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Friend says Jesse James wants to save marriage (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 2 Apr 2010 | 4:15 am Friend says Jesse James wants to save marriage (AP)
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 Telegraph.co.uk | Friend Says Jesse James Needs Time, Space to Heal ABC News AP Jesse James' friend and attorney says the biker businessman is "a broken man" right now and is hoping rehab and some privacy will help him recover. Joe Yanny tells The Associated Press that allegations of marital infidelity and the ensuing media ... Sandra's scandal worsens with Nazi photo Jesse James scandal gets worse Donald Trump blames golf for Tiger Woods' sex addiction; Trump has kind words ... |
 Mansfield Today | Santa Cruz County churches hold Good Friday observations Santa Cruz Sentinel The Rev. Daniel Chubb of Shorelife Community Church kneels in a prayer labyrinth set up for contemplation and to observe the Stations of the Cross Today is a somber one for Christians around the world, and Good Friday events marking the ... Christian Ethic Cross transformed into a symbol of hope messages of hope for Good Friday |
 Reuters | Sam Worthington stars as Perseus in the remake of the 1981 fantasy BBC News Clash of the Titans director Louis Leterrier says Avatar prevented him from filming it in 3D. Leterrier wanted to use 3D cameras to shoot his Greek mythology epic. But the technology was so new the only ones in existence had been booked by James ... Movie review: 'Clash of the Titans' is a poor remake of the original Review: Performances Give Weight To 'Titans' Gods, monsters revisited in 'Clash of the Titans' |
 Washington Post | Sheen quits New York Post Troubled Charlie Sheen says he's leaving his hit CBS sitcom, "Two and a Half Men," at the end of the season. Sheen, who returned to the "Men" set last month after a stint in rehab, will call it quits after taping his final episode ... Source: Charlie Sheen wants to bow out of sitcom Charlie Sheen wants $1.5m per episode for hit show Charlie Sheen May Leave 'Two and a Half Men' |
 The Age | Anna Paquin: 'I'm Bisexual, and I Give a Damn' ABC News "True Blood" star Anna Paquin revealed that she is bisexual in a service announcement for the True Colors Fund, an advocacy group for gay rights. "I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual, and I give a damn," she says into the camera. ... 'True Blood' star Anna Paquin: I'm bisexual Anna Paquin Announces She's Bisexual For Equality PSA Anna Paquin comes out as bisexual |
Craig Ferguson has always been hesitant to talk about the fiasco at NBC and last night, after guest Robin Williams wouldn't drop the subject, he explained he felt like Conan had become Joe Pesci's character in Goodfellas (prompting, of course, a De Niro impression from Williams). David Frum, now something of a Conan O'Brien figure in the conservative movement, appeared on The Colbert Report and explained why the current GOP strategy of repealing health-care reform is mathematically impossible. Needless to say, he probably should have made his argument on a show where the host listens to facts. On his show, David Letterman ran into some trouble operating his iPad, and on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Ricky Gervais confronted Fallon's awkward interview style instead of suffering through it as most guests do. Watch our compilation to see what you missed.
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Filed Under: last night on late night, conan o'brien, david frum, ipad, late night wars, ricky gervais, robin williams, this thing of ours, tv, video
Greenberg Pair To Reteam For Popper's?: Ben Stiller and Noah Baumbach, who just paired up for Greenberg, may be working together on another project. The duo are both in talks to bring 1938 children’s book Mr. Popper’s Penguins to the big screen. Popper's tells the story of a house painter who ends up with a family of twelve penguins, named Popper's Performing Penguins, a "stage act that goes on tour and causes mayhem at every stop." As we already pointed out though, we're having trouble getting excited about a penguin movie that doesn’t feature the Madagascar variety. [Variety]
Three, Again: Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Mr. and Mrs. Smith) is in talks to direct Warner Bros.’ remake of The Three Musketeers. Strangely, British director Paul W.S. Anderson is already working on a 3-D adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas story for Summit. Perhaps this will play out like the infamous Antz/A Bug's Life "rivalry," just with French swordsmen instead of animated insects. [Variety]
Idols Reunited: Clay Aiken and Ruben Studdard, the final two contestants in the second iteration of American Idol in 2003, will join forces for a co-headlining summer tour spanning the East coast and midwest. Meanwhile, Kelly Clarkson still hasn’t responded to a text message Justin Guarini sent her in 2008. [Billboard]
Daldry Takes On Close: Stephen Daldry (The Hours, The Reader) will tackle another literary adaptation as he will direct Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s 9/11-themed novel. The book focuses on Oskar Schell, a nine-year old who searches New York for the lock that matches a key given to him by his father, who was killed in the September 11 attacks. So all that stands between Daldry and an Oscar nom is, well, finding an Oskar. [HR]
Toni Finds Foster: Toni Collette and Ioan Gruffudd will star in Foster, a Jonathan Newman-directed film about a couple who decides to adopt after their own son is killed when, all of a sudden, “a boy unexpectedly arrives on their doorstep.” Sort of takes wish fulfillment to a whole new stratosphere, huh? [Deadline]
Meloni Approaches Legends: Law & Order: SVU star Chris Meloni is spending his own money to option Legends of A Suicide, a collection of five short stories and a novella written by David Vann about a relationship between a boy and his Alaskan father, eventually leading to the father’s suicide. Meloni plans to direct and star in the film, and will write the first draft of the script. “The guy’s writing just seduced me,” Meloni said, which we just can’t help but find totally adorable. [Deadline]
Chad Tags In: Chad Lowe has joined ABC Family’s drama series Pretty Little Liars, based on the Alloy series of novels about four teen girls who begin receiving mysterious messages. He will replace Alexis Denisof in the role of lead actress Lucy Hale’s father. “Look at me now, Hilary!,” Lowe bellowed after getting the news, accelerating along the freeway. [HR]
An Album A Decade: Reflection Eternal, the duo consisting of rapper Talib Kweli and producer/rapper Hi-Tek, who debuted their first album in 2000, will reteam after a long ten years to release their follow-up, Revolutions Per Minute, on May 18. They may want to consider renaming the album VERY FEW Revolutions Per Minute, just so they don’t, you know, give anyone the wrong idea. [Pitchfork]
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Filed Under: the industry, alexis denisof, ben stiller, chad lowe, chris meloni, clay aiken, doug limon, extremely loud and incredibly close, foster, hi-tek, ioan gruffudd, jonathan newman, legends of a suicide, movies, mr. popper's penguins, music, noah baumbach, pretty little liars, reflection eternal, revolutions per minute, ruben studdard, stephen daldry, talib kweli, the three musketeers, toni collette, tv
Considering the controversy leading up to it, Sarah Palin’s Fox News program, Real American Stories, was perhaps most notable for its relative lack of controversy. As Times critic Alessandra Stanley put it, Palin “gave a competent, but generic performance, as cheery and bland as any news anchor’s in the mainstream media she deplores.” In a tightly scripted showing, she spent the program primarily by introducing taped stories about inspiring Americans (the taped interview with Toby Keith made the cut, as did one with Jack Welch).
