When Jake Gyllenhaal stopped by GMA to promote his new movie Prisoners with Hugh Jackman opening this week, they ambushed him with an old clip from 1991. The 11-year-old actor was giving good interview on the red carpet premiere of City Slickers.
In honor of tonight’s I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding Special, here’s a look back at the first time NeNe and Gregg Leakes tied the knot! Check out the Leakes’ 1990s style and what Gregg had to say in a sweet home video.
Yesterday for Throwback Thursday Lindsay Lohan shared an adorable modeling photo of herself and Kirsten Dunst when they were little girls.
“Paparazzi” is one of my favorite Lady Gaga songs, and a small part of why of I like it (I mostly just like it because it’s a fun song) is because of it’s comment on fame, love, and paparazzi and tabloid culture. It could be argued that it’s from the point of view of the paparazzi, or the star, or a that it switches at some point, but for me it always seems to almost be both at the same time. Of course, all of that is in the song, but it turns out the true heart of the song, the true inspiration is Lady Gaga’s unrequited love for ex-boyfriend Luc Carl.
In honor of the Tamra’s OC Wedding Premiere (at 8/7c on Bravo, in case you were wondering) as well as the fact that today is Tamra’s 46th birthday, I thought I might take a look back — waaaaaay back, to the time before Tamra became the wonderfully polarizing no-holds-barred Bravolebrity we’ve come to know and love (and despise for some, though not me!) on The Real Housewives of Orange County. So keep reading to see my choices for the Top 5 Tamra Barney Throwback photos that includes a little high school, a good bit of denim, a LOT of 1980s bikini glory, and even a photo of Tamra from her first wedding!
Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan stars Liev Schrieber as a Hollywood “fixer,” a steely man who handles difficult situations for L.A.’s most powerful people.
In the first episode Ray takes care of a basketball player who wakes up next to a dead girl, a movie star who wants to avoid being caught with a pre-op transsexual, and an epileptic addicted starlet’s stalker. Who is this character based on? Are there still “fixers” in L.A.?
Channing Tatum wasn’t just a stripper before he became a movie star and an adorable dad, he also was a legit fashion model for a while!
The squishy, gooey, bright-colored mid-90s Nickelodeon toy Gak (which has recently been revived) wasn’t just a silly word the toy developers made up. Mark Summers, the host of Nickelodeon show Double Dare where the concept of Gak was first created, reveals its gritty meaning in a new interview.
“Throwback Thursday” has become quite the phenomenon among celebrities, and few have as much fun with it as Jersey Shore‘s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, who seemingly has an unending supply of wonderfully adorable and sometimes downright hilarious photos from her younger days — from childhood all the way up until her time on MTV. This week’s throwback gem is her high school prom photo from her junior year featuring lil Snooki rocking a sleeveless blue dress that was “so from JC Penny!” Keep reading for the promtastic shot as well as a few more of my favorite Snooki throwback pics that includes her high school art portfolio and a childhood shot of lil Snooki “getting wild in the kiddie pool!”
American Idol alum Justin Guarini, who was runner up to Kelly Clarkson in the first season of the hit competition singing show, is going through a rough time. Just last Sunday he appeared on Oprah’s Where Are They Now Show describing how hard it was to experience failure after achieving pretty massive success in the world of pop music. He also took to his website this week to vent about his family not always having enough food to eat, and being terrified of his financial situation. After People magazine and other sites picked up his blog posting, he deleted it and complained on Twitter. “Obviously you completely missed the point of my letter @peoplemag,” he tweeted. “News isn’t news anymore, and I’m nowhere near poverty. #twistedmytruth’.”
Duck Dynasty Season 4 kicks off tomorrow night with a one-hour special that includes a special surprise vow renewal ceremony for Robertson family patriarch and matriarch Phil Robertson and “Ms. Kay” Robertson to celebrate their 49th anniversary. In honor of the momentous occasion, I thought I might hop in the ol’ virtual time machine for a trip down memory lane with some throwback photos of Ms. Kay — most of which were taken long before any of the Robertson men had sworn off razors.
It’s time for all of us to take a journey back to the late 1990s, back to a more righteous time before the proliferation of reality television — back when a “sex tape” was basically just aggressive breathy phone flirting. The full Monica Lewinsky “$ex tape” with then President Bill Clinton has been released in its entirety and we’ve got the full audio for you right here!
