Welcome to this episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Grifting… with your host Lou Pearlman, now under investigation for securities fraud. Lou is best known for bringing you such fine talent as the Backstreet Boys:

He was also responsible for throwing together the band O-Town for a TV show. I went to high school with [...]

UPDATE: ANNA NICOLE SMITH, PLAYBOY MODEL AND REALITY SHOW STAR, HAS DIED.

4:01 PM, February 8th, 2007
From WTVJ in Miami:
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Memorial Regional Hospital officials say that Anna Nicole Smith died Thursday after collapsing at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. Several witnesses told NBC 6 that they saw paramedics giving Smith CPR [...]

Your correspondent has obtained this photograph of Colleen Shipman, the (alleged) love rival of psychotic NASA astronaut LISA M. NOWAK.

Earlier today, the Houston Chronicle published reports (picked up by various other outlets, as here in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer) that NOWAK’s love rival was Colleen Shipman, a 2002 graduate of Penn State University who has worked [...]

Courtesy of Smoking Gun:
SONAGOD
John Gorman (who lives in Sarasota - who would have thought??) knows that there is Only One Son of God. I trust he’s an expert on these things. I just hope Jesus wasn’t driving that car - can you imagine the embarrassment?
FATNGRZ
Jeeze, never offend a cop! I am curious as to [...]

January 5, 2007 — SHOCK-rocker Marilyn Manson is about to get one of the biggest shocks of his bizarre life - his stunning stripper-wife, Dita Von Teese, is dumping him after only a year of marriage.
Page Six has learned that the pasty-faced Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, will be served with divorce papers [...]

From AP:
Fla. Nightclubs Says Paris Hilton Fired
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two nightclubs known as Club Paris will no longer be associated with their namesake - Paris Hilton, according to the club’s owner. Fred Khalilian said he “fired” the hotel heiress because she has failed to attend scheduled appearances at the location in downtown Orlando. The [...]

From Local 6:

The problem began when city workers removed cypress trees on “bird island” at Lake Eola in Orlando. The trees had to be removed because the bird droppings were polluting the water, according to the report. Now, the birds have moved into the city and are covering anything and anyone between Lake Eola and [...]

lordy lordy
~Alyx

but damn, if you thought cab fare in NYC was bad, check this out
~Alyx

I had to share this comment from Todd:
Church Street in Toronto is DEFINITELY a lot different, and in lots of ways, a lot better, than Church Street in Orlando. As much as I tried, I could not find Mako’s or Chiller’s on this Church Street. No wait, I never tried to find a Mako’s or [...]