But Sarah being Sarah, she of course squandered no opportunity to convey her indefatigable spirit for all things patriotic and all things American, as captured in this highlight reel of her most America-riffic moments.
The TV Watch: Palin’s Canned ‘American Stories’ [Arts Beat/NYT]
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Filed Under: america's sweetheart, fox news, jack welch, real american stories, sarah palin, toby keith, video
What’s the next best thing to scoring arguably the year's hottest part for a young actor in Hollywood? Scoring the role of the hottest part’s sidekick! Sebastian Stan, best known at this point in his career for playing Carter Baizen on Gossip Girl and dating Leighton Meester in real life, was one of the rumored finalists a few weeks ago for the role of Captain America, which eventually went to Fantastic Four alum Chris Evans. But it seems the casting directors were so charmed by the Romanian-born actor that they found a place for him in the franchise, casting Stan as Bucky Barnes, Captain America’s sidekick, who is a “teenaged orphan” in the comics and joins Captain America in his “Nazi-fighting escapades” after discovering the hero’s identity. Let's hope for the actors' sakes there were no Blair/Serena-style catfights in the waiting room, as Evans and Stan are going to be spending a lot of time together: according to insiders, Stan, like Evans, has signed on for "five or six" films in the series. [Heat Vision/HR]
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Filed Under: captain america, chris evans, gossip girl, movies, sebastian stan, the industry
 Boston Globe | 'Miami Medical' Los Angeles Times The victims are many and the injuries gruesome. But CBS' new drama about a crack trauma team shows that the truly hurting are the doctors administering the aid. Jeremy Northam plays Dr. Matthew Proctor, part of a crack trauma team. ... TV preview: Hank Stuever on CBS's 'Miami Medical' They Treat Trauma but Not Oddballs The outdated 'Miami Medical' is a TV trauma all on its own |
 CBC.ca | Washington area Easter egg hunts Washington Post Easter is Sunday, which means you have one more weekend of egg hunts before the Easter Bunny vanishes for another year! BUNNYLAND Friday, Saturday, Monday and April 10-11 from 9 am to 3 pm Activities include a rubber ducky derby, pedal tractors, ... On the cheap | Egg-cellent Easter events Final weekend for Easter egg hunts Easter egg hunt in Oak Lawn |
President Obama, who has been signature-happy since passing health-care reform, has now signed off on a new security check procedure for people flying into the U.S. The new protocols will leverage intelligence information and assessment of threats to help identify passengers who could have “links to terrorism.”
“It’s much more tailored to what intelligence is telling us and what the threat is telling us, as opposed to stopping all individuals from a particular nationality or all individuals using a particular passport,” a senior administration official told the Times.
The idea is that this new system will not rely on matching names to no-fly watch lists, but rather use “fragments of information” about a passenger - family name, nationality, age, etc. - and cross-check them with intelligence reports to see if there are any red flags. The reports will constantly be changing (they are "built around present-day threat situations"), and the official made sure to stress that this isn’t “profiling in the traditional sense… it is intelligence-based.”
This system replaces the one hastily launched in January - after a Nigerian passenger attempted to blow up a plane landing in Detroit - in which passengers flying into the country from a list of designated countries were forced to undergo mandatory screenings. Had this new system been in place back when the "Underwear Bomber" attempted to get on his flight, the official said, “we would have had one more chance to stop him.”
Security Checks on Flights to U.S. To Be Revamped [NYT]
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Filed Under: homeland security, air travel, barack obama, umar farouk abdulmutallab
There's never a better time to be in rehab than when you're getting busted back home.
Jesse James was cited for vandalism Thursday for allegedly roughing up a paparazzo's car...
 Sydney Morning Herald | Jennifer Hudson's 'Dream' diet Boston Herald By Inside Track “Dreamgirls [trailer]” big gal Jennifer Hudson is now a Skinny Minnie thanks to Weight Watchers. The Grammy-winning musician and Academy Award-winning actress has signed on as the weight-loss plan's spokeswoman and will share her diet ... Jennifer Hudson to Be New Weight Watchers Spokeswoman Hudson supports Weight Watchers, Boys & Girls Club Jennifer Hudson Joins 'Watchers' For Son, Husband |
S. Epatha Merkerson, who has been on Law & Order for longer than any other cast member (16 years!), has asked to be released from the show after this season. Merkerson gave producers enough warning so that the writers will be able to give her supervisor Lt. Anita Van Buren a proper send-off.
"It’s a graceful way to go," she said. "It’s time to move on. I’m doing other things and this will be a great way to leave what has been an extraordinary gig."
If Merkerson had stayed on just one more year, she could have been a part of history, as Law & Order is poised to become the longest-running series on television ever if it is picked up for a 21st season.
S. Epatha Merkerson leaving 'L&O' [HR]
Exclusive: S. Epatha Merkerson exits 'Law & Order' [Ausiello Files/EW]
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Filed Under: departures, law & order, nbc, s. epatha merkerson
No no no no no no no no! No!
