Golden Celebrity

Today, the New York Daily News offers a photographic retrospective of Lindsay Lohan’s life titled “Timeline of a train wreck.” Above is the first photo in the gallery. It’s Dina Lohan and daughter circa 1986. As she stares off into oblivion, baby Lindsay hasn’t the slightest idea that one day, that ambitious bundle of hairspray, [...]

One of the quickest ways to tell that someone’s not really smart is if you see them drinking a “smart” Vitamin Water. Yeah, the labels are “quirky” and “fun,” but that’s to distract people from the fact that there’s just as much sugar in those things as sodas. “Smart” is to have a glass of [...]

Today, a piece on MSNBC practically gasps, “Did Nicole Richie really send an e-mail invitation to a Memorial Day party, suggesting friends ‘celebrate our country by drinking massive amounts of beer’?” Well, I don’t know, MSNBC, but who the fuck actually cares?
Granted, it’s important to call people on their bullshit, even if it’s flippant, [...]

And so it begins. Less than a week after 17-year-old Jordin Sparks took home the top prize on American Idol, people from her past are wasting no time scurrying out of oblivion to ride her newly developed coattails. Leading the race is a vocal coach who claims she worked closely with Sparks three years ago, [...]

It looks like Clive Davis—like many other people with ears—is not waiting for Kelly Clarkson’s new album, My December, with baited breath. Says Page Six:
Davis, who runs Sony BMG, slammed Clarkson at a company retreat in April, saying she can’t produce hits.
And music industry insiders were dumbfounded when Davis took the stage during the [...]