Celebirity

Definite or indefinite hiatus

2008-09-17T20:24:00.000-07:00

Since having a baby, I haven't been able to devote the kind of time I would like to Celebirity so I'm going to be leaving it be for a while. I'm not sure if I'm coming back to it or not, but in the meantime, whenever I get a moment or two, I post at Joan & Melissa along with ma gal, Nicole. So check us out there!

Head explosion will occur

2008-08-25T14:30:00.000-07:00

OMG, this encompasses one of my favorite things: Asian babies. The babies were used to show how we feel on a daily basis as the workweek chugs along. Brace yourself for some serious cuteness.

Holy moly!

2008-08-09T09:09:00.001-07:00

Wow, this is out of left field. Bernie Mac has died from complications of pneumonia. He was only 50 years old. Wow... RIP Bernie.

Bernie Mac, who for the past 30 years made the public laugh with an over-sized comic persona in film, television and comedy clubs, has died of pneumonia, PEOPLE has confirmed. He was 50.

"[He] passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital," his rep, Danica Smith, told PEOPLE. "No other details are available at this time. We ask that his family's privacy continues to be respected."

On Aug 1, Mac was admitted to a hospital at Northwestern Memorial hospital with pneumonia said his rep, adding that he was expected to recover, despite widespread rumors about the seriousness of his condition.

Born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough in Chicago, Mac began his career as a stand-up comedian in the small comedy clubs of his native town. As a founding member of the Kings of Comedy comedy tour – the success of which spawned Spike Lee's 2000 concert movie The Original Kings of Comedy (also starring Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer) – Mac was able to spotlight what would become his rapid-fire delivery. This effectively launched him into the big time.

The Bernie Mac Show, which ran from 2001 to 2006, often poked fun of Mac's own life and proved a favorite of both critics and audiences – receiving a prestigious Peabody Award, as well as honors from the Television Critics Association (for best individual achievement in comedy). [People]

Cool gal

2008-08-07T11:35:00.000-07:00

Kate Hudson seems to have her head screwed on tight. And she seems like she's got her priorities straight.

Kate Hudson may be reluctant to chat about recent romances, but there is one man about whom the star is not shy about gushing--ex-husband Chris Robinson.

"We can talk about Chris till the dogs come home. I married Chris, I had a baby with Chris, Chris will be in my life for the rest of my life," Hudson, 29, says in the September's W magazine.

"It's so hard for me, because I'm so open, to hold back. I could really just go on forever about this stuff," she says. "But everything else – I've learned that things are better left private until you're actually planning the wedding."

Hudson also talks about her ex in terms of her son, Ryder, now 4. "We iChat with Chris constantly," she says. "No matter what is going on in my life, relationship-wise, Chris takes absolute precedence. It's important for Ryder to hear me say how wonderful Chris is, and how much Chris misses him."

With turning 30 on her horizon next April, Hudson says, "Am I gonna look back and say, 'God, I wish I could have gone to that ... concert?' I'd rather be listening to my son sing songs. I'd rather be watching him sleep." [People]

My love for Anderson has grown

2008-08-07T10:25:00.000-07:00

While cohosting Regis & Kelly the other day, Anderson had some awesome observations on La Lohan's little sister and her dumb-ass reality show.

While guest-hosting on "Live with Regis & Kelly" Monday, Anderson let loose on the Lohan family, including calling their E! reality show, "Living Lohan," a "train wreck."

"Allegedly a 14-year-old girl, looks to be about 60. I say that with concern and love," Anderson said of Dina and Michael's daughter, Ali. "She allegedly wants to be a singer and or actor-slash-performer of some sort, striptease person, I don't know."

Ali's mother, Dina Lohan, fired back at the CNN newsman, telling OK! Magazine, "People are just cruel! This is bad karma for him."

Anderson kept the war of words going on his show, "AC360," last night, responding to Dina.

"Let me just reiterate, I feel bad for the 14-year-old daughter. She seems like a nice person, but she should be a kid, not in a [reality show]," Anderson said. [Yahoo]

16 Aarons

2008-08-07T09:00:00.000-07:00

This is such a cute story. All the baybays (16 of 'em in Season 4 alone!) who have played Aaron on LOST had a reunion in Hawaii. Turns out 13 of the kiddos are girls. It's kinda disturbing and so LA that the casting director describes the females in this way: Females tend to have the rounder face and they don't age as quickly. Holy crap woman! These babies are only a year old! And I really hope they were joking when they said that Baby Julia (last baby mentioned in the article) be kept at a certain weight. Oh, and I so want one of those t-shirts for Mika.

Yesterday at Kapi'olani Park, 16 former celebrities and more than twice that number of friends, assorted family members and hangers-on proved it's best to be a has-been before you recall being famous in the first place.

If nothing else, fame in moderation makes for an impressive scrapbook when you're old enough to know what all the fuss was about. Meanwhile, the picnics can be a riot.

Thus, 13 girls and three boys who all played the role of Aaron on Season 4 of the popular series Lost ate, laughed, cried, frolicked, and did all the things babies are known to do. In this case, they each fit a remarkably similar bill — round-headed, blond-haired cuties clad in black "Baby Aaron" T-shirts.

On the Lost series, Aaron is the mysterious child of the character Claire, who was pregnant when she survived a plane crash on an island where the series takes place.

But although Aaron is a boy, most of those who have portrayed him have been of the gentle persuasion. "Females tend to have the rounder face and they don't age as quickly," said Julie Carlson, the Lost extras casting director who has rounded up a total of 76 different babies to play Aaron on the series since the show's second season. "Plus, the boys squirm more."

Some bundles of joy arrived at the picnic bearing gloating rights. Sabrina Baker, at 11 months and 14 days, had cover girl credits. "She has been on the cover of TV Guide," said Sabrina's mom, Ann Baker, who suggested to Carlson that a Season 4 "Baby Aaron" picnic would be a delightful idea. "Actually, she was inside TV Guide, too, and Entertainment Weekly, and she had tiny pictures in People and US magazine."

Then there was birthday baby, Lily Loose, who turned 1 yesterday and was all smiles and funny noises as she gleefully munched a cracker to a messy pulp. Her folks, Lori and Jay Loose, were among several military sets of parents at the picnic. "How'd we get into show business?" said Lori with a laugh. "We saw the article that Julie put in the paper looking for blond-haired, blue-eyed babies. Lily was only 4 weeks old at the time, and my husband called me and said we ought to check this out. And we did, and she had her audition."

Carlson, whose search for 10- to 17-pound babies with the right look never ends, said the audition basically consists of seeing how well the babies react to the hubbub of the film set. Some infants, such as Loose, are laughers. Others, such as Josie Weinert, 12 months and 12 days, are cryers. "She's been in some stressful scenes," said Weinert's mom, Nino Fiorentino. "And she cried in every one. She doesn't usually cry. See, that was acting."

Sure enough, during the pandemonium of a group shot of all the babies, there was much angst, confusion, and fussing. Several babies attempted to flee in apparent horror. But Josie was cool and composed throughout, apparently preferring to weep on cue.

"Everybody switch," quipped Patrice Scott, a Lost nurse, during the group shot. "Pick the baby you really want!" Most offspring wound up with their original parents.

Meanwhile, Carlson was still recruiting. Emerson Reifsteck, the eldest babe at the bash at 16 months, nearly staged a comeback. "I might be able to use Emerson again," said Carlson, sizing up the child. "How much does she weigh?" But Emerson weighed in at a almost 20 pounds. "Right now we're not ready to go over 17 pounds," explained Carlson.

Moments later, Carlson lifted Julia Mueller, a 9-month-old 17-pounder who was in the fourth season finale. Carlson said she'd like to use Julia in Season 5. Gina Mueller, Julia's mom, was ecstatic. "She's kind of a peanut," said Mueller. "I have a cat that weighs a half-pound more than she does." The trick would be to make sure Julia stays leaner than the cat. "No more Froot Loops for you," Mueller told Julia, who merely cooed and giggled at the prospect. [Honolulu Advertiser]

A dose of Suri!

2008-08-06T15:46:00.001-07:00

It's been a while since we've seen pics of Suri and here she is, hanging with Katie around NYC. What a doll. Suri, that is.

Lucky bitches

2008-08-05T13:56:00.000-07:00

I think I might go out of my mind eventually, but these broads are lucky bitches regardless. It would be nice to devote one day to one thing and do it leisurely and well. And to have time to persue a hobby in depth (I will sew, dammit, I WILL!). Everyone will be much calmer and no more that ridiculous scampering around during one's lunch break, after work, or on the weekends to get all the shit done.

"What do you do all day?" is a question Anne Marie Davis, 34, says she gets a lot. Davis, who lives in Lewisville, Texas, isn't a mother, nor does she telecommute. She is a stay-at-home wife, which makes her something of a pioneer in the post-feminist world.

Ten years ago, she was an "overwhelmed" high school English teacher. "I didn't have time for my husband, " she says, "and I didn't have a life." She presented the idea of staying home to her husband, a Web engineer. "I told him it was something I wanted to do, and he supported it. It was a great relief."

Dr. Scott Haltzman, author of The Secrets of Happily Married Women, says stay-at-home wives constitute a growing niche. "In the past few years, many women who are well educated and trained for career tracks have decided instead to stay at home," he says. While his research is ongoing, he estimates that more than 10% of the 650 women he's interviewed who choose to stay home are childless.

