Lady GaGa Barbie Dolls

Three of VeiK's three-dozen Lady GaGa dolls. Via.

*Previously: Barbie trapped in carbonite.

*Buy vintage Barbies at eBay.

Video of A-Rod denying using steroids on 60 Minutes (link roundup)

Video of Alex Rodriguez, circa 2007, telling 60 Minutes he never used steroids and never considered using steroids. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Being pretty, famous, rich, and popular isn't all it's cracked up to be. Rihanna missed the Grammys because her boyfriend (allegedly) beat her up. In public.

2. In other Rihanna news, she and Michael Jackson are being sued for copyright infringement. Which is frankly ridiculous. "Ma Ma Se, Ma Ma Sa, Ma Ma Coo Sa" is totally different from "Mama-ko, mama-sa, ma-ka-ma-ko-ssa."

3. New artifact by Alex CF. This time it's a Vampyr Research Reliquary.

4. Surly baby river otters.

*Previously: Vampire trophy head.

*Buy vampire toys at eBay.

Michael Cogliantry’s Killer photo series (link roundup)

A photo from Michael Cogliantry’s Killer series. Via.

And a few more links:

1. Vicar orders removal of "unsuitable" crucifix from church (photo link). Via.

2. Before you rush into thinking Obama should give people jobs improving America's infrastructure, read this.

3. LA Times raised prices today from 50 cents to 75. Makes sense. Anyone still dumb enough to buy a copy...

4. Nicole Kidman says she sucked in Australia.

*Previously: Christmas advent calendar features image of serial killer.

*Buy crucifixes at eBay.

Article alleging media manipulation by Angelina Jolie actually manipulated by Angelina Jolie?

An article in today's Herald International Tribune alleges that in exchange for allowing photographs of the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie twins to appear exclusively in People magazine, Brad and Angelina received several million dollars and were guaranteed positive coverage for not just that issue, but for years into to the future.

Interesting allegation you say?

Unfortunately, the article relies on anonymous sources for the claim, includes a vigorous denial by a Time Inc spokesman, and goes on to say this:

While all celebrities seek to manipulate their public images to one degree or another, Jolie accomplishes it with a determination, a self-reliance and a degree of success that is particularly notable. The actress does not employ a publicist or an agent. The keys to her public image belong to her alone, although she does rely on her longtime manager, Geyer Kosinski, as a conduit.

I keep checking to make sure that the paragraph isn't a quote from Angelina's publicist, but no, it really seems to be the article's writer talking.

*Previously: Newspaperman reminisces about spy for Scientology who worked at the paper.

*See a young Angelina Jolie in the movie "Hackers," on sale at Amazon.

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are American Gothic

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson are featured in this parody of American Gothic. It's a concert poster for Lisa D'Amato by 21st Century Filth. Via.

*Find previously posted concert posters here.

*Buy concert poster collections at Amazon.

Video of an 8-year-old Anderson Cooper on the game show To Tell the Truth

Unfortunately the clip is very short. Anderson Cooper appeared on the show pretending to be the world's youngest bear trainer:



Via.

While I'm talking about tv personalities, I learned last night that Willard Scott was the original Ronald McDonald. Here he is in the first Ronald McDonald tv commercial:



*Previously: Video of human trebuchet on a Japanese game show.

*Find Happy Meal and cereal toys at eBay.

TMZ points out that Beyonce's skin has gotten lighter and lighter in L'Oreal ads

Damning comparison here, although L'Oreal issues a not quite denial.

*Previously: Follow up issue to the "black issue" of Vogue Italia includes zero black models.

*Buy The Bluest Eye at Amazon.

Cigarette dressed up like Slash

Spotted here.

Tom Selleck cake

Made by Alicia Traveria. Apparently a Tom Selleck cake is a specific type of cake. Here's Alicia's Etsy shop. Via.

Oh, and here's a disturbing Monkey/Mermaid plush she made:

How to make sunglasses that make it impossible for someone to photograph your face

This video shows how to make "anti-paparazzi sunglasses." Basically, insert leds into your sunglasses, turn them on, and your face will simply disappear into a white blur. Via.

Ricky Martin has endorsed Hillary Clinton

Link. Image link.

Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach

Eat your heart out TMZ.

Sir Paul McCartney is said to be "horrified" that his new eco-friendly car was flown 7,000 miles from Japan.

Horrified. Right.

Here's the best part of the article: "Paul was offered a Lexus as a gift and ordered the hybrid limo because it helps to reduce emissions." Because everyone knows, the environmentally conscious choice is to ride in a limo.

Threadless T-Shirt Design: Charlie Chaplin the axe killer

The Defamer says the alleged Marilyn Monroe sex tape purchase is a hoax

Here's the introduction to the story by Mark Graham:

Yesterday, news broke that an ancient sex tape allegedly showing Marilyn Monroe giving a blowjoy to an unidentified male had not only surfaced, but had also been sold to an anonymous New York collector for $1.5 million. The NY Post's Hasani Gittens broke the story after interviewing Keya Morgan, a memorabilia collector who claims to have brokered the sale of the 15 minute reel. However, what the Post failed to mention in their story is that Morgan is well-known within the tight-knit circle of Marilyn Monroe memorabilia collectors for being a sycophantic, press hungry namedropper (check out his likely self-penned IMDB bio) whose main objective is to promote himself and the Monroe documentary that he is working on. Not only has he been known to casually claim that he has dated both Mariah Carey and Renee Zellweger, he has thus far refused to disclose either the names of either the seller or buyer of the tape; additionally, he has not been able to provide evidence that this alleged sale even occurred.

To that end, Defamer worked with a trio of Marilyn Monroe experts in an effort to get to the bottom of Keya Morgan's outrageous claims. The team of Mark Bellinghaus (one of the foremost Marilyn Monroe experts/collectors in the world), Ernest W. Cunningham (author of The Ultimate Marilyn) and freelance journalist Jennifer J. Dickinson to put together the following piece. It's one of the longer pieces that we have ever published at Defamer, but we think that it's well worth your time. And with that, please enjoy.

Rob Lowe says his family's former nanny is blackmailing him

A former employee is demanding my wife Sheryl and I pay her $1.5 million by the end of the week or she will accuse us both of a vicious laundry list of false terribles. It is an attempt to damage and humiliate not only my wife and me, but our two young sons as well. My family is devastated at this betrayal; this woman worked in our home and traveled with us off and on for seven years, without complaint. In fact, she left other jobs to return to work for us three different times. Several weeks ago she quit abruptly, leaving us without a replacement. Within days we received these texts from her explaining her sudden departure:

Read on for the rest. Via.

UCLA Medical Center fired 13 employees for snooping on Britney Spears' medical records

Read about it here. It's just possible the medical center needs to reevaluate which employees get access to which files.

Support the rogue French trader by buying a t-shirt

Link. Background.

David Beckham is the world's biggest environmental threat

OK, maybe that's hyperbole. But he does have the biggest carbon footprint in the world, and probably in history. Link.

Johnny Deppy recently visited a children's hospital dressed as Jack Sparrow

Link. Via.