Leno vs Ferguson

It is the battle of the late night videos. Of course it really isn't a true battle because Leno is on at 10pm and Craig Ferguson is on like at 4am or some horrible time that makes me moan in the morning after I have stayed up to watch it. So for your viewing pleasure I give you Kate Gosselin on JMZ from Leno's show last night. It is good that she can make fun of herself but I hope SNL doesn't take the bait and invite her to host. I know that is why she agreed to do the Leno thing.



As for Craig Ferguson, he is so funny that he can just stand in the background while Craig and the Craigettes perform Mmmmm Bop and you still find yourself laughing because you are dying to see how he is going to join in. It's worth it when he does. (Thanks Karen)

What Do You Think?

I finally found the time this morning to watch the Australian program "Hey Hey It's Saturday" and the group of performers on the show who performed in blackface as a tribute to Michael Jackson. This whole incident probably would have been ignored if Harry Connick Jr., wasn't a guest host on the Gong Show styled program. After giving the group a zero for a score, Harry said that if he had known the group was going to be on the show he wouldn't have agreed to be a judge.

Harry said and did the right things. The host of the program apologized to people who were offended by the skit and the performers in the group also apologized. The leader of the group is East Indian and justified his performance by stating since he was East Indian and other members of the group were multi-racial that it was ok. No, it isn't. Just because you are a minority doesn't mean you get a pass from being racist or that it is ok. I hate that excuse. Yes, you know what it is probably like to be discriminated against and therefore you should know what it feels like to be on the end of it and really make an effort not to do it to other minorities. If you haven't seen the video it is below.

Roman Polanski On To Catch A Predator

This is a 90 second clip where an interview with Roman Polanski is mashed with Dateline's To Catch A Predator. Roman is talking about the rape in his interview and I know this thing is sliced and diced and edited, but it doesn't sound like he is very remorseful at all.

Dr. Phil Lawsuit Is One For The Ages

When reporters tried to reach Dr. Phil's spokespeople for a comment about a recent lawsuit filed against him in a Los Angeles court, the spokespeople could not be reached for comment. My guess is they can't breathe because they are laughing so hard.

Shirley Rae Dieu has sued Dr. Phil for false imprisonment, practicing without a license, indecent exposure, battery, fraud and more.

Here is how Shirley said all of this happened.

Back in 2007 she was being treated by Dr. Phil when she was "forced to be in the same room with a completely live naked man while he exposed his entire naked body, genitals and all."

But wait, there's more.

She was brainwashed and "subjected to edited tapings depicting her as a different personality other than her own."

Dr. Phil also copped a feel back in 2007 during a therapy session.

People Magazine managed to talk to Shirley and she said another woman will be joining the lawsuit. Uh huh. She says that Dr. Phil isn't like the man we see on television.

I just want to know if Oprah was involved.

An Open Letter To Miley Cyrus

Dear Miley,

I know you are 16 years old and yes, you have probably lived a lifetime in those 16 years. I mean you must have because you have already had one volume of your memoirs published and have several more to go. Yes, I have made fun of you and chastised your parents, but I am just full of advice so here is a little more for you.

I read today that you stopped Tweeting. Although I am iffy on Twitter I think your reasons for stopping is something you may regret. In your last Tweet you said, "FYI Liam doesn't have a Twitter and he wants ME to delete mine with good reason."

Here is your life lesson. Don't ever stop doing something innocuous just because your significant other doesn't want you doing it. Sure, if you are doing drugs or about to jump off a building or set to watch an episode of Living Lohan then by all means listen to your significant other, but stopping something you obviously love doing just because he doesn't want you to do is a step in the wrong direction.

You need to live your own life and not live it according to the wishes or wants or desires of another person. Don't live your life to please your parents or your boyfriend or your friends. Live your life for you. In every relationship there are compromises, but this isn't a compromise, it is a demand. Once you start acceding to his demands it is a very slippery ride to having no control over you or who you are.

If you turned off your Twitter account because you were tired of doing it, then great, but if you turned it off because Liam doesn't have one or doesn't want you to have one, then you need to think about what you want and what makes you happy. Liam will probably go away. I know you don't think so, but the chances are the two of you will break up and you will regret doing what he told you to do, and not making decisions that affect you, on your own.

