Posted by Peter "Paparazzi" Fielder as Celebrities at 2:32 AM UTC on Sep, 10 2010
Donald Trump today announced that he would pay the owners of the current proposed NYC Mosque site which had drawn criticism due to it’s proximity to ground zero the price they paid for the land, plus 25% if they hand over the property to Trump and relocate the Mosque by at least 5 city blocks.
TMZ says Trump realizes it’s not a good business deal on his part but that he wants to do it:
“Because it will end a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive situation that is destined, in my opinion, to only get worse.”
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Posted by Chris Franklin as TV at 4:49 PM UTC on Jun, 26 2010
Donald Trump may soon be bossing around Rock star Meat Loaf if producers of Celebrity Apprentice have their way.
According to sources close to the show, the Bat Out Of Hell singer is in talks with the shows producers to take part in the next installment of the series.
The move to cast another rock star makes sense after the huge attention Poison rocker Bret Michaels brought to the last season of the show. Admittedly much of that publicity came at the expense of Michael own health issues.
Posted by joehart as Celebrities at 2:10 PM UTC on May, 29 2010
That Bret Michaels, he's like the Energizer (tm) bunny (tm), he just keeps going. He gets out of hospital (for the second time this year) and what does? Not recuperate. That's for pussies. So to prove how much of a man he is, despite suffering a brain hemorrhage and a mild stroke within less than two months, he goes off to the finale of Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice. The Donald is so excited at milking the whole situation that after he wets his pants, he gives Bret the title. You're hired, Bret!
What's next for Bret? He doesn't tell his docs he's going to sing Every Rose Has its Thorn on American Idol. And now there's talk of Bret talking Simon Cowell's judge slot for next season of American Idol. Sure, Bret knows music, and he's expecting to tour again this summer, but I'm not sure he can be as mean as Simon. Then again, Bret did pit tons of desperate women against each other, vying for his heart on national TV, most making fools of themselves. Not once but for three seasons. Obviously he wasn't pleased with the Rock of Love harem and had to keep searching for true love. But Bret? I know the Bunny keeps going and going, but doesn't it eventually run out of juice without a recharge?
Posted by joehart as Celebrities at 8:30 PM UTC on May, 25 2010
Christina Aguilera has postponed her 2010 summer tour until 2011, citing a busy schedule promoting her new album Bionic and the film Burlesque. Huffington Post says it's because her new single tanked. Well so what. She pulls the fewest antics of stars her age and boy can she wear clothes. Or as evidenced above and below. not wear them.
David Hasselhoff is said to have been hospitalized in LA this past weekend, possibly for another drinking binge -- something that's already happened to him several times in the past few years. It makes me wonder if the first thing PR people teach actors is how to deny everything.
Bret Michaels, who has been in hospital at least three times this year, won Donald Trump's Celebrity Apprentice reality show and says in a Facebook note that while he's not 100% yet, he has "every intention of trying to continue the tour starting Friday in Biloxi." On the other hand, he skipped the Celebrity Apprentice afterparty.
Brittany Murphy's widower, writer/ director/ producer Simon Monjack, was due for heart bypass surgery, which he kept putting off. Unfortunately, he put it off for too long, passing away last Sunday night of a heart attack at 39. Brittany was another entertainer who went to soon, dying of cardiac arrest in Simon's home in December. She was laid to rest on Christmas Eve. Her mother Sharon, who lived with the couple, was the unfortunate person who found discovered Brittany and Simon unconcious in both situations.
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray passed away on Monday at 38. No cause of death has been announced yet. The band were known for their 'dark metal' sound and for wearing masks.
Miley Cyrus says that she's not going to go to college right now. I guess if you're already a billionaire at 17, going to college doesn't seem like a worthwhile prospect. On the other hand, she says that her grandma went back to college at 62. Ok, good luck with that plan then.
Iran has freed award-winning Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi on about $200K in bail. Panahi, who was jailed two months ago on poorly specified charges, went on a hunger strike. At least one social media campaign, on Facebook, was launched in hopes of having him released.
Posted by joehart as Celebrities at 8:00 PM UTC on May, 17 2010
Miss USA 2010, Rima Fakih, has possibly set a precedent by being one of the first, if not the first, Arab-American to win the beauty pageant title. She’s also set another precedent that might lose her this coveted title.
Fakih says she knew she’d won the Miss USA 2010 title because host Donald Trump gave her a certain look. He obviously has no poker face. The Donald gave her a look she’s he has before uttering the famous “you’re hired” statement in his reality show The Apprentice. Or maybe it’s The Donald having constipation. Not sure.
Fakih is possibly the first Arab-American crowned Miss USA, but pageant records are unclear on that. The Donald went on to say that “she’s a great girl,” obviously not knowing that 24 year-old Fakih is also possibly the first Arab-American to be photographed pole dancing for a stripping contest, held by a Detroit radio station, MOJO, in 2007. I guess that kind of progressive attitude comes from the fact that the family apparently celebrates both the Muslim and Christian faiths? Ah yes, good old pole dancing, an honored tradition for all young American women. Or may be daddy didn’t know. Hoo boy.




Posted by Gina as Simon Cowell, Tid Bits & News, TV Land Tid Bits & News at 2:23 PM UTC on Nov, 11 2009

Eat your heart out Donald Trump! Simon Cowell has been named the highest earning guy on TV by Forbes, which reported that last year, he earned a whopping $75 million! Thanks to the millions of American Idol fans, I should say.