Is John McCain's New Attack Ad Racist? - Posted July 31, 2008
Apparently John McCain missed the Barack Obama teflon memo. The latest, and now controversial, ad out of the McCain camp includes images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, that maybe are supposed to suggest...we're not sure, that Barack doesn't wear underwear? That he's a bad parent, who dates his... [FishBowlNY]

Is John McCain's New Attack Ad Racist? - Posted July 31, 2008
Apparently John McCain missed the Barack Obama teflon memo. The latest, and now controversial, ad out of the McCain camp includes images of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, that maybe are supposed to suggest...we're not sure, that Barack doesn't wear underwear? That he's a bad parent, who dates his... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 30, 2008
Paps Feel The Pinch: Bad economic times are hitting everyone. Even the guys who follow Britney Spears around: "The prices that photos fetch are often overstated, but ... an exclusive photo of Spears today would only bring a 10th of what it did during her most erratic times." Soon paps will... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 18, 2008
Mad Men, Getting Madder: Scott Collins adds to the uproar by TV critics and boob tube junkies who continuously berate us for not watching Mad Men. They all say we're missing something... but riddle us this, Collins: If the show is so great, why isn't it on HBO? Britney Gives It... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Exclusive: Former Child Star Central Is Our New Favorite Blog - Posted May 2, 2008
Freelance entertainment journalist/author/funny woman Joal Ryan has started up a shiny new blog dedicated to a very niche media obsession that has served her well over the years: former child stars. Scoff if you want to, but her blog posts are more addictive than Doritos (and we're going to guess, better... [FishBowlLA]

Four Questions For: Melissa Walker, YA Author - Posted April 16, 2008
"Four Questions For...": Because five's a commitment, but three seemed sparse Sometime subject and full-time friend of FBNY Melissa Walker got herself into a neat piece in this weekend's installment of T — no mean feat since her latest novel Violet By Design's been on shelves for six weeks, inspiring some to... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 9, 2008
Digging Up The Dirt: Charles Ornstein discovers the identity of the UCLA Medical Center employee who is said to have snooped the private medical records of 60 celebs, including Paris Hilton and Maria Shriver. Lawanda J. Jackson, a low-ranking administrative specialist who resigned in July, told Ornstein she didn't sell... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted April 7, 2008
Oops! The L.A. Times is retracting the erroneous Tupac story from its website because it "relied heavily on information that The Times no longer believes to be credible." Um... shouldn't they have done that back on March 17? Oops! Remember when UCLA said that employees' snooping into Britney Spears' and Farah Fawcett's... [FishBowlLA]

L.A. Times Scoops the Snoops: How Ornstein Got the Dirt - Posted April 3, 2008
Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Charles Ornstein speaks to us about his story in today's LAT which details yet another breach of confidentiality at UCLA Medical Center: 1. How did you get this story? Just as I was tipped off by a source about UCLA firing workers in the Britney Spears snooping, I similarly... [FishBowlLA]

Oh. So It Wasn't a Joke. - Posted March 18, 2008
We need to get out more. Because, if we got out more, we might have seen the Atlantic on the newsstands, and then we would have known that the cover (which we got in our inboxes last week and promptly deleted) were real. That really is Britney Spears on the cover. David Samuels... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 28, 2008
Heard It Through The Grapevine: We wondered if the Buddy Miles obit would mention the fact that he gave voice to those claymation California Raisins in the lede. It did. Skywalker Ranch. With Real Nerf Herders: Reporter Geoff Boucher gets a rare look inside Skywalker Ranch. Apparently, it's really a ranch. Our... [FishBowlLA]

