Eat My Words

Two things that Robyn "Rhianna" Fenty is known for: her love of adding extra syllables to the word "umbrella" and her adoration of the paler members of the opposite sex.

Ever since she first voiced her opinion that white boys were the next hot thing, she's held true to her word, bouncing from rumored relationship to relationship. Apparently next up is...Josh Hartnett?

Rhi-Rhi, seriously. Take a page from Halle's book: if you're gonna go white boy, at least make sure it's a fly one.

Mr. GQ makes everything look smooth, easy, and good- both on and off the field...
Tom Brady threw as many turnovers in Sunday's game as he has thrown all season. The Pats were outplayed in three quarters. This game marked the first time they did not score first, and that they trailed at the half. The Colts managed to do what no other NFL team can even begin to dream of doing- they made Tom Brady look human...and the Patriots still WON. This my friends means that if the Patriots won this game with all these cards stacked against them, not to mention they played in the leave-and-go-deaf dome in Indianapolis, no other team will beat them this season.

More importantly, watching this game, which ESPN reports received the highest ratings in more than a decade, made us all ask the question "What is wrong with every other NFL team?" Watching this game was markedly different than watching any other. When the teams make it to the red-zone, you typically don't have to bite your nails wondering if they'll ever make it ten yards to get seven. These teams are head and shoulders above the rest.

Although Pittsburgh looked very good on Monday night, they were playing Baltimore who is struggling mightily for lack of anything that resembles an offense. Any other team is going to have to recruit a divine power itself to compete with the Colts, let alone the Patriots. Should they receive Lombardi now?

The odd thing to me, as an unflinching Jay-Z fan, is how much of a household name Jigga has become. I distinctly remember listening to Reasonable Doubt, or even Hard Knock Life, Vol. II, and being inspired by his revolutionary spirit. Jay has always been the epitome of counterculture - everything had to be his way, and even though audiences didn't automatically understand where he was coming from (cough Blueprint 2.0 cough), he never failed to deliver messages that - ten years plus after his debut - not only resonate sonically with an impeccable flow, but emotionally as well.

Perhaps this is why his latest album, titled American Gangster, appears to be the most apt of all. Jay's no dummy, and as his last album Kingdom Come showed, he's fully aware that he's no longer in the same place that he was when he wrote D'evils. Shawn Carter, boyfriend to a global, superstar diva and President of the illustrious Def Jam Records, has officially become a household name. Soccer moms, CEO's, the English-speaking and the non are all familiar with the rap game of Hov. These days, it doesn't get more American than Mr. Carter himself, but true to his nature, he still wants to keep it gangster.

If you looked up guilty pleasures in the dictionary four years ago, you would've seen a picture of Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn, Project Runway at first seemed to be a bad knockoff of all the other competition reality shows popping up on every channel, but quickly developed into an emmy award winning program with a cult following.

For the die-hard Project Runway fans, it's been too long since Nina Garcia and Michael Kors last ripped a wanna-be designer a new one, or since Mr. Gunn has uttered his signature phrase, and come Nov. 14th, the fashion drought will have come to an end.

If you simply can't wait another minute without an "auf Wiedersehen," check out the new designers at bravotv.com.

Detroit may not have much, but it's had the bragging right that is the Red Wings and Hockeytown for over a decade. Between the Lions acting too cowardly to earn any NFL respect, and the Tigers raising hopes only to let them fall, all Detroit needed was a team of unproductive bears to round out the oft-dismal pro-sports scene. But no, the shining light for Motown came in the form of a little purple octopus rocking a red and white jersey, giving Michiganders a little something to be proud of.

Sadly, that reign has come to an end as well: St. Paul Minnesota has been named the new hockeytown. Devoted Minnesota Wild fans sell out the arena each and every week, and have for the past six seasons, displaying an enthusiasm that hasn't been seen for the Red Wings since the late nineties.

Don't dismiss that red and white just yet though - if it's one thing Detroit has always been good at it's coming up from behind. Watch your back next year, Minnesota.

With Hollywood Writer's Guild going on strike at 12Am this morning, you all can now turn to the wonderful world of reality television that I discovered a while ago. Many dramas and comedies such as Grey's Anatomy have stocked up shows that will last until January. After that, you all can turn to shows like "Dancing With the Stars" and my favorite "The Hills". However, shows to be immediately impacted by the strike are late night shows such as David Letterman who rely on up-to-the-minute news to tape their shows.

This strike will also affect film. Someone please pay these people more money. They are the source of our entertainment!

