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I thought David Letterman’s tribute to Johnny Carson last night was fantastic. You could tell he really loved Carson and the opening monologue — comprised of jokes that Johnny had sent him — was a very nice touch. I also enjoyed Leno’s tribute and the genuine joy he had listening to Don Rickles and Bob Newhart tell their Carson stories.

It’s a shame these two Carson devotees couldn’t have their tribute episodes available on one DVD to raise money for emphysema research.

Our hearts go out to the victims of this weekend’s tsunami and their families around the world. A very informative blog has been set up at https://tsunamihelp.blogspot.com/. The site has info on the events and relief efforts.

Witless party girl Paris Hilton has finally gotten the best of the New York Daily News’ gossip reporter Lloyd Grove. The Big Apple rumour journo vows that he won’t mention Paris until she wins the Nobel prize or cures cancer.

I wonder if Hilton shareholders hate having Paris and her family connected to their business?

Every time The Apprentice airs we get a spike in traffic. People searching for the latest news on The Apprentice? People searching for Apprentice results?

Nope. Each and every week we while it airs we get a ton of people searching for Melania Knauss. We took a picture of Melania Knauss and Donald Trump a few years back at the Academy Awards but why do people search on The Donald’s bride-to-be when she usually just makes one or two appearances on the shows sixteen week run? This week, Google users visiting us as result of Melania Knauss searches beat out Golden Globe nomination seekers by a 2 to 1 margin.

Crazy. Now if only we had Anna Kournikova swimsuit photos or a Lindsay Lohan lingerie shoot…

I had a real scare last night while browsing the magazine rack at Shoppers Drug Mart. The image before me was terrifying and I had to go to a “safe place” image to stop myself from losing it in the store.

What could have affected me like this? The Women of Apprentice 2 on the cover of Maxim.

Last year, you probably wouldn’t have been shunned by your peers for saying that Amy Henry was cute. But this year’s crop is “ terrifying. At least in a still photo you can’t see the crazy Maria’s psychotic blinking, but really, I could have lived quite happily without seeing Pamela in an open jacket.

It’s bizarre watching the CNN coverage of President Bush’s visit to Canada. The way they act, you think that he was visiting some unknown corner of the planet and not a neighbour who receives visits from millions of American tourists each year.

• The typos on CNN’s news scroll and chryrons are often funny. The chryon on Headline News had Dubya Ottowa Bound. Ottowa? Is that near Canada’s capital, Ottawa?
• For some reason, American journalists think the whole country speaks French and therefore all names must be pronounced with some “ooh la la” tossed in. Hence Lou Dobbs calling the Canadian Prime Minister, Paul Martin (like Dean Martin), Paul Martayne. At least John King got it right.
• This morning, CNN’s team were going on about poutine. Really? Have you seen some of the regional foods Americans eat?

The folks over at Rhino sent me a review DVD for The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection, Vol. 6 and fans of the series will not be disappointed. This DVD features Joel and the ‘bots commenting on cinematic dreck like Attack of the Giant Leeches, Gunslinger, Teenagers from Outer Space and a slew of shorts.

Funny, funny stuff. Check out the trailer. [requires Quicktime]

The folks over at TRIMSPA definitely subscribe to the “any publicity is good publicity” school of thought.

After Sunday night’s American Music Awards, weight-loss supplement makers TRIMSPA released a press release talking about how great their spokesperson Anna Nicole Smith looked and mentioning that TRIMSPA products were included in the celebrity goodie bags.

It didn’t end there. Since Anna’s intoxicated introduction of Kanye West was the butt of jokes coast to coast, the PR department of her sponsors quickly put out a press release supporting her.

Entitled “TRIMSPA Stands by Anna Nicole Smith”, the press release says: “Clearly,” said Alex Goen, founder and CEO of TRIMSPA, “last night’s award ceremony has become more about Anna’s introduction of Kanye West than about who won the prized awards – which is unfortunate. Those artists worked very hard to have their moment of recognition, and TRIMSPA applauds their success. We also applaud Anna Nicole’s successful weight loss on TRIMSPA X32. Like all our customers, we stand by Anna. More important, we stand with her as our friend.”

Wow…are they PR writers or comedy writers?

So, Ashlee Simpson had her lip-synching exposed on SNL last night when the track for her first performance of the night started playing as she was supposed to be performing her second set of the night.

Ashlee did a lil’ jig, zipped off the stage, and at the end of the show blamed it all on her band, saying that they played the wrong song. Of course, the band wasn’t playing when the track started.

Ashlee isn’t one of those dancing fool performers like Britney, so why couldn’t she play the darn songs live?

Sigh…

Whatever happened to “happily ever after”?

First Britney annuls her marriage to Jason Alexander, though the pair did try to give it 48+ hours, but now word is out that handbag designer Nicky Hilton (the Hilton sister without a sex tape) and Todd Meister are looking for an annulment after 2 months of wedded bliss. Perhaps she finally realized that her hubby’s name sounds like some frat greeting:

“Hey, it’s Todd! Todd-O-Rama! The Todd-Meister! Todd Meister’s gonna buy the beer!”

All I can say is that this Federline thing better last.