The beginning of the end

Nate (Peter Krause) kicked it on tonight's episode of Six Feet Under, after looking like he was going to make a full recovery. Now there's only 3 episodes left, the next one being primarily about Nate's funeral. I have to wonder... what will come after that? The writers have set it up so that most of the characters will come through with a happy ending: David and Keith are settling in nicely into their roles as parents to their two foster children. Claire has met an actual nice, normal guy who doesn't make her crazy, and has made peace with herself in that she knows that life doesn't have to be all drama, all the time. Rico and Vanessa seem to be on the path to recovery, with Vanessa admitting that she still loves Rico, despite his infidelity. Even Ruth, who seemed to be on a steady downward spiral this entire season, has found some sort of self-empowerment, and in the last two episodes, shows signs of finally getting her shit together.

But then there's Brenda. She is now alone, pregnant with a baby girl who will most likely have special needs, probably responsible for Nate's toddler daughter from his former marriage, and left with only a memory of a husband who made it quite clear to her before he died that he didn't love her and he didn't want her anymore.

The other character given a raw deal is Maggie. Despite her obvious inclination to do good and be good, she slept with a married man, who then died soon thereafter. She's stuck in a city where she barely knows anyone because of her crazy father. And she is still obviously reeling from her son's death not so long ago.

It will be really interesting to see into what direction the writers decide to send these two women's respective story lines. You can't help but feel for them, and at the same time, pity them for ever having met Nate Fisher...

Eat at Joe's

I find this picture from Joe Jackson's 76th birthday celebration really disturbing. He looks like he's stabbing the cake.

Just... no.

There needs to be an intervention. Amber Tamblyn so clearly needs to learn how to dress herself. She looks like a jackass.

K-Fed a deadbeat dad? NOOOO...

Kevin Federline apparently failed to appear at his son's first birthday party, and didn't bother to call or send a gift either. What a guy.

Singing for our Lives

Tonight's episode of Six Feet Under was outrageously great. If anybody saw that ending with Nate coming, my hat's off to you. I was shocked.

Only 4 episodes left!

Wizard names

Get your wizard name here -- thanks to Trent at Pink is the New Blog for sharing this!

PS -- The newest Harry Potter book is sooooo good. Get it.

Malcolm gets married

Frankie Muniz, 19, of Malcolm in the Middle fame, has reportedly proposed to his girlfriend Jamie. Let's set aside the fact that 19 is ridiculously young to get married. We can even look past the fact they've only been dating since this past spring. However, what CANNOT be overlooked is that this woman he is marrying is rumored to be 45 years old. His publicist has declined to give Jamie's last name or her age.

OK, I actually don't believe she's 45 -- if you look at this picture from the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory premiere, she appears much younger. Still, she is definitely not a beautiful woman, or even what you could call cute. I guess that's why it doesn't bother her that her future husband looks like he's 12.

It's Florence Henderson!!

Oh, no... sorry. Britney just got a new haircut, that's all.

Also, take a look at this picture of Britney and K-Fed from an upcoming issue of Interview magazine. Congratulations, Spederline. If you were trying to capture white trash at its finest, you've succeeded admirably.

Any wagers on how fast their kid will end up in therapy??

Closer

Jude Law felt it necessary to admit his infidelity with his children's nanny to the world. He apologized to Sienna Miller and both their families in a public statement. That's crazy. I'm sure it was hard enough to admit to his fiancee that he'd even had an affair, but then to make an announcement to the public... wow. Either he's really sorry, or the nanny was threatening to expose him. My money's on the latter.

Denim!!

Express has launched an all new line of jeans!!! I checked them all out yesterday, and they're awesome. And starting Monday, they're all $20 off ticket price!

What a waste of a post, really... but new jeans!!! Yay!

Time for another Tom Cruise post...

I'll bet you didn't know that Tom Cruise was taking time out of his busy "We're So In Love" world tour to write his own blog. Check it out.

Four more days!

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be released this Saturday. I wish I could say that I'm not a total dork and didn't pre-order my copy, but I'd be lying.

And I couldn't lie to you.

Speaking of washed-up stars...

Nice camo jacket, David Hasselhoff! And did you steal the facial expression and peace sign from our douchebag friend, Oliver? (See below)

Letter of Truth to Britney

Dear Britney,

I recently came across a picture of you and your manpri-wearing husband attending the L.A. premiere of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. While I am delighted that you chose to come to the event without exposing your huge pregnant belly to the rest of the free world, we still need to talk about the issue that is your baby daddy, K-Fed. So let's get down to it, Brit. He's white trash, he's a poser, he's using you for your money, and he's greasy. And his hair is too long. Oh, and he sounds like an f-ing idiot every time he opens his mouth. The last picture I saw of him, he was wearing white socks with flip-flops. I know you weren't with him at the time of this offending fashion faux pas, but I thought you should be aware all the same. I'm here to help you, Britney, because I care.

I think life might still be salvageable for you, B. Dump the grease monkey, give Justin a call, see if he's really serious about this whole Cameron Diaz thing, hug it out and boom! New baby daddy and the respect of your peers, all in one shot.

Come on, Britney. You're better than this. Aren't you???
Love,
RockSteady

Identity crisis

Apparently, Christina Aguilera is having a little trouble finding herself. While she's finally retired her ill-advised Marilyn Monroe look-alike stint, she obviously still feels a bit uneasy trying anything that might be considered original. Her newest fashion idol? From the looks of her lately, it's Gwen Stefani. It's all there: the bleached-blonde hair, the side curl on top of her head and the bright red lipstick.

She looked like a derelict when she was in her "Dirrty" phase, but at least it was her own look. She needs to just go away already. Does she even do anything anymore??

Douchebag

This is seriously one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. Take a look at the pictorial of a modern-day douchebag.

Bennifer 2: Electric Boogaloo

Well, it's been confirmed: Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are married, and they are, in fact, having a baby.

You know La Lopez is making Marc Anthony work overtime now on the baby-making process...