Patrick Dempsey appeared on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show yesterday and, yes, the conversation turned to actress Brooke Smith's recent axing from ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
Some suspect ABC gave Smith the boot because her on-screen lesbian relationship was getting a bit too serious. Dempsey gave no credence to those rumors — not because they're not true, but because network executives told him what to say:
• Leather daddy will forever be a good look. Well done, Travolta. [CityRag]
• "Scientology boot camp is probably filled with a bunch of suppressed homos that are just aching to get their jaws around any cock and ass." [DListed]
• Another Spears girl is on the way. And this one will have many more issues than the first two. Huzzah! [PS]
• Patrick Dempsey is campaigning to win the title of "Sexiest Man Alive" this year, which is not the least bit sexy. [INO]
• Benji Madden wrote Paris Hilton a love song entitled "Shine Your Light." It's probably not very good and definitely not original, but Paris only knows what's in front of her, so she loves it. [ICYDK]
• Is Mariah Carey really engaged to Nick Cannon? Thank goodness those two are out of the dating pool! [Yeeeah]
We hear word that some oddly popular event happened last night in Los Angeles. We're not really sure what it was all about, but we've got pictures of some of the self-congratulatory, insular men and women in attendance after the jump.
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• Gina Gershon sits down with Queerty to discuss her surprisingly-not-bad music. [Queerty]
• Editor Cord Jefferson discusses comedy with Jeff Garlin and Dan Castellaneta. Fun fact: They don't like Family Guy. [Filter]
• JLo's babies are named! Make way for MLo and EmLo. [DListed]
• Patrick Dempsey packs like he acts: lightly. [PS]
• Jenna Jameson popped out of a cake in a bikini for her professional fighter boyfriend's birthday, proving she's really making wise use of her free time since quitting porno. [HT]
• Hockey fans, male and female, like to watch fights. Is this an attractive quality? [INO]
• Madonna is tremendously rich! If you think this means her buying a $12 million house-cum-gym is reasonable, you're tremendously sad. [ICYDK]
• Why has the coolness of animated films surpassed regular films? Is it because they're infected with less celebrity ego bullshit? We think perhaps. [CityRag]
Breaking up is kinda easy to do if you're John Mayer:
A guest at the Sunset Marquis in West Hollywood tells Celebrity Babylon…that singer John Mayer, 29, was yelling into his phone with his head down outside by the pool on Monday morning, June 11. Says the hotel guest, "He said 'Jess' a bunch of times, so I would think he was talking to Jessica Simpson. There was a lot I couldn’t hear, but at the end before he hung up, he told her to stop calling, stop texting, stop all of it — leave me alone!
What a class act, humiliating his ex like that. If you're having trouble visualizing this elaborate display of rejection, think of the scene in Can't Buy Me Love when newly popular Ronald Miller goes off on Cindy Mancini in front of everyone to fully establish dominance before their month of sham dating ends, breaking her heart in the process. Of course, 45 minutes later he learns the error of his ways, and his regret culminates in one of the most triumphant monologues ever to be committed to celluloid ("Nerds, jocks. My side, your side. It's all bullshit."). Obviously Mayer hasn't basked in the revelation that was pre-Grey's—and far superior—Patrick Dempsey.
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Prepare to be horrified: America's most elite military academy has invited Kiefer Sutherland to come and speak against torture, as some of students were becoming oddly supportive of the brutal methodology of Sutherland's 24 protagonist, Jack Bauer.
…the Army is asking Kiefer Sutherland to explain to West Point cadets why they shouldn't imitate the Fox show's torture-happy protagonist…The Army is hoping Sutherland will have better luck than West Point professors, whose in-class attempts to explain that "Jack Bauer is a criminal" have yet to resonate…
…students were particularly impressed by a scene in which Bauer barges into a room where a stubborn suspect is being held, shoots him in one leg, and threatens to shoot the other if he doesn’t talk. In less than ten seconds, the suspect reveals that his associates plan to assassinate the Secretary of Defense.
This follows news that some American interrogators around the world have begun taking cues from the show for use in real prisons:
Human Rights First recently brought a West Point commander and retired military interrogators to Hollywood for meetings with producers of "24" and ABC's "Lost" to talk about their concerns about life imitating art.
One man in the meeting was Tony Lagouranis, a former U.S. Army specialist who questioned prisoners in Baghdad's infamous Abu Ghraib prison and several other facilities around Iraq. He said he saw instances of mock executions like that in "24." Once, some fellow interrogators asked an Iraqi translator to pretend he was being tortured to strike fear in a prisoner, after they had just watched a similar scene on a DVD.
This begs the question: what the hell does Kiefer Sutherland know about military tactics that he hasn't learned from his TV show? They're asking a person who plays a character to come and speak about this instead of the dozens of great military minds that already populate the campus?
Regardless, other major educational institutions have started to follow West Point's lead. Johns Hopkins Medical School just invited Patrick Dempsey to explain that emotionally relevant theme music won't spasmodically play to enhance the drama of deaths. And second years at Stanford Law were shocked when Sam Waterston broke the news that, in the real world, his brazen pursuit of justice is called "disobedience" and "contempt."
