Entertainment News - March 12, 2008

A male blogger named Mike Cherico, who was hired as their "Man Needs A Date" spokesman, was fired from Glamour magazine because he dumped a date who had a cold sore and that left readers in an uproar. Personally, I don't date cold sores, either. But the woman launched a blog to counter his blog and the women banded together to make sure he got the axe. (FolioMag)

Even though Alicia Silverstone has been unemployed since the '90s, she decided to nix the idea of appearing on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother because Britney Spears would be on the same set. (CelebNewsWire)

Seems that Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell managed to bring a girl who was in coma out of it by singing her a couple of songs. I'm not big on Spice, but that is a very admirable deed. I have a new respect for Ginger. (dListed)

Is it just me or does Tori Spelling swell up like a balloon when she gets pregnant? (Gossip Girls)

Catherine Zeta-Jones is one of those women who seems to become more and more beautiful as time passes. Gotta hand it to those surgeons, boy. (Celebrity Rumors)

Janet Jackson was hospitalized because she has the flu; is this normal? Isn't the flu essentially a serious cold? Or maybe flu is code for lipo... (IDLYITW)

Ray-J explains to Tyra Banks why he made a sex tape with Kim Kardashian - to improve his performance. Mmm-hmm. (Drunken Stepfather)