Another acting gig for Mr. Britney?

Ok. Remember how I wasn't upset about K-Fed being in CSI because I don't watch it?

Well. Now I'm upset. The Sun is reporting that he is set to appear as a celebrity's deadbeat husband (hmmm...) in 3 episodes of my current favourite show Entourage. Entourage is a brilliant programme produced by Mark Wahlberg and loosely based on his early years in Hollywood. It is fantastic, great fun, loads of cameos and sharply written. I've been getting it on the net, but now it is going to be shown from the start on ITV 2. (www.imwithvince.com) EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH THIS SHOW! It's really great, even if you don't have any interest in showbiz. And if you don't, I would question why you're even reading this...but however.

Pie Jesu eat your heart out!

BB5 star Michelle Bass has announced that a song "Must Be The Music" that has been getting arseloads of play by credible DJs up and down the UK is actually hers! It was released under the name Michelle B, which was a very clever move as far as I'm concerned. And the song is actually ok! She sounds pretty good. I'm gobsmacked!

You can have a listen to it here.

EW!

What the?



Its Katherine Heigl at the Emmys and for the most part she looks fabulous, and her breasts are undoubtedly magnificent but...

What the hell is that? Sweat? Ewwwwww.....

Pee Diddy

He must be taking the piss.

MK and Ashley in looking good shocker!

The goils look great at Much Music in Toronto. They should step out of their bag lady personas more often-but what is with the facial expressions. They just look so wierd! Kind of witchy!!

Gwen and Kingston (Gwenston? Gwingston?) are officially the cutest hollywood couple.

Another day, another cute picture of Gwen and baby Kingston-this one is of the two at the US Open (random!). Gwen seems to have such a healthy attitude to being a Mom, she's not going on about getting her body back, she's actually spending time with her baby (seems like they're inseperable), and she seems really happy! I love it. She looks great-and I love the leopard print baby sling yoke!

Paula Abdul, off her face.

Sorry about the quality, but its worth it.

Kanye West on Hurricane Katrina

Reminder of the upset after Katrina. Why aren't we still upset?

Katrina Anniversary

Hilary Duff looks really cute in this picture of her with kids in New Orleans where she was visiting to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

I'm delighted she was there, there seems to have been very little done over the past year to sort out the areas destroyed by Katrina, and I think people need to start getting angry again. Last year people were so upset about the situation, but that seems to have faded. Things are still dire, and we can't let the authorities get away with it.

I'm surprised George Bush was welcomed at all on his visit to New Orleans. Anyway, I'm going to post some reminders of how upset some celebs were.

Mr JT-you can do better than that.

Boo. Get your own look Justin. Why would you want to look like that philandering idiot? You're way too hot for that!

Eh, WHAAAAAAAAAAT?

Jessica Simpson and John Mayer? What the hell? I like her, but I would have thought he would prefer someone with a bit more going on upstairs.

I don't know how to say this without being mean, but I am always disappointed when guys I admire go for archetypal blonde bimbos, both in real life and in celeb world. I like Jessica Simpson-but it just seems disappointing.

jEMMY buggers. Get it?

The Emmys-huzzah! Here are the peeps.




More coming so keep checking!

Stop! Emmy-time!

Its the Emmys tonight and like all entertainment obsessed people out there I am very excited.

I'll do my damndest to bring you all the news and pictures tomorrow, despite the fact that I'm disgusted that the Gilmore Girls aren't being honored.

Bob Marley is on the money.

Literally. He is going to appear on Jamaican money.

USA Today is reporting that the king of reggae is going to be on 1,000 commemorative coins to be issued in gold and silver by the Bank of Jamaica. Nice one, its great to hear that some contemporary heroes are being acknowledged.

I wonder who would be on our money if we decided to make some mod-rin people worthy. Maybe Crazy Sinead O 'Connor? Grumpy old man Bob Geldof? Or...yes. This is it. Louis Walsh? Would love to hear any suggestions.

