Archive for June, 2009

mommy issues…

a new book.  that’s right folks, anderson cooper’s mom, 85 year old gloria vanderbilt wrote a new novel called obsession: an erotic tale.  the book tells “the story of priscilla bingham, the widow of a frank lloyd wright-like architect who, after his death, discovers a cache of letters, wrapped in magenta grosgrain ribbon, revealing in [...]


not one ounce of truth

with all this talk about revolution and human rights, i thought i’d turn it over to a lighter note.  the ladies of the view get at the truth again, this time in an interview with lauren conrad of the hills last week.
if you’re one of the almost 3 million viewers of the hills, you watched in shock [...]


cookie dough lovers be warned!

nestle recalled all of its toll house raw cookie dough products late last week when 65 people across 29 states were diagnosed with e. coli. the fda is still investigating how the e. coli got into the cookie dough, chances are one of the ingredients were contaminated or the cookie dough became contaminated at some point [...]


the naked truth about the burka

in a major policy speech, our favorite doll, nicolas sarkozy talked about how france needed to outlaw the burka. in his address to french parliament, he asserted that the burka is a sign of subservience and that it wouldn’t be welcome in french territory (forget the vaca in st. barth’s ladies) “we cannot accept to [...]


things are not “well” in iran

things continue to escalate in iran this weekend with bloggers, twitters and other media doing their best to keep up with the coverage. moussavi supporters continue to protest last week’s election results including setting a building on fire used by ahmadinejad supporters and attacking the shrine of ayatollah ruhollah khomeini. the supreme leader continues to [...]


a little andy to start the week

our favorite silver hair fox, anderson cooper, makes wowowow’s list of sexy-gray haired men from politics, business and hollywood. (also on the list was tom brokaw and ted turner. ) we know it’s been a full weekend you’ve gotten your andy fix so we’re including a clip from last week when richard simmons stopped by. [...]


monday morning laughs

an article in the new york times profiles bobbie batista, formerly of cnn and now of onion news. unlike, the daily show, the onion news takes a totally fake story and delivers it straight. bonnie wondered if taking the job at onion would make her look “less newsy” in the eyes of her former colleagues [...]