Monday, April 19, 2004

Supersize my morning news

Roundup of the morning's intrigue:

The CEO of McDonald's died of a heart attack this morning while attending a company event in Orlando.

Paris Hilton is having her "memoirs" ghost-written, but reportedly she can not only not write, she can't even read. So her obliging editor got someone to read her book to her over the phone while she stared at the picture that will adorn the book cover. (via Gawker)

I finally found where to download The Grey Album, the rap mix based on the Beatles' White Album. Explanation, if you need one, is at that link. And speaking of music industry mysteries, that William Hung CD (the one by the frighteningly bad Chinese-American singer who turned his humiliation on American Idol into a record deal) is the locker room pep-me-up for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Says the SF Chronicle: "He can't carry a tune, but he has carried the Dodgers into first place."

Tell me about it. Cris and I went to the game on Sunday, and despite an inclement drizzle that should have discouraged the visitors, the hated Dodgers won for the third game in a row. Bonds, who went 4 for 4 with 5 RBIs, muttered that he couldn't carry the team on his own. Hey, I know the feeling, big guy.

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