If the Lakers have one thing on their side (beside Kobe), it’s their famous fans. If you tune into a game, you’re bound to see Jack Nicholson sitting courtside with like, Spike Lee and Khloe Kardashian. It’s surreal to say the least and there are also always tons of stars who aren’t sitting on the sidelines. Last night’s game brought in Hillary Swank, Tom Arnold, Penny Marshall, Akon and Ice Cube, just to name a few. I’m a proud Boston girl and I’m hoping that my Celtics pull through for game seven, but we all know that God answers celebrities’ prayers first.

Very successful film actor and burgeoning theater nerd Chris Klein was arrested in L.A. this morning on the 101 freeway for driving under the influence. Chris blew a .20 on his breathalyzer test and the legal limit in California is less than half of that, .08. This is the second DUI for Chris in the past six years, and while that’s not exactly Lohan-status, it doesn’t look good either.

Chris wasn’t just putting himself and every other person on the freeway in danger, either. The cops found Chris’ dogs in the car with him, and unlike their owner, they’ve already been released. Chris’ $25,000 bail still hasn’t been posted at the time this was published.

So what’s Chris’ deal? I’ve heard for years that he’s been a different person since his split with Katie Holmes and that whole Mamma Mia thing was certainly odd… I’m thinking this is all leading up to some big reveal.

A blogger whose name I won’t even bother to write (you know who I’m talking about. That fat guy with the blue hair who cried on the Internet after Will.i.Am beat him up last year) is causing controversy over an image he posted to his Twitter page yesterday. The photo was of 17 year old pop star Miley Cyrus climbing out of a car crotch first, and it appeared that she was going comando. The blogger is claiming that it wasn’t actually a dirty pic saying, “Do you think I’m stupid enough to post a photo of Miley if she’s not wearing any underwear down there? Sure I like to be controversial, but I don’t want to go to jail,” but it sounds like his intent was to make his audience believe that that’s what they were seeing.

Although Miley seems unphased by the photo, writing the blogger off as “an idiot” on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show this morning, the blogger’s actions are considered criminal in the minds of many. Even if the so-called “vagina” was just a flap of leg chub, reporting it to be her private parts is just as bad as if it actually was. Putting a pornographic illusion of an underage girl is just as bad as posting an actual beaver shot in my mind.

We’ve all heard by now that Elton John was paid to perform at the wedding reception of super-conservative, way-homophobic radio show host Rush Limbaugh this past weekend.  Considering he’s one of the most flamboyant homosexuals in the history of man, Elton’s willingness to play for Rush has been called into question. Why on Earth would a proud gay man agree to perform at the wedding ceremony of a man who, amongst other things, believes that Elton doesn’t deserve to be legally married to his long-time partner? The contradiction is glaring.

Elton’s partner David Furnish shared Elton’s sentiments on agreeing to perform with People and quoted the artist as saying, “Life is about building bridges, not walls,” and said he wanted, “to go where people wouldn’t expect [him] to go.” Elton also told his partner, “…maybe if I can make a great impression, people might change their perspectives on life.”

Yeah, I’m so so so sure that Elton thought he was changing Rush Limbaugh. You’re really going to change that homophobic, pill-popping womanizer with a rowdy performance of “Crocodile Rock”, Elton. Please. Let’s just call it what it is: A fat paycheck that overrode whatever morals and gay pride you have.

Ok, to be fair, it was a concert featuring Hanson and Drake, so there were probably a few more people there to see Drake, but still, Hanson fans had to contribute at least a little bit.  I know I’d get scrappy to have the chance to touch Taylor Hanson.

The concert was a free, outdoor deal in New York, and the trouble started when the venue attracted about 10,000 more people than expected.  Tension increased when fans started realizing that Drake wouldn’t start playing for a while (they’d have to sit through the opening band and then Hanson before Drake would start his set), and things quickly got out of control from there.  Fans were starting fights and breaking equipment, and audience members on the second floor started throwing things like metal chairs on the audience below.  Just a few minutes into the first band’s set, the venue management and the NYPD decided to cancel the concert.  Police went into the crowd with mace and helicopters flew overhead to break up the crowd. When everything was over, seven people were treated for minor injuries and two people were arrested:  one for bottle-throwing, the other for obstruction.

I think the best part of all of this is the group of sheltered women in their early twenties, huddled together in their Hanson t-shirts, quietly sobbing over their crushed dreams and trying to summon hope and strength by singing “I Will Come to You.”  Not that this was reported or anything, but come on, it’s a Hanson concert in 2010.

This is the trailer for a film that actually played at the Seattle International Film Festival. I’m only sorry that I didn’t attend the screening. One YouTube commenter said “This is not a trailer, it’s more like the best things? in the world put into one video clip,” and I can’t really say it any better than that.

Clearly, here in Seattle, our film festivals are way more awesome than our cops.