A LOUD GROAN, PLEASE, FOR TACKY TASTE WINNERS.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Who was the tackiest of them all in 1998? Our thanks to readers of this column, users of E! Online and viewers of E! Entertainment's ``The Gossip Show'' who sent in their votes. In the top spots ... 10. Laura Schlessinger Laura Catherine Schlessinger (born January 16, 1947) is an American cultural and conservative commentator, best known as host of the popular Dr. Laura radio advice call-in show. The show is nationally syndicated and runs three hours a day on weekdays. . Last year's Tacky Taste winner showed up in the top 10 again, this time for the nude photos she posed for during an extramarital ex·tra·mar·i·tal adj. Being in violation of marriage vows; adulterous: an extramarital affair. extramarital Adjective affair years ago and which were recently sold to an adult on-line service. ``How dare she give us that holier-than-thou attitude?'' - F.S., Woodland Hills. 9. Courtney Love Courtney Love Cobain[1] (born Courtney Michelle Harrison on July 9 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress. Love is best known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole, and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana . The Hole lead singer and actress was dissed for a variety of reasons, from her clothes to her use of foul language. 8. Joan Rivers Joan Rivers (born June 8, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, talk show host, businesswoman, and celebrity. She is known for her brash manner and loud, raspy voice with a heavy metropolitan New York accent. . ``She consistently demeans many of my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. celebrities, specifically Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress, best known for her roles as FBI Agent Dana Scully in the American TV series The X-Files and Lady Dedlock in the BBC TV series Bleak House. , and makes some of the rudest comments I have ever heard.'' - Internet voter Britmus 7. Bill Maher. ``I hope Mr. Maher never finds himself caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's, but if he could spend one day in those circumstances, he'd understand how shamefully tasteless he was to depict Ronald Reagan as nuts.'' - T.S., Santa Ana 6. Howard Stern. Internet voter Kamin echoed the sentiments of many with the observation, ``I eagerly awaited Howard's new, late-night show, only to be sadly disappointed by its lowest-of-the-low format.'' 5. Roseanne. ``Always tacky, now she's exploiting her daughters by trying to find them video dates on her talk show.'' - Michelle D., Denver. 4. Oprah Winfrey. E! Online Internet voter anaheed was turned off by ``Oprah, Oprah's movie, Oprah's show, Oprah's huge ego.'' 3. Marilyn Manson. ``How could anyone like that sick music of his? Yuck! And that shock-value makeup, the weird statements. It's just to sell records and dupe his following. What a fake!'' - W.M., Atlanta 2. Cher. ``She did such an about-face in her opinion of Sonny after his death that I expected her to get whiplash whiplash n. a common neck and/or back injury suffered in automobile accidents (particularly from being hit from the rear) in which the head and/or upper back is snapped back and forth suddenly and violently by the impact. . One day she hated the guy, and the next she proclaimed him a saint.'' - Bernice R., Westfield, N.J. 1. Carmen Electra. The curvaceous cur·va·ceous adj. Having the curves of a full or voluptuous figure. cur·va  ceous·ly adv. former ``Baywatch''
babe got a last-minute surge of votes for her Las Vegas hitching to
basketball's bad boy, Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman. Matthew M.
was among the many who dissed Electra via the Net: ``...the tackiest
person ever, and she found an almost-as-tacky match in Dennis Rodman (at
least he can play basketball).'' Wrote D.G. of San Francisco,
`` ... but I thought Dennis was already married - to
himself.''
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