Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
10:45 AM ET, October 20, 2008

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
Richard Simpson / Daily Mail:
Madonna ‘wants another child with baseball star’ Rodriguez … Madonna is hoping she can have a natural child with the new man in her life Alex Rodriguez, despite her age.  —  The singer, who is 50, is planning her future with the American baseball player, it emerged last night.
RELATED:
Daily Mail:
A-Rod set to buy £40m New York pad next door to Madonna as relationship heats up … Madonna's ‘soulmate’ Alex Rodriguez is weeks away from buying a New York penthouse apartment two blocks from the superstar's - in a bid to be close to her.  —  Speculation of a romantic relationship between …
PopEater:
Epic ‘Ugliness’ Coming to Madge-Guy Split?  —  Even though it's less than a week since Madonna and Guy Ritchie announced they would be divorcing, many have begun speculating on just how nasty and public the split would become.  According to one source, expect “ugliness of epic proportions.”
Discussion: OH NO!!
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
David Banda's Dad: “Maybe He'd Be Better Off Back With Us”  —  In light of Madonna's divorce from Guy Ritchie, David Banda's biological father is having second thoughts about giving his son up.  —  “I am still a poor farmer with nothing to offer, but maybe he'd be better off back with us,” he told Britain's The Sun.
Discussion: Mollygood
Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Fashion critic Mr. Blackwell dies in Los Angeles  —  LOS ANGELES - Mr. Blackwell, the acerbic designer whose annual worst-dressed list skewered the fashion felonies of celebrities from Zsa Zsa Gabor to Britney Spears, has died.  He was 86.  —  Blackwell died Sunday of complications …
RELATED:
PopEater:
Celeb Fashion Critic Mr. Blackwell Dies  —  Before there was Tim Gunn and all of the modern day fashion critics out there, there was Mr. Blackwell, whose annual list surgically and colorfully picked apart the apparel of celebrities.  Sadly, the fashion outlaw with a sharp tongue has passed away at the age of 86.
Alissa R / Us Weekly:
Fashion's Mr. Blackwell Dies at 86  —  Fashion legend Mr. Blackwell, who wrote an annual worst-dressed list attacking everyone from Jessica Simpson to Victoria Beckham, has died.  —  He passed away Sunday of complications from an intestinal infection, his publicist said in a statement.  —  He was 86.
Mary Rourke / Los Angeles Times:
‘Mr. Blackwell’ dies at 86; compiled ‘worst dressed’ …
Discussion: Dlisted
Reuters:
Hollywood fashion maven Mr. Blackwell dies: reports
Discussion: Perez Hilton
New York Post:
PRINCESS CARRIE SETTLES SCORES  —  CARRIE Fisher, who had a disastrous marriage to CAA superagent Bryan Lourd, ridicules the idea that she changed Lourd's sexual orientation.  —  In her hilarious memoir, “Wishful Drinking,” due in December from Simon & Schuster, Fisher says of Lourd, the father of her daughter Billie:
Caroline Graham / Daily Mail:
'An affair?  I'm not going to deny it': Tennis coach tells of her close friendship with ‘sex addict’ David Duchovny as he splits from wife … When David Duchovny entered a rehab clinic two months ago the move was widely acknowledged to be an attempt to save his ailing marriage.
RELATED:
PopEater:   David Duchovny's Secret Love Match?
Jennifer Garcia / People.com:
Zac Efron Turns 21!  —  Zac Efron  —  It's party time for Zac Efron!  —  The star of High School Musical 3: Senior Year celebrated his 21st birthday Saturday with an intimate two-hour dinner party at L.A.'s Pace restaurant with a group of friends and family that included his parents and brother …
New York Post:
'Grey's' goosed again  —  So what's the deal with “Grey's Anatomy”?  Last Thursday's episode averaged only 14.5 million viewers, a far cry from its average last season (roughly 18 million viewers), and was steam rolled, again, by “CSI” (19.2 million viewers).
Sara Wallis / Mirror.co.uk:
New baby for widow Actress Natascha McElhone  —  Natascha McElhone and Martin Hirigoyen Kelly (Pic:Getty Images)  —  Actress Natascha McElhone has given birth to her third child five months after the death of her husband.  —  The Solaris and Ronin star, 36, had the baby at the London hospital …
Discussion: Celebrity Baby Blog
Daily Mail:
From Paris to London...Ms Hilton is ‘here to stay’ … Paris Hilton has decided to relocate from her natural Los Angeles habitat to make London her new home.  —  The hotel heiress may not have been successful in her attempts to attract the attentions of Princes William and Harry on a recent evening …
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 10:45 AM ET, October 20, 2008.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
WeSmirch: site main
WeSmirch River: reverse chronological WeSmirch
WeSmirch Mobile: for phones
WeSmirch Leaderboard: WeSmirch's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
WeSmirch RSS feed
WeSmirch on X
 
 
 More News: 
Metro.co.uk:
HSM 4 role for British star Jemma?
Discussion: The Bastardly
Joshua Rich / EW.com:
‘Max Payne’ Is Top Gun at the Box Office
Simon Perry / People.com:
Princes William & Harry Ride Across South Africa
 Earlier Picks: 
Hellomagazine.com:
Katie opens on Broadway with ‘very provocative’ performance
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now