Former ABC Nightline anchor Ted Koppel’s 40-year-old son, Andrew Koppel, was found dead early this morning in an upper Manhattan apartment after reportedly consuming large amounts of alcohol at numerous New York bars yesterday. Keep reading for details about his 12-hour drinking binge and history of alcohol abuse.
Of all the Downtown Girls (premiering tonight on MTV at 11 p.m.), Klo appears to be the odd woman out: it doesn’t look like she has a cool career, like boutique owner Nikki Laura, a hip career in music like Gurj, or a blogger like BFF Shallon. Klo gets to be the girl who is…
Tonight blogger Shallon Lester takes her turn at reality television with four of her closest girlfriends in Downtown Girls, airing at 11pm (EST). It’s a stylized “reality sitcom” that’s both more real and more constructed than reality shows it follows: The Hills and The City. The series also borrows heavily from the spirit of Carrie…
I must have been a good blogger this year because Bikini Claus left me (and the world!) a fantastic present today! Check out these Kimtrulescent photos of The Real Mistress of Atlanta Kim Zolciak showing off Big Papa’s Big Tatas while relaxing in a tiny blue bikini with her daughter, Brielle, in Miami yesterday!
She’s got the wig and she’s got the booze, but keep reading to find out which Kimmy-Z accessory is missing!
Our coverage of Downtown Girls , premiering tonight at 11 p.m. continues! Next up: Gurj, the funny, music-loving Brit.
I would guess that 98% of the stories I run on artists who had their heyday in the 80’s aren’t what you would call “feel good.” Well I’m gonna swim in that other two percent now and talk about one of my very first TV crushes Belinda Carlisle. Belinda has a memoir coming out today called “Lips Unsealed” a play on words from her hit with the all-girl band “The Go-Go’s” “My Lips are Sealed.” See how she survived cocaine, alcohol, and weight issues to find happiness after the age of 50.
Fans of The Real Housewives of New York City were taken by surprise Friday when the much-anticipated debut music video for “Money Can’t Buy You Class” by the Countess LuAnn de Lesseps surfaced online with no notice or fanfare. As it turns out, LuAnn and her record label Ultra Records were also surprised by the unannounced release, which occurred as they were still making plans for both private and public premiere events! That’s right, the video was leaked!
Read our exclusive interview with the video’s creative director James “Jersey” Murray who talks with us about the leak and what it was like working with The Countess!
Following in the footsteps of Tom Hanks and Christian Bale, who also slimmed down to shocking weights for roles, 50 Cent (real name Curtis Jackson), dropped 54 pounds from his 6 ft. frame to play a football star and cancer patient in the upcoming movie Things Fall Apart. The rapper-turned-actor conceived of and wrote the…
Chris Stilianessis, the father of the infant with the rare form of cancer featured on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, is speaking out against Danielle Staub and her entourage’s behavior at the benefit for his sick child at the Brownstone. Talking to Zap2it.com, Stilianessis thanks Danielle for raising awareness about his daughter’s disease, but…
If you simply can’t get enough of watching spoiled women in Manhattan cry and complain about how difficult their privileged lives are, don’t fret: Downtown Girls is coming to MTV, where it premieres June 1. We were curious about Nikki Cohen, one of the women who will be followed on the series, and did a…
UPDATE June 2, 2010: The details around Gary Coleman’s fall and death are being investigated. What we do know is that he was very, very weak from his dialysis treatment the day of the fall. He had no energy left when he arrived home at 3PM May 26, 2010, and soon fell and hit his…
One of the 25 guys competing for the heart of Ali Fedotowsky in season 6 of The Bachelorette is 30-year-old Jonathan Novack, a weatherman and on-air personality currently living and working in Houston, Texas.
Originally from Boston, Jonathan’s career has moved him all over the country including stints with WAER in Syracuse, KCBD-TV in Lubbock and WSVN in Miami, Florida. I’m sure Jonathan did his fair share of tropical storm coverage while in Miami, but his extensive meteorological education didn’t help when Hurricane Tom rolled into town! Read all about how fellow WSVN weatherman Tom Johnston whooped up on “Chicken Legs” while both were employed at the station, leading to Johnston’s termination and potential promotion for Novack!
Perhaps a mutual desire for attention isn’t enough to make a marriage work after all as this decade’s biggest fame-mongering couple, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, are reportedly calling it quits! Read all about the shocking announcement and take a trip down Speidi memory lane…
Television veteran Gary Coleman, best known as Arnold Jackson on the extremely popular sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, has passed away today at the age of 42. Gary was hospitalized in Utah after falling at home and suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was initially coherent Thursday morning, but slipped into a coma for over a day. His …
The wait is over! The Real Housewives of New York City‘s Countess LuAnn de Lesseps has finally released her video for the song “Money Can’t Buy You Class!” Watch the surreal manifestation of her artistic vision in all of it’s enigmatic glory!
