Monday, October 5, 2009

Flotsam & Jetsam

Erin Andrews Appreciates Men In Uniform

9:11PM Andrew Belonsky | Erin Andrews offers thanks. Chris Noth’s off the market. And Kevin Smith encourages you smoke pot. Hello! It’s your Monday gossip roundup! More »
Small Screen

CBS Tries, In Vain, To Erase Letterman’s Affair Confession

7:02PM Andrew Belonsky | CBS has been going through YouTube and its own site to erase all mention of David Letterman’s sex scandal confession. We don’t know why. It’s not like that will make this go away. Plus, there’s no stopping the internet. [NYT]
People

So-Called Seth Green Rant: Rubbish?

6:15PM Andrew Belonsky | Hmmm. A reader sent in this video of the usually affable Seth Green “freaking out” after getting jumped outside the set of a commercial. We call bullshit for at least two reasons. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

The Weakness In Lesbro Monday

4:02PM Jess McGuire | I’m tired, it’s a Monday, I’ve got two days before I fly off to London and I haven’t organised a thing, and my friend Sange just told me I “heavy breathe” when I type which is troubling and depressing. I need something to cheer me up! I need… A LESBRO SINGING JOAN ARMATRADING’S CLASSIC TRACK ‘THE WEAKNESS IN ME’ More »
Small Screen

iHey Hey 2.0’s Success Means Network TV Can Still Make Money

2:17PM Jess McGuire | What did we learn from last Wednesday night’s Hey Hey It’s Saturday reunion? Other than the fact the cast of Hey Hey are quite happy to bury any hatchets so long as their face makes another appearance on the small screen? Glad you asked. Apparently Hey Hey It’s Saturday’s ratings blitz is a sign that network television isn’t dead! I thought it meant Daryl Somers had definitely made a deal with Satan, but what do I know? More »
People

What Would Mariana Hardwick Do?

11:20AM Jess McGuire | Folks who don’t live in Melbourne may not be aware of Mariana Hardwick. She’s a “contemporary bridal wear designer” and owns a rather large and impressive building on Sydney Road in Brunswick – right near my house, in fact. But I don’t want to talk about Mariana Hardwick on Defamer Australia because of the dresses she designs, nor the buildings she happens to own. No, I want to talk about her because she’s responsible for the greatest ‘My Sunday’ profile I’ve ever read in a Sunday lift-out. More »
Small Screen

Melissa George Was Almost A Pop Star! Almost!

10:23AM Jess McGuire | According to actress Melissa George, she was this close to becoming the next Kylie Minogue after record company executive (and future American Idol judge) Simon Cowell tried to sign her up as a pop singer! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Kyle And Jackie O Top Zoo Weekly’s Hate List

9:03AM Jess McGuire | More bad news for Austereo’s Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O – they’ve just topped classy lads magazine Zoo Weekly’s fourth annual 50 People We Hate list. Well, I suppose it’s bad news if they care about what Zoo Weekly thinks of them, which they probably don’t. Still, according to the list they’re more hated than Josef Fritzl. THE AUSTRIAN RAPIST DAD! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day

8:53AM Jess McGuire | To celebrate the return of iHey Hey 2.0, let’s watch a promo from 1988 for 21 Jump Street which stars Ossie Ostrich and Johnny Depp. No, really! More »
People

I Am Underwhelmed By Lindsay Lohan’s Paris Fashion Week Debut

1:44AM Foster Kamer | Lindsay Lohan makes her big Paris Fashion Week catwalk debut. Beyonce dad is impregnating women and moving women to the left. Vincent Gallo: still awesome. Liza Minella, Michael Jackson, Padma, Diller, the High Line! Here’s your Sunday Morning Gossip Roundup: More »