After trashing the Palin family numerous times in attempt to get media attention, 19-year-old Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's ten-month-old, Tripp, is taking the battle to court in hopes of getting joint custody.

Johnston said his decision came after the Palins refused numerous times to let him see Tripp, and he plans to take legal action by the end of the month.

... Maybe he should have thought about this BEFORE deciding to trash his son's grandmother publicly over and over and then, "proving himself worthy even further," by deciding it would be a good idea to pose for Playgirl. ??? 

I can't stand this guy. He seems incredibly arrogant, cocky, immature and is not worth anyone's time.

If he cares so much about trying to see his son, he should act like an adult and a father. Period.

I don't know much about custody battles and the legal system, but I would think the Palins have a big leg up on him, no?

I'm really tired of these low-lifes doing whatever they can to get in the limelight. They have no shame, standards or morals. It's disgusting. 

On Oct. 20, the second big talk show host this month made her mark on Dallas territory ... well, almost.

Oprah graced our town last week to visit the State Fair of Texas, and she drew plenty of fans to Fair Park and Victory Park as she joined the WFAA news team in their 5 p.m. newscast.

This time, the buzz of daytime royalty coming to town was spread through Twitter.

Around 7:47 p.m. Oct. 19, @TheEllenShow Twitter page, which is supposedly tweets from Ellen DeGeneres herself, gave fans their first hint something was coming.

"My tweets MIGHT be going to Dallas tomorrow…and there MIGHT be awesome prizes involved…I’m just saying." (note the phrase, "My tweets," NOT "Me, myself or I." This will come in handy later in my post.)

The tweets continued:

"They say everything’s bigger in Texas … so tomorrow I’m doing my biggest Twitter giveaway ever. Guess where?"

Oct. 20:

"Dallas has a population of 1,279,910. One of those people is going to be very lucky today. Follow my tweets and it could be you!"

"Dallas-ians... Dallas-ites... Those of you who live in Dallas: Stay tuned to my tweets today, I've got something big coming up."

As I worked at my desk yesterday, I had the Twitter page up and was refreshing probably every 10 minutes or so. Why? Because I stalk celebrities, of course. This is my duty as the self-proclaimed "neighborsgo celebrity stalker."

Finally, around 3 p.m., I got some news.

"I like lemons. I also like Lemmon Avenue in Dallas. That's where Sewell GMC is."

I literally jumped out of my seat and ran into my boss' office, only to find his door was closed. He was in a meeting. But I knocked anyway. As he opened the door, I quickly told him that I think Ellen is in Dallas on Lemmon Avenue.

"Can I go?" I said.

He gave me permission, and I raced out of the office like a space rocket.

My GPS said I was six or seven miles away, and while I impatiently drove through town, thoughts of how the next hour would go played out in my head.

My thought process went a little something like this: "Oh, I'm gonna totally get a picture with Ellen and finally get to tell her I was hurt and offended she never even personally introduced herself to me or any of the other interns who worked for her the semester of January through April/May 2008."

Boy, did I have high hopes -- only to be let down once again.

The Ellen Show was indeed at Sewell GMC, but not Ellen. Some of her crew and Jeannie Klisiewicz, the Ellen fan turned Ellen staff member were here to indeed execute a big Twitter giveaway.

Fans had to pay one dollar (all of which would go to Ellen For The Cure) to get a raffle ticket.

Though at the time no one was sure, it was pretty obvious someone was going to be winning a car. A GMC Terrain to be exact, because one of the cars had an Ellen license plate on it. Duh.

Time passed, and I waited around until 6 p.m. More than 500 Dallasites showed up. Ah, the power of Twitter.

Around that time, they finally starting taping the show cutting in live to Jeannie and us Dallas fools hoping to win the "big prize." I forgot I was working, so I couldn't even win if they did call my raffle number. Double fail.

Jeannie read off 12 raffle tickets, and those final people were still in the running to win the car.

Those happy dozen were given a bag of decorations, and had to come up with the most creative costume possible in 20 minutes. The top five most creative, according to the crew, were the finalists. Then, they all got a key. The person's key that worked got the car. 

And congratulations, Joan Foster, an elementary school teacher from Murphy. 

I never got to lament to Ellen, and my dreams were kind of shattered. I guess all celebrity stalkeries can't end successfully.

