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A high Court judge says Boy George will not be allowed to appear on this year’s Celebrity Big Brother which starts 3 January.
Boy states the ruling will cost him £400,000.
While this may seem like a loss for CBB’s producers, it seems to open a whole new revenue stream for the for the doomed show.
Convicted Felon Celebrity Big Brother.
Ratings bonanza.
Boy George says Celebrity Big Brother ban has cost him £400,000 | The Sun |News Boy George CBB No
GaGa Meets Queen
The Sun reports GaGa and the Queen hit it off last night when they met at the Royal Variety.
GaGa nicked John Lennon’s quote from back in the day with “Good evening Blackpool. Let me hear you rattle your jewelry.”
Lady GaGa meets Queen after Royal Variety Performance | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre.
Fox on Tube
The angle made me think the fox was getting on the escalator.
After looking closer, he’s already on…. love it.
Arsenal fans will be cringing at the thought of six weeks without their star striker Robin Van Persie.
The Dutch superstar was injured last Saturday in Netherlands’ friendly against Italy.
But fear not Gunners supporters, the 26-year-old is off to Serbia for some placenta.
You read it right. Some placenta.
That bit that connects a developing foetus to the uterine wall in moms-to-be.
It’s long been thought in some cultures to have healing properties, and western medicine is jumping on board of this hot new trend.
So before you think, “Ugh, we should throw this stuff in the bin,” you might want to grab a zip lock bag and some cooking tongs (hopefully, no to be used on bangers again).
A little drip on a twisted ankle might shorten a recovery time by a few weeks.
And in this instance, a little pregnancy after-flow could be the difference between a Premier League title and a sad, painful trip into Europa League anonymity.
Football aside, a slew of questions arise from this new, yet old, scientific enigma. Not the least of which being: “Where’d they get the placenta?” and, “How can I get me some of that action?”
Pretty, naked girls and anti-fur ads are apparently a perfect match.
PETA’s latest sees Page 3’s Keeley stripping off while holding a stuffed leopard.
While the association is kind of lost on me, I’m not bothered.
However, a naked guy here and there might be nice… balance things up a bit.
On a side note: Just to see it, I installed that Desktop Keeley application, where she trots out onto your computer screen with news updates. It was rather cool and odd, but also quite distracting. Funnily, every time I restart my computer, it fires up and Keeley pops out in a bikini to tell me Sir Alex has blamed another poor performance on a referee. I love technology.
Keeley poses naked holding a toy cheetah for PETA anti-fur campaign | The Sun |News
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In a bizarre twist, Jordan Chandler’s father has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Evan Chandler led the way with outrageous accusations that Michael had molested his son in the early 90s.
Calls to mind that pithy aphorism about karma….
Take That and Robbie Williams will finally sing together tomorrow night at the Royal Albert Hall.
Among other notables for the gig, Sir Paul McCartney will perform as well.
The “Children In Need” event will also feature Cheryl Cole, Leona Lewis, and Snow Patrol.
Robbie Williams to reunite with Take That for Children In Need gig | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre.
Pussycat Dolls are safe, for a while at least.
Kandy Rain’s fame-clock sits at 14 minutes as the all-girl group have gone out after being voted off X Factor’s live finals.
A sad day for music and strip-club fans alike.
Kandy Rain, you’ve been evicted. Please leave the X Factor house.
Kandy Rain get X Factor axe | The Sun |Showbiz|TV|X Factor.
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A new study claims global warming is due to solar changes much more than human influence.
And while others cite ocean cooling cycles as the main influence, many sources of course still blame humans.
So the quandary becomes even more shrouded.
Not only do I need a calculator to determine whether my CO2 footprint will be smaller if I go fluorescent and re-paint the entire inside of my house to compensate, but I will now have to wait for scholars to weigh-in before I buy any more light bulbs.
Which leaves my house in complete and utter decorating-limbo.
I have two rooms lit by fluorescent only. These are rooms I am rarely in, where the lights are never turned off. That, of course, puts me out of the Green crowd, but puts me in with my nearly-blind cat, as his litter box and food are in these rooms.
I have another room that is lit by one Reveal 40-watt, and a special chrome-top 60-watt Reveal that makes the fan fixture with no paddles left by the previous tenant look much more appealing, while preventing that annoying bare-bulb-prison look. Unfortunately, this room was previously painted with that lighting configuration, so it must be factored into the re-paint.
The bathroom is 2 40-watt reveals and a 40-watt soft with a 7-watt nightlight. Also freshly painted, it would be the last room to go fluorescent, since seeing myself in the mirror while brushing my teeth is quite scarring enough without adding that ghostly fluorescent glow to my cheeks, butt or otherwise.
The hallway is all halogen, which puts me back in the Green running, except that Lowe’s recalled the upstairs pendant light and the downstairs light is ridiculously over-lit with 200 watts of IKEA hipness. But, since I installed these fixtures myself, I am afraid they will short and burn the house down, so they are never turned on.
