Saturday, November 17, 2007

Week # 46 in Review

Sales of pop star Britney Spears’ latest album “Blackout” fell 70% with the arrival of new albums by Alicia Keys and Celine Dion but attention paid to Spears herself waned very little as it was reported that she tested positive for amphetamines. Her spokesperson claimed first that it was provigil, a drug used to treat narcolepsy, then that it was Albuterol for asthma and then finally Adderal for ADHD. Only Adderal is actually an amphetamine. Additionally, Spears was caught on tape driving her car through red lights, driving at night with her sunglasses on and running over the foot of a paparazzi photographer; each time she had her two sons in the car. Her ex-husband Kevin Federline had his lawyer a judge to ban her from driving with their sons in the car. Meanwhile, Project Runway host Heidi Klum went on the Ellen Degeneres Show and explained how Spears had taught her about how to use diapers. Britney Spears’ mother, Lynn Spears was quoted as saying that she blames herself for her daughter’s current emotional state and then went on to talk about her new book that is focused on parenting.

Ex-child star Corey Haim was selling his autographed possessions on eBay, Sarah Michelle Gellar changed her name to Sarah Michelle Prinze for her 5th wedding anniversary and Sporty Spice Mel C was quoted as saying that she was prepared to quit the Spice Girls’ reunion tour if the other girls started acting like divas.
It was announced that David Beckham will be the new spokesmodel for Armani underwear, an organization that goes by the name “The Resistance” called for rapper 50 Cent to quit producing albums and called him a “Satanic piece of filth” and Hayden Panettiere found out that, as a result of her expedition to Japan to help save dolphins by swimming with them, there is a warrant out for her arrest there.
Runner Lance Armstrong sent his daughter to school with actor Ashley Olsen so that she could be used as a prop for Show and Tell, Amy Winehouse fiddled around with her beehive hairdo on stage and then made all the necessary movements to suggest that she did cocaine while performing and the woman who released and sold photos of boxer Oscar de la Hoya in women’s underwear began proceedings to sue de la Hoya for 100 million dollars for defamation.

Rock star Courtney Love visited supermodel Kate Moss’ home so she could consider buying it and stated that she felt it was too messy and dark later clarifying that it was actually that she considered it inappropriate for her daughter Francis Bean, it was revealed that socialite Paris Hilton was not, in fact, championing the cause of saving elephants that get drunk, gay bear boy band Bear Force 1 released their newest Christmas themed single, a woman knocked over a table at New York’s Waverley Inn trying to get a glimpse of pop star Jessica Simpson and actor Matt Damon was voted People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive.

In Australia it was suggested that Santa Claus stop saying the phrase “ho ho ho” as it could potentially be offensive to woman and a poll by Zoo Magazine found that 1 in 5 people would like to see Prime Minister John Howard naked.

In the US, the City of New York was considering putting a $1000 fine on the act of feeding pigeons, Serendipity 3, the New York restaurant that serves the most expensive dessert in the world was shut down by the health department for being infested with rodents, a new type of fish that can be found throughout the Americas that can survive out of water for extended periods was discovered and named Mangrove Rivulus and a study ascertained that Magnolia bark, when put into mints, can kill a lot of bad breath creating bacteria.
In the UK the word “locavore” was voted the Oxford University Press’ word of the year and Mr. John “Johnny Liar” Graham was crowned the nations most accomplished liar.

In the Middle East, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal became the first man in the world to privately purchase the A380 superjet for $300 million and a man in Cyprus went to the police when a woman who promised to improve his relationship with his mother in law simply cracked an egg into his underwear and then charged him 5000 Cyprus pounds.
In India a man married a dog in an attempt to reverse his bad karma after he killed a pair of dogs 15 years ago and was then hurt in an accident while in Russia members of a cult locked themselves away until May 2008 as they waited for the world to end.

Residents of the Weidijue Community in Jining, China were informed that if they behaved badly their monthly allowance of 40 dollars would be revoked and for the first time in China a helpline was set up to assist people who are addicted to gambling.

"Most people who buy lottery tickets in China are not mentally mature,” said a Chinese government spokesperson. “They still hold the belief that they can be rich overnight."

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