That old, beat-up typewriter belonging to Cormac McCarthy, the author of The Road and No Country for Old Men, ended up selling at auction for $254,500 — way, way, way more than anyone predicted.The New York Times has the story here. The article is worth reading — there’s a great quote from the book dealer who handled the auction.
If “you” are Sports Illustrated, that is. Still, he deserves it! SI has a nice gentlemanly interview with Jeter, too. SI: Curt Schilling said that he remembers the way you …..
The First Church of Tiger Woods is no more. Well, it’s still there, but it’s been changed to The Damnation of Tiger Woods by it’s founder, “Pastor” John Ziegler. That’s one endorsement that greatest-golfer Tiger Woods has lost since his “transgressions” with (who knows how many) women who don’t happen to be Elin Nordegren, his wife.
Singer Rihanna’s four album titles so far:Music of the Sun (2005)A Girl Like Me (2006)Good Girl Gone Bad (2007)Rated R (2009)She seems to be getting gloomier as she goes. Rated R includes her new hit single “Russian Roulette.”Look, she’s great, but forgive us if we yawn just a teensy bit at the well-worn path to professional “edginess.” But OK: we had her all wrong. Rihanna is a dangerous bad girl. Oh, dear.
An annual tradition: The President lights the national Christmas tree, and reporters bring on the nyuks.I count at least eight wisecracks in that LA Times post (“allegedly green”… “BlackBerry loving”… “aging Vice President”… “Watson, come here”… “unable to resist”… “Warning”… “obese, seasonally employed”… “wasting precious electrical energy”). Not bad for eight short paragraphs.
Taylor Momsen on the set of Gossip Girl yesterday in Manhattan. More Momsen photos here. (Image: WENN)
My friend Gary has a terrific little story about when he met John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1971. He tells it in this YouTube video that uses footage shot by filmmaker Jonas Mekas.Although Gary doesn’t mention it, I’m pretty sure you can also see poet Allen Ginsberg in some of these shots.Thanks, Gary!
Cripes, who leaks all this stuff?
Rachel Uchitel caused a traffic accident last week from 1000 miles away, or so we’re told.Turns out she had a few of her own traffic issues during her years as a nightclub hostess in Las Vegas — and one of them has gone unpaid to the tune of $1345.
Jesper Parnevik had a few choice words about fellow golfer Tiger Woods in a conversation with The Golf Channel on Wednesday.
A former first lady of The Philippines, Imelda Marcos has filed as a candidate for congress for the Ilocos Norte district. Back when she was the wife of President Ferdinand Marcos she was known as the “Steel Butterfly,” presumably because of her determination and not because she drank nectar.It’s a congressional seat that’s being vacated by her son, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., who is running for a senate seat.
Hey, we almost forgot — remember Britney Spears? Of course you do. She’s still among the most-searched-for celebrities on the internet (or does that mean people don’t remember her?).Today is Britney’s 28th birthday. MTV is celebrating by showing this video for “3”, which, oddly enough, features Britney Spears, extra dancers, skimpy outfits and a whole lot of gyratin’.
We interrupt the saga of Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren, Rachel Uchitel and Jaimee Grubbs for some even more exciting news: Cormac McCarthy is auctioning off his beat-up old typewriter!
Golfer Tiger Woods has released a new statement on his website.
Here are pictures of Jaimee Grubbs, the woman US magazine claims has been a consort of golfer Tiger Woods.
When was Jaimee Grubbs born? We say 1985.We’re taking US magazine’s word for it here. They say Jaimie Grubbs was 21 years old when (they allege) she began a relationship with golfer Tiger Woods in April of 2007.Now, in December of 2009, they say Grubbs is 24 years old. Doing the math, that gives her a moment of birth between April and December of 1985.
Wikipedia has no profile of Jaimee Grubbs so far.Which is interesting, because a few days ago we noted that Wikipedia had no profile of Rachel Uchitel, either. (She was the first to be connected to Tiger Woods in a hubba-hubba way, in case you’re keeping score.) In that case, a (admirably) high-minded Wikipedia editor said “We are not here to repeat National Enquirer rumours.”
If nothing else, the Tiger Woods fracas is a field day for headline writers.This particular piece suggests that Jaimee Grubbs was paid $100,000 by US magazine to talk about her alleged affair with Woods.
It’s shameful, but we appear to be experiencing Tiger Woods schadenfreude. He doesn’t really deserve our “misfortune joy” — who does? — though his own schadenFräulein seem to be causing the problem.
Tiger Woods has been cited for reckless driving in his post-Thanksgiving brouhaha.The penalty? A ticket for $164, plus four points on his driving record. No further charges will be filed.”Mr. Wood’s status [as a celebrity] impacted in no way” how troopers handled the investigation, Florida Highway Patrol spokeswoman Sgt. Kim Montes said.Woods’ attorney Mark NeJame said the decision was good news.