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“Dancing With the Stars” Season 11 Cast: Margaret Cho, Bristol Palin, “The Situation” and Other Surprises

Holly — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:42:51 +0000

Anyone who watched “The Bachelor Pad” last night caught the big reveal of the “Dancing With the Stars” season 11 cast. The new line-up will be hitting the dance floor–and your television–on Monday, September 20th at 8 p.m. EST. The premiere event will take place over the course of two nights; after the cast’s first performances on the dance floor, the couple with the lowest combined judges’ scores and public votes will be sent home during the “Dancing with the Stars: The Results Show” on Tuesday, September 21st.

Last season, Nicole Scherzinger of The Pussycat Dolls fame took home the Mirror Ball trophy. Any bets on who will make it to the end this season?

The “Dancing With the Stars Season 11 Cast:

The Guys:

Michael Bolton
Rick Fox
David Hasselhoff
Kyle Massey
Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino
Kurt Warner

The Women:

Brandy
Margaret Cho
Jennifer Grey
Florence Henderson
Bristol Palin
Audrina Patridge

Bristol Palin is most definitely the talk of the upcoming season. Many were shocked when rumors started spilling out just a few days ago about Bristol becoming part of the cast and last night it was dutifully confirmed by the announcement of the upcoming cast. Sadly, after watching her interview with ABC News (below) I’m not too excited about seeing this “other side” of her that she wants people to see because she still does not seem to have a personality. Bristol Palin has always been very one-note to me; kind of catatonic-like, unable to muster up any inflection when she’s speaking and she’s just horrendously boring to me. I’m not hoping she makes it very far in the competition and I’m not drawn to watching this season of “Dancing With the Stars” because of her being cast.

The person who did pique my interest about this upcoming season was Margaret Cho. If I told you who I would never guess to appear on “Dancing With the Stars” that list would most definitely include Margaret Cho. Since I’m not a fan of the show in the least, I’m kind of disappointed about her agreeing to be on the show, but am happy that she gets the opportunity to appeal to more people, this time in the form of dance–and how awesome will she look in some of those ballroom dancing costumes? Being the very typical fangirl that I am, I did immediately check to see if Margaret Cho’s tour date for my city was still set, despite her run on the show just to make sure I would still have the chance to see her this October.

Who are you most excited to see hit the dance floor on this season of “Dancing With the Stars”?

2010 Emmy Awards: Jimmy Fallon Hosts and a Roundup of Winners and Nominees

Holly — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:41:23 +0000

The 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards aired last night. I usually love awards shows and always watch them, rooting for my favorites to take home an award or complain about how my favorites shows and movies were robbed. This is typically a time of indulgence and enjoyment for me, but I realized last night just how much weight the host of an awards show has on the entire show and Jimmy Fallon hosting the 2010 Emmys really turned me off last night.

I do not like Jimmy Fallon. I don’t think he’s funny and I’m actually surprised his career in comedy has done as well as it has. I do hope that Jimmy Fallon has hit his peak with hosting the Emmys and we don’t have to see too much more of him in the future because I can honestly say that if he is chosen to host another awards show anytime soon, that is an awards show I will not be watching.

While watching the 2010 Emmys last night, I was also chatting with a friend and co-blogger of mine who I run the media and entertainment blog Women’s Eye on Media with. We published our Emmys chat from last night, so be sure to check that out for a lot (and I mean a lot) of snarky conversation all about who won last night, who walked away with nothing and of course, a whole lot about our hatred for Jimmy Fallon.

And onto the winners and nominees from the 2010 Emmy Awards…

Outstanding Comedy Series

Curb Your Enthusiasm
Modern Family (WINNER)
The Office
30 Rock
Nurse Jackie
Glee

Outstanding Drama Series

True Blood
Dexter
Mad Men (WINNER)
The Good Wife
Breaking Bad
Lost

Lead Actress in a Comedy

Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie (WINNER)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, The New Adventures of Old Christine
Toni Collette, United States of Tara
Lea Michele, Glee
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Lead Actor in a Comedy

Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Matthew Morrison, Glee
Tony Shalhoub, Monk
Steve Carell, The Office
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory (WINNER)

Supporting Actress in a Comedy

Jane Lynch, Glee (WINNER)
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Holland Taylor, Two and a Half Men

Supporting Actor in a Comedy

Jesse Tyler, Modern Family
Neil Patrick Harris, How I Met Your Mother
Chris Colfer, Glee
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family (WINNER)
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men

Lead Actress in a Drama

Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer (WINNER)
Glenn Close, Damages
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
January Jones, Mad Men

