Miss Nevada - Katie Rees Photos

Here they are - the (uncensored) photos that stripped Miss Nevada, Katie Rees of her title (they're pretty bad, be forewarned!): PHOTOS

Miss Nevada, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA: One in the same??

Tara Conner (above and below left), Miss USA, Katie Rees (above right), Miss Nevada, and Katie Blair (below right), Miss Teen USA, competing in the Miss USA pageant, were exposed for their less than flattering actions, but one look at the threesome and it seems they have more in common than merely their irresponsible attitudes.

While bad behavior might not be a prerequisite for pageantry, clearly the typical blonde bombshell look is.

Now it's not to say that every Miss USA contestant looks the same, but if Donald Trump has anything to say about it (usually the final say), there does seem to be a pattern. Everyone knows the "type" Trump is interested in and Tara and the two Katie's fit perfectly.

Maybe they could share the Miss USA title and alternate between who gets to go out and party and who has to act sophisticated, I'm sure no one could tell whose who.

Miss USA Sparks Feud

As if the Miss USA controversy couldn't get any juicier, now two of the biggest names are fueding over what began with the pageant queen's mishaps.

While Rosie O'Donnell and her View co-hosts discussed Miss USA's alleged drug and alcohol abuse, on the day that Donald Trump (owner of the Miss USA organization) publicly forgave her for her mishaps, Rosie said: "(He) left the first wife – had an affair. (He) had kids both times, but he's the moral compass for 20-year-olds in America. Donald, sit and spin, my friend," as reported in People Magazine.

Trump was anything but amused at her statements and threatened to sue: "Rosie will rue the words she said. I'll most likely sue her for making those false statements – and it'll be fun. Rosie's a loser. A real loser. I look forward to taking lots of money from my nice fat little Rosie."

Clearly what started as just a pageant queen gone wild has turned into a full celebrity fued!

Update:

Neither Rosie nor Donald are willing to let it go, with each bashing the other:

Rosie recently added on her blog: "beauty pageants/where women were paraded around/judged valuable or not/by old white men/it is always old white men. Remember the seventies/a young girl in nyc/meets a pimp/he cons her into a life of illusion/she works for him."

Donald responded in the New York Post: "Rosie got mentally beaten up by me, because she's a mental midget, a low-life. I think she's got a death wish. It's too bad a degenerate is able to get away with things like that."

The war is on! Soon neither party will remember what started the fued, and while their battle of words does nothing to resolve the debate over Miss USA's drug issues or the morality of pageants altogether, it sure is fun to watch!

FHM Folds

For some it is the end of an era, an era of sexy cover models and pin-up model centerfolds.

Earlier this month, the British publisher Emap announced the end of FHM, a magazine with a circulation of 1.25 million as reported in Socialite Life.

The sudden announcement was made after a 19.7 percent drop in advertisement in the first 11 months of the year.

One million-plus readers or not, the trends were clear. What had been a white-hot niche in publishing has gone cold. Even Maxim, the circulation leader in the men's category with a rate base of 2.5 million, is down 5 percent in advertising pages this year from the year before, and the lucrative newsstand sales are down more than 200,000 in the last three years.

There's no telling how this will effect the upscale men's magazines like GQ and Esquire which had shifted to compete with these so-called "Lad Magazines". One thing's for sure, the king of men's magazines, however unfortunate, Playboy, isn't going anywhere.

Angelina Vs. Jennifer

After Angelina's recent Vogue interview, where she made a public offer to meet with Jen, the old fued between Brad's ex and current love, has been reignited.

Jennifer Aniston is stunned by Angelina Jolie's public offer, as reported in In Touch Weekly. For Jen, who is getting over her breakup from Vince Vaughn, Angelina's statement couldn't have come at a worse time. Though she has no interest in reuniting with Brad, she doesn't appreciate those old wounds being reopened.

No matter how hard Jennifer tries to stay away for the never ending saga between the trio, it appears she keeps getting sucked back into the picture - and so does everyone else who just can't get enough of the gossip.

Miss USA Gone Wild

Shocking photos of a Miss USA contestant have come hot on the fashionable heels of a scandal that rocked reigning Miss USA Tara Conner.

