Four For Friday - With Some Kindness

I don't have four kindness items to fill up the entire four, but I felt like doing some this week, so included with the regular awful stuff are some very pleasant ones as well.

#1 - Kindness - This C list actress/ sometime singer with A list name recognition has moved from tween television to movies. On a recent cross country flight she was sitting in a First Class seat with one of her friends when a woman came on board who was carrying an infant, and had a toddler with her as well. While the woman was standing in the aisle waiting to proceed, our actress started talking to her and before you know it, the actress and her friend moved to the back of the plane and gave the woman their two First Class seats. Oh, as an added kicker, the actress had a middle seat for the entire flight from LA to New York and never complained.

#2 & #3 - Both of these award winning actors are A list. #2 is an A list movie actor, while #3 got his start in movies, and is now an A list television actor. Oh. Both of them are married as well. And both of them also have child(ren). Three or four times a year they get invited to a porno shoot by one of their mutual friends. When they get there though, it is not about watching, it is about each taking a turn with every actress on the set.

#4 - Kindness - This married B list primarily television actress was on one of the most popular television shows of all time. Although she doesn't always seem like it from the outside, she actually has a very warm heart. When she found out her long time housekeeper was working two jobs in order to be able to provide for four nieces and nephews that had recently moved in with her, our actress not only gave her housekeeper a huge raise, but bought her a new mini-van to drive everyone around and paid for the rent on a new place to live for an entire year.

Random Photos Part Two

Billy Joel & Elton John get the top spot in this section. It was close though. Fleetwood Mac is a little lower and their music is just about as good.
"Hi. Would you like to be #4 today?"
"Hi. Would you like to be #5 today?"
I know it's hard to see, but the tall dude in the middle is Ben Affleck.
Two of my favorites. Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane.
Christie Brinkley looks incredible.
Courteney Cox on the set of her new television show.
Remember that crush you used to have on Corey Haim?
I love Dave Foley. Now of course I will be forced to watch Kids In The Hall episodes all night.
I'm looking, and still don't see any signs of infection or Ebola on Doug Reinhardt. Give it time.
Fleetwood Mac - New York
Probably one of the biggest smiles ever from Gwen Stefani.
Hugh Jackman is actually not getting coffee. Shocker.
That is one big jacket John Goodman has on.
So, there hasn't been a huge fuss over Joe Jonas and his "Asian" photo. I think it is probably because he looks like he is putting on his makeup.
Kevin Federline, his girlfriend and a cake with candles that I'm guessing are going to be painful to blow out.
I guess Tom decided he liked the boy look better.
Kevin James then proceeded to break dance.
This was the most flattering photo of Kathleen Turner I could find. It still kind of looks like Alexis Arquette in Wedding Singer, but it can't be helped.
Lili Taylor will always be one of my favorites.

Random Photos Part One

Had to put Jamie Pressly on the top of this section. That's right, I said section. There is going to be a Random Photos Part Two today. There are just too many for one post. Anyway, this is the best I think she has ever looked and the photo of her as a girl on the cover of her book is great.
Not looking quite as good are Matthew Broderick and Steven Weber.
Maria Bello on the other hand looks lovely.
Mick Fleetwood looks great for his age, especially if you consider the years on the road and partying.
More blasts from the past. Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue.
Some things never change. Marisa Tomei and her crazy hair.
We now return to the continuing saga of Natalie Portman and her dog.
The one and only Paul Haggis.
One of your favorites is definitely Patrick Wilson. Here he is with his pregnant wife Dagmara.
Do you think Rachel Dratch is still bitter about being kicked off 30 Rock?
It must be Friday, because I am looking at Rose McGowan and don't hate her right this second. I'm sure that feeling will pass.
I don't know if I have ever seen Spike Lee out with his entire family.
Stephanie March uses the couch in an interesting way.
John Turturro goes for the more normal route.
While Judith Light plays it a little sexy. That couch had a busy day.
The best looking man in show business. Taye Diggs. If only he would let me date his wife.
Thomas Ian Nichols and his wife DJ Colette.
I'm guessing that making Tiny Lister angry is not a good thing.
At this point, Tori's bag weighs more than she does.
Apparently Zac Efron was in the car, but didn't want to pump the gas. Vanessa was driving, but still, as a guy, I just feel like I should be the one to pump the gas.

Your Turn

The death of Natasha Richardson this week made me realize how precious life is and how you never know when exactly it will be taken from you. But, what if you did know? What if you knew you had 30 days to live. Assume that you can do anything you want health wise for those 30 days, how would you choose to spend those days? What would you do? Would you treat the time as 30 days without consequences? Would you treat it as 30 days to get everything in you had missed? Would you spend the 30 days entirely with friends and family? Would you even tell them? So many possibilities with this one. As always, feel free to comment anonymously.

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which actor's clinging girlfriend is nicknamed SWF - Single White Female - by his friends because of her crazy obsessive compulsive behavious? She won't let him talk to other females...of gay men!


**Note from me** I don't change any words or fix any spelling errors in blind items in case they are clues. I don't know if they meant these two errors or not.

She Might Face Charges? ***Warning - It's Awful But Does Have Happy Ending***

On a Pacific Blue flight yesterday from Samoa to New Zealand, a woman gave birth on the plane. Now, this is not the first time in recorded history this has happened. What makes this unusual is that no one noticed she gave birth. The 30 year old woman went into the bathroom on the plane, gave birth to the baby and then went back to her seat. Sounds happy doesn't it? It does until I tell you that she went back to her seat without the baby. Yep. She decided to leave the baby in the trash on the plane. No one actually noticed it in there until about an hour after the plane landed and the cleaning crew discovered it.

The good news in all of this is that the baby is fine. The woman was caught because she was waiting in the terminal for another flight. She was also the only woman in the airport wearing bloody clothes. The police took her to the hospital, where she underwent some surgery and is now in the hospital with her baby.

Now, the big stink in all of this is not that the woman abandoned the baby in the trash, the outrage seems to be directed at the airline for letting her on the plane at all in such an advanced state of labor. I don't know how the airlines can stop her. Apparently they asked every pregnant person how far along they are. What more can you do other than that? Have them bring a doctor's note stating how far along they are. How is that any business of the airline?

Meanwhile, the woman, might face charges, but it is unlikely. Unlikely? WTF? She left the baby in the trash and was taking a flight to a different country and she might face charges? I understand reuniting the mom with the baby, but do you really want the mom to be in charge of that baby's life? She already was once, and didn't do a good job.

Remember, this isn't a teenager afraid of her parents. This is a 30 year old woman who did this. She better face some charges.

America Young - Groupidity Part 10

So this is my favorite episode. Eric Campbell the writer makes another appearance, but Vanessa and David really get a chance to shine! In it I give a shout to my friend's movie, Labou, that comes out in DVD in May. See if you can find it!


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Forigve Me For I Am About To Sin

I have been so good and have not mentioned Lindsay Lohan by name in quite some time and this is an exception to the ban, and not a lifting of the ban. I have enjoyed not talking about her fights or posting her photos and I think the world is a better place for it. I'm proud of myself for ignoring the whole warrant situation and the broken window during the fight, but I have to vent now.

Lindsay is on the cover of Nylon this month for their tenth anniversary issue. She is Teri Garr and that magazine is Letterman for all the times that Lindsay has been on the cover and in its pages.

Anyway, in the interview she blames the tabloids for ruining her career. Ummm. Is she serious? Lindsay Lohan is responsible for ruining Lindsay's career. Sure, you can throw some Michael and some Dina and some effed up parenting into that if you want. I will give you that, but there is no way the tabloids did it. Did the tabloids make her go to rehab three times with another on the way soon? Did the tabloids make her late for work or miss work or days shooting? Did the tabloids make her drink or do drugs or chase down her assistant in a stolen SUV? Did the tabloids make her be a diva on the Ugly Betty set? Did the tabloids give her the shortest temper known to man?

Oh, and it gets worse. In the interview she says she would love to be in Alice In Wonderland and makes it seem like she was thisclose to getting the part that Anne Hathaway is playing. She is so full of crap. There is no way she would get near that production unless she was hanging around with Sam at the after party when Sam was working. This is the problem with Lindsay Lohan. Despite the fact that she is the biggest mess around, she does get lots of offers for employment. She really does, and they are not for porn. They are for indies where she would make $100K for a month's work but she won't take them. Why? Because in her head she is a huge star and a great actress. She isn't. I know all of you loved her in Mean Girls, but that is because it was Tina Fey who wrote the damn thing and Lindsay didn't have to stretch at all. Parent Trap? Freaky Friday? She was a kid playing a kid. She did fine, and if she would actually work in some of these indie films she might actually be good. She doesn't want that. She wants A list movies with A list stars.

