In Lala Land, all the rumours that the kick-off event to usher in 2008 would be canceled because of the writers strike, has finally landed with a thud.  And the official word is that although the show is going on, it just wont happen the way we’ve all grown accustomed to.

The bleak news is that the 65th Golden Globes has been reduced to a press conference.  They’ll be a magazine-like presentation with show and film clips, then the awards will be announced via the press conference. No dramatic red carpet entrances, no Hollywood extravaganza, no fabulous designer dresses, champagne dinner or gossip on who took whom.

Jorge Camara, president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association told the world:

“We are all very disappointed that our traditional awards ceremony will not take place this year and that millions of viewers worldwide will be deprived of seeing many of their favorite stars celebrating 2007’s outstanding achievements in motion pictures and television….We take some comfort, however, in knowing that this year’s Golden Globe Award recipients will be announced on the date originally scheduled.â€�

Sigh.

 

After the success of the (original) Apprentice, followed by the L.A. then Martha stint which failed to get the ratings back up again, Mark Burnett and The Donald have now teamed up again for another version of the show, this time with ” Celebrities” (some of whom you may know, others not) and with the money going to charity. The new show premiered Thursday to mixed reviews.

Of the the “celebrity” apprentices, the mens team includes Kiss’ Gene Simmons and boxer Lennox Lewis.  Ladies include ex-Taxi star, now health buff Marilu Henner and season one’s abrasive Omarosa.

 

After a romantic winter wedding in Utah’s  Park City, word is that television star Katherine Heigl’s honeymoon got off to a less than smooth start, with the Grey’s Anatomy actress, forgetting her passport en route to Mexico where they were booked at a luxe resort. The absent-minded blunder (perhaps because of a post-wedding haze?), forced the couple to fly to California first, where affairs had to be sorted before they were allowed to proceed to Mexico.  The newlyweds were able to make it to Cabo eventually, and were last seen canoodeling by the poolside.

 

Elizabeth II, The Queen of England, the world’s oldest reigning monarch,will be joining the 21st century internet revolution by giving her annual Christmas Day Speech on YouTube, a tradition which began in 1957.  Check out the The Royal Channel.

None other that comedian Whoopi Goldberg will be replacing washed up celeb Rosie O’Donnell on “The View” this fall.  Good ole Barbara Walters made the announcement on the morning talk show on Wednesday, to many cheers & applause.

Walters told the crowd, “I have known Whoopi for years. She is brilliant, funny and irrepressible, and is an enormously popular and talented star.”

“This is going to be a great new chapter for The View.�

Whoopi has been a guest on the TV talk show several times before & will be making her moderator debut September 4, at the start of the eleventh season.  Jeez, has it really been that long?!

Goldberg said she is looking forward to the task, saying, “I’m really glad to be doing The View.”

“It’s a show I like with people I like, and I’m looking forward to it.�

Looking forward to seeing Whoopi back in action!

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No more wine-filled depressing evenings spent wishing there was more to life that the sixth season of “Sex and the City!” 

TV Guide is reporting that the long wait for a movie is finally a go!  You’re wetting your pants, aren’t you?  We’ve been hearing rumors forever now that a “Sex and the City” movie was just around the corner, but that dueling stars were not going to allow it anytime soon.

Well, it looks like Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis & Kim Cattrall have all signed on to do the “Sex” film.  Hooray!

Filming will probably begin sometime in September with a theater release in late 2008 or early 2009.

You can now live a little happier with this news.

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Daytime talk diva Rosie O’Donnell is up for contract renewals with “The View” very soon.  With all the hubbub & bashing about Donald Trump & all around mischief, we’re all wondering if the comedian will be re-signed or for that matter, if Rosie even wants to come back to the show.

According to Page Six, 44-year-old O’Donnell is talking about doing “The View” for just one more year before launching her own talk show in 2008.  But is there going to be many people lining up for that kind of news?  You tell me.

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Somehow I just can’t even begin to digest that Courtney Love might replace Paula Abdul on American Idol.  Talk about insulting.  And if we’re really concerned about erratic behavior on TV, why on earth would you go with unstable Love? 

According to Us Weekly, Courtney Love has revealed that American Idol has called her to join the gang.  So it’s apparently going to be a Simon, Paula, Randy & Courtney team?  Or are we just booting Paula from the get-go?

Love tells Us that Idol’s executive producer Nigel Lythgoe phoned her office last week to see if she’d be interested in the gig. 

“He called,” Love reveals.

“He was wondering if I was interested. I thought it was kind of weird but brilliant.”

The scoop from a FOX insider is that Lythgoe was thinking of having Courtney “replace Paula.”

Hmmmm.  Sounds mighty suspicious.  I wonder what Paula makes of this whole gossip leak.  I guess she’s pretty much comatose until showtime anyway.

