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They Called LeBron A Crybaby, But DC's Crying Now  Monday, May 5th, 2008 The Washington Wizards, out of Washington, D.C., were dishing out fouls left, right and center in their playoff run against the Cleveland Cavaliers - specifically, against Cavs' star player LeBron James.  Some of the fouls were called; other fouls were completely ignored.  When LeBron finally complained about getting struck by the hard fouls, Wizards' center Brendan Haywood called LeBron a crybaby.  Shortly thereafter, Papa John's Pizza printed t-shirts with the number 23 (LeBron's number), that said "CRYBABY." On April 21st, Wizards' Brendan Haywood committed a flagrant foul on LeBron James.  He was automatically ejected from the game on a flagrant 2 for shoving LeBron to the ground. On April 27th, Wizards' DeShawn Stevenson got a flagrant foul 1 for hitting LeBron James in the head. In Game 6, Wizards' reserve forward Darius Songaila punched LeBron James with a backhand to the chin.  He was suspended for what NBA executive VP Stu Jackson reviewed many times and concluded was "intentional contact." And in those six games, there were other fouls against LeBron - including a fairly blatant one by Caron Butler - that ref's apparently didn't see, and were not mentioned after the games by officials.  Every game, James was getting hit and jostled by Wizards' players, and it was obvious that that it was purposeful.  We were surprised that the NBA Commissioner David Stern hasn't taken any action to punish the players that did this - I mean, these games do get reviewed afterwards - eyes, arms, and elbows were following LBJ instead of following the ball. This is the NBA, not the UFC.  Children watch these games.  It's supposed to be about hard work and sportsmanship, not by any means necessary.  It doesn't matter if it was LeBron or any other player; no player deserves to chance intentional bodily injury.  It's a dark cloud over a basketball court of stars. As smutty as Washington politics, DC's Wizards thought they could make their ascent in the playoffs by playing dirty ball.  They made star player James their target, and the playoff series of Cavs vs. Wizards became reminiscent of the WWE, where opponents elbow and stomp each other when the ref's not looking. Oh, and Papa John's Pizza:  you do Cleveland wrong.  Papa John's has been treated well in Cleveland, with customers going to 40 of their pizza shops across Northeast Ohio.  To taunt fans, and then adding insult to injury, use it as a way to make money off of them.  Their corporate public relations director announced today that all of these 40 shops will offer a large, one-topping pizza (for pick-up only) to Ohioans on Thursday for just 23 cents (limited to one pie per customer), and will donate $10,000 to the Cavaliers Youth Fund, to make amends for their "crybaby" t-shirts in DC. Newscasters announced it, beaming over the cheap pizza deal. Thanks, but no thanks.  This is no different to us than pizza companies who celebrate their 25-year anniversaries by offering 25-cent large pizzas.  It's all just as much of a promotional opportunity as anything else.  They figure you'll add pop, breadsticks, maybe more pizzas to that; maybe you'll like it and become a new repeat customer. Apparently, they don't know Cleveland's golden rule:  Never, never diss LBJ. Moving on.  Despite the Wizards' underhanded magic tricks, the Cleveland Cavaliers have beat the DC team and the Cavs will move on in the playoffs.  Who's crying now? Comments > >

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Idol Gives Back MORE!  Monday, May 5th, 2008  by Esmerelda Solar Panel / via Flickr American Idol usually does their bit to help the earth by giving the winner a hybrid car. This year they're doing something much better. The finale will be powered by a combination of green power sources. They will be using solar, hydro and wind power. Because Idol pulls so much energy they will be installing an extra solar panel system and donating it to a California school after the event is over. Way to go Idol!! Comments > >

CNN's John Roberts Is Done With Reverend Wright Talk, For Now   Monday, May 5th, 2008   Left, John Roberts, Right, Tim Russert The mainstream media is as split as the public over whether or not there are still Reverend Jeremiah Wright questions to be answered by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.  CNN's John Roberts, for one, has decided to cease and desist Reverend Wright references.  Roberts interviewed both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton airing today, and discussed gas taxes, the economy, and other pressing issues. "Rather than spend one second of time on an issue that isn't really relevant to people because there's been no news on it, I thought I'd spend the time talking to these candidates about issues that really matter to people," John Roberts said. Tim Russert, though, of NBC, felt differently.  "I don't take questions off the table," Russert told the AP.  "I was just in Indiana and I assure you, everywhere I went, people came up to me and asked me about it." What do you think?  Is declaring a "Wright-free zone" a good or a bad idea? Comments > >

