May 21, 2009
Amy Sedaris, Thou Art Perfection
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Hollywood's Toughest Characters
Recently, I was rewatching Liam Neeson in "Taken," the slick revenge thriller that came out of nowhere, demanded America's attention and made a killing at the box office. As Liam...
You Must Know: Plastiscines
With hints of Blondie, The Clash and Barbarella, Plastiscines have a name as hard to spell as their sound is to categorize.I want to define Plastiscines as pure pop, but...
No Bump For The Bot...Yet
Since I spent a fair amount of time talking about "Big Brother" last summer, I no longer have to play coy and pretend it's a show I watch for my...
Is "Lost's" Loss Our Gain?
When it was reported that Elizabeth Mitchell had landed a role on "V," ABC's remake of the classic alien invasion drama, producers played dumb, saying that it was only a...
Why Isn't Kim Wayans Working More?
Last night was the premiere of "Dance Flick," the latest spoof movie from the Wayans brothers -- and sister Kim, who plays Ms. Dontwannabebothered, walked the red carpet for the...
Katie Holmes' Denim Redux
If you'll recall last August the denim world was thrown into a tizzy when Katie Holmes brought back boyfriend jeans. Then she started rolling the hems up. Suddenly armies of...
Not Gay Chet Goes, Not Comes, Out
If you watched "The Real World: Brooklyn," then you're familiar with Chet, the lady-loving virgin Mormon who makes questionable sexual orientation-related statements. For example: "Wow Scott, I could stare at...
The Meaning of Hayden's Name
While diving deeper into Jarett's new fave hotness that is Steve Jones, I thought I would take a look at all the pictures that were released of him and new...
First Look: Rihanna & Kanye West in 'Paranoid'
Someone got all Nancy Drew at a recent Def Jam conference and recorded this sneak peek of Kanye West and Rihanna's new video for "Paranoid." Nice work, gumshoes!The black and...
Britney Spears' 'Radar' Cover Art
Here's a look at the official cover art for Britney Spears' fourth single "Radar" from her ultra-selling "Circus." I feel a submarine/nautical video coming on.Do you love it?Photo: BritneySpears.com
How Kris Allen Won 'American Idol'
The judges called it, the media called it and it seemed as if fans had called it -- Adam Lambert would be the new "American Idol." But a funny thing...
THE SECRET OF LEROY'S LIMP
LEGENDARY artist LeRoy Neiman doesn't normally go anywhere without his sketchpad. But he did the other night at the Friars Club, where he was roasted at an event staged by...
GET WELL, GUYS
MALACHY McCourt is a real show-stopper. The actor and "A Monk Swimming" author was appearing in "Prelude to a Kiss" in Burlington, Vt., last week when he slipped and broke...
SAMANTHA HARRIS BROADWAY-BOUND
SAMANTHA Harris -- star of "Dancing With the Stars" and "The Insider" -- is coming to Broadway. Harris is taking on the role of Roxie Hart in "Chicago" for six...
JETS QB SANCHEZ DATING GQ MODEL HILARY RHODA
JETS QB Mark Sanchez has scored his first New York touchdown. The former USC hunk is now dating Hilary Rhoda, the Estee Lauder model who posed with him in a...
LONG, LONG AGO
ALL traces of the disaster that was Ago -- the legendary LA restaurant that opened in Robert De Niro's Greenwich Hotel -- have been dismantled. In its place is a...
HEART FOR BRETT'S FAN
THERE'S more to the story about the little girl in the hospital who gave Yankee outfielder Brett Gardner a Project Sunshine bracelet last Friday and told him, "Hold onto this....
ALLEGRA HICKS DIVORCING HUBBY
ONE of English society's long-lasting couples has called it quits. Designer Allegra Hicks and decorator hubby Ashley Hicks, the son of David Hicks and descended from Lord Mountbatten, have separated....
MUSIC AT RISK
THE cash-strapped New York Times Co. may be inching closer to dumping classical music station WQXR (96.3 FM). As we reported last month, ESPN wants an FM signal in New...
SUPER-MOGULS' SECRET SUMMIT
THE secret is out on a clandestine billionaires' summit held in Manhattan earlier this month, when some of the wealthiest Americans met behind closed doors to plot strategies for weathering...
DIVORCING RAPPER WANTS GAG
SHUT me up before I blab again! Now that he's gone public about his romance with songstress Alicia Keys, rapper and producer Swizz Beatz wants the public barred from ongoing...
BLESS OUR COUNTRY, HONOR THE MILITARY
IT'S coming up Memorial Day. With to day's talk of pirates, hostages, Guanta namo, torture, and Nancy Pelosi's did-she-didn't-she knowledge of wa terboarding, possibly we might take time to remember...
FARRAH SELLS
NBC made a good investment when it bought "Farrah's Story." Sources say the network coughed up $5 million for rights to the documentary, which follows former "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah...