Seth Rogen Engaged To Seth Rogen’s Girlfriend

Congratulations to Seth Rogen and his new fiancée, Seth Rogen’s fiancée! Sources report Seth Rogen is engaged to actress/writer Lauren Miller, popping the question last week after the couple visited family in Boston and, we’re assuming, Lauren’s dad asked Seth to join him in the garage for a “little talk”. You might recognize Lauren from such films as Zac and Miri Make A Porno, Superbad and Observe and Report, which we’re sure is just a happy coincidence and not the result of letting the star see her naked all the time.

Said a friend of Rogen, “He surprised her with the proposal. She’d started giving up hope that he would ever pop the question.” Seth and Lauren, who are both 28, started dating in 2004. Six years seems a little premature for Lauren to be worried Seth was going the permanent bachelor route; it’s not like he’s George Clooney here. Which by the way, Elisabetta Canalis, if you’re reading this: start giving up hope now.

Seth has joked before, “I have a girlfriend who is far prettier than I should have,” though we’re assuming he made that crack before he was a skinny, in-demand comedy star and looked more like a sarcastic grizzly bear escaping from the zoo. Either way, we couldn’t be more excited for the happy couple. Now we just find a fiancée for Jonah Hill so he doesn’t start moping around the house watching ANTM marathons. One, two, three, not it!

Obama's hip hopping

WE all know BARACK OBAMA is partial to a little JAY-Z.
The music mogul's missus BEYONCE even sang at Obama's inauguration ball.

But I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Mr Prez has been updating his playlist lately, and it includes some great artists.

He tells Rolling Stone magazine: "Thanks to REGGIE [Love, his personal aide], my rap palate has greatly improved.

"Jay-Z used to be sort of what predominated, but now I've got a little NAS and a little LIL WAYNE and some other stuff, but I would not claim to be an expert.

"MALIA and SASHA are now getting old enough to where they start hipping me to things.

At nine and 12, I'm guessing some JUSTIN BIEBER has crept in there.

He adds: "Music is still a great source of joy and occasional solace in the midst of what can be some difficult days."

During the 2008 election campaign, Obama's playlist included STEVIE WONDER, BOB DYLAN and the ROLLING STONES.

What a man. Somehow I can't see DAVID CAMERON getting down to Lil Wayne.

Lindsay Lohan -- Return of the SCRAM

part of the conditions of Lindsay's bail is that she has to wear the bracelet again.

Brooke Mueller and Paris Hilton -- The New Reality

Brooke Mueller is MIA from her Los Angeles home -- but we're told what's behind it all is not rehab ... it's reality.
Brooke's publicist, Elliot Mintz, confirms to TMZ that Brooke left her L.A. home a week ago and is in an "intensive, physical fitness program in Southern California" -- sources tell us Brooke is in the Newport Beach area.

Mintz was quick to add Brooke is not in rehab or any type of "stress management facility."

Sources tell TMZ Brooke is involved in a cable reality show that will co-star Paris Hilton and others -- the theme being "lifestyles."

Here's what's curious -- L.A. has a lot of physical fitness facilities/boot camps. So why did she hightail it out of L.A. and over to the O.C. -- away from her kids?

Our sources say the kids have been with estranged hubby Charlie Sheen full time for the last week.

Oksana to Judge: Make Mel Pay For My PR

Oksana Grigorieva spent tens of thousands of dollars in PR to thwart public perception that she sold the secret tapes -- and now she wants Mel Gibson to foot the bill ... this according to sources.

We're told Oksana racked up $84,000 in PR expenses and certain unpaid legal fees. As for the PR fees, our sources say Oksana felt hiring PR reps was the only way counter someone as big and powerful as Mel Gibson. Oksana -- who insists she didn't sell the tapes -- felt she was getting trashed in the media.

Sources say Oksana wants Judge Scott Gordon in the custody/child support case to clear the $84,000 debt.

Here's the disconnect. The judge would never award money for PR expenses. Aside from legal fees, Judge Gordon would adjust the existing agreement -- $5,000 a month plus the house -- only based on the needs of baby Lucia.

As we first reported ... Oksana's lawyers have gone to court and asked Judge Gordon to up the monthly child support obligation to upwards of $40,000.

