New Home for the Celebrity Blog...

Wednesday, August 09, 2006

In the life of every blog the time must come to either move on or move up, and this summer has been just such a time for this one.

But don't worry, we're not moving on...we're moving up! Our new address is Celebrity Unofficial. Make sure you change your bookmarks to our new location.

The new blog is much more robust than this one, so we look forward to bringing you a higher quality blog experience...starting today!

See you at Celebrity Unofficial!

Stay Away, Paris Hilton...I Mean It...

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Paris Hilton hit with restraining order

Paris Hilton is going to have watch herself at parties from now on. She's been slapped with a restraining order that keeps her at least 25 feet away from the guy who introduced her to Stavros Niarchos III when they're at parties together. If it not's a party, then she has to stay at least 100 yards away for the next three years.

It seems the blonde heiress has quite a temper when she finds out you're advising your buddy to dump her, and she had taken to harassing and threatening him. This isn't the first report of her vicious temper, nor is it likely to be the last. When you're used to always demanding - and receiving - the royal star treatment from everyone around you, you tend to react badly when things don't go your way.

Let that be a lesson to you: don't cross Paris Hilton...you wouldn't like her when she's angry...

New Websites to Blame for Light Blogging

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

On a "non-news" note, I wanted to apologize to our readers for the light to non-existent blogging over the last few days. I'm pleading "very busy" to all charges...

Over the last year, JimmyKat Entertainment has grown to a network of 14 distinct websites, and our latest two websites have been keeping me tied up in knots for the past two weeks.

Lyric System is our foray into the world of song lyrics. We've already got over 120,000 songs in the database, and we've been working hard on adding as many artists, biographies, photos, posters, and yes...even song lyrics...as quickly as possible.

We've also added FlashPlay Arcade to the growing family. FlashPlay hosts over 1,200 flash games (so far) for your use and enjoyment. What makes FlashPlay unique is that each game has the code to let you add the game to your own website, blog, or MySpace. It's just a matter of cut-and-paste, and you can use our games to build a popular website in no time.

So that's what (mostly) has been keeping me tied up over the last few days as I've been working on getting these websites off the ground. We've got a couple more surprises up our sleeves for the next couple of months. At least two new websites are on the way, and I promise they're going to be completely different from anything we've done before.

Thanks for your patience, and I hope you'll stop by the new websites and stay with us as we keep growing.

Jenny McCarthy Sweeps Top Honors

And the worst movie of the year is ...

While the rest of the world was concentrating on which movie's political agenda was most popoular with the Hollywood elite, the little noticed Razzie's awarded their top honors to Jenny McCarthy and her movie "Dirty Love." Top honors for "Worst Film," "Worst Actress," "Worst Director," and "Worst Screenplay" of 2005, that is...

WOW...that's a lot of "worst" for just one movie: Jenny McCarthy must be very proud...

Jessica Alba Says Not So Fast, Playboy

Friday, March 03, 2006

Alba demands 'Playboy' pull magazines with her on cover

Jessica Alba is not exactly happy to be the latest cover girl for Playboy. Turns out, no one had told her or asked her permission. Whoops!

I can certainly understand Jessica not wanting to be associated with Playboy magazine, but legally speaking, I'm not sure she has a leg to stand on. More than half of the covers of tabloid magazines are "unauthorized" photos: candid paparazzi shots which are less than flattering to their subjects, and they're not sued. At least they chose a good picture of her...

To be fair, Playboy did have an article which mentions her, which is the same as pretty much every cover girl of every fashion magazine gets. It's a two-way street: the actress/model gets a little publicity and the magazine sells some issues.

Do I completely believe her story that she was "tricked" into providing a publicity photo? Not on your life. Unless she'd also like me to believe that her PR folks are morons.

Here's what I believe happened: Playboy wanted Jessica Alba to be the cover and approached her as part of the feature. She was willing to be included in the article, but didn't want to be on the cover. She provided the publicity photo for use within the article, but not specifically for the cover. Playboy then used the photo as their cover anyway.

