It’s a sad day in televisionland! Andy Rooney signed off for the last time Sunday night after a 33-year career of complaining on 60 Minutes. The 92-year-old has been writing for 70 years, and even though he’s leaving TV, doesn’t ever plan on putting down his pen (that means that he’s coming after you, Internets!)
Congrats to Pam, I mean actress Jenna Fischer from The Office as her and husband Lee Kirk welcomed their first baby to the world. Read their rep’s statement about how she’s doing here!
Actress Claire Danes was out doing her celebrity thing in SoHo while being accompanied by her schnoodle, WeeGee. Danes has got skills and has held her own in numerous memorable roles for TV and film including hits like My So Called Life, The Rainmaker and The Family Stone but it was WeeGee running the street show on this particular fall day in the N.Y.C. See WeeGee give the paps a special order deuce and watch his celeb-master clean it up, great Danes style.
It seems Bravo may have a potential crossover in the works as The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Taylor Armstrong spent the weekend of September 23-24 with none other than Matt Nordgren, former University of Texas quarterback and star of Bravo’s new series Most Eligible Dallas! The two were spotted out and about together at numerous events in Dallas last weekend. Keep reading for all the juicy details!
If you’re of a certain age (raising hand slowly) then you may have a memory of what your reaction was when you first discovered ( WARNING: Decades old spoiler!!!) that Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father. In an already goin’ viral clip a dad with some Jedi like Star Wars foresight recorded his 4-year-old boy Faris watching this very scene and his reaction is priceless. Check it out!
A panhandling homeless man asks for money to get the new Britney Spears CD and Brit-Brit responds by wanting to give him her entire catalog. Read her call to arms via Twitter as she unleashes a Britney-Army manhunt for this unidentified person who just wants his new Spears folks!
Gorgagate just keeps getting crazier and crazier! In the latest chapter Melissa Gorga’s former manager at Lookers Gentlemen’s Club (yes, she did use to work there) addresses her time there and Jacqueline Laurita shares some of her text messages with Teresa Giudice in which she explains she had nothing to do with the photo released last week of Joe Giudice and a mystery woman being quite intimate at a TGI Fridays. Oh, and Jacqueline also asserts that Teresa did in fact know about the set up and says there is a lot more to the story yet to be revealed!
It’s been a while since I’ve posted about the activities of Danielle Colby Cushman, the tattoolescent star of The History Channel’s popular reality series American Pickers. As it turns out, her hiatus from newsworthy activity was because she has been busy preparing to open up her own shop – right next door to Antique Archaeology! Keep reading for all the details, and of course lots of Danielle photos.
Kody Brown and three of his better-fifths sat down with Anderson Cooper on his new talk show to discuss their Sister Wives lifestyle. During the episode Cooper also featured children who had suffered greatly at the hands of an FLDS upbringing. The combination made for some interesting viewpoints and comments. One of these was that Kody and first-wife Meri’s only child Mariah wants to one day be in a plural marriage like her parents.
Amazing video of a husband who clearly needs to get his priorities straight as he elects to dump his young daughter in an attempt to catch a foul ball at a baseball game! That in itself is reason enough to watch the clip, but his moment of thoughtless parenting is nothing compared to the look and the earful his wife gives him afterward!
Swimming around in the muck and mire that is celebridom sometimes I need a serious recalibration of my humanity. The following video delivered that as we see a 29-year-old woman who was born deaf hearing her voice clearly for the very first time. Her husband filmed this beautiful and life-affirming clip. Warning, you better have some tissue ready!
MTV has posted a couple of post-reunion Teen Mom interview clips featuring Farrah Abraham and her mother Debra as well as Amber Portwood and Gary Shirley. I thought I’d share them with you a-la the After Show break downs and provide a summary of what was discussed, including the fact that Gary and Amber can still see a future together and how Farrah and Debra have concocted an intimate apparel, dating themed cooking show that Farrah may want to star in some day!