Daniel Buccino, a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine clinical social worker and psychotherapist, says stay-at-home wives are the latest "status symbols." "It says, 'We make enough money that we both don't need to work outside the home,'" he says. "And especially with the recent economic pressures, a stay-at-home spouse is often an extreme and visible luxury."

Davis says her life isn't luxurious. "Tuesdays are my laundry day," she says. "I go grocery shopping on Wednesdays and clean house on Thursdays." Mondays and Fridays are reserved for appointments and other errands. But her schedule also allows for charity work and leisure: reading, creative writing and exploring new hobbies, like sewing.

It's a lifestyle, Davis says, that has made her happier and brought her closer to her husband. "We're no longer stressed out," she says; because she takes care of the home, there are virtually no "honey-do" lists to hand over.

"If you told me years ago that I was going to be a stay-at-home wife, I would have laughed at you," says Catherine Zoerb, 27. Yet after the Wichita, Kansas, resident finished graduate school in 2005, she found herself unemployed, childless -- and strangely happy. With her husband's support, Zoerb decided to just stay home. "I was able to clip coupons, do all the chores and make nice dinners," she says. "I was much less stressed and tense."

But she was concerned, too -- about not using her master's degree in English and how future employers would view her work history. "I worried about gaps in my resume," she says. And there was something else: "I thought about the feminist movement -- all those women who worked so hard so that I could go out and have a good career, and I was kind of saying 'no thanks.'"

Recently, Zoerb took a temporary job at an engineering firm. It will boost her resume, and although the Zoerbs don't need the money, it will help pay down their mortgage. Still, she hopes to return to stay-at-home wifedom soon.

"I'd never say that a woman shouldn't work," she says. "But I don't see what good it would do to work in a job that I couldn't stand, and if I have the choice not to, why wouldn't I take that opportunity?"

"Everyone seems to be OK with women staying home when they have kids," says Davis, who currently doesn't plan to have children. "I've actually heard people say that women who don't work are a drain on society."

Don't be too quick to judge, says Haltzman. Women might give up a job to focus on an advanced degree, pursue artistic or creative goals, or deal with health issues.

Surprisingly, though, Haltzman says the biggest draw is homemaking itself. "Many women I talk to take care of the household seriously, and they want to focus on caring for the home, whether or not it involves children."

Sometimes a wife's desires don't align with her husband's. "I hear frustration from men whose wives choose not to work," Haltzman says, "but only if there are financial stresses. One of the realities is that few men appreciate the scope and difficulties of managing a household."

Kirk Zoerb is an exception: The 27-year-old engineer says he's happiest when his wife is jobless. "When Catherine stays at home, I feel the house is more together because she has the time to do things like in-depth cleaning and can be more attentive to the garden," he says. "She also has more time to find good deals at secondhand stores, garage sales and at grocery stores." As a couple, he says, "we have more energy and are generally emotionally healthier."

Still, "I don't believe that the woman has to be the exclusive cook, cleaner or shopper, and I don't believe the man must be the breadwinner. I wouldn't mind staying at home while Catherine works!" [CNN]

Babies # 7 and 8?

2008-08-05T08:45:00.000-07:00

With the debut of the twins just a mere three weeks ago, Angelina's supposedly been looking in China as the location from which to adopt next. Since we've heard that the twins were a surprise, it might be that Angelina was in the process of searching for the next child when she found out she was pregs with Knox and Viv. The recent earthquake has prompted her to look there. She is even willing to take on siblings so that they will not separated. At this rate, Brad and Angelina will be the Duggars of Hollywood.

Angelina Jolie is considering adopting another child. The 'Wanted' actress - who gave birth to twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline last month - was so affected by footage of the recent earthquake in China she is contemplating giving a home to a child orphaned in the natural disaster.

A source told Britain's Star magazine: "Angelina is devastated over the earthquake that occurred in China in May. She has been in constant touch with relief workers as part of her UN involvement, and even got her hands on photos of a few orphaned kids. "She's made overtures offering a home to one earthquake orphan, or even two if they are siblings."

As well as the twins, Angelina and her partner Brad Pitt also have three adopted children Zahara, three, seven-year-old Maddox and Pax, four, as well as naturally conceived Shiloh, two.

Angelina, 33, recently revealed her newborn babies are keeping her busy, but she is getting plenty of help from the rest of her family.

She said: "It is chaos, but we are managing it and having a wonderful time. Shiloh calls the twins her babies. She and Zahara pick out their clothes, help change and hold them. It's sweet - they are like little mommies." [China Daily]

Who knew that about Laverne?

2008-07-28T15:09:00.000-07:00

Hmmm... you learn something new everyday. Laverne liked the dark meat, who knew?

Remember the days?

2008-07-19T07:37:00.000-07:00

This seems like forever ago when Angelina first had Maddox and then Zahara came along. Maddox made his appearance in 2002, a mere 6 years ago. Six years, six kids. I may be in the minority here but I would love for Angelina and Brad to keep having kids.

I'm not surprised by this

2008-07-18T13:20:00.000-07:00

For some reason, I'm not shocked by this. I got the gut feeling that these two weren't totally lovey-dovey and it seemed like maybe Salma needed some junk to make herself a baybay. She is in her early 40s so I'm sure the biological clock was ticking. Maybe they were strong at first and then it fizzled? And on Oprah, I think she said something to the effect of how her and Frenchie live separate lives but that they come together well and how it's a big to-do when they visit each other.

From the Oprah interview:

I thought I was going to have to work really hard at getting pregnant because of my age, but then I just got pregnant. After I got pregnant, I don't know why, [but] the [ceremony] part of it is not necessary because we have such a huge commitment for each other. I don't know that we have to go through the rituals.

[Men] have to work every day to continue to keep you wanting to marry them. They have to work at it a little bit, so it's sort of sexy. I know people, once they get married, something happens, and I don't know what it is, but something happens, and then they are not as in love with each other.

Every time he comes, it's an event. And every time I go, it's the same and it's so romantic and it's so exciting. And the time we spend together, it's 100 percent quality time. And then the time we're not together, I have 100 percent quality time to my baby, to myself, to my career.

So for us, it works. Now, it's not an open marriage. Nobody think this is too modern and don't get the wrong idea; the level of commitment is exactly the same.

So not surprisingly, their reps are saying that the engagement is ovah.

Salma Hayek and French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault — the father of her daughter Valentina — have called off their engagement.

"We are sad to announce the engagement of Salma Hayek and Francois-Henri Pinault has been canceled," Hayek's rep said in a statement to USA Today. "There will be no further comment."

Hayek, 41, told the April issue of Glamour that she didn't feel the "need" to get married. "Do I think we are going to get married? Probably. Will it make a difference? I hope not," she said.

"You want to grow old with someone, you want to have a partner and to have children — we have all those things," Hayek added. "Some people need the commitment. Maybe we'll just make the party!"

The two kept their relationship low-key since meeting in Venice in May 2006. They revealed they were expecting around the same time they announced their engagement last March. Valentina was born last September.

Initially, Hayek said she "wanted a boy." "Probably because I was afraid," she told Glamour. "I think women suffer a bit more than boys, and there is always conflict between mothers and daughters."

"Now that she's here, I'm so happy she's a girl," Hayek said. "And I can't imagine there ever being conflict between us, because I'm in a state of innocence where I love everything she does." [Us Magazine]

Hot birfday

2008-07-14T09:32:00.000-07:00

Anyone who knows me knows I cannot stand Jack the Pansy and would rather hear nails on a chalkboard than Jack's snifflin' cryin' week after week on LOST. But I cannot deny that the man is hot... and we celebrate our birfdays on the same day. Happy birfday to us.

Pimp much?

2008-07-14T09:01:00.000-07:00

The mayor of Nice held a press conference where he held up the birf certificates of the new Brangelina twins. They were born on Saturday, July 12 in Nice, France. Too bad they couldn't wait two more days for Bastille Day and for the b-day of yours truly. Oh well. Anyhoo, the mayor presented Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline their French birf certificates. Here he is holding up their papers and enjoying the publicity a little too much.

How tiny is that baby gon' be???

2008-07-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

Holy crap, Nikki Kidman is due at the end of this month and her belly is tiny. THIS month, people, as in J-U-L-Y. Man, my belly was that size at, like, 6 months. By the 8th/9th month, it was gigantic. Bizarre.

Utah is looking better and better

2008-07-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

Sure, it's intensely Mormon and you need to be "sponsored" to have a drink at a bar. Sure, it's landlocked and co-co-co-cold. Sure, the hubby and I escaped to Salt Lake City to get away from the San Diego fires last October........ BUT the Utah folk know what's good for their workers. The gov'nah is issuing a 4-day work week to offset the state's carbon footprint, to create less driving for people and less use of gas, and to provide more flexibility and free time for folks. Now that's an example we should all follow cause at $4.50+ it costs for a tank of gas, one day of not having to drive to work would make quite a difference for everyone. Plus I know how much more well-rested I feel after a 3-day weekend and having that extra day to schedule doctor appointments, run errands, and time to just get things done would be nice.

Utah this summer will become what experts say is the first state to institute a mandatory four-day work week for most state employees, joining local governments across the nation that are altering schedules to save money, energy, and resources.
Gov. Jon Huntsman, a first-term Republican, says he's making the change to reduce the state's carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, improve customer service and provide workers more flexibility.

