Avril Lavigne Vacation

Continuing her sunny vacation, away from the northern winter blahs, Avril Lavigne was spotted taking a dip in the pool at her resort in Miami, Florida yesterday.

The "Girlfriend" singer was looking cute in a sky blue two-piece bathing suit, along with some rock star shades, as she sipped a drink.

And it sounds like Avril's thinking about joining the ranks of Celine Dion, Shania Twain, and Britney Spears in the world of celebrity fragrance lines.

According to documents filed last month with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, she wants exclusive rights to her own name when it comes to products including fragrances, aftershave, bath soap, body lotion, and talc.

Maybe we’ll all get to shower and smell like Avril someday!

Source Celebrity Gossip

Does your work pay you right?

My question is does your company pay you what they agreed to pay you, because mine doesn't. About two months ago my boss said there were all these unused hours on the contract my team works on and that if anyone could help make up these hours they would be compensated. After asking what the compensation was my boss finally said for the extra time you work you will be paid at whatever the hourly rate of your salary is.

For the last month and a half, I've been putting lots of extra hours and my boss hasn't compensated me AT ALL. NOT EVEN A F@CKING THANK YOU. So I talked to her about this and she claims she never said the company would compensate us (me), which is the biggest load of sh!t I've ever heard.

I Really need advice, what do you think I should do?

2008 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners

The 2008 Screen Actors Guild awards have come and gone, and the winners of this year’s ceremony took even the biggest movie buffs by surprise.

The top honors for Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role went to Daniel Day Lewis for his role in There Will Be Blood, while the top leading lady ended up being Julie Christie for her work in Away From Her.

The complete list of SAG award winners is as follows:

FILM

Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

George Clooney, Michael Clayton
Winner: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Ryan Gosling, Lars and the Real Girl
Emile Hirsch, Into the Wild
Viggo Mortensen, Eastern Promises

Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Cate Blanchett, Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Winner: Julie Christie, Away From Her
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose
Angelina Jolie, A Mighty Heart
Ellen Page, Juno

Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Casey Affleck, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Winner: Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men
Hal Holbrook, Into the Wild
Tommy Lee Jones, No Country for Old Men
Tom Wilkinson, Michael Clayton

Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Cate Blanchett, I’m Not There
Winner: Ruby Dee, American Gangster
Catherine Keener, Into the Wild
Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone
Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton

Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

3:10 to Yuma
American Gangster
Hairspray
Into the Wild
Winner: No Country for Old Men

Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

300
Winner: The Bourne Ultimatum
I Am Legend
The Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean:
At World’s End

TELEVISION

Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

Winner: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Hugh Laurie, House
James Spader, Boston Legal

Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

Glenn Close, Damages
Winner: Edie Falco, The Sopranos
Sally Field, Brothers & Sisters
Holly Hunter, Saving Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

Winner: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
Ricky Gervais, Extras
Jeremy Piven, Entourage
Tony Shaloub, Monk

Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

Christina Applegate, Samantha Who?
America Ferrera, Ugly Betty
Winner: Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Mary-Louise Parker, Weeds
Vanessa Williams, Ugly Betty

Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

Boston Legal
The Closer
Grey’s Anatomy
Mad Men
Winner: The Sopranos

Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

30 Rock
Desperate Housewives
Entourage
Winner: The Office
Ugly Betty

Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Michael Keaton, The Company
Winner: Kevin Kline, As You Like It
Oliver Platt, The Bronx Is Burning
Sam Shepard, Ruffian
John Turturro, The Bronx Is Burning

Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries

Ellen Burstyn, Mitch Albom’s For One More Day
Debra Messing, The Starter Wife
Anna Paquin, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Winner: Queen Latifah, Life Support
Gena Rowlands, What if God Were the Sun?
Vanessa Redgrave, The Fever

Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

Winner: 24
Heroes
Lost
Rome
The Unit

Eagles -vs- the Cowboys

This is what happens when you drink, have a big TV, a camera and have your favorite team (Eagles) beat the cowboys.

Heath Ledger Found Dead

According to reports, Heath was found lying naked and unconscious on a bed with "pills scattered around his body." When paramedics responded, the actor "was in full cardiac arrest. They attempted to perform CPR on him, but were unsuccessful."