That's denial for you—the first stage in the grieving process over tonight's terrible Tribal Council tragedy on Heroes vs....
AP - "What do you see?"
AP - "What do you see?"
CNN isn’t the only network hemorrhaging viewers in prime time this year. ABC World News, hosted by Diane Sawyer, has posted its lowest first-quarter ratings since Nielsen began tracking them in 1987. And things are no better at CBS, where Katie Couric’s Evening News hit a new low for the first three months of 2010.
But don't count out network newscasts just yet. NBC is actually doing better than in recent years, as Brian Williams’s Nightly News scored its best first-quarter ratings since 2005. Some experts are citing the Olympics for the boost, though we like to think his recent string of winning comedy spots may have had something to do with it.
A Tough Quarter for Evening Newscasts on ABC and CBS [Media Decoder/NYT]
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Filed Under: in other news, abc, brian williams, cbs, diane sawyer, katie couric, media, nbc, tv
 Telegraph.co.uk | The Sarah Palin effect Los Angeles Times She causes a buzz, but for Fox News' 'Real American Stories,' the early results are mixed. Sarah Palin hosts a Fox News show. (Gary Williams / EPA / March 26, 2010) By Matea Gold Reporting from New York - Sarah Palin's new series on Fox News, ... Sarah Palin's 'Real American Stories' 'Real American Stories': Whatever it is, it's Palin Sarah Palin special airs after interview disputes |
Before you know it, your Twitter feed and bar conversations will be dominated by America's favorite guidos and guidettes once again. MTV has picked up its core cast members to drive them down to Florida, where the second season of the reality juggernaut will be filmed. The cast is reportedly being kept “in total lockdown” and MTV has banned the use of cell phones during the trip southward. TMZ says Snooki and JWOWW were picked up in one car, while Pauly D and The Situation are riding down in a separate chariot. Apparently Vinnie, Ronnie and Sammi are just going to have to hitch rides and hope for the best. [TMZ]
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Filed Under: jersey shore, florida, mtv, tv
"Well, I think that when you listen to Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck, [their "on-air vitriol"] is pretty apparent, and it's troublesome ... But keep in mind that there have been periods in American history where this kind of vitriol comes out. It happens often when you've got an economy that is making people more anxious, and people are feeling like there is a lot of change that needs to take place. But that's not the vast majority of Americans. I think the vast majority of Americans know that we're trying hard, that I want what's best for the country." —Barack Obama, in an interview with CBS's Harry Smith today, when asked if he is "aware of the level of enmity that crosses the airwaves" about him [HuffPo]
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Filed Under: barack obama, glenn beck, media, rush limbaugh
Charlie Sheen’s recent legal troubles do not seem to have had an effect on his self-worth. After People reported earlier today that Sheen wanted off CBS' Two and a Half Men when his contract expires at the end of this season, explaining that the actor “wanted to move on," a TMZ report tonight says that not only is Sheen looking to renew his contract on TV’s most-watched comedy, he’s asking for a major raise. Sheen, who could face jail time when he appears in court in July on felony and assault charges stemming from a Christmas Day fight with his wife, currently makes about $825,000 per episode. He is looking for $1.5 million per episode, TMZ says, significantly higher than the rumored Warner Bros. offer of $1 million an episode. Well, if Sarah Palin can score a million an episode, maybe Sheen kind of has a case. [TMZ, People]
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Filed Under: charlie sheen, cbs, tv, two and a half men
Anti-abortion activist Scott Roeder was handed down a minimum mandatory life sentence, without the possibility of parole for at least 50 years, for the murder of George Tiller, a late-term abortion provider in Wichita, Kansas. Tiller was one of the few doctors in the U.S. providing abortions to fetuses past twenty weeks of gestation. Roeder, 52, admitted to stalking Tiller for a few months before the shooting, which took place as the doctor attended Sunday church services, and Roeder told the court that “he had to kill [him] to save unborn babies.” [Reuters]
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Filed Under: justice, abortion, george tiller, scott roeder
Family squabbles definitely belong on Twitter, don't you think?
If you thought Lindsay Lohan's tweets from early this morning were fabulously nasty, get a load of dear old...
Basically, what all of our mothers think. During a routine evening-time phone call to Mother Judy in Aventura, Florida, the conversation quickly devolved into her thoughts on the world’s most hated Cheater and Maybe-Nazi, Jesse James. Here is how the conversation went down:
Mother: You know who I hate? Jesse James. I hated him already last year on the Celebrity Apprentice. To me, I’m thinking ‘What kind of a celebrity is this? What does he do?’ Where did Sandra scrape him from? The bottom of a shoe? I think it has to be.
And then all these tattoos and this Nazi thing? You know? Really? I hope he dies.
Anyone who likes Hitler? I don’t understand! It’s like it’s chic to like Hitler! First Simon [Ed. Note: Of Real Housewives fame] now this animal? I hope they both die.
If she ever goes back to him, I’ll never spend a dime on her movies. And I loved this girl, I even liked that, uh, What About Steve. Even! She is sweet and a talented actress. But to marry this kind of hunk of sh*t? Seriously! Fooy. I can’t handle it. He’s a pig and I hope he dies in his own manure. Ma – Newer. (laughing) It’s a great word “Ma Newer.”
[This segues into a 10-minute long conversation of a Seinfeld that was on yesterday. We refocus:]
Me: Do you think she knew about his Nazi stuff?
Mother: If she knew it, I’m going to be very disappointed.
Me: Well, you know apparently he had a snowboard on the wall of his shop with a swastika on it.
(Very long silence…)
Mother: Well if she knew that this guy is into Nazi paraphernalia… then I spit on her as well. I’m sorry, but really.
*The end*
Stay tuned tomorrow for Mother’s Real Housewives recap.
Paging Alec Baldwin: Charlie Sheen apparently needs some help getting through the hit-sitcom blues.
No fooling, the oft-troubled actor is planning to leave Two and a Half Men after this...
Justin Bieber is going mad with power. Breaking Dawn is breaking all sorts of odd—and conflicting—news. And Jennifer Aniston is coming clean about Gerard Butler?