"The reaction (from the public) has been very much a willingness to give this a go," he says.

The change will apply to about 17,000 employees, roughly 80% of the state workforce, Huntsman says. Public universities, the state court system, prisons and other critical services will be exempt. Residents still will have sufficient access to state offices, many staying open from 7 a.m.- 6 p.m., and more than 800 state services are available online, he says.

Leslie Scott, executive director of the National Association of State Personnel Directors, says Huntsman's action is a first. "Most states have a four-day work week option for their employees, but Utah is the first to go to a mandatory four-day work week," she says. "A good number of the states are encouraging their agencies and managers to offer a four-day work week whenever possible."

Facer expects more cities to begin shuttering offices on Fridays. "The increasing pressures the American is facing around gas prices is certainly a significant factor, and the overall fiscal pressures governments are facing in general," he says.

Jacqueline Byers, director of research at the National Association of Counties, says the four-day work week is gaining in popularity among county governments. Marion County, Fla., has a mandatory four-day work week for employees; Oconee County, S.C., and Walworth County, Wis., have it for road work crews, while Will County, Ill., has it for the auditor's office. Oakland County, Mich., is seeking volunteers for a four-day work week, and Miami-Dade County, Fla., and Suffolk County, N.Y., are moving toward it, she says.

Huntsman says the change will help Utah reach its goal of reducing energy use 20% by 2015.

Beyond the energy and financial implications, the four-day work week is a quality-of-life issue for many. Huntsman says it is especially popular among younger employees and that his action will make Utah more competitive in luring talent.

Facer agrees that an improved "work-life balance" often results from a shorter work week. "More and more young workers are entering the work force," Facer says. "They're looking for ways to enhance their work-life balance. Alternative work schedules offer more of this work-life balance than do traditional work schedules." [USA Today]

How to look like you're carrying 50 extra pounds when you're really a stick figure

2008-06-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

Lucy Liu shows you how it's done at the UK premiere of Kung Fu Panda.

The best gift

2008-06-26T17:48:00.000-07:00

Being a pumping mom myself, this story really touched me. My goal was for Mika to drink breast milk exclusively and so far, so good. Because I didn't know how it would be, my original goal was to get to three months. Then I set my sights on six. Now I want to go at least a year. Thank goodness for storage bags and deep freezers.

Every two weeks since early September 2007, young Silas Bohl has received a special package from halfway around the world. His mother, Capt. Ginger Bohl, is deployed with the Air Force in Afghanistan. The packages contain 30 to 40 pounds of frozen breast milk that travels in a convoluted, globe-trotting shipping route from the war zone to the Bohls' home. [Go San Angelo]

Sure it's a notch on your belt, but clean up after yourself!

2008-06-25T17:30:00.000-07:00

Damn, I guess it was only a matter of time before all that junk had to be cleaned up. It's sad how all this human traffic is slowly destroying so many of the world's wonders: the ecological damage to the Galapagos, coral reefs being bleached by sunscreen in the waters, and now Mt. Everest being called the world highest landfill.

With the debris of more than 50 years of climbing - oxygen canisters, tents, backpacks and even some bodies - Mount Everest has been called the world's highest garbage dump.

Now China is moving to clean up its northern side of the mountain and protect its fragile Himalayan environment, announcing a trash-collection campaign that could limit the number of climbers and other visitors in 2009. "Our target is to keep even more people from abusing Mount Everest," Zhang Yongze, Tibet's environmental protection chief was quoted Monday as saying by the Xinhua News Agency.

Everest's 29,035-foot peak - the world's tallest - lies on the border between China and Nepal, with climbers providing a large source of income for both countries. However, overcrowded routes and the accumulation of debris have led to some calls for the mountain to be closed to climbers temporarily.

Last year, more than 40,000 people visited the mountain from the Chinese side, which is located in Tibet, the China Daily newspaper said. Although that number was less than 10 percent of those who went to the mountain on the southern, or Nepalese, side in 2000, the paper said environmentalists estimate they could have left behind as much as 120 tons of garbage, or about 6 pounds per tourist.

There is no definitive figure on how much trash has been left on Everest in 55 years of climbing since Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay first conquered the mountain on May 29, 1953. The high altitude, deep snow, icy slopes and thin air make it difficult for climbers to carry anything other than the necessities down the mountain once they reach the summit.

The Nepalese government has tightened its laws, and climbers and their guides are now required to carry out gear and trash or forfeit a $4,000 deposit.

While China isn't known to have a similar rule, it has enacted other restrictions, including forbidding vehicles from driving directly to the base camp at 16,995 feet, Zhang said. The move also was aimed at preserving the melting Rongbuk glacier, which has retreated 490 feet at the base of Everest in the past decade, he said. Zhang said his bureau plans to start a refuse-collecting campaign in the first half of 2009 and is urging that the number of tourists and mountaineers be restricted.

The Xinhua report did not give any more details about the trash-collecting campaign, and calls to Zhang's agency rang unanswered Monday. A climbing official in Nepal said he had not received any information from China on its plans to restrict access to the mountain next year. [SF Gate]

In all seriousness

2008-06-15T10:22:00.000-07:00

Happy 1st Father's Day to a great hubby and now a great Daddy! :)

Happy Father's Day, K.Fed-style

2008-06-15T10:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, someone is smoking crack cause K.Fed was awarded Father of the Year from Prive in Vegas. Granted this is given by a nightclub, but STILL! WTF??!?!??! This means it's ok to walk around in your dirty wifebeaters, wear a stupid trucker hat cocked to one side, wear your pants below your ass, knock up women left and right, father four kids, abandon your preggo GF for a crazy Britney, and put out really really bad rap music (popozoa shoutout!) I guess BritBrit going crazy was the saving grace of K.Fed. Now he looks like the sane, more stable parent. Hmph.

One big Hep-py Family

2008-06-15T10:05:00.000-07:00

Looks like STD-soulmates Pam Anderson and Tommy Lee are back together again. These two will always end up together, no matter how many dirtbags Pam marries and Tommy defiles. At least they are happy... their kids must be thrilled too. Just in time for Father's Day.

"Pamela and the kids have moved in with me. It’s awesome, man. It’s definitely working. You can tell on the kids’ faces - they’re happy when we’re together. We’ve only given it a try 800 times - 801, here we go." [Rolling Stone]

Is someone on crack?

2008-06-10T20:25:00.000-07:00

Just when you think you've seen it all, here come high heels for babies. Yup, pumps for the 0-6 month age set. Ri-fucking-diculous.

Who is buying this shit???

I'm sure Stephanie Tanner appreciates the headline

2008-06-05T15:49:00.000-07:00

"How rude." Stephanie Tanner and her new baybay grace the cover of People magazine.

Man Bag, anyone?

2008-06-04T09:23:00.001-07:00

The McConaughey-hey and his preggo girlfriend leave The Viper Room in LA while he sports The Man Bag.

Genius

2008-06-02T17:37:00.001-07:00

Before I got pregs, my beverage of choice (well, *one* beverage of choice) was a gin & tonic--nice and clean, and preferably made with Bombay Sapphire. I haven't had one in well over a year and a half, and this caught my eye. Some people are just pure geniuses. If I had a LOST viewing party, I would have served Jin & tonics as well.

I got a first class ticket to hell

2008-06-01T17:32:00.000-07:00

Hey at least I'm not the one who created this site, which admittedly has gifted me a good 10 minutes of laughter. SarahJessicaParkerLooksLikeAHorse.com

WHOA, what happened here?!?!?

2008-05-21T11:53:00.000-07:00

Whaaa? Who the fuck did that to Swank?

Shield the eyes of the unborn children

2008-05-20T20:40:00.000-07:00

Angelina and Clint Eastwood's wife, Dina, kissed on the lips at the Cannes premiere of The Changling. What a frenzy, I'm sure, this caused. And so far I had been saying how gorgeous and flawless Angelina's garb had been, but this flock is a total flop.

There's no way she's due in August

2008-05-20T20:29:00.001-07:00

The supposed due date for the Brangelina Twins is August 19th. I know carrying twins results in a bigger bump but given that she's this big now, how enormous is she gonna look by August??! I don't even wanna think 'bout it. Unless the August date was given to throw off the press. And the signature all-black ensemble doesn't minimize the size of that belly.

Why I need to move to Japan

2008-05-19T15:38:00.000-07:00

The Japanese are the kings of cute and I'm a whore for cute things. And anyone who knows me knows I'm a whore for anything Hello Kitty. Today, Japan has named Hello Kitty their tourism ambassador. Like a real-life country named her a government envoy. Only the Japanese are cool enough to pull this off. I still maintain that when I visit Japan, I'm going to have to bring an extra suitcase to bring back all the HK swag I can fit. And OMG, I may hate musicals but I'm sooooo seeing Hello Kitty's Dream Light Fantasy when it tours the US.

The [Japanese] tourism ministry on Monday named Hello Kitty as its choice to represent the country in China and Hong Kong, two places where she is wildly popular among kids and young women. Officials hope that tapping into that fan base will lead to a bigger flow of tourists into Japan, and closer toward their goal of attracting 10 million overseas visitors every year under the "Visit Japan" campaign.

