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Nickelodeon Slime To Become A Handy Teen Pregnancy Teaching Aid

7:45AM Defamer Hollywood | Faced with perhaps their trickiest PR dilemma since it was discovered that Jimmy Neutron’s true boy genius was for producing some of the most potent meth in the western United States, Nickelodeon now has a star of Zoey 101 on their hands who was apparently absent for the lecture on how to not to be impregnated by your older boyfriend. To their credit, the network has opted not to put Zoey in a variety of ever-expanding smock-tops and pretend the pregnancy never happened, perhaps addressing her dramatic weight gain with a PSA on the dangers of Oreo addiction. Instead, they have a teen pregnancy special in the works, hosted by touchy-subject expert Linda Ellerbee: Nickelodeon said it’s talking with Linda Ellerbee, the veteran newswoman who has stepped in frequently in the past with shows on talking to children about difficult issues in the news. She’s done shows about same-sex parents, AIDS, the Columbine shooting and President Clinton’s impeachment scandal. More »

Good Charlotte Keep Their Hands Off Their Girls, On Dean Geyer’s

10:30AM Clem Bastow | It seems Good Charlotte’s recent display of airport normality was but a shoddy façade meant to disguise their true “rockstar” natures, as word has it that the Madden twins invited the Origliasso twins back to their dressing room at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Who would’ve thought that such nice-looking young men could potentially act so sleazily? Sydney spies report that brothers Benji and Joel Madden – who are both famously spoken for by Sophie Monk and Nicole Richie respectively – invited Brisbane’s own twin rockers The Veronicas to their dressing room before the show. The former Wavell Heights girls were later seen leaving their room and Lisa Origliasso was overhead saying to her sister Jess, “I can’t believe he just hit on you”. Confidential reckon it was Benji, since his fiancee Sophie Monk was outta town, flying back to the US to negotiate a deal. Looks like her fiance might’ve “negotiated” some “deals” of his own in her absence, eh, eh? More »

Kid’s Choice Awards Presenters “Stunned” To Also Be There To Collect Awards

10:10AM Clem Bastow | In what must be the highest rate of awards show presenters winning awards since the last Daytime Emmys, last night’s local Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards managed to bestow “blimps” upon a hefty share of its presenters. Could they not afford to buy in some high profile losers to hand over the goods? Were Sister2Sister unavailable? Amongst the winners were co-hosts The Veronicas and visiting “hottie”, Zac Efron. Los Angeles-based Efron, who plans to holiday in Australia after the awards, won fave movie star, while High School Musical 2 won the So Hot Right Now category. US-based Brisbane act The Veronicas, made up of twins Jess and Lisa Origliasso, also performed and were the favourite band, according to Australian kids. Also lauded on the night was Bindi Irwin, who won Most Outstanding Goblin Biggest Greenie, for her conservation work – presumably as she has not started wrestling animals in the manner of her late father. More »

Prehab: Nipping The Next Generation Of Lohans In The Bud

7:30AM Defamer Hollywood | In today’s Variety Youth Impact Report, a special section in which the trade publication spotlights the precocious performers who will one day either rise to Fanningesque domination of the industry or challenge Lindsay Lohan’s Herbie: Fully Loaded record for most hangover-induced missed call times, experts from Hollywood’s various child-exploitation vocations suggest that their cherubic moneymaking machines might more effectively generate commissions if kept tuned-up with some preventative maintenance. Call it “prehab”: “A ‘prehab’ (program) would be terrific for young artists,” says acting coach John Kirby. “However, most of the time, because of their desire to fit in and a great desperation for popularity, it becomes difficult to hold onto so many of the original values they were taught.” [...] More »