Love Bird Alert™: Rihanna and Ryan Phillippe secretly dating.

Publication: Us Weekly
Date: 7 March 2011

Us Weekly tells us that singer Rihanna and actor Ryan Phillippe are dating on the down low. As often happens in these situations, there are no pictures of them together to be found on the Internets, but other gossip websites confirm the rumor to be true.

Celebrity BFFs: Rihanna and Katy Perry

Publication: People
Date: 7 March 2011

People lets us know that singers Rihanna and Katy Perry are close gal pals. These kinds of stories are fairly rare. I've now used the BFF alert twice in 14 months, while the Fussin' and Feudin' Alert has been trotted out 93 times over the same period.

It's all about the drama, isn't it?

Damn You Skinny Alert™: Cameron Diaz addicted to exercise.

(photo nicked from Daily Mail online copyright Boaz/Flynetpictures.com)
Publication: In Touch
Date: 7 March 2010

Being a celebrity, most particularly a female celebrity of a certain age, is to be constantly judged on your looks. Cameron Diaz is now 38 and has kept herself in remarkably good shape, but In Touch thinks she has gone too far.

Moby - Sevastopol

New York, NY, USA. How cool is that? Moby is planning to release another album in May this year. It will be called "Destroyed". The first single "Sevastopol" is here for you. And it so typical Moby. This ambient sound, this kind of chill out, but also a bit danceable. Try it, right now!

Bun In The Oven Alert™ :Kim Zolciak loves being pregnant and wants another baby

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 7 March 2011

Regular readers of the blog will know that the Bun In The Oven Alerts™ are not always reliable in The Only Ten Magazines That Matter, but as we can see in these pictures, Kim Kolciak from The Real Housewives of Atlanta is really pregnant and willing to be photographed pregnant wearing not one but two different bikinis.

Whether she should count as a celebrity is a different question. While I lived most of my life in the 20th Century when the answer would have been "Hellz, no!", it's the 21st Century now and I think the answer has changed now.

Damn You Fat Alert™: Holly Madison slammed for gaining weight

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 7 March 2011

Welcome (back) to gossip hell, Holly Madison! Holly became famous, if that is the correct word, as one of the many young women servicing Hugh Hefner while appearing in the reality TV show The Girls Next Door. She now runs an old school burlesque show in Las Vegas but is not getting regular TV exposure. This article that claims she is getting fat is the first mention of her name on the covers of the gossip rags in fourteen months.

In that same period of time, Kendra Wilkinson, who also got famous for jumping the same old man's bones, has had 43 cover stories, including eight in 2011 alone.

Behold the power of basic cable reality TV.

Demon Rum Alert™: Christina's drunken rages

Publication: Us Weekly
Date: 7 March 2011

Christina Aguilera only became a topic of discussion in the supermarket checkout rags last year after her divorce was announced. In 2010, most of the stories about her were sympathetic. But 2011 has not been as kind to her, even before she screwed up the lyrics and melody to The Star Spangled Banner at the Super Bowl. The earlier mean stories were in rags from the AMI kennel, the Enquirer and Star, but now it's Us Weekly who is picking on her, telling the public about her drunken rages.

This looks like the start of a downward spiral, at least as far as her public persona is concerned.

No Bun In The Oven Alert™: Paris Hilton is ready for a baby.

Publication: OK!
Date: 7 March 2011

It's easy to think of Paris Hilton as the top gossip girl, but she's really yesterday's news as far as The Only Ten Magazines That Matter are concerned. It's not that she's too old, it's that she isn't on TV. She has had less cover stories than Nicole Richie has had since the beginning of 2010, 10 to 8, and both of them pale in comparison to any random Kardashian family member.

When I say she's not too old, she's turning 30, exactly the same age as Kim K., and like Kim K., she says she's ready for a baby. Paris may have a regular boyfriend, I don't even know. It hasn't been in the gossip rags, so I haven't been paying attention.

Teen Mom Leah's double life.

Publication: In Touch
Date: 7 March 2011

This week, In Touch gives us a double dose of Teen Mom awfulness. Leah Messer is living a double life, but as you might imagine, in her case they are both kind of squalid and tacky. Here are the sub-headlines.

