On Sunday Lily Allen was detained at the Los Angeles airport by U.S. Immigration, after which her work visa was revoked. Apparently Allen’s arrests for kicking photographers has caught up with her a bit. The Mirror originally reported that she was locked in a cell and strip searched, however her spokesman has denied that report.

“’Lily was questioned and her work visa was revoked. She was detained for five hours but not strip searched. Understandably she was upset by it.’”

[From Times Online]

Allen has an upcoming US tour in September, so getting her work visa revoked causes a major problem. On Monday, she told the Mirror “I am trying everything I can to sort this out. I don’t like letting my fans down.” She had flown to LAX from Australia to attend the MTV video music awards. Apparently her interrogation centered around her March arrest in London when she kicked a photographer outside a nightclub. After five hours and negotiations with her lawyer, she was released by immigration. The worry now is that once she leaves the US, she won’t be allowed back in. Lily told the Mirror, “’It is my intention to play my American dates in September. This depends on the authorities granting me a new work visa. I want my fans to know that I will do everything I can to be back in America in September. I don’t like letting my fans down and this is a situation that I am sure we can sort.”

Lily Allen is so awesome. I don’t blame her for going off on the photographers a bit. Yes it’s part of being a celebrity, but she seems pretty normal and like she hasn’t really changed her mindset from regular person to famous person yet. Drama follows her a bit, like Amy Warehouse, but she always manages to show up for her gigs and do well. I think the reason I really like her is that she has pictures of herself dressed like a panda bear on her myspace page. And frankly, that’s about all it takes for me to like someone.

Picture note by JayBird: Here is Lily Allen performing at Somerset House in London three weeks ago. Header image is Lily at the Make Space Youth Review on 7/11. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Update by Celebitchy: This seems like a false story, as NME reports that her manager has said that it’s “rubbish” that she was denied a VISA and that “She’s in Las Vegas [shooting a video] right now.” She will be on tour in the US next month. [via ONTD]

Forbes.com just released an analysis of who gives movies studios the most bang for their buck. I was kind of surprised, but it turns out the best investment is Matt Damon. In a way it makes sense: those “It” actors and actresses command such huge paychecks, that investment-wise, it’s hard to get the same return. For every dollar that Matt Damon is paid for a film, the movie returned $29. Pretty good deal.

“According to Forbes’ first-ever list of Ultimate Star Payback, the movie stars who deliver the best bang for the buck aren’t the industry’s top earners. Matt Damon, the soft-spoken leading man in box office winner The Bourne Ultimatum, turns out to be Hollywood’s best investment. For every dollar Damon got paid for his last three roles, his films returned $29 of gross income. And, surprisingly, former ‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston is Hollywood’s most profitable actress, despite duds like ‘Rumor Has It.’ For ever dollar the former Mrs. Pitt was paid for her last three major roles, her films on average returned $17 of gross income.”

[From Forbes.com]

Second place for actors went to Brad Pitt, and third place was a tie between Johnny Depp and Vince Vaughn. Vince Vaughn is the biggest surprise to me. It must be because he makes about $34 a film, so if the film makes $43,000 you’ve got a pretty good deal. Vaughn’s rate is actually about a million a film, a relative bargain in Hollywood terms. Forbes points out that his last three movies “’The Break-Up,’ ‘Wedding Crashers,’ ‘Dodgeball’–have been box office bonanzas relative to their low production costs. (At $52 million, The Break-Up’s budget was roughly 20% of “Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest.).” The big budget actors like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Will Smith only averaged about $12 in gross income per salary dollar.

The actor who gave the worst return, dollar for dollar? Russell Crowe. Forbes points out that his “standing in Hollywood has shrunk since he scored back-to-back consecutive Oscar nods for ‘The Insider’ (1999), ‘Gladiator’ (2000) and ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001). Crowe’s last three films earned on average just $5 in gross income for every dollar spent on the star. His most recent, last year’s ‘A Good Year,’ was made for $35 million, almost one-third of which went to Crowe’s salary. The film earned only $40 million in worldwide box office, making it a huge disappointment for Fox, which produced and distributed it.” Logically, it seems like the opposite should be true. Who would ever have guessed that getting three Oscar nominations in three years could be bad for your career?

