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October, 2007 Archives | Homepage
Celebrities in CostumesLots of celebrities have been photographed in costumes as they come to and from Halloween parties. Here is a roundup of links to some of the more interesting costumes. Updated: 11-1-07 Posted on October 31, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Britney's Record Label Gives Up on Her Britney Spears has a new album coming out, but you'd never know it. Her record label is furious with her for doing no promotion at all. She just goes clubbing, drinking and who knows what else. The singer's label has officially given up on getting the troubled pop tart more involved in marketing her own album, "Blackout," sources tell us. There are no plans for a tour, for example - highly unusual for a star who once cranked out hits like widgets and is riding high on the charts with her single "Gimme More." "They can't get Britney to do anything!" said a source close to the label and Spears. "They did get her to do one photo-shoot for some promotional materials, but beyond that, they can't trust her to even show up. This album could've been so much bigger with Britney involved.At the hearing the judge quoted portions of the court-ordered monitor's testimony. The monitor said Britney clearly loved her children, but that she is distracted, that the kids have no schedule and that she engages in activities that aren't child-centered when she has custody. Britney ignores the child monitor and her suggestions on parenting. She now cannot even see her own children without the court monitor being present. Posted on October 31, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Oprah Winfrey tearfully said she was so sorry over the growing scandal at her South African girls school. Allegations that a matron physically and sexually assaulted students have rocked the school. The daytime queen profusely apologized to the parents of students at her all-girls school in South Africa for a sex-abuse scandal that resulted in the dismissal of one of its dormitory matrons. "I've disappointed you. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry," a tearful Winfrey told angry families who showed up for an emergency meeting at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, according to South Africa's news.24.com, a leading news site.Oprah has been to South Africa several times to meet with parents, students and teachers to find out what really happened. She has given her private phone, email and address to the girls so that they can contact her at anytime. We think Oprah had sincerely good intentions opening the school. But the reality of having your name on a school that is so far away has to be taking a toll. How can she really ever know what's going on there? It's a shame that this worthy project is having so many troubles. Posted on October 30, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Tony Romo Gets Friendly With Britney Spears Ryan Seacrest observed Britney Spears giving Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo a lap dance this weekend. Ryan Seacrest was at Hollywood club Les Deux October 26 when Britney Spears mingled with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo - said he saw the singer give him a lap dance. "I spoke to her for a minute. She seemed to be in a very, very good mood,” he said on his KIIS-FM radio show this morning. “She had her sunglasses on. I said, 'Busy day, huh?' She kind of smiled and laughed and said, 'Yeah.' And then I believe I saw her and Tony Romo frolicking."Tony Romo really gets around. First it was Carrie Underwood. Then last week it was Sophia Bush. Now it's a lap dance from Britney. Could an encounter with Paris Hilton be in his future? It seems like a logical progression. Posted on October 29, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Britney Spears' day in court didn't go so well. The court-ordered monitor gave her report and it wasn't pretty. The monitor said that Britney didn't pay attention to her, wouldn't listen to her and that she spent a lot of time changing clothes, talking on the phone and being in her own little world. During a break in the proceedings, Britney was asked by a reporter for Extra TV how it was going and she responded "Eat it, lick it, snort it, f--- it!" That pretty well much sums it up, we suppose. Posted on October 26, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Daniel Dae Kim Arrested For DUI Actor Daniel Dae Kim has fallen victim to the Lost curse. He was
arrested
for DUI in Hawaii, just like Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros before him. Daniel Dae Kim, who stars as Jin-Soo Kwon on ABC's hit TV series "Lost," was arrested early this morning on suspicion of drunken driving. Details of his DUI arrest haven't been released yet, but police said he was arrested around 3 a.m. He was booked at the Honolulu Police station downtown, posted bail and was released at 5:05 a.m.What in the world is happening on the set of Lost? Why is everyone in the cast always driving around at three in the morning, wasted out of their minds? It really is a curse. Even ("Mr. Eko") got arrested as charged with driving without a license. He was able to provide proof of a valid license, though, so the charges were dropped. Still, if we were on the cast of Lost, we'd hire a driver the whole time we were on the island. Posted on October 25, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati
Heidi Klum and Seal visited with Oprah and Heidi told the story of how she first fell for Seal and his impressive assets. The interview will air Thursday, October 24, 2007, and is part of her Superstar Couples episode.
