Droll, ironic question: Does this picture of Jennifer Aniston in Philly (we assume for the Middlebrow & M shoot) count as distasteful paparazzi dreck? No, for many reasons, but nobody’s about to waste your time waxing all smug-like on the deep, reasoned and ultimately, understandable only to myself thought process I used to decide…DEVELOPING…
I will, however, acknowledge being unsurprised at the speed with which Aniston embraced the city’s native dress code of pajama bottoms and out-of-style footwear. (Dude. Those things look new. ) All she needs
is a Kathy Van Zeeland handbag and no car insurance and bam! she’s the lady in your neighborhood who does the jewelry shows. [Jezebel]…DEVELOPING…
On a related topic, Karen Heller wonders how it can be that stone(d) hottie Owen Wilson, who reportedly dropped cash at Rick’s Cabaret in South Philly, has to pay to get a lap dance and see some boobies. I say every man pays for it somehow — even the Butterscotch Stallion. And all the better if the stripper in question was wearing those handy shoes, the ones with the hollowed-out Lucite platform for holding tips. No, seriously. Our D.C. peeps say those pumps are also the latest in campaign-finance technology. Try the veal!…DEVELOPING…
Jim McGreevey, testifying in his divorce trial this week, says he lives off his partner’s dime and doesn’t have enough income — only $48,000 a year — to pay alimony or child support. But he turned down that radio job on New Jersey 101.5 out of concerns for his privacy. (Which is a a.) a crock and b.) a shame, because there’s nothing Jim McGreevey does better than talk shit — it could have been classic!) What’s more tacky — Dina thinking she should continue to be kept in the manner befitting the governor’s wife, or Jim acting like the wife and daughter he had before he came out suddenly don’t count and he owes them nothing? Jersey’s choice!
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THIS JUST IN: Sheriff’s Call Off Dig At Manson Ranch, Nothing Found
ASSOCIATED PRESS: A dig for clandestine graves at Charles Manson’s last hideout was called to an end Wednesday after yielding no bodies and leaving scientists puzzled over the clues that had enticed them to come this far. The dig had been scheduled to last three days, ending Thursday. But the work went faster than scheduled, with the crew of 20 digging until dusk, then camping out at night beside the ranch house Manson and his followers had used. “So far there have been no human remains found,” Inyo County Sheriff Bill Lutze said after the four sites with the greatest probability of holding human remains were dug up. “We’re finishing up this site and that’ll be it for the day — nothing.” Manson and his followers hid out at the ranch following their killing spree in Los Angeles. For years, rumors have swirled about other possible Manson victims, including hitchhikers and runaways who visited the site and were never heard from again. Scientists who conducted a preliminary probe of the rugged, remote site in February said they identified several spots that could be graves, leading Lutze to conduct the exploratory excavation. By Wednesday afternoon, the four most promising sites had been excavated and the dirt sifted. They revealed little more than a pack rat’s nest, animal bones, ash, and some stones used to make arrowheads. The scientists and law enforcers involved said the unusual physical environment made it harder to determine what was underground. Plants that exude unusual chemicals and rocks with magnetic properties were throwing off their equipment, they said. MORE
[Art: “Marilyn Manson” by RON ENGLISH]