chris-penn

Short Ends: Chris Penn's Toxicology Report

mark · 02/22/06 09:01PM

· Access Hollywood got its hands on Chris Penn's toxicology report, which they say indicates that the recently deceased actor had "Valium, morphine, marijuana, and an elevated level of codeine" in his body when he died. None of which, we imagine, can have been good for his enlarged heart.
Palm Pictures scores some points with a wink-wink "truth in advertising" campaign for the movie adaptation of literary hoax JT Leroy's The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things.
PopWatch takes a whimsical look at how to tell Olympic figure-skating darling Sasha Cohen from Ali G creator Sascha Baron Cohen. Hint: Look for the goatee and yellow jumpsuit.
Read all about how Star Jones ruined a blogger's life. She must pay.
· Chuck Norris c-and-d's the Busted Tees boys.
· And in the last entry of Defamer's "Vs." Day, we proudly present the intramural celebrity rag battle royale of InTouch Vs. Life &Style.

Short Ends: Chris Penn's Death Ruled Accidental, Cough-Syrup Related

mark · 02/13/06 09:08PM

· The recently deceased Chris Penn's autopsy and toxicology reports were released today, indicating his death was accidentally caused by the combination of an enlarged heart and prescription medicine including "Promethazine with codeine... a highly addictive prescription cough syrup." Given our medical knowledge is limited to choosing to expire slowly rather than visit the HMO, we're not going to speculate how this report gibes with what Penn's nosy neighbors had to say shortly after he died.
· In other news, former Creed singer Scott Stapp continues to demonstrate the kind of undeniable charisma that made him a music legend.
· With all of this depressing death talk, we should all take a ride on the puppy monorail to cheer ourselves up. [via BoingBoing]
· "Hunting accident" is not even listed among the 10 Ways Dick Cheney Can Kill You.

Short Ends: Pink Against The Stupid Girls

mark · 01/26/06 09:41PM

· We never would've guessed that Pink would be the voice of reason about "stupid girls" like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan.
· Chris Penn gets a tribute at Sundance.
· Mark down the date in your calendars: Feb. 24th could be the day that society as we know it collapses.
· Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are totally BFF with Kofi.
· See, we told you our job is easy. So easy, in fact, that poorly written TV characters can do it.
· The Gilded Moose embarks on a dangerous adventure: liveblogging his pursuit of the agent who won't call him back.