You know who is not a good investment? Lindsay Lohan. For some reason Forbes doesn’t even bother mentioning this. Probably because it’s so obvious it doesn’t need stating. Ironically, I bet this report will raise Matt Damon’s salary, thus making him less of a great deal. Oh well. He’s still a good actor, and fun to look at.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Matt Damon yesterday at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. Header image of Matt and his wife Luciana Bozan Barroso from the “The Bourne Ultimatum” Los Angeles Premiere. Images thanks to PR Photos.

You know I want to ignore Britney Spears, I really do, and in fact we lasted a whole two weeks here without a Britney story, but the woman makes it impossible. I think there’s a master plan behind her bad behavior and that it’s all orchestrated for maximum publicity. Normal pop singers who aren’t headcases, like Hilary Duff and Mandy Moore, don’t get coverage until they break up with a boyfriend or go public with personal details about their eating disorders or insecurities. Britney just acts like a spoiled primary school student every day and people can’t resist talking about her.

So whether Britney really is that obnoxious and self-centered or if she’s playing it up for the paps and gossip rags is up debate. She’ll always be known as a trainwreck, even if by some miracle she cleans up her act and can convincingly return to her gyrating and lipsynching act. If Britney can get back to some semblance of her pre-baby self, without any daily drama (and there was hope for her when she first dumped K-Fed) she’ll still always be known as that woman who made a spectacle of herself for months. It seemed to start with her series of four crotch reveals last November, a byproduct of her brief friendship with Paris Hilton. It culminated in her public head shaving and is still going on nearly nine months later. Maybe she should look to Paris for advice again, because at least the bland heiress realized that it’s time she acted like she cares about someone other than herself, even if that’s not the case.

Here are the Britney stories which certainly seem to be coming at a fast pace today.

Britney paid for her own video shoot
You know that video where Britney was pole dancing, but burst out in tears and left after acting weird and taking too many bathroom breaks? Well, word is that she paid $30,000 for it herself because her record label, Jive, wasn’t ready to foot the bill. It seems like they realized that it was a bad idea for Britney to start making a video for that pac man song at this point, and they were obviously right.

Britney is now continuing to shoot the video, and was at a club in Venice, California working on it yesterday.

Assistant Alli, Britney’s “cousin” is back, and Britney has new manager
Britney fired the assistant who was said to have caused trouble at her OK! photoshoot, Shannon Funk. While Funk has publicly defended Britney, saying “she loves those babies to death,” it is rumored that she might help K-Fed in his battle to get full custody of the boys. There was a story a short while ago that Funk was planning a tell-all interview about Britney, but Funk’s mother has denied this.

Alli Sims, who is launching a pop career of her own, has been hired back by Britney.

Britney has also hired a new manager, Jeff Kwatinez, who formerly worked for Kelly Clarkson.

Britney bails on Allure Magazine too
Britney is on the cover of this month’s Allure magazine, but bailed on the interview, missing four separate appointments. As usual, she acted weird during the photo sitting. She “stripped down to the waist, for no apparent reason, before sitting for hair and makeup.” She was said to be cooperative at the photo shoot.

Britney similarly walked out of a perfume shoot too
Britney only stayed for a short while for a shoot for her new “Believe” perfume with Elizabeth Arden, and they only had good photos of her head. They had an assistant on set dress in her clothes and will be putting Britney’s head on that woman’s body for the ads. It’s a better body anyway.

Guy gives details of topless romp with Britney
US Weekly has a cover story this week about the maybe titillating story of a dancer on Britney’s latest video making out with the drunken mother of two while she was topless in a hotel pool. They give some teaser details and tell us to buy the magazine for more.

The Sun covers the night in question, and it’s unclear whether Britney and 21 year-old Mike Encinias actually did the nasty. He had to leave when a friend of his nearly drowned in the pool, but it sounds like the relationship may have been consummated.

He said: “She straddled me and put her legs around me.

“When I started kissing her I did everything in my power - from my previous experience of kissing girls - not to mess it up.

“Britney had more drinks - she was having Jack and more Mojitos in between me feeling her up, her boobs, and kissing her on her neck.

“Her body was very nice. It was sexual and sensual kissing. It took some effort to perfect.

“She is a great kisser - I’d actually say a phenomenal kisser.”

Mike was invited back to Britney’s suite once the party was over at 4am.

He was planning to spend the rest of the night in her bed — until one of his friends collapsed and nearly drowned from all the booze he had downed.

