Does anyone actually "kare" that Kim is divorcing?

You cannot have possibly believed that her marriage to Kris Humphries was actually genuine?!?

1. She wasn't changing her name.
2. She wasn't moving to Minnesota.
3. She was planning things without him.
4. They made a mockery out of their wedding and probably made a killing from their TV special and sold their picks to People Magazine.
5. They made a mockery out of their honeymoon by having US Weekly travel with them and sold their honeymoon pics to them.  Is nothing private and sacred???
6. Fame whore marries a fame whore.. It was like Speidi part two.
7. He was a complete douche and looked like Harry from Harry and the Hendersons.  No one in their right mind would have actually wanted to be with him, let alone marry him.
8. I bet she only liked him because he was an athlete and thought it was cute his name was "Kris".  Sorry, when he has the same name and spelling as your mother, there's something wrong.
9. Of course he married her...  She's a "Kardashian".  Maybe he thought he could put her materialism and fame hunger to the side to make it work.
10. The only person who makes sense in that family is Khloe and she must have smelled this coming from a mile away because she was so against him at first.  She knew he was all about the "opportunity".  She must be secretly happy inside.

Ok Ok...  Enough Kim-Kris bashing.  I'm sure this will be the top story for days to come.  Sigh.

Here's some TMZ links for you..
http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/31/kim-kardashian-divorce-kris-humphries-files/#.Tq7aOmDx9gQ
http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/31/why-kim-kardashian-is-divorcing-kris-humphries/#.Tq7Z72Dx9gQ
http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/31/kris-humphries-speaks-about-divorce/#.Tq7dV2Dx9gQ

Thank You, Steve Jobs

Today, we lost the Thomas Edison of our time... Steve Jobs.  Innovator, Revolutionary, Visionary, Leader, Genius.

From the personal computer and mouse to the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, Steve revolutionized technology.  With Pixar, he revolutionized the film industry.  With the Apple Store, he revolutionized retail.  With the iPod and iTunes, he revolutionized the music industry.  With the iTunes store, he also revolutionized film sale and rentals, and TV series subscriptions. He invented fonts (did you know that??).  He revolutionized marketing, product design, economics, and has made countless other impacts on various industries- more than you may have realized.  He has made a huge impact on society and culture across the world.  Some people have just about every product Apple has, but most people have at least one Apple product.  Apple is arguably the only company where a person can literally name all of their products.  Apple is an icon.  Steve is an icon.

I had my first Apple Macintosh when I was in middle school.  I ran that computer into the ground- I had it at least 10 years.  I would later come to own an iPod mini, MacBook, iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, and a MacBook Pro.  I have been a loyal Apple user for years and have watched the KeyNote each year, with Steve in his black shirt and blue jeans.  Apple products, innovated by Steve, have been the way I've worked, learned, been entertained, and kept in touch with my family and friends for a large part of my life...  and I don't know how I would ever survive without an Apple product.

Steve's innovations have impacted generations across the globe and will continue to impact culture and industry for generations to come.  His death is a devastating loss and if he was well and lived past the young age of 56, who knows what else he could have accomplished and contributed to society and technology.

I rather not say "goodbye".  I want to say...  Thank you, Steve.

The one thing money can't buy Diddy? Class!

Diddy...  Wow, I hate that name.. Let's call him by his real name and

Sean Combs was at a club in Atlanta for the BET Hip-Hop Awards after party when he spotted a guy drinking a rival vodka to his Ciroc.  Sean began to curse, insult, and threaten the guy.  Rapper T.I. was also in attendance and grabbed a mic to try to calm the situation.  It was all caught on tape- and it's pretty explicit.  Here's the story from TMZ.

WARNING: NSFW!!



There used to be the east coast-west coast rap rivalry and it appears in his world it's the Ciroc-all other vodkas rivalry.  I could go into the cliche "it's America and he can drink whatever he wants" arguement, but let's make it simple- The guy probably thinks Ciroc tastes like refined Colt 45 and would rather drink Absolute, Grey Goose, or any other vodka even if it's made in a bathtub.

