Funnyman Will Ferrell and Super Serious Actor Mark Wahlberg are in NYC right now filming The Other Guys, which also features The Rock, Eva Mendes and Samuel L. Jackson. I’m not sure what the chemistry between these two is going to be like, as they both come from completely separate worlds, but it’s a cast full of stars and it was written by Adam McKay, so I have faith that this flick could actually turn out to be pretty good.
Kourtney Kardashian’s rep told People Magazine yesterday that the reality TV star and sister of Kim “Very Serious Business Woman” Kardashian is expecting a baby boy. Oh great! Hopefully I can start sleeping again starting tonight!
Kourtney, who recently watched her, ahem, “other sister” Khloe walk down the aisle in her wedding to LA Laker Lamar Odem, is due around Christmas and she and baby daddy Scott Disick couldn’t be more excited about the news of the sex. A source close to Kourtney told People “Kourt and Scott are psyched about having a baby, but having a boy is really exciting for them. She can’t wait to buy all sort of boy’s clothing. And [her brother] Robert is also eager to have a little nephew.” Ya hear that? She’s psyched. And she can’t wait to go shopping. Because that’s what having a baby is all about. Shopping.
Here’s what’s going on around the rest of our network this week:
From Film.com, our go-to site for movie and TV insight:
From Zelda Lily, our women’s issues site:
From Lilly Likes, our women’s entertainment site:
From Rhapsody, our streaming music site:
From GameHouse, our casual gaming site:
And, finally, a reminder that WE ARE GIVING AWAY A FREE TRIP TO NAPA VALLEY OR LAS VEGAS to celebrate the launch of The Proposal on DVD. Click here to find out how to enter.
The Real World is filming in Washington DC right now and as always, stories are popping up left and right in local news about the cast. However, the most recent news out of the house is more about production than the actual castmates.
Apparently people who went to a recent “Put Your Best Foot Forward” dating event in Washington, DC were asked to sign a waiver, as I guess some members of the cast where there. There were a couple of stipulations: 1) You couldn’t be a union actor (or else they would have had to pay them a SAG or AFTRA fee to use their image or likeness) and 2) You had to be OK possibly getting an STD if you decided to have sex with any of the castmates. Ummm, what?
This clause makes sense. The Real World has always been one of the first shows to represent differences in humanity that are hot button topics at the time, whether that be someone with AIDS or a transgendered person, so I’m sure they don’t screen their cast for STDs. Secondly, anyone who would bone anyone in The Real World house has to be the kind of idiot who would follow up with a lawsuit when they discovered it was impossible to urinate without a burning sensation. The new clause reads as follows:
“IF I CHOOSE TO ENGAGE IN CONSENSUAL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OR INTIMATE CONTACT WITH ANY SUCH PERSON I DO SO VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY AND I ASSUME THE RISK THAT BY ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITY I MAY CONTRACT CERTAIN SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES. PRODUCER MAKES NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION THAT ANY SUCH PERSON IS STD FREE.”
Well, there ya go. The entire contract, which can be read below, is an interesting and for the most part is the standard for reality TV waivers. Now I wonder if this whole STD thing is just a precautionary measure or if there’s actually someone with an explosive case of the herp in the DC house…
You may have heard that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer this summer. He’s taking some time off after returning from a seemingly restorative trip to India. He emailed his fans about it:
i’m feeling healthy, strong and hopeful that i’ve beaten this thing, but of course time will tell. i’m taking tibetan medicine and at the recommendation of the tibetan doctors i’ve been eating a vegan/organic diet, which surprisingly enough was harder to do in india than it is now that i’m back home. here i can just shop for the right food and cook… a lot easier than depending on restaurants.
when i was in india i visited an ani gompa (a nunnery) called jamyang choling. they did a puja (religious ceremony) for me to help me get well. one nun said to me “we do prayers and then you are better.” so i’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
Harry Connick Jr. was a guest judge on the Australian show Hey Hey It’s Saturday and took it as an opportunity to speak out against racism.
A team of men doctors, educated men, took to the stage in blackface and afro wigs to do a skit of the Jackson Five. The audience seemed to enjoy the performance and the host clearly thought it was hi-larious, but Connick wasn’t so impressed.
During judging, Harry scored the performance as a zero and told the audience that an act like that would never make it past television censors in the United States. After the commercial break, the host gave Connick a chance to explain why this would be considered offensive in the United States.
Some Aussies have stated that they feel Harry was being too politically correct and I am just amazed by this response. I know we have a big readership from Australia and I’d really love to hear your thoughts on this. Is blackface considered a socially acceptable act in Australia?
The formerly super-skinny Nicole Eggert is back on the beach in her Baywatch bikini with a few more pounds on her. And she’s willing to let someone die if they don’t like it.
Eggert is all set to appear on this season’s Celebrity Fit Club on VH1, but all I could think is, “She looks perfectly fine!” Now, a size 10 wearing a bikini equals fat? I am so screwed if that’s the case.
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