Bravo is making a bet that their viewers would love a little more Kandi in their diet as Atlanta Housewife Kandi Burruss has landed her own spin-off to be called The Kandi Factory. Burruss is a busy lady, starring on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, constantly lookin’ fine and launching her own line of sex toys called “Bedroom Kandi.” Well now you can add her very own special as her home network has officially announced that the Atlanta socialite will try to recreate her Zolciak hit-making prowess in a music themed quasi American Idol format program. Read on for the deets and how you can be on the show as Kandi’s empire expands.
I’m going to sensually slip down my fingers and lusciously type out an introduction to a purrfectly hot parody video of teen-bride Courtney Stodden and her old, old-man Doug Hutchison. I hope nothing “pops out” while I entice my readers with some of my best internal juices. Meow!
Watch Adele’s latest music video for her song “Someone Like You,” which she sang at the MTV Video Music Awards and stole the show with her performance! The video features Adele singing the song while walking the streets of Paris – all in grainy black and white. In other words… more classy awesome!
It’s beginning to sound more and more like dynamic Republican orator and current governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, will be tossing his hat into the ring for the 2012 Presidential race. If that is the case, most analysts assume he will have no problem gaining the GOP nomination and will be pitted against Obama next November. Ummmm… I’m not sure what the segue is but we have photos of a younger, slightly trimmer Chris Christie from his 1980 Livingston High School yearbook! Also, as president of SGA, Christie wrote an open letter to the student body that was included in the yearbook and transcribed for you here! (We still haven’t managed to find his birth certificate though. Hmmm…)
The Real Housewives of New Jersey Twitter fallout continues after the Posche Fashion Show Wednesday night during which some major drama went down! Check out all the latest tweets from Teresa Giudice, Melissa Gorga, and Joe Gorga which seem to suggest Teresa may have accused Melissa Gorga of being a stripper! (If this results in another Kim G pole dancing scene I’m quitting Bravo for good.)
UPDATE – Lynn N Chicago has revealed what actually went down and it involves a male stripper, Kim D and… Danielle Staub?!? Lawdy lawd!
Although The Office‘s Robert California may eventually give him a run for his money, there is no cooler dude on television right now than Parks and Recreation‘s resident libertarian meat lover Ron Swanson, played by actor Nick Offerman. In case you needed further proof of his awesomeness on screen and off, check out these high school yearbook photos of Nick as a dapper dude (and SGA member?!?) at Minooka High School in 1986/87!
Holly Madison has protected her “assets” by insuring her breasts for a million dollars. Read her comments on why and see Dr. Evil’s contemplative thoughts about the sweater-stretching news!
Celeb Twitterholic LeAnn Rimes is a busy young woman. She’s released a killer new record that is arguably the best of her career, she’s blogged about her role as step-mom to her husband Eddie Cibrian and his ex-wife Brandi Glanville’s two sons, she chatted with Ellen about the press claiming she has eating disorders and she’s posted photos of herself sitting on a urinal and using her new album as pasties. Catch up on it all here!
See photos of Kristen Stewart from the set of Snow White and the Huntsman in her full suit of armor majestically riding horseback on the beaches of Wales! Oh, and sneaking a cigarette break by the wheel of a pick-up truck. Snow White, you’ve come a long way baby!
After initially leaving her daughter Sophia with her parents while relocating to Florida, Teen Mom Farrah Abraham has since brought her down to Florida where the two seem to be adapting well to the Sunshine State lifestyle. See pictures of Farrah and Sophia playing on the beaches of Fort Lauderdale as the MTV cameras roll!
According to Jenelle Evans’ attorney Dustin Sullivan the momma-full-of-drama is getting her life in order and doing all that is required of her by the courts. Read his statements that make me hopeful that Jenelle is turning the page on a new chapter in her and her son Jace’s life.
The Real Hosuewives of New Jersey Star has already expressed her desire to leave the show and it seems an event at last night’s Posche Fashion Show has all but sealed the deal! Read Jacqueline’s angry tweets in which she announces she will not be participating in the Season 3 Reunion Special (filming today) and read a first hand account (with a video clip!) of the drama that went down at the fashion show!
