Posts Tagged “Randy Jackson”

  • Britney Spears had a bit of a scare when her son Jayden was admitted to a Mississippi hospital Sunday during a weekend family reunion in her Louisiana hometown, after he reportedly had a nasty allergic reaction to something he ate–the good news is he’s fine and was discharged last night.  Poor kid probably ate something his father never fed him before–you know, anything not off the Happy Meal menu…
  • Chrisitna Aguilera is releasing her first greatest hits package today–which, believe it or not, follows ten years of hits from her–titled Keeps Gettin’ Better, which is available exclusively from Target.  the package includes new versions of Genie In A Bottle and Beautiful, as well as her current hit Keeps Gettin’ Better
  • Beyonce told an Associated Press interview that she never considered selling her wedding photos, saying, "They offer crazy money that’s just ridiculous. But in the end…it’s so not worth it."  Then again, she and husband Jay-Z probably control the equivalent of a couple small nations’ economies…
  • Entertainment Weekly reports that Colbie Callait, who a few years ago tried and failed to make the cut for American Idol, got a little payback last week when judge Randy JacksonW gave her an award for her song Bubbly–which she sang for her audition.  She busted on Randy a bit, but the truth was that she never even made it past one of the show’s producers–who probably no longer works there…
  • Billy Ray Cyrus hinted to TV’s Access Hollywood that First Kids-elect Malia and Sasha Obama have been invited to guest star on daughter Miley’s hit Disney series Hanna Montana.  I guess if it happens, they’ll just play kids like themselves–you know, who suddenly are famous beyond their wildest imaginations…
  • YouTube will soon be a destination for full-length entertainment from MGM, including old and new classics like The Magnificent Seven and Legally Blonde.  Some say they’re playing catch-up with the joint NBC-Fox venture Hulu, but don’t underestimate Google, YouTube’s owners–MGM could very soon stand for More Google Media…
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  • Rihanna gave it up to Cosmo about what she likes in a man–"I like facial hair and a guy who dresses rugged", and "If a guy is hot and he knows it, forget it.  I hate arrogance".  In other words, I show up without shaving and in a crummy T-shirt and I’m in, right?
  • Chris Daughtry says his recent comments about the "decline" of American Idol have been met with encouragement from Simon, Randy and Paula, who he said told him, "Congratulations for sticking to your guns and having an opinion.  Never apologize for that".  Actually, it was Paula who told him that–Simon just scowled and Randy kept saying, "Yo, Dog"…
  • The backlash against trashing Britney Spears has made it to Broadway, as the hit musical Spamalot has changed a lyric in one of its songs that originally used her name.  they also decided against using Kevin Federline’s name–not because they felt bad for him, but because he just wasn’t important enough…
  • The writer’s strike is officially history, as members overwhelmingly approved a new contract and headed back to work today.  Does that mean CBS will send its new series Dexter back to cable, where it belongs?
  • Steven Spielberg resigned his position as artistic director of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Beijing Oympics over China’s unwillingness to help end the bloody conflict in Darfur.  So much for seeing ET on the parallel bars…
  • Gary Coleman revealed recently that he was married in August to a woman a foot taller and 18 years younger than him.  All that is necessary for a punch line is to just form your own mental picture…
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  • Paramore has found themselves in the Grammy hunt for a Best New Artist award, thanks to their huge hit Misery BusinessJosh Farro of the band says he wrote the song with lead singer Hayley Williams about a girl they knew who ruined their buddy’s life…
  • Mariah Carey’s long-awaited follow-up CD to her huge comeback album The Emancipation Of Mimi will be titled That Chick and will be released April Fool’s Day.  Mariah says it’s her favorite album so far–which means it’s even farther away from the influence of ex and one-time record boss Tommy Mottola
  • Paula Abdul visited Ryan Seacrest’s LA radio show Friday to debut her new single Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow.  Funny–I was sure it was called I Wanna Sleep with A Contestant
  • Backstreet Boy AJ McLean says he wants to do what he can to help Britney Spears and said in a magazine interview that he’s there for her.  I understand Britney really appreciates it, and hopes he’ll pick up a couple of lattes for her on his way back from getting her dry cleaning…
  • Colbie Caillat said recently that she considered changing her professional last name to Coco–it’s the title of her CD–since that was her childhood nickname and her real last name is tough to pronounce.  But Colbie added that she was already so well known by her real name that changing it just didn’t make sense…(by the way, it’s pronounced "CAL-ay", like "ballet")
  • American Idol’s Randy Jackson has taken Chris Daughtry to task for recent comments Chris made about the show being in decline, with Dogg saying Chris wouldn’t exist as an artist without the show.  Then again, Randy wouldn’t exist at all…
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