Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:40 PM ET, November 16, 2006

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
Daily Mail:
Lohan comes a cropper on her night from hell  —  It was the night from hell for Lindsay Lohan at the World Music Awards.  —  She was visibly upset when the audience booed her every time she took to the stage, she fell down the stairs and was forced to abandon her role as main host of the ceremony.
RELATED:
Monique Jessen / People.com:
Michael Jackson Disappoints in Stage Return  —  Michael Jackson made his long-awaited live stage comeback Wednesday night in London at the World Music Awards.  —  His fans were left, at the very least, disappointed.  And the press reports were scathing.  —  "Jackson the flop," reads the Daily Mail's online headline Thursday.
Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Now I'm Feeling Zombified  —  The good news is that I have arrived back home in Detroit — Woot!  The bad news is that I'm operating on about 2 1/2 hours of sleep (not counting those lovely spurts of semi-sleep thruout the 4 hour flight from LA to Detroit) — Boo!
Discussion: notorious news
POPSUGAR:   LL & MJ Disappoint at the WMAs
New York Post:
PINSTRIPE PIN-UP  —  DEREK Jeter has a new babe.  The Yankee shortstop went out in L.A. Tuesday night with his new squeeze, Jessica Biel .  According to our spy, the couple were huddled in a corner of hot club Hyde, "laughing and giggling together."  At one point, Jessica, voted Esquire's …
Associated Press:
Scuffle at Jolie film shoot  —  MUMBAI, India (AP) — Angelina Jolie's bodyguards allegedly roughed up parents and students Thursday at a school where she was filming scenes for her new movie, A Mighty Heart, witnesses said.  —  The fracas began when the gates of the Anjuman-e-Islam school …
Discussion: The Superficial
RELATED:
Just Jared:   Angelina Jolie's Signature Smile
Star:
BRAD & ANGELINA'S BIG BABY ANNOUNCEMENT!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Jon Shanks / The National Ledger:
Britney Spears Come Back!  Kevin Federline Begs Brit  —  Kevin Federline wants Britney Spears back, a report claims.  It appears that the fledgling rapper has realized that he has made a tragic mistake and wishes to reunite with his newly slimmed down soon to be ex-wife and is desperate to get Britney back.
Discussion: Dlisted
RELATED:
MollyGood:
Federline wants Britney back.  Ya think?  —  Update: The Britney photos were removed at the request of the copyright holder.  Here is a picture of Kevin Federline instead.  I'm very, very sorry.  —  Britney Spears has surely turned over a new leaf if she's carrying her babies onto the Private Jet one by one.
Phil / Egotastic!:
Lindsay Lohan is Going to Kill Paris Hilton  —  Hollywood is a very incestuous place, but there are just some lines you don't cross, and Paris Hilton going after Lindsay Lohan's ex-boyfriend, Harry Morton, is one of those lines.  According to MSNBC, Lohan is livid over Hilton's recent maneuvers …
RELATED:
Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Sacha Baron Cohen Takes Off the 'Stache for Rolling Stone  —  Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen — the 35-year-old comic phenom who launched 1,000 neon green ball hammocks this Halloween — agreed to an interview with Rolling Stone speaking as himself in the current issue, instead of answering questions in character.
RELATED:
Neil Strauss / Rolling Stone:
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Real Borat - Finally Speaks
Michael K / Dlisted:
Blohan in Another Slutty Photoshooot  —  GQ named Lindsay Lohan its "Obsession of the Year" and she celebrated by opening her legs and bending over for a photoshoot.  She also had a little interview where she basically was a smart ass the entire time.  It's the coke talking.
RELATED:
Jeannette Walls / MSNBC:
Is Timberlake taunting Janet Jackson in song?  —  Plus: Michael Jackson's diva demands at World Music Awards  —  Remember that infamous Super Bowl incident with Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake?  Apparently it's created a rift between the two singers, and Timberlake may be making it worse with a song.
People.com:
Jaime Pressly Expecting a Baby  —  My Name Is Earl star Jaime Pressly and her deejay fiancé, Eric Cubiche, are expecting a baby, she announced during a taping of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday.  —  The four-months-pregnant actress told Leno that after her doctor showed her an ultrasound …
X17 Online:
X17 EXCLUSIVE - Cameron Finally Fixes Her Face  —  HOT LINKS :  —  X17 is the FIRST to bring you the inside scoop on Cameron Diaz' nose-job yesterday!  In the December issue of W magazine, Cam said she was tired of not being able to breathe through her four-times-broken nose (the last was a surfing accident.)
Discussion: celebrity terrorist
POPSUGAR:
Who is Hotter?  —  Maxim magazine is calling Borat and Angelina two of the hottest celebs of the year.  In fact, they are using both for their first ever double cover issue.  Angelina will grace the front while Borat will be the back of the December issue.  So what do what you think?
TMZ.com:
Cam and Justin's CrazyExpensiveBeachPad  —  Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake have reportedly just purchased a beachfront estate in Hawaii, but from the looks of it, they might've bought an entire village.  —  The actress and the pop star shelled out close to $16.9 million for the compound in Oahu …
Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
O. J. Simpson Writes a Book He'll Discuss on Fox TV  —  O. J. Simpson, who was acquitted 11 years ago in the 1994 death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald L. Goldman has written a book and will appear on television telling "how he would have committed the murders …
Discussion: Jossip, Jon Swift and Lost Remote
Jon Warech / People.com:
Kevin Federline Parties It Up in Miami Beach  —  Eight days after Britney Spears filed for divorce, Kevin Federline arrived in Florida via tour bus and went directly to a luxurious Miami Beach condo, sources tell PEOPLE.  —  The rapper's Miami visit will include his hosting a Friday night party …
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Whitney Houston's Home on the Block  —  Whitney Houston's $6 million New Jersey estate is slated to be put on a sheriff's auction block Jan. 4 because of more than $1 million owed in back taxes and other charges, according to published reports.  —  The sale was scheduled Tuesday …
Discussion: Dlisted
TMZ.com:
Bogus Report Circulating That Tom Hanks Has Died  —  A report is swirling around the Internet that Tom Hanks died this morning after falling off a cliff in New Zealand during a movie shoot.  TMZ is told by New Zealand authorities that the report is totally bogus.
NY Daily News:
Ray's guy in a sizzler  —  Kitchen queen Rachael Ray has more to worry about than whether her meat loaf is burning now that another woman is claiming that she carried on a kinky, five-year affair with Ray's husband.  —  Jeannine Walz claims in The National Enquirer that Ray's hubby …
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Star Jones Back On TV  —  And I thought I was done with gastric bypass surgery's poster child when she left the View.  However, I was oh-so wrong.  ET online reports: … Written by Lisa Timmons  —  (Image source)
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 6:40 PM ET, November 16, 2006.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
WeSmirch: site main
WeSmirch River: reverse chronological WeSmirch
WeSmirch Mobile: for phones
WeSmirch Leaderboard: WeSmirch's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
WeSmirch RSS feed
WeSmirch on X
 
