• Hands down, the greatest YouTube video ever created. [DListed]
• It always confuses us when celebrities neglect to shave their armpits when getting ready for the red carpet. [HT]
• Blake Incarcerated wants to do reality television to show Amy Winehouse "he is off drugs and loves her to bits." What could possibly go wrong? [INO]
• Everyone calm down! Lindsay Lohan confirmed on her blog that she is not breaking up with Samantha Ronson. [ICYDK]
• Oprah is taking hair advice from Britney Spears. [Yeeeah]
• Brad Pitt on parenting: "Six kids is not as easy as you would think." Wait, it's not a cakewalk? [PS]
Besides introducing the glorious Nana Pratt, last night's episode of The Hills also presented two young adults handling a situation in a semi-mature manner with little drama. Lauren and Audrina squashed their very public feud over Justin Bobby when they sat down together and talked about their feelings, ending the conversation in a hug. Unfortunately for us, the argument is far from over, if Audrina's passive-aggressive blog post is any indication.
The entire rant is after the jump, but we'll spoil the ending for you: She sucks at life. CONTINUED »
Sad news, everybody: Rosie O'Donnell's Thanksgiving variety show didn't survive past the first performance. We admittedly didn't watch, because anybody who gives "talk to the hand" is not worthy of our viewership, but evidently we weren't alone: Only 5 million suckers tuned in Friday night to "Rosie Live."
When asked about what went wrong, Rosie expressed her wisdom through a couple of non-haikus: CONTINUED »
America's sweetheart Kanye West took to his blog this weekend to rant about the fact that he doesn't listen to rap music in his apartment. Fair enough. But the most interesting moment came at the end of his post:
SIDEBAR: I USE ALL CAPS CAUSE I'M LAZY NOT MAD. I TYPE WITH ONE HAND AND HOLD THE PHONE WITH THE OTHER.
Finally someone is speaking out about this. We can't begin to describe the strenuous feeling that washes over us every time we have to move our pinky finger over to hold down the Shift key. And, while we're at it, moving our thumb to hold down the space bar in between words is pretty tiring as well.
GOTTHATSQUIDBRAINS!!!!
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We can all agree that Jonathan Knight from New Kids on the Block is definitely gay, right? I mean, the signs are all there: He's the only member of the group who's not married, I had a crush on him when I was younger and Perez Hilton has already outed him. Now he's just toying with us by updating the NKOTB blog with a long, rambling entry about the only woman in his life: his dog. It's disturbing, awkward and not funny in the least (and after the jump).
Take some notes from Lance Bass and then get back to us, J. CONTINUED »
Look guys, another Diddy blog! Get Out the Vote, right right, snoooze.
Except, did Sean Combs just say it was his birthday today?? How is that even humanely possible, that one of the greatest/most annoying advocates of democracy in hip-hop has a birthday that just so happens to coincide with election day? It's got to be a joke right?
Nope. It's not a joke. Happy birthday/Election Day, Diddy! Vote or be Born!
After the jump, a special birthday greeting from Diddy's staff of personal blogmakers.
GOTTA RESPECT LOYALTY Rosie O'Donnell fans are angrily responding en masse to this MG Celebrity Encounter, which O'Donnell says "never happened." She also says she'd never be caught dead in Uggs, which is something we can agree on.
Gwen Stefani published a picture of her new son, Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale (we're not even going to touch that name), on her Web site in an attempt to keep the paparazzi at bay. Nobody was paid for this exchange, yet everyone got to see the baby without privacy being invaded. Good for you, Gwen — and that baby is adorable.
There's a new obnoxious celebrity duo on the loose: Anonymous sources (who are always reliable) spilled the beans that Kanye West and Aubrey O'Day were making out recently at NYC's 1Oak. "Either they actually kissed, or Aubrey was just telling people they kissed." Here's hoping it's the latter, and Kanye offers up an amazing caps-locked blog post about how he was too busy icing his knees at the airport to be making out with the former Danity Kane nightmare.
