"One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other"

Let me start off by saying that the following picture IS NOT ALTERED.  It was taken in Los Angeles yesterday as Shaquille O'Neal and his girlfriend, Nicole "Hoopz" Alexander were shopping.

Shaq clocks in at 7' 1", and weighs around 325 lbs.  His girlfriend:  5'2" and couldn't weigh more than 120.

Look at their hands.  The whole scene looks almost criminal.  It looks like someone of average size walking hand in hand with a seven year old.

It's nice to see that Shaq has found someone that he can see eye to eye navel with since his divorce.

Video: Impressionist Does Shakespeare In 25 Voices

This guy is amazing!  Often, when you see an impressionist doing a bit, it's some childish political humor.  Many times, they're appealing to the least common denominator.  In the case of comedian Jim Meskimen, he's doing Shakespeare.  Clarence's speech from Richard III, specifically.  25 voices in the 3:46 clip.  Though is George Clooney is a bit rough, it's certainly worth your time.



What a way to sell tickets to your show.

Amy Winehouse Found Dead In London Apartment

Very sad, but not unexpected, news for the music industry this afternoon.  Amy Winehouse, five time Grammy award winner, has been found dead in her London apartment.  An ambulance was called to respond to the report of a deceased woman being found.  According to London Police:

"On arrival officers found the body of a 27-year-old female who was pronounced dead at the scene.  Enquiries continue into the circumstances of the death.  At this early stage it is being treated as unexplained."

Winehouse last appeared onstage three days ago at the ITunes Music Festival in London.  While she didn't sing during her appearance, she appeared, for the most part, sober while she danced on stage.



Amy notoriously battled addiction for most of her adult life, cancelling much of her current European tour in order to undergo rehab treatment.  Video surfaced weeks ago showing a disheveled and slurring Winehouse performing in Serbia.



Though her legacy will likely revolve around her drug use, for her fans, she will be remembered as a unique voice in a sea of bubble gum pop music.  She brought a level of class and seductiveness to modern music that had been missing since the passing of Billy Holiday and Sarah Vaughn.  She will sorely be missed.



An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow to determine the cause of death.  What a loss.

"The Greatest Show On Earth"

P.T. Barnum would be proud. Hell, he could have learned a thing or two in today's society. With the world's ability to deliver instant gratification, and to use the latest technology to beam what would have been tomorrow's story to the masses five seconds ago, he would have become far richer as a tabloid owner than a circus man. Take for example Jon and Kate:

It was announced early last week that TLC was changing the name of their show 'Jon and Kate Plus Eight' to 'Kate Plus Eight', primarily to reflect the way that Jon has not been present this season of the show. Since then, Jon has gone apeshit. He has gone on 'Larry King', saying that the show, now in it's 5th season, is harmful and exploitative to the children. He has posted a no trespassing and no filming notice to the TLC crew on the gates of the family property. And, just in the last 24-48 hours, he has withdrawn (or transferred out) roughly $235,000 of the family's expense account, leaving Kate with roughly $1000 to pay bills, get groceries, etc.

What bothers me about this situation is that, as a country, WE TRULY CARE. Instead of just a passing, "Wow, that's a shame", we're buying the nine different magazines at the checkout counter, each with a different perspective of what is going on. When I turned on my computer this morning, the whole "Jon and Kate" thing was the main story on Yahoo. We have a 9.8% unemployment rate in the country. 14.9 million Americans can't find a job. That is the worst it has been since 1980. But Jon and Kate is somehow more important? Why?

Jon was on 'Larry King' last Thursday. Kate was on the 'Today Show' today. They get paid every time they make an appearance on one of those talk shows. They get paid every time they "tell their side of the story" in 'People' magazine or 'Star' magazine. They both talk about how much they love their children. But if they're bouncing around the country going on any TV show that will book them to bitch and whine about which parent is worse, who is with the children? It's like having Mick Jagger or Rod Stewart as a mom or a dad. And now there is a rumor that Kate is shopping around for her own daily talk show? REALLY?!?!?

My point is, there are tens of thousands of asshole dads out there that pull dick moves like this all the time. Is it right? Absolutely, 100% not. Jon and Kate Gosselin are not celebrities. You are not a celebrity because you are the mother or the father of eight children. They fucked up. They both did. They both made some very bad decisions. I'm sure at the beginning, they were level headed and thought they had things figured out. But when the world gives them that celebrity status for doing nothing....like the "Octomom", or Paris Hilton, or a Kardashian, it changes a person.

You go from "Jon and Kate Plus Eight" to "Douchebag Attention Whore and Whiny Drama Queen Attention Whore Plus Eight Confused Innocent Children Who Miss Their Mommy and Daddy". STOP.....JUST MAKE IT STOP.......