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- Kim Kardashian totally wants to be in politics, wants to run for mayor of Glendale
- Duchess Kate & Pippa Middleton are on Time Mag’s “100 most influential” list
- “Fifty Shades of Grey” author E.L. James laughs at her writing, ‘I’m not a great author’
- Angelina Jolie promoted to diplomatic ‘Special Envoy’ to the UNHCR
- People: Jennifer Aniston “is not a bitter person” & she wants Brad to be happy
- Amanda Bynes thinks the Lindsay Lohan comparisons are “sexist”
- Jason Segel on Michelle Williams: “We would just very much like to be happy”
- Gwyneth Paltrow, environmental advocate, took a 10-second car ride to a dinner
- Bachelor, Bachelorette shows face class action lawsuit for racial discrimination
- Cameron Diaz: “I never said I don’t want children. I just haven’t had them yet”
| Kim Kardashian totally wants to be in politics, wants to run for mayor of Glendale Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:28 AM PDT This ^^^ is a promotional image from the Kardashian's new home collection, "The Kardashian Soul-Eaters LUXX." I wish that was the name of it. Anyway, everyone is talking about this completely dumb Kim Kardashian story, so why not do it too? In an unaired clip from Khloe and Lamar, Kim tells Khloe, "I decided I’m going to run for the mayor of Glendale…Noelle [Keshishian] is going to head my campaign, but it’s going to be in five years. I have to buy a house there [because] you have to have residency. Noelle and I are looking into all the requirements and she’s going to help me with my campaign, because it’s like Armenian town. I need to wait, like, five years.” Kim claims that she wants to do it in Glendale because it's "like Armenia-town" – meaning that she thinks all of the Armenian-Americans will vote for her. Which is debatable. From what I know of the Armenian-American community, they're close-knit and overwhelmingly conservative, and they probably wouldn't vote for a p0rn star, you know? Anyway, the LA Times took this completely ridiculous video seriously, and they actually got quotes from the Glendale City spokesman, a dude named Tom Lorenz, who says: "No. 1, you don’t run for mayor in the city of Glendale. It is not an elected position in the city. The elected positions are five City Council people, a city clerk and treasurer.” But! Glendale does have a "mayor" – it's just on a rotating basis, pulled from the city council. Basically, Kim wouldn't be running for mayor, she would have to run for city council, and then be elected within the city council to the mayoral position. The good news? You only have to establish Glendale residency for 90 days prior to your candidacy. Kim should totally do it. Except she won't, because she just wanted to talk about it, not actually do it. Photos courtesy of Khloe's Celebuzz page, Kim's Twitter, WENN.      |
| Duchess Kate & Pippa Middleton are on Time Mag’s “100 most influential” list Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:58 AM PDT Time Magazine's annual "Time 100" list came out today. This is where Time (and their readers) chose the "most influential people" of the year, broken down in categories of Artists, Inventors, etc. Some of the people who made this year's list include Rihanna, Chelsea Handler (dear God), Jessica Chastain, Adele, Harvey Weinstein and of course, Duchess Kate and her sister Pippa Middleton. WTF? Look, I could cosign Duchess Kate's inclusion – although she's hilariously lazy and always on vacation, she IS "influential" and she inspires debate and conversation and everything she wears sells out. But to include Pippa as well? No.
[From Time] Full of back-handed compliments, right? It's almost like we Americans are being snobs about the Middletons just because we don't really get why they're a thing? As I said – I would cosign Duchess Kate's inclusion, and I could even see Kate inspiring a real, complimentary piece about why she deserves to be on this list. But when you throw her together with her sister, it just seems like… I don't know. Like the official media is saying that all these ladies will be is "Waity and her pushy little party-girl sister." Speaking of, Waity and Pippa got the cover of Us Weekly! It's full of weird innuendo and misinformation, though – it's all about Pippa's incident in France with the gun, which legit media outlets say is a non-starter. Pippa won't be arrested. She won't even be fined. Still, here you go:
[From Us Weekly] I suspect Kate will deal with this the way she's always dealt with criticism – she (or one of her friends) will give The Mail's Katie Nicholl an exclusive, something involving Kate hanging out with the Queen and the Queen mentioning that Pippa seems like a nice girl. Something tidy like that. Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.    |
| “Fifty Shades of Grey” author E.L. James laughs at her writing, ‘I’m not a great author’ Posted: 18 Apr 2012 07:39 AM PDT
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I have to admit that I have not yet read Fifty Shades of Grey, that widely popular S&M book trilogy that is being made into a film. My mom has read it though, and so have many of her friends. I’ve had several uncomfortable conversations with my mother about it, and after I told her to stop talking about that damn book she brought it up repeatedly to tease me. Her 70 year-old friend was enthusing about how sexy it was and how I just HAD to read it. So basically I haven’t read it yet because I associate it with my mom. I know this is not logical. Anyway the book started out as Twilight fan fiction, written by British author, E.L. James. James switched around the character names from Edward and Bella, developed the story beyond fanfiction and put out the book through a virtual publisher as both an e-book and an on-demand print edition. In a new interview on The Today Show, James laughs repeatedly at the fact that her fantasy on paper has become a bestseller, and admits that she’s not a great writer. She also gets uncomfortable when the interviewer reads back some of the things she’s written. In other words, she’s all sorts of awesome. I love when she’s asked “do you need a couple of glasses of wine [to write]” and she says “I always need a couple of glasses of wine!”
