Thursday, July 19, 2007
K-Rudd Has A Shocker On Nova
2:04PM Busty St Clair | Kevin Rudd knows how to make us laugh, which is more than we can say for President Prime Minister John Howard. While lil’ Johnny made his best attempt at appealing to the yoof on YouTube earlier this week, (with amusing consequences) The Ruddster went one better on Nova 969 in Sydney this morning. Merrick and Rosso made him play Electric Chair Trivia. More »
Glenn Wheatley To Serve Time In Prison For Tax Evasion
12:03PM Jess McGuire | Farnsey’s beloved chum (and Lea Goodrem’s mortal enemy) Glenn Wheatley has just been sentenced to time in the clink by a Victorian County Court judge this morning.
At the Victorian County Court, Judge Tim Wood today sentenced him to two-and-a-half years jail and said he had to serve at least 15 months before being released on a recognisance of $5000.
The entertainer pleaded guilty to three Commonwealth charges earlier this month.
Wheatley was the first scalp of Operation Wickenby, which targeted offshore tax havens.
Wheatley, 59, of South Yarra, has repaid the dodged tax amount of $318,092 and earlier indicated his intention to help authorities with the continuing investigation.
The one time Masters Apprentices bassist, who moved to a successful career in the entertainment industry managing the likes of John Farnham and Delta Goodrem, admitted to not paying tax on income earned from Farnham’s Talk of the Town tour.
He also dishonestly gained a financial advantage after his promotion of the boxing fight between Kostya Tszyu and Jesse James Leija in 2003.
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Avril Lavigne Cleverly Combines Public Thank You To Her Supporters With Spruiking Of Husband’s New Album
11:30AM Jess McGuire | Avril Lavigne’s popped on the akubra and turn Molly Meldrum all of a sudden in her latest bulletin to MySpazz friends. While thanking her supporters for their loyalty over the tumultuous past few weeks where every man/woman and their respective dogs are claiming to have written her hits, Avril sees an opportunity to mix business with pleasure and throws in a music purchasing recommendation to her face(book)less massive.
Subject: Thank you, From Avril.
Body: Hey everyone.
I wanted to take this time to thank you, my fans for all your undying support. You have been amazing and i can’t express how much i appreciate it. Thank you all so much. I am so proud of this record and grateful for the response it has been getting from all of my fans. You made it go 1!!
also,
there is another great record i’ve been listening to lately. And i want you all to hear it too. The new SUM41 album called Underclass Hero comes out in 1 week on july 24. You can hear the whole album now for free here:
http://www.mtv.com/music/the_leak/sum_41/underclass_hero/
my favorite songs are “With Me”, “Walking Disaster”, “Best of me” “Confusion and Frustration”
It rocks you have to check it out. And of course you can also check out myspace.com/sum41 for more info.
Thank you all again, you mean so much to me.
Avril Lavigne,
We suppose every SUM41 album sold means more money for husband Deryk Whibley to put towards a cause close to Avril’s heart… Avril.
PS: We love that her name now ends with a comma for no reason whatsoever. More » 
Paris Hilton’s New Lover Is An Aussie
10:40AM Jess McGuire | According to latest reports, Paris Hilton is now dating an Australian t-shirt mogul with the gnarly name of Tyler Atkins.
Party girl Paris Hilton appears to have fallen for the larrikin charms of Australian fashionista Tyler Atkins – a one-time car thief and confessed drug user. The surf-loving Atkins, 21, was yesterday revealed as the new mystery man in Hilton’s life, with the duo being inseparable over the past few days. Atkins has been faithfully trailing Hilton, 27, on the party scene in Los Angeles since the pair was spotted canoodling at a celebrity jewellery event held at a private Malibu estate on Saturday.
Inseparable for a few days? This must be the real thing.
BestWeekEver found a YouTube video featuring an interview with Atkins, but the clip appears to have been removed since the site first posted about it. Probably because it sounds… well, decide for yourself whether BWE’s description affects your view of Paris Hilton as a teetotalling angel whose humble ways thoroughly moved renown tough nut interviewer Larry King.
What’s interesting is the YouTube interview this wastoid gave a few weeks back, in which he describes in extensive, semi-retarded detail his encounter with a “famous celebrity†in Hollywood who took him back to her mansion, drugged him, and forced him into “full-on threeway†sex with her and a girlfriend. We have no idea who he’s referring to, but our hearts bleed for this poor young lad.
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Frances O’Connor Has Been Located, We Repeat, Frances O’Connor Has Been Located!
10:21AM Jess McGuire | Back in early June – apropos of absolutely nothing – Defamer Australia decided to try and find out what on earth had happened to Frances O’Connor, the one-time “thespian wonder from Down Under” (our words).