We're told the judge has yet to rule on the request.

Dr. Conrad Murray -- Friday's the Day

Dr. Conrad Murray will be arraigned Friday and charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson

Dr. Murray will turn himself in to the LAPD Friday morning. He will be booked and then taken to Airport Court in L.A., Division 144, where he will face a judge at 1:30 PM.

A pool video camera and a still camera will record the event.

Do you think he should be charged? Do you think they should record and air the court room?

What do you think?

'Idol' Judge Accused of Stealing Dance Show

Randy Jackson isn't used to stealing the show -- but according to a new lawsuit, that's exactly what he did with "America's Best Dance Crew."

The Dawg and MTV are being sued by a guy named Dwight McGhee -- who claims the two powerhouses ripped off his idea for a reality show about a dance crew ... called "International Breakerz League."

According to the lawsuit, filed last week in L.A. County Superior Court, McGhee claims he pitched his show idea -- which he calls "uncannily similar" to ABDC -- to MTV back in 2004.

Fast forward four years later -- ABDC premiers on MTV ... and McGhee is pissed, claiming he and MTV struck an "implied" contract when he pitched his concept.

Now, McGhee wants Randy and MTV to pay more than $2,000,000 for his trouble. Good luck with that.

No immediate comment from Jackson or MTV.

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Tough Choice in Haiti

Ten Americans accused of illegally trying to take 33 children out of Haiti appeared in a preliminary hearing with a judge on Tuesday, court officials said.

A list of charges will be drawn up at the hearing, court officials said.

The missionaries say they were just trying to help the children leave the earthquake-stricken country, but Haiti's prime minister has said the group was kidnapping the children

After Tuesday's hearing, the preliminary hearing judge will send the charges to a tribunal judge, court officials said, and the Americans eventually will appear before a tribunal.

The Americans were turned back Friday night as they tried to take the children across the border into the Dominican Republic. At least some of the group are members of the Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho.

They are being held in a jail in Port-au-Prince. Members of the group described conditions as sparse, but said they are getting sufficient amounts of food and water.

P.J. Crowley, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said Monday that U.S. officials have been given unlimited consular access to the Americans and that U.S. and Haitian authorities are "working to try to ascertain what happened [and] the motive behind these people.

"Clearly there are questions about procedure as to whether they had the appropriate paperwork to move the children," he said.

The group said they were trying to move the children to the Dominican Republic in the aftermath of the January 12 earthquake that devastated parts of Haiti, flattening the capital and killing tens of thousands.

They said they were going to house them in a converted hotel in the Dominican Republic.

But without proper documentation, the group was turned back at the border. Government approval is needed for any Haitian children to leave the country, and the group acknowledged that the children have no passports.

The Haitian government has accused the American missionaries of kidnapping and is investigating the incident before releasing the children back to their families.

"The children certainly were not fully willing to go, because in some cases, from what I heard, they were asking for their parents, they wanted to return to their parents," said Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.


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Don't ask dont Tell Policy

Defense Secretary Robert Gates will go before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday, where he is expected to unveil the Pentagon's plan for rolling back the controversial "don't ask, don't tell" policy regarding gay and lesbian service members.

During last week's State of the Union address, President Obama made clear he wanted a change.

"This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law that denies gay Americans the right to serve the country they love because of who they are," he said, to a healthy round of partisan applause.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff sat stone-faced as the president made the announcement and have been quiet on the matter since the State of the Union speech.

A senior Pentagon official told CNN the military leaders are expected to support the president, but also will tell him to what extent they think allowing gays to openly serve will hurt the morale and readiness of the force.

"All they want is a little bit of time" to come up with ideas on how to implement a change in the policy, if it's approved by Congress, the official said of the Joint Chiefs.

The policy, implemented by President Clinton in 1993, bars openly gay, lesbian and bisexual individuals from serving in the U.S. military, and prevents the military from asking them about it.

As a first step, Gates is expected to call for no longer discharging people who are outed by others.

Since the policy was implemented, more than 13,500 service members have been discharged, according to Rep. Jim Moran, D-Virginia. In 2009, there were 428 discharges under the policy -- the lowest rate of discharge since implementation of the policy, he said. The highest year was 2001, with 1,227 discharges, he said.