• Caught seeing another man!
• Feeling trapped in her marriage, Leah is torn between Corey and a bad-boy named Seth

I would love for this to be the last spasm of coverage of the whole Teen Mom phenomenon in the supermarket rags. I'd also love to see Qaddafi step down peacefully and Wisconsin state workers get to keep their collective bargaining rights, but all three of those hopes look to be long shots.

Teen Mom Chelsea dumps Adam

Publication: In Touch
Date: 7 March 2011

Welcome to gossip hell, Chelsea Houska. Yet another Teen Mom breaking up with yet another baby daddy, this one named Adam.

Oh, goody! Another Teen Mom to keep track of.

Damn You Skinny Alert™: How Kendra lost 10 lbs. in two weeks. Like for the jillionth time, except this one is EXCLUSIVE!

Publication: OK!
Date: 7 March 2011

Kendra has lost 10 pounds yet again in two weeks.
These last ten pounds are EXCLUSIVE in OK!, so maybe they didn't really happen at all.

According to the gossip rags, she has lost a total of 35 pounds in 2011 alone. At this rate, we might get lucky and she'll lose those stubborn last 120 pounds and vanish from our plane of existence.

But we are probably not that lucky.

Bun In The Oven Alert™ :$3 million baby for Kourtney and Scott

Publication: Weekly Life & Style

Date: 7 March 2011

Three different magazines have stories about the reproductive habits and capabilities of the Kardashian sisters who are above the age of legal consent this week. Weekly Life & Style has the someone vague headline "$3 Million baby for Kourtney".

I'm not sure if this means it will cost her $3,000,000 to be pregnant or if she stands to make $3,000,000 if she becomes pregnant. The way that family makes money by selling off their privacy, I'm guessing it's the latter.

No Bun In The Oven Alert™: Khloe talks about "Our baby struggle"

Publication: Us Weekly
Date: 7 March 2011

Us Weekly has a story about Khloe Kardashian and "our baby struggle", which means hubby Lamar Odom is tangentially involved, though he is not pictured on the cover.

No Bun In The Oven Alert™: Kim K. denies pregnancy rumors

Publication: OK!
Date: 7 March 2011

OK! is not the most reliable supermarket checkout rag by a long shot, but when they say that Kim Kardashian is denying she's pregnant, I am inclined to believe both her and OK!

Okay?

Weekly World News alert: Ancient angel statue found on Mars

Publication: Weekly World News (via the Sun)
Date: 7 March 2011

The Sun had one of its horoscope covers, so nothing useful in terms of predictions, but the Weekly World News came through with a story about an ancient angel statue being found on Mars. Of course, we only have a very limited knowledge of what is on the surface of Mars that would be as tiny as a statue since at its closest Mars is sixty million miles away and is sometimes as far as 150 million miles away. But that's me getting all science-y, which doesn't carry much weight with a demographic that thinks both Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson are still alive.

Rich people are rich: How Kourtney and Scott blew millions

Publication: In Touch
Date: 7 March 2011

Kourtney Kardashian is not as popular a target of the tabloids as her sister Kim, but right now she is in the top ten most popular celebrities of 2011, and so popular that her useless leech of a boyfriend is still in the top ten overall.

In Touch wants us to know how they have wasted millions. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say if they have paid any money for orthodontics for Scott, that is wasted money because the cat NEVER smiles as far as I can tell.

Bells Are Ringing Alert™: More royal wedding details

Publication: People
Date: 7 March 2011

Yet another story about the upcoming royal wedding. According to People, Kate is very hands on with the wedding guest list, which they say is already out. One of the sub-headlines reads "How the royal couple are breaking with tradition and making the special day their own."

She inviting some old flames, and among the celebrities asked are David and Victoria Beckham and Kanye West(!?!).

I supposed this means Taylor Swift will not be invited.

What Michelle is hiding from America!

Publication: National Examiner
Date: 7 March 2011

The low rent Examiner once again lets us in that Michelle Obama is hiding stuff, big scary stuff that could bring her husband's presidency crumbling down.

That's because they are scary!!!

You know, because they're... colored.

