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Project Runway Deal Signed, Harvey Weinstein Returns to Bashing NBC
Harvey Weinstein's gracious-in-defeat couldn't last long. After paying off NBC to take his Project Runway to Lifetime, the mogul had "personally" congratulated the network. Now, he's calling NBC chairman Ben Silverman a big naked-arm-wrestling homo. More »
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Three Worst Red Carpet Flubs By Ryan Seacrest
It's not that we don't sympathize with Ryan Seacrest. The Oscar red carpet is a relentless stream of thin-skinned celebrities. But the celebrity interviewer seemed especially cringe-inducing this year. More » -
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Ryan Seacrest's Awkward Slumdog Interview
Indian names baffle E!'s Ryan Seacrest, so he just held a sign up to the camera to introduce children from the cast of Slumdog Millionaire. Sad. Then things got more weird. More » -
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Ryan Seacrest and Simon Cowell Attempt To Recapture the Island Magic
After yesterday's fleshy collection of Steve Martin/Martin Short beach photos, we were feeling charitable toward seaside man-duos (we are not going to say "bromance"...we're just not.) Then, Ryan Seacrest came along. More »
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ben silverman
Kim Masters Attempts to Lay Out Defamer-Sourced Case for Ben Silverman's Homosexuality
We consider ourselves connoisseurs of beleaguered (but enthusiastic!) NBC chief Ben Silverman, so we were a little surprised when we heard that Kim Masters had published a rumor roundup on The Daily Beast today that included three whole paragraphs tracking speculation that Silverman might be gay. Had our gaydar been scrambled by distinctly unfabulous shows like My Own Worst Enemy and Project Lipstick, we wondered? Then we read the article, in which Masters (citing Defamer as her primary source) appears to lay out her entire same-sex case by mistaking some of our "funny ha-has" for actual, industry-pervading rumors: More »
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Comment by PunnyMcGee: Hasn't Tina Fey said there are about four characters on "30 Rock" that are vaguely based on Ben Silverman... most... 1 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Even 3 Emmys Can't Protect Tina Fey From an Onslaught of Sarah Palin Questions
Breaking news (must credit Defamer): Sarah Palin resembles Tina Fey! In fact, the Comparison That Wouldn't Die has proved so strong that even though a game Fey sated fan expectations by playing Palin in Saturday Night Live's season opener, she still can't escape interrogation about what she really thinks of the vice presidential candidate. At the Emmys last night, the multiple winner was quizzed by both Ryan Seacrest and backstage journalists about Palin, and Fey made a fervent plea for November to provide her with the change she needs: More » -
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'Short Ends?' That's What She Said!
· This montage of every "That's what she said" from The Office is a little long but guaranteed to put a smile on your face. (3...2...1...) [YouTube] More »
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By SethComment by Lapinot: Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord Palin. 1 Responses | Other threads
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ryan seacrest
Ryan Seacrest Reveals The Secret Behind Simon Cowell's Perma-Scowl: Botox
Now that mogulsexual Ryan Seacrest finally has an American Idol season to start taping, he's shelved his budding bromance with NBC head Ben Silverman to get back to what he does worst: trading barbs with Simon Cowell. To kick off this latest round of homoerotic oversharing, Seacrest landed himself on Ellen DeGeneres's couch, where he proceeded to mock Cowell's self-obsession and accuse the withering judge of a Botox addiction. Yes, Ryan Seacrest called someone else out for metrosexual grooming. Removing your blond highlights can really embolden a man. [The Ellen DeGeneres Show]
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ryan seacrest
Apocalypse Imminent: Ryan Seacrest and Paris Hilton Form Unholy Union
There are some tastes that go great together: chocolate and peanut butter, peanut butter and jelly, peanut butter and marshmallow fluff. There are even some tastes that go great together that don’t involve peanut butter, and one of them might just be Paris Hilton and Ryan Seacrest! Yes, America’s least favorite heiress and most sexually ambiguous reality host are combining their joint powers of suckage to create a brand new scripted television series. More »
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By Nick MalisComment by tstartarraf: Check out this hilarious Kim Kardashian spoof! + Watch video 1 Responses | Other threads
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american idol
'American Idol' Teaser: Next Season's Hell—Today!!!
