Jay Leno’s debut primetime show has fallen flat with reviewers, who panned it, while viewers gave it the apparent thumbs-up.
The show, which debuted on Monday night, drew the biggest audience – 18.4 million – for an entertainment show since the finale of American Idol.
Leno also had the good fortune of the Kanye West MTV gaffe falling into his lap for his debut show. He interviewed West about hijacking Taylor Swift during her acceptance speech at the awards.
Reviewers were united in saying the new show showed little departure from the old. USA Today called the show a “cut-rate, snooze-inducing, rehashed bore”.
“The future of The Jay Leno Show is likely to look almost exactly like The Tonight Show past. So much ink has been devoted to describing how Mr Leno’s new show would depart from his old one that it was startling to see how little difference there was,” said the reviewer for The New York Times.
Source: Splash News
Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner have been using the Hollywood clout to push for Barack Obama as the next US President. Last night, the two hit a benefit in Boston.
Ben was all excited about this particular benefit. No, not because he got to check out Teresa Heinz all night, but because he was hanging out with regular people. Ben said, “This isn’t come $1500 a plate event for the elite.” Instead, plates were only $50, or $250 for VIP.
Insiders say Ben won’t dog Hillary Clinton. He says, “This isn’t about casting aspersions.” He also won’t answer any questions about his own possible political aspirations. Hmm, maybe it’ll be President Affleck in a few years.
Pop wreck Britney Spears and constant companion Sam Lutfi got into a really ugly blowout last weekend. Britney and Sam drove up to the gate of her house when the fallen pop star suddenly jumped out of the car crying. Brit’s pap boyfriend Adnan Ghalib said that he got a frantic call from Britney to pick her up but when he got there, he was told in no uncertain terms that he was not allowed to enter the gate saying that the guards were under strict order from Sam to not let him in. Sam is acting more like a jealous wannabe boyfriend rather than a so-called manager. It’s not a pretty sight.
I’m sure most of those firefighters, police, and paramedics hoped they’d seen the last of Britney. Not so fast, though….
All of those who responded to her home during her meltdown will have to testify Monday at her custody hearing. They were subpoenaed by K-Fed’s attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan.
As of right now, Britney is temporarily forbidden to visit her children. Monday’s court session will determine if that suspension will be continued. If so, she may not see them until April, when the actual custody trial starts.
I swear 2008 is set to be a baby boom year – there are pregnancies absolutely everywhere at the moment. Almost every other day a new celebrity announces that they are expecting. Happy news all around of course, but weird nonetheless.
Celebrity pregnancy of the day is ex-eastender Tamzin Outhwaite. The TV beauty, who is married to actor Tom Ellis, is four months pregnant with her first child. It comes as no surprise really; the 37 year old has previously expressed her desire to become a mother, saying: “Having children is my biggest dream. I’d be happy not to work again and look after the children.”
Tamzin’s spokesman confirmed the news. A source said: “Tamzin and Tom are both over the moon.”
Jennifer Lopez, who is five months pregnant, is said to be so freaked out by the amount of weight she has gained that she plans to follow in the footsteps of Victoria Beckham and hibernate for the last few months.
A source claims that the fact she has already gained 42lbs and her face has become very puffy from water retention that she wishes to put her career on hold until the baby is born in the spring. We won’t be seeing much of her from now on.
Oh to be able to hide from the world whenever you feel like it. Us normal expectant mothers have to go shopping for the imminent baby and every day things so the world can see how unattractive and whale like we have become.
Well at least I’m not carrying two; which it seems our J-Lo may be after being seen purchasing matching pink and blue outfits as well as requesting everything on the baby list in pairs.
Despite her love for the cameras, Pam says she’s not signed up to star in a reality show with her husband Rick Solomon. Rumors were flying that they were going to allow us to watch their newlywed life. Umm, as if I want to?!She says on her website that she’s toyed with the idea, only to show people what it is like to be in a Vegas stage production and create a show. Pamela has been starring in Han Klok’s magic show in Sin City. One thing’s for sure, though – she’d never include her children.
She says this, “The choices I have to make now are about quality of life. And meaning: Not about money or fame for no good reason.”
Is there no end to the madness that follows Britney Spears? Accused of stealing a wig and four coats recently; it seems she may be loaded but she doesn’t appear to like paying for things. This time it was a lighter, from a petrol station.
Britney reportedly grabbed the lighter while exiting the store in Sherman Oaks, California, on Friday and was only alerted to her mistake by waiting snappers.