Meanwhile, NYPD spokeswoman Stephanie Jaramillo refused to comment on the cause of death, saying only that "the investigation is still ongoing."

Update:A rep for Heath Ledger's family says the Brokeback Mountain actor's death was accidental, with an autopsy scheduled for tomorrow.

To watch video footage covering Heath's death - Click Here!

To watch video footage of Heath being removed from his apartment - Click Here!

Below are a few pictures of Heath on the set of "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" last week (January 18), along with a photo remembrance of Heath's life.

Source ~ http://www.celebrity-gossip.net

Should American Idol Throw in the Towel

NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox's "American Idol" returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere.

Tuesday's debut was seen by an estimated 33.2 million viewers, down 11 percent from the 37.4 million who watched the first show, according to preliminary ratings by Nielsen Media Research.

That still ranks as the most-watched show of the TV season, excluding sports. The previous high was the 25.4 million who saw the season premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS in the fall. More people were watching Fox in those two hours than the combined audience for ABC, CBS, NBC and the CW.

It was a noticeably nicer "American Idol" after producers were criticized last year for meanness during the audition rounds of the talent contest.

Yet the ratings will be watched closely for signs of further erosion. There was a very slight decline in viewership last season compared to 2006.

Do you think American Idol Throw in the Towel?

Can Oprah get any more money

(01-15) 16:06 PST New York (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey is getting her own TV network. OWN — for Oprah Winfrey Network — will debut next year in nearly 70 million homes with cable and satellite, part of a deal announced Tuesday with Discovery Communications. It will replace the Discovery Health network.

The announcement builds a media empire that already includes the top-rated TV talk show, a magazine, a satellite radio network, a Web site and TV movies made under her banner.

"This is an evolution of what I've been able to do every day," Winfrey said. "I will now have the opportunity to do this 24 hours a day on a platform that goes on forever."

She will be chairwoman of the network, owned 50-50 by Discovery and her company, Harpo Productions Inc. In return for taking over a network already operated by Discovery, Winfrey gives half ownership of the Oprah.com Web site.

Discovery owns 13 networks in the United States, including Discovery, TLC and Animal Planet. Discovery Health is one of the least successful, and company President and CEO David Zaslav was looking for ideas about what to do with it when his wife handed him a copy of Oprah's magazine.

He approached Winfrey about a partnership, coincidentally shortly after she had come upon an entry for her diary dated May 24, 1992, when she wrote about her idea for creating her own network.

"David came and really spoke about the vision I'd been having for 15 years," she said. "It felt like, 'I can't believe you're saying this.'"

Zaslav said that Discovery's core mission is knowledge and curiosity and "this is right in our sweet spot."

Winfrey envisions the programming dealing with issues such as money, health, weight, relationships and raising children. Some of the stable of in-house experts she uses on "Oprah" and the XM satellite radio station might be expected to contribute.

While Winfrey will be the face of the new network, she won't have much of a presence, at least at first. She is under contract to continue on "Oprah" through May 2011, a deal that prohibits the use of reruns on her own network.

After that, she could continue her show on broadcast TV or do it for the cable network, and may reach a deal to allow reruns on OWN. Taking "Oprah" off broadcast TV, however, could reduce its visibility and in turn make the cable network less valuable.

Winfrey said she needed to decide this fall whether to continue her syndicated show beyond 2011.

Winfrey was an early and visible investor in the development of Oxygen, a network for women that was created in the 1990s. She said she quickly determined that Oxygen "did not reflect my voice" and she removed herself from the company's board after a few meetings.

"The difference here is I will have editorial control and there is a vision for what I want to do with this network," she said.

Oxygen was also a startup in an industry where it's becoming harder to introduce new networks, while OWN will have the built-in advantage of already being in nearly two-thirds of the nation's homes with television.

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Am I a bad person because I find this funny

2008 Golden Globe Winners Announced

While the ceremony was canceled due to the ongoing writers’ strike, winners of the 2008 Golden Globe Awards were announced last night at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.

