From Britney Spears’ sort-of-hit single, “Piece of Me”:
I’m Mrs. ‘You want a piece of me?’
Tryin’ and pissin’ me off
Well get in line with the paparazzi
Who’s flippin’ me off
Hopin’ I’ll resort to some havoc
End up settlin’ in court
Now are you sure you want a piece of me?
You want a piece of me…
Well, it sounds like she’s giving away samples! Paparazzo Alison Silva tells Page Six:
“Britney is in on it. [She] calls the paparazzi before she goes out. We know 15 minutes before she leaves the house. It’s all staged.”
In Britney’s defense, it might not be her fault. If she’s suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder, as is being speculated, she might not even know she’s doing it! British Girl might call up the paps — “Cheers, mates! Oi’m about to pop out for some fish & chips and a pint of lager!” — but then five minutes later, Weepy Girl takes over and doesn’t know what’s going on. You can take away only so many pieces of a person before there’s nothing left that can function.
Autism Speaks, a national charity that advocates research on autism and promotes public awareness of the brain disorder, is suing a teenager with
Asperger’s syndrome for running a website for other kids with autism.
I’m tempted to let my forehead do the rest of the typing.
Kelly Becker’s profile on aspiesforfreedom.com, a message board for autistic people and their families, says she’s 14 years old, male-to-female transgender, and is into pizza, computers, dancing, and music.
She shut down her website, ntspeaks.org, which was a parody of Autism Speaks’s own site, after being sued last week for $90,000 for copyright infringement, lost revenue, and drawing away 1 million of the charity’s supporters.
Last week we told you about permagrinning TV “chef” Rachael Ray demanding Starbucks coffee while filming a commercial for Dunkin Donuts. Well, guess what?
“Ridiculous,” she said when asked about the scurrilous rumor. “It’s ridiculous. It’s absolutely ridiculous.”
There you go! That’s the end of it, as far as I’m concerned. Coming from anybody else, that would just sound like a panicky denial to avoid jeopardizing a huge endorsement deal. But this is Rachael Ray! She wouldn’t lie. Have you ever seen a more honest, genuine face in your whole life?
The Seattle SuperSonics basketball team is trying everything to get out of its lease at the KeyArena. They’re claiming in court documents that no one will notice if they leave the city:
“The financial issue is simple, and the city’s analysts agree, there will be no net economic loss if the Sonics leave Seattle. Entertainment dollars not spent on the Sonics will be spent on Seattle’s many other sports and entertainment options. Seattleites will not reduce their entertainment budget simply because the Sonics leave.”
Which is the opposite of what they said in 2006 when they were trying to get the city to build them a new $271.5-million venue:
The franchise claims it has a $258 million economic impact on Seattle—a figure based on rosy estimates—and that a new facility would not require new or higher taxes.
Which is, of course exactly, what they’re selling in Oklahoma City, where the team’s owners want to set up shop next—if they can get out of their lease at the KeyArena. OKC is going to vote in March on a $100-million package to spruce up the Ford Center and build a practice facility for the team.
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