The show will air today, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m. central time.

Read fellow Dallas Morning News staffer Debbie Fleck's story on yesterday's events here.

This Rockwall High School English teacher and volleyball coach is Oprah-obsessed. And I mean that in a good way. Her students use a life-sized cardboard cutout of Oprah as a hall pass. She's looking for an "Oprah-tunity" to connect with this celebrity. My, "O" my, you have to read this: http://www.neighborsgo.com/stories/43837

How much would you pay for a lock of the King's fluffy brunette mane?

Well, to all the freaks out there, if your price is right, Elvis' hair could be yours.

The hound dog's strands are being auctioned off Oct. 18 in Chicago.

Apparently, one of Presley's friends held on to the fuzz after it was chopped off when the singer enlisted in the army back in 1958, when my mom was a fetus.

I'm taking bets on what this nest will go for -- it's expected to profit around $12,000.

(info provided by the trusty TMZ.com)

So, what exactly will the creepy fan do with it after he/she drops some serious dough on a....clump? Whoever does should be ashamed, and bail us all out of our recession misery.

Jennifer’s Body, which hit theaters Sept. 18, stars hot young actresses Megan Fox (Transformers) and Amanda Seyfried (Mean Girls and Mamma Mia).

But the young man next to them in the film is another talented rising star that Dallas can call their own.

He may not be a major celeb yet, but Johnny Simmons, who plays the lead male character in the film, Chip, is on the brink of making a big name for himself in Hollywood.

After moving to Los Angeles four years ago – straight out of W.T. White high school –Johnny, 22, has already had the career many actors only dream about.

You may recognize him from Evan Almighty (where he played Steve Carell’s son) and Hotel for Dogs.

And his next film, The Greatest, is with a couple of actors you may have heard of: Susan Sarandon and Pierce Brosnan.

On Sept. 15, just a few days before Jennifer’s Body Hollywood premiere, Johnny was nice enough to give me a little time out of his crazy schedule to chat with me over the phone. And it wasn’t just a few minutes, either. He talked to me for a whole whopping hour. And it made my day. 

Right away, I realized Johnny has already become a pro at this interviewing thing. He spoke to me as if we were friends; just shooting the breeze, while he munched on an Italian B.M.T. at a Sherman Oaks Subway.

Johnny had just returned from the Toronto Film Festival to promote Jennifer’s Body.

He was using his first few days back home in Los Angeles to take care of some errands before the premiere.

His dad, Ben Simmons, and best friends from high school Travis Cleveland and John Bateman were flying out to join him at the big event.

“I told my mom not to come to the premiere,” Johnny said, clarifying that Jennifer’s Body isn’t exactly a family movie. The R-rated horror film/comedy written by Juno Oscar winner Diablo Cody marks Johnny’s first on-screen love scene -- and as any good boy wouldn’t, he would rather his mom not watch.  

What I was curious about, of course, was how it was working with Fox and Seyfried.

“I’ve had a crush on them ever since I met them,” Johnny said. “I get crushes on every girl I work with…and then you get to kiss them.”

But long before the days of sharing scenes with beautiful, famous actresses, Johnny was jonesing for a career in the spotlight.

 “I have been wanting to act since I can remember,” Johnny said. “It’s something you can’t explain. You know where you’re supposed to be, you know?”

He recalled watching Jumanji and Jurassic Park and realizing the kids in those movies were the same age as him at the time.

Johnny admitted he once called 411 and tried to contact the child actors and ask how they broke into the acting world.

“I’ve never told anyone that before,” Johnny confessed.

He landed his first agent here in Dallas with the Campbell Agency, and then later with Kim Dawson. His first commercial was with Dirk Nowitzki around age 13.

Johnny saved every penny, and upon graduating from W.T. White, he moved out to Hollywood.

Johnny said he knew from the moment he left it would be hard to leave his family and dog. He also he misses the Texas lake scene and Pappadeaux. He used to work at the one off I-35. But it seems as though the move was worth the risk.

After hosting my own version of “Inside the Actors Studio,” I knew I had to give Johnny some time to prepare for the big occasion ahead. But before I hung up, he shared one musing regarding red carpet events: He puts up a fight on the make-up issue. “I always say, ‘No I’m good’… I don’t know why you have to (wear it),” he said. “I can’t tell the difference.” 

