Thursday, August 21, 2008
Remember An Innocent Time, When Children Were Children And Meg Ryan Loved Russell Crowe
11:51AM Clem Bastow | In this fast-paced world we live in, sometimes celebrity love affairs that once burned bright are relegated to the scrap heap of entertainment industry gossip, only to pop up again on VH1 specials in the future, or in “hey, remember me?”-style women’s magazine interviews, to remind us that – for example – there was once a time when we thought that “Our” Russell Crowe was going to be IN LUV 4 LYFE with one Meg Ryan. Well, thank you, Meg, for reminding us, and for explaining why things didn’t work out with Fightin’ Russell.
“Russell was incredibly gracious to me during a really hard time and in the aftermath.”
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Amy Winehouse Round-Up: When All Else Fails, Call Russell Brand
11:00AM Clem Bastow | Well, here I was thinking that Blake Fielder-Civil was more or less the last thing that Winegums needs in her life at the moment, but apparently all that “’til death do us part” stuff is, like, totally for reals, and Winegums has decided that the best way to get her husband back on side (you know, her junkie husband that looks like a living corpse and is in jail for assault and perverting the course of justice; you know, that awesome dude) is to go to rehab. And wouldn’t you know it, skanky UK comedian and Forgetting Sarah Marshall dude Russell Brand hooked a sista up.
Amy, 24, will have treatment at the “small and friendly” Focus 12 Clinic in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, where funnyman Russell Brand beat his own demons.
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Margaret Cho Disgusted At Jack Black’s Linens-Deficient Lifestyle
11:00AM Seth | · Seriously—one towel, Jack Black? We can’t even get one towel to stay securely wrapped around our waist after a shower; do you just wrap it around your head like a turban and prance around the house air-drying? What are we saying. Of course you do. [The Cho Show] · You know, we didn’t want to say it—but that All Growed Up feature on TMZ has felt a little phoned in as of late. [Jossip] · You’ve thrilled to A Very Brady Gangbang, now enjoy a similar blaspheming of your favourite monster family in This Ain’t The Munsters XXX. Be sure to browse the gallery. [Munsters XXX] · You’ve waited long enough: Ladies and gentlemen, Sanjaya’s Nationwide commercial debuted today. [Nationwide] · Finally, someone has mapped out The Periodic Table of Awesoments. [Dapperstache] More »
Geek Onslaught Threatens Fox as ‘Watchmen’ Lawsuit Backlash Strengthens
10:40AM STV | The Watchmen Studio Blood Feud pitting Fox against Warner Bros. in a copyright scuffle to the death is turning more shrill by the minute, with outraged fanboys filling the public space from which studio lawyers retreated on Tuesday. One war-zone observer filed a particularly harrowing dispatch this morning, describing the spillover onto the Web and the violent counterattack calling for a boycott of Fox should its claim to Watchmen’s rights delay the film’s release. A more militant protest suggested pirating Fox’s own troubled summer offering Wolverine instead, leaving an exasperated Fox spokesman to swat defensively as mouthbreathers descended from all sides: More »
Princess Mary In Nude Photo Shocker!
10:28AM Clem Bastow | Now this is a headine I never thought I’d get to use in my lifetime! All I need now is the ability to write “Bindi Irwin: My Hard Drug Hell” by the end of the year and I can retire. In any case, it looks as though our stolen lovely Princess Mary of Denmark could be about to be embroiled in a nude photo scandal – but (unfortunately) it’s not Mary herself who is in the nude shots: it’s her two-and-a-half-year-old son Christian. Is there no low those paparazzi will not stoop to? (Don’t answer that.)
Friends appealed to the magazine photographers to withhold the images and a palace official approached local outlets to try to prevent publication.
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MTV’s Latest Heartfelt Message to Girls: Lose 80 Pounds in 3 Months!
10:20AM Defamer Hollywood | Though MTV spent the earlier part of this week teaching men how to emotionally manipulate their girlfriends, it’s got plenty of advice to dole out to women, too. Why, just have a gander at the casting call for the network’s upcoming entry in the crowded “model reality” genre! In what could be a first for the network, they’re looking to cast the show solely with overweight women, but there’s a catch: those women will be expected to lose up to 80 pounds in just 12 dangerous weeks. Says ABC News: More »
Dannii Will Think Twice Before Hitting That Big ‘X’ Button Again
10:16AM Clem Bastow | As though it weren’t already bad enough that our wholesome reality television talent quests were populated by deluded people who’ve never heard the word “no” and consequently think they sound like Stevie Wonder (when the reality is closer to Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia!), now the poor judges can’t even give a contestant the boot without fearing for their safety – just ask our Dannii Minogue, who co-panels the X Factor desk in the UK. More » 
YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:25AM Jess McGuire | Let’s take a brief stroll down meme-ry lane, eh?
Years later, I still love this speech.
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The DreamWorks Deal: Steven Spielberg’s Dream Deferred or Just Plain Old Lies?
9:20AM STV | From the Dept. of Mildly Pressing Questions Worth Asking on A Slow Wednesday Afternoon comes this new query: “Why Is This DreamWorks-Reliance Deal Taking So Long?” It features an accompanying clock and everything — 63 Days, 18 Hours, 34 Minutes and counting! — to emphasise the hold-up since Indian conglom Reliance Big Entertainment was reported to be within weeks of saving Steven Spielberg and co. from Paramount. Indeed, what is taking so long, and why do so many sources supposedly in the know keep jumping the gun? More »
