hey hey! so this crazy looking scantily-clad character (who does have a certain sex appeal about him!) was spotted walking around downtown los angeles earlier today ... can you figure out why he's dressed like that? find out what he's actually up to after the jump ... GO!
good evening - we made it through monday! i always thought mormons were all buttoned up & straight-laced but these ladies are definitely not your mom's mormons ... a group of mormon moms are being featured in a new 2010 controversial calendar from mormons exposed called hot mormon muffins: a taste of motherhood featuring the worshipers of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints scantily clad with a different muffin recipe for each month - how very handy! i don't know that much about their church or religion but i can't imagine that church leaders are jumping for joy over this endeavor (this is from the same people who make the men on a mission calendar) perhaps these ladies might not be mormons for much longer? popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good evening! so you know those commercials for the iphone where apple says there's an app for just about everything? well that's a totally true statement ... introducing an app called poo log from the authors of what's your poo telling you? - now you can truly keep track of just about everything in your life ... including your very own bowel movements! the app includes features: a poo timer, a poo log, graph your poos, poo pastimes, and dookie descriptions! this isn't something i would normally post about but i found it to be totally hysterical - and now i'll let you in on one of my idiosyncrasies - i can't poo in public - i need to do it from the privacy of my own throne - there have been times where i had to make an exception but for the most part - i try to poo at home! (oh gosh - now i'm totally embarrassed but i know some people out there must feel the same way!) anyways if you're feeling the need the track and log your poo - you can pick up the app here! popbytes over & out now ... xoxo
good evening everyone! i guess even wax figures need to have a little fun now and then ... case in point - a bunch of faux celebrities were on hand to help celebrate the 2nd birthday of madame tussauds wax museum in our nation's capital washington DC - below you'll find beyoncé doing her signature arms up (and pits exposed) pose - complete with a birthday hat and balloon! her waxy doppelgänger isn't all that bad but the same cannot be said about madonna (she looks more like taylor momsen) and jennifer lopez (who i almost didn't recognize until i read the caption!) they're still not the worst wax figures ever (that honor goes to (homewrecker) leann rimes & lindsay lohan) however there is definitely room for plenty of improvement! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good evening! oh man - today was just one of those crappy days - plus it went by so damn slow ... i'm beyond glad monday is almost finished! however these hilarious pictures of cats and dogs dressed up as musicians totally put a much needed smile on my face ... who can resist seeing animals in costumes and wigs! of course my favorite is the adorable siamese cat dressed up just like my gal amy winehouse (i wonder if this kitty has an nasty addiction to catnip?) it's all part of a brand new calendar called pets rock 2010 - animals with personality ... check out ozzy osbourne, dolly parton, elvis presley and many more below! i used to love getting a new calendar each year but i don't really use one anymore - maybe i need to get back in the game with this particular one - i never seem to know the exact date so it could come in quite handy! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
hey hey! i've been having a blast hanging out with my younger brother david - i hadn't seen him in awhile since he lives over in boston - i'm so glad he was able to make his way to sunny los angeles for a few days - unfortunately he has to leave tomorrow morning so tonight we're heading down to knott's scary farm / halloween haunt which just opened the other night for the halloween season - ever since i moved to southern california back in 2001 - i've always wanted to check out all the chills and thrills (there's like mazes with people dressed up trying to scare everyone) but i know myself ... i'm all brave right now as i write this but in a couple of hours i'll be screaming my head off and wishing i never went! i'll let you guys know what happens - i'll try to twitter updates as well! i hope everyone's having a kick-ass weekend so far! (if you're thinking of catching a movie - definitely skip surrogates - i saw it last night and it pretty much sucked) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good morning! somehow i managed to stumble across the most ridiculous story i've heard in a long time - it sounds like the country of zimbabwe is looking for a little extra attention and press - just get a load of this story their telling ... supposedly a female goat gave birth to the creature below that they say is half goat / half human - the village people of maboleni claim it's because a human male impregnated a goat - which as far as i know is a scientific impossibility - of course they took pictures you see below but before they could bring it to a proper lab for testing the creature was incinerated by superstitious villagers (too bad they didn't save it for paris hilton to adopt - she wants a baby right? plus i see a slight resemblance ... ok that was mean but i couldn't help myself!) obviously this appears to be a silly hoax - i wonder what crap they'll come up with next! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
The Midlands' Provincial Veterinary Officer Dr Thomas Sibanda, while regretting that they never got the chance to conduct tests on the bizarre creature, said: "As far as I know, it is not scientifically possible for a man to impregnate a beast unless of course it's a miracle. "Inter-breeding is so hard that a sheep and a goat can mate but they will never produce any product out of it."
