As I broke it to you this morning, the former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition leader was shot twice in the neck and chest and undergone emergency surgery before she died at 6:16 p.m. local time (4:16 a.m. Alaska Time). Riots across Pakistan immediately broke out upon news of her death, and her body was flown to Sindh for burial on Friday.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf condemned the attacks; three days of mourning are in effect with schools, businesses, and banks closed. However, rival and fellow former PM Nawaz Sharif says his party is boycotting the upcoming elections on January 8 and is calling for Musharraf's resignation. Meanwhile, the worldwide reaction was quick, with President Bush offering his condolences to the whole country and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saying he was "shocked and outraged" by Bhutto's assassination. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called it "an abhorrent act of terror" while it was "an attack against democracy and against Pakistan" according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
What does it all mean now? As we head into 2008, the stakes in the war on terror will be increased several notches. And I am pretty much fearing for the worst when Pakistan goes to the polls in a few weeks.
And shifting gears now to a far less different story than Bhutto...Actress Mischa Barton was arrested for DUI and drugs also early Thursday morning in Los Angeles before being released a few hours later. There's no need for me to post the mug shot here, but talk about another messed-up crackhead!
Anyway, with those out of the way, on to a much more lighter change of pace...
It has always become a year-end tradition since 1991 and online since seven years later. I present to you:
20 (and in her NINTH STRAIGHT APPEARANCE!!!). Britney Spears (I don't know why I've included her year after year after year since '99. Maybe Chris Crocker must've been hot for her after his "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!!!!" video)
19. Lindsay Lohan (her recent film packed in only 20 people at the theaters; but after her rehab stints she's turning over a new leaf)
18. "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?" (ask Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton)
17. Kristen Bell joining the cast of "Heroes" (thank the gods at still fourth-place NBC for putting her in a bikini in one of the episodes)
16. Justin Timberlake (no comment)
15. The New England Patriots' undefeated winning streak (don't worry, the Seahawks may whup them in Super Bowl XLII)
14. Sanjaya Malakar (the awful voice, the different hair-dos, his boyish-looks...Justin Guarini, watch out!)
13. "The Simpsons Movie" (and who says the movie version is better than the TV series?)
12. Marie Osmond collapsing on "Dancing With The Stars" (as did all 300 other Osmonds)
11. "Hannah Montana" (we already had someone similar years ago: Hilary Duff!)
10. "High School Musical 2" (if Ashley Tisdale strips naked in "High School Musical 3" like Vanessa Hudgens did, I'm there!)
9. The iPhone (causing more traffic accidents than any cell phone/MP3 player hybrid)
8. TIE: "Knocked Up" (no, not the Katherine Heigl film, but Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy)/Paris Hilton in jail (wonder if her cellmates were "hot" for her)
7. "The Sopranos" finale (after that, men did a different kind of whacking, but to pics of Jamie-Lynn Sigler)
6. Carrie Underwood (forget "American Idol", she's a "Country Idol")
5. The Beckhams now in America (aka Britsh Invasion 21st Century style)
4. The Anna Nicole Smith baby daddy drama (it would've been better if Maury Povich handled it instead of that Judge Judy wannabe)
3. Idaho Senator Larry Craig (just imagine if the person in that restroom stall was Chris Hansen of "Dateline")
2. The writer's strike (which is leaving our late nighters dry of jokes and us racking our brains thinking of any jokes)
And the #1 thing that was abuzz in 2007 and will still be in 2008...
1. The presidential campaign underway one year early (and every candidate with their own master plan to forget what Bush did these last eight years!)
20 (and in her NINTH STRAIGHT APPEARANCE!!!). Britney Spears (I don't know why I've included her year after year after year since '99. Maybe Chris Crocker must've been hot for her after his "LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!!!!!!" video)
19. Lindsay Lohan (her recent film packed in only 20 people at the theaters; but after her rehab stints she's turning over a new leaf)
18. "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader?" (ask Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton)
17. Kristen Bell joining the cast of "Heroes" (thank the gods at still fourth-place NBC for putting her in a bikini in one of the episodes)
16. Justin Timberlake (no comment)
15. The New England Patriots' undefeated winning streak (don't worry, the Seahawks may whup them in Super Bowl XLII)
14. Sanjaya Malakar (the awful voice, the different hair-dos, his boyish-looks...Justin Guarini, watch out!)
13. "The Simpsons Movie" (and who says the movie version is better than the TV series?)
12. Marie Osmond collapsing on "Dancing With The Stars" (as did all 300 other Osmonds)
11. "Hannah Montana" (we already had someone similar years ago: Hilary Duff!)
10. "High School Musical 2" (if Ashley Tisdale strips naked in "High School Musical 3" like Vanessa Hudgens did, I'm there!)
9. The iPhone (causing more traffic accidents than any cell phone/MP3 player hybrid)
8. TIE: "Knocked Up" (no, not the Katherine Heigl film, but Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy)/Paris Hilton in jail (wonder if her cellmates were "hot" for her)
7. "The Sopranos" finale (after that, men did a different kind of whacking, but to pics of Jamie-Lynn Sigler)
6. Carrie Underwood (forget "American Idol", she's a "Country Idol")
5. The Beckhams now in America (aka Britsh Invasion 21st Century style)
4. The Anna Nicole Smith baby daddy drama (it would've been better if Maury Povich handled it instead of that Judge Judy wannabe)
3. Idaho Senator Larry Craig (just imagine if the person in that restroom stall was Chris Hansen of "Dateline")
2. The writer's strike (which is leaving our late nighters dry of jokes and us racking our brains thinking of any jokes)
And the #1 thing that was abuzz in 2007 and will still be in 2008...
1. The presidential campaign underway one year early (and every candidate with their own master plan to forget what Bush did these last eight years!)
Tomorrow, the "Year In Review" continues with Fill In The Blank quiz. I may have to think of those questions right on the fly.
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