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20 Best and Worst Celeb Blogs...according to EW~*~*
The 20 Best and Worst Celebrity Blogs
Because there's nothing's better than uncensored access to the dark recesses of the celebrity mind, we grade the online musings of Pam, Rosie, Britney, and other diarists held dear by fans

PAMELA ANDERSON
The Bombshell Activist
pamelaanderson.com

ANGLE: A cheeky diary from the actress/mom/animal rights advocate.

HIGH POINT: Pam's realization that Uggs are made with animal skin (''I thought they were shaved kindly?'') is double-take-worthy — even more so because she claims to have launched the frenzy over the boots: ''I feel so guilty for that craze being started around Baywatch days.... People like to tell me all the time that I started that trend.'' But now she adds, ''That's it!!!!''

LOW POINT: She scrimps on the details of her blink-and-you-missed-it marriage to Kid Rock: ''Divorce. Yes, it's true. Unfortunately impossible.'' Awwww.

VERDICT: The opposite of Ugg.

GRADE: B+

ZACH BRAFF
Garden-Variety Actor
zachbraff.com

ANGLE: The Scrubs and Garden State star riffs on dating, film, and whatever else is on his mind at the moment.

HIGH POINT: On his pet: ''Roscoe is chewing on a 'bully stick.' Someone recently told me that it is actually a bull's penis. If that is true, then man my dog loves bull penis!''

LOW POINT: ''Please go see The Ex this weekend. I promise you will laugh. It is silly (like me). It is by no means anything deep...[but] it won't let u down.''

VERDICT: Surprisingly amusing musings and unsurprisingly (given his Garden State Grammy) great music selections.

GRADE: B+


BRITNEY SPEARS
The Tabloid Tinder
britneyspears.com

ANGLE: Oops, I posted again.

HIGH POINT: Sadly, none in recent memory. Her gushiest moments are about her dogs: ''I have a new dog named Lucky and I just bought her a new dresser for her room.''

LOW POINT: In early July, she atoned for her pre-rehab, post-shaved outburst at photographers: ''I apologize to the pap for a stunt that was done 4 months ago regarding an umbrella. I was preparing my character for a role in a movie...,'' she says. ''Unfortunately I didn't get the part.'' Brit-Brit, Rihanna didn't want you in her music video anyway.

VERDICT: A bad excuse for a blog, especially after she discontinued the über-juicy ''stream of consciousness'' section and deleted the archives.

GRADE: D


ROSIE O'DONNELL
The Headline-Maker
rosie.com

ANGLE: Rosie's (non-)patented haiku-style musings on life, celebrity, and politics, with in-your-face solo and family videos.

HIGH POINT: Funny, infectious enthusiasm and raw emotion; generously answers e-mailers' questions via webcam and a message board; her recent championing of young singer Beth Ditto reminds you why she's missed on The View. Choice verse soon after leaving the show: ''lindsay lohan/dui again/relief i dont have 2 discuss it/on tuesday...''

LOW POINT: Ponderous verse: ''last week/a 10 yr old boy/quiet and quirky/whispered in my ear/'donald trump is a monster'/ with genuine concern.'' Posts picture of 4-year-old daughter wearing toy bullet bandoleer around her neck; some fans and foes freak out.

VERDICT: Humor and self-deprecation outweigh the stridency nearly every time.

GRADE: A


ALYSSA MILANO
The Chick Who Digs Baseball
alyssa.mlblogs.com

ANGLE: A passionate dissection of the L.A. Dodgers — by someone way cuter than Tommy Lasorda.

HIGH POINT: An entry comparing steroid use in baseball to the Botox obsession in Hollywood scores with thoughtful analysis.

LOW POINT: Jargon-filled missives like ''There is no reason to play James Loney in right field, out of position, when we were losing by a ton in the eighth'' could turn less-than-diehards off.

VERDICT: We're charmed.

GRADE: A-


GENE SIMMONS
The Mad Musician
genesimmons.com/news.html

ANGLE: An update on the life of the Kiss frontman.

HIGH POINT: An unusually sensitive Simmons is touched after he and his bandmates hang out with some of the troops at a Marine Corps camp in California. The rocker described it as ''a very emotional experience and would make anyone proud of the men and women who risk their lives.'' Archives are easy to use.

LOW POINT: An apparent obsession with Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Mansion, as well as an unfortunate reminder that he was once on the magazine's cover.

VERDICT: Blah. How about funneling some of that blood-spitting, fire-breathing venom onto this site?

GRADE: C+


LILY ALLEN
Brit It Girl Gone Wild
myspace.com/lilymusic

ANGLE: No filter, no boundaries, no problem: The cheeky singer takes on American border policies, other celebrities, and especially the journalists she deems ''tabloid f---s.''

