Michael Jackson had it coming

This may not be a popular sentiment, but as somebody who has personally had to bitch slap a drug habit I feel this needs to be said.

I've been seeing a common thread with some so-called fans who claim "the media villified Michael Jackson and drove him to pills" -- this is as disturbing as it is absurd. Nobody makes someone else an addict! Yes, they may contribute to their dependency by enabling them; but there are all sorts of people all over the world who have to deal with problems -- and they don't turn to drugs. Michael Jackson is not a victim. His case is tragic and rather sad, but that does not absolve him of responsibility.

An addict will not seek help until they accept that they have a problem and decide to deal with it. Nobody could have helped Michael, until he wanted help. He chose to surround himself with "yes" people, chose to pursue treatment he was repeatedly told would harm him AND chose to shut out people who dared to deny his every whim.

All that said, Dr. Murray enabled Michael and ultimately failed to uphold his oath to serve and protect his patient. He should clearly never be allowed to practice medicine again. As much as the world may want to blame and vilify him, he was the source and not the cause.

It also pisses me off that two years ago, Jacko was a joke -- a washed up pop star nobody took seriously. When he died, the majority who had previously ignored him did a 180-degree turn to praise him. He deserved better than that. But what he really deserved was a slap upside the head with the truth. He had it coming.

Peace out, Michael!

Panty dropper: Becks or Crissy?

Emporio Armani has a new bitch. Cristiano Ronaldo is a hot piece, although I question his eyebrow situation.

Crissy follows in the footsteps of another soccer player, the almighty David Beckham, as the face...butt? of A|E undies.

Natch, I want to know who you'd drop your panties for...Becks or Crissy?

Daily happy

When you have long-term goals, it can be very difficult to be satisfied in the now.

That's why it's so very important to find a daily happy. I'm trying to share mine with you this week -- and highly encourage you to find something, especially on your worst days, that can make you smile. Like puppies. Or a cocktail. Or putting your cock in somebody's tail. Whatever!

I'd also like to thank everybody who commented, sent emails, Tweeted me and such when I revealed my issues with anger management this week. You bitches are alright.

HNT: I grew chesty hairs!

Big deal if I had to use the sharpen tool so they were visible to the human eye, I did in fact grow chesty hairs. DO YOU LIKE SMOOTH OR HAIRY?

I prefer a smooth surface on myself, however my ritual shavings led to razor burn and a bout of body achne. Actually I'm not sure the two are related, because my shoulders broke out too. I know! So gross.

Here's how I tamed the flame: Firstly, I stopped shaving my chesticles. Rather than regular soap, I switched to Neutrogena Body Clear Body Wash, a salicylic acid soft-soap. Another trick is to use Head & Shoulders, especially if you have sweat rash. After towling off, I treat the area with an Alpha Hydroxy toner, grean tea extract or Witch Hazel (one of the above NOT all three). I think the Witch Hazel tends to work best on me. Once that dries, before bed I apply a retinol or during the day I use a generic benzoyl peroxide.

It's important to know your drugs, so before you use anything, visit drugs.com to understand how whatever you're using works, what it may interact with, or if it is even the right product for your condition. It's easy to self-medicate incorrectly with over the counter remedies. The temptation is to use the newest product with the brightest packaging, but more important is the ingredient list. Sometimes a classic (or a money-saving generic) works the best.

If you have a beauty question or suggestion, leave 'em in the comments & I'll share them here.

Happy Half-Nekkid Thursday!

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Remember when Oscar De La Hoya was a sexy bitch?

Normally I would not seek to emasculate a man who dresses up in women's undies to have a good time. I mean, gender-bending is kind of hot right? If it gives you and your partner the hornies, I say put him up in pumps!

Oscar denied the pictures were real. He claimed they were photoshopped. Sure, Oscar, they photoshopped your foot up in an arch and then photoshopped a heel on your foot. I've certainly seen some good photoshopping in my time, but there were JUST SO MANY photographs with a firm-fitting fishnet bodysuit his denial falls flat. That's some serious fuckery right there.

A real man would have just owned up to the whole thing instead of lying about it. Accepting your sexuality leads to a BETTER tomorrow, trust! Besides, when you're caught red handed, you lose respect if you can't just say you fucked up and move on (he was having an affair, too).

Sometimes people can be an example of what to do -- and what not to do. On the fitness tip, boxing is a whole body workout that includes weight lifting, speed training and endurance challenges. Plus it makes you feel all butch and stuff. Even in heels! Mix up your routine with a class or two with a private instructor or in a class setting. Just don't start acting like a tough guy and getting in bar fights. That's not very classy.

Oscar De La Hoya side straddles 37 today.