Lead Actor in a Drama

Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (WINNER)
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Hugh Laurie, House
Matthew Fox, Lost
Jon Hamm, Mad Men

Supporting Actor in a Drama

Martin Short, Damages
Terry O’Quinn, Lost
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad (WINNER)
Michael Emerson, Lost
John Slattery, Mad Men

Supporting Actress in a Drama

Rose Byrne, Damages
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife (WINNER)
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
Sharon Gless, Burn Notice
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife

Reality-Competition Program

American Idol
Dancing with the Stars
Project Runway
The Amazing Race
Top Chef (WINNER)

Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Jeff Probst, Survivor (WINNER)
Phil Keoghan, The Amazing Race
Tom Bergeron, Dancing with the Stars
Heidi Klum, Project Runway
Ryan Seacrest, American Idol

And the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award went to George Clooney.

Get Your Official Lady Gaga Halloween Costumes

Holly — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:11:10 +0000

Lady Gaga recently approved of a whole line of Halloween costumes inspired by several of her most note-worthy looks.

Fans of the pop icon can now purchase replicas of Lady Gaga’s famed silver sequin dress, American Flag get-up seen in the “Telephone” video, “Poker Face” swimsuit and the costume she wore during her VMA performance, among many others.

As any Lady Gaga fanatic knows, the essence that is Lady Gaga is not seen in merely her trendsetting and jaw-dropping clothing; what truly completes a Lady Gaga look is the accessories. Lady Gaga wigs can also be purchased to complete your costume in a variety of different Lady Gaga identities–her signature curly blonde hair, a blonde hair-like bow clip and a soda can wig.

Will you attempt to pull off a Lady Gaga-inspired costume this Halloween?

Barbara Walters Plans Daytime Talk Show for Male Audiences

Holly — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:12:40 +0000

We’ve known for a little while now that CBS is planning a daytime talk show with Hollywood moms that is being developed and co-produced by Sara Gilbert and while ABC has the very popular The View, they also have a little something extra up their sleeves and it’s being planned by Barbara Walters.

ABC is currently developing another daytime talk show to take the place of Oprah when it goes off the air. The difference between this new talk show and the already-airing The View, which Walters is a part of, is that this show will be made up of a male panel and targeted towards a male audience.

The male-themed View will be using a new set of celebrity panelists, said to include former ‘Today’ host Bryant Gumbel, comedian Alec Mapa, former BET news anchor Jacque Reid and former Fox News personality E.D. Hill.

This concept could potentially go over well, considering the current daytime television lineup is targeted predominately toward women. Do you think the potential co-hosts of the Male View could bring in the audience it needs to stay afloat?

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Have Reached a Custody Agreement

Holly — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:52:43 +0000

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have been on quite the rocky road through the years. When it was first announced that Bristol was pregnant, the word on the street was that she would be marrying her child’s father, Levi Johnston. That engage was called off, they went their separate ways–Levi vying for fame on his own and Bristol preaching about abstinence–and then they were back together and shopping for a reality show about parenting and then they weren’t together anymore and Levi, still the little famewhore that he is, announced he was going to get to Hollywood by running for Mayor of Wasilla and have a reality television crew follow him on his path.

In most recent news about the parents of Tripp, Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have finally reached a settlement in their custody case. According to the settlement, which was filed in an Alaska Superior Court, Bristol will get primary physical custody of Tripp and Levi will have visitation rights from 9AM to 4PM on Saturdays and 12PM to 6PM on Wednesdays. Levi has also been ordered to pay Bristol child support and although the sum of money was not stated, the agreement says the calculation is based on Levi’s earnings of $72,000 per year.

There is also a clause in the settlement stating that the parties are not to “speak badly about the other parent in front of the child … or allow anyone else to speak badly about the other parent or members of their family in front of the child.”

While the clause is important since I suppose these people are incapable of acting like civilized adults considering they are not yet fully matured as adults should be before having a child. I vote for this clause to be renamed the “Assume responsibility for your actions and act like a human being” clause, but that’s just me.

Now the next portion I have a little bit of a problem with. It goes on to state “The parties agree that they shall not allow the child to visit with, or interact with, any family member who publicly … or in front of the child, criticizes the other parent or the other parent’s family.

I have an inkling this clause was made up by Sarah Palin, since she is almost at the forefront, according to recent political surveys, of the GOP 2010 presidential candidates. She’s undoubtedly going to go for it and there is already quite the feud between the Palin family and the Johnston family; just take a look at Mercede Johnston’s blog that keeps getting more and more heated with rumors about how Bristol is insisting that Levi not speak to his family and never let them see his own son. This is a clause that I believe was written in order to keep a nice thumb over Levi and not allow the other side of Tripp’s family to see him so the Palins can flex their power a little more.

