Style-Spotlight

For those of you who have not been surfing the web all weekend, here is the latest news on Britney Spears. Apparently a deal was set fourth with her and PEOPLE magazine to publish the first interview and pics of her new Baby boy, Preston Spears. Something happened after the shoot, and Britney “freaked” out and wanted to pull the plug, saying she felt selling pics of her baby would be selling him out, and she didn’t want to do that. Then, somehow, a few of those photos found their way to the World Wide Web, and Britney released a statement lashing out at everyone who posted the photos on websites. Her label and reps immediately threatened to sue over the stolen pics, and craziness erupted all over sites on the net.

I find this an interesting situation. I do not think negatively about Britney changing her mind, I feel she has every right to want to keep her child in a private light. But, the photos were already taken and walked out the door when she did have this change of heart. Now, no one on the “net” was using the photos for profit. Sure, photos bring hits to sites. But why the huge threat to sue everyone for doing something, that in Internet terms, is perfectly legal? It is not illegal to post a picture on a site, nor is it illegal to copy and paste it from one site to another (Unless one is claiming copyright to the photo. Then, yes, grounds for suing permittable). Morally, I think she was hurt and angry. But Britney, this is the field you chose for your career, and for your name, and ulitmately, Your son’s name. He will never NOT be famous. He will never NOT have photos of him floating around the internet….for the rest of his life. I apologize that you changed your mind, and re-evaluated your decision, only to have it thrown in your face. But face your reality sweetie. You are, and your son is, a desired public icon….and people will always stab you in the back to make a buck…. That’s Hollywood, and boy it stinks.

I’ve simplified the whole blog/site down. It’s now just a blog with fewer categories that will be easier on the visitors and for the advertisers. The landing page is now the Blog, but we still have a “main” page, which is fun with changing content and has a fresh redesign, it’s much better to look at.

Check it all out & enjoy yourselves.

Katie Holmes wants to be referred to, now, as “Kate” and she will change her last name to “Cruise” once wed.

InTouch,

“Tom calls her Kate, so he suggested she start going by that professionally.”

The Superficial pointed out that Tom is “naming” Katie and that she suffers from an Electra Complex. I say, he’s renaming her for her “born again” discovery of Scientology. He’s tying her down to housewife freedom.

She is so brainwashed by that Tom and his Scientology. That’s what this “religion” (read: cult) does to people, it’s sick.

Katie was sweet, charming and her. And you know that starlets rarely change from their maiden names when marrying! This is too much.

Britney Spears has decided to share her newest fantasy with us. Men, women, and even children are encouraged to indulge themselves. And while men are indeed welcome, Britney’s new fantasy involves mostly women.

Parents, there is no need to start writing letters to your congressman about Britney or this site. The Fantasy she is sharing with everyone is her new fragrance by that name. I also want to say sorry to the men out there, because I know what you were thinking.

Despite the scent’s name this parfum is a reality. Fantasy Britney Spears is the new fragrance created by the singer, and in my opinion it is better than Curious, her first attempt.

Fantasy has a balanced scent because it is sweet but not too sweet, and strong but not too strong. If used in small amounts, even a man can wear this fragrance.

One of the great things about Fantasy is that if you are one of those girls who likes to wear a lot of perfume, this won’t cause that overbearing alcohol smell. Most fragrances’ scents become sickly when applied too generously. It is also great because the scent lasts for hours.

If you are a fan of Britney’s first fragrance you should sample Fantasy. Even those of you who may not be a fan of Britney herself, you should still have a thought to giving this Fantasy a try.

After the previously non-famous Radar Magazine accused Vanity Fair of issuing a paler-skinned, already fair beauty, Beyoncé Knowles for its cover feature, there was much ado from celebrities. Not all of them were against the abundant “art” of photo retouching in the magazine business, but Eric McCormack gave an intelligent lecture (and a great quote) opposing the procedure:

“I think it’s wrong. I think it’s immoral and insane. I think our society and this town is going out of its mind. The cover of the Star magazine is [Jessica] Simpson and her husband and their sham marriage, enough! People, it’s enough! I want to scream at the magazines, but the people are buying them. People, read a book. Read a book.”

Should we feel guilty for writing this “tabloid” blog? Maybe I should write a book! Give me a book deal. Yes.

To be serious, on the picture in question (here: above & right), there are spots on her skin highlighted by light; natural, bulb, or even enhanced, it doesn’t matter; it’s meant to be the light hitting her. There are even darker, in comparison to the amount of lightness, deep brown and black areas on her body. Those are not her natural colors, either, but it is the natural shade. What’s insane here is the scandal and attention caught on this particular instance of this issue, which is large, itself, but not in this one case.

Apparently, this is Britney,

on October 15th, 2005. Exactly 1 month after giving birth to son Sean Preston Spears.

Scroll back up. WHAT?!

Ohhh, my.

I think I need to run a few miles on the treadmill.

And then I’m going to eat a Chocolate Chip Chocolate Cake with chocolate whipped cream frosting.

