Britney Has Legal Drama Britney Spears' conservator-father, Jamie Spears, issued a restraining order on behalf of his daughter against former manager Osama Lufti and former boyfriend Adnan Ghalib. Later in the week, Lufti filed his own lawsuit against Britney's parents for defamation. Since Jamie will never allow us to hear Britney's opinion on this, only time will tell how this saga unfolds.
Miley Takes Offensive Picture This time she was clothed! Miley, along with several friends, attempted to be funny and squinted her eyes in a picture that the media deemed ethnically degrading. After almost a week of ignoring the picture, Miley finally issued an apology via her blog. In the blog, Miley claims that she feels under the attack of the media now that Britney's on top again.
Faye Dunaway vs. Hilary Duff Faye Dunaway played the original Bonnie Parker in 1967's classic film "Bonnie and Clyde." The film is now being remade and Dunaway was reportedly unimpressed with the actress chosen to fill her role: Hilary Duff. "Couldnt't they at least cast a real actress?" Dunaway asked. In response, Hilary said, "I might be mad if I looked like that now too." Dunaway won the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance, but does Hilary have the chops?
Hollywood Engagements Anna Faris is engaged to her 29-year-old boyfriend, Chris Pratt. Pratt is a relatively unknown actor; his most recent work was on the set of "Bride Wars," playing Anne Hathaway's boyfriend. This will be the second marriage for the comedian. On another, slightly more creepy note, Paul Walker is engaged to his girlfriend of 3 years, Jasmine Pilchard-Gosnell. Jasmine is only 19 years old, Walker is 35.
Etta James Takes on Beyonce In a personal statement, legendary songstress Ettas James was able to mock President Barack Obama because of his "big ears" and dissed uber-talented singer Beyonce. James is upset that Beyonce was the one to sing her song "At Last" during President Obama's first dance with wife Michelle at the inaugural ball.
Michael Phelps Drowns A UK newspaper, News of the World, leaked pictures of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps smoking a bong. The swimmer was allegedly smoking marijuana at a college party in the UK. Luckily, Phelp's sponsors still support him and the pictures did not jeopardize his qualifications for the 2012 Olympics. Phelps did publicly apologize after the pictures leaked.
Super Bowl Triumph In a thrilling game, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, to become Super Bowl XLIII champions. The game-winning catch was thrown by Ben Roethlisberger to receiver Santonio Holmes with only 35 seconds left. Holmes was named MVP of the game.
Danity Kane is No More Diddy-sponsored pop group Danity Kane once had two platinum albums and five members. Now, they have no group and two dedicated singers. Aubrey O'Day, Shannon Bex and Wanita Jones (D. Woods) have all parted ways with the group. O'Day seems to have a career in nude modeling to look forward to (she's shot Maxim and Playboy covers), while the other two have talent to fall back on. As for Dawn Richard and Aundrea Fuentes, they are left trying to pick up the pieces of their dismantled careers.
Stephen King is Brave Stephen King dares to defy "Twilight"! Screaming teenage girls: attack! In a recent interview, Stephen King addressed the difference between "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and "Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer. "The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good." Not a smart move, Mr. King. Not smart at all.
Stacie Foster is a freshman magazine journalism major and the pop culture columnist. Her columns appear every Monday and Friday. She can be reached at snfoster@syr.edu.
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