Ben Shepard

HOW did someone so bland and uninteresting get as far in TV presenting as he has? He is not at all likeable? BOO.

The X Factor Week Two.

Here we go, week two of the X Factor and Im going to blog as I watch. We'll see how it goes.

Super camp Warren with bad hair and a bad voice and bad dancing-says hes got something in him. I'd say he bloody does! Or wants to at the very least. Anyway, hes rubbish, its clearly no, but Sharon says yes. Shes such a bitch for doing that! She says yes to people she knows aren't going through just to be a pain in Simon's ass. I love it.

Afro haired guy singing Stevie Wonder arrives. Niiice. Great hair, pretty hot, sounded like Billie Holiday or Morrissey. He'll be in the final ten.

Opera girl, great voice-needs a noise job and some tweezers. Only 14???? Hey-zeus!! She just wanted Simon to hear her voice! Oh I take the nose job/tweezers comments back! Amazing voice for 14! Charlotte Church better watch out. You could actually see the wheels turning in Simon's head and the dollar signs twinkling in his eyes as she walked out of the room.

And from a 14 year old to a 74 year old- lovely Dot who I'd say has done a party piece at every family gathering since 1950, wasn't at all bothered when she didn't go through, cause she had her holidays booked to Turkey! Love it, wish the younger people would take a page out of her book. The histrionics are so tiresome...although I have to say they are entertaining.

Then theres young Raymond a precocious 17 year old Liverpudlian singing Dean Martin. I am so so so sick of this whole "young guy singing old songs" thing. It been done time and time again. Anyway, he went through. Shocking.

Ich. I hate groups. They are all so feckin' cheesy. This one is 4 lovely black guys and theres no denying that they're good, and they harmonise amazingly. Anyway, they went through. As did loads of other ones. Meh.

Next comes poor Kylie, a young girl who can only be described as highly unattractive. And her mother has deluded her that she has star quality. That is the highest form of cruelty. The girl is just deluded.

JAYSIS. Louis just let a girl through because she runs a fansite for him! With a whopping 45 members! FORTY FIVE! Its been running a year!!!! Hilarious. Shes not a looker...and she cant really sing. But it was worth it for the comedy.

Here comes the Kelly Pickler (American Idol) of this season's X Factor-his dad has gone down the wrong path and is sleeping rough. He has an average voice and is in dire need of a haircut but people will sympathise with him so he'll do well. But he won't win.

Ah. Now I've had my first teary eyed experience of the x factor, lovely girl singing From a Distance, Has had a bit of a tough time. She sounds good, not amazing, but good enough. Sharon says yes. Louis says no. Simon say yes and her fifty billion family and friends go MAAAAAD!!!! I love that, seeing a big group of people loving and supporting an individual. Hooray! Good way to end it.

The judges let through a good few average people.

K-Fed on CSI??

Mr. Britney is busy these days-performing at the teen choice awards, bragging about his "amazing-ass test scores" while getting his GED and now he is going to be on CSI!

What the hell? Why can't I marry a popstar then suddenly I'll be rich and famous with ad campaigns, albums coming out and parts on TV shows?

Anyway, jealousy aside, here are the deets. According to People.com he plays a "menacing, arrogant teen who harrasses investigators on the job" and the episode will air stateside in October. Thankfully I'm not a fan of the show (just never got into it) so this won't negatively impact my life too much.

Happy Birthday Rachel Bilson!

Hooray! Today is the gorgeousest of gorgeous celebs birthday, she is 25 today. I have so much love for her, she seems like the nicest cutest lady. Send her all your good vibes.

More Ashlee in Chicago evidence. Boo.

This picture of Ashlee Simpson backstage at Usher's premiere performance as Billy Flynn in Chicago only support the rumours that she is preparing to play Roxie Harte.

Why God? WHY????

Alright alright alright. She is hot.

