Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
7:50 AM ET, February 16, 2011

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
TMZ.com:
Frankie Muniz' Girlfriend: He Put a Gun to His Head  —  Frankie Muniz put a gun to his head and punched his girlfriend during a nuclear domestic argument Friday night ... this according to the woman.  —  TMZ obtained a police report filed in Phoenix, AZ last Friday.
RELATED:
TMZ.com:
Frankie Muniz — I Wasn't Suicidal  —  Frankie Muniz claims a gun “played no part” during a domestic incident in Arizona with his girlfriend a few days ago — despite the story she told police — and Frankie insists he was not suicidal.  —  Frankie's rep just released a statement saying …
Tom Chiarella / Esquire:
The Hard Luck and Beautiful Life of Liam Neeson  —  Actor, ass-kicker, widower, philosophizer, big man, funny man, capable drinker of pinot noir: may we introduce to you, the man you've known for all these years  —  Published in the March issue, on sale soon  —  Liam Neeson and I last spoke a week before I wrote this sentence.
RELATED:
John Mitchell / PopEater:
Liam Neeson Opens Up For the First Time About Natasha Richardson's Death  —  Nearly two years after his wife, Tony-winning actress Natasha Richardson, passed away following a skiing accident, Liam Neeson is opening up for the first time about that terrible night in March 2009.
Discussion: Esquire and omg!
CBS News:
CBS News' Lara Logan Assaulted During Egypt Protests  —  CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Separated From Her Crew And Brutally Assaulted on Day Mubarak Stepped Down  —  On Friday February 11, the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, CBS correspondent Lara Logan was covering …
Chris Heath / GQ:
Mr. Hannah Montana's Achy Broken Heart  —  These days Billy Ray Cyrus's life is imitating a bad country song: He's headed for a messy divorce, his record company just delayed his latest comeback, and his cherished 18-year-old daughter seems destined to rip bong hits at every party in the U.S …
RELATED:
Dahvi Shira / People.com:
Lindsay Lohan to Present Top Ten List on Letterman  —  Lindsay Lohan is getting set to make an appearance that doesn't involve a courtroom or a Hollywood nightclub.  —  Instead, the troubled star is getting back into the limelight by presenting the Top Ten List on the Late Show with David Letterman Thursday, CBS announced Tuesday.
RELATED:
Bill Carter / Media Decoder:
Lindsay Lohan to Read ‘Top 10’ on Letterman
Discussion: EarSucker and Pop Crunch
E! Online:
Who's Leaving the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?  —  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills chicks may be on hiatus, but just because the cameras have stopped rolling doesn't mean the drama is taking a break.  Far from it!  —  Just got word that one housewife is most likely opting …
RELATED:
Us Weekly:
Kyle Richards: How Paris Hilton Helped Me Handle Fame
Style News:
Emma Watson: I Need to Grow My Hair to ‘Keep Acting’  —  When Emma Watson chopped her long locks last summer, it was to mark the end of her Harry Potter days — contractually, she couldn't cut her hair while playing Hermione.  But since debuting her pixie cut in August …
RELATED:
Amy Lawrenson / ELLEuk.com:
EMMA WATSON'S GROWING HER HAIR
X17 Online:
Nicole Richie: “Charlie Sheen Needs To Take Responsibility For His Actions”  —  Nicole Richie co-hosted The View this morning where the subject of Charlie Sheen's recent radio rant against his Two and a Half Men employers came up during the show's Hot Topics segment.
RELATED:
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen — No Offense Taken by Parting Shot
Discussion: HollywoodNews.com
TMZ.com:
Charlie Sheen Controls the Fate of ‘Men’
Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Get Ready for Another Kardashian Wedding!  —  EXCLUSIVE: Can't get enough of the Kardashian clan on the small screen?  Well if the answer is “yes,” then you are in luck!  Kourtney K. and boyfriend Scott Disick are the latest members of the family to be in talks to get their own spinoff show for E! …
Lady Gaga / New York Magazine:
Warner Bros. Offers 300 Sequel to Guy Ritchie  —  If you're like most of Vulture readers, you don't need us to tell you that Xerxes the Great was the fourth Zoroastrian king of the Achamenid Empire.  Du-uh.  But what you do need your Vulture editors to tell you is that Warner Bros. has offered Xerxes …
Us Weekly:
EXCLUSIVE: “Cuddly” Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz “Making Out” in NYC  —  Just in time for Valentine's Day, Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz are getting hot and heavy!  —  After very quietly going public with their romance in the English countryside over Christmas, the sexy British stars ramped …
Arwest / RADAR:
EXCLUSIVE: Paula Abdul ‘Devastated’ After Being Told Show Is Cancelled  —  Paula Abdul will soon be joining the ranks of the unemployed, once again.  —  An official announcement has yet to be made but a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com exclusively that Paula has been told …
Steve Zeitchik / 24 Frames:
‘Men in Black III’ production pushed back again  —  EXCLUSIVE: The theme song goes, “Here come the Men in Black.”  But they're not coming so fast.  —  After a hiatus of nearly two months, “Men in Black III,” the third installment in the sci-fi/comedy franchise, was to resume production this week in New York.
Alexandra Cheney / Speakeasy:
Swimsuit Cover Model Irina Shayk Wants to Play a Russian Spy … Russian-born Irina Shaykhlislamova, known as Irina Shayk, is the newest model to grace the cover of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.  The 25-year-old, who has appeared in the magazine each of the past five years …
RELATED:
Us Weekly:
Lady Gaga Spent 72 Hours Incubating in Grammys Egg  —  Is Lady Gaga egging her critics on?  —  After arriving at Sunday's Grammy Awards in a womb-like vessel, the 24-year-old pop star phoned into Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM radio show Tuesday to explain her bizarre entrance.  —  “I was in there for about 72 hours.
Brad Womack / People.com:
Brad Womack's Bachelor Blog: Why I Said Goodbye  —  Hey, everyone!  —  I'm so excited that we're finally at the Anguilla episode!  Aside from the finale, this was by far my favorite week of my journey on The Bachelor.  The island was so beautiful, so pristine.
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Ice Cube Joining ‘21 Jump Street’ And Shops Directing Vehicle ‘Chrome And Paint’  —  Ice Cube is negotiating to join Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Street.  He is also preparing to shop Chrome and Paint, a gritty Boyz N' The Hood-style drama that Cube wrote as a starring …
Tracey Harrington McCoy / PopEater:
Sneak Peek: Katy Perry Is an Alien  —  Katy Perry is known for her unusual fashion choices—but this outfit might be the strangest, most far-out look of all!  —  On Tuesday, Perry released a photo on her Facebook page that featured the pop singer dressed as an alien alongside Kanye West.
Discussion: Amy Grindhouse
The Superficial:
Demi Moore's in a Bikini Again  —  Here's Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher vacationing in the Caribbean over the weekend, and once you're done gawking at $1.6 billion worth of cosmetic surgery on her, check out the book he's reading: “The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Aging Revolution.”
Zach Dionne / PopEater:
Sexy Channing Tatum Gets Drunk With a GQ Writer  —  Channing Tatum covers the March issue of GQ with (surprise!) a sexy new photo shoot.  But we're psyched to say the written profile is as enticing as the 30-year-old actor's physique.  —  Writer Jessica Pressler spent 24 hours …
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
With Arnold Back To Acting, Suitors Circle ‘Terminator’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Arnold Schwarzenegger left the Governor's Mansion and Tweeted his desire to resume his acting career, there seems to finally be some action on his signature franchise, The Terminator.  I'm told that interest is kicking back up.
Kay West / People.com:
Brad Paisley's Painting Fetches $5,500 for Charity  —  Brad Paisley didn't sing for his supper Monday night at La Fete du Cinema, a fundraiser for the Nashville Film Festival, he painted for it!  —  The multi-talented musician/singer/songwriter and budding visual artist has had no formal training …
Discussion: AceShowBiz.com
TMZ.com:
Suge Knight — Corralled by Cops in Beverly Hills  —  Suge Knight's badass black truck was impounded by cops in Beverly Hills today — after the former rap mogul was pulled over for driving on a suspended license.  —  We're told Knight was cited — but not arrested — and after his truck was hauled away …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 7:50 AM ET, February 16, 2011.