Celebrity Voices For Burma: 30 Days For A Million Voices   Monday, May 5th, 2008 The crisis in Burma has changed.  A cyclone hit Burma, the most devastating cyclone in Asia since that in Bangladesh in 1991, which killed 143,000 people.  At least 10,000 have been declared dead in this current disaster, and Myanmar officials say the death toll will grow much higher.  While Laura Bush and the U.S. government are asking Myanmar to allow US disaster teams to enter the area, the U.S. Campaign for Burma is taking its own form of action.  Its campaign, "Burma: It Can't Wait," has celebrities Will Ferrell, Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Jason Biggs, Jenny Mollen, Sarah Silverman, Julie Benz, and Eddie Izzard (so far...its only Day 6!) asking for your help in getting 1 million people signed up in 30 days. Signing up means just that:  signing up.  Putting in your name and e-mail address...that's all you have to do to add your voice to those who stand in support of the Burmese people during this tragedy.  You don't need to donate or buy anything (though you may, if you can afford to). Sadly, it isn't just the natural disaster that needs attention in Burma:  human rights are in peril, as well.  Aung San Suu Kyi is the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize recipient (now that AP photographer Bilal Hussein has been freed from detainment in Iraq).  Called "Burma's Nelson Mandela," Suu Kyi won 82% of the seats in Burma's democratic election, but the Burmese military refused to honor the results and has had Suu Kyi jailed for the last 12 years. Add your name to the voices for Burma.  It can't wait. Comments > >

Oprah Spells 'Damage Control' For Tom Cruise...Sort Of   Monday, May 5th, 2008 Part 2 of Tom Cruise on Oprah aired today.  In celebration of Tom Cruise's 25 years "in the business," Oprah delivered taped messages from a bunch of random star friends of Cruise - actors Will Smith & Jada Pinkett-Smith, Renee Zellweger, Dustin Hoffman; soccer player David Beckham and singer Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham; director Steven Spielburg.  They all praised him as an amazing actor, but above all, a "good," "real" human being. You've got to hand it to Tom's new PR outlook:  how could any of us have poked fun at this family man who takes the time to chat with movie set caterers, professes love for his in-laws, dresses up as Santa Claus, still dreams to work with Al Pacino or Robert DeNiro, has a blue-eyed baby and a beautiful wife who "makes sure to have cupcakes" around (all pastelled and fluffy, noless) whenever company is coming?  In fact, "sugar" and cupcakes were how wife Katie Holmes first won over his children from his first marriage (with Nicole Kidman), Tom revealed. On Friday, Oprah visited Tom's mansion in Telluride, Colorado, where Winfrey calls his ginormous brown kitchen - a supersized, monochrome version of an untouched store display - "so normal!"  (We were thinking "why so barren?" so O didn't perform very well as the stand-in for the viewer.) There was little, if any, of the hard-hitting journalism one might have hoped for in this two-day Tom Cruise series.  The leaked Scientology video was dismissed by Oprah as being heavily edited before she even finished the question (and stolen and out of context, Tom added). Tom told O that he regretted how the Brooke Shields / antidepressants comment came out, insisting he was mad because he didn't want the children of today medicated (regardless of the facts that Brooke was not a child, was suffering postpartum depression, and children are not usually prescribed Paxil).  The infamous couch jump was in the moment, Cruise defended, and he doesn't know if he'd take it back.  The Matt Lauer appearance was touched upon, but the "glib" portion left as the elephant in the room. One of the strangest moments was the answer to a simple question from an audience member:  if you had a day without anything on your schedule other than time with the family, how would you spend the day? "We would definitely...you know, start the morning out and crawl around with the kids, hang out," Cruise said.  "Uh, we'd play games...I'd go for a flight in my airplane, come back, go for a picnic, you know, maybe go to the beach.  Hang out, dinner, watch movies, and we would play games.  We like riding motorcycles, going for a hike, something like that, that's how we like to spend the day." Gawd, what an exhausting regular old day!  But Oprah interjects:  "Yeah.  They're very normal.  Very family, lots going on at the same time."  We hate to say it, but somewhere around the way, Oprah lost touch with "normal" herself. Comments > >

Scarlett Johansson And Ryan Reynolds Engaged   Monday, May 5th, 2008  by Esmerelda That's the buzz anyways. And you know the guy has to love her. Why do I say that? Well last year she had her wisdom teeth removed and she took one of them and had it dipped in gold and made it into a necklace for him. If you're thinking that's a little out there then I'm with you. But, on the bright side, at least it wasn't her tonsils or her appendix or something equally gross. Besides if a wisdom tooth necklace won't cause a guy to run the other way then he's probably in it for the long haul. Congrats guys!!  Comments > >

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