Sean Combs has more money than God, yet it's not enough to buy him some class.  Get over yourself, honey.

Mark-Paul Gosselar is getting hitched!

Congrats to the happy couple.

"Mark-Paul Gosselar and I are engaged!"
"Mark who?"
"Mark-Paul Gosselar."
"Uuuuuhhhh..."
"Zack Morris."
"Oh... OH! That's cool.  But, I always thought you were more of a Slater lover."

When the tides turn in celebrity relationships...

Some celebrity relationships fail because one spouse is more successful than the other, but sometimes- just sometimes- it can work out.  But what happens when the tides turn and the other becomes more successful?

I've began to ponder this when a friend shared a story with me of when she recently spotted Jennie Garth at the Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California.  According to my buddy, Jennie isn't looking to well these days and seems to be letting herself go...  She's gained at least 30 pounds, her lips are way too pouty from injections, and has zero control over her kids (which could be simply because they are spoiled celebrity spawn).

If you don't know, Jennie has been married to Peter Facinelli since 2001 and together since 1996, which is practically a lifetime in Hollywood.  It's pretty fair to say that Jennie was the breadwinner at the beginning of their marriage.  However, her star has been overshadowed the last few years due to the huge success of the "Twilight" series and her husband being perpetually known as "Dr. Carlisle Cullen".  Jennie attempted to revive her career with a reoccurring role on the new 90210, but that lasted all about one second.  So then, what is a Hollywood wife to do?

Now, I'm not saying Jennie has any issues with Peter becoming a huge part of a pop culture phenomenon- it's simply speculation based on hundreds of other instances with celebrity ex-couples.

I would think that a couple that works in the same industry would have a complete understanding of the professional demands that are set forth.  But that takes patience and common sense- the latter seems to be lacking in Hollywood anyway.  I don't quite understand the fascination with celebrity marriages and I don't think I ever will.

But at least now I know that even celebrity kids misbehave in public.

Kate Middleton is a breath of fresh air...

I cannot being to tell you how much I adore Kate Middleton.  Yes, she's living every girl's dream, but it's more than that.

It seems there are quite a few articles on her regarding her wardrobe and how she "recycles" her clothing- wearing items multiple times to different events.  Um, hello???  Isn't that what we all do???  We have clothes in our closet, and if you're like me, you wear each item more times than you can count for different outfits until the thing either shrinks, rips, or fades.  Not all of us are filthy rich and can afford to wear an item once and then toss it.  We're not all Kardashians who probably wouldn't be caught dead being photographed in an outfit twice.

What the tabloids seem to forget is that Kate was a commoner.  She was a chick who had a regular job and a regular social life just like any one of us.  I find it quite refreshing that she hasn't let her new lifestyle spoil her.  I applaud her buying (relatively) affordable clothing and getting multiple uses out of each piece.  She obviously is a grounded person who is not easily changed by an upgrade in status.  This type of person is extremely rare and instead of running stories being surprised or even appalled that she isn't wearing Dolce & Gabbana with Prada shoes, we should applaud her rejecting of materialism being a real role model for girls.

Here is a photo gallery of Kate wearing items over again.  Like this is somehow unheard of.

Slap Minka's butt and get fired!

A crew member on the set of the new "Charlie's Angels" was fired for slapping Minka Kelly's butt.  She naturally scolded him on disrespecting her and women, but ABC has a no-tolerance policy on sexual harassment and the guy was fired.

Here's the kicker- this isn't the first time he has done such a thing.

This now-fired crew member is married and moved his family out to L.A. for the show.  Oh, to be a fly on the wall when he got home from work that night!  How do you tell your wife that you got fired for smacking an actress' ass?!?  Do you tell her as soon as you get home??  Do you tell her during dinner??

