Ballot measures in the states of Colorado and Washington to legalize marijuana for recreational use have passed! They’re now the first two states in the US in which personal non-medical marijuana use is legal. This is of course in violation of federal law and may lead to a legal battle with the Obama administration. Advocates point out that this is how prohibition was appealed in the late 1920s – individual states repealed prohibition prior to its appeal on the federal level in 1933.

Marijuana in these two states will now be officially regulated, taxed and sold by the government – similar to how my state, Virginia, sells hard liquor only in government-run stores. Individuals in Colorado and Washington can possess up to an ounce of marijuana for personal use. People in Colorado will be allowed to grow up to six marijuana plants, while grow-your-own is prohibited in Washington. A similar, more permissive bill in Oregon, which would have legalized unlimited cultivation and possession of marijuana, was defeated. They need to start a little slower than that. Medical marijuana was also approved in Massachusetts by yesterday’s vote, making it the 18th state to do so. Here’s more, thanks to Reuters, which has more information at the source about the process these states will go through to set up legal dispensaries.

Colorado and Washington became the first U.S. states to legalize the possession and sale of marijuana for recreational use on Tuesday in defiance of federal law, setting the stage for a possible showdown with the Obama administration.

But another ballot measure to remove criminal penalties for personal possession and cultivation of recreational cannabis was defeated in Oregon, where significantly less money and campaign organization was devoted to the cause.

Supporters of a Colorado constitutional amendment legalizing marijuana were the first to declare victory, and opponents conceded defeat, after returns showed the measure garnering nearly 53 percent of the vote versus 47 percent against.

“Colorado will no longer have laws that steer people toward using alcohol, and adults will be free to use marijuana instead if that is what they prefer. And we will be better off as a society because of it,” said Mason Tvert, co-director of the Colorado pro-legalization campaign.

The Drug Policy Alliance, a national advocacy group that backed the initiatives, said the outcome in Washington and Colorado reflected growing national support for liberalized pot laws, citing a Gallup poll last year that found 50 percent of Americans favored making it legal, versus 46 opposed.

Supporters of Washington state’s pot legalization initiative declared victory after the Seattle Times and other media projected a win for marijuana proponents.

Early returns showed pro-legalization votes led with 55 percent versus to 44 percent opposed with about 60 percent of ballots tallied in the state’s all-mail-in election system.

The outcomes in Colorado and Washington, which already have laws on the books legalizing marijuana for medical purposes, put both states in further conflict with the federal government, which classifies cannabis as an illegal narcotic.

The U.S. Department of Justice reacted to the measure’s passage in Colorado by saying its enforcement policies remain unchanged, adding: “We are reviewing the ballot initiative and have no additional comment at this time.”…

Under the recreational marijuana measures in Colorado and Washington, personal possession of up to an ounce (28.5 grams) of marijuana would be legal for anyone at least 21 years of age. They also will permit cannabis to be legally sold and taxed at state-licensed stores in a system modeled after a regime many states have in place for alcohol sales.

Oregon’s initiative would have legalized state-licensed sales, as well as possession and cultivation of unlimited amounts of pot for personal recreational use.

The Colorado measure will limit cultivation to six marijuana plants per person, but “grow-your-own” pot would be still be banned altogether in Washington state.

Tvert said provisions legalizing simple possession in Colorado would take effect after 30 days, once the election results are certified. Colorado’s amendment also mandates establishing rules for sales and excise tax collections once the state legislature reconvenes in January.

“The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will,” Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who opposed the measure, said in a statement. “This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through.”

[From Reuters]

As Reuters mentions, we’ll have to see what the Obama administration says about these measures, and if they speak out against them. They’ve been cracking down on medical marijuana outfits in California that were distributing the drug on a wider basis. This is something much different.

I’m not a pot smoker, but I’m glad these bills have passed. I don’t think possession and use of small amounts should be illegal, and I agree that people with chronic pain and medical issues should be able to use marijuana responsibly to manage their conditions. There are prescription narcotics on the market that are much more harmful and life-altering than pot ever will be, and it’s about time that it was decriminalized. (At the least.) I do worry about people driving while high, though, and whether law enforcement will have the tools they need to sobriety test for pot.

