We almost spit out our breakfast this morning while coming across this picture. Yes, it's Britney Spears, and yes, it's recent (from the set of her latest video). It looks just like the 2002 version of Brit. Unbelievable. Anyway, the singer will debut the video for "Womanizer" (um, would you judge us if we said the song is kind of growing on us?) Friday night on 20/20. See what you've done, MTV? You canceled TRL and now pop stars are forced to take their music videos to Diane Sawyer.
Clay Aiken is quite possibly the happiest gay man on earth right now. It's painfully obvious that the singer feels like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders, and he breezes through his Good Morning America interview with Diane Sawyer with giggles and joy. It almost makes us understand the Claymates. Almost.
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Proving that she – unlike many of her previous employers – is wildly confident in her own talents, Rosie O'Donnell has declined an invitation to talk about her new book on Oprah, a promotional venue that almost guarantees a best seller. Instead, she's chosen to give her major interview to Diane Sawyer, a promotional venue that almost guarantees she won't ever be invited back to Oprah.
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In the wake of every celebrity tragedy there first comes the initial media firestorm; calls are made, headlines are punctuated by exclamation points and, oftentimes, inquiries are easily shattered under the weight of a simple "No comment." Next comes the speculation conjured by the silence. Because said celebrity is unwilling – or unable – to speak, "experts" of every stripe will be paraded out to offer their takes on the goings-on. (In the case of Owen Wilson's suicide attempt, expect this by tonight.) Testimony and conjecture will clog the news and last for as long as the star chooses to remain mum, at which point comes the final media step in the celebrity tragedy: The battle for the big, explanatory interview. Similar to the original news feed feeding frenzy, this is the race to get a personality face to face with the person closest to the major event, hopefully for an interview filled with weepy revelations and childhood trauma. It's all vicious and it's most definitely all predictable.
Knowing that, who's it gonna be this time around? Who do you think is going to get the "get" and be the first to ask, "Were you distraught over Kate, Owen?" The three most obvious choices are above, though I wouldn't be quick to exclude outliers like Oprah (if Wilson was black she'd be the odds-on favorite). Montel Williams pays out 8,000 to one.
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