Another day, another teacher is caught with her pants down with one of her under-age students. The culprit this time is 33-year-old Taryn Fairbanks, an English teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington. See photos of Fairbanks, find out the details about the alleged encounter and read the letter issued to the families of the nearly 1800 students who attend Garfield High.
Riders in Hamburg seemed to be taking the sport of water polo a little too literally, but actually they were competing in the ‘Seejagdrennen’ race at the gallop derby in Hamburg, Germany earlier today. Established in 1869, this is the 141st German Derby and it runs from July 10 until July 18, 2010.
One of Big Brother 12’s thirteen house guests is Matt Hoffman, a 32-year-old tatted web designer who likes to rock out and reportedly backed out of the show last season at the last minute to get married. Some have suggested that because he was asked to come back that it might suggest he is the “saboteur” this season, and a skeleton from his closet seems to back that theory up – Matt has reality show competition experience! See photos of Matt on Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back from 2005!
Back before Rachel Reilly was the buxom reality starlet on Big Brother 12 she was not only an experienced bikini model but also a reporter for High Speed Divas magazine! Watch Rachel interviewing celebs on the red carpet, including Sylvester Stallone and Pamela Anderson! Also, she does a sit-down interview with actor Sean Faris about his movie Never Back Down. Oh, and of course there’s a sexy bikini photo!
Is there any doubt the folks at Total Film magazine are huge movie geeks? They bring in one of the sexiest women on the planet (Kelly Brook) for a photo shoot and they dress her up in some of the most iconic movie bikini costumes of all time! I’m not talking “glamorous” or “pretty” bikinis, but the 100% raw, poster-inducing sexified babe wear that turned film-going boys into film-going men!
In Turkey Chris Lambton gave The Bachelorette‘s Ali Fedotowsky a “Dennis bracelet” and explained that his mother had one and his sister wears more than one. As usual with the big-hearted Chris, the moment was sincere and emotional and you could tell Ali was genuinely touched by the gesture.
So where can you get one of these for yourself, other than getting REAL close with Chris Lambton?
Actor Andy Garcia arrived in Rome, Italy earlier today sporting a Panama hat, shades and a mustache worthy of Inspector Clouseau! For those of my generation Andy’s almost comical appearance probably reminds you of the sometimes-comical almost Andy Kaufman musician Leon Redbone. (In Leon’s early years he was rumored to be Andy Kaufman in disguise.) See a side-by-side comparison and a video of one of Leon’s famous Budweiser commercials from the 1980s.
Fresh on the heels of an Emmy nomination for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the ABC sitcom Modern Family, Columbian actress and bombshell Sofia Vergara is taking a vacation in Italy. Never one for being selfish, the buxom brunette has been tweeting pictures of some of the scenery, including this photo of her own lovely mountains and valleys from earlier today!
It was yet another marathon World Cup finale with yet another 1-0 outcome as Spain won its first World Cup title by defeating Netherlands in South Africa today. Watch the gorgeous goal by Spain’s 26-year-old mid-fielder Andrés Iniesta!
For years Marvel has been carefully setting the table for what will surely be the greatest comic book movie event in the history of film, the super-hero star-studded crossover The Avengers. Today Marvel Studios admitted that some of their careful planning wasn’t careful enough as actor Ed Norton has been deemed uncollaborative and will not be reprising his role as the Incredible Hulk for the Avengers movie, due to hit theaters May 4, 2012. Read the official statement and find out who we think should replace Norton as the angry green smashing machine!
Well now that’s odd.
I spent an hour putting this movie poster together and I have no idea why. I saw some new still shots from the upcoming Tron Legacy movie and the muse (amuse?) struck me. Perhaps it is just the fruition of that famous phrase I’ve been known to mutter from time to time, “I’ll cross that Bridges when I come to it.”
Lady Gaga is reportedly dating her ex-boyfriend, bartender and rocker Lüc Carl of New York. LG dated Lüc nearly five years ago and he is believed to be the inspiration for most of the songs on Gaga’s breakthrough debut album “The Fame” and apparently the inspiration for some of her as-yet-unheard new material as well! See photos of Luc and find out a little more about the couple’s “on-again” relationship.
