Posted on 02/23/2006 7:18:26 PM PST by Panerai
The steamy, belly-baring photographs of "American Idol" contestant Becky O'Donohue, which have ignited a miniscandal, have also hobbled MaximOnline.com.
The Web home of men's magazine Maxim was overwhelmed at times Thursday after several news sources ballyhooed the existence of the photos, in which O'Donohue poses with twin sister Jessie, according to a marketing executive with the magazine's publisher.
The executive added that engineers were working to correct the problem. The site never crashed, but pages were slow to load. Sometimes a note would appear for would-be visitors, saying the site was overloaded.
In the afternoon, MaximOnline changed the presentation of the photos, presumably to make downloading easier. Instead of posting all the photos on a single Web page, which is the company's favored method, MaximOnline moved each image to its own page.
As if they were exposing a closely guarded secret, several news reports presented the photos and a minute-long accompanying video of the sisters. But Becky and Jessie, 25, posed for Maxim almost two years ago, and none of the images include nudity.
Becky is a vocalist who's competing with 23 other semifinalists to be dubbed "American Idol"'s most talented performer of 2006. Throat surgery prevented Jessie, who like her sister is an aspiring singer and part-time model, from trying out for the show.
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She left the show tonight. She is cute but she can't sing.
You're in love, aren't you Perdogg? LOL
Yeah, she's pretty and hot. Looks a little bit like a cleaned-up Sheryl Crow though. :o)
She can yodel for me any day.
Oh, the horror!
Is that what they mean by "damning with faint praise?"
That hasn't stopped Ashlee Simpson.
Adios Becky. Caught Idol long enough to see her get the boot. (:^<)
Didn't stop Janis Joplin either.
ODDAMN!
That hasn't stopped Ashlee Simpson.
Ashlee Simpson is neither cute nor can she sing.... come to think of it, that still hasn't stopped her.
Oh, the horror!
As long as they weren't stuck together....
ewww Sheryl!
This may not be the place for this but did anyone hear Glenn Beck's show yesterday? Started off by referencing American Idol, where he said that White people aren't good at anything except serial killing. Blacks are better at everything except that which they haven't decided to try, including all sports, music, etc.
I have listened to him fairly regularly over the last few years and was stunned when he said, at one point, that malcolm x had changed after going to mecca and dropped his racist ways.
If you are the right color, I guess you can say almost anything and be forgiven.
Who are the sponsors to the show, Planned Parenthood?
Yep I agree :)
She is HOT!!!
I wonder if she can play the piccolo?
Darn X's! I wish I could see the pics!
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