Archive for September, 2009
Whitney Houston Gets The Last Laugh
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How do ya like her now? Miss Whitney completed her comeback by dominating the Billboard Charts this week selling over 300,000 copies of her new CD, “I Look To You”. Not bad considering that the last big hit song she had was over TEN years ago!
Disney Sequels Everywhere!
The Walt Disney Company very rarely releases their movie sequels into theaters. Just look how many freakin’ straight-to-video sequels were made for “Aladdin”! But the exception belongs Disney/Pixar and the Mouse House has got two new sequels brewing in the brewery.
In the works from the animation giant are no more than TWO big sequels from the Pixar elite: “Cars 2″ and “Toy Story 3″! Now you’re probably thinking why I’m reporting this and the answer is simple: Lindsay Lohan has done anything stupid today. YET.
Drew Barrymore Loves Ellen Page!
Little Ms. Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page are on the cover of the October issue of Marie Claire and in the issue, the two ladies share a nice little friendly peck on the lips! That’s all you needed to know.
Tyra Banks goes au natural
Tyra Banks is taking it all off. In this case, her weave. In the season premiere of her self-titled talk show Tuesday, she revealed her real hair to her fans.
“It’s just me coming straight out of the shower with wet hair, ” said Banks, who is on a crusade of late to help women with self-esteem and body image issues.
Check it out below:
T.O. Show To Have a Second Season
With the first season of the T.O. Show over, VH1 wants to make sure that the hit show comes back for another season.
The show averaged 1.5 million viewers per episode! I think T.O. needs to concentrate on football and leave the tv shows alone. When you are done playing ball, then you can use your fame to make tv shows, but for now, PLAY BALL!!
Chace Crawford Nixes On-Set Romances
Chace Crawford is looking for love, but not on set. The “Gossip Girl” actor wants to keep his personal and professional lives separate.
“‘Gossip Girl’ creator Josh Schwartz told me to avoid dating a co-star at all costs. We get to shoot in New York and have that as our playground and do the insane things that we get to be a part of. There’s a part of me that wants to share that. But I’m having fun living the bachelor life right now. It’s a good time to be single,” said Crawford.
Simon Cowell’s Big Birthday Bash
The “American Idol” judge is planning to shell out more than $400,000 for his 50th birthday party.
“Simon’s been planning this party for months and the guest list is phenomenal, a ‘Who’s Who’ of the celebrity world,” a source said. “It’s going to be the highlight of the showbiz calendar. Simon’s not a massive party person, so when he says he’s going to do something, he does it in style.” The bash will be hosted by his record label Sony BMG and “X Factor” winner Leona Lewis, Il Divo and Westlife will perform for the guests.
Kate Gosselin For Playboy?
Unlike her soon to be ex-husband, Hugh Hefner would rather see all sides of Kate Gosselin.
The other half of “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ got an offer from the Playboy mogul for $400,000. “Hugh sent her a letter, but Kate was totally mortified and threw it away!” a source told Star Magazine. “She didn’t think it was appropriate because of the children.” Despite being “proud of the way she looks,” Kate’s friends claim she was surprised by the offer.
Lady Gaga discusses drug drama
Like nearly every musician out there, Lady Gaga faced a drug addiction, one her father saved her from.
The “Poker Face” singer used to spend hours taking cocaine alone in her New York apartment, until her father Joseph Germanotta ordered her to get clean.
“My father is a really powerful man, a telecom guy. So he looked at me one day and said, ‘You’re fucking up, kid.’ And I looked at him and thought, ‘How does he know that I’m high right now?’” Lady Gaga, real name Stephanie Germanotta, said.
“And he never said a word about the drugs, not one word. But he said, ‘I just wanna tell you that anyone you meet while you’re like this, and any friend that you make in the future while you are with this thing, you will lose.’ And we never talked about it again.”
She began taking coke after she dropped out of New York University in 2005. The singer’s friends also became worried about her erratic behavior and begged her to leave her apartment and spend time with them.