Now I like her so much that I really want to read these books and see what the hype is all about. They sound cheesy as hell but incredibly enjoyable. Our friends at Evil Beet found some of the worst quotes from the book on this tumblr 50shadesofsuck. I don’t think James would disagree that some of her writing sucks. She admitted writing it on her phone after all. Now she’s laughing all the way to the bank.    |
| Angelina Jolie promoted to diplomatic ‘Special Envoy’ to the UNHCR Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT Yesterday, April 17th, the United Nations announced that Angelina Jolie had been given a brand-new title. She was no longer a "goodwill ambassador to the United National High Commission on Refugees" – she's now a "Special Envoy". You know who gets appointed to "Special Envoy" positions? Ex-presidents. Former secretaries of state. Major politicos and PhDs in international relations and such. This is mega.
[From UNHCR press release] This title change gives Angelina the same level as UN diplomats, and it honors her decade of work with the high commission. She did a lot of UN work last year, but she seems to have been busier with her Hollywood stuff this year. I wonder where Special Envoy Jolie will go first? Afghanistan? Pakistan? Libya? Sudan? Syria? Jesus, there are a lot of crises going on right now. People Mag has a piece about Angelina being a "busy bride-to-be" – it's just a nice piece about all of the work commitments Angelina has coming up, what with filming this summer on Maleficent and maybe-probably The Counselor (with Michael Fassbender!). Basically, Angelina isn't going to have the time to plan a big wedding. My guess? Small family affair in the renovated chapel on their French chateau. Maybe in the fall? Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet and the UNHCR.    |
| People: Jennifer Aniston “is not a bitter person” & she wants Brad to be happy Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:37 AM PDT Soon after Brangelina's engagement was announced last Friday, Hollywood Life had a story about Jennifer Aniston being "happy" for Brad and Angelina. Then E! News got into the act late Monday, with sources telling them that Jennifer "doesn't care" about the engagement, and that she's "moved on" even though nobody thinks she has "moved on." And now it's time for People Magazine's sources to weigh in. People Mag, the gold standard of celebrity gossip. If People says it happened a certain way, that's the way it happened (or the way their publicist would have you believe it happened). So what do People's sources say? Jennifer has "moved on". Yet again. Jennifer "is not a bitter person" – contrary to all of those bitter interviews, I guess. And she's "very happy with Justin." Of course.
[From People] I said yesterday that I was going to wait until Jennifer said something directly, or until it was clear that her publicist spoke to an outlet. I was holding out for Us Weekly, but I'm going to take this People story as The Official Aniston Version. Right? This is how Aniston wants to put herself out there, so let's analyze this move. She's not bitter. She has moved on. She's focusing on her own happiness. She's focusing on Justin. She's always wanted Brad to be happy (but not Angelina). Eh. Sure. This situation makes me sleepy. What's more interesting to me is that People Mag drops in the whole "one year anniversary" thing with Justin. Yeah… they didn't get together last May. They got together months before. They've already spent more than a year together. So I've got to wonder if, beyond the tabloid BS, Jennifer and Justin are actually engaged or already on the "marriage path". Because you know what sucks? If Jennifer and Justin announce their engagement at any point in the next six months, everyone will just say they're copying, or that Aniston is dragging Justin to the altar to one-up her ex-husband. And… that's not fair to her. She homewrecked her piece, she should get to marry him whenever and however she wants. Photos courtesy of WENN, Terry's Diary.    |
| Amanda Bynes thinks the Lindsay Lohan comparisons are “sexist” Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:36 AM PDT A few days ago, People Mag reported that Amanda Bynes had another "incident" behind the wheel of her deathmobile. You think I'm joking, Angelenos? When you see Amanda behind the wheel of a car, you better get your ass far, far away. People Mag claims that around 10:30 pm on Sunday, Bynes was, according to an eyewitness, "holding up traffic and doing an incredibly slow … 3-point turn in the middle of Robertson… It was taking forever and she finally made it into the driveway… She looked wobbly – I guess it could have been the heels since she was wearing sky-high nude pumps, but she did seem out of it.” She also forgot to pay her valet. Because that's just who she is. She's the kind of girl who drinks and drives and rinses and repeats over and over again. She reminds me of a certain crackhead. That's not the first time I've compared Bynes to The Cracken (and it won't be the last). But, according to Radar, Amanda thinks the Lohan comparisons are "sexist". What?