Edgy designer Patrick Mohr raised eyebrows yesterday by razing the scalps of his models for his runway show at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin. But, in addition to being Kojacked up, the show was also seemingly pumped up on steroids as his skin-headed beauties were all sporting carnivalesque beards! Keep reading for lots of photos from the follicle fashion freak show!
Sean Lennon just tweeted this photo of Lady Gaga “belting” on John Lennon’s famous white piano at Yoko Ono’s house. I can already see the album cover for Lady Gaga’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
Meet Big Brother 12’s resident bisexual hottie Annie Whittington! She’s sexy, she’s fun, she’s sassy and she’ll be taking showers in front of a web cam! Find out all about Annie with multiple interview videos, background info and lots of photos, including before-and-after shots of her…. (Gotta keep reading!)
Singing sensation Danielle Staub and her “gf” Lori Michaels were spotted together at Damon Dash’s Birthday party for Noel Ashman at Lucky Strike Lanes in New York City June 30. Tom Murro of CelebrityMagnet.com was kind enough to share some photos of the lovely couple, who he says were “very kissy and all snuggled up the entire time.”
It seems like decades since the hapless Oakland Raiders drafted quarterback JaMarcus Russell from LSU with the number one overall draft pick and proceeded to shovel out $61 million ($32 million guaranteed) to Big Ryan Leaf Jr. That particular horrible Oakland Raider draft decision was 2007 and since that time Russell has been released and is looking for work. Oh, and getting arrested with codeine syrup in Mobile, Alabama. Read all the details and see the mug shot!
Meet Brendon Villegas, a hunky 30-year-old high school swim coach and physicist from Riverside, California. He’s got the brawn. He’s got the brains. Could he go all the way and take home the $500,000 grand prize? Keep reading for some background info and a videos to help you decide!
Watching Ty Brown’s first one-on-one date with Ali Fedotowsky in episode six of The Bachelorette made for some very uncomfortable television viewing as the hunky 31-year-old musician from Nashville struggled to answer questions about his recent divorce from Lindsey Grant. His good ol’ boy charm wasn’t enough to overcome his awkwardness as he seemingly seemingly…
Back before Camille Grammer was married to Frasier or divorced from Frasier or one of Bravo’s Real Housewives of Beverly Hills she was a smokin’ hot young dancer on Club MTV! See some shockingly dated photos of Camille and her Club MTV buds from between 1988 and 1992.
TMZ is reporting that Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast member Camille Donatacci Grammer has filed for divorce from her husband of nearly 13 years, Frasier star Kelsey Grammer. Find out the details and see photos of Kelsey and his former Playboy model wife from each of the nearly 13 years they’ve been married!
Ever since it was announced the Spider-Man movie franchise would get a complete reboot – after director Sam Raimi’s displeasure with the Spider-Man 4 script could not be appeased – the rumor mill has been churning out likely web-slinging replacements. According to Blue Sky Disney, Sony has halted the speculation by choosing Josh Hutcherson. Keep reading to find out more about the new Peter Parker and see tons of photos of Comicdom’s soon-to-be latest heartthrob!
Old Spice has created a sequel for the hugely popular “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” commercial starring actor Isaiah Mustafa in a series of hilarious visual transition gags. You know, the commercial that ends with, “I’m on a horse.” Watch the video and see if you think the sequel measures up to the original!
Not to be outdone by her abtastic rapping castmate The Situation, Jersey Shore‘s diminutive diva Snooki wrote her own rap summing up her philosophy of life and uploaded her recitation to YouTube! Keep reading for the life-changing video, the transcription and a footprints-themed motivational Snooki poster!
E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt has mentioned on at least two occasions that the highly-anticipated reissue of Bruce Springsteen’s 1978 album Darkness On The Edge Of Town will be out this Christmas and will feature previously unheard outtakes! Find out exactly what Little Steven said and just how many brand new old Springsteen classics fans can start to look forward to!
The late great songwriter Harlan Howard once said that country music is just three chords and the truth. Guitar maker and picker Shane Speal makes the argument that the blues is just two strings and a cigar box!
Check out this amazing video of Speal demonstrating one of his 2-string “Chugger” cigar box guitars!
