Do you ever sit around wondering to yourself what American Idol finalist David Archuleta is up to these days? No? Well, it's a slow news day over here, so we were more entertained than we should have been by this clip of Kathy Griffin interviewing the Disney-fied Idol and making him awkwardly uncomfortable. The verdict: He's still as annoyingly perfect as he was during the last season of the reality competition. Someone get back to us when the kid's gone through puberty and is checking into rehab.
OK, last post about the TRL finale, we swear. We tried to sit through the entire two and a half hour extravaganza, but we just couldn't. Our willpower is not yet that strong. We did, however, catch the interview with Travis Barker, one of the first glimpses of the musician since the September plane crash that killed four and injured Travis and DJ AM. He didn't seem to be 100 percent, obviously, but he looked to be healthy and upbeat, painful interviews aside.
Dancing With the Stars inexplicably graced my television set yet again last night, but boy am I glad it did — something magical happened thanks to the producers' decision to make the contestants perform a group hip-hop routine. Cloris Leachman, the 82-year-old who has managed to stick around without doing much dancing at all, was obviously the most entertaining, but soap opera queen Susan Lucci also made me chuckle quite a bit. And my former boyfriend Lance Bass busted out some old school *NSync "Bye Bye Bye" moves (yes, I knew the dance, don't judge).
Despite the awesomeness provided by the contestants, I was left speechless after the routine had ended. I didn't want to talk about what I had just witnessed, because I'm still not sure exactly what the hell happened.
File this under: Icky. Rumer Willis recently confessed to having posters of now-stepdad Ashton Kutcher covering her bedroom walls when she was a teenager.
It was strange when mom [Demi Moore] started seeing Ashton in 2003. I was 15 and he was a real heartthrob — I had pictures of him on my wall! I remember mom saying her new 'friend' was going to hang out with us. I said, 'What's his name?' And she goes, 'Ashton.'
And I said, 'Whoa - Ashton Kutcher?' I freaked out a bit and blushed. When he came round, though, it wasn't awkward. I realized I'd never seen my mother happier. It was like watching two 16-year-olds going to the prom!
That's probably because, at the time, Ashton was young enough to attend high school prom. Demi, on the other hand, still looked exactly the same, thanks to a lot of plastic surgery and botox.
New York City's Upright Citizen's Brigade theater hosted a 72-hour improv comedy marathon over the weekend, so it's not surprising that the jokes eventually turned to Heath Ledger, Estelle Getty and Bernie Mac's recent deaths. But guest panelist Brooke Shields was evidently caught off guard:
She was so freaked out, her eyes welled up, and she actually bit her nails at one point. When someone pretended to dump Estelle Getty's ashes on [30 Rock star] Jack McBrayer's head, Brooke got up and walked offstage. She watched the rest of the show from behind a curtain backstage, with a grimace.
We're assuming Brooke had never before attended a UCBT performance — and it's doubtful she'll ever return.
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Katy Perry pranced around the stage during last night's So You Think You Can Dance as she sang "I Kissed a Girl," but instead of enjoying her performance, I felt extremely uncomfortable. Someone needs to teach the girl how to command the stage instead of walking back and forth … and back and forth … and back and forth. Also? Sometimes it's better to just lip sync and call it a day.
David Letterman must really enjoy the movie Hancock: In the past week, he's had Jason Bateman, Will Smith and now Charlize Theron on his show. Charlize, whom we love, was the proud owner of the most bizarre interview, which was so disjointed and uncomfortable it beat out the weird Dave/Will kiss from the night before. At the end of the interview, Charlize joked about being drunk — and we really do hope alcohol is to blame, because if not, her jokes make for painful situations. CONTINUED »
We were waiting for this to post on YouTube after witnessing the event live on television. Chris Brown performed that annoying song that was ruined by American Idol robot David Archuleta, "With You," on the Today show yesterday morning, and — geeze, where to begin? He sings approximately 50 percent of the song; he gets mauled by fans while his security and the show producers panic in the background; the anchors awkwardly dance … it's just the most uncomfortable performance we've ever seen on a morning program. And that's including Fergie's crotch show.
Yesterday was my big television debut on TRL (featuring Gavin DeGraw), and it was even more uncomfortable and embarrassing than I had imagined. My mom insisted on calling the entire family back in Texas to alert them about my appearance, some of my friends from college skipped class to watch … too much attention, if you ask me. I'm just not cut out for the camera.
That said, I found a video of the show on YouTube for your enjoyment. Luckily, it's a little blurry, so you can't see the awkward faces I make throughout — so just trust me on this one. I'm in the blue cardigan to the left of Fergie's head, but you could just as easily find me by searching for the oldest one in the group.
It took American Idol seven seasons, but it seems the show has finally driven one of its contestants to a mental breakdown. I knew something was coming last week when Brooke White's performance of Mariah Carey's "Hero" progressively got faster and faster and her voice got shakier and shakier, but what happened last night was one of the most uncomfortable things I have witnessed on television — and I've sat through two seasons of Rock of Love.
Brooke, who sang "You Must Love Me" for Andrew Lloyd Webber night, forgot her lyrics 5 seconds into the song and requested that the band start over. The look of sheer terror on her face as she realizes she has no clue what word comes next is cringe-worthy, but that doesn't come close to the awkwardness that takes place when even Paula is left speechless from Brooke's panicky performance. CONTINUED »
What's funnier than seeing Liza Minnelli literally cringing while surrounded by hyper, Afro-Brazilian samba boys? Seeing Liza Minnelli gape in shock at a sexy Afro-Brazilian samba dancer's voluminous ass!
Revel in the discomfort after the jump.
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