In the past, Rico the weird New Zealand Air spokespuppet has partied with celebrities ranging from Snoop Dogg to David Hasselhoff. In this episode of “On the Skycouch with Rico,” the squirrel/marsupial puppet sits down with notorious Hollywood bad girl, Lindsay Lohan, who was serving her time under house arrest after stealing a $2500 necklace.

During the nearly five-minute run time of this video, Rico compares Lohan’s breasts to Kim Kardashian‘s, gets some canned laughs with risque malapropisms (“papsmearazzi” is apparently a winner) and bestows expensive looking necklaces on Lohan, saying, “Don’t worry. They’re paid for.” Is New Zealand Air attempting to compete with Spirit Airlines for the number one spot among airlines whose advertising is wrought with dirty jokes about shamed celebrities? As one commenter on NY Magazine‘s entertainment site points out, is the fact that Lindsay made money while under house arrest sadder than the infomercial itself?

Those diligent, smug gossipers at TMZ are reporting that Kim Kardashian‘s suit against Old Navy was not actually filed because of the brand’s use of a “Faux-dashian” in its CP+B-created adverts, but to protect her relationship with Sears, which her and her family have a huge deal with. Yes folks, the lawsuit/ruse/diversion is pretty much due to the upcoming Kardashian Kollection (*facepalm*), which is a bedding/clothing line that Sears is launching in about 45 days. Like most of you we imagine, the retailer is counting down. So now that the truth has been revealed,  does this mean Old Navy and CP+B will carry on as is?

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We could only chuckle and be baffled at the same time when hearing that Kim Kardashian, who just always exudes dignity, is suing Old Navy because of its recent campaign featuring a “faux-Dashian” that was created by Crispin Porter+Bogusky (not involved in suit). According to TMZ, the former sex-tape ingenue is saying that the Audio Threadz imposter cost her in the range of $15-20 million. Can we just say ridiculous, get this over with and give our best regards to Kris Humphries?

By now, you would think most brands would have wised up to using automatic tweets. Apparently, no one gave baked goods giant Entenmann’s the memo after the above tweet hit The Daily What Tumblr rounds shortly after the Casey Anthony trial ended in a not guilty verdict. Of course, we nominate Ms. Kim Kardashian for a runner-up prize on this day of social media uproar.

Update: That was quick. @EntenmannsPR has already launched on Twitter spoofing the poor-tasting tweet.

-Rodney Hom joined Charleston-based marketing agency Rawle Murdy as an art director.

-Goodness Mfg. launched a new print campaign for Toshiba (above).

-Olson acquired Chicago-based PR firm, Dig Communications.

-Mix and mash profile pics via a DJ Hero Facebook app. link

-Indy-based shop Young & Laramore hired John Palmer as digital strategist and Sweden native Henrik Persson as senior digital developer.

-Executive changes are afoot at Leo Burnett Canada. link

-Blackberry vs. iPhone: The battle rages. link

-Kevin Smith continues to feud with airlines. link

-AdMob alums raise cash to start a rival. link

-GroupM and ZenithOptimedia are the latest groups to predict strong online ad growth in 2011. link

Well, it looks like those celebs didn’t have enough star power to raise $1 million on their own, so those involved in the well-received “Digital Death” campaign turned to one man, pharma exec Stewart Rahr (pictured), to save the day and ensure that their tweeting rituals ensue.

The Brooklyn-born Rahr donated a whopping $500,000 to bring people like Kim Kardashian, Alicia Keys and Usher back to life, so to speak, on Twitter. According to the New York Post, after six days, the Keep a Child Alive cause had only taken in $450K and the aforementioned celebs were getting impatient. Rahr, who’s a big donor to Make-a-Wish, recently sold his pharmaceutical distro firm Kinray for $1.3 billion and he tells the Post, “I heard through the grapevine that they were short on their goals, and I wanted to help. I sold my company, and I wanted to give back to others in the Empire State.”

Phew, we were feeling awfully deprived over the past week. Thanks, Stew (and love the yellow shades)!

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We’re sure Alicia Keys‘ intentions were good and we know it’s only been a couple of days, but the cash tallied up so far in the “Digital Death” campaign is leading many to already call the effort to raise money for the singer’s AIDS charity a bust. So far, just over $162,000 has been donated, well short of the $1 million goal.

If you need a refresher, the campaign created by TBWA\Chiat\Day NY centers around various celebs (and we use that term loosely for some) including Kim Kardashian, Elijah Wood, Justin Timberlake and Keys herself, who are depriving us of their precious tweets until we fork over money to help the charity reach the million-dollar mark. Vain much? Despite millions upon millions of combined followers, you’d think the goal would be reached rather quickly and effortlessly, but perhaps this proves that these stars aren’t very good appraisers when it comes to their own social network communique.

One commenter named “LB” on a Daily What thread may be clued in to why this isn’t working and sums it up best, saying, “They’ve got it backwards. They should continue updating their social network accounts UNTIL they reach $1 million in donations. Once they hit that goal, as a reward to the world, they should stop posting for a year. Even I would donate to that cause.”

EW.com notes that Stephen Colbert raised $500,000 on his own for Donors Choose just by promising Reddit users that he’d answer their questions if they donated (which he did).  The celebs should take a hint from the faux-pundit, but alas, they’re “dead.”

-Kim Kardashian dies for a good cause: Alicia Keys‘ AIDS charity (above).  link

-Google is reportedly buying Groupon for $2.5 billion. link

-Grey Amsterdam and the Council of Europe band together to fight child sexual abuse with “The Underwear Rule.” link

-Mobile brand Orange’s poster campaigns get lost in translation in Paris Metro stations. link

-Canadians love their social media. link

-Leo Burnett wins big at Hong Kong’s Kam Fan Awards. link

-Ari Emanuel wants to kill other ad agencies dead. link

-V&S’s John Winsor wants to start a new trend of giving. link