Lindsay Lohan’s handlers have their undies in a bunch over an ad in this morning’s USA Today. So, naturally, TMZ’s writers have their own panties in a twist over it too.
A restaurant trade group is targeting LiLo because apparently she’s the perfect poster-brat for why some people (Exhibit A: spoiled repeat-DUI drunks) should probably have to blow into a plastic tube to start their cars, but the rest of us who just have a beer at a ball game shouldn’t have to deal with the mandatory hassle. At least I think that’s their point.
Here’s what Lindsay’s spokes-Hobbit told TMZ:
“Drunk, old, white businessmen, drunk cougars out for girls night out, and drunk wedding parties should be kept off the roads of America. Lindsay Lohan fully endorses ignition interlock devices that have been well-proven to save lives.”
The last time I checked, she started wearing one of those alcohol-sniffing ankle bracelets last July 13 — but never had a breathalyzer installed in her car. And US magazine recalls that the ankle monitor only lasted 11 days before LiLo got another DUI (July 24).
So maybe she is a great example of someone who needs to prove her sobriety — ahem, I say again, her sobriety — every time she turns the key. But if she “fully endorses” the devices, where the heck is hers? I bet it’s in storage along with her anti-DUI public-service announcement.
Can you spot the breathalyzer? Me neither.
The Guardian reports:
Director Spike Lee has waded into the ongoing controversy surrounding Jeremiah Wright, the Chicago pastor whose provocative statements have proved a thorn in the side of Democrat frontrunner Barack Obama. Lee advises the preacher to do the right thing and keep quiet. “The more he opens his mouth, the more damage he does,” he told the Guardian yesterday.
For good measure, Lee hinted at a political conspiracy behind Wright’s recent, contentious attempts to justify his remarks. “It looks like he’s being paid to keep talking,” he said.
Spike Lee. Telling a paranoid conspiracy freak that he talks too much. And that he’s doing so as part of a conspiracy. Usually at this point in the post I try to throw something in to make the person’s words even sillier, but I’m not sure it’s possible in this case. Maybe if he made fun of Wright for being really short and making Girl 6, that might be slightly more ironic.
I’m no scientist, but the evidence is building that soon after you sign up to be a PETA spokesperson, you get in trouble for being a total coke fiend.
First there was Eva Mendes, who did an “I’d Rather Go Naked” ad, followed by a stint in rehab for a “substance-abuse problem.” She reportedly checked into Cirque Lodge in January after a three-day cocaine binge.
Now there’s Jenna “Pleather Yourself” Jameson, who, after exploring new orifices into which she can put things, came up with her nose. She was tossed out of a London club on Wednesday for trying to snort cocaine in the bathroom.
I guess our extensive coverage of both Jenna and Eva’s raging bouts of hypocrisy can be explained now — they’re too wasted to know what they’re agreeing to.
ETA: Simon just reminded me about Steve-O and his drug-addled mind. Are there others?
Miley Cyrus made an appearance yesterday at Walt Disney World, in Orlando. As you can see in this Disney-approved image, the teen idol is wearing clothes for the first time in weeks. They must be thrilled.
However, continuing the biggest overreaction in Mickey Mouse history, she will not be attending as scheduled the Disney Channel Games, a media event where young Disney stars compete to win money for charity. The cancellation seems to confirm a rumor that the New York Post reported earlier this week:
“You won’t be seeing her for a while,” a highranking Disney employee was overheard saying this weekend at a luncheon in LA, according to Page Six. “The company is keeping her away from events and wants her to keep a very low profile for the next four to six months. They’re trying to keep her contained.”
Contained? She’s 15 years old. Does she have fangs? Yes, I gave her some crap the other day for her whole “Praise Jesus!” schtick, but Disney is not her parent. So why are they grounding her?
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