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Continuing the 'Billy Dee Williams' Theme of My Posts This Week

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And so begins a new monthly feature on MamaPop. A monthly feature wherein all the MamaPop mamas gather to tell you what consumables they've each been enjoying that month, so that you may be enlightened and go forth to partake of their goodness. Behold the consumerist glory:

Recommended Song or Album:
Kelly: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black. I like this chick because she's boozy, bawdy, brassy, and ballsy. Her voice is great and her teeth are kind of messed up.

Jen: The very last thing I downloaded on iTunes was Cool It Now by New Edition. (Shameful.) Prior to that it was My Sharona by The Knack and Regulate by Warren G. - obviously my bad taste is a trend.

Mrs. Davis: David Mead's album Tangerine. I can't imagine ever getting tired of this music.

Amanda: Of Montreal's Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?.

Tracey: Amy Winehouse, Back to Black. Two out of eight MamaPopers approve!

Amy: Modest Mouse, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.

Izzy: I'm totally loving this CD called TNT. It's downbeat-ish groove is awesomely chill, yet funky enough that you feel like moving to it when it's on. You can hear it for free on iTunes.

Lena: I know what I recomNOTmend and that's The Pussycat Dolls.

Laser Cats 2

That's right, people. I'm turning Caturday up a notch:

What's better than cats with lazers shooting out of their mouths? That's right. NOTHING.

But 'Coke Is It' Out in the Country, Y'all

Access Hollywood reports that Britney didn't have a dental emergency this week, as claimed by several sources---she just took a wrong turn and ended up at the emergency room when she wanted to just go to her dentist for scheduled whitening.

Rumor: P-Did He?

Has Diddy been busy? Rumors have been floating around that Diddy is the father of Danity Kane group member Aubrey O'Day's baby. According to the Bad Boy insider, whispers of an Aubrey pregnancy have been widespread among the Bad Boy staff.

If You Can't Wait for the New Office Episode

You can watch two funny scenes from it here.

The Wild West Of The Web Gets Uglier

I suppose this could be seen as a related follow-up of sorts to Jen's earlier post, but with a MUCH darker tone, I think: Blog Death Threats Spark Debate. Apparently blogger Kathy Sierra of Creating Passionate Users has recently been under attack:

Ms Sierra described on her blog how she had been subject to a campaign of threats, including a post that featured a picture of her next to a noose.

...It is unclear who the authors of the threats are but Ms Sierra said she was particularly disturbed that some of them were hosted on blogs that are authored by or owned by a group that includes some prominent bloggers.

Laying the Smack Down on Wrestlemania 23

Last week, Wolf Blitzer interviewed Donald Trump on CNN. It was strange seeing Trump on CNN (an alleged news network), when the only thing newsworthy about Trump is that he continues to plumb new depths of mendacious asshattery. However, the money shot of this meeting of the minds was when Wolf asked Trump about his "challenge" to Vince McMahon in the upcoming Wrestlemania 23.

Wolf Blitzer is an idiot.

It's well known that professional wrestling is "fake," yet Wolf treated it as if these two billionaires have an actual throwdown involving two real-live athletes representing their interests. Now, one could argue - given his softball treatment of the Bush administration - that Wolf's relationship with reality is tenuous at best, but this pretty much clinches it.

Remember When We Were Mad at Lost?

You know, this show is like The Girl With a Curl in the Middle of Her Forehead: when it's good, it's very, very good, but when it's bad, it's horrid.

Friday Eye Candy: Boys of the 80's Edition

Welcome to your bedroom wall 15 years ago!

Marky Mark

Click for more blasts from the past...

Rumor: Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher Expecting A Baby?

Looks like Borat finally "made a romance"! Life & Style is reporting that Sacha Baron Cohen and his fiancee, Isla Fisher are expecting a baby.

Sacha Baron Cohen and his Australian fiancee Isla Fisher are set to become first-time parents after blurting out the exciting news at a Los Angeles bar. The couple made a special announcement to friends at the Cat & Fiddle on March 11. Actress Fisher felt she had to reveal her big news after sparking suspicion when she turned down alcohol and just drank water. An eavesdropper tells Life & Style magazine", Isla said, 'We've got good news - I'm pregnant!' The couple just kept kissing and hugging!"