Last year the number of foreign tourists traveling to Japan hit a record high of 8.35 million, up 60 percent since the government began the marketing effort in 2003. Arrivals from China and Hong Kong, who accounted for 16.5 percent of visitors to Japan last year, are poised this year to become the second-largest group of tourists after South Koreans. At a press conference, Sanrio Co. President Shintaro Tsuji called Hello Kitty's new appointment "an honor" and pledged to "work hard to attract many visitors."

Japan's other goodwill tourism ambassadors include Korean singer Younha, Japanese actress Yoshino Kimura and Japanese pop/rock duo Puffy AmiYumi. Although this is the first time the tourism ministry has tapped a fictional character for the role, the foreign ministry in March inaugurated blue robo-cat Doraemon as Japan's "anime ambassador."

Designed in 1974 by Sanrio, Hello Kitty first appeared on a plastic coin purse. Her image today has become one of the most powerful brands in the world, adorning some 50,000 products in 60 countries.

In China, Kitty-fever has already broken out. A multi-million-dollar musical featuring Hello Kitty opened earlier this year in Beijing and is in the midst of a national tour. "Hello Kitty's Dream Light Fantasy" is then scheduled to travel to Malaysia, Singapore and the U.S. over its three-year run.

According to her official profile from Sanrio, Hello Kitty lives with her family in London. It does not mention how often she visits Japan. [Yahoo]

The child walks

2008-05-19T14:32:00.000-07:00

Shiloh was photographed walking around a shop in Cannes as Angelina and Brad bought some stuff for the kiddies. How blonde is Shiloh? None of Angelina's coloring came out on that child. It'll be interesting to see what the twins look like. Maddox was there too. Looks like he was not liking the sales girl touching his hair. No shit, Mad gets mad when one touches the faux hawk.

Hot damn

2008-05-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

The hotness that is Brangelina was out and about at Cannes this weekend. Can Angelina look any better? Damn.

Man-donna

2008-05-17T15:25:00.000-07:00

Quit working out so much. You're a-lookin' like a man.

The shoes? To DIE for.

2008-05-17T11:51:00.000-07:00

Penelope Cruz was at the Cannes Film Festival wearing what I can only describe as (and I cringe, but there isn't any other word) the FIERCEST pair of red shoes eva. There is nothing more I love than a pair of red heels.

Angelina can't believe she's doing this shit

2008-05-15T23:11:00.000-07:00

Angelina showed up at two premieres for Kung Fu Panda, posing with plushies at one and then posing with the loony Jack Black at another. Dustin is just standing there till it's over.

I thought they were supposed to be your friends

2008-05-12T20:09:00.001-07:00

In Sex and the City, these four hags play the bestest of friends, sharing the most intimate of details of their self-absorbed lives. I guess in real life, that doesn't apply cause the three non-SJP's let SJP show up at the London premiere of the movie wearing what can only be described as one of the awful creations you see upon walking into Michael's Crap, er, I mean, Craft Stores. Seriously, either a stylist needs to be fired or SJP needs to stop being some designer's whore. And how the fuck did they get that thing to stay on?

Girls' day out

2008-05-12T09:05:00.001-07:00

Shiloh and Zahara spent some time with momma Angelina, shopping and walking. It's been a while since we've seen Shiloh. Her hair's gotten so long. All the girls are decked out in black. I've never actually thought about the idea of putting black clothes on a baby since I had Mika. Then when I did put something on her that was black, I thought it was almost too morose. But then again, I'm all about the pink.

Color me dorky

2008-05-11T16:02:00.000-07:00

Gosh, I've been away for so long and it ain't cause I'm ova blogging. Far from it... I still see catty photos that I want to post along with my catty comments but I've been tending to ma baybay, Little Miss Mika. I hope to get back into the groove of it again and be back on the blogging-ball full-force. In the meantime, today is Mother's Day and being the dork that I am, I'm super-excited as it's my first Mom's Day! I got beautiful cards from friends and family and a few nifty gifts. In the end, the greatest gift is the adorable smile Mika gives me when she sees my face.

To all the mommies out there: Happy Mother's Day!

Happy birthday Suri!

2008-04-18T12:28:00.001-07:00

Your daddy may be a loon and your mommy may be a fembot Stepford wife, but you're uber-cute! Enjoy being two.

The oldest 20-year-old that ever lived

2008-04-17T09:37:00.000-07:00

One of the Olsens was at an event last night looking like this. I have nowhere near the bazillion bucks she has and I manage to look younger and better than this Golden Girls hot mess.

Sweating it out to fake British accents

2008-04-16T12:57:00.000-07:00

Gwennie and Madonna have been quite the workout buddies lately. Wonder if these two try out their fake British accents on each other while spotting one another on the weight machines.

She-bots watch soccer

2008-04-14T15:47:00.000-07:00

Posh and Kate Beckinsale watched Becks play soccer this weekend. Looks like they weren't programmed to cheer him on.

She won the orange washed-up rocker

2008-04-14T15:37:00.000-07:00

Ambre took home the grand prize that is Bret last night on Rock of Love 2. Congrats Ambre. Cannot wait for the reunion next week and to find out exactly how many hours the showmance lasted after the cameras stopped rolling.

Battle of the Bulge

2008-03-10T20:00:00.000-07:00

Angelina is showing big time as she makes her way from a Barnes & Noble in TX. The funny thing is is that Nicole Kidman is due in July, around the same time that Angelina is. But take a look at the bump comparison. Nicole is hardly showing... and that "bump" could pass for my regular old tummy way before any baby or the postpartum belly I and every women gets. So bizarre. And while I heart Angelina, I wish she'd change up the colors of her wardrobe a little.

Uh, he does know he's a dude, right?

2008-03-05T11:09:00.000-08:00

Chris "Leave Britney alone" Crocker was out and about in LA the other day, strutting his stuff like only a girlfriend can. I don't know why I bother giving this douche the time of day by posting him here, but I'm just getting douche chills at his hair, outfit, and the fact that he crammed his nuts into those tight jeans of his.

Fun LOST interview

2008-03-04T09:45:00.000-08:00

Some clues on what's coming up on LOST. This season has been so kick-ass so far. (Enjoy the Sawyer pics. One can never get enough Sawyer.)

"It's no shock to say that Season 4 ends with the Oceanic 6 getting off the island," Lost executive producer Damon Lindelof shares with TV Guide. "The real mystery is how, and what they have to sacrifice, and what happens to the people who didn't leave. You get all that this year." Sounds good, we'll take it. But what other intel are producers willing to spill? To find out, we turned to no, not viewers but to Lost cast members themselves for their own burning questions. Warning! The producers' answers could cause a major head rush, if not a full-on Desmond-style time jump.

Jorge Garcia (Hurley): "Is Ben in the coffin?"
Carlton Cuse: Come on, Jorge!
Damon Lindelof: Seriously! [To Cuse] He's just trying to make sure it's not him. It's process of elimination. The next question is, "Is it Michael?" [Laughs]
Cuse: Before the end of the year, you will know who's in the coffin.
Lindelof: And Jorge will definitely know before anyone else.

Yunjin Kim (Sun): "Is Aaron actually one of the Oceanic 6?"
Cuse: We're not officially saying yet. We want the audience to engage in an active debate about who the Oceanic 6 are.
Lindelof: Following [Sayid's] episode, we got several inquiries we weren't anticipating about, 'Is Ben a member of the Oceanic 6?' He could've assumed the identity of somebody on the plane [with] no surviving family members. Who the actual six are is very much in play through the end of the [March 13th] episode. We'll confirm or deny after that.

Josh Holloway (Sawyer): "Is it Jack's turn with Kate?"
Cuse: [Laughs] That doesn't sound very romantic, but I guess we get the underlying meaning. The Jack-Kate situation remains unresolved and probably will be for a while.
Lindelof: We will say we haven't seen the last of Sawyer and Kate this season. Not by a long shot.

Henry Ian Cusick (Desmond): "It's 2004 on the boat. What year is it in Penny's world? What year is it when the Oceanic 6 get home?"
Lindelof: What's fundamentally interesting about all the time-jumping is that we want it to make sense when people watch the show 10 years from now. We don't want it to seem dated. So it's not really about what year it is in the outside world, it's about how many years have elapsed between the time that we're watching on the island and the flash-forwards. That's one of the fun games the audience is playing: "Gee, Aaron looks like he's about 18 months old. What does that mean, and how old was he when they got off the island?"
Cuse: There are some growth issues when you go on or off the island. But I can't say more about that.
Lindelof: You've already said enough.

Evangeline Lilly (Kate): "Did Michael reach the mainland? Go home? Come back to rescue us?"
Cuse: The good news is that Evie will get all of her answers in [the March 20th] episode.
Lindelof: Well, most of them.
Cuse: Those questions form the basis for that episode. Evie should be somewhat happy.

Elizabeth Mitchell (Juliet): "Why did Juliet become such a badass? Who trained her — the Others?"
Cuse: I think there was probably some martial arts in New Otherton.
Lindelof: She probably went out shooting with Friendly back in the day, which is why she can handle a firearm so well. But the real inspiration for Juliet being a badass was Elizabeth herself. When she read for the part, she had this huge cast on her arm and was talking about her days of kickboxing....
Cuse: And then she beat Damon up.

Holloway: "Sawyer needs a freakin' haircut! Since I'm living with Hurley, can he cut my hair?"
Lindelof: [Laughs] That episode's a casualty of the strike.
Cuse: But yeah, Josh can have a haircut.
Lindelof: Josh might've forgotten, but this is a recurring request from him. He's like, 'My hair's getting long, can't Kate cut it?' So we did an episode [in Season 2] where Kate cuts his hair. I love how Josh chooses who's going to be his barber at any given time!

Cusick: "Did Jack's flash-forward in the third-season finale take place after the events of Sayid's most-recent episode?"
Cuse and Lindelof: Yes.

Naveen Andrews (Sayid): "Damon spoke once about going back into Sayid's childhood. It didn't sound like bulls--t at the time. Has he abandoned that?"
Lindelof: I love how he phrases it — "It didn't sound like bulls--t at the time" — [implying], "But it certainly seems like bulls--t now." [Laughs] It's certainly something we still want to do. It wouldn't necessarily be an entire flashback based in his childhood, but there may be significant things that happened when Sayid was a kid that we need to reveal.

Ew, WTF is her problem?

2008-03-02T15:23:00.000-08:00

Ew, Heigl manhandles TR Knight like he's a rag-doll as the poor guy tries to sign autographs for people. Heigl, with her drunk ass, pulls him away and pushes the poor guy.

The web site dogs hope their owners won't find

2008-03-01T22:36:00.000-08:00

Some site has made replicas of some of the Oscar gowns for dogs to wear. You know there will be tons of humiliation and embarrassment as dog owners dress up their pooches. I just hope that no male dog is made to wear any of these. But wait, they've made a replica of George Clooney's tux.

Go HERE is you're willing to humiliate your dog and if you're willing to dish over a hundred bucks to do it.

More people who should not be dancing

2008-02-29T18:47:00.001-08:00

Janet Jackson tried to teach that ole bag o'bones, Larry King, how to dance the other night. Shit is scary. I'm more upset about this than Janet's stupid wardrobe malfunction a few years back. Larry's moves are driving me to poke my eyes out. It needs to stop.

Maddox hearts penis gum

2008-02-29T12:40:00.000-08:00

How these things make the news and how the media even gets wind of it is kinda weird.

The day before Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finalized their adoption of 4-year-old son Pax, Angelina spent the afternoon with son Maddox, Us Weekly reports in its latest issue, on newsstands now.

After treating him to a matinée of The Spiderwick Chronicles at Hollywood's ArcLight theater, they hit the gift shop.

Six-year-old Maddox picked out a pack of gum labeled "I [Heart] My Penis."

"[Angelina] laughed and bought it," a witness told Us.

Just cause you can buy it don't mean it look good

2008-02-29T11:54:00.000-08:00

Now I'm sure that the glasses Mary Kate is wearing cost like a thousand bucks and was designed by some high-ass-end designer, but that still don't make it ok. I mean, WTF is this shit? Half tinted, half clear lens? Who is smoking what and where can I get my hands on some of that? At least Ashley, the more sane Olsen, had more common sense in this case, even though they both still look like crazy old ladies.

Annoying and a smoker, which makes her even more annoying

2008-02-29T11:49:00.000-08:00

Boring Heigl again graces the paps with her walking to some outdoor cafe in LA. I'm sure the other patrons of the cafe just loooove the fact that they are inhaling her second hand smoke while trying to chow down on some overpriced sandwich. I thought smoking in the outdoor areas of restaurants was banned. Probably another case of a celebrity getting away with shit.

Katie is branded Scientology property

2008-02-28T21:09:00.000-08:00

Katie and TC went out to dinner the other night. In typical creepy fashion, something was amiss with the wacko couple: Katie sported some weird black heart with eyes on her cardigan. It's either a heart or an alien head. Either way, I'm sure TC had it sewn on her sweater. He probably laid it out for her to wear with the rest of the Scientology-approved outfit she had on.

For the love of God Ellen: Stop making people dance!

2008-02-28T20:55:00.000-08:00

If Ellen wants to shimmy down with her audience and then straddle her coffee table before sitting down to start her show, fine. But subjecting us to Obama's awful dancing is bad... I love the man, but this dancing has got to stop. I'm getting douche chills.

Obama's first appearance on Ellen.

Obama's second appearance.

Touch my belly, Viggo!

2008-02-25T10:09:00.001-08:00

Granted I no longer have a preggo belly, but it would have been nice for Viggo to touch mine like he touched Cate Blanchette's at last night's Oscars.

Oh suckah, pah-leeze

2008-02-18T12:22:00.000-08:00

Another classic example of the extraordinary treatment celebrities get... North Shore Hospital is STILL holding a room for J.Lo, and has been for the last two weeks. Apparently the orders are that no one is to use the room before J.Lo gets her preggo ass in there, ready to pop those pups out. The word is is that there were specific guidelines on how to decorate and set up the room. Fucking bogus.

Jennifer Lopez is about to pop out twins, and that has North Shore University Hospital on Long Island in a tizzy. A staffer there says a private room - furnished especially for the mom-to-be with a luscious brown leather couch - has been sitting empty for two weeks now. The room is reserved for the diva. “No one’s even allowed in there until she gets here. It’s just sitting there for her,” said the employee. The hospital, which reportedly beefed up security recently, had no comment.

Why you'd elect for this blows my mind

2008-02-17T18:22:00.000-08:00

If there is no medical need for a c-section, why one would elect for one boggles my mind. Xtina had one scheduled at week 37 for the birth of her son. Unless she's not telling the whole story, her whole reasoning is a big steamin' pile of caca.

"I didn’t want any surprises,” she says matter-of-factly of her decision to deliver via scheduled C-section at week 37 of her pregnancy. “Honestly, I didn’t want any [vaginal] tearing. I had heard horror stories of women going in and having to have an emergency C-section [anyway]. The hardest part was deciding on his birthday. I wanted to leave it up to fate, but at the same time I was ready to be done early!”

When the big moment finally arrived, “the instant I heard his cry, the waterworks started,” says Aguilera. Bratman, who filmed the birth and played the music of Miles Davis throughout, says, “We’ve played the [birth] video several times since, and all you can hear is me going, ‘Oh my God!’ I was beaming the entire time.” And when they placed Max in Aguilera’s arms, “I said, ‘Hi, Papa, hi, my little angel,” she recalls, “and he looked up at me and opened his eyes for the first time. The connection was incredible. You can’t believe the love you feel.”

Is this wise?

2008-02-12T08:10:00.000-08:00

Is it wise to have BritBrit interact with children? Her own were taken from her and now she's tainting other youth?

This is what she wore, apparently, to teach dance to these kids. Classy board.

The 26-year-old singer--who's in the midst of a custody battle over her own kids, Preston, 2, and Jayden, 1--logged some quality kiddie time Monday, teaching an hour-long dance lesson to a group of six children. "The class was amazing," Robert Baker, director of the Millennium Dance Complex, tells PEOPLE.

In addition to choreographed routines to vintage Madonna songs "True Blue" and "Material Girl" and "Holiday," Spears--wearing ripped fishnets, red boy-shorts and a blue top--also allowed her pupils to free-style dance.

"She even played age-appropriate games in a circle, pretending to be a choo-choo train," Baker said. "Britney was just amazing with the kids and everyone ended up having a blast. At the end of the hour class, all the kids hugged Britney and she seemed very happy."

The kids, aged 4 to 7, were selected from the studio's junior program. "The parents gave their permission," Baker said. "They were thrilled. One parent summed it up: 'It's a once in a lifetime event.'"

Well, maybe not. Spears had so much fun, "She asked to please teach a class tomorrow," said Baker, a longtime Spears friend. "We plan to put together a group of about 20 kids for her."

After the class wrapped up at 7 p.m., Spears--who has rehearsed at Millennium three times since Friday--spent another hour and a half working on a dance routine for her single "Hot as Ice." "She seems very focused about getting back into her old life," said Baker. "[She's] focusing her energy on creating and dancing." [People]

Intriguing

2008-02-10T07:19:00.000-08:00

I want to know more about this "ghostbuster."

And Charlotte Staple Lewis? Uber-annoying, although the discovery of the polar bear skeleton in the middle of the desert in Tunisia with the Dharma collar... mind-blowingly interesting.

Really touching

2008-02-10T07:02:00.000-08:00

After an intimate memorial service and even more intimate funeral service for Heath in Australia, friends and family took to the ocean for a sunset plunge in the name of the actor. Looks like it was such an appropriate celebration of Heath's life and the support from friends and family looks so solid. Heath's parents watched from a nearby balcony.

Thar she blows

2008-02-07T16:34:00.000-08:00

It was only a matter of time before the preggo J.Lo sucked even more life out of Skeletor. Homeboy is hanging by a thread. Wait till those twins arrive... they will start sucking the life out of him soon enough.

The hotness

2008-02-07T16:21:00.000-08:00

Hot damn... Salma Hayek resurfaces a few months after the birth of her daughter looking smokin' hot. I guess judging from the affection she's showing the old dude, she's still into him.

RIP Heath

2008-01-23T08:40:00.000-08:00

So very sad... 1979-2008.

The medical examiner is calling today's autopsy "inconclusive." It may take them 10 to 14 days to figure out test results and if Heath's death was a suicide or accidental overdose.

My heart goes out to Heath and Michelle Williams' 2-year-old daughter, Matilda.

