Lohan Trades Interview For Hanna Montana Tickets

So I guess Lindsay called in to some Las Vegas AM talk radio show in order to score Hanna Montana tickets for the children of some friends of hers. During the brief interview that ensued, LL said her favorite fast food is McDonald's (good choice!) and she's currently in the studio working on her new album, which will be more "urban pop" than the last one (huh). She also said that her favorite TV guilty pleasure is "A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila"--apparently a really weird twist on the reality dating show genre that stars the erstwhile host of "Pants Off Dance Off."

Scotsman.com Adds New "Alcohol" Tab

Scotsman.com, the web presence of a leading news source in Scotland has added a new topical link to its sidebar. Yep, "Alcohol" will now be displayed as a link next to the other important issues for Scots--perhaps very appropriately situated between "Scottish Independence" and "Terrorism."

Guess Who's Single!

Boo-yah! Lindsay Lohan is back on the market after dumping professional loser Riley Giles. If you've been reading the tabloids, you know that Riley wasn't on his best behavior over the Thanksgiving holiday he spent with the Lohan clan in NYC. Guess Lindsay needs to find a guy she can bring home to mom. Aw...(*sniffle*)...she's growing up.

Take The I Know Who Killed Me Challenge!

See if you can get through the opening scene without rolling your eyes! See if you can get through the torture scenes without puking! See if you can get through the entire movie with any residual respect for LL! Sony Pictures' I Know Who Killed Me, starring Lindsay Lohan will hit store shelves tomorrow, just in time to make a nice Christmas present for that Lohanophile in your life. I'd mock the movie and give you all kinds of spoilers, but I couldn't make it through the first half hour. Ladies: do you know a guy who just seems to give Lindsay Lohan too much credit? Is your man a closet LL fanatic? Get him to watch this movie, and he'll revile her just as much as you do--until he sees the blowjob scene in Georgia Rule, and immediately returns to being her # 1 fan!

Killed U of C Student To Be Awarded Degree Posthumously

Amadou Cisse, an international student completing his Ph.D. degree in chemistry at the University of Chicago, was shot and killed at 1:26 a.m. Monday in the street near 6120 S. Ellis Ave--only one block from the University's campus. Cisse had successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on November 1, and was scheduled to receive his degree at Convocation on December 7. The University will award his degree posthumously. In addition to that fatal shooting, there were two other incidents on or near the U of C campus that very hour. At 12:33 a.m. at 6045 Woodlawn, a man was chased by an individual who fired a shot in his direction. At 1:15 a.m., two women were robbed at 924 E. 57th St. by an individual who said he had a weapon. Police are investigating whether or not these incidents are related. The University of Chicago is reputed to have the second largest private police force in the country, and University officials say they are presently increasing police patrols on campus in response to these incidents.

Even Thom Yorke Paid Nothing For In Rainbows

I'm not even kidding.

Swedish Feminists To Desexualize The Breast

A group of Swedish feminists calling themselves Just Breasts are mounting a civil disobedience campaign aimed to make it legal for women to go topless in Sweden. In other words, they are showing their boobies at various public beaches and pools as they swim in bottoms-only bathing suits. I know that sounds pretty cool, but you really have to read the fine print with these things: the group's stated goal is to make women's breasts "as normal and desexualised as men's, so that we too can pull off our shirts at football matches." Women: could you please take pity on a wretched creature and not take this one thing away from me?

Lindsay Lohan Does Hard Time

Today the Los Angeles Times reported that LL spent a day in jail yesterday as part of her sentence for her drunk driving conviction. Devoted readers will recall that Lohan racked up two DUIs last summer, the second of which saw her chasing a car all the way to the parking lot of a police station. Both times, cociane was involved. In August, LL pleaded no contest to both DUI charges in exchange for a sentence of one day in jail and an amount of community service. Apparantly Lohan served her day in jail yesterday, which, actually, consisted of about 84 minutes, during which Red was photographed, fingerprinted and put in a holding cell, alone.

AEM Bargain Bin Selection #1: Soft Cell's Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

Reckless Records, $1.99. You may think that New Wave, the gay dance club scene and MDMA are out of fashion, but they're probably all on the verge of a huge come-back. Still that's not enough to get Reckless Records to move Soft Cell's first and best album from the bargain bin back into their normal stock. Soft Cell was formed in 1980 by Marc Almond and David Ball after the two met at Leeds Polytechnic Fine Arts University. Born of the New Romantic movement in British pop, the band was branded as part of the futurist pop scene embodied by bands like The Human League and OMD. But Soft cell's schtick had a decidedly darker tone that struck a chord with what became the Goth scene. Soft Cell's first LP, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is an unapologetic sleezefest, right from the sleezy, neon-lit title--its subject matter consisting exclusively of the glamorization of an obscene, drug-addled nightlife and the mockery of those too square to partake in it. Soft Cell's career was quite short-lived--much like most of their New Romantic-era peers, I guess. The band is basically known for its hit cover of "Tainted Love," the controversy over the photographs used to promote its "Sex Dwarf" song/concept, and its over-use of MDMA. That, however, doesn't mean this album doesn't kick ass! Happy bargain-binning!

Entertainment Weekly: Why Sixteen Candles Rules

Check it out--this is so awesome! Entertainment Weekly ran this story recently about why Sixteen Candles is better than Pretty In Pink. It is so true! Why do so many people like Pretty In Pink so much? Sixteen Candles totally blows it away. Farmer Ted! Jake Ryan! Underwear! Rolls Royces! I'm gonna have a fit just thinking about it.