As a fitting companion-piece to our passionate defense of all things Seacrest, we offer you now, as if a precious time-capsule sent to us from the near future, a glimpse at the approximately 11 million American Idol hopefuls who swarmed the East Rutherford Government Cheese Distribution Center and Unemployment Gardens for a shot at greatness. Yes, any two of these adorable, undiscovered talents might face off in the show's grand finale: Will it be the girl in the plush Mickey Mouse-top hat? The triple-prophesied blue-eyeshadow lady? Only time, and countless Paula Abdul concussion-inducing blackouts, will tell. In the meanwhile, have a little fun by filling in your own Simon Cowell dream-dismantling one-liners: "You sound like your state smells." Go ahead—try it. It's fun! [Yahoo Video] -
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Ryan Seacrest, Poster Boy For The New Breed Of Mogulsexual
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 »
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By SethComment by Assistant/Atlas: Ryan Seacrest is the human equivalent of huffing glue....sure, it might feel like you're walking on sunshine, but all you're... more » | Other threads
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ben silverman
'Beijing Ben' Silverman Regales Ryan Seacrest With Gay Jokes, NBC Chimes
He speaks! In the midst of fending off the rumors swirling about his job security, NBC head honcho Ben Silverman has taken time out to become a recurring Olympics correspondent for Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show on KIIS-FM. Broadcasting & Cable has the scoop (not to be missed is Silverman's quip about his Chinese tour guide: "Her name is Fun Fun, so you can imagine how much fun-fun Fun Fun is"), but with the help of Molly McAleer, we've assembled some of Silverman's most enthusiastic moments in the video after the jump. Who knew that Silverman and Seacrest were so well-versed about the gay goings-on in West Hollywood? [Broadcasting & Cable]
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short ends
Zoila Well-Versed In The TV Breeding Habits Of Bisexual MySpace Whores
· Today on Feeling Zoila, Jeff Lewis's frittata-serving lifemate reveals what she's learned from her OCD-afflicted boss. We think we can now safely say we know where she got that bad habit of standing on the front lawn in denim short-shorts and shaking her dumps for passing motorists. [Flipping Out] More » -
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Meryl Streep Gets Work!
· Meryl Streep is close to signing on to play the lead in Nancy Meyers's next comedy for Universal. Did we burn the Roxette-musical joke already? It seems we did. How about a subtle variation using Ace is Base songs instead? [Variety] More » -
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Celeb Bodyguard Blogs Deepest, Jonas Brothers Minding Thoughts
Big Rob—the leviathan security detail who rose to national prominence hurtling away Britney Spears's paparazzi tormentors with one swat of his canoe-sized arms—has started a blog. Now employed by the fraternal order of avant-garde multi-instrumentalists more commonly known as the Jonas Brothers, Big Rob has been promoted from his overzealous-teenbopper-pummeling duties to become an actual member of the band. But let's let Rob explain, directly from his blog's home at RyanSeacrest.com—your full-service online source for all the completely stupid things Ryan Seacrest cares about it, apparently! More » -
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Defamer Combine-O-Tron 2000 Reveals The Horrifying Face Of This Year's Emmys Host
After last year's Ryan Seacrest-in-the-round extravaganza, today comes more exciting news about a significant shakeup in the Emmy Awards format: This year's ceremony, scheduled for September 21 at the roomy Nokia Theatre, will be presided over by the five nominees in the new category of best reality host. (The shape of the stage is still under wraps, but we hear ABC is toying with an M.C. Escher-inspired endless staircase design that will provide raked seating for days!) Seacrest, nominated for his hosting duties on American Idol, will be joined by Survivor's Jeff Probst, Dancing with the Stars's Tom Bergeron, Deal or No Deal's Howie Mandel, and Project Runway's Heidi Klum. We've run promotional photos of all five hosts through our Defamer Combine-O-Tron 2000 (patent pending; any similarities to Late Night's If They Mated completely coincidental) to see what the host would look like if they melded them into one. The result? A not-particuarly-telegenic überhost, and distant cousin of the rare and wonderful pigkey! More » -
