Jon Hamm: A porn star is not a movie starJon Hamm has some harsh words for those housewives, bachelors, and Garden State "guidos" and "guidettes" so desperate for fame and fortune: You're no better than a porn star. So says the "Mad Men" actor in the October issue of Details magazine. "L.A. represents opportunity," he says. "And, as has been proven over and over in the current media landscape, it doesn't take much for them to put you on TV. If that's all you want, you can be on 'The Bachelor' or 'The Real Housewives' or whatever show just wants oversized personalities, ridiculous behavior, and zero dignity." 'Big Brother' contestant's home burns downShe fought hard to overcome the Brigade alliance in the "Big Brother" house until last week, and now Britney Haynes unfortunately will be returning to Little Rock, Arkansas to find her real house damaged from a fire. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that Britney's rental home - which she shared with (oft-mentioned) fiance Nick Grisham - was set ablaze when a small grill in the backyard ignited the grass nearby, followed by a trash can and then the home itself. The fire was described as "fully involved" by the paper. Tonight marks the 12th season finale of the show, in which Britney will vote for someone to win the $500,000 prize (her best friend in the house, Lane, is still in the running). Grisham and her family will break the news to Britney after the finale. She has been sequestered in the "jury house" since being voted off this past Thursday. Grisham's mother lawyer told the Democrat-Gazette, "She can't do anything. The final show is tonight and it's live. There's no sense in her knowing." 'Parenthood' returns - this time, with a BaldwinThe second season of “Parenthood” premiered last night, and the Bravermans are pretty much where we left them. Sarah is still in her parents’ guest house and still looking for a career, and Zeek is still at home - after being kicked out near the end of last season - and is wooing his way back. He and Camille have had some marital counseling, because he now “sees and hears” Camille. Sarah, on the other hand, couldn't believe what she was seeing and hearing. As for Zeek, he couldn't believe he was spending $150 an hour for something he doesn’t understand. Tim Gunn: Taylor Momsen is a brat and a divaFuture “Project Runway” participants, be forewarned: Fool around and waste Tim Gunn's time, and his response will not be pretty. Gunn, the typically measured host of the Bravo reality fashion design competition, didn’t mince words about his experience working with Taylor Momsen, 17, while he was shooting his guest appearance on The CW's "Gossip Girl." “What a diva!" Gunn said to E! News of the singer/actress, who plays the wayward Jenny Humphrey on the soapy series. “She was pathetic, she couldn't remember her lines, and she didn't even have that many. I thought to myself 'why are we all being held hostage by this brat?" 'Amazing Race' watermelon slingshot goes viral
In what could be called the modern day "shot seen 'round the world," CBS uploaded a preview for the new season of "Amazing Race" (returning September 26) that was apparently too good to wait for the actual show. The portion of the program uploaded to both Twitvid and Youtube has two teammates, home shopping hosts Brook and Claire, taking part in a challenge to hit knights with watermelons launched by a slingshot (hey, stranger things have happened on this show). While launching the slingshot, Claire accidentally gets hit directly in the face - hard - by a watermelon. TBS pulls the plug on 'My Boys'This isn't the best week for fans of the TBS comedy “My Boys." Sunday not only marked the end of the fourth season, but it turns out that was the end of "My Boys" altogether. The network (which, like CNN, is owned by Time Warner) has canceled the series. That final episode, according to Variety, pulled in 879,000 viewers, and it looks like ratings have been on the decline. Some fans say they saw the writing on the wall when TBS moved the show to Sunday nights at 10 p.m. - a time slot already known to many as "Mad Men"-o'clock. To make matters worse, both Jordana Spiro, who played the lead as sportswriter P.J. Franklin, and Kyle Howard, who played rival sportswriter Bobby Newman, had to bow out of new gigs on NBC shows because of contractual obligations to “My Boys." Michelle Williams: I seem to be naked in a lot of moviesMichelle Williams gets steamy with Ryan Gosling in the upcoming movie "Blue Valentine," but the actress admits that baring all on the big screen isn't easy. "I have the usual self-loathing and body issues, and yet I seem to be naked in a lot of movies," the former "Dawson's Creek" star tells the October issue of W magazine. In the interview, Williams, 30, also admits she was nervous about the upcoming nude scene she had to film for "Take This Waltz," the drama she's currently making with Seth Rogen. 'Gilmore Girls,' the movie?Nothing stands the test of time like a loving, old-fashioned mother-daughter relationship. Lauren Graham, formerly known to the world as Lorelai Gilmore from "Gilmore Girls," told Vanity Fair that a movie based on the long-running series is definitely a possibility. “What’s funny to me is that in all these years, no one ever talked about it except the fans,” she told Vanity Fair. “But now people with power, people who could actually make it happen, are talking about it.” Kanye talks filmmaking, his career and his egoIn one year, Kanye West has played the role of both the villain and the comeback kid, but now the music superstar is ready to assume another one: filmmaker. Aside from his rather rousing dedication performance to Taylor Swift at the MTV VMAs, West also released a short preview for his forthcoming film, “Runaway,” during Sunday night's pre-show. In an interview with New York Magazine at a Rodarte fashion show, West explained that the flick will be a 40-minute visual that will accompany his new album. In the short clip, viewers see images of deer in a forest, a dancing ballerina and a woman with wings. The clip concludes with a silhouette of West carrying the body of a woman as he walks away from a fiery explosion. Brian Austin Green: Megan Fox boosted my confidenceBrian Austin Green is a lucky guy and he knows it. The actor is married to one of the hottest women in Hollywood and credits wife Megan Fox with helping the public move past his nerdy "90210" alter ego, David Silver. "We've been together for six years," Green says of the 24-year-old "Transformers" star in the October issue of Details. "Find a picture of one of us with any other boyfriend or girlfriend - I challenge you. You'll only find pictures of her doing press with Shia LaBeouf or me with my son. That's it. We never once dated anyone else or did anything else." Still, Green admits that when he first met Fox, he was hardly in the mood for romance. He had just ended his relationship with actress Vanessa Marcil (the couple have an 8-year-old son, Kassius) and "90210" had finished its 10-year run. |
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Nigel Lythgoe previews 'Idol' finale, big 'SYTYCD' changes http://t.co/Yz1CLtGo 9:56 pm UTC, May 22 2012
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Estefan on playing mom in 'Glee' finale http://t.co/8xnuP34d 9:42 pm UTC, May 22 2012
John Mayer says his 'Shadow Days' are over http://t.co/kANCHuhU 8:04 pm UTC, May 22 2012
'Bad' reissued in deluxe edition http://t.co/sslu1VIz 6:41 pm UTC, May 22 2012
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