You may think that phrase is out of date, but given the Old Timers who read the low rent Examiner, I wouldn't be surprised if their average reader still uses that word.

Bells Are Ringing Alert™: BrAngelina planning a wedding!

Publication: OK!
Date: 7 March 2011

I've said this before but it bears repeating. Angelina Jolie is really the number one topic in the supermarket rags over the past 14 months and Brad Pitt is number two. If both of them are mentioned in a headline, the story gets the BrAngelina label. If instead I gave them separate billing, Angelina would have well over 100 mentions and Brad would be near 90.

The reason for all these mentions is that any magazine can tell any story using these two. The Enquirer came out with a story not verified anywhere else yet that Angelina had emergency surgery. Now, OK!, the opposite end of the nasty to nice continuum from the Enquirer, says the couple is planning a wedding. I note that the headline did not say they were planning their own wedding, because they have been fairly adamant about the idea that they aren't going to marry.

Meanest Story nominee: Angelina's emergency surgery drama!

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 March 2011

BrAngelina are still the evergreen supermarket rag gossip story, but this is the first time I've given a story about them a nomination as Meanest Story of the Week. It's not that the tabloids are never mean to them, far from it. It just that the level of viciousness has never been this high before.

It's the mean old Enquirer who gets this first time nomination with a story I can't find confirmed anywhere else that Angelina had an emergency surgery at some time in the undisclosed past. The sub-headers read:

• The bloody 8-hour procedure, hospital stay and painful recovery
• Brad: "I'm afraid you are going to die!"

Stay classy, Enquirer!

Meanest Story nominee: Prince Harry's wild gay party.

Publication: Globe
Date: 7 March 2011

Prince Harry is more or less the forgotten royal family member these days, so the Globe shows the young man a little attention by starting a relatively new rumor that he's a big old gay boy. Of course, they also have to say that this rumor will rock the royal wedding.

You know, the one Harry is only peripherally involved in as the planner of the bachelor party?

This gets a Meanest Story nomination.

Meanest Story nominee:Chelsea Clinton's husband heading for the mental hospital

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 March 2011

I don't really consider Chelsea Clinton a celebrity. She's the daughter of a former president, but she's making no effort to keep herself in the spotlight. This does not keep the dogs in the AMI kennel from continuing to hound her and her husband Marc Mezvinsky. This week, it's the Enquirer saying the Marc is heading for the mental hospital, with the small type sub-headline "friends fear".

I'd say it's time to get some new friends. This is a Meanest Story nominee.

Meanest Story nominee: Liz Taylor's bitter deathbed battle

Publication: Globe
Date: 7 March 2011

There have been so many stories in the tabloids these past few months about Liz Taylor dying, I get the whole Boy Who Cried Wolf vibe off of all of them. This week once again the Globe puts one on the cover and I give it a Meanest Story nomination. The new detail is that there is some drama about where Miss Taylor will be buried. She wants to be buried next to Richard Burton but his still living widow has other ideas.

This is yet again a reminder of the era when Liz and Dick were THE celebrities and everybody else was at the back of the line.

Engagement details from Bachelor Brad

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 7 March 2011

Regular readers will know how much I dislike the stories about that silly show The Bachelor, but in general the gossip mags eat this stuff up. We are lead to believe Bachelor Brad is going to be engaged, but when you look at this show's track record for romantic success, it makes no sense to get excited about this drivel.

The only solace I have is that soon enough there will be a new season of the show and this particular dweeb will be yesterday's news.

On the rocks alert: Gayle King's other lesbian lovers!

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 March 2011

Since the beginning of 2010, this is the 40th post about Oprah Winfrey, almost all of them from headlines on the covers of the AMI kennel of tabloids, the Enquirer, Globe, Star, Sun and the low rent Examiner. This week, we are back to the lesbian angle, which we've seen before, but this time with a new twist.

Gayle King is just a tramp.

Yes, Oprah's favorite girl is sneaking around behind her back with multiple other women, if we are to believe the Enquirer.

If you want the advice of someone who's been keeping track, believing the Enquirer is not your best bet.

On the rocks alert: Oprah trashed by secret lover!

