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Friday, October 24th, 2003
Disney has pulled the plug on a Ben Affleck movie (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past) a month before production was to begin. All those Gigli jokes were pretty funny--but Ben's NOT laughing all the way to bank! Demi Moore called an L.A. radio station to say that she has not been proposed to by Ashton Kutcher. "I'm not saying it's not possible, it's just not happening right now," Moore told morning host Rick Dees. From our "I'm Not A Psycho" Psycho Department: Britney Spears is being sued by her stalker, who says the singer's security team intimidated him and inflicted extreme emotional distress. Sounds like they're doing their job. Sting and Mary J. Blige will perform their duet, "Whenever I Say Your Name," on the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show November 19th on CBS. (You'll recognize them by the, umm, clothes.) 8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter returns Tuesday, November 4th with a special hour-long episode in which the Hennessy family deals with the death of John Ritter's character. There's a rumor going around that a new group called Network, who recently released an album on the record label run by the frontman of Green Day, are actually Green Day in disguise. Billie Joe from Green Day gets all mad and starts swearing when he's asked about it--so it MUST be true. Diddy Don't: P. Diddy says he's abstaining from sex while preparing for the New York City marathon. In a related story, a group of fans watching a Star Trek marathon are also "abstaining" from sex. ABC was planning an awards show to honor the best in reality TV. But it's not going to happen--the other networks refused to cooperate. It doesn't get more real than that. Music producer Jermaine Dupri says he's still very much together with singer Janet Jackson. "We're probably getting married soon," the rap mogul declares. Better do that fast, before she changes her mind again! The amateur group the Bomb Squad are the winners of the third annual Coca-Cola New Music Award. The band will be unveiled November 16th at the 31st Annual American Music Awards on ABC. Bad Pun Alert: Sharon Osbourne's breasts are up for grabs. Hand-painted molds from taken from Ozzy's better half are being auctioned off for the charity Boarding for Breast Cancer. The pair (the molds, you pervert!) will be displayed on The Sharon Osbourne Show. Now playing: Beyond Borders; Radio; Scary Movie 3. --Greg Valentine
Not only did Clay Aiken's Measure Of A Man debut at number one on the charts--it's the best-selling debut album by a solo artist in ten years. Clay's Measure Of A Man sold 613,000 its first week, the most for a new guy on the music scene since Snoop Doggy Dogg's Doggystyle in 1993. Things That Are A Bummer, Part One: Pamela Anderson says the Hepatitis C that she was diagnosed with in 2001 will probably kill her in a decade. She made the comments in separate interviews with US Weekly and on The Howard Stern Show. US Weekly says Courtney Cox is pregnant. Her publicist says she is not. One thing's for sure--only one of them is right. Jim Carrey is set to star in a comic remake of The Six Million Dollar Man, the 70s action show that starred Lee Majors once upon a time. Kelly Clarkson will take part in the annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Ceremony. The lighting takes place December 3rd, and is broadcast on NBC. Things That Are A Bummer, Part Two: Fred Barry, the man who made the name "Rerun" a household word in the 70s, has passed away. Barry was a cast member of the popular sitcom What's Happening. He was 52. Britney Spears' TV special for ABC will air November 17th, the day before her new CD, In The Zone, hits stores. And word is, Britney's album has a song that hints that it was her infidelity that led to her break up with Justin Timberlake. People that've heard it say it sounds like an apology--and plea to rekindle their romance. Fans of Destiny's Child are gonna have a great 2004. The group plans to put out two group albums, plus Michelle Williams releases her second solo CD. Things That Are A Bummer, Part Three: Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith died Tuesday in Los Angeles of an apparent suicide. Smith received an Oscar nomination in 1998 for a song he wrote for the movie Good Will Hunting. He was 34. The Dixie Chicks release a two-disc live album and concert DVD November 25th. The material was recorded and filmed at various stops on their 66-date Top of the World summer tour. The Lifetime cable channel airs Women Rock! tonight, featuring performances from Celine Dion, Anastacia, Bonnie Raitt, Mya, Mandy Moore, Ann Wilson of Heart, Dolly Parton, and Kenny Loggins, the only dude on the bill. --Greg Valentine
Not bad for a part-time job: Elton John will make $50 million performing five shows a week, five weeks a year at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas. John's promising a glitzy extravaganza that'll take place when Celine Dion goes on vacation. Did Beyonce Knowles, her father, and the other members of Destiny's Child steal the music for their mega-hit "Survivor" from an unknown music producer? He claims they did, and is suing all of them for $200 million. Claims like this are made from time-to-time, and I've noticed that nobody EVER sues if the song in question sucked and bombed on the charts. Interesting. Jessica Simpson is going to Harvard! That's right… to host a question and answer session with students. (You didn't think she got accepted? Legally Blonde was just a movie.) Madonna's releasing Remixed and Revisited on November 25th. The eight-song mini-album includes reworkings of recent hits, an unreleased 1994 song, her Gap commercial collaboration with Missy Elliot, Into The Hollywood Groove, and her MTV VMA medley with Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, "Like A Virgin/Hollywood." Politics is the bigger freak show, anyway: Jerry Springer says he's inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger's victory in California. The talk show host is thinking about running for governor of Ohio in 2006. What would happen if you put Vanilla Ice, Tammy Faye Messner, CHiPS icon Erik Estrada, porn star Ron Jeremy and former Baywatch babe Traci Bingham into a house and made them live together? We'll find out with the upcoming second edition of the WB's The Surreal Life. Avril Lavigne will join fellow Canadian Sarah McLachlan for Sarah's November 4th Custom Concert airing on the Oxygen network. Avril will cover songs by Metallica, the Police and Bob Dylan. Unfortunately, I don't get Oxygen. I mean, the channel is part of my satellite package--but I just don't "get" it! Jennifer Lopez's sister's daytime talk show is becoming a reality. It'll be a young woman's version of The View, with J-Lo playing the part of Barbara Walters by producing the show and making occasional appearances. Further proof that life ain't fair: Cameron Diaz who makes around $20 million per movie, spent a dollar the other day on a lottery ticket. She won $5,000! --Greg Valentine
Actor Robert De Niro is suffering from prostate cancer, according to his publicist. Doctors project a full recovery thanks to early detection, and the fact that nobody wants to p*ss off Robert De Niro! (Notice that nobody's said a word to him about the silly beard.) Britney Spears' appearance on Saturday Night Live drew bigger ratings than ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake's the previous weekend. Keep in mind, these two once held a "dance off" to show the other one up. So this is pretty big news if you happen to be one of the two people in this former couple.