These photos are from the 2011 Hempfest in Seattle. Credit: Cannabis Culture on Flickr

I’m honestly surprised to hear that Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are expecting a baby. I know they’re a picture of supercute, mildly cloying, couplehood, what with that movie they did together this summer and all, but they don’t seem like the type to have a kid. They’ve been engaged for almost three years, and Kristen has offered varying explanations as to why they haven’t made it official yet (it’s too much stress, they’re waiting for same sex marriage to be legal) so I assumed they were happy with the way things were. Whatever the case, they’re having a baby! I’m really surprised and happy for them. Here’s more:

Life is imitating art for Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell.

The Parenthood actor and the House of Lies actress are expecting their first child in late spring, a close friend of the longtime couple tells PEOPLE.

“They’re so excited — they’re both ecstatic. They can’t wait to become parents,” the friend tells PEOPLE.

“Kristen had a little bit of morning sickness early on but she just started shooting the second season of House of Lies and is feeling great now.”

Bell, 32, and Shepard, 37, started dating in 2007 and have been engaged for nearly three years.

While promoting their film Hit and Run this summer, the couple said children were definitely in their future and would likely come before a wedding, since they don’t plan to marry until same-sex marriage is legal in their home state of California.

“We wouldn’t want to invite all of our friends who don’t have that right to celebrate us, who have that right. We just don’t feel right about that,” Shepard said on The View in July. Added Bell: “Can you think about how rude that would feel?”

Having kids before marriage, Bell told Larry King in August, “doesn’t really bother us.”

[From People]

Let’s see… if Kristen is due in late Spring, like May or so, that means she’s around three months along and that she got pregnant in August when they were on the press tour for Hit & Run. I like that they admitted they would have kids before marriage, and it sounds like they were trying back when they said that. Good for them!

As for how they’ll be as parents, they’re going to love that baby to pieces. Do you remember that viral video of Kristen freaking out on Ellen just at the memory of having a baby sloth visit her at her birthday party? She’s going to be flipping out once she realizes how amazing and adorable her own baby is. I have the feeling Dax is going to be the responsible one. Maybe they balance each other out that way.

Here’s Kristen on 10-10. She doesn’t look pregnant, but she was only a couple months along at this point:

photo credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

Kate Gosselin’s ex husband, Jon, has a new girlfriend of less than a year, after having broken up with his last one in January. Of course he does. The guy has Ed Hardy underwear that will last years longer than his average relationship. His latest girlfriend is a single mom to three kids, and Jon has been dating her from almost the moment he broke up with his last girlfriend. It’s safe to assume there was some overlap there, given his history. Anyway Jon’s latest girlfriend is tweeting photos of him and his kids, particularly with her pit bull dog. In response to two photos of her kids cuddling with the dog, (the ones which are here), Jon’s ex Kate retweeted another person’s message about how pit bulls are dangerous. It was a passive aggressive, bitch move, but I can’t say that this Liz woman is any better. She’s getting into Twitter arguments with people complaining that she shouldn’t be tweeting photos of another woman’s children. Here’s more, thanks to Radar Online:

“The most pure and genuine kind of love & affection,” Liz Jannetta tweeted last weekend, showing one of Jon’s daughters hugging a pit bull.

The photo immediately sparked outrage among some of her followers because of the dog’s stereotype of being aggressive and unsafe around children, so Liz followed up by saying, “My kids r around pitbulls every day.. Frm Dobies, to German Shepherds to Rottweiler, now Pits- the desire 2 blame wil nvr fade.”

Liz then posted another photo of one of Jon’s sons with the pit bull and wrote, “Photography enables such devotion and feeling… <3 these two."

One follower shot back at Liz implying that Kate would be upset if she saw the photos.

"Sure u want 2 be stiring things up Liz..or u wouldn't be tweeting another woman's kids with pit bulls..Yes did U have permission?" they wrote.

"permission from.... Twitter?? Yes, "another woman's kids" also the children of my boyfriend. Kindly... Keep comments to urself plz," Liz shot back...

