Posts Tagged “Oprah”
- Madonna previewed her new album Hard Candy for fans last night at an exclusive New York show, featuring Madge trading moves with Justin Timberlake on her hit 4 Minutes and generally not moving like most 49-year-old mothers of 3 do. Considering the number of F-bombs she dropped, she’s not talking like one either…
- People Magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People list is out and it features Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Mary J. Blige, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Alicia Keys, Miley Cyrus and Kelly Clarkson. Why that guy Hurley from Lost didn’t get picked, I’ll never know…
- Daughtry is getting serious in the competition for the best-selling American Idol contestant, as sales of his self-titled debut CD just hit 4 million. Only Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood have sold more so far–and yes, he did lose to Taylor Hicks…
- Mariah Carey’s E=MC2 topped the album charts for a second week in a row, but it’s likely to be unseated by the debut of Madonna’s Hard Candy, which is on target to sell about 300,000 copies. The last time these two were ruling the charts we all liked Bill Clinton…
- David Blaine held his breath in a water-filled sphere for just over 17 minutes on The Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday, setting a world’s record. What surprises me is that Simon Cowell of American Idol fame hasn’t tried this–he’s a big bag of wind…
- Tom Cruise is in talks to star in a fourth Mission: Impossible film. The premise is a simple one–he has to convince the world that Katie Holmes really loves him and has not been brainwashed by Scientology…
Tags: Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Daughtry, E=MC2, Hard Candy, Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Miley Cyrus, Oprah, People, Pink, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Tom Cruise
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- Mariah Carey’s music is getting plenty of publicity these days, and now her new movie Tenessee will get its share as it debuts tomorrow night at the Tribeca Film Festival. If she shows up for the screening, she’ll get more attention than festival founder Robert De Niro–and he won’t even mind…
- British police are investigating claims that Amy Winehouse assaulted a man earlier this week in London, with tabloid reports saying she punched out another guy, trashed a bar and smoked drugs on the sidewalk outside. Once again we discover that sobriety and fame can be so fleeting…
- Rihanna may be getting her next hit song from Sinead O’Connor, who says she’s been asked to pen a tune for her based on some backing tracks already put together. Sinead is a great songwriter and I’m sure it’ll turn out wonderfully–just as long as she doesn’t convince Rihanna to shave her head to sing it…
- Actor Wesley Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison on tax evasion charges. What a coicidence–he’ll be handy for filming the upcoming sequel Blade Behind Bars…
- Tom Cruise will be returning to The Oprah Winfrey Show next month to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his break-through role in Risky Business. It’ll be great–Oprah’s had her couches super-reinforced this time…
- Reports this week that O.J. Simpson was interested in appearing on Celebrity Apprentice have been addressed by both NBC and Donald Trump, with reps for both in unison–he was never considered and never will be. It would have made for great drama–wondering if the Donald would fire him, or be too afraid the Juice would slit his throat…
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Donald Trump, IRS, Mariah Carey, OJ Simpson, Oprah, Rihanna, Tom Cruise, Tribeca Film Festival
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- The costumes worn by Britney Spears during her guest shot on sitcom How I Met Your Mother last night are up for bids, with proceeds to benefit an environmental charity. Check out what’s up for grabs at SeenON, a website devoted to selling TV-related items….
- American Idol will again offer a songwriting competition to compose the first single the new Idol winner will release. Entries are due by March 31, so it doesn’t give you much time to come up with something that Paula Abdul will probably just keep for herself…
- Diddy has settled a suit brought against him charging assault against a man and his girlfriend last year at a Hollywood party. Terms of the deal were undisclosed, but I bet Diddy finally gave in and agreed to let the guy hang with him and call him "my homey"…
- Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling admitted in an interview that she had suicidal thoughts as a struggling young writer and single mother in her mid-20’s. She also told how she overcame her depression–which only resurfaces whenever the piles of money around her house overwhelm her…
- A man who’s been stalking Tyra Banks was ordered to stay away from her or risk going to jail. The best way to get this guy out of her hair is to invite him on her show and give him a makeover….
- Oprah has suffered the loss of a beloved pet–her 13-year-old cocker spaniel Sophie, who died of kidney failure after being ill for several months. If she’s looking for a possible replacement lap dog, maybe Tom Cruise is interested…
Tags: American Idol, Britney Spears, Diddy, Harry Potter, How I Met Your Mother, J.K. Rowling, Oprah
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- Chris Brown may have been spotted making extra nice with Rihanna when they were together recently, but he says he considers himself single, calling her "a close friend". He better hope she feels the same way, or he’ll find himself "a distant acquaintance"…
- Mariah Carey’s new CD E=MC2 will be in stores April 15, with orginal reports that it would contain 10 tracks.Mariah must have wanted some better value for the product, because she added another four songs to it–some of which were still being recorded last week…
- The California hospital who gave too much blood thinner to Dennis Quaid’s newborn twins has been fined $25,000 by state regulators. I imagine Quaid plans to bleed them for a bit more than that…
- YouTube announced its second annual Video Awards, acknowledging a dozen clips in as many categories, with videos known as "Chocolate Rain" and "Obama Girl" among the winners. I was personally pulling for the kid who said "I like turtles"…
- A woman is suing Oprah Winfrey’s production company for injuries she suffered after being pushed down a flight of stairs by fellow audience members anxious to get a seat for a taping of Oprah’s show. She’s looking for $50,000 in damages, which is probably less what everyone at the show won that day…
- Lindsay Lohan and ex-beau Calum Best are both denying that they’re the pair featured in stills from a cell phone sex video making the rounds on the ‘Net. So much for her movie comeback…
Tags: Chris Brown, E=MC2, Lindsay Lohan, Mariah Carey, Oprah, Rihanna, YouTube
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- What a surprise–the Lohan family will be getting their very own reality series, as it follows mom Dina’s effort to make her 14-year-old daughter Ali a star with help from her 2 brothers and LiLo herself from time to time. I’m really grateful for parents like her–she makes me look like a genius dad…
- Pink and husband Carey Hart are headed for divorce–only it’s hard to tell from their words, as Hart recently said, "We are the best of friends and she is the love of my life. We talk all the time." Pink has also publicly expressed her affection for him, and both say it’s not about anger, cheating or fighting–so that means one of them has to be gay, right?
- A new video from duet Gnarls Barkley has run into problems at MTV, who say its Seventies-style strobe effects caused it to fail the Harding Test–guidelines to prevent TV images from causing seizures in viewers who suffer from epilepsy. I’m certainly glad they have this test–I don’t have epilespsy, but the less I barf in front of my TV the better…
- Lou Pearlman, the man behind the success of Backstreet Boys and N ‘Sync, has made a deal with prosecutors who accused him of bilking investors out of $300 million over the years, agreeing to testify against others in exchange for reduced charges that could still send him to prison for 25 years. He could find his next super group there–how about The Bloody Squealers?
- American Idol again dominated TV last week, with all three of its shows taking the top 3 spots in the ratings battle. Oprah’s Big Give made a big splash in its premiere, coming in fourth with Deal Or No Deal completing an all-reality series Top Five–once again, thank you striking writers…
- Paris Hilton will guest star as herself on the return of NBC’s hit sitcom My Name As Earl. Apparently, she’s being told that it’s just another episode of The Real Life…
Tags: American Idol, Backstreet Boys, Deal Or No Deal, Dina Lohan, Lindsay Lohan, MTV, NBC, Oprah, Paris Hilton, Pink, TV ratings
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