Breaking News: Britney Spears is in the Big D, people....and she is right down the street from the Dallas Morning News building.

I found out the news from a friend of a friend, and then another friend of a friend. Miss Spears is staying at the new W Aloft Hotel on Young street --literally a block or two down the road from our building.

Neighborsgo co-worker Collin Quick and I took part of our "Thursday Field Day" to drive down there and do a little stalking of our own, cuz hey, that's what I do.

These pics confirm it. The first time we drove by, around 12:30 p.m., there were  three big tour buses in the parking lot.

As of 4 p.m., there is another one parked right out front. The front windows of each bus are completely covered (obviously so we can't see Sean Preston and Jayden James' Tonka trucks, I assume.)

Apparently she got here yesterday, (Sept. 16). She is in town for her Circus tour at American Airlines Center tomorrow night (Sept. 18). I'm preparing myself for the stampede of scantily clad teens bombarding the sidewalks outside my apartment complex tomorrow night, as I live across the street from the AA Center.

This is her second stop here this year -- as her last one was in March. She since added more dates to her tour, and is gracing us with her presence for a second time.

This is what we know now, people, and I'll let you know if I catch a glimpse. She was spotted at a nearby Target last night.

Keep your eyes in check -- We are officially on BRITNEY WATCH!

Last night, (Sept. 16) Drew Barrymore rolled into Dallas to promote her new movie and directorial debut, Whip It, set in the world of women's roller derby.

The event took place at Urban Outfitters in Mockingbird Station, where fans started lining up at 5 p.m. yesterday and waited for hours outside in the nasty drizzle in hopes of meeting the quirky star.

The press was packed tight inside the store behind barricades of a narrow, mini red carpet, where Drew would come first for pictures and interviews.

If media secured their "spot" ahead of time, as we were supposed to do, you had a designated piece of laminated paper on the ground behind the velvet rope. I, being a smart and prepared journalist, had this. But it apparently did me no good.

I arrived at 6 p.m., and as I finagled my way through the aggressive bunch, I was having trouble spotting my mark. I asked a promotions assistant from KISS FM where my mark was when he checked me in, and he pointed. Oh, great. There's a big fat camera on top of my 8 1/2 by 11 'NEIGHBORS GO' paper. Cool.

So I decide to power through. For the next hour, I asked said camera guy if I could sit Indian style in front of his camera, promising not to get in his shot.

"I don't really feel comfortable with that," he said.

(Oh yeah? Well I don't feel comfortable that you are taking up all the room and my spot.)

I was determined to get a good shot though, whether he liked it or not. And my allowed 'one person question' answered.

After taking a few shots of eager fans, Drew finally arrived. The Dallas Derby Devils presented her with a personalized jersey, naming her an honorary member of the team. Then it was press time.

I twisted and jumped and crouched and squeezed through every space I could to make sure I got some good ones of Drew -- despite her less than pleasant outfit she was wearing. (Green and navy plaid suit jacket and matching pants with a scary Metallica t-shirt underneath.) And by the way, the bottom two inches of her wavy blond ponytail were black. But hey, she's Drew Barrymore. She's still got that Cover Girl face -- and charm.

After Drew did a few live interviews, she started walking down the press line. Question one was thrown out. Her publicists shot us nasty looks. Drew answers the question, and they grab her arm.

Not so fast.

Question two is thrown out -- she answers. Nasty publicist grabs her arm again.

Not so fast.

Question three -- and it continued. At this point, publicist two looked right at ME and mouthed, "NO. MORE. QUESTIONS," and motioned that 'cut it out' gesture at his neck.

HA. Ok, buddy. I gave him this smirk like, "That's funny. Keep dreamin, dude."

In the midst of seasoned, professional reports and journalists, I was a bit intimidated for a split second, but I was so determined to spit out my question and get results.

As she wrapped up her answer for a reporter....I felt this 'on your mark, get set, go' moment, except the sprinting about to take place would be from the mouth.

And.....GO! I raced off at the sound of the 'gunshot.'

''WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO PUT THIER KIDS IN THE INDUSTRY...SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT FROM SUCH A YOUNG AGE?"

Success. She heard me. And she walked toward me. And answered.

..."Just to support their kids in what their dreams are. And if your goals are different, to find some common ground....''