The raunchy pics show Katie Rees, Miss Nevada 2007, exposing her breasts, passionately kissing other young women, and simulating oral sex with females and a male.

Now sources claim pageant officials are investigating the behaviour of Rees, 22, who was crowned Miss Nevada in Las Vegas in October, as reported in Canada.com. She will represent the state in the Miss USA pageant next spring.

Earlier this month, Rees was the guest of honour at a Special Olympics bowling tournament and last month attended an event for underprivileged children.

But Rees showed off a much wilder side in the pictures, taken during a party in Tampa, Florida before she was crowned Miss Nevada.

Update:

The newly brunette Rees pleaded for a second chance after she was stripped (pun inteneded) of her Miss Nevada title.

"The photographs were from an isolated incident during my teenage years," Rees said during a press conference. "This incident does not reflect who I am, or who I plan to be. I have no intention of further disgracing the state of Nevada, the Miss Universe organization"

Rees said she had contacted Donald Trump, co-owner of the Miss Universe organization, and is awaiting a response.

What is it with the Miss USA contestants? Maybe the new demore hair will make all the difference.

Bodies On Display

It might not be the best idea for a dinner date (as I found out a few days ago in NYC) but if you've got a bit of scientific intrigue, this is a must see.

BODIES … The Exhibition boasts (honestly) to be "a phenomenal look at the phenomena we call the human body. With educational relevance for all ages, this exhibition of real human specimens immerses visitors in the complexities of the human body, telling us the amazing story of ourselves with reverence and understanding."

I learned more than I had imagined... take your friends who smoke and show them what a smoker's lungs look like...that should do the trick.

Source: www.bodiestheexhibition.com

Do Celebrities Get Off Too Easy?

Take Michael Richards, a.k.a. Seinfeld's Kramer, who melted down on some black hecklers at L.A.'s Laugh Factory on the weekend, angrily shouting the N-word at them and even evoking lynching ( "Fifty years ago we'd have had you upside down with a f---ing fork up your ass!").

A bad enough career-limiting move, but at least Mel Gibson managed to keep video of his meltdown off the Internet. A cellphone vid of Richards' tirade (which he seemed eventually to be clumsily trying to turn into a free-speech monologue) showed up first on tmz.com and later on other sites.

Monday night, an agitated Richards appeared via satellite on Late Night With David Letterman, giving what amounted to a random apology, evoking Hurricane Katrina and inchoate societal racial rage, denying he was racist and inspiring awkward laughter from Dave's audience.
"Seeing that video brought up all these feelings of nausea and angst," political comic and Daily Show commentator Lewis Black told the Sun yesterday. "It's like a nightmare of the worst comedy-club experience you can imagine."

The difference between Richards' outburst and Mel Gibson's drunken, anti-semitic tirade is "Mel has a career. And he will still because he's a moneymaker, and that's what matters in Hollywood. What are they going to do to Michael Richards? Cancel his sitcom? He doesn't have one.

Source: www.canoe.ca

December = summertime in NYC?

Looks like Bush is going to have a hard time disputing that global warming is a reality. For the past several days New York City has felt like summertime. It's been 70+ degrees and I, like most people, have been walking around in a t-shirt and jeans. Even at night I don't even need a jacket, just a light pashmina, if anything. If you haven't seen it yet, go out and rent the documentary 'An Inconvenient Truth'. Everyone should be aware of what's happening to our planet since it will take all of us cooperating to start to repair some of the damage.

Britney Admits to Mistakes

After her famed show and tell and endless partying Britney has finally admitted: "I probably did take my newfound freedom a little too far," reported by Tonight Entertainment.

But is she really changing, on her site she says she's "just getting started" and said she was looking forward to a "new year, new music and a new me".

In a reference to her no underwear incident Britney wrote: "Thank God for the new Victoria's Secret underwear line!".

Britney, who turned 25 earlier this month, has raised eyebrows by hitting the all-night party circuit with her new best friend, socialite Paris Hilton, shortly after filing for divorce from husband Kevin Federline. The former teen pop princess gave birth to the couple's second son in September.

In the posting on her website, Spears said it "has been so long since I've been out on the town with friends. It's also been two years since I even celebrated my birthday. Every move I make at this point has been magnified more than I expected, and I probably did take my new found freedom a little too far."