golden*girl

I watched the teaser for this show tonight and loved it. Anyone else see it?

Actually, the law (U.S.) recognizes that when someone becomes a public figure, they give up much of their right to privacy. One of many explanations: http://www.legal-definitions.com/civil-rig...lic-figures.htm And if the law were otherwise, all the stuff we're reading and hearing about his marriage and alleged affairs would be virtually unreportable.

This part of his statement bothers me. If he were just a golfer who never did mega endorsement deals because he wanted to stick to some point of honor, I might be able to understand this kind of whining. But he has been all too happy to trade on his name, image, and success, to earn amounts of money most people can barely imagine. And all those skanks he apparently has been hooking up with--would they have been interested in him if he weren't famous and immensely wealthy? He willingly traded away his privacy and anonymity, and he's never complained until now, when things aren't going the way he wants. Maybe he just should've behaved better.

Wow. Doesn't sound like much of a party.

I'm impressed that she's discussing this openly--I do think it will help other people. Now I only wish that everyone could afford good medical care.

Coupla thoughts. This is the Internet era. She is famous; she lets her boyfriend take naked pix. Stupid. So I am wondering about her IQ level, or maybe she has gullibility issues. Something a H-wood actress really can't afford to have. The other thought is that she has a lovely body and I would like to see these pix. I doubt it could really harm her career, post Paris Hilton and those who have followed her example. Sounds pretty tame after sex tapes and cheap crotch shots.

I don't think it's just celebs, hedda. Whatever my shortcomings as a parent--and I have many--I've always been a stickler about properly attiring my kid for the weather. Sun hats in the sun, warm hats and a good coat in the cold, raincoat and boots in the rain, shoes he can actually play in w/out breaking his neck, etc. This doesn't mean that I overprotect him--when he's covered in mud and paint and marker and has scraped or bruised himself once or twice, I know he's had a good day of hard playing. But I think I must just be super old-fashioned. Everywhere I go, I see kids who aren't dressed for the elements. They're just totally exposed. I'll never understand it. And it's the exact logical problem you're pointing out that really gets to me ... the parents protect themselves but not their kids. Whuzzat all about? If a grownup is cold or hot or blinded by the sun, it stands to reason that a human infant or child will be, too. But it seems like some people cannot extend their awareness to their kids' bodily needs. It's just common-sense stuff, but I guess sense is in short supply. Example: I have some family friends--smart people, actually--who used to visit us with their son who was then one and a half or two. Once, we went into a FRIGID air-conditioned cafe, and the kid was wearing a thin cotton onesie, and that's it--no shoes, no socks, no hat, no jacket. Any living being dressed that way in that building would've been freezing. So in as inoffensive a way as possible, I asked if they would like to borrow one of my child's jackets or blankets, since the restaurant was so cold. (They were traveling, so it was pretty easy to ask in an innocent way.) But the dad was like, "No, he doesn't need it. He always feels warm." Good Lord. I guess it'd never occurred to the guy that the poor kid felt warm to the touch all the time because he was losing all his body heat. Sadness for the kid.

I rarely walk out on a movie in the cinema. The last one was The English Patient. Maybe if it hadn't been so hyped as a Great Film, I wouldn't have been so pissed off at how much it sucked. And then it went on to win Best Picture, which sort of figured. I walk away from/turn off rented movies all the time, though ... too many to list.

I'm no Julia fan--I swear she always has acted with her teeth--but having an alcoholic sister-in-law would be a tough, maybe even no-win situation to deal with. I can squeeze out a tiny amount of sympathy ... here it goes ... ploopf.

I really think Dita needs to quit commenting on the Manson marriage. I read this interview in the Times magazine piece on Sunday, and most of it was about her style, her house, her stuff. It was formatted as a Q&A--these quotes about Manson were in a different context and were not all smooshed together the way this brief article has treated them. But when I initially read these three responses in the paper, I knew that they would be picked up and spun as more Dita/Marilyn drama. So if I knew that, why didn't she? So ... is it possible that, consciously or un-, she wants to maintain her media association with Manson, because she's afraid that her public profile will sink lower without the connection to him? Or is she just emotionally and psychologically stuck, a la Aniston?

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^^^ I just think it's impossible to generalize about how pregnancy affects various women's bodies. My moderate-sized breasts (sorry, BobbyD) didn't gain any more than half a cup size, and that didn't happen until about month 6. Nursing was a different story, but not greatly different. The upside of the lack of growth was that they look the same as they did before I was pregnant. My good friend's boobs probably tripled in size, early on in her pregnancy--it was terrible for her. Possibly good for her husband, though.

Not necessarily. I'm thinking turkey basters and Tommy Girl right now. The "made a baby together" language does sound sort of mad-scientist-like.

Well, I, for one, feel really empowered by that song about the humps. Who better than a former meth addict with a reworked face to represent "the people"?