On last night’s Apprentice, the Mean Girls clique’s junior high cattiness heated up when the women ganged up on Capitol Edge “team member” Toral. Their popularity appeal won over the entire cast after they ganged up to successfully name the outsider as the next “loser,” or in Trump terms, get her Fired.

I am outraged and cannot believe that the “game” they ran worked. The 4 blondes picked the tiniest aspect of The Task (create a mascot for Dairy Queen) to ask Toral to “step up” to as her part in the campaign (wearing the costume) and use as leverage to focus on in the (inevitable) losing boardroom, if (and when) she refused (to lower herself in such a way).

In the end, even friend, Rebecca, resorted to claiming Toral should be fired, just to keep herself in the game. Surprisingly, Trump, and even shrewd Carolyn (who watched the beginnings of this hatch play out), succumbed to the magic of the Queen Bees. Not an argument was made for the issue of this absurd, tiny little thing of refusing to wear the suit. This did not lose the task! It was not an important role! How about someone merely mention that Toral was the only one of them who called their stupid “doodle” (original schematic design) “goofy” or said anything negative about it? They lost because of the character design!

And maybe Toral was really fired for her behavior in the boardroom; she was resorted to lying, and then … she said she wouldn’t dress in a cartoonish costume, like say a chicken costume, because it is demeening. Trump then replied that he dressed as a chicken for SNL last year.

Ooooooooh!

*stunned silence in the room*

Perhaps Toral should have paid more attention to The Donald’s career?

All in all, this is like one big conspiracy or a murder case ending with a guilty verdict on circumstancial evidence. However we view Toral, it just wasn’t right.

It appears that the scheme won over the popular “vote” as well, in NBC’s poll: Did Rebecca betray Toral in the conference room? 90% said “No.”

You corporate-pig Americans! Open your eyes to reality!

I’m fired up!

This is just a television musing post, and it comes about 4 days late. I watched 7th Heaven last Monday (hush), and this thought just dawned on me, today. Let’s recap a bit of story.

The father’s a minister and the parents “raise their children right.” They teach the kids not to have sex before marriage (oh, that works, well) and forbid sensible things such as moving in with a significant other before making the ultimate commitment of marriage.

Fine. Teach your children that, if you do it well.

But this is what Simon did to get his parent’s approval of his situation, he proposed to his girlfriend. He asked her to marry him. Obviously, we see a problem, but it’s something else I’m more concerned with in this post chatter; he bought a ring. People, Simon is poor, and you know how he said he paid for it? Well, to quote, “I don’t have money, but I have credit.”

Ahhh! Credit Cards are more dangerous than that red “war” button in the oval office. His parents didn’t teach these kids the ACTUAL sensibilities of life and the real ways of the world. What’s worse, is he is going to start off his marriage and family buy buying a rock, setting them off on a rocky path. This new family is going to have to struggle to get by, surely.

The girl (Eve from Angel, sidebar)? She’s no good, herself, asking Simon, “that center stone’s a full carat, right?”

*chuckle* Good luck, Simon!

(What else is on Mondays at 8 p.m. EST?)

Sean Preston has popped out of Mama Spears, now she’s hard at work nursing her body back into shape (literally, breast-feeding takes off pounds).

It’s said she won’t leave the house until she is her sexy self, again. (I feel ya, girl, but will your image really return after glamor shots like these: pictured right.)

What concerns me is the feeling that she might work harder at lowering that scale number than raising this baby. Family or Image? Hmm. Which is it, really? Family image? That’s somewhere in the middle.

It is widely assumed by intelligent observers that relationships in Hollywood bloom and fade at opportune times. Stars hook up to heat up, not their libidos, but their press coverage. Brad left Jennifer after Friends had ended. Perhaps their partnership was no longer needed, in someone’s eyes? Maybe it was a publicity boost for a changing career; sympathy for Aniston. And, of course, there was buzz for Pitt’s movie, Mrs. and Mrs. Smith; the co-stars actually getting together? Perfection! (in sickos’ eyes).

There will not be a new season of Newlyweds; it should only make sense that such a titled show would not make a long run. But there are now well-founded rumors that the “real-life” marriage is over, as well. (Seen without rings!) It makes sense for the pair to couple-up and mock infatuation (& hardly realistically portray compatibility) just to shoot a television series for the respective popularity-waining stars (at that time). I believe they once were an item, but they broke up over their differences, and the way I see it: they reconciled only for “the show.”

“New”-ness does not last long, and Newlyweds couldn’t realistically last on television, to attempt that would be an obvious vie for attention (how cheap). Now with the series over, the actual people can move on. In slowly weaning out of the facade, they can pull in even more buzz, until—perhaps—it finally comes to an “explosion” in an announcement of a break-up.

Perhaps the calculated time will be about when Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica: The Final Season is released to DVD, on December 6th (timed, itself, for the last minute holiday rush).

But maybe they won’t make the trick last that long. In two weeks, October 26th, will be the third anniversary of that publicized wedding. What “surprise” may burst on us, then? Will the pair celebrate … together? Let’s be nice and feign concern, for it might be the last hurrah in their separate careers, if not for their joint one.

Read another very interesting article on the near-rise and certain-demise of Nick & Jessica.