Jet Li Makes More Money Than I Do
November 26th, 2007 by Evil BeetThe action star has just inked a record-breaking deal to star in a Chinese-language film called The Warlords.
He’ll make $13M for the film, which is, like, Maddox Jolie-Pitt’s lunch money, but it’s the largest sum ever paid to an actor for a Chinese-language film.
The film’s total budget is $40M. “Without Jet Li, we would not dare to invest $40 million in a Chinese-language film,” Xinhua news agency quoted director Peter Chan as saying. Li was a “guarantee” for global sales, Chan said.
(Li actually broke his own record here — he held the existing record for his role in Hero.)
Okay, I’m clearly in the wrong line of work. Someone teach me Chinese and kung fu, stat. Hey, I had a yellow stripe in Tae-Kwon-Do when I was in fourth grade, and I love mu-shu chicken. How hard can the rest of it be?
Blind Item!
November 26th, 2007 by Evil BeetWHICH Latina pop star’s boyfriend is said to have quickly approached a photo agency to buy up all the pictures of himself with an African-American hottie snapped at Tenjune?
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Still Going Strong!
November 26th, 2007 by Evil BeetElizabeth Berkley’s Not Dead!
November 26th, 2007 by Evil BeetIt’s just that her career was!
But, like Jesus on caffeine pills, Jessie Spano has risen from the dead.
Elizabeth Berkley just scored a recurring role on CSI: Miami as Horatio’s ex-wife.
Berkley’s guest-starred on the CSI franchise before. Careful there, Lizzie. You don’t want to get typecast; you might have to get naked for the entirety of another horrible movie to help the world move on.
You Know How Slow a News Week It’s Been?
November 26th, 2007 by Evil BeetIt’s sooooooooo slow lately that I’m going to post an actual item about Joey McIntyre’s baby’s name, because you know what? Everyone else is doing it. You know why? Because there is nothing else going on! You know why? Because Lindsay Lohan doesn’t drink anymore. She is single-handedly destroying my life by being sober. I hate you, Lindsay.
If you got your drivers license any time in the past decade, you probably have no idea who Joey McIntyre is. He was in a band called New Kids on the Block, which is probably considered classic rock at this point. Joey McIntyre was cool at about the same time slap bracelets were being banned, because that was the biggest problem in the high schools. He is currently about as relevant to your life as New Coke.
He named his kid Griffin Thomas.
I hate you so much, Lindsay.
Hayden Panettiere Just Wants Some Respect
November 25th, 2007 by Evil BeetCheck out Hayden Panettiere behind the scenes of her GQ photo shoot.
When asked what she expects in a man, Hayden says her definition of a good man is “treating women with respect. We deserve respect. We demand it.”
Here’s the point: She’s 18 now. You can totally masturbate to this without feeling pervy. In fact, it was very respectful of you to wait this long for her.
Britney Was a One-Week Wonder
November 25th, 2007 by Evil BeetWhile first-week sales of Britney’s “Blackout” were promising, the album barely sold anything after that first week — despite good reviews!
The album has sold a total of 430,000 copies after a full month of release. Recall that she sold around 300,000 copies the first week. That means this album sold 130,000 copies over the course of three weeks.
Those are phenomenal numbers if you’re an unknown indie folk artist releasing a freshman album.
If you’re Britney Spears, that’s a bomb, kids. That’s a huuuuuuuuge bomb.