Call Me Daddy and Show Me the Money Say Celeb Sperminators - Posted February 27, 2008
Trend watch: knock her up to seal the deal. Baby daddies are sowing their seed everywhere, it seems. Britney Spears is allegedly preggers by maybe-husband Adnan Ghalib (can she even spell that?): "Britney is Adnan's dream come true. He knows that if he has a child with Brit, he'll be made for life,"... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 14, 2008
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Makes Us Feel Fat And Lazy: LAT blogger Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (man, that sounds weird) speaks to the exercising-after-50 set, making us in the not-exercising-under-35 set feel like utter crap. Thanks, Kareem. Britney's Law: Patt Morrison takes on Britney Spears and mental illness, advocating for Britney's Law. Might be a very... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 02.12.08 - Posted February 12, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's the birthday of Abe Lincoln and Sen. Arlen Specter. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | BOOKS | JOBS It is close, but most of you think that MSNBC handled the Shuster/Pimp episode "Appropriately...he deserved what he got" REVOLVING... [FishBowlDC]

Obligatory Britney Spears Post - Posted January 31, 2008
We don't want to but we have to. Britney Spears was rushed by ambulance to UCLA Medical Center, escorted by dozen motorcycle officers, two cruisers and two police helicopters. Tabloid Baby asks who pays for all this and suggests Harvey Levin should. And Bonnie Fuller takes time out of her busy day... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 31, 2008
Brit's Back In A Mental Health Observation Hold: Because that's exactly what Britney Spears has been lacking all this time -- close, unyielding scrutiny by a phalanx of people standing just outside her fishbowl. iSpank: Free porn predicted to be offered on cell phones. Our prayers have been answered! Finally this country... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 7, 2008
Elizabeth Snead's Big Weekend: The Dish Rag makes us feel dirty... and, worse, somehow culpable in the destruction of Britney Spears. Steven Seagal Buries The Hatchet: A six-year battle between Steven Seagal and former business partner Julius R. Nasso ends with an out-of-court settlement, in which Seagal agrees to pay Nasso $500,000.... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 4, 2008
Britney Spears, Detained For Drug-Testing: Oh dear. Well, to look at the bright side, at least the LAT didn't re-post that Britney-Madonna kiss pic. Jay Leno: Scab or Not? The WGA and The Tonight Show host are at odds over whether he's really allowed to write his own jokes ... never mind... [FishBowlLA]

Someone At L.A. Times Obsessed With Britney Spears' Lesbian Kiss - Posted January 3, 2008
Open Letter to Meredith Artley: You have a pervert on your staff. We don't know who it is (though if you feel like supplying the name, by all means ...) We just know that every time -- and we mean every time -- there is a story about Britney Spears in the... [FishBowlLA]

Stan's Cafe Serves Up Global Perspective With a Side of Rice - Posted December 26, 2007
For some, today might signal the final chapter of a month-long credit card-wielding saga. But to us, it's also a reminder that there's only a few more days to catch the month-long engagement of Of All the People in All the World: The Americas, a performance and installation at the Skirball... [UnBeige]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 26, 2007
Quickie Movie Reviews: Kenneth Turan likes There Will Be Blood Kevin Crust turns his nose up at Bucket List (but thinks The Water Horse was well-executed. And Carina Chocano says Persepolis is worth seeing. Ahmadinejad v. Spears: The LAT fills space with lists of its most-viewed stories of the year, categorized by... [FishBowlLA]

Spears' Family Values - Posted December 20, 2007
Britney Spears wants her kids tested for drugs. So does her mother. And Casey Aldridge's family is probably looking for some drugs right now.... [FishBowlLA]

Bonnie Fuller: Shoots For Pregnant Fish In A Barrel. Still Misses. - Posted December 19, 2007
In HuffPo, Bonnie Fuller takes on Lynne Spears, the mother of Britney Spears and the knocked-up Jamie Lynn, 16. Fuller demands to know if Lynne ever sat her girls down and had "The Talk." You know, a candid, responsible discussion about sex. But we want to know, Ms. Fuller, did you ever sit... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 12.18.07 - Posted December 18, 2007
Good morning Washington. Don Rumsfeld resigned a year ago today and Brad Pitt, Keith Richards and Christina Aguilera all turn a year older today. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio) Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | WEST WING REPORTAGE | REVOLVING DOOR | JOBS You think it is harder... [FishBowlDC]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 12, 2007
Fractious Or Fictitious? There appears to be dissent among members of the Writers Guild of America, with "key members" pushing union leaders to get back to the bargaining table. But WGA officials say they haven't received many complaints and accuse the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers of "trying to... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Afternoon Edition - Posted November 26, 2007
Hey, kids. We're a bit slow today (we blame the Tryptophan), but we're still here to give you the hottest news that someone else reported. Heretofore: Cum On Feel The Void: The lead singer of Quiet Riot, Kevin DuBrow, was found dead in Las Vegas today from unknown causes. The LAT has... [FishBowlLA]