If anyone was going to garner this interview, it of course had to be Oprah. Not Larry King, not Letterman, but Oprah. One half of the most talked about couple in the year 2007 will now do the talking. Federline told the British Newspaper, The News of the World, that early next year he's set to appear on Oprah and open up about his tumultuous relationship. Apparently, he's set to expose Brit's dirty laundry. I wonder if he'll remember to mention how he's a gold-digger using his children to get child support money?

Let's be honest, K-Fed's really good at appearances- making himself come out smelling like roses, instead of the reefer he tends to smoke.

Oprah will get to the bottom of it all. Until then...

Everyone, well all the "experts" seem to be picking Detroit over Denver, Buffalo over the STRUGGLING, non-celebratory Chad Johnson and the Bengals, and Pittsburgh over Baltimore in the other AFC match that's correctly been overshadowed by the Pats and the Colts....where naturally, people seem to be split on that match-up. Overall week 9 should be exciting.

Week 9 is always a time where things start balancing out. New Orleans seems to have waken up and realized they were in the NFC championship last year and remembered how to play football. Unfortunately they play the hard hitting Jags this week who will probably knock them back into Week 3 or 4 when they were still winless. One surprising team, surprisingly good, the Packers, have managed to maintain their momentum and are still going strong. After they beat Kansas City, maybe they'll get even more respect when they are 7-1, because they will beat KC.

Another game being overshadowed is Philadelphia against the Cowboys. It's TO's big return to Dallas...and no one cares. If it's not Peyton or Tom, no one cares. The only attention this game has received, is the deepening of Tony Romo's pockets, and the media suspecting he's been hooking up with Britney Spears. In any event, hopefully these sideline issues won't cause too many distractions for America's "favorite team".

It's Sunday so I guess by default a post on college football is in order. So BC lost, proving they couldn't hang with the big dogs. This is arguably one of the only "normal" thing that has happened in college football this season. I mean USC is not undefeated, let's not even discuss Michigan's deplorable loss to a Junior High team, and Notre Dame is having its worst season in history playing like a Junior High team. Ohio State is no stranger to the top of the rankings, but I wouldn't be surprised if they plummet. Well now that Sunday's here it's time to watch the Big Boys play...

Don Imus, the radio host now notorious for calling the Rutger's women's basketball team "nappy headed hoes" is back in action. Even though those girl were definitely not the most beautiful women to grace the earth, the comment was out of line. And, I doubt Imus has "changed" so he should probably still be banned from all public entertainment. Perhaps he isn't as stupid to pull something like that again.

D. Wade is crazy good. He exudes goodness. He ALMOST even made me want to keep my sidekick and get the D.Wade version. But honestly, how good can Miami really be with Shaq on the backside of his career? Boston is looking like they may be bringing the heat.

Former #1 ranked tennis star Martina Hingis tested positive for cocaine, and suspiciously retired after. Hingis' case is a little different than what has become our everyday athlete substance abuse case. Hingis isn't being accused of using a performance enhancing steroid. Instead, she tested positive for recreational cocaine. We will have to ask Whitney if it was the "good kind".

Nonetheless, Hingis vehemently denies ever using drugs, saying she'd be afraid to try them. On the court, Hingis was amazing. She was the youngest player ever to be ranked #1 and was the powerhouse of this generation. Now instead of cheering for her to win Wimbledon, I'm cheering for her hoping that the hair sample she submits miraculously turns up negative. We alll want to believe her. But liars like Marion Jones are making it pretty difficult to do. Good luck Martina.

BEFORE...
AFTER...Drew has always had a girl-next-door, cutesy type of sex appeal, but when paired with haute couture, her inner hottie has emerged.

At the obviously sexy age of 32, Drew is no longer eclectic or slightly awkward; homegirl has emerged as a goddess, and a nude one at that.

I can't recall ever seeing Drew look as good as she does in these ads for Gucci jewels, airbrushing or no.

Keep the look Drew and I'm good on 'ya.

From Jezebel.com:Non-specific famous person Tinsley Mortimer has just disclosed what seems to be a somewhat hazily-kept weekly food diary of the contents of what she terms a week her "low-carb lifestyle" to New York Magazine, and it is difficult to describe beyond: It. Will. Shock. You. Click for more.

I say it all started with Meredith's attempted suicide - the docs ended up reviving her but just couldn't save the show.

Grey's Anatomy used to be the must-see on Thursday nights. Whatever it was folks had going on - work, happy hour, church - everyone was glued to the TV set from 9-10 pm every week, as the ratings proved.

Now I tune in every week with the futile hope that despite all the death and destruction of season 3, someone - anyone! - will be able to breath some life back into my fave medical drama. Sadly, whoever is in casting needs to be shot. Isaiah Washington and Kate Walsh have been axed, and you give me an actress more boring than a congressional hearing, and that's before we even get to the played-out plot line of "estranged sisters with hot guy in between."

