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Crazy Baby Lady Skips Welfare, Goes Straight to TV

Emily Farris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:09:00 GMT

We'd be bragging about calling this one last week, but you'd have to be an idiot not to think the mother of octuplets (plus another six) wasn't going to seek media deals to keep those kiddies fed. At first we thought she'd go for her own show on TLC, but apparently she knows she has blown Jon and Kate Plus 8 out of the water and is going straight to the media major leagues.

The Crazy Baby Lady, otherwise known as Nadya Suleman, is seeking $2 million from media outlets and commercial endorsements. And though she's still recovering from carrying and giving birth two eight babies, she has plans to talk to Oprah and Diane Sawyer.

The 33-year-old's family admits she needs cash from media deals, which makes us wonder how the hell she paid for the in vitro fertilization in the first place. We hate to sound like our mom—she used to bitch about women having more babies so their welfare checks would increase—but DAY-UM, we hope Oprah pays someone else to take those babies away from her.

[Times of London: Octuplets’ mother wants Oprah to turn her into a $2m TV star]

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Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:51:00 GMT

While he chose to be overseas rather than attend the inauguration, Tom Cruise wants you to know he supports Obama.

Captain Sully was at the inauguration. Afterward, he took his family to a restaurant called the Hudson.

Diane Sawyer, who used to work for Nixon, really enjoyed herself at Obama's inaugural balls last night. This video clearly shows just how much she enjoyed it, if you know what we mean.

Malia and Sasha win... the Jonas Brothers!

Islamists in Malaysia want to ban Rihanna's concert there.

Strollerderby reported on the Krispy Kreme "abortion donuts" (a.k.a. doughnuts) nonsense.

Patti Lupone flipped her shit on a rude patron while singing live in Gypsy on Broadway-- now that's entertainment.

And this moron was the Mayor of a Wisconsin town... that is, until he was busted trying to pickup underage girls on the internet. Ouch.

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While You Were Sleeping: Ashley Alexandra Dupre Finally Talked

Emily Farris — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:03:00 GMT

We haven't been watching this season of Dancing With the Stars but we have been watching clips of Cloris Leachman and her cleavage online and we're sad to say she's not one of the top three contestants on the show. [Yahoo!]

Stem-cell surgery: coming to a human organ near you. [NYT]

Malia and Sasha Obama got their first tour of the White House yesterday. They were invited by Laura Bush to check out their new rooms. [Us]

In her first interview since she was found to be pleasuring former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer for money, Ashley Alexandra Dupre spoke with People. What would she like you to know? That she's a normal girl. [People]

Scanner Nicole, who already knew this, will be watching Diane Sawyer interview Dupre Friday night on 20/20. Expect a full report. [Daily News]

New, Gay, Clay Aiken Is Way More Likeable Than Old, Closeted Clay Aiken

Nicole Pasulka — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Clay Aiken turned up on Good Morning America yesterday to discuss that whole "gay" thing. Level-headed and way less hysterical than usual, Clay's popularity finally makes some sense to us. Diane Sawyer's popularity, however, continues to be a complete mystery.

Enjoy Clay Aiken's poise when confronted with creepy, leading questions from Diane about all his "suffering" and how "painful" this all must be for his family below.

Diane! We are the only ones suffering here and it's just because we're forced to endure to your "hard-hitting journalism." Dude is gay. We're cool with it. He's cool with it. Even some of the Claymates are doing all right. Relax or we'll have the Whistle-Stop Express drop your ass at the bottom of the ocean once and for all.

ABC's Prostitution Special Saddens Us, Annoys Former Sex Workers

Bryan Christian — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:01:00 GMT

Hey, you know what? We spent most of our evening on Friday watching ABC's "Prostitution in America" news special, which was apparently years in the making but was rushed onto the air post-Spitzer, just for you -- but we wound up not mentioning anything because we try not to write about too many things that makes us want to slit our fucking wrists. Yeesh, what a depressing parade of misery and addiction that was. Like, it was such an overwhelming bummer that we couldn't even begin to discuss the facts or anything like that if we'd wanted to.

Anyway, thank God we don't have to think anything more about it, because former sex workers -- because former sex pro and current blogger Gracie Passette has done plenty of (far more informed) thinking on it for us.

The only moments approaching the experiences of the two of us were those with the unidentified courtesan. And not just because that's the only way the two of us would (when escorting or now) appear in such a broadcast; this woman was sane, rational.
While Diane literally said that she "couldn't accept" the courtesan's unwillingness to say she didn't feel she was losing anything special about sex or in any way say that her work made her feel dirty confused, we both knew what the courtesan was saying. Not only does this serve to illustrate more of Diane's inability to be objective, but a complete unwillingness to be open to considering a view point other than her own.

It's a long read, but probably of interest even if you didn't catch the show (though maybe you did, since the ratings were surprisingly good).