Of course, this is all up to interpretation and it is my sincerest wish that these two people can learn to exist and parent their child in a calm, mature and friendly way. I think Bristol will need to separate herself from the influence of her mother first in order for that to happen, though.

Dina Lohan to Appear on “Today Show” to Talk About Lindsay

Holly — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:03:12 +0000

Lindsay Lohan hasn’t been the topic of half as many media stories since she was released from jail and entered into the 90-day rehab treatment that came attached to her jail sentence. So how is she doing? What is she up to? Is she recovering and what has this whole process been like for her and her family?

Well, if you’ve been wondering about Lindsay Lohan lately, your concerns will be addressed tomorrow morning as Dina Lohan sits down for an exclusive interview to Matt Lauer on the Today Show.

This will be the first time Dina Lohan speaks out publicly about Lindsay’s incarceration and court-ordered rehab, although we have heard a lot of hot air coming out of Michael Lohan’s mouth from the day of Lindsay’s court hearing until recently.

The Today Show airs weekdays from 7AM to 11AM.

Advanced Movie Screening with Urban Girl Squad: The Switch

Holly — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:00:41 +0000

Urban Girl Squad scored 50 free tickets to raffle off for the advance screening of The Switch with Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman, an offbeat comedy about a woman whose plans to have a baby on her own go awry due to a last-minute switch that’s discovered seven years later. The movie is from the people behind Little Miss Sunshine and Juno, so it’s sure to be a hit! Twenty-five lucky winners will win two seats to the advance screening on Wednesday, August 18 at 7:300PM. Enter to win here.

Fast Facts:
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Time: 7:30PM

Enter Raffle: The Switch Raffle

Info: Urban Girl Squad

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About Urban Girl Squad
Amanda Hofman created Urban Girl Squad, a community-based social group for women in their 20’s and 30’s in New York City, in January 2008. Urban Girl Squad creates opportunities for these women to try new things, spend time with friends, and meet new people. Our events include food and wine tastings, beauty and fashion nights, dance and fitness classes, sports events, cocktail parties and more. We provide special, discounted access to the city–you’ll meet store owners and designers, taste gourmet food and drinks, receive personal attention from popular venues, and score some amazing gift bags. The welcoming atmosphere at our events makes it easy for members to attend on their own or with friends!

Ellen DeGeneres Leaving American Idol After One Season

Holly — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:00:35 +0000

Just one year after filling Paula Abdul’s vacant seat on the American Idol judges panel, Ellen DeGeneres has decided to leave the show, saying that it was not “the right fit” for her.

She had brought her concern of not being the right person to be judging the American Idol hopefuls to Fox and the show’s producers a couple months ago, but said she would hold off on doing anything until they were able to find someone to fill her seat. Understandably, DeGeneres said that having her daytime talk show and then judging the nationwide singing competition made her work schedule more than she bargained for.

DeGeneres commented on her decision, saying:

“I also realized this season that while I love discovering, supporting and nurturing young talent, it was hard for me to judge people and sometimes hurt their feelings. I loved the experience working on Idol and I am very grateful for the year I had, I am a huge fan of the show and will continue to be.”

With Ellen DeGeneres’ departure from the show, the team behind American Idol will not just have to find someone to fill her seat, but also Simon Cowell’s who announced he was leaving the show to concentrate on bringing The X Factor, a hit U.K. show, to the U.S.

There are a lot of rumors flying all over the place about American Idol; one in particular is that Steven Tyler will replace Cowell, which could be really interesting.

Hopefully they find two really great new judges because without having people on the panel who people actually want to see and hear from, American Idol could plummet more than it already has throughout the past few seasons.

Bob Barker on Drew Carey and the Price is Right

Holly — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:24:26 +0000

Bob Barker was stopped by paparazzi while walking down the street yesterday, yes apparently the paparazzi think they’re going to get a huge scandalous story out of an elderly man known for his years on a game show. A legendary game show of course, bnt still, a game show.

When asked about what he thinks of current host of Price is Right Drew Carey, Bob Barker said that Drew fails to add any “excitement” to it.

Barker’s statement, as expected, made the rounds on every celebrity gossip and entertainment website on the internet and got so much attention that Bob Barker felt the need to clarify his statement with EW.com, saying:

“I would not criticize Drew Carey. I would not criticize this show. I would not criticize CBS. I would not criticize FremantleMedia (which produces the show for the network) because I have a sizable royalty that I am paid every year this show is on, and it’s going on for years. I would be an absolute fool. I hope this show stays on for years. As for Drew, he’s been charming and complimentary, and he had me on the show to plug my book Priceless Memories. He devoted half of the show to me! He’s a charming man, and kind and gracious. To think that I would say anything derogatory about him is idiocy.”