There is no denying she is beautiful. Shes still a wierdo homewrecker though. This is one of the photos from her campaign for Shiseido.

The future for Tom Cruise

It would seem the future is dark for Tom Cruise. Us Weekly has depicted how it will look.

Cameron returns to the dark side.

Her is a picture of Cameron Diaz looking better than I've seen her in Aaaaaages. I really like her with dark hair!

William H. Macy is Hatin'.

William H Macy is not impressed with LiLo and her tardiness. And hes pretty unimpressed generally with tardiness. I have to say I agree, I hate it when people are late. Speaking to People he said:

"I think what an actor has to realize (is that) when you show up an hour late, 150 people have been scrambling to cover for you," Macy told reporters Thursday. "There is not an apology big enough in the world to have to make 150 people scramble. It's nothing but disrespect. And Lindsay Lohan is not the only one. A lot of actors show up late as if they're God's gift to the film. It's inexcusable, and they should have their asses kicked."

When asked about Lohan's work on Bobby, Macy paused and said, "She was pretty late."

He added, "I worry about these young kids – 15, 18, 20 years old – who in the span of one year become millionaires and powerhouses. It's too much power for a kid that age to handle."

Jude and Sienna in Ireland

The Irish Independent got really excited about these pictures. It just goes to show you how feckin' Irish we still are that when a famous couple come here and buy a newspaper all our broadsheets print photos!

"Holy Jaysis, sure they're famous off the telly! And they're heeere!"

Like, this is tabloid stuff, and I want and expect that from the tabloids - not the broadsheets.

Celebrity Scumbag

Its celebrity scumbag Chad Michael Murray's birthday today. Send him bad vibes.

BUT...



I saw his super duper cutie ex-wife Sophia Bush in John Tucker Must Die last night and I have to say its not terrible. Its no Mean Girls, and the characters are pretty flimsy, but its definitely enjoyable. Sophia is sooooo much better off without him.

That Celine Dion.

She's one crazy cat.

Photoshop much?

Poor Lindsay.

People magazine is taking a pop at Lindsay by comparing her young face to that of the lovely, but old, Goldie Hawn. So mean. They both look great for their ages!

Ah...How the tables have turned.

Paris Hilton-once a hackee, now a hacker.

TMZ.com is reporting that Paris (and 50 other users) has had her contract with SpoofCard.com terminated after she used the service to hack into other peoples accounts.

SpoofCard is essentially a phone service that allows a false number to come up on a phone when you call it-celebs like it because it means no one ever gets your number, it also has a voicemail service that can disguise your voice etc. so that if someone does get your number (hey, dirty, baby I got yo number...) they can't confirm that its yours.

Anyway. One of the hacked accounts was that of one Lindsay Lohan. Hmmm. We know that Paris hacked. We know that Paris is not overly fond of Lindsay. Do with that info what you will.

Diddy

P Diddy is flippin' mental. He was the first celeb to model Pro Activ (skin stuff) and since then Jessica Simpson and Lindsay Lohan have followed in his footsteps...apparently he doesn't buy it.

Aw.

This picture of Madonna and Guy is nearly cute enough to make me get over my severe anger and bitterness at paying 250 euro on a concert ticket to a concert that wasn't that fantastic and a seat from which I could see nothing.

Nearly cute enough. But not quite.

Wow.

She is just SO F-ING TINY!!

K-Fed is a good Daddy. (I can't even keep a straight face while I type that)

Mr. Britney has given a big ass interview to GQ, most of it is pretty predictable - him saying he's a bad ass etc. But I particularly liked this little jewel:

He's not allowed to smoke in the house, and, he says, "I won't never smoke around my kids. I never have." When I point out that there are plenty of photos of him smoking in front of his kids, he says, "If I'm outside, I always make sure I watch where the smoke travels in the wind."

He watched where the smoke travels in the wind???? And surely not smoking around your kids is not just about second hand smoke but also about the example you set?

