• Another adorable animal bites the dust. Life isn't fair. [DListed]
• Demi Lovato, one of the newest little Disney stars, fell on stage during a performance. The good news is people are going to know her name for a couple days. [Yeeeah]
• The Hills' Whitney Port and her new boyfriend need to work on coordinating their outfits a little more successfully. [INO]
• All these photos of Britney Spears shopping in LA remind us of the Sam Lutfi days, and those aren't good memories. [PS]
• Aubrey O'Day is offended that people compare her to Paris Hilton. Paris agrees. [ICYDK]
• Hayden Panettiere shouldn't look this weird in a bikini. [HT]
• The Katie Holmes look is hitting stores. [INO]
• Suri Cruise: Still adorable, still on the bottle, still the second coming of Xenu. [PS]
• Jennifer Aniston wants to have John Mayer's children and "can't wait for Brad Pitt to see pictures of her holding her own baby." All the right reasons. [DListed]
• Jenna Jameson is pregnant. God help us all. [Yeeeah]
• Rihanna and Chris Brown may or may not be dating and now they may or may not be engaged. [ICYDK]
• Introducing the newest problem faced by our youth: Puppy Gangs. [CityRag]
In what should come as a shock to absolutely no one, PETA announced that it is upset with The Dark Knight because of a short scene in which Batman beats a few dogs in self-defense. PETA obviously has nothing better to complain about.
But to really show Batman the error of his ways, the animal rights organization removed him from its list of Top 10 Animal-Friendly Superheroes. Ouch. There's also some great lines in the rant: "They didn't need to make Batman into a dogphobic man!" True poetry. Then PETA asks, "Doesn't the man with the James Bond gadgets know anything about peanut butter treats and deflecting devices?" Um, PETA? Did you even see the movie or are you simply unaware of how dumb you sound?
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The always PR-savvy Lauren Conrad offered a swift rebuttal after yesterday's attacks from organizers of a Humane Society fashion show who claimed LC threw a hissy fit and bailed before fulfilling all of her obligations. We would have refused to walk the stupid runway with those poor dogs dressed in human clothes as well, so we really can't judge. Lauren, however, says otherwise — and went to MySpace to give her side of the story. She threw in a few grammatical errors for good measure, just in case anyone thought the blog was written by her publicist (we're still not convinced).
Click through for her statement. Spoiler alert: We're guessing she's no longer going to be happy posing for pictures with Wendy Diamond (at left).
The Humane Society and Animal Fair magazine hosted a "Paws for Style" dog-fashion show last night in NYC, which sounded harmless enough until gossip started to spread about the backstage drama involving — who else? — The Hills' Lauren Conrad. Evidently Lauren, who was flown to NYC first-class by the Humane Society, was scheduled to close the fashion show featuring celebrities and socialites who coordinated matching outfits with either their own dog or a rescue. (The outfits will be sold on eBay for charity.)
Lauren, however, had other plans, which included buckling under pressure on the red carpet with hard-hitting questions such as, "What kind of dog is it?" She later announced that she wasn't aware she was supposed to walk the runway and bailed without fully honoring her commitment. One unhappy organizer said it best: "There's no cats here, so we didn't need any catfights." That's deep.
But let's get down to the real matter at hand, shall we? What did these poor dogs ever do to deserve these stupid outfits and trips down the runway? None of them look amused — in fact, one seems to be saying, "Can I go back to the shelter now?"
Dane Cook is currently undergoing a legal battle about the always-newsworthy dog poop. No, seriously. Evidently his landlord thinks Dane isn't picking up his dog's poop, but Dane claims he is. And, of course, TMZ is on the case.
The testimony is riveting, as Dane's lawyer insists the poop in question does not belong to his dog because "medium to small-sized dogs create a thumb-sized poop" — smaller than the feces found in the yard. The landlord countered back: "I know what Beast's pooh looks like, unfortunately. It's a dog's signature. Signature. Signature pooh."
