OK, well it’s not a lot, but you at least can get a taste for what it will be like when Ellen DeGeneres takes over for Paula Abdul next Tuesday on American Idol. I only saw the Boston auditions from this new season so far and I really really missed Paula, but Ellen could possibly be a hilarious addition to the judges panel. I don’t think Ellen will ever be Simon levels of mean, but she won’t be Paula’s level of nice either. Are you going to be tuning in on Tuesday and what do you think the addition of Ellen will mean for the show?
Paris Hilton was in New York yesterday filming a commercial for the Israeli lottery and it looks like homegirl still thinks she’s living in the mid-00s. The hair, the big-ass bag, the leopard coat, the cheap-looking expensive dresses… Hasn’t she been doing this bit for like, years now? Sure, sure… it’s Paris’ Barbie-like persona that made America start to care about her (the sex tape sealed the deal, of course) but girl, it’s time for a reinvention. As far as I’m concerned, if she didn’t seem to have gained a little bit of healthy weight over the years, these might as well be promotional photos from The Simple Life 3.
Yesterday Questlove, the drummer from The Roots, posted the above photo to his Twitter account. This is a real menu from the NBC cafeteria in New York, and the conclusion that everyone came to after seeing it is “THAT’S RACIST”. And you know, in a way, it does feel a little racist that they’re serving what’s widely considered to be “black people food” in an NBC cafeteria and saying it’s to celebrate Black History Month. All that’s missing from that menu is a watermelon slice and a grape soda, you know?
Well, the NBC cook in charge of making the menu has now had to make a statement in response to all of this and she really doesn’t see what the big flippin’ deal is:
“All I wanted to do was make a meal that everyone would enjoy — and that I eat myself. Questlove, who I serve every day and who enjoys my food, requested the neck bone [cooked in] the black-eyed peas and fried chicken, then got off the line, saying, ‘This is racist.’
“The next thing you know, people were taking pictures of the sign and asking all the other black people in the cafeteria if this was racist. They said that it wasn’t.”
So there you go. The black people at NBC except for Questlove do not think this sign is racist. I don’t know how I feel about it. I wouldn’t be offended if they attempted to serve corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day, but that’s a tradition. Saying “Hey, we’re going to make food that black people eat in the south because it’s Black History Month” feels just a little different.
Leann Rimes had one of her fans arrested yesterday. Not a stalker, a fan. Leann was leaving a doctor’s office in Beverly Hills to a swarm of paparazzi when Queen on the Scene, LA’s celebrity-loving homeless woman, ran up to Leanne to give her props. Here’s what went down:
Rimes was snapped holding her arms up in front of her face as she tried to fend off the superfan, telling her to “get out of the way”. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department soon came to Rimes’ aid and arrested the woman for “aggressive solicitation”, forcing her to leave her baby stroller full of possessions on the sidewalk.
The thing about Queen on the Scene, is that most celebrities play along with her because she’s clearly a crazy homeless woman who thinks she’s doing you a favor by getting the paparazzi to pay attention to you. She is, like Angelyne or that guy Norwood with all the Davids on his lawn, one of the things that makes Los Angeles feel like a real hometown. I’m not going to call Leann a bitch (although that is what I typed at first), but like… that chick needs to lighten up.
Scarlett Johansson, who kind of seems to have been more of a model than an actress the past couple of years, just shot an ad campaign for a clothing line called Mango that I had never heard of before today, but am now in love with. I am coveting that blue dress so hard and I wish I had the shoulders to pull off that trench coat-looking dress. And of course Scarlett herself is as gorgeous and hatable as ever.
Betty White has been so awesome these days that it’s going to suck even harder when she dies (I know that’s morbid, but c’mon. I know there’s someone else out there who was thinking the same thing.) I think she’s getting funnier as she gets older or something, it’s just ridiculous. Case in point: The teaser for her new Snickers Superbowl ad. Her face, her outfit, her impressive knee flexibility for a person her age… how can you not love this bitch? I can’t wait to see* the rest.
*I don’t watch foolsball. I’ll wait until it’s on the Internet.
My favorite show, The View, has announced their newest series of guest co-hosts and it’s really just more of the same. But in a good way.
Joining the ladies will be Meghan McCain (barf, but it’s sometimes fun in a “I hate the world” way to listen to her talk), Valerie Bertinelli, and Victoria Beckham, who apparently just does guest spots on talk shows and competitions now. And of course, Kate Gosselin, the woman with the seven-thousand dollar extensions who used to bone that wild moose, will be seated at the table on March 11th.
If you don’t normally watch The View, I don’t want to know you, but also, you should still probably tune in to check out Kate. Last time she was on the show she was in the midst of her divorce and for the most part, was respectful of her disgusting husband. Now she’s a completely single woman, she’s got her own TV show in the works, she’s got that fly-ass weave and her ex-husbro is dating a 25 year old girl that he was seen making out with all over Sundance. If ever there was an opportunity to see Kate Gosselin become unhinged, this is it. And if she’s smart, she will. Homegirl has to stay relevant if she wants to keep feeding all those kids.