She responded: “Stole something? Oh, I’m bad!”
Ok the girl is finally losing it. Luckily the owner doesn’t want to press charges; happy to wait until she returns to the store and pays him back. He said: “Yes, Britney stole a blue lighter here last night. The lighter is $1.39. I’m hoping maybe the next time she comes back she will pay for it.
“I know she can afford to pay for it, but I’m not planning to file a police report. It’s still not right for her to steal the lighter.”
Hmmm something tells me that in the world of Britney Spears, doing the right thing is not priority right now.
Barbara Walters is a pioneer for women in journalism. She paved the way for many who have followed in her footsteps. Perhaps she is most famous for being able to convince celebrities to bear their very souls in an interview.
Now she says she just won’t do it anymore. This news came just before her annual showing of “The 10 Most Fascinating People”. It aired Thursday on ABC. She says, “I am not going after the tabloid stuff, I don’t do it.”
She would not include Britney or Paris in this special, she says, “abandoning the week in, week out, competition for getting the next name, the next person out of rehab.” Instead she chose real newsmakers like former President Clinton, the creators of “MySpace”, and Don Imus.
Doesn’t she realize that we don’t care what these people might say about foreign policy or the war? We wanna know the dirt. We wanna see the rehab patients. They make us feel good about ourselves!! C’mon Babs, honey, retire already.
With two superstar parents, it’s only natural that the children of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith would catch the acting bug. 9 year old Jaden has already made his Hollywood debut in The Pursuit of Happyness. Now, it’s 7 year old Willow’s turn. See her December 14 in I am Legend.
Smith says of his children, “Jaden is Johnny Depp. He just wants to do good work…He loves acting, he just wants to make good movies. And Willow is Paris Hilton. Willow wants to be on tv!”
He goes on to clarify, “You don’t work with Willow. You work FOR Willow.”
Kudos to Will and Jada for making their children be professional by auditioning for their films instead of just requesting favors. At least they are doing what they can to keep them somewhat grounded.
When it comes to pregnant moms in Hollywood, the fad seems to be baring your baby bump in a magazine. Demi Moore did it, Britney Spears did it and now, Christina Aguilera bares it all for the ‘Sexy Mama’ cover article in the January 2008 issue of Marie Claire.
In the interview which accompanies her cover, she talks about pinpointing when she conceived, her pregnancy being a surprise, being pregnant while being on her ‘Back to Basics’ tour, her decision to not announce anything and her domestication.
It’s pretty clear that even though she’s going to be a mom soon, Christina still has some strong opinions regarding her image.
Kelly was unnaturally demure and low-energy during Tuesday morning’s episode of Live with Regis & Kelly. She continually sipped a drink and did not return at the halfway point of the show.
Regis later told viewers that she hadn’t been feeling well and needed to leave.
The show was on location in the Bahamas and was being filmed at the Atlantis Resort. Kelly sat through the opening segment and helped with an interview of judge Tim Gunn from Project Runway.
Stan Rosenfield, Kelly’s rep, stated, “It’s a little case of the flu and she didn’t do the second show. That’s all. It’s holiday season and it’s flu season, even in the Bahamas.”
She is expected to be back for Wednesday’s show.
Think it could have anything to do with how in love she is with hubby? Should we start looking for a baby bump? Hee hee, this is how rumors get starter…
You know you’ve really made it big at 14 years of age when Oprah invites you on her show. Disney star Miley Cyrus of the popular show Hannah Montana was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show and talked about dating… with her dad sitting right beside her!
When asked about whether Miley was allowed to date, Miley said that she was allowed but that her dad acts weird about it. She told a story of how when a guy visited her at home, her dad was standing in the kitchen looking out at them with the dog right beside him. Billy Ray Cyrus tries to play it off and said that he wasn’t spying but Oprah knew otherwise.
Miley then capped off the show by singing ‘The Best of Both Worlds’.
Court cases, failed drug tests, hitting parked cars, running over paps and a policeman are seemingly not enough of a bad rep for Britney Spears. Now, she’s also sporting around what looks like a botched lip job.
The pop wreck was spotted driving and texting in Beverly Hills on Wednesday with what looks like red, inflamed and infected-looking lips. Either Dr. Jan Adams worked on her too or her lipstick got mixed with poison ivy somehow.
While we can blame Restylane injections for her lips, who or what can we blame for the bad skin and ugly nails? Get yourself together Brit!