Anyway, it has got to be said that the picture is pretty hot.

Not strictly my remit but...

Is anyone else a little freaked out by the fact that Karr's family has already sold the movie and book rights to their story?

First of all, I don't really believe that John Karr killed JonBenet Ramsey (I wish, however, it were that simple so that this tragic saga could come to an end). I think he is just one of those guys who became wierdly obsessed with the case and is imbalanced, and decided he wanted to be part of it.

Secondly, I think its pretty insensitive that the family would already be trying to make a buck off the back of it. They say they are going to use the money to get a good attorney for John, and to send his kids to college, but could they not have waited a while? Jeez.

Why is she wearing sunglasses when its clearly dark outside?

Sienna is a good actress? Zuh?

It seems that Sienna Miller may actually be a very good actress. The reviews from the first screenings of Factory Girl are good good good, and they're actually talking Oscar! Below is an excerpt from Jeffrey Well's (of Hollywood Elsewhere) review.

I know award-quality when I see it, and Sienna Miller's capturing of Edie Sedgwick -- the doomed mid '60s scenester and Andy Warhol girl who died in '71 at age 28 -- in George Hickenlooper's Factory Girl (Weinstein Co.) totally rates. It may be the most eerily accurate reviving of a dead person I've ever seen in a film. And yet Miller projects dimension and gravitas in spades -- an unmistakable sadness and snap and aliveness like nothing I've gotten from an actress in any movie so far this year.

Miller isn't just a dead ringer for the real McCoy -- she gets her fluttery debutante laugh, that mixture of Warholian cool and little-girl terror, the giddy euphoria, the cracked voice. It's more than convincing -- it's a kind of rebirthing. (I feel I can say this with some authority having seen the real Sedgwick in John Palmer and David Weisman's Ciao Manhattan! way back when, and having looked at her photos for years.)

Am I the only person who is incredibly jealous? She's super gorgeous, super stylish, and now it would seem she is super talented too. Its a shocker.

NOOOOOOO! Ashlee to play Roxie?

I do NOT belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve it. Apparently Ashlee Simpson has been offered the role of Roxie Hart in either the London or Broadway productions of Chicago. Her choice-but "she will probably choose London".

WHY???? She can't sing. She can't really act. And she's just...well she's just ridiculous!

Paris is too hot for India!

Tee hee. Paris's Stars Are Blind video has been ruled too hot for Indian tv, and none of the stations are allowed to play it. Whatchu think?

Oh no she di'int!!!

US weekly is reporting that backstage at the Teen Choice Awards Jessica Simpson asked Britney if she could kiss her bump.

Britney's response? "Hell no!"

Hell no???????? What the f? I though Britney was supposed to be country?

Apparently, “Jessica was really insulted, but Britney refused to let her do it.”

Damn Brit Brit, whats your deal? I get it that you might not want randomers kissing your bump, but why couldn't you just say "I'm sorry, but I'm really wierd about that, I'd prefer if you didn't."

Or "Sorry no."

Or just "No, thanks."

"Hell no" was waaaaaa-haaaay over the top. Boo Britney. Boo I say.

El Cruiseo Gets the Sack

Am I going through a very early menopause? First I have hot flashes all day, and now I'm feeling sorry for Tom Cruise. WHAT IS GOING ON???

Tom's production company Cruise/Wagner Productions has had a 14 year relationship with Paramount Pictures, and now it is all over.

Apparently they just couldn't take any more of his antics-Sumner Redstone, chairman of Paramount Pictures has spoken to People.com:

"It's nothing to do with his acting ability, he's a terrific actor," Redstone said. "But we don't think that someone who effectuates creative suicide and costs the company revenue should be on the lot."

"As much as we like him personally, we thought it was wrong to renew his deal," said Redstone. "His recent conduct has not been acceptable to Paramount."

