Entries from November 2007 ↓

True story. This is one of those truly amazing and rare pieces of “news” in this redundant and usually slow-moving gossip world. Apparently Bill Nye got a restraining order on his wife after she showed up in the middle of the night dresed in black with toxic chemicals and pranced on Bill Nye’s precious flower and produce garden.

… No. Really.

Bill Nye “The Science Guy” is asking a Los Angeles County judge for protection from his wife, after she pulled a late night raid on his flower and produce gardens. One needn’t be scientific to know that marriage isn’t going well!

TMZ obtained a request for a temporary restraining order, filed by Nye against his wife of just one year, Blair Tindal. In the handwritten documents, Bill claims his estranged wife showed up at his Studio City home on Labor Day, dressed in black and armed with two large bottles “filled with some sort of solvent” to do damage to his garden, which he says provides “food produce.”

And it gets crazier!

Nye also alleges that the herbicide was “quite toxic” and thought Tindall might have squirted him in the eyes with it had she gotten closer. Not very Nyes!

Tindall responded to the order by describing the midnight bad vegetables incident as a “foolish, sophomoric act of poor judgment” brought on by a series of personal and family problems. She also strongly denied being a threat to Nye, and accuses him of “emotional cruelty.” The out of orbit couple wed last February in a curious ceremoy officiated by Pastor Rick Warren, author of “The Purpose Driven Life.”

Well I think she was getting it right up until the part where she decided her best form of retribution was through the man’s effing garden. His GARDEN. At least she dressed in black. But it’s obvious this woman has not tried to fuck with someone since she was, oh… twelve years old. Though it was nice touch to use chemicals to get to Bill Nye (the science guy), of all people. I bet she was all “THIS IS METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE, BITCHES!” and he was all, “OH NO! NOT METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE ON MY PRECIOUS CUCUMBERS AND DAFFODILS!” and he called his lawyer on the spot. We need more pseudo-celebrity crazies like this, I tell ya.

Here we have Avril Lavigne at the American Music Awards last night. This photo stands out because her eyes are so noticeably red. But why are they red? At first I thought, “Ha ha, Avril’s stoned,” and decided that if I were Avril Lavigne, I probably would need to be stoned to simply put up with being me. Then I pondered all the glitter around her eyes and thought maybe that could be the culprit. What do you think?

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I hate to admit it (no, really, I hate to admit this, and will probably experience pain by way of funky karma as a result), but I kind of love the dress she wore on the red carpet. But I’m consoling myself with this admission by thinking that I only love it in relation to what she usually wears. In the grand scheme of things, it’s probably a super shitty outfit - the shoes probably make a lame squeaky sound when they touch each other, the dress really is borderline white-trash-hooker, the eye-makeup is still over the top. It’s just that in her douchiness and overplayed sk8er lameness, she’s lowered the bar a bit.

The last thing we need is another celebrity scientologist. Why can’t people just google that shit and see how completely insane it is? Oh well - Ush has apparently been brainwashed by his crazy pregnant wife enough already, what’s the harm in adding a little cult-induced brainwashing to the list? I’m sure his wife digs as deep into his pockets as scientology will.

From Star Magazine:

It looks like Scientology is adding another celebrity to it’s ranks… Usher! “He’s so excited,” a source close to the singer tells Star, “He’s in training now.” The reason: fatherhood! “He thinks it’s important to raise his baby as a Scientology,” says the source. Usher, who is expecting a boy with new wife Tameka Foster any day now, is so serious that he co-chaired a $1,500-a-plate fundraiser for both his New Look Foundation and Scientology’s controversial New York City Rescue Workers Detoxification Project in Las Vegas on November 3. The project claims to help Ground Zero workers detox with the help of saunas and vitamins instead of medication. Meanwhile, über-Scientologist Tom Cruise sits on the board of Usher’s foundation, which tries to assist “underserved communities” through social programs.

Just so everyone’s clear here - scientology is a dirty, creepy cult. They do not care about “underserved communities”. They do not care about detoxifying rescue workers. They care about MONEY and ALIENS. And they spend their money on pristine alien underarm hair for John Travolta’s hair pieces. The end.

Oh, Julia - why did you do this? What would compel you to be such a douche? Was there a fire? Bloody orifices? Only douches park in the handicapped spot when they are not in fact handicapped. I suppose I could crack a joke about how her idiocy has rendered her handicapped, but usually she seems so down to earth and sensible.. but there’s just no excuse for this kinda crap. No excuse. Julia Roberts, you have made everyone at Scandie quite disappointed-face today.

The only reason I watched this video in its entirety was out of hopes that the dork in the white (Joe Jonas, apparently) would fall once more and make a total ass out of himself on television (or in this case, Youtube) multiple times. I can assure you - he only falls once. It’s pretty hilarious. So you have Scandie’s seal of approval on the first 20 seconds of this video. The rest of it is really lame, though.

I am so giddy with excitement about the new season of Project Runway. We’re talking one week, people! November 14th can’t come any sooner. I spend a lot of time bashing television in general - especially reality tv - but I can’t deny my love of Project Runway.

Heidi Klum is adorable, Tim Gunn is hilarious and heartwarming.. and the contestants are so passionate about clothes. It’s just great. Anyway, the Season 4 kickoff / fashion show was last night and I was really impressed with most of the looks!

I have to start this out with Heidi because I love her dress. She’s also wearing a lot of her clover-inspired Mouawad jewelry line.

This was possibly my favorite, but it’s hard to see why without being able to view the back of it. It’s lovely.

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Here’s Mariah Carey performing at the 18th Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards. You can see in her eyes how pissed she is that the show’s producers weren’t able to make her silhouette jewel-studded to match the microphone. That’s the most insincere smile I think I’ve ever seen.

I love Amanda Peet. I really do. And I salute her courage for so often not giving a damn and dressing comfortably. But she’s so beautiful! It would be nice to see her dolled up more often, especially if she is aware that she’s going to an event with a red carpet.

Okay just kidding, I have the best friends in the world, I’m sure they only lie to me when absolutely necessary. Anyway, moving onto the actual news story…

It seems that Tom from Myspace (just in case you were wondering, I defriended him within minutes of getting my Myspace account) has been - wait for it - lying about his age. Gasp!

But it turns out that Tom, who, along with cofounder Chris DeWolfe, made a fortune when News Corp. bought MySpace for $580 million in 2005, may have a secret: his real age. According to public documents obtained by NEWSWEEK—including professional license information, voter registration and utility and telephone service applications—Anderson is five years older than he claims. His online profile currently lists his age as 32, but it appears he was actually born on Nov. 8, 1970, meaning he’ll turn 37 next week, not 33.

Rumors about Anderson’s age began to spread last week, when the blog TechCrunch suggested that he was 36 or 37. Anderson and MySpace declined multiple requests for comment, and the company would not confirm his birth date. “I’m pretty bummed out about it,” says 25-year-old Andrew Haynes, a Seattle comedian. “I’ve always taken MySpace with a grain of salt, but Tom was my first friend. It’s kind of messed up that he lied to me.” Either way, he’s laughing all the way to the bank.

It is messed up. Almost as messed up as my 14 year old sister claiming she’s 84 on her Myspace. Dubya-tee-eff, people? Can we not just be honest about how old we are? Anyway, this whole entry is pointless because Myspace is the scum of the earth - Viva la Facebook!!