"I'm talking to a lot of people right now," she says. "One is Sean Penn – I spoke to him again the other day. We're trying to get Seth Rogen for this project, but Seth won't call us back. So call us back, Seth, if you're reading this!"

I think what she is trying to say is that Seth won't call Lindsay back. As much as I would love to think Seth would blow off the a-hole known as Sean Penn, I don't think he would do that. Why would Seth be in anything with Lindsay Lohan? So he can get laid? There is no reason to choose a f**ked up has been actress when there are lots of others from which to choose.

Grow up Lindsay. Take responsibility for yourself. Go work for a living for awhile. If you don't like the tabloids, then move. Leave California. They won't follow you for long, and you won't have any excuses.

Elle Macpherson & Mischa Barton Is Not Glenn Close & Meryl Streep

At some point in this whole casting process for the new CW show Beautiful Life, I think it might be good idea if Ashton Kutcher actually decided to cast someone who can act. Elle Macpherson is gorgeous, a very nice person and she does great when you cast her in a role like she portrayed in Friends. However, if you give her anything more than that, you can tell that she is a model and not an actress. Just because she is a model, doesn't mean she can play a modeling agency owner on television. I know that sounds kind of stupid, but think about some doctor you know playing Dr. Derek Shepherd. It isn't the same.

The great thing about casting Elle, is that despite her lack of acting talent she is a much bigger star than Mischa Barton. I know that Mischa thought she was probably going to be the big star on the show, but it just didn't work out that way. I can already tell you that the two of them will not get along at all. They have completely opposite personalities and so even though the show will probably suck eggs, the off screen stuff should be very entertaining. If Mischa didn't need the money so desperately and a chance to make a comeback, I wouldn't put it past her to just drop out of the show. I know. It is more important for her to be the big star than to work.

DNfromMN - Movie Review - Sunshine Cleaning

SUNSHINE CLEANING
Wide Release: 3/20/09



THE STORY: Rose (Amy Adams) and Norah (Emily Blunt) are down on their luck sisters. In High School, Rose had it all: head cheerleader, the quarterback, the admiration of the town. Now, Rose is a maid barely making it as a single parent. Norah is the family black sheep, she still lives with dad (Alan Arkin), she just can’t seem to keep a job or keep her life together. When a family issue comes up that Rose needs to cover financially, her cop boyfriend (Steve Zahn) suggests she start cleaning crime scenes after seeing the usual guy accept his $3,000 check.

Just after her 3rd Oscar nomination for playing yet another naïve innocent, Amy Adams finally goes somewhere a little deeper and darker. Personally, I’m glad to see her branch out, though Rose strays only a small bit from that. The story progresses as Rose learns after-the-fact about what she is and isn’t doing right as a crime-scene cleaner with the help of Winston (Clifton Collins, Jr.) the one-armed vacuum shop salesman. It makes sense though, if you started a business with no idea how to run a business would you really do everything correctly from the beginning? Hell, no. Amy Adams is so charming, just a light bulb of energy in a dark situation, and she’s us. She has the same problems we do: no money, dead-end job that you hate, family problems that she has no control over, etc.

Therein lies the problem to Sunshine Cleaning’s lack of commercial success. In this economy, when everyone is needing to pare back, choose their entertainment wisely, why spend $10 on a movie ticket that is only going to remind you of how much of your own life is in the toilet. I’m here to tell you, Sunshine Cleaning does not give you a happy ending. Uplifting, maybe; happy, not so much. You might like this movie, I did, but it did leave me feeling a little down.



Like Amy Adams, Emily Blunt plays the opposite of what we’ve seen her, but not too far away. Still a bit scattered, but due to a lack of direction, not because of stress. All emotion, she has trouble disengaging from the job. She worries about the family of those injured at the crime scenes. She might be you, your sister, or your best friend: the person in your life who unintentionally self-sabotages and has no luck. Again, do you want to be reminded of this on your rare treat out of the house? Maybe you don’t want to, but the Norahs of the world are often forgotten, and seeing her story play out might give you that bump to call up the friend who needs a babysitter, a night out, or a home-cooked meal.

While I wouldn’t recommend Sunshine Cleaning to everybody, I think it’s worth seeing if you want to sit and talk with friends about where your lives sit right now. It’s a story for what we’re all going through right now, and opens it up for discussion. Maybe you’re a Rose, maybe you’re a Norah (or maybe you’re their dad), but everyone needs to vent and commiserate every now and again.

WHAT IT’S WORTH: Depends on your mood. I think it’s worth a rental, but not full price. See it at the cheapy theater. So I’ll say $4 (that’s rental price near me anyway). It won’t change your life, but it might re-open your eyes for a little while. I will warn you, the opening scene is a bit rough to watch (set up for the first crime scene). There is only one severed body part, but a good bit of blood (and human waste), so not for the squeamish.

Another Fake Celebrity Rehab Story

Kelly Osbourne did the whole People Magazine thing this week. I think all of us knew Kelly went into rehab about six weeks ago, but none of us noticed that she got out about two weeks ago. So, of course that had to be remedied. She needs everyone to know so she found a magazine willing to give her a few hundred words to explain why she was in rehab and how she is 100% clean now for the first time in her life.

Have you ever noticed that celebrities always say that. Kelly was in rehab in 2004 and 2005 but says this is the first time she has been clean. I bet if we go find some interviews from back then she said the same damn thing. I know she said something last year when she was taking care of Amy Winehouse.

I hate how stars seem to only go to rehab for alcohol and painkillers. Kelly is no different. In the interview she says she got hooked on liquid Vicodin at 13 after having surgery. Apparently 11 years and 3 trips to rehab didn't cure it? Please. That is such a crock. They always want you to think it was an accident or it was the fault of a doctor. Kelly Osbourne didn't go to rehab for just Vicodin and it is another way that celebrities make "everyday people" feel as if they are inferior. Stars never go to rehab for heroin or cocaine or crack or meth. I know. You are saying, yes they do. You want to know when they do go for that stuff? When they got arrested for possessing it. Otherwise it is alcohol and painkillers.

It is such a crock and it isn't like Kelly Osbourne admitting why she went to rehab is going to affect her career. Who cares about why she went. Just tell us the truth. Ozzy would. I'm not meaning to pick on Kelly. I'm just using her as an example of how celebrities try and pretend to be something they are not. It is the same with the photoshopping, airbrushing, and plastic surgery.

Ted C Blind Item

Double cocaine-addiction alert, babes!

But first off, gotta say it's a brutal Biz out here in Hollywood. Instead of keeping up with the Joneses, you have to keep up with the Richie's. Thin will unfortunately always be in because every actor's worst nightmare is Jessica Simpson's last couple of months.

Meet Slurina Thigh-Disaster and Bart Farts-a-Lot. No relation between these two, except that they share the same nasty diet trick: nose candy. Yep, Slur and Bar are two of the more recent stars to shed their extra fluff, and we're not talking Jenny Craig here folks.

More like coke. Mountains of coke. See, Slurina's legs (and other appendages) are a disaster not because of her chunks, rather they seriously aren't there anymore. It's like they've disappeared or something.

Ever since that pic Slurina did a while back called Crimson Scorpio, for which she lost a shocking amount of weight, many folks have wondered where the hell that new figure came from. The same place where a lotta of T-town, stick-thin starlets like to get their stall on.

Weird, too, 'cause Ms. Thigh-Disaster used to be a bit on the plumper side, but always so healthy. Result of hew new figure: More roles, yeah, but she's also getting a rep for making vulgar scenes due to her constantly jumpy nature, regardless of whatever celebratory occasion she may find herself in. But she just can't get enough of this white stuff.

So unlike Bart:

This guy is most decidedly not a fan of the nose devil. In fact, he really doesn't like it at all. But he was forced to lose his happy poundage and didn't know what else to do...or snort. People like to laugh at a chubby actor, but won't swoon over one. He's told friends that coke is the "only thing" that will make him stop eating. So he does as much as he can to curb his appetite. Gross.

Jeez, what ever happened to some good ol' fashion diet and exercise?

And it ain't: Lindsay Lohan, Nicole Richie, Jessica Simpson

And it also ain't: Brendan Fraser, Jason Segal, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson

Today's Blind Items

This one is a shocker. This married, aging, Academy Award winning/nominated actor who is probably C list if you look at what he does now, but would probably only ever appear above the title has had a 15 year habit that is finally beginning to surface. It seems that our married star enjoys certain sexual acts that are certainly not what one would call normal. Always with a woman, but they involve him being on the receiving end of yeah, how can I put this delicately. I really can't. Let's just say he enjoys showers that really don't involve water coming out of a pipe. He also enjoys toys being used on him. Anyway, enough of the sordid aspects. It seems that for the past 15 years our actor has used the same professional who was the model of discretion. She retired at the end of the year, and since then our actor has tried out the services of three or four other professionals who don't have that same level of discretion and have been blabbing all over town about our actor's crazy fetishes.

