[portrait by ROB MUNRO] BY ROB LOWE FOR THE HUFFINGTON POST Harassment in the workplace, sexual or otherwise, is something I take very seriously. In my home and on the set, I have been surrounded for years by hardworking women (and men) whom I respect and whose rights are to be protected. But when people make false claims of harassment particularly for financial gain, it must be defended vigorously and openly, for it weakens the claims of legitimate victims. A former employee is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her 1.5 million dollars by the end of the week […]
WHEN SUPERMODELS ATTACK: Naomi Campbell Arrested For Assaulting Cop In Airport Kerfuffle
TIMES OF LONDON: The spokesman said: “At 17.11, officers were alerted to a disturbance at Terminal 5. Officers attended, and subsequently a 37 year old woman was arrested on suspicion of assaulting an officer and was taken to Heathrow police station where she remains.” Unconfirmed reports suggest the model was due to catch a 4pm flight from Heathrow to Los Angeles but had apparently mislaid one of her three items of hand luggage. She then apparently demanded airport staff find the bag and turned down their offer to forward it on. As the incident escalated, staff asked her to leave […]
TINFOIL HATS: These Are People Who Died
The following is an email making the rounds, and comes via THE FIELD NEGRO: “1 – James McDougal – Clinton’s convicted Whitewater partner died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement.He was a key witness in Ken Starr’s investigation. 2 – Mary Mahoney – A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown . The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment in the White House. 3 – Vince Foster – Former White House counselor and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock’s […]
PENNSYLTUCKY: The Shocking Death Of Kirsten Taylor
INQUIRER: A Pennsylvania man, who electrocuted his wife during kinky sex, faces murder charges after a coroner ruled her death a homicide, authorities said. Kirsten Taylor, 27, was found Jan. 23 unconscious and suffering from severe burns on her nipples in her York County mobile home. She was rushed to York Hospital where she was pronounced dead, police said. Her husband, Toby Taylor, was charged the next day with involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment by the Lower Windsor Township police. He was arrested and released after posting $100,000 bail.The county medical examiner yesterday ruled Kirsten’s death a homicide and the […]
PUNKED: The Great ‘Lindsay Lohan’ Sextape Farce
GLEAM: Word of a Lindsay Lohan sex tape has been around for a while, but this recent pic (above) is apparently a preview clip of the video that hit the web in the past 24 hours. Gossip Rocks is saying this is the real deal: Apparently Callum sent the video (which was filmed on his cell phone) when the 2 where an item has been sent to some of his friends…which as you may have guessed have been trying to sell the video. Anyway so i have this friend (cant say her name.) who is friends with lindsay lohan. She’s […]
STUPID BLOG WARS: The Trouble With Sweeney
Since we find other people’s feuds with Doctor Philebrity to be almost as tiresome and tedious as our own, we got bored and changed the channel about half way through this exhaustive summation of the Clockcleaner vs. Joey Sweeney cage match. But you people on the Internets LOVE this catty shit, so here’s yer bowl of milk. Lap it up. Apparently there is talk of a lawsuit and the whole Internet getting sued or something — it’s like 2006 just threw up all over itself. Wake us up when it’s over.
HORRIBLE TRUTH: The Unbearable Triteness Of Being
“What we need is Britney Spears to stay home instead of traipsing all over town. That would solve the problem. We don’t need additional laws…. I’ve got laws coming out my ears to deal with this issue. What you have is several young women in this town and several young men basically making fools of themselves and tying up not only my resources but the resources of the media that would do better covering legitimate stories instead of a bunch of airheads running around out there… . Quite clearly some of these characters so favored by the paparazzi are clearly […]
NY TIMES: Has Gawker Jumped The Snark Shark?
NEW YORK TIMES: Is it so? There are certainly signs that Gawker, delivering a daily dose of gossip and commentary about the news business and selected celebrities since 2002, is in the midst of a particularly intense period of turmoil, which has led to a slide in its once-hypnotic influence on the news media world. Before the wave of staff departures at Gawker, New York magazine published an article in October ascribing the site’s popularity to the resentment of the city’s “creative underclass,” and asked whether pandering to the nasty impulses of those who covet an increasingly rare slot among […]
NEWS CLUES: It’s Like Adderall For Your Eyeballs
PORNO FOR THE DEAF: They Hear It Even When You Can’t While many a hearing person has muted a porn video, it’s nice to have a choice about what you want to hear — or see — and what you don’t. Deaf Bunny (NSFW), the first deaf-owned and deaf-staffed porn company, launched in August with the mission of making porn accessible to deafies and their hearing partners in as many forms as possible.Through subtitles, sign language, cartoonish thought bubbles, full audio and blatant use of technology, anyone can understand the complex plot and tangled relationships portrayed in the company’s first […]
DISINHERITED: Paris Hilton Is Broke
FORTUNE: NEW YORK — The Hilton family patriarch, Barron Hilton, will pass on the $1.2 billion windfall from the sale of Hilton Hotels Corporation — not to his famous progeny, but to his family’s philanthropic foundation, Fortune has learned. Barron Hilton’s donation will effectively double the size of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, named after Barron’s father, the man who built Hilton Hotels from scratch and great-grandfather of celebutantes Paris and Nicky Hilton. In a statement e-mailed to Fortune, Barron Hilton wrote: “My personal net worth today, including created trusts, is approximately $2.3 billion, and what ever value it is […]
ST. JOHN ALLIANCE: The Perfectly GOOD Explanation
PICTURE NOT RELATED: “Stigmatization of St Catherine of Siena” by Domenico di Giacomo di Pace “Beccafumi” il Mecherino SHE SAID: “The innuendoes and lies that have appeared on the internet and in the National Enquirer concerning John Edwards are not true, completely unfounded and ridiculous. My video production company was hired by the Edwards camp on a 6 month contract, which we completed December 31, 2006. When working for the Edwards camp, my conduct as well as the conduct of my entire team was completely professional. This concocted story is just dirty politics and I want no part of it.” […]
NEWS CLUES: It’s Like Adderall For Your Eyeballs
KILLADELPHIA: The Softest Bullet Ever Shot An unidentified man died overnight, apparently after a bullet that entered his left arm traveled to his heart, police said. The bullet did not go through his arm into his chest, but rather somehow found its way to the man’s heart, police said. The man, believed to be in his mid-30s, was found outside around 2:30 a.m. at 16th Street and Erie Avenue in Hunting Park. He was taken to Temple University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 3:34 a.m. Police are looking for witnesses. Anyone with information is asked to call homicide […]
BREAKING: Gwen Stefani Sex Tape Is A Hoax!
The guys over at Rock Town Hall were gloating over this ‘exclusive’ earlier today, and now they have egg all over their face. I mean, c’mon, that is so obviously NOT Gavin Rossdale. And nobody does it doggie style anymore. That is so last year.