AP - The charity anthem "We Are the World" has been given a hip-hip, pop twist by 80 artists who have re-recorded the 1980s hit in the same Hollywood studio where the original was cut 25 years ago.
Using nothing but pom-poms and enthusiasm, Bruce Willis proved he bleeds green on The Late Show last night, dismissing David Letterman's later observation that the team is no longer in the playoffs. Harold Ford stopped by The Colbert Report with disastrous results while Jon Stewart gleefully watched Obama take on the GOP. Speaking of glee, Jimmy Fallon parodied Glee! Watch our compilation to see what you missed.
First, the good news: The iPhone Facebook app allows you to sync the contact info in your friends' profiles with your personal address book. Now, you have everyone's phone numbers and email addresses in the palm of your hand—it even adds profile pics!—increasing your booty call quotient manifold.
Now, the bad news, in the ominous subject line of a tip email: "Facebook knows your one night stands."
You know how when you meet someone at a bar or alcohol-soaked party, sometimes you put him in your phone without a last name? And you already have a Jonathan, so this guy will be "Jonathan Pencil Factory," because that's the bar where you met him. And it was a moonlit night with too many margaritas, and your fingers were busy with activities far more urgent than tapping a new entry into your contact list, so when you finally had a second to type him in, it ended up more like "jonthann pencil factry blueyes." (Sometimes you need a defining feature, too.) Sometimes these besotted acquaintances turn into true love. Sometimes they become friends. But most are nothing more than a single night of your life—and a quiet chuckle every time you scroll past their names in your phone book, months later.
Until you you sync your iPhone with your Facebook. And then you will be forced you to look your every unwise sexual decision in the eye, again, in full color and with full names! Or, so says a tipster who explains that syncing his iPhone with Facebook resulted in deep emotional disturbance:
contact entries who you may or MAY NOT be friends with on facebook [Ed: We have yet to successfully sync with a non-friend. It may not be possible.] , contact entries whom you have blacked out of your memory, contact entries who you drunkenly entered while 5 long island iced teas deep into a gay pride party... have been unveiled. the facebook app has linked these misspelled, drunken entries to actual people on facebook (through some sort of secret phone number search, i presume), finally unveiling the true identity of the trolls that you had all too conveniently erased from your memory. i first noticed this when i accidentally opened up a "jerremmy pool party," to find that there was now a facebook link to his name. i had no recollection of this jerremmy, but now i am informed that he is an aspiring actor/bartender living in hell's kitchen, with a gaggle of friends in common, but more importantly—ugly as SIN. these people run the gamut—people i am well aware of making out with, people i bedded and forgot, people i vaguely remember my roommates teasing me about the next morning, but the scariest ones were the handful people i don't even remember meeting—people that had otherwise been dead to me.
perhaps i am asking for this very unwelcome re-introduction to my past indiscretions, perhaps i deserve the embarassment of facing the true indentity of my blackout makout. but another, less sober part of me thinks that this is yet another way in which the cyber-stalking era is ruining lives, and waging war on the world of anonymous intimacy. a one-night-stand should be just that, but in 2010, it's more like just the beginning.
"Just the beginning," he said with a shudder, imagining a hideous dystopia where sex would lead to relationships. Where every set of genitals belongs to a human. With feelings. And family. And Favorite Quotes and Mutual Friends. [Pic via]
Harold Ford Jr. appeared on the Re-Pour last night in search of the Colbert bump. He got grilled instead. First, Stephen Colbert accused Ford of flip-flopping on abortion, a charge that the former Congressman flatly denied. "I've never not been pro-choice," he said. Then Colbert accused Ford of flip-flopping on gay marriage, a charge that Ford completely accepted. "Over the last few years, I've come to a different opinion and I'm for marriage equality," he said. Unfortunately, Ford chose not to answer Colbert's question about his love of helicopters. Instead he rambled on about how much he loves the police and Sully, or something. It was just the kind of evasive, meaningless answer that makes you think this guy has a real future in politics.
Dr. Feelbad:Orlando Bloom has signed on to star in the indie-drama The Good Doctor. A slew of other actors including Michael Pena, Taraji P. Henson and J.K. Simmons are also in negotiations to star. The Lance Daly-directed film is being described as a Hitchcockian thriller about a frustrated doctor eager to impress his colleagues. When a particular patient gives him the praise and attention he desperately craves, he screws with her treatment so she has to spend more time in the hospital with him. It's Bloom's creepist role since Elizabethtown. [HR]
Headlines Don't Sell Papes, Matthew Broderick Sells Papes: By greenlighting the pilot Beach Lane today, NBC did what no one thought possible. It brought Matthew Broderick to TV. The multicamera sitcom, which is written by NewsRadio alum Paul Simms, will star Broderick as a famous author hired by a small-town newspaper in the Hamptons, where he's charged with restoring glory to two faded institutions—journalism and Billy Joel. [THR]
String Man:Greg Kinnear, Alan Arkin and Billy Crudup will star together in The Convincer, an indie crime drama that will begin shooting next week. Jill Sprecher, who co-wrote with her sister Karen Sprecher, is directing the story of a desperate insurance salesman who tries to get a hold of a rare violin, only to run into a heap of trouble. That's what happens in the cutthroat world of rare stringed instruments. [THR]
Producer In the Wind:Elton John has slapped his name on he upcoming Broadway production of Next Fall, a play about "the happiness, strains and religious differences between two gay men over the course of their five-year romantic relationship." John's role is essentially to give money to the production and to use his famous name to get people to come to the theater. It's official—Elton John is the new Jay-Z. [Arts Beat/NYT]
Wilde on Bond: Oliva Wilde is in negotiations to star alongside Daniel Craig in Jon Favreau's sci-fi western Cowboys & Aliens. Wilde would play a character named Ella who teams up with a gunslinger (Craig) in to fight an alien invasion. Spolier: There will be sexual tension and eventually they'll kiss [Heat Vision/HR]
•Obligatory 3-D news: Lionsgate and Crest Animation Studios are co-producing Norm of the North a new CGI film in stereoscopic 3-D. Norm is a polar bear "who takes refuge in an abandoned research station when the ice begins collapsing beneath him." But more importantly: It's in 3-D. The future of film-making, guys. Enjoy your 2-D family films while you still can. [TheWrap]
(AP)
AP - More than 75 mega-stars gathered Monday to re-record the 1985 charity anthem "We are the World" in the same Hollywood recording studio where the original was cut 25 years ago.
According to a report from Michael Ausiello, Michael Scott, the co-manager of Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch and the company's highest-ranking employee, is getting a new love interest this season! Showrunner Paul Liberstein, who also plays Toby, shed some light on how Michael lands his lady:
"It's one of these set-ups where a bunch of people go out and you don't know you're being set up." When Michael discovers what’s going on, "he kind of flips out and goes into 'date mode,'" says Lieberstein. "And it goes in a weird direction from there."