Say,...
If Alexander Skarsgård and Kate Bosworth aren't dating, then they must be, like, totally best friends.
While the True Blood hunk, 33, and the 27-year-old actress have shown...
Right now Nicki Minaj is every rapper’s favorite rapper, but she’s just graduated from awesome guest verses on other, more famous people's songs to her very own debut single, “Massive Attack.” The video was released this week, and is kind of a snooze: Hype Williams directed it, but apparently did so without an actual Hype Williams budget, as it’s lots of too-long shots of Nicki and Kanye’s GF Amber Rose driving through the desert in a really expensive hot pink convertible (it surprised us too, but turns out that is a boring thing to put in a music video). More importantly: can Nicki Minaj get really, really famous now? We think, and hope, so! The immediate appeal is obvious, but beyond the sassy weirdo girl rapper thing is a legit, funny MC (“now I know I got the ammo / that's why I bulletproofed the Lambo / in the Middle East on a camel”) who blessedly deviates from the traditional female hip-hop role of mostly talking about how good at sex you are. As far as we can tell, “Massive Attack” isn’t a single from any impending studio release, so maybe on top of amassing lots of buzz, Nicki’s also figured out a revolutionary post-music-industry-collapse distribution model?
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Barneys had been scouting Brooklyn for a location for years before settling on a space on Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill. Barneys executive VP Karl Hermanns calls the store "overdue." From the Daily News:
"I don't think you'll find a single woman around here to complain about Barneys coming to town," she said. "Pretty soon, I'll be able to get all my shopping done in Brooklyn. A few more nice restaurants and I might swear off the city altogether."
But the paper did find a man to complain about it.
Jon Light, 57, a musician who lives two blocks from the future Barneys, wasn't so thrilled. "It's just more of the Manhattanization of downtown," he said.
"When I think Barneys, I think of SoHo and Chelsea and all that pretension," he added. "That's one of the things I like about living in Brooklyn, it's not pretentious."
So says the person complaining about a Barneys Co-op.
Barney's Co-op joining Trader Joe's and Urban Outfitters in downtown Brooklyn [NYDN]
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In this month's Avenue (it's a society magazine, move on), Vanity Fair scribe Vicky Ward is interviewed about her upcoming book, The Devil's Casino: Friendship, Betrayal, and the High Stakes Games Played Inside Lehman Brothers. In a story titled — and we did not make this up — "Vicky Victorious," writer Michael Shnayerson painstakingly explains how beautiful, competent, and talented Ward is as a writer, mother, and British person. You know what's fun about this? Shnayerson and Ward are buddies from Vanity Fair, where they're both contributing editors on the rich-people beat. Here's some of what Shnayerson has to say about his pal interview subject:
At 40 Ward is a deadly combination of perfect blonde and posh Brit, oozing charm and volubility in Cambridge-modulated tones: even the grumpiest ex-Lehmanite, one senses, would spill the beans to her.
In between tales of how Ward tracked down the story of the fall of Lehman, there are more fawning details:
Naturally, Pressler went blond for the shoot.Photo: Avenue, Patrick McMullan
Ward is whip-smart, keenly ambitious, blithely self-promoting and simply unsquashable. Slam a door in her face and she'll go around the back.
"What can you say about Vicky that she hasn't already said about herself?" says Vanity Fair Editor in Chief Graydon Carter. "As a reporter, she's nothing if not dogged. And as a colleague, she can inspire feelings of amazement, exasperation, and compassion, all in equal measure." ...
One night, Ward went to the opening of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express. She greeted a girl she'd known at Cambridge who introduced her to her new employers, the Webbers. Standing beside the Webbers, Ward realized, was Prince Edward. Only days before, a fire had broke out at Windsor Castle. The Royal Family had stayed mum on its cause and who would pay for the damage. In a twinkling, Ward was chatting up the Prince and getting his comments on the fire, a coup that Ward's editors played as front-page news.
We had no idea you could do this! Get paid money to interview your work buddies and make them sound great! We're going to start doing this. Right now!
At, um, 29, Jessica Pressler is a deadly combination of expensively highlighted auburn hair and faint middle-class Massachusetts accent, firing out wisdom and one-liners like she had a chili omelette for breakfast: Even the most curmudgeonly high dudgeon megabank spokesperson, one senses, would spill the beans to her ...
Pressler is public-school smart at the very least, increasingly beaten down by work, but somehow cautiously optimistic — probably because of the booze. Also, she's unsquishable, we think, but we've never made an attempt. Slam a door in her face and she'll open it again, invite you to walk through it, and then slam it in your face and go, "I can't believe you fell for that. Again."
"Jessica keeps a clean desk and rarely orders smelly food for lunch," says nymag.com's Lane Brown, who sits sort of near us. "One time she bought us all tequila shots at an office party."
One time, Hank Paulson used the phrase "make it work" twice in an interview about financial regulation. So Pressler had the brilliant idea of calling Tim Gunn, who coined that exact phrase on Project Runway. "I love it," Gunn said. "'Make it work' is the perfect phrase for him to use in his situation. It says 'you're not getting any extra resources. You're not getting any special treatment, you're not getting any more funds. Be creative with what you have and make it work.'" But then Pressler called a Treasury spokeswoman, who said that actually Hank "is not watching a lot of TV these days," so he wasn't really quoting the show. Anyway, that was a thing that happened one time.
Hmm. Maybe we just don't have the knack for this.
Vicky Victorious [VickyWard.com]
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Filed Under: white people with money writing about white people with more money, avenue, lehman brothers, media, michael shnayerson, vanity fair, vicky ward
Settle a bet between friends: I say Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are stars just in the tabloids. My friend says they're A-listers who actually earn their money....
