Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
12:05 PM ET, February 14, 2008

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
TMZ.com:
Bai Ling to Sing Sing?  Wacktress Arrested at LAX  —  TMZ has learned that our favorite chicken dancer was arrested at LAX yesterday for allegedly shoplifting two celeb magazines and a pack of batteries from one of the terminal stores!  She keeps going and going and going ...
RELATED:
Mandi Illuzzi / Us Weekly:
Actress Bai Ling Arrested for Shoplifting  —  Actress Bai Ling — recently named one of Us' Worst Dressed at the Grammys — was arrested yesterday for shoplifting.  —  Sergeant Jim Holcomb of the Los Angeles Airport police division, tells Usmagazine.com: “Bai Ling was arrested Wednesday afternoon …
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Agence France Presse:
Critics give Madonna a gentle mauling for directing debut  —  BERLIN (AFP) - Critics slipped their knives into Madonna's directorial film debut “Filth and Wisdom” on Thursday, but stopped short of a fatal twist and instead offered the pop icon a pat on the back for effort.
Discussion: Faded Youth Blog, OH NO!! and ShowHype
RELATED:
/Film:
Paris Hilton's New Movie Rated The Worst Movie of All Time  —  The users of the Internet Movie Database have voted Paris Hilton's latest movie “effort” The Hottie and the Nottie as the WORST movie of ALL TIME.  With 2,190 votes, Hilton's latest film has overtook the 2004 ultra low budget …
Just Jared:
Michelle Williams - “Wonderland” Issue #12  —  Michelle Williams was interviewed by Wonderland magazine before the death of Heath Ledger.  Here's what she had to say:  —  Did you go to Katie Holmes' wedding?  Everybody wants to know that.  No, I didn't go because I was working on The Tourist.
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Jane Fonda Shocks Today Show with ‘C-Word’  —  Jane Fonda may be 70, but she's not too old to have her mouth washed out with soap.  —  No stranger to controversy, the actress used a vulgar word to describe a body part on Thursday morning's Today show - which later prompted a statement …
Discussion: Best Week Ever and Bumpshack.com
TMZ.com:
J.Lo Hospital On Alert to Thwart Babynapping  —  TMZ has learned that the Long Island hospital where J.Lo will probably give birth to her twins is practicing “pink drills” — code for thwarting a possible kidnapping.  —  Sources at North Shore Medical Center tell TMZ the hospital conducted a …
RELATED:
Mdonnelly / PageSix.com:
J. Lo's $120K Nurseries!
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
RELATED:
The Sun:
Jen Aniston's Valentine Secret  —  Whilst some men might try - and get away with - a bunch of petrol station flowers, single Jen has been receiving a £100 bouquet delivered to her doorstep every day for the past MONTH.  —  Mary Beth Jimenez, a dog walker for one of Jen's neighbours passes …
Discussion: Dlisted and PageSix.com
TMZ.com:
Adnan Questioned by Cops?  —  Why is Brit's paparazzo BF Adnan Ghalib chatting it up with cops?  We hear he may have socked another pap who was shooting him at the Beverly Hills Hotel.  Hello pot, meet kettle!  —  Cops are being tight-lipped about exactly what went down …
RELATED:
X17 Online:   BREAKING NEWS - ADNAN QUESTIONED BY POLICE!
NY Daily News:
New York Minute: Frankly, Scarlett...  Scarlett Johansson breezed past an Us Weekly reporter waiting to talk to her after an appearance on the “Today” show.  “You have got to be kidding me after that [plastic surgery] cover you did,” she snapped.  —  A low-key Justin Timberlake and a bodyguard …
Discussion: MollyGood, iVillage and Wendy Wayrad
USA Today:
First look: Prequel gets its claws into Wolverine  —  As if a guy with temper issues, iron blades for fingernails and a penchant for cage fighting needed it, Wolverine is about to get even surlier.  —  “I know it seems odd given, you know, the guy is already half animal,” says Hugh Jackman …
Variety:
‘Rhoda’ star David Groh dies at 86  —  Career spanned 40 years of film, TV, theater  —  Actor, director and producer, David Groh, best known as the husband of TV's “Rhoda,” died of kidney cancer Tuesday in Los Angeles.  He was 68.  —  During the mid-'80s, the curly-haired Groh played …
Discussion: Seriously? OMG!
Daily Mail:
Family on the fairway: Catherine Zeta-Jones brings the kids for a day on the golf course  —  Golf-mad superstars Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are ensuring their love for the game continues into further generations after bringing their young children along to the fairway.
Discussion: Bitten and Bound
NY Daily News:
Gatecrasher: Brit wants Arnold's help  —  Britney Spears is taking her troubles to the top.  —  On Tuesday, her “manager,” Sam Lutfi, called a senior publicist who had once represented California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his movie-star days.  —  “Britney says her civil rights …
Discussion: The Superficial
New York Post:
LESS SUPPORT MAKES CENTS  —  50 Cent may make millions, but that doesn't mean you can take him for a ride.  The rapper was furious when Shaniqua Tomkins, baby mama of his 10-year-old son, Marquis Jackson, kept asking him for more money, so he took Tomkins to court to let a judge decide how much he should pay in child support.
Discussion: Stereohyped
Agence France Presse:
World's fattest man drops 230 kilos (507 pounds) … The world's fattest man, according to the Guinness Book of Records, proudly announced Tuesday he dropped 230 kilograms (570 pounds), nearly half his original weight in less time than doctors had expected.  —  “I'm going to throw a big party,” Manuel Uribe told AFP by telephone.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 12:05 PM ET, February 14, 2008.

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: 
Starpulse Entertainment News Blog:
Evangeline Lilly: 'I'm Allergic To Hawaii'
Discussion: Dlisted
New York Post:
WINE TIME  —  NATALIE Portman kept everyone waiting for 45 minutes …
Spicy Pants / Celebrity Smack!:
Heidi Montag Wants You to Feel Sorry For Her
New York Post:
ILLNESS KEEPS RAPPER OUT OF SLAMMER
Discussion: Nah Right
Lkeatinge / PageSix.com:
Paris 'PURE'ly Girl on Girl
New York Post:
FRIDAY PUNCH  —  OSCAR De La Hoya is in for a lousy post-Valentine's Day.
Mirror.co.uk:
Lily Allen's chat show fails to attract viewers for BBC3's relaunch
Discussion: Perez Hilton
George Rush / NY Daily News:
Mary-Louise Parker and Jeffrey Dean Morgan engaged
 Earlier Picks: 
Howard Breuer / People.com:
Britney's Attorney Still with Her for Another Week?
Jason Hughes / TV Squad:
American Idol: The Top 24 Revealed
Molly / POPSUGAR:
Katie's Great, But We Need Our Suri Fix
Variety:
‘Star Trek’ pushed back to 2009
Ain't It Cool News:
CRAZY ASS RUMOR OF THE DAY!  INSANE IF TRUE! …
TMZ.com:
FOX Sportscaster to Cops: Don't Tase Me Bro!!
TMZ.com:
Farrah's Son Busted for Drugs — Again!
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter:
Nielsen: the NFL's two Christmas Day games that streamed on Netflix averaged 24.2M US viewers, peaking at 27M for Beyoncé's Ravens-Texans halftime show

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Richard Parsons, who had a long career as chairman, CEO, and as a board member of media companies including CBS and Time Warner, died at 76 of bone cancer

New York Times:
Sources: after Trump's election win, NPR is preparing for a variety of funding possibilities, including that government money will be clawed back immediately

 
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