Random Photos Part One

I know I already did a post on the death of Natasha Richardson last night, but it just seemed wrong to not include her in the photos, so she leads us off today. RIP.
Apparently Alicia Keys would like the photographer to call her, or perhaps they are playing rock, paper, scissors.
There will be lost of photos from The Office today as there was an evening with The Office held last night. Angela Kinsey starts it off.
Followed by BJ Novak. I don't think he gets enough credit for his performance in Season 4. His transformation throughout the season was really, really good.
Cuba Gooding Jr., just doesn't look all that great. Maybe he was sick or something.
Charles Manson as of yesterday. Still looks scary as hell doesn't he?
Not as scary as the string or wire that Channing Tatum seems to be using as some kind of jock strap.
Emma Watson and her brother Alex.
Now that Fred Durst is a director, he seems to have matured a lot. Notice I said seems.
Honestly. I have no clue what Jessica Alba was thinking. I don't really know fashion, but it seems to me that Jessica is on a one woman crusade to bring back the 80's. Go back and look at her photos over the past six months, and then go watch Fast Times At Ridgemont High.
I can't pronounce the name of her new book, but since it is Joy Behar we are talking about here, I'm sure it is really funny.
The always lovely Jenna Fischer.
Apparently lots of people have the same photo of John Krasinski they want signed.
John C. Reilly on the set of his new movie.
I've decided that if I ran into Kate Bosworth on the street I wouldn't recognize her. She just looks too much like everyone else.
Kate Miller-Heidke - Perth
I think the three people behind Lisa are in charge of her career.
Which is why she has to resort to this to find work.
Not having any trouble finding work is Michael Sheen who is standing next to Lorraine Stewart.
Probably my favorite character on The Office except for Rashida who is rarely on anymore. I love Mindy Kaling.
It's really dark outside, and they look awful hanging off her dress, but I guess Michelle Rodriguez just couldn't leave her sunglasses home.
Nicole looks really cute here. I don't think I have ever referred to her as cute. Do guys say cute? Oh, yeah we do. We say someone is cute when we want to be nice, but don't really want to date your 2nd cousin with the lazy eye.
I don't know if Oscar Nunez has been in the photos before.
Yes, after a long absence, Ryan Gosling returns to the photos.
And it has been so long, I gave him to you twice.
Rainn Wilson. What else can you say?
I guess you could say, I hope he doesn't end up with the career or looks of Tom Green. Although Tom did sleep with Drew Barrymore so there must be something there. Did he have sex with Monica Lewinski also?

Is Tom Sizemore Back On Drugs?

TMZ is reporting that someone who looks suspiciously like Tom Sizemore was caught on video allegedly stealing a bunch of cell phones from a Verizon Wireless store. Not content with just the phones, Tom or his doppelganger also allegedly stole a pen and a highlighter. I'm not sure how you can use a pen or a highlighter for drug use, but, then again, I am not Tom Sizemore who probably has much more experience in making pipes out of nothing.

Tom just finished his parole in January. Guess maybe once he stopped having those required drug tests, he maybe got a little crazy again. Either that or he is really careless about losing his cell phones and figured Verizon wouldn't mind giving him some complimentary ones. What would be really cool would be if he were busted while actually talking on one of the cell phones he or his doppelganger allegedly stole. Have I used the word allegedly enough?

Vin Diesel Wrecks His Own Career... Again

Do you remember about ten years ago when Vin Diesel was the hottest actor on the planet? He had everything going for him, but because he was an a-hole and a diva and felt he was entitled to do what he wanted and when, studios stopped wanting to work with him and the film roles dried up and he ended up basically starring in any movie that would have him. Well, with Fast And The Furious 3, he got another chance and he is already blowing it.

According to the NY Post, Vin was supposed to be doing a press junket in LA on Sunday. One of those where you sit there and talk to reporters from a million organizations and tell them why your movie is so damn good. Well, instead of doing what he was supposed to be doing, Vin just stayed away and wouldn't take any calls until one of the studio executives managed to track him down. The executive probably threatened him, and Vin claimed he was sick. Vin did finally show up four hours late looking healthy.

The kicker is that his PR firm dropped him as a client because of what happened, and I have no doubts that studios will not be far behind. The studios are in the business of making money and the way you make that money is by doing press. Lots of it. Say what you want about Tom Cruise (short, strange, whacked out, Napoleon complex), he still does lots and lots of press. Did you realize that Mall Cop movie is still in the top ten movies. The movie is fairly bad, and has been out for two months but is still in the top 10 because Kevin James worked it hard.

Stars for the most part hate doing press, but even the densest usually know it is how money is made and how their paychecks will get larger. Studios will let you get away with drugs, crimes, tantrums, or any other boorish behavior except for one thing. You have to do press. You have to, or you won't be back. Vin obviously hasn't realized that yet. And now he has probably run out of chances.

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which celeb demanded a casting call for his new film so he could vet potential extras - and sleep with them?

"I Can't Live On $43 Million"

I usually only comment on celebrity divorces, and only if they are really good, but in this case, I am making an exception because it makes me sick. Not sick as in each of the parties had affairs, because they did. Not sick as in there was abuse or anything horrific, but simply because I'm sick there are people in this world who just have no sense of reality. Anyone who says they can't afford to live for the rest of their lives on a $43 million settlement has no sense of what is real and what is not.

Currently there is a divorce trial proceeding between the Chairman of United Technologies and his soon to be ex, Maria Douglas-David. In October 2005, Maria (36) and her husband (67) signed a post nuptial agreement that says she would get $43M if they divorced and that she would get to keep all of their Swedish properties. She is a countess from Sweden.

She is trying to get the agreement thrown out of court because her expenses are too high and $43M isn't enough. She instead wants $100M and $130K a month in alimony for their 6 year marriage. Her soon to be ex-husband is worth about $400M.

Now, you may be asking yourself, how can she possibly claim that $43M isn't enough to live on for the remainder of her life. Well, look at her WEEKLY expenses. Yes, weekly.

"Douglas-David has filed court papers showing she has more than $53,800 in weekly expenses, including for maintaining a Park Avenue apartment and three residences in Sweden. Her weekly expenses also include $700 for limousine service, $4,500 for clothes, $1,000 for hair and skin treatments, $1,500 for restaurants and entertainment, and $8,000 for travel."

I want to remind all of you again that these are weekly. Not monthly and not yearly. Weekly.

At this rate, she would burn through all of the money in about 16 years. Look. A contract is a contract and as much as I think $43M is outrageous for 5 years of marriage, I can deal with that. What disgusts me though is the sense that $43M isn't enough for you to live your life. Does she realize that 90% of the world doesn't make $53,000 in a year and she spends that much in a week on things that for the most part, don't really matter. I hope the judge decides that she doesn't even deserve the $43M.

West Side Story In Vanity Fair

I realize these photos came out a couple of days ago, but I think they are worth posting. To me what is the best part is the willingness of some of the more popular actors to take a back seat when it actually comes to even being seen in the photos. To read the accompanying article, click here.