“My cocaine soundtrack was The Cure. I loved all their music, but I listened to this one song on repeat while I did bags and bags of cocaine,” said Gaga. “I didn’t think there was anything wrong with me until my friends came over and said, ‘Are you doing this alone?’ ‘Um, yes. Me and my mirror.’But I was able to stop, because I was panicking more on the drugs than I was sober. So I’m fine now.”
She still likes to party, though, despite pleas from her record label to dial it back.
“I can drink, and I’m not going to say that I don’t party. But it’s not everyday, and it’s no longer a tool for my creativity,” she said. “The label gets mad at me for talking about it – they say, ‘We don’t want people to think that you’re not a pop star.’ But I am a pop star. I’m a pop star with a story!”
‘True Blood’ co-stars hooking up?
“True Blood” is a breeding ground for hook ups. First Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer hookup, now Evan Rachel Wood is rumored to be dating her co-star Alexander Skarsgard.
According to reports, the actress flew to the set of his latest film this weekend to spend time with him. The couple were also seen at a festival in Louisiana.
A source told Perez Hilton: “Evan Rachel Wood and Alexander Skarsgard might be a thing. My friend is working on the set of ‘Straw Dogs,’ a movie starring Kate Bosworth and Alexander in Shreveport, Louisiana. Apparently, Evan Rachel Wood flew in on Friday to be with him and they have been hooking up since they met on the ‘True Blood’ set. He was overheard talking about hanging out with her and actually being excited about that.”
Skarsgard has been linked with “Straw Dogs” actress Willa Holland, but another source claims he and Woods have been kindling a romance for a while.
“Evan and Alex met, of course, on the set of ‘True Blood’, and were able to keep it low key, very underground while they were in Los Angeles. They never ventured out to pap friendly locations and were only sighted a few times discreetly. So far the relationship is progressing well, they’re having fun together.”
DWTS’ Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy split
If it takes two to tango, Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are no longer doing that dance. The “Dancing with the Stars” couple has split and called off their wedding.
“I am confirming that they did indeed break up,” Karina’s rep told E!.
The two hit Broadway together just a month ago in “Burn the Floor.” They had blamed a busy schedule for delayings their wedding until next summer.
“We don’t plan,” Chmerkovskiy said. “We’re (rehearsing) 14 hours a day.”
“The only thing we’ve decided on is next year in June,” Smirnoff added. “We were supposed to pick the place, but we’ve never actually had the time to go further. We don’t feel like we’re missing out on the wedding-dress fittings. As long as we’re together, tying the knot is a plus. It’s something extra.”
Bradley Cooper The Romantic
Bradley Cooper may be new and hot, but he’s an old romantic at heart.
The actor, who is rumored to be dating his “Case 39″ co-star Renee Zellweger, said he models his views on love and marriage come from his parents. “The truth is, I got it first from my parents, who’ve been married since 1963,” Cooper said. “I grew up in a very old-fashioned Roman Catholic, Italian-Irish family in Philadelphia. Now my parents have evolved into completely different creatures, in terms of their marriage and the roles of the man and the woman. And I think that’s great, but it’s still romantic.”
For all his romantic notions today, Cooper struggled to understand the workings of a successful relationship when he was younger. “You figure out that you don’t need to replicate what you see. In a relationship you treat people the way you want to be treated. And, you figure that out after sussing through all these ideas of how love is supposed to be.”
Zooey Deschanel Is Paranoid
Zooey grew up thinking her sister was an alien who wanted to kill her.
“I grew up believing my sister was from Neptune and had been sent down to Earth to kill me,” said the “500 Days of Summer” actress. “My sister Emily convinced me of it when I was a toddler. I think she’d seen ‘Invasion Of The Body Snatchers’ and her imagination ran away with her.”
