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Riding the wave of success, Katy Perry was on the red carpet for her golden record (150,000 singles sold) of “I Kissed a Girl” in Berlin, Germany on Wednesday (September 17).
Smilingly posing with her plaque, Katy hammed it up for photographers in a cleavage-baring red striped blouse paired with a ruffled polka dot skirt, sheer polka-dot nylons and cherry red patent Mary Jane heels.
It can be hard to sift truth from myth from conspiracy theory when it comes to Sarah Palin, even if that's what you're paid to do. But one would hope a professional journalist's natural skepticism would be piqued by the now-notorious Photoshop job at left of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin holding a rifle next to a swimming pool while wearing a bikini. Too good to be true! But Lola Ogunnaike, entertainment reporter for CNN's American Morning, seems to believe the image is authentic. Yesterday she told Reliable Sources host Howard Kurtz that Palin should maybe avoid posing with guns like this, because it might come back to bite her in the ass:
I mean, McCain has been really good about painting Obama as this lightweight, using the word "celebrity" as a pejorative. They don't want to have a boomerang effect. They don't want that to come back on Sarah Palin, and people say, yes, she looks good in a bikini clutching an AK-47, but is she equipped to run the country?
Kurtz never corrected Ogunnaike, on either the fake picture or on the even more absurd suggestion that some critical mass of people think the VP candidate looked good in it.
Next on CNN: Whether Palin alienated conservative voters by faking her own pregnancy.
The number eight is considered lucky in China, and so everyone assumed that's why the Beijing Olympics opened on August 8, aka 08/08/08. This little chestnut gave the media a mildly exotic (but easy to understand!) piece of Chinese culture to talk about in their inevitable stories on the Olympic host country, and also something interesting to say about the opening ceremonies before they happened. But NBC Sports chief Dick Ebersol explodes the myth of 8-8-08 in the Times today, saying superstition is "not really why the Olympics started then." The real reason? Money. (Duh.)
Before it had the 2008 games sewn up, China planned to bid on then using a September start date. But this would collide with NFL coverage in the U.S. and thus dampen ratings, as occurred in the 2004 Olympics in Sydney. NBC, which already had TV rights to the 2008 Olympics, urged China to consider moving the date.
So China proposed a mid-August start date in its official bid, and won.
But it turned out that date interfered with the U.S. Open, meaning tennis stars would skip the Olympics, meaning more ratings pain.
China looked at the $894 million in NBC money it had already deposited into one of its banks and decided to accommodate one last change request from NBC, to August 8. Americans looked at the price of gas and the lack of money in their bank accounts and decided to stay home and watch the Olympics rather than go out at night or on vacation. Ratings soared and NBC was very "lucky" The End!
[Times]
Still hot on the trail of a massive career comeback, Britney Spears was spotted leaving Conway Studios yesterday (August 20) after several hours in the vocal booth.
The “Gimme More” songstress looked pleased with herself as she made her way to her waiting car amidst a mass of shutterbugs and flashbulbs, looking hot in a green mock turtleneck, dark jeans, and a pair of chunky brown heels.
Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus was out on Friday making her way into a Santa Monica recording studio with her mother, Tish, by her side.
Smiley Miley toted a giant gold leather purse for the outing, but was without her favorite condiment - ketchup. On a recent Tonight Show appearance, the Disney tween mogul “unveiled one of her hidden habits - she likes to drink ketchup right from the bottle.”
New York Post editor Col Allan does not appreciate your skepticism, goddammit. Via his flack, Allan has issued a statement in response to all the crap he's been getting today for his Mary-Kate-As-Prime-Suspect cover.
"We confirmed this story last night with an impeccable source inside the NYPD and we stand by our reporting. Almost immediately after the tragic passing of Mr. Ledger, Ms. Olsen’s attorneys began emailing us threatening letters. As has been well reported, there were a number of calls to Ms. Olsen from the masseuse before the NYPD arrived on the scene. We would find it strange if Ms. Olsen were not questioned at all. The New York Post will not be pressured and we find it odd that the chiefs at the NYPD appear to be terrified of 4-foot-11 inch, 90-pound Mary Kate Olsen.”Did the Post just out-and-out call the New York Police Department a bunch of pussies? Yeah, they totally did.
If you love Heroes, here’s something to get excited about. Claire Bennet actress Hayden Panettiere has announced that she signed a record deal with Hollywood Records.
Hayden joins the ranks of Hilary Duff, as a teen star-turned singer. The only question is, can she sing? And according to an insider, Panettiere has the goods to deliver.