activism, Elizabeth Royte, Amy Winehouse, The Long Emergency, Garbage Warrior, White Nose Syndrome, The Unforeseen, Coal River, Prince Charles, Mountaintop Coal Removal, Chuck Norris, Annie Leonard, Donald Trump, Red Squirrels, Every Third Bite, Gray Squirrels, Biogas, Living News

Once she's bounced back from her latest crack-up, I'd love to see Amy Winehouse put her beehive'd head to work on raising awareness of colony collapse disorder, the mystery disease that's killing bees all over the U.S. and Europe.

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What Is Your Best?

Jennifer Cohen | Posted 03.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Performance Enablement, Human Growth Hormone, Performance Enhancing Drugs, Body Image, Celebrities and Health, Health, Hgh, Celebrities, Living News

If you can imagine, HGH usage has become so rampant in some circles that even the term performance enhancement is considered a misnomer and is replaced by the quaint and kitschy "performance enablement."

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The Oscars: A Lesson or Just a Bad Show?

Shelly Palmer | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media

Read More: The Academy Awards, 2008 Academy Awards, Us Weekly, Entertainment, Celebrity Gossip, Gossip, The Oscars, Celebrity Magazines, 2008 Oscars, Celebrity Journalism, Celebrities, Media News

There is simply too much competition for the show's unique selling principle to remain star-gazing, gown-rating and gossip-mongering.

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Exploiting Celebrity Tragedy On Spec

Michael Drucker | Posted 02.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Entertainment, 236.Com, Celebrities, Entertainment News

In an effort to earn money off the probable tragedy of others, I've written some headlines that you're free to buy once these future Celebastrophes (that's also for sale, VH1) happen.

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Urgent Memo to J.Lo: Rethink Those Baby Names!

Pamela Redmond Satran | Posted 02.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Marc Anthony, Celebrities' Kids, Jennifer Lopez Twins, Jennifer Lopez, Max and Emme, Baby Names, Jennifer Lopez Pregnant, Celebrities, Celebrity Kids, Living News

C'mon J.Lo: After going through life as one of six Jennifers in every room, why would you want to give your daughter a name that's so close to Emily and Emma, the Number 1 and Number 2 names in the country?

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Find the Cost of Freedom (of Speech)

Evan Handler | Posted 01.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Fame, Neil Young, Celebrity, Sundance Film Festival, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Sundance 2008, Celebrities, Entertainment News

A recent film posits that it's the lack of immediate threat in the form of a military draft that keeps many people from forceful resistance. I doubt it's a complete explanation.

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Amid Heath Ledger Fallout, Has Media Ignored Young Male Stars in Crisis?

Eric Deggans | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media

The hysteria over Ledger's death and the imbalance of coverage for women highlights an important need -- not for less journalism about troubled celebrities, but better journalism.

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Sundance: The Celebrity Mood Map

Darrell Hartman | Posted 01.25.2008 | Entertainment

After a whirlwind week of (mostly) film-related activity and ubiquitous bold-faced names, things are finally starting to slow down at Sundance. Now is...

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Heath's Death: We Have Lost "One of Our Own"

Christine Hassler | Posted 01.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Heath Ledger Died, Heath LEdger Dead, Heath Ledger, Heath Ledger Death, Hollywood, Celebrities, Living News

Celebrity does not protect one from the angst and inner turmoil that many experience. And professional success does not equate personal fulfillment or satisfaction.

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Toxic Hollywood

Steven Weber | Posted 01.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Heath Ledger Died, Fame, Drugs, Celebrity Worship, Heath Ledger, Heath Ledger Death, Anna Nicole Smith, Celebrities, Entertainment News

The media's fixation with celebrity reflects a sick cycle of cannibalism; the young, ripe celebrity is flattered and fattened for his or her inevitable downfall and ritual slaughter.

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Sundance: Let the Names Begin

Darrell Hartman | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paris Hilton, Bruce Willis, Molly Shannon, Gary Coleman, Brendan Gleeson, Nich Stahl, Woody Harrelson, 50 Cent, Robert DeNiro, Movies, Celebrities, Nick Nolte, Colin Farrell, Quentin Tarantino, Hypnotiq, Charlizetheron, Vitaminwater, Sundance, Entertainment News

Movies have started unspooling at Sundance, and the gears of the festival's other big machine -- the celebrity-fashion juggernaut -- have started turning too.

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Sundance: the Tao of Swag

Howard A. Rodman | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: August Film, Swag, Celebrities Free Stuff, Sundance 2008, Celebrities, Hollywood, August, Entertainment News

The true purpose of swag is to make you wonder whether, just down the street, someone else isn't getting better swag, at a swag suite just a bit too exclusive for you to gain admittance to.

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LAPD Beginning Paparazzi Crackdown

Los Angeles Times | Andrew Blankstein | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Britney Spearss Paparazzi, tmz.com, Photographers, Celebrity, Paparazzi, Celebrity Gossip, Celebrities, LA Paparazzi, Entertainment News

As paparazzi become ever more competitive in their quest for the perfect tabloid photo, complaints about their tactics are intensifying. TMZ.com reg...