Oooh. Tom is well unimpressed, his agent says he's offended, and his production parter says they'd been planning on going independent anyway. (cough, cough...yeah right).

Aw...

Hooray! This lovely interview with Ashton Kutcher in Details magazine has reminded me of why I used to like him. Ever since Demi I'd kind of gone off him-what with the whole acting like an old man with 17 children etc. But now I feel like we've reconnected. *sigh*

Anyway, here are some excerpts:

On meeting Demi:

“I knew who Demi Moore was, but I didn’t recognize the woman I was looking at as Demi Moore. I have to tell you, my celebrity cue is really shitty. Owen Wilson was there too that night. I recognized him. I was like, that’s Owen Wilson. Look how cool his hair is.” Still, how can anyone in America—let alone a Hollywood actor who was in his masturbation prime when Striptease was out—not recognize Demi . . . Fucking . . . Moore? “Honestly,” he says finally, “I was, like, jocking some other girl that night. My focus was with hooking up with somebody else.”

Friend's reaction:

His friends were shocked. “When he said he thought there was a possibility, the first thing out of my mouth was, ‘You’re fucking on crack,’” says Danny Masterson, his friend and That ’70s Show costar. “‘There’s no way in hell that Demi Moore is going to hang out with you.’” - HA!

Hee hee. So clever. Nicole Richie and company...check it out.

Speaking of the Teen Choice Awards...

My favourite Hollywood girl Rachel Bilson looked great as usual, as (wierdly) did Ashley Olson - not a bag lady dress in sight! And she even came without Starbucks!

Tee Hee.

Check out K-Fed's debut performance at last night's Teen Choice Awards here.

I tell ya, those teeny boppers in the audience sure seemed excited to see Britney "Country" Spears. Maybe some of them will buy K-Fed's music for her sake. What does it say that he needed to get a kids to do half the performance for him? He looks ok but the "Don't hate cuz I'm a superstar" line seems a little premature. Also seemed like he relied pretty heavily on the backing track.

Its a little less Eminem and a little more Vanilla Ice to be honest. Anyway, thats just my take. Would love to know what others think.

The Peter Problem

Pete Doherty's long suffering mother has written a book outlining her experience of Pete called Pete Doherty: My Prodigal Son, there are excerpts in todays Times newspaper - you can find it here.

While my heart goes out to her (I know what its like to have addiction in your family), I can't help but wonder what it is that made her write this book (in which she refers the "The Peter Problem" repeatedly) in the first place? It seems kind of cheap or something. I wonder what Pete makes of it.

I'm sad for him. I hope he sorts it out.

X factor summary.

Word. Weekend was shockingly quiet. Very little to report really.

The X-factor started-here is my take on episode one.

Simon was remarkably nice to most people including 3 excessively bubbly sisters who didn't sing that well.

A crazy old lady who was accompanying her daughter in law (she sings in the church choir and looks like it too) stormed in and forced Simon to apologise for laughing during the womans audition. (old lady: about 195, auditionee: about 60)

A 16 year old boy in the Manchester auditions who sounded like a girl shook so much Sharon thought he was going to collapse, so told him to take a break and come back. He came back, sang again, bit better, but still sounded like a girl. Sharon was motherly so said yes, Louis probably fancied him so said yes, and Simon said no (too nervous, too fragile. That man is so on the ball). No doubt we'll see more of him. "Singing makes him happy."

A cocky young man with the looks to back up his cockiness sand Have You Met Miss Jones and sounded half decent. He is a full time carer for his mother (cue sentimental music), he got through, I'm sure we'll see him a lot.

A cooky band of singers who sound like a choral society from an American High School came in, good harmonies, Simon expected to hate them but liked them and put them through (told you he was being nice).

Paula Abdul was the surprise guest judge in London. Woo hoo. SHe was as crazy as ever but nothing interesting enough to note.

Woah nelly.