Please… who wrote it for her? Didn’t this women drop out of high school. We’re supposed to believe that she is a fluent writer now? Yeah so nice that she’s bringing attention to this. But how will she out do herself next year? Oh, that’s right, she’ll adopt another kid and the publicity will just never end. Does she even have the time to pick up a pen and write a small daily dairy for herself of her daily happening with the kids and her routine and the time she shares with Brad Pitt? Why Am I saying all this, well because if a person is on tour of the world almost every day, has 4 kids to take care of and the usual commitments and reportedly finding a new house how can she find the time to write to her fans mails and do all this. It is pretty much clear in my mind, that either has a time clock that allows her to work 36 hours in one day out of the possible 24 hours or then her reps having been doing all this work for her and then she puts her name on drafted document.
Fabio is really enjoying his new found 15-minutes. The guy won’t stop talking about the one incident he had with George Clooney at the restaurant. At a Lamborghini event on Wednesday night, he spoke to OK! Magazine and told them ‘his side of the story.’ Did George ever even talk about the fight or this guy? all of you who’s blaming Fabio in this incident need to stfu! George Clooney toons is a real asshole plain and simple. He always have been. it’s just that the media always paints him as this gentleman, next Cary Grant and all that shit. Well, fuck that noise! Clooney is a lowlife phony scumbag! Go Fabio for exposing this piece of shit for what he is. Team Fabio!!! Clooney sucks!!! I think it’s very gentleman-like of him to defend those ladies he was with. Not many guys are like that these days. And yes, George Cloony couldn’t have been more of an ass. He is hot, but he needs to stop thinking he’s God’s gift to women. There are plenty other “hot” guy celebs out there.
Former supermodel Janice Dickinson has confirmed speculation over the extent of her plastic surgery – she has spent $100,000 on preserving her youthful looks. The 52-year-old admits she has undergone numerous operations recently including a brow and neck lift. A more accurate headline “JANICE DICKINSON CONFIRMS extensive, comprehensive, necessary, required, mandatory, unavoidable, inevitable, expected PLASTIC SURGERY” Well although her face does seem to have almost no expression due to the extensive surgery, I do consider her quite beautiful. Ok, her face looks somewhat mask-like, bec. She can barely move it, but it IS a beautiful mask. I find it refreshing though that she’s honest about her plastic surgery, and i find her self-mockery endearing. She can afford it, it keeps her beautiful, and she’s honest about it. I see nothing wrong here.
Rapper Kanye West is in mourning after his mother Dr. Donda West suddenly passed away in Los Angeles on Sunday. The 30-year-old was in London when he heard the tragic news and immediately ditched his commitments to catch a plane back to the U.S., according to reports. I am sorry to hear that Kanye’s mother has passed on but knowing that they had such a close relationship, I hope will give him some comfort to help him during this time. I will keep him and his family in my prayers tonight. Also he should derive strength from the fact that since he and his mother shared a close relationship, he should remember the good times and feel happy that he had the blessings of god that he had the chance to spend good time with her even after becoming famous or else most celebrities forget their parents and lead a life away from them.
Actor Sean Penn insists that he hardly knew his ex-wife Madonna when he was married to her. He claims that he cannot remember having “a single conversation” with her. Ouch! He says, “She was a phenomenon, but nothing could have told anybody what would happen next. I describe that marriage as loud. That’s how I remember it. He was too busy smashing paps in the face and causing chaos with drunken rages that’s why he can’t remember. Madonna stuck it out for nearly five years and couldn’t deal with his temper anymore. Mr. Penn also did not like being referred to as “Mr. Madonna” or “that guy Madonna’s married to.” I remember that all too well and have just aged myself by mentioning it. Madonna once called Penn the love of her life. Too bad he doesn’t remember much! Penn and Madonna got married in 1985 at the peak of her career and divorced in 89.
Since Britney only has limited visitation rights, why should she be required to undergo drug test when she is not seeing the kids? Why is she required to standby 24/7 * 7 days for drug testing? Can anyone be always on standby 24/7 * 7 days, not even to mentioned just for drug testing? Are the judge and attorneys on 24/7 * 7 days for their client? Is a judge passing a ridiculous ruling and allow Mr Kfred and his attorney to abuse the court for personal financial gains again? Britney also has her own life to lead, move on from her disastrous divorce and deserves to be happy not just for the kids. Does any parents out there really dedicated their whole life for their kids to expect Britney to do that? Is Britney the goddess to set that example? The judge should slammed Mr Kfred and his attorney for using the court time and again, to humiliate an individual causing unnecessary stress, wasting court time for personal financial gains!
