With the publishing of the John Travolta Big Gay Pic, I thought this was fitting. And totally hysterical. Watch John Travolta and Tom Cruise "trapped in the closet." R. Kelly shows up for good measure.
Cackle, cackle, cackle....
...Talking Smack Ain't For the Queasy....


Can I get a Photoshop expert to follow me around? Because, I seriously need their services. I just got back some recent pictures of my haggard self wherein I realized, in horror, I have grown a Ned--half neck, half head, all bad--similar to a MOG (half man, half dog--come on, there have to be some "Space Balls" dorks out there), but I am not, in any way, my own best friend. Any semblance of a jawline that I used to have has all but disappeared. As I eat this crumbcake I just made, I wonder where it went??? Now, if I had me a retoucher, he could swipe all that shit away, and make my all thin and hot again. Just like Katie Couric. Or her retouched picture. Bitch looks good!
From The New York Post
August 30, 2006 -- Talk about a miracle diet - Katie Couric has become the Incredible Shrinking Anchorwoman.
Thanks to a computer "slight" of hand, the Tiffany network has made the new face of "CBS Evening News" instantly drop about 20 pounds.
In a picture widely distributed to the media last month, a normal-looking Couric wore a frumpy light gray suit and her trademark smile.
But thanks to Photoshop, the popular editing software, the same photo, printed in a CBS magazine, shows her looking much, much thinner - and her suit has become a few shades darker.
Couric, who was made aware of the picture's alteration yesterday, joked that she liked the original better.
"There's more of me to love," she quipped.
The picture was taken in May when Couric, 49, appeared at the CBS "Upfront" presentation at Carnegie Hall.
It was later widely distributed by CBS as an official photo of its new $15 million-a-year anchor- woman.
Then the computer generated version appeared in the latest quarterly edition of Watch!
It's produced and edited by the CBS press department and distributed to network employees, news-media outlets, affiliates, network gift shops and Paramount-owned theme parks.
Network officials say the magazine has a circulation of around 400,000.
"The picture was retouched without the knowledge of Ms. Couric or CBS News management," a CBS spokesman said.
As far as the magazine goes, an insider insisted the publication was just following normal industry practice when it shrunk Couric.
He claimed that just about all magazines tinker with photos - even though some top photographers and photo editors at news organizations have lost their jobs in recent times for doing just that.
Most media experts say that whenever a photo is altered in any way, the public should be alerted, although it's more of a problem if it occurs at newsmagazines rather than a magazine a company publishes about itself.
A top health expert joked that if Couric dropped the weight as rapidly as she appeared to, it would have cost her an arm or a leg - literally.
"Besides Photoshop, the only other way to lose 20 pounds in a matter of seconds would be to hack off a limb," joked Samantha Heller, the senior clinical nutritionist at NYU Medical Center.
"I mean, liposuction is pretty fast - but that takes longer since you have to prep for surgery and everything."
On a more serious note, she said, "Of course the healthy way to do it wouldn't be fast.
"If you lose weight too quickly it scares your body - the body is not designed to lose weight quickly. [Instead], cut back on the junk, pretty standard stuff. Katie could eat more vegetables, cut down on carbs and increase her exercise," said Heller.
"I know she has a trainer because she talked about it [when she was on 'Today'] so she could have the trainer pump up her exercise a bit."