The interweb was abuzz after Isla appeared at the premiere of The Lookout Monday night in New York with a noticeable bulge. Click for more photos of the lurvely Miss Fisher and her obvious tummy bulge.

Source: Popsugar

Friday FoM Link Love

Some red hot mama content elsewhere that y'all might find to your liking, courtesy of Friends of MamaPop (FoM):

Celebrity Baby Blog: First Annual Celebrity Baby Blog Awards winners announced: With awards season out of the way for their parents, the real stars of Hollywood-- the babies-- can finally add some bling of their own to the family mantles!

Clever Parents is Expecting!: The latest Clever Parents vidcast, plus... Mi Amore prevents stretch marks and Belly Ups keeps your pants up.

Babyfaces Photo of the Week: A boy and his wagon

SheFindsMom Nursing Bra Guide: Reader's Picks for the Best Nursing Bras

One Chic Mama: Vacation Memories: Have a professional photographer capture your family's summer vacation

Coochicoos: 4 Modern Nursery Looks: See four nursery designs in modern settings

Boston Mamas: Easy, Fabulous Chocolate Frosting: A blissfully easy chocolate frosting recipe for your next batch of birthday (or any day) cupcakes

Classy Mommy: Aqua2Go - Water in a Drink Box: Drink Water Juice Box Style ! Check out our video review of our toddler sipping Aqua2Go out of her "Dwink" Box this weekend!

Celebrity Moms: Halle Berry Sets Her Sights on Motherhood: With two failed marriages and a suicide attempt behind her, Halle Berry starts a new chapter to her life

Is it just me...

...or does anyone else snicker like a 12-year-old over Justin Timberlake's commercial for the 2007 Kids Choice Awards?

Geddit? He's a supremely talented GIFT-WRAPPER! A gift-wrapper of...BOXES! Boxes with...DICKS IN THEM!

HAHAHAHA!

I can't be the only one whose mind goes there, right? Right?

Although I'm guessing I am the only one who set this as her new screensaver:

Competition for Wikipedia

Wikipedia is one of the greatest places on earth to find answers -- What exactly is Scientology? Who is Kylie Minogue? What can I find out about Toilets in Japan? The problem is, you can never be sure if what you see there is accurate. Anyone can edit on Wikipedia, so you have no idea if that entry on the International Space Station came from a 12-year-old in Des Moines, Iowa or a NASA scientist.

Recognizing pitfalls such this, Larry Sanger has built a better encyclopedia, what he calls a "credible competitor" for Wikipedia. Citizendium was unveiled this week, and while it's still in beta form, it's clearly a very different place than its predecessor.

Children's TV Rock Bands Gone Horribly Wrong

Our friends over at 10 Zen Monkeys have a virtual cornucopia of televised insanity available for your viewing pleasure in their feature on the Six Freakiest Children's TV Rock Bands.

After the 1960s, both cartoons and live-action children's shows began including rock bands. They left a generation baffled by poseurs who said groovy alot — but somewhere there were subversives running wild in the programming department, and Saturday morning would never be the same.

Yeah, and they're not kidding. A small taste of what network executives were warping kids minds with back in the day can be sampled simply by viewing this single incredibly bizarre, barely comprehensible clip from the freakadelic Krofft Super Show:

Mommy? Why does the TV want me to get high?

I'm Henry the VIII I am, Henry the VIII, I am, I am

Now that Rome is over, I'm in need of something to replace my need to watch royalty/nobility behaving badly. Cue The Tudors. The best part about this new show from Showtime is, of course, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. I have a bit of a thang for that man. Can you blame me?

Randy Spelling Is Just Like You, Just Very Very Rich

Randy Spelling, spawn of TV mogul Aaron Spelling, along with his buddies Sean Stewart (son of Rod and Alana) and Dave Weintraub (Randy and Sean's former manager), is trusting that his new reality show, "Sons of Hollywood", will convince viewers that they are just regular guys.

I think there's a huge misconception that comes from famous parents, that they're always born with silver spoons in their mouth, everything is given to them and they don't have to lift a finger."

Oh, you mean like your own reality show? And, um, speaking of finger.

Click for the full story here. Will you watch?