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Hollywood Privacywatch: Adrian Grenier Not Afraid Of A Little PDA
PrivacyWatch celebrity sightings are submitted by our millions of Defamer operatives. We'd like to remind you that this feature is powered by you, so if you want to see more installments of PrivacyWatch, then all you've got to do is to send us your sightings. Submit yours to tips[AT]defamer.com (please put "sighting" or "PrivacyWatch" in the subject line so we don't lose them) and tell everyone about the time you saw Adrian Grenier getting ready to Diving Bell the Butterfly out of "some model looking chick." More »
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By Mark GrahamComment by valleygirl62122: Ok, here goes. I love this portion of the Defamer and I am what I consider a celebrity watcher. However,... more » | Other threads
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Boy Toys
Ryan Seacrest To Help Sexually Confused 'Bros' Befriend Brody Jenner
There's no use denying that we have had more than a passing interest in reality dating shows for just about as long as we can remember. From watching to Roger Lodge wink his way through Blind Date to finding ourselves hooked into all of the Flavor of Love franchises to our guiltiest moment where we watched a marathon of Shipmates, we had thought we'd seen it all from the genre. But today’s news that King of Television Ryan Seacrest has enlisted Hills boy toy/master nobody Brody Jenner to star in Bromance has officially ruined our ever-weakening belief in these shows doing anything other than harm to our souls. The premise, the challenges, and the overall stench of this upcoming MTV series sounds like, quite possibly, the worst idea in the history of ideas: More » -
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In Honor Of Ryan Seacrest's 'Momma's Boys,' We Salute Hollywood's Greatest Oedipal Wrecks
In light of the news that Ruler of the Universe Ryan Seacrest will soon be hosting a show on NBC called Momma’s Boys, we’re both delighted that the highlighted wunderkind has decided to ignore all the inevitable backlash, and disappointed that the show will be using mere mortals as contestants. Of all the male celebrities out there, Ryan is undoubtedly one of the most clear-cut examples of how we imagine our worst nightmare of a "Mother May I?" type to be, but he’s certainly not alone. Below, we nominate a few of our own submissions to the casting call printed in Backstage this week for “candidates who should be ready to be humiliated,” in celebrity form of course: More »
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defamer
Will Larry King Pass The Softball- Lobbing Torch To Ryan Seacrest?
Despite having secured his future at CNN until 2010, Larry King, who come this November will turn 138, has finally acknowledged the fact that his career might have a finite end. (Even if his legacy does not: His Last Will and Testament contains detailed instructions of the children he expects his wife to bear from the 14 packages of Cryovaced semen he keeps stored in an industrial freezer in his basement.) That said, it's being reported that King is eyeing none other than American Idol's Master of Karaoke-Administrating Ceremonies Ryan Seacrest to fill his legendary seat. From The Scoop: More »
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By SethComment by MessyMortal: @AgitpropVT: nonono it's "when life gives you lemons stuff them in your bra!" They should present Ryan with a pair of... more » | Other threads
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Comment by MidTwix: Kids! The bullpen isn't necessarily speaking to reality... but speaking to the funny! Get it? It's like regular media - just... more » | Other threads
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defamer
It's Ryan Seacrest's World And We're All Just Living In It
What would happen if you made a gorgeous mesh of Larry King, Regis Philbin, Oprah Winfrey, Dick Clark and Rupert Murdoch? Other than having one hell of a botox bill on your hands, you'd have the burgeoning boy wonder that is Ryan Seacrest. After years spent being bullied by the media (for being quasi-femme, for "dating" Teri Hatcher) and Simon Cowell (for being "yappy little chihuahua"), he is now being applauded for his ambitions to become "the Dick Clark, Larry King and Merv Griffin for a new generation." But how did the Chicklet-toothed boy from Atlanta who used to make Casey Kasem videos in his bedroom at the age of 8 manage to (gulp) win us over?"I've never had any work done. I've had a facial or two because I've got to get that makeup out of my pores. Otherwise, I'll look like Pizza Face."