Britney’s bodyguards stepped in and ordered Mike to take his mate home.

Mike added: “In the end we had to say our goodbyes.”

Britney might be performing in London
This might not be true, because it originated in the Daily Star, but Britney is said to be planning a “secret” performance for about 60 people in London.

Britney smacks her car into another vehicle in a drug store parking lot, is typically only concerned about her car. (Thanks to Flynet Online for the video, which doesn’t have sound so you can watch it at work.)

The owner of the car was interviewed by Access Hollywood, and he said “I guess this is my fifteen minutes of fame and I don’t like it!”

Unlike normal people, Britney likes any kind of attention that you can give her.

Header image is of Britney yesterday. She’s looking uncharacteristically good as she was just working on a music video before these were taken. Thanks to Splash News.

I don’t usually run these, but I couldn’t resist this one from The NY Daily News:

Which troubled, hard-partying Lollapalooza performer cleared out a bathroom over the weekend in Chicago and then smoked what our spy-in-the-stall swears was a crack pipe?

Here are pictures of Amy Winehouse performing at Lollapalooza. At least she made it there. I know this story could be about just about any rock star, but she’s the first one that came to mind.

There’s a story that she’s been approached to design a clothing line multiple times. Wife beaters and dirty cut off shorts for all.

And amazingly, Amy is going to be on the cover of Vogue in September October. Female First reports that Anna Wintour ordered that Amy be put on the cover after hearing her album.

She may not be a fashion or lifestyle role model, but the girl sure can sing. Her music is incredible, and it’s refreshing to hear her on the radio. Hopefully she’ll hang in there and won’t die young. I know that’s a horrible thing to say, but she seems rather bent on self destruction. She has said that she would like to have children soon, so maybe she’ll find a new purpose in life and will be able to clean up.

Thanks to PR Photos for these pictures.

Johnny Depp realized that his two Rottweiler dogs, Red and Blue, might pose a threat to his children and put them up in a posh pet resort two years ago at a cost of $2k per month per dog. That’s more than most people pay in rent.

One of the dogs bit an employee at the facility, so it was probably a good idea for Depp to make sure they were no longer around his children:

Two years ago, [Johnny Depp] sent this two Rottweilers, Red and Blue, to the Crossroads County Club Pet Resort in Anaheim, California, because they were too aggressive to keep around his two young children…

“Johnny can’t bring himself to have them put down,” a source told The Enquirer. “So he pays $2,000 a month on each dog for them to be kept at a kennel.”

“At first, Red and Blue had the run of the kennel. But then, after one of them bit an employee, they were kept locked in cages.”

An employee at Crossroads confirmed: “Johnny Depp’s dogs, Red and Blue, are here. They’ve been here a couple of years.”

[From the National Enquirer print edition, August 13, 2007]

Depp has two children, son Jack, who turns 5 tomorrow, and daughter Lily-Rose, 8. This story just confirms what everyone already knows: that Depp’s a good guy who puts his family first but still obviously cares for his pets.

In other Johnny Depp news, he is involved in two projects that are coming up, an adaptation of Hunter S Thompson’s autobiography, The Rum Diaries, and the big screen version of the campy gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Depp was just named the third most bankable actor. He was behind Matt Damon and Brad Pitt, and was placed third in a tie with Vince Vaughn. I would have thought he would be at first or second easily.

Update: A lot of commentors are outraged that Depp boards his Rottweilers, saying that being in a cage all day is exceptionally cruel. I agree, and I assumed that although the dogs may be caged part of the time that this article must not be correct. According to the website for the kennel, dogs get one-on-one time twice a day and there is an option where they can go out to the park once a day. Since Depp is paying so much for their care, I assume he paid for this level of service and that the dogs do get out. It does look like a top notch kennel, although commentors are probably right that it can’t compare to a loving home.

90 year-old screen legend Kirk Douglas is promoting his latest memoir, “Let’s Face It,” a talkative book that discusses his take on life after 9 decades and two close brushes with death. In 1991 he suffered severe back injuries after a helicopter he was in crashed into a light stunt plane, killing two young people. The pain and recovery from the crash led him to turn to the Jewish religion, and as he lay in bed he read the Torah, calling it “the best screenplay ever written.”

