If you pay a bajillion dollars for tickets to see a pop star who performs as a fictional character, and she lip-syncs her songs, is it really all that deceptive? I mean, you paid to see a fictional character anyway, right?
What if she disappears in the middle of her show and a body double goes onstage to replace her, and the body double lip-syncs too? Do you have any grounds to be cheesed off?
Outraged female teen trend-robots are dealing with exactly this conundrum, after Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) was spotted exiting the stage during her show and being replaced by a lookalike. The soundtrack, of course, never skipped a beat.
Quoth OK! magazine:
[I]t appears Miley may be using a not-very-convincing “Hannah” double to cover for her during a mysterious mid-song disappearance from the stage.
“When it got the to bridge of the song “We Got the Party,” her dancers began to crowd around her,” one ticked-off Miley fan tells OK!. “Then they covered her with a black sheet and she went through a secret door. Within a second, a new ‘Hannah’ came out of a different door wearing oversized white glasses. The whole time this was happening Miley’s vocals were still playing. The new imposter had her back turned while she danced, trying to hide that fact that she was not Miley Cyrus. At this instant I became very suspicious.”
I’m not exactly a big connoisseur of 15-year-old pop talent, but even I could spot the ol’ switcheroo. It happens at 2:23 in this video, shot last month in Atlanta:
Save some money, Miley. It’s going to be a short ride.
Last month, when we put out the word that we were looking for bilingual co-bloggers, we didn’t quite know what to expect. But so far, more than a dozen of you have gotten in touch to say that (a) you dig our schtick, and (b) you’d consider joining our mission in a language other than English.
Next week we’ll be introducing our first non-English partner in crime. You’ll know him as Pap Arazzo. We know him as a fabulous American transplant living in Florence who has a nifty sense of humor. (At least we think he’s funny; we only understand every third or fourth word.)
If you like the idea of joining our growing band of lunatics, and you speak French, Spanish, German, or one of those African click-sound dialects, drop me a line.
The “Leave Britney aloooone!” guy gal thing has had a change of heart in light of Britney’s little gurney ride the other day, telling Page Six:
“I retract my statement. Britney needs to not be left alone right now. I think if everyone left her alone, she could do some major damage to herself. The people close to her, they need to help her at this time. Rally together and do what they can to save her life.”
I dunno… I think he she it had the right idea the first time! Your work is done here, Chris Crocker. Now it’s time to go away.
Dr. Phil McGraw paid a highly publicized visit to Britney Spears over the weekend as she was being released from Cedars-Sinai hospital. Britney’s parents are said to have set up the intervention, even though she is not under his care.
There’s a bit of he said/she said about what was discussed during his visit. He claims they spoke for an hour before he walked her to her car and he learned a lot about her psychological well-being. Britney’s camp reports she felt ambushed and wanted nothing to do with him, walking out of the room after he’d lectured her for about 15 minutes.
In any event, the real problem here is doctor-patient confidentiality. As a medical professional, he is ethically bound not to discuss her condition, let alone turn it into a publicity stunt.
Of course, this is not the first time Dr. Phil has overstepped the line. He was once put on probation for violating the code of ethics by having a “dual relationship” with a patient, and was required to undergo evaluations and pass examinations on ethics and jurisprudence before he could practice unsupervised again.
She may be the biggest celebrity in America, but when it comes to her mental health, doesn’t she deserve the same privacy as everyone else?
I know it’s true because PETA says so! Check it out:
The Jackass star shed not only his pants but every stitch of clothing he was wearing to star in not one, but two naked anti-fur public service announcements (PSAs) for peta2, bearing the taglines “Ink, Not Mink” and “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur…”
Spoken in true Steve-O style, he had this tip for all of you, “Abuse yourself all you want, just leave animals out of it. Don’t wear fur.”
(That’s the poster we can show you here.) In case you’ve forgotten about Steve-O’s commitment to the animal kingdom, here are a few highlights from his illustrious career…
Don’t worry, dude, goldfish don’t have fur!
How much did the camera guy get paid for this? Whatever it was, double it and it still wouldn’t be enough.
That stuff coming out of the sea cucumber is its internal organs. Hilarious! That’s from Jackass 2, which the American Humane Association (which oversees the treatment of animals on movie sets) gave a rating of Acceptable/Questionable. Funny, that’s how I feel about myself every time I watch Jackass.
So who’s worse, Steve-O for all of a sudden pretending he’s a friend to the animal kingdom, or PETA for plastering an animal-abuser’s nasty butt cheeks all over its anti-fur propaganda?
A police chief in Louisiana was arrested last week after trying to trade guns for narcotics. Joseph Guy Crawford Jr., the acting chief of police in Killian, La., rolled up in his police uniform and patrol car to buy hydrocodone pills from undercover federal agents in December.
Crawford says he was trying to obtain the painkillers for his wife, but the jail records don’t indicate why she needed them.
He’s been charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of narcotics, and possession of a firearm while in possession of narcotics. In related news, the mayor said:
The town also is accepting applications for a new chief of police through Jan. 11.
The biggest duh statement of all.
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