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defamer
Spot The Seacrest 2.0 Differences
There's more than just a sullen face—or is that a come-hither stare?—separating the Ryan Seacrest you know and love from the one looking back at you on the cover of the current Details. In the tradition of everyone's favorite happy hour touch-screen time-killer, we now invite you to Spot the Six Enhanced Differences in the above two photos of the beloved showbiz ubiquity. Feel free to leave your guesses in the comments. The answers (four easy and two for expert competitors only) are after the jump: More »
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By SethComment by caffeinatedangel: Looks to me like the photoshop "artist" (and I use that term loosely) comped together the faces of Ryan Seacrest... more » | Other threads
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Giuliana DePandi Goes AWOL From E!, Returns Sans Wedding Ring
Ah, the magic of an E!-televised marriage. With all thosemillionsthousands spent, viewers tuning in, and smile-forcing cameras around, how could the union of two C-list celebs like Giuliana DePandi and original Apprentice lackey Bill Rancic possibly go wrong? Giuliana's recent ring-less appearances on air makes her the latest "celebrity" under investigation by wedding ring detectors, leading some to speculate that the two have each booked a coach ticket direct to Splitsville:"Days since Giuliana went mysteriously missing from an E! News taping, she has filmed three new E! News episodes, ring-less."
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Comment by yvonnjanae: McHale is the funniest guy on TV right now. Next comes Craig Ferguson. more » | Other threads
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defamer
Gary Busey Apologizes For Attempting To Suck The Blood From Jennifer Garner's Neck
By now, we've all seen the video of Gary Busey's vampire-like neck-raping of Jennifer Garner on the red carpet the other evening. But you might not have seen (or heard) that Busey managed to pry himself from his coffin early on Monday morning and delivered a heartfelt (yet borderline creepy) apology to Garner on Ryan Seacrest's radio show. During this interview, we learn that The Buse also managed to spring another surprise attack on the carpet on Sunday (specifically, he interrupted a Fox News interview with George Clooney). However, as disturbing as all of Busey's confused red-carpet lunging on The Most Important Night In Showbiz was, we found ourselves even more disturbed after learning about his "interesting odor." More »
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Comment by Dreamdate: @Cacafuego: Yea, a lot of people don't know that. I was thinking the same thing.@WGARefugee: I do! I do! Wait,... more » | Other threads
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'American Idol' Finally Overcomes Its Pink Panic
At long last, the American Idol chaff has been removed (farewell, STG. Farewell, fan-waving hippie. Farewell, toe-tapping girl—or, rather, hello to Defamer's newest celebrity commenter), and we can focus on the unpolished kernels of wheat vying for karaoke's ultimate crown. Only watching the top 12 boys compete last night, we were instantly struck by something: These are some of the gayest wheat-kernels we've ever laid our eyes on! More »
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By SethComment by Superstarsteve: The finals promise be a big bitchfest smackdown with poison ivy smeared into the costumes and pepper spray treated microphones... more » | Other threads
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defamer
'Idol' Committed To Giving Every Small Town Gay In America Their Music-Raping Moment
While American Idol positions itself as the greatest singing competition in the history of the world—and, let's face it...It is! It really is!—it also performs a crucial secondary service for which it too often goes uncredited: Introducing America to the Small Town Gay . More » -
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By MarkComment by Shemp Baldwin: Let me break it down. Cate Blanchett can shoot a dozen babies out of her yaa and we don't care... more » | Other threads
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By MarkComment by FrankieButtons: Is it the video, or was his voice way deeper back then? Man, I had forgotten how much I always wanted... more » | Other threads
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Seacrest Sniffles Update: 'He Had The Flu' Says E!, But Managed to Make A Magazine Cover Shoot This PM!
