Is Obama A Hypocrite?
You be the judge after watching this video comparing George Bush’s 20,000 troop surge in Iraq to Barack Obama’s recent announcement of a 30,000 troop surge to Afghanistan. Also recall that Obama campaigned heavily against Bush’s troop surge in Iraq.
Thanks to loyal reader Mike for the vid link!
PICS: The Key Club At The Gold Club
Atlanta’s most well-connected key influencers gathered to toast the launch of the exclusive Key Club party at the renovated Gold club in Buckhead on Monday night. Atlanta’s premiere promoters Alex Gidewon of AG Entertainment, Hannah Kang and Laura Giles of Music Business Politics joined forces to create a Monday night soiree where the elite of the industry can mingle in a relaxing atmosphere away from the maddening crowds that are so prevalent at other area nightclubs.
The occasion also doubled as birthday celebrations for Alex Gidewon’s girlfriend Elsa, right, and former model/Socialite Kim Porter.
There was no VIP area (everyone was a VIP) so Alex gave each birthday girl an entire section of the club to party with her friends. Their well-heeled guests wandered between the two sections all night.
Guests included rapper Rasheeda, 3 Brown Girl Eboni Elektra, Kandi Burruss (RHOA), Sheree Whitfield (RHOA) and the third 3 Brown Girl Nicole Brown.
Elsa and Kim each received many gifts, but Kim wore one her gifts to the party. These thigh high Chanel boots cost someone (Puffy?) $2,500 and there were only 25 pairs made.
Elsa blew out the candles on her Patron cupcakes (yes, the cupcakes were baked with Patron as a main ingredient).
Rich and chocolaty flavors Akon and Young Jeezy were in attendance.
MORE pics after the break!
Are You Ashamed of Your Baby’s Baldness? Baby Wigs A Disturbing Trend?
I had no idea that my recent post on the cutie pie Lacefront Baby would draw so much attention from around the country. I’m still getting emails about that post (including one from the baby’s family threatening a lawsuit).
Talk Diva Tyra Banks tackled the issue of baby wigs on a recent episode of her hit show. And now Parent Dish has also weighed in on the controversy.
Mommy-n-me wigs may just be the most disturbing parenting trend we’ve heard in a long time, and The Frisky agrees with us. That site wants to know what’s next: Thong diapers?
How about coordinating stripper poles, one for the nursery and one for the master bedroom? Or better yet, twin therapists to deal with their matching self-esteem issues? Suri’s high heels are starting to look a lot more innocent with every waking moment.
We even found an entire site dedicated to hair-raising a child.
Not surprising that super models want to check out the trend. Here’s a discussion of baby wigs on the Tyra Banks show:
Thanks to loyal reader RS for the tip!
Celebs Out & About
Sean Puffy” Combs finally met his match yesterday at Madame Tussauds wax museum in NYC. where he unveiled the Sean “Diddy” Combs wax figure. Unlike most of their urban wax figures, this one resembles Sean more than a little bit.
Sean, who has become a little color struck in his declining years, was reportedly unhappy with the dark skin tone of his wax dummy. They say he didn’t appreciate the dummy’s skin tone being one shade darker than his and the overall ashy tone of the wax figure which clashes with his sexy. I got this from a loyal reader who was present at the unveiling, so please don’t quote me.
Doesn’t singer Justin Timberlake and actress Dania Ramirez make a gorgeous couple? She’s a sight better looking than that pale Jessica Biel, who is Timbo’s current on-again/off-again love. The Heroes star and the 28-year-old pop star spent yesterday afternoon filming a commercial for Audi Automobiles after spending the morning announcing the 2010 Golden Globe nominations [link].
Blindingly beautiful actress Halle Berry is always a sight for sore eyes. The stunner was spotted out & about shopping at Soolip in West Hollywood dressed in all black. I think I’ve been too hard on Halle this year and I’m going to ease up a little. Who knew she had a soft spot for anyone other than herself?
According to FadedYouth blog:
The Oscar-winner has been a low-key volunteer on the night shift at the Jenesse centre in Los Angeles for years, but has spoken out for the first time about how she can relate to the victims she works with.
Halle tells The Sunday Times: “I saw my mother battered, and could not do anything to stop it – my father was tyrannical, lashing out at her for no reason. I felt the effects that had on our family — I’ve experienced what these women have gone through.”
