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Remember Sarah Michelle Gellar? Of course you do. She was fighting vampires before it was cool. You know, after it was cool the first time? Anyway, we haven't heard much out of her, lo these past...
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Video: Lindsay Lohan Blows (Through A Stop Sign In Her Maserati)Did you ever play the game "Kidnapped" in elementary school? It wasn't really a "thing", per se. In fact, we might've been the only ones playing it, and it might've been just in our heads. Which would be par for the course. Anyway, in the game, we pretended that we'd awoken in a strange bed in a...
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Warning: Gary Busey Impersonator Roams The Highways Of CaliforniaHave you seen this man? Probably so. In fact, you've probably seen him making this very face on red carpets and in mug shots for the past several years. And what about The Mask? Totally based on this face. Large Marge, too. Or so we've heard. It's a distinctive face is what we're saying. A scary...
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Hollywood Is Bored: Celebrities Driving Safe, Predictable SnoozemobilesHere is a list of things that would be surprising: 1. Anne Heche making a comeback. 2. Weapons of mass destruction discovered in Britney Spears' bonus room. 3. Certain members of our staff not standing in line for the newest Apple-branded colostomy bag (or whatever proprietary whirligig they're...
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George Michael And The GaolerSo, George Michael: Britain's death-wishy answer to Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, and Kevin Spacey. He's like the holiday turducken no one wants to eat. This photo says it all, right? We think it was taken the night that he crashed his Land Rover through the front window of a photo shop. (Side...
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Emmy Awards Offer Infiniti PossibilitiesSomething's up at Infiniti. We're just not sure what. Compared to its Asian luxury rivals, Lexus and Acura, Infiniti is usually pretty quiet. But over the past week or so, the brand has popped up in conversation several times -- notably, in rumors about more hybrid models and a new Essence sports...
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A year ago, the thought of Oompa-Loompas made us smile. Sure, they were a little creepy, what with their bite-size stature and fake bake-gone-terribly-wrong tan jobs, but whatever: they had their...
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Acclaimed Hollywood Plastic Surgeon May Have Died While TweetingWe don't know for sure what caused Dr. Frank Ryan's 1995 Jeep Wrangler to hurtle off the Pacific Coast Highway and down a cliff on Monday afternoon. We do know, however, that he didn't survive the crash. We also know that he was tweeting moments earlier. That doesn't sound good. Thankfully, Ryan's...
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Jay Leno, Arnold Schwarzenegger, And A Porsche Steering WheelMan With Steering Wheel: ...And this, of course, is the steering wheel. Jay Leno: Ordinarily, that's connected to the car, right? MWSW: Ach! You Americans. Such kopfschmerzen you give me. How do you put up with it, Arnold? Arnold Schwarzenegger: ...Huh? MWSW: I asked how you put up with all the...
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Reese Witherspoon Is Nothing If Not LoyalAll cards on the table: we think Reese Witherspoon is a big ol' slice of awesome. Not that she's fat or anything; when we say "big ol'", we just mean that she seems extremely awesome. She's a study in contrasts: a Southern girl with a tiny bit of a wild streak; pretty and refined, but not opposed...
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Ali Fedotowsky Buys A Convertible. So Is She A Celebrity Yet?Somehow, The Bachelorette is still on the air, which probably means that someone is still watching it, which probably means that some people out there know who Ali Fedotowsky is. We are not those people. However, her name shows up a lot in the news feeds, and it's fairly hard to miss, so in our...
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Jessica Alba's Smile Meets L.A.'s Thin, Unimpressed Blue LinePoor Jessica Alba. The girl can't seem to catch a break. Sure, she's been genetically gifted. Sure, she's got a handsome husband and a cute kid. But Good Luck Chuck? The Love Guru? Ouch. Now she's been pulled over by one of Los Angeles' finest. Our powers of telepathy are on the fritz today (damn...
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Here is what we've learned today:
A) Newt Gingrich is still alive.