This was a moment when I wish I had a recorder. But I did the best I could with writing down her main points, and I got the main jist of her answer after that.

Drew went on to say that it's not easy, but she now understands the parent side of things too and thinks parents should try and support their kids while still being the parent. She then started to tie it into her movie, and brought it all back to the main reason why she was here. Blah, blah, blah.

I love you Drew, and though she wasn't as bubbly and energetic as she is known for, she showed a lot of gratitude for everyone who showed up and was polite and friendly to all that were there.

And I got some great photos. Whew. I left sweating. And it was great. And when the leeches fizzled out, I pulled my 8 1/2 by 11 off the ground for a souvenir.

I love famous people.

Poor Daisy Simpson. The adorable Maltipoo with a famous mommy was snatched by a coyote right in front of Jessica's eyes yesterday. What I'm wondering is, if she did in fact SEE the dog being snatched  by a coyote, then why on earth is she posting this on her Twitter?

"My heart is broken because a coyote took my precious Daisy right in front of our eyes. HORROR! We are searching. Hoping. Please help!"

Keywords: Searching and Please Help.....??

She also is putting up these posters apparently??                                              

Note: Jess. If you SAW your pup gt taken by a coyote, then why are you asking people to e-mail you with info in hopes something will...surface?

My guess is that she's hoping the coyote himself is going to call her and/or return Daisy safely?  Let me set the scene.

'Wiley' we shall call him shows up to Jessica's door --ashamed, with Daisy unharmed and a bouquet of flowers.

(in a wolfy tone) "Here you go Jessica. I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself. My conscience got the best of me. You can have her back. "

OR, he rings her up.

(again, wolfy tone) "Hey Jess, it's the coyote. I'm really sorry, but I did consume Daisy. It's too late."

I just don't get it. I'm sorry Jessica, but I think Daisy is gone. She didn't just run away, like you said yourself.

Either way, I am sad. And yes, it may seem ridiculous to some I am blogging about Daisy Simpson. But look at that face! :(

The talk on the web, the workplace and the water-cooler this morning was Kanye West's rude and unnecessary interruption during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the MTV VMA Awards last night (Sept. 13).

Taylor didn't get more than a few words in during her speech for her very first VMA win, when Kanye somehow jumped up on stage, stole her mic and proceeded to say, "Yo Taylor, I'm really happy for you, Ima let you finish but -- Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!" He then handed her back the mic, threw up his hands and walk out of frame. 

Swift stood there dumbfounded and didn't even get to finish her speech.  

I felt so bad for her.

Turns out, Kanye got kicked out and had to watch the rest of the show from home. He later apologized on his blog. Buzz is he was tipsy off a little too much Hennessy.

Today, he apologized for a second time saying:

“I feel like Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents when he messed up everything and Robert DeNiro asked him to leave…,” .... “That was Taylor’s moment and I had no right in any way to take it from her. I am truly sorry.”

Luckily, there are some people with class to make up for his childish, pompous ways.

At the end of the night, Beyonce's "Single Ladies" DID win for video of the year, and she let Taylor come back out and have her moment.

This, in turn, made me tear up like a little verklempt baby. Hey, it was sweet.

The MTV VMAs never cease to get people talking. Last night was filled with ups and downs and plenty OMGs ---you wonder how they do it. Makes ya think. What's planned and what's not?

What did you think?

Oh yeah, and here is Lady Gaga at the end of her performance.

Need I say more?

First it was the provocative Vanity Fair photos taken by Annie Leibovitz. Then, she was dating a 20-year-old underwear model, and now she's dancing with the aide of a pole at last night's 2009 Teen Choice Awards?

Miley Cyrus, 16-year-old Disney star turned mega star, is looked upon by millions of young girls as a role model, seems to be pushing the envelope a bit too much these days. Or is it just me? Some are afraid she's taking the Britney route, and her actions and her outfits are becoming far too sexy for the young age of 16.

I really hope she doesn't go down bad girl street and lose her innocence too soon. Billy Ray better get his act together and enforce some parenting. But wait, Miley pays the bills....so what's a daddy to do? Sad. This is just so inappropriate though, and I am disappointed.

What do you think? Is she going overboard with the sexiness? (There's another 's' word I want to use, but I will deem it as neighborsgo inappropriate.)

Here's E! online's story: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b138576_miley_cyrus_pole_dances_teen_choice.html