"This shows that during wartime, DADT is not being pursued aggressively because one's orientation has nothing to do with their ability to fight," Moran said in a written statement Monday.

Defense officials have said privately that the will to enforce the law is declining.

Another military official familiar with the discussion said some of the issues to be considered by the military include the cost of implementing a new policy, benefits for gay spouses, potential hate crimes, and even logistical questions such as the possible need to renovate barracks to separate straight and gay troops.

According to the official, separate housing or showers were not considered serious possibilities, but would be discussed in order to be ruled out.

Previously, Gates has said the transition from the existing law should be done gradually and "very, very carefully."

"The president has been clear about where he wants to go and what he thinks needs to be done," Gates said in April at the U.S. Army War College, when asked about changing the law. "But I think that he is approaching this in a deliberate and cautious manner, so that if we do go down that road, we do it right and we do it in a way that mitigates any downsides, problems that might be associated with it."

At least one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff -- Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps -- has expressed reservations about repealing the law.

"Our Marines are currently engaged in two fights, and our focus should not be drawn away from those priorities," Conway said in November through a spokesman.

Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, a former Navy pilot, released a statement after the State of the Union address, saying "it would be a mistake" for the policy to be repealed.

"This successful policy has been in effect for over 15 years, and it is well understood and predominantly supported by our military at all levels," McCain said.

But others support the change. Gen. John Shalikashvili, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said it was time to repeal the law.

"As a nation built on the principal of equality, we should recognize and welcome change that will build a stronger, more cohesive military," Shalikashvili wrote in a letter to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, who supports repealing the policy.

Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institute said the real test will be in the barracks, with the rank-and-file members of the military.

"We can talk about this delicately or we can just be fairly direct," O'Hanlon said. "There are a lot of 18-year-old, old-fashioned, testosterone-laden men in the military who are tough guys. They're often politically old-fashioned or conservative; they are not necessarily at the vanguard, in many cases, of accepting alternative forms of lifestyle."

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Obama vows to address record deficit woes

Budget plan would boost taxes on wealthy and combat joblessness

President Barack Obama unveiled a multitrillion-dollar spending plan Monday, pledging an intensified effort to combat high unemployment and asking Congress to quickly approve new job-creation efforts that would boost the deficit to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion.

Obama's new budget blueprint preaches the need to make tough choices to restrain runaway deficits, but not before attacking what the administration sees as the more immediate challenge of lifting the country out of a deep recession that has cost 7.2 million jobs over the past two years.

The result is a budget plan that would give the country trillion-dollar-plus deficits for three consecutive years. Obama's new budget projects a spending increase of 5.7 percent for the current budget year and forecasts that spending would rise another 3 percent in 2011 to $3.83 trillion.

"Until America is back at work, my administration will not rest and this recovery will not be finished," Obama declared in his budget message.

Addressing the fact that his budget first projects big increases in the deficit before starting to lower these imbalances, Obama told reporters, "It's very important to understand, we won't be able to bring down this deficit overnight given that the recovery is still taking hold and families across the country still need help."

Obama's budget offers tax cuts for businesses, including a $5,000 tax credit for hiring new workers this year, help for the unemployed and $25 billion more for cash-strapped state governments. All the temporary measures would boost the deficit over the next two years by $245 billion.

The deficit for this year would surge to a record-breaking $1.56 trillion, topping last year's then-unprecedented $1.41 trillion gap, a number which had dwarfed the previous record of $454.8 billion set in 2008 under former President George W. Bush.

The administration is forecasting that deficits over the next decade will add an additional $8.5 trillion to the national debt, even if Congress adopts the administration's package of proposals to trim future deficits starting in 2011. Those include a three-year freeze on spending for government programs, an effort which does not touch popular benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare and which also exempts defense and homeland security. It also proposes a boost in taxes on the wealthiest Americans, families making more than $250,000 annually, by allowing the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 to expire.

Republicans were not impressed with Obama's deficit cutting, saying that it fell far short of the bold steps needed in light of the fiscal challenges the country is facing.

"This country is sinking into a fiscal quagmire," said Sen. Judd Gregg, the top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee. "These circumstances call for a bold, game-changing budget that will turn things around."



