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How’s this for irony: British millionaire James “Jimi” Heselden was a big fan of Segway scooters. So much so, that he bought the company that makes them in January. Continue »

Vaseline ought to be ashamed of themselves:

Skincare group Vaseline has introduced a skin-lightening application for Facebook in India, enabling users to make their faces whiter in their profile pictures. Continue »

A lil dab will do you: A British study concludes that products of swirling are real purdy and successful and just plain better than folks who are plain ol’ black or white. Pop the hood. Continue »

A Georgian luge athlete died yesterday before having a chance to realize his Olympic dream. Nodar Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled and crashed during a high-speed training run at the Olympic Sliding Center in Whistler, British Columbia. Kumaritashvili later died at a hospital. More details on the flipside. Continue »

We just received word that Katherine Jackson has been given legal guardianship status of Jackson’s three children. Round 1 goes to the Jackson family.

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Fugly faux-soul songstress Amy Winehouse now must cope with the news that her estranged hubby knocked up another woman: Continue »

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Mr. T. is letting it be know that he doesn’t give a damn hell about what Hugh Heffner and his tender playboy slut-bunnies have to offer:

THE A-TEAM star MR T is proud of his decision to reject the Hollywood party scene – insisting he has turned down more than 25 invites to HUGH HEFNER’s famous Playboy mansion. The 56-year-old actor, real name Lawrence Tureaud, argues he has always preferred to shun the spotlight. Continue »

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Mel B is giddier than a mutha behind the judge’s child support ruling: Continue »

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And here she is. The girl we love to hate, Amy Winehouse. Guess this batch didn’t get the memo that her holiday fling isn’t trying to see her fugly ass like that:

Amy Winehouse insists she has kicked her drug habit – after falling in love with hunky actor Josh Bowman during her holiday in St Lucia. Continue »

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Pull out the Vaseline – manufactured diva hopeful, Alexandra Burke, is trying to push up on Breezy, and RiRi is not having any of that:

Rihanna is keeping boyfriend Chris Brown on a tight leash – she has banned him from having any contact with British pop star Alexandra Burke, according to reports. Burke – who won the British equivalent of American Idol, X Factor, in December last year – has made no secret of her crush on Brown.

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Via US Weekly:

Following a report in a British-owned celebrity magazine that had Clooney saying that Illinois Senator Barack Obama would indeed be tossing his hat into the 2008 presidential ring, the actor has asked his rep to personally confirm that he does not own a crystal ball.

“I said I’ve talked to the senator [Barack Obama] and begged him to run, and I hope he does,” Clooney said in a prepared statement from his rep. “There’s no news scoop from me. He’ll make up his mind on his own schedule.”

Is America ready for Barack? I can see the Republicans cooking up negative ads on Barack smoking rocks in college and his middle name being “Hussein”. It may be too many hypocritical gay republicans for this trick to work in 2008 .