Oh My Damn!

Here is a picture of season two Flavor of Love winner "Deelishis" from last week. I think it would be an appropriate time to quote the great 21st century philosophical poet Cornell Haynes Jr. ( a.k.a. Nelly), who once posed the thought-provoking question: "Is that ya ass or did your mama have reindeer?"

Publishing News

Kim Kardashian, best known for, well, uh, best known for, hmmmmmm, best known for making Hollywood Nation's Top 10 Hottest Women in the World List, just did a shoot for Playboy, according to E!'s Daily 10 show. While no one at the staff of Hollywood Nation can figure out just exactly what she's famous for, nonetheless we are still very excited and looking forward to the issue. Congrats, Kim!

Britney's Day At The Beach

Is there anything really surprising about Britney anymore? Does it really surprise anyone that on a whim she decided to pull over to the side of the road, strip down to her underwear, and jump in the ocean right in front of a crowd of photographers? In the "Ooops, I Did It Again" days, this might have led the NBC Evening News. Now it's just commonplace and sad. Even Mariah is sitting there chewing on some sunflower seeds while seeing this nonsense and saying "My God, this tramp is nuts".

John Kronus of the Eliminators Found Dead

From tmz.com:

"John Kronus (right), best known as half of The Eliminators tag team from Extreme Championship Wrestling (now owned by WWE), was found dead in his girlfriend's apartment late yesterday. A source tells TMZ that New Hampshire officials are treating this as a "suspicious death," and an autopsy has been ordered."

Uh Oh...

More Britney trouble. According to the New York Post:

"Now she's taken over as her own business manager and publicist. Though she's still signed to Jive Records, a source told Page Six, "She is doing all of her own business now." Our spy saw Spears at Aspen on West 22nd Street yesterday afternoon "signing contracts" - possibly related to the recent deal she inked to open a Las Vegas club. The messy mother of two recently cut ties with her manager Larry Rudolf, her mother, and her publicist."

Yeah, that sounds like a reasonable business decision. She probably signed over her entire fortune for a bag of magic beans or something. In addition, she allegedly exchanged slaps with her mother in an argument over the kids. When your life starts resembling old plots from WWE Raw, you know things have spiraled out of control.

The Results Are Back

The toxicology reports came back yesterday for Chris Benoit and according to cnn.com, they found testosterone, painkillers and anti-anxiety drugs in his system. Last night on CNN's Nancy Grace Show, WWE officials spent their time claiming that testosterone is not steroids, which according to other experts is not true. On top of that, after the WWE reps (their lawyer and the doctor who administers the drug tests) had their say, they wouldn't appear with the rest of the panel which included Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer, Bryan Alvarez of Figure Four Weekly, Konnan and Marc Mero. It may not have been their intention, but it sure appeared that they were running like dogs. Something to hide?



Here are three key points that keep sticking out in my mind:



1) As Wade Keller of the Pro Wrestling Torch said in one of his updates, WWE's main focus seems to be distancing the Benoit situation from steroids. They do it so much that it's almost to the point that it comes off like they are the lawyer for steroids.


2) As stated in last week's Wrestling Observer, when is WWE going to come out and say that they don't want steroids in their company and they welcome and embrace any kind of regulation that can help them get rid of the drugs and curtail the tragedies? Don't hold your breath for that one.

3) I don't understand the WWE wrestlers who attack guys like Mero and the wrestling journalists for "hating wrestling" and such nonsense. Hey, I like wrestling as much as anyone. But you would have to be an absolute fool not to see that there is a problem. Obviously, self-regulation is not working; it's time for Plan B. The death rate among the wrestlers that I grew up watching when I was a teenager is staggering. It's way past time to make the needed changes to stop these folks from dropping like flies. And since WWE takes up 95% of the industry, why not start there?

Going Back To Khali

The Great Khali was crowned as the new World Champion tonight in Laredo, Texas after winning a 20-Man Battle Royal at the WWE Smackdown tapings. Something tells me that we are on the verge of some very thrilling title matches.

Khali's victory came about because Edge had to vacate the title after suffering a torn pec during his brawl with Kane on last week's Smackdown. He will be out for an undisclosed amount of time. The staff of Hollywood Nation wishes him a speedy recovery.