Hi guys!

I realized that when I posted originally about how we’re hiring for our sister site, Zelda Lily, I totally didn’t include a deadline. That was silly of me and definitely just one symptom of me being overworked and needing to bring on more peeps!

The deadline to apply is the end of the day on Wednesday, May 13.

Please check out the original post here for further details and application guidelines.

I’ve had a lot of awesome applications so far, including some fantastic teenage writers applying for the intern positions. I am always so blown away by how intelligent and articulate this readership is. You guys rock.

Congrats to Taylor Momsen, whose rock band, Pretty Reckless, has been signed to Interscope Records and management firm DAS — both HUGE names in the business with long histories of success.

“Rock singer/songwriters like Taylor don’t come around very often. Taylor is an artist with a genuine voice and a unique point of view. DAS is proud to add her to the list of superstar artists that have been managed by our company,” says David Sonenberg, President of DAS Communications.

I have to admit, I watched the video of Taylor’s band performing live last week (you can view them here) and I wasn’t especially blown away. Maybe she does better in the studio? Then again, she’s still really young, so perhaps there’s potential there that just has to be nurtured. Regardless, I’m interested to hear what comes out of her record deal. And good for her for defining her own image and participating in the songwriting process and stepping out as a creative young woman. I’m rooting for ya, Tay-Tay.

Thank you to moms everywhere for pushing us all out of your vaginas. I could do without the guilt trips or off-hand comments on how I look in my bikini, but that whole giving me life, love, and support thing is pretty awesome. I hope my mom enjoys the travel cooler I got her for her car. It refrigerates and heats (swanky!) and should come in really handy on road trips with the grandson or emergency organ transplant deliveries. I’m not really sure what her hobbies are these days.

I also hope she isn’t taking it too hard that I still haven’t confirmed her as a friend on Facebook. I love you mom, but for the good of the entire family, there are some lines that just shouldn’t be crossed.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Continuing what looks to be a drug-related arrest kind of weekend, Tina Fortenberry, who works as an assistant to Barbara Streisand, was arrested on Saturday in Mailbu. Police pulled her over for having expired tags, and after finding that her driver’s license was also expired, proceeded to search the vehicle. Inside, they discovered cocaine, methamphetamines, and a “sap”– a weapon similar in design to nunchakus.

When she was arrested, Fortenberry was on the way to the post office with some of Barbara’s mail– mail that another assistant from Streisand’s office later had to retrieve from the sherrif’s office.

Fortenberry has been released on bond and is scheduled to appear in Malibu Supreme Court in July.

Let this be a lesson to us all! If you’re going to carry illegal drugs and dangerous weapons around in your car while delivering Barbara Streisand’s mail, you should probably make sure that neither your driver’s license nor your registration are expired.

Jojo Simmons, “star” of the MTV reality TV show Run’s House and son of Joseph Simmons– who puts the “Run” in Run DMC– was arrested Saturday and charged with drug possession and one count of resisting arrest.

Jojo Simmons, 19, was released on his own recognizance after being charged with two counts of possession of marijuana and a count of resisting arrest, officials said.

Police had initially slapped Simmons with attempted reckless endangerment, a felony charge, but a Manhattan judge Saturday gave the aspiring rapper a lighter rap.

Police said the hip-hop heir was behind the wheel of his BMW, which has “JoJo” embroidered on the head rests, rolling a joint when narcs knocked on his window Friday.

I don’t know what’s dumber– the fact that he sat in his car and rolled a joint in plain sight of whomever might happen to walk by, or the fact that he has “Jojo” embroidered on his headrests. Other sites are reporting that the attempted reckless endangerment charge mentioned above was added when he tried to flee, but slammed into two parked cars and was quickly apprehended.

Let me put on my Cosby voice for a minute: You see kids, you can’t just go burnin’ bridges and then expect to be able to walk back across ‘em later on. Pudding pops.

The Enquirer is reporting that when Clay Aiken visited the set of American Idol recently–without being invited or letting anyone know he was coming– he was given limited access, confined to break rooms and a few backstage areas, and then shuffled quickly and quietly out the door.

The purpose for his visit was supposedly because he wanted to have a talk with the contestants– Adam Lambert in particular, who is said to be his favorite– and offer them advice and mentoring from someone who has been there before… the key words in that phrase being  “has been.”

Producers and reps from “American Idol” have had a long-simmering feud with Clay because he was one of the first contestant to bolt from 19 Entertainment, the management company that oversees the recording deals, merchandising, touring, sponsorship, and movie deals for “Idol” stars.

Network execs believe that Clay encouraged Kelly Clarkson to cut her ties with the show as well.

“They’ve always held a grudge against Clay for that,” revealed the insider. “So when he showed up at the ‘Idol’ studios and asked if he could give a little pep talk to the remaining finalists, they told Clay thanks… but no thanks.

“It was made clear to him that he was not welcome.”

People are speculating that visit may not have been motivated purely out of concern for the wellbeing of the remaining contestants, but might actually have been *gasp!* a self-serving and desperate attempt at reviving his own career. The 30 year old was dropped from his record label, RCA, late last year, and like a college kid hauling his empty stomach and his dirty laundry home to mom & dad on the weekend, has no place to go except back to Idol.