OK Kiddies…I Mean…What?!? is having our first Twitter Promotion. And it is quite a groovy prize indeed. Follow I MEAN…WHAT?!? on Twitter and retweet the message below and you will be entered to win a cool, G-STAR outfit.

I just entered to win a G-Star Raw outfit from @Imeanwhat. More details here: http://bit.ly/IMWcontest #IMWGstar

Maybe Bristol and Levi can get John McCain to officiate their marriage ceremony in a vain attempt to get votes in the November election.

Surely you are anticipating the I Mean…What?!? Gross Baboon of the Year Award, which will be granted later this year. Yes, move over Razzies, because the Gross Baboons are coming. For you newcomers, the GBOTY Award honors those annoying people that have graced monopolized the media to the point that it makes me say, “I don’t need to see that”. Nominees to date include: Mel Gibson, Real Housewives of New Jersey, Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods, Jon Gosselin, Joselyn James…get the picture? Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are the latest nominees and their new-found togetherness has even created a new category, A Couple of Gross Baboons. The awards show is gearing up to be quite a fete…even if it is in my own mind.

Now this is the episode I want to watch.

Word is that the soon-to-be newlyweds…though I would imagine that ceremony will only happen if they get a reality show…are demanding a full season from networks for their wanna-be television show. These kids, annoying as they are, seem to be better negotiators than friggen Lisa Kudrow, who couldn’t get a fair shake from HBO on her terrific show, The Comeback. Can you imagine a series based on two teenage delinquents whose mother’s are feuding, one of which is trying desperately to run for President of the United States while the other one is cooking up crystal-meth in her trailer? First of all, where do these kids live right now? Together? Separately? And who is with Tripp while Bristol is being the neglectful mother, off negotiating in Hollywood with cable networks and / or partying at 1 OAK in New York City? Now, if we can get an all-access pass to the aforementioned activities, then by all means, I would even produce this crap for IMW-TV. But if they think that we want to watch those two idiots act like phony, happy newlyweds, legitimizing their baby’s existence…well…think again. TLC…listen up.

Kathy Griffin is sure to turn up on an episode to co-promote My Life On The D List.

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Here’s an informative look as to where the business of imagery is going. I set up camp at LeBook Connections this season to ask the industry leaders where they though moving images versus print was headed. There were several riveting conversations, and all of which meant that things are ever changing…yet, somehow staying the same. You decide for yourself.

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Gross Baboon of the Year Front Runner

Not that I didn’t predict this, but Mel Gibson has put the final nail in his own coffin…and all I can say is, “Toodles, you psychotic nut bag”. Listening to the chilling tape of Mel ranting to the mother of his newest baby, whom he has recently clocked in the jaw, I agree with Oksana Grigorieva when she says to him that he needs medication. However, the only the medication I would prescribe to that anti-semite is arsenic…to put him out of his misery once and for all. The pity here is that Hollywood has continued to go back to him for more, showing their spinelessness. Perhaps now that the movie-going public…a.k.a. $12.50 per head…has gotten wind of his evil antics, they will cut all ties. Alas, we ain’t heard the last of him, trust me. Some right-wing producer will come running to Mel’s side “in the name of salvation” and he will be welcomed with open arms by the Tea Baggers. Look, they need a celebrity endorsement, right? Maybe Mel could run as Vice President alongside Sarah “The Other Self-Righteous Zealot” Palin in 2012. Let’s face it, they’d make a great couple.

Anita Bryant got her just deserts....where it belonged.

Here’s what I love about Mel Gibson, and any other self-righteous celebrity ass like Anita Bryant, Ted Haggard, Jim Bakker, or the many Republicans currently in office like Sarah Palin: They know that “the Lord giveth and then taketh away”. (NOTE: That quote comes from The Ejaculatory Prayer. Get where I’m going here?) Anyhoo, when celebrities lives get all convoluted because of their desperate need to be seen and heard, coupled with their pathetic attempt to spread Godliness like venereal disease, is when they get a good dose of God for themselves. And not in the way they were hoping. Every scandal that involves one of these maroons ends up with them begging for salvation…in public…on television…sobbing.

Ted Haggard on his knees...what else is new?

This is why religion should always remain a personal, private matter. Ask any recovering addict, spirituality is an inside job. That’s why God is invisible. If he wanted to be seen and heard, he’d have his own talk-based/reality show running on several channels, like an Oprah meets The Kardashians hybrid.

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What do you think about this jumpsuit that LIndsay Lohan wore?

I MEAN…WHAT?!? presents Apples and Oranges, a new feature by Merle Ginsberg (Editor-in-Cheif, fashionrules.com) and Abe Gurko. This new column is a dialogue between two veteran style mavens as we trash…I mean…comment on The Best and Worst Dressed of the MTV AWARDS. Why Apples and Oranges? Well, Merle is based in Los Angeles and I am in New York…hence the fruity reference. Though Merle is currently in Tel Aviv on assignment, we still can call it Apples and Oranges because Israel has those kick-ass Jaffa oranges.