Hm. Seems like a good amount of back peddling to me, but hopefully Drew Carey isn’t too offended by Barker’s statements, given Barker is pretty old and fragile and probably can’t handle a fight. (Yes, that was sarcasm.)

Related:
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Have Reached a Custody Agreement
Social Psychologist Says Children of Single Parents are Just Fine, Contrary to Bill O’Reilly’s Recent Comments
Dina Lohan to Appear on “Today Show” to Talk About Lindsay
Ellen DeGeneres Leaving American Idol After One Season

Lindsay Lohan Asked to Give Deposition about Strip Search

Holly — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:05:53 +0000

Sheriff’s officials said that Lindsay Lohan was treated just like any other inmate who entered the Lynwood Correctional Facility. If that’s true, the strip search Lindsay endured upon entering the correctional facility could help to win a recent class action lawsuit that has been filed claiming unlawful strip and body cavity searches conducted by L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies.

An unnamed female inmate claimed that other inmates, including herself, “are strip searched in plain view of each other in a parking lot that is neither private nor sanitary.”

Attorneys for the plaintiffs filed a request in Federal Court yesterday to take a deposition from Lindsay Lohan while she’s staying at the Lynwood Correctional Facility. A letter has also been sent to Lindsay’s attorney Shawn Chapman Holley asking if Lindsay would agree to speak with them and give a deposition, but their letter has not yet been returned.

No Corsets, No Hat Pins and No Crying — Jane Austen’s Fight Club

Holly — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:00:35 +0000

There is a not-so recent trend that has been sweeping the literary world; people are re-writing historical fiction like Pride and Prejudice and infusing it with dark humor which has been a huge hit. Books like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters have done extremely well for themselves and to add to the hilarity, a new faux movie trailer has recently gone viral, appearing pretty much everywhere from Mashable to Jezebel to PopScreen.

Jane Austen’s Fight Club is a hilarious and extremely awesome idea and I do really wish that someone would pick this up and make it into a full-length movie. I’d definitely go see it. Would you?

Never Miss Your Favorite TV Show and Never Rearrange Your Schedule with Charter On Demand

Holly — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:28:44 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Charter. All opinions are 100% mine.

Television has recently become quite an important part of my work life. I know what you’re thinking–television, work? How do they go together at all? Well, I have always been a big watcher of television, but then again, who doesn’t love sitting down to watch one of their favorite shows, right? Media is entertaining on its own, but it’s also important to analyze what we’re being subjected to and what we are collectively subjecting our children to. I have always felt that that was important and because of that, I recently started a media blog with a friend of mine, who is also a pretty fabulous social issues blogger, where we analyze, crack jokes and talk about what people are watching and paying attention to.

The creation of this blog not just compliments the hours of television I watch weekly, it also relies on it, so I can’t necessarily miss a show I want to watch and then need to write about. This is where Charter’s On Demand service would save my life–if only Charter was available in my area. However, it is not and that makes me sad. So for all of you out there that can obtain Charter service, you need to check out their On Demand home page.

When most people think of On Demand services, they immediately think of movies, but Charter On Demand also gives you access to thousands of free television shows. That’s a lot of television shows–thousands, so there’s definitely going to be more than a handful of somethings that literally anyone will want to watch and because they are always there, it doesn’t matter if you want to watch your favorite shows during the afternoon or in the middle of the night. There is no more having to rearrange your entire schedule just so you won’t miss a show you’re dying to see; it will be there when you have time to sit down and enjoy it.

It isn’t surprising that On Demand is one of the most popular features of Charter TV in Digital. It’s something that everyone can utilize and once you get it, you wonder how you managed so long without it. Check out their On Demand home page and You will ‘Like’ their Facebook page as well so you won’t miss a thing about anything Charter On Demand-related.

Sara Gilbert Develops New Hollywood Mom Daytime Talk Show

Holly — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:00:37 +0000

As The World Turns has been vacated from its usual CBS daytime time slot and taking its place is a new show developed and co-produced by Sara Gilbert featuring a handful of other Hollywood moms as they take on topical events and contemporary issues from a mom’s perspective.