Bow wow wow yippy yo yippy yay Lou Reed is definitely in the (Sydney Opera) house! Lou Reed, the sullen-faced New York City bard, has always been a little on the eccentric side, but he and his wife Laurie Anderson are turning it up a notch with their latest idea: A concert for dogs! Find out all about the concert here.
In another “my Twitter account got hacked” scandal we find Paramore lead singer Hayley Williams showing Paramore than she wanted. See the SFW photo and decide for yourself if this was an accident or if she was indeed “hacked.”
Photographer Tyler Shields unveiled two versions of the movie poster for the upcoming movie Inferno featuring Lindsay Lohan as adult film star Linda Lovelace. This officially marks the halfway point in the lifespan of the public’s interest in the film, which is scheduled to all but disappear just after the release of the grainy trailer showing Lindsay Lohan in suggestive poses and getting smacked around by her pimp/husband. Keep reading to see the posters!
How does a woman decide between 17 attractive single males, all vying for her hand in marriage? She takes ’em down to the beach for a charity Speedo calendar shoot! Or at least that’s what Ali Fedotowsky is going to do in Monday night’s episode of The Bachelorette! Keep reading to see the dehumanizing meat market!
Who is blond bombshell Kimberly Kerekes and what does she have to do with Ali Fedotowsky and The Bachelorette? If you don’t mind spoilers then keep reading to find out!
After having ten cosmetic surgical procedures performed on her in one day I don’t think anyone would question The Hills star Heidi Montag’s qualifications as a Transformer! The Deceptiblond posted a video on her Facebook account Tuesday that she titled “Video to Michael Bay” in which she runs around a firing range shooting at paper targets. Keep reading to watch the video and see if you think Heidi has what it takes to be Hollywood’s next action star!
While Conan is out on his ‘The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour’ it looks like his writers have received a green light from ‘TBS’ for their own special. The special is tentatively being called ‘Team Coco presents Conan’s Writers Live’ and will feature Conan staples Andy Richter and Reggie Watts. Find out the when and where and see a great video from Reggie Watts.
Betty White train boarding, all aboard! In yet another piece of you can’t stop Betty White news it looks like she may be targeted to become part of the cast of ‘Gossip Girl’, the uber-popular teen series on the CW. Find out what the show creator had to say about the possible White connection and how ‘Mad Men’ and Chuck Bass fit into the picture.
It’s too bad Law and Order is gone, or you know they would write up an amazing episode on the ugly, sex, drugs and money fueled divorce of oil heir Peter Getty and rags-to-riches wife Jacqui Getty. It’s being called one of the “ugliest divorces” in Los Angeles, a town that welcomes people like Michael…
Contestants on popular reality shows often become the talk of their hometowns, and that is literally the case with The Bachelorette contestant Chris Lambton! Friends and neighbors of Chris talked to CapeCodOnline.com for the site’s multimedia series called CapeCast. See what they had to say about Chris and whether or not they think he has what it takes to win the heart of Ali.
33-year-old secretary Bonnie Hoxie worked at Walt Disney Company’s California headquarters, but it wasn’t a magical kingdom for the office stiff. Bonnie had bigger dreams of shopping for Stella McCartney handbags and shoes at Neiman Marcus and when she got her hands on earnings report information that had not yet been released from her boss,…
Listen to the two brand new tracks from Canadian super group Arcade Fire. The songs were discovered by shopper Chris Ward, who found the 12″ white-label vinyl disc featuring “The Suburbs” and “Month of May” while shopping at a Glasgow record store! the songs made it into the hands of BBC Radio 1’s Zane Lowe and eventually the internet! Keep reading to listen to both new tracks!
When TMZ announced that Tila Tequila will appearon Dr. Drew’s VH1 show Celebrity Rehab 4, nobody was surprised, but now we get to find out approximately which cocktail of drugs helps Tila engage in her particular brand of oddball behavior. Tequila (real name Thien Thanh Thi Nguyen) rocketed, or more like slowly buzzed, to a D-list level…
33-year-old secretary Bonnie Hoxie worked at Walt Disney Company’s California headquarters, but it wasn’t a magical kingdom for the office stiff. Bonnie had bigger dreams of shopping for Stella McCartney handbags and shoes at Neiman Marcus and when she got her hands on earnings report information that had not yet been released from her boss,…
It seems like every week we get some “celebrity” photographed with a mysterious white powder in their nose, on their face, or even in their shoes. This week’s blowtograph features the rail-like alternamodel Alice Dellal. The 23-year-old Brazilian model, famous for her partly shaved hairstyle and punk personality, was photographed leaving the Louis Vuitton Bond Street Maison Launch party in London Tuesday with a little sumpum-sumpum in her left nostril!