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Stars To Redo 'We Are The World' For Haiti Relief

More than 75 mega-stars gathered Monday to re-record the 1985 charity anthem "We are the World" in the same Hollywood recording studio where the original was cut 25 years ago.

Pink, Celine Dion, Natalie Cole, the Jonas Brothers, Kanye West, Tony Bennett, Jennifer Hudson, Akon and other musical luminaries stood shoulder to shoulder on risers at Henson Recording studios, singing their hearts out and hoping to help Haiti.

Quincy Jones, who produced the 1985 anthem, announced last week that he planned to redo the song to benefit recovery from the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake in Port-au-Prince.

Written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, the original "We Are the World" thundered up the charts when it was released on the radio and in record stores in March 1985.

An unprecedented number of top pop musicians gathered at A&M the night of Jan. 28, 1985, following the American Music Awards, to record the tune. The song featured 45 American superstars, including Jackson, Richie, Stevie Wonder, Tina Turner, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, Diana Ross, Bob Dylan and Cyndi Lauper.

The record raised more than $30 million for USA for Africa, a nonprofit organization founded by the singers to fund hunger relief in African nations.

True to her diva reputation, Barbra Streisand recorded her solo over and over, completely absorbed in the recording process and stopping only to correct her pitch.

While reporters watched a video feed of the session in a nearby room, stars like Kayne West mingled outside with friends, greeting his buddy, Snoop Dogg with a hug.

Julianne Hough from "Dancing with the Stars," who is also a country singer, was only 3 years old when the original tune came out. She said she felt honored to lend her voice to the effort and sing next to so many talented musicians.

"It's just iconic. Celine (Dion) is just so gracious and amazing and such a pro," she said.

The session was all the talk at Sunday night's Grammy festivities. Music producer RedOne said being asked to participate was "the biggest honor a musician can ever do."

"Having Quincy, our father of music ... and Lionel Richie asking me to contribute and help, I said of course, because this is not about me," he said. "It's about Haiti."

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So you want to see me naked at the airport?

Unbuckle the belt. Slip off the shoes. Step into the full-body scanning booth.

Many American travelers may need some time to get used to that last command.

But those scanners are coming to many American airports, as part of the federal government's response to the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Northwest Airlines jet over Detroit. The Nigerian suspect, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, hid explosive materials in his underwear and boarded the plane undetected.

The new scanners use low-level X-rays or radio frequencies to see through clothing and find threats that metal detectors cannot, like ceramic knives and bomb components. Such a body scan would have helped screeners detect the explosive packet carried by Abdulmutallab, says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and security experts.

Napolitano recently said she would speed up the installation and deployment of hundreds of the machines at airports across the country. Nineteen U.S. airports already use them.

O'Hare International Airport should get its first scanners in the next six months, according to Chicago Aviation Commissioner Rosemarie Andolino.

So, travelers, get ready.

The photo here gives you an idea of what you'll be revealing.

There has been an intense debate about the safety and effectiveness of these machines and about how much they invade your privacy.

The safety issues seem easy to answer. Some of the machines use minimal X-rays, the equivalent of your exposure from just two minutes of flying on an airplane, the Transportation Security Administration says. Other models use radio wave transmissions that emit much less energy than a typical cell phone transmission. So they're safe.

Effective? Yes, to a point. They can't detect contraband that is smuggled inside a body cavity.

Privacy? This is a real concern. Federal officials say the machines will blur your face and groin area. The machines will not store, print, transmit or send your image. It must be deleted by the operator before another image will appear.

Still, the scanners are incredibly intrusive. They also will likely lengthen security lines and add waiting time.

That's why the machines should be used as a secondary line of screening, as they were when first introduced a few years ago. They should be used on passengers who require additional scrutiny, not on everyone in line, as the TSA plans to do.

The TSA also needs to offer more choices for people who refuse to be scanned. Right now, people can ask for a pat-down instead of a scan. How about giving passengers the option of having a bomb-sniffing dog take a whiff? About 700 dogs currently work at airports. They're trained to detect lots of different explosive compounds, including the one that authorities say Abdulmutallab smuggled on board. Training more bomb-detecting dogs is a cheap and effective way to enhance airport security.

