Posted on 29 November 2006 by Mat
Remember when we all couldn’t wait for Lindsay Lohan to turn 18? And the Olsen Twins. And Jessica Alba (the only one who turned out to NOT be a skanky ho) Here’s the next hottie to watch. Her name is Hayden Panettiere. And we only have less than a year to wait!

You know her as The Cheerleader from NBC’s hugely popular “HEROES.” But mark my words, she’s gonna be everywhere, very soon.
Check here for a ton of pictures and info.
Posted on 28 November 2006 by Mat

Anshe Chung, the virtual land baroness that I highlighted in my cover story earlier this year, My Virtual Life, has apparently become the first millionaire in Second Life. That’s millionaire in real U.S. dollars. Her real-world persona, Ailin Graef, figures her net worth based on her substantial in-world land holdings, cash in “Linden dollars,” which can be converted to real cash, as well as virtual shopping malls, store chains, and even virtual stock-market investments in Second Life businesses.
Posted on 28 November 2006 by Mat

The miniseries is a sometimes psychedelic, often twisted and always bizarre take on The Wizard of Oz. It centers on DG, a young woman plucked from her humdrum life and thrust into The Outer Zone (the O.Z.), a fantastical realm filled with wonder, but oppressed by dark magic. DG discovers her true identity, battles evil winged monkey-bats and attempts to fulfill her destiny. Her perilous journey begins on the fabled Old Road that leads to a wizard known as the Mystic Man. Along the way, she is joined by “Glitch,” an odd man missing half his brain; “Raw,” a quietly powerful wolverine-like creature longing for inner courage; and “Cain,” a heroic former policeman (known in the O.Z. as a “Tin Man”), who is seeking vengeance for his scarred heart. Ultimately, DG’s destiny leads her to a showdown with the wicked sorceress Azkadellia, whose ties to DG are closer than anyone could have imagined.
Posted on 27 November 2006 by Mat

An e-fit showing what detectives believe serial killer Jack the Ripper looked like has been revealed.
Using new profiling techniques, investigators have created a picture of what they believe the 19th Century murderer would have looked like.
The man, who evaded police in the 1880s, is thought to have killed and mutilated five London prostitutes.
The Scotland Yard team describe him as “frighteningly normal” but someone capable of “extraordinary cruelty”.
And investigators have admitted that police at the time were probably searching for the wrong kind of man.
Posted on 27 November 2006 by Mat

Jessica Simpson has been left reeling by rumours a sex tape starring her is about to be leaked onto the internet.
The alleged X-rated home movie is said to show the ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actress and her ex-husband Nick Lachey engaged in a number of sex acts.
A source told Britain’s Daily Sport newspaper: “Jessica is horrified her name and sex tape are being mentioned in the same sentence. She’s always been a girl of high morals and principles.”
According to reports the tape does exist and has fallen into the hands of the individuals responsible for leaking the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex video.
Posted on 27 November 2006 by Mat

DENVER - A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has threatened to fine a resident $25 a day until she removes a Christmas wreath with a peace sign that some say is an anti-
Iraq war protest or a symbol of Satan.Some residents who have complained have children serving in Iraq, said Bob Kearns, president of the Loma Linda Homeowners Association in Pagosa Springs. He said some residents have also believed it was a symbol of Satan. Three or four residents complained, he said.
People are smart.
Posted on 23 November 2006 by Mat
A Thanksgiving Prayer
- William S Burroughs
Thanks for the wild turkey and
the passenger pigeons, destined
to be shit out through wholesome
American guts.Thanks for a continent to despoil
and poison.Thanks for Indians to provide a
modicum of challenge and
danger.Thanks for vast herds of bison to
kill and skin leaving the
carcasses to rot.Thanks for bounties on wolves
and coyotes.Thanks for the American dream,
To vulgarize and to falsify until
the bare lies shine through.Thanks for the KKK.
For nigger-killin’ lawmen,
feelin’ their notches.For decent church-goin’ women,
with their mean, pinched, bitter,
evil faces.Thanks for “Kill a Queer for
Christ†stickers.Thanks for laboratory AIDS.
Thanks for Prohibition and the
war against drugs.Thanks for a country where
nobody’s allowed to mind the
own business.Thanks for a nation of finks.
Yes, thanks for all the
memories– all right let’s see
your arms!You always were a headache and
you always were a bore.Thanks for the last and greatest
betrayal of the last and greatest
of human dreams.
Posted on 22 November 2006 by Mat

Tawny Kitaen has been charged with felony drug possession after sheriff’s deputies said they found cocaine in her apartment.
The 45-year-old actress, who co-starred in the 1984 comedy “Bachelor Party,” is scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 18 at Harbor Justice Center in Laguna Niguel, said Susan Kang Schroeder, a spokeswoman for the Orange County district attorney’s office.
If convicted, sentences could range from a drug diversion program to up to three years in prison, Schroeder said Tuesday.
Posted on 21 November 2006 by Mat

Robert Altman, the caustic and irreverent satirist behind “M-A-S-H,” “Nashville” and “The Player” who made a career out of bucking Hollywood management and story conventions, died at a Los Angeles Hospital, his Sandcastle 5 Productions Company said Tuesday. He was 81.
Posted on 10 November 2006 by Mat

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Actor Jack Palance, who won an Oscar at 70 with his comedic self-parody in “City Slickers,” died Friday.
He also played a craggy-faced menace in “Shane,” “Sudden Fear” and other films.
Palance died of natural causes at his home in Montecito, California, surrounded by family, said spokesman Dick Guttman. He was 85, according to Associated Press records, but his family gave his age as 87.
Posted on 09 November 2006 by Mat

NEW YORK (CNN) — Ed Bradley, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent who reported on subjects ranging from jazz musicians to the Columbine school shootings, has died. He was 65.
Bradley died Thursday at New York’s Mount Sinai Hospital of leukemia, according to staff members at the CBS program.
Posted on 09 November 2006 by Mat
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Democratic takeover of the Senate is appearing likely after an ongoing canvass of votes in Virginia produced no significant changes in the outcome of the hard-fought race led by Democratic challenger Jim Webb, sources told CNN Wednesday.
Wednesday night, with Webb leading Republican Sen. George Allen by about 7,200 votes and the canvass about half complete, The Associated Press declared Webb the winner.
Posted on 08 November 2006 by Mat

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, architect of an unpopular war in Iraq, is stepping down as Secretary of Defense, President Bush announced today. Bush said he is nominating Robert Gates, former head of the CIA, to replace Rumsfeld.