As photo after photo of Jon “Ed Hardy” Gosselin and new 22-year-old girlfriend hit the Internet for public consumption, and news broke that Jon bought a two-bedroom bachelor pad in Manhattan and seems to be a fixture on the bar scene out there already, there is a palpable change in public opinion. Suddenly, people are seeing why Kate may have been so frustrated with Jon in the first place. I got this exclusive insider tip in my inbox this morning:

My bosses son is a production assistant on Jon and Kate Plus 8. I had dinner at their house about a month and a half ago (before any major announcements were made). He couldn’t reveal much other then that they had planned a trip to Korea as a family (because of Jon’s ethnicity) but that was scrapped after they decided to separate. He did however tell me of his relationship with Kate and how she is not at all the person TLC and the show portray her as. He told me how Jon was a bit of an absent father and all around douchey and resistant to getting older and that Kate truly tried to keep their marriage afloat. My bosses son was even on an episode of the show to help set up a birthday party after Jon failed to show up. He has had Kate in his car numerous times slouched in the back seat to avoid paparazzi and get out of her neighborhood. Although he continues to work on the show (a boy needs to eat) he said he is totally disgusted with the editing and overall portrayal of Kate.

What do you guys think?? Has your opinion of Jon vs Kate changed in the past few weeks?

I realize that if you didn’t see Paul Blart: Mall Cop, that headline is lost on you, so I’ve prepared an alternative.  How about, “Oprah’s Ratings Crash Faster Than Lizzie Grubman’s SUV Into A Crowd of Pedestrians” ?  The moral of the story:  The American people have smartened up and aren’t watching Oprah.  And I thank you for that.

The week ending July 5th was the worst in ratings since 1983, the debut year of The Oprah Winfrey Show.  It isn’t a totally fair comparison since it was a holiday week, Michael Jackson had just died, and Wimbledon was on.  So, it was a bad week for ratings in general, but the show has been on a steady decline since October of 2008.  

What could be causing this loss of viewership?  Perhaps people are sick of her inability to find truthful authors.  Or maybe her audience has reached their limit in watching her hypocritcal advice-doling sessions whilst her own weight spirals out of control due to her “wacky thyroid.”  Want to know why I think people are tuning out?  I’ll speak for myself:  Because when I watch television, I don’t want to be lectured if I don’t follow Suze Orman’s financial plan, admonished if I don’t get enough Omega-3 like Dr. Oz tells me I should, or criticized if I think The Secret is nothing but common sense bound into a book.  I don’t want to feel less than worthy if I don’t support every gasp of air that Barack Obama takes and — I know I’m crossing a line here — I’m not so impressed with Oprah’s Book Club picks.  Oprah doesn’t feel good, and if I’m going to dedicate 42 minutes to television I want to walk away feeling positive about the experience.

Someone stole three boxes of dresses from Angelina Jolie’s stylist.  The suspect was later found zonked out in an alley. He reportedly examined the loot he grabbed, realized it was just a bunch of dresses for Angie and immediately fell asleep out of boredom due to the lack of creativity and imagination.  Okay, I’m kidding about that.  The criminal is still at large.  

So if you see some madman running down the street with a bunch of black, beige and navy, high-neck maxi dresses slung over his arm, call the cops!

“Of course, I know that little heifer!”

Debbie Allen, speaking to Us Magazine, acknowledging that she knows Raven-Symone.  Raven-Symone, the heifer.

Is anyone surprised that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has made a ton of money already?  The movie took in $79.5M this weekend (domestically) and $159.7M since Wednesday’s release.  In addition, overseas sales totalled $237M.

It’s ironic, because Huffington Post characterizes this chapter of the Harry Potter franchise as a movie “with some of the best reviews of any Harry Potter” yet, everything I’ve heard from friends and family haven’t been so positive.  A lot of “I liked it, but …”

Anyway, Bruno — remember him? — plummeted from an opening weekend of $30.6M to just $8.4M this weekend.  Put away your calculators, that’s a 73% drop

Here’s the weekend’s top (I Love You, Beth Cooper sold tickets?):

1. “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” $79.5 million.

2. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,” $17.7 million.

3. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” $13.8 million.

4. “Bruno,” $8.4 million.

5. “The Hangover,” $8.32 million.

6. “The Proposal,” $8.3 million.

7. “Public Enemies,” $7.6 million.

8. “Up,” $3.1 million.

9. “My Sister’s Keeper,” $2.8 million.

10. “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” $2.7 million.

I don’t even know where to begin.  First of all, what is Samantha Ronson doing with my beautiful lesbian crush Portia De Rossi?  According to my close scrutinizing, she’s just sharing a lighter.  Let’s hope it stays that way.  I don’t want my Portia anywhere near Sam “Concert T” Ronson.

Secondly, why is my beautiful lesbian crush looking like the general unwashed masses?  It’s her job to look stately and stunning and lipstick-ish.  Her clothes are dirty and she’s … she’s wearing her cellphone on her waistband!

Finally, and I find this a very difficult question to even pose, is that a raccoon tail I see?