"Children who were victims of pit bulls Take a look & see why people care," Kate retweeted from one of her followers on Saturday.

[From Radar Online]

You know what, this chick sounds just like Kate! She’s probably perfect for Jon. I also want to say that pit bulls have a bad reputation because of bad owners. They can be very sweet, well behaved dogs when they are properly trained and treated well. I don’t know what it is about pit bulls, but they have the sweetest faces and I find myself drawn to them. My son’s friend has one and she is the nicest, friendliest dog and good with kids. Also, Kate hates dogs. We’ve heard that she physically abused and neglected the family dogs, two German shepherds, before eventually returning them to the breeder. She’s not a responsible or caring pet owner to say the least. I bet she ripped Jon a new one for this while her kids were in no way in danger. German shepherds can be aggressive if they’re mistreated, so Kate probably risked her kids’ safety much more by beating on their poor dogs, but I wouldn’t expect her to realize or acknowledge that.

This is Jon’s girlfriend. She looks like Kate a little, right?

Photo credit: Fame Flynet and Twitter

Sharon Osbourne, 60, is a colon cancer survivor. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002, at which time she was told her prognosis was just 33% given that the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. We saw Sharon’s cancer battle on MTV’s The Osbournes, which was airing at the time. (It’s hard to believe that they were the first reality show family, given the torrent of crap that has followed.) It’s 10 years later, Sharon has had many, mostly cosmetic, surgeries since, and she’s had yet another one in her battle against cancer. In a new interview with Hello! Magazine, Sharon reveals that she had a double mastectomy after a test showed she had a mutation in the breast cancer gene. Apparently she didn’t have cancer in her breasts, but a mutation in that specific gene means that she has a 45% or higher chance of developing cancer before age 70. Sharon had breast implants which were removed in 2011 due to complications. In this latest surgery, her natural breast tissue was removed as a prophylactic measure against potential breast cancer.

She said: ‘As soon as I found out I had the breast cancer gene, I thought: “The odds are not in my favour.”

‘I’ve had cancer before and I didn’t want to live under that cloud: I decided to just take everything off, and had a double mastectomy.’

The gruelling 13-hour operation, which can take between three to six weeks to recover from, was approved by her doctor after she made the discovery.

Mrs Osbourne said genetic tests showed she had inherited a gene fault which increased the risk of breast cancer.

Some people with these gene faults, who often have a strong family history of the disease, can have a 45 to 65 per cent chance of developing breast cancer before the age of 70.

She added: ‘For me, it wasn’t a big decision, it was a no-brainer. I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me.

‘I want to be around for a long time and be a grandmother to Pearl. I didn’t even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way, I just wanted to be able to live my life without that fear all the time.’

But despite the deeply invasive treatment and gruelling recovery time, the star said she did not feel sorry for herself.

She added: ‘It’s not “pity me”, it’s a decision I made that’s got rid of this weight that I was carrying around.’

Her account, given in an interview with Hello! magazine, also included details about how breast implants to increase her chest size to 34DD had leaked into her stomach wall.

In a 2010 interview she said she regretted having them and said it was ‘like having a waterbed on your chest’. And last year she revealed she had been forced to remove the implants after discovering they were faulty.

The star, who has had cosmetic surgery on her face, stomach and legs, now says it has put her off having further work done.

She said: ‘Sometimes I’ll see a photo and I’ll think, “My face looks plastic”; it can look so unnatural from certain angles. Now I am definitely, definitely done. You can’t buy your youth back, no matter how much money you’ve got. I won’t be going under the knife again.’

Mrs Osbourne has admitted spending £300,000 on cosmetic surgery, earning her the title of Queen of Nip and Tuck in a 2008 poll.