The role hasn't been cast yet, so we drew up some suggestions of who should be the "she" in "that's what she said."
The Boston accent Julianne Moore attempted as Jack Donaghy's high school flame on 30 Rock was more wack than wicked. The much simpler Scranton dialect shouldn't be a problem.
Michael wants children, which is part of the reason he broke up with Pam's menopausal mom. You know who else likes kids? Heidi Klum!
Jane Seymour let Owen Wilson touch her boobs in Wedding Crashers. We bet she'd like Michael get in on that too.
We loved Amy Ryan as his non-Flenderson HR love interest and Carrell had great non-chemistry with Idris Elba. Producers should look to other stars of The Wire. We'll start with Deirdre Lovejoy, who played assistant state attorney Rhonda Pearlman, just because Michael would almost certainly call her firecrotch.
Reuters - Orlando Bloom will play the lead in "The Good Doctor," an indie drama for which Michael Pena, Troy Garity, Courtney Ford, Taraji P. Henson, Rob Morrow and J.K. Simmons are in negotiations to co-star.
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Orlando Bloom will play the lead in "The Good Doctor," an indie drama for which Michael Pena, Troy Garity, Courtney Ford, Taraji P. Henson, Rob Morrow and Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 11:08 pm
Reuters - CBS is laying down "Reagan's Law," giving a pilot order to the project from "The Sopranos" alumni Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green. The network also has ordered a medical drama pilot produced by "ER" chief John Wells. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 1 Feb 2010 | 11:07 pm
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Olivia Wilde is in negotiations to star opposite Daniel Craig in the sci-fi Western "Cowboys & Aliens," which Jon Favreau is directing for DreamWorks... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 11:07 pm
On last night's episode of the The O'Reilly Factor, BillO provided an exclusive look inside the "Bold and Fresh Tour," which is currently taking him and Glenn Beck across real America. Though billed as an event that promises "the truth—straight up, whether you like it or not," the "Bold and Fresh Tour" looks more like open mic night at the Laff Shack. There's even a fake brick wall! In this clip, O'Reilly and Beck play to the Tampa crowd with jokes about talking bugs, President Obama's ego and donuts. Also, keep an eye out for Beck's bulge!
The man behind the George W. Bush curtain gave an interview to The Memphis Daily, which asked for thoughts on ex-Tennesseean Harold Ford, Jr. Rove either hates Harold, or is suffering from the delusion that his praise could help any contemporary politician, much less a New York Democrat who is having trouble proving he's liberal enough:
He's a guy with a lot of intelligence and a lot of drive and ambition, and (incumbent Democratic New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is) a weak candidate. We'll see how it plays out. He's an aggressive campaigner.
He's had a few missteps here at the beginning, but … (Ford) is an articulate, attractive candidate who can sway crowds. He needs to have a message that resonates with New Yorkers. New York has been accepting of candidates who've moved in from elsewhere. Robert Kennedy, as you know, was elected to the Senate from New York even though he was from Massachusetts, and former first lady Hillary Clinton was elected to the Senate from New York even though she spent most of her adult years in Arkansas.
According to a groundbreaking new study out today, abstinence-only education may actually work! Here's what researchers found:
Only about a third of sixth- and seventh-graders who completed an abstinence-focused program started having sex within the next two years. Nearly half of the students who attended other classes, including ones that combined information about abstinence and contraception, became sexually active.
First of all, ewww. That's eighth- and ninth-graders they're talking about. Ewww. And second, how great is it that this study comes from University of Pennsylvania, where, we learned today, they much prefer Pennetration to abstinence?
Has ABC, the network that will air the Oscars on March 7, prematurely announced the nominations on its website? It certainly looks that way! A simple search of the word "oscar" on ABCNews.com brings up a long list of results titled "2010 Oscar Nominations." Are these just the best guesses of over-eager editors? Maybe. But also, maybe not. And in that case we'd like to be the first to say congratulations, It's Complicated! [via Jeff Sneider]
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In June, when Sid Ganis, then president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, made the surprise announcement that Oscar's best picture race... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 9:18 pm
Today, after a Times-hosted panel on social media & Haiti, Ann Curry got stuck in the Times' building elevator. The ensuing events constitute a textbook example of how "the crowd" beats Old Media in covering breaking news. EVEN IN THEIR OWN HOUSE. The TODAY news anchor herself alerted us to the breaking news earlier this evening via Twitter:
And of course @jeffpulver tweeted:
and @holaphil tweet—well, you get the idea.
BREAKING: ANN CURRY TRAPPED IN ELEVATOR. We went off to fix a sandwich while awaiting further developments. We figured it would take at least five minutes for the Times to scramble reporters—it's a big building!—plus another five to report, plus 5-10 to write it all up. After making our tuna melt, we'd sit down and read the dutifully copy-edited item by A.G. Sulzberger on Cityroom to learn if Curry and Internet ubernerd Jeff Pulver had been freed from the bowels of the Grey Lady, or if the two were still trapped and drawing straws that would determine the order in which they'd eat each other when food ran out.
But we forgot about the power of "the crowd." These people had just come from a social media panel; the elevator was packing more telecommunications than a nuclear submarine. Just moments after Curry's tweet, a video was uploaded by Phil Thomas DiGiulio and we learned firsthand of conditions on the motherfucking ground: A famous newslady and popular Internet nerd weren't the only ones trapped in the elevator; six other adult humans, including the Times' social media editor and a random Asian dude, languished there as well. And everyone, it seemed, was was in various stages of tweeting:
The situation grew tense as rescuers raced against the clock: If a rescue operation took hours, the enormous flow of tweets streaming from the elevator might shut down the entire Twitter network!
Ann Curry tried to lighten the mood with a story about her interview with Obama. Everyone laughed. The cool kid and the weird goth girl began sneaking glances at each other. Ann Curry held something in her hand that was probably turning her voice into Facebook status updates as she spoke. Meanwhile, the Times remained eerily silent on the matter. Sure could use a fact check with the Obama administration re: Curry's purported "interview," guys:
Finally, more than an hour after the ordeal began, Freedom! "Is this going on Youtube or something?" asked a confused security guard. Where was Cityroom to gin up a quick post about the history of people uploading video of themselves trapped in New York elevators? Sleeping, probably. Just like all of Old Media.
Even now, more than six hours after the original video was posted, Cityroom has yet to weigh in on one of the great elevator entrapments of our time. Social media wins again.