So it's basically a matter of degrees, not the huge outrage she would have us believe. She wanted to be part of the show, but not the main attraction; so it wasn't like she or her people were just completely blindsided. They wanted the benefit of getting some good PR to Playboy's readers with the article, but they didn't want the potential downside from some fans of being featured on the cover. Essentially, they wanted to have their cake and eat it too.

The best analogy I can think of is when you're stealing cookies from the jar late at night in the dark, and suddenly someone turns the light on behind you and scares you to death. You're immediate response is going to be to yell at the person who turned the light on for scaring you in order to distract them from the obvious fact that you were stealing cookies...

You might as well eat the cookies now, Jessica...We already caught you stealing them....

Hilary Swank Smelling Up the Place

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Hilary Swank is muse of upcoming perfume

Usually that's a bad thing, but Hilary Swank is the new "muse" for Guerlain's latest perfume. She follows such notables as Nicole Kidman and Gwyneth Paltrow in being the face of the ad campaign, but she hasn't taken the leap to her own line of perfumes like Jennifer Lopez and Britney Spears.

My only question is this: what exactly does a "muse" do? I mean, I know that mythological muses "inspire," but it's not like she's going to be sitting in with the fragrance designers like a model for an art study class. Since that's not the case, I'm pretty sure "muse" is just their name for "person whose name we think will help us sell a lot of perfume."

Avril Lavigne Singing "Who Knows" at Olympics Closing Ceremony

Sunday, February 26, 2006

Part of the Olympic tradition at the Closing Cermonies is to hand off the flag to the next city to host the Olympics. This year, it's Vancouver, Canada, which is scheduled to host the 2010 Winter Olympics: so Canada gets the chance to give us a teaser tonight.

Show at a glance

The Vancouver Organizing Committee, the group in charge of this preview show, tapped Canadian native, Avril Lavigne, to headline their show. She'll be performing "Who Knows." For those of you who want to sing along: Who Knows Lyrics

Enjoy the show!

Halle Berry and Richard Gere - Pudding People of the Year

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Gere crowned Hasty Pudding Man of the Year

Richard Gere and Halle Berry have been named the Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year respectively.

The award from Hasty Pudding Theatricals is given annually to a man and woman to recognize lasting contributions. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Tim Robbins were honored last year by the group.

Unlike the Oscars and similar award shows, this is a considerably less-than-serious affair. Gere had to put on a dress and heels before he was allowed to collect his reward. It's a little silliness for an industry that often takes itself far too seriously, so kudos to Gere and Berry for showing up and having a little fun with the award...

Lindsay Lohan Wants to Be a Grown-Up

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Lohan: Don't call me 'teen queen'

I understand that Lindsay Lohan doesn't want to be pigeon-holed as a teen star. Now that she's maturing into adulthood, she wants to be considered for grown-up work. Definitely a good goal...

But here's the rub. If you want to be treated like an adult, and thought of like an adult, you first have to *act* like an adult. And Lindsay? Well, let's just say she hasn't exactly started down the road to deserving credit for acting like an adult of late.

Not too long ago, Tara Reid was complaining of the exact same thing: she wants to thought of as a "serious actress." I'll issue the same advice to Lindsay that I gave to Tara: Chill out.

You're going to have to prove to the big money people that your behavior isn't going to be a liability to a multi-million dollar project. Partying until the wee hours, engaging in immature teenage spats with other starlets, crashing your car, etc., are all strikes against you. Try toning down the lifestyle a bit. Let someone else drive: it's not like you can't afford a driver. In short, you're going to have to grow up before you can expect to be treated as a grown-up...

Nick Lachey Fudges Paperwork to Get More Money

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Nick Lachey, Jessica Simpson Divorce Storm Brews

In what is sure to be one of the big stories of 2006, Nick Lachey filed his response to the divorce papers from his soon-to-be-ex Jessica Simpson.