August 24, 2006 -- BRUCE Springsteen is born to run - from marriage.
Several sources have told The Post that the superstar who wrote "Hungry Heart" and his second wife of almost 20 years, Patti Scialfa, are on the rocks and virtually living separate lives.
Part of the problem seems to be a friendship Springsteen developed with a stunning 9/11 widow The Boss is said to have met when he organized the "America: A Tribute to Heroes" telethon.
"They're separated, but everyone has been sworn to secrecy," one pal of the couple told The Post's Jeane MacIntosh. "We're not supposed to talk about it."
Springsteen and the woman - who is a redhead, just like Scialfa - have been spotted several times at the Beacon Hill Beach Club in Monmouth, N.J., said one local source. The two have also been spotted at the Stone Pony, the Asbury Park watering hole from Springsteen's Glory Days.
The widow is said to be a member of the swank Atlantic Club gym in Red Bank. Her children attend the exclusive Ranney School in Tinton Falls with Springsteen's kids.
But a Bruce pal said, "He's just a really big flirt. There's nothing going on." Another friend said, "Bruce and Patti are very much partners. They go at it a lot and fight, but they also work at it a lot . . . Patti is a strong woman. They are not going anywhere."
Springsteen and Scialfa vacationed with their children in upstate New York last month, but in recent weeks, he has been spotted alone with his kids at a local beach. Pals said he's been spending less time at the family's Rumson home and more time at a guest house on the couple's farm in Colts Neck, about 20 minutes away. Springsteen is said to have attended his daughter Jessica's eighth-grade graduation solo and spent a lot of time with Robert De Niro at a beach in Atlantic Highlands.
Scialfa's mom, Victoria Scialfa, told us, "I don't know anything about it; I don't want to talk about it." A representative for Springsteen, who was married to Julianna Phillips when he started seeing Scialfa in 1987, declined comment.

Local "American Idol" contestant Mikalah Gordon is "lucky she's alive" after being assaulted during a robbery at gunpoint at 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, her mother said.
Gordon, 18, was taking a break from recording music when a man pointing a gun approached her and a male friend, Gordon's mother, Victoria Cavaricci, said Wednesday.
Three other men came up, and Gordon was ordered to lie on her back on the sidewalk.
Gordon, who was 16 when she reached the finals of the 2005 "American Idol" competition, told her mother that her head was slammed on the sidewalk by an assailant who was angry that she had looked at his face.
As her assailants groped her, Gordon had a panic attack that may have saved her, Cavaricci said, adding, "She thought she was going to die."
"She's scarred and scared, but it could have been so much worse," Cavaricci said. "Police said she's so lucky she's alive."
Las Vegas police spokesman Bill Cassell confirmed that the robbery occurred. The police are still investigating it, he said.
Cavaricci gave the location as near Nellis Boulevard and Washington Avenue. The robbers got away with a cell phone and $5 in cash, she said.
Gordon was putting together songs she planned to sing this weekend at a benefit in Orange County, Calif., for kids with cancer.
The precocious teen, whose "Nanny"-like nasal tones drew comparison to Fran Drescher, landed a guest-starring role on Drescher's sitcom, "Living With Fran."
Earlier this year, supermodel Tyra Banks hired Gordon to be a correspondent for "The Tyra Banks Show."
Gordon also has been working on a project with "Idol" judge Randy Jackson, a music producer, Cavaricci said.






