I was busy with TCA reporting (read: ABC's Dancing with the Stars party) last week and missed the start of the Project Runway season premiere. I decided to go to Bravo's website to see when the repeat would be airing — and right there on the front page, before the West Coast broadcast was even half over, was the name of the person who'd been eliminated that night! Maybe it was silly of me, but I figured Bravo would at least wait till the show was over in all time zones to put that up.
No matter how hard you try to avoid spoilers these days, some are bound to creep in. A couple of months ago, one of my East Coast friends updated her Facebook status to congratulate the last winner of Top Chef two hours before the show aired out here. And another friend recently told me a story about studiously avoiding all spoilers relating to a particular episode of Runway a few years back — but then walking past a Banana Republic store window that happened to display the week's winning outfit.
What are some unexpected ways you've had a TV show or a movie spoiled for you?
My friends, Rachel Dickinson and Jenna Schnuer, have a super cool site called The Haiku Diaries. They haiku about any and everything, and I was geeked when Rachel emailed me today about a Dark Knight haiku she’d written.
Check it out right here.
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- Mr. Tis proof that black don’t crack, but unfortch, “Get Some Nuts” isn’t his best look. [WIMB]
- “Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever made whoopee?” Nothing beats a good anal joke. [PJ]
- Kat Von D discusses her icky relationship with Nikki Sixx. [RR]
- Kourtney Kardashian is a lady. [TB]
- Random Ice-T and Coco appearance. [BST]
- Ronnie Wood hosts “The Last Supper.” [SOW]
- It was recently revealed that Britney Spears’ mother Lynne accidentally killed a 12 year old boy when she was 20 after striking him with her car. [HMG]
- Brooke Hogan is now estranged from her mother. [GB]
- Heather Locklear is out of rehab. [FH]
- The CW is trying really hard to be shocking. [DR]
- Audrina Partridge has a case of “White Girl Ass.” [DH]
- Forbes lists Hollywood’s highest paid actors. [DS]
- Eva Mendes models Calvin Klein’s new underwear collection. [CFW]
- Sherri Shepherd attempted to spin her abortion comments today on The View. [BB]
- Natalie Portman teams up with boyfriend Devendra Banhart for the “Carmensita” video. [AIW]
- Remembering Estelle Getty. [PB]
- Kim Kardashian’s ass is seriously huge. [IDWYL]
- Happy birthday, Nick Hogan: welcome to big boy jail. [YH]
- Mariah Carey loves pastels. [CR]
Reese Witherspoon was out shopping her way around LA again yesterday. With her kids at Magic Mountain and Jake Gyllenhaal off working on The Prince of Persia, it looks like she's taking advantage of her free time with a yummy looking iced coffee. She's certainly earned her shopping — according to Forbes list of Top Earning Actors she banked $25 million last year making her the fourth-highest paid actress after Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Aniston and Keira Knightley and tied with Gwyneth Paltrow. It's no surprise that those are some of our favorites around here too.
That's about as close to a smile as your gonna get!
Christian Bale is back on the promotional trail following the assault accusations leveled against him by his mom and sister.
The actor showed up to the Barcelona premiere of The Dark Knight on Thursday evening.
Christian posed for pictures but bypassed reporters and their pesky questions.
Bale was accompanied by his wife, Sandra 'Sibi' Blazic.
Wifey is said to be at the center of Sunday night's controversy. Christian's mom said some NOT SO NICE things about her.
That really pissed him off!
Hey, at least he's smiling now. Sorta.
[Photo via Getty Images.]
OK, look: we all gotta make a living, I understand that. But this commercial for the family resort Atlantis featuring the Moldy Peaches single "Anyone Else But You" is kind of crazy. The song was made famous by Juno and to many it will remain a delicate and simple love song that Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) and Juno (Ellen Page) sing to each other. Whenever I hear it I think of things like falling in love with your best friend, teenage crushes, loving someone warts and all, etc. You know what I don't think of? Swimming with dolphins and golfing.
This is the cheesy kicker: The commercial changes the lyrics to better suit a commercial aimed at getting families to go on fun-filled vacations in the Bahamas. For example, in the original song, the first phrase goes like this:
You're a part time lover and a full time friend/The monkey on you're back is the latest trend/I don't see what anyone can see, in anyone else/But you.
And has been changed to the following for the commercial:
Let's go ride a couple of dolphins/Or maybe play tennis or do some golfin/Oh what a wonder/A wonderful world can be.
Sigh. To see the whole thing for yourself and let me know if this breaks your heart a little,
After showing off his surfing skills and Surfer, Dude preview, Matthew McConaughey was back to his weight-vest jogging in LA yesterday. We've been catching a lot of Matty since the birth of his son Levi earlier this month, and this morning we finally got to see the first baby photos with Matthew and Camila. So fun to see (and hear all the gory details about) the little guy and the new mama, but lucky for us that's not all we get considering the Christmas pics come with the deal too! Let me guess what Levi will be getting — baby's first surfboard and wet suit.
Being an emo kid could be illegal in Russia soon!
The government is trying to pass a laws that would heavily regulate emo websites and ban emo and goth dress style in schools and government buildings.
The new laws are apparently being driven by fears that "emo" encourages depression and suicide.
There were mass protests by Russian emo kids this past weekend.
Dmitry Gilevich of Russian emo band MAIO said at a protest, "Expressing psychological emotions is not forbidden by law."
Poor emo kids!
England and Mexico hate on you and now Russia does too.
[Image via WENN.]
Hey serial daters!
If you think breaking things off by voicemail is a-OK, there's a new mobile service out in the market place that's just for you, according to a new report.
A service called Slydial lets you connect directly with another person's cell phone voicemail by bypassing the traditional ringing process.
You no longer have to wait til he's on the subway or she's on a plane to place the stressful break up call!
Or if you're too chicken to ask someone out on a date, don't speak to them and be guaranteed to get their vm.
Sounds perrrrfect!
Recipients of the Slydial call would get a voicemail notification, and sometimes a 'missed call' notification.
But, there are constraints to this service. It can only be used in the U.S. right now, and generally won't work with prepaid cell phones.
Also, "Sly" dialers must have the caller ID feature activated on their phones to prevent people from using it to harass people undetected.
The founder of Slydial, thinks it can be useful not only in the dating scene, but also in the hectic business world, "Everybody has gone through the scenario where they've called somebody and just hoped they got voicemail so they didn't have to have a conversation."
True, true!
We gotta say that breakup by Slydial is definitely more humane than breakup by text!
[Image via WENN.]
Managers for The Jonas Brothers are sparking some crazy rumors that Nick Jonas and Selena Gomez are secretly dating!! Maybe that’s why they were at The Roxy together…
The rumors started after the Jonas Brothers’ managers asked that a picture of Nick and Selena hugging be edited out of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.
“It’s a picture of Nick, Joe, Kevin and, yes, a beautiful young brunette in a scarlet-red top. Nick has his arm around the girl’s back and the girl’s arm is wrapped around his,” Rolling Stone’s Jason Gay writes. “Her name is Selena Gomez, she’s Demi Lovato’s best friend and a big new Disney Channel star. The genuine affection in the photo is obvious.”
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