Ok... so I've been to Budapest then?

2008-01-21T11:07:00.000-08:00

Charlize Theron apparently thinks Budapest is in Turkey. You'd think that you'd have some inkling that this is so not correct, even if you aren't sure where exactly Budapest is.

The blonde Oscar winner talked passionately about visiting Budapest and mentioned the Hungarian capital three times by name in an interview.

Except she meant the Turkish city of Istanbul, which she visited with her boyfriend actor Stuart Townsend while the pair "backpacked" around the world.

The 32-year-old South African actress said: "We went to Turkey. When we got over there, we rented a car and we drove all the way to Budapest. By the time we got to Budapest it was like the Cannes Film Festival, I'd never seen anything like it."

Miss Theron had actually turned up in the midst of the Istanbul International Film Festival.

She described buying Turkish carpets, visiting a Turkish bazaar, and the lavish attention she received in "Budapest."

The star added: "When we travel, it's like backpacking. We don't stay in fancy hotels. We like to go and be part of the culture." [Daily Mail]

New LOST poster

2008-01-18T09:40:00.000-08:00

A new LOST poster has come out, this one with some interesting graphics...

As LOST headgamers know by now, ABC has been running a poster of the show that features a reflection of a big city in some lagoon; cast members are staring straight ahead, and behind them--a stand of palm trees. Why aren't the trees reflected? Obviously a cute visual cue to remind viewers that last season ended with a flash forward that took place in some large city; pretty sure it was LA, but I'd have to go back to watch the episode again. Some speculation that it was New York too because Jack was (apparently) reading an NYC paper (Oh, and by the way: If you want a better shot of the one that I posted here, which crops off the city top, then go to DarkUFO.)

In any event, here's the game: What city is this? Again, probably LA, but...might it be Chicago? That tower in the center looks like the Sears one while the buildings arrayed around it look a little bit like the vista from far out on Lake Michigan. [Newsday]

(Click on the poster above for a HQ look.)

Totally interested in how this will turn out

2008-01-15T09:32:00.000-08:00

I just read The Road a few months ago... It's a very dark book about the aftermath of what exists after a nuclear "incident." I think Viggo is an awesome choice and I look forward to see how the filmmaker will go about bringing the book to the big screen.

Charlize Theron has signed on to join Viggo Mortensen in the bigscreen adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's bestselling novel The Road for 2929 Entertainment. Dimension Films will distribute domestically.

Story centers on a man who embarks on a nightmarish road trip after a nuclear explosion in an attempt to transport his son to safety while fending off cannibals. Aussie helmer John Hillcoat (The Proposition) is directing from a screenplay by Joe Penhall.

Theron, who will play the wife of Mortensen's character, will be seen mostly in flashback. Although the role is small, Theron joined the project because she's a big fan of the book--published by Knopf in 2006--and was eager to reteam with producer Nick Wechsler, with whom she worked on 2000's The Yards. Wechsler is producing alongside Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz. Shooting is set to begin next month. [Variety]

Is TC in the bag?

2008-01-15T09:27:00.000-08:00

Katie carries a ginormous Hermes Birkin bag worth more than my car on her way around NYC. I'll bet TC can fit in that shit.

Work it, girl!

2008-01-15T07:15:00.000-08:00

TC struts his stuff on the streets of NYC.

Katie ages 15 years

2008-01-14T10:05:00.000-08:00

Here's Katie arriving at the Good Morning America studios this morning to hawk her new movie, Mad Money. I thought Katie was 29, not the 45 years she's looking in these pics. If this is Scientology-approved garb, then it is achieving the look and feel of the robo-Stepford Wife appearance.

Let's keep the bag over her head permanently

2008-01-12T05:38:00.000-08:00

Posh is the new face of Marc Jacobs. The weird MJ ads continue as Posh is photographed coming out of a gift box and a shopping bag. Plus she's wearing those weird-ass shoes with the heels on the toe part that Parker Posey was also seen in. My personal favorite is the last one. Just keep her in the bag.

Cannot wait to see this

2008-01-10T15:31:00.001-08:00

Gonna try to catch an early matinee next Saturday, this way I won't fall asleep during it either. It is produced by J.J. Abrams so hopefully the kick-assness of LOST translated to this flick.

On the eve of his departure for Japan, Rob (Michael Stahl-David) sees his going-away party as an opportunity to confess unresolved feelings and tie up loose ends. His agenda takes an unexpected turn when a jolt shakes the revelers. The crowd quiets down to watch news reports of an earthquake, then rushes to the roof to assess the damage. A fireball explodes on the distant horizon. A power failure follows. Confusion gives way to panic as the partygoers stumble through the blackout and into the streets.

Amid the human screams and one inhuman roar, Rob and his friends must traverse a landscape that has changed, overtaken by something otherworldly, terrifying, monstrous...

See more pics from the movie here.

I can't take much more of this

2008-01-10T12:50:00.001-08:00

My DVR is a no-man's land. I have nothing taped that I can sit back, relax, and watch. Depending solely on Project Runway and Nip/Tuck doesn't cut it. I need my Office, House, and Ugly Betty back. Can you believe there hasn't been a new eppy of The Office since November 15th. How have I been living?

Yes, yes, YES!

2008-01-10T09:01:00.000-08:00

Radiohead is coming to SD this year!

There's no dates or venues yet, but Radiohead has confirmed the cities for its North American summer tour. The first leg will come prior to the band's summer European jaunt, which begins June 6 in Dublin, while the second leg will start after the European dates end July 8 in Berlin.

Radiohead last toured in 2006, when it debuted a host of the material that eventually appeared on "In Rainbows."

As reported earlier, that album overtook the No. 1 spot this week on The Billboard 200, after debuting prematurely last week due to street date violations.

Here are the cities for the Radiohead tour:

Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte, N.C.
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Houston
Indianapolis
Los Angeles
Miami
Montreal
New York
Philadelphia
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Seattle
St. Louis
Tampa, Fla.
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington, D.C. [Billboard]

No SHIT, Sherlock!

2008-01-09T11:54:00.000-08:00

You don't have to be a brain surgeon to know that the health care in the US sucks ass. France is in first place with the best health care. Instead of harboring hate for the French for opposing the war, why don't the assholes in the industry follow suit and try to surpass the French and make the US number one? Oh right, they'd rather go around calling French fries Freedom fries instead. Here is a breakdown of exactly how bad it sucks here...

France is tops, and the United States dead last, in providing timely and effective healthcare to its citizens, according to a survey Tuesday of preventable deaths in 19 industrialized countries.

The study by the Commonwealth Fund and published in the January/February issue of the journal Health Affairs measured developed countries' effectiveness at providing timely and effective healthcare.

The study, entitled "Measuring the Health of Nations: Updating an Earlier Analysis," was written by researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. It looked at death rates in subjects younger than 75 that could have been prevented by timely and effective medical care.

The researchers found that while most countries surveyed saw preventable deaths decline by an average of 16%, the United States saw only a 4% dip.

The non-profit Commonwealth Fund, which financed the study, expressed alarm at the findings. "It is startling to see the US falling even farther behind on this crucial indicator of health system performance," said Commonwealth Fund Senior Vice President Cathy Schoen, who noted that "other countries are reducing these preventable deaths more rapidly, yet spending far less."

The 19 countries, in order of best to worst, were: France, Japan, Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Some countries showed dramatic improvement in the periods studied--1997 and 1998 and again between 2002 and 2003--outpacing the United States, which showed only slight improvement.

White the United States ranked 15th of 19 between 1997-98, by 2002-03 it had fallen to last place.

"It is notable that all countries have improved substantially except the US," said Ellen Nolte, lead author of the study.

Had the United States performed as well as any of the top three industrialized countries, there would have been 101,000 fewer deaths per year, the researchers said. [Yahoo]

This makes me happy

2008-01-08T10:15:00.000-08:00

Either the Seinfelds will just settle out of court and pay some hush money to this poor woman, or nothing will come of it since this is some no-name lady vs. the Seinfelds. I feel for Lapine, more so cause I cannot stand all the recent media overexposure of Jerry in his stupid plushie bee costume promoting the crap out of that annoying Bee Movie and his riding-on-his-coattails, appearing-and-ass-kissing-on-Oprah wife. Lapine is suing the Seinfelds for defamation and plagiarism.

Missy Chase Lapine, the children's cookbook author who claims Jessica Seinfeld--the comedian's wife "brazenly plagiarized" her work is now taking it up a notch by slapping both Jessica and Jerry with lawsuits. She's accusing Jerry of defamation because when the scandal made headlines back in October, Jerry went on TV and talked some trash that was as arrogant as it was stupid.

On Letterman, the funny boy characterized Lapine as a "wacko" stalker and tried to bond with his good-time buddy Dave, saying, "I have wackos, you have wackos. And, you know, if you read history, many of the three-name people do become assassins. Mark David Chapman. And you know, James Earl Ray. So that's my concern." On E! he dismissed Lapine as a "nut job like the guy I went to college with who claimed I stole the whole TV series from him."

Stop helping, Jerry. The main thrust of the suit accuses Jessica of trademark infringement for "writing" a how-to guide for sneaking pureed vegetables into things like chocolate chip cookies. Her book, titled Deceptively Delicious, was published by HarperCollins and sold millions of copies after she plugged it on Oprah. Lapine's book, The Sneaky Chef, was twice rejected by HarperCollins--the second time just two weeks before they met with Seinfeld. And besides the identical concepts, many of Seinfeld's recipes are suspiciously similar to the ones in Lapine's book.

