Last Sunday night I wrote about the coming week:
If next Friday the Buck is lower across the board and the BoJ is a bit bloodied Ben Bernanke will light a cigar.
Okay, so our boy Ben is smoking a big fat cigar tonight. He could not be happier. Everything is going his way.
-On the week the dollar got crushed against the majors. Ream more »
Then out of nowhere, with his conversation with reporters apparently over, Artest added, “Even if they legalize marijuana (with a California ballot initiative Nov. 3), I won’t be smoking marijuana.”
HoopsVibe’s Very Quick Call: He’s suddenly become a Saint. Ream more »
There is nothing the Conservatives enjoy more than poking fun at Liberal foibles, which is why Stephen Harper accused Michael Ignatieff of encouraging people to smoke cigarettes on Tuesday. The Liberals used Question Period to promote the major new policy that Mr. Ignatieff had announced earlier in the day, which would offer financial assistance for people providing home care to relatives. Ream more »
Cigarettes used to be a stress reliever for Katherine Heigl, but now the 31-year-old actress is definitively proclaiming that “smoking sucks” – except when it comes to electronic cigarettes. Heigl, whose movie “Life As We Know It” opens on October 8, told Parade magazine that an electronic cigarette has been a life-saver for the past six months.
“I know it sound’s ridiculous, but it’s helping me not to actually smoke real cigarettes,” Heigl said. “You feel like you are smoking, and you get to exhale but it’s just water vapor and not nicotine.” Ream more »
Glee star Lea Michele says she isn’t interested in painting the town red and steers clear of cocktails and cigarettes. ‘These days I have one glass of wine and I’m completely gone,” the actress said. “I’ve never been a ‘Let’s go out and have a cosmopolitan’ kind of girl. I don’t even think I’ve ever tasted a cosmopolitan before. I don’t smoke and I don’t do drugs.’ Ream more »
It is pretty tough to quit smoking says the mother of one and a half year old baby girl Naleigh, Katherine Heigl. The actress told that she started with smoking when she was in her early 20s and it has become very difficult to quit the addiction.
In a chat show recently, Heigl said, “You start once a week, maybe with cocktails with friends at a bar, and then you buy your first pack during a really stressful breakup and then it’s downhill from there.” Katherine on Monday night appeared in the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’. Ream more »
He famously sang about cigarettes and alcohol during his incredibly successful career with Oasis, but former front man Liam Gallagher has apparently kicked the habit.
The rock star has become the latest celebrity to quit smoking according to a source close to him. According to the source, the front man decided to quit smoking in order to lead a healthier lifestyle and to make sure that his singing voice is at its brilliant best for his new band. Ream more »
INDONESIA – A psychologist says he’s helped a smoking toddler from Indonesia kick the habit.
Internet videos of the 2 year old puffing away sparked concern and anger among people around the world earlier this year. Ream more »
Police found a hand-rolled cigarette, believed to be a joint, in Paris Hilton’s vehicle following her arrest last Friday (27.08.10) for cocaine possession. Police found a suspected cannabis joint in Paris Hilton’s car shortly after her arrest on Friday night (27.08.10).
The socialite – who was arrested for cocaine possession after being pulled over by cops in Las Vegas with her boyfriend Cy Waits – reportedly had a hand-rolled cigarette in the vehicle, Ream more »
Is Madonna’s would-be fashionista daughter Lourdes, to paraphrase one of her mother’s hits, into the doob? The 13-year-old, who helped Mom launch the cleverly-titled Material Girl fashion line for teenagers earlier this month, has been spotted wearing a Rastafarian-inspired wristband featuring the silhouette of what appears to be a marijuana plant.
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