Yes, Amanda hasn't been arrested as many times as Lindsay, and yes, Amanda does not consider the courthouse her home away from home, and yes, Amanda has not reached a Lohan-level of cracked-out, entitled violence and idiocy. BUT! This argument is BS: "Men in Hollywood that get arrested for DUI’s don’t face the same scrutiny that women do and that is what really irks Amanda. She isn’t taking the DUI arrest lightly." Men would be getting the same level of scrutiny if they were arrested for a DUI, and then continued partying for the next two weeks after their arrest, continuing to club-hop and drink and drive. It's not sexist or anti-woman. It's anti-alcoholic. It's anti-drinking-and-driving. It's anti-dumbass. Amanda is taking her DUI "lightly" – she's continuing to party and downward spiral. Just like a Lohan. Oh, and Page Six had this story this morning:
[From Page Six] Yes, she’s telling all of her friends that she blew a 0.0 – because she takes the DUI so seriously. Little girl lost. Photos courtesy Fame/Flynet, WENN and Pacific Coast News.    |
| Jason Segel on Michelle Williams: “We would just very much like to be happy” Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:23 AM PDT Michelle Williams and Jason Segel seem to have started up around this year's Oscars. Michelle's BFF Busy Phillips set them up, maybe because Busy thought they would be a good pair, or maybe because Busy was just kind of exhausted with being Michelle's go-to date every weekend. Early reports indicated that Jason and Michelle were totally loved-up, smitten and cutesy together, and their romance seemed to go coast to coast too – Michelle would come to LA, Jason would come to Brooklyn. There were even photos of Jason hanging out with Matilda too. So… it's serious. Then Us Weekly ran a cover story about Michelle that seemed a bit too sympathetic. It was a pity-poor-Michelle piece, like the tabloids are really trying to make her into the next "America's Sweetheart/America's Victim," in the image of the patron-saint of tabloid-victimization, Jennifer Aniston. Through the course of the cover story, Michelle's unnamed friends managed to throw every one of Michelle's post-Heath Ledger boyfriends under the bus while making Heath into some kind of idealized figure, Michelle's own love martyr. The gist of the story was that all of the men Michelle dated after she and Heath broke up (months before his death) were all d-bags and Jason is the real thing. Which, in my opinion, is quite a lot of pressure to put on your boyfriend of little more than a month, especially given that Jason's Hollywood reputation isn't quite so family-friendly. Even the UK's Shagger of Year Russell Brand thinks Jason's player game is extraordinary – and that should tell you something. But, in the meantime, everything is going well with Michelle and Jason. Jason even commented on his relationship during his promotional rounds for 5 Year Engagement.
[From Us Weekly] "I think we would just very much like to be happy…" Sure. Okay. Good luck! I mean it, too. I would love for Michelle to be in a committed relationship with a decent guy who genuinely likes and respects her, and maybe Jason really has changed. *fingers crossed* In case you missed it, Jason was also photographed with his iPhone, which had photos of Michelle taped to the back - you can see the pics here. A friend of Michelle's also notes, "Jason has already shown her his commitment to her." Good God! It's only been six weeks! Tops. Of course, Michelle does tend to move fast, doesn't she? She and Heath got pregnant within, like, 8 weeks of knowing each other too, right? That’s my memory of it – but maybe I’m wrong? Photos courtesy WENN.    |
| Gwyneth Paltrow, environmental advocate, took a 10-second car ride to a dinner Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:22 AM PDT This is one of my new favorite Gwyneth Paltrow stories. I like this one even more than all of the stories about how constipated Dame Goop is (true story). Last Friday, Gwyneth and Kristen Stewart were part of a large A-list group gathered in LA for the premiere of Paul McCartney's new music video for "My Valentine". I covered some photos from the event here – most of the girls wore Stella McCartney, to hilariously disastrous results. Gwyneth was actually one of the best-dressed girls at the event, in my opinion. In this post, I'm including photos of Goop at the event, and in the car after the event. So, here's the funny story: Gwyneth took a car service from the "My Valentine" party to the post-party dinner. It's only shocking when you realize that the dinner was held .06 miles away, four doors down from the party. It was a ten-second car ride.