I mean, come on, ER stayed on air with a huge following for years, and you mean to tell me that Grey is dying out already?

Oh, Grey. What could've been.

Tom Cruise and Will Smith were up to their usual antics at the Lions for Lambs premiere yesterday (is there anyone in the world besides the cast who know what the hell this movie is even about?). Will obviously finds Tom's latest flop pretty amusing.

And while I love that Will and Jada are such power couple socialites, but I gotta wonder what the basis of this friendship is.

Either way, still looking good, gentlemen, still looking good.

Apparently Laura Winslow's former part-time lover has been living it up in Vegas....and clearly having a very good time.


Here's the conundrum: what the *&%$ has dude been doing for the past...oh, I don't know....decade?!?

Whatever my favorite nerd's been up to, it's obviously not keeping him from playing in the snow.

The street-wise R&B singer is not new. Mary J., Alicia Keys, Monica...hell, even Aretha Franklin had a little street in her songs. Yet none of the above - save for maybe Ms. Blidge - have been as transparent as Keyshia Cole.

I remember watching her very first video for the "I Just Want It To Be Over" track thinking, who is this chick and why did her label let her shoot a home video in the hood?

Come to find out, that's just how Cole rolls. Never one for fake unless it's her hair or her nails, Keyshia Cole is as real as they come, and with the new season of her show The Way It Is 2 now on BET, she's letting viewers so far up in her business it's a wonder she still gets interviews - girl is leaving nothing left of her story to tell.

Even if jailbird, rehabbed mothers and former prostitute alcoholic sisters such as Keyshia's don't exactly appeal to you, tune in on Tuesdays at 10:30 anyway - watching Keyshia balance her skyrocketing career with the realities of her home life will make you love and respect her like never before.

Parisa - the Real World Sydney's token Persian - is at it again.

Just weeks after getting into one of the best televised fights in Real World history with Trisha because Parisa refused to stop skipping off into bathrooms with a boy they both were interested in, she once again unleashes her cleavage and her claws.

This time pissing off the Georgia-boy loving Kelley Anne, Parisa's "I just like to have fun - they don't own all the men in Sydney" argument is getting old. Honestly, Parisa, for someone who seems so self-confident it's awfully odd that you only want to drop it like it's hot for the very same boys your female roommates were slobbering on three minutes before. There's a line in the dating amongst friends world sweetie, and it's called self-respect.

21 year old Ashley Olsen and 36 year old Lance Armstrong? Older men are always appealing, but I don't know about this one. A VERY unlikely couple. Ash doesn't look like she's into sports at all!

A sports marketer is filing suit against Reggie Bush and his family in order to retrieve nearly $300,000 worth of items that Bush and his family allegedly accepted in living arrangements and cash. Leave Reggie alone! Big deal, he (or his family) took money like 90% of amateur athletes with an ounce of talent. I've heard it all....money, TV's, furniture, clothes, apartments.

That's what people do. It's a business in which people spend tons of money and dangle it in front of young boy's faces, and naturally they jump on it. Let's all go after him for giving a bunch of stuff to an amateur, which is against some kind of rules somewhere. Another case of haters trying to bring the good down. They always pick and choose who they want to expose for this type of stuff.

Take your pick.

The funny man in all the commercials or the pretty boy?
The defending champion or the one that's no stranger to winning?
The one who throws to Marvin Harrison (usually) or Randy Moss?

All I have to say is the Patriots are scary gooooood. Very fierce. Tom Brady has the arm, the look, and a VERY athletic receiver with great hands- Randy Moss. I don't know if that can be stopped.

This game has been hyped up for weeks...how upset would everyone be if it was a blowout. HA!

Two years ago Genarlow Wilson, a high school football star in Georgia was sentenced to 10 years in prison, stemming back to an incident that occurred when he was 17 years old. He and his friends, at a fateful New Year's Eve Party, taped Wilson receiving consensual oral sex from a 15 year old girl. She did not want to press charges. Yet, the authorities got a hold of the tape and went wild. Georgia's archaic law considered this sodomy, and brought down a 1o year sentence on Wilson.

To demonstrate the absurdity in this law, Wilson and his millions upon millions of supporters nationwide, drew so much attention to the issue, the legislature did away with the law. However, the law was not made retro-active, meaning anyone previously convicted under the most archaic of laws such as this sodomy one, would still have to serve their sentence. The only way Wilson could get out was to receive a pardon. A few days ago, this happened to the enjoyment of many Americans. After serving 2 years in prison, Wilson was let free. The Courts said this was an unjust sentence.

Yet, while ESPN and other groups around the world such as minorities are considering this a win and a step toward justice, some are saying Wilson was let off easy because the girl was drunk and unable to consent. Haters? The judge has already made his ruling, now....you be the judge.

