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OK! Didn’t Get The Memo About Katie Holmes

May 12th, 2011
by Amy Grindhouse.
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To clarify, I think there were two memos 1) That Katie Holmes can and will sue you to death and win, if you libel her 2) Holmes’ spokesperson already denied that these pictures were of a baby bump, insisting that the images were doctored… by the photo agency, I guess, as that’s where the press downloaded them. Their cover headline is a bold one, and it’s wrong. ‘Katie: It’s Official… Yes, I’m Pregnant,’ reads the cover, ‘A telltale bump, prenatal vitamins… now she tells friends: Suri will finally be a big sister.’ I’m going to take a stab in the dark that no part of that is true, nor a direct quote, nor proven, and the ‘friend’ is someone she Skyped/ BBM’d this one time. The story seems to be based on one photo, old quotes, and a doctor who needs to be stripped of their license for rage-inducing f**kery of the highest order. A doctor who does not treat Holmes speculates she is about ’18 or 20 weeks along,’ based on the left-inset photo. Which is like me diagnosing myself with Mono after watching House. Just stupid.

A rep for Holmes has already responded to the cover, ‘She is not pregnant. I let [OK! magazine] know that before they went to print and they wrote it anyway.’ A rep for Tom Cruise added, ‘This is false. It was reported and is false and the ‘journalist’ who called was told so.’ OK! insists their sources report Holmes telling friends about her supposed pregnancy. Their sources are morons though.

Katie Holmes Gets Apology From Star Magazine

Apr 28th, 2011
by Amy Grindhouse.
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Katie Holmes is not a drug addict, despite the excitable exclamations from Star back in January. Remember, their piece that essentially read: ‘ZOMG!!! Drugs are bad, as are $cilons… BTW, Katie doesn’t really do drugs. SIKE!’ The magazine had claimed that Holmes was hooked on Scientology treatments that are well-known to produce trance-like states and hypnotic effects. Specifically auditing, a kind of cod psychotherapy. Instead of just running with that, which would have been a perfectly succinct angle in itself, they insisted on using the byline ‘Addiction Nightmare: Katie Drug Shocker.’ Which was pretty clearly meant to suggest illegal drugs, without resorting to using the words ‘coke,’ ‘heroine’ or whatever. Glancing at the cover implied she had a drug problem. So she sued, calling the story, ‘untrue, unethical and unlawful.’ The $50 million libel lawsuit clarified that Holmes was not addicted to anything; not the treatments, nor the illegal drugs suggested by the cover. And today Holmes won her lawsuit and had the grace to say she considers the suit water under the bridge now it’s been settled. In a statement, she said today, ‘I’m pleased that this lawsuit could be resolved amicably and accept American Media’s apology.’ The magazine printed a laughably-small retraction for the piece, remembering that the original was a featured cover story. But it’s to the point, and it’s mentioned on this week’s cover. The apology reads, in part, ‘Star did not intend to suggest that Ms. Holmes was a drug addict or was undergoing treatment for a drug addiction. Star apologizes to Ms. Holmes for any misperception.’ Specifics were not released, however it is known the publisher made a ‘substantial donation,’ to her charity.

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Katie Holmes Horrified About Penis Gummies

Apr 1st, 2011
by Amy Grindhouse.
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Katie Holmes gave a really adorable interview on Thursday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show, as part of her promotion for the recently-premiered The Kennedys. Going into entirely more detail than needed when asked a pretty vague softball question by the host, Holmes recounted the cute parenting anecdote of that time daughter Suri Cruise picked up and examined a present for her father (that fit in the inside pocket of his murse). Speaking of an incident in some family-friendly place they’d been before, Holmes told DeGeneres, ‘I was horrified,’ realising the paparazzi could see the box of penis-shaped candy picked up by her daughter.

‘Recently, I took her to get ice cream in New York at this place called Serendipity that we go to all the time,’ recalled Holmes. ‘It’s for kids; the clientele is children. We go in and we are waiting for a table and she grabs some gummies that are boy part gummies. I was horrified.’ Worse still, ‘They are called p-e-n-i-s gummies and they look like it.’ Holmes continued, ‘She was holding the box and I was like okay, wow, we don’t need that right now. Because I thought if I said put that back and then she’s going to say, what is this? And I really didn’t want to have that conversation. I was like, why are selling these here? This is for kids. And then it was on the cover of a magazine that I’m giving her those gummies.’ Holmes is referring to last week’s Lies&Style, in which they bashed her parenting. After hearing this, I’m actually kind of warmed and charmed by someone who’d been so cold and robotic, her dead eyes made Tom Cruise’s look alive by comparison. See video of Holmes spelling the word penis over and over.

