postcards from the pug bus

postcards from the pug bus

lifting a leg on popular culture since 2004

Author: Chip Hilton

Celebrities

George Clooney Accused of Harassing Gawker Website

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NEW YORK – Batman star George Clooney has been accused of making hundreds of “childish and annoying phone calls” to the office of Gawker.com, the website that publishes detailed information about celebrity sightings in Manhattan. According to Gawker.com editor, Jessica Coen, who made the accusation, the calls began last Friday after Mr.

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Naomi Campbell Gets Reality Show Sponsored by BlackBerry

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NEW YORK – Naomi Campbell says it was all a misunderstanding. The four-stitch head wound suffered yesterday by her housekeeper, Ana Scolavino, occurred during secret rehearsals for the new reality show Campbell’s Soup, not in a fit of rage, as newspapers are reporting. “I expect to be completely vindicated,” said Ms.

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Nicole Richie Campaigns for Food Warning Labels

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HOLLYWOOD – Nicole Richie, a celebrity not particularly known for her social conscience,or her interest in food, has asked California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to become involved in the movement to stop the passage of legislation that would delete many warnings from food labels. What has Ms. Richie’s bib in a

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Brad Pitt’s Divorce Guide Postponed

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NEW YORK – Brad Pitt, who believes that the best way for men on the verge of divorce to maintain their privacy is by moving to a different hotel every week, has announced that the self-help book for men he is writing has fallen behind schedule. Tentatively entitled Break It Like

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Jessica Alba Demands Playboy Insert Nude Photos

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LOS ANGELES – Film star Jessica Alba demanded that Playboy magazine pull its March issue and insert nude photos of her or else face a lawsuit. The actress, who appears on Playboy‘s cover but not inside the magazine, said on Thursday that Playboy‘s editors had misled her “legions of fans” into thinking they would

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The Jessica Simpson Divorce Quiz Redux

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LOS ANGELES – Although Jessica Simpson purchased a $3-million house in Beverly Hills following her split with Nick Lachey, the singer-actress-shoe designer seems to prefer the comfort of the storied Chateau Marmont when she has a date. According to several tabloid publications’ paid informants, however, some of the Chateau Marmont’s

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Bono Nobel Peace Prize Quiz

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WEST CHESTER, Penna. – Irish rock star Bono has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, one of the few significant awards that has eluded him. Time magazine’s 2005 Person of the Year and Rolling Stone magazine’s Most Annoying Celebrity of 2005, “solo male performance in a rock band” category, Mr. Bono could complete

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Nicole Richie Toys with Food and Paparazzi

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MALIBU – Once again Nicole Richie has managed to go out to lunch without actually being photographed eating. The ninety-one-pound starlet lunched with friends for forty-five minutes at an outdoor cafe earlier this week, but not one of the dozens of paparazzi who circled the block in a convoy of

Music

Kevin Federline’s PopoZao Surprisingly Not Bad

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(Two Stars Out of Four, Explicit Lyrics) As rap songs go, Kevin Federline’s “PopoZao,” the first single off his Straight Outta Malibu CD that will drop in the spring, slips easily into the middle of the 2 Pac—not great, not horrible, not chronic, not trash weed. In fact “PopoZao” is dark years

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Angelina Jolie Disappointed by Results of Poll

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MALIBU – Angelina Jolie was not amused to learn that more than two out of three respondents to a recent Internet poll failed to recognize her adopted son’s middle name. Although Ms. Jolie stopped short of questioning the accuracy of the poll—or the integrity of its sponsor—she said the results

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Mariah Carey Declares Comeback Over

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LOS ANGELES – Pop diva Mariah Carey declared after last night’s Grammy awards that her “brilliant comeback year” was over. While one assistant held her Optifast drink and another held her three Grammys, a tearful Ms. Carey told members of the press, “You won’t have Mimi to kick around any

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Britney Spears Driver Safety Quiz

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HOLLYWOOD – Britney Spears responded angrily to “all y’all out there who falsely accused me of being irresponsible for not wearing a seat belt when I was teaching little Sean Preston how to steer.” In a message posted in the “Today’s Truth” section of her website, Spears declared, “People shouldn’t