You tell me- Can you see Courtney Love replacing Paula Abdul?

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No matter where you fall on this whole Rosie O’Donnell, Barbara Walters & Donald Trump circle of hell, it’s all been quite interesting, eh?  And Wednesday’s episode of The View was certainly no different.  77-year-old Walters & 44-year-old O’Donnell both fired back at the Trumpster yesterday & even went so far as to engage in a very awkward high-five.    

Walters showed her support for Rosie after 60-year-old Trump faxed a nasty letter to O’Donnell Tuesday (see previous post here).  In the letter, the real estate tycoon called the comedian “very self-destructiveâ€� & called Walters a liar.  Well, isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black?

Take a look at Wednesday’s transcript below.

Rosie: Well — he’s at it again. [laughter] How about that Barbara? You OK?

Walters: I’m OK, darling. You OK?

Rosie: I’m OK, too. We both OK? What can you say about that guy?

Walters: That poor, pathetic man.

Rosie: Yes! [cheers and applause] Sister-friend, give me a high-five!

Walters: He just can’t let go. But we’re moving on.

Rosie: The man is obsessed with me. And I’m happy to say, his show tanked. [raises the roof to cheers and applause]

Make sure to check out the TMZ video of the show here.  How hilarious.  You know, these people are just way too old to be acting like children, but that’s TV I guess.

So, who’s side are you on?  Are you with Rosie, Barbara or Donald? I’m too confused to remember who I was for….

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Rosie O’Donnell & Barbara Walters apparently did some good acting Monday for Rosie’s first day back from vacation.  But according to Us Weekly, O’Donnell & Walters had a bit of a throw down before the show in the makeup room where Rosie called Barbara a liarpants. 

Apparently when Barb was trying to give Rosie a welcome back hug, the Rose recoiled & yelled, ”You kept me in the newspapers this whole time!…You didn’t call me for 10 goddamn days, and you didn’t tell me what you were going to say on television!”

While this was going on, the producer of The View, Bill Geddie, entered the room & told Rosie, “You’ve crossed the line.”

To which O’Donnell replied, “Cameras are now outside of my house where my wife and kids are.”

The history, as you know, goes back to last month when Rosie called Donald Trump a “snake-oil salesmanâ€� on the show after Trump went on a rampage about Rosie, calling her a “loserâ€� & “pigface”.  Oucharoo.  Trump also revealed that Walters had confided in him, saying that she regretted hiring O’Donnell as a cohost for The View.  Even more oucharoo. 

Barbara had to respond to all these remarks, so she carefully worded a response, “I’m sorry there is friction between Donald and Rosie. That said, I do not regret for one moment my choice to hire Rosie O’Donnell as the moderator of The View.”

By the end of the makeup room quarrel, the claws were out, with Rosie telling Barb,”You went all around this and never called [Trump] a liar. You never said, ‘Donald is lying.’ You never called him a liar.”

While Walters tried to defend herself, the Rose railroaded her & said, “Are you looking me in the face and denying you didn’t tell him you didn’t say this? You’re a [bleeping] liar.”

A rep for both Rosie & Barbara released the following statement, “Whatever happened in the hair and makeup room was hardly a squabble. It’s business as usual, everyone has moved on.”

Yeah right.  I think Rosie’s going to need the biggest & nicest fruit basket there is to get over this one.

What do you think- Is Rosie O’Donnell in the right to be furious as Barbara Walters over this whole comb–over Donald Trump thing?

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Well, the 10th Amazing Race has come & gone.  And the models have taken gold.  Sunday night models & former addicts Tyler Denk & James Branaman won The Amazing Race and took home a $1 million cash prize.

Denk & Branaman took first over 31-year-old bartender Rob Diaz & 28-year-old girlfriend Kimberly Chabolla who took second.  I have to say I was disappointed that school teacher Lyn Turk & program analyst Karlyn Harris came in last place, all due to not being able to get on a flight from Paris to New York.  Poor kids.

But it looks like BFF Denk & Branaman now have some time on their hands to think about what they want to do with their $1 million.

What do you think- What would you do if you had won The Amazing Race?

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Apparently America wants to see more of 28-year-old Kevin Federline, personally I’d rather watch a blender spin for 30 minutes than watch redneck K-Fed explore his sexuality on a TV reality show, but that’s just me.

According to recent reports, K-Fed will be starring in a new TV reality series that will be produced by House of Carters producer Kenneth Crear.

Crear confirmed the rumors, saying, “It’s true.”

“We are in talks about this. Kevin came to me because he liked the way I shot the House of Carters series and the way I made Nick Carter look real and trustworthy. I gave people a different perspective of him and made people really respect him.”