Actually, they're reporting that they're neck and neck. And Oprah on the campaign trail apparently scared the $%#$ out of Hillary. She dragged out her daughter who has been (up until now) noticeably absent. I see Oprah's involvement as something new - at least at this level of public exposure. But hey, anything goes. This signals some sort of change and we all know we need change! Thanks, MC. I hadn't kept up. Apparently they're neck-and-neck in Iowa, and he's second in New Hampshire and South Carolina. ??

Speaking as an American, I don't mind the occasional low-key celebrity endorsement of a politician. But I do think the way Oprah is featuring herself so prominently in sponsoring Obama is unusual and is a bad idea. Since he's behind in the polls, maybe there was a decision by his campaign managers that he doesn't have much left to lose? Because a presidential candidate probably shouldn't appear to be an extension of or propped up by a celebrity, and that's how this comes across, to me, at least.

No joke--looks like they're headed in totally different directions.

Maybe she thinks he looks somewhat like her actual brother, Eric, or like some of the other men in her family?

On the old topic of the kid's hair ... I agree that kids need clear boundaries and that the parents have to be in charge. I'm the parent of a four-year-old boy and find haircuts get tricky, though. We keep my kid's hair very short, although many of his schoolmates are long-haired California boys. He likes wearing his hair short but is sensitive about having it messed with, so I have to work a lot of different subtle angles on the issue. If he doesn't feel like getting his hair cut on a particular day--it does mean he has to sit still for a long time--I don't force him to, but I tell him he'll need one very soon because his hair doesn't look nice. He cares about his appearance, and he has a complicated cowlick that starts to stick up when the hair gets too long, so within a week or two after my initial attempt, he'll get annoyed with the sprout and generally ask to have his hair cut. Further thoughts: * I don't think it's fair to the hair stylist to bring my kid in if he's not going to be cooperative. * My fallback position (haven't had to go there yet) would be to tell him that people will think he's a girl. That'd do it instantly. * If my boy had started out with long hair, and he liked it, and if his father had long hair, things could be rough going if we tried to switch him to short hair. Anyway, since the Hudson/what's-his-name family clearly doesn't think there's anything wrong with long hair on little boys, I don't think we can assume that they're going to deal with the issue as if it was a discipline thing. I know lots of people here in crazy CA whose boys have long hair and aren't bad parents. These are celebs, so they are probably lousy parents, but I wouldn't use the hair thing as the barometer.

Okay, I respect Prince as a musical genius, but now he's starting to piss me off. What kind of world would it be if no one could use anyone's likeness on the Internet? It's total bullshit, and actually not so unlike the Paris Hilton v. Hallmark Cards crap. He is a performer. I'll bet he doesn't mind the big money he's made as a performer with lots of fans who've bought his music. But he doesn't want fansites to reproduce his image? Ridiculous and ungrateful and more than a touch nutso.

No, of course there's nothing wrong with it. It's good for you in so many ways. And I envy you, because I have the black thumb o' death and seem to lack the stamina for serious food growing. Up until last year I lived in a house which was pretty much surrounded by gardens created by the former owner, an herbalist. Man, that was work. I don't remember ever being as tired as when I'd spent two hours ripping invasive sweet pea vines away from the wanted plants. It also doesn't sound like you're romanticizing the growing of food--that was my quibble with the JR quote. And you are actually doing it, whereas it sounds like she hasn't lifted a finger. And whaddya wanna bet she never will?

I'm no Julia fan, but her quote here seems sensible enough ... except that the folks I know where I live who are experiencing the "highest high" of growing their own food are actually either farmers or pretty poor. I'm not really imagining Julia Roberts literally growing her family's food ... spreading manure, tilling soil, milking cows and goats. No, that ain't gonna happen. However, she is now too old to be the huge headlining movie star she was, and she appears to understand and accept that fairly gracefully. At least she has some kind of vision of doing something else. And at least she isn't lip syncing in a bikini and whatnot.

Huh. Will they have a second and name it "Never"? "Never! Ever! Stop it right now!" That could get confusing.

Perez's site has a scanned-in newspaper clipping from Australia. It reads as follows: ***** Justin Timberlake has started his Australian tour by snubbing fans who waited patiently for promised autographs before watching the superstar finish a free meal and walk off. JT had his surly turn at lunch in Brisbane yesterday, insulting the media as well as avoiding his fans. Eating at the Jade Buddha restaurant, he told fans he would do pictures and sign autographs after lunch. But he didn't follow through on the promise, brushing them off as he bolted along the waterfront to get away from photographers. When an mX photographer told him, “If my kid could see me now, he'd be so excited,” Timberlake replied: “I can't believe they let you reproduce children.” He also reportedly didn't tip at the restaurant, despite the $150 free meal. As he walked through the city, the Sexyback singer also refused to respond to “hellos” from supporters and refused further photos. A grunt was his only reply when asked by journalists about the weather, his concert and his Brisband stay. Today, radio station B105 managed to get put through to JT's hotel room live on air, but he hung up when the breakfast Djs identified themselves. It was a similar story during his stopover at Sydney airport Timberlake's choice of lunch venue coincided with a separate media function.

Dang--my husband had a cyst removed from his neck last month, right before our wedding anniversary. I bet that thing would've looked hot dipped in gold.