B) Someone at Esquire thinks he's still relevant.
C) In the late 1990s, at the same time Gingrich was raking Bill Clinton over the...
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Video: Tila Tequila Makes An Adult Film, Buys A LamborghiniThere are three things we know for sure: 1. Life sucks. 2. That dude from Jet Blue completely staged his exit (which is not to say it wasn't awesome, though it pales in comparison to Wendy O. Williams' jump from a moving bus). 3. Tila Tequila is the love child of Anna Nicole Smith and Imelda...
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Ryan Seacrest: 'Please Notice My Girlfriend. PLEASE.'Hi, everybody! I'm Ryan Seacrest! You may remember me from such TV programs as American Idol and Bromance. That's a funny name, right? "Bromance"? It's like when two guys hang out a lot and really dig each other. BUT NOTHING ELSE. Would you like to see my girlfriend? Here she is, in the picture at...
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Mark Wahlberg's Hollywood Stop Earns Him A Hollywood TicketDear Marky Mark: Time is a cruel mistress, isn't she? Always in a rush, always aloof. You stop to tie your shoe, and by the time you look up, she's halfway down the block, ducking into Starbucks for another double-shot cappuccino with soy. (As if she needs more energy, right?) Heck, just look at...
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Tara Reid Still MattersRemember that face? It's Tara Reid, the Neve Campbell of her generation. Ah, memories. We haven't heard much from Tara lately, apart from occasional tidbits about her ongoing plastic surgery troubles and certain photos unfit for family-friendly websites like this one (but which can easily be...
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Christina Aguilera Goes Shopping For SpeedNews flash: Christina Aguilera has a need for speed. News flashier: unlike many of her pop tartelette colleagues, she wants the legal kind. Behind the link, you'll see a very recent shot of Xtina browsing the merch at a Ferrari dealership in Calabasas, California. Presumably this is what celebrity...
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Before we interviewed Vanilla Ice (aka Robert Van Winkle) earlier this year, we'd written the guy off as a one-hit wonder and year-round D-lister. But over the course of our chat, we changed our...
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Alyssa Milano Is Charmed By The Nissan LeafThere's been a lot of talk about electric rides lately, most of it having to do with the Chevrolet Volt and the Nissan Leaf. (They're not the only EVs on the market, obviously, just the two getting most of the publicity right now.) What's weird is this: much of the chatter about the Volt seems...
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Today In Mysteries: Who Is Kim G And Why Do We Care?It's the end of July, which means that summer is quickly coming to a close, which leaves us feeling a little wistful -- a little introspective. And so, we're doing some soul-searching, asking questions of ourselves we might not ordinarily ask. Such as: 1. Why do we watch reality television? 2. More...
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Video: Maria Sharapova Takes The Tesla Roadster For A SpinBack in March, Tesla launched the Odyssey of Pioneers: a 22,000 mile, round-the-world tour of its all-electric Roadster, specially tricked out by Tesla's brand partner, watchmaker TAG Heuer. The fun began in Switzerland, then moved across Europe to India, China, and Japan. Now, the TAG Heuer Tesla...
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Reggie Jackson Sends 15 Cars To The 2010 Mecum Monterey AuctionIf you're a baseball fan and a car nut, you might want to book your tickets for next month's Mecum Monterey Auction: superstar slugger Reggie Jackson is sending not one, not two, but 15 cars to the block. In a press release, the folks at Mecum highlight Jackson's prized 1969 ZL1 Chevrolet Camaro --...
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Today In Celebrity Beverages: Ice-T, Coco Pulled Over For Not Wearing Seat BeltsDear Ice-T: Yes, you have to wear a seatbelt, even though you cart around your own set of airbags. (Tell Coco we said "hi"!) xoxo Your Friends at CelebsAndCars.com P.S. Is it ironic that you and Coco were pulled over shortly after competing in a rally sponsored by Amp energy drinks? Was that a...
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