"I met him in a hotel lobby in New York City and he came in just from the gym and I was sitting there and I was, like, wow." Wow, as in Seal was wearing bicycle shorts. "And I pretty much saw everything," says Klum. "The whole package."Wow, indeed. That was definitely Too Much Information. How about "He looked so cute in his bike shorts"? Or, "I could tell he had a great personality," or even "I've always loved his music." And they say romance is dead. Hopefully Heidi will keep her mind on fashion because we can't wait until Project Runway premieres! Posted on October 24, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Ryan Gosling Was Fired So, what's the real reason that Ryan Gosling left the film The Lovely Bones? According to Page Six, Ryan is a real diva and director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings) couldn't stand him. So Peter fired Ryan two days into the shooting. THOSE old "creative differences" are to blame for director Peter Jackson's firing of Ryan Gosling from "Lovely Bones." "Peter couldn't stand Ryan," said one source. Though Variety reported that Gosling had "stepped down" and was replaced by Mark Wahlberg, our source said, "Ryan cut his own hair, and was fighting with wardrobe. He was so demanding . . . Peter booted him two days before filming started." The flick is based on the best-selling novel by Alice Sebold. A rep for Gosling did not return calls.After starring in the very odd Lars and the Real Girl, then breaking up with Rachel McAdams, Ryan is starting to get a reputation that's not great. But how bout Marky Mark taking the initiative and stepping into the role? We swear, he's the hardest working man in show business now. Hopefully, he and Peter Jackson will get along just fine. Posted on October 23, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Paris Hilton would like to be frozen with her pets when she dies. The hotel heiress is keen to live forever and has invested a large sum of money in the world's biggest suspended animation cemetery, Cryonics Institute. She wants her body to be preserved and then brought back to life, along with her favourite pets, including her famous Chihuahua Tinkerbell and new mutt, Yorkshire Terrier Cinderella.Shouldn't you make sure you die young and pretty if you're going to go the cryonically frozen route? Who wants to die at 80 then be revived later to still look 80 years old? What is the point of that? On the other hand, plastic surgery procedures are sure to have improved quite a bit in 100 years, so maybe you can be 80 -- but look 20. It could happen. Posted on October 22, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Britney Loses Visitation Rights Britney Spears has now temporarily lost her visitation rights with her two sons. This time, she didn't give the drug testing people her phone number so they could call before they popped in for some random drug tests. During a closed-door emergency hearing Wednesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon suspended Spears' visitation rights until she complied with his full custody order, which includes parenting sessions and random drug tests. The decision has devastated the singer. "She's really upset," a source close to Spears tells E! Online. "She keeps saying, 'I can't believe this is happening.' It's like she just can't accept what's happened."She let reporters overhear her calling the judge "an old fart," which is probably not the smartest legal move. Britney doesn't appear to be taking the judge seriously. It seems that she's been out of control for so long now that she thinks she doesn't have to obey the judge's orders. Well, she does -- if she ever wants to see her kids again. Maybe she doesn't. After all, she's not putting any effort into compliance. All she seems to do is go to Sunset Tan, Starbucks and McDonald's. Posted on October 18, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Is Britney Spears Homophobic? Could Britney Spears be homophobic? First she has huge tiff with Ken Paves before her ill-fated VMA performance, preferring to have his assistants rather than the Hair Maestro himself do her hair. Who does that? It's insane. If Ken Paves flies out to do your hair, you just sit in the chair and let him have at it. Reports say that Britney only likes women doing her hair, which is really weird for a pop star. Now, Page Six reports that Lance Bass came out to Britney the night of her first wedding in Vegas. She was shocked and they haven't spoken since, even though they live next door to each other. LANCE Bass came out to Britney Spears before he told many of his other friends he was gay because he felt bad for her - and it was the last time they spoke. In a Q&A with Mickey Rapkin of GQ, Bass related, "It was the night of her first wedding, actually. I was in Vegas with her, her dancers, her manager, and my boyfriend at the time . . . Her manager had already gotten rid of [her first husband] Jason [Alexander] - they'd flown him home. Britney was upset about what she had done. I felt bad for her. I knew she was about to go through a lot of crap. I felt the need to share something. So I sat her on my bed, and I'm like, Well, I'm gay!" Spears was "surprised. I was always the Southern gentleman."We're really starting to wonder here. Why would she diss Lance after he told her he was gay, unless she has a problem with that? Because if anyone needs a gay friend, it is Britney Spears -- in the worst way. Britney, please relent! Talk to Lance! He can help. After all, he always looks great and is excellent at handling the media. Posted on October 17, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati It's official. Madonna has left her record company, Warner Bros. who she's been with since the beginning of her career and signed with Live nation, the world's largest concert promoter. For an artist of her importance to ditch her record company and turn over her entire range of ventures to a concert promotion firm is unprecedented. It's a fascinating business development. Between Madonna defecting and Radiohead offering its music directly to fans on the Internet, the music business is changing rapidly. Leave it to Madonna to be in the vanguard.
