The Gossip Rag: Celebrity life, photos, gossip, and news

If you find ridiculous celebrity riders (those contracts they have to do a show at a place that specify what amenities should be provided for the performer) amusing, you should check out this list, which includes such gems as:

• J Lo’s expensive imported Candles Diptyque – Tuberose, Figure, Heliotrope
• Peter Gabriel’s relaxing/deep muscle massage in a hippy style
• The Nine Inch Nails need two (2) Boxes of Corn Starch (VERY IMPORTANT!)
• THERE IS TO BE NO BEEF … IN THE VICINITY OF 50 CENT’S DRESSING OR CATERING ROOMS
• Iggy Pop confuses with No toy robots, television evangelists … No plastic seahorses, no bailiwicks…

If you can’t get enough, you should try reading all 18 pages of Iggy Pop’s concert rider, which is hilarious.

According to ONTD, Hugh Laurie has returned suddenly to the UK. Hope everything’s ok!

This letter showed up on Ann Coulter’s site earlier today, but was later removed. Interestingly enough, references around the blogosphere are disappearing fast, so I’ve reproduced it below:

Dear Readers,

I’ve been participating in a charade for nearly eleven years, now. Quite frankly, I’m sick of it. You have all been a part of a sick joke that I began considering shortly after first getting on the air. At first, it was quite interesting to see how people would react when I would use twisted logic and poorly masked bigotry.

But eleven years is a long time to be living a fake life, and I can no longer tolerate this falsity. Even someone as fake as I tires out eventually.

Here’s the truth, I don’t care what people believe. Jews don’t need to be “made perfect” as I so arrogantly proclaimed to Editor & Publisher not a half week ago. I don’t even care if people are Muslim. Granted, I don’t know much about the religion or the people, but they are people. This is something that we cannot forget, they are in an abhorrent situation. These people are in need of education. Perhaps if we did not participate in causing them misery, they would not hate us so.

In fact, does it really matter whether we are Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Atheist, or even Pagan? We are one nation. One. We should not let petty differences separate us, we are all American, and should act in that manner.

And with that, my precious viewers, I bid you adieu. My career as a media figurehead is over.

Signed,
Ann Coulter

P.S. – Oh, and Bill O’Reilly is also just acting.
www.anncoulter.com/

According to Kos, AOL, Jezebel, and others, she was hacked earlier today. Aww, poor Ann Coulter. It looks like someone from the Middle East has it in for you.

Warner Bros. Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with the new poster for I Am Legend, hitting conventional theaters and IMAX theaters on December 14. Directed by Francis Lawrence (Constantine), the anticipated film stars Will Smith, Alice Braga, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith and Charlie Tahan.

The only thing to worry about is that the name (for Christians) will automatically free-associate with “I am legion,” a story of multiple demonic possession.

After being arrested for a DUI a few weeks ago, our favorite anti-terrorist TV actor Kiefer Sutherland has been sentenced to 48 days in jail. The first 18 days, for a probation violation, will be served immediately until he is sentenced.

Fox news issued the following hilarious statement about their main man:

Today our friend Kiefer Sutherland resolved his criminal case at the earliest opportunity. Kiefer made clear to us at the time of his arrest that his first concern was the welfare of those he worked with and that he intended to do whatever was necessary to prevent shutting down the show because of his situation. He told us that even if he had to sacrifice more time in custody in order to protect the show and the jobs of those who work with him, he would do so. From what occurred today, it is evident he is a man of his word. We wish him well and look forward to a long relationship with him.

So in exchange for admitting to driving with a BAC over .08, he won’t be charged with a second DUI. What I wonder is why Mr. “I’m very disappointed in myself” can’t afford to hire someone to drive his drunk self around?