The latest shenanigans in both celebrity and actual news...
*A group of British scientists are headed down to “The Abyss” of the ocean floor between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, which is five km (three miles) below. Team leader Jon Copley says, “'The trough may be a lost world that will give us the missing piece in a global puzzle of deep-sea life.” I say let’s just hope they don’t stumble across some winged, glowy extraterrestrials...
*Gmail crashed last night and for once, Twitter users had something else to complain about besides Twitter. As The Huffington Post puts it: “Gmail is down which means that there is NO POSSIBLE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE EVER — except by indirect message-board posting on a newfangled technology with a goofy name. Yes, Twitter is the salvation of the G-challenged.”
*Helen Mirren swears that she’s always been a *good girl*: "I was always a good girl. I always showed up on time. I was never ever late. I never got drunk. I did drugs but only on my own time, not when I was working." Yes, Helen. Doing drugs in your own time is the definition of “good”.
An Oldie, but a Goodie:
*Earlier this summer, Katie Couric explained how she deals with the heaps and heaps of criticism she gets on a daily basis while appearing on (of all places) The View. Couric explained how her daughter reminded her of something Samantha said on Sex and the City: “If I listened to what every bitch in New York City said about me, I’d never leave the house!”