No, I’m not talking about Sara Gilbert taking over The View and getting rid of the people we’ve come to not be able to stand anymore and replacing them with fresh faces we are not yet sick of seeing every day. This is a brand new show that is essentially exactly like The View, but since Elisabeth Hasselbeck is now being said to “represent” young mothers in America, it may be just about time to get a new group of Hollywood moms to open up discussions further. I have to say, I really hope it’s better than The View because after watching a good amount of that show, it has come to leave a pretty bad taste in my mouth after a while and I can’t bring myself to watch it much at all anymore.

The head of CBS Daytime had this to say about the new show, which is currently awaiting a name:

“We were looking for a new format that would speak to the core audience but also have the topical and entertainment value to go even broader. This panel is not a bashful bunch; they are outspoken on any issue you put on the table. It promises to be an hour of television with timely discussions, unfiltered opinions and a lot of personality.”

A new format for this show sounds relieving, especially considering we’ve seen the same format on The View for the past 13 years. Has it really been 13 years? That is pretty crazy to even think about.

Also joining Sara Gilbert at the table is Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini and Marissa Winokur. The Hollywood moms on the show have children ranging from infants to adult and they will swap stories, challenge each other on issues and engage the studio audience and viewers at home about events in the headlines, as well as their homes through the lens of motherhood. The show will also feature guest interviewers with entertainers, newsmakers and even home footage from the co-hosts of the show.

What Does Lady Gaga Taste Like? “Taste of Gaga” Tea in Discussions

Holly — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:08:56 +0000

Lady Gaga is a huge fan of tea. She is a big time tea drinker, having been seen countless times walking from her car to a building surrounded by her entourage with tea cup and saucer in hand and also sipping from a tea cup during interviews. With all of the publicity Lady Gaga has been giving tea, someone should probably put her face on it already. Well, that’s exactly what several tea companies have been thinking!

Lady Gaga has been pitched by a myriad of tea companies, but the company in the front running for acquiring Lady Gaga as a brand ambassador is Twinings. (Look, they’re already getting publicity just by being in discussions with Lady Gaga. It’s already paying off!)

Twinings was started in 1706 when they first started selling fine teas in England. They have grown over the past 300 years to selling more than 200 teas in more than 100 countries.

Twinings has made Lady Gaga a multi-million-pound offer to be the face of their specialist teas and they also have plans of launching a new tea with her face on it with a name like The Taste of Gaga. The Twinings tasters are coming up with a tea with an oriental flavor with the hope of marketing the tea to a younger generation, particularly in America, since Lady Gaga is said to be making drinking tea cool again.

This is actually a pretty cool idea and a good endorsement idea for Lady Gaga. I’m not sure about the name “The Taste of Gaga” just because it’s kind of, well, weird, but if they re-work the name a bit, it could work out very well for both Lady Gaga and Twinings, or whatever tea company that wins her over.

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston are Shopping for a Reality Show — Really!

Holly — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 17:00:43 +0000

Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston not only recently reconciled during custody negotiations for their son Tripp, but also reality television show.

I really wish I were kidding here, but I’m not. It’s been making the rounds in the media throughout the past few days and every time I see it pop up again, I can’t help but laugh. And then I shudder because you know some network out there is going to jump all over that mess.

The leading concept of the show is said to involve Bristol, Levi and their son Tripp and will focus on “parenting issues.” That is the only information available so far as to what we can expect to see if a network does give them the green light, but while an industry source close to the negotiations has revealed that there was interest in testing out a pilot, Bristol and Levi have their hearts set on getting a commitment for an entire series. The industry source also said that, “there aren’t a lot of options for them out there, and this is their best chance at making a decent amount of money.”

One must now ask themselves what a decent amount of money is. Bristol Palin currently receives upwards of $30,000 a speaking engagement where she preaches about abstinence and to me, that’s some pretty serious cash. Of course, I’m not the daughter of a politician-turned-celebrity so I’m not used to having that kind of money to begin with.

Sarah Palin’s own reality television show has already started filming and will be shown on TLC–Maybe she can pull some strings with the network for the couple’s reality show, but since she hasn’t even given Bristol and Levi her blessing on their engagement, I don’t see that happening.

Would you watch a Bristol Palin/Levi Johnston reality show?

Inception Earns $60.4 Million Opening Weekend

Holly — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:00:41 +0000

There had been a great deal of spirited talk about Inception leading up to its opening weekend and it turns out those who were excited about what was being called the ultimate summer blockbuster of 2010 were not let down. The film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and written and directed by Christopher Nolan of The Dark Knight, had an amazing opening weekend earning $60.4 million.

Inception came in first this past weekend, coming out far ahead the $32.7 million Despicable Me earned in its second week. Not only did it come out first during its opening weekend, it is also the biggest opening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s career, even beating out Titanic‘s opening weekend numbers.