[From The Daily Mail]

The Daily Mail’s excerpt from Hello’s article doesn’t specify whether Sharon had reconstructive surgery yet, or if she intends to, but I’m assuming she will. (This issue of Hello is not yet available digitally or I would check.) I liked what she said about how her face looks plastic and how you can’t buy youth back. At least she’s realistic about it. As for her double mastectomy based on one faulty gene – it sounds extreme to me, but I’ve read that the risk of cancer is very high with that particular gene mutation. Some women who have family histories of breast cancer, and who learn that they have a defective BRCA gene, chose to have their breasts removed. (There are two genes which can predict an increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer, you can read more facts about them here. Also here’s a link to a first person account from a woman who chose to have a prophylactic double mastectomy at 28.) Sharon knows that cancer can spread and she doesn’t want to take that chance.

Sharon is shown on 9-19-, 10-2 and 10-13-12. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com

True story – in the Halloween costume post I did earlier today, I was considering adding Jenny McCarthy as an example of the costume trend I despise – women dressing sexy and calling it a costume. I mean, this is just wearing lingerie, there’s nothing Haloweenie (that’s with an “ie” I decided, not a “y,” blame Tim Burton) or creative about it. It’s an excuse to show T&A, which basically explains Jenny’s entire existence so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. So I skipped her, because it was lame and predictable, as is this accompanying story about Jenny that I’m choosing to run. It turns out Jenny did have a theme for her costume other than “stripper.” She was a cougar! Oh how clever. Jenny’s 40th birthday is today, and she was out celebrating it. Jenny explained to People that she’s single and needs to “learn to love myself completely before I love someone else.” What better way to do that than to don a fun, inconspicuous costume that doesn’t showcase her budget boob job? Oh wait.

Though Thursday marks her 40th birthday, the Playboy cover girl told PEOPLE, “I sadly have the same thought that my parents say every birthday which is, ‘I don’t feel that old.’ So, I have decided to make my mindset 40 is the new 15. Okay, fine – the new 22.”

Dressed as a “cougar” – a joke, considering her age – the ever-youthful McCarthy headed to Las Vegas with her sister (also dressed as a cougar) Wednesday to celebrate her birthday at Gallery Nightclub.

But one person you won’t see with her any time soon is a boyfriend, though she has singled out a familiar face that she’s “courting.”

“I have not met anyone yet that is a potential love,” she said. “I have myself under construction. I’ll let you know when the roads are clear and reopened.”

Since splitting in August with Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, her boyfriend of five months, McCarthy still has an open mind about finding romance.

“I’m in love with falling in love. I have come to realize, though, that I need to practice what I preach and learn to love myself completely before I love someone else,” she said. “So, I’ve been courting myself and having a great time with me, myself and I.”

[From People]

Jenny is only flattering herself if she thinks she has the mindset of a 22 year-old. She was accurate the first time when she said “15.” When I was 22 I knew better than to wear a corset without anything over it. But it’s Halloween so she gets a pass, right? I’m thinking Jenny is going to fall in love with the next guy she meets who is into it, not when she’s “ready,” but I could be wrong. Maybe she’ll wait a whole month or two.

I have to hand it to her, she does look good here in that overprocessed way of hers. Also, someone spray tan airbrushed her boob cleavage, didn’t they? Are you seeing that too?

Photo credit: WENN and FameFlynet

We’ve heard Kelsey Grammer talk about his ex wife, Camille, in just about every interview over the last year. It seems like he’s obsessed with her given how often he brings her up. Well here’s some more evidence to back that up. Kelsey’s current wife, Kayte, dressed just like Camille for their little jaunt to the Playboy Halloween party with their three month-old baby in tow. Someone mentioned this in the comment section, but I hadn’t seen the photo yet so I couldn’t judge. Now that I’ve seen the picture, above, it’s obvious why Kelsey was so adamant in his statement that his wife was dressed as a “witch” but that “her hat was missing as she had removed it because her wig was itching and it was hot.” So Kayte went as a witch with a blond curled wig and tape over her nose to indicate plastic surgery? That’s odd. It’s also obvious why he emphasized Kayte’s age and called her his “lady love.” He is one messed up man with something to prove.

Camille’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’ castmates, Kyle and Kim Richards, were on Access Hollywood Live, and they confirmed the story that Kayte was dressed as Camille. I mean look at the photo, it’s obvious. Here’s what Kyle and Kim said, thanks to Radar. (Radar also has a video.)