Scanners are useful, but no single system or device will stymie every attempt. Terrorists always probe for vulnerabilities, seeking new avenues of attack. With luck and determination, we'll develop new ways to thwart them.

And on it goes

What do you think about Airport scanners?

Who wants to click the ads

I tune in to TV in hopes of getting the most recent political news — domestic and global. As my attention wavers, there is the usual blast of an ad at a higher volume than what was being covered.

But what gets to me more is the rapidly degenerating content. More and more we are getting soft porn. We are paying costs for medications that all too often turn out to be dangerous. The picturing of sick people is downright depressing. And is the sex life of Americans so bad that they need a half dozen chemical remedies to produce those glazed looks on the faces of middle aged couples?

Our medical reform bill will obviously be limited and flawed to meet the lowest common prejudices of some of the 60 necessary to pass something — maybe later we can make improvements. But as things stand now part of our medical expenses in addition to the bill denying/collecting medical insurance and drug profit-making lies in those damned ads.

I find myself trying to block out this stuff without missing news by using the silencing equipment, but the pictured remains and is in some ways worse than the verbal chatter.

What to do, I do not know. We live in an oligarchy that looks to be pretty much controlled by the super rich corporate heads. And the worst ads are theirs of the political lies they promote that are destroying what little democracy that he have left in this country.

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“A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope.” (Livy cited by Machiavelli)


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What really happen with Tiger woods

Here’s what I think may have actually happened.

Elin Nordegren has historically been embarrassed at her lack of golf skills, routinely coming up with excuses why she won’t be available to play a round with some other PGA spouses.

Tiger urged her to practice. But this practice had to take place beyond the sight of curious onlookers who might out Elin as a non-golfer. Last week, during one of her many middle of the night sessions, Nordegren accidentally let a club sail from her hands. The club flew over the roof of the couple’s Florida mansion and smashed the back window of their SUV.

Nervous about the potential of the neighbors going on Larry King Live and letting the whole world know his wife can’t hit a decent drive to save her life, Tiger rushes to the garage, starts the vehicle, and after a brief strategic conversation with caddy Steve Williams, smashes the shit out of the car by slicing it into a tree and playing a perfect bunker shot into a fire hydrant.

All was going fine until people started getting suspicious. The rumors of domestic violence were just a little too close to the reality of Elin’s poor athleticism.

Tiger made attempts at the tried and true distraction methods such as cryptic website posts and avoiding the cops, but it seemed hopeless. Soon every PGA wife on the tour would know that Tiger’s wife had no skills.

So, in a last ditch effort to save the reputation of his wife, Tiger put on his green jacket and started fucking a bunch of people. And so far, it seems to be working.

Sorry US Magazine and TMZ, you’ve been played by the master.

10 things you didn't know were in the heath bill

You’ve probably heard about most of the big ticket items like the public option and the insurance marketplace, but here are ten things you probably didn’t know were in the health bill.

1. Any medical instruments accidentally left inside your body cavity during surgery are yours to keep.

2. The several hundred people Steve Jobs cut ahead of on the liver transplant waiting list will all get a free Nano.

3. You still have to turn your head, but as a cost-cutting measure, a guy in Bangalore who calls himself Larry will handle the cough.

4. Regardless of my friend Mordy’s heartfelt steam room proclamations to the contrary, scrotum size is not the new penis size.

5. The release of two pieces of classified data: The prostate digital exam doesn’t actually test for anything. And that guy with the white coat is not really a doctor.

6. Barring any last minute ammendments, Rifka Bergenbaum’s daughter will finally marry a nice doctor.

7. You know that front desk person who puts you on hold even when there’s no one else on the line or in the office, lies about being out of vaccines, and when you called reporting chest pain told you that the next available appointment was in three months? She’s going to appear in front of a Congressional panel where she’ll finally admit she wants you dead.

8. Inspired by Elin Nordegren, all Emergency Medical Technicians will now be required to carry a nine iron in their ambulances.

9. Olbermann will name an itchiness he’s had in is ass for two years as the worst person in the world and start a new end of show countdown: “It’s been fourteen days since I was promised some decent cream.”

10. White House crashers Tareq and Michaele Salahi admit that, even after several tries, they still can’t get past the receptionist at my doctor’s office.