Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Anna Nicole’s death continues to appall (enthrall?) viewers

What do Anna Nicole Smith, nee Vickie Lynn Marshall, and a group of legendary singers of a cappella isicathamiya have in common? Aside from fame — and even that to an arguable degree of deservedness — well, not very much. The well-known South African chorus is often fondly referenced in pop culture, has endured a turbulent five decades, was never the focus of a fortnight of pointless probing on the Nancy Grace show, and perhaps most tellingly of all, never had a member try to marry an octogenarian billionaire. And none of them once made the plus-size model image smokin’ hott, and then — with the help of TrimSpa (“baby!”) and Vicodin — became about as sexy as a sea sponge. Anna Nicole Smith? Well … you know. More »