A pop star’s work is never done! Instead of sitting on their laurels and spending their days lighting candles with money, Rihanna and Britney Spears have been busy at work filming their respective new music videos (“We Found Love” and “Criminal,”) and, in the process, stirring up a lot of trouble!
The tragic suicide of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer has garnered national attention after it was discovered the young man had posted an “It Gets Better” video to encourage other kids in his situation to keep their heads up. Lady Gaga has taken up his cause and now his parents are trying to do something about the bullying that took their son’s life.
In an interview with Today they revealed that even in death, he continues to be bullied. This revelation took me by surprise, as that level of angst and intolerance is hard to comes to grip with or even understand.
Dinora Rodriguez (40) of L.A. is left with a nightmare body after a boob job blunder and an eye job she didn’t ask for! The Daily Mail reports that plastic surgeons cut two pockets of breast tissue while replacing Rodriquez’s former breast implants, which allowed the new breast implants to touch, creating the “uniboob” look. Rodriquez also received a “surprise” eye job that prevents her eyes from ever fully closing.
It looks like Gossip Girl’s hunky Chace Crawford isn’t going after fellow Texan native Willie Nelson’s weed crown. He was arrested for a seriously minor infraction and had to spend a long time to get his case dismissed. Get the Texas justice deets here.
Beverly Hills Housewife Kyle Richards and her husband Mauricio Umansky attended a fund raiser for President Barack Obama in L.A. on Monday. Following the event Kyle tweeted a great photo of the two and Mauricio tweeted some insider info from the most powerful man in the world. The First Lady watches her some RHOBH!
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Vanderpump is following in the footsteps of numerous other Bravo housewives by releasing a book. Simply Elegance, due out November 8, includes recipes, decorating tips, and just about everything else you need to know to be an unassailably classy entertainer just like Lisa, even without buhjillions of dollars! Keep reading for all the details on the book, including why Lisa (unlike some of the other Housewives-turned-authors) is actually qualified to write it.
It’s no big surprise that actor Seth Rogen smokes weed. It was easy to tell that dude wasn’t really “acting” in Pineapple Express but I have to admit I was a little bit surprised at how much our man partakes! See the funny clip from Letterman as Rogen guesstimates how much of the day he’s high and see a preview for the film he’s promoting, 50/50, which looks like it should be a good one.
Author Stephen King entertained a gathered audience at George Mason University by not only revealing the near completion of but reading from his highly anticipated The Shining sequel, Dr. Sleep. That’s right, Johnny’s back and you can hear a portion of it here if you’re down with the spoilage! Two great videos from the event and as a bonus I share my favorite King book and movie adaptation.
Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger wants you to know that she’s all sorry and stuff for the cringeworthy comments she made about homosexuals and Jews during her appearance on her own network’s Watch What Happens Live with host Andy Cohen. Check out video highlights or should I say lowlights from her appearance and read her apologetic tweets as she tries to make amends for her strange Stanger stingers.
Apparently Sister Wives’ patriarch Kody Brown is open to his wives having multiple husbands, as long as it’s Brad Pitt.
On November 4, 2011 the peaches of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta return to their Southern motherin’ and boo checkin’ that made them the most watched Housewives franchise! Today Bravo released their official preview trailer for the new season and it looks like business as unusual for the ladies of The ATL. Keep reading to see the ladies in South Africa, NeNe’s new punching bag and… Phaedra Parks’ funeral home?!? Awwwww yeah!
Rapper Nicki Minaj is no stranger to eccentric fashion choices, and her choice of cleavage bling for the I Heart Radio music festival this weekend is something you have to KFC to believe! Perhaps inspired by Lady Gaga’s famous meat dress, Nicki accessorized with a bit of protein of her own with a hot pink fried chicken wing necklace! Keep reading for photos of her fried fowl fashion faux pas!