Locals now fear that the creature was a product of witchcraft, but Dr Sibanda still wants to give science a chance. He said: "It is common that an animal can be born with the hydrocephalus condition, a condition that causes an animal to have an abnormally big head full of water. This condition can cause the normal positions of the chin, nose and ears to shift. "We could have confirmed that the creature was a goat if we had seen it since we are experts in animals. To confirm whether it was a human being, you need medical doctors." SOURCE
hey hey! i hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend so far - i spent a little time down in san pedro earlier this afternoon - with a salted lime margarita and some very tasty fresh oysters! right now i'm heading over to a friend's house for a BBQ but i had to share with you these pictures of my cheeky chihuahua mr. fidel wearing his brand new t-shirt which proclaims him the 'king of pup' - which he definitely is - although he may be 'the quiet one' out of my three dogs yet he's for sure in charge! although ms. candy does have a little diva attitude - fidel's sometimes bitchy vibe rules over everyone! many thanks to my pal victoria who hooked me up with psychedelic fur - they have super adorable music-themed tees, coats, raingear and bandanas for doggies! although it's too hot for the dogs to be wearing clothes right now here in los angeles - his new shirt will come in handy during the winter months when it cools down a bit - i can't wait for that! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good morning and happy friday! i love doing posts about animals - and these pictures were just too adorable to pass up - check out these three female gorillas (zaire, mjukuu and effie) over in a london zoo - they're about to get a new male 'roommate' - a 12-year old named yeboah who's coming all the way from france ... to get the ladies used to the idea of having a man around - zookeepers gave them laminated pictures to look at and hung 'em up all over their living space ... hopefully there won't be drama when the new guy moves in - since three's company, four's a crowd! anyways ... i could barely sleep last night - i'm beyond giddy over the thought of seeing the legendary liza minnelli two evenings in a row at the hollywood bowl - this is truly a dream come true ... i love liza and i thought i might never get the chance to see her perform live - that's all about to change tonight (and tomorrow) yet right now i just need to make it through the work day! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good evening everybody! although there are some great shows on TV these days (like true blood, gossip girl and mad men to name a few) i think most of us can agree - they certainly don't make shows like they used to (the same could probably be said about movies) back during the golden age of television - spanning from the late 1940s through the mid 1960s - when the medium was still brand spankin' new! to commemorate some of the all-time classic shows such as lassie, the twilight zone, howdy doody, i love lucy, burns & allen, the honeymooners (etc.) the USPS has issued a set of twenty stylish collectible stamps called TV early memories which were officially unveiled during a special ceremony at the academy of television arts and sciences over in north hollywood yesterday! i'm such a total geek for this type of thing - i'm definitely going to pick myself up a sheet ( ... and toss it in the drawer with all my other collectible pop junk!) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
Woof woof! What's that Lassie? You're on a stamp? But where's Timmy? One of America's most revered canines was among 20 television icons that came out of retirement today to be honored on the U.S. Postal Service's Early TV Memories 44-cent commemorative First-Class stamp sheet. Lassie participated in the first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony that took place at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood.
"All of the classic television shows represented on these stamps represents the collective memory of a generation well deserving of entertainment," said U.S. Postal Service Board of Governor member James C. Miller III in dedicating the stamps. "It was a generation that survived the Great Depression and fought World War II. They were pioneers -- creative geniuses -- who brought television shows of the 1950's into our homes, breaking new ground to provide entertainment for everyone."
