The votes are in and the verdict is…

Hugh Jackman is officially the Sexiest Man Alive.

I have to say I saw that coming. I mean, c’mon. Just look at him. He’s perfect.

Prolific novelist and “ER” creator Michael Crichton has passed away. He was 66. In what his family calls an unexpected death, it was revealed that he was waging a private battle against cancer.

Perhaps best known for being the author of Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, which were turned into a hugely successful movie franchise, his numerous books have sold over 150 million copies worldwide.

More HERE AT ETOnline.

WESTPORT, Conn. — Paul Newman, the Oscar-winning superstar who personified cool as the anti-hero of such films as “Hud,” “Cool Hand Luke” and “The Color of Money” — followed by a second act as an activist, race car driver and popcorn impresario — has died. He was 83.

Newman died Friday at his farmhouse near Westport following a long battle with cancer, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends.

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Natalie Finn – eOnline

Natalie says:
“Pat O’Brien is hanging up his mic.

The longtime TV personality is leaving his post as a correspondent on the syndicated celebrity-gossip show The Insider after more than four years on the job…”

Was it just time to move on, or were there deeper reasons for his departure? Read on…

Click HERE for the full story.

If he DID leave for the reasons that are alluded to in the story, well, then I’d have to say I admire his decision and I wish more people in positions of influence would follow suit.

Press Release:

September 9, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (8 September 2008)– Rock for Life, a national pro-life music and advocacy movement that promotes 832 bands, is demanding an apology from MTV Music Video Awards host Russell Brand for his sexist, judgmental and intolerant remarks.

Brand, a British comedian infamous for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, hosted the 25th annual awards ceremony September 7.

Brand opened the show with a monologue that attacked the chastity promise of a Christian band, “The Jonas Brothers,” and called Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a “P.R. stunt”.

“Brand has been arrested 11 times, once for indecent exposure,” said Erik Whittington, director of Rock for Life. “He appears to care more about making crude jokes to gain attention than he does offending who choose to live a lifestyle different from his own lascivious past.”

The comedian spent much of his airtime advocating for candidates and making crude remarks about those who live chaste lives.

Brand on the Jonas Brother’s abstinence until marriage promise: “A little sex once and awhile never hurt anybody.”

Brand on Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol’s pregnancy: “I do feel a little bit sorry for her daughter, getting pregnant, poor kid. Is it a boy? Is it a girl? It’s a P.R. stunt. Come on. Be honest.”

“We demand Brand apologizes to the individuals and groups he purposefully offended,” Whittington said.
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This kind of intolerant vitriol should not be tolerated by either the Christian community or the network that hired Russell Brand. I do not know ONE WOMAN who would volunteer her body to incubate a baby for 9 months and then raise it for another 18 (or for a down-syndrome child, many times for life) on purpose as a PR stunt. Now that is probably the most sexist, asinine statement I’ve heard in a LONG time.

Brand himself has been in numerous scrapes with the law in the U.K., and has had serious drug and sexual addiction issues, including at least eleven charges of indecent public exposure. Apparently he has not learned the difference between “a little sex once in a while” and an addictive obsession with it… to the point of exposing himself to unwilling (and most likely disgusted) viewers.

Russell Brand obviously needs more professional help, starting with some manners classes.

LONDON: Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65.

Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He says the band member’s family did not want to give more details about his death.

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Pink Floyd member Richard Wright dies

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Gosh – imagine my dismay when I was informed that my blog had the very same name as another website featuring an ex-playboy playmate… YIKES! Well, just to let you know, although I wouldn’t mind having her figure, it’s not me. And I’m not adding a link to her site, since I’m not the porn-peddling type.

Needless to say I will probably be reregistering under a different name starting very soon… or maybe I’ll just stick with some of the other blogs I’ve been working on for the last year.

It has been announced that Keith “Irate Man” Olbermann and Chris “Leg Thrill” Matthews have been demoted… they have now been given lesser roles as commentators on the NBC owned cable news channel, MSNBC.

MSNBC said Sunday it is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.

The change reflects tensions between the freewheeling, opinionated MSNBC and the impartial newsgatherers at NBC News. Throughout the primaries and summer, MSNBC argued that Olbermann and Matthews could serve as dispassionate anchors on political news nights and that viewers would accept them in that role, but things fell apart during the conventions.

You don’t say? Not that I didn’t see this coming, but I’m surprised it took them this long.

Read the rest of the story here: MSNBC says Olbermann, Matthews won’t anchor.

I loved this guy. His voice reminded me of my father’s voice. We’ll miss him. For more on this story, go to:
Et Online – Don LaFontaine dies at 68.