Britney Spears on the Media and Her Boys

I am by no means a morning person. It could be eleven in the a.m. and I'd still be snoozing away, if I didn't have a job to report to. So in attempts to get myself up and out the door before noon, I've started turning on the Today show when I'm still half-sleep, knowing that something entertaining will perk me up better than a cup of Foldger's.

Definitely worked like a charm this morning. I wasn't even paying attention as the clip above was playing, so imagine my surprise when, lo and behold, it was Ms. Spears! Is it just me, or does she actually sound sane in the above clip? Granted, she clearly has a fondness for run-on sentences, and you would think that an involved mother would know when and for how long she can see her children, but sane nonetheless.

The girl even made sense. She was coherent, people. Which has me going back to that age-old question: is girlfriend truly crazy in the "you need to be institutionalized sense", or is a part of her still seeking publicity in any way, shape, or form?

Magic Johnson, on TNT's NBA tip-ff coverage, confirmed what every non-Laker fan has thought for years. Even MAGIC, THE Laker, said that Kobe is as much to blame as anyone in the Laker organization for the downward spiral of the once championship ring collecting dynasty. "Kob" wanted to oust Shaq, and in doing so he ousted success right along with the Big Man.

Even though this clip is a bit aged...in honor of her new song and video being released soon...this is a MUST watch...

The NBA started last night. Does anyone really care? They have got to stop interrupting football season with this. Everyone likes to see the funny shaped ball that bounces crazy. I mean honestly, does anyone pay attention to the NBA until after the Super Bowl?

It's a very successful TV Show...I'm hooked. In fact, the show was the topic of conversation on the Michael Baisden show a couple days ago. He asked if their situation was really plausible? One man, three women (that some would call very hot or attractive) shacking it up? My guess is yes, it is very plausible for some women... if the man is 82 years old and he lives in a mansion and buys them Escalades and millions of pets. Plus on Celebrity SuperStar, in Kendra Wilkinson's "rap", she said she was basically on drugs and on a terrible path until Hugh "rescued her". That may be incentive for some to live with a boyfriend and 3 other women. If nothing else, the show is interesting to see how the arrangement works for them. Seems to be just fine.

Hopefully there will be a season 4.

P.S. Why is Kendra so entertaining?

It seems as soon as October hits, every woman in America starts plotting how best to convey "slut" by the end of the month.

Halloween, once reserved for little ones in cotton smocks rocking suffocating plastic faces and white bedsheets with two holes cut out for eyes, has turned into a ho-a-thon. Construction worker for Halloween you say? Then I hope you've been in the gym, because those two strips of cloth weren't made to hide much of anything...perhaps next year you can go as a brick house.

Not that there's anything wrong with sexing it up on the one holiday when you can get away with it (honestly, who really wants to be a naughty Christmas tree?) but the line has to be drawn somewhere. Unless you are in fact a playboy bunny, being practically nude in the streets is uncalled for. Particularly if you're twelve. Instead of showing as much T&A as possible, be creative enough to convey the image without the use of fishnets and/or a push-up bra. You want to be a cat? Then actually be a cat, not a woman in a thong and a leopard print bustier with whiskers drawn on her face.

Bottom line: overexposure is NOT sexy. I repeat, is NOT. Don't make me pull out the photo of my "sexy race car driver" red fruit roll-up of a costume to prove it.

Are they together or not? Were they ever really together, or were they fooling the world to make the money? Last night, they looked like they were kinda close, but then again, we see Brody on TMZ and on Kim Kardassian, with or talking about other girls!?!?

BEFORE.... AFTER...
Work!! On October 28, 2007 Serena arrived at the Murakami Event in an Audi A8, but she was outshining the car. Actually looking feminine! Much improved from the harsh manly picture above.

I wanna be traded! When you don't get what you want...what do you do? You don't play hard...If you're Kobe Cryant. According to Phil Jackson, Kobe is slacking on the court, tsk tsk, while racking up millions. Perhaps Phil is just upset because he may have to coach for the first time without a SuperSuper Star. He has Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum, hehe. But PLEASE don't send him to Chicago. That will taint the flawless MJ legacy!

This was my favorite show last year. Everyone got hooked on catching up on the episodes on youtube. NOW...."The Game", may be turning into Shame. Melanie (Tia Mowry), the intelligent Medical School student, looked silly...no stupid last night. People do go a little crazy when relationships end, but BEGGING to sleep with someone? And your ex-boyfriends friend? And you friends son? WHOA. Too Much CW, too Much. She's better than that.

Watch the full episode here...http://cwtv.com/cw-video/the-game