Earlier last month, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry admitted that the band was on the hunt for a new front man following some in-fighting between Steven Tyler and the other aero-dudes. Tyler is not pleased about this. A letter sent by his attorney to the band's manager says Aerosmith must "immediately cease and desist from engaging in acts and conduct to the harm and detriment of your own client, Aerosmith, and our client who is one of it members." In an interview with Billboard, Tyler's lawyer Skip Miller seemed offended at the very notion that Aerosmith might try to replace his client and suggested that if they move forward with their plans to do so, a lawsuit will be on the horizon. Then Miller said something to remind the band just why they wanted to replace Tyler in the first place:
"Can you imagine the manager of the Rolling Stones calling for the replacement of Mick Jagger? It's just absurd...Tyler is very unique, distinctive. Steven is Aerosmith, along with the others. He's the guy the public knows. He's the singer."
There is no love left in this elevator. (Alternate bad jokes: 1. If Tyler thinks the band is ever getting back together, he can dream on. 2. Poor Steven Tyler, he just can't stop cryin'. 3. It's easy to understand where Tyler is coming from. He just doesn't want to miss a thing.)
Reuters - Expectations are upended in the horror-comedy "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil," Eli Craig's feature directorial debut and an endearingly cheeky tribute to suspense and slasher classics. The film drew laughter and cheers during its Park City at Midnight screening at Sundance. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 1 Feb 2010 | 8:29 pm
AP - A newlywed couple say celebrity party planner David Tutera jilted them by dropping out of their lavish Singapore nuptials about 10 days before the ceremony — a claim that Tutera disputed Monday.
Sure, Paul Volcker is awesome, but that may not be enough to prevent his banking rules from dying before they're even born. The problem, as it tends to be these days, is Republicans. Richard Shelby, the ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said today that he opposes Volcker's plan to limit the type of trading large banks can perform as well as President Obama's plan to tax big banks. If Democrats push forward with Volcker's plan, Shelby says, they risk losing the bipartisan support that the current version of financial regulatory reform enjoys. Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd is afraid of this and according to one of his underlings, he's planning to drop or significantly modify the Volcker rule:
"Chris is retiring so he wants to end his career with an important regulatory reform bill and he wants to make the bill bipartisan," the staffer said. "He is not going to risk bipartisan support to make the White House happy."
It would be easy to blame Dodd for having no back bone and caving to Republicans, but that's also pretty unfair. Remember, with 41 Senators, the GOP is now in the majority.
EW's Dave Karger has his latest predictions for who'll get nominated in the eight main Oscar races Tuesday.
James O'keefe wanted us to know that dressing up as fake telephone repairmen has a long, proud journalistic history. For example, respectable news program Dateline's very respectable To Catch a Predator series does stuff like this all the time! Then there was that one time Seymour Hersch dressed up as a janitor and snuck into all those Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, pretending to furiously sweep the floors whenever a guard walked by. (Later became the basis of the short-lived NBC sit-com Seymour!)
But even though James O'Keefe is a real journalist, he admits he "could have used a different approach to this investigation." Note to the MSM: Serious journalists like O'Keefe don't do capers: They do investigations.
O'Keefe also has some harsh words for journalists covering his story: "A lot of these reporters just flat-out slandered me." Imagine if the person they had been dealing with wasn't a fellow serious journalist.
There were tantalizing hints that we could be seeing some sexxxy hidden camera videotape in the near future that will show this has all been a "huge misunderstanding," thus vindicating O'Keefe and his cronies of everything except being stupid enough commit an (alleged!) crime on camera.
And in answer to the question literally more than eight people must be wondering—"What's next for James O'Keefe?"—O'Keefe responded that he will continue to "expose truth, expose corruption until it's gone."
(Reuters) Reuters - When doctors and staff realized that a cat living in a U.S. nursing home could sense when someone was going to die, the feline, Oscar, was portrayed as a furry grim-reaper or four-legged angel of death. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 1 Feb 2010 | 7:35 pm
Reuters - When doctors and staff realized that a cat living in a U.S. nursing home could sense when someone was going to die, the feline, Oscar, was portrayed as a furry grim-reaper or four-legged angel of death. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 1 Feb 2010 | 7:35 pm
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Wow. Nearly 26 million people watched the Grammys last night, 35 percent more than last year (nine million more than watched the Golden Globes and 22 million more than watched the Emmys). And still no one knew who the Zac Brown Band was! [NYT]
One of the death-defying crab-boat captains of Deadliest Catch is fighting for his life.
Phil Harris remains hospitalized in Alaska after suffering a stroke Friday while offloading his...
(AP) AP - A Marilyn Monroe buff in a 30,000-rhinestone dress has been named the winner of the 2010 Miss'd America Pageant. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 1 Feb 2010 | 6:32 pm
Pedicure-loving Tennessean-turned-New Yorker Harold Ford Jr. has received an endorsement that he might want to give back. In an interview with the Memphis Daily News, everyone's favorite turd blossom, Karl Rove said of Ford, "He's a guy with a lot of intelligence and a lot of drive and ambition, and (Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is) a weak candidate. He's had a few missteps here at the beginning, but ... (Ford) is an articulate, attractive candidate who can sway crowds." Rove made no mention of Ford's cleanliness. [The Albany Project]
New Year's countdown cohorts Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper are getting so close they're almost like family.
Griffin has even met Mr. Silver Fox's mom, jill-of-all-trades...
Have you seen the new Lost promo? If so, have you managed to hinge your jaw back on yet?
To keep the spine-chilling teases going for tomorrow night's big final-season premiere,...
Our latest batch of pretty live music photos features tinnitus-inducing punk-rock from Mission of Burma, delicate indie-pop from St. Vincent, and everything in between, including Amanda Blank, Anti-Pop Consortium, Here We Go Magic, Preacher and the Knife, Glass Ghost, Rain Machine, the Crystal Method, Les Savy Fav, and Midnight Masses. Bonus: a special guest drop-in from David Byrne. (Yes, again).
What's up with TV's cake-show obsession? Tonight kicks off the second season of TLC's Ultimate Cake-Off, which is yet another seven-layer look at bakers. How did cake shows join makeovers, families with 10 million kids, and ballroom dancing as a reality-TV staple subject? Is it that these shows act as prequels to the popular Biggest Loser? Whatever the reason, cake lovers have a plethora of options to choose from, so here's a handy, high-calorie guide to find the right show for you.
Cake Boss TLC
Amazing Wedding Cakes WE TV
Ace of Cakes Food Network
Ultimate Cake-Off TLC
Category
Reality
Reality
Reality
Reality competition
Log Line
The shouty Valastro family yells about flour and edible roses at Carlo’s City Hall Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey.
Four different bakeries around the country create couples’ dream wedding cakes.
A staff of hipster bakers turn out desserts at Baltimore's Charm City Cakes.
Baker contestants have nine hours to create a cake for a specific event, and are judged by technical difficulty and aesthetic appeal.
Main Character
Buddy Valastro, the mafioso-like cake boss, and the toughest guy ever to create Sesame Street characters out of butter cream.
The four bakeries offer a mix of personalities, from edgy Lauri Ditunno of Cake Alchemy in New York, to the bubbly upstarts at Merci Beaucoup Cakes in L.A.
