Archive for the 'Teen Idols' Category

02
May

If Lindsay Loves In-Car Breathalyzers So Much, Where’s Hers?

lohan-usa-today-ad.jpgLindsay Lohan’s handlers have their undies in a bunch over an ad in this morning’s USA Today. So, naturally, TMZ’s writers have their own panties in a twist over it too.

A restaurant trade group is targeting LiLo because apparently she’s the perfect poster-brat for why some people (Exhibit A: spoiled repeat-DUI drunks) should probably have to blow into a plastic tube to start their cars, but the rest of us who just have a beer at a ball game shouldn’t have to deal with the mandatory hassle. At least I think that’s their point.

Here’s what Lindsay’s spokes-Hobbit told TMZ:

“Drunk, old, white businessmen, drunk cougars out for girls night out, and drunk wedding parties should be kept off the roads of America. Lindsay Lohan fully endorses ignition interlock devices that have been well-proven to save lives.”

The last time I checked, she started wearing one of those alcohol-sniffing ankle bracelets last July 13 — but never had a breathalyzer installed in her car. And US magazine recalls that the ankle monitor only lasted 11 days before LiLo got another DUI (July 24).

So maybe she is a great example of someone who needs to prove her sobriety — ahem, I say again, her sobriety — every time she turns the key. But if she “fully endorses” the devices, where the heck is hers? I bet it’s in storage along with her anti-DUI public-service announcement.

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Can you spot the breathalyzer? Me neither.

02
May

Disney Sends Miley Cyrus to Her Room

miley_cyrus_disney.jpgMiley Cyrus made an appearance yesterday at Walt Disney World, in Orlando. As you can see in this Disney-approved image, the teen idol is wearing clothes for the first time in weeks. They must be thrilled.

However, continuing the biggest overreaction in Mickey Mouse history, she will not be attending as scheduled the Disney Channel Games, a media event where young Disney stars compete to win money for charity. The cancellation seems to confirm a rumor that the New York Post reported earlier this week:

“You won’t be seeing her for a while,” a highranking Disney employee was overheard saying this weekend at a luncheon in LA, according to Page Six. “The company is keeping her away from events and wants her to keep a very low profile for the next four to six months. They’re trying to keep her contained.”

Contained? She’s 15 years old. Does she have fangs? Yes, I gave her some crap the other day for her whole “Praise Jesus!” schtick, but Disney is not her parent. So why are they grounding her?

22
Apr

I See London, I See … Hannah Montana

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Photos of Miley Cyrus not being such a goodie-goodie made the rounds yesterday, including the above and one of her lying on top of an unnamed boy. (You can see the photos here.)

She apparently is sticking to her philosophy of keeping her good Christian head on her shoulders … and in the lap of some dude.

15
Apr

Chaste Stars Just Marketing the Madonna-Whore Complex

miley_cyrus_schoolgirl.jpgTony Sclafani over at MSNBC has a great commentary on how stars who push abstinence are really just making you think about all the sex they’re not having.

First there was Jessica Simpson (whose former chastity I mentioned yesterday) and Britney Spears (who also turned out so well), and now there’s the new guard of chaste musicians like Miley Cyrus, Jordan Sparks, and the Jonas Brothers.

I’m tempted to quote the article wholesale but for now I’ll limit myself to this tidbit:

On the surface, the reason why these performers are taking virginity pledges has to do with religion. But why advertise this particular aspect of religion? Because by talking about how they’re not having sex, they’ve discovered a sly way to market their sexuality. There’s an unsettling exhibitionism in all of this. Since these artists are putting issues about their sexuality front-and-center, it’s hard to see them and not immediately think about their sex lives. Do we really need to know Joe Jonas isn’t getting any?

He’s like 18 years old. I don’t care if it’s legal, it’s still pervy.

02
Apr

Brit-Brit’s Magic Photoshop Diet: CUT. PASTE.

OK! magazine, April 2008:

ok-2008.jpg“It looked like Britney had lost 15 pounds in four weeks,” a source close to the singer tells OK!. And sure enough — gone was the bloat, the ratty hair and the puffy face. In their place, a slimmer, fresh-faced girl with a smile on her face and determination in her step.

So how did she do it? “Britney’s a pro at losing weight fast,” a Spears pal tells OK!. “She can drop seven to 10 pounds in two weeks.” Although now, in Britney’s case, it’s about adopting a longterm plan she can stick to.

That long-term diet plan? A time machine plus a scruples-free photo editor! Here’s Brit-Brit in a 2003 Glamour photo shoot:

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H/T: HuffPo

26
Mar

Miley Cyrus Steals Paparazzi From Britney

miley_cyrus_loves_paps.jpgMiley’s snack-buying tricks have finally paid off: The paparazzi have declared they’re way over Britney Spears, despite how following her around and driving her literally batsh-t insane has made them all way richer than they deserve.