good evening! the other day i got an email seeing if i had any interest in posting this adorable picture of true blood vampire hottie alexander skarsgård doing his best tails for whales pose - of course i immediately said yes - not only do i love him on the show (although sadly i'm two episodes behind right now) but the campaign is actually for a very worthy cause - helping to raise awareness about the threats facing whales and their habitats including commercial whaling and climate change! for tons of more information on the visual petition - please make sure to check out the website tailsforwhales.org - where you can upload your very own whale tail picture and join the fight for the whales! below is mr. skarsgård's co-star kristin bauer - along with super hunky dylan walsh from nip/tuck (the series' final episodes will air in the fall) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
last week i was at the dentist (unfortunately i'll be going a couple of more times in the next few weeks - teeth are such a pain in the ass!) every time i go there - i can't help but think of this classic sesame street clip i loved as a kid - a little ditty about some girl living in manhattan with a pet llama named mickey and takes him to the dentist (beware ... the song will inevitably get stuck in your head) the whole scenario really doesn't make any sense ... who has a llama for pet - in NYC? plus i'd like to think her parents would have probably tagged along - but nope, it's just her and the llama! god bless youtube for having the video - some youtuber made a comment that they lived in the city and llamas were a common pet - yet i lived in NYC for about seven years (before making the west coast jump) and i never saw a llama or knew anybody that had one ... that person must be on something! so if anyone in the big apple has a llama - please let me know! popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
good evening! so whenever i see a 'lost dog' sign (which seems to be quite often) i always get super upset ... i seriously couldn't imagine how i'd handle myself if one of my three dogs went missing (i'd probably need to be calmed down at the local hospital) the very thought of making reward signs is almost too much to bear! sadly i feel like people usually don't end up finding their lost furry friends so i was overjoyed when i heard about fatty - an adorable english stafford - who was finally reunited with her owner john jahshan down in australia after she went missing for eight long years (fatty wandered off when she was just two years old) it's truly amazing after all that time - she's safe and back where she belongs - this happy ending totally brought a smile to my face - fatty is one lucky dog! gosh - if only she could talk - i bet girlfriend has plenty of stories about what she was doing for the past eight years - she could easily snag a lucrative book deal! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
An English staffy by the name of Fatty has been recovered after running away from home... eight years ago. Fatty turned up at a pound in Yamba on the NSW far north coast, some 670 kilometres away from her home in Blacktown, Sydney. Clarence Valley ranger Jon Hallam, who called owner John Jahshan after checking the dog's microchip, says he had a hard time convincing him the story was true. "He was absolutely gobsmacked," Mr Hallam told the Blacktown Advocate. SOURCE
ok ... so this is a completely random post - it has zero relation with anything to do with entertainment but i couldn't pass on tossing up these pictures i took myself last friday! i happen to work across the street from grauman's chinese theatre - michael jackson's walk of fame star happens to be right out front - i was snapping pictures of people gathering to pay their respects ... my buddy jesse noticed this truck heading east on hollywood blvd - in the back of it was all this nasty looking meat, chicken and seafood scraps! we were all SHOCKED after seeing the pictures up close! the really scary part is - you'd never have known what the truck was carrying unless you were looking down from above like i happened to be - there was no cover on the stench it plus it was pretty hot outside - this gross truck just looks like one big ass health code violation - it literally made me sick to my stomach! could you imagine the truck had an accident and all those scraps spilled all over the street?!? it's beyond disgusting - and witnessing it definitely made me think about where my meat comes from (has anyone seen food inc. yet?) check out the pictures below - only if you can bear it - this is by far the most unglamorous thing i've ever seen on the blvd! that's saying a lot - trust me - there are many moments that lack glamour here in hollywood on a daily basis - i've seen some crazy shit go down in and around my neighborhood! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
oh my word - i can't believe this is my second post this week on barbie (here's the first one) you can tell i'm totally bored with the celebrity gossip right now - i've taken to blogging about the adventures of a fifty-year old doll! she recently took a break from malibu to head over to las vegas (she's staying in a fancy pink suite at the palms) i was all worried barbie could possibly find herself in a sticky situation - and now it looks like girlfriend might have got herself hitched to an elvis presley impersonator while in sin city - check out the picture below - maybe she'll pull a britney spears and seek a quickie annulment! but no worries for barbie - like i said the other day - what happens in vegas - stays in vegas (hopefully ken won't find out!) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good evening! barbie has been having a big year so far - girlfriend turned the big 5-0 back in march (she still looks fabulous as always) and now she has packed up her belongings - tossed them in her pink barbie mobile - and has headed to las vegas (without ken!) where she's taking up residence at the palms hotel/casino for a short spell - check her out poolside! (she seriously needed to get away from her malibu dream house for a bit) she even has her very own fancy suite - designed by jonathan adler - i love this mirror he made! let's just hope ms. barbie doesn't get herself in trouble over there (read her blog) vegas is known as 'sin city' after all - but we all know what happens in vegas - stays in vegas - so if she does end up finding herself in a questionable situation - nobody really has to know! unless video and/or photographic evidence turns up ... a barbie sex tape scandal would be totally out of control - oh my word! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
PS in this picture - it looks like barbie could be on the brink of a nipple slip (although it wouldn't actually be huge scandal at all since she doesn't have any nipples - ha!)