Tattoo-laden Duff Goldman, whose rocker style translates to blow torches and power saws in his cake construction.
Host and Food Network personality George Duran, a more bland Tom Colicchio.
Cake Tastes
In Valastro's words, “over-the-top delicious.” In other words, edible bling.
Ethereal and floral, with lots of hearts, ribbons, and edible brides and grooms.
Weirder theme cakes, like edible Viking ships and telescopes.
Something for everyone, assuming everyone likes cake.
Target Audience
People who love The Sopranos, but also love frosting.
People who love Valentine's Day, but also love frosting.
People who love American Chopper, but also love frosting.
Apparently, Warner Bros. is convinced that so many Americans are stupid enough to pay $15 to see Clash of the Titans that it warrants pushing its release back a week and spending the extra money it costs to convert the film to 3-D. Because really, if we learned anything from the unprecedented success of Avatar, it's that no one wants to see Sam Worthington in just two stupid dimensions. [NYT]
Tavi interviewing model Siri Tollerød backstage at Christian Dior couture.
According to the Independent, fashion bloggers have lost themselves in the industry. Those Internet-savvy folk who once possessed the voices of honesty and reason have become slaves to designers and fashion houses in the interest of freebies, self-promotion, and the good seats at shows. In a sea of publications afraid of pissing off advertisers, and critics afraid of being banned from shows, they started off with the opportunity to say something different. But now, disgruntled magazine editors and industry veterans say, that time has past.
The Independent points a finger at Tavi, the polarizing 13-year-old blogger who stirred a small controversy when she sat front-row at Dior's spring 2010 couture show with a giant bow in her hair. (She later pointed out that she's short and her bow only made her as tall as other front-row guests.)
Sarah McCullough, Selfridges' creative concepts manager and an avid blog reader, said: "It's mind-blowing that bloggers like Tavi are at the couture shows and being showered with all kinds of gifts. It has soured things a little bit for me."
Robert Johnson, associate editor at GQ has a theory as to why bloggers like Tavi are so appealing to labels:
"Bloggers are so attractive to the big design houses because they are so wide-eyed and obsessed, but they don't have the critical faculties to know what's good and what's not. As soon as they've been invited to the shows, they can no longer criticise because then they won't be invited back."
Because so many glossy monthly magazines print scathing, honest reviews of the shows, and style spreads without kowtowing to certain design houses — also their advertisers — who forbid editors from breaking up certain looks or running those looks on certain pages. It's hard to find anyone in the fashion industry who doesn't fear pissing off a designer within an inch of their life. It's also hard to find people who will turn down a lovely gift from Christian Dior. If even the industry veterans and studied critics, as Johnson says, "know what's good," it doesn't matter a whole lot if they can't say what's not. (And some, like Cathy Horyn, are very open about being banned from shows for seemingly benign comments, and continue to pen what appear to be honest reviews.) But let's face it — when Tavi gets invited to a show, and sits front-row with a giant bow on her head and blue hair, or interviews Siri Tollerød backstage, people talk. Top buyers and many editors don't have that effect. Tavi is not just there because she won't write anything harsh.
London producer Kieran Hebden has made some of the most accessible electronica this side of Moby. As Four Tet, he has softened the instrumental dance music on records like 2003's Rounds and 2005's Everything Ecstatic with organic textures and samples. The hypnotic new There Is Love in You could surely sell a whole lot of cell phones or Volkswagens if he were inclined to sell it to ad makers. As it is, you'll have to buy the album. We spoke to Hebden about his foray into D.J.-ing, mixing rock and electronic sounds, and not being the type of musician to wear jewelry.
A striking tribute on the album is "Pablo's Heart," which is literally based on a recording of your godson's heartbeat.
This unborn baby's heartbeat had been sent to my mobile phone, and I played it on this big sound system in a club and it sounded like this crazy, mad, weird electronic sound. I remember thinking that it was so bizarre that a small little heart that was probably only the size of a pea was making such a big sound, and it was kind of like a gift to this little baby/ I put it on the album and named the track after him.
Many rock bands have moved toward incorporating electronic sounds over the past decade or so. Do you think that has left listeners more open to your music?
Yeah, definitely. When I started out ten years ago, people thought about electronic music and they instantly thought about quite extreme ends of it. Synthesizers and drum machines, lots of digital processing. Nowadays, everything is mixed together a lot more, and people don't even know what they're listening to.
How exactly did you end up scoring the final scene in the last Bond movie?
They contacted me and I went and met David Arnold, and he played me the all the multitracks from the sessions, and I just took away whatever sounds I wanted. I think I had, like, a day to make this piece of music — the deadline was really tight. A week later it was on at the premiere. It was a little bit weird for me because the kind of melodies and riffs they use in the James Bond music is so different from what I'd normally use. You just couldn't get away from the James Bond–ness of it. It was just, like, there, in every little string sound I was given. But I guess that's the point in some ways.
Has that led to more commercial work?
A lot of stuff that I turn down, people like Hummer and oil companies. It just doesn't sit very well. I'm not living in poverty or anything, so if I don't have some big project that I need to fund at the time, I don't really want to work with these guys who are ruining the planet. Fortunately, I sell enough records that it keeps me afloat and alive. I'm not like an extravagant pop-star guy or anything; I don't drive fast cars or live in a crazy mansion and wear jewelry. I don't think I bought any new clothes last year.
Specifically, they are like "Weep for the English Language and the Concept of Political Discourse Based on a Shared Set of Objective Facts Day."
Here are your buzz phrases that you will hear, verbatim, as the White House attempts to reintroduce the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (which is dead anyway). The main talking point is that this regulatory bill that the banks desperately want to kill is a "bailout." ...??
Consider this the start of a publicity blitz in which Jim Carrey gets asked by Oprah, the View ladies, Letterman, Ellen, and everyone else on tv “What was it like kissing a man?” and Carrey going “Honestly, it turned me on a little” and the audience going “wooooo!!!!”
It’ll be like the Chuck and Larry publicity carousel, but with a chance of being watchable.
Having seen Lady Gaga and others last night, I wonder, How do the stars go to the bathroom when they are wearing those long gowns, especially the ones with the long trains? Do they have...
• Victoria Beckham is on the cover of Glamour wearing one of this season's biggest trends: puppy scarves! Inside she gushes about her "extraordinary life"—you know,...
On March 14, 2008, three days before the the Federal Reserve organized the sale of Bear Stearns to JPMorgan at a fire-sale price, former Treasury secretary Hank Paulson found himself unable to concentrate on his favorite thing: birds. From his memoir, On the Brink: "Wendy and I went to the National Geographic Society to see The Lord God Bird, a terrific documentary on the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird so spectacular it made people say Lord God!! Normally, I would have enjoyed this immensely, but I was preoccupied with Bear Stearns." Fortunately, Hank's heroic actions have ensured that civilization did not collapse, and The Lord God Bird may yet make it to the big screen.
