The country super star helped security get rid of an unruly fan during a concert at the White River Amphitheater in Auburn, Washington on Tuesday night. When the fan attacked a female fan, McGraw summoned security to eject him from the stadium. However, when the security guards didn’t respond fast enough, McGraw took matters into his own hands, pulling the fan on stage and away from the female. Needless to say, he didn’t like it, he didn’t love it, he didn’t want some more of it.
Maybe he gets it from Faith, who got pretty heated when a female fan grabbed her husband’s crotch at a concert a few months back.
“I think it is the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately,” George Carlin once said.
And cross it he did, many, many times in his long career in comedy.
The comedic legend who passed away on Sunday at the age of 71 was a pioneer in his brand of comedy — a trail blazer for those who followed in his footsteps.
We at Ms. Informed struggled to come up with words fitting enough to give proper tribute to Mr. Carlin, but Ben Stiller put it best in a statement released today:
“[George Carlin was] a hugely influential force in stand-up comedy. He had an amazing mind, and his humor was brave, and always challenging us to look at ourselves and question our belief systems, while being incredibly entertaining. He was one of the greats.”
Tim Russert was a man of intellect and objectivity, and he made it his goal in life to make sure that the American people heard the truth. I don’t think there is a soul out there who would argue that he didn’t succeed.
I cannot imagine a presidential election without him. I remember Tim back in the 2000 presidential election. It was about 1 a.m. as I recall when he took out his trademark white board and began to break down the numbers. With all the fancy maps and electronic equipment available, he was able to expain the situation best with nothing more than a marker and white board.
Our hearts go out to the family and friends of Tim Russert. Although, Tim was the kind of public figure you felt was your friend, even though you never really met him.
Move over Lynne, there’s a NEW Mama Spears in the family.
Jamie Lynn, now 17, gave birth to a baby girl named Maddie Briann at Mississippi Southwest Regional Medical Center in McComb, Mississippi. Baby Spears-Aldridge weighed in at 7 lbs., 11 ounces. The newly-named “Aunt Britney” flew into Kentwood, the Spears family’s hometown, with Papa Spears to be there for the blessed event.
You might actually mistake them for a normal family!
There’s no denying that David Beckham’s Emporio Armani underwear campaign that dropped this week is anything less than magnificent, but the Daily Mail among other sources are saying Becks had a little…”help” in some…”areas.” I guess Vicki B. can be the judge of that one. But for Becks’ sake, let’s remember that great things sometimes come in small packages.
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And on this side of the pond, it was PhotoShop to the rescue again — but this time it was Justin Timberlake, and there was no super-sizing necessary. JT’s package had to be digitally altered for Mike Myer’s new flick “The Love Guru” because it was TOO BIG. Apparently bigger isn’t always better.
So it’s been awhile, but even Ms. Informed has to take a vacation every now and again, and that, my faithful readers, is where she has been. So this post will be a round-up of the some things that have happened over the past two weeks. The finer points of celebrity gossip.
And in other fatherly news,
Gavin Rossdale was named best celebrity dad by In Touch Weekly. Rounding out the top 3 are Suri’s dad Tom coming in third, and haven’t-had-a-good-film-in-years-ever Ryan Phillipe in second. (Um…don’t you actually have to be a celebrity to be in the running for this category?)
Sex & the City fans, the box office goldmine beat out Indiana Jones in its opening weekend and now holds the #1 spot.
Click here to read a great review and some readers’ reactions (including Ms. Informed’s! Wahooo!)
