Today Scanner Emily bulldozes through heaps of dirt to bring us the latest goods on the Amy Winehouse Facegate drama. Apparently, British tabbie The Sun uncovered the less-than-flattering face shots. Says Emily, “We're not the type to kick people when they're down. Nor do we want to (publicly) pick at people's flaws. So you should know we feel really bad showing you this picture of Amy Winehouse.”
Speaking of the paps, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s recent Britney Spears skewering is too rich for words. We’re fine with mere mumbles.
Scanner Brian is convulsing through his “nerdgasm” as he polishes off sexy Simpsons avatars from the cast of Battlestar Galactica.
Meanwhile, FOX News staffers are convulsing with fits of a different breed. Their faux moral outrage sniff test of the satire Miss Bimbo Virtual Fashion Game has failed them yet again.
A mossback spoof of MTV’s fakality show The Hills is better than the actual show. But then again, it doesn’t take too much.
In douchebag news, Girls Gone Wild Joe Francis could be headed back to the chink.
Screengrab examines a New York magazine article on John Waters, which finds the cutting-edge auteur interested in fake rubber pies and books on Nazism; ponders whether Brad Pitt and Barack Obama were separated at birth; lambastes Entertainment Weekly’s umpteenth list, this on movie villains; and previews Kids director Harmony Korine’s new flick, Mister Lonely.
— Joey Hood