I've noticed that Katie Holmes has been looking A LOT better lately. At first I chalked it up to her new found wealth. I figured, well, she has a lot more money for chemical peels, or whatever it is actresses do to a achieve a flawless complexion. BTW does any one know what they use or do?
But then I saw an old picture and realized the difference is Holmes, 29, had a nose job. And it looks as if she may have had something done to her eyes too; they look less baggy and droopy.
Jason Taylor's hotness warrants its own blog entry!
Taylor, a defensive end for the Miami Dolphins, will be competing in this season of Dancing with the Stars. And he is one handsome, married, man.
The DWTS season six celebrity cast appeared onOprah today, during the last few minutes of the show, and Taylor, 33, is taller than magician Penn Jillette, who is supposedly 6-feet-six-6-inches tall. But according to Taylor's NFL Stats, he is 6-feet-6-inches tall. Hmmm.
Effective next fall, Stanford will almost cover the cost of tuition for students whose parents' annual income is less than $100,000.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Stanford students whose families earn between $45,000 and $100,000 will pay no more than $15,500 a year and no less than $4,500. For those from families raking in more than $100,000, Stanford has a complicated formula that makes it cheaper to attend based on everything from their assets to whether they live in a high-cost area.
Theoretically, students with a family income of less than $60,000 will have room and board fees waived as well.
There is a catch however.
The Stanford News Service web site says: "Students will still be expected to contribute their earnings from work during the summer and academic year," i.e. nothin's ever really free. I'm not entirely sure how many Stanford students the extra financial aid will affect.
The Washington Post says: "About a third of the university's 6,700 undergraduates are expected to qualify for the tuition break."
Stanford News Service says: "Three out of every four Stanford undergraduates currently receive some form of financial aid. When the new financial aid program is taken into account, the average family contribution for students receiving financial aid in 2008 will be reduced by 16 percent this year." Kinda vague. Kinda complicated.
The Chronicle says: The "largest financial aid package in [Stanford's] history will help at least 20 percent of undergraduates, or more than 1,330 students." But the Chronicle also says "roughly 42 percent of undergraduates get some form of need-based financial aid from the university." Stanford says it's more like 75 percent.
Derive what you will.
Next fall the price tag to attend the prestigious university for one year will be $47,212, once $11,182 for room and board is factored into the equation. Now you've just gotta get in.
Stanford only admitted 10.3 percent of undergraduate freshman applicants in 2007; and a measley 1.3 percent of undergraduate transfer students.
I've entertained the idea that Gordon Ramsay, the irascible Scottish chef who stars in the FOX reality cooking shows Kitchen Nightmares and Hells Kitchen, only acts like a total ass for television. Okay so I haven't really given it much thought.
But his actions on, of all days, Valentine's Day laid to rest any doubts I had about his douchiness.
According to Gawker, couples dining at the restaurant Hannah and Mason's in Cranbury, NJ were told to get out, mid-bite, so Ramsay and crew could finish taping a show! Others had their reservations canceled.
You just don't F with peoples' obligatory day of love!
A FOX issued statement reads: "Both production and the managers of Hannah and Mason's Restaurant, agreed that it was in the best interest of the customers to close the kitchen down last night."
Awww, how utilitarian of them.
If it makes you feel any better, here's a clip of Ramsay getting what he deserves.
Amid all the douchery, I will say that I saw Ramsay on a British reality show, Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, where he acted quite nice and gave helpful advice to owners of ailing restaurants.
Leona Lewis may not have come out a winner at the Brit Awards on Wednesday--she was nominated for best British female solo artist, best British breakthrough act and best British album -- but her performance at the ceremony was awesome! Check it out below. The live version of her single "Bleeding Love," which was nominated for best British single, was as good as the album recording!
Great googely moogely! Genessecret.com released a sex tape yesterday that allegedly features KISS bassist Gene Simmons. The authenticity of the homemade porn is, however, still in question.
I'm inclined to think the tape is fake since the circumstances surrounding it are pretty shady. GenesSecret.com is reportedly an offshore site operated in Panama. And the site's owner has not been identified.
On the other hand, Simmons, 58, has confessed to having sex with more than 4,600 women, which means the odds of the rocker having a sex tape are pretty good--even if he didn't know he was being filmed.
The questionable black and white video snippet, available for free online, features Simmons, wearing a t-shirt and his pants around his ankles, engaging in a few sex positions with a woman identified as "Elsa," a spokesmodel for Frank's Energy Drink.
If you want the full version, which I've read is only ten minutes long, you'll have to pony up $9.95 for a one-day-trial. The monthly subscription is $29.95.
Portions of this blog entry courtesy of Gawker and Xbiz.
I'm not accusing Sen. Barack Obama of anything, but Sen. Hillary Clinton is. Her camp contends that Obama plagiarized part of a speech he gave at a Democratic Party dinner in Wisconsin last weekend.
I have to admit his speech does bear a striking resemblance to a speech delivered by Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick in Oct. 2006.
“Don’t tell me words don’t matter," Obama retorted when Clinton critisized him by saying he may give smooth speeches, but she is better equipped to solve problems.
"‘I have a dream.’ Just words?" he asked. "‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.’ Just words? ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself.’ Just words? Just speeches?”
Obama admitted he should have publicly given Patrick, his friend, credit for adopting parts of his speech.
And he was also quick to point out that two of his signature catch-phrases, “It’s time to turn the page” and “Fired up and ready to go,” have been borrowed by his accuser while on the campaign trail.
"I would add that I noticed Sen. Clinton, on occasion, has used words of mine as well,” he said.
See a side-by-side comparison of both mens' speeches below.
Lindsay Lohan sure is naked in the latest issue of New York magazine. Did I mention she's not even promoting anything?! I'm not sure if that makes things better or worse.
Lohan's nude series of photos is a recreation of some of Marilyn Monroe's final pictures, collectively known as the "Last Sitting." Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose six weeks after she posed for the pics.
Despite the history associated with the shoot, Lohan says her decision to reprise the photos is not a "sly nod to her scandalous past." She offers a straightforward explanation. “I didn’t have to put much thought into it," she says. "I mean, Bert Stern [the photographer]? Doing a Marilyn shoot? When is that ever going to come up? It’s really an honor.”
Uh... okay.
Portions of this blog entry courtesy of New York magazine. You can see the entire nude photo shoot at the New York magazine web site.
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