I am really glad to see that this movie came out on top. Over the past number of years I’ve grown used to being able to get pretty excited to see a great movie if it has Leonardo DiCaprio in it because, well frankly, he just doesn’t seem to do anything that sucks. Not to mention, Ellen Page is also in Inception, who I also absolutely love. I sadly have not gone out to see Inception yet, but I definitely plan to–and soon.

If you have managed to make it this long without seeing the trailer for Inception, check it out below.

Lindsay Lohan’s Photoshoot for German GQ August 2010 Issue [VIDEO]

Holly — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:00:13 +0000

Lindsay Lohan recently shot the cover (pictured above) and spread for German GQ‘s August 2010 issue with Ellen von Unwerth.

Check out the video of the photo shoot to get a sneak peek of what’s in store for those who pick up the magazine.

Now, this may come as a surprise to most of you, but I’m going to say it anyway, so brace yourselves. You ready? Okay.

I am in love with this entire video. I love the shoot, I think Lindsay looks gorgeous, I love the retro feel of the video and the music (which is The Guess Who’s “These Eyes” in case you were wondering) was an amazing choice. My only criticism of the shoot is, as Jezebel pointed out already, Brigitte Bardot did the topless (or in Bardot’s case, naked) with-guitar scene much better. But Lindsay Lohan is already known for her imitation of other women, as seen in her Marilyn Monroe-inspired shoot.

Otherwise, this is gorgeous. I love it.

Book Review: Put on Your Crown by Queen Latifah

Holly — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:00:12 +0000

Queen Latifah is a fabulously respected, savvy businesswoman. She is an Oscar-nominated actress, a Grammy winner, a Cover Girl, and a self-made entrepreneur. She has been an inspiration to many women and young girls throughout the years as she has proven time and again that you can become a successful woman without compromising yourself or your standards in order to fit into some magic mold society insists you must fit into.

Queen Latifah has been a positive role model when it comes to body image and body acceptance. That in itself was the reason why I was excited to read her newest book, Put on Your Crown. The book, she says, is “a wake-up call to empowerment”, written predominantly for young women after noticing the severe lack of self esteem held by young women, which she believes is an epidemic throughout the US. She wrote this book for those young women who need to know that as you learn and grow from the experiences of your past, you can use them to turn yourself into a strong, confident woman.

Put on Your Crown is not a typical self help book. It is not a book of pages upon pages of bullet points on how to miraculously find self confidence and start treating yourself like a queen. It is not written in a tone that screams “I’m a professional and I have all the answers, so listen to me and your life will become awesome!” While it could be classified as a self help book, the premise of Put on Your Crown has to do with moments in our lives that essentially make us who we are and how to take those moments and, regardless of how devastating or surreal, use them to better our lives and appreciate what we have in our lives.

Queen Latifah shares pivotal moments in her own life that fall under one of eight topics, which she has set up as chapters throughout her book. The moments range from the way her parents had treated her and her brother the same without leaving one of them left out, to the openness of her family and their unwavering support throughout her life, to finding out who her true friends were after she had become a celebrity, to the times she worked herself too hard and had burnt out when she was trying to launch her recording studio and then again when she had to appear for photographs and interviews, to becoming very wealthy and suddenly finding out she had gone completely broke, to going to see her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and to the sudden and tragic death of her brother. These moments, as well as many others that have shaped Queen Latifah into the woman she stands proud as today, are listed under the categories of success, beauty, money, love, fear, loss, strength and joy.

As she reflects on her past and the moments she has had in her life that have made her who she is today, she lends not only the stories of these moments to the reader, but also advice and compassion. Essentially, this should have been a great book for young women. The premise of the book is good, the morals of her stories are fantastic and she does touch upon very important topics, such as drugs, prostitution and violence breaking out everywhere in her hometown and telling her readers about her mother, who is also her best friend, who has always been a teacher and who has also committed herself to helping young people who were plagued by drugs and violence and has helped them. Realistically, I found this book to be filled with tiny, redeeming morsels among a book that, as a whole, I found dry, repetitive and boring. The hardcover edition of this book is small and at 197 pages where, if it were laid out in a standard 8×11″ book would make up even less pages, was pretty painful to get through. While I don’t have too much time to sit down and read a book to begin with, I could easily get through something of this size in a few days. Instead, Put on Your Crown took me a month to read and most of that time I spent staring at the book when I did have time to sit down with it, willing myself to pick it up and keep on reading.

