Doing lunch with Hollywood hottiesHere's to the ladies who lunch (to quote Stephen Sondheim)! Anne Hathaway, Sigourney Weaver, Christina Aguilera, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mad Men's January Jones and Eva Longoria Parker were just a few of the stars who turned out for a "Power of Women" luncheon in Beverly Hills today. Impressions:
'Sasquatch' arrestedI don't envy the guy who took Randy Quaid into custody. It would take courage to slap the cuffs on Quaid. He's huge. When we interviewed him at the Sundance Film Festival a couple of years ago he showed up in a floor-length fur coat. He took up the entire doorway. A wag on our staff promptly dubbed him "Sasquatch." In that coat he certainly did resemble a giant furry beast. Wintry Utah (Sundance is held in January in Park City) seemed like an appropriate place to spot a yeti. So I'm not sure what he was doing in South Texas, where this weekend the temperatures are supposed to be in the 80s. Most provocative celebrity of the weekHi there Marquee blog readers! I wanted to let you all know about something brand new that we are going to be doing on Showbiz Tonight. Each Friday on the show, we’re going to name the most provocative celebrity of the week- and we want to hear from you! Here is your chance to weigh in. Beginning each Thursday, tell us who you think it should be. Who was totally outrageous? Who did something so controversial it makes your head spin? Email us, write to us on Facebook or call Showbiz On Call: 888-SBT-BUZZ. We can’t wait to hear from all of you! Finding the good, and answering questionsThe response to our initial "Find The Good" blog entry was gratifying - you do want more than gossip about stars' hookups, breakups, meltdowns and arrests! I can't promise we'll feature such stories daily, or even weekly, but your feedback was great - including some questions which deserve answers. – Why aren't there entire shows dedicated to "Good News"? Because, sadly, most attempts to do so have failed. Yes, there are local stations with small "good news" segments, and a growing number of Web sites that highlight these kinds of stories, but on a bigger scale, they just don't get the ratings. (That's a challenge to you, the viewers and Web surfers who create the ratings!) – Why don't you spotlight the good work done by athletes/churches/"regular" people? For the same reason you don't see stock quotes in the sports section of the newspaper: because I'm an entertainment producer, writing for an entertainment blog. Stories here have to have some connection to the entertainment world. – Why did you write about something that happened nearly three weeks ago? Yeah, sorry about that one. I didn't hear about it until a week or so after it happened, and then we were prepping for Emmy coverage, and frankly I forgot about it until yesterday, when the flood of disturbing showbiz-related stories got so bad, I actually asked myself aloud "isn't anything good happening I can write about today?" And then I remembered, and "Find The Good" was born. But since you asked, yes, there is more good stuff happening: – Last week, comedian Eddie Izzard completed an astounding task: running more than 1,100 miles in seven weeks for charity. Now, I've run a few marathons, and each time, I spent months training, and then weeks afterward recovering. Izzard, who has a history of charitable work but not athleticism, trained for about five weeks, then ran 43 marathons in 51 days, jogging through England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland. He blogged along the way, raising awareness and money for projects in poverty-stricken areas of Africa and elsewhere. Simply amazing. – In keeping with the theme of pushing physical limits, Jessica Biel, Lupe Fiasco, Isabel Lucas, and possibly Justin Timberlake reportedly are planning to climb 19,000-foot-plus Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, to raise awareness for the need for clean water worldwide. Singer and producer Kenna, whose father suffered from waterborne diseases while growing up in Ethiopia, came up with the idea for the "Summit on the Summit" expedition, set for January. – And proving you can have fun and do good at the same time, there's Band From TV. No, that's not a typo: it's a musical group composed of TV actors who play rock 'n' roll for charitable causes. The group includes Greg Grunberg and Adrian Pasdar from "Heroes," James Denton and Teri Hatcher from "Desperate Housewives," Hugh Laurie and Jesse Spencer from "House," and "Bachelor" Bob Guiney. Their shows are a blast, and knowing you're helping a good cause in the process just adds to the fun. Okay, celebs! These stars - and our readers - have thrown down the gauntlet: use your fame for something besides getting into exclusive clubs, tony restaurants, and gossip magazines. We're watching ... Britney Spears leaves fans disgruntledBritney, Britney, wherefore art thou Britney? The pop star tweeted clues to fans about where they might find a pair of front row tickets to her Thursday show in Los Angeles. The scavenger hunt ultimately led about 200 die-hard followers to her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It wasn't very stealth because the area was fenced off, and surrounded by security guards and police officers. At about 6 pm, a car pulled up, and Brit Brit slid out. She handed the contest winner his tickets, posed for a couple of photos and smacked her gum once or twice - then she ducked back into the car and disappeared. No wave to the crowd. Not even a "Hi, y'all, thanks for coming." The whole act took about 30 seconds. Many of the fans who gathered couldn't see what was going on (including our camera) because the view was obstructed by the crowd, as well as a clown with a giant rainbow afro. A blonde woman broke down into tears. A mother of two teenage daughters cursed the singer, saying she'd taken them out of school for this. A girl complained loudly to someone on the other end of a cell phone, saying "Dude, she was gone in five seconds! One-one thousand, two-one thousand, three-one thousand, four-one thousand, five-one thousand. Come on Britney, you can do better than that!" Your pop culture cheat sheetHere's what's going on in the world of entertainment today:
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