There’s been a great deal of speculation that Chris Brown’s emotional breakdown during his Michael Jackson tribute performance at the BET Awards was a big publicity stunt meant to get the troubled young singer back into the good graces of fans. That speculation is supported by a statement made by Interscope Records singer Lloyd Polite, Jr. in a post-awards-show video interview he gave to Rap-Up.com in which he claims he told Brown, “You gotta cry.” Keep reading to watch the video!
22-year-old Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova shocked the tennis world earlier today by defeating second-seeded Venus Williams in the quarter finals of Wimbledon 6-2, 6-3. Read more about the remarkable upset and see tons of photos of the hottest thing to come out of Bulgaria since…ummmm…the Cyrillic alphabet?
The tough and sexy pampered New Jersey princess Jessica Cimato from the new VH1 reality series You’re Cut Off talks to us about her experience on the show including which of her fellow cast members was putting on the biggest show and her run-in with vomit at Omarosa’s house!
Tabloids and celebrity blogs were all abuzz yesterday when word spread that Mel Gibson had taken out a restraining order against his girlfriend and mother of his eighth child, Oksana Grigorieva. Although that was true, we’re now finding out that it was Oksana who first took out a restraining order, alleging that Mel had been “extremely violent.” In other words, Mel Gibson went all Mel Gibson on her! Read all the latest Mel Gibson baby mama drama, including a family friend’s claim that Mel hit Oksana on several occasions!
Reality Steve let the cat out of the bag weeks ago, but the moment has finally arrived on The Bachelorette when Ali Fedotowsky gets a phone call from a girlfriend of one of her suitors! Until now I’ve had to tiptoe around the topic because it was a MAJOR spoiler, but ABC has just released an official preview video clip of next week’s episode that includes the infamous call! Her name is Jessica Spillas and she is one of TWO girlfriends of Justin “Rated R” Rego! Keep reading to watch the drama bomb video!
Hitting newsstands tomorrow is the “50 Most Amazing Bodies” issue of People featuring the hawtest of the hawt that the world of celebridom has to offer! Gracing the cover of the issue is Jennifer Love Hewitt, who has faced irrational criticism of her weight in the past but gets the ultimate revenge by looking completely astonishing in a colorful, flowery ruffled bikini! See her cover and find out some other names that made the list!
Jimmy Kimmel Live and the gang from Jersey Shore have made another fist-pumpingly hilarious video spoof in the same vein as their Oscar Best Picture nominee re-enactments. Showing no fear of the Twihard Army, Jimmy and juice crew took on Twilight in “Friggin’ Twilight” with Snooki as Bella Swan, The Situation as Edward Cullen, Pauly D as Jacob Black and Jimmy as Bella’s father!
In case you missed it, here is the full premiere episode of Work of Art: The Next Great Artist that includes brief introductions to the contestants and the judges. In the episode, titled “Self-Reflexive,” the artists were paired up and asked to create portraits of their partners in whatever medium they preferred. Watch the video and see photos of each of the contestants’ final portraits!
Bravo’s new fine art reality show competition Work of Art: The Next Great Artist is fully underway with two episodes already under its belt and the third installment set to air later tonight. As I mentioned in a previous post in which I profiled printmaker/installation artist Miles Mendenhall, a few of the contestants have already seemed to distance themselves from the pack right out of the gate.
In my opinion the top two contenders are Miles and 23-year-old Abdi Farah, who have both finished in the top three in each of the first two episodes. Keep reading for a little background info on Abdi, including images of his work from the show and prior as well as my arguments for why he should make it to the final three!
The Bachelorette Ali Fedotowsky looked lovely and in good spirits as she shopped and strutted the streets of Los Angeles Tuesday. The sexy blond sweetheart bought some clothes at H & M, played affectionately with a cute little puppy owned by one of the Paparazzi (I think the little puppy’s name is Kasey Kahl), and had her hair done at a salon. No, she wasn’t wearing an engagement ring and no, she wasn’t with a dude.
In one of the most amazing World Cup finished in history, team USA advances to the “Sweet Sixteen” after an extended play goal by Landon Donovan against Algeria to win Group C and avoid elimination! Watch the amazing video and if you are an American sports fan, prepare yourself for World Cup fever!!!