His response was laughingly predictable when you understand that basically a frat boy who's been freeloading off his wife for a long time and is now very upset that she decided to dump him for being a loser. So he wants all his jewelry back, and he wants alimony: after all, it's not like his prospects for a big career in anything other than fast food management are very strong.

But he's not satisfied with that: he also stretched out his date of separation by two weeks in order to try to grab at an extra $425,000. They publicly announced their separation on Thanksgiving, yet Lachey is claiming that they separated on December 13th. He says his date is different because he was "stilling seeking to reconcile." Conveniently enough, Jessica Simpson made $850,000 a week before - and Nick is changing the date on his paperwork so he can try to take half that money.

Hey Nick: if you were going to try to "reconcile" all the way up until the 13th, why did you publicly announce you were separating on Thanksgiving Day? Answer: you're a liar. This is just pettiness and greed.

Nick's playing ugly already....

Britney Spears Ducks Out on K-Fed's Upcoming Debacle

Monday, February 20, 2006

Federline Says He's Ready for Backlash

Reading between Freeloader's statements, one thing becomes clear: wife Britney Spears wants nothing to do with his "recording career."

She could have easily ensured the success of his album by appearing on at list one track, but I have no doubt that she made the calculation that she didn't want to poison her future career prospects by being associated in any way with his pathetic vanity project.

He can talk about how the decision was made so he could earn "respect," but even his own wife won't respect his singing...why should we?

Britney Prepares to Fill the Void

Sunday, February 19, 2006

'I sound bitter. I'm not bitter'

So you think things in the music world have been a bit on the dull side without Britney Spears? Britney certainly thinks they have been. I'm sure that will come as a big shock to Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey, Gwen Stefani and all the other folks who have been keeping things lively on the pop music scene.

In case you agree with Britney Spears, you'll be relieved to know that she'll be releasing a new album later on this year. If you don't agree with her, then consider this fair warning...

Nick Lachey Wants Back on Jessica Simpson Money Train

Saturday, February 18, 2006

Lachey seeks spousal support from Simpson

No, he's not trying to reconcile with Jessica Simpson: he just wants her money. After spending their entire marriage as an unemployed moocher while she worked to build her carrer, he thinks he should be entitled to keep being an unemployed moocher...

Sorry Nick, you're gonna have to get a job like everyone else. Sorry the royalties from your brief career with 98 Degrees aren't enough to keep you from getting the next number in MC Hammer Hero to Zero bankruptcy line. Maybe if you had concentrated on building your career instead of sitting back and being a condescending frat boy partier while your wife was taking care of business you wouldn't find yourself with no money.

But then again, it's probably a big part of why she dumped you in the first place...

Madonna Desperately Seeking Someone Else

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Coldplay to quit music scene

The article starts off with the buzz over Chris Martin from Coldplay saying that the band would be going on a two-year hiatus. Maybe, maybe not. We'll see what happens when the royalty money starts to dry up...

But buried deeper in the article is that it looks like Madonna has found herself a boytoy, and her marriage to Guy Ritchie may be on the rocks. Never one to be upstaged, I'm sure she's been watching all the publicity surrounding the relationship Demi Moore and the much-younger Ashton Kutcher, and she thought "If I did that, my name would be all over the headlines too."

The one thing that Madonna has always been good at is shameless self-promotion, and she's always been ready and willing to go to any lengths to get herself into the headlines. At 47, she's not a daily tabloid feature any more: but she hasn't lost the hunger to be one.

I'd be willing to bet that by the end of the year, she'll have found herself back in the headlines the old-fashioned way: by sleeping her way into them...

Are Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Over?

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Cruise’s rep denies demise of TomKat

Life & Style magazine reported that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have decided to announce a break up after their baby is born. A story which, of course, their publicist is vociferously denying.

