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Michael Lohan Urges Gossip Sites To Report News Responsibly

Posted on January 2, 2009 by popdirt

’s father Michael is speaking out against TMZ and Perez Hilton over the gossip sites reporting in a blog at his official web site. Lohan wrote on Friday (January 2):

Perez Hilton and TMZ continue to state that their “spies” and “sources” see and hear things, they have NO audio or visual proof, they go onto report their rumors and then everyone picks it up!

Don’t we see that they say one thing, today and a different tomorrow. That the endless cycle of lies, conjectures and rumors snowballs into something it’s not. What about the “telephone” or “grapevine” scenerios? haven’t we personally experienced this ourselves at one time or another.

When are we going to “raise the bar” on the responsibility of what is reported. These tabloids act as “news agencies” or “press” when they are nothing of the sort!

The entire post at mikelohanonline.com has since been removed after Lohan shut down the web site.

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Lindsay Lohan’s Dad Defends Decision To Launch Web Site

Posted on December 30, 2008 by popdirt

’s father Michael is reacting to those critical of his decision to launch a web site, notably the snarky gossip site/TV show TMZ, after they wrote that “on the ‘sane scale’, Sam Ronson seems to register at a respectable level … Michael seems to be off the charts, and not in a good way.” The elder Lohan writes:

Being that the “Topic of the Week” is how the media, press and public opinion effect those in the spotlight, if you visit TMZ, you will see exactly what I talking about, with their snide comments, which only adds fuel to the fire. For them to measure any one’s sanity or competency level, and say mine is off the charts, all anyone has to do is look at some of the trash that they print and how a large part of the facts are left out, to see how hypocritical THEY are. Not saying that there aren’t some good people working there, which there are, but with Harvey Levin being “on the other side of the fence,” I expect his opposition.

The Roman playwright, Terrence, once said that “There are as many opinions as there are people.”

The entire post at mikelohanonline.com has since been removed after Lohan shut down the web site.

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What If You Were Earth?

Posted on December 7, 2008 by popdirt

checked in with fans on his blog at MySpace on Sunday (December 7), talking metaphorically about the post industrial era world. The Iowa City singer songwriter asks readers:

What if tiny little beings began building miniature metropolises on your body? Multiplying into millions. Sticking structures into your skin. Painting you with pavement. Posting signs and sins. Drawing lines to trap themselves within. Trash that’s spit into the sky until it sinks and spills again. What if they laid freeways connecting like strange exterior veins? Littered them with modern machines. Meant to translate the pending pain. Turned the ride into a race and pushed it till it went insane. Would you sit serene and still beneath? Or would you shake the ground with rage? Would you leave them to their self-destruction… even if it spread beyond into your blood? Brought with breathing through your lungs? What if when their souls were dead and gone the rubble wiped away like dust..? If the only evidence of their existence were the rusted remnants of their lonely love? Floating like spirits in the sky above…

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Pulling Britney Spears’ Strings All Over Again

Posted on December 2, 2008 by popdirt

Richard Price of the Daily Mail is blasting ’ father Jamie, her manager Larry Rudolph, and her lawyer Andrew Wallet as it has become apparent the pop star is making it clear by her words and erratic performances that she’s not ready for the comeback she’s been rushed into. He writes:

As she celebrates her 27th birthday today, Britney Spears would have liked nothing better than a long lie-in and breakfast in bed. Her wish, however, has not been granted.

Instead, she will be roused in the early hours, drag herself out of yet another unfamiliar hotel bed and somehow summon up the energy for a live performance on ‘Good Morning America’ to mark the release of her new album.

After a week in which she has performed – in an unnervingly erratic fashion – to more than 50 million television viewers during a whistle-stop tour of France, Germany, Britain and her native U.S., having a happy birthday is not a priority for this talented, yet troubled young woman.

For despite her fame and riches, Britney has made it clear all she wants is a quiet life. But as has become disturbingly clear in recent weeks, that idyll remains an impossible dream.

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Mckie: Britney’s A Space Cadet Diva Without The Voice To Back It Up

Posted on December 2, 2008 by popdirt

John Mckie of the Glasgow Daily Record weighed in on singing along to her new single ‘Womanizer’ on ‘The X Factor’ over the weekend, unimpressed with her miming and mediocre choreography. Mentioning that Spears turns 27 on Tuesday, Mckie writes:

At 27, Paul McCartney was making ‘Abbey Road’, Joni Mitchell released ‘Blue’, Keith Richards was writing and recording ‘Exile on Main Street’ and Adam Rickitt was approved as a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party.

So it’s all to play for, but Saturday suggested someone so poorly advised that she couldn’t even be bothered watching the show on which she made her big comeback.

In a decade, Britters has gone from a happy-go-lucky popstrel to space cadet diva.

Unlike most divas, she doesn’t have the voice to back up big-time behavior.

