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Showbizz Buzz for Friday, August 22nd
American Idol release dates: CLAY AIKEN's CD hits stores October 14th. It's officially untitled, but insiders say it'll be called Measure Of A Man. RUBEN STUDDARD unleashes Soulful, featuring guest appearances from R. KELLY and MISSY ELLIOT, November 11th. CLAY AIKEN sings "This Is The Night" on next month's Miss America Pageant. Meanwhile, American Idol judges PAULA ABDUL and RANDY JACKSON are both asking for raises. They want $1.5 million each to sit on their asses and watch young people do all the hard work! Recent rumors had CHILI and main squeeze USHER breaking up. The TLC singer tells People magazine that the couple's very much still together. SHERYL CROW has a greatest hits album coming out in early November. It'll include a new song (for Sheryl, that is)--her version of CAT STEVENS' "The First Cut Is The Deepest," which ROD STEWART made a hit back in 1977. KELLY OSBOURNE says she cancelled her European tour after she came down with food poisoning from eating bad shellfish in the south of France with ELTON JOHN. Yes, the rich and famous have their own set of problems. The RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS recently went into the studio to record a couple songs for their greatest hits CD. Bassist FLEA says they ended up recording enough material for a new album. JERRY SEINFELD guest-stars on the finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm's upcoming fourth season. LARRY DAVID, the star and creator of CYE, was the co-creator of Seinfeld. Jerry and David's reunion will air in 2004. A second helping of The Restaurant? NBC is negotiating with ROCCO to cook up another season of the reality show. Extended versions of the first two Lord of the Rings movies will hit theaters in December, two weeks before the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. SMASH MOUTH, MONICA and DANIEL BEDINGFIELD perform tomorrow at the 8th Annual Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, an event tied to the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York City. It airs on CBS Sunday afternoon. BEN AFFLECK will throw out the first pitch at tonight's Boston Red Sox game. The National Enquirer version of this story will be headlined: "Ben Seen With Balls In His Hand!" Any "blockbusters" opening this weekend? New in theaters today: My Boss's Daughter; The Medallion; Marci X. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Thursday, August 21st The phrase "bada bing" has officially made it into the Webster dictionary. Tony Soprano must've made those lexicon losers an offer they couldn't refuse. GOOD CHARLOTTE's been added to the line-up for that NFL season kickoff concert in Washington DC. They join BRITNEY SPEARS, AEROSMITH, MARY J. BLIGE and ARETHA FRANKLIN. ABC will air the September 4th event. There's a MICHAEL JACKSON sex-with-kids joke in the movie trailer for the upcoming Scary Movie 3. Michael's said to be livid--and his lawyers are preparing a lawsuit. A Legal expert says Michael will have a hard time winning, as the movie is clearly a parody and satire of a public figure (I'm sure what the lawyer meant to say was: "Come on, the allegations are true--everybody knows it!" If I would've thought to think about it, I could've predicted this: thanks to the popularity of CSI and CSI: Miami, several colleges are reporting long waiting lists for forensic science courses. JESSICA SIMPSON is being considered for the starring role in a film version of the campy 60s TV show, I Dream Of Jeannie. Somewhere a script writer can't believe he's actually typing the phrase, "Yes, Master." VANESSA CARLTON and HOOTIE & THE BLOWFISH join the list of acts performing at this year's Farm Aid concert, September 7th in Columbus, Ohio. More info on the event at FarmAid.org. PRINCE performed an unannounced concert in Los Angeles earlier this week--and didn't sing (or say) a single word the entire night! The crowd kept chanting, "Sing." But Prince ignored them. Maybe it was payback--since music buyers seem to have "ignored" every Prince album since 1992! Unprovoked attack of the week (my comments above about PRINCE don't count): ELTON JOHN hates the band CREED. He calls them "miserable f*****s." A Girls Gone Wild DVD hosted by EMINEM won't be released. Originally the rapper asked to be involved. But after his success as an serious actor in 8 Mile, Eminem's people suggested he disassociate himself with the GGW series. Smart move--SNOOP DOGG's getting sued by an underage girl for the installment he hosted. The latest greatest hits collection from country star ALAN JACKSON has knocked the Bad Boys II soundtrack from its four-week reign at number one on the Billboard album chart. Something I read on MTV.com: there are rumors going around that BRITNEY SPEARS and MADONNA will perform together on the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Hey, you're MTV.com-shouldn't YOU know if these rumors are true?? --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Wednesday, August 20th BEYONCE KNOWLES and METALLICA have been added to the line-up of performers for the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards next Thursday. DURAN DURAN, whose videos helped put the music channel on the map back in the day, will present an award at the VMAs. This confounds experts who didn't realize MTV ever played videos. Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars PETER BOYLE and DORIS ROBERTS were back on the job yesterday, after missing work Monday with a case of the "I-want- a-raise flu." Senorita Independita: KELLY CLARKSON will join actual Latinos RICKY MARTIN and THALIA as performers on the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards, live on CBS September 3rd. The American Idol will sing with Brazilian vocalist ALEXANDRE PIRES, who's up for two trophies. R. KELLY performed at BEN AFFLECK's birthday party last weekend. That's one way to downplay your own sex scandal--hang out with the guy who's going through a bigger one. JOHNNY DEPP will play the title character in director TIM BURTON's upcoming remake of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. ENRIQUE IGELSIAS has finally admitted he had his trademark mole removed. The singer says he doctor said it could've eventually become cancerous. Don't feel bad for the mole--it still has its own show on ABC (I think). ABC has cancelled The Real Roseanne Show. I'm sure you'll live. It's not easy getting people to buy your CD when they can just click and download it free. JOHN MAYER is offering fans a chance at fabulous prizes, if they order his upcoming album, Heavier Things, from JohnMayer.com. You knew this was coming: Fox is planning a reality show where a single woman goes to a western-style dude ranch in search of love--but some of the dudes there are gay. If she chooses a straight guy, she gets a million dollars. If she picks a gay guy, he gets the money! The Fab Five from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy will appear in an episode of NBC's Good Morning, Miami this fall. Apparently, their style and good taste doesn't apply to sit-coms. Smoking Gun TV, based on the popular website, premieres tonight on Court TV. ASHANTI, DIDO, and FABOLOUS perform tonight on the WB's Pepsi Smash. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Tuesday, August 19th Everybody Wants Some Of Raymond's Money: actress PATRICA HEATON returned to work yesterday, after calling in "sick" last week. But now PETER BOYLE and DORIS ROBERTS are claiming to be ill. Word is all the Everybody Loves Raymond co-stars want raises, now that RAY ROMANO is the highest-paid TV star ever. The date for the 2003 Billboard Music Awards is set. It'll air live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas December 10th on Fox. STING will receive the Century Award, given to artists who are a hundred years old (he he). Several rappers will give "big ups" to the Creator as the night progresses. BTW, remind me not to "he he" from now on. JEWEL makes her TV acting debut this fall on the new ROB LOWE show, The Lyon's Den. She'll play his ex- fiancée on three episodes. BERNIE MAC and DENNIS MILLER have joined the loooooonnnnngggg list of hosts for this year's EMMY telecast. I'm just too lazy today to re-type all those names. Please refer to the previous Showbizz Buzz entry where they're listed. My fingers thank you. You KNOW you're a rock star when you start doing this: FOO FIGHTER DAVE GROHL has downplayed a report that says he leads "a clean lifestyle." Grohl apparently finds this offensive, and wants everybody to know that he has "his share of demons." So when will American Idol KELLY CLARKSON launch her first big tour (she's doing a few dates this summer at state and county fairs)? Word is sometime in 2004. Kelly's getting good reviews for the covers she's picked to fill-out her set list--songs by MARIAH CAREY, GARTH BROOKS, WHITNEY HOUSTON, AEROSMITH, ARETHA FRANKLIN and BONNIE RAITT. Rumors on the U2 fan site U2Log.com suggest the band will tour extensively in 2004 and 2005. BRITNEY SPEARS is now dating CAMERON DIAZ's ex, JARED LETO. Which is raising eyebrows, because Cameron is dating Britney's ex, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. Hey, high school just called--it's wants all FOUR of you back! SHANIA TWAIN kicks off a world tour next month. You can get a preview tonight--NBC airs a two-hour Shania concert special. Newlyweds debuts on MTV tonight. It's the latest celebrity reality show, and stars JESSICA SIMPSON and NICK LACHEY. The cameras capture the pop music newlywed's daily lives, a la The Osbournes. Can't wait to see that first big argument: "who's prettier?" 100-year-old STING's new video, "Send Your Love," premieres tonight on VH1. --Greg Valentine Showbizz Buzz for Monday, August 18th Freddy vs. Jason scared up $36.4 million to become the number one movie over the weekend. ROB LOWE's role in the ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER guberatnorial campaign has been defined: he'll be the "celebrity wrangler" for his longtime Republican friend, organizing support from showbiz people. (Yes, you need to be a Democrat to be good at that job!) SNOOP DOGG and 50 CENT have formed a rap super group called DPG-UNIT. They've recorded nine songs for an upcoming CD (the way things go today-- they might already be on Kazaa). Don't believe everything you read: one of the strippers from the club in Vancouver that BEN AFFLECK visited now says the National Enquirer paid her co-worker $100,000 for that salacious interview where she claimed Ben cheated--plus gave the woman anti- anxiety medication to pass the lie detector test! Mood music: what's playing when MARY J. BLIGE and her fiancé are feeling romantic? Mary says STING--his Fragile and Shape Of My Heart albums. Mary guests on Sting's next CD, Sacred Love. Mood music II: CHRIS ISAAK's "Wicked Game" does it for BRITNEY SPEARS, the singer tells In Style magazine. ABC has pulled out all the stops and BRITNEY SPEARS has agreed to cancel an upcoming interview with rival network NBC. ABC's giving Britney a big primetime holiday special, plus plugs on Good Morning America, and coverage of her new album when it's released this fall. OZZY and SHARON OSBOURNE sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at yesterday's Chicago Cubs game. You know how they put the words up on the scoreboard? They were like subtitles to understand what Ozzy was trying to sing. More details on NELLY FURTADO's pregnancy. Nelly will birth the child at home with a midwife. She doesn't want to know the baby's gender in advance. The name of the boy's (oops!!!) father is a secret-- Nelly's people will only say that "he's a Canadian musician." LIZ PHAIR adapted her performance Friday morning on ABC's Good Morning America due to the big blackout. Liz was a trooper, and played acoustically. She told the audience that she and the band had slept comfortably on their air conditioned tour bus. Is your name Ronnie? Universal Records received a 150-pound package the other day. Building security discovered the box contained over one million dollars worth of pot! The box was addressed simply to "Ronnie." Nobody at Universal is claiming to be--or to know--"Ronnie." --Greg Valentine |
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