Until Ryan Seacrest called in sick for last night's SAG Awards, we'd always just kinda assumed that E! had procured him in from the hallowed halls of the Cyberdnye Systems Corporation. Turns out that maybe, just maybe, he is human after all. We just got a call from E! letting us know that Ry Guy had (gasp!) "the flu" last night. But, as with any ongoing investigation, there's always more. Moments ago, a source at Details Magazine told us that Seacrest managed to show up at Pier 59 in Los Angeles on-time and ready to shoot their April cover. Says our source: More »
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By mollyfComment by crackbabyjesus: Uh no...more like you've been playing with the snowflakes a bit too long...a variation of the Colombian flu: see: Lindsey... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Seacrest Calls In 'Sick' For SAG Awards, E! Forced To Scramble
Ryan Seacrest, quite possibly the hardest-working man in showbiz now that James Brown has kicked the bucket, was a last-minute no-show for last night's E! coverage of the SAG Awards Red Carpet. Though co-anchor GiulianaDePandiRancic did mention early on in her pre-show commentary that Seacrest was out "sick," this bit of news somehow didn't make its way into the West Coast feed (East Coast viewers did see the quick explanation). We have always been fascinated by Seacrest's seemingly unparalled ability to work nine different jobs simultaneously, so we figured that he must've been REALLY sick to miss the first star-studded red carpet gala of the season. However, our initial curiosity about the situation was renewed this morning when Seacrest showed up on time at KIIS-FM this morning for his radio show. More » -
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By MarkComment by Reggie Cameron: On any given day, between the time Seacrest gets out of bed and makes it out the door to the... more » | Other threads
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By SethComment by BabylonSister: @PressWhore: Deja vu of Britney and Jamie Lynn. *shudders* more » | Other threads
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holidays
Dick Clark Back For One More Depressing New Year's Eve
With seemingly so little to be thankful for this upcoming Turkey Devouring Day, at least we have the happy news that Dick Clark will be rejoining the 2008 New Year's Rockin' Eve festivities, where he'll again be accompanied by a virtually strikeproof Ryan Seacrest. There, at the precise stroke of midnight (perhaps an unfortunate choice of wording given the circumstances), Seacrest will finally deliver the noisemaker-blowing go-ahead to his delighted mentor, resulting in the faintest kazoo-squeak signal for "Auld Lang Syne" to begin. More »
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By SethComment by mycomments: Ahhhh the ego,I cant imagine that a person in Clark's unfortunate situation (and career acomplishments) would suject themselves to this... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Can't a burly, muscleshirt-addicted talent-show judge and the co-worker he constantly insinuates is a closeted homosexual enjoy some cocktails in a pool without bloggers gaying up their male-bonding moment with cute Photoshop hearts? Apparently not. [JustJared] -
defamer
David Hasselhoff Given Inevitable E! Show
Today, the creative dream team of American Idol host/tireless megaproducer Ryan Seacrest and America's Got Talent judge/off-key finale-stealer David Hasselhoff have announced their promising collaboration on Tales From the Hoff, a scripted E! series that should provide a much-needed respite from the celebrity-fellating network's nonstop countdown-related programming. If you've ever furrowed a brow at the actor's repeated attempts at sustaining a post-Baywatch show business career and thought to yourself, "This man's sad quest to remain relevant to a generation that's never even heard of Knight Rider would make a darkly funny television show," then this upcoming project will quickly find itself on your Season Pass list, according to Var: More » -
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Report: Emmys In Talks To Use Britney Spears To Goose Ratings
Some measure of redemption for Britney Spears, whose disastrous VMAs performance was so universally derided that the one person on Earth willing to leap to her defense has become an international media superstar, may be just an uncomfortable, one-armed hug from Ryan Seacrest away. Us Weekly's website is reporting that Spears is "in negotiations" to put in an appearance at the Emmys on Sunday night, where she can apologize to millions of TV fans for her nationally televised attempted euthanasia of her enfeebled music career: More » -
defamer
Ryan Seacrest To Indulge His Musical Theater Impulses On Emmy Stage
Having steadily risen the variety show emceeing ranks since he was plucked from relative obscurity by the immaculately manicured hand of Merv Griffin himself, it was really only a matter of time before American Idol host and E! red carpet munchkin Ryan Seacrest would be asked to preside over a major awards telecast. But until that day comes, he's more than happy to take on the Emmys. Talking to THR about the high-profile gig, Seacrest spoke of having to stretch past his copy-regurgitating comfort zone into the realm of jazz-hand-waving song and dance man: More » -
defamer
Meet Ryan Seacrest, Your Last-Minute Emmy Host
Panicked that the Emmys were rapidly approaching and they hadn't yet named a host for the awards telecast, Fox has convinced American Idol master of karaoke ceremonies Ryan Seacrest to borrow one of Ellen DeGeneres' tuxedos and assume emceeing duties for Hollywood's Third- Or Fourth-Biggest Night, Depending On How You Feel About The Globes And SAG Awards. While Seacrest's hosting bonafides are certainly beyond question—tens of millions of furiously texting teenage girls can't be wrong—those handling the production remind us why America is so crazy in love with Hollywood's hardest working man and offer a brief tease about the surprises they have in store for TV fans. Reports Var: More »
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By MarkComment by crankymediaguy: OK, with this announcement, it is no longer a question of whose dick it is that Ryan Seacrest sucks off... more » | Other threads
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