Electus, the new company of deposed NBC wunderkind (and Vulture hero) Ben Silverman, will partner with Silverman buddy (and The Cove producer) Fisher Stevens on a documentary about the decision-making process. According to Variety, participants will face decisions ranging from "a wealthy couple in Los Angeles deciding where to purchase a house to a mother in a developing country figuring out how to feed her children, to a man on death row." Also, presumably, a former NBC co-chairman debating whether to rent five white tigers or six for the party celebrating the announcement of his new documentary. [Variety]
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Filed Under: ben silverman, fisher stevens, movies
Sandra Bullock has been avoiding the cameras since the sad story of her husband's affair broke. But she was photographed yesterday hiding under a giant floppy hat that has become a slight sensation. It's $30 and from The San Diego Hat Company's 2007 line. Bullock may have purchased it at Fedora Primo in Santa Monica, where she shops sometimes. [ET]
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Filed Under: hats, sandra bullock
The New York Weddings Event hits the Metropolitan Pavilion on April 7, and The Cut has a pair of tickets to give away to the big day. This annual event kicks off bridal season by gathering the industry’s top talents to help you plan a wedding as dreamy as Gisele's probably was, with none of the drama. This year's expo features over 100 vendors, including Mark Ingram Bridal Atelier, J.Crew Bridal, Del Posto, Landmarc Catering, and Ron Ben Israel Cakes. So if you want to win two tickets to the event and a gift bag with seriously fabulous things in it, leave a comment explaining your craziest wedding-planning moment so far. Throw cake at your fiancé at the tasting? Pick a hideous dress for your maid of honor on purpose? Let us know! And if you haven't done something crazy, well, what kind of bride are you? Kidding! Make something up — it's not like we'll know.
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Filed Under: put a ring on it, contests, weddings
According to Modern Family creator Christopher Lloyd, the iPad placement in last night's episode was not paid for by Apple, but just something the writers felt like doing. He tells the Hollywood Reporter:
"In fact, there was no product placement. This was widely assumed, and everybody was wrong. We wanted to do a show about Phil getting very excited about a new product and it seemed the perfect one to use, since it was debuting [April 1]. We approached Apple about getting their cooperation (using the product, for example, and they are notoriously secretive about their products prior to their being launched) and they agreed and gave us a few other small concessions. But there were no stipulations as with normal product placement, i.e. we give you X dollars and you have to feature our product such-and-such a way and say such-and-such nice things about it. We are not angels — we have made those agreements with other companies. But that was not the deal with Apple. It was all story-driven."
Sounds to us like Christopher Lloyd just really wanted a free iPad.
'Modern Family' co-creator explains iPad use [Live Feed/HR]
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Filed Under: ipad, christopher lloyd, modern family, tv
We giggled a little at the opening paragraph of a story in this morning's Post:
A Park Slope woman is suing Williams-Sonoma for $2 million, claiming one of the high-end homeware company's serving trays broke in her hand, slicing off the end of her left ring finger.
Oh, a Park Slope lawsuit, we said to ourselves. Against Williams-Sonoma. In which the victim is a ring finger! How silly! How bourgeois! How Brooklyn!
Then we read on.
In her Brooklyn federal lawsuit, teacher Laurie Maher-Samra claims there were no warnings against heating the Deruta Simple Small Oval Platter, which she put in her oven to melt the cheese on her nachos.
At this we felt slightly different. Nachos. Not so yuppie-ish, really, maybe. And then! The story got positively Gothic.
Doctors tried to reattach the digit, but her finger became gangrenous and had to be removed, according to her lawyer.
GANGRENE. We thought people stopped getting that after the Revolutionary War! Give this woman her $2 million! And they should maybe give us $2 million, too, because we may never laugh at a lawsuit against a household product again.
Finger-slice Brooklyn suit [NYP]
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Filed Under: everyday things that might kill you, crime, lawsuits, scary things, williams sonoma
Looking at the way health care panned out, John Heilemann wonders when it came to energy reform whether Obama had another option than to soften up on offshore drilling. [NYM]
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Filed Under: early and often, barack obama, energy reform, offshore drilling, offshore oil drilling, politics
Rising music star Nicki Minaj visited the BET set of 106 and Park yesterday wearing a white Alexander Wang dress ($560) and a pair of open-toe boots from the Versace spring 2010 runway show. She finished the look with chunky gold jewelry, gold Minx nails, and a green wig.
Do you like how she mixed and matched designer items?
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Filed Under: look of the day, alexander wang, designers, nicki minaj, versace
In theaters tomorrow is Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?, the sequel to his 2007 relationship drama Why Did I Get Married? And while we haven’t yet seen it, we’re already deeply appreciative of it. Why? It’s the name. Perry wisely avoided the pedestrian sequel-naming technique of slapping a “2” onto the original, going with the far more elegant “too.” Read it to yourself; it’s just right, isn’t it? In tribute to the title, we ran through a few other prominent sequel-naming possibilities Perry wisely avoided for Why Did I Get Married Too?
Roman Numerals, e.g., Trancers II, Halloween II
An obvious no-go: Yes, roman numerals are classier, but the title would read exactly the same out loud, thereby make people wonder why the producers actively avoided the more sensible “too” spelling.
Tweaking the Name to Suggest an Increase in Intensity, e.g., Die Hard With a Vengeance
Why Did I Marry My Ass Off? Why Did I Get Even More Married? The trailer does make the movie look insane. But it's probably better to lull the viewers into a false sense of security with a calm title, thereby making the nuttiness more effective.
Adding a Subtitle, e.g., Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
So clunky! It’s the most common sequel-naming technique, but the original title is just too long for a subtitle to work. To wit: Why Did I Get Married: The Drama Continues, Why Did I Get Married: Seriously, Why? Yeah, no good.
Adding Words That Clearly Indicate Previously Introduced Characters Have Returned, e.g., Batman Returns, Dennis the Menace Strikes Again
Why Did I Get Married Asks Again? Too threatening. The question, and its implication of major whole-life-impacting screw-ups, is scary enough on its own.
Adding a Location, e.g., Bad News Bears Go to Japan, Ernest Goes to School
The movie is set in the Bahamas. But naming it Why Did I Get Married Goes to the Bahamas would insinuate that the four couples at the center of the drama are part of a crew they’ve named “Why Did I get Married,” which is not the case.
Abbreviations, e.g., D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3: The Mighty Ducks, TMNT
WDIGM: 2. Ugh.