Pop legend Madonna and her beautiful daughter Lourdes graced the red carpet at the New York premiere of Nine at the Ziegfeld Theatre yesterday.
Photos: Wireimage/Getty and Fade Youth Blog
It’s Moving Day For Elin Nordegren-Woods
Last week was moving day for disgraced serial cheater Tiger Woods whose wife, Elin Nordegren, threw his things out on the lawn and told him to come get them after discovering he slept with 14, and maybe as many as 16 skanks.
Woods sent a moving truck to collect his things and he is reportedly living on a multi-million dollar floating mansion, his yacht “Privacy” in Palm Beach, Fla.
Meanwhile, paparazzi on location outside Woods’ former residence in the gated Islewood subdivision in Windermere, Fla. say moving trucks were spotted outside the $2.6 million mansion yesterday. Elin’s friends say she’s packing up to move back to her native Sweden where she recently purchased a $2.15 million six bedroom spread for herself and her two kids, Sam, 2, and Charlie, 10 mos.
Elin, 29, has been seen out & about in Windermere in recent days without her wedding ring on. Elin told OK! magazine the children were “doing just fine.”
A neighbor also told OK! that the children “looked happy and healthy. It seemed like they had no idea there was any sort of problem.”
The transition from pampered sports star wife to single mother will be an easy one with that $300 million lump sum Elin is expected to collect from an uncontested prenup agreement she signed before marrying Woods in 2004.
Elin is very wise to keep it moving and not look back. And while all children need their father, a wife can only take so much public ridicule and humiliation. Clearly Tiger Woods, who has serious emotional and substance abuse problems, wasn’t thinking about his kids when he was sowing his seed all over the world.
Photo: INF DAILY
Akon, Busta Rhymes, Kid Rock Help Raise $20,000 To Bury Detroit’s Dead
Rappers Akon and Busta Rhymes recently put their money where their mouth was to help a record exec raise $20,000 to bury Detroit’s dead.
The sad story unfolded when the city’s budget ran out and bodies began piling up in the city morgue. The financially strapped Detroit city government could not even provide potter’s burials for the unclaimed bodies.
The dead were mostly indigent and homeless people whose families couldn’t afford the burial costs which can vary from $600 to over $6,000. Without the funds to bury the dead, and facing a crisis because space at the morgue was filling up rapidly, Detroit reached out to the local media for help.
Though she was born and raised in the South side of Atlanta — and probably only set foot in Detroit once or twice — former Universal/Motown exec Shanti Das, 38, heeded the call for help after reading about the unclaimed bodies on CNNMoney.com.
With the help of her friends – rappers Akon, Kid Rock and Busta Rhymes, Das, who recently lost family members of her own, was able to raise $20,000 to bring the total of unburied dead down from 69 to just 50. But financial help is still needed to bury the rest.
If you would like to donate to the burial fund, visit www.maywerestinpeace.org.
It’s a shame that rappers and professional athletes can make it rain in strip clubs and drop $20,000 on rims for their whips, but they can’t spare a dime to help a friend bury the dead.
Christina Milian Nervous About Having Baby Girl
I would be too if I were pregnant with a girl child. In fact, I never got pregnant (or even laid up under a man for that matter) because I never wanted to bring a girl child into this world. There is too much evil and depravity in the world.
But God Bless those women who do decide to bring girl children into this Sodom & Gomorra. You’re all better than me, including pseudo singer Christina Milian who tells OK! mag exclusively that she’s nervous about having a girl.
First-time mommy-to-be Christian Milian is excited about welcoming her bundle of joy, revealing exclusively to OK! that she and her record producer husband The Dream are expecting a baby girl, but she also admits she’s a little anxious about the whole process. “I am nervous about giving birth to the baby,” Christina reveals to OK!.
But with family and friends close by on the big day Christina admits that, “as long as Dream is right next to me, I’ll be fine!”
Christina and her pals had a blast on Saturday for her baby shower, where guests were treated to a decadent day filled with manicures, pedicures, and makeovers provided by Valerie Beverly Hills. Attendees also noshed on delicious Asian inspired goodies from Philippe West Hollywood and bite-sized cupcakes from Famous Cupcakes.
Aww, isn’t that sweet! But I’m still unsure why this girl is a celebrity.