“Over the weekend, there were less than a half dozen covering Britney” despite her imminent sitcom debut on “How I Met Your Mother,” says BuzzFoto founder Brad Elterman. “Yet there were 30 in the pack covering Miley Cyrus. Most of them were Britney regulars, but they want something new and fresh. It’s moved on to Miley.”

The Billy Ray Cyrus plan of protecting his family has so failed. Perhaps he needs to take parenting tips from Jamie Spears.

20
Mar

She’s Just Being Miley

miley_cyrus2.jpgMiley Ray Cyrus might be responsible for some of the awful paparazzi attention she’s been getting lately — TMZ has video of her buying a swarm of photographers snacks and offering to wait around for them later.

Which seems to be foiling her own plans to keep them away from her so she can live a normal 15-year-old’s life, which she and her dad Billy Ray Cyrus discussed with Access Hollywood:

The Hannah Montana stars talked about how Miley is starting to get a lot of attention from paparazzi, and Billy Ray’s efforts to approach the snappers and find out who they are. “I just want to try to know who’s stalking my family,” he said.

Hint: Your daughter has befriended those stalkers. Maybe she knows who they are and what they can do for her career.

13
Mar

Ashlee Didn’t Hate Her Old Nose? Snot Likely

Ashlee “The Less Talented (If That’s Even Possible)” Simpson tells Us Magazine:

“[Plastic surgery] is something that everybody should think about for a really long time,” she tells Us. “Once you know it’s something you really feel comfortable with, then to each their own.”

Still, the singer downplays her own transformation. “I was never really unhappy with how I looked, [and] I don’t think I am more beautiful than I was [before].”

What, so she got her schnozz chopped off as a goof? She’s obviously never seen Pinocchio, or she’d know what happens to dummies who lie.

10
Mar

Coming Soon to a Vegas Club Near You

ali_lohan.jpgLindsay Lohan’s sister Ali is looking forward to being a celebrity by any means possible, and she hopes her upcoming reality show with her momager Dina Lohan will do what it takes to make her a star. She tells Teen Vogue:

“I want it so bad. So bad you don’t even know. And now, it’s actually happening… I grew up watching Lindsay, and it made me want to do what she does. Just the whole vibe. Being there, being on camera, or onstage, with everybody listening to you… It’s so cool when people look up to you. I’ve already been asked for my autograph, and it’s just a really good feeling to have.”

So Dina has managed to screw up not just her eldest, and Lindsay is a role model. Well played, Lohans.

So of course LiLo has some wisdom for AliLo:

“Stay away from the clubs!” Lindsay, 21, tells Extra in a new interview about Ali, 14.

Oh come on now, Lindsay knows as well as anyone that she wasn’t really famous before she became a club fixture. And even now that she’s completed rehab for the second time, she still won’t stay away from the parties because that’s where the paparazzi are. She doesn’t think her sister knows that?

18
Feb

Idol Suspicions

Hey, American Idol fans! Don’t you love how the show plucks, er, plucky unknowns from the depths of obscurity and gives them a chance to live out their dreams of pop stardom? You do? I was hoping you’d say no. Well, in that case, you may or may not know that this year’s crop of callow crooners is actually full of ringers!

Carly Smithson: This ink-imbedded Irishwoman landed a recording contract with MCA Records at the tender age of 16, but her 2001 debut album, Ultimate High, sold a mere 378 copies. Here she is, as Carly Hennessey, performing her massive worldwide non-hit, “I’m Gonna Blow Your Mind”:

 

 

Somehow I don’t think she’ll be performing that one on Idol! Oh, and according to votefortheworst.com (which is to American Idol what Robin Hood was to Sherwood Forest), Randy Jackson was working as an A&R guy at MCA when her record came out. Care to comment, dawg?

Michael Johns: Performing as Michael Lee, Australian-born Johns was the lead singer for a band called The Rising. They were signed to Maverick Records but were dropped before they released an album. This might give you an idea why:

 

 

 

Blandtastic!

Kristy Lee Cook: As Kristy Lee, then-17-year-old Cook signed with Arista Nashville and Superstar Spears (Britney’s production company) in 2001. As for how successful her record was, how should I know? It’s country music.

 

 

 

So if your music career doesn’t take off, just audition for Idol and maybe nobody’ll notice that you’re sneaking back in. They should change the name of the show to Second Chance. Or Recycled Idol. Or maybe You’ll Watch Anything, America!




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