 
 More News: 
New York Post:
PIVEN CUTS IN  —  JACK Black says Jeremy Piven is holding …
Discussion: Defamer and TV Squad
Todd / IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com:
Justin Timberlake Gives it To Janet
Just Jared:
Totally Requested Chad
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Exclusive! Reese's Post-Ryan Plans
Discussion: A Socialite's Life
POPSUGAR:
Selma Supports a One-Woman Show
Hollywoodtuna:
The Two Sides Of Avril Lavigne
 Earlier Picks: 
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Justin Timberlake's Diss Track
Just Jared:
Tom & Katie Take Suri For A Walk
POPSUGAR:
Here Come Tom and Katie's Guests
Miuvonf / A Socialite's Life:
Jermaine Dupri Hearts All Kinds Of Janet
Monica Rizzo / People.com:
Emmitt Smith Wins Dancing with the Stars
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The Onion, backed by some Sandy Hook families and Everytown for Gun Safety, buys Infowars in a bankruptcy auction, and plans a January 2025 relaunch as a parody

Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:
Disney reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $22.6B, TV network revenue down 6% YoY to $2.5B, and a $321M DTC streaming profit, up from a $387M loss in Q4 2023

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Disney plans to add an ESPN “tile” to Disney+ for US subscribers on December 4, giving users access to some free ESPN content

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now