"You're not going to like it, George! She's an old maid! She never married! She's just about to close up the library!”
"Marriage rates in the U.S. for college-educated women have risen enormously since the 1950s," Stevenson said. "In 1950, less than three quarters of white college-educated women went on to marry by age 40 [compared with 90 percent of high-school graduates]. But today, 86 percent marry by age 40, compared with 88 percent of high-school grads." And 70 percent of black college-educated women marry by age 40, compared with 53 percent of those who never finished high school. The numbers are probably less favorable if you are horrible, though. [Newsweek]
Actor Rip Torn, who was arrested Friday night after allegedly breaking into a bank in Salisbury, Connecticut, appeared in court Monday and posted $100,000 bond.
Saks has settled, out of court, the lawsuit filed against it and other retailers by the Humane Society over improper labeling of faux-fur products. Some items sold at Saks, Lord & Taylor, Neiman Marcus, and Macy's contained raccoon-dog fur, but were labeled faux. Lord & Taylor settled in December, and Saks just settled out of court. They agreed to be more careful about fur labeling and to endorse federal legislation to end the sale of fur-trimmed things lacking complete information about where the hell the fur came from. Neiman Marcus is close to wrapping up its lawsuit with the Humane Society as well. Once a judge approves, they'll pay the Humane Society $25,000 and label their furs properly moving forward. Macy's is the only defendant remaining in the suit, and they didn't return calls to WWD. Maybe they're still taken aback by how adorable raccoon dogs are.
A website that specializes in making customized action figures (including a series of rather creepy political ones) has developed a Scott Brown doll. Following on the theme of this weekend's Saturday Night Live sketch about the Democratic conference going gaga over Brown's looks, the action figure features Brown's head on a well-chiseled body. There's even a semi-nude version, but it's only for adults. And Barney Frank. [Boston Herald]
The "Bump" was conceived after President Obama's commencement address at Note Dame University last year where he said he wanted "to find ways to communicate about a workable solution to the problem of unintended pregnancies."
When I first learned of the upcoming play A Behanding In Spokane — written by Martin McDonagh of In Bruges and many awesome plays fame, and starring Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken — I was excited, both for the impending awesomeness of the play as well as the never not-awesomeness of getting to see Christopher Walken do anything, ever.
After seeing Christopher Walken’s publicity photo for the show, I’m even more excited:
Leave it to the ladies of The View to get to the bottom of Robsten.
Yes, we know many of you are in an uproar over our earlier item about how Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are...
Wonder who is running out to buy Going Rogue, the Sarah Palin autobiography that is still hanging solidly onto a spot on the New York Times bestseller list? Sarah Palin, that's who! Following in the grand tradition of conservative book clubs and think tanks like AEI and the Heritage Foundation buying books in bulk for their membership, Palin's own PAC has spent $63,000 on copies of her own book. [ABC News]
It was a good weekend for Adam Lambert!
Not only did the American Idol alum hit the Grammys on Sunday, he celebrated his 28th birthday Saturday night in style.
The singer threw...
Padma Lakshmi hasn't revealed who the father of her baby is. It is elderly billionaire Teddy Forstmann? Venture capitalist Adam Dell? Or perhaps there's a third possibility?
We have no idea who this "Andy Dell" is—see below—but here's hoping it's this guy, since he's clearly the cutest of the bunch.
The University of Pennsylvania has started a version of our famed Sex Diaries, which they're calling, awesomely, Pennetration. In the first installment, a junior at the Ivy League school describes an encounter with a fellow coed that occurred after weeks of "silent but extremely eager horniness."
An excerpt:
We were in bed and I was going down on him. Luckily for him but unluckily for my jaw, Chris is well-endowed. He had above average girth but not to the point of needing magnums. This, unfortunately, made things slightly more difficult when it came to blow jobs and honestly, my jaw was exhausted after a good 5 minutes. That’s when I was like, fuck it, I’m just going to fuck him. What followed makes me laugh to myself because he had an almost shell-shocked expression on his face the entire time I rode him. I guess his social maturity had caused me [to] forget his sexual immaturity and I expected something slightly more passionate, or at least sexier. After he cummed and I de-mounted, I slipped into sleep as I thought to myself, “Wow, I probably shouldn’t have done that.”
Emphasis ours, because we can't imagine what will be more awkward for the school: the graphic language, or that it reveals Penn students can make it all the way to junior year without learning how to properly conjugate verbs.
Only 2.9 million viewers watched the season-seven premiere, which is a third less than the 4.2 million who watched the previous season's premiere. Television expert Robert Thompson posits that it's because the cast isn't very compelling. [Fashionista]
Lady Gaga didn't win any Grammys in the live telecast last night. But clad entirely in Armani Privé throughout the evening, she won fashion-wise in every respect. The Wall Street Journalwondered last week how she'd possibly top her six outfit changes at the Video Music Awards. From the moment she tottered out of her car in the spherical dress that looked to be wrapped with suspended ribbons of glitter wire, it was clear she was on an entire different plane from the VMAs. Any lace face coverings could not compete with the weapon-accessory she carried with her on the carpet as though a handbag. And if her sparkly green performance leotard felt tame, it was because she saved her most dramatic creation to sit in the audience and watch the rest of the awards. But none of the televised Grammy coverage — the pre-shows, the actual show, the post-shows — did any of her ensembles justice. Did you get a close-up look at her shoes? No? Well, friends. Then you don't know shoes. Take a look at Gaga's every look at every angle from this year's Grammys, including beauty, details, and her moment with Celine Dion, in the slideshow.
Torn was given probation last year in a Connecticut drunken driving case and allowed to enter an alcohol education program. He completed the first stage of that program.
Oh, that silly Russell Brand.
The British funnyman, 34, joked with People magazine yesterday that his and Katy Perry's wedding will be clothing-optional.
Obviously,...
It's that time of year when Vanity Fair features a bunch of young, fresh-faced actresses all hanging out, looking pretty.
For their March 2010 cover, the mag rounded up nine lucky...
