Depp & Hilton Banned in China

As of July 1, Johnny Depp, Paris Hilton, roast pork and Garfield will be banned from China – their images only, not the actual objects – because according to the Chinese government, they may be damaging to your moral health.

The Chinese government has just passed a new law that states all personal computers sold in the country from July 1 onwards must have special internet filter software installed that is specially designed to block pornographic and violent images from being downloaded.

Among these blocked images is an obnoxious cartoon cat, a jail-bait socialite, a dead pig and Captain Jack Sparrow.

While I fully support the banning of Paris Hilton’s face (and in some aspects, Garfield, too), no one should be forced to live without the option to stare at Johnny Depp. It’s almost criminal, really.

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Christian Dior Drops Sharon Stone

After her stupid comments the other day, it looks like some of the Karma she mentioned is coming home to her.

Christian Dior has dropped her from their Chinese campaign. Dior had this to say.

“In light of the negative reaction that Sharon Stone’s inappropriate remarks have triggered, Dior China has decided to immediately cancel and stop any advertisements, marketing campaigns and commercial activities associated with Sharon Stone. We don’t agree with her hasty, unreflecting remarks and we deeply regret them. We just want our customers and fans to realize that her personal comments are not related to the company and of course we don’t support any type of commentary that will hurt the feelings of our customers.”

“Dior was one of the first international brands to enter China and has won the affection and respect of the consuming public. We absolutely do not support any remark that hurts the Chinese people’s feelings. We express our sorrow over the compatriots who lost their lives in the earthquake in Wenchuan, Sichuan, and we extend our sympathy and condolences to the people in the disaster area.”

Stone has gone into damage control and has started the apology circuit.

“In the course of the interview I made inappropriate remarks and for any harm created towards the Chinese people I am extremely sad and apologize.”

A lot of Chinese bloggers are taking up the campaign to have China boycott her movies, which, considering that she has four coming out is not going to make her very popular with the studios.

Sharon Stone Best Stick To Upskirts

File this under the ‘I am a cretin department‘.

Sharon Stone is once again giving blondes a bad name. referring to the earthquake that hit Sichuan province in China, that left over 60,000 dead and more then 360,000 injured, Sharon reckons that it is karma!

“I’m, you know, not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. And so, I have been very concerned about how to think and what to do about that because I don’t like … that. And then I’ve been, this, you know, concerned about, oh, how should we deal with the Olympics, because they’re not being nice to the Dali Lama who is a good friend of mine. And then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice that the bad things happen to you?”

Since China is not a democracy, I fail to see how the death of innocent adults and children has any effect on the government policies of the country, or how it is karma to the people directly affected.

Sharon needs to concentrate on what she does best. Hello Boys.