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills stars went on Access Hollywood Live Wednesday morning and dished on their insider knowledge of Kayte’s costume, confirming what many thought but what the actor’s rep had denied.

When Billy Bush asked if it was true that Kayte Walsh Grammer dressed as Camille, Kyle answered “That’s what I heard.”

Kim said they weren’t at the party, but they “had friends that were there.”

Kayte was wearing a black lacy dress and a long blonde wig and Kyle described the rest of her outfit as “with a bandage across her nose.”

Firmly on Team Camille, Kyle slammed Kayte’s Halloween costume choice, saying “I mean, have a little pride.”

[From Radar Online]

Well that’s a change for Kyle to defend Camille, but good for her I guess. Here’s what I want to know, what kind of doormat is Kayte for agreeing with this f*ing costume? Like that is some twisted sh*t right there, and excuse my (typed) language but it really irks me that Kelsey did this. What kind of wife agrees to something as messed up as dressing like her husband’s ex? It’s not funny to mock the woman, it’s just makes the current wife and husband look spiteful and pathetic. They’ve been looking like that for some time though. Judging from Kelsey’s Oprah interview, that’s their regular dynamic. He goes off on his ex and Kayte just eats it up and passively goes along with it. That’s probably the basis for their entire relationship.

Two photos above credit: PRPhotos

Here’s some more of our ongoing Halloween coverage, which I’ve so excited about since I freaking love Halloween. This year my kid went as Boba Fett from Star Wars and I did some skeleton face makeup. (I followed this tutorial on YouTube, which was awesome and made an excellent skeleton face.) Admittedly, I do skeleton face makeup just about every Halloween because it’s an easy way to get a scary look without having to buy new makeup and costumes. I wish more people would go for scary and/or unattractive Halloween looks instead of sexy costumes where they’re basically themselves as some character in a tiny outfit. (Not that I haven’t done that, but catwoman was Michelle Pfeiffer the last time I did it.)

So first we have Sandra Bullock as cowgirl Jesse from Toy Story and little Louis as Buzz Lightyear. I love Sandra’s hair, it’s so authentic! These two are adorable and it’s great to see how big Louis is getting. This has me all happy wondering if Louis got to meet Sandra’s Incredibly Loud costar, Tom Hanks, and if he realized that Tom was Woody. What a thrill that must be for a kid to meet the voice of one of the characters in their favorite movies. Toy Story is a huge hit around my house and it’s one of the few kids franchises that I’ve seen multiple times and still enjoy. Pixar can really bring it.

Courteney Cox and her eight year-old daughter, Coco, were out in Brentwood for lunch yesterday. Little Coco wore this cute purple and blue tutu paired with a striped shirt and some tights she’s written on. I’m not sure if this is her Halloween outfit, or just a fun lead-up to her Halloween costume, which may have been epic and creative according to Courteney. She told People Magazine that Coco takes after her dad, David, and that she designed her own costume as a “half angel-half devil,” but added that Coco had another costume worked out first. “At one she wanted to be a baby-old man-detective and she had this whole outfit planned out. She had a bib, she had a mustache, glasses, a pacifier, and I was like, ‘That’s very David, isn’t it?” That’s cute! I wish we had a pic of Coco in her costume.

Chloe Moretz, 15, was a kind of goth chick in a tattered dress sporting long wavy hair and dark eyemakeup. (Her outfit might be a vampire, but I don’t know who she’s supposed to be specifically.) I love this. It’s kind of pretty and feminine without showing too much skin. She looks like she’s having a lot of fun too. Chloe was headed to Jonathan Ross’ Halloween party in London.