Wow, well, you’re going to have to do a lot of editing if you want to make Federline look real & trustworthy. 

Producer Crear went on to say that they are looking into their network options & says the project is still in its beginning stages. 

In regards to estranged wife Britney Spears, Crear states, “Kevin doesn’t dislike or hate Britney.”
“The show will show him for who he is but [will] not smear her. It was just a marriage that didn’t work out, but it will show who he is beyond that.”

Hmmm, a tool for K-Fed to use to get custody of his & Spears’ children?  In that case, Brit better get ready for her own reality series, as all the public partying isn’t looking so hot for her….

So, ummm, What do you think- Would you ever in a million years watch a Kevin Federline Reality TV Show?  Think about this question long & hard, your future could quite possibly be at stake!

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I love Danny DeVito, a feeling I had not felt until I saw this hilarious video of DeVito on The View.  Danny & I feel the same in one known regard, if you have to take on the vultures of The View, do it drunk.  And that’s exactly what our boy did, despite the apparent agitation by the lead vulture herself, Barbara Walters.

Danny showed up for the taping of The View after being up all night with sexypants pal George Clooney.  The appearance was suppose to be promoting his new movie Deck the Halls, that also stars Matthew Broderick, but Danny really promoted that fact that he can actually be funny- while he’s drunk, that is.  

Ha!  Can’t you see it now?  George asking Danny if he’s sure that he doesn’t want to cancel the guest appearance, “Danny, no, seriously, but the fake mustache down.  Are you sure that you don’t want to cancel the show?  I mean, look at you- you haven’t had any sleep, you are out of your mind loopy & you’re going to have to face those crispy women this way.  Just think about it, buddy.  Are you sure that’s what you want to do right now?”

To which I’m sure Danny replied in kind, “Cheorlge, liysten, buddy.  I cayn handle those womeyn, truystt me, okay?”

During the show DeVito shared he & his wife’s (Rhea Pearlman) sexual lovefest while staying in the Lincoln Bedroom at the White House.  The intoxicated actor, due to being prompted by the ladies, shared a babbling explanation of his new movie Deck the Halls, but the real fun started when Rosie O’Donnell took Danny into her lap & coddled him like a baby, asking him to read the teleprompter as the show went to commercial.  Ha!

You know, there should be more Views like this one, I’m thinking a week centering around drunk celebs.  What do you think?

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As reported earlier, the-glove-doesn’t-fit O.J. Simpson was all set to have his “hypothetical” book, If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened, published along with a TV special aired, but now it looks like the spotlight has been turned, back to refreakinality.

The Fox network has pulled out of the deal & will no longer be publishing Simpson’s tell-all book, nor will they be broadcasting the two-part interview with O.J.  The move comes after several affiliates condemned the program, saying it would be heartless to the Goldman & Brown families.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch himself made a statement, “I and senior management agree that this was an ill-considered project.  We are sorry for any pain that it has caused the Goldman and Brown families.”

In previews for the TV special, 59-year-old O.J. displayed a highly detailed knowledge regarding the events that led up to the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson & her friend Ron Goldman.  Simpson was acquitted of the double murder in 1995, but then later found guilty in a civil trial.

I generally find that quoting Bill O’Reilly is never a good idea, but here goes.  O’Reilly stated that, “if any company sponsors the TV program, I will not buy anything that company sells — ever.”  So, since we know how Bill feels about his meds, they yanked the program due to not being able to take that kind of financial loss.

What do you think- should this type of “hypothetical” TV program or book be viewed / read?

Somewhere Eva Longoria is crying without end, as Emmitt Smith, not Mario Lopez, won the Dancing with the Stars finale Wednesday night in Los Angeles.

The former NFL star Smith & Saved by the Bell’s Mario Lopez received identical scores on Tuesday’s show, but the finale win was determined by Emmitt’s innumerable fan base who voted Smith & pro dance partner Cheryl Burker into Dancing victory.

“I am so proud of this trophy and I am proud to share it with Cheryl,” Emmitt stated.

“We worked our tails off.”

Season 3 contestant Shanna Moakler said of Smith, “Emmitt embodied what this competition is all about.  He deserved to win. Absolutely.”

Runners-up Lopes & dance partner Karina Smirnoff didn’t do too well hiding their disappointment about losing the Dancing title.  Tears were streaming down Smirnoff’s face as she tried to talk with reporters.

“Apparently world-class dancing wasn’t enough. That wasn’t the criteria it was based on,” Lopez said.

“I don’t really care about the trophy. I just wanted to win for Karina. She is honestly the best dancer in the world. No disrespect to the other girls on this show, but they don’t hold a candle to her.”

Well, congrats to Smith & Burke & all the contestants for their hard, dancing work!