Jennifer Lopez
TURF BATTLE
The Sharks and the Jets mark out a piece of urban turf while simultaneously expressing the joy of being young, vigorous, and able to kick ass. As Bernardo, in red, Rodrigo Santoro leads fellow Sharks played by Brandon T. Jackson and Jay Hernandez. The Jets’ leader, Riff, in yellow, is played by Chris Evans. Rounding out his crew are Cam Gigandet, Drake Bell, and Robert Pattinson.
THE DRESS SHOP
Bernardo (Rodrigo Santoro), is focused on his girlfriend, Anita (Jennifer Lopez), whose far-off gaze suggests she dreams of moving beyond the confines of the seamstress’s life. Bernardo’s little sister—the heroine of the film’s Romeo-and-Juliet drama—is Maria. Maria’s initial disappointment with the white dress sewn for her by Anita soon gives way to anticipation as she realizes the dress will cause her to stand out at the dance, where trouble shall begin in earnest.
THE DANCE
Between Maria (Camilla Belle, far left) and Tony (Ben Barnes, far right, also known as Prince Caspian), it is dancing, dancing, dancing. Latin steps predominate on the left, as the Sharks and their ladies give America a taste of the culture to come. On the right, we have a series of funky Anglo moves, as the Jets and their gals go rhythmically at it. On either side, our two tragic protagonists have eyes only for each other. The lead Sharks dancers are Anita (J.Lo, in an incredible pose) and Bernardo (Rodrigo Santoro). The Jet girl dancing with Riff (Chris Evans) is played by Ashley Tisdale. Rounding out the Sharks, left to right: Minka Kelly, Jay Hernandez, Natalie Martinez, Brandon T. Jackson, Melonie Diaz. On the Jets’ side: Sean Faris, Shane Lynch, Robert Pattinson, Cam Gigandet, Trilby Glover, Brittany Snow, Drake Bell.
THE ROOFTOP
Before West Side Story takes its tragic turn, Anita (Jennifer Lopez) drives the film’s most effervescent and sexually charged scene: the rocking rooftop song-and-dance sequence set to “America.” The lyrics, by a young Stephen Sondheim (Sweeney Todd, etc.), give Anita all the ammunition she needs to top the verbal thrusts and parries delivered by Bernardo (Rodrigo Santoro, to the left of J.Lo) and his band of toughs. From left to right: Jay Hernandez, Brandon T. Jackson, Sean Faris, Shane Lynch, Melonie Diaz, Minka Kelly, Natalie Martinez.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT
Tony (Ben Barnes) is trying to leave behind his old street-fighting ways … which is tough for him to pull off, now that he has fallen in love with Maria (Camilla Belle), who happens to be the sister of top Shark Bernardo. But tonight is a night for a serenade. A fire escape takes the place of a Veronese balcony, but the underlying emotions that have brought Tony and Maria out of their enemy camps are the same ones that fired Romeo and Juliet, not to mention James Carville and Mary Matalin.
THE KNIVES COME OUT
At Tony’s urging, the Sharks and the Jets agree to an old-fashioned street fight, no weapons. But on a night so charged, it’s inevitable the knives will come out. Shark leader Bernardo (Rodrigo Santoro) delivers the fatal blow to Jets kingpin Riff (Chris Evans) as helpless Tony (Ben Barnes) bears witness. By the end of the scene, Bernardo is on the pavement, killed by Tony. And so the musical’s male romantic lead is now a killer, which is part of what makes West Side Story revolutionary.
THE END
After a Shark flunky named Chino rubs out Tony, Maria (Camilla Belle) mourns alone at the grim murder scene, in the film’s final image.

Did She Swing The Cat By The Tail?

Yesterday afternoon I read the report about Project Runway's Kenley Collins being arrested for assaulting her sleeping ex-boyfriend and wondered how in the world she actually used her cat as a weapon. Kenley, who was on season 5 of Project Runway was arrested and charged with two counts of assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment. The criminal possession of a weapon appears to be a laptop she used in ways its manufacturer probably didn't intend as she hit her ex in the face with it while he was sleeping. At some point during this altercation she also threw apples and water at him and apparently her cat as well.

I'm guessing the guy was passed out, because you would think that at least one of these items would have awakened him and he would have avoided the other items. If she hits him with the laptop first, then how does she get to the apples, water and cat? If she does the other three first, how does she get close enough to him to hit him with the laptop. The reports don't say she threw that at him.

They also don't say if she just tossed the cat at him or if she grabbed it by the tail and swung it at him. Maybe she was just pissed he didn't change the litter box.

Lorna Luft Was In Charge Of Judy Garland's Drugs

Patti Davis is about to release a book entitled "The Lives Our Mothers Leave Us." In the book, Lorna Luft spoke about how she was responsible for regulating the drug usage of her mother Judy Garland. Starting at about the age of 10 or 11, her mother made her responsible for regulating her pill usage. Judy liked to always be taking pills, but knew that she couldn't have every pill filled with drugs, so it was Lorna's job to empty out the capsules of some pills and fill them with sugar.

In the same way that most parents instill in their children the phrase to never talk to strangers, Lorna was constantly reminded that "I was taught to never, ever call an ambulance, no matter what happened. I was to call my father or someone else - never an ambulance because it would get into the press. I was taught at a young age to lie, to deceive, to manipulate.”

Apparently this is the life her mother left her. Of course it hasn't stopped Lorna from also making a living off her mother's name or releasing that album of hers called "Songs My Mother Taught Me." I think one of them had the line, "you take the bad drugs out and shake it all about."

“she probly [sic] ran into a door and was too embarrassed so blamed it on chris.”

The New York Times have a great article today about how teenage girls are reacting to the Chris Brown story and how many of them will make up any excuse they can to forgive Chris for what he did to Rihanna. It is an incredible article and when you read the quotes from the interviews and Facebook pages, it just blows you away.

In one example, the reporter asked one 9th grade girl who is a Chris Brown fan what she thought when she saw the TMZ photo and she replied, “She probably made him mad for him to react like that. You know, like, bring it on?”

The reporter asked the girls if Chris should get in trouble and they all said no, because Rihanna took him back. Because she took him back and showed the world she forgave him, we get quotes like this from two different 9th graders.

“So he shouldn’t get into trouble if she doesn’t feel that way,” one girl said. “She probably feels bad that it was her fault, so she took him back.”

Her friend nodded. “I don’t think he’ll hit her like that again,” she said.

Rihanna had a chance to show all of these girls that violence is wrong. She didn't. She lost an opportunity that domestic violence rights groups have been waiting on for a long time. She had the opportunity to use the publicity generated by this case and speak out, and instead, we get 9th grade girls who think it was her fault now.

If you want to read the entire article, click here. It will absolutely shock you what teenage girls think about all of this.

Did You Think Eddie Cibrian Was Going To Admit It?

Yesterday after the LeAnn Rimes story broke, I knew it would only be a matter of hours before Eddie Cibrian denied it. Why would he do that? Well because he is a guy and married with two kids. All Eddie thought US Weekly had was a grainy photo or two of him which he probably spent all day yesterday telling his wife were nothing. The only way he would have admitted the affair yesterday was if his wife knew about it before the story broke. Obviously she didn't and so the world got the whole, "this story is fabricated" thing. He had to. He was trying to save his marriage. He was trying to convince his wife that nothing happened and the fact they were holding hands and kissing were just two photographs taken out of context and turned into a story.

There was just one tiny problem with this story of his. Do you remember how the photos were still photos captured from a security camera? Well security cameras generally indicate video, and that is what has been released today. If you would like to watch them kiss, hold hands and to to watch LeAnn sucking on his fingers, then you need to watch the video.

Apparently the finger sucking thing got to him because they left together right after she did it. He brought his truck to the meeting. The truck with his children's car seats in the back. Yep. Nice huh?

Now, you may be asking why LeAnn never bothered to deny it and why her husband still loves her. Umm. LeAnn can pretty much do whatever she wants to in the relationship and is really open to her husband doing whatever he wants to or doing it all together.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which NFL star would be done if his tequila guzzling skills were to surface? The fella can toss back half a bottle in one gulp without wincing.

Natasha Richardson Has Died

Natasha Richardson died this afternoon. The statement released from the family said, "Liam Neeson, his sons (Micheal and Daniel), and the entire family are shocked and devastated by the tragic death of their beloved Natasha," the statement said. "They are profoundly grateful for the support, love and prayers of everyone, and ask for privacy during this very difficult time."

Vanessa Redgrave, Richardson's mother, arrived in a car with darkened windows and was taken through a garage when she arrived at the Lenox Hill Hospital on Manhattan's Upper East Side about 5 p.m. Wednesday. An hour earlier, Richardson's sister, Joely, arrived alone and was swarmed by the media as she entered through the back of the hospital.

For more on the story, you can click here.

Today's Blind Items

This C+/B- very good looking television actor is on a hit network drama. It is one of those law/crime/initial type shows. Anyway, this actor is a one man health epidemic. Our actor found out he has herpes about three months ago. Despite that fact, he never tells any of his prospective male or female mates that, and in fact, tells them the complete opposite and insists on never using condoms. Well, now, two of his conquests are threatening legal action about their brand new STD's. So far our actor has kept things quiet, but with as many people as he sleeps with, keeping it quiet for much longer is going to be very difficult.

Random Photos Part One

Like Rashida Jones and her mom Peggy Lipton together wouldn't get the top spot.
I must be in a good mood because Anne Hathaway actually looks good here.
Jennifer Aniston's fantasy.
I feel like whenever I post a photo of Andy Samberg I should link to a SNL song, but I'm too lazy today.
Blythe Danner looks great. She looks incredibly young.
Unlike Madonna who looks worn out.
Hugh Dancy is back on the red carpet after missing the opera, but the big story is that Clair Danes is at #4 and counting for consecutive photos with a smile.
Christopher Mintz-Plasse and his twig legs.
Congratulations to Christina Ricci on her engagement. I would congratulate her affianced also, but I think he is going to throw out his back from having to bend over to kiss her.
Whenever I type in the name Elizabeth Banks, I immediately start singing that damn song from Mary Poppins with the Banks name in it. I know. I know, I'm lame.
It has been a long time since I had Gayle King in the photos. She said on the red carpet that one of Oprah's puppies died.
Tanya Haden lost her baby weight. Jack Black hasn't.
Jewel and Ty Murray.
Jon Favreau and his lovely wife Joya.
James Franco on the set of his new movie.
From L to R we have Jon Hamm, Jennifer Westfeldt, Amanda Anka and Jason Bateman.
Jason Segel always looks like he just got his plugs wet.
And in a Harlem community kitchen, Katie Lee Joel learned how to juggle.
Katharine McPhee on the set of her new movie. I know, I know, but apparently it is a real movie and she is really getting paid for acting. I smell Oscar.
The lovely Martha Stewart.
"So, I wonder if Mary Ann is cooking tonight or the Professor."
I got as wide of an angle as I could, but apparently PETA has two naked pregnant women in cages in front of Jamie Oliver's restaurant to protest the killing of pigs for Mother's Day.
Not on her hands and knees or pregnant and in a cage is Padma Lakshimi.
One of your favorites, Paul Rudd.
"Would you like to be #4 today?"
"Would you like to be #5 today?"
"Forget the lipstick, would you like to be #6 today?"
"Don't be upset, you can be #7 today."
This is a photo of doctors reconstructing the snout of a crocodile who was run over by a car in Florida. The operation was a success. They had to do it because the croc had not eaten in 3 months.
Geddy Lee and Neal Pert of Rush.
Apparently Sarah Silverman didn't return all of Jimmy Kimmel's jeans when they broke up.
At least Taylor Momsen pretends to eat.

It's Not Exactly Graceland

I'm sure that when you think of visiting London there are lots of sights and attractions and areas you want to explore. Well, if you are making your travel plans for London, or you currently live there and have nothing to do for half your day, then why not stop by Amy Winehouse's old house in Camden. Yes, that's right. For the sum of $200, you can spend four hours touring Amy's home and see where she lived, worked and her favorite room to smoke crack. She liked the bathroom because of the windows. After you have enjoyed your contact high and the smell of spoiled food and soiled drug addicts, you will probably feel like a drink. No problem. Included in the price of your tour is a stop at the Hawley Arms which is Amy's favorite pub. At the pub you will be given a complimentary Amy Winehouse special. No, it isn't a beating upside your head or a free crack pipe, it is instead her favorite beverage which is vodka, bourbon, banana liqueur and Baileys.

If you can manage to keep that down, then why not head over to the shop where Amy bought her newspapers and junk food and which now sells Amy Winehouse t-shirts and other souvenirs like Amy Winehouse ballet slippers and beehive wigs. I wish this was all a joke, but I am completely serious.

Lainey Blind Item

Smack no kids

They’ve been married a while now, he’s still desperately in love with her, and has been patiently waiting to have children…only she hasn’t been healthy enough to get pregnant. Because she loves heroin.

Last summer it was a last chance, he took her on extended holiday, cleaned her up, a new positive attitude, kept her busy working on a new project through the fall, away from her regular enablers, and it totally worked out. She was in a good creative space. She was able to fight the temptation.

But as an actor, the work ends eventually and if there’s nothing new to do, there’s really nothing else to do. Bored and idle, the old demons have come back. One day last month he came home from a long overnight and couldn’t find her. The dealer called a few hours later telling him to pick her up, she was so out of it even he had to cut her off and she had started harassing his other clients.

All the emotional wear and tear, it’s beginning to show on him physically too. But he’s working more than she is and can’t get away for several weeks so he’s hired a babysitter to watch her night and day. Babysitter. She resents him for it of course so the fights are getting worse … and the one benefitting from all of this is a slag bitch colleague who’s been waiting for her chance for a long, long time.

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which British celeb has just signed up for a brand new "chopper" - a platinum credit card used to cut her cocaine?

She proudly carries it in her designer purses...

What Do You Think?

The NY Post is reporting today that Lou Pearlman is teaming up with Real World creator Jonathon Murray to pitch a new reality show which would be like Making The Band but with Lou offering advice over the phone instead of in person. While I personally think Lou is one of the most evil people to ever set foot on the planet and wish he would just rot in his tiny jail cell for his entire 25 year sentence, I also realize that there are a lot of people who are barely making ends meet because he stole $300 million of their hard earned dollars. Lou wouldn't get to keep any of the money he earns from the show because every dollar he would make would go to those people from whom he stole.

So far, Lou has not repaid any money to the investors he defrauded. This would at least give them the chance to get some money back. On the other hand, Lou gets his sentence reduced by a month for every million dollars that he repays and I really don't want to see this guy set free ever again, or become a celebrity or listen to a bunch of interviews with him where he says that he is just trying to help his victims. I don't think he is actually doing it for them. I think he is doing it for himself, but at the same time, I do want the people he defrauded to have a chance in getting back some of their money so I guess he should get a chance to do the show.

Oh, you want to know the kicker? The band the show is about is called Biteboy. They tried to become famous by writing a song about the Caylee Anthony case. So, you have a band that tried to exploit a murder for fame and money and an a-hole who screwed over thousands of people to line his own pockets. Nice combination.

So. What do you think? Let him do the show or let him rot in his cell?

Elizabeth Hurley's Marriage Is Over

Call Hugh Grant on the set of his new movie and tell him to not try and sleep with Sarah Jessica Parker. It turns out that his now "best friend" and long time former girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley is about to get divorced from Arun Nayar. Yep. It turns out Arun learned that Elizabeth isn't really interested in marriage in the traditional sense, but is more interested in having a husband finance her lifestyle, parties and to pay for someone to watch her son.

Arun was fine with the jet set life while they were dating, but expected that Elizabeth would want to settle down, live a quieter life and have children with him. They have now been married two years, and he has grown tired of waiting for that to happen. I think the church where they got married is also tired of waiting for the money it is still owed by the couple for. That doesn't really have anything to do with the divorce, but I think Elizabeth and Arun are both miserable people who only think about themselves and I don't have any sympathy for either one of them.

Could Someone Please Move The Clock Forward To 15 Minutes

In other news about people who shouldn't matter, but somehow are still around, Audrina Patridge is leaving The Hills at the end of the season. Apparently she thinks she is a huge star and deserves her very own show. No more sharing the spotlight for Audrina. She wants some of that Whitney Port fame. Who? Exactly. Just because you get your own show doesn't make you more famous. Audrina has signed a deal with Survivor and Apprentice creator Mark Burnett and he plans on working his reality magic on Audrina. He is pitching a show based on following her around. Great. We can watch her get bit parts on a bunch of shows and cringe when she tells us how she is taking acting classes to better master her craft.

Speaking of making a deal with Satan, Heidi Montag somehow convinced Cathy Dennis to give her some songs for Heidi's new album. If you are not familiar with Cathy, she wrote I Kissed A Girl, and Toxic among others and all I can do is hope that Cathy is giving Heidi songs that everyone else rejected. I really need Heidi to go away and anyone else from The Hills. I just can't imagine there are this many people in the world who are fans of Heidi or Audrina or anyone else from The Hills. I understand if you like the show. I really do understand. I just don't understand how anyone can think the stars of the show have some kind of talent that deserves really high paychecks and making mountains of money.

Aubrey O' Day Should Got Straight To Porn

Aubrey O'Day is already talking about posing for Playboy again. In an interview she gave to Fox News, Aubrey said that since didn't show every possible part of her body in her last pictorial she was ready to pose again and show everything to the world. Umm. What I really think she is trying to say is that she enjoyed her five minutes of popularity for posing but now she is headed back to obscurity again and she wants some more of that fame. I see this growing to the point where she is doing porn by the end of next year. She has no talent except for taking her clothes off.

In the interview she did say that she was shocked at how many guys send her strange photos of themselves who are licking her pictorial. What did she expect? Did she think everyone who reads Playboy is sitting around discussing it like a book club? "Why yes, I do think the form and symmetry she showed in this pose is an interesting juxtaposition of man and nature."

OctoMom Mayhem

I dislike Nadya Suleman as much as all of you. I think the fact she seems to be royally screwing the taxpayers of California irks me as a resident of the State and about to see an increase in my taxes which she will be happy to spend as she always has.

I hated the fact she went and spent $1000 on MAC makeup this past weekend when she should have used that money for her children or to pay back the State, or told all the people who continue to donate on her website that she is going to spend the money on herself and not on her kids. I don't have a problem with someone spending $1000 on makeup. I have a problem with her spending $1000 on makeup.

