BENEDICT BRAFF "Like a tipsy party guest, it's going to be pretty tough for 'Scrubs' to gracefully exit NBC. The network's final 'Scrubs' episode airs next week, concluding its run with the network after seven seasons. But you'd never know it from watching NBC or perusing the entertainment media. At the conclusion of what was the comedy's third-to-last episode on NBC on Thursday, viewers were simply urged to check out the show's interactive features on NBC.com. The usual array of creator and cast interviews that usually accompany the final episodes of a concluding series are likewise largely absent. The super low-key exit for 'Scrubs' is tied to what's become the worst-kept secret in Hollywood: that the veteran comedy is moving to ABC. The long-pending deal for ABC to pick up 18 episodes of 'Scrubs' for next season is effectively, pretty much, essentially, done."
Let's be honest: Celebrities are usually only interested in sports if it will guarantee them a photo op. Saturday night's NY Giants celebration party was no different, with the guest list consisting of a couple A-listers, some people we've heard of but haven't seen in awhile, and then a few who made us go, "Who?"
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Arden Wohl, a wealthy Manhattan resident famous for her many headbands and few talents, recently told New York magazine that she is dissatisfied with the kissing talents of New York's bachelors. "Some men," she said, "are kissing monsters," then she wagged her tongue around to simulate the monstrousness.
But whom is most monstrous? Wohl says the worst "Frencher" she's ever Frenched is the oddly successful Zach Braff, just as we would have guessed.
• "You've got hate mail!" [Queerty]
• Marie Osmond is said to have faked fainting to attract sympathetic Dancing voters. Liar, liar, secret underwear on fire! [DListed]
• Twiggy's snapped off of ANTM. [EBG]
• What's independent or spirited about Zach Braff? [PS]
• Impossibly, someone's found a way to be worse than Victoria Beckham. [HT]
• Johnny Depp sports the Canadian tuxedo in London. [INO]
• John Cusack has signed on to play an angry, lovestruck American in China in a period drama. How exciting for fans of very specific story lines. [ICYDK]
• Brendan Fraser, please have some dignity. [Yeeeah]
• Anna Nicole Smith's last living child is not yet stricken with unbelievable grief and anger, but give it time. [CityRag]
Radar has compiled a collection of photographs that project what some celebrities would look like after undergoing surgery to even out their "imperfections." It's another great argument against plastic surgery and it's funny to know that, no matter what, Zach Braff will always look a little off.
Because heaven forbid Wes Anderson make a movie that doesn't include a dim, sensitive, troubled blond. That would be like Zach Braff not portraying a numb, upper middle class Northeasterner with major issues or Wesley Snipes playing a character who doesn't at least once remind everyone he's black.
More from the premiere under here, with a special appearance by James Van Der Beek.
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I'm almost certain the only way one can actually laugh at Dane Cook's overanimated cunnilingus bits is to watch them with one's mother, thereby forcing the nervous giggles produced in those situations. Otherwise, his show is akin to seeing the school bully act out losing his virginity. And now that he's fuck-joked a stain onto comedy, Dane's trying his fist at music. Seriously.
His first song, "Forward," sounds like it took about one shit to write, and it also sounds like a million other things on the radio. Here's a sampling of the lyrics: "I'm the only thing that doesn't fit in this place/ Who am I s'posed to be/ Falling while I'm standing still/ Do I deal so willingly with the fact that I've lost the will." Ah, trite! It's like someone turned a Zach Braff movie into a song!
The good souls at Best Week Ever were kind enough to match Cookie's beautiful work in music to his adept work in comedy. I think the juxtaposition of the two speaks volumes about this man's talent.
Zach Braff has leveraged his particular brand of saccharine wholesomeness in order to obtain yet another woman who might otherwise chortle at his advances. This time, the scrub was seen tonguing at Drew Barrymore. Braff, star of Garden State, will go down in history as the only man ever able to use his erstwhile New Jersey residency to his sexual advantage.
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Last night marked the 61st Annual Tony Awards, the smartest but poorest award show sister. Were the Tonys invited to Thanksgiving, they would have the best stories, but they'd also take home so many leftovers it would be sad. Along with a lot of begging for everyone to stop saying American theater is dead, the presentation offered dazzling musical numbers, fantastic dance pieces and a meeting of Phylicia Rashad and Angela Lansbury that immediately made the whole word 62 percent more classy and gave an angel its dignity. Other guests included Vanessa Williams, a very pregnant Naomi Watts, newly outed gay men, gay men outed years ago and gay men yet to be outed. In the off chance that you didn't know, the Tonys are also the award show sister who has more fun with her gay friends on a Tuesday than you ever do on a Saturday.