"Honey, can you please pass the carrots?  Oh, and I got fired today for slapping Minka's ass.  Can you pass the salt, too??"

New Facebook, new reason to hate it

Ok ok, so we've been down this road before- Mark Zuckerf**k changes the layout, we all complain, then we get used to it, and then another change happens.  But this time, there seems to be serious backlash with this new update.

Personally, I hate it.  I cannot believe Facebook is deciding on what my top stories should be.  There's no rhyme or reason to it.  No, I really don't give a crap about a friend's post from Farmville and no, I don't consider that to be a "top story".  I think the news feed is not user friendly at all.  This twitter-esque status feed on the right side is pretty lame, too.  I cringe each time Facebook changes the layout or some other update to the privacy settings.  Mark has absolutely no regard for his 750 million users.  How about asking what your users want instead of assuming what we want based on what Mark would want?

And the worst part of this is that this isn't the end of it.  Facebook unveiled the new profile layout today at the F8 Conference.

This message to Facebook has been circulating through reposts, including my own status update.  I think it sums it up quite well:

‎"Facebook, you're not near as smart as you think you are. Your algorithms for deciding what I want to see, who I want to talk to or what I think is important are 99.999% of the time the exact polar opposite of what I want. Everything you do to try to simplify things only complicates things more. Every attempt you make to improve things inevitably ends up in a HUGE step backwards. Take for example the new way Facebook displays pictures when clicked on that now appear initially as a compressed blurry mess reminiscent of the internet circa 1990. Something as simple as a Friend Request is now just a headache of options. The chat, instead of just showing everybody that's online now is broken up into segments that YOU GUESS I want to talk to, more often than not displaying many that I rarely want to chat with and many that aren't even online. Do I have the option to just display everyone that IS online? Nope, because as history has taught us Facebook isn't about viewing or doing things that I want, it's about Facebook coming up with some ludicrous idea of how things "should" be and than ramming it down it's users throats. I echo the sentiments of others that have cited that it is this kind of mentality that killed MySpace, a reminder that Facebook should never consider themselves "too big to fail." You're not... repost if you agree.."

If it's not broken, don't fix it.  Facebook has become a huge fixture in pop culture and seems irreplaceable right now..  but the mighty do fall.  I know I would like to have a choice and I hope Google + gains some steam and gives Facebook a run for its money.  What could work is creating a news feed home page that is customizable to what the USER wants.

Google Chrome has the right idea... Here is an article on how to remove that news ticker is you use Chrome.

Jonah Hill calls out Matthew Morrison

I'm not sure if this is for real or not, but it seems as if Jonah Hill and Matthew Morrison have a bit of a feud going on...  and according to Jonah, it's Matthew's fault.



If it's true, that's pretty messed up.  I like Matthew, but I got my money on Jonah.  Word.

P.S. Jonah looks great after losing weight.  Good for him!

It's the end of R.E.M. as we know it...

After 31 years together, R.E.M. has decided to split up.  The band came to this decision while assembling their upcoming greatest hits album, which is to be released in November.

R.E.M. was my first concert when I was 13.  They were touring for their album, "Monster".  It was at MSG and Luscious Jackson opened for them.  It was my first introduction to rock concerts... and to marijuana from the guy smoking a joint behind me, my mother, and my friends.

"What is that smell?!?"
"It's a cigarette."
"But it doesn't smell like your cigarettes, mom."

And then I got the look to drop the subject and watch the concert.  Ahhhh, teachable moments!

R.E.M. helped catapult alternative rock into the mainstream and influenced many bands that followed.  I'm sure their influence will shape many songwriters and artists to come.  As with all good things, it all comes to an end.

This was the song that got me into them as a kid, and in my opinion, their best song.  The album, "Out of Time", was the album that turned me onto alternative rock and I've never looked back.  While my taste grew to include hard rock and some metal, I always look back fondly on this song and album.  In my opinion, this album and song must be in the top 10 in the genre.

R.E.M. - Losing My Religion by Warner-Music