Hilarious to Graphic Designers…

By now you have heard that Christian Bale was questioned about an allegedly assaulting his Mother & Sister:

Bale said the allegations were false Tuesday, hours after the Wales-born actor was arrested, questioned by London police and released on bail. The 34-year-old actor spent four hours talking with authorities but was not charged.

British media reported that Bale’s mother and sister told police he assaulted them at the Dorchester Hotel in London on Sunday night, a day before attending the European premiere of “The Dark Knight.” The Sun newspaper said the complaint was filed by sister Sharon Bale and mother Jenny Bale.

I don’t know about you guys, but this sounded a little out of character. Mr. Bale does seem a bit too serious and brooding during interviews, but anyone that spends hours signing autographs at his own premiere seems like a pretty stand-up guy.

Then this report from Justjared appeared on the internet late today: A commenter by the name of “Edna” — if that’s her real name — posted on Just Jared via ONTD a “first hand” account on what really went down between Christian Bale and his mother and sister at London’s Dorchester hotel on Sunday. She proclaims:

My father works security at the hotel, and he said it was a mess. His mom and sister wanted the front desk worker to let them into his room to wait for him. When they were told no they started cussing and yelling. They sat in front of his door for an hour until he finally arrived.

His mom and sister are alcoholics and drug addicts, they showed up at his hotel uninvited and highly intoxicated. They were calling him big shot and that he needs to take care of his own. His mom was yelling that he would be nothing without her and he owed her. His sister was begging for money and when he was pushing her toward the door his mother came from behind and started hitting him on his head and kicking him. He managed to push them both out the door and his mom fell, they called the police and wanted him arrested. I believe that Chirstian [sic] is the victim here not his mom or sister.

Now THAT sounds more like it.

Well, here’s one way to get people talking about what would have been an otherwise obscure music video.

Singer Devendra Banhart, better known as Natalie Portman’s boyfriend, asked the Oscar-winning actress to play a princess in the Bollywood-inspired video for his song “Carmensita.”

Jessica Simpson’s first country concert was met with mixed reactions.

Audiences booed and clapped as the singer, 28, opened for Sara Evans on Saturday at the Country Thunder USA festival in Randall, Wisconsin.

“I don’t know what your perception is of Jessica Simpson or what tabloid you buy, but I just want you to know that I’m just a girl from Texas,” Simpson told the crowd. “I’m just like you. I’m doing what I love and dating a boy.”

She dedicated the tune “You’re My Sunday” to beau Tony Romo, who was in the audience, and performed a slew of covers including Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” as well as her new single “Come On Over.”

One concertgoer told the local paper: “I’ll have to drink a lot of beer to sit through her concert.”

Added another: “She’s an embarrassment to country music.”

Not all were haters.

One fan told the paper, “I actually like her country songs better. She has a great voice, plus, she’s adorable.”

Despite the lukewarm buzz, her father Joe recently told Usmagazine.com his daughter whose album drops September 9 - is ready for country.

“It feels really good,” he said of her album. “She is extremely happy.”

Hayden Panettiere @ NBC Universal 2008 Press Tour All-Star Party in Beverly Hills, July 20. Great Googily Moogily I love her back!

Britney Spears surprised guests by showing up to the Generation Rescue autism fundraiser thrown by Jenny McCarthy. It was a surprise because everyone knows Britney hates kids, since she just gave up her own.

As guests like McCarthy’s beau and Charlie Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller made the rounds, Spears, 26, sipped on red wine.
Carrey’s daughter Jane also belted out a few Frank Sinatra and Jackson 5 tunes.
Spears, 26, “definitely looked happy,” a witness tells Usmagazine.com. “She was clapping and smiling a lot.”

Every once and awhile a movie comes along that creates a sort of MASS HYPNOSIS. Critics and normal people alike buy into the hype, and make themselves believe that a movie is better than what it actually is. I think that is what happened with “The Dark Knight,” because I’m hear to tell you the truth. This movie kinda sucked.

[continue reading my full review...]

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