[From Page Six] Part of me believes this story wholeheartedly, simply because Gwyneth doesn't want to ever be in a position where she has to interact with peasants, even if it's just walking down the block. She might run into one of the unwashed masses! How would she ever handle it? Another part of me – the part of me that's been giving Kristen Stewart the benefit of the doubt lately – wonders if Gwyneth even realized that the dinner was being held at a venue within walking distance, you know? She might not have realized it. I hate myself a little for giving her the benefit of the doubt. We must always assume the worst about Dame Goop, because she so often meets those expectations. *claps hands at servant* “I spy an unwashed peasant! To the Goopmobile!” Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.    |
| Bachelor, Bachelorette shows face class action lawsuit for racial discrimination Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:21 AM PDT
I think it was that unfunny comic who dates hot women, what’s his name – David Spade, who recently brought up this issue in his Funny or Die Bachelor parody video, The Honest Bachelor. (TMZ also posed this question in one of their videos.) In that skit, Spade made a bunch of rude blunt comments as “The Bachelor.” It was actually pretty funny, so I should maybe revise my opinion of him. Spade quipped “Please don’t cut to a black contestant. Who am I kidding, there’s no black contestants on The Bachelor. It’s ABC, woo!” In the 10 years The Bachelor has been on the air, they’ve had occasional black contestants vying for a ring, but there’s never been a black Bachelor or Bachelorette. This issue comes up frequently, and now it’s definitely getting more press. Two African American men are planning to sue ABC for what they claim is racial discrimination encountered during a casting call for The Bachelor in Tennessee. Both say they were pushed to the side and treated unfairly due to their race:
[From TMZ] The NY Daily News has an unintentionally hilarious quote that creator Mike Fleiss gave last year about how they’ve allegedly tried to promote diversity on these shows. He uses the word “wedge” to describe how they’ve added African American “chicks” once in a while. “I think Ashley is 1/16th Cherokee Indian, but I cannot confirm. But that is my suspicion! We really tried, but sometimes we feel guilty of tokenism. “Oh, we have to wedge African-American chicks in there! We always want to cast for ethnic diversity, it's just that for whatever reason, they don't come forward. I wish they would.” This is Ashley Hebert, the last Bachelorette. She’s not blonde and has a Native American ancestor a few generations back so that counts, right? I think people are ready to see a black Bachelor and/or Bachelorette and a racially diverse cast. Maybe this could even breathe more life into this vapid, tired franchise. It’s surprising to me that they haven’t even seemed to try to have more than one race on those shows. The Daily Beast had a good editorial on this a couple of years ago, and nothing has changed basically. Here’s a successful sportscaster and former professional basketball player, Lamar Hurd, who is hoping to be the first black bachelor. He’s not one of the guys suing ABC. I got a little starry eyed watching this video, honestly. This guy has so much charisma and he looks like a male model. He’s also passionate about his nonprofit organization helping kids through basketball. Just watch him talk starting at around 3:10 and imagine you’re on a date with him. Compare Lamar to some of the total doofuses we’ve seen on The Bachelor lately. Jake, Brad and Ben all had the charm of a wet blanket and were dumb as boxes of hair. The last three bachelors. I don’t get it. Jake was at least hot, but he turned out to be a total creep.    |
| Cameron Diaz: “I never said I don’t want children. I just haven’t had them yet” Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:20 AM PDT Cameron Diaz covers the May issue of InStyle to promote her horrific looking What to Expect When You’re Expecting movie, which will probably do well simply because everyone who’s ever had a baby has read that book, and surely at least several million of them will be interested enough to disregard the trailer and catch a matinee. So once again, a crappy movie will do well, but at least it’s a crappy movie geared towards women, which balances out the fact that countless crappy movies geared towards men do well all the time at the box office. (So there.) The InStyle photoshoot is rather undershelming even though Cami’s figure does look rather striking in this green dress. Here are some interview excerpts as well:
[From InStyle] So does anyone have ideas on who broke Cami’s heart? I’m thinking it simply has to be A-Rod, especially since she went to all the trouble to get those bolt-ons he always wanted. Man, I’d be pissed if I got bolt-ons to please a dude only to get dumped. What a douche, that A-Rod. On the topic of having children, I think Cami dodged that bullet well. While I generally have always figured that she’s a very free spirit and probably will never settle down and spawn a family of her own, she’s walking a very fine line while promoting a movie about pregnancy. While it would’ve been nice to see her pull a Zooey Deschanel and outright admit that she doesn’t plan on having kids, I can see why Cameron would decide not to take that verbal path while pimping this particular film. After all, she plays the role of a very pregnant woman, and the last thing the studio wants is for a lead actress to alienate a prospective audience. So Cami gets a pass here … even though we all know she’s full of crap with that answer. Photos courtesy of InStyle          |
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