The full story at dailyrecord.co.uk has since been removed.

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John Mayer Makes The Case To Elect Barack Obama

Posted on October 29, 2008 by popdirt

is voicing his support for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in a column at the Huffington Post ahead of next Tuesday’s U.S. elections. Mayer writes:

Just when I’d thought my only role as an adult was to help shoulder the nation through its darkest days (known to us as “the rest of them”), Obama gives me the feeling that I could be alive to witness one of the most brilliant upturns in a country’s history. Imagine that — a young adult in this day and age being given something to someday brag to his children about having being alive to witness. What a concept.

That’s why hope is a worthwhile commodity. To those who question whether hope is a tangible product worth building a campaign around, I’d say take a look at despair and how powerful that has been in reshaping how people think and live.

Check out the rest of his thoughts here.

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Don’t Blame Diddy For Danity Kane Turmoil, Dream’s Demise

Posted on October 26, 2008 by popdirt

Debbie Hammond, CEO of ClockWork Entertainment, ’s former co-label that entered into a joint venture with Bad Boy, issued a statement with her thoughts on those reacting to the turmoil in Danity Kane and blaming it on their boss, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of Bad Boy Records. Hammond writes on the reformed MySpace blog:

It would be really easy for me to say Diddy is the reason DREAM broke up too! Jump on the bandwagon and take no responsibility for my act’s behavior. But it’s just not true. Sean Combs, and Bad Boy are the most supportive, generous and kindness people I have ever worked with in any industry. They have PASSION FOR THE MUSIC and entertainment. They respect the buyers of their product and hate to disappoint. This is the truth from a platinum girl group that broke up while on Bad Boy. Sean “Diddy” Combs (CEO), Harve Pierre (President) and Gwen Niles (Vice President) treated us with respect, expected the best out of us to ENTERTAIN OUR MARKET WITH QUALITY MUSIC AND PERFORMANCES because that is what they truly believe the public deserves. They provided support in every capacity, and have NEVER lied to us on even 1 occasion. Good, bad or indifferent, they always told us the truth.

It’s sad when groups break up. But let’s put the blame where is belongs. I’m glad that there are still business executives that care enough about our impressionable youth to stop illicit behavior instead of just making money off of it. Danity’s buyers are young girls and women, primarily. Danity has an obligation to show decency and respect to their buyer. They were warned and disregarded the warnings completely. Bad Boy was pumping MILLIONS OF DOLLARS into giving them a chance.

The same goes for Dream. They quit. Diddy generously gave us a huge advance to do an album. We did it, and Dream quit, after they took his money. They didn’t follow through with their promises, and neither did Danity.

Check out the full post here.

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Jesse Carmichael Reacts To U.S. $700 Billion Bank Rescue Plan

Posted on September 25, 2008 by popdirt

Jesse Carmichael of is weighing in on the current debate over the Hank Paulson $700 billion rescue plan to buy up defunct mortgages which have seized up the U.S. credit markets. The keyboardist writes that “the specific terms of this proposal are dangerous because they give too much power to the one branch of the government that was supposed to be overseeing economic matters in this country and making sure that we didn’t get into a financial disaster like this in the first place. According to the New York Times, the proposal says that the Federal Treasury, which will be in charge of stabilizing the situation on Wall Street with at least 700 billion dollars of tax payers money, cannot be supervised, regulated or prosecuted ‘by any court of law or any administrative agency’. That request seems to ignore completely the system of checks and balances that this country was founded on.” Carmichael is asking fans to sign a petition at Moveon.org urging congress not to give President Bush a blank check. Check out the full message here.

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Fans React To Clay Aiken Announcing He’s Gay

Posted on September 25, 2008 by popdirt
Clay Aiken in a black shirt

Several fans on the popular forum Clay World are reacting to news the ‘American Idol’ season two runner-up announced he’s gay in a cover story with People magazine. “I wish him well and hope he gets some peace of mind now BUT I feel he lied to everyone-especially us fans,” NJ4ClayA said. “He should have just said so years ago. I feel like we were “used”. I still love to hear him sing but I also feel he has now become like a Michael Jackson and it’s a bit too weird!”

But others voiced support. “Clay is still the same Clay we fell in love with,” annieg9 writes. “He is still the same charismatic, gorgeous, ultratalented, humanitarian. I love him more now than ever!”

The thread at theclayboard.yuku.com has since been removed.

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Christina Aguilera Ripping Off Lady GaGa? Not So Say Fans

Posted on September 9, 2008 by popdirt

Fans of are jumping to the singer’s defense after her performance at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards prompted some to say she was ripping off ’s style. A clip posted at YouTube indicates that Aguilera was inspired by comic book superheroes and villains, including the Spider-Man character Black Cat and Storm from X-Men.

Update: The case being laid out at YouTube has since been removed.

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