This post though is not about her, it is about the paps. The LA Times photo above was taken last night when OctoMom brought the first two babies home. This is going to play itself out as she continues to bring new babies home and everytime she leaves the house. I think that something needs to be done or there is going to be some kind of accident and it is possible the babies might get hurt. There is just nothing safe about having this kind of scrum to have to drive through everyday with infants and other kids in the car. Notice the photographers are literally hanging onto the car. Completely off the ground and on the car.

Something needs to be done. And soon.

LeAnn Rimes & Eddie Cibrian - Who Is The Bigger Homewrecker?

Last night I was shocked. Not that LeAnn Rimes was having an affair. If you read the blind items you will see that she and her husband have been frequent subjects. I was actually shocked that US Weekly made someone look bad. They never do that. It is an article of faith that celebrities can do no wrong or you don't get access. I guess the figured it was ok to burn the LeAnn Rimes bridge.

Anyway, as I was reading the article last night I kept asking myself who the bigger cheat was. On the one side you have LeAnn who is 26, and has already been married for a bunch of years to a guy, who lets face it, has been a little confused as to which team he plays for and has caused some issues in their marriage. I don't think when you get married at 19 that your husband might enjoy looking at the groomsmen more than the bridesmaids.

On the other side we have Eddie Cibrian who I like to think of as a guy who has never really been able to escape his soap opera past and his limited acting abilities. Now he doesn't need to worry about jumping from job to job trying to find the great big role. He landed LeAnn who has more money than Eddie has ever seen. At home, Eddie has a wife of 8 years and two children, the youngest of which is not even two years old.

I want to blame the equally for this, but I am going to go ahead and blame Eddie more. He has kids, and LeAnn doesn't. Also, although LeAnn should know better, if you married young and have had to go what she has had to go through, then you can kind of understand that she just wanted something more. Sure, she should have thought about the fact Eddie was married and has two children, but Eddie is the guy almost 40 and so he should have been thinking about his family and not about being the next Kevin Federline or Danny Moder or Mr. Tori Spelling.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which hip-hop icon gets laughed at when he strips down at the gym? Guys in the locker room can't believe it's that small.

Today's Blind Items - Drug Idiots

It's amazing to me what people will do when they are whacked out on drugs. In our latest contribution to the idiot drug users hall of fame we have a C list actress on a middling ensemble drama. I say middling because it does so-so in the ratings, but nothing that people are dying to see. Anyway, our actress got into a fender bender. She wasn't hurt, but the car was totaled. She was shaken up about the accident. So much so that she left some baggies of white powder in her car when it was towed to a repair shop. Freaking out when she got home about where she may have left the baggies, she called the repair shop and said the following. "Hi, this is _________. My car was towed there earlier today. I think I left my coke in there though. Would you go check and see if it is there? It is in the center console."

At first the person on the other end really thought the actress meant coke as in the soft drink Coke. When she realized what it really was though she told the actress that she would need to come down to the shop and claim it herself. One hour later the actress did just that.

Random Photos Part One

When I go to court, this is what everyone is wearing. You have to admit that Amy Winehouse is always full of surprises. I will also say that she actually looks healthy.
Bill Hader has been in the photos before, but I think this is the very first time anywhere in the blog for Kristen Wiig.
Brian Williams, his wife and daughter and a crooked tie.
Clive Owen was the man who started the recent velvet jacket revival, but he says he won't be wearing one anymore because his daughters hate it and think it is weird.
Does David Beckham ever take a bad picture? It is kind of depressing.
Ed Westwick in a much different kind of pose than we saw him last.
Iman at a Holt Renfrew in Toronto. She really needs to replace Heidi on Project Runway here in the US.
You know those fish that are attached to bigger fish so they can steal their food? That was my first thought when I saw this picture of Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush.
Is he hiding Kate Moss' tail?
Kristen Stewart doing press for Adventureland
And what she decided to wear to the premiere.
How cheap is Mario Lopez? He took Eva Longoria out for her birthday to her own restaurant.
"OK, who wants to play the Princess and the leprechaun?"
Priyanka Chopra at some magazine launch. I just wanted an excuse to post her photo.
Paul Giamatti looks stunned to be recognized.
Russell Brand - Sydney
Look what we have here. Ryan Reynolds did his mandatory five minutes at the red carpet of Adventureland.
The first time I have seen Robin Roberts on a red carpet. She looks lovely.
I don't know why CBS needs their own magazine, but Roselyn Sanchez was out promoting it.
Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of her new movie.
Sienna Miller looking to see which guys have wedding rings on their fingers so she can make her choice.
Apparently Seth Rogen was a little nervous going through security. Check out the pit stains.
The Fray - Perth

The Smell Of The Outhouse Is Blowing In The Wind

Apparently over at Bob Dylan's house it isn't the the answer that is blowing in the wind, but rather the lovely fumes of a port-a-pottie that is causing all of his neighbors to complain and in some cases has made people sick or forced them to sleep in other parts of their homes.

About six months ago, Bob Dylan must have got tired of his employees using the bathroom in his house and so he got a port-a-pottie delivered and installed outside. Since then, every night, the ocean breezes blow the lovely smell to all his Malibu neighbors.

The neighbors have complained to the city who tried to investigate but were chased off the property by Bob's security team. Neighbors have bought huge industrial fans to try and blow the noxious fumes back onto Bob's property, but apparently the ocean breeze is too strong. Everyone agrees that warm nights are the worst, and people have been forced from any parts of their home that face Bob's house.

My question is, with all of the money Bob has, you would think he would just add on to the guard shack he currently has on his property and install an indoor toilet for that instead of the continued torture of all his neighbors. I guarantee you that if it was one of his neighbors that was doing the same thing to him he would have already sued them and made their life miserable.

Would You Get A Hooker For Your Son?

You know on a slow news day I feel like I can always count on Kim Kardashian, Mischa Barton or the UK tabloids to find something interesting about which to write. Today there is no Mischa, or Kim (except in the photos) but the Daily Mail didn't let me down. They did a story today on a woman who has a 21 year old son with Down's Syndrome.

The mom, Lucy Baxter wants her son to experience everything a man should experience she says and that includes sex. She is appealing for volunteers to have sex with her son so he can experience what it is like and she is even willing to hire a prostitute to make it happen.

'I'd like all my boys to find love and enjoy sex,' she said.

'I would have no problem paying for Otto to go to Amsterdam to visit a brothel if that's what he wanted.

'A few of his friends suggested it a few months ago and since then I've talked to Otto about it in an adult way. Why shouldn't he enjoy the same experiences as other men?'

I hate to talk poorly of the woman because she has adopted three other boys all with Down's Syndrome so I am happy she did that and is trying to ensure they live a normal life, but I can't quite decide if hiring a hooker for your son is the way to go to make things normal. With one of her other sons she has set up a Bebo page so he can try and find someone to meet. I have no problems with that and I do think that is part of being normal and if the son finds someone that would be great.

Some of her statements make me question her though. She says she would love her son Otto to bring home women and have sex with them and that she wants to be a grandmother and would love if Otto got a woman pregnant.

What do you think? Hire a hooker for him or let him try and meet a woman on his own?

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which supposedly grounded celeb has transformed into a full blown diva and has angered her close pals by treating them like dirt?

Is American Idol Rigged?

I think I had the same exact question in a post last year. Every year someone says that American Idol is rigged and the judges and producers know who the final four will be and have it all planned out.

I think the reality is the judges and producers know who they would like in the final four and adjust the comments and editing to favor those contestants as much as possible, but if they were going to rig American Idol do you honestly think they would have let Taylor Hicks win? It isn't that they couldn't sign the other people who were better that year because they did, but the deal is they had to release a Taylor Hicks album which they knew would not make them any money. If Idol was rigged they would have never let that happen

So, when you read about some Idol staffer saying the fix is in, you have to realize they say that every year. There is always some story saying who the final four are going to be and I don't think they have ever been correct. It is fun to talk about an Idol conspiracy and there are certainly issues when it comes to counting votes and not having every vote counted, but I don't think there is any rigging going on. You just can't tell me there was any plus to the Idol bosses to have Taylor Hicks win. Any other person winning would have been better for them. You have to show me how him winning benefited them, and then maybe I will believe in the conspiracy theory.

Miley Cyrus Could Make You Sick - Literally

Are your kids big Hannah Montana fans? Do you go out and purchase every last bit of merchandise from the show? Do you have the Hannah Montana lunch bag snacks? Yeah, well that could explain why your kid is sick everyday after eating them. You thought your kids were pretending to be sick because they didn't want to go to school, but it was actually the food they were eating which was doing it.