Publication: Star
Date: 7 March 2011

Oprah Winfrey gets two completely different stories this week and breaks into the top ten most popular celebrities list, both over all and 2011. The Star says she was trashed by a secret lover and shows the picture of some unidentified guy.

This differs radically from the other story of her wayward love life this week.

Fussin' and Feudin' Alert™: Four views of the troubles in the Cyrus family

Publications: Star, People, Us Weekly, National Examiner

Date: 7 March 2011

It's not unusual for multiple gossip rags to use the same topic to tell different stories in the same week. It is unusual when two of those magazines are People, the most respected and successful supermarket checkout magazine, and the low rent Examiner. This week's most repeated story is about the troubles between Billy Ray Cyrus and his headstrong daughter Miley, seen above in happier if creepier times. Here are the headlines.

• People: Billy Ray Cyrus: 'Fame destroyed my family'
• Star: Miley's Family destroyed by fame
  Lies! Jealousy! Greed!
  'Miley can't believe her father turned on her'
• National Examiner: Billy Ray: 'Hanna Montana destroyed my family'
• Us Weekly: Family torn apart!
  Destroyed by Daddy!
  A furious Miley cuts off Billy Ray after he slams her for partying and blames Hollywood for the mess he created

The most interesting contrast in the bunch is that only Us Weekly is willing to say Billy Ray deserves some blame for this mess, an opinion I share.

Death From Above 1979 - Sexy Results (MSTRKRFT Remix)

Toronto, Canada. I've heard that DFA1979 are gonna reunite for Coachella Festival. It'll start on 15th April and will end on 17th April. The place to be, is Indio, California, which is next to Palm Springs. But back to DFA1979. This information makes me hope for a visit of this band in Europe in any Festival or even only a concert. After 5 years of absenteesim maybe they are back with new stuff.

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Buy "You're Woman, I'm A Machine" on Amazon.de or Amazon.com

John Travolta is going bald!

Publication: National Enquirer
Date: 7 March 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! If you have been paying any attention at all, you are already aware the National Enquirer hates John Travolta. They have accused him of being gay, fat and running out on his wife and their infant son. So this week's latest slur against him, that he is going bald, comes off as weak, petty and desperate.

This reminds me of one of Padre Mickey's favorite Bible stories, where the prophet Elisha is set upon by a crowd of young toughs, who mock him with the phrase "Go on up, you baldhead!" Provoked beyond his limit, Elisha curses the rabble to God, and the Big Guy, just trying to do Elisha a favor, sends a pack of she-bears who maul 42 of the ruffians.

Now there's a God who demands respect, not some goofy Scientology alien.

More drama with Sandra and Jesse

Publications: Star, In Touch
Date: 7 March 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! Sort of.

The gossip rags cannot let go of Sandra Bullock and the bum she dumped, Jesse James. There are two headlines this week.

Star: Jesse spills Sandra's secrets in bombshell new tell-all book
In Touch: Sandra and Jesse fight over the kids

On the rocks alert: Natalie's finace accused of using her for her fame

Publication: Weekly Life & Style
Date: 7 March 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! Last year, there were zero stories about Natalie Portman on the covers of the supermarket rags, but in 2011 there have been seven, which currently puts her in the top ten most popular celebrities in the gossip world. She gets two cover stories this week, one for being nominated for an Oscar and another because someone thinks her fiance, dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, isn't good enough for her and is just using her for her fame.

This blog has a strong pro-love policy and wished the young couple all the best.

Get your Oscar ballot in OK! magazine this week!

Publication: OK!
Date: March 7 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! It's easy to lose track of time with our busy schedules, so OK! reminds us that the Oscars are this weekend and they have printed out a handy ballot so you can pick the winners at home. The actors on the cover are Natalie Portman (Black Swan), Colin Firth (The King's Speech) and Nicole Kidman (Rabbit Hole).

The Media's Impact On Resurrecting Vintage Fashion

As I was flipping through the Fashion & Style section of the paper yesterday, I came across an interesting blurb on how vintage styles of the 60's are being reincorporated into current day fashions for women both business and otherwise and the resurrection of this era gone by is being credited in part to the popularity of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning hit show on AMC called 'Mad Men'.


