Saturday, September 22, 2007
Britney Spears Hit & Run
Britney Spears appears to be doing what she can to follow the Lindsay Lohan Path to Unravelling Stardom.
Singer Britney Spears has been charged with hit-and-run and driving without a valid licence.
She is accused of hitting a parked car and driving away from a Los Angeles car park on 6 August, a spokesman for the city’s attorney’s office said.
The 25-year-old could face six months in jail and a $1,000 (£495) fine if convicted of the misdemeanour charges.
Now, if only she could work in a good Gibsonian racist rant and a drug conviction, she’ll be able to really watch her career fall apart (and the kids get taken away). I would offer up sympathy, but it wouldn’t exactly be heartfelt.
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Dave Shiflett Skewers Kid Nation
I found the idea of Kid Nation irritating and the big buzz by the media even worse. To my mind, Kid Nation is just a proof of the dearth of good ideas in the TV entertainment industry. While I couldn’t completely ignore the show--I read the Internet, talk to others, and watch TV occasionally; some things just won’t go away--but I happily refused to watch it. If Dave Shiflett’s review is accurate, it was good miss.
The run-up to the highly hyped debut of ``Kid Nation’’ included denying previews to critics, leading to speculation that CBS feared preemptive panning.
If so, the fear was well-founded. A pan won’t do for this turkey. This is gong material.
The new ``reality’’ series features 40 kids ages 8-15 who are supposed to remake an old New Mexico town—named Bonanza—that reportedly failed under adult rule.
Viewers are apparently to be impressed by the tykes’ resilience, sense of community and pioneer spirit, all blossoming free of adult supervision.
Yet one quickly senses that this is a big puppet show, with the strings being pulled by guidance counselors, social workers, homeroom teachers and other destroyers of youthful exuberance.
“Destroyers of youthful exuberance.” Beautiful.
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