Monday, April 28, 2008
Lourdes Is A Wannabe
In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Maddy dug those glasses out of her closet and let Lola wear them herself ... it's remarkable how similar both mother and daughter look. Granted Madonna was much older than Lola was when her photo was taken, there is no mistaking that Lourdes is deffo Madonna's child. [Source]
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The Circle Of Life
Ah yes ... the sands of time can be so cruel ... once-upon-a-time Jason Priestly was the one that all the girls screamed for and now, well, that simply isn't the case. Now it's Chace's time in the limelight so it was nice of him to let Jason win a video game or two. I hope Chace enjoys his time in the sun ... it won't be long until he's in the other seat, playing against younger heartthrobs celebrating his video game wins with jubliant glee. Hopefully he'll get to keep his hair longer than Jason has, tho ... that's at least one thing he can work to aspire to. [Source]
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Golden Girl
I believe that Dannii also performed at the event but I've yet to find photos of her performance. She really looks fabulous in that glittering gold outfit ... Woot!!! [Source]
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The Hotness
Yes, it got hot, indeed. Again, I must say that I really feel like I missed out on a great weekend this time around. From everything I've seen, it looks like this year's Coachella Music Festival was deffo a good time. Ah well, maybe next year. [Source]
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Kathy & Steve Are Dunzo!
Kathy Griffin has split from billionaire Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. "He is an awesome guy, but I have to say he is in the friends category now," Griffin, 47, told Usmagazine.com at the GLAAD Awards in L.A. Saturday. "As a matter of fact," she added, "I got an email last week from him, and he is going to marry someone else... I think he might be married. I don't really know that for sure, though." She insisted there are no hard feelings: He even appears on the upcoming season of her Bravo reality show. "He is really cute and funny on it," she said, adding, "He's totally a life-long friend."
Whaaaa? They broke up AND he's already married or at least engaged to someone else already? Damn, that sucks. Poor Kathy ... I shudder to think about the things she had to do to that man's nekkid body and then it turns out that she doesn't even get to end up enjoying any of the fruits of his wealth! AND THEN some new chick swoops in and marries the guy, ensuring a very nice future for her and her bank account? Bummer. I'm sure Kathy's keeping her chin up tho ... I mean, I'm sure another eligible billionaire will be along any day now to fill the void. [Source]
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The TV Guide: A Short Respite
As usual, I have a few things to take care of today, lots of cleaning and packing to do. The weather is still pretty hot today but I understand it will cool considerably by mid-week ... hopefully it won't be too cold on the East Coast by the time I get there.
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Les News: Amy To Become A Baby Mama, Brit Returns To HIMYM, Ange Swells
- Baby Mama was the #1 movie at the box office this weekend.
- Britney Spears returns to CBS's How I Met Your Mother on May 12, filming for the ep starts next Monday.
- Amy Poehler and Will Arnett are pregs, y'all!!!
- I'm sorry ... Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
- Rufus Wainwright's new opera will focus on a day in the life of an opera singer.
- Who wants a cheeseburger? Amy Winehouse is buying.
- Coldplay plan to give away their new single for free; plans to play free shows in addition.
- Pete Wentz is on Team Speidi; LC is not amused.
- Click HERE to watch Prince perform Radiohead's Creep at Coachella this weekend.
- Ian Somerhalder strips down for Coachella.
- Zac Efron strips down for High School Musical 3.
- Halle Berry shows off her post-baby body.
- Mila Kunis does In Style magazine.
- If you think David Beckham's facial hair looks bad you're really gonna LOVE THIS.
- ZZZZZZ
- Jessica Alba is 27, Penelope Cruz is 34, Jorge Garcia (Lost) is 35 and Ann-Margret is 67 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
- Snoop Dogg will be allowed to go back to the UK after all.
- First her veins and now her legs? Angelina Jolie seems to be having a tough pregnancy this time around.
- Jamie Lee Curtis chimes in on the Miley Cyrus photo scandal.
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On Second Thought ...
The look does age him a bit but it's not entirely as heinous as I previously thought. The shaved head doesn't really help the look much but at least it's better than those God-awful corn rows that he used to sport a few years ago. I'm really on the fence about these chin pubes ... should they stay or should they go? At least he looks a lot hotter than Salma Hayek does. [Source]
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Me-YOWCH!
Photo credit: Splash News
EEK! I guess you can blame the bad photos on poor angles or whatever (since there are other photos from the same day where Heather looks more like Heather and less like the crazy cat-lady) but the resemblance is pretty uncanny ... and extremely disturbing. Blech. [Source]
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GLAAD Tidings
Photo credit: Splash News
Two ABC series were in repeats — as winners — at the annual awards honoring good work in media presentations of gays and lesbians. "Brothers & Sisters" and "Ugly Betty" received awards for outstanding drama and comedy series during the 19th annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Media Awards at the Kodak Theatre on Saturday night. Both shows, which feature openly gay or transsexual regular characters, received the same awards last year from GLAAD. On "Brothers & Sisters," Matthew Rhys plays Kevin, a lawyer sibling whose dating life is frequently depicted on the drama. "Ugly Betty" features Marc St. James, the flamboyantly gay assistant played by Michael Urie, as well as Alexis Meade, the transsexual editor played by Rebecca Romijn. Other winners included Bravo's "Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" for outstanding reality program, Janet Jackson for the Vanguard Award and Rufus Wainwright for the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, in honor of the late casting director who fought homophobia in the entertainment industry. According to GLAAD, the awards honor individuals and projects in media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. The awards are split into four ceremonies, held in Los Angeles, New York, Miami and San Francisco in March, April and May.
