<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, sheryl crow]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, sheryl crow]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/sherylcrow http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/sherylcrow <![CDATA[J-Lo, J-Hud and Dems Playing Poker: A 'Defamer Decides' Round-Up]]> How does the slowest industry news week of the year suddenly become a busy one at Defamer? Simple: Just add a Washington bureau! However, since we entered grueling negotiations last week to bring Victoria Jackson aboard as our full-time bureau chief and ideological consultant, we've fallen behind on a list of essential stories coming out of this week's Democratic National Convention. So for the sake of your political edification and our poor, congested inboxes, here's the latest worth knowing from Denver and beyond:

· Hollywood East is open for business, reports Variety, with everyone from Jennifer Lopez to Kanye West to Cyndi Lauper enlisted to share in the platform platitudes. The bad news: Bono is skipping Denver, leaving a sanctimony vacuum from which organizers are attempting to shield guest speaker Fran Drescher — especially at this altitude.

· Gamble for Democracy! In the best DNC synergy to date, Poker Players Alliance and the Paralyzed Veterans of America are co-hosting a charity tournament Tuesday at Coors Field. Ben Affleck will among the players; the winner gets a seat at the 2009 World Series of Poker.

· "According to the Center For Responsive Politics, which follows political money, [Joe] Biden throughout his U.S. Senate career has raised only $390,298 from the TV/Movies/Music sector, including a mere $187,600 from entertainment industry donors in 2008 while he was running for President." More from Nikki Finke.

· Access Hollywood kicked a note over the transom reporting that Jennifer Hudson will sing the national anthem before Obama's speech Thursday night.

· Sheryl Crow performed at Red Rocks on Sunday, later telling Extra that while Barack Obama inspires her, "Celebrity has sort of become a derogatory term." Not on our watch, Sheryl! Anyway, tune in tonight, etc. etc.

· Speaking of Extra, this just in about the show's Denver correspondent: "Carlos Diaz is reporting all week from Denver’s Democratic National Convention and is available for live shots." But enough about target practice! Zing! Ugh. Politics is hard!

· Paul Colichman, the mogul (and Hillary Clinton supporter) behind Out, The Advocate, the Here network and other gay media monoliths, is outraged by Obama's professed aversion to gay marriage. "If we write checks to candidates who don't stand up for us, aren't we being self-destructive?" We don't know, Paul — Hillary didn't support gay marriage either, and you seem to have survived. Off you go! [Via Queerty]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5041664&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[John Mayer Having A Hard Time Deciding Whether The Cameras or 'Clingy' Jennifer Aniston Is More Important]]> Sadly, not all girly song-writing musicians are as easily whipped into shape as Joshua Kelley Heigl. And Jennifer Aniston is discovering this pesky factoid the hard way. In an attempt to gather some overseas materials for her inevitable post break-up scrapbooking sesh, Aniston reportedly spent much of John Mayer’s Hyde Park concert “snapping pictures,” tapping her foot and showering him with over-enthusiastic embraces and forced PDA as soon as he got a moment to relax. In short? “Clingy” Jennifer is back, and it only takes one photo frighteningly reminiscent of Ben Affleck’s passion-void camera-centric “kiss” to Jennifer Lopez in 2003 to signal trouble on the horizon. More details surrounding Aniston’s steadily approaching familiar descent towards relationship desperation after the jump.

As Us reported, Jen and her "big professional camera" just could not stop taking pictures of Mayer throughout his Saturday gig overseas, and that contagious British virus notorious for attacking celebrities during their trips across the pond struck Aniston, who became so suddenly turned on by Mayer's dapper black chinos that she took a nose-dive straight into them as paparazzi swarmed in. But her clingy girlfriends are clinging to their own objects of affection (the press) and labeling her clingy yet again! It seems her so-called friends are worried about Jennifer's mode of desperation rising up as it always does, and they've collectively hypothesized that Mayer is just in the relationship for the fanfare! But he claims every decision he makes is "with complete authenticity!" And Sheryl Crow is "happy"! And Owen Wilson could not be reached for comment! And Jessica Simpson was spotted hurled over some bar soaked in tears and memories! And Brad Pitt announced he simply didn't care, thus signaling that light at the end of the tunnel, and we finally remembered we have better things to do.

[Photo credits: Daily Mail, Wireimage]

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5020902&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Three Reasons Why We Don’t Buy The Kate Hudson And Lance Armstrong Love Story]]> Only days after rumors surfaced that the on-and-off relationship between Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson had switched back to Off, the Stallion was seen preying on new anonymous blondes in New York City while lovelorn Kate was allegedly recuperating from the split. So naturally, the news that Hudson picked herself back up and found a new paramour in the fit form of one-ball wonder Lance Armstrong is slightly comforting. But after reading the details surrounding the pair’s so-called dates and blooming “romance,” we aren’t biting. The three clues in particular that leave us seated while others jump to conclusions, after the jump.

1. Group Dates Do Not A Romance Make: The "cozy dinner date" on Friday night that started all the rumors was actually a gathering of six people, not to mention four kids running around. Plus, the new couple didn't even sit next to each other.

2. Happy Livestrong Day! Lance is a proven expert when it comes to attaching his name to Hollywood names. He's already been linked to Sheryl Crow and Ashley Olsen, nabbed cameos on the big-screen (including You, Me And Dupree, the Wilson-Hudson rom-com), and gone on jogging dates with fellow shirtless enthusiast Matthew McConaughey. So it's hard to ignore the fact that he is once again making tabloid headlines during the same week as Livestrong Day, his annual bike ride held to raise awareness for cancer. Excellent cause, and an excellent way of calling attention to it?

3. Who Eats Tacos On A First Date? Hudson reportedly downed fish tacos on their "date," and Armstrong went for nachos. We're just sayin'.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5009750&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Short Ends: Karl Rove Vs. Sheryl Crow and Larry David's Wife]]> - Defamer· Karl Rove hates the environment so much that he refuses to be touched by Sheryl Crow. We bet the license plate on his Hummer says "SUCK IT."
· What does 'The Bachelor' say about women? How about, "I am an attention whore willing to pretend I'd consider marrying someone I just met in exchange for some fleeting, ultimately worthless TV exposure?"
· If you're a fan of Laguna Beach, these photos are disturbing. If not, they're just some pictures of a couple of jackasses with a revolver and a bottle of vodka.
· Never has the purchase of three dozen Fun Rubber Duck Duckie Ducks seemed so chilling.

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