Falling in love young and making it last seems to be yet another of the admirable traits of Duck Dynasty‘s Robertson family. Patriarch and matriarch Phil Robertson and Miss Kay were high school sweethearts and have been married for 49 years and their sons (and daughters-inlaw) appear to be following in their successful relationship footsteps, including their youngest son Jeptha (Jep) and his wife Jessica, who have been married 12 years and have four children together. Keep reading for Jessica’s account of how the two met (with lots of photos of the two young lovebirds back in the day!) and find out her secrets to making a relationship last.
It’s a shame that Breaking Bad is ending, but it’s probably good that it’s going out on top. Bryan Cranston’s dark portrayal of Walter White will be enjoyed and analyzed for ages. But it isn’t every day that a role like that becomes available, even for an amazing actor, and everyone gets their start somewhere.
Abigail Breslin has undergone quite the transformation in the past year! Now she looks every bit the part of Hollywood bombshell…
Robin Thicke is getting tons of attention for his new Blurred Lines but the 36-year-old singer has been in the game for over a decade. Back in 2003, when he first came on the scene and went only by his surname “Thicke”, he had a much different look. The hair was flowing. The shirts were open.
Justin Bieber wasn’t always known for speeding around in his car and drunkenly peeing in buckets. In fact, he was once just like the rest of us: A young kid who played team sports and made questionable fashion choices!
Bruce Jenner has been spending a lot of quality time with his sons Brandon and Brody Jenner on Keeping Up With the Kardashians, so we thought it would be a good time to show Bruce in his younger days.
In honor of Throwback Thursday let me present The Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s resident stud muffin Joe Gorga back when he was just as much stud but a little less muffin posing in his high school basketball uniform!
We did a post a while back revealing that Storage Wars star Barry Weiss is the “Jewish Godfather” of custom fabricator and fellow reality star Jesse James. At the time all we had were a couple mentions in interviews, but now, thanks to information provided by one of our commenters, we’ve discovered video evidence of the connection! Check out this video clip of a long-haired Barry attending his godson Jesse James’ wedding to Janine Lindemulder in 2002!
In honor of History Channel moving its smash hit reality series Pawn Stars to Thursday nights the network has been participating in Throwback Thursdays the last few weeks, sharing some older pictures of World Famous Gold & Silver Pawn Shop’s Rick Harrison, Richard “Old Man” Harrison and fan favorite Austin “Chumlee” Russell. Keep reading to see the pics — plus we’ve matched them up side-by-side with recent photos so you can more clearly see the differences!
UPDATE – History has also added an older photo of Rick’s son Corey Harrison, which looks to be from his high school graduation! Yep, we added it to the post. (Might be the best of the bunch!)
At 78 Barbara Eden is still Jeannie!
The 1960s icon got back in her “I Dream of Jeannie” costume and showed off her toned abs next to some of the world’s most powerful people at the Life Ball in Vienna, a huge European charity events that raises fund to promote HIV and AIDS awareness.
71-year-old self-made billionaire Martha Stewart, who is currently making headlines because she’s looking for a date on Match.com, was also a successful model in the 1960s. Martha looks amazing in her 70s, so it’s no surprise that she was stunning in her 20s.
Breaking news, right? Baby looks like his mother! But we couldn’t resist posting this adorable side-by-side photo of Snooki’s baby photo and her son Lorenzo.
Eva Longoria owes her Hollywood success in part to a fierce work ethic she developed at a young age. Eva dished to Katie Couric on Katie today about her fast food past. She started working at a Wendy’s restaurant as a young in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas in order to pay for her quinceañara, and ended up staying for six years.
Teen Mom 2‘s Kailyn Lowry has had a thorny relationship with her mom Suzi her whole life, and they haven’t spoken with each other in a long time (although Kail did tweet a while back that Suzi left a drunken voicemail.) Kail has cut Suzi out of her life because of her substance abuse problems, but for Twitter’s #ThrowbackThursday she took a moment to relive happier times.
This 30-year-old Sesame Street clip about Big Bird learning about death is making the rounds on the web in the wake of the Sandy Hook shooting as a means to help children, and adults too actually, cope with the grief of this terrible shooting.