What an incredible awards show. To think that for 19 years, awards have been handed out to brave people and companies that have taken up the mantle of portraying GLBT people in a positive light ... which is no small task. If you consider that gay jokes are very present in most comedies and that you hardly ever hear anyone speak up on behalf of gay people whenever someone makes those kinds of jokes, well, it's very easy for that sort of behavior to be accepted as the norm. I love that very popular TV shows like Ugly Betty and Brothers and Sisters integrate gay characters so fully into their storylines without explanation and without comment so that Middle America can see them as regular characters, the way it should be. I thing ABC should be commended for their commitment to positive GLBT visibility. And I really look forward to the day when awards shows like the GLAAD Media Awards are no longer required to exist because positive GLBT visibility will just be an everyday, run-of-the-mill occurrence. [Source, Source]
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Geri's Got The Write Stuff
"YES, I think that's it now," says Geri Halliwell. The singer is clutching a mug of tea and standing in the kitchen of her London home as she talks frankly about the Spice Girls and their recent reunion tour. "We've done it and I wouldn't want to go back, although I wouldn’t say it was definitely the last one ...." So there. Exactly ten years after she quit the band that made her name, Ginger Spice looks set to finally hang up her platform boots and Union Jack dress. Here, in her large open-plan house with its wooden floorboards and view of a leafy garden the size of a small park, Geri is well advanced with other, very different plans. She has become a children's author and today reveals how she has based her quirky new characters on her own days as a schoolgirl. She also explains why she has become a National Reading Ambassador for The Sun as part of the National Year Of Reading. "I'd love it if the average person who doesn't necessarily buy books could discover the delights of discovering a good story," she says proudly of her new role. Geri's infectious enthusiasm is currently focused on the project she has been working on in her upstairs office for the past four years. On Friday she publishes her first children's book, Ugenia Lavender -- one of a planned series of six titles aimed at the over-sevens. She is, it is fair to say, very excited about the project. "I know there is prejudice against celebrity authors but if you read my stories you'll know they're not ghost written -- only I could be that bonkers!" she says, self-mockingly. Her cartoon heroine, Ugenia, is clearly a mini Geri, with a swinging bob of clipped ginger hair, a smattering of freckles and a confident, mischievous smile. She is the child of a dinosaur expert and a breakfast telly presenter. The first story paints her as a classic misfit, struggling to find friends at a new school and suffering at the hands of a bully. "Ugenia is definitely a part of me. She's like my inner brat," Geri confesses, adding that the story is loosely based on her own experiences growing up in Watford, Herts ... Geri describes each plot twist in her new book with gleeful detail. "I try and put heart into it," she says. "I think people can feel it when it's real." We are interrupted as Bluebell, Geri's 23-month-old daughter by former boyfriend Sacha Gervasi, toddles into the room carrying a piece of burst pink balloon. Geri is quickly on her knees on the floor playing with her. "I'm a single-parent mother," she says matter-of-factly. "I'm a statistic. I'm like half of Britain. I'm more privileged than most so it would be an insult and hideous to compare myself to those who are really struggling, but I guess I’m like most working mothers in that I have to juggle everything."
Geri really talks at length about the inspiration for this new book series in the Sun article ... which even offers a chance to read the first chapter HERE. I dunno if there is a market for stuff like this but I'm sure she'll sell a few books. I guess it's nice that Geri is able to turn a passion of hers into a real project like this ... and if Madonna can sell kids books then why can't Geri ... tho, I suspect that someone like JK Rowling doesn't have much to worry about. [Source, Source]
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A Little Bit Country, A Lotta Bit Rock N' Roll
Country crooner Kenny Chesney sustained an injury at a Columbia, South Carolina concert Saturday night – but the show went on despite his pain. Bones in the 40-year-old's foot were crushed due to an equipment malfunction as his performance began, CMT reported. Chesney's foot was stuck for about 30 seconds between the stage and a lift that elevated him to the stage at Williams-Brice Stadium, according to CMT. The singer was limping and holding his knee, CMT reported. After the show, doctors from the University of South Carolina cut off Chesney's boot to minimize damage. "I took one look at those fans, and there was no way I wasn't going on," Chesney said in a statement. "Sometimes the energy and the adrenalin pull you through." He added, "They had come to rock, and there was no way I was sending them home with anything less than the best of what me and my guys came to do – put it all out there and give them back at least as good as they gave us."
