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Published on Friday, Jan 11, 2008
No Ro-Mance. Singer Carrie Underwood tells Women's Health online (http://www.womenshealthmag.com) that she and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo were never really an item.
''He was not my boyfriend, and we were never dating,'' she said of Romo, now linked with Jessica Simpson. ''The more I screamed 'We're not dating,' the more headlines claimed that we were a couple or that I was crying because he was out with another girl. We're really good friends, we hang out a lot, and we're close.''
Women's Health's reporter then asked, ''You've never smooched him?''
''Well, friends smooch occasionally,'' Underwood replied.
Oh, that's cleared up. And speaking of clarity. . . . •
No Means No, I Know, But No What? On Thursday, the online diary of Pamela Anderson included a one-word entry: ''No.''
Veteran Anderson watchers — no, not the ones with their tongues dragging on the turf — guessed that Anderson was responding to a report on gossip site TMZ.com.
TMZ said ''the divorce between Pam Anderson and Rick Salomon is back on and Pam is pregnant!''
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More Pam. ''Salomon has told friends he believes she is 'acting crazy' because of the pregnancy and hopes she will settle back into the marriage,'' TMZ adds.
So that ''no'' needed elaboration. No pregnancy? No divorce? No soap, radio?
Anderson cleared up the pregnancy thing during an interview with E! due to air Thursday night. ''No more kids,'' she said.
And no more Rick? ''I wish him the best,'' she told E! ''It's a can of worms. Big, fat juicy worms, but worms.''
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Donda's Death. ''Donda West, the mother of rapper Kanye West, died of heart disease while suffering 'multiple post-operative factors' after plastic surgery,'' the Los Angeles coroner concluded, according to People.com.
But that's not all that clear, People notes. ''An autopsy failed to determine the exact role these factors played in her death following liposuction and breast-reduction surgery, officials said.''
West, a retired English teacher, died in November after cosmetic surgery by TV star (and former Buckeye) Dr. Jan Adams. The doc has been under fire since his patient's death. Possible good news for him: The coroner's report said ''there was no evidence of a surgical or anesthetic misadventure.''
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Fear of Food. The February issue of Playboy — on newsstands and http://www.playboydigital.com today — asks former O.C. star Rachel Bilson about her fears.
''I used to be afraid of pigeons, but I'm over that now,'' she says. ''There is something else: mushrooms. I really don't like them. It's the smell. It's like chicken marsala. I can't stand it — even the smell makes me sick. But I love cooking, and I make chicken cutlets, meat loaf, homemade pasta sauce and an amazing salad. But no mushrooms.''
By the way, Bilson is featured in Playboy's 20Q section, not in the, uh, picture pages. In fact, when Playboy asked Bilson if she would ever strip for a movie, she said, ''I'm pretty strong willed and believe it can be avoided. I can't say there will never be a time I would do it, but I don't really want it.''
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Been There, Seen That. But I Might See It Again. The editors of Moviefone have put together their list of 38 movies they're most excited about in 2008. By my count, 13 are sequels (including the new Harold and Kumar, X-Files and Sex and the City) or variations on an earlier theme (another Incredible Hulk movie).
That said, sequels don't seem so bad when you consider that the top three films on Moviefone's list are Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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Been There, Not Again. AOL Money recently listed products and organizations we will have to do without in 2008, starting with the McRib sandwich.).
Others include Coca-Cola Blak, Nintendo GameCube, House & Garden magazine, the Dodge Magnum, NFL Europe and frosted grape Pop-Tarts.
Lack of demand killed some products (like the grape Pop-Tarts) while others gave way to fancier stuff (the Wii trumping GameCube). But there's always a chance an idea will seem good again. AOL Money said this is the third time the McRib has been dropped.
Rich Heldenfels writes about popular culture for the Beacon Journal and in a blog at http://www.ohio.com. Contact him at 330-996-3582 or rheldenfels@thebeaconjournal.com.
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