And heres another one I was always jealous of. Amy in Little Women? The kid from Interview for a Vampire? It should have been me! And now I'm jealous cuz she gets to wear these amazing costumes. Lucky wagon.

Woah. Ricci looks the business.

Love these pictures of the Ricci from W magazine.

From the article which you can find here:

Her ultimate fashion goal, she explains, is to buy enough clothes so that she'll never have to shop again, so that her closets would be like a costume house or a wardrobe trailer, "where I could go in and find anything." She recently removed the books from the shelves of her home library and put her shoe collection in their place. "I have more shoes than books," she reasons. "At first I was so embarrassed I didn't want anybody to come over. And then I was like, 'I'm obviously not an idiot.' So I painted it bright pink."

I love her. I've finally gotten over the INTENSE jealousy I felt when I was little. I hated the fact that she was living the life I wanted, making movies and being famous.

I still hate Anna Paquin though. I don't think that will ever die.

Tee hee.

Grace Jones does something crazy...who'da thought it?

Grace Jones is being pursued by her former landlord for apparently trashing her apartment, and then disappearing owing €10,000 in rent plus the damages. I don't care that much about this-I would expect nothing less from her, but it gives me the opportunity to tell you a story...

A few months ago Ralph Fiennes was in Brian Friel's "Faith Healer" here in the Gate Theatre in Dublin. It was all very exciting, not very often we get an a-lister hangin' around the place. Anyway, two friends of mine went to a performance of the play, but were very disappointed when a crazy lady sat in front of them and ruined the performance. Apparently she shouted things at the stage, answered rhetorical questions asked by Ralph on stage and generally was boisterous. Who was the crazy lady? You guessed it! Grace Jones! Apparently she was there with Ralph's sister, who looked absolutely mortified.

I wish they would section that nutso before she ruins any more people's days/weeks/months/years/lives.

Wait...I like something Gwyneth said? Must be some kind of miracle.

The ordinarily boring and superiour Gwyneth Paltrow has said something I'm happy to hear. I don't believe it! Anyway in her interview with Harper's Bazaar she says:

"I just hope the whole paparazzi thing continues in the way it's been going, which is with less interest in people like me and more interest in people like Nicole Richie who I think is an excellent dresser, by the way," Paltrow says.

"She's supercute. It's really fair that the press attention goes to those who want it and court it. I think that's great."

I hope Nicole Richie reads this interview. I really like her, but next time she complains about paparazzi telling her to gain some weight I'm going to smack her in the face and remind her that the paparazzi gifted her her career.

UPDATE: Aaaaand she's back. I knew it wouldn't be long til Gwyneth said something that got her back in my bad books, and sure enough, in the same interview she makes this oh so sensitive statement:

"I do not know how single mothers have more than one child with no help.

"It requires so much of my life, and I don't have to change sheets and clean toilets, you know."

Our very own Marie Antoinette.

Hmm. Puzzling.

Just as I was musing to myself that the Kate Hudson/Owen Wilson craic was very reminiscent of Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie during the Mr. and Mrs. Smith promotion tour, these photos of Janiston telling Kate Hudson to call her if she needs her surfaced.

If we are to believe that Kate and Owen are together, then Kate is just like Brad in her actions...yet Janiston is offering support? I'm confuddled.

TC phones Holmes.

Ok this story actually has nothing to do with the telephone, but that title was far too amusing not to use.

According to the National Enquirer, After an “emotional showdown” in which Katie Holmes demanded that Cruise make more concessions to her and her family, Cruise whisked Holmes’ family in his private plane to his hideaway in Telluride, Colorado. The family “bonded” with Cruise, reports the tab, which quotes a “family source” as saying, “He didn't talk Scientology once.”

Don't they realise thats how they lure them in???? Lull you into a false sense of security and then juuuust when you think they're not a religious freak after all they pounce. Next thing you know you've been lobotomised and your farming vegetables for "the leader".