EL

Stephanie Seymour - Not Fun To Be Married To

I usually only think of Stephanie Seymour if I am surfing through YouTube and watching old Guns N' Roses videos. I remember her dating Axl and that when they broke up he accused her of assault and also for stealing $100K worth of jewelry. Well, Stephanie might be older now, but in her current divorce proceedings, the charges sound very similar.

Stephanie filed for divorce from her husband Peter Brant back in March. In a filing by Brant which the NY Post obtained, Brant states that Seymour spends $257,000 a month of which $50,000 is on new clothes alone. Seriously? I know the guy is stinking rich, but do you really need to spend $50K a month on clothes? Every month? Take a month off and give $50K to someone on the street.

Stephanie is not content on just spending $250K a month though. Nope. She wants much more and Brant is accusing her of stealing things from their once shared mansion and that to expedite her thievery she has cut a hole in a perimeter fence to pass things out to an accomplice.

Brant also says that Seymour has not been tested for drugs or alcohol despite being ordered to by a judge and that Stephanie has been in rehab twice and for abusing Vicodin and other substances. The couple has three kids and Stephanie has one from her previous marriage. She didn't have one in her relationship with Axl or when she was a 16 year old living with John Casablancas. Yeah. I forgot about that one.

Marie Claire Gets Out The Serious Kneepads For Hilary Swank

It would come as no surprise to me if the reporter who interviewed Hilary Swank for Marie Claire this month got her Master's Degree from People Magazine with a minor in Larry King. What is shocking to me is that despite what is possibly the most ass kissiest, soft ball questioning interview of all time I still found something to ask all of you. But first the questions. Forget the answers to most of these, I just want to show you the questions.

Oh, but before we get to the questions lets read the first line of the article shall we? "The strong, square jaw, the gleaming smile, the playful, snapping eyes...it's impossible not to recognize Hilary Swank." At this point Hilary Swank's publicist had an orgasm.

Now the questions:

1. One myth about you is that you're such a hard worker, you don't know how to have fun.

2. How do you relax now?

3. Was letting go something you also had to learn how to do?

4. People are so awed by the glamour of famous actresses' lives—they assume they just sit around in designer gowns all day. Myth?

***Note from me*** Ummm, seriously? Isn't that insulting to Marie Claire's readers? I mean the whole interview is insulting to the profession of journalism, but are Marie Claire readers idiots who think actresses sit around in designer gowns all day?

5. What do you sleep in?

This was a soft ball question, but Hilary blew it. She answered nothing. The interviewer tried to help Hilary with the answer by offering this followup.

6. I sleep in pj's. I have two young sons, so I have to be conscious of that.

Hilary still didn't take the bait and then proceeded to tell the world that her boyfriend's six year old son saw Hilary naked every morning. " Well, my boyfriend's son is 6 years old, and you wonder at what age you should stop walking around nude. Every morning he comes into the bedroom, and you're just nude. But he doesn't look twice; he doesn't think about it yet. I just toss and turn too much when I sleep, and if I'm in clothes, I get all twisted up." Think about it like this. What would you think about a man being naked in front of a six year old girl everyday who wasn't his daughter?

At that point I couldn't take any more "questions" from the reporter. If you want to read other classics like "You have such an incredible figure, and I bet you never have to work out," then by all means click here and read it. Where was the question in that last statement anyway? None of these people have any pride at all. Yeah, I'm talking to you Joanna Coles (she was the reporter). Ask a question. Do some research. Avoid asking for autographs from the interviewee. Don't moan when you meet them.

Jayde Nicole Was Right

This has not been a good week for Joe Francis. Earlier in the week, Las Vegas casinos won judgments against Joe Francis for unpaid debts totaling approximately $2M. Now, Radar has secured video which shows Joe beating the crap out of Jayde Nicole. The video is long but the attack happens almost immediately. You can see Jayden touch Joe on the shoulder and then Joe turn around and storm at Jayde and viciously punch her and drag her by the hair. Scary, scary stuff. Then Joe sees Brody Jenner coming and runs like crazy out of there. Joe had previously said the video exonerated him, and this once again proves he is a liar. I also don't see Jayde spilling the drink on him but it is hard to see what is in her hand so maybe she did, but that reaction was totally uncalled for by any human. Of course Joe isn't human.

Jayde manages to stand up next to the bar after the attack but is left alone for the longest time and no one seems to be paying any attention to the bleeding girl who just got a black eye and beat up. People are just going about their evenings or trying to look out the door at the commotion.

Pretty damning video. Anything that gets Joe Francis behind bars for a very long time is a very good thing.