Long before Esquire named Mila Kunis the sexiest woman alive, she was just a cute little kid doing cute little kid things — like starring in television commercials! Last week the interwebs was treated to a 13-year-old Mila selling those addictive bright and colorful Lisa Frank stickers every girl had to have back in the day, and now we have an even younger Mila Kunis offering up her childish charm for Glitter Hair Barbie in a commercial from 1994! PLUS Mila’s Lisa Frank commercial and a clip of her very first “acting” gig on Days of Our Lives from 1994! It’s Lil Milapalooza y’all!
The late Heath Ledger’s legendary portrayal of The Joker in The Dark Knight was influenced by many things, including Malcolm McDowell’s Alex in the 1971 film adaptation of A Clockwork Orange and Side Vicious from The Sex Pistols, but it seems that Heath borrowed his accent and mannerisms from musician/performance artist Tom Waits.
Magic Mike, the buzzed about male stripping flick poised to be a summer blockbuster is loosely based on several months (Channing’s former co-worker says it was four, but Channing says it was nine) of star Channing Tatum’s time on the pole.
Here’s a blast from the past triple shot, Disney-style! Check out this amazing clip of a Mickey Mouse Club intro from their episode featuring Xscape, which includes singer (and future The Real Housewives of Atlanta star) Kandi Burress. The group is practicing a song a cappella when they are graciously interrupted by MMC boy stars Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling!
This Sunday Bravo is airing a “Before They Were Stars” special on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. The network has put together a preview clip that shows Kandi Burrus, Kim Zolciak, NeNe Leakes, and Cynthia Bailey from back in the day. See the entertaining clip featuring a voice-over from Andy Cohen. Then check out a gallery of screen grabs that the ATL queen-bees can only laugh at now!
Last week the world lost a true visionary when Steve Jobs left the planet, and it’s been an interesting time of reflection and inspiration as the world contemplates what it is about Jobs that made him so great. To help that along, we dug up a photo of one of the 200 very first Apple computers (tagline: “take a byte out of Apple”) called Apple-1. These babies were hand built by Apple partner co-founder Steve Wozniak in 1976, and were sold from Steve Jobs’s parents’ garage for $666.66. (Wozniak says he likes repeating numbers.)
See two great clips from 2008 of Lady Gaga getting a lower back tattoo from Kat Von D just before she exploded on the pop scene with her album The Fame. The two clips feature some serious hot pants and mother monster talking about having just worked with New Kids on the Block.
Back before actress Kristin Cavallari became a huge MTV star on The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County (or a dancing sensation on the current season of Dancing with the Stars) she was a real Laguna Beach gal as a high school student at Laguna High School. We’ve rounded up a few photos of Kristin from her high school yearbook, including her Cavallabulous senior portrait!
I bet you woke up this morning and thought to yourself, “You know, I’d love to see Barbara Streisand as a dominatrix whipping Harrison Ford while a director tells him his acting stinks.” Well we all know these here internets is the place where dreams come true so check out this ultra-rare outtake from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom!
Perhaps in honor of her 20th birthday earlier this week Teen Mom 2 star Chelsea Houska shared some amazing childhood photos on Twitter in which she bears a striking resemblance to her daughter Aubree. Keep reading for the pics and see side-by-side photos of lil Chelsea and Aubree to judge for yourself if they do indeed look alike!
Contrary to some people’s conceptualizations celebrities do not just descend upon us from the heavens. They work hard trying to establish a career fighting tooth and nail and sometimes signing competition to earn their fame and careers. This is no different for current Miss Thang Emma Stone. See a brunette Emma sing her heart out on Pat Benatar’s “We Belong” as she vies and wins the part of Laurie Partridge in 2004, a role that eventually went nowhere.
Just when I thought I couldn’t like Amy Poehler any more, I ran across these flawless images from the 1989 Burlington High School yearbook in which Amy is sporting a toweringly elegant ’80s hairdo – the construction of which must still be having a negative impact on the ozone layer! Also includes a picture of her as a member of the drama club cheerleader!?!
You take the good. You take the bad. You add a couple of decades and there you have The Facts of Life reunion at the 9th Annual TV Land Awards held at the Javits Center in New York City yesterday. Take a trip down memory lane as we revisit the girls from Eastland as many were on hand to receive the Pop Culture Award for the popular 80’s show.
From the “Before They Were Stars” file are these great photos of Glee hunk Darren Criss on the Fuse TV game dating game show You Rock, Let’s Roll from 2008. Keep reading to see the photos and a very brief video clip from the show featuring a blindfolded Darren and a blond woman who is probably kicking herself right about now!