• Don't do it, Djimon! She's a blood diamond incarnate. [NYP]
• Nick Cannon calls himself a reformed player and proves he is definitely still a loser. [Glitterati]
• Four times as boring. [HT]
• Robin Givens is horny. She wants to do it. Ride it. His pony. [INO]
• Bloggers immediately brushing off Time Inc's demand to not publish Dempsey twin photos. [ICYDK]
• Call girls spilling secret. Rule 1: Always have some Wet Ones around. [Jossip]
• Now, even looking your age is bad. [NYT]
• America's Next Top Model 8 is returning. DListed has pics of all the girls. Above is my pic to win. She looks "fierce." That's all it takes, right? [DListed]
• Factory Hurl Myself At Photographers! [ASL]
• He's bringing "just-a-flings" back! [HR]
• McDempsey has McTwins. Really McExcited about it. Is this McJoke thing McOld yet? [PopSugar]
• Tyra still really, really upset. [WWTDD]
• How powerful is that devil in Prada? [NYT]
• Too excited about mayo. Fluffernutter would have been a different story. [INO]
• Lohan's choosing rehab over movies. I would take rehab over having to sit through Herbie Fully Loaded. [Defamer]
I kid! I kid the cast of Grey's Anatomy! I know, it's all puppies and baby turtles since that silly little incident.
Ugh, up until a month ago I could honestly say that I had never seen an episode of Grey's (or The Notebook, but that's a different story), but unfortunately in an iTunes binge I no longer have that claim to fame. So, fine, it's a *little* exciting that the show is coming back from hiatus tonight. (I will give myself ten lashings for that.)
Right, anyway, McDreamy himself and his prego-with-twins wife sat down with Life Magazine to be all perfect and from Maine and shit. The wifey talked all about McDaddy, while McFakeDoctor talked about life on the set and, of course, the fight:
LIFE: How did the leak affect you?
DEMPSEY: The environment is not very safe when people are selling you out [to the tabloids] to make money. A set is a very vulnerable arena to work in: You have to allow yourself your emotions. Sometimes they run over inappropriately. Unless you talk about it, you let it build up. [But] if you’re constantly looking over your shoulder, be it at the extras or crew, it creates a bad energy. I don’t trust anyone around me.LIFE: McDreamy is a national heartthrob. What part did jealousy play in the squabble?
DEMPSEY: It’s a big family. You have one plate of pasta. Everybody wants to make sure they eat enough, that they feel nourished. What we learned as a cast is that we really need to take care of ourselves, communicate with one another. You’re there 15, 16 hours a day. You’re not going to be Mr. Nice Guy or Mrs. Nice Lady all the time.
So…you're saying that Isaiah Washington is a dick and Ellen Pompeo is a giant bitch, right? Thought so.
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Last night marked this year's People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles, and while I must admit that I skipped the airing of the show (did I miss anything?), I enjoyed looking at the pictures of the stars who attended the festivities. Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Aniston tend to fare well at events like these, and last night was no exception with both women taking home awards. Hell, most of the people pictured here won awards of some kind. Other than Carmen Elektra, who, if she had been up for anything, should have won Most Turquoise Toga Of The Year.
For a list of winners, click here.
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I successfully avoided Grey's Anatomy for 2 years, but recently I broke and shamefully bought/watched it on iTunes. I will remain vague on number of episodes over elapsed time because it's embarrassing. Hello, Self Loathing. Meanwhile, outside of Seattle Grace, Patrick Dempsey was looking good while celebrating the premiere of Freedom Writers, starring Hilary Swank and himself. Courtney Love and Billy Corgan (from the Smashing Pumpkins) were keeping it random, but at least she wasn't out clubbing with any 19-year-olds.
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I've never watched an episode of Grey's Anatomy (mostly because I can't stand Ellen Pompeo), but today's story about the on-set brawl is heeeeelarious. I mean, really, am I to believe that this was some sort of macho head-butting exercise? When one of the key players is straight-faced called "Dr. McDreamy" in every day society? Just the mental image makes me giggle. The National Enquirer had the scoop:
A long-simmering feud exploded into the open as Isaiah Washington (Dr. Preston Burke) attacked Patrick Dempsey (Dr. Derek Shepherd) and put him into a chokehold, say sources.
The fight erupted at Prospect Studios in L.A. on Oct. 9 when Isaiah, 43, and Patrick, 40, started arguing about cast members being late for a scene.
Enraged, Isaiah grabbed Patrick by the throat and shoved him!
According to the source, when T.R. Knight, who plays Dr. George O'Malley, demanded the pair break it up, "Isaiah called him a 'bitch.'"
A tense hour went by as the actors and crew tried to figure out what to do next.
Divulged the source: "Isaiah stormed off to his trailer to cool off while Patrick and T.R. stood there in disbelief."
And insiders say the feud is far from over!
Oh, grrrr. Hopefully this won't devolve into one stealing the others' tooth whitener or compact mirror or anything. You know how bitchy these showbiz catfights can get.
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