Bonnie Fuller Bites Bad Mommies/Still Cashes AMI's Checks - Posted November 14, 2007
Bonnie Fuller shows that she has bigger balls than Santa Claus, as well as no sense of irony and a truly awkward relationship with written English as she rips in to Britney Spears, Madonna, and Angelina Jolie for being bad, bad mommies. Fuller writes in the Huffington Post, figuring, no doubt,... [FishBowlLA]

Bantjes Trumps Vit In Layer Tennis With Obvious King vs. Riggs Overtones - Posted November 2, 2007
There's no asterisk affixed to her name just yet (denoting a win), but from a quick swing through the forums, it appears as though the victor in this week's historic inter-Speak Up league Battle of the Sexes Layer Tennis match is one Marian Bantjes. Playing exclusively in Illustrator (an obvious advantage... [UnBeige]

Correction: W Magazine Not Promoting A Cat Fight - Posted October 24, 2007
Our friends at Haute and Bothered alerted us to a little error in one of our earlier posts. Seems W Magazine's November issue features nine covers, allowing readers to choose from Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Aniston, Katie Holmes, Britney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Jessica Simpson, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Lindsay Lohan. Our bad.... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 10.18.07 - Posted October 18, 2007
Good morning Washington. It's a close one, but it looks doubtful that Stephen Colbert's presidential bid in SC will do any major damage. Roll Call announced that Jay Heflin is going to be joining the CongressNow staff full-time beginning today. He will be covering taxes and trade. An ACLU release announced, "The American Civil... [FishBowlDC]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 12, 2007
Doris Lessing Wins Nobel Prize, Our Favorite Photo Award: We love this image of Lessing, the oldest-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, sitting on her stoop like the 87-year-old landlady of a murder suspect. If we didn't know better, we'd imagine she's telling all those microphones, "He was a... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 4, 2007
They're Arabs. And They Play Them On TV: This Ashraf Khalil piece declares that Arab-Americans are getting more roles than ever -- as terrorists. The story opens with a few quotes from an actor with a European stage name who is in the "Arab closet" because he doesn't want Hollywood to... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 27, 2007
Money Can't Buy You Everything: Except when it can. Henry Weinstein's analysis of the Phil Spector jury deadlock says Spector's freedom came down to cash: He had so much of it, he could hire enough experts to dazzle at least two jurors into a mistrial-inducing stupor. Reason Newspapers Should Not Post Reader... [FishBowlLA]

Katha Pollitt on Britney Spears, Paris Hilton: They Can Take Care of Themselves - Posted September 26, 2007
And just in time for Salon's Rebecca Traister's sad little defense of Katha Pollitt, we find Pollitt writing about those oft-maligned young women, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Is she sympathetic? HA! From: Katha Pollitt Subject: Re: the Pink video I think it's okay to ridicule women who play into men's demands if... [FishBowlLA]

