THAT POOR CHILD "Carson Daly and girlfriend Siri Pinter are expecting their first child together. … 'Carson is thrilled to be a father and they are looking forward to an extra special Thanksgiving this year with family and friends,' his rep Heather Lylis tells People. The TV personality and Pinter will welcome their child in early spring."
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We know you were already clamoring for the Sexiest Man Alive issue of People magazine, but here's another reason to get excited: This year's rundown features a scratch-n-sniff section, so you can smell what makes your favorite men "feel their sexiest." Just what we always wanted!
For those who were wondering, Chace Crawford smells like freshly cut grass; Taye Diggs smells like vanilla, chocolate, sandalwood and musk essential oils (diva!); Michael Phelps smells like L’Homme YSL; and Chris Meloni smells like a day at the beach.
What, nobody chose the patented mixture of B.O. and Axe? That always gets us going.
Try "until she watched him announcing his resignation." Says Dupre, still trying to milk some popularity out of this whole ordeal six months after it happened:
'I mean, ask a lot of 22 year olds,' she said. 'I was wrapped up in my family, my music. I knew the name, but the face … I'm not really a TV person,' she told People.
JACKMAN NAMED PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE; WE SOMEWHAT AGREE • "He's a triple threat: a star who can sing, dance and wield a weapon. At 6 ft. 2 in., all scruff and biceps, Hugh Jackman looms large in the epic Australia, which he says kept him 'dirty 95 percent of the time' and left people stammering, 'Oh … my … God,' according to costar Nicole Kidman, who adds, 'Women's jaws drop when Hugh walks into a room.'"
Good news, everyone! The Hills is coming back for a fifth season! Audrina Patridge confirmed the information to People, and if you're not sold on even more episodes of the "reality" show, just listen to her riveting argument:
At one point, all of us were like, 'No, we don't want to do another season.' I wanted to do more movies, and Whitney moved to New York and she's doing her own spin-off. … We have fun with each other and we've stuck it out this long. We might as well do another one.
Look, nobody loves The Hills more than I do, but even I can admit that it's time to throw in the towel. Nobody cares anymore and the girls are clearly starting to hate each other. This is only going to end badly.
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The triple murder tragedy of Jennifer Hudson's family wasn't going to be ignored by the celebrity weeklies. Sadly, multiple deaths are what it takes to get a black girl on the cover of a tabloid. The editors of each weekly, then, had to consider how the competition was going to play the game. Only People and Us gave Hudson A1 treatment, while every other magazine at least included her in a sidebar or footer.
Life & Style and OK! ended up with the same photo. Only the Globe went with a picture of Jennifer with her mouth closed — because nothing says tragedy like eyes staring into the horizon and a mouth agape.
And the honor of Going Full Exploitative goes to, not surprisingly:
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 »
RIP "Terrence Howard is mourning the death of his mother, the Hustle & Flow star's rep tells People in a statement. 'Terrence Howard's mother, Anita Williams, has sadly passed away after a long battle with cancer,' the statement says."
Not even 24 hours have passed since the shocking bombshell regarding Clay Aiken's sexuality, and the Claymates have already reacted in different degrees of crazy. But first, leave it to Simon Cowell to provide the voice of reason:
Wow, that's a shock. It's like being told Santa Clause isn't real — unbelievable. … Good for him. I don't think anyone cares. Let's face it. It's 2008. You know, who cares?
Actually, Simon, plenty of people care. And they reside on the Clay Aiken fan board. Take, for example, avid follower CLAYGAL:
I don't understand the timing of all this information, or supposed information. I'm not making any assumptions until I actually see credible information . Is that actually Parker in the photo? Some of my friends think the baby looks older than a child a month old.
Wow, CLAYGAL! You may be on to something! Quick, go hunt for more evidence that this is all a sham — and while you're at it, please go nowhere near a voting booth on Nov. 4. Thanks.
[Ed. note: For those playing along at home, this is the third time I've had a celebrity crush who turned out to be gay.]
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People magazine has published online excerpts from their interview with the newly gay Clay Aiken.
Aiken, who for years denied his homosexuality, explains that he didn't mean to lie, but simply lacked the wherewithal to come clean. It wasn't until he had his own child, via in vitro fertilization, that Aiken says he realized he needed to tell the world: "It was the first decision I made as a father. I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that."
The born again Christian singer also reveals a bit about how his mother took the news. Here's a hint: not well.
Clay Aiken finally admitted to People magazine that he's gay, confirming what the rest of the world has known for years. "I cannot raise a child to lie or hide things," Clay says on the cover of the mag's latest issue, which features the American Idol alum with his tiny new baby.
Some of us are more excited about this development than others, as evidenced by Mollygood's editor Cord Jefferson, who jovially announced via Gchat: "clay aiken's out!!!! post IT POST IT"
Queerty has more details, complete with the glorious cover, here.
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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."
GET WELL SOON "Natalie Cole has suffered a setback in her treatment for hepatitis C and has been hospitalized in New York, People has learned. The side effects of Cole's grueling chemotherapy treatment for the liver disease, paired with a strenuous promotional schedule in support of her just-released new album Still Unforgettable, are what led to the Grammy winner's hospitalization."
Uh oh! Despite the fact that both magazines paid millions and millions of dollars for "exclusive" rights to photographs of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's new set of twins, the Los Angeles Times thinks Hello's spread has bested People's in terms of cuteness and intimacy.
And the award for most overhyped baby pictures of the year goes to People magazine, which had a countdown on its Web site over the weekend in anticipation of this glimpse at the new Brangelina twins. But don't worry if the cover doesn't satisfy your thirst for Knox and Vivienne — this week's issue will feature 19 pages of the babies and America's golden couple. Guess the mag has to get its money's worth.
AND THE WINNER IS… "People magazine has drummed up the winning bid for the first pictures of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s twins — Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. It is rumored that the winning bid is between $10 million and $15 million."
The Matt Grant edition of The Bachelor wasn't any more entertaining than every other season, but the breakup is proving otherwise. Former fiance (and constant famewhore) Shayne Lamas told People magazine about her plans for the engagement ring, purchased by ABC: She's keeping it "safe and clean and in a glass box — like a glass slipper." Also? Matt is totally on board with the idea and even "wants to come over and look at it."
Naturally, the magazine then got a response from Matt, because this is middle school and two adults can't just decide what to do with a piece of jewelry without using the media as a go-between. And, of course, Matt says he never spoke with Shayne about the subject.
We never discussed this. I never said it was cool to just keep it. If she said we spoke about it, she just made it up. Sometimes she thinks she can say anything and I’ll go along with it.
It wasn’t a ‘gift’ so much. It’s not a television or a handbag. It’s a symbol of marriage that didn’t happen. … Let’s have something good come out of this. Why hold onto it? What’s the point?
Matt wants to auction off the ring, valued at $65,000, and give the proceeds to charity. This, of course, will never happen, because then the spotlight would no longer be on Shayne, and we can't have that, can we?
You know why employees shouldn’t keep blogs? Because inevitably their employers will find them, read them, and use them against their underlings. It’s the same reasoning why starlets shouldn’t keep diaries: Because federal officials might raid the home of your scandal-plagued ex-boyfriend, confiscate your journals, and then use your words to prosecute him for fraud. Such is the new saga for Anne Hathaway.
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