The plan was to do the 5 Best and 5 Worst Dressed girls on the MTV Movie Awards Red Carpet. Well, I really tried hard to find 5 Best but simply could not. As far as I am concerned there were more like 10 worst dressed (at least) and only one Best Dressed. Merle and I SKYPED first thing this morning…and because great minds think alike, we shared many feelings or rather reactions. Herewith, is the first edition of Apples and Oranges. The goal is to do and A & O Report for every awards show…heck…I’d love to do this for every major event.

MERLE: I have to say – this year was not as wretched as I expected it to be.

ABE: That is not a compliment.

MERLE: Lindsay came as a train-wreck, no surprises there.

ABE: Lindsay was clearly channeling Mrs. Roper from Three’s Company.

MERLE: The mini’s were very mini.

ABE: The year of Hoochie Mammas.

MERLE: Christina Aguilera and Katy Perry looked like it was the MTV Halloween Real World special.

Whatever, Katy perry.

ABE: Well put.

MERLE: Cameron Diaz looking like she slept in her clothes IS a good visual – but no doubt, we haven’t seen the end of her or that.

ABE: She might have come there straight from Alex Rodriguez’s boudoir.

MERLE: Let’s start with the five worst dressed. Leading the pack was Katy Perry. What was she thinking? It is as though she want to get into acting like her fiance Russell Brand, and wants to be Sheena of the Jungle, as directed by James Cameron. Hence the royal blue wig. The weirdly bead-sprinkled mini – for maxi exposure – is by Zuhair Murad – which to me means, John Galliano did NOT take her call. Neither did Dolce OR Gabbana. Katy, there’s a difference between outrage and costume. Exposure and disguise. Ask Russell about it – he’s good at it.

ABE: The both are pretty catch me, catch me. They are a perfect couple.

One good shoulder deserves another, I always say.

MERLE: Couple of whats??? And The neon yellow nails are just icing on a pretty sickeningly sugary cake. Next is Lindsay Lohan wearing that Pamela Roland Las Vegas hooker jumpsuit.

ABE: You know my feeling on that look. Anything to cover the ankle sobriety bracelet.

MERLE: With her hair so pale blond, Lindsay seems to be attempting to channel the young Ann Margaret. Well, bye bye birdy – it ain’t workin’!!

ABE: I loved her as a redhead.

MERLE: Somebody give Paul Verhoven a call – Linsday could star in the sequel to “Showgirls.”

ABE: From Linda Lovelace to another kind of hooker. Genius. And what was with this trend of one shoulder nonsense?

MERLE: Exactly, which brings me to my next worst dressed, Audrina Patridge. That fabric looks like bullet proof Mylar. Dear, tell your stylist to  stop pulling at Rampage. Even Forever Twenty-One never carried a dress this tacky.

ABE: One good shoulder deserves another, if you ask me.

Anna Kendrick was not on Merle hit parade.

MERLE: Anna Kendrick is way too short for that red/pink floral micro mini. She’s been spending too much time around vampires, but this flimsy dress in the color of blood just isn’t doing her any good. I call it English garden party frock that gets hacked off with a lawnmower.

ABE: Ouch. I think she is a bit overrated anyway.

Whitney was also one Merle least favorites. I spared her.

MERLE: Rounding out my worst list was Whitney Port in that bandage dress, which were big – in the nineties. And when it WAS in, it was NOT yellow – with burn out fabric underneath. This dress makes her look like a peeled lemon waiting for a summer cocktail. It really IS a lemon.

ABE: I can’t believe you didn’t include Eva Mendez in that Wilma Flintstone nonsense…with one shoulder to boot. Why she didn’t go Francisco Costa and wear a cool, simple Calvin Klein dress is beyond me. It is as though tacky is the new black.

Wilma Flintstone meets hot Latina, Eva Mendez.

ABE: As for the best dressed, I only had Scarlett Johansson on my list.

MERLE: Agreed. She looked lovely. But I guess I am not a unforgiving as you are. I had  few other favorites. Here they are in no particular order:

Scarlett Johansson in Dolce & Gabbana
Vanessa Hudgens in Jenny Packham
Sandra Bullock

ABE: She looked great but I would have preferred one more inch onto the length.

MERLE: Jessica Biel, so French and lovely. Jessica chose chic, Parisian and playful over obvious sex bomb. This girl has class. She dresses in a consistently dignified way – like a real movie star. Now she needs a better movie than “The A Team.” I also really liked Kristen Stewart in that Dolce & Gabbana.

ABE: Dolce & Gabbana really dressed a lot of girls. Can’t wait to see who wears what tonight at the CFDA AWARDS.