HAIR
• Beyoncé went all out last night at the Grammys. Her makeup featured a sculpted, smoky eye with dark brows and nude lips, and her hair had tinsel woven in. [Girls in the Beauty Department/Glamour]
• Pink went gray. The singer dyed the top of her platinum-blonde hair so that it faded into a silver-gray hue and revealed the new look at the Grammy Awards last night. Kate Moss tried the look last week, but ditched it after a day. [StyleList]
MAKEUP
• Estée Lauder created two limited-edition products inspired by the work of artist Otto Dix — a crimson lipstick and a mirror compact. The Bauhaus-inspired pieces are coming out this March, timed in conjunction with the Otto Dix exhibit that is opening at the Neue Gallery in New York. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]
• Givenchy's artistic director of makeup, Nicolas Degennesnew, launched a new collection named New Impressions for spring. The pastel colors are inspired by the notion of a blank page, with the makeup serving as the pen to draw along the lines. [StyleList]
SKIN
• Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise reportedly got organic spray tans together. [Page Six/NYP]
FRAGRANCE
• Younger boys are using Axe body sprays to feel more masculine. Though the target demographic for the products are men ages 18 to 24, boys from 10 to 14 are buying the products. A middle school gym teacher on Axe: "It’s not necessarily a hygiene thing. If they’ve been sweating, they’ll use it as a mask instead of a shower." [NYT]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• A new survey released by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery states that Americans consider plastic surgery more mainstream than it was five years ago. The total number of plastic surgeries has increased by 100 percent since 2000. [Independent UK]
Not only do coats and sweaters on dogs look incredibly ridiculous, they serve no real purpose, since dogs can't catch the cold virus and in most cases they don't even notice when it's freezing outside. Even worse: Dressing up your dog can be downright "dangerous," say vets, since it interferes with how they regulate body heat, and that can lead to heatstroke. "If New Yorkers want to make a fashion statement, they can do it with a colored collar," says one vet. [NYP]
Here is what you're telling your significant other to get you for Valentine's Day: the DVD of The September Issue, which contains 90 minutes of never-before-seen footage, which is essentially an entire second movie. More Anna, more Grace, maybe even more André Leon Talley playing tennis. You can preorder now on Amazon and iTunes. [septemberissue/Twitter, Amazon]
Here are the front and back covers of today’s New York Post, both of which exclusively refer to Jets’ coach Rex Ryan giving the finger to a crowd of Miami fans who were heckling him in the stands at a mixed martial arts fight:
1) This is the only news story from yesterday? A guy giving a middle finger? I understand the Post is gonna print whatever gets New Yorkers’ attention, but the only three stories on the front AND back cover of the issue are “Jets Coach Flips The Bird,” “Finger Flippin Rex: I Was Stupid,” and “Steve Serby: You Sure Were!” They should’ve gone one better with “Another Columnist: Yeah Steve’s Right!”
2) When was the last time you were actually offended by someone giving the finger? It always seems so sad and dated — I’d be more offended if I cut someone off and they called me a jive turkey.
3) Much as I appreciate the pun, a middle finger would not cause a movie to be “X-Rated,” or even R-Rated. Perhaps this is nitpicky, but I hold Post headlines to the highest standard of pundom. I would’ve gone with “Big Fat Mistake”.
Over the weekend, the Times of London reported that Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein could walk away with a bonus of as much as $100 million, at least according to unnamed bankers the paper talked to at last week's World Economic Forum in Davos.
"This is Lloyd thumbing his nose at Obama," a rival banker told the paper. The bank dismissed the report today as "speculative nonsense," pointing out that Goldman's board of directors has "not yet made its final decision on executive compensation."
So the $100 million figure could have been completely made up or the report could be true, in which case Blankfein can look forward to another round of noisy protests outside Goldman's offices (and the NYPD can look forward to lots of overtime pay as it's once again forced to set up round-the-clock security around 85 Broad Street). Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Tonight Kelly Cutrone's Bravo show, Kell on Earth, premieres. We haven't watched it yet, but Kelly running her mouth has always been captivating on The Hills and The City. Just how will she behave on her own show, with an entire office to snap at without interruptions for Whitney to go on a date or walk down the street for five minutes in a short flouncy skirt? Well, as awesome as ever, judging by the preview clips Bravo released. However, it's a little disconcerting that a lot of the drama appears to stem from electronic equipment malfunctioning, which sounds boring, but could result in enough ranting and raving to make for entertaining television. Because when the printer breaks, fashion people, generally unable to fix things that aren't clothes or shoes, just start yelling at anyone, or staplers on their desks if no one's around.
In the first clip, the printer breaks at a critical moment.
Further shedding light on why fashion shows always start so late, here is a clip where the monitor breaks backstage and Kelly refuses to start until it's been fixed.
And here is an overview of how busy Kelly is as a fashion publicist.
AP - "The Play That Changed My Life: America's Foremost Playwrights on the Plays That Influenced Them" (Applause, 173 pages, $18.99), edited by Ben Hodges: Theater can be a transformative experience, particularly for those who choose it as a career.
Sandra Bullock also earned a worst-actress nomination for "All About Steve." She's expected to score an Academy Award nomination Tuesday for her hit drama "The Blind Side."
Orlando Bloom and Agyness Deyn star in the spring 2010 campaign for the Chinese label Me & City, shot by Terry Richardson. Bloom and Deyn play a Hollywood pair in the photographs, a couple that reads the paper, goes grocery shopping, and stops for fast food — such romantic, domestic scenes. But the duo has little chemistry. Instead, Orlando looks like he's looking past Aggy in every picture, gazing into the distance for his real girlfriend, Miranda Kerr. And the only time he looks really happy is when he's alone and playing with puppies. [Just Jared]
Sex and the City 2 comes out at the end of May, so get ready for a Sarah Jessica Parker summer cover blitz now. She's on Vogue's for June. Mario Testino shot her in Jersey City at a luxury residential development with the sweeping Manhattan views that, like the distracting musculature of a woman who never goes to the gym in her fictional life, have come to be associated with Carrie Bradshaw. Parker was spotted in a bikini, though Vogue denied that was all she wore. Maybe they gave her a jacket and shoes like Elle did. Too bad they beat Vogue to it. [Page Six/NYP]
The 2010 Oscar Nominees get announced tomorrow morning, so today’s our last chance to underestimate Hollywood with our 10 Best Picture Nominee Predictions. Will the Academy end up just doubling the list from 5 epic dramas to 10 epic dramas, or will the extra 5 options loosen people up to select movies from non-traditional genres?
Here, in order of my confidence they’ll be selected (and in no way reflective of my own thoughts on the movies), are my predictions for the 10 Oscar Best Picture Nominees for 2010:
1. Avatar
2. Up In The Air
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Precious
5. Inglourious Basterds
6. An Education
7. Crazy Heart
8. A Serious Man
9. Invictus
10. Nine
Invictus and Nine were both semi-flops, but history tells us that the Academy is far more likely to lazily vote for epic stuff that came out late in the year versus wasting time thinking about more creative (“actually good”) options. In a sane world, Up would be a no-brainer, but I could foresee it splitting votes with Fantastic Mr. Fox from whichever voters begrudgingly acknowledge that animated films are actual films.
Because the 10 Nominees thing is so unprecedented, though, we don’t yet know if the voters will loosen up genre-wise, foregoing so-so epic dramas in favor of highly successful action/sci-fi/comedy movies. I wouldn’t be totally surprised to see the incredibly well-reviewed District 9 or Star Trek sneak in there; some people are even mentioning The Hangover too, but that ain’t happening, we’ll go baby steps with Hollywood’s thoughts towards non-dramas here. Until the Academy gives me reason to believe otherwise, though, I’m keeping my list to mostly epic, issue-ey dramas and pictures with invincible studio momentum behind them. But I’d be very happy to be wrong.