While that may put me back in the Green, it puts me out of the Architectural Digest, as the short-circuited pendant from Lowe’s still hangs majestically over the stairs, but the hallway switches are covered with red tape, stealing most, if not all, of its aesthetic quality.
The bedroom is quite a hodge-podge with one 40-watt reveal, one 60-watt chrome-top Reveal, and one chrome-top 60-watt bulb I got on the web, after Target stopped carrying my beloved Reveal chrome-tops. The web version bathes half the room in a depressing shade of yellow that you’d be hard-pressed to match at any price. The saving grace is my wife and mine’s cynical laughter every time we turn on our pathetic internet-find.
The living room is 2 3-way Reveal bulbs that are never turned off and the art studio is nearly 400-watts of pure halogen glory that attracts the neighborhood skunks searching for light-loving bugs all night long.
The whole set-up is capped off with three 40-watt candle-tip bulbs out front, and 300-watts of halogen out back that light the neighbors trees as well as my own. It was 600-watts last year, but the buzz of the transformer was louder than the locusts, so I downgraded.
Oh yeah, in a save-the-planet-for-my-nieces-and-nephews moment, I put in an 11-watt fluorescent in the flood light fixture in the backyard, but I don’t think it will be enough to get me in the club.
I remember a time in my life, just a few years ago, when I didn’t have health insurance and a knock on the door meant a utility was probably being shut off.
But now that I’ve made it, and can afford to have the best of everything, including a monstrosity of an electric bill, I find myself standing in front of the light bulb section of the store like a lost child, hoping someone will just tell where to go and what to do.
I guess this just falls under the heading of “Be careful what you wish for.”
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | What happened to global warming?
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Michael Jackson’s lighted glove from the 1984 Victory tour sold at auction for £44,300 ($71,000 US).
But you can still get in on the Motown’s 25th Anniversary Glove on 21 November.
Glove worn by Michael Jackson sells for £44,300 | The Sun |News.
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Martin Palermo Goal in the Rain
In the 3rd minute of extra time, with Argentina’s World Cup dreams on life-support, Martin Palermo tapped home from three yards out, setting off wild celebrations at El Monumental in Buenos Aires.
While a late winner from Palermo may be old hat for fans of Boca Juniors, the 35-year-old legend, has been in international exile for 10 years, being recalled for the first time since 1999 just last month.
And until last night, Palermo’s most notable moment in the hallowed blue and white stripped jersey, was having missed three penalties in one match. Unbefitting for a player that has 164 goals in 249 appearances at Boca.
Adding more drama to the already stirring saga, Palermo’s last appearance on the world stage, was a 4-2 Boca loss at the hands of AC Milan in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup, where the 6′ 3″ striker was seen in tears at the final whistle.
Football magic.
Politician Lembit Opik has come to the defense of former Ultimo model Katie Green.
Katie herself has been quite quiet since the sacking, which is no good for anyone.
Our favorite underwear model was ostensibly fired last month for being photographed naked.
Go figure.
Lembit Opik throws his support behind Katie Green | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre Katie Green Ultimo Sack
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Tourists on a ship in the Arctic got a close up view of a polar bear when the fuzzy beast popped in a ship’s porthole for a snack.
News Of The World’s “porn” headline are a bit over the top.
Videos of Kandy Rain’s Coco Lloyd stripping off are quite tame.
It’s the 75th anniversary of tighty-whitey men’s underwear.
Named Jockeys for its jock-strap like behavior, the first pair were sold at Marshall Field and Co. in January 1935.
With boxers as the only option, what did the youth of that era have to ask President Roosevelt?
An interesting, if not somewhat amusing, story about a new paint that can block wi-fi signals.
While it may have a million and one uses, the suggestion that the special paint could be used in a home environment as a replacement for encryption is quite laughable.
Paint your entire house to have cross-your-fingers security or, click “secure network” radio button in the Airport Extreme admin panel?
I hope they have it in mauve.
Nine minute clip of David Letterman telling the entire story of how he has been blackmailed by a CBS TV producer.
A funny take on the $2 million plot that threatened to expose him for having sex with staff members.
Cruz Beckham is at it again.
From middle fingers and v-signs, here’s his latest.
Cruz for England.
Cruz Beckham takes the limelight again | The Sun |Showbiz|Bizarre Cheeky Cruz Beckham - thesun.co.uk
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A UK family put their house on the market and moved to the Canary Islands.
After they had gone, the man living next door to the up-for-sale house took the backyard plants, shrubs, and shed, and set up his own backyard.
When confronted, the thieving neighbor claimed he had bought a “ready-made garden for £220 from somebody else.”
I guess if you’re the kind of person who steals your neighbors’ yard, plausible alibis just aren’t high on your priorities’ list.
Pictures of the pilfered yard: Family return from Canary Islands to discover garden stolen – and moved next door – mirror.co.uk
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