From the official press release: Live Nation's President and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Rapino officially confirmed today that Madonna has entered into an unprecedented global partnership with Live Nation and will become the founding artist in its Artist Nation division. "The paradigm in the music business has shifted and as an artist and a business woman, I have to move with that shift," commented Madonna. "For the first time in my career, the way that my music can reach my fans is unlimited. I've never wanted to think in a limited way and with this new partnership, the possibilities are endless. Who knows how my albums will be distributed in the future? That's what's exciting about this deal — everything is possible. Live Nation has offered me a true partnership and after 25 years in the business, I feel that I deserve that." "Madonna is a true icon and maverick as an artist and in business," stated Mr. Rapino. "Our partnership is a defining moment in music history. I am thrilled that Madonna, who is also now a shareholder in our company, has joined with us to create a new business model for our industry. Bringing all the varied elements of Madonna's stunning music career into the Artist Nation and Live Nation family, moves her future and the future of our company into a unique and extraordinary place." The first-of-its-kind partnership between Madonna and Live Nation encompasses all of Madonna's future music and music-related businesses, including the exploitation of the Madonna brand, new studio albums, touring, merchandising, fan club/web site, DVDs, music-related television and film projects and associated sponsorship agreements. This unique new business model will address all of Madonna’s music ventures as a total entity for the first time in her career. Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Live Nation's Global Music Division and Chief Executive Officer of Global Touring, who has produced the artist’s last three worldwide tours with the company which generated close to $500 million in the last six years commented, "Madonna is without a doubt one of the most fiercely original artists in history. It is a great opportunity for Live Nation and Artist Nation to build upon our years of success with Madonna as a touring artist." Artist Nation was created to partner with artists to manage their diverse rights, grow their fan bases and provide a direct connection to fans through the global distribution platform and marketing proficiencies that have made Live Nation the world's largest live music company. Headed by the division's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Cohl, Artist Nation has significant infrastructure in place to execute additional revenue streams including recorded music, merchandise, studios, media rights, digital rights, fan club/website and sponsorship divisions. Joining with Artist Nation to work with Madonna will be Live Nation's unmatched global distribution platform and artist-to-fan-reach, including over 80 offices in l8 countries, over 200 national and local sponsorship personnel, over l60 venues, access to over 35 million fans that attend well over l0,000 shows that Live Nation produces, promotes and/or hosts each year for over l,000 artists including fan access via Live Nation's growing database of over 25 million fans. "I've been fortunate enough to work with Madonna for half my life. She has always encouraged me and set a great example for me to push the boundaries to reach our full potential. This partnership exemplifies just that," commented Madonna's co-manager Guy Oseary. Angela Becker, Madonna's co-manager added, "The partnership and vision for the future that Artist Nation along with Live Nation presented to us assured me that this is the ideal home for Madonna. It is with great trust and optimism that we collectively move ahead together." In regard to Madonna's relationship with her current label, the artist commented, "My time with Warner Bros. Records has been great. I appreciate their hard work and value the many relationships I have developed over the years with the label in the U.S. and around the world. I have an album coming out with them next year and I'm excited about it. We still have work to do together." Posted on October 16, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Ciara Shows Tyra the Booty Dance We love Tyra, especially when she brings the crazy. Here's a clip of Tyra getting jiggy with Ciara. Ciara teaches Tyra her famous booty move from her video. They're both in skirts and stilettos, crawling around on the stage floor while yelling "No booty shots!" to the cameraman. Posted on October 15, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Price ![]() Former Vice president Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, which he shares with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The Nobel Committee believes that climate change is going to be one of the driving forces in future conflicts and wars on the planet, as resources become more scarce. Achim Steiner, executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, which helped found the intergovernmental panel, said: "This prize is an indication of the degree to which we've realized in the past few years that what happens in the environment is not just about natural resources but has so many different dimensions. It recognizes that changes in the environment are likely to manifest themselves in tensions and conflicts. This is a great honor for Vice President Gore, which he richly deserves. Posted on October 13, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Kiefer Sutherland Pleads Out DUI Case Kiefer Sutherland has plead no contest in his DUI case. This is the fourth time he's been arrested for DUI and the second time he's plead guilty or no contest. He could be in big trouble.
