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Kanye West disses Patrick Swayze

Kanye West disses Patrick Swayze

LOS ANGELES – While country/pop starlet Taylor Swift is still enjoying the ratings boost that resulted from partially-literate Kanye West’s interruption of her acceptance speech during the 2009 VMAs, West has moved on to a target less likely to react to attack - Patrick Swayze, who lost his battle with cancer and died on September [...]

‘Dora The Explorer’ to introduce new, chubby, Native American friend

‘Dora The Explorer’ to introduce new, chubby, Native American friend

LOS ANGELES — Nickelodeon announced plans this week  to introduce a Native American character on its popular children’s show “Dora the Explorer.” The announcement is part of a strategically planned move designed to counter fallout from new research that identifies a major obesity risk for 1 in 5 U.S. preschoolers.
Native Americans are more likely than [...]

Doll maker tries to profit from Caylee Anthony, other celebrity death

Doll maker tries to profit from Caylee Anthony, other celebrity death

After her Caylee Anthony tribute doll was pulled from auction by Ebay.com, Threatricia Playsmell-Blabbard, a Texas reborn doll creator, has turned to other high-profile casualties as a means to propel her business.
“I was wrongly accused of being a death-monger.  That’s just plain wrong.  I don’t even know what ‘monger’ means, but I’m pretty sure I’m [...]

Disney sues doll-maker over trademark violation

Disney sues doll-maker over trademark violation

BURBANK, Calif – The Walt Disney Company is no stranger to lawsuits and has in fact been on both sides of the trademark violation issue.  In 1991, Stephen Slesinger Inc. brought suit against Disney over the rights for A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh, and although the case was later dismissed, the threat of legal battle [...]

When a grown man plays with dolls

When a grown man plays with dolls

It’s no surprise that men comprise only the smallest percentage of doll collectors.  And, its even more rare to find a man willing to go on record as being a collector.
“The act of an adult male playing with a doll is, in itself, not that unusual,” says Dr. Vivian Wilkerson, professor of gender studies at [...]

The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick has gotten it wrong - again

The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick has gotten it wrong - again

The Bachelor’s Jason Mesnick says he got it wrong yet again.  Not the wrong woman, the wrong gender.  Now he says that his true love was right before his eyes the entire time, in “The Bachelor” host, Chris Harrison.
The meticulously oiled, endearingly ape-faced man-pastry, Mesnick, first captured the hearts of American women when he signed [...]

Columbia Pictures announces Karate Kid Rock

Columbia Pictures announces Karate Kid Rock

LOS ANGELES – The recent announcement from Columbia Pictures that Kid Rock will take the lead in its soon-to-be filmed remake of the 1984 cult classic “Karate Kid” has the original Daniel-san waxing angry.
When plans to use mega-star Will Smith’s young son Jaden as the lead gave way to criticisms that the boy was too [...]

Shotgun in Rihanna’s future?

Shotgun in Rihanna’s future?

Rihanna has remained silent about the details of the attack she allegedly suffered at the hands of cocoa-smooth R&B warbler, Chris Brown, but her silence has not discouraged fan support.
“Rihanna’s been blessed with an outpouring of love- her fans have always been solid,” said Rihanna spokeswoman Casheeda Orlinn. “She’s received everything from boxes of [...]

Octuplet mom Suleman is still a virgin

Octuplet mom Suleman is still a virgin

In an interview with Good Morning America’s Diane Sawyer, Nadya Suleman, the single mother who brought her total number of children to 14 last month when she gave birth to octuplets, has just affirmed her virginity.
“Most mothers have had sex. But not me. My entire life, I’ve wanted children, but I’ve never wanted [...]

Miley Cyrus: I’m not racist; I love the gays and the fatties.

Miley Cyrus: I’m not racist; I love the gays and the fatties.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif – Perhaps Miley Cyrus is relishing her new role as self-described Hollywood “bad girl,” because just days after Cyrus’s racially insensitive photo emerged (the one in which she and friends pull their eyelids into exaggerated caricatures of an Asian stereotype,) several new pictures have surfaced, and this time it’s more than Asian Pacific [...]

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