PETE CRACKS
He punches nurse in chest
Cries out for girlfriend Kate
Guarded for his protection
PETE Doherty punched a nurse and trashed his own room in a rehab clinic as the out-of-control crack addict went berserk.
The Babyshambles singer - desperately pining for supermodel lover Kate Moss - turned violent after screaming foul-mouthed abuse at a male nurse who told him to attend more therapy sessions for his drug habits
Doherty, 27, punched the medical man, kicked the door and slammed walls with his hands during the tantrum at the Priory clinic on Sunday night.
He screamed: "I don't f***ing want to be here. I've f***ing had enough."
Staff threatened him that if he didn't calm down he would be sedated. Now he has been assigned a security guard to keep him under control as he continues his treatment.
A friend told 3am: "Pete flipped out on Sunday night because he doesn't want to be there and wants to get out. A nurse was trying to encourage him to get more involved in the therapy sessions when Pete suddenly went berserk.
"He was very upset, screaming 'f*** off', and lashed out at the bloke.
"He was told that if he didn't calm down he would be medicated.
"He just kept saying that he didn't want to be there and wasn't going to get involved in anything.
"He started kicking the door and slamming the walls. He said he wanted Kate. As the nurse tried to restrain him he punched him in the chest. He was out of control.
"His behaviour was appalling. Pete's lucky that the nurse was not hurt."
Doherty, who has had an implant fitted to combat his crack and heroin problems, was ordered into the North London clinic by a judge last Friday after he was charged with five counts of possessing drugs. He is under a 10pm to 8am curfew until September 4 when he is due for sentencing.
Judge Alison Rose warned him: "I've granted you bail on three conditions. You must live and sleep at The Priory, and you are to obey a daily curfew."
The magistrate also warned Doherty that he could face a jail sentence. His passport was confiscated after he admitted he was due to leave the country.
Friends tell us the troubled celebrity has become increasingly depressed and lonely.
He misses supermodel Kate who he had planned to join on holiday in the paradise island of Bali There were even reports they had intended to marry there in a spiritual ceremony but that has been denied by Kate's aides.
Kate, 32, who the Daily Mirror exposed last year, as a cocaine snorter is on holiday on the Indonesian island on her own. The couple were reunited two weeks ago at The Rhythm Festival in Clapham, South London.
They were spotted kissing passionately and holding hands backstage and Kate was said to be "overjoyed" at being back in the arms of her junkie lover.
They first got together on her 31st birthday in January 2005 but broke up in the wake of Kate's cocaine scandal.
She went into rehab but ditched Doherty after he quit the same Arizona clinic that treated her. Now the rocker has pledged to kick his heroin addiction for good, vowing: "I'm off the brown. It took me a while to realise but there are people who care about me so I'm doing it for them."




Viva hates Shreveport, Louisiana.
Well, not really. I mean, it could be a nice place. A nice hot, sticky, fire-ant filled place located just a hop, skip, and a jump from Texas and Arkansas. I bet it is diverse. I bet it is filled with culture. I bet they hold Pride Fests every weekend.
Why am I giving Shreveport the business? Well, Old Viva here is married to a workhorse and that, in and of itself, is a good thing. Mr. Workhorse has just gotten himself some recognition for another job well done, and now his bosses want to send him off to Shreveport, LoWeeeeziana for a week to "save" one of their operations down yonder. All this sounds well and good, but Mr. Workhorse's company has a penchant for transferring people willy-nilly.
My apologies to all the good people of Shreveport for the following rant, but there is NO WAY IN GOD'S GREEN EARTH that Viva is moving her tired ass to Lousiana. For one, I don't like heat, humidity, big weird bugs, hurricanes, or Kenny Chesney. Although I do like crawfish and voodoo IS sort of funky. But I digress. I do not want to be neighbors with Britney Spears. I will be the oldest childless woman in the entire state. I think they can lynch women for not wanting to breed, can't they? Regardless, Viva does not want to find out. Where would she get Botox? Where is the closest Pottery Barn? In flipping TEXAS, that's where.
Dear Lord Baby Jesus, please keep my child-free, cosmetic-loving, fag-haggin self out of Shreveport, Lousiana.

According to PopBitch, the Butterscotch Stallion (that's Owen Wilson to those of you who don't know better) may not be the only reason why Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson's marriage failed. Read on:
Come on people. I can't imagine one woman wanting to fuck Chris Robinson, much less two. Does personal hygiene mean nothing anymore? I mean LOOK AT THAT MAN. You know he is a bony, smelly mess naked and how often does he wash his hair? Or his beard? Or the smelly fishpit that must be his crotch? If Kate had to share all this with another woman, then they are both assholes.Three times a lady: Kate & Chris's Hollywood Heartbreak
Speculation surrounding the end of Kate Hudson and Chris Robinson's marriage seems to be focusing on her close friendship with Owen Wilson. But there were longer-term issues. Like many rocks singers, Chris is fond of group sex and threesomes while on tour, and Black Crowes insiders had often seen Chris and Kate heading to their hotel with a keen groupie or fan in
tow. But by the end of the last tour Kate was said to be tagging along like a turkey on its way to Christmas lunch.