Antoine Dodson’s “Bed Intruder Song” clip on YouTube has over 90 million views and is arguably the greatest remix viral clip in internet history. We all learned from Antoine that, “We obviously have a rapist in Lincoln Park. He’s climbing in your windows and he’s snatching your people up tryin’ to rape them. So you need to hide your kids and hide your wife and hide your husbands because they’re raping everybody up in here.” Well Antoine got himself arrested for an outstanding warrant after being stopped for violating a noise ordinance. Read on for the should’ve hid himself deets.
I’ve never heard of the Irish boy band One Direction but there was something irresistible about the twit-pic that singer Zayn Malik posted from the studio. What that irresistible something is would be the fact that a boy band member’s bum apparently has the ability to hypnotize as a young fellow in the pic seems absolutely lost in the glowing beauty of that backside. Unintentionally, they have created a new internet meme “The Photobum.” Check it out!
I figured I’d ease in to this Monday with another “Adventures From Florida” post. This time our sunshine state lady is 19-year-old Wilnelia Caraballo, who waltzed into a Kangaroo convenience store in Palm Bay, FL and tried to rob the place donning a clear plastic mask while brandishing a toy machine gun.
E!’s Kendra is starting a brand new season (with a companion release of Kendra Wilkinson’s newest memoir (Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back). She talks openly about suffering from postpartum depression after giving birth to their son Hank IV, which led to breakdowns, fights, sleeping in a separate bedroom than her husband Hank Baskett, and even giving him a black eye in a drunken fit of rage in May 2010.
In HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Steve Buscemi plays a generous-but-ruthless who runs Atlantic City. He character is based on a real man: Enoch J. “Nucky” Johnson, who had control of Atlantic City, NJ for 30 years, and turned it into what it is today.
Who says 70-year-old Martha Stewart is out of touch? The ex-con craft maven graces the cover of Martha Stewart: Halloween 2011 in a Lady Gaga inspired Motha Stewart look as part of her “B-Movie Blowout” themed article. Keep reading to see photos of the new Motha Monster and find out about her latest empire building business endeavor!
Brad Pitt’s new movie Moneyball (based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game) is getting Oscar Buzz and is Box Office Gold. The movie is artfully crafted and fascinates both baseball fans, and people who hate sports. At the heart it’s not really about sports, it’s about solving problems against formidable opposition, and being brave to fight to make a change in the world when you believe enough in the truth of something.
But the person who truly stole the movie (at least several parts of the movie) was 13-year-old Kerris Dorsey and her rendition of Lenka’s “The Show.
Anne Hathaway was photographed on the set of Batman: Dark Knight Rises wearing her amazing figure-enhancing black Catwoman catsuit. The sleek costume looked to be corseted in the midsection, taking a few inches off of Hathaway’s already thin waist. Keep reading for the full length shots of the already perfect Hathaway looking even more purrrrrfect!
You know you have a pretty trashy image when wearing fish nets, black satin, and roller skates is “cleaning up!” But that’s exactly the case with dumpster hipster Ke$ha who toned down her Sleaza Minelli persona in some promotional photos for her new line of limited edition Baby-G watches. Keep reading for the no quarantine necessary pics and info on her new “TiK ToK” accessories!
It’s official! Bravo will be bringing back Work of Art: The Next Great Artist, their fine art ode to Project Runway, for a second season! Find out which judge isn’t coming back and meet all 14 new contestants with brief bios and photos of each! Also, watch a preview trailer for the show’s sophomore season which is set to premiere on October 12.
Army Wives actress Kim Delaney had to wing a speech for former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the results were so bad that she was escorted off stage. I’ve seen my fair share of celebrity public appearances gone bad and I can honestly say this is the most cringeworthy I can recall. Yikes!
Madame Tussauds unveiled a wax sculpture of The Black-Eyed Peas singer Fergie Thursday. The actual Fergie was in attendance for the event and in what can only be described as the faux pinnacle of #twinning, she got real intimate with her waxwork doppelganger for the photographers in attendance. See some of the rare waxturbation images as well as a video of the entire unveiling!
