A couple of weeks ago I was having dinner with a few parents of teenagers, and the subject came up of how to better understand our kids. We all agreed that besides reading their diaries and tapping their cell phones, it was important to try and delve a little into their world for clues - what music do they listen to? What shows are they watching? Where are they hiding the beer?
Come on, Top Chef! Why do you mess with me so? I turned on my television last night ready and waiting to see Padma ordering room service. I saw the teaser last week. I knew what was coming.
But no, I was slapped down. Instead you gave me a reunion show. Well, sort of a reunion show, but less coherent. You called it the All Stars Dinner.
Former baritone member of the famous boy band *NSYNC, Joey Fatone, 32, has a sense of humor about himself. This is brilliant, especially when so many once-wildly-popular people end up sounding like whiny children.
Want to know how we know he has a sense of humour about himself? Check out what's under the black bar over his t-shirt:
The Internet is abuzz this week with news of Rhianna's 20/20 and Good Morning America interviews (Jodi also wrote about Rhianna speaking out about her domestic violence experience here), the ones she's giving in conjunction with the release of her new album, Rated R. Now, on the eve of those media appearances, a few additional people are speaking out about what specifically happened to Rhianna and about domestic violence in general.
Heidi and Spencer Pratt, aka Speidi, are one of two of the greatest traffic accidents going on reality television these days, and by "traffic accident", I mean that I love to watch The Hills just to see if Spencer is still wearing that completely ridiculous, oversized cowboy hat and if Heidi will invite the neighbour kid, Enzo, over for Spencer to throw golf balls at again.
It all just goes too far, though, when they are hybridized with reality television's other greatest traffic accident, Jon and Kate Gosselin.
Ashlee Simpson was recently axed from Melrose Place and although it doesn't seem like any "Save Ashlee!" petitions are circling the Internet, it apparently stunned Jessica Simpson even more than her little sister.
Who is the highest earning dead celebrity?
I would have guessed Michael Jackson, but I would have been wrong.
Looks like Mel Gibson is a dad for the eighth time at the fresh young age of 53. Mel's Russian musician girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva (a name that never gets easier to type), reportedly gave birth to a baby girl this past Friday.
Remember the good 'ol days when the National Enquirer used to focus on crop circles and Jesus shaped french toast? Now - after a string of verified breaking stories - when they report, people listen. (Maybe you should take a second look at your breakfast after all.)
So when I read that the latest in philandering douche canoes was none other than His Royal Hotness Josh Duhamel...I sort of believe it. It does have the ring of truth. Especially since the stripper passed a polygraph.
Kate Gosselin. Love to hate her or hate to love her, she and her progeny toddled into the paparazzi's eye with Jon & Kate Plus 8, and Jon Gosselin's dramatically sweaty, slutty, and cheezily-wardrobed exit from their marriage and the show has done nothing but excite the flames of celebrity. Kate Gosselin's sweep across magazine covers, internet celebrity sites, and television talk shows has stamped her and her stiff carpet of hair into our collective memory so firmly that her image is now set to invade one of America's most sacred holidays, Halloween.