Alyson Hannigan, Alexis Denisof and their adorable kids, Satyana, three and a half, and Keeva, five months, were a family of colorful glittering seahorses. Look at their matching shoes! This is so whimsical and cute! Dad Alexis is even carrying the baby, just like a male seahorse. Alyson is known for her wonderful Halloween costumes, and I swear this family brings it every year.

photo credit: FameFlynet and Pacific Coast News

When I first saw this People Magazine cover, I thought that Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert must have some sort of deal with People where they would get a follow-up cover the year after their wedding cover. I was wrong though, their wedding was on the cover of US Weekly, not People, and it was a whole 18 months ago. The accompany article admits that they’ve only been together about 150 days since they’ve been married, which is roughly a quarter of the time by my estimate. Plus, rumor has it that they got together when Blake was still with his last wife. (Blake denies he cheated with Miranda, but Miranda sort-of admits it happened that way.) So why are they being held up as an example of a couple to emulate? Maybe it’s some kind of cross-promotion with The CMA Awards and Blake’s new Christmas special, which is mentioned in the piece. (Update: the CMA Awards are Thursday night, so that’s what this is about.) People knew their female readers wouldn’t buy it unless Miranda was on the cover too and the focus was on their relationship. Here’s more:

After 18 months of marriage, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are still acting like newlyweds. So, what’s the secret to their wedded bliss?

“We won’t go more than two weeks without seeing each other,” says Lambert, 28, in PEOPLE’s new issue.

But sometimes, not seeing each other works wonders too. If they spend too much time together, says Shelton, 36, “we’ll kill each other!”

Despite their busy schedules, which Lambert has said meant they’ve spent only about 150 days together since they exchanged vows under an arch of antlers in her native Texas in May 2011, the couple has recently been able to hunker down in their rented home in Hollywood (where Shelton tapes The Voice).

Up next for country’s fun-loving couple: Each is nominated for four CMA Awards, which will be handed out Thursday; Lambert heads into the studio to start work on a new Pistol Annies album; and Shelton celebrates his new holiday album Cheers, It’s Christmas with a TV special called Blake Shelton’s Not So Family Christmas, airing Dec. 3 on NBC.

[From People]

Again, of course they’re acting like Newlyweds because they are! They’ve only been married a year and a half and they never see each other. Also, the cover on People says at the bottom “ALL ABOUT THEIR BABY PLANS” in all Kanye-caps like that, but you might not be able to see it under the ad. Miranda is just 28, they have time. I really thought she was about 35 and might be having fertility problems, but it turns out she’s much younger than I assumed. I bet they will have kids.

As for this couple, I have to admit I don’t give a crap. I don’t wish them ill, but I really don’t care how they’re doing. I mean, ever since Blake Shelton bragged about running over innocent box turtles with his car for kicks he’s been dead to me. Some of you clued me in that Miranda is no better, and that she once killed a baby alligator with Blake on a sports show. (Link leads to video.) So they’re jerks. There’s a difference between hunting for meat or to cull the population and doing it just to kill animals that are minding their own business. I don’t think they’re this great example of a down home couple. Especially given how they got together.

Photos are from February and April of this year. Credit: WENN.com and FameFlynet

Yesterday we heard that Kelsey Grammer had brought his three month-old daughter, Faith, with him to the Playboy Mansion Halloween party, where the infant slept in a bassinet while music blared. Reports varied as to whether Kelsey’s wife, Faith’s mom Kayte, was there with him, although Kelsey’s rep claimed she was in a statement defending his client’s parenting. Kelsey’s rep told The Daily Mail “I am not sure why this is a story. People have taken their infant children out with them since the beginning of time They didn’t stay long, and left before it got too noisy.” That should be the end of this story, and Kelsey should let it die down and leave the news cycle, which it would have done if he wouldn’t have issued yet another freaking statement. I wish this royal tool would give it a rest. Here’s what he told E!

“Kayte is breast-feeding and we do not have a nanny or a trusted babysitter at this time, so Faith goes everywhere with us,” Grammer said in a statement to E! News Tuesday. “We enjoyed the party with a few of our friends, the baby slept as her ears were covered the entire time and we left shortly after midnight.”

Other than that, the Boss star added, Kayte went as a witch—”her hat was missing as she had removed it because her wig was itching and it was hot”—and he managed “an uninspired Dracula” costume.

Judging by a photo snapped at Hef’s bash of Faith fast asleep in her carrier, she just went as a baby.

“We enjoyed the evening. We love our child,” Grammer concluded. “Kayte is my wife and lady love (who is 31 and goes by the name Kayte Grammer, by the way, not Walsh). The world is round. All our eyes are blue. Happy Halloween and Cock-a-doodle-doo!”

