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30
Sep

James Cameron Had Nothing to Do With New Terminator Flick

By Holly Won't 24 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls and Movie Stars

Movie director McG, who is most famous for bringing Charlie’s Angels back to the big screen and The O.C. to TV, is currently directing the fourth movie in the Terminator franchise.

And to reassure everyone that he is capable of filling the big shoes belonging to James Cameron, who developed the idea and directed the first and second movies, he’s basically been telling everyone “oh yeah, I definitely got the O.K. from the J.C.” I like how in that clip McG calls him “Jim,” like they’re so tight.

Er, not so much. From James Cameron himself:

It could be a big steaming pile or it could be brilliant. Sam Worthington is in the Avatar and the new Terminator and he likes the script, but I never saw it. There was no blessing involved.

As if McG couldn’t look like more of a poseur.

30
Sep

PETA = Please Expose Termagant’s Anatomy

By Simon Scowl 13 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: PETA, Socialites and The Washed Up

Everybody’s favorite hoppin’, hubby-heistin’ harpy would like your attention! And as ever, we’re glad to oblige. According to Ecorazzi:

Heather Mills wants to pose naked for charity. Again.

She’s done it before for her anti-landmine charity back in ‘99 and now a source close to her says the animal activist is willing to do it again. The Daily Express is reporting that 40-year-old former wife of singer Paul McCartney intends to join the likes of Pamela Anderson and Eva Mendes for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur” campaign.

I hope PETA takes her up on her selfless offer, and that the ad is at least as hilariously bizarre as her billboards for the UK vegan group Viva:

Hey Meaty? Must be a UK thing, like Little Britain and dental neglect. Well, it seems unlikely that PETA will go for it, considering she’s even less popular than they are. But we can dream, can’t we?

(And yes, I did use a thesaurus.)

29
Sep

Ellen DeGeneres Is Against Animal Cruelty … Sometimes

By Holly Won't 35 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Activists, Businesses and Television Stars

Ellen DeGeneres headlined an event in California over the weekend to promote legislation that would make all chicken farms in California become cage free.

Ellen, who appears to be going down the vegan route, has been a vocal proponent for Proposition 2, which is up for vote in November.

Which makes her newly minted status as a CoverGirl spokesperson all the more inexplicable. You see, CoverGirl is one of the largest cosmetics brands that still tests on animals. Something maybe she should have researched before endorsing those checks for the ad campaign, which debuts in January:

She says she’s “very, very excited” about the new gig.

She adds, “It’s a very cool thing I’m honored and the photo shoot was ‘easy, breezy, beautiful CoverGirl.’”

Cruelty to barnyard animals is bad, says Ellen. But testing mascara on rabbits is AOK because she’s getting paid mad bank to shill it. Everyone up to speed now?

29
Sep

Not Everybody Is as Impressed with Tina Fey as Tina Fey Is

By Simon Scowl 35 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Sports Figures and U.S. Right-Wing Politicos

Over the last few weeks, Tina Fey has managed to parlay her slight resemblance to Sarah Palin into something that has eluded Fey for at least 10 years: fame. And you know who doesn’t like it? Her fellow Greek-American Pete Sampras!

I know, I had to Google him too. He used to be a professional tennis player, and now he’s… a former professional tennis player. The other night some kid from TMZ followed Sampras around the streets of Malibu with a camera, because that’s what TMZ does, and Sampras raised the kid’s ire by yelling, “Go McCain!” Here’s the ensuing conversation:

TMZ: Alright, so you’re, like, one of my first people to ever get… say they were a Republican, or goin’ for McCain and Sarah Palin. What do you think about, uh, Tina Fey playing her on Saturday Night Live?

Sampras: I, I didn’t see it.

TMZ: You haven’t seen it?

Sampras: No.

TMZ: It’s all over the Internet, man.

Sampras: Really? I don’t know Tina Fey. Is she a Greek gal?

TMZ: No, she just won, like, 20 Emmys the other night for 30 Rock.

Sampras: What’s an Emmy?

TMZ: [laughs] “What’s an Emmy.”