KFC: J.Lo's Fame Is Finger-Lickin' Good - Posted September 20, 2007
Someone in KFC's marketing department is getting a raise. It's hard -- not to mention expensive -- to get celebrity endorsements when you're selling a low-rent product. But lucky for KFC, they found a low-rent star to give them free advertising. And the fried chicken house is giving back. After Marc Anthony told... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 19, 2007
Britney Spears To Pee In a Cup: An LA court commissioner said there was evidence that Britney Spears was "a habitual, frequent and continuous" user of drugs and alcohol and ordered random twice-weekly drug tests. This should bode well for her custody case. Phil Spector Jury Is Hung: So he might not... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 13, 2007
Scarborough County? UCI rescinded its offer to make liberal legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky dean of its new law school because the frequent media pundit a bit too blue-state for Orange County's tastes. In particular, he was un-hired following a an Aug. 16 LAT Op/Ed piece that said Attorney General Alberto Gonzales... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 10, 2007
Hey, You Try Lip-Synching With A Stretched Out Uterus: We hate sentences like these: "An out-of-shape, out-of-touch Britney Spears delivered what was destined to be the most talked about performance of the MTV Video Music Awards -- but for all the wrong reasons." We really do. T-minus Sleaze And Counting: TMZ will... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Photographed With Jessica Alba - Posted September 7, 2007
OK, not really. But the current issue of Cosmo features a pic of Jessica Alba on the cover ... and a shot of our own Guest Blogger, Chris Gardner inside. Gardner is Cosmo's Celeb Gossip Blogger, and the mag ran a little house ad/blurb declaring Gardner a "celeb know-it-all." Gardner writes... [FishBowlLA]

Plasticgod Gets Political - Posted August 9, 2007
You remember we were so excited when we spotted Plasticgod's oh-so-in-the-moment rendition of Bald Britney Spears (wonder what's next, topless while holding two kids with a crapping dog stuck to her dress?). Now he's topped himself with the Axis of Evil: Saddam Hussein, Tony Blair, Kim Jong-Il, George W. Bush... [UnBeige]

Sundown on Sunset: Tell Us All About It - Posted June 29, 2007
Paris Hilton's interview on Larry King Live brought in 3.2 million viewers; 1.4 million in the adults 25-54 demo, three times King's regular average. And some disapprove. Television Without Pity goes head-first into Rescue Me. Jack McGee butted heads with Denis Leary and tells all. Britney Spears told her mom to get clean... [FishBowlLA]

Matt Lauer: No 'Quid Pro Quo' Deal For Princes - Posted June 25, 2007
In the wake of the embarrassing debacle of NBC's now-you-see-it, now-you-don't $1 million deal for Paris Hilton's first post-penitentiary interview, Matt Lauer said during a conference call to promote next Sunday's "Concert for Diana" telecast that there was "no quid pro quo" involved in his exclusive interview with Princes William and... [FishBowlNY]

'Media Hysteria For 13 Miles': Paris Covered Like O.J. - Posted June 8, 2007
Tears Best media summary we've seen of today's Paris Hilton penitentiary developments: Los Angeles had not seen anything quite like it since O.J. Simpson's slow-moving attempted flight from justice. Today it was the turn of Paris Hilton — and her journey back to justice — which was recorded in every inch of its... [FishBowlNY]

Britney Spears Nude Photos - Posted May 4, 2007
In a gift to bloggers everywhere, nude photographs of Britney Spears have surfaced.... [FishBowlLA]

Britney Spears, Bald and Beautiful - Posted April 20, 2007
We couldn't resist snapping this shot of art imitating life at the Pop Cling show last night. Plasticgod is so on top of his celebrity caricatures that he's updated his Britney Spears illustration from a ponytailed pop princess to a 60-year old man.... [UnBeige]

Dean Baquet: 'Panic Had Set In' - Posted March 29, 2007
This morning at breakfast at the ultra-swank W Hotel in Midtown (blaring "salsatronica" at in the lobby at 8:00AM = unnecessary), Dean Baquet looked an awful lot like the next executive editor of the New York Times. As he sat alongside Gary Pruitt, president and CEO of the McClatchy Co. of... [FishBowlNY]

Jon Fine: Has TMZ Gone People? - Posted March 27, 2007
Business Week's Jon Fine posits that Britney Spears has neutered that supposed pitbull of celebrity journalism, TMZ.com. To prove his point, Fine lists a few recent TMZ posts about the pop princess. Close your eyes and have your cubicle mate read you this sentece out loud: "Looks like rehab did more than... [FishBowlLA]

By All That's Holy--Armed Guards at Britney Spears' Church - Posted March 27, 2007
FBLA understands that, in certain parts of the planet, religous expression frequently takes a violent tone. But in Bel Air? At a Presbyterian church? Sadly, yes, when Britney Spears is the worshiper. A trigger-happy security guard pulled a gun on terrified photographer who was waiting to take a picture of... [FishBowlLA]