Jessica might want to stop addressing the scandal in public, too. In defending herself in a blog post titled "The Deception Debate", she calls the accusation "silly" because it's about "who made up pureed vegetables." (We thought it was about copyright infringement.) To prove how unoriginal her book is, she lists a few other books published before hers that are based on tricking kids to eat healthy, books like Lapine's The Sneaky Chef. [Gothamist]

Subtle, sophisticated, sexy

2008-01-08T09:40:00.001-08:00

Brad and Angelina brought their brand of subtle sophistication and sexiness to last night's Critics' Choice Awards. These two remain so low-key while prompting tons of curiousity and intrigue all around themselves. I'm liking Brad's scruffy look. And looks like all those mags reporting on the "rocky" relationship can suck it. Either that or Brad and Angelina are very good actors.

Toga party!

2008-01-08T09:30:00.000-08:00

Katie Holmes presented at last night's Critics' Choice Awards wearing a toga. While not looking entirely all that bad, you know the only reason why Katie even got an invitation to the party and was offered a presenting role is cause of TC. I'll bet no one wants the wrath of Xenu to descend upon the show. Poor Katie looks a little scared in some of these pics, deer-in-headlights even. This ain't no Dawson's Creek set no mo', this is the big time.

I guess things have turned around

2008-01-07T11:06:00.000-08:00

Remember a couple of years back, there were news reports of Natasha Lyonne being homeless and on the brink of death... in intensive care in the hospital with Hep C, a heart infection, a collapsed lung, covered in track marks? The girl from American Pie who trashed the apartment rented to her by Michael Rappaport? Well, things have apparently changed for Natasha. The NY Times caught up with her while shes doing a stint in an off-Broadway show in NYC. Hopefully she'll be able to keep her life back on track.

It is a surprise to Ms. Lyonne as much as anyone that she is working at all. Or living, for that matter. After establishing herself in the late 1990s as a talented and refreshingly unorthodox presence in independent films like The Slums of Beverly Hills and But I'm a Cheerleader, her press coverage shifted to the gossip pages and stayed there. In August 2001 she was arrested in Miami Beach on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol. Three years later, while occupying a Manhattan apartment rented to her by the actor Michael Rappaport, she was again arrested, this time for threatening her neighbor and the neighbor's dog. Mr. Rappaport evicted her in early 2005, then wrote a damning account of the experience in Jane magazine, detailing Ms. Lyonne's abusive conduct and unhealthy way of life. She later missed several court dates, causing a warrant to be issued for her arrest.

Matters reached their nadir in the summer of 2005 when she checked into Beth Israel Hospital in New York and was put in the intensive care unit with a host of ailments, including hepatitis C. She remained in the hospital for five months.

"I remember being in pain a lot," said Ms. Lyonne, who says she doesn't recall much about her stay in the hospital. "I couldn't move, couldn't breathe, could hardly talk, could barely walk." [NY Times]

She blinded me with that hideous dress

2008-01-07T09:24:00.000-08:00

On no, no, NO! The 80s and the love of neon are dead for a reason. Posh is apparently trying to bring it back and it ain't welcome here no mo'. Oy. What a painful display. Not to mention how painful the boobs are looking, so stiff and strapped in. Good thing Becks is holding Posh's dress down in the last pic... we wouldn't want another coohie-flash a la Lohan and BritBrit.

I gots moves

2007-12-31T11:37:00.000-08:00

What happens when I'm bored...

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Is it too late to ask for my Xmas gift?

2007-12-31T10:51:00.000-08:00

Cause this is what I want. Hot damn... we hadn't seen much of Sawyer, or any of the LOST gang, since the infinite hiatus but here he is at LAX Airport. Mighty fine speciman.

MOVE OUTTA DA WAY!!!

2007-12-30T14:56:00.000-08:00

Tommy Lee thinks he's being cute when he squirts water out of that mouth. Lord knows what STD, VD, Hep strain, etc., has contaminated that water.

If the Hiltons end up knocked up, we know who is responsible

2007-12-30T14:49:00.001-08:00

Looks like K.Fed was mingling with the Hiltons in Vegas over the weekend. Skeeze-fest! Popozao!

Gatinha sai do chão, vai descendo o popozão,
gatinha sai do chão, vai descendo o popozão.

In Portoguese it means “bring your ass”,
on the floor, and move it real fast.
I want to see your kitty and a little bit of titty–
want to know where I go when I’m your city?

Lookin' totally cute

2007-12-30T14:46:00.000-08:00

Xtina was out and about over the weekend, lookin' cute. Her makeup has remained intact during this whole pregnancy. Is it tattooed on?

Makes me a little sad

2007-12-28T14:54:00.000-08:00

I thought this couple would make it in Hollywood, but nope... Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are divorcing after 11 years of marriage. I love these two, from Sean's stance against Bush and the war and Robin's got that place in my heart from way back in the day from The Princess Bride. The whole Penn clan just seems like the coolest, I imagine the convos at Thanksgiving going something like this:

Sean Penn: I'm directing Into the Wild. I think it's gonna kick ass and be up for tons of awards.
Robin Wright Penn: I've got 5 scripts sitting on my desk in the den. Who shall I work with next? Robert DeNiro, Edward Norton, John Turturro... *sigh*
Aimee Mann (their sister-in-law) & Michael Penn (Sean's brother): We're just kicking back, working on our music in LA. It's amazing how the royalties from Voices Carry still come in.

Divorce papers have been filed in Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn's separation--with the actor and actress both filing papers on separate occasions.

Sean Penn initially filed for divorce from his wife in Marin County, Calif., Superior Court on Dec. 7, but the petition was later dismissed. No exact reason was given for the case being disposed before trial. Three days after that, Robin Wright Penn filed her own paperwork.

Penn's divorce papers list Nov. 30 as the date of their separation. Wright's petition, filed Dec. 21, say they separated Dec. 1. Both list "irreconcilable differences" as the reason and ask for joint legal and physical custody of their two teenagers, Hopper Jack, 14, and Dylan Frances, 16. The couple are scheduled to have a hearing on the case April 21. [People]

The new queens of the DUI circuit

2007-12-27T09:40:00.000-08:00

More starlets are making their marks by getting arrested for DUIs over the last few days. First up, you may remember her as Cory's love, Topanga, on Boy Meets World way back in the day...

Former child star Danielle Fishel, a teen heartthrob on ABC's Boy Meets World, was arrested this week on a drunken driving warrant from Los Angeles County, police said.

Danielle Fishel, who played Topanga on Boy Meets World, was arrested Thursday, police said. Fishel was arrested Thursday just before 5 a.m. after officers stopped a car she was in, said Newport Beach Sgt. James Rocker. She was released from jail shortly after her arrest.

Fishel grew up in Yorba Linda and spent more than seven years playing Topanga, the love interest of Boy Meets World star Ben Savage. [CNN]

Next up, Marissa Cooper, this one as recent as this morning.

Mischa Barton was arrested in West Hollywood early Thursday morning, authorities confirm to PEOPLE.

The former star of The O.C., 21, was stopped at 2:46 a.m. and arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, possession of illegal narcotics and driving without a valid license, according to Lieutenant Honings of the West Hollywood Sheriff's office.

As of 8 a.m. Thursday she was still being held in custody and bail was set at $10,000.

A representative for Barton did not immediately return a request for comment. [People]

Here is Dollface's mugshot:

Merry Xmas!

2007-12-25T07:47:00.000-08:00

Hope y'all get what your heart desires! May it be a dick in a box or otherwise. Enjoy!

glumbert - Dick in a Box

Shiloh out in the Big Easy

2007-12-24T18:05:00.000-08:00

Shiloh was out and about with Angelina, chowing down on some Lays potato chips. Aside from the lips, the girl looks exactly like Pappa Brad. And Momma Angelina looks gorgeous as usual.

Momma Spears continues whoring out daughters

2007-12-19T17:50:00.000-08:00

How did OK! magazine get the inside scoop right from the horse's mouth? By doing what they do best -- paying out tons of money to get the story. Apparently, OK! mag promised Lynne and Jamie Lynne a million bucks to spill the beans to them about Jamie's pregnancy. But no money has exchanged hands yet... the payout will happen upon the birth of the Spears bay-bay for a photoshoot for the magazine. Nothing like putting a price on the head of your firstborn, Jamie Lynne! Way to go! Dumb bitches. Pappi Spears is understandably pissed about what his ex-wife and lil daughter have done.

Britney isn't the only Spears surprised by Jamie Lynn's pregnancy. Their father Jamie is "furious" with Jamie Lynn and ex-wife Lynne for selling the story of her pregnancy to OK! magazine, a source close to the family tells Usmagazine.com.

Jamie Lynn and Lynne broke the news to OK! – infamous for multi-million dollar payouts to celebrities – for an unspecified amount.

"He put his foot down and refused to take any money and 'profit off of his children,'" the source says. "Lynne didn't care."

Jamie is "devastated" by the news, says the source. He's "extremely depressed" and "feels Jamie Lynn ruined her life." [Us Weekly]

What a fucking joke!

