Jon Stewart on Sarah Palin Email Coverage: Come On, Media!


Jon Stewart defending Sarah Palin is not something you see every day, but the media's obsession with her old emails necessitated a Daily Show rant.

In a segment called "P-mail," Stewart ripped the press for providing "full team coverage" of the arbitrary release date of Palin's non-urgent messages.

Stewart notes, accurately, that the media harps on Palin for a sense of inflated self-importance, yet behavior like this contributes directly to it ...


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It is absurd, really. At this point, all the classic Sarah Palin moments have been found and scrutinized to no end. What did they expect to discover?!

"For some reason, the media went DEFCON 1," Stewart said, rolling clips of news outlets disappointed by an apparent lack of any major scandals.

In one segment, CNN describes an email from someone complaining, "Palin was spotted with Trig in a car not wearing an approved car seat."

"That story better end with Palin getting out of the car and beating the woman with a tire iron," Stewart said. "Otherwise, why waste our time?"

Seriously. She resigned two years ago and is not running for office now. Let it go ... or at least start digging through Michele Bachmann emails.

Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2011/06/jon-stewart-on-sarah-palin-email-coverage-come-on-media/

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Katy Perry Tour Was 'An Easy Decision,' Robyn Says

Swedish pop star downplays reports of friction between her and tourmate Perry, backstage at Bonnaroo.
By James Montgomery


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Earlier this year, after Katy Perry announced Robyn as an opening act on her California Dreams Tour, the Swedish pop sensation was asked in several interviews (including our own) about her thoughts on Perry's music ... and, as it turns out, she didn't have any.

Of course, that non-answer began to make the rounds, and before long, folks began to interpret Robyn's silence on the subject to mean she didn't like Perry's music, which would've made opening for her slightly awkward, to say the very least.

But as Robyn told MTV News at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival over the weekend, nothing could be further from the truth. Except for the part where she said she didn't have an opinion on Perry's music. Because, at the time, she didn't.

"I think that girls are always expected to have opinions about each other, and maybe I don't have an opinion about some things, you know? That doesn't mean I have a bad opinion or a good opinion, it's just that, at that point, I never met her," Robyn said. "I didn't know much about her album that was out, and it was hard for me to have an opinion, and that's all. There's some songs that she's made that I think [are] amazing: the pre-chorus in 'Teenage Dream,' I wish I had wrote that. So, it's all good."

And Robyn was quick to point out that, while folks were practically falling over themselves to ask her for her take on Katy Perry, rarely, if ever, has she been asked for her opinions on artists of the opposite sex. While she stopped short of connecting the dots, you can pretty much infer any and all social ramifications that fact may contain. "I think it goes especially for girls. We're always expected to have thoughts about what the other person is doing, and I think that's silly," she said. "You very rarely get asked about another guy as a male artist."

And so, having put the supposed drama to bed, Robyn is ready to admit that she's having an absolute blast on the California Dreams Tour ... and she couldn't be happier to be sharing the stage with Perry.

"For me, bigger's not always better, I want to do things where I feel like my integrity of what I do onstage is not compromised, and I knew she was a fan and she wanted me to go on and just do my thing, and that's why I did it," she said. "It was an easy decision. If I get to do my thing, there's no place I won't do it. It's great to be on that stage and her audience is amazing."

Do Robyn and Katy make good tourmates? Tell us in the comments!

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1665738/robyn-katy-perry-tour.jhtml

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Hugh Hefner & Crystal Harris -- The Wedding is OFF!!!

Filed under: Crystal Harris, Hugh Hefner, Break-ups, Playboy

Hugh Hefner's fiancee Crystal Harris is a real-life runaway bride -- 5 days before walking down the aisle ... she bailed out of the Playboy Mansion and multiple sources say the wedding is off! 

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Our sources -- who are all at the mansion -- say Crystal, 25, and Hef, 85, had a nasty argument this weekend on the phone. When the dust settled Crystal decided to 86 the nuptials and quickly moved her stuff out.

The wedding was supposed to go down Saturday. It would have been Hef's, umm ... third marriage.

UPDATE: Hef just tweeted -- "The wedding is off."

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Betty Betty

He should thank the Lord this happened before he made one of the biggest financial mistakes of his life!

JimBeam JimBeam

What kind of a world do we live in where 2 young kids can't make their relationship work and blossom into a wonderful, youthful marriage with many, many more years to come . . . oh, wait . . .

batterup batterup

Now I have this prenup here for you to... honey? ..honey? Crap.


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Alisha Alisha

Pretty sad that it took her this long to come to her senses. What does he have to offer you but money? Pretty sad if you'd be willing to give up happiness to have a big bank account. I'm sure there will still be a huge party though.

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She probably didn't get enough money out of the deal and realized marrying her grandpa wasn't worth it. Hef, you should've stuck with Holly, at least she seemed genuine.

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Most expected headline of the year

Betty Betty

He should thank the Lord this happened before he made one of the biggest financial mistakes of his life!

JimBeam JimBeam

What kind of a world do we live in where 2 young kids can't make their relationship work and blossom into a wonderful, youthful marriage with many, many more years to come . . . oh, wait . . .

batterup batterup

Now I have this prenup here for you to... honey? ..honey? Crap.


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Source: http://www.tmz.com/2011/06/14/hugh-hefner-crystal-harris-wedding-called-off-canceled-playboy-mansion-argument/

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Tracy Morgan Issues Statement With GLAAD: ?I Know How Bad Bullying Can Hurt?

Tracy Morgan has  apologized for making homophobic jokes during a recent standup routine, and now he and GLAAD have jointly announced the next steps he’ll be taking to atone for his anti-gay words. He’ll be meeting with LGBT teens from the Ali Forney Center in NYC this week, who “were shunned or left homeless by [...]

Source: http://www.okmagazine.com/2011/06/tracy-morgan-issues-statement-with-glaad-i-know-how-bad-bullying-can-hurt/

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Fergie Talks Aging with Allure July 2011

There has always been pressure on Tinseltown ladies to look their best, but Stacy ?Fergie? Ferguson says she?s not too worried about getting older.

The 36-year-old ?My Humps? songstress is on the cover of Allure magazine?s July 2011 issue, and she looks amazing.

In the accompanying interview, Fergie shares, "I'm definitely young at heart, and I always will be, I'm just trying to age gracefully."

She added, "I gain and lose weight everywhere from the thighs up. I think people think that I'm pregnant sometimes because my weight fluctuates. My problem is my discipline. I see a Jack in the Box or a Del Taco, and I will impulsively want it. I'm a work in progress in that area."

Source: http://celebrity-gossip.net/fergie/fergie-talks-aging-allure-july-2011-514103

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