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Showbizz Buzz for Friday, July 18th
As far as I'm concerned, I'm doing a show every day (including all my showprep)! So I'll be posting entertainment stories here daily. Depending on how the website's done, this could be a daily feature on your site when I come to work for you! TV concerts by CHER, PAUL MCCARTNEY, CELINE DION, THE ROLLING STONES, AND BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN all nabbed Emmy nominations yesterday. American Idol and The Osbournes also have shots at trophies. WHITNEY HOUSTON's recording her first Christmas album. There's also talk of a network TV special. I know they're green, Whitney--but don't try and smoke the Christmas trees! You may have heard a story in the last few days about METALLICA suing a Canadian band for "the use of the Metallica-branded chords E and F." Turns out the story's a fake, started by an online prankster. Visitors to Internet Movie Database have voted From Justin To Kelly the worst movie of all-time. ANGELINA JOLIE's admission of a lesbian fling has started a Hollywood trend. DREW BARRYMOORE says she considers herself bisexual. "Being with a woman is like exploring your own body," the Charlie's Angels hottie says. Distracted male readers, click here Or read this: American Idol big dawg RANDY JACKSON has taken drastic measures in the battle of the bulge--and undergone gastric bypass surgery. Sad news from the Osbourne clan. SHARON reports that Lulu, the family's pet Chihuahua, was recently killed by coyotes who jumped over the fence at their mansion in Beverly Hills. PRETENDERS singer CHRISSIE HYNDE was arrested Wednesday in Paris for protesting the inhumane treatment of chickens by fast-food restaurants. When asked for a comment, Chickens in Paris did not return our calls. Chrysler dealers are grumbling that those CELINE DION commercials aren't helping, according to Advertising Age magazine. The company's market share is down 13.4 percent so far this year. EVANESCENCE will perform at the 2003 Teen Choice Awards, which airs August 6th on Fox. JENNIFER LOPEZ has insisted that they alter her butt on the poster for her movie, Gigli, to look smaller. The team of artists are working around the clock, and the movie should be in theaters sometime around 2006! In theaters today: Bad Boys II; How to Deal; Johnny English. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Thursday, July 17th HBO's Six Feet Under snagged 16 Emmy nominations, including Best Drama, this morning. CBS's Everybody Love Raymond and HBO's Sex And The City received 13 each--the highest nominated comedies. Where were GAVIN ROSSDALE, GWEN STEFANI, MARK MCGRATH, BECK, and actress CHRISTINA APPLEGATE Tuesday night? At the first concert in 15 years featuring all five original DURAN DURAN group members. Scalpers were getting $1,500 a ticket outside the show at the Roxy on L.A.'s famous Sunset Strip. MADONNA appearing in ads for the Gap--who'd have a problem with that? PABAAH, that's who! Patriotic Americans Boycotting Anti-American Hollywood. They have a website (of course they do). CREED singer SCOTT STAPP has responded to the lawsuit by fans in Chicago who say he was too high or drunk to perform during their concert last December. Stapp says he did lie down during one song--but did not pass out. "It was a symbolic personal gesture," Stapp says. The singer says the band has reviewed the tapes and "didn't feel that it was an awful show." Hey, they're getting sued--what else are they gonna say? NELLY's looking for a woman between 18 and 25 to be the face and, uh, ass of his new line of clothing for women. The search for the "Apple Bottoms girl" will hit New York City, Miami, Atlanta, St. Louis, Houston, and Los Angeles. More details at NellyNell.net BONJOVI's planning to release an acoustic greatest hits CD this fall (their biggest songs redone unplugged). RUBEN, CLAY and some of the other American Idol finalists were spotted chowing down at the local Hooters restuarant in Minneapolis after their concert there. When fans began to crowd the young singers, a bodyguard shooed them away. RUBEN needs a bodyguard? He IS a bodyguard! Director QUENTIN TARANTINO's upcoming movie, Kill Bill, will be broken up into two parts. You'll have to pay to see the second part to see the ending of what's really just one movie. How you feel about that? ASHANTI's Chapter II rules the Billboard magazine album chart for the second straight week. JOSH HARTNETT has been voted the sexiest vegetarian by PETA. Knowing that there's a possibility of some special recognition is not gonna make me become one! --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Wednesday, July 16th Ay, shiver me some MORE timbers! Disney says all the stars of Pirates of the Caribbean have signed on