PS Taye Diggs' wife, Idina Menzel, looks exactly like Angelina Jolie minus dozens of tattoos and children.
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It's like I've been running my whole life without the proper footwear. Until I found you…you're my…running shoes.
Mocking Zach Braff–so easy, so fun.
The cast of Scrubs lent their voice to a special version of A Charlie Brown Christmas. It's cute and, don't worry, Zach Braff is appropriately emotastic as Charlie. It warms the heart, really.
Didn't Jennifer Lopez just tell Harper's Bazaar that she no longer enjoys the fancy dress-up million camera scene? Because it sure feels like she's out and about more than ever these days. I'm not complaining–girlfriend looks pretty good and her hubby is looking less dead and events like this supporting a free clinic are worthwhile, just saying that she should just embrace her love of bizarre dresses and truckloads of make-up. It's the J-Lo we know and tolerate. The stay-at-home J-Lo was unsettling.
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Oh. He smolders. Smolder McSmolderalot.
Sure, there were other heads at the Babel premiere, but they weren't nearly as Brad Pitt-y. He's so serious and intense these days. You can just tell that while he may be fancy pantsing it up in Los Angeles, there are starving children on his mind and in his heart. That, or how his delicately mussed up hair looks.
• Jessica Simpson has good taste in music. How ironic. [I'm Not Obsessed]
• Schweeeet socks, Hilary Swank. [ICYDK]
• Mel Gibson's gorefest Apocalypto totally needs some Zach Braffication. [BWE]
• But do they polygraph Paris when she calls in with gossip about herself? [Jossip]
• 50 Cent is mad at Oprah for not inviting him onto her show. He also heard that she gave a friendship bracelet to Nas and invited Diddy for a sleepover. [Junkiness]
• Jennifer Garner looks hot, for Africa of course. [PopSugar]
• Purses. Celebrity Purses. Purses you cannot afford. [CityRag]
• Is Tara Reid the ghost of Christmas Future for Lindsay Lohan? [A Socialite's Life]
• Meet Carson Daly's personal low point. [DListed]
Not to beat you over the head with the Braff-Bilson hammer or anything this morning, but it seems that all my online pontificating might not completely off base. The Scoop reports:
Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson have reportedly hit a rough patch. The stars of “The O.C.” fell in love while working on the show, and it “looked like they were on their way to getting engaged just a little while back,” a source told Star, but “are going through a really difficult period right now.” One reason, according to the insider, may be because of Bilson’s friendship with Zach Braff, her co-star from “The Last Kiss.” “Zach calls Rachel a lot and they talk on the phone like girlfriends,” says the insider. "But what really eats away at Adam is when Rachel starts talking about how mature Zach is. No guy appreciates his girlfriend comparing him to another guy.”
Another Zach coming between Seth and Summer. Remember the Season Two debacle that was Zach the water polo player, what with the comic and the prom. Don't do it again, Sum.
Note to self: Must learn to differentiate between television and real life.
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Despite my frequent ribbing of sensitive navel-gazer Zach Braff (so I didn't like Garden State and am wary of his motives with Rachel Bilson, sue me), I really enjoy Scrubs and think he would probably be a pretty cool guy to hang out with. Just as long as there were no iPods involved. And as long as it was never patently obvious that he was singing along to the soundtrack of his life constantly playing in his head. Speaking of which, all this clip from a 1993 episode of The Baby-Sitters Club is some Band of Horses or Shins or something to make it really salient, right?
Remember when everyone loved Zach Braff? I'm sure he does too. I, however, would have choosen that "Shake your tailfeather" song.
[Thanks Nick, via the always funny Badminton Stamps]
• These pictures of Anna Nicole Smith in the brief time she had both her son and her daughter make me incredibly sad and uncomfortable, but if you're into that sort of thing, go ahead and look at some more. [I'm Not Obsessed]
• XTina is still drrrty? But she looks so angelic. [Hollywood Tuna]
• Do not pee on the Cruise compound. I repeat, do not pee on the Cruise compound. [Glitterati]
• Kate Bosworth likes to break the cartilage in her ears. That sounds…healthy. [DListed]
• Violet Affleck is already in contention for the most normal of the new celebrity babies. [A Socialite's Life]
• What the hell kind of doctor is slipping Janet Jackson cocaine? [Yeeeah]
• Not only is The Last Kiss bad, but it's not Zach Braff's fault. Can I still blame him if Brody and Bilson split? [Pajiba]
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