2007-12-19T07:12:00.000-08:00

Lynne Spears might want to put the kibosh on her upcoming book on parenting her famous daughters. Now with Jamie Lynne's news that she's with child, I think it's safe to say that Momma Lynne's credibility as a parent has effectively gone down the toilet. Who's gonna read this shit? I guess if you want to learn how to turn your older daughter into a media whore at a young age who gets photographed with no underwear, her cooch out for all to see, two kids by 25, married and divorced twice, shaved her head, beat an SUV with an umbrella... and tips on how to ensure that your younger daughter gets knocked up at the tender age of 16, then this is the how-to book for you. And the funniest part? The book was going to be published by a publisher for inspirational books and Bibles. Yee-haw, everyone!

Lynne Spears's book about raising her famous daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn has been put on hold, the publisher confirms to PEOPLE.

"The book is delayed indefinitely. It's delayed, not cancelled," says a spokeswoman for Thomas Nelson, which publishes inspirational books and Bibles.

It had been scheduled for a spring 2008 release and was put on hold last week, says the rep. On Tuesday, news hit that 16-year-old Jamie Lynn is pregnant with her boyfriend's child.

Publishers' Weekly described the book as "Lynne Spears's personal story of raising high-profile children while coming from a low-profile Louisiana community."

The publisher declined to comment on whether the focus of the book would change in light of the pregnancy announcement.

"We are standing behind Lynn at this time and understand that she needs time with her family--we support that," says the spokeswoman. [People]

Hey y'all, BritBrit's lil sister is knocked up

2007-12-18T21:31:00.000-08:00

16 and knocked up. Wow, she's got BritBrit beat, at least BritBrit waited till she was like 23. I see that the family tradition of classy behavior is continuing. Looks like Nickelodeon will eventually kick Jamie to da curb. I doubt many parents will want their kids watching a knocked up high school student going through the trials and tribulations of the adolescent years with a swollen belly.

Britney Spears's 16-year-old sister Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant.

Nickelodeon, which carries her TV show Zoey 101, said in a statement: "We respect Jamie Lynn's decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation. We know this is a very difficult time for her and her family, and our primary concern right now is for Jamie Lynn's well being."

Spears and her mother confirmed the pregnancy to OK!magazine, saying she was 12 weeks along and the father is Jamie Lynn's longtime boyfriend Casey Aldridge. Aldridge's mother confirmed it to TMZ.com.

"It was a shock for both of us, so unexpected," Jamie Lynn told OK!, according to the Associated Press. "I was in complete and total shock and so was he."

Spears told the magazine that after confirming the pregnancy with a home test and a subsequent doctor's visit, she told only one friend – then waited two weeks before telling anybody else, including her parents.

"I needed to work out what I would do for myself before I let anyone's opinion affect my decision," she told the magazine. "Then I told my parents and my friends. I was scared, but I had to do what was right for me."

She told her parents just before Thanksgiving.

"I didn't believe it because Jamie Lynn's always been so conscientious," her mother, Lynne Spears, told OK!. "She's never late for her curfew. I was in shock. I mean, this is my 16-year-old baby."

Aldridge's mother, Joyce Aldridge, told TMZ she was "aware of the recent interview regarding her and being pregnant" and that "we are in agreement with everything that was said by Jamie Lynn."

"Everything is fine," Joyce Aldridge added.

Spears, a high school junior who is 10 years younger than Britney, had until now escaped much of the attention about her personal life that has surrounded her sister.

Jamie Lynn stars as a schoolgirl at the fictitious Pacific Coast Academy in Zoey 101, finishing its third season next month as one of Nickelodeon's highest-rated shows.

A rep for Spears was not immediately available for comment. [People]

I need it

2007-12-17T17:26:00.000-08:00

It combines two of my favorite things: NY and Hello Kitty. I must have the shirt Jordan Sparks is wearing here.

Tori, Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, 12/12/07

2007-12-14T17:12:00.000-08:00

The hubby and I went to see Tori on Wednesday night and holy shit, what an amazing show. Typically Tori is all business as she plays from beginning to end, but since she's touring supporting her American Doll Posse album, she changed into three of the girls and performed almost burlesque-like in between songs. She barely spoke, though, which was a bummer since I love listening to performers talk about just about anything. And Tori always tells really interesting stories.

But there was some interesting shit that went down. Midway through Code Red, Tori stopped abruptly and pointed to someone in the front row and told them to "get the fuck out of my show. It's a privilege to sit in the front row." We had no idea what happened but we saw two people leave, escorted by security. Here is the lowdown from TMZ:

Two fans learned that lesson the hard way and ended up with a verbal smack down from the singer before they were unceremoniously booted from her Wednesday night concert in San Diego. Code Red!

The piano playin' mama was in mid song when she suddenly began lashing out at the girls: "It's a privilege to sit in the front row. I reserve those seats for people who appreciate music. Get the f--- out!"

UPDATE: A rep for Tori's record label just contacted TMZ with the following statement: "Tori doesn't sell front row seats to her shows. She'll pick fans that are in the back row and she will upgrade them. It is a privilege to get picked. Apparently these two girls were on their cell phones all night... It was her sticking up for her other fans that missed out on the opportunity." [TMZ]

Scroll to 2:25 to see the showdown.

The setlist was as follows:

Santa
Body And Soul
She's Your Cocaine
Hoochie Woman (serving drinks)
Raspberry Swirl

Yo George jam

Isabel
Yo George
Mountain
Tombigbee
Scarlet's Walk

Professional Widow jam

Tori
Big Wheel
"Just a few shows left; it's been magical, thanks for coming and band intro"
Cornflake Girl
Doughnut Song

T&Bö
Impov
Twinkle
Leather

band returns
Your Cloud
Virginia
Code Red (kicks two people out; restarts)

encore one
Precious Things
Bliss

encore two
Space Dog
Hey Jupiter

Leopard much?

2007-12-14T15:27:00.000-08:00

I don't think Paris can insult the leopards any more. This outfit takes care of all that. Wearing actual leopard skin would actually be a lot worse morally, but this is offensive to eyesight and brain function.

And oof! As if that wasn't enough. Rumer Willis, Bruce and Demi's kid, was seen out and about with these grotesque nails.

Uh, that's cause he likey the mens

2007-12-13T08:55:00.000-08:00

Katie's in InStyle mag this month, bragging about life with TC and being in luv. I'm sure the Scientology handlers sat with Katie for days leading up to this interview and had her memorize all the quotes. She probably sat in a chair facing the wall and said each answer out loud, tweaking it for credibility. Here are some of the genius excerpts that cracked ma ass up...

About her marriage:
"I still get like that, 'Whew.' When you fall in love, it's as though time stops. It's all-encompassing. I try every day to let him know how much I love him. It gets better and better. It has made my life."

This one in particular had me stitches cause I just envision TC saying this, all "mmm-hmmm, gurlfriiiiend, you're lookin' fierce!" with a snap:
"Tom likes me in a suit and a mini every now and then. I like it when he likes it. It makes me blush. He'll say, 'You look good. I hope security's going with you.' Now that gives me attitude."

It don't get any juicer than this

2007-12-12T17:32:00.000-08:00

Some chick is coming out saying that Tony's cheated on Eva... It's some good shit. Read on...

A model claims that Tony Parker cheated on wife Eva Longoria with her in September. Alexandra Paressant told x17online.com that she was a guest at his July 7 wedding and that the basketball player, 25, looked at her with a wandering eye. They were eventually introduced to each other by mutual friend, soccer player Thierry Henry, she said.

But it wasn't until September 29 that Paressant claims she and Parker began exchanging sexually explicit text messages and phone calls while Parker was in Paris at the Park Hyatt Hotel.

They then slept together, she said, and continued seeing each other night after night in Paris until he left to San Antonio a short time later.

"We had room service. He said that Eva, sexually speaking, does not want to do certain things," she said. "She does not want to make love in front of a mirror, does not like [a] certain position and thinks that sperm gives acne."

She told x17 that Parker felt obligated to wed Longoria, 32, because "everybody has to get married at a point, but [for him] it is still time to enjoy life."

When asked if Longoria knew about the fling, Paressant said, "I don't think she knew about it. She seems quite jealous."

Paressant said she recently visited Parker in San Antonio October 29 and he showed her the mansion he is building. She asked him if Parker wanted kids with Longoria, Paressant replied: "Certainly not for now."

She says she confronted Parker at one point, questioning what would happen if people found out about their fling. His reply: "People can think whatever they want."

Longoria hasn't been all faithful herself: She had cheated on Parker with Mario Lopez during their engagement, Us Weeklyhad reported.

A rep for Longoria did not have a statement prepared when called for comment. [Us Weekly]

Here are some pics of the model.

Black eyes are hot

2007-12-11T19:28:00.000-08:00

Has the infinite hiatus of LOST caused Juliet to suspend her stylist and make-up person till the season picks up again? Cause that's what it looks like judging from this display at some event.

Whores!

2007-12-11T13:40:00.000-08:00

How much publicity must be made for Bee Movie? It's been months since it came out and one time too many that we've seen Seinfeld whore himself in this ridic costume. Now here he is in Austria with Renee Zellwegger pimping the movie once again. It's really gotta stop. It had to stop months ago. This is beyond whoring at this point.

Who's that girl?

2007-12-10T18:48:00.003-08:00

Oh wait, it's Michael Jackson. I think I just went blind.