The Cubs and the Sox and what could've been: Saturday night's World Series opener between and the Yanks and the Marlins was the third lowest of all-time. It's not just Cubs fans that wanna kill that foul ball If you watch MTV's Newlyweds, you probably busted up laughing the time Jessica Simpson asked if Chicken of the Sea was really chicken from the sea. The singer recently made a surprise visit to the company's headquarters in San Diego, and word has it she may become their new spokesperson. How serious are Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher? British tabloids says the May-December couple might tie the knot in February in Las Vegas Pink, Evanescence, Sean Paul, 3 Doors Down and Rod Stewart have been added to the 31st Annual American Music Awards performance lineup, November 16th on ABC. How 'bout one where a hot babe is romantically pursued by a group of not-so-pretty-boy regular guys? Average Joe debuts on NBC November 3rd, with 16 ordinary doofuses competing for the affection of a former beauty queen and Kansas City Chiefs cheerleader. Most single guys would just call this, "What I'll Be Doing This Friday Night." Justin Timberlake says an anticipated 2004 reunion album from *NSYNC will be delayed so that group member J.C. Chasez can release and promote his first solo album. Shania Twain, Kid Rock and Matchbox Twenty are lined up to perform at the VH1 Big In 2003 Awards. This is the awards show that debuted last year with such irreverent categories as You Can't Spell Bald Without Bad (winner: Vin Diesel) and Shakespeare In Da Hiz-House, which honors rappers in movies (winner: Ice Cube). Access Hollywood has named Whitney Houston Hollywood's top bad girl. Madonna earned special recognition from the show with a lifetime achievement award. Meanwhile somewhere in Encino, Shannen Doherty is plotting to pummel the people responsible for not putting her at the pinnacle. Courtney Love appeared before a judge last week in an attempt to regain custody of her 11-year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain, who was placed with her grandmother after Love's arrest for being under the influence of drugs. BTW, the drug in question is apparently OxyContin (marking the first time in history that Rush Limbaugh and Courtney Love have something in common). --Greg Valentine
Illusionist David Blaine emerged yesterday from the glass box suspended over the Thames River in London where he was living with no food, only water for the last 44 days. His first words: "The new California governor is WHO?!" The Texas Chainsaw Massacre slashed/sliced/cut down all competition at the box office with $29.1 million in ticket sales over the weekend. A Michigan judge has thrown out the suit brought by that big bully who Eminem rapped about. DeAngelo Bailey claimed he was slandered in the cut "Brain Damage." If he didn't like that song, just wait 'til he hears the next one! Pamela Anderson will host a weekly show topless from her bedroom (!) for Sirius satellite radio. Unfortunately for her male fans, the limitations of radio haven't changed. Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show) has signed on to play the grandma for at least one episode of the late John Ritter's show 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter. Apple's iTunes Music Store is now available to Windows users. The new version of the previously Apple-only service signed on last week with the message, "Hell froze over," a reference to the longtime rivalry between Apple and Microsoft. As far as Drew Barrymore is concerned, Demi Moore is the reason Charlie's Angels 2 didn't do as well as the first. Drew says there was too much publicity surrounding Demi's relationship with Ashton Kutcher. Yeah, let's blame the guy that wasn't even in the movie. Does having TV's hottest reality show (MTV's Newlyweds) help you sell CDs? Jessica Simpson admits that it does not. Her latest album, In The Skin, has sold only 178,000 copies. Of course, thanks to the publicity, I'll bet more people are downloading it for free. Matchbox Twenty release an EP called (you gotta love "truth in advertising") EP on November 11th. The set includes five live songs, a new song called "Suffer Me," and 28 minutes of video footage. Musician Moby has blasted "celebrity-obsessed" Californians for electing actor Arnold Schwarzenegger their governor. The star writes on his website, "Narcissism and pernicious self-involvement have replaced reason and logic as the motivating factors behind most people's decision making process." Couldn't agree more. It's the same reason "stars" think we wanna read their political tirades on their websites! --Greg Valentine
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