for a sequel. The 14th season of MTV's The Real World will be set in San Diego. Filming begins next month. KELLY CLARKSON has lined up some summer gigs-- at state and county fairs! I'm sure she'll do a major tour soon. But aren't county fairs the place where you go to see an "Idol" twenty years later? Apple's iTunes Music Store is offering five live AVRIL LAVIGNE songs for exclusive download. The cuts were recorded recently in Dublin, Ireland, and include a cover of GREEN DAY's "Basket Case." Love Disconnection: Game show host CHUCK WOOLERY says he's separated from his wife, TERI NELSON. Chuck says he hired a private detective, who reported that Nelson was spending "an awful lot of time with her ski instructor." RUSH LIMBAUGH will join ESPN's coverage of the NFL this fall. Devin Bush (Cleveland Browns), Jovon Bush (New Orleans Saints), Lewis Bush (Kansas City Chiefs), Mike Bush (San Francisco 49ers), and Steve Bush (Arizona Cardinals) are reportedly ecstatic about this news. CARLOS SANTANA has donated two million dollars from his just-completed tour to fight AIDS in South Africa. Things that are none of my business (but I report, anyway): SHARON OSBOURNE has revealed that she recently celebrated beating cancer by having a "booby lift." LIMP BIZKIT's next album will include a remake of THE WHO's "Behind Blue Eyes." The WB's new concert series, Pepsi Smash, kicks off tonight. EVANESCENCE and MONICA headline. Look for a brand-new Pepsi commercial starring BEYONCE during the show. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Tuesday, July 15th WILL SMITH and MARTIN LAWRENCE are considering a third installment of the movie Bad Boys. Two stars may also work together on remakes of several BILL COSBY and SIDNEY POITIER movies. P. DIDDY was offered a cameo in Bad Boys II (his Bad Boy record label is releasing the soundtrack). But he turned it down, saying, "I'm trying to be a movie star…so I can't be doing cameos." What's that old Hollywood saying? "There are no small parts, just small diddies!" MADONNA's ad campaign for the Gap kicks-off July 27th. The ads also feature MISSY ELLIOT. DM without the B: DAVE MATTHEWS will release his first-ever solo album in September, titled Some Devil. ALICIA KEYS releases her sophomore effort November 18th. American Idol will hold auditions in Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, and New York for the third installment of the Fox show. The Idol website has more info. Some perspective: the MARIAH CAREY movie, Glitter, did better at the box office than the Idol movie, From Justin to Kelly! Is bowling Hollywood's trend du jour? JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, KELLY OSBOURNE and JESSICA SIMPSON have been hitting the aisles lately. Turns out your dad's been cool all these years! --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Monday, July 14th The Smoking Gun is reporting that the FCC has received thousands of letters from CLAY AIKEN fans asking the agency to investigate American Idol's voting procedures. I recommend getting on with your life, but if you wanna read some of the complaints, click here. The JUSTIN GUARINI album is shaping up to be a flop. It's sold only 100,000 copies, and has dropped to #126 on the charts four weeks after its release. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl plundered $46.4 million to be the weekend's top movie. It's made $70.4 million since last Wednesday. ELTON JOHN in talks to get paid $54 million to take over the state-of-the-art Colosseum at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas once CELINE DION completes her run there. One of the Big Brother 4 housemates had a meltdown on Saturday, and has been booted from the show. Chicago waiter SCOTT WEINTRAUB started throwing furniture around, causing the others to say they feared for their safety. You think being forced to be in a house with his ex had anything to do with the level of his agitation? NEIL DIAMOND wrote the new SMASHMOUTH song, "You Are My Number One." He liked their version of his "I'm A Believer" so much, that he gave them a song he wrote back-in-the-day, but never recorded. The Mask co-stars CAMERON DIAZ and JIM CARREY will reunite for a remake of the 70s comedy Fun with Dick and Jane, about an upscale couple that commit crimes to pay the bills. With the economy the way it is, most of the couples in theater will be taking notes! JAMIE LYNN SIGLER (aka Meadow Soprano) exchanged "fugettaboutits" with her former manager on Saturday. Several of her Sopranos co-stars attended the wedding. A&E has a music special about the making of the new STING album, which will include live performances of the songs. Sacred Love airs this fall, and will also be released on DVD. --Greg Valentine |
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