After the jump, my personal list:
In order of nothing more than my personal enjoyment:
1. Inglourious Basterds
2. Up
3. The Hurt Locker
4. Big Fan
5. District 9
6. In The Loop
7. Anvil! The Story Of Anvil
8. Adventureland (did everyone forget this came out in 2009?)
9. World’s Greatest Dad
10. Up In The Air
(11. Watchmen)
I’ll also go ahead and predict that despite its semi low-profile release, Hurt Locker will take Best Picture, based partially on Hollywood’s ongoing willingness to let everyone know that they’re aware of issues, and partially on its undeniable awesomeness. I wouldn’t be completely shocked if Avatar just momentumed its way to victory, but I think it’ll sweep the non Picture/Acting categories and be content with 6 or 7 Oscar wins.
Your turn — 10 Oscar Nominee Predictions? Leave ‘em in the comments.
John McEnroejogging on Central Park West ... Peter Dinklagewalking his dog in the West Village ... Madonna arriving at JFK ... Keri Russellcarrying son River downtown ... John Lithgow leaving his apartment ... Jessica Szohr on the set of Gossip Girl in Brooklyn ... Ashlee Simpson arriving at the Ambassador Theater for a performance of Chicago ... and Jersey Shore's J-Woww posing for photos inside GLO nightclub on Long Island.
Reuters - Almost nine in 10 American teenage girls say they feel pressured by the fashion and media industries to be skinny and that an unrealistic, unattainable image of beauty has been created, a poll showed on Monday. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 1 Feb 2010 | 11:18 am
Undated file photo shows Spanish public service TVE television presenter Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano (R). Spain's two public television stations, which stopped airing advertisements on January 1, were the... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am
• Guy Metcalfe sold his apartment at 15 Central Park West last May for $11 million. Now the co-head of Morgan Stanley's real estate investment banking group and his wife, Lisa, have picked up a new, slightly more modest abode. The couple has paid $6.125 million for a 12th-floor, four-bedroom apartment at 90 Riverside Drive. [Cityfile, Corcoran] • Iris Marden, the ex-wife of retail heir James Marden and a broker at Stribling, has sold her penthouse at 7 Hubert Street. The three-bedroom apartment, which once appeared on the cover of Architectural Digest and first went on the market for $14.5 million in January 2009, sold for $11.5 million. [Cityfile]
• Financially challenged photographer Annie Leibovitz is selling her 220-acre compound in Rhinebeck for $11 million. She hasn't found a buyer yet, but at least one notable couple has expressed interest: David Bowie and his wife, Iman, toured the place recently. [NYDN] • Vicki Rosen-Solomon, the widow of private equity executive Adam Solomon, has closed on the sale of her co-op at 956 Fifth Avenue. The three-bedroom apartment, which the couple purchased in 2002, was first listed last September for $14.575 million and went into contract in December. It sold for $12.5 million to David Herro, a Chicago-based investor. [NYO] • Russian princess Dasha Zhukova has picked up a new house in LA. The art gallerist/Pop editor/girlfriend of Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich paid $19.15 million for a 9,000-square-foot Tuscan-style home. [Real Estalker]
Director Michael Bay next to a poster for his film "Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen" at Sony Studios in January. Big-budget "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Land of the Lost" have been nominated... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am
Big-budget "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" and "Land of the Lost" have been nominated for top of the flops at Hollywood's Oscars spoof -- the Razzies. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 10:09 am
Things aren't exactly looking up for Gov. David Paterson. Over the weekend, the Post reported that a state trooper discovered Paterson "snuggling" with a woman in a utility closet at the governor's mansion a couple of months ago. ("The trooper opened the door and the first thing he saw was the governor and a woman inside and the two of them snuggling together, embracing. There was nothing more than that, snuggling, and they had their clothes on.") Today comes word that Paterson only has $620,000 remaining in his campaign coffers, which is about 20 times less than what his presumed opponent, Andrew Cuomo, has amassed in contributions thus far. Don't count Paterson out just yet, though. He huddled with some of his supporters yesterday to hash out his "winning strategy" against Cuomo, so expect Paterson to turn everything around over the next few weeks. [NYP, NYDN]
• The cast of MTV's Jersey Shore officially signed on for season two over the weekend. (Although MTV may now be forced to rename the show, since the cast could be spending next season in the Hamptons.) If you need something to tide you over until the summer, you could always go out and pick up Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's new cologne, which is appropriately named "The Sitch" and smells like a mix of self-tanner, Axe body spray, and some random girl's perfume. [Us, NYP, P6] • So much for those rumors about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie splitting up. At the Director's Guild of America Awards in LA on Saturday night, the couple looked "as happy as can be," Pitt pulled a chair out for his wife (what a gentleman!), and he spent the evening gently caressing her back. [Us, People] • Did you miss the Grammys last night? Lady Gaga wore a dress that looked like a fifth-grade solar system science project before descending into a fire pit and then playing piano opposite a crystal-encrusted Elton John; Pink did a Cirque de Soleil-esque performance in a nude bodysuit, twirling on a trapeze and singing upside down; Beyonce won a record-breaking six Grammys; Taylor Swift walked away with four, including album of the year; and the crowd was treated to a 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson as well as brief speeches by two of his kids, Prince and Paris. Click through for the list of winners and the fashion highlights/lowlights. [People, NYP, NYDN, MTV, People]
• Four reasons why music mogul Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party on Saturday night got a little weird: Barbra Streisand supposedly "stole the show" and managed to outshine Rihanna (Babs is about to "make a big return to the pop music scene," apparently); the Black Eyed Peas will.i.am dropped multiple F-bombs during a performance; Ryan Seacrest gave a toast to Davis and "not a single thing he said got a laugh"; and Gerard Butler flirted with every woman in the room except for Jennifer Aniston, who he's supposedly dating. [P6, NYDN] • The Grammys weren't the only big awards show this weekend. The 2010 Miss America Pageant took place on Saturday night, and if you've ever wondered what it would be like to see right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh dance to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face," well, here you go. [TMZ, NYDN] • Rip Torn was arrested over the weekend after the actor, armed with a gun, smashed out the window of a Connecticut bank branch and passed out on the floor. He's since been charged with burglary and criminal trespass, although he now says he broke into the bank because he thought it was his own home. [NYP] • Lindsay Lohan must be really hard up for cash. Following in the footsteps of Paris Hilton, Pam Anderson, and Carmen Electra, LiLo has agreed to be Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner's paid date to the Vienna Opera Ball later this month. Lohan will be paid $150,000 for her "duties," and will have