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Over the years Uncle Sam has had to dig in the pockets of many a “civilian” celebrities and politicians aren’t exempt from payin’ Unc what they owe.
Most recently, the vampire-slaying, karate-chopping, drug-dealin’ actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to 3 years in prison for keepin’ them stacks from “the man”.
Skylar Diggins, the sophomore guard who this month led the Notre Dame women’s basketball team to an improbable Final Four victory over Connecticut, experienced the first drawback of her newfound fame
late Friday night.
When a nude photo resembling Diggins surfaced online Friday, users of social media sites including Twitter spread the shot like wildfire.
The sexy jump-shooter took to her twitter page to squash the take immediately:
“Gotta clear this up. I dnt knw wht pic is going around, but tht is NOT ME. Idk who is going around trying to defame my character,but its sad
“The people that know me and love me know that I would never handle myself in such a careless and classless manner.
“I can truly say I am hurt by this…I dnt believe how someone could attempt to ruin my name but being untrue. I am stronger than this though
“I will not run away and hide. There is no reason to…..goodnight and I will be back to continue my thoughts and tweet regularly tomorrow…”
On Friday, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.) took the House floor and lambasted Apple’s iPad, saying the tablet was “probably responsible for eliminating thousands of American jobs.” Jackson expressed general
outrage over the potential of a paperless society that the iPad threatens to create. “What becomes of publishing companies and publishing company slots online jobs? What becomes of bookstores and libraries, and all of
the jobs associated with paper? Well, in the not-too-distant future, such jobs simply won’t exist,” he said.
The congressman, who earlier in the speech admitted to being an iPad owner, criticized Apple CEO Steve Jobs for producing the tablets in China, which he believes is contributing to the nation’s unemployment
problem and preventing the nation from achieving “sustained full production.”
Miss Slimmy Trimmy herself, J-Hud, crossed the pond to do a little promo for her speelautomaten online latest album. She rocked these interesting accessories to appear on “The Alan T*tchmarsh Show” — Are You Feelin’ This Get
Up?
Kimora’s new slimmy trimmy steez has gotten people talking recently. And she’s not too happy about what they’re saying.
She’s particularly upset about this PopEater article which said that Kimora herself credited her weight loss to “not eating.”
“I have shed the fat by not eating,” Kimora flat-out tells me. “But I don’t like to tell the kids that so they think they shouldn’t eat. No, I watch my portions, and I eat leaner proteins and vegetables and stuff like that.”