All those rumors about Lynne Spears' parenting book, Through the Storm, detailing Britney's sex life and drug use turned out to be false. Obviously. Lynne knows not to bite the hand that feeds her. But Britney, in a rare moment of wisdom, has still cut off contact with her mother:
While the book doesn't dish on Britney's sex life or drug use, it blames all of Britney's problems on her daughter's former managers. Spears — who already considered her mother a siphon on her purse — is 'upset' about the book, spies said, especially when she feels Lynne herself caused so many of her problems and issues.
We'd have to agree with Brit on this one; while we'd normally get onto her for not accepting part of the blame, it's not really a 14-year-old girl's responsibility to make sure her mother isn't whoring her out. And we applaud her for recognizing that Lynne is still doing just that.
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For the third time this election season, a band has asked the Republican party to not use one of its songs to introduce the party's presidential and vice-presidential nominees, John McCain and Sarah Palin. Much like Bruce Springsteen, who in 1984 asked Ronald Reagan to stop using "Born in the USA" on his reelection campaign trail, the artists say their politics don't jibe with those of the GOP candidates.
After the jump, the artists and the songs over which they've asserted control.
This time last year, everyone was discussing Britney Spears' disastrous "comeback performance" at the VMAs, something we called a "calamitous waterloo." One year later, Spears won all three Video Music Awards for which she was nominated, as well as spoke without incident and read all the big words on the teleprompter. Basically, she behaved like a normal person in abnormal circumstances, which is all anyone has ever asked of her.
Gary Coleman got into a small tiff with a "fan" at a bowling alley that resulted in Gary hitting him with his car. Evidently the man, Colt Rushton, was trying to snap a cell phone picture of Gary and his wife when Gary got upset. He does realize that instead of getting angry he should be thanking his lucky stars that someone still cares about him, no?
The argument reportedly escalated into an all-out brawl, complete with Gary throwing punches and his wife stealing Colt's cell phone. For the grand finale, Gary reversed his truck into Colt, knocking him to the ground and hitting another car in the process.
Gary's bodyguard had a different version of events, saying that while Coleman did indeed hit the man with his car, it wasn't intentional: "[Colt] was eventually hit by Gary's truck after darting behind it." Kinda like when people walk into your fist, right?
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RUSSIA SEEKS TO FURTHER BAN LAUGHTER "Prosecutors in Russia want to ban the award-winning satirical U.S. cartoon South Park, calling the series 'extremist' after receiving viewer complaints, a spokeswoman said on Monday. … The Russian Union of Christians of Evangelical Faith had asked prosecutors to ban South Park after it said 20 experts had studied the show for its effect on young viewers. The group's leader, Konstantin Bendas, said 'South Park is just one of many cartoons that need to be banned from open broadcast…as it insults the feelings of religious believers and incites religious and national hatred.'"
Besides knowing that the world is an increasingly depressing place, if you watched the Video Music Awards last night, you know they briefly morphed from a tedious insult to America's intelligence into an impromptu back-and-forth about premarital sex.
After host Russell Brand mocked young, Christian superstars the Jonas Brothers for their "purity rings," signs of their virginity, American Idol winner Jordin Sparks interrupted her scripted appearance to mew that some people wear promise rings because they don't want to be "a slut." (Because it's one or the other, apparently.)
Brand used some of his next screen time to apologize for his earlier remarks, saying, "I don't want to piss off teenage fans… Promise rings, I'm well up for it."
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The MTV VMAs are finally upon us, and I don't mind being the only one to admit that I'll be watching them from home tonight with my cat and perhaps a cupcake or two. This is good news for you, dear readers, because you can have a life and skip the circus while I liveblog the entire fiasco for your enjoyment. And if you do end up watching, you can suffer right along with me.
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NOW YOU CAN SOB IN PUBLIC! "Millions have seen the YouTube video of "Christian the Lion" reuniting in Africa with the two men who bought him from a high-end London department store in 1969. Sony Pictures aims to bring the story of Christian and the two men, John Rendall and Anthony 'Ace' Bourke, to the big screen."
