This past weekend Joel Madden was boarding a British Airways flight from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport to London where he was set to film a music video when he was denied boarding the plane unless he covered up his tattoos.  Hello people it’s 2009!!  And bless Twitter for allowing Joel do Tweet about it in real time:

“Was just told by a british air person I can’t get on the plane till I cover my tatts. Should I fight the power?  “I really actually am in shock, he won’t let me on the plane till I put long sleeves on and another BA rep is disagreeing.”

Needing to get to his destination, because, hello time is money in his world, he gave in to their ‘request’:

“I still can’t believe Brit Air discriminated me for tatts. Unheard of. the guy was literally disgusted by me. I’m gonna write a letter!! “I did end up covering my tats. It’s not my style to cause a scene, I just had a convo with the BA guy, told him how it was discrimination.”

The whole scene was humiliating to him:

“Yes I covered up to board the BA flight. I didn’t want to miss it. And honestly I was embarrassed all the people were staring and laughing!  “It’s not in the rules that I can find. My tatts arent offensive. Looking into it. I havent felt this small since the first time i asked nic (partner Nicole Richie) out.”

His partner, Nicole Richie chimed in on the situation:

“That’s the craziest story I’ve ever heard. It’s sad there is still such discrimination in this world. PS all of joel madden’s tattoos are spiritual. Since when is expressing your love for God & family against what British Airways stands for?”

Sounds like someone had power/control issues, and perhaps didn’t know who they were dealing with.  Ahh the power of celebrity and Twitter.  A powerful force when combined. 

Do you think British Airways went too far?

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This is kind of like quote of the day, but it gets a category all it’s own:  Too Much Information of the Day.  Way Too Much Information of the Day.  Nothing is sacred anymore.  I pity the poor bastard that hacks into that Blackberry.

“I wasn’t prepared for losing sight of my lower region. I’d say, ‘Dean, how’s it looking down there? Do I need to shave?’ But of course I couldn’t shave. So Dean had to shave me. He’d hold up a mirror and say ‘How’d I do?’ Or he’d take a picture with his Blackberry to show me.”

……excerpt from her book ‘Mommywood’

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Kim Kardashian has gone to the other side.  The blondish side that is and it looks like the papparazzi just ‘happened’ to be there in SoHo when she went out to show them her hair colour so they could take lots of pictures for people like me to post.

What do you think of the new hair colour?

UPDATE:  The clever little minx that is Kim Kardashian has fooled us all.  According to her website:

“It’s a wig! Did I have you fooled? I did a fabulous photo shoot this weekend and they put this hair piece on! I haven’t taken it off since, because I’m really loving the look. I’ve been wearing it around New York and everyone thought it was my real hair! It’s making me want to dye my hair and maybe go lighter for the summer. What do you think? Should I dye it for real?”

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The environmentally aware among the Hollywood set took part in the 20th  Anniversary of the Natural Resources Defense Council celebration in Los Angeles this weekend.  Among the aware:

• Leonardo DiCaprio
• Jon Hamm
• Julia Louis Dreyfuss
• Lisa Kudrow
• Natasha Bedingfield
• Chelsea Handler
• Amber Valletta
• Poppy Montgomery

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Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia are at the premiere of ‘Racing Dreams’

Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates are at the premiere of ‘Queen to Play’

Whitney Port, Elizabeth Shue, Thomas Haden Church and Bernadette Peters are all at the ‘Don McKay’ premiere

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It is always sad to report when someone passes away.  Bea Arthur died Saturday morning at the age of 86 from cancer.  Spokesperson for the family Dan Watt, told the Associated Press:

“She died peacefully at her Los Angeles home with her family by her side, said Watt, who remembered Arthur as “a brilliant and witty woman.”

She starred in ‘Maude’ from 1972 to 1978 and then later on as the outspoken and sometimes abrasive Dorothy Zbornak on ‘Golden Girls’  which ran from 1985 to 1992.  Another star of the show, Estelle Getty died in July of 2008.  On Saturday Betty White said about her friend and costar:

“Bea was such an important part of a very happy time in my life and I have dearly loved her for a very long time,” White said in a statement Saturday. “How lucky I was to know her.”

Married and divorced twice, Bea once said about being typecast:

“Look – I’m 5-feet-9, I have a deep voice and I have a way with a line. What can I do about it? I can’t stay home waiting for something different. I think it’s a total waste of energy worrying about typecasting.”

She is survived by her two adopted sons Matthew, 47, and Daniel, 44.  Our condolences to the family.

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