The show is set in 1960’s and based around a fictitious advertising agency and of course the story line has nothing to do with anything fashion related except for the fact that this series has received major acclaim for being on the mark in regards to the authenticity of its visual style in recreating clothing styles of the 60’s.

The Detroit News article stated that ‘boxy, tweed, waist length jackets,  with sharp lines are bringing a new or rather a ‘new old look’ back into professional wardrobes and to quote the writer... A little bit “Mad Men”, a little bit modern.  Since I have never watched the show, this piqued my curiosity to ‘Google’ Mad Men and see for myself what all the hoopla was about!

Here's what I found...

In 2008, Michael Kors designed a Fall line influenced by the popular 'Mad Men' Style... 

The Women Of Mad Men…

A Few Vintage Pieces From Our Shop…

*There are so many choices and variations to play off on with the 60’s fashion come back so make sure you stop by the shop to browse our vintage collections and check in often as we are frequently updating and adding new selections.

source: retrothreadz.etsy.com, runwaydaily.com, celebritystyle.com

The Media's Impact On Resurrecting Vintage Fashion

As I was flipping through the Fashion & Style section of the paper yesterday, I came across an interesting blurb on how vintage styles of the 60's are being reincorporated into current day fashions for women both business and otherwise and the resurrection of this era gone by is being credited in part to the popularity of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning hit show on AMC called 'Mad Men'.


The show is set in 1960’s and based around a fictitious advertising agency and of course the story line has nothing to do with anything fashion related except for the fact that this series has received major acclaim for being on the mark in regards to the authenticity of its visual style in recreating clothing styles of the 60’s.

The Detroit News article stated that ‘boxy, tweed, waist length jackets,  with sharp lines are bringing a new or rather a ‘new old look’ back into professional wardrobes and to quote the writer... A little bit “Mad Men”, a little bit modern.  Since I have never watched the show, this piqued my curiosity to ‘Google’ Mad Men and see for myself what all the hoopla was about!

Here's what I found...

In 2008, Michael Kors designed a Fall line influenced by the popular 'Mad Men' Style... 

The Women Of Mad Men…

A Few Vintage Pieces From Our Shop…

*There are so many choices and variations to play off on with the 60’s fashion come back so make sure you stop by the shop to browse our vintage collections and check in often as we are frequently updating and adding new selections.

source: retrothreadz.etsy.com, runwaydaily.com, celebritystyle.com

U2 - 2010-02-18 - Cape Town, South Africa (Webstream)

(Webstream - mp3 320kbps)

01. Intro 9:52
01. Beautiful Day 4:10
02. I Will Follow 3:58
03. Get On Your Boots 4:00
04. Magnificent 5:21
05. Mysterious Ways 5:04
06. Elevation 4:17
07. Until The End Of The World / Anthem (snippet) 9:57
08. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 3:51
09. Stand By Me 2:38
10. North Star 3:41
11. Pride (In The Name Of Love) 4:28
12. In A Little While 3:16
13. Miss Sarajevo 5:56
14. City Of Blinding Lights 5:38
15. Vertigo 4:09
16. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight / Relax (snippet) / Two Tribes (snippet) 6:31
17. Sunday Bloody Sunday 4:41
18. Scarlet 1:40
19. Walk On / You'll Never Walk Alone (snippet) 6:29
20. One 7:45
21. Amazing Grace (snippet) / Where The Streets Have No Name / All You Need Is Love (snippet) 10:11
22. Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 5:18
23. With Or Without You 6:39
24. Moment of Surrender 8:21

The concert was broadcasted by U2.com to it's subscribers all over the world.

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Dirty Gold - California Sunrise

San Diego, CA, USA. These guys released their single "California Sunrise" on 1st February. It's very light song with Samba-influences. You can purchase it on Amazon.com or Amazon.de. There is also a nice video.

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Stars without make-up: Sofia Vergara unmasked.

Publication: Star magazine
Date: 28 February 2011

Fresh trash on Thursdays! Last trash of the week... right now!

Star magazine publishes a picture of glamor puss Sophia Vergara without make-up. The star says she feels naked without make-up.

I can see how she feels that way. Even so, both of these pictures lack a certain something.

Ahh, yes! World class cleavage! Much better.