Kiefer Sutherland has just copped a plea in his DUI case. Sutherland did not appear, however -- his high-powered lawyer, Blair Berk, showed up in downtown L.A. and entered a no contest plea to one count of DUI. This is Kiefer's second DUI conviction. Back in 2004, he pled no contest to driving with a .22 blood alcohol level and was sentenced to five years probation. Today's plea means Kiefer violated probation and could be sentenced to a year-and-a-half in the slammer.He clearly has a serious alcohol problem which he's suffered with for years. Remember when Julia Roberts left him at the alter all those years ago? The rumors said then that alcohol had a lot to do with it. Of course, she then went on to marry Lyle Lovett on the rebound. How weird was that? But back to Kiefer: the producers of 24 are not happy with this turn of events. That's for sure. Update: Kiefer will serve 30 days in county jail. He also must enroll in an 18-month alcohol-education class and attend weekly alcohol-therapy sessions for six months. He will also face additional jail time for violating his probation from his last DUI conviction. Posted on October 9, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Lynne Spears Tries an Intervention OK! magazine reports that Lynne Spears and Jamie Spears flew to Los Angeles to see Britney this weekend. But the trip had another purpose. They, along with Kevin Federline, spent all day at Britney's house staging an intervention. They stayed there all day, but Britney eventually fled the scene, behaving erratically. After a marathon intervention session with her mother, sister and ex-husband, Britney Spears appears to be back to her usual, unusual behavior. Around 7pm PT on Saturday, the pop star stormed out of her Malibu home, where she had been locked in conversation with her family since the early morning hours, and sped off once more in her white convertible with a parade of more than three dozen photographers trailing her.Britney then went to the Ivy, didn't stay long and then went to her other house in Malibu. Apparently, the intervention didn't work. Lynne really is trying to help her daughter, but until Britney decides she needs help she'll never take the steps to get better. Posted on October 8, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Male Peacock Jealousy Is A Danger to Blue Cars In North Newton, Somerset,
England, there is a very jealous male peacock who attacks any blue car that comes onto the giant estate on which he lives.
Like any male defending his patch, Ron does his best to banish potential love rivals. Unfortunately, this fellow's a little confused about who his competitors are. Ron, a peacock , has begun attacking any bright blue cars which drive into his territory at a stately home. In his latest assault, on a blue Lexus, he scratched and dented every panel - causing £4,000 worth of damage.Sir Benjamin has no heirs and spent almost two years testing DNA of Slade relatives around the world to find someone to leave his estate to. So far, in the lead to inherit is Isaac Slade, 24-year-old lead singer of The Fray. Posted on October 5, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Charlie Sheen Stoops Even Lower The Denise Richards-Charlie Sheen divorce/custody battle just got worse. Denise filed papers in court that show Charlie Sheen in an even uglier light than usual. He sent emails to Denise calling her a "sad, jobless pig" and made fun of Denise's mother's looks (she is undergoing cancer treatment and has lost her hair). He is total slime. But it gets worse. The pediatrician testified that Sheen won't let his two little girls have common vaccinations, which is totally nuts -- not to mention dangerous. An attached letter from little Samantha's former pediatrician supports this. The doctor, Jeannette J. Levenstein, actually resigned as the child's physician in 2004 because of "differing philosophies pertaining to Sam's preventative care, I cannot, in good conscious [sic] continue to treat her." Believe me, Hollywood doctors never turn away celebrity patients unless they think something is very, very wrong. Denise's long declaration filed with the court describes Charlie as abusive, a patron of prostitutes and negligent when it comes to their little girls. It also outlines his sizeable gambling and alleged drug addictions.According to the lengthy court documents, Sheen screams and abuses the chidrens' nanny -- when he's not looking at underage gay porn on his computer. He is vile. Team Denise all the way. Posted on October 4, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Eva Longoria Sex Tape Spoof Eva Longoria has a bit of fun with the tabloids and her fans. She made a spoof sex tape with comedian Perry Hilton for the comedy website, funnyordie.com. It's clearly a spoof of One Night in Paris. Eva worries that someone might see the tape, because she has an audition for a new show called Desperate Housewives. Who knew she had such a good sense of humor? Posted on October 3, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Why Britney Lost Custody of Her Kids Britney Spears has now lost custody of her two boys, Sean Preston and Jayden James. On Monday, Brit took the boys to Carl's Jr. for lunch then handed over the tykes to K-Fed's bodyguards, two days ahead of the judge's deadline. So why did the judge alter his order and make her hand over the kids to K-Fed? TMZ reports that Britney didn't enroll in parenting classes, didn't get a California driver's license in time and didn't submit to drug and alcohol testing. Commissioner Gordon was not happy. Britney didn't follow a number of conditions the Commish laid down. But sources tell us three factors were the last straws for Gordon.After the judge's order, Britney checked into the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills. This is such a tragedy. We think she should be put on suicide watch. You'd think there would be some way to get her into rehab now that her kids have been taken away from her (at least temporarily, anyway). But Britney isn't listening to anyone. Posted on October 2, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati Paris Hilton Grilled by Letterman Paris Hilton had a miserable time on the David Letterman Show. Dave mercilessly grilled Paris about jail, while the audience laughed at her. He wouldn't stop, even when she asked him to. Finally, she refused to answer jail questions and pouted, while her eyes filled with tears. (Reportedly she burst into tears backstage). We thought she handled herself really well, actually. And she looked great. Wonder what her new fragrance, Can Can, smells like? Dave drank some from what was hopefully just a fake perfume bottle in an effort to find out. Here's the video: Posted on October 1, 2007 Permalink | Digg this | Blogs linking to this post: Google | Technorati |
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