Sampras: Well, I don’t, I, listen, listen, okay? I’m an athlete. I win or I lose. I’m not objective in votes and all that crap.

TMZ: Right, it’s all based on your skills.

Sampras: You figured it out.

TMZ: So, what do you think about the acting role? You think that it’s not based on her skill at all?

Sampras: They’re very skillful. I admire all actors. I just don’t believe in their political views.

TMZ: You don’t believe in their political–

Sampras: I don’t.

TMZ: You think, uh, sports people should take more of a political view?

Sampras: No, I don’t. Watch the car.

TMZ: You don’t think sports people should speak out? Nobody should speak out.

Sampras: No.

TMZ: Kinda like Kid Rock. He recently said that he doesn’t value any of their opinions.

Sampras: I don’t.

TMZ: Alright, man, well… I wish–

Sampras: Got that? You take that to the bank.

TMZ: I wish you, John McCain, and Sarah Palin all the greatest luck.

Sampras: Hey. Experience.

TMZ: Experience. Alright, man. Have a good one.

I’m not even sure what the point of all that was, but I just spent way too much time transcribing it, so I might as well post it. Maybe TMZ is saying that if you’re a former pro athlete walking down the street, and some dude from a gossip site starts bugging you and puts it up on the Internet, that’s the same as doing a sketch on SNL? Well, why not. Makes about as much sense as anything else this election season.

29
Sep

Heath Ledger’s Parents Hand Over Inheritance to His Daughter

By Holly Won't 8 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Legal Messes and Movie Stars

From the “better late than never” category,” Kim Ledger, the father of late actor Heath, says that the actor’s daughter Matilda will finally see Heath’s money. For real this time.

First, a recap: When Heath died suddenly in January at the age of 28, his will from 2003 stated that his parents and sisters should inherit his wealth. But his daughter Matilida with actress Michelle Williams was born in 2005, and it seemed likely that Heath would have intended to leave her an inheritance.

Fast forward to this summer and Matilda and Michelle still hadn’t seen a dime of the estate, despite the Ledger family’s declarations of their intention to get around to it eventually. Kim Ledger’s involvement was particularly sketch because of his mishandling of another relative’s estate 15 years ago.

So good on them for finally coughing it up. It’s just ridiculous that it took nine months to get there.

29
Sep

Rachel Bilson is an Awesome Fashion-Designer-slash-Ripoff-Artist

By The Oversneer 14 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Fashionistas, Teen Idols and Television Stars

When all you’re known for is your work on a TV show as stunningly unoriginal as The O.C., breaking new ground isn’t always at the top of your “to do” list. So here comes Rachel BIlson with a new line of clothing for DKNY Jeans called “Edie Rose.”

Guess what’s coming? A celeb-u-tard who doesn’t know her limits.

I rally like what Donna Karan’s marketing gurus did with the Edie Rose promo website. They have a whole section called “inspiration,” listing books, magazines, actors, and other “faves” that influence Bilson’s clothing designs.

Funny thing: They left out one important inspiration — a clothing company called Sretsis (based in Bangkok, the name is “sisters” spelled backwards), which is where Bilson totally ripped off the yellow dress in her line.

At right is Bilson actually wearing the Sretsis dress in question last December, at the Dubai International Film Festival. She liked it so much that she basically copied it — and is now passing it off as her own “design” for DKNY.

Below is Rachel’s little yellow version, soon to be available at a department store near you. She’s such a little trailblazer. Blogger Natalie at Fashionista quips: “… it’s a nice gesture that she left the studs off the neckline, kind of like changing a semi-fictional character’s last name to avoid legally-upholdable comparisons.”

Coincidence? No way. Bilson follows this obscure little Thai clothing label pretty closely, judging by how often she’s photographed wearing their stuff. (Click here, here, and here for three examples that Google found in about ten seconds.)

So here’s the question, Deceiver fanatics: Is anything else in Rachel Bilson’s new collection ripped off from something in her closet? Nitrolicious has a one-page visual of the whole Edie Rose line. Do any of you fashion-conscious readers out there smell another rip-off?

