The Loquacious Limey

[TheLimey] – The curious, virtual peacock that is Twitter has gained a great deal of press since many so-called celebrities jumped aboard to stroke their own egos and compound their fame. But Conan O’Brien is the one viable celeb who has found a good use.
Since he began tweeting on February 24 the 46-year old host [...]

[The Limey]  After three years of merciful peace, reality star Heidi Montag released her first album on an innocent world at the end of December. And in a characteristically understated display of unfounded ego she announced it was destined for gold.
Entitled ‘Superficial’ this tuneless, unwelcome dirge was supposed to be released in 2007, but got [...]

[The Limey] That beacon of truth and incisive reporting, TMZ is running a story that NBC and Jay Leno have struck a deal which puts Jay firmly back on the throne he should never have left.
The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, says that story’s hokum and no deal has been reached.
So, who to believe?
The whole tiresome spat [...]

Today may be a very dark day in this history of this nation’s TV. The New York Times is reporting that nine months of coercing, cajoling and infeasible cash have persuaded General Electric to let Comcast buy NBC.
This potential downside of this deal is not far short of a nightmare – The people so underfunded [...]

With a sense of respect that’s as weak as his acting, Charlie Sheen has announced that the US Government itself was behind 9/11.
The New York-born actor, who turned 44 on September 3rd, has just released a fictional transcript in which he ‘interviews’ President Obama and asks him to re-open the 9/11 case.
“The official 9/11 story [...]

In a worrying sign of the direction reality TV may soon begin taking, MTV just announced they have given the go-ahead to yet another example of unwelcome influence-meets-unscripted cash-cow, the teen-pregnancy reality drama, ‘Teen Mom.’
This tasteless new travesty is proudly seen by the MTV suits as a spin-off from its reprehensible parent, ‘16 and Pregnant,’ [...]

In a story even more risible than yesterday’s news of a failed pageant queen’s new fame-seeking lawsuit, US Magazine now reports that the indisputable king of the airheads has decided to update his name.
In the future, please call him ‘King Spencer Pratt.’
And the 26-year old star of MTV’s high-saccharine soap, ‘The Hills’ appears perfectly serious [...]

An attraction to child porn is the unequivocal sign of an unbalanced mind, but at least one of its addicts have raised the concept of ’stupid’ to the realms of a science!
MTV recently opened a web site that allowed people of such mental intensity they can watch Paris Hilton without opening a vein, to apply [...]

In a story whose lack of shock impact is a worrying sign, NBC is reporting that Redmond O’Neal,the 24-year old son of the late Farrah Fawcett is now prepping a reality show as a ‘tribute’ to her, which will follow his battle with drugs.
With filming due to start once Redmond is released from the LA [...]

In news as depressing as it’s hard to believe, it has now been announced that Barbara Streisand will make her home-shopping debut to help sell her new album, “Love Is the Answer” with a one-hour special hour on the QVC home-shopping channel.
Streisand’s long-time associate, Richard Jay-Alexander will appear on QVC on Friday next week to [...]