to sign autographs at one of his malls as part of the deal. Hopefully she'll be on her best behavior, since, according to Lugner, Lohan's "managers have told us to make sure that she doesn't drink during her trip." [NYP] • Actress Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are now engaged. [Us] • One couple that won't be getting engaged: Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend, who have broken up after nine years together, since their relationship had become "more like brother and sister than lovers" in recent months. [DM, NYDN] • It looks like super-secret mom-to-be Padma Lakshmi is having a girl, in case you happen to care. [P6] • If you thought that disgraced South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford couldn't possibly come off as more of an ass, you were wrong. His wife, Jenny Sanford, has a new tell-all coming out, which reveals the governor "pestered" her to see his mistress, even after she'd discovered he was having an affair. And not only was he unfaithful, he was cheap, too: He once took back a necklace he gave her for her birthday after a day. [NYDN] • Is Sarah Jessica Parker going to appear on the cover of the June issue of Vogue in a bikini? That's the rumor. [P6] • Danielle Staub of The Real Housewives of New Jersey is a changed woman. Or so she says. The former coke-loving escort claims she's become a "born-again virgin" and doesn't plan to have sex again until she's married. [People] • Michael Douglas appeared in court on Friday to post bail for his son, Cameron, who pleaded guilty to drug charges last week. He may also be cooperating with authorities in exchange for a reduced sentence. [NYDN] • Remember when Kayne West was caught on camera smashing a paparazzo's camera at LAX in 2008? A judge has dropped the criminal case now that Kanye has done 50 hours of community service for the Red Cross and has agreed to take an anger management class. [TMZ] • Jersey Shore's Nicole Polizzi (aka Snooki) didn't really snub Jerry Springer at Foxwoods last week, you'll be relieved to hear. "I wanted to meet you but couldn't," she informed Springer on Twitter the other day. "I kinda think ur awesome." [NYDN] • Tiger Woods' yacht, Privacy, was spotted returning to port in Florida yesterday, where it was restocked with food and other supplies. But Tiger—who is apparently still making amends/hiding out in sex rehab—was nowhere to be seen. [TMZ] • You can credit Elton John with saving another life. According to a new book, the singer/part-time interventionist was helped Donatella Versace kick her raging cocaine habit back in 2004. [NYDN] • Madonna is so obsessed with coconut water that she invested $1.5 million in the drink Vita Coco. Her manager, Guy Oseary, also decided to invest, along with several other celebs, including Matthew McConaughey and Demi Moore. [NYP] • Some guy named Romiro Benitez filed for a temporary restraining order against Paris Hilton over the weekend, saying that she threatened him physically, sexually, and financially. It's unclear what exactly Paris did to the guy and the restraining order was denied, but he'll have another shot at proving his case at a hearing next month. [TMZ] • Rachel Uchitel held her 35th birthday party in Palm Beach over the weekend, where she chain smoked, dirty-danced with friends, and then left with a full police escort, which we're sure was totally necessary. [Radar]
AP - "Red Carpet Ready: Secrets for Making the Most of Any Moment You're in the Spotlight" (Crown Publishing Group, $29.99, 288 pages): Are you planning a wedding or trying to survive a breakup? Or maybe you're unemployed. If you're experiencing high-pressure situations like these, Melissa Rivers has advice — and lots of it — in her new book, "Red Carpet Ready."
Whether it was the actual quality of the episode or just Jon Hamm’s irresistible, enchanting gleam, I enjoyed this week’s SNL, including a couple joke-filled political sketches, an absurd sax-playin’ Hamm digital short, and another solid Weekend Update, including this guest appearance from Jersey Shore’s Snookie (who’s looking a little less tan these days).
Don’t we all, in one way or another, seek to someday become Scarface Poster famous?
Beyonce won six Grammy Awards Sunday night, the most ever by a female artist, including the coveted “Pop Star Whose Name Your Mom Gets Right” Award.
20-year-old Taylor Swift took home the Album of the Year Grammy Award, becoming the youngest artist ever to do so. She opened her acceptance speech by unexpectedly yelling “Suck it, Silverchair!”
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepardgot engaged. It’s gonna be a rough, penisey morning for Jason Segel when he finds out.
Three Indian-American-themed comedies are currently being developed by networks, a likely result of Slumdog Millionaire’s success. Two of the pilots focus on a family of Indian immigrants adapting to the U.S., while the third is just Larry The Cable Guy yelling into a camera “why we can’t buy nuthin’ at yer dang convenience stores?”
Berlinale festival director Dieter Kosslick cuts a cake in Berlin to mark the anniversary edition of the upcoming Berlinale, the first major European cinema showcase of the year. The star-studded 60th... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 6:34 am
From a distance, Michael Jackson's iconic rhinestone-encrusted glove shimmers like a marquise diamond. A closer look, however, reveals that the piece of pop history is a rather less resplendent re-fashioned... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 1 Feb 2010 | 2:54 am
One of the death-defying crab-boat captains of Deadliest Catch is fighting for his life.
Phil Harris remains hospitalized in Alaska after suffering a stroke Friday while offloading his...
New Year's countdown cohorts Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper are getting so close they're almost like family.
Griffin has even met Mr. Silver Fox's mom, jill-of-all-trades...
Have you seen the new Lost promo? If so, have you managed to hinge your jaw back on yet?
To keep the spine-chilling teases going for tomorrow night's big final-season premiere,...
Cake Boss TLC
Amazing 
Ace of Cakes Food Network
Ultimate Cake-Off TLC
Having seen Lady Gaga and others last night, I wonder, How do the stars go to the bathroom when they are wearing those long gowns, especially the ones with the long trains? Do they have...
• Victoria Beckham is on the cover of Glamour wearing one of this season's biggest trends: puppy scarves! Inside she gushes about her "extraordinary life"—you know,...
Leave it to the ladies of The View to get to the bottom of Robsten.
Yes, we know many of you are in an uproar over our earlier item about how Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are...
It was a good weekend for Adam Lambert!
Not only did the American Idol alum hit the Grammys on Sunday, he celebrated his 28th birthday Saturday night in style.
The singer threw...
Oh, that silly Russell Brand.
The British funnyman, 34, joked with People magazine yesterday that his and Katy Perry's wedding will be clothing-optional.
Obviously,...
It's that time of year when Vanity Fair features a bunch of young, fresh-faced actresses all hanging out, looking pretty.
For their March 2010 cover, the mag rounded up nine lucky...
• Guy Metcalfe 
• The cast of MTV's Jersey Shore officially signed on for season two over the weekend. (Although MTV may now be forced to rename the show, since the cast could be spending next season in the Hamptons.) If you need something to tide you over until the summer, you could always go out and pick up Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino's new cologne, which is appropriately named "The Sitch" and smells like a mix of self-tanner, Axe body spray, and some random girl's perfume. [