Both in Canada and the US, there has been a recall of the Hannah Montana Peanut Chocolate Granola Bars because there is a good chance they were contaminated with salmonella. While typing that name out I realized that adding the word granola to something does not actually make it healthy. Peanut and chocolate sounds like Reese's to me. Mixing it up with granola just sounds like you are adding extra sugar and calories to what is already a bunch of calories in a peanut butter cup. Sure, it could also be Peanut M&M's to which you are adding granola. Now, that isn't to say I wouldn't eat all of the things I just mentioned, because I would. I know they aren't healthy, but, I am not trying to be. It just always amuses me that someone thinks that just because it has the word granola in it that it is health food.

Strangest Injury Ever

You know that I don't really like to write about injuries or people dying or anything like that for the most part. So, when I scanned the Natasha Richardson headlines I said to myself that it is tragic and I wish her the best, but I don't really want to write about it because there is nothing to say. It is a news story, and there are people who report the news much better than I can.

Then, I read the latest update on the story and in my mind it might have nothing to do with skiing at all. According to a spokesperson at the resort where the injury happened, Natasha was taking a lesson and was at the bottom of a beginner hill, fell down, and rolled over a few times. She didn't hit anything, and didn't have any visible injuries. When I first read the headlines I thought it must have been like a Sonny Bono incident where she ran into a tree while skiing very fast.

She didn't do anything different than a million people do every day while skiing. From the sound of the statement, it sounds like she didn't even want to go see a doctor, but the ski patrol insisted. That's why I think it might have been a concussion, but she didn't have visible injuries. Maybe just from a sudden jerk of the head or something when she fell?

She saw the doctor back at her hotel. She didn't start feeling bad until about an hour later. Now she is in critical condition? It is the strangest injury ever. I know there are lots of nurses and doctors who read the site, so explain please how this happens, and of course all my best wishes go to Natasha and Liam and their two sons.

A Minister Reality Show

Kendra Wilkinson has started announcing to anyone that will listen that she has been looking for someone to perform her wedding ceremony but that none of the ministers she has spoken to has been willing to perform a ceremony at the Playboy Mansion. I find that really hard to believe. No one? Please. It isn't like she is going to have the bridesmaids and groomsmen get it on during the ceremony or have them be naked. Is she?

Anyway, I think what she is trying to do is set up some kind of reality show where she eliminates ministers from contention each week. I really can't think of another reason why she is going around saying she can't find anyone. Either that or she just can't think of anything else to say when reporters ask her a question and so just started saying that, despite how ridiculous it sounds.

It would be a different kind of reality show. They could have a representative from like 20 different religions and then an Elvis Presley minister from Vegas who wins at the end. Or she could have Hef get a license and perform the ceremony, although it might get awkward when he gets to this part.

"Do you take this woman, because I have."

NY Daily News Blind Item

What married ingenue covertly jumped into a waiting car after a recent NYC fete? The man she was caught kissing in the car definitely wasn’t her musically inclined hubby.

Today's Blind Items

This one is not hard, but it is fun. I am going to make it more purposefully vague than normal, because it would be way too easy to identify them otherwise. It is still easy though.

About two weeks ago at Bungalow 8 in London, there was a table of three which consisted of a dropping like a stone actress, her girlfriend?, and the brother of the girlfriend. Unlike most tales of powdery substances in a club, this one didn't involve the bathroom. Instead, whoever was running the club that evening decided that the two women could use the room marked staff every 20-30 minutes for their activity. It does make it much easier if you are provided a space other than the back of a toilet or the bathroom counter. For the record, the brother didn't touch the stuff.

Random Photos Part One

Ron Silver - RIP
Once again, proving the age old adage that Alec Baldwin will hit on anything whether it moves or not.
I think this makes wig #15 in Angelina Jolie's new movie.
The one and only Angela Lansbury.
Hugh Dancy must have talked his way out of the opera because Claire Danes is all alone on the red carpet. She has however continued her streak of smiles. She is now up to three consecutive smiling appearances which marks a new personal best for her.
Dwayne Johnson making some fans happy in Mexico City. Of course they were less than thrilled when he decided to show them The Game Plan instead of Race To Witch Mountain.
Diane Kruger and Joshua Jackson.
My favorite Minogue. Danni.
Who wouldn't want to bid on an Elvis Presley owl ring with an eye missing.
I think as much as we all love Gillian Anderson, she has definitely looked better.
Gisele Bundchen then demonstrates how to eat ice cream while driving. I'm actually more shocked she is actually going to eat it.
Ginnifer Goodwin looks sad. She must have heard about Justin Long and Drew Barrymore making out over the weekend.
It's been awhile since Gilles Mariani was in the photos.
And then Heidi dropped him.
I like the plaid bow tie on Jeremy Irons.
It just looks painful for Amber Rose to keep her eyes open. Maybe because when they are she keeps seeing Kanye.
Lily Allen - Manchester
Go ahead. Admit it. You thought Mary Kate Olsen was Courtney Love for a second.
Midnight Oil - Melbourne
I'm telling you someone has replaced the old Michelle Rodriguez with someone new and less cranky. She looks different and she is smiling.
They are in America!! How come no one told me they were coming?
One of my favorite actresses. Parker Posey.
Who is going to help Rupert Everett with his tie?
Rihanna is coming out of a restaurant. It seems it would be difficult to eat with the weightlifting gloves and the two inch long fingernails.
Reese and Jake in Paris.
Selena Gomez trying to get that McDonalds endorsement deal.
Taylor Hicks has lost a ton of weight. Here he is with Emily Procter.
The Pretenders - San Francisco
It's Ribisi's. Marissa and Giovanni.
Tom Selleck always looks like he is on his way to do a western movie.
Long time no see for Vanessa Lemonjello.
How tall is Zac Efron? Here he is next to Brett Tucker and that has to be a good foot or maybe more in height difference.

NY Post Blind Item

WHICH songbird's hard-up husband is having a hard time paying off her $500,000 engagement ring? He tried to stiff the jeweler and when finally threatened with a lawsuit, said he'd pay - on an installment plan.

How Was Your Weekend? A Bar Full Of Aussies, Noa Tishby, And Australian Idol Fashion Tips

It has been awhile since I wrote about my friend Australian friend Mel. Mel is a co-founder of one of the finest Australian rock bands in history known as punisherz. OK, well finest might be an exaggeration, but for a musical group that doesn't actually know how to play the instruments they were using, they were amazing. Mel was also one of the first handful of people to ever read the site, and for some reason she kept reading it. I can only imagine she had a lot of time on her hands.

Well. Every January, Mel calls me up and begins the process of breaking down my will power in an attempt to get me to attend Coachella in April. No matter how much I may love music, spending 3 days in the blistering heat is not something a 400 pound guy gets motivated to do very easily. So, for four months I get an intense barrage of phone calls, e-mails, and updates about which bands are going to be there in an attempt to get me to take the trek out into the middle of the California desert with a bunch of Aussies.

This year was no different except that now, along with my other friend Jade (and punisherz member), they own a record label. No, none of their bands are going to be at Coachella, but their band Red Riders is touring the country with some other Aussie bands as they all make their way to SXSW in Austin. Their first stop was here in Los Angeles over the weekend.
Actual conversation with Mel.

Mel- I want you to come see Red Riders play this weekend.
Enty - Sure. What night are they playing?
Mel - Well, it isn't actually at night. It's during the day on Sunday.
Enty - Mel. You know I don't leave the comforting darkness of the basement on the weekends.
Mel - Come on. It is an Aussie BBQ, so there will be free food.
Enty - Tempting, but no.
Mel - I will buy you booze.
Enty - (wavering) But it's the daytime.
Mel - James [Mathison] will be there.
Enty - If I want to see James I can just watch YouTube of him on Australian Idol.
Mel - Andrew G will be there.
Enty - Same thing. As much as I love Andrew and his world class fashion taste when it comes to ski apparel and his stories about the oddest way humans have ever contracted scabies, it is still the afternoon.
Mel - Noa [Tishby] will be there.
Enty - What time does it start?

Yes. What can I say? I'm a sucker for all things Noa. It was nice how Mel played that card last. She could have played it first but then she would have been deprived of the fun of hearing how my voice changed when I heard Noa was going to be there.

So, yesterday I set my alarm for 2pm and actually ventured outside in the afternoon on a weekend for the first time in a long time. The showcase of Australian bands was over at The Echo, which funny enough is in Echo Park. I know. That worked out well for all involved didn't it?

The afternoon did not start out promising. The BBQ was not done BBQing when I arrived and the first act was a woman who is the mother of some guy in the Australian band Bridezilla. Think Jewel with depressing lyrics singing very poorly at a funeral and you will get an idea of the 20 minutes of pain everyone endured.

