Posts Tagged “The Today Show”
- Colbie Caillat reveals that she twice auditioned for American Idol–once performing her huge hit Bubbly–but was rejected both times. She found another place for her music with a pretty big audience–MySpace, where record execs found her and the rest, as they say, is music history…
- Britney Spears’ appearance on How I Met Your Mother got her a job offer–from the head of PETA, who wants her to be their receiptionist for just an hour in return for a thousand dollar donation to a children’s charity. They’d like Brit to talk about animal cruelty–in other words, ex Kevin Federline…
- The video for Madonna’s new hit 4 Minutes will debut Thursday on iTunes, featuring her with both Justin Timberlake and Timbaland. With all the buzz surrounding it, it’ll probably take 4 minutes to break a sales record…
- Kathie Lee Gifford returns to daytime television starting Monday as co-host of The Today Show’s fourth hour. Husband Frank is escatic–he can go back to playing dress-up…
- ABC’s General Hospital celebrates its 45th anniversary on TV today. It’s hard to believe that this show has been on for almost a half-century, and the lives of the characters have advanced just about six months…
- The rumors about American Idol finalist David Archuleta’s father Jeff being a pushy "stage dad" are true according to an exec from Star Search, who says David was a junior contestant and his dad’s time on the set was restricted because of how he tried to intimidate other children. This jerk needs to be taught a lesson–have Paula Addul date him…
Tags: American Idol, Britney Spears, Colbie Caillat, iTunes, Justin Timberlake, Madonna, MySpace, The Today Show, Timbaland
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- Mariah Carey is celebrating her 38th birthday today–or should we say "anniversary", which is the way Mariah prefers to consider her annual milestones that she believes helps her maintain a youthful outlook on life. Mariah says, "I’m eternally 12. It really is about being as young as you feel"–and I just bet she feels really young…
- Fergie has gone on the record over the rumors of her pregnancy, telling a TV interviewer, "a couple of pounds and a bad angle" is the reason for all the fuss. Poor Fergie–with Britney Spears all cleaned up, the paparazzi have no one else to irritate…
- NBC’s The Today Show concert series kicks off again April 25 with Paula Abdul and a lineup continuing throughout the summer featuring Rihanna, Chris Brown, Miley Cyrus, Natasha Bedingfield, Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige and more. Check out the complete schedule on their website…
- Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora has found himself off the wagon and in trouble with the law, as he was arrested for DUI Tuesday night in Southern California. What’s worse is he apparently had his 10-year-old daughter in the car, which means he’s in Heather Locklear trouble…
- Robin Williams’ wife Marcia has filed for divorce after almost 20 years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. My guess is he ended up in bed one too many times dressed like Mrs. Doubtfire …
- NBC’s 30 Rock creator and star Tina Fey says she would love to have Britney Spears guest star on her sitcom, saying, "I worked with her twice on Saturday Night Live and she was very professional and nice." Wow–Brit hasn’t had this much encouragement since her last shrink visit…
Tags: 30 Rock, Bon Jovi, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, DUI, Fergie, Heather Locklear, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Paula Abdul, Richie Sambora, Rihanna, Saturday Night Live, The Today Show, Tina Fey
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- American Idol season six finalist Chris Sligh says that the current seasons’ contestants don’t care whether they win or not, since they all believe just getting as far as they have will assure them of a record deal and stardom. That may be true, but they should all check with Justin Guarini first…
- New ads for Macy’s department stores will not only feature stars like Mariah Carey and Carlos Santana, but will be directed by Barry Levinson–the Oscar-winning director of Rain Man, as well as The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, and Diner. That sounds great, but does it mean these ads will be an hour and a half long?
- CNN star Anderson Cooper announced he had some minor surgery to remove a cancerous mole from his face. Now all he has to worry about is his malignant ego…
- James Bond returns to the big screen in November, with Daniel Craig again portraying Agent 007 in Quantum Of Solace. Craig will likely continue his "edgy" portrayal of Bond by shooting anyone who asks him "shaken or stirred?"
- Today Show host Matt Lauer has agreed to be the subject of a Friar’s Club roast in October, hosted by his friend and colleague Al Roker. Lauer can look forward to fellow celebrities making more disgustting and crude remarks about him than even Katie Couric…
- Pamela Anderson will tell Ellen DeGeneres on her show today that she’s not dating anyone. At least since last night, anyway…
Tags: Al Roker, American Idol, Anderson Cooper, Barry Levinson, Carlos Santana, CNN, Ellen DeGeneres, James Bond, Mariah Carey, Matt Lauer, Pamela Anderson, The Today Show
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- The Britney Spears-Dr. Phil fiasco is the gift that keeps on giving, as Entertainment Tonight reports that a source close to the Spears family claims anti-Dr. Phil comments made on The Today Show by a family spokesman were untrue. I just love these situations where you know someone is lying–and any celebrity with the name Spears is a safe bet…
- A newspaper report says Justin Timberlake is set to work on his next movie this month–only they think it’s one of three films, none of which currently has JT as a cast member. Hopefully it’s not hung up on whether or not he can sing D**k In A Box…
- A spokesperson for Amy Winehouse claims an interview with her in OK! Magazine is bogus–it was acutally purchased from another company and contains random statements made by Amy the past two or three years. Of course they were all about drug and alcohol abuse, so they’re probably still true…
- There’s some talk that Paula Abdul will perform during the Super Bowl February 3. The catch is that Simon Cowell will critique her performance and fans vote to see if she gets back on TV again…
- Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve can still kick it–not only did this year’s broadcast increase its audience from last year, but it had 29 percent more viewers than New Year’s Eve shows on NBC and Fox combined. I love Dick–I just hope they’re not using hydraulics so he can stand and talk…
- A man who broke into actor Nicolas Cage’s home naked in October has pled guilty to stalking charges and will spend six months in rehab. I guess he just wanted to show Cage his own Book Of Secrets…
Tags: Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Dr. Phil, Entertainment Tonight, Fox, Justin Timberlake, NBC, New Year's Eve, Paula Abdul, Simon Cowell, Super Bowl, The Today Show
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- Britney Spears‘ family accused Dr. Phil of abusing their trust by going public with his comments about her condition. Of course, abusing the trust of the Spears family is sort of like robbing a drug dealer–nobody outside of them is very upset about it…
- American Idol’s Katherine McPhee has joined Taylor Hicks and Reuben Studdard in the ranks of contestants without a label deal after being dumped by her record company. Their "15 minutes of fame" is getting a little closer to reality…
- Gossip about the very pregnant Christina Aguilera is that Friday is when she will have her baby via Caesarean section. For her, perhaps it’s What A Girl Wants…
- A court official has ruled to seal the records of the child custody battle between Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards in order to protect the couple’s two young children. They contain specific details about nannies and visitations that could compromise the kids’ security, not to mention some unflattering photos of Charlie and several female impersonators…
- NBC News, who will present the Golden Globe Awards as an hour-long press conference due to the ongoing writers’ strike, will air a 2-hour Dateline special hosted by The Today Show’s Matt Lauer featuring interviews with a number of nominees.
- Johnny Grant, Hollywood’s honorary mayor who presided over nearly 30 years of Walk Of Fame ceremonies, died of natural causes Wednesday at the age of 84. You may not be able to see a star there for him, but it’s for sure a few hundred of them are his…
Tags: American Idol, Britney Spears, Charlie Sheen, Christina Aguilera, Denise Richards, Dr. Phil, Golden Globes, Hollywood, Matt Lauer, NBC News, Reuben Studdard, Taylor Hicks, The Today Show
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