Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
5:25 PM ET, March 6, 2009

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — Accused Felon's Night Out  —  A few felony charges did not stop Chris Brown from hitting the town after his court appearance for allegedly beating Rihanna to a pulp.  —  TMZ caught Brown leaving the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills around 3:45 AM.  Brown spent much of the evening at the hotel bar with bodyguards.
RELATED:
Ken Lee / People.com:
Will Rihanna Testify Against Chris Brown?  —  Rihanna and Chris Brown  —  Photo by: Theo Wargo / WireImage; Bob Chamberlin / Reuters / Landov  —  He allegedly bruised and battered her, yet she took him back.  And now, could she get him off the hook?  —  Legal experts say whether Rihanna …
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: Rihanna's Lawyer: She Will Testify if Required  —  Rihanna's lawyer Donald Etra tells Usmagazine.com that the 21-year-old singer could wind up testifying in the felony assault case against her boyfriend Chris Brown.  —  “She is planning to do everything that the law requires her to do,” Etra tells Us.
TMZ.com:
Chris Brown — It Was All Business
X17 Online:
Rihanna Will Testify If Required
Discussion: Us Weekly
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Can Brown turn it around?
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Pop Crunch
TMZ.com:
Judge Allows Rihanna to Tape Chris Brown
Discussion: Oh No They Didn't!
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Chris Brown Spends Night at Hotel Bar After Court Appearance
Shani Saxon-Parrish / Latina.com:
M.I.A. Reveals Her Baby's Name  —  We're big fans of M.I.A. at the Latina offices.  BIG fans.  We love her so much, we even thought her outfit at the Grammys was awesome.  So we just had to share the news when we found out the name of her baby son with fiance Benjamin Brewer.
RELATED:
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
M.I.A. Names Her Baby Boy “Ickett”
Hollywoodtuna:
Britney Spears Is Well Fed At The Circus  —  Here's Britney Spears on tour in Atlanta.  Now I know these pictures look like the last set (duh it's the same show...) but what the hell are they feeding Britney?!  I want to see her rider!  They better watch her diet cause at this rate by the end …
Discussion: Allie Is Wired!
RELATED:
X17 Online:
Brit Takes The Boys To Disney, Denies They're Banned From Attending Concerts  —  Britney Spears took Jayden James and Sean Preston to the Disneyworld theme park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida yesterday, and it looks like everyone was having a blast at the Magic Kingdom.
Discussion: Cele|bitchy and Hellomagazine.com
Howard Breuer / People.com:
Britney Spears's Cheering Section Includes Family and Kevin Federline
Discussion: The Hollywood Gossip
Elle.com:
ZAC EFRON  —  In two new movies, the High School Musical star majors in seduction  —  On sitting next to Leonardo DiCaprio at a Lakers game: “We talked the whole game, and he was just everything I thought he would be: smart, levelheaded, charming, hilarious.  You know, the older-brother vibe.
RELATED:
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Zac Efron: Mom Gave Him a Stocking “Full of Condoms” for Christmas  —  After rumors surfaced that Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens hit a sex shop, he says his mother overreacted.  —  “My mom is like, ‘Zac, what did you buy in a sex shop?’” the actor, 21, tells April's Elle.
Michael K / Dlisted:   Zac's Condom-Filled Christmas!
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Lauren Conrad: I Was Leading a Double Life on The Hills  —  Lauren Conrad opens up about her decision to leave The Hills after five seasons in the newest issue of Us Weekly, on stands now.  —  “You see us on the show and we appear to have seminormal lives, but if you watch any entertainment news show …
Discussion: The Dish Rag and I'm Not Obsessed
RELATED:
Kristin Dos Santos / E! Online:
Lauren Conrad Says Teary Goodbye to The Hills
Discussion: POPWRAP and The Hollywood Gossip
Lindsay Powers / Us Weekly:
Michelle Obama Poses on Cover of Oprah  —  Michelle Obama poses with Oprah Winfrey on the cover of the April issue of Oprah magazine (on stands March 17).  —  It's the first time Winfrey has invited somebody to appear alongside her instead of appearing alone.
RELATED:
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Brody Jenner and Joe Francis Get Into a Bar Fight  —  Girls Gone Wild honcho Joe Francis and Brody Jenner were involved in a bar brawl at a Los Angeles club Wednesday evening.  —  Sources tells Usmagazine.com that the argument broke out at the hot spot My House after Francis accidentally …
David Caplan / People.com:
Bridget Marquardt Not Even Thinking About Getting Engaged  —  Bridget Marquardt may have moved out of Hugh Hefner's Playboy mansion in January, but The Girls Next Door star is still seeking the 82-year-old publisher's blessing when it comes to dating.  —  Asked if Hefner approves of her new boyfriend …
Alex Dobuzinskis / Fan Fare:
13 becomes Anoop Desai's lucky number on “Idol”  —  And then there were......13??  —  The judges expanded the “American Idol” top 12 to include Anoop Desai and make it a top 13 for the first time in a suspense-generating stunt.  —  But Tatiana Del Toro, with all her tears, ambition …
RELATED:
PEOPLE TV Watch:
Idol: Anoop Desai Rounds Out The First-Ever Top 13
Discussion: Socialite Life
Marc Malkin / E! Online:
Kristen Stewart: The Truth About Twilight, Rob Pattinson and the Fans  —  Good news, fanggirls: Kristen Stewart says there will be a fourth Twilight movie.  She can't imagine why there wouldn't be a big-screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Breaking Dawn, the last novel in her young vampire series.
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 5:25 PM ET, March 6, 2009.

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: 
TMZ.com:
Brian Bosworth Busted for DUI
Bill Zwecker / Chicago Sun Times:
Trouble in 'J's' paradise?
Discussion: Cele|bitchy
Phil / Egotastic!:
Rosario Dawson's Hotness Isn't Very Complex
TMZ.com:
Barkley Catches Huge Break — Jail Time Reduced!
Discussion: Deadspin
Eileen Finan / People.com:
American Idol Star Mandisa Drops 75 Lbs.
Discussion: Lifeline Live
Laurelle Gilbert / ELLEUK.com:
Is Madonna set launch another clothing line?
Discussion: Perez Hilton and Idolator
Liza Hamm / People.com:
Gossip Girl's Matthew Settle is a Father!
Hellomagazine.com:
King of pop Michael Jackson announces final British shows
Discussion: DailyFill.com
 Earlier Picks: 
ABCNEWS:
Siegfried and Roy: Five Years After the Tiger Injuries
Discussion: Perez Hilton
PopEater:
Winehouse Charged With Hitting a Fan
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dylan Byers / @dylanbyers:
[Thread] CBS News leaders told staff that Tony Dokoupil's interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates about the Israel-Hamas war did not meet impartiality standards

Georg Szalai / The Hollywood Reporter:
Channel 4 reports 2023 revenue down 10.5% YoY to £1.02B and a pre-tax deficit of £52M, from a pre-tax £20M surplus in 2022, citing a “prolonged” UK ad downturn

Sara Fischer / Axios:
OpenAI signs a content deal with Hearst, letting it use content from 40+ local newspapers and 20+ magazines, after deals with Condé Nast and Dotdash Meredith

 
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