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Sharon Stone isn't the only celebrity with controversial opinions on karma. Hulk Hogan and co have raised a few eyebrows and turned a few stomachs with their recent comments.

The Hulkster was commenting on the recent misfortune that befell his son Nick, and his son's best friend John Graziano. John is a 23 year old war vet who took up with the young Mr Nick Bollea (the Hogan family's actual name). Nicky was fond of getting tanked up, and driving cars flat out (young Nick has had plenty of 'bad car karma', including one car that burst into flames while parked in his driveway). However Nick's most recent misfortune was above and beyond anything previous.

This misfortune was a high speed drunken joy ride which ended in a crash. While Nick got off lucky, and only suffered a broken wrist, his friend suffered serious head injuries, and now languishes in a coma. The Hogan family have come under some fire for their response to this tragedy, by implying than Graziano brought it on him self by not wearing his seat belt. Now, in a leaked prison phone call between Nick and his father, the plot sickens, as Hulk makes even more outrageous comments.

Hulk Hogan: "Well I don't know what type of person John was. Or what he did to get himself in this situation. I know he was pretty aggressive and yelled at people and did stuff. And for some reason God laid some heavy sh-t on that kid. I don't know what he was into."

Nick Bollea: "He was a negative person."

Hulk: "He was what?"

Nick: "He was a negative person. Will you work on that 'reality' deal?"

Hulk: "Yep"

Nick: "Get that lined up so the minute I walk out, whenever I walk out of here it's there, boom."

Hulk: "Can you do it while you're on probation."

Nick: "Of course."

Hulk: "Do you want to do it with Pink Sneakers or someone else."

Nick: "I want to do it where I'll make the most money."

You can find listen to the actual conversation for yourself at the following site - Hogan phone conversation.

Well it's interest that young Nick, like the real little trooper that he is, has stayed focused on the important things - making money and his "real-ality deal". Fortunately for him he didn't get the same 'overdose of reality' as his friend. It might be worth noting that Nick is being kept in protective custody, and is apparently starting to crack up in isolation. However that doesn't really explain his father's callous response to the situation. In the Gospel according to Hulk, the lad must've been a negative person who was into heavy shit, and the Good Lord obviously caught up with him. He remains strangely silent on his son's contribution to this mess, by drinking and driving at high speed. In fact the attitude of the Hogan parents might be young Nick's most mitigating circumstance. It's hard to grow into a decent adult, when you're exposed to attitudes like that! We can only hope that the Hulkster stops and does some serious thinking before he shares any more of his insights with the public. Hulk and his motley clan are already starting to come off tackier than the Duane Dog Chapmans!

Now for happier news:

With all the talk about Iron-man and the return of Robert Downey's career, you're probably curious about the woman in his life, producer Susan Levin - Downey. Robert credits her with helping him through his recovery. You're probably curious about what she looks like. Well she's not only smart and successful, but really good looking. Downey, you lucky dog!

BTW it appears that disgraced robber baron Conrad Black is handling his incarceration with more dignity than young Nick Hogan. Lord Black is reportedly teaching a history class to fellow inmates! Kudos to the big guy for putting that time to constructive use, and in a way that benefits his fellow inmates! They say that it's adversity which shows what people are made of (but Lord put me not to the test!)!

Last night's episode of LOST was one of the lowest rated ever. Since I'm not even an occasional viewer, then I have to assume that the show has jumped the shark somewhere along the way. Now LOST's break out star was supposed to be the lovely & charming Vagina Evangeline Lilly. The girl is not without her charms, though some have mentioned that she looks like a down market Kate Beckinsale (hey, that's still better than Rachel Ray). However when the show was a hit back in season 1 - The Year of the Desperate Housewife - Lilly proceeded to go on something of an ego trip.