Perhaps sensing that she might not be asked to return for the third season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey, cast outcast Danielle Staub has been frantically busy trying to drum up publicity for herself using whatever means necessary. Her latest tactic is to do and say anything that might suggest she is a lesbian, or at least bisexual. After getting physically intimate with duet partner (and outed lesbian) Lori Michaels on last night’s episode of Watch What Happens Live, Andy asked her directly if she and Lori are “together.” Keep reading to find out her response!
Danielle Staub joins the growing number of Bravo housewives hoping to cash in on their notoriety with a career in music. The controversial ex-convict and $ex tape star has recorded the song “Real Close” with lesbian singer/songwriter Lori Michaels and she tells People there are plans to release five different versions of the single. Staub performed the slowed down, sexy version on Watch What Happens Live and **GULP** it wasn’t bad. Don’t believe me? Watch the video for yourself!
Pirates of the Caribbean actor Orlando Bloom and Victoria’s Secret supermodel Miranda Kerr are officially engaged! A rep for the visually pleasing couple told Entertainment Tonight quite simply, “Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are getting married.” Bloom and Kerr have been dating since 2007. See a video report on the hook-up from E!
So where should you go when you’re flipping channels looking for hot chicks in sexy lingerie? ABC Family of course! At least that’s how the network seems to be promoting the second season of their hit series “Make It Or Break It” about a team of young female gymnasts trying to make it to the Olympics. Keep reading to see how ABC Family has transformed gymnastics to gymnasty!
Concert venues across North America will be filled with the Sound of Silence as soft rock super duo Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel have “indefinitely postponed” their much-anticipated summer tour so Art can recover from a vocal paresis.
Demonstrating that she doesn’t have a West Coast bias, 90201 actress and bikini addict AnnaLynne McCord and her sister Angel McCord treated Miami Beach to their magic formula of 97% nudity and 3% fabric Sunday. But, denizens of the Atlantic Ocean got the full Monty when the two slender sisses swapped skimpy swimsuits while swimming in a shocking display of sibling ribaldry! See the seashore switch-a-roo!
I took my nieces to see Toy Story 3 this weekend and even with really high expectations it was even better than I thought it would be! In addition to a fantastic plot that allowed for the introduction of innumerable new toyfriends, but it had that magical Pixar touch that made it completely appropriate for kids and adults alike! One of my favorite touches was the having one of my favorite bands, The Gipsy Kings, perform a Spanish version of “You’ve Got A Friend In Me!” (“Hay Un Amigo En Mi”) Keep reading to listen to the song and watch the trailer to find out why the movie needed Spanish version!
While doing research for our profile of Miles Mendenhall from Bravo’s Work of Art: The Next Great Artist I ran across a number of videos featuring this young printmaker and installation artist from Minnesota. Instead of trying to cram them into an already long post, I decided to gather them all up here! So keep reading to watch Miles talk about the meaning of art and wipe out while skateboarding with his pals!
23-year-old printmaker and installation artist Miles Mendenhall from just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota is emerging as one of the star’s of Bravo’s inaugural season of their fine art reality competition series, Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Read all about Miles’ background, see examples of his work and watch a video interview with the bed-headed OCD-afflicted eccentric!
The residents of Kiev, Ukraine were treated to a healthy dose of ridiculosity Saturday as it played host for the first time to one of Red Bull’s infamous flugtag events in which teams build gloriously hilarious flying machines and then launch them off a ramp into a river to see which one flies the furthest, if at all. Keep reading for photos of some of the best “aircraft” from the event!
Joseph Gannascoli, most famous for his role as Vito Spatafore on HBO’s The Sopranos, was arrested early this morning in Tampa, Florida for driving under the influence of alcohol. See his mug shot, watch raw video footage of him leaving the jail and find out what non-acting business venture had Gannascoli in Tampa!
Mariah Carey and Elizabeth Arden are launching a line of fragrances inspired by candy ring pops! The perfumes will come in three “flavors” named after Mariah Carey songs and as a cross-promotion, Topps will have be making actual ring pops in he corresponding flavors! Get all the candeetails and find out why ring pops are so dear to Maria’s heart.