Are they or aren't they? My guess is: they are. Every story in Hollywood begins this way: a source leaks it to the press, the publicist calls the press complete liars, then a couple months later it turns out to have been true all along. If you remember the recent breakup of Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, then you know what I'm talking about. The story hit the headlines in August that they were breaking up. For over three months, both of them denied it, and then on Thanksgiving morning they announced that they were separating. That's just the way things work in that town.

It's time to start the countdown to the day they officially announce that they won't be getting married. I give it until after the release of Mission Impossible III on May 5th: he won't want any negative publicity before it hits theaters...So my bet is mid-May: any takers?

The Razor Sharp Dreams of Natalie Portman

Portman: I was glad to shave my head

So what do gorgeous young actresses secretly dream of? Shaving their heads...At least that was the secret wish of Natalie Portman according to her when she was asked about shaving her head for 'V for Vendetta.'

She said that she can "usually blend in" walking down the street. OK, maybe more than when you have your head shaved, Natalie, but I doubt you know what it's like to "blend in." Even if you hadn't been the star of several hit movies (which you are), you're still a beautiful young woman and even "nobody" beautiful women don't "blend in."

I've always liked Natalie Portman, but it's sometimes funny to hear celebrities talk about being "normal" and "blending in" - as if they truly have a concept of what that means. She's been in the movies since before puberty, so it would be more surprising than not if her concept of "normal" wasn't a bit skewed...

Sienna Miller Not Bitter At All

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Stay single, says Sienna

Sienna Miller isn't bitter at all...honest...

She's celebrating this Valentine's Day by issuing advice to women: "Just stay single." For a woman who's just come out of two relationships: the public one with Jude Law and her affair with Bond-to-be Daniel Craig, she seems to be telling women to do as she says not as she does.

I don't have a lot of sympathy for Sienna and whatever she might be feeling. Granted, Jude Law was fooling around with the nanny, but she let everyone think he was a horrible person - all the while she was kanoodling with Daniel Craig. She's not exactly a victim here: it's obvious from the fact that both of them were seeking company outside their relationship before they were even married that neither of them were planning on making a go of it over the long haul.

Enough with the drama, Sienna...We know you weren't as badly treated as you pretend to have been. It's time to move on, and quit with the martyr routine...

Paula Abdul Pulls One Over on Dr. Phil

Monday, February 13, 2006

Is Dr. Phil a stupid cupid?

In the quest for publicity, no stunt is too small. That's the only explanation for Paula Abdul's appearance on Dr. Phil's Valentine's Day show looking for love when she already has a steady boyfriend.

This reminds me of the dust-up over her fling with the American Idol contestant. She wasn't honest about her relationship with him, and she's not being honest now. I understand wanting to keep your private life private, but you can't exactly use that as an excuse when you go on Dr. Phil to talk about your love life can you?

Dr. Phil got one pulled over on him by a publicity-seeking Paula Abdul who's looking to build on her rediscovered fame as an American Idol judge. He'll never admit it, and if past is prologue she won't own up to it: but we know the truth...

Pink Panther Tops Weekend Box Office

'Pink Panther' strikes again at box office

To the surprise of some, the new Pink Panther film starring Beyonce Knowles and Steve Martin came out on top in the weekend's box office numbers.

Remakes are always iffy viewing, and even a top showing at the box office this past weekend is no guarantee of the success of the film. The marquee value of both Beyonce Knowles and Steve Martin guaranteed that there would be at least some initial interest in the film, so the true measure of the movie is going to come in Weeks 2, 3 and 4 when word-of-mouth is going to be important to its success than the initial hype.

I think it should wind up being a moderate money maker as there's very little "light adult fare" for it to compete with at the box office making it an ideal date movie - neither too scary nor too loaded with testosterone, but the initial reviews haven't been overwhelming so I doubt it has any real significant box office staying power.

Neve Campbell Says Yes

Saturday, February 11, 2006

Neve Campbell's Party of Two

If you want to win Neve Campbell's heart, recite Shakespeare to her on one knee. That's what actor John Light did, and she responded by accepting his marriage proposal.

No date has been set yet, but congrats to the the happy couple.