What do you think, who should have won this season of Dancing with the Stars?

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O.J. Simpson & Fox are teaming up for a TV special with an attorney-approved title:  O.J.Simpson:  If I Did It, Here’s How It Happened.  Wow, what on earth do Simpson’s children think about all that?  There are several screws loose on this one.  What the hell? 

The two-part series which will promote O.J.’s new book, If I Did It, Simpson approaches the topic of how he could / would have killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson & her friend Ron Goldman, who were found murdered in 1994.

This is a new notch on the completely wrong category, I feel this much worse than a quadruple car crash which ends in a double suicide & triple slip-n-slide.  Wow, I am just amazed by this.  Is anyone else feeling that whole taboo thing?

As well all pretty much know, the ex-football star Simpson was tried & acquitted in 1994 of the double murder but later found liable for the deaths in a wrongful-death suit filed by the Goldman family.

“This is an historic case, and I consider this his confession,” Judith Regan, whose company ReganBooks is publishing O.J.’s book.  I wonder if Simpson knew that his publisher felt that way….  I’m serious, what the hell is O.J. thinking?  Does he just want to be back in the spotlight, even if he has to sell his tattered soul millions of times?

The Fox website has a trailer for the TV special showing Simpson stating, “I don’t think any two people could be murdered without everybody being covered in blood.” 

Simpson then breaks down in tears saying, “I can’t do no more of this!�

And, according to Us Weekly, the clip stopped short of O.J. speaking the truth for once, saying, “I can’t do no more of this…because I tee-off in a half hour and I’ll be damned if the memory of my hypothetical murder victims is gonna come between me and my links.�

Ha!  What do you think?  Is this TV special & Simpson book a good idea?

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As we reported Thursday, Jeffrey Sebelia was the winner of Bravo’s third season of Project Runway.

Although Sebelia’s designs were incredible & funky, many fans of the show are disappointed that he walked away with the designer crown.

What do you think, who would you have wanted to triumph?

Michael Knight (fan favorite), Jeffrey Sebelia, Uli Herzner or Laura Bennett?  

Thanks to Us Weekly for the pic.
 

Grey’s Anatomy star T.R. Knight confirms the rumors & says that he is, in fact, gay.  But hopes the folks at home don’t consider that “the most interesting part of me.”   Well, done, T.R., well done.

33-year-old Knight addressed the sexuality issue Thursday amid many a rumor regarding that part of his personal life.  Here is T. R. now. 

“I guess there have been a few questions about my sexuality, and I’d like to quiet any unnecessary rumors that may be out there.”

“While I prefer to keep my personal life private, I hope the fact that I’m gay isn’t the most interesting part of me.”

T.R. plays Dr. George O’Malley on the ABC hospital drama Grey’s Anatomy and his other screen credits include CSI & Law & Order.

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Jeffrey Sebelia was the designer Project Runway watchers loved to hate.  With his hard, abrasive mannerisms & cheeky comments, he was not the favorite celebrity on Bravo’s reality TV show. 

But it looks like the ugly ducking has taken the crown as Sebelia claimed ultimate victory in the fashion finale Wednesday night.

The crowned designer stated, “I’m shocked.”

“My brain is trying to figure out exactly what’s happening.”

36-year-old Jeffery took the title after he, Laura Bennett, Uli Herzner and Michael Knight did their presentations during New York Fashion Week.  The show was taped in September, which is such a drag, but the presentations were fabulous.

Sebelia highly impressed Heidi Klum and judges Michael Kors, Nina Garcia & Fern Mallis with his funky style on the runway.

“We love what you did,” Klum stated.

“You have great style. You’re a great designer and we want to see more of you.”

What did Jeffery say on winning $100,000 to help launch a fashion line?

“Intense happiness. Intense fear. Intense passion.”

“The volume on everything has been turned up all the way.”

We are really looking forward to what Jeffrey Sebelia dishes out in the future.

What do you think, did you want Michael Knight to win over Sebelia?

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Leonardo DiCaprio is hoping to win the viewing public with a new reality TV show that’s in the works.  The big screen star is helping to develop an eco-friendly show that will focus on the environment & planning for the future.

E-Topia will chronicle a group of individuals in a reconstructed U.S. town that will be transformed into a green community.  The show will focus on the demands of living green & show how the planners of the town as well as the architects work together.

Leonardo DiCaprio will act as co-creator & executive producer, with possibly a cameo or two.

Executive producer Craig Pillgian stated, “We’re going to take a devastated community and help transform it as a prototype for the future.  We’re trying to show the county and the world by example, town by town by town, how we can change the way we live and fight global warming.”

Sounds interesting, although I’m not seeing high ratings for this show- sadly.

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