The elder Douglas also had a stroke in 1996, which resulted in speech problems. Another life changing event was the loss of youngest son Eric, Michael’s half brother, who died of a drug overdose in 2004.

Kirk has been married to the same woman, his second wife Anne, for 53 years. Anne, who grew up in Belgium, was new to the country and struggling with the language when she married the screen star after meeting him in Paris. He says he was attracted to “Her vicious sense of humor.” In a chapter in “Let’s Face It” titled “Romance Begins at Eighty,” Douglas tells how he surprises his wife, a breast cancer survivor, with little romantic gestures.

As to how to make your marriage last, he says that it’s about focusing on how you can make a difference as a couple. “Be understanding of each other, but don’t focus only on your relationship. Reach out and be concerned with the world around you.” [From JewishJournal.com]

Douglas urges us, the Internet generation, to do what we can to heal this messed-up world. He is promoting his book via YouTube using the video below and on MySpace. He says “I believe in the power of the internet. This is the first book that I am promoting virtually because I am hoping that my universal message will spread on blogs and websites. We live in a global world and the future is in the hands of the younger generation.” Here’s an excerpt from the book:

I started life as a poor boy who didn’t have enough to eat, I became a crook. The next door neighbor had a fine tomato garden — tomatoes are my favorite vegetable. One day when I sneaked in the garden and picked a big ripe tomato, the owner shot some buckshots in my ass. That ended that. My next victim was on the other side where my neighbor had chickens. I love eggs, and where do you find eggs? Where the chickens are. In the early morning I would quietly sneak into the barn and grab a few eggs, sometimes eggs that were lying under the chicken. I love raw eggs. I would crack them open and swallow them on the spot. The owner must have gotten wise, he moved the chickens.

I graduated to more daring ventures. There was a fruit stand at the corner with fruits and vegetables attractively displayed. I walked by for a preliminary survey and spotted a big luscious tomato. My mouth water and I went back and deftly swiped the tomato. A hand reached out and grabbed me. I was looking up in the face of a tall stern man. “Does that tomato belong to you?” he asked. I was frightened, I answered, “no sir.”

“It belongs to the store keeper who paid for it and he was selling it to make money to take care of his family. Do you understand?” his voice became very harsh. “Yes sir,” I answered timidly.

“Well don’t ever take things that don’t belong to you,” and he gave my arm a final squeeze. It hurt. “Do you understand?” he said menacingly. “Yes sir.” He let me go.

Again I was caught and decided never to steal again, but I always thought I could have been a good crook.

[From Press Release for "Let's Face It"]

“Let’s Face It” is Douglas’ 11th book. Among his works are other memoirs, novels and children’s books.

Kirk Douglas has three surviving children, actor Michael Douglas, and producers Joel Douglas and Peter Vincent Douglas. IMDB lists 89 films to his credit.

Kirk Douglas is shown at a book signing yesterday at Barnes and Noble in Encino, CA. Thanks to Splash News.

Here’s his video from YouTube, which is a cute compendium of his film clips and was made some time ago:

Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were turned away from a St. Tropez nightclub on Friday, with owners saying that the VIP area was full. It was full - with P Diddy and the Royal family of Dubai spending money like water.

The actor, 45, and wife Katie Holmes, 28, were left fuming after being turned away from a St Tropez nightclub in front of dozens of onlookers.

And to add to the humiliation, P Diddy WAS allowed in to party away at the Caves Du Roi club in the exclusive Byblos Hotel.
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Tom and Katie turned up at the super-hip venue on Friday at 11pm.

While Katie looked suitably sexy in a little black number, Tom drew a few unflattering gasps in his naff blue jumper. Mmm, not a good start mate.

The bouncers then refused them entry.

Nonetheless, the actor’s security started begging: “Are you serious? It’s Tom Cruise.” But the heavies were having none of it, telling Tom’s people: “Non, non, non!”

A club source told us: “The VIP area was full and the management weren’t willing to move the guests already there to make room for Tom.

“It wouldn’t have been fair - they’d spent a fortune.”

Tom turned on his heel and walked off with Katie scampering after him.

Last night a hotel spokeswoman confirmed they turned them away as the club was “full”. She added: “It would have been dangerous to allow any more people in - whoever they were.”

[From The Mirror]

They then went to a club called The VIP Room, and Cruise was said to have “looked out of place” at the club throbbing with house music. Katie and Tom left early and didn’t drink much of the Dom Perignon they ordered.