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: 
Caroline Goddard / sheknows.com:
ADAM YOUNG HEARTS TAYLOR SWIFT
Discussion: D*ana's Dirt and Socialite Life
Daniel Miller / Hollywood Reporter:
Former ‘Sopranos’ Actor Reuniting with James Gandolfini for Film
Jawn Murray / BV Buzz:
EXCLUSIVE: Star Jones Talks NeNe Leakes, Barbara Walters & more
Discussion: Pop2it and Bossip
Karen / CityRag:
Madonna's Freaky Ass Face Gets Freakier
Toronto Sun:
Spears voted ultimate gay icon
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel Bilson Signs On for CW Pilot ‘Hart of Dixie’
Discussion: Deadline.com, Perez Hilton and TV Squad
Michael K / Dlisted:
Courtney Love Looked Good Last Night
Michael Musto / La Daily Musto:
Joan Rivers Furious Over Oscar Snub
Discussion: Perez Hilton
 Earlier Picks: 
Sarah / People.com:
Matt Damon: Two Week Rule Keeps Marriage Strong
Wes Ferguson / Celebuzz:
Avril Lavigne Flashes London - with Toothy Grin (PHOTOS)
Discussion: MTV Buzzworthy Blog
Us Weekly:
Why Kim Kardashian Skipped Valentine's Day With Kris Humphries
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Brian Stelter / CNN:
As Elon Musk posts memes about buying MSNBC, sources say one liberal billionaire expressed interest in buying the channel; Comcast is not looking to sell MSNBC

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

 
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