Anger management

I've been real pissed off lately. Pretty much at everyting. I go from mildly annoyed to I WILL BEAT YOU THE FUCK DOWN BITCH in like 0.5 seconds. It's not cute.

So this week I'm trying to find ways to focus on the important things and find away to tuck all that negative shit in my back pocket. I suppose you're wondering why not get rid of it entirely? I may need the rage later. You never know!

What are some CALM THE FUCK DOWN techniques? I close my eyes, breathe slowly and visualize a hot piece of ass stripping down in front of me. Unfortunately that leads to another frustration. Suggestions welcome.

Michael C. Hall Killing it at 39

Michael pokes 39 today. The 'Dexter' star says playing a killer gets a very different reaction than playing gay on 'Six Feet Under.'

"I do get a sense that many family members of mine are more comfortable watching me simulate murder than simulate a same-sex relationship with a black man," says the Raleigh, NC, native. "I got a lot more questions then about, 'Is it weird playing a gay character?' than I now get about, 'Is it weird playing a serial killer?'"

Michael recently revealed he's been secretly battling Hodgkin's lymphoma, a blood cancer which is now in remission. Let's wish the birthday boy a happy, healthy year to come.

SPAAARTAAAAH-CUS!!!

'Spartacus: Blood and Sand' premieres a new episode tonight at 10 p.m. on Starz. I'll be setting my DVR.

To train for the role, series star and hot bitch Andy Whitfield says he went to gladiator boot camp: "It was pretty brutal, actually. Two days after I got the job, I flew to New Zealand, and I was in gladiator boot camp, which is a month of four hours a day, getting smashed to pieces by big stunt guys, learning how to fall, sword fighting and not eating anything. It was really hard. And then you get to the end of that first month, and then they're going to do an eight-and-a-half-month shoot where you have to stay in that shape."

As for stunts, "I did most of it myself because of the phantom camera. There is this 1,000 frames-a-second camera that creates the slow-motion stuff, so you can see it is not me if it is not me. There were some things I couldn't do for insurance reasons. But pretty much, I hit the deck every time and threw the punches and swung the swords."

Full interview at ETonline

This week on Young Hollywood: I met Kristen Chenowith!

Finally! Fucking! Friday!!! (FFF) omg you guys what a crazy, busy week.

I mean that in a good way, not to complain or elicit pity. Don't you hate it when people are always telling you how crazy their life is, how busy "with everything" they are and how tired all of that stuff is making them? It's like, shut up and take a nap!

This week I got to do some really fun stuff, just yesterday I got to see some of the Grammy rehearsals, caught a handfull of glitter and attitude at the premiere party for 'RuPaul's Drag Race' (Ru was there but I only got to say a quick hello on the red carpet), plus I saw the amazing V.V. Brown at Bardot in Hollywood. Oh right, I took a ride in one of the famous Weinermobile (only 6 exist) and met the beautiful and talented Kristen Chenowith!

Kristin Chenoweth is on a Good Mood Mission

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Hollywood Stubble: The Barely-There Beard

Too Faced Jerrod Blandino’s Never-Fail Makeup Tips

Casual is the new black: How to get the look & revamp your wardrobe on a budget with PRIMP designer Wells Butler

WTF Nick Carter?!?

Backstreet Boy Nick Carter is...a...hot...bitch? I'm so confused!

In his boy band days, I never thought he was a tasty piece. Later, as the band faded into relative obscurity, he dated skanks and got fat. Not attractive. His weight loss was part of a downward spiral of self-abuse, including drugs.

Nick says he hated looking "swollen all the time," during his partying days. Now, "I have a jaw again! I've got abs. It still shocks me."

"I got the demons off my chest and I'm doing everything I can so I won't ever get back there."

Along with getting clean, he cleaned up his eating habits by trading chicken wings and pizza for three-egg-white omelets, grilled chicken sandwiches and lots of veggies (asparagus and beets are his new favorites). Overall, he limits himself to 2,000 calories a day and works out five times a week.

Nick Carter gets sticky with the big 3-0 today.

Stephen Colbert is sports sexy

Stephen Colbert announced his show will sponsor the U.S. Speedskating team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

I sort of forget where I was going with this about a week ago when I originally uploaded to these pics (I work ahead) and I'm having a real shit week -- not in terms of bad stuff happening to me I'm just in a weird headspace -- so I'll just say that a little laughter makes the day BETTER. Now, if you can combine funny and smart, my dick drips. Make a funny, turn me on. I really am that easy. I'd even do Stephen Colbert! That is, as long as we used a laugh track for background music.

"I used to write things for friends," Stephen says. "There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didn't like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way."

John Mayer jerks it all the time

John Mayer is a bit of a guilty pleasure. Although a mature 32, this man-child is known for his weird Twitter ramblings and inane magazine interviews. I sort of take everything he says like he's just fucking with the interviewer to see what kind of while, stupid shit they'll put in print.