Back at the club where TomKat was denied entry, the Caves Du Roi at the Byblos Hotel, Diddy was partying up a storm with the Dubai royal family. According to The Mirror they were drinking $40,000 bottles of Methuselah Cristal. The bottle is 7 liters, and when guests order it at the Byblos Hotel club they dim the lights and serve it on a silver tray adorned with sparklers. Guess a measly bottle of Dom doesn’t really measure up.

In other “Tom Cruise is a dork” news, Cruise is said to tease new LA resident Victoria Beckham about her British accent and slang. He has started using words like “bloody”, “blimey” and “chaps.” Maybe in turn Posh will call everything “amazing.”

Here are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes on the night in question. If Cruise wasn’t famous, do you think he’d have a chance getting into an exclusive club in a tight button up shirt like that?

Thanks to Splash News for these pictures.

Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz admitted in an interview with British Q Magazine that he suffers from manic depression and has been on medication for the disorder since he was 18. He says he had a lot of emotional problems after his parents divorced while he was 6:

He says, “I have manic depression. I obsess over everything. When I am depressed, I can’t get out of bed. But right now, it’s sunny and 65 in my head, so it’s OK!”

Wentz, 28, goes on to reveal he has been on medication for depression and anxiety problems since he was 18, revealing the trauma of his parents’ separation on his sixth birthday left him emotionally scarred and unable to express his feelings.

He adds, “I turned my emotions off like a faucet.

[From SFGate]

You have to admire the guy for coming out with the news that he suffers from a stigmatizing mental illness. That takes a lot of courage. I used to think Wentz was a douche but I have a lot of respect that he was able to open up like this.

In February, 2005, Wentz had a possible suicide attempt after overdosing on Ativan, an anxiety drug. He spent a week in the hospital and moved in with his parents afterwards. Of the incident, Pete said “I was isolating myself further and further, and the more I isolated myself, the more isolated I’d feel. I wasn’t sleeping. I just wanted my head to shut off, like, I just wanted to completely stop thinking about anything at all.” [Details from Wikipedia]

When celebrities talk about their struggle with mental illness and other personal problems, it helps the rest of us realize that we’re not alone and that there’s no shame in what we go though.

I didn’t publish anything other than a link yesterday about Thandie Newton admitting that she suffered from bulimia, although the story really moved me. That was something that hit a little too close to home for me, and even my family doesn’t know about it. They probably do now.

Pete Wentz is shown with his girlfriend Ashlee Simpson at Kanye West’s 30th birthday on 6/7/07. Thandie Newton is shown on 7/11/07 at the summer party for Serpentine Gallery in London. Thanks to PR Photos.

Marilyn Manson’s former keyboard player is suing Manson, claiming he improperly used the band’s fund to make some extravagant and bizarre purchases. Stephen Bier, who performed under the stage name Madonna Wayne Gacy, says that he wasn’t paid his fair share over a nearly twenty year period with the band. According to Bier, Manson told him the band was not nearly as financially profitable as it was, and then went on a two year spending spree.

“From 2004 to 2006, he claims, the gothic rocker used band money to buy a $2 million home and collect Nazi memorabilia, including coat hangers used by Adolf Hitler.

“Manson also bought “African masks made of human skin, the full skeleton of a four-year-old Chinese girl, and the full skeleton of a 17th Century male in a wheelchair,” according to the legal papers.

“Other items included $450,000 for an engagement ring and wedding to burlesque performer Dita Von Teese.”

[From BBC News]

Bier claims that the band’s lawyer and business managers cut off his band credit cards and salary at Manson’s behest. He also suffered medical problems related to his work, which the band refused to pay for.

“’Because of Manson and others’ fraudulent conduct, Bier has spent almost two decades working for one of the world’s most popular rock bands that has made millions of dollars in profit and now has almost nothing to show for it,’ the papers [lawsuit] conclude.”

[From BBC News]

Manson responded by telling MTV News that Bier’s claims were ridiculous.

“’The fact that he’s claiming that I’ve treated him unfairly, financially, is really ridiculous. And I would never spend my money on a Chinese girl skeleton. That would be crossing the line. It’s a Chinese boy, for the record.’”