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Suri Cruise Targeted On New Lies&Style Cover

Mar 24th, 2011
by Amy Grindhouse.
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I tried to think of a less accusatory title for this post, but ‘ Factory Of Bikini Pictures And Lies Picks On Child’ wasn’t quite succint enough for my usual tastes. This story is pretty hilarious; outdone only by the fact that, halfway through, according to Jezebel.com’s tabloid roundup, the magazine begins to contradict its own claims. Wildly so. With the cover reading things like, ‘Suri’s Twisted World,’ and ‘What Katie’s Parents Are Doing To Save Suri,’ it’s actually downhill once you look inside. Who’d have thought that was possible? Lies&Style begin by saying, ‘It was another late night on the town for the girl with the long brown hair…’ in a snippet about four-year-old Cruise being seen at Serendipity, in New York City, with her mother, at one in the morning. Some supposed eyewitness said the child was tired, ‘cranky’ and forever covering her eyes. The next evening, at 8 p.m., mother and daughter went to see Wicked, with it ending at 11. Some speed-dialled child psychologist, Vicki Panaccione, who never met the child, phones in concern about Cruise acting too grown up for her age. ‘[Suri is] keeping late-night hours, wearing adult clothing and makeup, and attending adult shows.’ Panaccione adds, in case you’re unaware, ‘kids are not little adults.’ Noted. The story then does a weird flip and suddenly the four-year-old’s being babied. The magazine notes, ‘Still using a pacifier at age 4′ on the cover, adding concern about her use of a bottle and supposed temper tantrums; her mother and nanny supposedly failed to force her into a car seat one time, about which number ’2′ on speed-dial, from AAA, says, ‘until children are 8, they need to be in a booster or car seat, or else they’re at increased risk in a car accident.’

Katie Holmes Sues Star Magazine for $50 Million

Mar 2nd, 2011
by Amy Grindhouse.
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Katie Holmes has filed a lawsuit against Star for insinuating she had a problem with illegal drugs. The magazine, in a cover story so moronic it didn’t even seem worth skim-reading, is in trouble over the cover above. Their headline reads: ‘Addiction Nightmare: Katie Drug Shocker… The Real Reason She Can’t Leave Tom.’ The gist of the article was that Holmes was not addicted to any actual drug, illegal or otherwise, pills or anything that would count as an addictive substance. Instead, the story was just some poorly-written Wikipedia article on the process of auditing in Scientology and how it’s known to produce a hypnotic high. That was it. There were some quotes in there from an insider about how Holmes was hooked on the treatment; hence the ‘addiction’ part. And they were comparing the claims of the auditing giving a high to narcotics, hence the ‘drug shocker.’ And Holmes looks like dried hell when not on the red carpet, so they slapped an unflattering photo on the cover and POOF. Part of Holmes’ reason for suing is that the cover is deliberately defamatory and is libelous on its own; ignoring the article that dances around the point. ‘Of all the fabricated stories that continue to be published about me, this instance is beyond the pale. The publisher knew this outrageous story was false and printed it anyway to sell magazines,’ Holmes said in a statement. Holmes’ spokesperson released another: ‘Star Magazine’s malicious claims about Katie are untrue, unethical and unlawful. Not only do they cruelly defame Katie, they play a cheap trick on the public, making ridiculously false claims on the cover unsupported by anything inside.’ And, they add, ‘Someone should bring a class action to get all buyers their money back.’ Holmes is seeking $50 million in damages from American Media Inc., the magazine’s publisher. It should be noted, she’s got a slim chance of winning. As we found out in the David Beckham/ In Touch libel suit he lost, the American system is set up to protect publications who lie as ‘deliberate malicious intent’ is needed to be demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt.

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The History Channel Will Not Air The Kennedys

Jan 8th, 2011
by Amy Grindhouse.
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The History Channel mini series, The Kennedys, starring Katie Holmes as Jackie, has been cancelled. It was finished and supposed to air later this year in the US.

However, upon looking at the finished product, they’ve decided to press CTRL+ALT+DEL and clear cache. The multi-million dollar project, finished in its entirity, is The History Channel’s most expensive show to date; largely due to its cast. However, ‘Upon completion of the production of The Kennedys, History has decided not to air the 8-part miniseries on the network [in the US],’ a spokesperson revealed to The Hollywood Reporter. ‘While the film is produced and acted with the highest quality, after viewing the final product in its totality, we have concluded this dramatic interpretation is not a fit for the History brand. We recognize historical fiction is an important medium for storytelling and commend all the hard work and passion that has gone into the making of the series, but ultimately deem this as the right programming decision for our network.’ The eight-part mini series, starring Greg Kinnear as JFK, Barry Pepper as Bobby Kennedy, and Tom Wilkinson as Joseph Kennedy, has now been shopped to Showtime. The mini series is still scheduled to air in Canada on March 6, and will still be broadcast internationally. Political pressure from the Kennedy family is being blamed, according to Deadline. An ex-JFK adviser labelled an early version of its script ‘vindictive’ and ‘malicious.’ The final version’s facts were later verified by History Channel experts. The extended teaser is shown below.

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