It's about time a Britney stalker captured footage of the singer rehearsing for either her VMA non-performance or an upcoming tour. We're hoping it's the former, because she looks surprisingly awesome and it would be great progress to triumphantly return to the same stage where just one year ago she publicly humiliated herself. The dancing is great, the song sounds acceptable and her body looks as good as it did pre-babies. Her hair, of course, could use the magic of Ken Paves, but there's still time.
A roving gang of reporters cornered Jesse Ventura at
There are two sides to all celebrities: The squeaky-clean images forced upon the public by PR reps and their actual personalities. To provide you with a glimpse into the real Hollywood characters are Mollygood’s very own readers, telling tales of celebrity encounters big and small. Up this week: Sarah's retail experience with David Schwimmer.
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"A man of his word," Barack Obama appeared on the O'Reilly Factor last night to be talked over and rudely interrupted in the "No Spin Zone." The two discussed the war on terror, Iraq, Iran and Pakistan, and there is really nothing stranger than watching a bullying, impatient blowhard and a cerebral, wordy politician try to have an intelligent conversation. Never fear, though. We have all next week to get used to it. Fox is milking this one sit-down for all it's worth, and will stretch it over several episodes. O'Reilly promises that it will be "fairly extensive and provocative."
MOORE TAKES REVOLUTIONARY STEP IN FILM DISTRIBUTION "Michael Moore is bringing his latest film, 'Slacker Uprising,' to the masses via free online distribution. The film, which played last year’s Toronto Film Festival under the title 'Captain Mike Across America,' follows Moore’s 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. … 'This is being done entirely as a gift to my fans,' Moore said. 'The only return any of us are hoping for is the largest turnout of young voters ever at the polls in November. I think 'Slacker Uprising' will inspire million to get off the couch and give voting a chance.' The $2 million doc will be promoted at the website slackeruprising.com but Moore said neither he nor [his production company] will profit from the release. … The 97-minute long 'Slacker Uprising' will be the first major film to be released in such a way."
Shane West showed up at the launch of the Nylon magazine TV issue, and he was sporting an unfortunate new hair cut. Remember when he used to be slightly good-looking? The great news is the cast of 90210 also showed up, further cementing their path on the road to quickly becoming has-beens.
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Kirsten Dunst could really afford to improve her reputation in Hollywood for being an insufferable twit, especially amid recent reports that she had someone banned from the set of her latest movie after offering a small critique.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People author Toby Young dropped by filming to see how the movie was coming along when he says he gave the director "a 'note' on [Kirsten's] performance in a particular scene." Evidently Kiki didn't take it too well and asked that he be kept off the set for the duration of filming.
Well, at least we know she gets the concept of the movie.
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Todd Palin's former business partner has filed an emergency motion to have his divorce records sealed. Our best guess is that this means there is at least some truth to the National Enquirer story that Todd's wife, ultra-moral Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin, cheated on him with this ex-associate. To quote a friend, "If this were a movie, it would be a bad one."
• Why, Michael? Why? [DListed]
• A photograph of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson kissing! OMG our head just exploded. Except not. [PS]
• Amy Winehouse requested 48 bottles of Jack Daniels during a two-day stay at the Bestival Festival. What's the big deal? That's just one bottle every hour. [INO]
• Kate Hudson is shacking up with ex-husband Chris Robinson. Raise your hand if you're surprised. [Yeeeah]
• Celebrating Beyonce's birthday with class. [CityRag]
• Rumer Willis blames genetics for her large chin. Obviously. [ICYDK]
RICH WHITE MEN COME OUT IN DROVES FOR MCCAIN "McCain's candidacy has activated a new sense of visibility among Hollywood Republicans, who last week held a fund-raiser for the candidate at the Beverly Hilton, drawing such notables as Robert Duvall, James Caan, Jon Voight, Dean Cain, Patricia Heaton, Lionel Chetwynd and Gary Sinise."
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