[From Daily India]

Marilyn Manson is so bizarre that it’s hard to put much of anything past him. Remember that thing a few months ago with Keith Richards saying he snorted his dad’s ashes? Marilyn retorted by telling him that he sprinkled ashes onto his ice cream. Okay that’s not true. But he’s so bizarre that you could say just about anything about the guy, and people would believe it. I mean he didn’t deny the Chinese skeleton… though that was a slightly funny retort. But either way, this is a guy who “was given the title of ‘Reverend Manson’ by Church of Satan founder, Anton LaVey.” He also fancies himself an artist, and supposedly used some of the band’s money to purchase a gallery to display his own work. Who knows if Stephen Bier, I mean Madonna Wayne Gacy, has a leg to stand on. If not, I’m sure Manson has a few legs he can offer.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Marilyn Manson when he was still with Dita Von Teese at the Chanel Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5/2/2005. Images thanks to PR Photos.

In what I guess is a show of class, Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff has barred the release of a video of Anna Nicole Smith’s breast augmentation surgery, made in 1994. The request came from her former “boyfriend”/ former attorney/executor of her will, Howard K. Stern. Stern claimed that the doctor taped the operation without Smith’s consent, and he sent it to a Los Angeles memorabilia dealer, Thomas Riccio.

“The surgeon, Surgeon Gerald Wayne Johnson, said he routinely recorded surgeries with the patient’s permission and promised to keep the video confidential ‘during the patient’s lifetime’.

“Dr Johnson said he gave Mr Riccio permission to use the video after Smith died.

“Mr Stern claimed Dr Johnson’s wife and Mr Riccio would share any proceeds from the sale of the video to media outlets.“

[From the Melbourne Herald Sun]

Ew. Just ew. I wish I had something more intelligent to say, but this story makes my visceral reactions take over. Aren’t people done feeding off of Anna Nicole Smith yet? I’m not saying the woman was an upstanding pillar of the community or anything, but you can tell she wasn’t exactly smart enough to protect herself against some of the more unscrupulous people that surrounded her in life. She certainly wasn’t above selling her private family moments and personal medical procedures for a little bit of cash. Remember Celebitchy’s story in November ‘06 when Anna Nicole sold her C-section video to “Entertainment Tonight” for $1 million?
I still think it’s sad that people are still trying to take advantage of her. She’s not here to say “Go ahead and see my bob job surgery,” or not. Though with that c-section incident, I guess it’s hard to say for sure if she’d put the kibosh on it. The woman was certainly a riddle. A simple one, more like a knock knock joke, yet a riddle nonetheless.

In other Anna Nicole news, remember that batshit crazy judge who presided over the trial regarding custody of Smith’s body in Florida. Well, Judge Larry Seidlin will be coming to a television near you pretty soon.

“Judge Larry Seidlin, the wisecracking, emotional judge from the Anna Nicole Smith case, is shooting a pilot for his own TV show, ‘Access Hollywood’ has learned.

“The show will be produced by CBS Paramount. No other details were available.

“The lampooning purveyor of justice (dubbed Sideshow Seidlin by the media for his courtroom antics) announced his resignation from the bench in June amid speculation he was negotiating a deal for his own show.

“At the time of his resignation, Seidlin sent a letter to Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, stating ‘it is now time for me to devote more of my daily life to my own young family and to pursue the many opportunities that have been offered to me outside the judicial system and I have disregarded until now.’

“Seidlin, 56, is a former New York cab driver who presided on the bench for nearly 29 years.”

[From MSNBC.com]

I wonder if that guy was always a mental case, or if he just put it on for Smith’s trial. He had a bit too much of that infamous New York phenomenon known as the “philosopher cabbie” thing going on. You know, a lot of dispensing more advice than you needed, and more personal information than you ever asked for. Plus that whole thing where he referred to each of the lawyers by their respective states really bothered me. “Shut up California!” “Your motion is denied South Dakota.” Alright I don’t think there really was a South Dakota lawyer there, but you get the point. Seidlin was clearly longing for greener pastures from the moment he was assigned the case. Though his ruling actually was legally sound and made a lot of sense. But I don’t want to give him too much credit, because I think he was just made a good ruling by chance. I don’t think any drawn-out logic went into his decision. So good lucky, Larry Seidlin. I hope your show fails and you have to slink back to Florida with your head in your hands, and your pants around your ankles. Just because that would be extra funny.