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E! Reality Show Marks New Heights In Dannielynn- sploitation Vehicles
3:30AM Seth | Having had to evacuate Anna Nicole Smith’s Coldwater Canyon residence after a freak cotton-candy-machine accident swept the home up in a cyclone of flossy, pink destruction, beleaguered babydaddy Larry Birkhead is left to pick up the pieces. For starters, that means taking work where he can find it—and in this dire economic environment, there just aren’t many openings for 1-year-old-baby party planners. So Birkhead has relented and agreed to take the questionable step of laying bare his life, and the life of daughter Dannielynn, for the E! reality cameras. More »
7:15AM Kyle Buchanan | E!gads: Two months ago, we learned that Denise Richards: It’s Complicated had been karmically snuffed in its crib, only to have Richards herself announce a month later that it hadn’t (hey, no takebacks!). Still, we were sceptical, as no official announcement had yet come from E!, and that Richards? Kinda shady! Now, though, we have bad news: The network confirmed today that It’s Complicated will indeed be returning. No word, yet, on whether the hair extension budget will be upped for the second season. [Us] More »
‘My Date With Michael Phelps,’ By Some Chick Who Works At The Vegas Sunset Tan
6:59AM Seth | As Sunset Tans‘ famed Olly Girls continue their important work somewhere in our solar system—we think they’re currently colonizing the first tanning studios on Mars—we thought we’d check in with some of the E!-documented bronzing franchise’s earthbound bulb-bunnies. Attendant Amber Peterson, for example, currently manning the beds at their Las Vegas oupost, couldn’t be more excited about her obsessively documented date with a certain superstar Olympic gold medalist—and here’s a hint: it’s not female weightlifting champion Prapawadee Jaroenrattanatarakoon of Thailand. It’s Michael Phelps! More »
‘Denise Richards’: It’s Cancelled
8:40AM Defamer Hollywood | In the eternal battle between exes Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards, the latter has just been dealt a significant setback. Though Sheen pulls down a nigh-unbeatable $800,000 for every episode of Two and a Half Men, Richards could at least boast a buzzed-about, cringe-inducing E! reality show, Denise Richards: It’s Complicated. Now, according to the New York Post, she may not even have that feather in her cap anymore — it appears that the show has been cancelled.
Ryan Seacrest, Poster Boy For The New Breed Of Mogulsexual
4:10AM Seth | If you’re one of those people who still resist the tractor-beam allure of Ryan Seacrest, we strongly encourage you to just relax and submit. We’ll admit—there was a time when we didn’t really get it, either. Who was this peroxided munchkin, and why was he being beamed into our subconscious eleven times a week by the shadowy forces of the karoake-industrial complex? But once we let his stardust coat us like a really expensive hair-product, life became so much easier, happier, Seacrestier. His effortlessly upbeat and lightly compassionate air, his ability to identify ladies’ shoes not just by designer but by season and model number, the comforting thought that even David Archuleta could take him in a best-out-of-five arm wrestling competition: It all just worked, dare we say to the betterment of society as a whole. More »
‘Girls Next Door’ Express Their Displeasure At Being Typecast In ‘House Bunny’
6:25AM Mark Graham | While there is very little dignity in being one of three girls repeatedly porked by a doddering 82 year old, The Girls Next Door have managed to do quite well for themselves. Not only do they have a certified hit television show on their hands (Season Five on its way!), but Holly, Kendra and Bridget have also made appearances on Entourage, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Scary Movie 4 (not to mention Kendra’s recent appearance on the front page of the Wall Street Journal). Despite all of their career successes, it seems that the girls are chomping at the bit for a chance to stretch their acting muscles more than most of their extended cameos call for. More »
Get Ready For ‘Leah Remini: The Show’
5:40AM Seth | · Leah Remini is in talks to join the daytime TV circuit with a new series “not necessarily thinking along the lines of a traditional talk show.” Details are tight, but rumours of a home-shopping/variety hour—in which you can call in your orders for Pea-Org Vitamin-Enriched Pureed Baby Delight™ while delighting to the musical comedy stylings of Martin Short—sound promising. [THR] · The Slate’s Michael Ian Black and Michael Showalter will star in Comedy Central’s Michael and Michael Have Issues, a comedy sketch show. [THR] · Savor that LAT hard-edition. Tribune reports a…*spittake*…$4.5 billion dollar loss. [Variety] · E! has hired former New Line TV exec Beth Greenwald as their VP of original programming and series development, where she’ll oversee a whole new slate of reality shows about the lives of fame-hungry hydras, including the exciting Living Jackie Stallone. [Variety] · Sid Ganis has been re-elected president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, ensuring you a lengthy and satisfying pee-break at this year’s Oscars. [Variety] More »
The Sun Has Yet To Set On The Olly Girls
7:05AM Mark Graham | When we last checked in with Sunset Tan’s paragons of peroxide, The Olly Girls, they were in the process of being shitcanned from their jobs at the most prestigious tanning salon ever shown on basic cable television. But as the old saying goes, time second season storyboarding sessions heal all wounds. Or do they? After wearing Pauly Shore’s patience thin and subsequently being fired from their positions as his bikini-clad housecleaning staff, Holly and Molly —or is it Molly and Holly?— decided to band together in an attempt to win over the leathery overlords who control the business that made them (marginally) famous last year, Jeff and Devin. Rather than going the Al Gore route and pulling together a PowerPoint presentation to showcase the value they can add to the business, the ditzy duo decided the best approach to getting their prestigious jobs as Sales Associates In Training back would be to break out their Crayola markers and start plotting out the X and Y axes on what they called their Happiness Chart. Talk about thinking outside of the bun! More »
Which Guest On Last Night’s ‘Chelsea Lately’ Was Caught Doing Blow?
10:50AM Mark Graham | · We spotted this juicy little nugget of gossip just moments before last night’s episode of Chelsea Lately aired on E! last night. One of the show’s staffers maintains a Tumblr called C’est L.A. Vie, in which she often details the mundane things that happen on the show. Yesterday, all that changed when she alleged that someone who was wired with a hot mic was caught doing coke on set. Our handy video clip runs down the list of all the on-camera guests last night’s episode; leave your guesses (and investigative rationale) in the comments! [C'est L.A. Vie] · Our hearts just broke a little — scratch that, a LOT — when we read this anecdote about Life Goes On star Corky and his racist streak. [Byron Crawford] · Chuck Klosterman’s latest Esquire column features a lengthy diatribe on Jennifer Love Hewitt’s left femur (”Love Hewitt’s left thighbone strikes me as unusually long, and I feel like it lacks the convincing self-assurance of her right femur”), which he grades a B+. [Esquire] · Ignore Lindsay Lohan’s nipples for a second and, instead, focus on her mouth. Is she wearing braces? Grillz? Is she chewing tin foil? [Egotastic] · And we know the day is almost over, but here are 88 ways you can enjoy 8/8/08. Our fave? “Call up Eddie Furlong and ask why there are 8 of him to a mile. Then, find out how he’s doing. Let us know.” Guaranteed to be the best list until the 99 ways you can enjoy 9/9/09 comes out next year! [Best Week Ever] More »
