Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Sad News

The body of a young boy was found in the back seat of the white Chevrolet Suburban police have been looking for since the death of Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother. It is assumed to be her missing nephew, Julian King. />...

R.I.P. Tony Hillerman

The author of the acclaimed Navajo Tribal Police mystery novels has died of pulmonary failure at the age of 83. You know, I remember staring at those novels on the shelves of my middle school's library and being like, "Those are the last things I'm going to read. Indians are soooooo boring." Why was I so unbelievably resistant to learning about Native American culture as a child growing up in Arizona? Was it just that the material was damn near forced into our heads as kids in that regi...

I Am Going to Start Automating the Amy Winehouse Rehab Stories

Seriously, you guys, rather than write these things every month, I'm just going to create a software program that knows to pump them out every 4-5 weeks. I'm going to patent it and sell it to all other news agencies. Here is a rough look at the pseudo-code: printf("OMG you guys! Amy Winehouse went to rehab! She had some trouble with the cops because of $police_issue and so she checked herself into rehab at $london_clinic with the help of her good pal $other_druggie. Her father, Mitch ...

People Who Are Having a Worse Monday Than You

I'm in Monday denial, you guys. I've been the laziest human being on the planet all weekend, and, I love you, but I am soooo not feeling like working right now. I'm really way too busy feeling sorry for myself, which is what happens when I spend an entire weekend being lazy and get stuck in my head, where I invent problems with which to entertain myself. So I'm fucking around on the computer, doing ANYTHING but my job, and I'm really just devoting all my energy to self-pity, which is kind of like a black hole in the sense that the more it sucks in the more powerful it becomes. (Strangely, the same can be said for Karrine "Supahead" Steffans.) But I wind up on CNN.com, and do you guys know that there is so much tragic shit going on right now? I mean, is shit always this tragic, or does it just seem like it right now? Here's a run-down of the tragic shit going on right now: 1) The Jennifer Hudson uber-tragedy. 2) Four high-school cheerleaders -- two of whom were sisters -- killed in a horrific car crash in Tennessee. Also dead: the driver of the other car, and the unborn child of one of its passengers. 3) Two dead in an Arkansas university shooting. 4) That young TV anchor found brutally beaten last week? Died of her injuries over the weekend. Police still have no suspect or motive, and believe the attack may have been random. And that's just the shit on CNN right now. And I didn't even count the war stuff. Goddamn. Maybe I'll just forward this URL to CuteOverload.com for the week. News is awful. Aminals are awesome. />I'm in Monday denial, you guys. I've been the laziest human being on the planet all weekend, and, I love you, but I am soooo not feeling like working right now. I'm really way too busy feeling sorry for myself, which is what happens when I spend an entire weekend being lazy and get stuck in my head, where I invent problems with which to entertain myself. So I'm fucking around on the computer, doing ANYTHING but my job, and I'm really just devoting all my energy to self-pity, which is kind of like...

A Time For Kindness

Mischa Barton appeared at the Guitar Hero World Tour Party last night in L.A.  You guys know how I feel about her.  I can't believe I'm about to say this.  She didn't look totally horrible.  A flattering angle for the cankles and no headband really help distract me from all the fringe she's wearing.  So...OK...labored breathing here...she didn't look so bad.  I think I'm drunk. Oh, and I don't know who this chick Aisha from American Idol is, but she needs to know ...

Terrence Howard’s Expensive Week

It hasn't been going too well for Terrence Howard lately.  First, he was replaced in the Iron Man sequel.  Now he has been slapped with a $5 million lawsuit.  Composer Tex Allen, brother of choreographer Debbie, alleges that Terrence assaulted him while they were working together on Broadway's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.  According to the lawsuit, Allen was punched repeatedly in the face by Howard and the incident ruined his ability to play piano.  I'm not saying it's right to punch someone but fi...