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Rep. Jackie Speier, Who Revealed Her Abortion On House Floor, Is Our Hero

Jessica WakemanFebruary 18, 2011 //

Forget Ah-nold: this to me is what a hero is. While debating whether or not to de-fund Planned Parenthood (which passed 240-185) because the organization offers abortion services, Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) revealed last night on the floor of the House of Representatives that she had an abortion on a desired pregnancy at 17 weeks. “[I am] one of those women [Rep. Smith] spoke about just now. … I lost the baby,” Rep. Speier said. “And for you to stand on this floor and suggest that somehow this is a procedure that is either welcomed or done cavalierly or done without any thought, is preposterous.” She was responding to Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who apparently made a reference to women making the decision to have an abortion without any thought. Keep reading »

Caught On Tape: A 26-Year-Old Falls On Subway Tracks As A Train Arrives — And Lives!

Jessica GoldbergNovember 11, 2009 //


Now, I’m not judging—who hasn’t been there?—but 26-year-old Sophia Hartdegen sure looked rip-roaring drunk when she fell off the platform and on to the Boston subway tracks on Friday night, just as a train appeared in the distance. Lucky for her, a Transportation Authority employee just happened to be on the platform too and called the subway driver, Charice Lewis. Lewis pulled the train’s emergency brake and it stopped just short of the station—literally inches from Hartdegen. Lewis told the CBS “Early Show” that she got out of the train cab, and thought, “Please God, let this woman be OK.” And she was. Hartdegen just smiled up at her. Totally how a sober person would react. [AP]
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Kimberly Munley, The Lady Who Ended The Massacre At Fort Hood

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comNovember 6, 2009 //

Unless you were actively avoiding the news yesterday afternoon, you know there was a horrifying shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. At a medical processing center where soldiers check in before and after deployment, 13 people (12 soldiers and one civilian) were killed and an additional 28 were wounded. While some speculated that there were two gunmen, reports now say there was one—Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist (yeah, that’s insanely twisted) who recently found out he was being sent to Afghanistan. While some witnesses say he yelled “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”) while shooting, most seem to think his motivation was opposition to the war.

This morning, General Bob Cone released the name of the police officer who took down Hasan. Her name is Kimberly Munley, and judging by her picture, she must be under 30. Munley and her partner arrived on the scene within three minutes, and ran into the building, where Munley met Hasan head-on as he came around a corner. The two exchanged gunfire and Munley shot him four times before she fell. She was also hit, but is now in stable condition. “It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer,” Cone said. Go Kimberly—we applaud you for your bravery and for preventing more fatalities. We hope you recover soon and that Hollywood gets on your biopic, stat. [NY Daily News] Keep reading »

Ellen Gives Hayden Panettiere Panties!

SimchaOctober 24, 2008 //

No worries, Portia, it was all part of her gift bag for doing your wifey’s daytime talk show. But Hayden was so excited about the cotton undies she flashed Ellen….and America! See, stars are just like us. They love dolphins and granny panties too! Screen grab, after the jump… [Egotastic]

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Video: Hayden Panettiere Voting PSA

Annika HarrisSeptember 17, 2008 //

Hayden Panettiere, star of “Heroes,” wants you to vote — although her schedule might not allow her to do so. Hey, she’s a celebrity! She gets to follow a different set of rules than you do. [Funny or Die] Keep reading »

Sweet Release: What’s In And Out The Week Of August 26th 2008

SimchaAugust 26, 2008 //

MUSIC

  • Solange Sol-AngeL and the Hadley St. Dreams
    Beyonce’s baby sister, Solange has finally stepped out of her sister’s shadow and made a record of her own. A jazzy, poppy collection of laments, it just doesn’t have the bitch slap of her sister’s dance tracks. From the sounds of songs like “Tony”, Solange has been whining behind the scenes for a while, broken-hearted, waiting to breakout. But just like most moaning for attention, who wants to listen?

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Hayden Panettiere Should Stick To Cheerleading On TV

Amelia McDonell-ParryJuly 22, 2008 //

Did you know Hayden Panettiere wants to be a singer? Like Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan before her, the Heroes actress is branching out into the music biz with her new single “Wake Up Call”. It sounds exactly like the competition! Keep reading »

Star Couplings: Ashlee Simpson And Pete Wentz Ring In The New Year

Amelia McDonell-ParryJanuary 2, 2008 //
  • Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz hosted a New Years Eve bash together in Miami, made out at midnight, and then it looks like he might have proposed with a teeny-weeny ring. Aww! [PageSix.com]
  • Lindsay Lohan spent the weekend getting frisky with not one, not two, but three Italian men during her stay in Capri. Um, yeah, we’ve been to Italy and had a scandalous 30-minute affair with an Italian bellhop on a roof in Rome and totally cannot fault her. [Perez Hilton]
  • Kim Kardashian and footballer Reggie Bush are engaged. Hooray? [DListed]
  • Slimy paternity-denier Eddie Murphy married Tracey Edmonds over the weekend. Lest you feel sorry for her when he, like, denies he even knows her in six months, remember, she had plenty o’ warning. [Us Weekly]

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    Hot Guy Trend: Horn-Rimmed Glasses

    Amelia McDonell-ParryDecember 6, 2007 //

    Maybe these old fashion Clark Kent-inspired specs have made a comback because of the Dad on NBC’s Heroes or maybe dudes have finally realized that seriously, chicks love dudes in glasses. And we’re talkin’ glasses, not those invisi-rimmed or wire-framed yuppie frames that are popular with guys like Donald Rumsfeld. These glasses, like the ones worn by Grey’s Anatomy star Justin Chambers (at the GQ Men of the Year event), aren’t trying to hide — they’re saying, “We’re here, we’re near-sighted, get used to it!” Hot. Keep reading »