Adding a "Vs.", e.g., Freddy vs. Jason, Alien vs. Predator
Marriage vs. Divorce? That’s what this movie’s about, right? Kind of makes it sound like a super-boring, super-depressing town hall–style debate, though.
A Completely Different Name, e.g., Army of Darkness, Clear and Present Danger
Generally a classy call. But Tyler Perry makes so many same-y looking movies that viewers would assume it was any other Tyler Perry movie, thereby losing the marketing pull inherent in the specific association with the successful original.
Yeah, Why Did I Get Married Too? is indisputably the right call. The lesson here? Always do what Teen Wolf did.
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Filed Under: part two, janet jackson, movies, tyler perry, why did i get married too?
Like the tide, the Law & Order cast comes and goes in waves.
This season, Dick Wolf's 20-year-old mothership is poised to lose S. Epatha Merkerson, currently the most veteran...
Dear Tina Fey,
If you need someone to play me on 30 Rock, you should totally cast—who else?—me!
And not just because my company Comcast bought your company ...
The Daily Mail asks, "Why does Karl Lagerfeld need so much luggage when he wears the same thing all the time?" Shows what they know about fashion. [Daily Mail UK]
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David Tepper, the brass-ball-possessing hedge-fund manager who made $7 billion scooping up stock of Bank of America and Citigroup during the crash, topped Absolute Return and Alpha magazine's annual "Rich List" for 2009, one of several on the list who made money betting for and against financial stock in the roiling markets. Meanwhile, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit and former Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis are two of many CEOs who saw their paychecks take a gigantic slide.
Pay of Hedge Fund Managers Roared Back Last Year [NYT]
CEOs See Pay Fall Again [WSJ]
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Filed Under: white men with money, brass balls, business, david tepper, finance, hedge funds, sexy john arnold of centaurus energy
Interview's iPad version will come out on April 3, the very day the iPad itself comes out. This makes them the first fashion magazine to go Pad, beating out Condé Nast titles Vogue and W, which should soon enough spawn Pad-ready versions of themselves. But it makes sense, because the people who subscribe to Interview are probably the same people who got up early to order a Pad whatever day it went on sale.
The next issue of Interview doesn't come out until April 12, so the special people with iPads get to see it more than a week early. And the iPad Interview is an audiovisual package, including 330 screens of images and a video by Bruce Weber. The issue includes a story on Ke$ha, and the Jersey Shore spread Terry Richardson shot a little while ago. Just imagine, enjoying a nice iced soy latte at Mudspot this spring with your iPad, casually iFlipping through the latest Interview before anyone else, marveling at the Jersey Shore male's remarkable and disturbing physique. Yuppie extremism at its best.
Interview Becomes First Fashion Magazine to Debut iPad Version with April 2010 Issue [Fashionologie]
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Filed Under: technology, interview, ipad
The massive poop bubbles that have been plaguing residents of Indiana were manually deflated today, "emitting a pungent stench that wafted across fields on a warm spring breeze," reports The Wall Street Journal. For the paper, which documented the growth of the bubbles — which were were inflated with gas from 21 million gallons of decomposing cow manure — in loving detail last week, their disappearance seems bittersweet: "As they deflated Thursday," writer Lauren Etter observes, "the bubbles wrinkled like raisins in the sun." The locals were slightly less lyrical: "I'll be tickled to death when the bubbles are gone," said one.
Burst Manure Bubbles Cause Big Stink, but No Explosions [WSJ]
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Filed Under: monsters, bubbles, manure, poop, poop bubbles, poop will kill us all, the middle of the country, the midwest, the other states
Listen. Jesse James is probably not a Nazi. Even his mistress, Michelle “NaziBombshell” McGee, is probably not a Nazi. She’s definitely closer to being a Nazi than Jesse James is, but that’s not what I’m going to get into here. What I’m going to get into is Jesse James’ recent explanation for the picture of him wearing an S.S. hat and sieg-heil-ing.
The hat was a “gag gift” to Jesse from his Jewish godfather, attorney Joe Yanny told CNN. As further evidence his client is no neo-Nazi, he added that Jesse spent a month in an Israeli kibbutz.
I say this with no irony: Oy.
Here’s the thing. I get Nazi jokes. I really do. If somebody gave me a Nazi hat, I would probably put it on and sieg a hearty heil. But what I would not do at the same time as that is be famous and take a picture of it. In the event that I did, however, I would certainly not try to explain it away with a “some of my best friends are Jews who give me Nazi hats” explanation. And furthermore I would not add that I spent a month in Israel on a kibbutz. You know who else spent a month on a kibbutz?! Hitler! (Probably not true.)
Works Cited: Huffington Post
Most everyone the world over has heard about or believes in the man, the legend, Jesus Christ. Really, everyone: Sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wastoids, dweebies, d*ckheads. They all adore him. They think he’s a righteous dude. But one thing we’ve never quite pinned down is what Jesus looked like. A few things are understood: He was probably white, had a beard, tons of abs… but really, his actual face is still a mystery.
Well, the History Channel has taken it upon themselves to figure out what Jesus looked like in their upcoming Easter Special The Real Face of Jesus, airing April 3 at 8 PM ET. Using much more outdated 3-D technology than what you probably saw in Avatar, and the controversial Shroud of Turin, scientists have painted a picture of the real Jesus. And wanna know what?
Jesus looked a heck of a lot like the Parking Attendant from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. So much so that we decided to put this little game for you together. For each photo, you have to guess… Is it the Real Jesus? Or Ferris Bueller Parking Attendant? Rinse your eyes out with some water from the Dead Sea and get your paper and pencils ready… here we go:
ANSWERS:
UPDATE: A quick Google search of actor Richard Edson revealed this:
NO ONE HAS EVER DATED HIM. Richard, call me. We’ll work something out.