Among the big winners this year were two "Pirates Of the Caribbean" stars, Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp - as Knightley’s film "Atonement" picked up Best Drama, while Depp's "Sweeney Todd" collected the trophy for Best Musical or Comedy.
The complete list of winners is as follows:

FILM

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Atonement

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama
Julie Christie – Away From Her

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Daniel Day-Lewis – There Will Be Blood

Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Marion Cotillard – La Vie En Rose

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
Johnny Depp – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Cate Blanchett – I'm Not There

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Javier Bardem – No Country For Old Men

Best Director - Motion Picture
Julian Schnabel – The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

Best Animated Feature Film
Ratatouille

TELEVISION

Best Television Series – Drama
Mad Men

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama
Glenn Close – Damages

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Jon Hamm – Mad Men

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Extras

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Tina Fey – 30 Rock

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
David Duchovny – Californication

Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Queen Latifah – Life Support

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Samantha Morton – Longford

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jeremy Piven – Entourage

Source ~ Gossipgirls.com

How long until CD's become obsolete

I'm sure you have seen the reports stating CD sales have been falling year after year. I remember as a kid being excited to go to stores like The Wall or Sam Goodies or my local record shop and pick up a new CD. Then I would get home put the CD on and listen to the album while looking at the albums' artwork! It was so great! But as time has gone on I have grown further and further away from buying the actual CD, in fact I can't remember the last physical CD I purchased. And now that I have an iPod…forget it...to be honest I'm not sure if I'll ever buy a physical CD again. So with music accessible with the click of a button through places like iTunes or Amazon, when do you think the physical CD's will become obsolete, because eventually it will cost the record labels more money than it worth?


FYI ~ Album sales for 2007 are now down 15.3% for the year, compared with 2006 (Billboard).

Fire drills at work

So my office has been having fire drills at least once a month, probably more but I’ll give them once a month. Now, we are all adults, do they not think we will be able to find the exit in case of an emergency? To me, fire drills are good for kids in school but to have them so frequently is in my mind is a little ridiculous. The fire drill completely halts any productivity your office was having, because now when the people come back from the fire drill they're going to be talking about how dumb it was for a while and that it was such a waste of time. Do you time monthly fire drills are overkill?

Crazy Britney

It was a chaotic night at the Spears household, as police were called to Britney’s home in a custody dispute that “lasted nearly three hours before an intoxicated Spears reportedly turned over her children to ex-husband Kevin Federline.”

Officer Jason Lee, a police spokesman, told City News Service: “Officers were called to the home around 8 p.m. on Thursday, and the 26-year-old singer turned over the children around 10:50 p.m.”

Lee also said that “Spears was under the influence of an unknown substance, and no injuries were reported.” He added that the incident involved a family dispute that police worked to resolve “peacefully by court order”.

After handing over her sons, Jayden James and Sean Preston, Britney was then placed on a gurney and taken to Cedars Sinai Medical Center for what police are calling a “medical hold” - which is basically a mental evaluation period.

At that time, Jayden was also taken to the hospital in a separate ambulance for unknown reasons, while Sean Preston was whisked off in a black VW.

Stay tuned to Gossip Girls for more updates on this developing story.

In the meantime, enjoy the pictures of Britney being taken to the hospital and Kevin at the scene, along with shots of the pop tart at her deposition earlier in the day (January 3).

source ~ celebrity-gossip.net

Watching a friends dog

OK, a couple I know asked if I would watch their dog for them while they go on their honeymoon. I said OK because I have the same type of dog and I figured they could play all day. They leave for their honeymoon Friday, January 4 and come back January 12. Well, they dropped the dog last night, and since the owners had left the dog has managed to, piss on the couch, piss on the fridge and table, bark all night, and get a neighbor to complain. So all of this happened the first night; now they haven't left for their honeymoon yet, so I’m wondering, am I an asshole if I call them and tell them they need to find a different place for the dog to stay? I’ll drive it to wherever it needs to go so they don't have to be inconvenienced. I just don't want the dog to wreck all my stuff I have worked so hard to get. But my question is, is that a dick thing to do?

Writers' Strike

First let me say, happy new years ~ I hope you all had a fun and safe holiday.
Do you think the writers' strike is justified? And when do you think it will end?

Personally, I think that the writers' strike is warranted. They are the people that make the stars famous. I think the studios' should give into their demands. But as far as the length of time, no one can tell. I just hope it ends soon because I’m getting tired of watching reruns.