Rolling Stone took the bait during a recent interview, in which the singer-songwriter admitted to being a compulsive jerk off.

"I am the new generation of masturbator," John Mayer says. "I've seen it all. Before I make coffee, I've seen more butt holes than a proctologist does in a week. I mean, I have masturbated myself out of serious problems in my life. The phone doesn't pick up because I'm masturbating. And I have excused myself at the oddest times so as to not make mistakes. If Tiger Woods only knew when to jerk off. It has a true market value, like gold bullion. First of all, I don't jerk off because I'm horny ... No, I do it because I want to take a brain bath. It's like a hot whirlpool for my brain, in a brain space that is 100 percent agreeable with itself."

Obviously your wank schedule shouldn't get in the way of daily activities. Otherwise, pants off! Exploring our bodies is healthy, natural and fun. Fact.

This week on Young Hollywood!

Heyyy, you guys. It's FFF!*

*FINALLY FUCKING FRIDAY!!!

As you all know, I've found great personal growth by simply deciding to try something new now and then. Self-promotion is no different.

I suppose, in order to continue my dream as a full-time writer I need to make sure people are, if they care to, reading my stuff. It seems that maybe I haven't made it clear that's what I actually do. Like, it pays my bills. I don't have any other income. I don't want to brag or anything, but I'm Living The Dream! (the poor man's version of it, anyway)

As we slide soft and slow into the tight hole of the new year, I'd like to further stimulate you with celebrity lifestyle articles posted on the daily at YoungHollywood.com

Each week, I'll give y'all a round-up here:

Face Fashion: The LL Collection by Lisa Loeb

Hollywood Hair at Home: Self-help!

Soleil Moon Frye: Punky Girl Goes Organic

Sade is a Soldier of Love

Vibram Five Fingers: A Fashion Road Test

HNT: Makeover

I really thought this was the look. That hair, you guys! Somehow I thought I could keep up the natural-ish brown with a peacock highlight right at the front going on forever. Except for the issue of roots and damaged hair from bleaching, it was a great idea (it was not a great idea).

Like many other passing fads, I quickly switched up my look. It took a few months to grow out, but only an afternoon to dye it darker and restyle. Even in the picture above, in which I'd just gotten out of the shower and hadn't touched my hair, its 100% better, more natural looking and fits my personal style.

Once I whip that shit with a hairdryer and add some product, as this horribly lit (except for the hair) photo illustrates, it's a whole new me!

Though I very rarely get negative comments and/or hate mail (which are just deleted anyways) there is a common theme among those who put down this site; detractors believe it to be superficial.

Well, you know my stock reply: FUCK THOSE PEOPLE

Nobody tells me what to do, how to think, or what to post on MY damn blog. Beyond that, I don't care what anybody says about wanting to be healthy and shit -- people want to look good. Nobody would go to the gym or eat anything except Cheetos and ice cream if they could look hot doing so.

When you look your best, you feel your best. That's why I take the time and energy to invest in a BETTER me, inside and out.


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Fan pics with shirtless 'Glee' hunk Matthew Morrison

Back by popular request, it's 'Glee' super stud Matthew Morrison!

Peep this hot bitch in his underwears

"I'm still kind of a loner," he told PARADE magazine. "Even the sports I'm into -- running and cycling -- are the kind I do myself."

"I like to throw my bike in the back of my truck, drive out to Malibu, and then bicycle along the Pacific Coast Highway," he added. "It gives me a chance to be alone with my thoughts."

As for taking the spotlight: "Some performers say it's so easy, so natural, but I think that's bull." he says. "I still get nervous but fear is one of the great things that motivates me to be the best I can be."


Pics via dListed

Becks get inked, drops pants

Soccer stud and style icon David Beckham got some new ink (on his side) which he showed off at a recent game, during which he also depantsed himself. That's my kind of guy, but I'll tell you why I really love this hot bitch...

...he makes being skinny sexy. Guys everywhere, even myself, have this notion that to be a real man you have to look like a bodybuilder. Big muscle. Becks is the exception, proving those notions are bullshit. You can be a sex symbol without biceps the size of a child's head.

Not all dudes are built that way, just like most ladies don't develop double-D breast size with a 22-inch waist. There is, however, no question other body parts -- those of men and women alike -- quiver at the sight of sexy Becks. I'm not saying everybody wants to drop their panties for him, but it's enough of a crowd to make one realize there's a type for everyone; that you don't have to submit to one generic catchall. Rather than fighting against my body's nature, I have learned to embrace my manly stick figure.

"To be someone kids look up to is a great honor," David tells Men's Health. "What matters is how you carry yourself, off and on the field."


Pics: Getty/AP