Rush & Molloy 'K-Fed' Old Page Six Item - Posted March 21, 2007
Today's Rush & Molloy: K-Fed's birthday party, planned for tonight at the Eleven nightclub in L.A., has been canceled, we hear. The just-turned-29 K-Fed wanted $25,000 from a glossy to cover it, but not enough people wanted to come. Page Six, March 8: AFTER his ex-wife Britney Spears had a major meltdown,... [FishBowlNY]

AP Ends Blackout On Paris - Posted March 2, 2007
It lasted but a week. The Associated Press' experimental blackout on news about Paris Hilton is over. The AP's Jocelyn Noveck delivers the sad news: So you may have heard: Paris Hilton was ticketed the other day for driving with a suspended license. Not huge news, even by celebrity- gossip standards. Here at... [FishBowlNY]

Soft in the Head, Soft Tissues, Soft Money: Gossip Goodies - Posted February 21, 2007
Britney Spears checks into rehab and has a great story for the baldie thing--head lice. (But they're everywhere--she really can't escape.) Anna Nicole Smith's body is decomposing too fast for a public viewing. Strange, we thought drugs preserved soft tissues. Barack Obama raised over 1 million bucks in Hollywood. David Geffen reportedly calls... [FishBowlLA]

Soft in the Head, Soft Tissues, Soft Money: Gossip Goodies - Posted February 21, 2007
Britney Spears checks into rehab and has a great story for the baldie thing--head lice. (But they're everywhere--she really can't escape.) Anna Nicole Smith's body is decomposing too fast for a public viewing. Strange, we thought drugs preserved soft tissues. Barack Obama raised over 1 million bucks in Hollywood. David Geffen reportedly calls... [FishBowlLA]

Britney Spears Goes Bald: FBLA Sweeps Up Clippings - Posted February 17, 2007
Britney Spears goes GI Jane at some salon in Tarzana. FBLA rounds up the reactions. The Evil Beet explains the whole thing: drug testing. Approval: High-Five! Cool. Hot again! I totally understand. Disapproval: Britney ruined my life! There is no god. Lost it! Downward spiral. Think of the children! Undecided: WTF? WTF? She looks like a man. End of the world?... [FishBowlLA]

Britney Spears Goes Bald: FBLA Sweeps Up Clippings - Posted February 17, 2007
Britney Spears goes GI Jane at some salon in Tarzana. FBLA rounds up the reactions. The Evil Beet explains the whole thing: drug testing. Approval: High-Five! Cool. Hot again! I totally understand. Disapproval: Britney ruined my life! There is no god. Lost it! Downward spiral. Think of the children! Undecided: WTF? WTF? She looks like a man. End of the world?... [FishBowlLA]

E!'s Love Ride Curse - Posted January 4, 2007
The reported Justin Timberlake-Cameron Diaz split — the first big one of 2007 — has celebrity media outlets in a tizzy. You know who else is in a tizzy? E! gossipist Michael Malkin, who appears to've been counting down the minutes since Britney dropped K-Fed to write this: Perhaps Timberlake and Diaz... [FishBowlNY]

Britney Dumps Paris--Paris Dumps Britney: Either Way We Win - Posted December 27, 2006
FBLA knew it wouldn't last. US Weekly online editor Noelle Hancock (boy, that Yale degree really paid off, didn't it?) is reporting that Britney Spears has decided not see (and be seen with) Paris Hilton in public ever again. An unnamed insider says: Britney told Paris that it's not personal. If this isn't... [FishBowlLA]

Britney Dumps Paris--Paris Dumps Britney: Either Way We Win - Posted December 27, 2006
FBLA knew it wouldn't last. US Weekly online editor Noelle Hancock (boy, that Yale degree really paid off, didn't it?) is reporting that Britney Spears has decided not see (and be seen with) Paris Hilton in public ever again. An unnamed insider says: Britney told Paris that it's not personal. If this isn't... [FishBowlLA]