HIGH POINT: Relentless honesty, sparky British wit, and intimate photos of everything from a VIP-only Chanel show to people she claims were smoking crack outside her tour bus in a San Diego parking lot.

LOW POINT: A grim May post entitled ''fat, ugly and s---ter than winehouse,'' in which Allen, dubbing herself ''a bit chubby,'' uploads a pic of her tear-streaked face and admits to Googling ''gastric bypass surgery.''

VERDICT: From her ragga-pop ditties and sneakers-and-ball-gown getups to her blog scribblings, the girl's got style.

GRADE: A


JOHN MAYER
The Thinker
johnmayer.com/blog

ANGLE: Dispatches on entertainment and social issues.

HIGH POINT: The self-produced spoof ''The Paul Reddy Show'' has the artist answering ridiculous questions (''What about putting cliffhangers in songs so people listen to the next one?'') in a hilarious, 60 Minutes-type setting.

LOW POINT: Don't quit your day job, John: ''Note to self: Design a staple to help keep fajitas wrapped. Call it 'The Fajita Staple.''' Also, nothing on Jessica S.

VERDICT: Brainy, albeit a little ponderous.

GRADE: B


JENNA FISCHER
Pam I Am
myspace.com/pambeesley

ANGLE: Thoughts from the most regular girl ever to become a big-time actress.

HIGH POINT: Fischer's ''who, me?'' attitude makes us wonder where Pam stops and she begins: ''I got to meet Christine Taylor at the Premiere party! Man, she is beautiful. After we met I thought of a million more things I wish I had said but I got nervous.'' (Also worth digging up: Her touchingly thorough guide to making it in Hollywood, from July 2006.)

LOW POINT: We could stand less detailed info on upcoming Office episodes, but that's because we'd watch anyway.

VERDICT: A blog that makes our cynicism melt? Who knew that could be more than a bad sci-fi pitch?

GRADE: A


ALEC BALDWIN
The 'Rock' Star
huffingtonpost.com/alec-baldwin

ANGLE: Well-reasoned thoughts on controversies not involving his personal life.

HIGH POINT: Railing against Imus' firing and pushing a Gore-for-president campaign are this blog's raison d'être, but Baldwin's elegy to Tower Records' closing was his most passionate post of all: ''The one on Sunset...you could walk in and immediately go into a serious retail coma and when you came to, you were at the register with a thousand dollars' worth of tapes, CDs and DVDs and no memory of how you got there.''

LOW POINT: The silence since his voice-mail meltdown in April.

VERDICT: His candid sociopolitical rants get just controversial enough to rile up the message-boarders while staying safely within the HuffPo's smarty-pants liberal brand.

GRADE: B


VICTORIA BECKHAM
The Soccer Mom
dvbstyle.com/blog

ANGLE: Posh Spice shops a lot.

HIGH POINT: On her Golden Globe party attire: ''I wore a Cavalli A-line shift dress. It had a detailed neckline and little pockets in the most gorgeous plum colour with beautiful shoes covered in shimmering crystals by Le Silla. It was FABULOUS!''

LOW POINT: Shilling her hubby's Intimately Beckham perfume as a great Valentine's Day gift.

VERDICT: Posh tries to sound grounded, but much of the blog reads like it was dictated to an assistant. Not helping matters: The rest of the website is chock-full of press releases.

GRADE: C-


ROSEANNE BARR
The Other Rosie
roseanneworld.com/blog

ANGLE: Rants against the president and the Iraq war. Plus stuff like this (all caps hers): ''WHY CAN'T I SHUT UP? NOT ROCK THE BOAT? WHY AM I ON A CRUSADE TO TALK ABOUT JESUS AS A JEW, WHEN NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR IT? I AM SHE WHO IS AND IS NOT YET...WHO HAS BECOME SHE WHO IS, AND EVER WILL BE.''

HIGH POINT: ''I love roasted garlic with wine and crackers so much it's insane!!!''

LOW POINT: ''I have decided to freeze registration and remove all right-wingers.''

VERDICT: That Kabbalah stuff really found a serious student here. We'd like our old Rosie back, please.

GRADE: C+


AVRIL LAVIGNE
Girlfriend's Gabfest
myspace.com/avrillavigne

ANGLE: Almost exclusively promotional, with occasional, frenzied updates.

HIGH POINT: She's! so! excited! about her new album: ''I promise you guys will LOVE this record, it is my favorite one!!!''

LOW POINT: Responding to a pending copyright infringement lawsuit concerning her song ''Girlfriend,'' she writes: ''Their claim is based on 5 words! All songs share similar lyrics and emotions. As humans we speak one language.... Why is it when you get to a certain level people want to attack you?''

VERDICT: Our feelings aren't complicated — more candor, less ''buy my new album.''