I can definitely appreciate the tone of her book; it was not written by a psychologist or a trained professional, but straight from the source. Queen Latifah writes solely in her own voice, as you would imagine she would speak to someone who was talking to her in-person. While I typically enjoy what Queen Latifah has had to say in the past (not including her recent comment about how we need to stop “beating up” Chris Brown, of course), I think this book would have made a better blog–something a great deal shorter. I do not think that she had enough content to fill a book with, since I found her going back to the same stories, anecdotes and scenarios several times throughout the book and it got boring pretty fast.

Despite my boredom with Put on Your Crown, I was looking for something specific within its pages. I wanted her to elaborate more on body image and body acceptance. As a full-figured woman who has actually made a career for herself in Hollywood, she is widely seen as a role model for young women who has not given in to society’s need for thinness. Very early in the book she dedicated a section of her book to the topic, that topic being entitled Real Women Have Curves. She speaks about the pressure to lose weight that she felt throughout her career, frequently being told to lose weight by studio executives, but she had remained adamant on keeping her figure. As long as she was healthy, she liked her size. End of story. That is the Queen Latifah I was looking for. On the second-to-last page of her book, she erased that entire section on how much she liked the size she was and didn’t want to lose weight. In writing to her 19-year-old former-self, she writes, “Dana. Do you know who you are? Guess who you get to be! And guess what, you even get to lose weight!”

I’m sorry, but excuse me? Did I read that correctly? Wait, I went back and looked and yes, I did! For a woman who has solidified herself as a champion of body acceptance to end an entire book she has just written on that note is not only a letdown; it is absolutely devastating for any young woman who feels she is not pretty enough or thin enough and picked up this book thinking it would be something different.

What Lindsay Lohan was Writing During Her Probation Violation Hearing

Holly — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:37:10 +0000

During her probation violation hearing, Lindsay Lohan was seen writing notes on a lined sheet of paper with a red pen. She continued to write notes about her case even after Judge Marsha Revel sentenced her to 90 days in jail.

So what was it that Lindsay Lohan was writing? Well, when she used the paper to cover her face, photographers inside the court room immediately snapped a hi-res image.

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Lindsay Lohan will begin serving her 90 days in jail on June 20th, when Lohan is ordered to surrender in Judge Revel’s court. She will be serving at Century Regional Detention Facility. When her 90 days in jail are complete, Lohan is also ordered to attend an in-patient rehab treatment center.

Lindsay Lohan Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail

Holly — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:13:30 +0000

Judge Marsha Revel ruled today that Lindsay Lohan had violated her probation by failing to attend her alcohol education classes through the Right On program on the judge set by the judge.

After hearing some damaging testimony from Cheryl Marshall, the co-owner of the Right On program, as well as hearing from Lohan’s lawyer and prosecutor Danette Meyers, Judge Revel reflected on not only the violation in Lohan’s probation, but also on the pattern of violations since Lindsay was placed on probation in 2007 as a result of a DUI case.

Judge Revel has sentenced Lindsay Lohan to 90 days in jail and Lohan will be surrendering on July 20th in Judge Revel’s court. Lohan will also be serving 90 days at an in-patient rehab treatment center after her three months in jail.

It is said that Lohan will be kept out of general population, but will be in custody at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California.

Watch Lindsay Lohan’s Probation Violation Hearing

Holly — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:58:24 +0000

Lindsay Lohan appeared in court this morning in front of Judge Marsha Revel with the threat of possible jail time. Back in May Lohan failed to appear in front of Judge Revel for a mandatory progress hearing over the terms of her probation. Her reason for failing to attend the hearing what she had claimed passport stolen was stolen while in attendance at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

While in the elevator at the Beverly Hills Courthouse making her way to the courtroom this morning her legal situation got just a little worse as she was served with legal documents from the company Tough As Nails. Lohan is being sued by the company, who owns the store Church, for not paying for more than $17,000 worth of clothes and accessories.

Cheryl Marshall, the co-owner of the Right On program provided some really threatening testimony against Lohan, admitting that Lohan had violated the program, failing to attend mandatory classes and was not in compliance with the program in both May and August of 2009. The case, as we see it now, is running down the list of excuses Lohan had given over the course of the past year for why she had not attended mandatory classes and groups in compliance with her probation.

You can stay up to date with the Lindsay Lohan probation violation hearing over at TMZ, who has a live stream from the courtroom.

Cover of August 2010 Issue of Cosmopolitan Reeks of Bad Photoshop

Holly — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 04:37:12 +0000

Britney Spears has graced the cover of the August 2010 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine due out next week. The consensus is that she looks amazing, which is what everyone has to say about the model, singer, actress and other random celebrities who have become famous for we don’t know what reason who is placed front and center on any magazine anymore. However, this cover is just bad and it’s bad for a few different reasons.