In case you have not heard, Barbie has officially opened her first-ever Barbie Suite at the Palms Fantasy Tower in Vegas! Barbie's suite will be available all year — but Barbie will be in Vegas for only this week. Let's just say Jonathan Adler has worked his magic again — Vegas Style. For everyone who missed Barbie's real-life Malibu Dream House in March — the suite is your chance to see 2,350 square feet of pink fabulosity decked out in Adler's "Happy Chic" stylings. After a night out in Vegas — Barbie can't wait to light up the two-way fireplace and bask in the suite's Barbie pink glory. Anyone looking for a bachelorette party destination? Perhaps a fabulous birthday party? The suite is open all year-long — so there's plenty of time to get pampered in pink.
hey hey! oh i really think my mom is going to love my brand new tattoo - of oprah winfrey ...
ha ha ha - i'm just kidding - that's not mine! my poor mom probably just had a heart attack - it's not that she doesn't like oprah - but i don't think she wants to see her on me! who in their right mind would get anyone's picture tattooed on them? i love the look of ink - but not when it comes to faces! (names are one thing but full on faces is another) i'm still trying to decide on what i want for my 2nd tattoo - i'd like to get something in honor of tori amos (my first one is a flaming heart for courtney love) yet i certainly don't want to put a picture of tori! (perhaps something off from the choirgirl hotel - there's a really neat map featured in the artwork) below are a couple of examples of celebrity tattoos - i can't believe somebody got bob barker (maybe they won a bunch of stuff on the price is right) i actually like the pee wee herman one (i adore mr. herman but i'll pass on a tattoo) all are featured in a book called no regrets: the best, worst, & most #$%*ing ridiculous tattoos ever! i don't know when i'll get my next tattoo - there's no hurry - and i want it to be just right (although these days it does seem a lot easier to have ink removed) popbytes over & out for tonight!
hey hey! last night before i went to bed there was a story on nightline (required viewing - they always feature interesting stories) about the infamous annual eurovision competition (in existence since 1956 - abbawon in 1974) i was totally bummed i wouldn't be able to watch the over-the-top and somewhat tacky festivities - but when i woke up this morning i hopped right onto twitter and thanks to a few of my pals i quickly found some links to watch the big finale online (which was airing live from moscow, russia) 25 countries competed in the finals (cut down from 42) i only caught the last five performances but before voting began (people only had 15 minutes to vote) they recapped each country's performance - i really enjoyed germany (who had special guest - ms. flawless aka dita von teese) and ukraine but in the end it was 23-year old alex rybak from norway who won the 54th eurovision song contest (he was born in belarus and moved to norway when he was four) and also set a record - winning by the largest amount of points (387) in the history of the competition! (iceland took 2nd place and azerbaijan came in 3rd) i really couldn't figure out why everyone was so crazy about norway (watch him sing his song fairytale below) apparently mr. rybak is quite popular over there - my pal ruairidh referred to him as the nordish zac efron - he's not bad looking but not really my type (mr. efron is way cuter) now that he's won - the 2010 competition will take place in oslo - next year i'm planning to watch all three nights! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
good evening! everyone knows i'm a total dog lover (i do have three little ones) so when i came across these pictures of dachshund chanel - the world's oldest dog (given the honor by the guinness book of world records) who just celebrated her 21st birthday - i couldn't resist posting them here on popbytes - she's way adorable and actually looks very decent for being 147 (in dog years!) she's pictured below with her owner denice shaughnessy - i can only hope and pray my dogs are able to stick around that long - since the worst part about having a dog is having to say goodbye! (i can't even think about it without getting choked up) at least i won't have that problem with my parrot max who could live to be eighty-years old - he'll probably outlast me - which is a semi-scary thought since i'll need to find someone to will him to which won't be the easiest task since parrots are demanding and loud pets! (however they are quite cool) popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
oh my word! i would NOT want this poorly executed and scary-looking wax figure of marilyn monroe (or any other for that matter) in my apartment - i couldn't sleep at night - waxy doppelgängers always give me a case of the creeps - i can't imagine who would want to buy such a thing! however now's your big chance if waxwork figures happen to float your boat - the hollywood wax museum is auctioning off a bunch of pieces from their celebrity collection (starting may 1st) a portion of the proceeds will be donated to help preserve the infamous 'walk of fame' (i visited the museum once - it's just around the corner from my place) they haven't announced their shutting down yet but i think it's probably inevitable with the wax industry leader madame tussauds moving into the neighborhood right down the block (opening this summer - next to grauman's chinese theatre) after being around since 1965 - it will be sad to see the hollywood landmark close but it's pretty rundown & dusty these days - it'll soon be time to close the doors! popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
PS you have to get a look at kate winslet's waxy twin - i couldn't tell who it was until i looked at the picture's caption - she looks more like kathy griffin! it's an awful rendition of her (along with james dean and elton john - in fact they're all quite terrible!)
