The Business of Christmas is 100% out of control. 2005-06-07 Stores around here started stocking Christmas decorations before Halloween. Radio stations started playing non-stop Christmas music before Thanksgiving. Families spent November mapping out their Thanksgiving evening… which is now filled with shopping..read on
Honey, let\'s go on vacation and buy a baby! 2005-06-07 Celebrity adoption... trend or political statement?
It’s a celebrity trend that’s difficult to ignore. These days it seems that anyone who has ever been in a movie is shopping the world for their newest baby. The trend famously started with ..read on
Pop Tart: Too Thin? 2005-06-07 The Spanish
government found an interesting way to grab headlines during Fashion
Week by instituting a ban on models the government defined as “too
thin” from participating in any runway shows. All participating models met specific requirements f..read on
Pop tart: Walk the Runway 2005-06-07 It’s a force virtually inescapable if you turn on your television during an afternoon of feeling under the weather. Project Runway. It’s a reality show that’s just ‘usually on’ the Bravo network and it is utterly captivating. Would-be
fashion des..read on
CNN = Celebrity News Network? 2005-06-07 Our love of celebrity culture has gone too far.
One of CNN’s recent
headlines indicated Brooke Shields has accepted a face-to-face apology
from Tom Cruise for his extremely public criticism of her decision to
use anti-depressants to combat..read on
Cream or Crap? Which pop stars have proven themselves real \"talents\"? 2005-06-07 After pop-music
radio’s mid-90s inundation with *NSync, The Backstreet Boys, 98
degrees, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Jessica Simpson, we’re
now back to square one. The boy-bands are gone. The sex-pot-cum-virgin girl singers are gone...read on
Celebrity Divorce Virus -- Is it Catching? 2005-06-07 A flood of divorce announcements have hit the celebrity news wires recently. And
with every announcement comes the analysis, the “why didn’t we see this
coming” or the “it’s taken a long time for them to finally admit this.” Of
course, the coupl..read on
Dog the Bounty Hunter 2005-06-07
As a television viewer, I’m generally a
network’s worst nightmare. I’m not loyal. I refused to watch shows that
require long time and plot investments. I just want to turn on the TV
and be entertained. The best show for pure entertainment: A&..read on
Pop Tart -Mel\'s Meltdown isn\'t Unique 2005-06-07
Is Mel Gibson really any
more screwed up than the rest of Hollywood?
You can’t turn on the
news this week without seeing Mel Gibson’s meltdown. In case you’ve been in a
media black out, Mel Gibson was pulled over for drunk driving. He becam..read on
Pop tart - Are YOU a part of the interent revolution? 2005-06-07 It’s an internet revolution. Everyone on the planet can have an entire web-page to showcase the oddities that make us unique. You can show off your taste in music, movies, videos and books. You can recognize each of your similarly web-connected fr..read on
\"Over Connected\" 2007-02-05 The world has officially become overly connected.
We crossed the line last Tuesday, while I was at a shopping mall. While enjoying the requisite Chinese food we all get at the mall, I watched children on the carousel.
T..read on
In which a father brags about his daughter’s double D’s. 2005-06-07 There it was, glaring at the world in a small box in the middle of People magazine. "She's got double D's! You can't cover those suckers up!" A vulgar comment at best…until you hear the source. It’s Joe Simpson. He’s talking about his daughter, J..read on
Pop Tart - Enjoying life as a nobody 2005-06-07 You do not look good in those
long shorts.
Yes, you.
You do not look good in those
long shorts.
I know it’s summer. I know it’s hot. The druids celebrated the solstice with
dances and ceremonies. We go
shopping. It’s time to pi..read on