Firstly, has Britney Spears been out of the public’s cruel and judgmental eye long enough that she has decided to start dressing herself? Someone should have given this woman a shirt that didn’t look like it was plucked from five years ago when people were still deluded enough to think they were sexy outside of the bedroom, and even in the bedroom, they only kind of work when you’re playing a dominatrix for the night. I’m fairly certain that the person who chose this photo to be used for the cover of the magazine hates Britney Spears and wishes she had never made the comeback of the century and landed herself back into the good graces of her fans and their newly-approving parents. Her hair looks like it either hasn’t been washed in a few days or she just kept a blow dryer on it for a few hours straight. Foundation is also a pretty great thing to have handy when the bags under your eyes have formed their own bags. Believe me, I know what I am talking about here.

But aside from the horrendous outfit, the horrendous hair and lack of makeup, there is a pretty blatant Photoshop massacre going on and it’s happening right around Britney Spears’ neck. Perhaps Britney Spears did not choose those horrible clothes to pose in for this shoot. Perhaps she wore something appropriate and fitting for the cover of Cosmopolitan, but when the person in charge of Photoshopping the cover together got to it, they got confused and mistakenly attached Ms. Spears’ head to another, very poorly-dressed person, leaving us with a very stiff, box-like neck that makes Britney Spears look like a cardboard cutout that is ready to topple over.

Cosmo, I think it’s about time for another person who knows more than the basic essentials of Photoshop to take over.

Sandra Bullock and Jesse James Divorce Final

Holly — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:55:50 +0000

Sandra Bullock and Jesse James are officially divorced.

TMZ reported on the finality of their divorce yesterday. Word has it that they both signed the final papers last week and have been filed with the clerk’s office in Travis County, Texas. The divorce documents stated that their marriage “has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities.” Hello, understatement of the year!

The divorce is perfect timing for Sandra, who can now complete the single parent adoption of her five-month-old son, Louis Bardo Bullock.

Surprise, Surprise! Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi Split

Holly — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:52:27 +0000

In a move that should shock no one, Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi of The Bachelor have officially broken up.

There was a great deal of outrage over who Jake Pavelka picked to spend ~~the rest of his life~~ the next few months with during that last episode of The Bachelor, many people saying that Vienna was a drama queen who wasn’t the nicest of the girls on the show. Perhaps she got the best of Jake, who was only looking for ~~love~~ more reality show contracts.

Coincidentally, their breakup comes after the national television show Dancing with the Stars has come to an end. Pavelka and Girardi have issued a statement, claiming that they “appreciate the respect for their privacy at this time.” I really don’t think that’s the real position of these two people just looking for more publicity; but hey, it looks good on paper, doesn’t it?

You know what does not look very good on paper, though? Vienna Girardi going out and basically launching a photo shoot of her own at a hair salon in Hollywood where TMZ captured the happiest breakup photo ever.

So, wondering why the ex-engaged couple have called it quits? Apparently Jake thought that Vienna was cheating on him with Gregory Michael–an actor on the ABC Family show, Greek.

Vienna has tweeted that the accusations of her cheated are “completely fabricated” and “100% false,” but whether or not she was in fact cheating on The Bachelor star or not, he thought she was and so he ended the relationship within the past 24 to 48 hours.

Perhaps we’ll see Jake again on an upcoming season of The Bachelor, or any other reality show that will take him?

The Frisky is Looking for a New Insult for Spencer Pratt

Holly — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:59:55 +0000

It isn’t lost on Spencer Pratt that he is universally known as a douche, but he took to his Twitter to let everyone who thinks they have been insulting him know that he takes the insult as a compliment.

Even when Spencer Pratt thinks he is getting one over on the people who absolutely despise him, he comes off as an ignorant guy who just doesn’t know any better. According to him, a douche cleans a magical place with loving care.

First of all, if anyone ever referred to my vagina as a magical place, I don’t think I would be able to help myself from vomiting pink cupcakes and glitter all over their lap. Second of all, and most importantly, douches have successfully brainwashed a great deal of people into thinking that vaginas are dirty and need to be cleaned, even though the vagina is self-cleaning and needs nothing more than a little very light antibacterial soap if you choose and some hot water to make you feel fresh and clean. A lot of people are also unaware of the fact that douches do more harm than good and upset the natural pH balance in a woman’s vagina.

Playing along with Spencer Pratt’s love of being a douche, The Frisky is looking for a new insult for Spencer Pratt, stat! Have a good one? Head on over and give it your best shot.