HAIR
• Amber Valletta appears on the cover of Italian Vogue's April issue with an ultra-combover. It's almost like a hair hat. [Modelinia]
• Hairstylists are making more and more house calls for regular cuts, touch-ups, and treatments, rather than just special events. The stylists make extra money, and their clients don't have to put their lives on hold and travel places. [NYT]
• Sunsilk signed hairstylist Teddy Charles to co-create a line of hair products for the Hydra TLC Collection, one of four collections he worked on for the company. To celebrate, he's touring shopping malls throughout America to host Battle of the Brushes competitions featuring local stylists. Yes: hair-offs. [Talking Makeup]
SKIN
• This spring, Bobbi Brown will launch a line of brightening products that help lighten skin and dark spots. The makeup artist said she was inspired to create the line after meeting a lot of women when traveling around Asia, where brightening creams are popular. [StyleList]
FRAGRANCE
• Sephora in France will launch a new fragrance inspired by actress Josephine Baker, as part of the company's series of scents inspired by music. They already have a Sex Pistols fragrance. [Now Smell This]
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Filed Under: beauty marks, amber valletta, beauty, bobbi brown, fragrance, hair, italian vogue, Josephine baker, skin, sunsilk, teddy charles
With the ability to instantly broadcast everything from mundane childhood firsts to talented kids singing, dancing and acting, parents who seek the spotlight for their children are capitalizing on the online medium to catapult them to stardom.
Paul Labrecque recently added a new 3-D Facial to his spa menu, and it costs $1,000. We stopped by recently to give it a test run, and to answer: Is this facial worth more money than our rent? And, if so, will it at least provide us with a brand-new face?
The 90-minute treatment consists of three parts. You begin with a round of microdermabrasion to exfoliate. Then the skin is ready for its first laser treatment, Laser Genesis, which feels like warm beams of pulsating light and is meant to tackle fine wrinkles, large pores, and uneven skin texture. The most painful part is the finale, which calls for the Laser Titan, a laser meant to tighten skin. Even though the Titan's heat had to be adjusted numerous times, our face still felt like it was being scorched by a branding iron. According to Labrecque's laser specialist Carmen Tosado, the extreme heat “bruises” the collagen in skin, which promotes new growth, and in about two months you start to notice firmer skin as the fresh collagen develops.
So, is the mini-torture session worth it? Technically, $1,000 is a deal for the treatment. À la carte, a regular Laser Titan session at Labrecque is $1,100, while Genesis and microdermabrasion treatments go for $425 and $150 at the salon, respectively. And while we didn’t get a new face, skin definitely looked more radiant and our fine laugh lines were slightly diminished, though it's worth mentioning that less expensive facials with other top aestheticians have achieved the same results. To be fair, Tosado did say it takes two months to see a change, so we’ll be patient. She also recommended multiple treatments. Until then, we’ll consider spending a grand on something useful, like Louboutins. At least we can count on those to be far less painful than the Titan.
Paul Labrecque East, 171 E. 65th St., nr. Lexington Ave.; 212-988-7816
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Just a quick piece of advice to the former child stars, obscure character actors, and long-forgotten nuggets of nostalgia floating around in the obscure-celebrity ether: DO NOT DIE TODAY.
If you die today, April 1st of 2010 A.D., the internet will never frickin’ believe you, and any family member of yours or news outlet that attempts to break the tragic news of your death will only be mocked by bloggers who aren’t gullible enough to fall for that crap. Even if you have video of the celebrity hooked up to a flatlined heart monitor next to a grieving widow holding up today’s New York Times cover, we’re not even gonna give it one second of thought until April 2nd.
So if you’re planning to OD, or suffocate while asphyxiating yourself, or just die in some other spastic or unbelievable fashion, even though I know that’s your job, PLEASE wait til tomorrow to make it happen, or at least to let the news out. If you die today, it’s only gonna make things awkward for both of us tomorrow when your grieving mother finds our April 1st post called “FAAAAKE: Nice try, Kimmy Gibbler, but we ain’t fallin’ for that crap!”
Deal? Deal.
Today's Times article about the Sartorialist Scott Schuman having a problem with a Sartorialist parody blog is interesting, but not because of the phenomenon of the Sartorialist parody blog, of which there are many. (And for the record, the cat version called the Catorialist, which we noted a little while ago, is the best.) But it's interesting because we get to see how the Sartorialist's Internet fame has changed him.
“It just didn’t sit right with me,” Schuman said of one such parody blog called the Fake Sartorialist. It's run by Eduardo Cachucho, and consists of Schuman's images ripped directly from his blog, but Photoshopped to look more ridiculous. It's a cute idea, ha-ha funny most of the time. But Schuman went out of his way to write Cachucho and ask him to stop even though Cachucho gets barely a fraction of the traffic Schuman does.
Mr. Schuman said his site receives about 250,000 hits each day; Mr. Cachucho said his gets about 50. But Mr. Schuman said he was still bothered by the unflattering depiction of his subjects. “Now everyone feels the Internet is a free-for-all,” he said.
Though the legal rules with altered photos like Cachucho's are hazy, Schuman can invoke copyright protection to get him to stop. Cachucho has agreed not to rip any of Schuman's photos anymore and only create original content. But Schuman, being a street-style blogging pioneer who popularized the genre, thereby helping turn Fashion Week into a spectacle that is now so much more meaningful than it once was, should know that the Internet, at its core, is a free-for-all! Has he, as an Internet fashion superstar, lost his way? Next thing we know he'll only do print work.
The Sartorialist Blog Is a Victim of Knockoffs [NYT]
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Filed Under: bloggers are people too, scott schuman, the sartorialist
Relationship between Mills and her former nanny soured when she refused to give the nanny $6,000 to undergo breast enlargement surgery in the spring of 2008
How a Christian band is achieving something no rock band has ever been able to.
Fashion Wire Daily - The mood at Levi's for Fall 2010 is distressing - but only when it comes to denim.