Props to Kenny for being such a rockstar. If my foot got crushed on stage I don't know that I'd want to perform on stage but he had no problem coming thru for his fans. I may not be a fan of his particular type of music but I say again, he's got my respect as a performer, 100%. Rock on Kenny, you rule!! [Source, thanks Courtney]
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Knight-ly News
The poster artwork is very ominous ... and I understand that a new trailer may be released online this week once participants of the online game figure out the clues and unlock the trailer online. While I think the viral stuff is very cool, I don't have the patience to be an active participant. I love reading about all the fun stuff that folks have been doing tho ... the interactivity really seems to be working for the film (not that promotion of any Batman movie really needs gimmicks to get the job done). I'm weary of seeing any more footage from the movie so long before the movie will be released ... but that doesn't mean I won't watch ... and that's prolly the point. [Source, Source]
UPDATE: Here are 3 more Batman: The Dark Knight posters which have been released to the international market:
These international posters are much cooler than the domestic ones that were just released. Love them!! [Source via ONTD!]
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Role Reversal
Photo credit: X17
Not only is Brit Brit lookin' fine and not at all a mess (she even managed to tame her weave), I must remind you that these trips to the recording studio and to the vocal coach bode very well for a new album of material very soon (I'm hoping for a Fall release). What difference a year makes ... why, exactly one year ago today, Britney was routinely flashing her panties (thankfully, she was finally wearing panties again). It's good to be on Team Britney again. [Source]
On the Jamie Lynn Spears front, Mama Lynne Spears has been spending time with little JL in their hometown of Kentwood, LA where the pair have been stocking up on baby essentials to prepare for the arrival of the newest member of the Spears family:
Photo credit: Finalpixx
Awww yeah ... I know of a certain little young'n who is gonna get about a spoilt as as a young'n can be from the baby aisle at Wal-Mart. Some children are just born lucky. Isn't it so odd that just a few months ago, JL was the last hope of the Spears family as Britney seemed mired in her own destruction and now the roles are reversed. Britney is on the upswing while JL is ... well ... not. I much prefer for both Spears sisters to get their lives in order but I am happy that Britney is doing so well again. JL will be fine as a 16 year old mother ... sometimes you just can't run away from your destiny. [Source]
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She's Just Being Miley
Miley Cyrus, the 15-year-old star of "Hannah Montana," said she is "embarrassed" by a provocative photo spread shot by famed photographer Annie Liebovitz that is appearing in the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair. "I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be 'artistic' and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed," she said in a statement released today. "I never intended for any of this to happen and I apologize to my fans who I care so deeply about" ... In one of the photos, Cyrus is shown from the side, with most of her back bare, clutching what appears to be a satin sheet loosely around herself. The Disney Channel, after learning of the Vanity Fair photo spread and article also issued a statement critical of the magazine. "Unfortunately, as the article suggests, a situation was created to deliberately manipulate a 15-year-old in order to sell magazines," the statement said. Cyrus also recently apologized for a series of personal photos that circulated on the Internet last week in which she bared her midriff and her bra. "The pictures of me on the Internet were silly, inappropriate shots. I appreciate all the support of my fans, and hope they understand that along the way I am going to make mistakes and I am not perfect," she said in a statement to People.
Vanity Fair issued a statement of their own (on behalf of the magazine and Annie Liebovitz) to The New York Times:
"Miley's parents and/or minders were on the set all day. Since the photo was taken digitally, they saw it on the shoot and everyone thought it was a beautiful and natural portrait of Miley."
Click HERE to read the entire Vanity Fair article where Miley even talks about how she felt the photos looked "artsy" when she took them ... it is only now that she feels otherwise. While I agree that no 15-year old girl should be photographed to LOOK topless for any magazine, arty or not, I absolutely do not place the blame on the magazine. Mama and Pappy Cyrus were right there on set with their daughter, letting the photoshoot take place, approving the photos as each was shot and giving the final approval for which photos could be published. It seems to me that all the stupid uproar over Miley's "scandalous" My Space photos (which seem to pop up every other week of her kissing her friends and posing in her skivvies) has heightened the Terror Alert level of her conservative and Christian fanbase which is what led to a quick disavowal of these "artsy" photographs. I'm really annoyed by the piousness ... if the Cyrus family wants to put their daughter on the public stage and sell her music, her likeness and her persona then they shouldn't be all that surprised at the lengths that they must go to to rake in those millions. If they'd rather cling to their morality then they should really rethink their promotion tactics and might want to reconsider a career in showbiz for their 15-year old daughter. Personally, I'm not at all interested in anything having to do with Miley Cyrus but this latest stunt just really irks me. Before people start criticizing the magazine for any part in this I contend that the blame should first be placed at the feet of Camp Miley ... but I'm sure the Wal-Mart contingent will find it easier to demonize a big magazine like Vanity Fair rather than the innocent Hannah Montana. [Source, Source]
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