WE’LL
ALWAYS HAVE PARIS -- The estate of the late actor Humphrey Bogart has filed a
cease and desist lawsuit against London trench coat maker Burberry, alleging
that the defendants used an image of the actor from the film “Casablanca”
without permission. In its counter suit
Burberry asserts that the photo of the actor with co-star Ingrid Bergman in the
film’s final scene was used not to sell coats but to illustrate a timeline of
the popular garment’s history. We’re
with the Bogarts on this one. Isn’t
using Bogie’s image to illustrate the history of an overcoat a bit like using a
photo of Marilyn Monroe with Joe DiMaggio to illustrate the history of New York
Yankees dating Hollywood starlets?
RAPPER
RAPPED -- A New York Post columnist Phil Mushnick drew the ire of readers when
he wrote a column that asks “Why the Brooklyn Nets when they can be the New
York N------? The cheerleaders could be
the Brooklyn B------ or Ho’s. Team logo? A 9-mm. with hollow-tip shell casings
strewn beneath.” A formal statement
issued by the team from their new headquarters in Brooklyn, said “We find the
story offensive and inappropriate, and it doesn’t deserve further comment.” Nets guard Anthony Morrow called for the
columnist’s job, labeling him a “Clown and a Racist Bigot.” Team part-owner, rapper JayZ reportedly told
friends, “The mother------ stole my act!”
ROMANOV
AND JULIETTE -- Russia’s newly-reelected president Vladimir Putin may be
obsessed with single handedly bringing back the customs and habits of Russian
czars of old. According to information
leaked to the press by workmen, for the past several years he has been constructing a
veritable palace on a wooded mountainside overlooking the Black Sea complete
with a huge colonnaded wrought-iron entryway, a courtyard, formal gardens,
fountains, and a helipad. Inside, the
10-bedroom mansion boasts a completely equipped theater, a gym, a spa and
weight room, a full-size swimming pool, a squash court and quarters for
household help and security personnel.
Vladimir is really getting into the spirit of the Russian Revolution. He’s reportedly been interviewing applicants
for a live-in mad monk.
OSAMA THESE DAYS -- Unclassified documents collected from
Osama bin Laden’s hideout at the time of his execution reveal a frustrated
al-Qaeda leader of an unruly network he was gradually losing control of. The seventeen documents (from a cache of over
6,000) were posted online on the U.S. Military Academy, West Point’s web
site. They reveal that Osama was unhappy
with al-Qaeda’s attacks on fellow Muslims and urged more terrorist strikes against
the United States. Military document
experts were surprised that bin Laden had written a “bucket list” of things he
hoped to accomplish before he died that included entries like “Host Saturday
Night Live,” “Own a chain of used camel dealerships called ‘Osama’s Camelot’,”
“Audition for ‘Dancing With the Stars’,” and “Sleep with a Kardashian.”
DANCE,
BALLERINA, DANCE -- Dame Monica Mason who will retire from her role as head of
London’s Royal Ballet after 54 years next July told the UK’s Conference on
Nutrition that eating disorders are more common among professional dancers than
most care to admit and that the problem of anorexia must be addressed before it
becomes epidemic. She made her comments
as keynote speaker during the welcome dinner which consisted of a watercress
salad with low-fat dressing , Roast Robin’s Breast under glass, tofu in a light
garlic and shallots marinade, cucumber slices on rye crisp, celery stalks with
pimento, and watermelon sorbet. Ensure.
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