[auralpoison]

yeah, except for the fact that Stephanie Meyer is a complete hack and I wouldn't be surprised if she took bits from other sources. Enough to claim plagiarism? I doubt it, but her stuff is so uncreatively derivative, I'm sure loads of people can see their stuff in hers.

.....opinionated much, zoya? (although I just consider myself a voracious reader who thinks Twighlight SUCKS)

Word. I was given a gift of a fang pendant to commemorate my deep-seated Twi-blight.

[zoya]

You know, I heard there were a couple of people that were claiming part of the books, were taken from part of their stories, books, etc. Don't be mad because of someone else's success. Sheesh.

yeah, except for the fact that Stephanie Meyer is a complete hack and I wouldn't be surprised if she took bits from other sources. Enough to claim plagiarism? I doubt it, but her stuff is so uncreatively derivative, I'm sure loads of people can see their stuff in hers.

.....opinionated much, zoya? (although I just consider myself a voracious reader who thinks Twighlight SUCKS)

[SpiltSugar]

Some fool is suing Stephanie Meyer claiming that parts of one of the Twilight novels was cribbed from his novel The Nocturnes.

You know, I heard there were a couple of people that were claiming part of the books, were taken from part of their stories, books, etc. Don't be mad because of someone else's success. Sheesh.

[crazyoldcatlady]

burn baby burn.

i feel bad for the survivor, though:

"Samantha Geimer filed court papers in January saying, 'I am no longer a 13-year-old child. I have dealt with the difficulties of being a victim, have surmounted and surpassed them with one exception.

'Every time this case is brought to the attention of the Court, great focus is made of me, my family, my mother and others. That attention is not pleasant to experience and is not worth maintaining over some irrelevant legal nicety, the continuation of the case.'

Geimer, now 45, married and a mother of three, sued Polanski and received an undisclosed settlement. She long ago came forward and made her identity public -- mainly, she said, because she was disturbed by how the criminal case had been handled.

Following Espinoza's ruling earlier this year, Geimer's lawyer, Larry Silver, said he was disappointed and that Espinoza 'did not get to the merits and consider the clear proof of both judicial and prosecutorial corruption.'"

[stargazer]

Roman Polaski finally arrested for rape charges in 1978

One of the commenters from the Jezebel article asked if Pulanski didn't already serve his time. Um, no.

[lananans]

I think it was all just a big publicity stunt. I really dislike Kanye West.

[crazyoldcatlady]

so ... anyone hear kanye' crashed taylor swift's acceptance speech? :-D

kanye's rant is going to be the biggest internet meme of all time!

[kittenb]

Dang, yo. Maura Tierney hasn't beat the breast cancer yet. She's had to drop out of some crappy sounding NBC show for further treatment.

That sucks! In fact, I refuse to accept it. For her performance in NewRadio alone, I will always be her fan. Keep up the fight Maura! You are fantastic!

[auralpoison]

Dang, yo. Maura Tierney hasn't beat the breast cancer yet. She's had to drop out of some crappy sounding NBC show for further treatment.

[auralpoison]

BILLY MAYS WAS ON THE BLOW! IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!

"TMZ says the following drugs were detected in his system: Vicodin, Oxycodone, Xanax, Valium, benzoylecgonine (byproduct of cocaine) and temazepam (anti-anxiety). They also found booze."

Oh, & Bill & Sookie are getting married IRL.

And Penelope Cruz might be Javier Bardem's babymama.

[stargazer]

Eunice Kennedy Shriver in critical condition @ Mass. Hospital.

[girltrouble]

meh. there's nothing that could make me side with kate. perhaps i saw the wrong episodes, but she was being kind of a dick. she was brow beating him, and then predicted all this stuff he would say, and was wrong on all counts. she spends all her time jet setting around signing books. no, to me she seems like she's more interested in her 15 minutes of fame than her kids. but they both suck. they are no better than the parents of lindsey lohan, or any other sucky hollywood parent-leech, who uses their kids to live the high life no matter what happens to the kids. they have that whole little estate and all their money because they sold their kids.

[auralpoison]

Some fool is suing Stephanie Meyer claiming that parts of one of the Twilight novels was cribbed from his novel The Nocturnes.

[lananans]

Who knows what goes on behind the scenes with the Gosselins. On a gut level I'm inclined to side with Kate, but I think maybe that's just because she has really good PR people...

[flanker_ji]

Aww, that's a shame about MCA. It's really funny to see them gettin' all middle-aged, but with that spark of youth and excitement coming through. I don't follow them closely, so I've missed much of their aging process.

It's always seemed to me the Gosselins were equally culpable for the steaming pile that their lives are now.

[pollystyrene]

Wow. So I guess the Beastie Boys will NOT be playing Lollapalooza this year & they are pushing the back the date of their new release. Adam "MCA" Yauch has cancer of the salivary gland & lymph node. It sounds as though his prognosis is good & that he's having surgery next week.

Yauch's Announcement.

Y'know, those Beasties are always causing trouble. I was supposed to see them with Rage Against the Machine back in 2000 and Mike D broke his arm while riding a bike, and they canceled the tour. A few months later, RATM broke up

That being said, glad it's probably treatable.

[auralpoison]

Wow. So I guess the Beastie Boys will NOT be playing Lollapalooza this year & they are pushing the back the date of their new release. Adam "MCA" Yauch has cancer of the salivary gland & lymph node. It sounds as though his prognosis is good & that he's having surgery next week.

Yauch's Announcement.

[auralpoison]

Y'know, I used to feel sorry for Jon Gosselin. Kate seemed like such a harpie. But now I am beginning to think she was just exasperated by his utter douchebaggery & that she treated him like shit because he was shit. He's three years younger than me, but seems to be going through his mid-life crisis now. I realize eight kids can age you, but dude? Diamond studs? All of that FREE Ed Hardy schwag? I mean, I hear he's going into kiddie EH fashion design (I thought he was in IT, but whatevs.), but, um . . . EH is the not-so-new Von Dutch & sucks even harder. I'd rather dress my kids like the Amish than have them sporting Ed Hardy.

[Jezebel]

Going back a couple of topics, that MTV Rocky Horror remake sounds like the worst idea ever. Who are they going to get to star, Spencer and Heidi?

[roseviolet]

Why would it be Morgan freeman's fault that she was hounded by the paparazzi? Shouldn't she be going after the paparazzi themselves?

I know what you mean! It's not as if they'd leave her alone just because he said something publicly. It probably just would have thrown more fuel on the fire. But then again, I've never been hounded by the paps, so what do I know!