Whitney may "work" at People's Revolution on The City, and they have in turn worked for her legitimately as producers of her fashion show. But they have not, and do not, represent her day-to-day, and will not as she moves forward in her enchanted life (Alison Brod will take on that lovely task). As we've seen in Kell on Earth, there's enough drama in that office without having to clarify, oh, why Whitney likes swishy pants that turn five different colors depending on the light. [Daily Front Row]
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Filed Under: inner city life, alison brod, peoples revolution, whitney port
On Sunday, Christian families will gather all over the world to celebrate Easter, the day when Jesus Christ was brought back from the dead. To celebrate, people paint eggs in Martha Stewart inspired pastels, go to church, and eat styrofoam sugar renderings of baby chickens.
But perhaps the most symbolic entity Easter has to offer, other than a relaxed J-man, is a soft and cuddly Easter Bunny. It’s the one day a year people actually give a care about rabbits. But you know? We secretly think the rabbits might not be too super-psyched about it. Laying eggs? Getting their ears pulled by thousands of small children, their fingers stained neon, their eyes swirling from chocolate sugar highs? “No thank you.” — All rabbits. Which is why we’ve compiled this list of The 50 Most Depressed Easter Bunnies. Despite what you are about to see, we’d like to wish you a very Happy Easter!
Apparently, Heidi and Spencer Pratt announced yesterday that they are adopting Native American Names in an attempt to be more spiritual. Heidi is now White Wolf and Spencer is now Running Bear.
Sure.
Let me first explain why this is not controversial. Everybody is in agreement this is stupid. There is no controversy. We’re all on the same page. This is what Heidi and Spencer do. They do something idiotic and then we all talk about it. And that’s fine. They’re making a good living off of it and nobody gets physically harmed.
I only explain that so that I can say this: Hey Native American spokespeople, there is no need to make a statement about this. We’re already on your side; we’re already all generally offended by Heidi and Spencer. Making a statement cannot possibly benefit you because — Oh, what’s that? You already had a representative from the Rosebud Sioux Tribe make a statement? To TMZ? Oh boy. Well let’s read what you had to say:
“Continued stereotyping such as this by people ignorant of our traditional ways is very disrespectful and only hurts our efforts to curtail these stereotypes.”
Oh… Actually, that’s pretty good; very well stated. I stand corrected. Wait. You have one more thing to say?
“[We're espeicially upset because] the names they have given themselves are legitimate names in our tribe.”
NOOOOOOOOOO! You messed UP!!!! Now we’re all just thinking about how it’s a at least a little funny that those are legitimate names. And you also gave Heidi and Spencer credit for being accurate. You have to listen to me when I talk to you about public relations.
(By Way Of TMZ.)
 Reuters | Didi Benami: 'It's been a crazy-cool ride' USA Today When Didi Benami got on to American Idol, she wasn't prepared for the level of scrutiny she was about to receive. After all, she told reporters during an exit-interview conference call Thursday, "I wasn't an avid American Idol watcher. ... Bye-Bye to Didi Didi Benami Says She Was 'Just Riding The Wave' Of 'American Idol' Didi Benami on 'American Idol': "It Was a Cool, Crazy Ride" |
AP - "A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke" (Basic Books, 238 pages, $26) by James Horn: John White was the leader of one of the first English settlements in the New World.
Fashion Wire Daily - Remember not to look into Medusa's eyes, or you will be turned into stone. That's the reminder that graced the black-carpet gala at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Wednesday, March 31, as "Clash of the Titans" descended from Olympus to celebrate.
You know when you’re like…pretty drunk; you’re okay, and you can think straight in your own head, but you’ve basically lost the ability to speak normally with any confidence? Well that happened to Bruce Willis at a Hornets/Lakers game.
Ah, man, Bruce. We’ve all been there. Fortunately for us, we don’t have to talk to a sports journalist about Bruce Willis movies when that happens. Being a celebrity looks really hard.
The youngest of the Kardashian gals decided flashing photographers was the best way to get some attention.
WARNING: SOME PHOTOS NSFW
American Idol has been, by all accounts, PAINFULLY TERRIBLE this season. Even the singers we like — namely Siobhan Magnus — have been bombing as of recently, and we wonder: “How did these people make it into the Top 10?” This week, one of the few singers we thought had real potential, Didi Benami, was sent packing, while other much less talented people, like Katie Whateverhernameis, continue to embarrass themselves week after week. Either this season is some sort of ploy to get people to watch the all new American X Factor, or the country has run out of people with good voices.
Because this season is just so, so inexplicably terrible, BWE.tv is proud to announce a new weekly feature called American SuicIdol, where we string together the worst notes from each singer in a glorious cacophony of epic proportions that may or may not make you want to off yourselves entirely. Those of you who have so boldly proclaimed that you are ditching this season can thank us for saving you two hours of your life by suffering through the following 43 seconds.
This video has Beyonce’s “All The Single Ladies” it it. You know what that means: it will be on everything! It also has a baby in it. And you know what that means: See above!
Clearly the best part is the look on the blue shirt girl’s face when the kid first begins crying. She is very unhappy with that dad. “Daaaad-UH! she says with her her eyes.
(Thanks, reddit.)
There’s no better way to promote safe sex than with a condom mannequin made up to look like Tiger Woods, if Tiger Woods was one of those future people from South Park and wore Payne Stewart’s wardrobe with a reverse Nike logo and everything about it was terrible:
“A horribly-designed mannequin of a high-profile sex addict has pants made out of condoms? I better start wearing condoms!” – Every High School Student
The teen star says "The Last Song" is going to be a "really great romance."
The singer and reality star has had her fair share of highs and lows and now she is sharing her wisdom with female fans.
Unlike the wildly popular Fox show, contestants in the Middle Eastern version recite traditional and original poetry rather than sing.
“You can do whatcha want to do . . . in Living Color!” This hot 90s comedy show launched even hotter stars.
AP - "The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott" (Amy Einhorn/G.P. Putnam's Sons, 334 pages, $24.95), by Kelly O'Connor McNees: In "The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott," Kelly O'Connor McNees speculates on a summer of love that not only became a lifelong passion for Louisa May Alcott, but also fueled her writing.
AP - Jet Li still is fearless, still a hero, but he's showing new and richer acting moves in "The Warlords," his latest Chinese historical epic that teams him to good effect with fellow Asian superstars Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro.
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