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• Gerard Butler is searching for his "dream girl" who he says disappeared during a date a few years ago. OK, fine. It was me. [ICYDK]
• Rich people have problems, too: Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel fight over refrigerator space. [INO]
• Blake Lively's puppy is not above peeing on her owner, now matter how famous she may be. [PS]
• Janet Jackson manages to look both comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time. [SH]
• Mario Lopez on Eva Longoria: "We never dated. Unfortunately. We met a long time ago, and she was always with somebody or I was with somebody." Not like that's stopped him before. [DListed]
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IT WAS JUST A DOG "Tori Spelling's beloved dog Mimi LaRue died Tuesday of natural causes at the age of 11, the actress tells People. 'She was a star and a true lady, and she will be missed greatly,' says Spelling. … 'I'm convinced she waited around to make sure I had the daughter I always dreamt about before she left us. … She was not just a dog but a fashion icon and legend amongst Hollywood dogs.'"
The reasoning behind Living Lohan, according to Dina and Ali, was to show America that the Lohans are just like any other typical family. Luckily, the project has instead turned into a showcase of the repulsiveness of Ali. I specifically remember having this exact same conversation with my mother — I wanted a cat of my own, but I didn't show responsibility for the other pets — except things ended a bit differently. Now I understand why Dina won that parenting award: She has yet to kill Ali.
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This little guy, Oscar, is one of the world's most popular dogs among Hollywood circles. He has been photographed with the likes of George Clooney and John Travolta thanks to his owner, Dennis Gill, who sold newspapers to celebrities in London. Oscar recently lost his three-year battle with cancer, but his legacy will live on through the animal lovers of the blogosphere.
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• Here's Lindsay Lohan's new track, Bossy. Check it out before it's yanked off YouTube, then be all, "'Bossy'? More like sucky!" You genius, you. [INO]
• A Tyra Banks television show has prompted yet another act of violence. Nope, not kidding. [DListed]
• Lots of famous people drank tequila yesterday to celebrate the Mexicans beating the French 150 years ago. Very cultured, obvs. [PS]
• "There’s nothing cool about getting arrested for stupid stuff at my age." -Shia LaBeouf, who will be totally cool when he's arrested for stupid stuff at age 40. [ICYDK]
• Who keeps giving Paris Hilton all these dogs, and why? Doesn't everyone know she kills them by starving them to death? [CityRag]
This is a photograph of a dog peeing on Natalie Portman in New York City yesterday. We could go into the beauty of the inherent irreverence of animals and all that, but, for once, we'll not cloud the picture with too many words. Enjoy.
Hide your pups, Britons. Paris Hilton, known murderer of animals, has inked a deal to star in a reality television show in which she will manage a dog grooming shop in London. Says a source to UK paper the Sunday Star: "Watching Paris act out her Los Angeles lifestyle, in which tiaras for Chihuahuas are of real importance, should be very entertaining. And she will no doubt be hitting the clubs and parties over here in the same way she does back home." Apparently, coiffed show dogs don't have to be canines.
Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey's BFF, just purchased a $7.1 million New York penthouse under the name of Winfrey's recently deceased dog, Sophie.
…a company called Sophie's Penthouse LLC bought [the apartment]. It has three bedrooms, 31/2 baths, a large living room/dining area, and a 768-square-foot wraparound terrace.
It makes sense for King's new home to be dedicated to Sophie, as the pet was very much like King in her reliance on Oprah for spoils and splendor.
• If you haven't yet, watch it, regardless of your political beliefs. [BO]
• New information says it is Charlotte in those nakey pics! [DListed]
• Dog's weren't meant for handbags. How are the models not getting this? [PS]
• "Secret Celebrity Piercings" Most aren't really a secret, but whatever. [CityRag]
• Minnie Driver's gained a baby yet seems to have lost a career, which is probably better for the baby. [INO]
• James Van Der Beek still looks like Dawson. Weird. [ICYDK]
• These days they'll give anybody a blog: Kim Kardashian joins us on the Internets. [HT]
In her most recent interview with giddy talk show maven Ellen DeGeneres, singer-cum-infant pimper Christina Aguilera talks about the bigness of her breasts, the bigness of her dog, the bigness of her home's backyard and the bigness of her new DVD. It's ironic considering the compass of her interests is obviously so very small.
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