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    Image of labyrinthine IS DOING THIS labyrinthine IS DOING THIS
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    why do we have to read SO MUCH into everything? I doubt it's a dig on Ellen's ego, I doubt it's a dig on her being gay (zomg the horrors!), it's just silly ironic-but-actually-not-ironic humor.
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    mattchew03 promoted this comment labyrinthine IS DOING THIS was starred labyrinthine IS DOING THIS was unstarred
    Image of NewsBunny NewsBunny
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    She looks like Judith Light.
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    Image of Macloserboy Macloserboy
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    I enjoyed how Paula clearly demanded that her own vocal work be acknowledged and the producers who selected Miley Cyrus as a "Diva" clearly had no leg to stand on in order to refuse her.

    That said, the show sucked but for Adele and India Arie.
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    Image of Amarain824 Amarain824
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    Can we just all admit that Paula should host everything on TV? That was the best train wreck I have ever watched. I include Brit Brit's infamous return to MTV in that evaluation
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    BowlingForDollars promoted this comment Amarain824 was starred Amarain824 was unstarred
    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    Actually, Idol should be commended for its consistency in choosing two female judges in a row who can't sing.
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    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    This post was so dry, my lips cracked while reading it.

    I need a hug.
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    Image of scroll_lock scroll_lock
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    The hijinks continued later when she knocked on Portia's door with a strap-on.
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    Image of Zombosa Zombosa
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    Judith Light, lookin' good!
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    Image of Sneeze In Bed Sneeze In Bed
    09/18/09

    @Zombosa: YES. Yes.
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    Image of BattistaPashnani BattistaPashnani
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    By suggesting that it was Paula's "love of money" that cost her the American Idol gig you make her appear very greedy. Women still consistently earn less than men all across this country and I would never categorize any of them as greedy if they decided to take a stand for themselves. Even though I don't think anyone really needs to earn the amount of money she was demanding I applaud Paula for being strong and publicly outing the inequity - it was a pretty sizable gap in their salaries that is insulting on any level.
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    Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate promoted this comment BattistaPashnani was starred BattistaPashnani was unstarred
    Image of Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate
    09/18/09

    @BattistaPashnani: Agreed. She sure was rude to turn down 10% of Cowell's salary. It's called a group effort, and that's just an insult.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    09/18/09

    In reply to Paula Abdul's Ellen-Inspired Single White Female
    I don't think Paula is smart (or sober) enough to intimate any of the above-mentioned; seems like quite a stretch to take three words of a song and use them as the sole evidence for an analysis like that.
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    09/18/09

    @mattchew03: Agreed, but that's not nearly so egregious as the idea that her "love of money" cost her a place on the show, especially since, as the female judge since the show's inception at the turn of the century, she made less than her male counterparts and absolutely deserved some sort of pay raise.

    The likely culprit is a production man who thought this would be kind of funny in a just-dim-enough for VH1 sort of way, presented it to Paula, and in her haze of Percocet and vodka she found this to be satisfactory to her life goals at the moment, one of which likely includes finding someway to dig at her former employers.

    Or she's a homophobe who thinks Ellen has a big ego.
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    Image of Matt Cherette Matt Cherette
    09/18/09

    @ampersandparade: Logic? I've missed you!
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    Edited by Matt Cherette at 09/18/09 3:35 AM Matt Cherette was starred Matt Cherette was unstarred
    Image of BowlingForDollars BowlingForDollars
    09/18/09

    @ampersandparade: Yeah, agreed. I saw it live and just thought it was a campy romp, not some big political reflection on lesbians and underpaid women.
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    Image of hilikusopus hilikusopus
    09/18/09

    @BowlingForDollars: It's been shown empirically that women receive lower wages and salaries than men. Having said that, I'm not sure that's the case with Paula, at least not the whole story. Was she every really worth more money? Cowel's obviously the top dog, it's his show, but the antics between he and Paula, and the antics of Paula by herself, were dragging the show down. How many times last season did a contestant stand on stage nervously awaiting their critique that never came, because all the time was taken up with some inter-judge bickering or awkward inside joke. I think her lower pay was a hint that she wasn't worth it to them, she tried to call them out on it, and they weren't bluffing. Anyway, what does Randy make?
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    mattchew03 promoted this comment Edited by hilikusopus at 09/18/09 2:21 PM hilikusopus was starred hilikusopus was unstarred
    Image of secretagentman secretagentman
    09/13/09

    In reply to Love Song of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to Shatter Brokenhearted Teenage Ear Drums
    I would bet my Indigo Girls collection and my Home Hardware card that Kristin doesn't like him 'like that'.
    Also, he is fug.
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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    09/13/09

    @secretagentman: Yeah, I have it on VERY good authority that homegirl is a big ole' lesbian.
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    Image of The Count of Monte Fisto The Count of Monte Fisto
    09/13/09

    In reply to Love Song of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to Shatter Brokenhearted Teenage Ear Drums
    Is his chin surgically attached to his neck, or what? Why is he always looking down?
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    Trixie from Toronto promoted this comment The Count of Monte Fisto was starred The Count of Monte Fisto was unstarred
    Image of Trixie from Toronto Trixie from Toronto
    09/13/09

    @The Count of Monte Fisto: I find him so hot I actually wouldn't care if his chin was surgically attached to his neck. Maybe he'd give an Old like me a chance if he was physically deformed.
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    Image of CoffeyWasHere CoffeyWasHere
    09/13/09

    In reply to Love Song of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to Shatter Brokenhearted Teenage Ear Drums
    i can't wait for the day when these two are merely a quaint pop-culture footnote who will only ever been seen again on 'I Love the 00s'. Oh time machine! Salvation be thy name!
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    Image of PaisleyPajamas PaisleyPajamas
    09/13/09

    @CoffeyWasHere: I'm still not convinced that Kristen Stewart is straight. I think this entire thing is a PR stunt.
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    Image of BlinkyMcChuck BlinkyMcChuck
    09/13/09

    In reply to Love Song of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to Shatter Brokenhearted Teenage Ear Drums
    Pop-Up video made me stop watching TV.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/13/09

    In reply to Love Song of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to Shatter Brokenhearted Teenage Ear Drums
    I'd love a pillow menu. I'm allergic to down and I'm sick of its ubiquity.
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