The problem was that because of her horrible singing, the entire bar was packed with people who thought this would be the perfect time to get a drink or six and so it took me a moment to realize that Noa and Andrew G had walked over to me to say hi.
When I first started posting photos of Noa, I don't think many of you had any idea who she was, but now that she is on Big Love, and is one of the Executive Producers of In Treatment, that has changed a lot. She hasn't though. She is still the same kind, gracious person who is willing to buy me drinks and talk to you all night long and never makes you feel like an idiot when you realize she is way more intelligent than you will ever hope to be. The fact that she is amazingly beautiful is just kind of a bonus.

Yes, I know. It seems like I'm sucking up, but hey, she does buy me drinks. Do you know how expensive that is? Yes, she married Andrew instead of me, and sure there has been some awkwardness. Actually none. Seriously. Look at me and look at him. The guy works out, and has a job and doesn't live with his parents. Oh, and he has hair. The fact that she chose Andrew to marry instead of me, is well, just shows you how smart she is.

Oh, and speaking of smart. Australian beer companies have finally figured out how to get rid of their bad beer. Yesterday the bar had a special on this Australian beer that is made in Sydney, but which none of the several hundred Australians in attendance had ever heard. Apparently it is Aussie beer but only fit to be sold in the US. Nice.
The band Red Riders was great, and I posted a video of one of their songs at the bottom of the post. If you are going to SXSW, you need to check them out. Seriously. I wouldn't waste your time. They will also be playing some shows in New York in the next few weeks. After their set, the rest of the afternoon kind of blurred into this kind of beer/hamburger/hot dog/Ryan Seacrest impressions haze with Andrew waxing poetic about the pros and cons of various attire to be worn on the ski slopes and one of his best scabies stories yet which involved a bachelorette party, the bride to be and a male stripper. The one thing missing from the day was James. Apparently he decided that after a 15 hour flight from Australia he wasn't up for making it out to see the band. Well, on the phone he let me know which hotel he was staying at, so I made sure he got 3am, 4am and 430am wake up calls this morning. I don't know if the 20 hang up calls I got between 5-6 this morning were him, but I'm guessing they might. I was just trying to make sure he got his day off to an early start.

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which music big shot renowned for his way with ladies is having a fling with his male colleague?

They always fight in public.. but it's a front for a passionate love affair.

Brooke Hogan Does The Stripper Pole For Dad

The Hogan family just keeps on giving and giving. It is not that often that you get one family that contributes so much to the world of gossip in a year and it just keeps on giving. It is like Paris Hilton. She is a giver. Of course you really don't want what she is giving, but you can't say she doesn't like to give it to millions.

Last summer we had the photos of Hulk Hogan applying some lotion to the inside of his daughter's thighs. Yes, it was her and not his look a like girlfriend. Yes, it was Hulk's fingers that were in places no father should ever touch his daughter. And that was in public. What the hell goes on beyond closed doors is something I can't think about if I want to keep my sanity.

Well, to give daddy a little treat this week, Brooke Hogan invited him to her concert. I don't know if she sang or lip synced, but I don't think Hulk really cared about anyway. What he loved was when Brooke got up on the stripper pole for the Hulkster who applauded and yelled the loudest for his daughter. Well, I am sure he would. I mean who else is going to help her practice her moves and make sure she has enough dollar bills to get through the day.

By the way. The bottom picture is the look a like girlfriend right down to the same nail color that Brooke is wearing. Creeeeepy.

50 Cent Is An A-Hole Of Epic Proportions

I don't think that is the first time I have written a headline like that. More and more, I just have no respect for 50 Cent. Besides being an ass to his children and to the mother of his children, he has shown time and again he has no respect for anyone and cares about no one other than himself.

He and rapper Rick Ross have been in a feud for a long time and in the latest round of the feud, 50 Cent decided to release a sex tape of himself having sex with the ex girlfriend of Rick Ross and the mother of Rick's kids.

What does that accomplish? All it does is show that 50 is an ass and that he is willing to f**k anything that moves. It also shows he has no respect for the girlfriend involved, and MOST importantly he has no respect for her kids. She has children. So, what 50 has done is that he has decided that he is God and knows what is best for the children of this woman. He has decided that it is perfectly acceptable for them to grow up and see their mom on the internet having sex with 50. He has decided that it doesn't matter if kids tease them or call their mother names because 50 has shown Rick Ross that he can get Rick's ex.

So, to summarize. 50 Cent is an a-hole of epic proportions. He has been an a-hole not only to his own children, but now also to the children of others. Next year he will probably just start burning down orphanages or getting into child porn. Something where he can do more damage to more kids in the shortest amount of time possible.

I'm not posting a link to the video. If you want to watch it you can find it. I personally think he has the maturity level of a f**king two year old and I won't help him get any more attention.

I'm Guessing Jessica Simpson Didn't Do Well In School

It has been a very long time since I attended any kind of formal educational institution which required me to study and take an exam. Sure, there is an exam when I get done with traffic school every couple of years, and it seems like the satellite company wants me to learn a new set of channels and the numbers they are associated with every few months, but other than that, not too many tests. But, as my channel surfing indicates, if you care about something you can memorize it.

Saturday night was the last stop on the Jessica Simpson "I'm never doing this again" tour, and despite the fact that she must have played 40 dates, had numerous television appearances and had to sing her songs 30 times while recording them, she still can't remember the words to them. On Saturday night she forgot the words to two of her songs. Her songs. Not cover songs, but her songs. The first time, the audience gave her a break. The second time they booed.

All artists forget the words to their songs at some point. It happens. When you are a group that has hundreds of songs, you are much more likely to forget. However, it rarely happens more than once on a tour because it is embarrassing and so they work hard to fix it. Apparently Jessica Simpson has no such qualms about being embarrassed. This is not the first time, or the second time, or the third time. It has happened almost every night she has played. What I think it comes down to is that she honestly doesn't care about giving a good performance. I have concluded the only thing she cares about is making money. There is no other explanation. She is getting paid regardless of whether the audience likes her or not.

The review from Saturday was that she was lifeless and there wasn't much energy. Don't you think if it was your last show you might want to really put your all into it? Really enjoy it and go out with a bang? A show in front of lots of your friends and family? Not in her world. Oh, and if you think the photo above is just me reusing one from last week. Nope. She wore the exact same outfit again that she has been wearing almost every night. Hopefully if there is another tour, Jessica will think less about herself and her paycheck, and more about all the fans who are paying money to see her perform despite the really hard times.

And As A Bonus You Will Get A Free Gwyneth Paltrow DVD

Apparently that whole gym thing that Gwyneth Paltrow is doing with her trainer Tracey Anderson might not be doing that great. It hasn't even opened yet, but the cold calls to strangers have begun. According to the NY Post, the gym staff have been calling anyone and everyone to try and get them to come in and sign up.

What happened to all those stories a few months ago where the entire world had already joined the club and there was a waiting list and even Gwyneth's mom had drank the Kool Aid and said she hoped she would be able to get a membership. Now, it is just like any other health club in America, although with this one you do get outrageous monthly fees in the $400 range and get to pay almost $5000 just for the privilege of joining, which no one appears to want to do.

On the plus side, you would get to watch Gwyneth Paltrow work out. As an added bonus, I heard she will personally critique or criticize all the customers at the gym and tell them what they are doing wrong with their lives and how she can make everything perfect for them just like her life is perfect. She will be offering seminars on how she got to be so perfect and of course her ultra exclusive premium newsletter which, unlike the free one, has a horoscope personally prepared by Gwyneth, her meat grilling tips, and comes with a free copy of Shallow Hal.

I guess I need To Watch America's Next Top Model

I'm sure by now you have seen the video of the casting call for ANTM over the weekend. Apparently the crowd went nuts and stampeded because they wanted to be first in line to be a model. Or it could have been someone was passing out free samples of a new weight loss pill. Either way, what got to me about the whole mess is that there were a LOT of people at the casting call. Judging from the video, it might not have been American Idol big, but there were way more people than a casting call for say, Paris Hilton's BFF.

Maybe I should start watching ANTM. I have always resisted, because for one you know I dislike Tyra Banks. Anyone who treats her employees as poorly as she does should not be rewarded in life with the opportunity to hire more of them. Second, with the exception of the crazy one who married Peter Brady, have any of them actually been America's Top Model? Even though an Idol winner's career might be very short, they generally do get at least one number one song out of it.

I can't believe that many people showed up to the casting call. Maybe I do need to watch the show this year. Hmmm. See? This little incident is getting me to watch. I wonder if Tyra was behind it. Maybe she dropped a ten dollar bill on the sidewalk and told her employees to fight for it because it was the only bonus they were going to get all year.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which rehabbed starlet’s wallet turned up in the Financial District, with her driver’s license, black American Express card and several bags of blow?