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Keith Olbermann exits MSNBC…or was he pushed?

[The Limey] – MSNBC has dropped Keith Olbermann. His last show was tonight. Lawrence O’Donnell gets his slot, starting Monday.

This is pure spite by the network for his win in November. It is also both deeply unfair and unprovoked.

I say this was not resignation it was assisted [...]

Miley Cyrus ‘nude’ photo stunt leaves fans unmoved

[The Limey] – In her latest tiresome effort to get attention Miley Cyrus has been claiming her purse was stolen last week. But apart some cash and her credit cards the bag also housed her phone, and we’re now meant to believe this contained a nude photo of her.

The photo [...]

Tina Fey’s review of Sarah Palin snipped by PBS

[The Limey] – The disturbing intrusion of Sarah Palin into the collective American consciousness has been a gold-mine for comedians; None more so than 30 Rock’s Tina Fey. But when Tina obliquely thanked her at last week’s Mark Twain Awards, PBS did some cutting.

Joining past recipients such as Whoopi Goldberg, [...]

Today Show’s film critic, Gene Shalit declares fade-out

[The Limey] – In a move that will remodel the landscape of breakfast TV, and certainly its neck-wear, ‘Today Show’ movie critic Gene Shalit has announced he’s retiring from the post.

Born in New York on March 25, 1925 the now 85-year old film buff has been a fixture of the [...]

Charlie Sheen needs real justice, not rehab

[The Limey] – Already no stranger to negative press, Charlie Sheen seems eager to dismiss most of the stories that emerged since New York police escorted him from his Plaza hotel suite on Monday night.

The 45-year old actor says reports of him binging on cocaine and booze while entertaining a [...]

Mariah Carey proves she’s just one more diva

[The Limey] – In what you can expect to be merely the latest in a long line of teases and ‘leaks’ on her condition it’s now being claimed that Mariah Carey and husband, Nick Cannon are preparing for twins.

The adolescent campaign of teases and self-serving denials began when Mariah, 41, [...]

Hollywood needs a new blacklist

[The Limey] – People, we need a blacklist. A list of all the brainless, worthless, attention-seeking egocentrics who are currently suffering from the groundless delusion they’re famous.

I’m talking about the seemingly unending swathe of mediocre performers who are so irreparably inept, yet driven by ego they engage in one [...]

Joaquin Phoenix stars in brutal PETA fur ad

[The Limey] – When Joaquin Phoenix stepped out of the limelight in 2008 the world lost a fine actor. Now back, and with a movie in which he’ll play Edgar Allen Poe already in development Joaquin has made a new film for PETA – and the story is brutally true.

The [...]

Conan O’Brien picks a feathery friend on Twitter

[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 [...]

Heidi Montag CD suffers withering sales

[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 [...]