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Child Psychiatrist Questions Whether Mental Illness or Celebrity Caused the Britney Debacle?

Rosalie Greenberg | Posted 01.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Mental Illness, Dr. Phil Britney Spears, Bipolar Disorder, Therapy, Britney Spears, Manic Depression, Britney Spears Custody, Britney Spears Hospitalized, Britney Spears Drugs, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Let's just hope that Britney's angst is acknowledged for the pain it is creating, not just the revenue it produces.

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The Red Carpet and Luxury Brands: Selling the Dream

Dana Thomas | Posted 01.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers Guild of America, Writers Guild of America Strike, Writers' Strike Opinion, Golden Globes, Hollywood Strike, Writers' Strike, Designers, Red Carpet, Luxury Goods, Fashion, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Celebrities, Entertainment News

The industry that will suffer the most from the rolling up of the Globe's red carpet is the international luxury fashion and jewelry business.

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New Celebrity Laws For 2008

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 01.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Holiday Season, 2008 New Year, Satire, Celebrities, 23/6, 236.Com, Entertainment News

The Normal Name Law: It will no longer be legal to give your child a name that normal people don't consider a name, just so you can play "I named my child Quixote. I am truly an iconoclast."

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Remembering Artists And Entertainers Who Died In 2007

AP | Polly Anderson | Posted 12.29.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Deborah Kerr, Richard Jeni, Celebrities, Luciano Pavarotti, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Entertainment News

World War II service shaped the lives and careers of authors Norman Mailer and Kurt Vonnegut, and in turn their works were profoundly influential in t...

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Celebrities Know Best!

Byron Williams | Posted 12.23.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Celebrities and Politics, Oprah Campaigns for Obama, Celebrity Endorsements, Endorsements, John Edwards, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Taking a recommendation for which cosmetic to buy or which athletic shoe to wear is not the same as picking a president.

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The Rise Of TMZ & The Celebritification Of Media

Anastasia Goodstein | Posted 11.09.2007 | Media

Read More: PopSugar, Celebrity Gossip, Gawker, Tmz, Gossip, Media Literacy, Tmz Jon Fine, Media, Celebrity, Celebrities, Media News

I read Jon Fine's column about the insane growth of TMZ and couldn't help but ponder what this obsession with celebrity screw ups means to youth culture.

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The Founding Celebrities

Eric Burns | Posted 11.05.2007 | Media

Read More: John Adams, Founding Fathers, Ryan Seacrest, Britney Spears, Benjamin Franklin, Fame, Alexander Hamilton, Virtue Valor and Vanity, Celebrities, Media News

Alexander Hamilton was no less ambitious than Ryan Seacrest, but to Hamilton and the other Founding Fathers, fame was different then from what it is now.

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Oprah, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Jessica Lange...Faces of Fear?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.04.2007 | Living

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Goldie Hawn, Tina Turner, Angelina Jolie, Kurt Russell, Ted Koppel, Unmarried Couples, Single, Celebrities, Brad Pitt, Larry King, Susan Sarandon, Government Subsidies, Religion, John McCain, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Mitt Romney, Jessica Lange, Tim Robbins, Chris Matthews, Oprah Winfrey, Rudy Giuliani, Jimmy Swaggart, Jay Leno, John Malkovich, Pat Dobson, Tony Perkins, David Letterman, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Halle Berry, Living News

Like the nagging relative or the smug married friend, this inquiring mind was asking of each of these unmarried couples, "So why aren't you married?"

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There Must Be 50 Ways to Say They're Sorry....

Tom Alderman | Posted 10.26.2007 | Media

Read More: Paris Hilton, Mistakes Were Made, Donald Rumsfeld, Celebrity Apologies, How to Apologize, Larry Craig, Air Force, Air Force Nuclear Warheads, Public Apology, Apologies, Hugh Grant, John Edwards, Hugh Grant Prostitute, Alberto Gonzales, Marion Jones, Celebrities, Media News

We need a Sorry Guide to the various apology life forms alive in the media. Many of them seem to fall into a set of basic categories.

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FOX News vs. Celebrity Sound Bites

Alex Leo | Posted 09.21.2007 | Media

Read More: Miss America, Fox News Celebrities, Media Criticism Fox News, Hypocrisy, Fox News, Sally Field Censorship, Neil Cavuto, Sally Field Emmys, Sally Field, Bill O'Reilly, Beauty Pageants, Dennis Miller, Celebrities, Media News

Is it more dangerous to have Sally Field decrying an unpopular war at the Emmys? Or passing off pretty ladies as serious journalists?

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If Stars Hire Stylists for their Hair, Make-Up, Jewelry and Gowns, Why Not for Their Words to Spare Us Such Uninspired Drivel?

Jill Brooke | Posted 09.17.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Sally Field, Emmy Awards, Celebrities, Entertainment News

Helen Mirren was able to charm and delight within the predetermined time limit. It wasn't hard for her. Why was it for the stumbling Sally Field?

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