Gay and bisexual UK magazine Diva has released it’s “We So Would” list of hotties that most lesbians want to have sex with and Angelina Jolie came in at a strong #1.
Here’s the top 10:
* 1. Angelina Jolie
* 2. Portia De Rossi
* […]
Defamer reports that Viacom has caved into pressure by Tom Cruise to make the Scientology-influenced episode of South Park disappear. Cruise reportedly threatened to not promote Mission Impossible III unless they followed through with the censorship. Not promote Mission Impossible? You mean like not jumping up and down on Oprah’s couch and looking like a […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)The Economist projects the future of the razor blade race:
Of course, when it comes in the next decade, Octo refills will cost $10 / cartridge. But won’t it be worth it?
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Attn: Criminals (like the ones pictured above)
Portland, Oregon is the place to be if you are considering a life of crime. Due to bureaucratic madness, Multnomah County’s brand new jail, the Wapato Facility, sits empty while crime in the area skyrockets. Because the jail sits unopened, the county has instituted an early release program that […]
Sirhan Sirhan, America’s most notorious Palestinian prisoner, who assassinated Robert Kennedy in 1968 while the New York senator was campaigning for the Democratic presidential nomination, lost his 13th bid for parole on Wednesday even though he promised to not shoot anymore presidential hopefuls. Evidently the parole board did not believe that he has been rehabilitated […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Headline from newsmeat.com linking to a story from Daytona Beach, FL.
We’re working on our movie pitch tonight.
That’s the gist of Erin Aubry Kaplan’s op-ed piece in today’s Los Angeles Times, in which she uses the felony theft arrest of former Bush administration domestic policy adviser Claude Allen to lay blame where blame is due: on his political beliefs:
It’s hard to imagine that such compromises and cognitive dissonance (of being a black […]
From today’s LAT:
Fake $1-Billion Bills Are Seized
Federal authorities have seized 250 counterfeit $1-billion banknotes from a West Hollywood apartment as part of a currency smuggling investigation, officials said Tuesday.
The bogus Federal Reserve notes carry 1934 issue dates and are stained to look old.
“They are a replication of 1934 Grover Cleveland $1,000 bills — manipulated to […]
The United States men’s national soccer team is now ranked #5 in the world, ahead of traditional powers Spain, Mexico, France, England, Italy, and Germany.
We argued a few weeks ago that more so than the major North American sports, soccer represents “the characteristics we celebrate as keys to this country’s economic success: creativity; cooperation; and […]
LA Observed notes that we may not be observing Capitol Records in LA for much longer as EMI puts up the Capitol Records’ building for sale. From LA Observed:
The potential of converting the circular, Welton Becket Associates-designed tower on Vine Street into condos has helped attract several offers. But Andy Fixmer reports in the L.A. […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)“Al-Qaeda sympathizers are using Orkut, a popular, worldwide Internet service owned by Google, to rally support for Osama bin Laden, share videos and Web links promoting terrorism and recruit non-Arabic-speaking Westerners, according to terrorism experts and a survey of the sites.”
- Kasie Hunt, USA Today, “Osama bin Laden fan clubs build online communities”
On the other […]
We take our obligation to cover Southern California news seriously. So when we learned that there are topless photos of French news babe Melissa Theuriau in the new edition of the French magazine Voici, we thought about our mission statement, our strategy, and the photos’ complete irrelevance to them. How could we fit the new […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Annie Proulx who wrote the story that led to the film “Brokeback Mountain,” spewed sour grapes at the Academy of Motion Pictures for passing over her gay cowboy-themed movie in the best picture category. Instead of accepting the fact that the Academy considered “Crash” a better film; Proulx pointed the finger at aging, conservative Angeleno […]
(click on post title, or here, for the rest)Wonder what the fuss about Darknets are no more. Great video explanation prepared for J.D. Lasica’s SXSW Conference.
tags: darknet RIAA
Things have been tough in Japan for a long time so it should be no surprise that sometimes they act just plain…weird.
It has been reported that a vegetable has captured the hearts of millions of Tokyo residents. This isn’t just any vegetable, but a gutsy little radish or “dokonjo daikon” which was spotted growing at […]
