Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

Groundbreaking News of the Day

Filed under: Media

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Phew!  That’s a relief.

But that doesn’t answer my other pressing questions:  What does Lance Bass think of Portland, Oregon?  And did he really say Houston residents need to lay off the fried chicken?  Inquiring minds want — nay, need — to know.


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Posted by CandyAugust 28, 2007

Miss Teen South Carolina’s Damage Control Tour

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Miss Teen South Carolina, who famously had a brain fart when asked, “Why can’t one-fifth of Americans find the U.S. on a map” (for the clip, check out the first minute of my video blog), appeared on this morning’s Today show, where Matt Lauer and Ann Curry fawned over her and she attempted to prove she has more than a raisin for a brain. Not so sure she succeeded; when asked for her “do-over” response, this is the gem she came up with (and you know she thought about this for hours …


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Posted by CandyAugust 28, 2007

From One Addict to Another

Filed under: Media

Hi. My name is Candy and I’m an alliter-holic.

If I can work alliteration into a sentence, preferably a headline, you can be damn sure I will. “Lucky Lindsay!” “Putrid Paris!” In my sick mind, alliteration = catchy, even when it’s just plain cheesy. I don’t know how my addiction began; perhaps it’s an extension of having an alliterative name. Regardless, I have a problem and, well, I’m working on it.

Slowly.

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This is why I sympathize with TMZ. They, too, obviously struggle with written demons — those of the rhyming kind. I mean, why …


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Posted by CandyAugust 23, 2007

Most Depressing Cover Ever

Filed under: Jennifer Aniston, Media

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Sorry, girls. If you’ve been single for two years and hang out with your married friends, it means you’re going to die alone! If OK! says so, then it must be a fact.


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Posted by CandyAugust 23, 2007

Keira Knightley’s New Magazine Cover Has “Flare” for the Creepy

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Okay, either I’ve had too many iced lattes or Keira’s head appears to have escaped her body, floating above the contents of the magazine, as if she’s saying, “Um, yeah, I’d rather not advocate neon makeup.  But thank you, anyway.”


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Posted by CandyAugust 21, 2007

Marriage Already Having Strange Effect on Jerry O’Connell

Filed under: Celebrities, Media

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‘Til skid marks do us part.


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Posted by CandyAugust 21, 2007

Sienna Miller Strikes a Pose for Vogue

Filed under: Media

Behold the ostrich, er… I mean, Sienna Miller on the cover of September’s Vogue:

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Only Holy Candy’s media expert, Professor Candy, has the scoop on the magazine’s headlines:

“Extra-Extra LARGE!”: Sienna’s eyebrows

“840 pages of FEARLESS FASHION”: And only 800 of them are advertisements!

“A Marriage of Equals”: Anna Wintour isn’t voting for Hillary.

“Fashion’s Feistiest Icon”: Anna will never forgive Sienna for this.

“Magician of Makeup. The Most Powerful Woman in Beauty.”: Finally! A profile of the Photoshop wizard in Vogue’s Creative Department.


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Posted by CandyAugust 17, 2007