a celebrity line of lollipops? are you freakin' kidding me? that's melanie brown's (aka 'scary spice') latest endeavor - in conjunction with sugar factory - now don't get me wrong - i sure do love a good lollipop - but do we really need celebrity-inspired lollipop lines?! i hope this doesn't get out control like celebrity fragrances (we all know there's way too many of those floating around - it seems like practically everyone in hollywood has a piece of that pie) i swear the other day i saw some item about mel's new lollipop line - and to be honest i was thinking it was some lingerie crap - i didn't think it was actual lollipops - i was shocked when i saw pictures from the red carpet (posted below) with 'star power' from the likes of kim and khloe kardashian (or should we be calling her mrs. odom?), lauren 'lo' bosworth, and stacy keibler ... i guess 'bombshell hopeful' heidi montag couldn't attend because sucking on a pop must not be good for her recently restructured face (i guess hubby spencer pratt isn't getting any head right now ... ha!) yet with all that said - i would like to try one of these couture lollipops - somebody should send me some! popbytes over & out for tonight ... xoxo
i had zero clue about this old spanish tradition (details below) of having horses run through bonfires around the city (the province of ávila) for good luck & blessings - the pictures are actually quite gorgeous - i just fear for the safety of the animals along with the spainards who are crazy enough to ride them through flames! obviously old traditions die hard but this one might need to be rethought (has PETA seen this?) before something awful happens! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
Annual Saint Anthony purification ceremony in the village of San Bartolome de Pinares near Avila on January 16, 2010. The festival coincides every year with the eve of the religious festival of Saint Anthony, the patron saint of animals. According to tradition, revellers ride their horses through bonfires placed around the village to purify the animals with fire and smoke after receiving a blessing from a priest.
would you want to spend the holidays with a creepy human-like robot? that's exactly what inventor & scientific genius le trung did - he's the creator of aiko - one of the most realistic looking 'fembots' i've ever seen ... i definitely don't want to know just how 'realistic' she is! (will aiko get jealous if he ever finds love with a human?!) she gives me a serious case of the creeps (she's fluent in english & japanese) i couldn't stay in the same place with her - my childhood fear of mannequins coming to life has returned! right now mr. trung is hard at work on perfecting her walk ... he might want to hit tom cruise up for some tips on making robots walk - LOL! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
how can anyone resist hot guys and baby animals?! now you don't have to choose between the two ... there's an adorable new calendar out called hot guys and baby animals and the pictures are totally cute - and the guys aren't necessarily model material - they're just decent looking above average joe types! so if you haven't already secured yourself a calendar for 2010 - this one might be for you - plus it would make a perfect gift for the holidays - you can pick up a copy on their website! the best part is a portion of the proceeds is going to help save animals - something i'm always up for doing - heck i do almost run an animal shelter in my own apartment with three dogs (parker, fidel and candy), a cat (mitzi) and a parrot (max) - oh and fish too! popbytes over & out for now ... xoxo
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.
