From Yahoo news:

Knotts died Friday night of pulmonary and respiratory complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, said Paul Ward, a spokesman for the cable network TV Land, which airs “The Andy Griffith Show,” and another Knotts hit, “Three’s Company.”

Unspecified health problems had forced him to cancel an appearance in his native Morgantown in August 2005.

This dude fascinates me for some reason. I don’t know if it is my “goth” past (he sort of looks like the “vampire” I used to date-Mom? Allen?), or just the fact that I “normally” like different kinds of folks, but I am really interested to see what Mr. Manson does with Lewis Carrolls story. I keep seeing info about it in all of my PittWatch research, but until Angelina commits to doing the part, there isn’t much to say about it over there, so I am keeping it here, at home base.

That said, I wish Angelina would do the role, I think she would be perfect.

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Thanks Mom. By the way, Mom sent this with a Subject line of “Duck It’s Dick.” Not sure what that is supposed to mean in reference to this picture, but I think I have a better clue than mom did.

From TMZ.com:

Actor Chris Penn died accidentally from an enlarged heart and the effects of a mix of multiple medications, the county coroner’s office said Monday.

“There is absolutely no indication that this is anything but an accident,” chief coroner investigator Craig Harvey said.

Penn, 40, the younger brother of Sean Penn, was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on Jan. 24, but the results of his autopsy and toxicology tests were not released until Monday.

The primary cause of death was “nonspecific cardiomyopathy,” an oversized heart, with the “effects of multiple medication intake,” according to a statement issued by the coroner’s office.

“We know he had several prescriptions, including promethazine with codeine, which featured predominantly in his death,” Harvey said.

Kanye West won 3 Grammys (at least–I quit looking after that) last night.  That makes me ill.  I wish someone would send him away.   I have a lot more comments but I am not going to go there.  Please don’t let Pamela Anderson really be sleeping with him.

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How sad this is. I hope there was more to this email than sexy pictures though, some evidence that there had been some relationship between her husband and his assistant. But generally, I believe pretty strongly that where there is smoke, there is fire. But on the other hand, I also believe that infidelity is something that can be worked though, if given a chance, of course.

Explicit e-mail does it for Locklear

Here’s another dire warning from the surgeon general: Sexy e-mails can imperil a marriage.Latest Internet case is the union of Richie Sambora and Heather Locklear, which went from troubled to divorce court in a flash when, report People and the Star, the foxy Locklear discovered an explicit missive to her hubby from his former assistant, Stephanie Heaton.

Heather signed on the split papers’ dotted line, much to the shock of Sambora, who found out from an interviewer and exclaimed, “It’s completely untrue!”

Would that it be, Mr. Bon Jovi Guitar Plucker, but a Locklear pal related, “Heather couldn’t believe what she was seeing. It completely blew their marriage out of the water.”

The explicit e-mails included shots of Heaton in heat, despite wearing nothing but fishnets and boots.

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Interesting article from the Uganda Monitor about Metrosexual men:

David Beckham, the man who has been credited with changing male behaviour, has been deemed the world’s ultimate metrosexual. Beckham may be married with kids, and a role model to so many in the football field but he sees it befitting to wear sarongs (a garment of Asian origin consisting of a length of printed cloth wrapped around the waist.), and nail polish.

He has even been rumoured to share undies with his wife, former Spice Girl, Victoria. In his autobiography, David Beckham My World the English Midfielder is quoted saying he has never been homophobic and he is not the kind of man who will go out and drink beer just to be a man. He is a fashion fanatic and boasts of a dressing room tidier than Victoria’s.

He cooks and doesn’t believe in a wife that does all the housework for him. He says that in his marriage, they both ‘wear the trousers’.

I have pretty much heard that Ms. Posh (Victoria) Beckham wears the pants around their house, but whatever works for them. As for me, I am pretty satisfied with the way things are around here. I tried the pants wearing thing while I was a single mother, and I much prefer Marshall wearing the pants. Those of you who know Marshall, can you imagine him wearing a printed cloth sarong and nail polish? Ha. I didn’t think so. I don’t even want to think about the underwear thing.

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From The Guardian:

Actor Chris Penn, younger brother of Sean and best remembered as Nice Guy Eddie Cabot in Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs, was found dead at his Santa Monica home yesterday. He was 40, according to police, although most reports put his age as 43.

Penn’s body was discovered in bed inside his apartment, located in a four-story condominium complex near the beach, by his housekeeper. Police said they were investigating the cause of death but stated that there were no obvious signs of foul play. [...]

His latest film, The Darwin Awards, a black comedy about unusual suicides, was scheduled to premiere today at the Sundance film festival.

That’s a little wierd,eh? Wonder why he wasn’t at Sundance?

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Heidi is at it again:

The West Gets Wilder - New York Times

PICTURE a pleasure oasis in the Nevada desert, a collection of luxurious bungalows featuring bedrooms with fireplaces where sexual fantasies and desires are catered to. Starting at $250 an hour.But at this house, Heidi’s Stud Farm, the prostitutes will be hunky men and the patrons women.

Heidi Fleiss is planning the all-male brothel on 60 acres in Nevada, where prostitution is often legal, and there are more than two dozen brothels of the conventional sort. Lawyers for Ms. Fleiss, the ex-Hollywood madam who served time in prison in the late 1990’s on federal charges related to a high-end call-girl business, plan to apply for a license this month. Ms. Fleiss said she expects to have her house of ill repute up and running later in the year.

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Well, the deed is done, we have decided to eliminate the eternally grieving widow from our group. This has been heartbreaking for all of us, but I think once it settles in, we will be so much better for it. That said, I have a few things I am going to resolve to do and do better this year:

• Participate more in my FLYgroups

• Get back on the Flying program like I was

• Quit feeling sorry for myself and have a bit better attitude towards certain people in my (real) life

There is more, but that’s all that is on my mind for now. The kids will be home from school soon, so it is time to wrap it up here the best I can. Hope you are having a great day!