40-year-old Andrew Koppel, son of Nightline host Ted Koppel, was found dead in an upper Manhattan apartment early on the morning of June 1 after a reported day-long drinking binge. At the time there was no indication that Koppel had taken any drugs in combination with his alcohol consumption, but an announcement by the NYC medical examiner today states that Andrew Koppel also had illegal and prescription drugs in his system at the time of his death.
You wouldn’t know it from watching the svelte and boisterous Jillian Michaels whipping people into shape on the immensely popular Biggest Loser reality show, but this 36-year-old trainer from hell was once an overweight and troubled teenager.
Jillian opens up about her past in the July issue of Redbook (on stands June 22) in which she talks about her troubled childhood that included anger issues, being kicked out of her house and ballooning to 175 pounds. Keep reading find out what it was that turned Jillian’s life around and set her on the path to becoming one of the world’s toughest personal trainers!
Katy Perry fans are in for a real treat as the music industry’s funnest pop tart shows off her goodies in a Candyland-themed video for her single “California Gurls” released today! See photos and watch the video, which includes a guest appearance from a cupcaked Snoop Dogg!
Only one day away from the June 14th launch of Danielle Staub’s infamous sex tape the Professional whistle wetters over at Hustler have released a preview teaser trailer video of the potential Oscar winning documentary exploring the seedy underbelly of being a divorced real housewife with a criminal record of New Jersey!
A much thinner John Goodman stole the show at the 38th Annual Lifetime Achievement Award Honoring director Mark Nichols Thursday night, showing off his almost svelte new look on the red carpet in a black tuxedo. See before and after photos of the notoriously portly star!
England jumped out early on the US in their opening round match up in the 2010 FIFA World Cup when captain Steven Gerrard scored with a left-footer in the first five minutes of play. Things were looking bleak for the US team, who have a history of rolling over after going down early, but Clint Dempsey tied it up late in the first half with a long shot that England goal keeper Robert Green let trickle in to tie things up at 1-1.
Watch multiple videos of the amazing goal!
Actress January Jones is in a bit of hot water after crashing her Range Rover into a couple of parked cars and then leaving the scene of the accident amid allegations she had been drinking. The story got even more bizarre when Jones reportedly called Food Network celebrity chef Bobby Flay on her cell phone just after the accident and, according to a witness on the scene, he arrived ten minutes later and appeared to instruct Jones to go home – which she did.
Why did she call Bobby Flay? Is there a history there? We talked to a woman claimed weeks ago that she saw the couple together at a Las Vegas bar. Flay even posed for a picture! Keep reading for all the juicy details!
Another one of those crazy stories that could only come from Hollywood! Mad Men actress January Jones was driving home around 9 PM last night after watching the Los Angeles Lakers game at The London West Hollywood Hotel when she lost control of her Range Rover and smashed into three parked cars. The owner of one of the smashed vehicles tells TMZ, “she heard the crash, looked over her balcony and saw Jones. She says around 10 minutes after the crash, Food Network star Bobby Flay showed up in a separate car, began talking with her and telling her to leave the scene, which she did.”
Wait. Bobby Flay?
Keep reading for all the amazing plot twists, including the fact that January had been drinking earlier in the evening and evidence of her history of alcohol abuse!
Kim Kardashian reminded everyone at the 2010 FiFi Awards where the term “hourglass figure” comes from! The reality show starlet and perfume maven showed up at the Fragrance Oscars in a male-libido-warping, form-fitting strapless gown that accentuated the visual amusement park that is Kim Kardashian’s figure perfectly. Keep reading to see photos of Kim and find out what in the world the FiFi Awards are!
Bravo’s latest reality show Bethenny Frankel Getting Married? premiered tonight on Bravo just days after its star revealed to Life & Style that her marriage to Jason Hoppy was not her first! Find out the 411 on Peter Sussman, the man Bethenny was married to for eight months starting in 1996.
69-year-old Bob Dylan continues his never-ending tour schedule and was photographed keeping in shape by doing a little bicycling in Bratislava (Slovakia), Germany Tuesday. The gruff and glum legend was sporting a Brooklyn Vinders Motorcycle Club, NY jacket, a ski hat, shades, some racing-striped sweat pants and… combat boots? Good ol’ wacky Bob!
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