Zooey added she also grew up with a strong connection to the paranormal and took years to get over an innate fear of supernatural beings. “It took me years to get over my fear of ghosts. I believe there are things within my control and things outside my realm of control. Eventually I realized it was time to stop feeling anxious about ghosts that I’ve never met, may never meet and may not even exist,” said Zooey.
Boy George On A New Diet
Prison food was no fun for Boy George. His four months in jail caused him to gain weight and now he only eats raw food.
The singer has embarked on a strict diet of uncooked food and a grueling exercise regime. A friend of the 48-year-old star said, “He’s on a raw food regime and doing an hour’s walking a day. He’s also got some DJ shows lined up so hopefully things are back on track.”
George, real name George O’Dowd, was released from prison for good behavior in May, just four months into a 15-month sentence for assault and false imprisonment. He was forced to wear an electronic ankle tag until last week, allowing police to monitor his whereabouts.
Megan Fox To Play Circus Freak
In a new movie Passion Play, Megan Fox plays alongside Mickey Rourke as a creepy circus freak. According to Megan, there is a love story, but not a normal love story. Mickey plays her hero, so to speak. Check out the video.
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz’s worrying mind
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is starting the worry early. The actress is already concerned about what type of women her toddler son, Bronx Mowgli, with Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, may bring home.
“Pete is definitely overprotective, I know that. And I’m definitely going to be laying the boundaries down,” she said on “The Rachael Ray Show.”
“But it’s different for a girl than with a guy, so I think we’ll have to grow together and be able to lay the boundaries. But with Bronx, there will be a curfew and all that. I don’t want him to grow up in the middle of Hollywood.”
Simpson is set to star in the CW’s revamp of “Melrose Place” and has been trying to stay in shape, even throughout her pregnancy.
“I could do the splits when I was nine months pregnant. I could put my leg over my head still. I used to be a ballerina,” said the former back up dancer.
Simpson will play Violet Foster, a saucy temptress, and denies her husband is bothered by the scenes.
“He’s not a jealous person, and it’s work. It is what it is. And believe me, there’s some jaw droppers for Violet! But I’d rather be kissing my husband.”
Christina Milian Ties The Knot
Singer/actress Christina Milian and music producer The Dream tied the knot at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Vegas.
Sources say the wedding was a pretty cheap one. Christina supposedly rented her dress for $200 and The Dream rented his tux for $100. Good luck to the happy couple. I guess.
Jon and Kate plus Hate?
I guess an amicable divorce is off the table. Jon Gosselin told “Good Morning America” that he despises his estranged wife Kate, and believes she took his wedding ring.
The reality TV star said he set down his ring one day and it vanished. No one else could have taken it, according to Jon.
He also accused his soon-to-be ex of verbally abusing him and beating him down during their marriage, which anyone who watched “Jon and Kate Plus 8″ knows.
This was his first TV interview since divorce papers were filed in June. Kate, however, has had plenty to say during her interview appearances in recent weeks.
A longer version of Jon’s interview airs tonight on ABC’s “Primetime: Family Secrets” and I’m sure it’s full of even more dirt.
Paramore covers Kings of Leon. Awesomely.
Paramore has done a fantastic cover of the Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody”. Check it out:
Teri To Train For Triathlon
Teri Hatcher wants to run. Run far and run fast before she’s dead. She and a friend were recently discussing what would be on her “bucket list” and running a triathlon made the list.
“I want to learn to play a couple of songs on the guitar. I want to learn a few of those fancy dances from one of those Dancing with the Stars teachers. And I want to run a triathlon,” the actress said. Fortunately, Disney, the parent company of her show, “Desperate Housewives,” asked her to lead a team in this year’s Nautica Malibu Triathlon. Hatcher is also raising money to benefit the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
She’s been training hard for the last month. Hatcher rides her bike to work three to four times a week, and has been known to swim with the whales, but running is the hardest part of the triathlon. But Hatcher says participating was not about getting a great time or winning. “I’m just out to do it and I did it,” she said. “I did surprise myself that I’m in better shape than I thought I was.”