GRADE: C+


BARBRA STREISAND
The Yentl With an Agenda
barbrastreisand.com

ANGLE: People, People Who Hate the Current Presidential Administration.

HIGH POINT: Thoughtful tips reprinted from Earth Day Network on stopping global warming; a creative reimagining of ''The Way We Were'' (''Scattered pictures/of the House we left behind/Lovely Democratic Mem'ries/Of the way we were'').

LOW POINT: Lack of spell-check; preaching to the choir.

VERDICT: Less Funny Girl than Angry Girl, Streisand strikes up the anti-Bush band with surprising fervor. But the dearth of music content leaves us a little verklemmt.

GRADE: B


KEVIN SMITH
The Fairly Odd Filmmaker
silentbobspeaks.com

ANGLE: Diary, comedic op-ed, and plugs for his ''SModcast'' podcasts and live appearances.

HIGH POINT: It's a tie between a happy-birthday greeting for his wife (''From a one-night-stand to my partner and soul mate. You boggle my mind, you fill my heart, you race my blood, you take my breath away'') and a series of e-mails between Smith and a writer from The Clarion-Ledger in Mississippi debating whether Alanis Morissette sang a tune called ''One of Us.'' (Smith was right — she didn't.)

LOW POINT: After famously attacking film critic Joel Siegel for walking out of a Clerks II screening, Smith repents when he discovers that the spat is mentioned in a Siegel obituary.

VERDICT: Smith calls his diary ''My Boring-Ass Life''; it's apropos, given that much of it addresses subjects such as his diet and his man-crush on Bruce Willis. Nonetheless, fans will appreciate his candor.

GRADE: A-


DAVID SPADE
Showbiz Satirist
theshowbizshow.com

ANGLE: Snarky celeb gossip posts, plus previews and outtakes from his acerbic Comedy Central series, The Showbiz Show with David Spade.

HIGH AND LOW POINT: ''Vanessa Minnillo is reportedly in talks to get her own reality show, in which cameras would follow her through a typical day in order to find out why the f--- she has a show.''

VERDICT: A phoned-in marketing tool for Spade's show, which is now on hiatus. Looks like you're off the hook!

GRADE: C+


MARGARET CHO
The Comedian As Activist
margaretcho.com

ANGLE: The funnywoman pushes her lefty, multi-sexual agenda (''A few words about trannychasing'') with earnestness but scant interactivity with her readers.

HIGH POINT: With all her charity concert dates, meticulously detailed in her blog, it's a wonder this woman makes a living, she's apparently so generous.

LOW POINT: ''I have some wide a-- feet. They are beautiful, with a graceful arch of instep and a dramatically deep sole. But my feet are somewhat Fred Flintstoney, with the width holding all of my weight steady.''

VERDICT: Very sincere, but even Hilary Clinton's blog has more laughs.

GRADE: C


JEFF BRIDGES
The Oscar Nominee
jeffbridges.com

ANGLE: Bridges publishes illustrated musings on his life.

HIGH POINT: A sketch of a surfing penguin that links to the trailer for Surf's Up. (Bridges voices dreadlocked penguin Big Z in the film.)

LOW POINT: Bridges ruminates on a painful dental visit by posting a drawing that gives new meaning to the phrase ''tortured actor.''

VERDICT: Kind of a mess because the doodles and sketches are strewn all over the place, but bonus points for originality.

GRADE: C+


FALL OUT BOY
Band on the Run
falloutboyrock.com/falloutboy/blog.php

ANGLE: Road diary + occasional fashion tips x poetic license = bassist/chief blogger Pete Wentz on a roll.

HIGH POINT: Witty, goofball humor; speedy updates; regular support of charitable causes and lesser-known bands.

LOW POINT: None, really, unless keeping up on the daily minutiae of MySpace dreamboy Wentz just isn't your cup of Tang.

VERDICT: Fun, frequent postings, high level of fan interaction. If you're not interested in FOB and their general scene, however, you're probably SOL; it's pretty insidery.

GRADE: B+


MEREDITH VIEIRA
Woman of Today
meredithtoday.ivillage.com

ANGLE: The Today host answers questions from fans and offers anecdotes from her other job as a wife and mother to three kids.

HIGH POINT: On her wedding music: ''Believe it or not, we had a boombox at our wedding (and a sheet cake). And the first song we played was 'I'm So Excited' by the Pointer Sisters.''

LOW POINT: ''I already have luggage — it's a little Mickey Mouse — literally. I bought a suitcase at the Disney store years ago when I worked for ABC. It's black with pictures of Mickey and Minnie all over it.''

VERDICT: Bland but friendly, Vieira's blog is the perfect vehicle to reach her fan base. Or more specifically: If this blog wore pants, they'd be mom jeans.

GRADE: B

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RoRo's "blog" is the best, obvs. And the word 'blog' is so annoying, y/n?