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The new and improved BritneySpears.com was just unveiled — complete with an awkward introductory video — so now the crazy Britney Spears fans (we're looking at you, Chris Crocker), can stalk her anytime they wish (not that it was difficult to do so in the first place). The site is full of videos, pictures and fan competitions — including some amateur potential Circus cover art. There's also some great grammar: "Brit was in Los Angeles doing some fun interviews for the site and the whole crew from Entertainment Tonight were outside the door in the next room waiting to talk to her!" Geniuses, those showbiz people. CONTINUED »
Diddy, the master of delusion, has come out from hiding under his bed to discuss his hero and imaginary friend (we kid you not): Frank Sinatra. We'll just let Diddy explain, because there's no way we can describe this without sounding crazy.
There's nights in Vegas when I have my Frankie baby with me. That's right, Frank Sinatra is with me. Call me crazy. I'm not afraid to say I have imaginary friends. And Frank is one of them.
I love showing people a good time, throwing parties and seeing people have fun. That's me. And Frank was the same. He loved entertaining.
Wow, what a coincidence! It's truly a miracle to find two people who both love having a good time. This is wild. And to further explain how he and the classy Sinatra are similar, he described the scene at his latest commercial shoot: "Somebody got naked and got into the pool. Actually two people did. And one of them was me."
Stay classy, Diddy.
The only people still talking about Clay Aiken's coming out are Clay Aiken and his crazed Claymates (and now us). The singer took to his fan site to speak out about his People magazine cover and assure those crazy Bible thumpers that he's still the same ol' G.
We'll post the full diatribe after the jump, but for those of you who don't care enough to take three hours to read it, we'll sum it up for you: Clay somehow panders to his few "OMG this changes everything" fans without sounding hateful or condescending. We are slowly starting to respect this man-child more and more for the things he has to say on the gay issue — his thoughts are eloquent and moving. There's few people who can speak to those who absolutely believe all homosexuals are going to hell without causing some sort of riot, and Clay is one of them. Bravo. CONTINUED »
It would be unrealistic to say the end is near for TMZ.com, the gossip website founded by Harvey Levin that Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic tirade put on the map. But all signs are pointing to trouble for the AOL-Telepictures celebrity venture. Readership is down. So is revenue. Top staffers are leaving. The spin-off show TMZ has lost its buzz. And TMZ.com just saw People.com overtake it for the No. 2 spot of most-visited celebrity websites (Yahoo's OMG is No. 1, thanks to all of the search giant's traffic dumping).
Oh, and that's on top of growing backlash within the gossip industry, as competing mainstream tabloid outlets, bloggers, and (we suspect, if traffic levels are any indication) readers are growing increasingly disgusted for what qualifies as "content" on the site.
Has TMZ already hit its peak — and started snowballing toward implosion? From numerous conversations with TMZ insiders, Levin confidantes, industry players, and fellow bloggers, the answer is a resounding "yes."
From West's blog:
We back in the lab!!! I'm cool with the paparazzi. This guy wasn't cool. I gotta work now… I'll rant later!
Further proving the theory that most people successful in traditional media are like monkeys faced with calculus when it comes to the Internet, Ashton Kutcher, actor and reality show producer, and his production company, Katalyst Media, give us Blah Girls.
Part gossip blog, part episodic comedy program, Blah Girls attempts to dally in the difficult position between mocking celebrity culture and heralding it. In the videos, the Girls prattle on about Hollywood rumors while frequently interjecting the conversation with crude jokes; in the blog, the Girls attach one-liners to famous photos of the day; and oh how terrible it all is.
It's happened: The Clay Aiken baby has graced the planet with his presence. Parker Foster Aiken was born August 8, 2008 at 8:08 a.m. Or, to simplify: 08/08/08 at 08:08. Surely this is a sign of the end of days.
To read all about what Papa Clay had to say about the birth, click through and take a peek at his blog entry. And, at right, behold the glory of Michael Sandecki, one of Clay's biggest fans and a glimpse into the future of baby Parker. CONTINUED »
Usually too bogged down by his own egomaniacal, impossibly-high expectations to enjoy or appreciate any career accolades that come his way, it’s sort of a shock to see Kanye West so genuinely overjoyed and humbled after Vanity Fair included him on its “International Best Dressed List.”
In fact, the honor has rendered him unable to adequately express himself on his blog.
i am taking off august
in blog-ville
2 c if i can
rosie unplugged
happy summer peeps
peace in
peace out
That's Rosie O'Donnell's (temporary?) farewell to blogging, which has just exhausted the mother of four. "It's too much," says the former and maybe-future television star. Also: She was tired of all your bitching.
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