In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Weezer rocks out on Yo, Gabba Gabba!, a commercial suggests cheating on your spouse with an Avatar, and we discover the worst ever Crap Text Message From A Dude.
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Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision that the sponsors get to dream up a challenge. The delusion it will be interesting. The vision to have the bitchiest judges in the biz. The delusion they are enough.
You there, Seacrest! What day is this? Oh I had the most wondrous vision last night. Last night I think I actually cared about this season of American Idol. I felt real feelings. Too bad they were angry feelings.
On this rainy Friday we bring you news of beautiful, sunshiny Hollywood. A film gets a re-release, Grey's Anatomy's brightest star may be supernova'ing, and another young star gets a notch in her belt. Yay showbiz!
Her husband still doesn't know about the drugs! Everyone knows about this actress' drinking problem, especially when she publicly "performs." This male actor is just jonesing for sex with underage girls. Might as well face it, we're addicted to gossip.
According to director Joshua Newton's lawsuit against Variety for breach of contract—he's mad that Variety trashed his movie after selling him on a $400,000 Oscar campaign—the paper doesn't think its own reviews matter.
Grammy night, many female artists wore very… revealing ensembles. Fun for us, maybe, but some viewers with delicate sensibilities found it necessary to complain to the FCC. Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, some emails are online.
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Zomgoggles, here is the just-released trailer for the new Twilight movie, Total Eclipse of the Heart. There is: replacement vampire witch Bryce Dallas Howard (a big movie star!), everyone loving Bella, and shirtlessness. Always with the shirtlessness. Sparkly news day!
Lala Sloatman co-starred with Corey Haim in The Watchers and Dream A Little Dream, and they dated for two years at the peak of his fame. Here's what Sloatman tells us about that heady time.
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Well. I think it's official. Men are more interesting and better at things than women. Sorry JezeFriskyXX.com. It's just how things played out in the ol' game of evolution. I'm basing this on scientific Idol Evidence, mind you. Truly credible.
This report, fictionally filed by NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg, shows that the female residents of a house at 2000 S St., NW in Washington, D.C. are not only influenced by negative media portrayals of their gender, but also perpetuate them.
It's not for his wife, it's for the hired help. This actress quit a job to get away from a power couple and their "arrangement." A friendly duo is only partying together for the fame. Two's company, three's a party!
The lady/gay reality network has added a fifth evening of original programming to its brightly-hued lineup, we're guessing Sunday night. New shows will include Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and some actual scripted fare, including a comedy about male escorts.
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Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we suffer through cuddling up to the decrepit old weekly tabloids, so you don't have to. This week: Katie Holmes is so distracted with being knocked up that Suri's going without shoes.
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We know this news came out yesterday, but we couldn't resist sharing the Joan, Roger, Don, and Betty Barbie dolls that Mattel is hawking for $75 a pop. Alcohol problems, sexual peccadilloes, and suburban ennui not included.
Girls! All we really want is girls! Well, that's all we really wanted at the beginning of this season's competition, because a woman was due to win the crown. Now, three weeks in? We don't want that anymore. More »