day 153

madonna fall down go boom

madonna suffered a fall from a friend's horse in long island on saturday and was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.  the horse got startled and bucked the 50-year old queen of pop after some paparazzi jumped out of the bushes and started snapping pics.  this is madge's second horse-induced hospital run; in 2005, esther (that's her kaballah name for the less random-fact inclined readers) was thrown off a different horse, suffering cracked ribs and a snapped collarbone.  luckily, the "4 minutes" singer got off easier this time - just some bruises here and there.  but, the paper who has the exclusive pics - the new york post - swears no photographers were around the material mom at the time of the fall, as can be seen from the pics they've posted (like the one above).  the photogs were quite a ways away.  instead, the paper is claiming that madonna was jumping over hurdles with the horse when she took the fall.  so, who are we supposed to believe? i don't know, but it seems like this is a case of the celebrity blaming her most sworn enemy: the press. 

clarkson "does not hook up" 

kelly clarkson's latest single, "i do not hook up," is sure to be huge on the radio and her new video has recently hit the internets (leaked, of course).  the vid can be checked out here.  i couldn't track down a code to embed the vid here, but the pic above is from a screen shot.  i like the video, but i wish kel would get the memo that not every video needs a performance set-up.  you can tell a perfectly good story without a microphone.  the video is a bunch of vignettes of kelly "hooking up" in between the performance snip bits.  kelly's acting redeems herself from the post-idol win flick bomb from justin to kelly; the bar scene is the funniest part, to me.  it's still sad, though, that kelly has to hide behind tables, bars, baggy clothes; she needs to either embrace the full figure or lose it.  usually she slims down while on tour, so that'll probably happen later this year when she hits the road.