I have to say, as someone who used to be a big ole, stupid fan of Oprah's mid-afternoon talk show, this season has been...crazy disappointing. From Whitney! to Mackenzie Phillips! to Mike Tyson! to Sarah Palin! It's just one ratings stunt after the other. So, the "breaking" news that Oprah is taking a bow from her daytime show in 2011 (less than two years away), didn't disappoint me nearly as much as it once would have.
So, it seems Heidi and Spencer aren't content acting like the worst-matched couple in reality-television history on "The Hills" alone each week and would prefer to "branch out" to a show of their very own. Because, OH YES, that's precisely what this world needs: a little more Heidi and Spencer.
I know, you are thinking "I could have sworn Sarah just said Danny DeVito was doing a nude scene" but I must have read that wrong or possibly I am dreaming.
But no. It happened. It is true. Danny DeVito is branching out. In his mid 60's he decided to do his first nude scene.
This is a post about the kids of The Twilight Saga and their prettiness. Please to enjoy.
"The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for Cancer and he just ain't spittin' it out." -shitmydadsays
Justin Halpern, creator of the wildly popular (see: over 700,000 followers) twitter feed has been given the nod by CBS. Halpern, 29 and living, as of August of aught nine, with his parents, will co-write the pilot script with CBS. This follows in the wake of a book deal with Harper Collins. Damn. The fam and I lived with my mother and her husband for over a year after the sale of our second home. I should have been writing some shit down. Live and Learn, I reckon.
Apparently Australians don't take kindly to not getting what they think they're paying for.
My husband, who could not tell you who just won the World Series (or who has EVER won the World Series for that matter) and who could not tell you who Harry Potter was even written by or who has ever owned a game console before stood in line for hours last night with a packed backpack full of Red Bull in anticipation of the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He got home this morning at 8 a.m. after playing it ALL NIGHT LONG with a friend of his. That's ... weird, right?
Apparently it's not that weird.
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.
I'd like to preface this post with the fact that I'm not super bright. So, maybe it's me. Maybe I'm the silly fucker in the "Dunce" cap in the corner. All slack-jawed and drooling and waiting for re-runs of Mama's Family. Probly.
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.
Here's some input I didn't really need: Steve Carr, the d-bag responsible for Paul Blart: Mall Cop, has been signed by Dimension Films to direct a remake of Short Circuit, the 1986 sci-fi-lite flick in which a robot out-acted Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy, which is almost an impressive feat.
I really enjoy the work of David Cross. I think he was brilliant on Arrested Development, but I have some questions about his judgment. For example, would you snort cocaine in a room with a bunch of secret service agents?
In science-y, smart mo-fo news, and exoplanet conference was held a few days ago in Porto where a team of Smart MoFo's did a massive TA-DA(!) regarding their fancy new High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, or HARPS as it's known to the Fonzies of the telescope crowd, has discovered some 32 new exoplanets increasing the number of low-mass planets by a panty dropping 30%.
No matter how you slice it, Jon & Kate Gosselin have become nothing more than a reality-TV cautionary tale and the pop-culture version of a really bad and seemingly never-ending joke. Just when you think it can't get any more uncomfortable or you can't possibly enjoy it any less, something happens to make you need a shower and a little time with the Duggars. And without the Gosselins, you'd NEVER need time with the Duggars.
What started as a family playing out the highs and lows of parenting a large family on TV has turned into a media circus and a tabloid story that just won't end. They are on countless magazine covers and talk shows and reputable news sources, even. They are the Angelina and Brad of reality TV. Except with far shittier haircuts. And they're not on anyone's freebie list.
Now, finally, there's an end in sight. Jon & Kate Plus Eight is over next month. For good.
The entire world just exhaled.
MAMAPOP IS SMART POP CULTURE ANALYSIS, COMMENTARY, MERCILESS FUN-MAKING AND OTHER SUNDRY AWESOME, DISHED UP DAILY BY PARENTS, FOR PARENTS, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO UNDERSTANDS THAT PLAYTIME IS BETTER WITH VODKA. PLEASE TO ENJOY. READ MORE...
