Pick of the Thicket 11.30.07
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- An entire blog devoted to hot Latin weathergirls (Las Diosas del Clima)
- More proof that America loves an idiot: Glenn Beck tops NYT bestseller list (TVNewser)
- A DUI arrest video that’s fun to watch for everyone but St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa (Breitbart TV)
- Johnny Rotten: corporate whore (Best Week Ever)
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Bad Names for Teddy Bears
A Sudanese judge has sentenced British teacher Gillian Gibbons to 15 days behind bars, followed by deportation, for inciting religious hatred. Her crime? She allowed her students to name a teddy bear after the prophet Mohammed.
Thank God we don’t live there.
Pick of the Thicket 11.29.07
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- Ashley Banfield makes a comeback (MediaBistro)
- News-frickin’-flash: Blogs are important (FrontBurner)
- Snoop Dogg creates the video to end all music videos (Best Week Ever)
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Lindsay Lohan Pics: Better Than the Real Thing?

A while back, Linday Lohan starred in a romantic comedy called Just My Luck. For the film’s poster, rather than create a new image, the promotions department simply used an existing paparazzi pic of Lindsay.
It turned out to be the most interesting thing about the movie.
Which got us to wondering: Considering the current state of Lohan’s career, could her paparazzi pics do a better job as an actress than she does?
Here, for example, is one of Lohan’s paparazzi pics playing the Dustin Hoffman role in Marathon Man:
And here is another one (a mug shot, technically) in Sean Penn’s role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High:
That girl should hire Media Orchard as her agent.



