We’re taking the day off around here to enjoy the start of summer. We assume you’re doing the same, and we’re sad for the people (you know who you are) who are spending their day off trolling around a site like this leaving mean comments. Get outside and drink some beer and try saying that shit to someone’s face for a change.

We’ll catch y’all Tuesday.

Or, as I first read it, Sayid and that chick from Beaches pulled a fast one.

The couple met back in 1998 on the set of Drowning on Dry Land, and they were together until apparently six months ago when their relationship ended amicably.  Of course, there was a short separation back in 2005 that resulted in Andrews fathering a child with some other woman, but other than that, they were going strong.

It’s kind of impressive how they could have kept this a secret for so long.  I mean, I understand that people might not care about Barbara Hershey anymore, but Lost just had its big finale, you’d think people would care more about Naveen Andrews.  I guess you’d be thinking wrong.

Semi-unrelated note:  I loved Andrews’ character on Lost (even though I stopped watching after the second season), but my favorite Naveen Andrews role? This. By a long shot.

Lady Gaga has spent over $4,000 on ghost hunting equipment for her tour, and she has aides check her venues for any evil spirits before she performs.  She’s not a stranger to the supernatural – she’s said that the ghost of her aunt saved her life by helping her overcome her cocaine addiction.

I can’t really judge the whole ghost hunting thing.  I used to be on a paranormal investigation team (so nerdy and pretty lame, I know), and we used the EMF meters and we had video cameras, all that stuff.  We were like younger, poorer, more ridiculous Ghost Hunters. One time we spent the night in a cemetery and got some sweet pics of some orbs, and another time we went to a hotel/former Civil War hospital and got some videos of man-shaped apparitions.  I like to make fun of it, but we actually did see some strange things that we couldn’t really explain, so I feel like there’s something to the whole ghost conundrum. I guess it’s just that when that conundrum is placed alongside Lady Gaga’s other eccentricities, I get more of a “whoa, crazy bitch” vibe. Maybe that’s just me.

Ke$ha’s former managers are suing the singer for commissions they haven’t received yet from her album.  She split with this management back in 2008 after they failed to get her a record deal (which was deemed an acceptable course of action in her contract), but they’re still asking for $14 million from poor Ke$ha.  These money-hungry managers are also suing Dr. Luke, the guy who convinced her to seek new management, and also the guy who helped produce her album Animal and who wrote “Tik Tok.”  You know, the guy who actually seems largely responsible for her success.

I think I’m actually on Ke$ha’s side with this one, which is odd because I hate Ke$ha. While I was on a road trip Friday night, my friends thought it was funny to use demonic voices and tell me I was in hell.  Their favorite thing to say was “You’re in hell!  Ke$ha’s album is stuck in the CD player!  Ke$ha is forever!”  And I was truly afraid. That is how much I dislike this girl.

As I’m sure several of you already know, Dennis Hopper died yesterday.  He’d been battling prostate cancer for years, and he passed away from complications of that cancer.  He was 74.

Dennis Hopper is pretty iconic.  With roles in films such as Rebel Without a Cause, Apocalypse Now, and the self-directed Easy Rider (which was also written by Hopper), it’s clear to see why.  As Roy Orbison said when asked about Hopper in Blue Velvet, “it was hard to take your eyes off that character.”  That’s one of the things that makes a great actor, and whatever else can be said about his character off screen, he was a great actor.

My absolute favorite role of Dennis Hopper’s was his character Lefty in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.  I can remember watching it with my father at an age when I was probably too young to be watching those kinds of movies, and laughing and having a fantastic time in general.  When I first saw that Hopper had died, the first image that came to my head was of Lefty with that chainsaw, screaming “I am the lord of the harvest!”  And that’s how I remember him.

What about you guys?  Any significant Dennis Hopper memories?

Remember when Taylor Lautner was on Saturday Night Live and he had that monologue about the Kanye West/Taylor Swift incident? Then remember all those other times that SNL made fun of Kanye West?  Yeah, so does Kanye.  And Kanye does not forgive or forget.

In his new single, “Power,” Kanye goes after SNL, displaying his overwhelming maturity in handling such emotional matters.  Here’s a little snippet of the lyrics:

Fuck SNL and the whole cast
Tell ‘em Yeezy said they can kiss my whole ass
More specifically, they can kiss my asshole
I’m an asshole? You niggas got jokes
You short-minded niggas’ thoughts is Napoleon
My furs is Mongolian, my ice brought the goalies in
Now I embody every characteristic of the egotistic
He know, he so, fuckin’ gifted
I just needed time alone, with my own thoughts
Got treasures in my mind but couldn’t open up my own vault
My childlike creativity, purity and honesty
Is honestly being prodded by these grown thoughts

I know, it starts getting less pointed, but I just love the part about his “childlike creativity, purity, and honesty.”  Way to pull at these old heartstrings, Kanye.  You’re such a beautiful example of what a gentleman should be.

Ok, but really, go ahead and get over yourself, Kanye.  It’s not cute, it just makes you look like a total douchebag.  I don’t even like your music – there, I said it.  I was over it when everybody was singing “Gold Digger” a few years back, and I was over it during your Jesus phase.  Now I just think you’re sad.  Go read some self-help books and get off the radio before your rampant douchebaggery is completely unstoppable.