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Showbizz Buzz for Friday, August 8th
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! WHITNEY HOUSTON turns 40-years-old tomorrow. There's a big party (of course) at a nightclub in Atlanta. And a "contact high" for the whole city of Atlanta! Organizers are going with multiple hosts for next month's Emmy Awards. GARRY SHANDLING, ELLEN DEGENERES, CONAN O'BRIEN, BRAD GARRETT, DARRELL HAMMOND, WANDA SYKES, GEORGE LOPEZ, MARTIN SHORT, and JON STEWART will be part of the hosting crew. Even more (!) emcees will be announced soon. If you're in showbiz, and you don't make this list--you must really be nobody. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER's appearance on the Tonight Show to announce his political plans drew the late night show's second highest ratings of the year. Remember about six weeks ago--JENNIFER LOPEZ fired her agent? In the wake of the mega-bomb, Gigli, J-lo's had a change of heart and re-hired the dude. Is that a good idea? Isn't he the guy that got her this piece of crap in the first place? Readers of Ad Age magazine give low marks to those CELINE DION TV commercials. The ads ranked at the bottom of a new poll. Readers gave top marks to those Cadillac commercials featuring LED ZEPPELIN music. CELINE DION is featured, along with JESSICA SIMPSON and MANDY MOORE, in a new movie theater promotion called "LidRock." Buy a jumbo Coke at one of the participating theaters, and get a free, mini-enhanced CD embedded in the lid of the soda. LidRock? I'm surprised WHITNEY HOUSTON isn't part of this. A tobacco company has offered free cigarettes for life to celebrities willing to promote their brand, "Legal." No takers thus far. A former classmate is suing EMINEM for calling him a bully in one of his songs. But Eminem says he won't attend an initial court hearing in the suit. Duh! That big bully will be there! ALICIA KEYS will release her new album November 18th. The as-yet-untitled effort will feature rappers NAS and RAKIM on one song. Fans can get a behind- the-scenes peek at the project on her website. STING is featured this weekend in Parade magazine, which is included in the Sunday edition of many newspapers. New in theaters this weekend: S.W.A.T; Freaky Friday (opened Wednesday). --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Thursday, August 7th Arnold vs. Arnold: ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER surprised political pundits by announcing on the Tonight Show last night that he WILL run for governor of California. Another name in this wacky race: GARY COLEMAN, the pint-sized actor who played "Arnold" on TV's Diff'rent Strokes. JERRY SPRINGER has decided against running for U.S. Senate. That's a shame--would've made C-SPAN a hell of a lot more interesting! Someone close to JENNIFER LOPEZ and BEN AFFLECK is doing interviews, saying that J-Lo knew Ben went to that strip club in Vancouver--and that she's fine with it, the couple's NOT on the rocks. BRITNEY SPEARS and JENNIFER LOPEZ are both looking at executive producing their own daytime talk shows. Others would host, but the singers would drop by from time-to-time. Rocker FRED DURST just can't stop talking about the affair he claims he had with BRITNEY SPEARS. Fred's telling the British press that Britney ended their relationship after JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE started "calling her and freaking out." CHRISTINA AGUILERA has some words for FRED DURST, and his Britney tales. Christina says Durst has "made an ass of himself, and looks like a scumbag." An upcoming date on the JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/ CHRISTINA AGUILERA Justified & Stripped Tour will be filmed for a WB television special, and DVD release. Sex And The City's KIM CATTRALL is dating BRUCE WILLIS. Kim's character, Samantha, is known for her voracious sexual appetite--so insert your own "Die Hard" joke here! Rappers SNOOP DOGG, WARREN G and NATE DOGG are recording an album together using the name 213. The three started out as the group 213 ten years ago, but never recorded an album. PINK is a huge animal-lover, and has asked Vogue magazine to stop featuring fur on its pages. RUBEN STUDDARD was secretly paid $10,000 to wear those "205" jerseys on American Idol, says the company that makes them. Ruben's suing the company for using his image. Idol contestants are not supposed to enter into endorsement agreements while on the show. So the plot's thickening faster than Ruben's waistline. Radio stations banned them. Irate fans smashed their CDs. But the DIXIE CHICKS have earned $60 million on their North American tour. It's likely to be the top-grossing tour by a country artist in 2003. Foo Fighter DAVE GROHL has offered his drumming services to the surviving members of LED ZEPPELIN should the band ever decide to reunite. In addition, I'm offering my DJ services if someone ever brings back WAVA. The soundtrack to Bad Boys II is the number one album in the country for the 3rd straight week. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Wednesday, August 6th Sony Pictures is pulling all of its TV ads for the JEN and BEN mega-flop, Gigli. You know your movie's bad when people refuse to watch the commercials for it! Poll from eDiets.com: JENNIFER ANISTON edged out JENNIFER LOPEZ for the honor of "America's Most Attractive Butt." It's another ego-blow for J-Lo, who's not used to finishing behind anyone else's behind. Strange quote: singer RICKY MARTIN says, "I want to die on stage." As opposed to J-LO and BENNIFER, who are "getting killed" on the big screen. The company that makes RUBEN STUDDARD's "205" jerseys have responded to the singer's lawsuit against them. 205 Flava Inc. claims they paid Ruben to wear the shirts on American Idol--something that's strictly forbidden by the show. Ruben's lawsuit claims that the company unfairly profited from him. The American Idol spinoff, American Juniors, releases its first single Tuesday. It features the tiny finalists singing KIM WILDE's 1982 hit "Kids in America," and "One Step Closer" by producer CATHY DENNIS. MISSY ELLIOT denies the stories circulating that she snubbed MADONNA during the shoot for their Gap commercial. Missy says she was having a personal crisis that day, but that she "would never disrespect her." The Gap has reportedly offered JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and BRITNEY SPEARS $1 million each to do a Gap commercial together. AEROSMITH has officially been added to the NFL Kickoff Concert. STEVEN TYLER and the boys will join BRITNEY SPEARS, MARY J. BLIGE and ARETHA FRANKLIN at the National Mall in Washington DC, September 4th. ABC will air the concert. BRITNEY SPEARS' new album is being released November 18th, according to NFL.com. LIL' KIM and VIVICA A. FOX are set to star in National Lampoon's Bouncers. I don't know what this movie's about--but I'm writing my own script in my head right now! MARIAH CAREY's been asked to sing the theme for the next James Bond movie. Mariah says she'll do it, if they give her a cameo like MADONNA got. Memo to producers: it's James Bond, not Bomb! DAT PHAN was the big winner last night on NBC's Last Comic Standing. Phan performs on the Tonight Show tonight. The 2003 Teen Choice Awards air tonight on Fox. KELLY CLARKSON, EVANESCENCE, and THE DONNAS perform. MYA, STAIND, THE CLIPSE, JASON MRAZ, and MAROON 5 perform tonight on the WB's Pepsi Smash. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Tuesday, August 5th Company magazine in England just conducted a poll: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE has been voted "Sexiest Man in The World." EMINEM is being sued by a former schoolmate who says his reputation was damaged when Em called him a bully in the song "Brain Damage." Eminem's lawyers say this dude WAS a bully--that he DID beat up the young Marshall Mathers back-in-the-day. 50 CENT and GOOD CHARLOTTE join COLDPLAY and CHRISTINA AGUILERA as 2003 MTV Video Music Awards performers. The show's coming up August 28th. Love on the rocks? JENNIFER LOPEZ was spotted dancing at a New York club without her engagement ring! A bad opening weekend can do that to a couple (actually, J-Lo's reportedly upset at BEN over the tabloid reports of his Canadian strip club escapade). SIMON COWELL must be warming up for the next American Idol. He told a British magazine that MADONNA should "give up." Simon says he used to one of her big fans, but that "when I think of Madonna onstage now, it's like looking at my mom dancing at a wedding." Honestly Simon, Madonna could probably do your job pretty well! Porno publisher LARRY FLYNT (Hustler) has officially entered the California governors race, calling himself "a smut peddler who cares." It's the first time in history the ballot will come in a brown paper bag! Police arrested a man in New York City's Times Square, after he walked up to them and asked for some bullets so he could shoot rapper DMX. This "genius" had it all wrong anyway. He thought DMX was performing at Madison Square Garden that night. It was actually B2K! New CDs in stores today: SMASHMOUTH, Get The Picture? The big finale of NBC's Last Comic Standing airs tonight. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Monday, August 4th Another slice of Pie: American Wedding debuts at #1, earning $34.2 million at the box office over the weekend. Are people getting enough JENNIFER LOPEZ and BEN AFFLECK (and for free) from the tabloids? Could be. Their flick Gigli only made $3.8 million in its opening weekend. Actual JEN and BEN spotting: the couple was seen dining this weekend at a Red Lobster in Savannah, Georgia. This answers the question, "How do you 'celebrate' when your highly-hyped 'movie' only earns $3.8 million." KOBE BRYANT won "Choice Male Athlete" at the 2003 Teen Choice Awards Saturday night. Kobe told the crowd that "an injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere," paraphrasing MARTIN LUTHER KING. It's not known if the winners were chosen before or after the rape accusations against Bryant were made public. Some other Teen Choice winners: KELLY CLARKSON was named "Choice Music Female Artist," and EVANESCENCE won "Choice Music Rock Track" for "Bring Me To Life." The awards show airs Wednesday night on Fox. MIKE TYSON has declared bankruptcy. His "financial people" say the boxer has squandered $300 million. The first cutback for Tyson? No more financial people! The boys from Bravo's Queer Eye for the Straight Guy will appear on the Tonight Show August 14th and 15th to give JAY LENO a makeover. "...and rememeber, a wide-lapel disco shirt from the 70s will make that enormous chin look smaller." ASHANTI has recorded an album of classic Christmas songs (plus four new holiday tunes). It hits stores in November. BRITNEY SPEARS will debut at least two new songs during her appearance at that NFL season-kick off concert in Washington DC, September 4th. Reebok commercials starring MARY J. BLIGE hit the air soon. The singer is shown jumping double-dutch on a city street wearing the company's sneakers. Think the race for governor of California is turning into a freak show? The latest celebrity to enter the contest is comedian GALLAGHER. I don't know how he expects to win without the all-important "watermelon vote." --Greg Valentine |
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