Lesson learned: many people sit in Trudy’s salon chair, few people leave it alive! Via (Buzzfeed)
Kelsey who? Beverly Hills Housewife Camille Grammer has herself a rumored new man and it looks like our lady is getting some cougar revenge in the form of 35-year-old bankruptcy attorney Dimitri George Charalambopoulos. That’s right. It was Camille Donatacci, then it was Camille Grammer and now I’m talkin’ bout Cougar Camille Charalambopoulos. Camille is redefining “lawyering up!”
Gary Busey and Ted Haggard are going to swap their spouses a new show Celebrity Wife Swap based on Wife Swap. Wife Swap is a show that pairs families of disparate dispositions and values and, true to the title, swaps out the wives. It usually ends up being a fascinating sociological study, and this should…
Jacksonville, Arkansas police have released some disturbing photos taken inside the home of 16 and Pregnant star Ebony Jackson and husband Josh Rendon. The two were arrested earlier this week for child endangerment because of the conditions in the home, which reportedly included “human and dog feces on the floor, walls, and clothing.” They are also facing numerous drug charges after authorities found drugs and drug paraphernalia on the premises, which can be seen in a couple of the photos.
16 & Pregnant cast members Ebony Jackson and husband Josh Rendon were arrested earlier this week after their house was investigated when Child Protective Services was called. According to the arrest report, dog and human feces covered the house and a slight trace of synthetic marijuana was found. Following this it appears that Josh may be booted from the military following the filed charges of endangering the welfare of a minor and drug possession.
14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer tragically committed suicide after suffering at the hands of bullies. His story has become a national one due in part to the “It Gets Better” video he posted just months before he took his own life. It’s rekindled a fire for supporters of anti-bullying legislation and now police are looking into a specific group of students who could be responsible for the vast amount of bullying Jamey suffered. Read on for the details of the investigation and to hear Lady Gaga’s response to Jamey’s heartbreaking video in which he identified the singer as a beacon of hope.
Jenelle Evans seems to always take two steps forward, and one step back, but yet again she’s continuing on a good path. She’s working hard studying film at college, and she has a new man! His name is Josh, he’s hot, and he has a job. Jenelle’s been dating Josh for about a month, and…
Vinny Hickerson, one of the new contestants on NBC’s The Biggest Loser Season 12, is no stranger to the stage, although The Biggest Loser‘s millions of viewers has to be the biggest crowd he has ever played to. With several charted country music hits on his resume, this Trailer Choir band member is looking to shed unhealthy pounds and extend his musical career for decades to come.
The execution of Troy Davis last night gripped the nation as seemingly everyone was tuned in to see what would happen following the stay granted by the State of Georgia giving time for the Supreme Court to review a last minute request that was eventually denied. Read ten celebrity / pundit Twitter reactions to the news that reflect many different opinions about what happened last night.
Hollybaby made a bold video accusing Teen Mom 2’s Leah Messer of dating four guys since her divorce from Corey Simms in April 2011, and introducing them all to her daughters Aleeah, and Aliannah. Hollybaby.com reporter Chloe Melas chatted with Relationship Expert Diana Falzone about Leah’s “slew” of boyfriends, and how horrible it was for her to introduce this conga line of guys into Aleeah and Aliannah’s life. Is any of this true?
Apparently during the taping of this season’s reunion special Snooki was drunk and slurring her words at 11 a.m. She was angry at The Situation over his continued claims that she cheated on Jionni with him, and reportedly was heard on the mike asking producers backstage to get her a drink. She was reportedly denied the drink until shooting finished.
Everybody (including myself) has conjectured on if and for how long Farrah Abraham left her daughter Sophia with her mother to head to the sunshine state. Well the brief teaser clip that MTV has provided for the Teen Mom Reunion Special Part 1 gives us a little more insight into that answer (or at least verifies our source). See the clip and get the air date and time for part 1 of the show.
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