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Showbizz Buzz for Friday, August 15th
How 'bout that wacky blackout? The massive power outage forced the cancellation of all Broadway plays and several New York-based TV shows. Here in Cleveland, we just got our electricity back. The thing that became painfully apparent to me last night: just how sad and empty my existence is without my computer and television! For real news about the blackout, click here. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is asking longtime friend (and Democrat) ROB LOWE to take an unspecified role in his gubernatorial campaign. Justified & Stripped will go on: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and CHRISTINA AGUILERA will resume their tour Monday. All the missed shows will be made up--except Atlantic City, where the ceiling rig collapsed last week and damaged a million dollars worth of equipment. Coming soon to a supermarket near you: "Pimp Juice." It's a non-carbonated energy drink full of vitamins and other stuff, that'll put $1.99 in the pockets of rapper NELLY, whose idea this is, each time you buy one. That photographer that took the topless photos of CAMERON DIAZ before she became famous has been arrested for trying to blackmail her with those pics. $UGE KNIGHT $queeze$ more $$$ from Tupac: Death Row Presents 2Pac Nu-Mixx Klazzics comes out September 9th. It's a CD featuring ten of the deceased rapper's best known tracks "spiced up a bit." Turns out the CELINE DION "flying sequence" has only been temporarily dropped from her Vegas show, while they iron out some technical problems. For $19.95, you can get a B-list Hollywood star to personally call you. No kidding. LORENZO LAMAS, TODD BRIDGES, and RICHARD HATCH are among the desperate celebs standing by to dial your digits. Check out HollywoodIsCalling.com. Happy birthday MADONNA, who turns 45 tomorrow. A new VH1 online poll has named the Material Mom "Greatest Singer of the Video Age." In theaters today: Freddy Vs. Jason; Open Range; Grind; Uptown Girls. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Thursday, August 14th Some People Kinda On-The-Fence About Raymond: BRAD GARRETT was written out of an episode of Everybody Loves Raymond that's being filmed this week after the tall thespian didn't show up for work, because he wants a raise. Actress PATRICIA HEATON also called in "sick." RAY ROMANO--who makes the biggest paycheck in TV history at $2 million per episode--is probably "not sure what all the fuss is about." JEWEL has signed on for the indie flick, Wave. It's her first acting job since Ride With The Devil (if you don't count her "transformation" into SHAKIRA). RYAN SEACREST the new DICK CLARK? The American Idol host will emcee Fox's American Party on New Year's Eve. Seacrest hosted the show's debut last year. Rapper DMX is designing a personal line of clothing-- for dogs! Just dress your pooch in DMX's "Boomer 129" duds, and he'll be doing time in the local pound in no time! COURTNEY LOVE's mom…daughter of MARLON BRANDO? The singer's mother claims she has proof that she's the illegitimate child of the famous actor. If she is or isn't--it's proof that insanity does run in the family! JENNIFER GARNER is "officially" dating her Alias co- star, MICHAEL VARTAN. You can perform on the American Music Awards. Seriously. Just win the big contest. Details here. CELINE DION has cut the segment from her Vegas show where she flies above the crowd and sings. Apparently it's a big strain on her (now she knows how some of the husbands in the audience feel). JAY LENO has invited the other 134 candidates for governor of California to be in his audience September 22nd. Also, tonight's the big night JAY LENO begins his Queer Eye for the Straight Guy make-over. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Wednesday, August 13th CONAN O'BRIEN celebrates ten years as host of NBC's Late Night with--you guessed it--a ten year anniversary special. It'll air in primetime on September 14th. People with money get sued: SEAN "P. DIDDY" COMBS is being sued for $50 million by two dudes who claim the rap mogul's security team attacked them for no reason. Now that ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER's running for governor, California TV stations won't be able to air any of Arnold's movies due to "equal time" laws. Interestingly, this has no effect one way or another on Jingle All The Way. Singer NELLY FURTADO's been lying low for awhile. Turns out, she's got some big news--she's pregnant! She and her boyfriend are expecting next month. She gives birth to a new album (called Fresh Off The Boat) sometime next year. MARY J. BLIGE has joined the list of performers for the upcoming 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Mary's also teamed up with ARETHA FRANKLIN for two songs on the soul legend's new album coming out next month. The Real Roseanne Show debuted to lackluster ratings. She should remarry TOM ARNOLD. Now that was a freak show worth watching! Scratch those rumors about BEYONCE's little sister joining DESTINY'S CHILD. KELLY ROWLAND says it's a rumor that started on the Internet. Hey, it was printed here--but I'm pretty sure it didn't start here. Friends and family who've visited LUTHER VANDROSS in the hospital recently say the singer, who suffered a stroke, has regained 90 percent of his speech. The Bad Boys II soundtrack is the number one album In the country for the fourth consecutive week. The SEX PISTOLS make their first appearance on U.S. television in 24 years Friday on Jimmy Kimmel Live. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Tuesday, August 12th Over a million dollars worth of the video, lighting and sound equipment was crushed when that rigging structure collapsed Saturday before the JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/CHRISTINA AGUILERA concert in Atlantic City. Shows this week in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have been postponed, and some insiders say the tour may be over. Lord Of The Rings director PETER JACKSON has signed a Kong-sized deal to helm another remake of the film classic, King Kong. The director will co- write the script, and make $20 million against 20 percent of the gross. Girls Gone Litigious: SNOOP DOGG's getting sued by by a 17-year-old girl, and her 18-year-old friend, for allegedly offering them pot and ecstasy to flash for a Girls Gone Wild video. The girls did. Now they're in a video, on the cover, and prominently featured in one of those TV ads that some channels seem to show every five minutes. The restaurant featured on NBC's The Restaurant (Rocco's) has been cited with six health code violations in the last week. Health inspectors never had it so easy--all they gotta do is turn on the TV Sunday nights at ten. More dirt on the dirty restaurant here. Guess who didn't show up at WHITNEY HOUSTON's 40th birthday party, Saturday night at an Atlanta nightclub? Her husband BOBBY BROWN! Guess why? He's wanted by Atlanta police for a parole violation. FYI, Whitney was almost a no-show herself--finally arriving around 3 a.m. KELLY OSBOURNES' upcoming European tour has been cancelled "due to health reasons." I'm glad someone's concerned about the health of the audience--they could've really suffered at that concert. You Give Batteries A Good Name: BON JOVI will appear in upcoming TV ads for Duracell Batteries. The band is shown explaining how they use Duracells to run their equipment, like wireless microphones. Another Britney? Actually, it's a Brittany. As in BRITTANY MURPHY, who's launching a singing career. Look for an album next year. Singing careers by actresses should always be judged on the "Tina Scale." No matter what, you DON'T wanna sell fewer CDs than TINA YOTHERS! Network TV coverage for the upcoming second anniversary of September 11th will be much more low-key than last year, according to TV execs. Word is that singer PINK will open a tattoo parlor at the Palms casino in Las Vegas with her boyfriend CAREY HART. Wonder if drunk dudes ever approach Carey and say, "it's night time, where are your sunglasses?" Then I wonder if Carey, who's not Corey Hart, kicks their asses. Out today on DVD: Saturday Night Live: 25 Years of Music Performance & Sketches, featuring performances on the long-running show by many of the top names in music. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Monday, August 11th Sad news from Hollywood: Actor-tap dancer GREGORY HINES has died of cancer. He was 57. The movie remake of S.W.A.T., er, "swatted" the competition at the box office over the weekend, earning $37 million. COLIN FARRELL does another good American accent. In real life, Colin sounds like the "always after me Lucky Charms" guy. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER turned in the required personal financial disclosures for the California governor's race. Ah-nold made $30 million in 2000, and $26 million in 2001. What's the gov gig pay? Couple hundred thou? 50 CENT snagged four trophies at the Billboard R&B- Hip-Hop Awards Friday night. The popular rapper was named Top Artist, Male Artist, New Artist and Singles Artist. EMINEM won Top Album and Rap Album, plus Albums Artist. GERALDO RIVERA got married again over the weekend. I heard there were a lot of uninvited guests. Maybe he shouldn't have gotten down on one knee, and diagramed directions to the ceremony in the sand on live TV! More Big Momma: MARTIN LAWRENCE has signed on for a sequel to the hit movie, Big Momma's House. A big chunk of the rigging structure came crashing down as workers were setting up Saturday for the JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE/CHRISTINA AGUILERA concert in Atlantic City. Three people were injured. The show was cancelled. He's no Ruben: CLAY AIKEN had an embarrassing video shoot recently. His people asked him to use some self-tanner before filming, so he wouldn't look so ghostly. Clay overdid it, and showed up orange. Rumor is Clay's CD hits store the second week of October. One of MADONNA's new songs, "Love Profusion," will be used in upcoming Estee Lauder commercials. KELLY ROWLAND of DESTINY'S CHILD makes her big screen debut in Freddy Vs. Jason, opening this Friday. Kelly, if you're playing a teenager spending a weekend in the woods with some friends--don't go for a walk with that cute guy and start to make out!! JAY-Z releases what he claims will be his final album on Friday, November 28th. That's the day after Thanksgiving ("Black Friday"). New albums normally hit stores on Tuesdays. Not by coincidence, Jay's calling this one The Black Album. Like to Kazaa? Heard that the RIAA is getting subpoenas to learn your identity--so they can sue your ass? Check out this website to see if your username, or IP address is under investigation. --Greg Valentine |
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