(CNN.com) Wheel-chair bound Elizabeth Taylor denied reports that she has Alzheimer’s after a tabloid reported the news. The 74 year-old Oscar-award winning actress told the soon-to-be-wheelchair-riding Larry King, “Oh, come on, do I look like I’m dying? Do I look like or sound like I have Alzheimer’s?”
She added, that the news rags release stories like that “because they have nothing else dirty to write about anybody else.” In the June 5th issue of “The National Enquirer” the headline read “Liz Alzheimer’s Tragedy.” The paper reported that Taylor needed treatment for early stages of Alzheimer’s.
The CNN article continues:
posted on 5:47 am 05/31/2006“Let’s clear up some things: a lot of tabloid stories about you,” King said during the TV interview.
“Oh, my God. Am I dead, am I alive?” an exasperated Taylor replied.
Asked about the attribution of the Alzheimer’s story, she said, “Do you think any friends of mine would say things like that?”
King also noted that she used a wheelchair. “What’s the reason for that?” he asked.
“My back, which has been chronically bad since I was a teenager,” she said.
Taylor said she was born with scoliosis, an abnormal curvature of the spine, and has osteoporosis.
When asked about charges that her friend Michael Jackson molested a boy in 2003, Taylor said, “I’ve never been so angry in my life.”
Jackson was acquitted of the child molestation charges last year.
She defended Jackson’s slumber parties with children at his Neverland ranch.
“I’ve been there, when his nephews were there, and we all were in the bed, watching television,” she said. “There was nothing abnormal about it. There was no touchy-feely things going on. We laughed like children, and we watched a lot of Walt Disney. There was nothing odd about it.”
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Kati Llewellyn reports:
Will Oldham’s veil of secrecy has been lifted just a tiny bit, revealing a shaggy beard, piercing blue eyes, and details of the new Bonnie “Prince” Billy album. Then the Letting Go, recorded in Iceland last winter with Björk producer Valgeir Sigurdsson, is due out September 18 on Domino in the UK, and in the U.S. the following day courtesy of Drag City.
The album includes backing vocals from Dawn “The Faun” McCarthy of Drag City labelmates Faun Fables, bass from Billy’s brother Paul Oldham, guitar riffs from Emmett Kelly (the Cairo Gang), and percussion from the Dirty Three’s Jim White.
Then the Letting Go will be preceded by the single for “Cursed Sleep”, due July 24 in the UK (Domino) and July 25 in the U.S. (Drag City) in both CD and 12″ formats. The former will include a video. “Cursed Sleep” is backed by two non-album tracks.
Tracklist:
01 Cursed Sleep
02 The Signifying Wolf
03 God’s Small Song
Another single, “Cold and Wet”, will come out November 13 on Domino in the UK and November 14 on Drag City.
As previously reported, Oldham is set to play two gigs at New York’s Joe’s Pub on August 5. The stint is in celebration of the Brooklyn Fire Proof gallery’s “FOLK” installation, and will see Oldham sharing the stage with folk legend Hazel Dickens.
The venue website claims Oldham will focus both sets on “traditional music,” playing alongside his other brother, Ned (aka Captain Anomoanon). Non-NYC residents itching to hear some new tunes can catch Oldham doing free instore and radio performances this August around the Midwest, according to Drag City. The label also reports that “he’s working on videos as well as at least a dozen other things,” so stay tuned a dozen times.
Also, according to various reports, the company Kino International has picked up the acclaimed indie film Old Joy, which stars Oldham, for distribution in the U.S. and Canada. So people who don’t go to film festivals might actually have the chance to see it sometime soon.
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We just learned via smoke signals that Britney Spears published a poem titled “stream of consciousness” on her website, and after giving it a read, it’s definitely a steam of something. Spears dedicated the poem to “everyone who thinks they know me.” That’s when C&V decided, “We know this now tubby, once teen pop star pretty well, let’s interpret her white trash inspired prose.” (Our in-depth pictoral interpretation lies behind the hyperlinked words.)
No more chains
That you gave me
Enough of pain
Now I’m craving
Something sweet, so delight
How do you stand sleeping at night?
Silly patterns that we follow
You pull me in
I’m being swallowed
By the ones you think you love
They pull you down
You can’t see up above
Manipulation is the key
They screw it in
Because you are naive.
…..
The guilt you fed me
Made me weak.
The voodoo you did
I couldn’t speak.
….
You trick me once, twice, now it’s three.
Look who’s smiling now
Damn, it’s good to be me!
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America’s newest Idol, Taylor Hicks, decided to sport his new Roald Dahl-inspired wardrobe on last night’s show. Somehow it won these United states over tonight and he beat Katharine McYummy.
Congrats to the “Soul Patrol” man/Joe Cocker/Jay Leno/Bloat impersonator.
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I thought that I’d start this article with a picture. Format-wise, it doesn’t make sense. It’s ugly. It’s annoying. It confuses the little ones. But, for an article like this, you HAVE to start with a picture. Behold Finish rock sensation, Lordi. The 2006 winner of the Eurovision Song Contest (the first ever winners to hail from Finland). Visit their official site here (they have a forum!). Lordi is a 10 year old band that’s sort of a hybrid of fellow costume loving band, Slipknot, and rock theatric, blood-spewing nerds, Kiss. And like Kiss (before they went flaming), Lordi refuses to be seen without their costumes. And now, a snippet from Wikipedia:
In a brief segment on the BBC reporting about the band attending the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, they were shown lounging beside the pool in full sunlight, while wearing their costumes. During the segment, Lordi remarked that the costumes and the heat did not mix, but despite their discomfort, they appeared to be fully willing and dedicated to their art.
When it was decided that a bunch of monster-costume-wearing weirdos would represent the distinguished country of Finland in this year’s Eurovision contest, Finland went up in arms… And wrote letters to the prime minister asking for the “satanist” group not to represent the fine, forgotten, ice-country of Finland. However, Lordi leader, “Lordi,” responded to the accusations saying (and I quote):
“a Satanist group would not write songs such as “Hard Rock Hallelujah” or “Devil is a Loser”, though he added that they are not a gospel band either.”
I guess you’re all wondering what the hell “Hard Rock Hallelujah” sounds like. Let’s take a listen while we watch Lordi in action (check out Rainbow on the keys).
Read on for an in depth analysis of the Lordi performance.
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