[From E! Online]

Wait there’s more! Of course there is. TMZ has more of Kelsey’s statement, which included “The baby slept as her ears were covered the entire time and we left shortly after midnight.” (TMZ has a photo of the baby at the party and there’s no obvious cover on her head or ears, but that’s not the point.) Give it a rest already. Don’t give so many stupid unnecessary details. I’m not ragging on Kelsey for bring his baby to a loud adult party (I did that yesterday), today I’m ragging on him for not shutting up about it. And what the hell was that at the end? It was a really lame rhyme meant to be funny and failing miserably.

Kelsey is shown filming on 10-22-12 and stumping for Romney in Nevada on 10-27. Credit: Pacific Coast News

Back in late 2007 and early 2008, when Britney Spears was wandering around, driving aimlessly and talking in a British accent, she dated a slimy British paparazzo named Adnan Ghalib. Britney dated Adnan before, and after, her breakdown. We heard that Adnan was married, that he was setting up Britney to be stalked by his paparazzi buddies, and that he’d even made a sex tape with her, which he confirmed existed and was allegedly hoping to make millions off of. Thankfully that never surfaced, but enough details came out about the guy to suggest that he was using Britney and he wasn’t good for her.

Fast forward to now, and Ghalib is now a witness in the defamation trial against Britney’s family by another creepy guy who was using her at the time, Sam Lutfi. As we’ve heard, Lutfi maintains that Britney’s family smeared him so that he would take the fall for her breakdown. He claims that he was Britney’s “manager” back then and that they still owe him millions of dollars, of course. Ghalib testified on Lutfi’s behalf and claimed that Britney’s mom told him to blame Lutfi for her daughter’s problems. Here’s more, thanks to People:

Another familiar face from Britney Spears’s chaotic past surfaced in court Tuesday: Adnan Ghalib, the paparazzo she once dated as her life unraveled in 2008.

Wearing a black suit and his trademark landing-strip goatee, Ghalib, 40, testified in a posh British accent that his relationship with the pop star changed from work-related to romantic beginning in December 2007.

Asked how often he was with Spears, he quietly replied, “Daily. I was there everyday.”

Ghalib, who was subpoenaed to appear in the case, denied he ever saw Spears’s former pal Sam Lutfi hide cell phones from the singer or withhold access to her dog, London.

Instead, Ghalib alleged that Spears’s mom Lynne once tried to coerce him.

“She requested that I say [to the media] Sam Lutfi was responsible for Britney Spears’s behavior,” he said.

Under cross-examination, Ghalib confirmed that he bought a disposable cell phone at Lutfi’s request to be smuggled to the singer in mid-2008, months after her father obtained legal control over her.

Ghalib also admitted that a judge ordered him to stay away from Spears for three years and was once arrested while evading a process server in the case.

Lutfi’s case against the Spears family is expected to wrap Tuesday, and the singer’s legal team will begin their defense. Lutfi is suing the singer for unpaid fees, Jamie Spears for allegedly punching him, and Lynne Spears for purportedly defaming him in her 2008 book.

[From People]

The part about Ghalib and Lutfi sneaking Britney a disposable cell phone is interesting, because we heard about it back in early 2009 and now we know it was true. That was part of the reason why Britney’s conservators got restraining orders for her against both Lutfi and Ghalib for three years, both of which have since expired. Ghalib and Lutfi were working together, so of course they’re going to back each other’s side of the story. I have no doubt that Lutfi was using Britney and that Lynn Spears was telling the truth when she claimed that Lutfi drugged her daughter and bragged about it. Ghalib was using Britney too, and he’s not above lying for his friend if there’s some money in it for him. Lutfi doesn’t deserve a cent, and I’m surprised that this has even gone to trial. To me this shows how adamant Britney’s people are that Lutfi doesn’t have a case – they refused to settle even though they knew what bad publicity it would be to take this to court.

These photos are all from January, 2008. Credit: WENN.com

Britney out on 10-20-12. She’s wearing her engagement ring! Credit: FameFlynet