She started saying bizarre things in public like she hated being beautiful, because of the way it made her feel when men looked at her. I don't think that she would have been reassured by being reminded that she isn't that beautiful (or even really beautiful at all - just a sort of Jennifer Aniston: a really eye catching girl next door). That's because if she were really pissed off by being a sex symbol, it would be easy enough to do something about that. Try eating a tub of ice cream after dinner, and follow that up with a nap. I can almost guarantee that if she tries that, in under 6 months she'll go from getting the creeps, to giving them!

Lilly said more. She claimed that she hated being famous. She said she'd like to go off somewhere and be by herself. In context of her past, this was about as convincing as the person who flounces into the room, sighs loudly, announces "No body ask me about my day!", then plants themselves in the middle of the room to wait expectantly! You see Lilly had been an ambitious little piece of work for many years. She had a history of part and full time acting, back when her first husband - Murry Hone, was supporting her.

Murry was the one who convinced her to hang in their, when Lilly got discouraged about not getting famous (it's complicated as Denise Richards might say). This was about the time that she was appearing on the Livelinks chatline TV ads. Well Lilly hung in there and got booked on LOST through the Ford agency. The girl who had never wanted to be famous had registered with them as an 'actress'. Well she got the gig, and $80 000 per episode (although she almost didn't. Lilly is Canadian, and there was a delay in getting her work visa for the USA. When she arrived on the set a day late, producers were already in the process of recasting Kate Austen.)

Though Lilly insisted that she hated the fame that had been thrust upon her, she made the adjustments to her new and better life fast and furiously. She signed a bunch of endorsements, had her agent troll for suitable movie roles (there were a few promising one's that she was connected with, over the grapevine, although they didn't seem to pan out), and she dropped poor Murry - the long suffering husband who'd seen her through thick and thin. Perhaps the disingenuous Lilly might say that it was not so much a matter of her out growing him, and it was of them growing apart. It would sound much better put that way!

Well as said, Lilly protested loudly about her resentment of the adoring public into her personal space - with her old "I can't help it if you creeps find me irresistible. That's your problem!", and she settled into the life of a highly paid TV fetish object (That's like a 'sex object' only creepier. maybe it's the added quality of obsession?). She also took up with her cast mate Dominic Monaghan. Strange thing is that as LOST's rating faded, Lilly protests got a lot quieter (They were at a peak around season 2-3). When Monaghan was dropped from the cast, the reluctant superstar dumped him, just as she had Hone before him. Apparently Lilly explained that the relationship wouldn't work with her in Hawaii, and him in absurdity obscurity.

Well last year the first serious talks about cluing LOST up started to surface. Last night's LOST was the most poorly rated ever. Which basically means that the show's days are already numbered. Cast members who expected to break out might go down with the ship. Lilly herself, 2nd on MAXIM's hot 100 list in 2005, was 67th by 2006. Rumor has it that Lilly has taken Monaghan back. I guess that she realized that she might not be so far from obscurity herself (That's somewhere around Fort Saskatchewan according to Lilly). Now that it seems her wishes to be free from fame are being answered, Lilly seems much more desperate eager to hang on to what she still has. That oughta teach her to shut the fuck up! It's good that she over came that distance problem in her Monaghan relationship, anyway.

Post Script: Spoiled Brat Syndrome & Celebrity Personality Disorder

Now I'm not saying that Evangeline Lilly is full of shit, but she seems like a person who's spent several ungrateful years complaining about her good fortune, because she never dreamed that it might actually come to an end. Maybe she'll actually learn something from all this, but she's an actress, so that's highly unlikely. She's more likely to die trying. What a little trooper! It does look like those Livelinks ads (still being used) is going to be around longer than LOST!

Wondertrash Bogus Zen:

My favorite animal is steak.
Fran Lebowitz

I wonder if the affection is mutual??

In some ways, you know, people that don't exist, are much nicer than people that do.
Lewis Carroll

Wow, a man ahead of his time. He anticipated the cult of celebrity by maybe 75 years! Remember that the journey of fame is one from here to absurdity!