After hitting the pavement and asking assorted industry figures (tram drivers, cabbies, the guy who checks tickets on the train – hey, we didn’t say they were figures from the entertainment industry) managed to turn up exactly bugger all on Frances O’Connor’s whereabouts, we were forced to turn to the only two sources we truly trust in this crazy world – Google and Wikipedia.
The result? Well, Frances O’Connor the Actress hadn’t done much since the birth of her child… and she shared her name with an armless wonder who could smoke with her feet! We heart Frances O’Connor the Armless Wonder!
But today, as we perused The Age in the vain hope of finding something – anything – interesting to read, we discovered that Frances O’Connor the Actress is back at work!
Cashmere Mafia is the new show from Darren Star, the creator of Sex and the City, and fans will spot the similarities. The differences? These four beautiful, ambitious female friends are all top of their industry, and their struggle is not finding a boyfriend but keeping a husband.
The screen cuts into an extreme close-up of one of the women, Frances O’Connor, explaining why she puts up with her husband’s affairs.
“We are as far as it is possible to be from the model of the wife he grew up with,” she intones resignedly. “We earn more money, we have more power.” The three other women – Lucy Liu, Miranda Otto, Bonnie Somerville – stare on sadly, clutching their cocktails.
We’re glad to see two charming Australian actresses have been gainfully employed, but… Cashmere Mafia? Why not just call the show Labia and get it over with? More » 
Short Ends: The Clintons’ Sex-Having Years
5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | · Bill and Hillary were the Seth Rogen and Bryce Dallas Howard of their day! (Alternate suggestion: Chewbacca/Carrie Fisher.) · James Woods thinks the problem isn’t Isaiah Washington’s big mouth, it’s Grey’s Anatomy’s miserable set. Gay slurs fly fast and free among Shark’s big happy family, and no one gives it a second thought. · We’re confident that the actual Jon Lovitz/Andy Dick Smackdown was a lot more exciting than John Henson’s action figure reenactment on TV Guide channel. (Side note: The girl playing Andy Dick has the voice-register right, but needs to work more on the slurring and asking-strangers-for-blow part.) · Canadians: America’s extremely easy-to-please neighbours to the north. · And finally, it’s Geometry Fun Time! Brought to you by Subway cheese slices. More »
Predicting Tomorrow’s Emmy Nominations
5:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Kind of like predicting which animated sports car is going to win the Dodge Stadium scoreboard race, but a lot less fun. [The Envelope] More »
Trade Roundup: Obama Campaign Gets Hot Oprah Injection
5:00AM Defamer Hollywood | · While it seemed that Steven Spielberg had ended the race for the Democratic presidential nomination in throwing his support behind Hillary Clinton, an undeterred Barack Obama has gone above the Hollywood kingmaker’s head by getting Oprah Winfrey, the beneficent daytime TV deity Herself, to host a fundraiser for him at her Montecito compound. An expected $US14 billion will be raised for the Obama campaign in a single night when Winfrey commands the heavens to open up and shower bundles of hundred-dollar bills upon her chosen candidate. [Variety] · In the short term, the stockpiling of projects in anticipation of a multi-union strike may increase the number of entertainment industry jobs, but overall, the threat of a walkout could cause an employment slowdown whether or not the guilds and producers usher in the End of Hollywood Days with a prolonged work stoppage. [THR] · CBS sets its fall schedule, but will hold risky musical drama Viva Laughlin until October 21 in order to buy more time to figure out how the hell to market the show to inevitably confused audiences. [Variety] · Despite having his TV show let go to make more room on the schedule for caveman-related programming, George Lopez doesn’t seem to be having too much trouble finding movie work. [THR] · Beleaguered Fox/Spielberg collaboration On The Lot now only being watched by accident. [Variety] More »
Who Can Resist An Old-Fashioned Spears Family Slapfest?
4:50AM Defamer Hollywood | Looking more and more in recent months like the living embodiment of a Bratz doll after a vengeful little brother has had his way with it, it’s all too obvious to even the most casual of observer that former chart-topper Britney Spears has come undone. The singer regularly succumbs to manic-depressive episodes that see her indulging in marathon tube-top and fedora shopping sprees one moment, then savagely maiming a defenceless SUV with an umbrella the next. Star magazine now reports that the story has only grown more bleak, describing a “slapfest” between Britney and her mother: The troubled pop princess and Lynne Spears had a “shocking slapfest” in mid-June that “left Lynne shaken and Britney more determined than ever to cut her mother out of her life for good,” according to Star magazine. More »