So who is the brunette bombshell from the NYC that is all smiles in the princesss pink? That folks is Pamela Lynn from Vh1’s reality show ‘You’re Cut Off’. I did a little digging and found out some information (other than her last name) on the lovely Miss Pamela. Read on to get your Pamelicious fill!
Michael Ventrella won Biggest Loser Couples by shedding over half of his original weight of 526 pounds, finishing up a svelte 262 at Tuesday night’s weigh-in. Not only did Michael set the record for the heaviest contestant to ever participate in the nine seasons of the show, but he also broke Danny Cahill’s weight loss record of 239 pounds from last year!
See lots of before and after photos of Michael’s amazing transformation!
Those CIA guys can get wacky. In a story so strange it had to come from the military, the Washington Post is reporting that the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) considered producing fake pedophile videos starring none other than bad guys Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. In the case of Bin Laden they actually went as far as to make the actual video! Yet another fine example of our tax dollars hard at work.
Check out the video and lyrics for the final two performances of American Idol this season. Crystal Bowersox with ‘Up To The Mountain’ and Lee Dewyze with ‘Beautiful Day’. Also check out Simon Cowell’s final critique and our top ten suggestions for his replacement.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey‘s Danielle Staub played right into the mafia stereotypes the show is often accused of by bringing in convicted felon Danny Provenzano to be her bodyguard for an event at the rival Manzo family’s charity fundraiser. See Danny’s mug shot and read his criminal record that includes a racketeering conviction and over four years behind bars!
For all the young girls out there with hopes of becoming a Jonas sister-in-law, your chances just got a lot better because Joe Jonas is single and ready to mingle! Actually, I don’t know if the furry-browed one is ready to mingle, but according to a source for People, he is single!
Despite the split, Demi will still be touring with the Jonas Brothers this summer. So if you plan to be the next Mrs. Jonas (or Mr. Lovato) keep reading for a list of tour dates to find out when these young swingers will be near you!
U2 frontman Bono had emergency back surgery in Germany Friday and rehabilitation will sideline the rocker until at least August 6, which means the entire 16-show North American leg of the band’s tour has to be postponed. Keep reading to find out more details about his diagnosis and what he had to say about having to also cancel U2’s headlining performance at the 2010 Glastonbury Festival.
All four of the famous Kardashian women (Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Kris) sat down with Nightline‘s Cynthia McFadden to discuss plastic surgery rumors. Kourtney says it’s no secret that she had her breast enhanced over eight years ago, and though she doesn’t blast it from the rooftops periodically, she’s right. She spoke openly about her…
Guitar-picking Ty Brown from Nashville mentioned in his bio video during the season premiere of The Bachelorette tonight that he was married for two years and just recently got a divorce. I’m sure all of you Ali fans are curious about this hunky good ol’ boy suitor and are wondering about his first wife, so I tracked down all the information the internet had to offer on singer/songwriter Lindsey Grant and compiled it for you in a convenient little blog post!
On Bravo’s Real Housewives of New Jersey, there have been jokes about the Manzos, Lauritos, and Giudices potentially having mafia connections because of things like the “let me tell you somethin’ about my family: we are as thick as thieves” comment, and the crazy level of conspicuous consumption. But, it turns out the one with…
You’d think the only thing the Stones would want to drop this week was an absolutely awesome reissue of their classic 1972 opus, Exile On Main Street. But no! They have also seemingly dropped one of their guitarists, the legendary Ronnie Wood! Keep reading to find out what may be the most passive-aggressively rendered band announcement in memory!
Lost writers and producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse joined in on Lostapalooza during Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night, filming a few exclusive “alternate endings” for the alluringly enigmatic drama series. Keep reading to watch the hilarious “what could have been.”
I don’t think anyone would dispute the fact that Rihanna knows how to use sex to sell records, but after some disappointing sales from her latest album Rated R she might be pushing the sinvelope a little too far. During her performance at BBC Radio 1’s ‘Big Weekend 2010’ held in Bangor, Wales yesterday Rihanna got a little “in your face” with her “intimate place” if you know what I mean.
Also, see how Ke$ha once again failed at shock fashion while demeaning the American Flag and Wonder Woman.
One of the contestants for the upcoming Bravo reality series ‘Work of Art: The Next Great Artist’ co-owns an intimate apparel shop called Birdies in Kansas City. Find out about the very interesting Peregrine Honig and her shop.
Starcasm.net wanted to wish the most influential artist in recorded music history a happy 69th birthday. We love you Bob! Check out the video and lyrics for a latter-day-Dylan masterpiece Series of Dreams .
The Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz action comedy Knight and Day will hit theaters June 24, but according to a source on the set, film crews are preparing for Cruise to come in for reshoots this afternoon! Could this be a bad sign for a film Cruise is hoping will return him to blockbuster status? (Includes both Knight and Day movie trailers)
Kelly Bensimon is on a a little spin control campaign after her volatile appearance in the RHNYC May 20th episode in which she looked like she was totally losing her marbles and that all the other Real HW’s were finally getting the best of her. It ceratinly seems like she needed to explain herself at least a little. So how on Earth will Kelly explain it away? Check for yourself.
The conditions of Lindsay Lohan’s bail hearing today mean that the young starlet can’t let a drop of alcohol touch her lips, or she’ll be escorted immediately to jail. Lindsay Lohan finally made it to court after missing her date last Thursday because she was stranded in Cannes. She changed her story a few times,…
For die-hard veterans of the ABC hit show ‘The Bachelor’, one of the new cast members from Vh1’s ‘You’re Cut Off’, Erica Rose, should seem very familiar. The tiara that she is sporting is a dead give away. That’s right, it is none other that the tiara princess who really shook things up during The Bachelor: Rome! See what Rose has been up to, some great photos and a video from an appearance on Ellen.
Five months after Brittany Murphy was found unconscious in the bathroom of her Los Angeles home by her mother, Sharon Murphy, and later pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene, her widower was found unconscious by Sharon Murphy in the same home in the master bedroom. Simon Monjack, who married the late Brittany Murphy in 2007, was pronounced dead on the scene after paramedics were unable to resuscitate him.
Read more details about the eerie similarities in the couple’s deaths and see photos of them together.
E!’s controversial reality series Pretty Wild concludes this evening with what is sure to be 30 minutes of jaw-droppingly explosive reality drama! Find out what’s in store tonight when the only reality show featuring a star convicted of a felony and sentenced to prison wraps up! (Hint: There are courtroom scenes, drugs and a tiny silver bikini!)
Also, we asked E! about whether or not Pretty Wild will be back for a second season – find out their response!
I just published a post with photographs of Lindsay Lohan’s new skin art, which includes a bird and a Chanel pendant. Being that I am a celebrity blogger and have nothing better to do on a Saturday, I did some more research into the meaning of LiLo’s new body art and what I found out was utterly….. disappointing.
The tattoos are “temporary skin art” available from Chanel.com for $75.00. Keep reading to find out more and order your own Lindsay Lohan arm kit!
Just before returning home from a week of partying in Cannes, Lindsay Lohan appears to have gotten a new tattoo that looks to be a swallow carrying a Chanel logo on a chain in its mouth. Click to see photos of Vincent Van Loghan’s new masterpiece!
Nickelodeon held its inaugural ‘Mega Music Fest’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on May 22, 2010 and among the celebrities in attendance were Yo Gabba Gabba! stars Muno and Brobee! Also in attendance? La chica muy atrevida, Dora the Explorer! Oh, and John Leguizamo.
20th Century Fox has released its first The Voyage of the Dawn Treader movie poster! The movie is the third installment of the Chronicles of Narnia movies based on the series of books by C. S. Lewis and will be directed by Michael Apted. Keep reading to see the full poster and a list of the cast for the film!
Just a few days after it was announced Megan Fox would not be returning for the third installment of the Transformers movie franchise GeekWeek.com is reporting that her replacement has been cast and it is Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley!
Keep reading to see photos of Rosie as well as a video clip of her only known acting experience. (It’s okay, she’s wearing lingerie throughout.)
The folks over at Celebuzz dug up this gem, which shows Britney Spears at her prom wearing a red-hot flame-chested dress. Sadly, for those Britney schadenfreudians out there, she looks pretty darn good! I was hoping she would be with some doofus in a light blue ruffled shirt, but alas!
How did Britney Spears even go to prom? Didn’t she already have five albums and a kid by then?
See the amazing dress that X-Factor Judge and former Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole wore on the red carpet at the premiere of Outside the Law in Cannes tonight that caused this photographer’s jaw to hit the ground!
Oh, and find out a little bit about the controversial film, which the French government almost banned from the festival altogether!
Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating and his wife of twelve years, Yvonne Connolly, announced they were splitting up yesterday. The former couple issued a statement saying that the split was “amicable” but reports are beginning to emerge that their separation was caused by Ronan Keating having an affair with one of the Boyzone tour dancers, Francine Cornell.
See photos of the sexy blond who allegedly visited Ronan’s “boyzone” on numerous occasions!
Get an update on the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and a cartoon that offers an alternate theory as to what really caused the oil leak!
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