So your gas tank is on “E” – like
really “E” – like ‘be happy I didn’t shut down on your silly self on the highway’-“E” and, say, Tom Cruise or hmm, Usher, pulls up next to you in a line for the pump and gives you an apologetic but mischievous “mind me cutting in, please?” look. What do you do?
Well, in the case of
Usher Raymond, add in some security guys, and not only would he cut, a gas station attendant might even mean-eye if you don’t let ‘im.
Except we’re not talking about a line to the pump but a line to go vote.
USA Today reports the “Confessions” singer was ushered (no pun intended) to the front of a long line at his polling place down in Georgia this week. And what’s more, some officials are defending the move.
In a statement, poll manager Frank Padula said he was directed to guide Usher through the process as quickly as possible, the AP reported.
“It was better for us not to create a distraction from a celebrity for other voters,” Fulton elections Interim Director Sharon Mitchell said.
Distraction? Was Usher…singing?
(AP)
Mitchell also said the singer had made arrangements in advance.
Well arrangements or not, those forced to wait took the special treatment Usher received none to kindly.
If anyone might deserve special treatment at the polls it would be people with disabilities, the elderly and possibly voters with small children, North Fulton County Commissioner Liz Hausmann told the
Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“I’m not sure about celebrities.”
Lindsay Lohan backs out of Barbara Walters interviewWho does that? Tsk, tsk, tsk.
According to
Deadline.com,
Lindsay Lohan’s 20/20 interview with
Barbara Walters scheduled for Nov. 16 is no more.
Supposedly LiLo’s new PR team wasn’t quite satisfied with the direction ABC wanted to take the interview.
The episode was to promote Lohan’s upcoming role a Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime original movie "Liz & Dick," and one can only assume – with Walters asking pointed questions and all – dig into Lohan's tumultuous personal life.
Darn!
Actress and model
Brooke Shields has spoken out about her mother Teri's death after reports earlier this week that Teri passed away in New York City after a long battle with an illness associated with dementia.
Shields told
CNN in a statement that her mother was an enormous part of her life and who she is today.
“I loved her, laughed with her, and respected her," Brooke Shields said. "And although she had her share of struggles, she was my mom."
Teri Shields, who many have likened to a proverbial stage mom, promoted her daughter from infancy into her 20s when Brooke parted ways with Teri, who had been her manager.
In other newsPEOPLE magazine reported this week that “Veronica Mars” star
Kristen Bell is expecting her first child with fiancé
Dax Shepard.
Rihanna unveiled her duet with ex
Chris Brown entitled “Nobodies Business.” Unfortunately they didn’t spell check that before going to press or whatever it is one does in the music biz.
But given their history, perhaps that was intentional.
It’s very late-90s, early 2000s which is refreshing. Visit
here for a sample.
Speaking of music,
Taylor Swift has explained the significance of her latest album's title track “Red.”
(AP)
During a performance that is part of an episode of “VH1 Storytellers,” she tells her audience the song is about a bad relationship “that was, like, the worst thing ever and the best thing ever at the same.”
While writing the song, she was connecting different emotions to different colors, she said.
“You have the great part of red, like the red emotions that are daring and bold and passion and love and affection. And then you have on the side of the spectrum jealousy, and anger and frustration and ‘you didn’t call me back’ and ‘I need space,” she said.
(PEOPLE)“Red” was released Oct. 22.
We'll see how “Parks and Recreation” has written Vice President
Joe Biden into next Thursday’s episode.
If you’re
Janet Jackson, you probably want to keep the ‘o’ in Jackson. I mean… It
is Jackson. But if you’re
Jermaine? According to the Associated Press, Jermaine has filed a petition to change his surname from Jackson to Jacksun with "u". He’s seeking the slight change for artistic reasons, he said.
Jennifer Aniston is not pregnant, her reps told
Us Weekly after rumors have been flying around that the actress was. Who isn't excited for Jen? But let's stop planning
her life.
