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Amy Winehouse Engages in Fisticuffs

Funny. When I started the subject line for this post, I accidentally wrote "Amy Wincehouse." That's actually a pretty decent Freudian slip, no?

Anyway, our girl Amy was kickin' ass and takin' names at the Glastonbury festival over the weekend. Or something like that.

Elegant Olga Dodged a Bullet with Dimitri

Alternate title: How Not to Pick Up Chicks.

Douche, n.: a male species of human, indigenous to various regions, often found near adult nectar watering holes. The douche is known for demonstrating virility through truly heinous methods and enjoys condescending to women as a way to force their submission. 

So Who Saw WALL-E This Weekend?

One look into those big, telescoping eyes and I was a goner, people.

Chris Evert and Greg Norman got Married

Holy crap. Did you know that Chris Evert (formerly Everett-Lloyd) and Greg Norman (golfer and wine man) got married this weekend?

Neither did I. In fact, I didn't even know they were dating.

Photo In Search Of A Caption: Courtney Love & Friend

WINNAH! Courtney shows Amy Winehouse how it's really done. - Baileyswedishfish

(That totally made me LOL, for reals.) (Thanks to everyone who captioned. MWAH!)

Uma Thurman Marrying Financier, Ethan Hawke Weeps

(Okay, so I have no confirmation of Ethan Hawke's weeping, I'm just making an informed, educated guess here.)

(Also: What exactly IS a financier? I mean, besides being someone with a whole lot of freakin' money?)

Madonna & Guy Ritchie Divorcing

Oh yeah, you heard me.

According to an actual, well-respected news source, The Times, the couple is preparing to head to court (or at least Madonna is lawyering up, who knows what Guy Ritchie is doing).

And get this: there was NO PRE-NUP. INSANE.

I guess the only question is: how ugly do you think this is going to get? McCartney-Mills ugly? Because whatever else may or may not be true, let's face it: Madonna isn't exactly known for her discretion and tact.

Fasten your seatbelts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride, folks!

Blind Item Round-Up

I love a good gossip blind item...and I ESPECIALLY love the not-so-blind items that are like, waaay obvious. They make me feel smart.

After the jump, nearly every blind item from this week that I could get my grubby hands on. Or at least the mildly interesting ones, anyway. Let's all make our best wildly irresponsible guesses! Whee!

Rolling Stone from inside Amy Winehouse's crack den

I'm not quite sure how I feel about this Amy Winehouse article. On one hand I see it as an honest piece and I hope that it spurs her parents into the action of talking to her more and the tabloids less. On the other hand, I can't help but question the ethics of an ambitious Rolling Stone scribe who camped outside of Winehouse's North London home and scored a career-making interview by essentially ambushing the cracked-out subject in the early morning hours. I mean, seriously, it's come to this?

I Praise You: Frisky Dingo

But you signed off on the proofs!

True story: I found season one of Frisky Dingo on DVD hanging out in my mailbox.

People love me.

You know people love you when they give you Frisky Dingo on DVD because Frisky Dingo on DVD is love. Especially if you don't have cable, and you're not in the 18-to-24 demo, and all you know of Cartoon Network or Adult Swim or what have you is their obnoxious marketing and how your kid watched Ed, Edd, n Eddy while on vacation in Port Aransas and subsequently lost some of his fine motor skills. You're not the target. Serendipitous mailbox delivery is probably your best hope.

That's why I'm here today to pass on the love. If I can get one MamaPop reader to watch this snarky little show about a musclebound supervillain trying to make it big, my life will have found its meaning. At least partially.

You will like it. Read on for why.

Photo In Search Of A Caption: Steven Tyler & Girlfriend Erin Brady

Someone forgot to cinch up their Hefty bag - Maxine Dangerous FTW!!!

Thank to everyone else for playing! mwah!

Friday Eye Candy: Girl Crushes, Ass-Kick Edition

Last week, when I asked for FEC topic suggestions, a few of you suggested an Girl Crush edition, and I was all like, hell yeah, cool, but then I started compiling a list of girls that I crush on and realized that, um, there were just way too many to cover in one post. Yes, I know, it is interesting that I crush on so many girls, but for the moment I'm just going to chalk it up to the overwhelming awesomeness of women in general. How could I not love us? We rock.

This edition: female characters from film or TV who rock with the ass-kicking and who I crush on majorly.

Angelina as Lara Croft, Tomb Raider. Pretty undeniable, I think. Remember that scene in the movie where she's got that trapeze thingy set-up in her mansion and she's flying around on it in her pajamas when all of a sudden bad guys attack and she doesn't miss a beat and just flings herself around kicking their asses hard? That rocked.

Six More Reasons to Get Amped About The Dark Knight

Ohhhhh emmmmm geeeeee, you guys. The premiere of The Dark Knight is just three weeks away. And with the exception of Iron Man, the summer blockbuster season has been pretty depressing so far, what with huge steaming turds like The Love Guru and You Don't Mess with the Zohan driving folks away from the multiplexes. But I really think that  TDK is going to make us forget (though maybe not forgive) the trespasses of Mike Meyers and Adam Sandler.

Nelson Mandela Issues De-Vite to Naomi Campbell

I didn't even know these two were friends, but apparently they were, and apparently that might be changing.

This Week In Covetousness

Some of the awesomeness that has been on We Covet this week, for your link-clicking enjoyment:

Giveaway of Partisan Playwear We Covet: ANOTHER GIVEAWAY! WOOT! Two lucky We Covet commenters can be the proud owner of a 3-6 month tee proclaiming the whining and crying of the party of her choice.

Dog Collar We Covet: Dogs and Ice Cream Cones -- I didn't claim it made sense, just that it's CUTE.

We Covet Jewelry That Can Also Be Used For Self-Defense: This ring is adorable, obviously (unless, that is, you have a terror of rabbits which, you know, some people do.).

We Covet New Ways To Geek Out: Multi-tasking, people. Multi-tasking.

We Covet Our Own Ladies' Flask: That's right, show this flask with pride and don't you dare put this baby in a corner.

We Covet Sex and the City: This is the final week for you to get in on this giveaway! Run, don't walk, betches!

And much much MOAR!! C'mon down!

Tim McGraw almost fist-fights a man onstage

What is more pimp than Tim McGraw pulling up a hefty redneck woman-beater onstage and threatening to slapfight him? The answer after the jump.

Photo in Search of a Caption: Jordan Knight

I can has comeback?

-Amanda

How can you resist those eyes? Caption it, old-skool, betches!