There’s a video of Justin Timberlake as an 11-year-old from Star Search singing a country song that has around 3 million views. Well there just so happens to be another clip of young Justin Randall, the name he went by back then, in a mind-altering hip thrusting local talent contest video where he performs Garth Brooks sexually suggestive song “Two of a Kind.”
There is YouTube gold and then there is hall-of-fame worthy clips. This tight jeans, perfect score, cheap random country house backdrop, poor quality, prepubescent sexually charged video deserves your HOF consideration!
Most of you internet-surfin’ whipper snappers probably don’t remember, but back in the day Lee DeWyze was at the center of a worldwide media frenzy after taking home the title of American Idol by beating out a young Crystal Bowersox in the show’s ninth season. Photographers caught up with DeWyze prior to a solo acoustic performance at the Sierra Vista Mall outside of Fresno, California.
Before Ricky-Gervais was the middle-aged, creator of two of the best television shows both in the U.S. and across the pond (The Office and Extras), or a middle-aged trimmed-down Golden Globes host’ he was a pop singer who modeled himself after David Bowie. It was the ’80s, Ricky Gervais was thin and hot in an…
Janice Dickinson has had a long career in the spotlight, both as a crazy-successful supermodel, and more recently she’s found work as a notorious reality-show personality. She can be seen right now on VH1’s Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew recovering from alcohol and prescription drug addiction. Like many addicts, Janice uses drugs and alcohol to…
Peter Billingsley, the guy who played Ralphie in the Christmas classic A Christmas Story (1983) is still extremely active in the entertainment industry, and is still heavily connected to A Christmas Story. The now 39-year-old actor/director/producer is executive producing a musical based on the A Christmas Story in Seattle, but he also directed rom-com Couples…
Before Stefani Germanotta, a.k.a. Lady Gaga, was strapping on firework brassieres and meat dresses she was a struggling artist just looking for work. One of the gigs she landed was a PSA regarding sexual harassment that has inevitably found its way to YouTube.
Check out the video and screen shots of a youthful Gaga letting a touchy feely school boy know that she ain’t putting up with his crap!
Mad Men is one of the most beautifully executed television shows ever made, and Vanity Fair has helped uncover what may be one of the biggest inspirations for it’s signature style: an obscure and short-lived 1960s comic called Those Madison Avenue Men! Down to the dapper, double-D’d drink-swiller with a hot secretary and a stifling…
Lady Gaga mentioned in her high school yearbook under the “Bet You Didn’t Know” section that “She was on The Sopranos” but we didn’t have any proof of that… UNTIL NOW!
Some diligent LG researcher has discovered Her Gaganess in Season 3, Episode 9 titled “The Telltale Moozadell!” Lady GaGa appears in a pool scene that begins at right around the 10:58 mark of the episode. In the scene, Tony’s son A. J. and his friends are swimming at their high school pool after hours as three of their female friends watch on, including 15-year-old Stefani Germanotta! Keep reading to watch the video and see screen captures from Gaga’s nationwide acting debut!
Perhaps Lady Gaga isn’t as avant-garde as we thought! It seems the fashion-envelope-pushing pop diva is just delivering on a promise of what the future would look like made by Raquel Welch in the 1970s! Check out this dance video of Lady Gagaquel Welch as the first Fame Monster recorded for her eponymous television show!
Naomi Watts is absolutely one of the hottest and most talented women in Hollywood, but while there are many things that separate Hollywood A-listers from the rest of us, one of the world’s great equalizers is the embarrassing yearbook photo!
Hard to believe, but it’s been 20 years since Dwight Yoakam released his classic album “If There Was A Way.” Read my retrospective on the record that turned my ear to country music and my argument that it’s the best main stream country album of the last 25 years.
Bonus: Check out videos for songs from the album including “The Heart That You Own,” “You’re The One” and “Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose.”
Before Katy Perry was Katy Perry she was contemporary Christian singer Katy Hudson, and here are two videos of 16-year-old Katy Hudson performing live at the Glass House in Pamona, California in 2001:
This is a stunning video of Michael Jackson’s infamous Pepsi commercial hair fire incident from 1984. The video, released by US Weekly, has two takes – one in which the pyrotechnic explosion goes off correctly and the sixth take in which the explosion occurs too early and sets the King of Pop’s hair on fire….
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