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The GumGum ad that pops up on the Splash site on a pic of Lindsay Lohan attempting to surf in Hawaii is for Promises Treatment Center in Malibu… where Lindsay was a resident after her DUI in 2007.
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Hat tip: Halloran
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A jaunty Betty Deuce visited the D-Day museum in Portsmouth today, wearing a buttery yellow coat dress with a flying buttress collar, topped off with a scrumptious birthday cake hat.
Her majesty has long understood the need for sensible shoes. Nearly 10,000 allied soldiers were killed in the various D-Day battles, and between 4,000-9,000 Germans were killed, wounded or captured.
Camilla is visiting with the Germans now. See next story.
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Camilla wore her best southwest studded frock and grabbed a hefty serving of the grape to mingle last night at a sustainability event at the Deutsche Historische Museum in Berlin, where guests dared to approach her royal highness to marvel at her self-sustaining hair.
In an informal agreement, Camilla will herself become an exhibit on alternating Thursdays beginning in October.
Image: Getty
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Sir Elton John, 62, and Liza May Minnelli, 63, turned out for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation Party at the Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan.
Elton’s AIDS foundation has raised over $125 million. Liza’s appearances at various galas have raised millions.
Liza’s mother, Judy Garland, died of an accidental drug overdose forty years ago this June. She was 47. Jack Haley died at age 80 in 1979. He was beloved in Vaudeville for taking a stand against racism.
Whatever you can do to make things better, do it. Even the smallest act counts.
Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage
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Fergie showed up at the “X-Men” opening, because she hasn’t had enough press lately, so she wore a dress once worn by an extra in the Liz Taylor version of “Cleopatra,” and some klunky-ass shoes to show off her sexy knees.
Ferg looks best with her hair off her face, or covering it entirely.
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This photo of President Obama and Senator Ted Kennedy was taken on the grounds of the White House just before the signing of the Kennedy Service Act on April 21.
Yah, this is old news, but I just found this pic and liked it.
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
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Her Royal Highness, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, appears to be telling German President Horst Koehler a “Did you hear the one about the German who walked into a bar?” joke.
Times are tough for the royals — this is the second time in a week that Camilla has worn that fringed dress!
Chuck and Cammy blitzed into Berlin as part of a trip to several European cities, and the Germans blitzed London nearly 70 years ago.
Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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This was about as close to the Rat Pack as Jay Leno is to funny. Yes, it all seemed to be what it was supposed to be, but mostly served to remind how much it was not at all like what the Rat Pack was.
Winsome Kris Allen opened with the 1936 song “The Way You Look Tonight,” written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields. It’s pretty hard to go wrong with a song like that, and Kris fluffed it up with enough elongated and bent notes to make it his own, but his wow factor was more like a “what’s next?” effect.
George and Ira Gershwin were likely spinning in their graves after fuchsia-haired Allison Iraheta gave their 1926 masterpiece “Someone to Watch Over Me” her scream treatment. A rasp like that on a 17-year-old is just wrong. You just know there’s a carton of Marlboro Menthols in this girl’s room. And they’re not soft packs.
Matt Giraud put on a hat to hide his unfortunate Cyclopian mole and sang the Rodgers and Hart classic “My Funny Valentine” with all of the ordinariness one would expect of a singer… on a summer tour of “American Idol” finalists.
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer wrote “Come Rain or Come Shine” in one October evening in 1945, and it took Danny Gokey just under three minutes to belt it so horribly that it will take me at least ten more minutes to forget it.
Adam Lambert made one of the best entrances since Loretta Young swept down the stairs in her old TV show, landing on his feet to sing the obscure Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse “Feelin’ Good,” accentuated by the “Idol” lighting crew that likes to keep his Lancomed face in the dark. At least he had some of the swank of the Rat Pack, but none of the swagger.
Overall, a most disappointing evening of songs. Jamie Foxx attempted to coach the five finalists, but while I love Jamie for who he is, he’s not a singing mentor, but he’s certainly as well identified with hanging out in Las Vegas as anyone.
I’m guessing Matt Giraud goes home.
Top Image: AmericanIdol.com
Props to CLC Andy for Loretta Young
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Click the pic to see Zac Efron up close. That’s how the 21-year-old looked at a photo call for “17 Again” in Madrid.
As my grandmother would say… “Did you know he was Jewish?”
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Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images
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Isn’t it a bitch when some old queen dresses up and steals all the thunder from your best outfit?
That’s how it was for one of the two above as Betty Deuce and The Very Reverend Dr. John Hall, Dean of Westminster Abbey, attended a commemoration service on the 500th anniversary of the death of King Henry VII.
Her majesty’s dress and cap will be returned to the surgical wing of Royal London Hospital.
Photo by Indigo/Getty Images
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