26
Sep

Hayden Panettiere’s Dad Charged With Misdemeanor Battery

By Holly Won't 10 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Legal Messes and Television Stars

Heroes star and dolphin crusader/leather handbag designer Hayden Panettiere’s father was charged with misdemeanor battery yesterday, following his drunken assault on his wife.

Alan Panettiere faces up to a year in a Los Angeles County jail if convicted. He was arrested on Aug. 11 on suspicion of striking his wife, Lesley.

At the time, a sheriff’s spokesman said Panettiere was accused of hitting his wife three times with an open hand. The 49-year-old was later released on $50,000 bail after the arrest. His arraignment will be held in October at a Beverly Hills courthouse.

Jail records did not indicate an attorney for Panettiere.

First of all, how odd is it that Hayden hasn’t ponied up for a lawyer for good ol’ Dad.

Unless maybe she no longer believes her dad beating up her mom was “absolutely nothing.” Which, duh.

26
Sep

Think You’re Green? Think Again!

By Simon Scowl 24 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Environmentalists and Musicians

That’s not coming from me. It’s coming from The Guardian:

People who believe they have the greenest lifestyles can be seen as some of the main culprits behind global warming, says a team of researchers, who claim that many ideas about sustainable living are a myth.

According to the researchers, people who regularly recycle rubbish and save energy at home are also the most likely to take frequent long-haul flights abroad. The carbon emissions from such flights can swamp the green savings made at home, the researchers claim.

Stewart Barr, of Exeter University, who led the research, said: “Green living is largely something of a myth. There is this middle class environmentalism where being green is part of the desired image. But another part of the desired image is to fly off skiing twice a year. And the carbon savings they make by not driving their kids to school will be obliterated by the pollution from their flights.”

So, just as a hypothetical, let’s say you’re an aging, multimillionaire pop star who babbles a lot about how WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE FROM GLOBAL WARMING, but you can’t get enough of traveling in private jets to get to one of your many palatial homes after touring with the most pollutionistical band in the world. Great news: You’re just like the rest of us! Literally. Your wastefulness equals all the rest of us put together.

25
Sep

PETA Is a Bunch of Boobs

By Simon Scowl 56 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Movie Stars, PETA and Television Stars

From the NYT Diner’s Journal:

More news from the breast milk beat: PETA is urging the makers of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to replace cow’s milk with human breast milk, to lessen the suffering of dairy cows and their babies on factory farms and benefit human health at the same time.

That’s right: Exploiting cows bad, exploiting humans good.

It could be a great marketing opportunity for Ben & Jerry’s, though. Especially if they could get some celebrities to lend their names:

  • Angelina Jelly
  • Jennifer Love Chewit
  • Winona Ryder Ripple
  • S’mores & Sarandon
  • Dolly Parfait
  • Laura San Giacomo Crunch
  • Scarlett Fudgehansson
  • Flava Mendes
  • Jessica Albutter Pecan

Okay, now you try.

Update: Almond Hayek, Caramel Gugino, and Heath-Bar Graham. And from the comments: Marzipan Anderson, Halle Strawberry, and of course, Banana Nicole Smith.

25
Sep

T.I.’s Baby Mama Wins More Child Support

By Holly Won't 11 Comments Digg! Digg this
Categories: Bad Boys & Girls, Legal Messes and Musicians

A judge has ordered rapper T.I. to pay the mother of his first two children more money in child support.

Lashon Dixon was previously receiving $2,000 a month for the two boys, ages 7 and 8, but because of the court order she will now get more than $3,000 a month.

A few weeks ago, I would have thought this was justice. What I didn’t realize at the time was that T.I. was already paying for the kids’ private school tuition, medical bills, and extracurricular activities, including acting lessons, summer camp, football, baseball, and basketball. And Dixon apparently doesn’t have a job and doesn’t feel the need to get one. Because of the child support and all.

Her lawyer said that his client is dissatisfied with the amount but “every little bit helps. She was just getting by with the children.”

Hmm, maybe if she had income that didn’t rely solely on a failed relationship with a guy who happened to strike it rich, it would improve her finances. What a crazy thought.

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