REHAB WARS

While she might be in rehab (for now), Lohan’s partying ways has certainly left its mark on the media. Even in rehab, we can’t stop hearing enough about her naughtiness from the media, her annoying troubled dad and now rocker Patti Smith is giving her take on Hollywood’s latest rehab obsession with an article in Newsweek:

It makes me angry when I see how the opportunity of being in rehab can be abused as nothing more than a slick PR move. A brief retreat from the paparazzi. How lucky these celebrities are to be able to go to one of these facilities (which are not cheap) and to benefit from the wisdom and help that waits behind the gates.

Read the rest of the article HERE

Meanwhile, L.A. hot spot Les Deux might not want to mention that Lohan is one of their favorite customers. TMZ caught the actress on video leaving Les Deux only a few hours before her drunken curb crash. The ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) is now working with the lounge to see what really happened, which could mean big trouble for LD. The club denies Lindsay ever drank there.

Unfortunately, this was bound to happen. I’m actually surprised it’s taken this long for a hot spot to get busted for serving underage celebs.

Here’s the infamous party hopping footage from that wonderful eve. Captivating!

Also, here’s my segment I shot on Les Deux earlier this year on LX TV. Memories…
POOR PIRATES
We love Johnny Depp, but even his presence couldn’t save Pirates of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End. Three times not a charm for this one. The franchise made 126.5 million this Memorial day weekend compared to 136.6 million last year. Pirates couldn’t even beat Spidey 3’s three day average of 151 million, but now Disney is boasting that they’re still the winner. Who cares about the U.S. box office, when Disney now claims they raked in 401 million globally and are indeed winners of the box office race. Maybe if Americans were able to read subtitles when movies started using weird English pirate accents, we would have actually enjoyed the movie too.

Seems we just like Myspace too much to get off our butts and go to the movie theatre. Watch this pirates spoof that’s generating buzz on the net.

Pirates Trailer

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SINGING OUT, DANCING IN?
I just finished watching So You Think You can Dance, which is way too addictive for reasons I don’t even understand. Besides watching extremely talented performers do their thang, it’s hard not to be captivated by the horrible one’s too. Here’s some interesting facts. While the big controversy is that Idols ratings were down, talent shows are still the most watched genre on TV.

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REHAB WARS

While she might be in rehab (for now), Lohan’s partying ways has certainly left its mark on the media. Even in rehab, we can’t stop hearing enough about her naughtiness from the media, her annoying troubled dad and now rocker Patti Smith is giving her take on Hollywood’s latest rehab obsession with an article in Newsweek:

It makes me angry when I see how the opportunity of being in rehab can be abused as nothing more than a slick PR move. A brief retreat from the paparazzi. How lucky these celebrities are to be able to go to one of these facilities (which are not cheap) and to benefit from the wisdom and help that waits behind the gates.

Read the rest of the article HERE

Meanwhile, L.A. hot spot Les Deux might not want to mention that Lohan is one of their favorite customers. TMZ caught the actress on video leaving Les Deux only a few hours before her drunken curb crash. The ABC (Alcohol Beverage Control) is now working with the lounge to see what really happened, which could mean big trouble for LD. The club denies Lindsay ever drank there.

Unfortunately, this was bound to happen. I’m actually surprised it’s taken this long for a hot spot to get busted for serving underage celebs.

Here’s the infamous party hopping footage from that wonderful eve. Captivating!

Also, here’s my segment I shot on Les Deux earlier this year on LX TV. Memories…
POOR PIRATES
We love Johnny Depp, but even his presence couldn’t save Pirates of The Caribbean 3: At World’s End. Three times not a charm for this one. The franchise made 126.5 million this Memorial day weekend compared to 136.6 million last year. Pirates couldn’t even beat Spidey 3’s three day average of 151 million, but now Disney is boasting that they’re still the winner. Who cares about the U.S. box office, when Disney now claims they raked in 401 million globally and are indeed winners of the box office race. Maybe if Americans were able to read subtitles when movies started using weird English pirate accents, we would have actually enjoyed the movie too.

Seems we just like Myspace too much to get off our butts and go to the movie theatre. Watch this pirates spoof that’s generating buzz on the net.

Pirates Trailer

Add to My Profile | More Videos

SINGING OUT, DANCING IN?
I just finished watching So You Think You can Dance, which is way too addictive for reasons I don’t even understand. Besides watching extremely talented performers do their thang, it’s hard not to be captivated by the horrible one’s too. Here’s some interesting facts. While the big controversy is that Idols ratings were down, talent shows are still the most watched genre on TV.

CLICK HERE for more

Happy post Memorial day!

Even during a long weekend, it seems celebs just can’t seem to stay low-key.

LOHAN MAKES MORE PROMISES

As I’m sure all you know by now, unless you’ve been living in a hole (in that case- THIS IS BREAKING NEWS!) Lindsay Lohan crashed into a curb, is under investigation for a DUI, got caught with coke in her car and oh yeah, as of yesterday is in rehab. Who knew a long weekend could change lives?http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif

Her reps released this statement to TMZ:
“Lindsay admitted herself to an intensive medical rehabilitation facility on Memorial Day. Because this is a medical matter, it is our hope that the press will appreciate the seriousness of the situation and respect the privacy of Lindsay as well as the other patients receiving treatment at the facility.”

Don’t think she’ll let her little drug problem get in the way of her budding career. Supposedly, Lohan was going to start shooting a film with Shirley Maclaine next week. According to the acting veteran who’s also producing the film, Lohan is not officially in the film yet and no casting decisions have even been made yet. Snap!

She’ll be hanging at PROMISES rehabilitation center in Malibu, following in the footsteps of Britney Spears.

SPARE ME

Are going through Britney Spears freak-out withrawal? So the pop star hasn’t flipped her shit in a while, but for good reason. She’s actually been acting like an adult and taking care of herself. The latest Spears headline, besides her interesting couture choices, is her recent posting on her site including this:

I wonder what step in her recovery includes stopping to lip-synch?

THE NEVER ENDING VIEW

The battle between Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Rosie O’Donnell continues. Since I was on FNC’s The Lineup on Saturday, Rosie announced her future plans to tour with Cyndi Lauper and reprise her role on FX’s Nip/Tuck. Today, The View tried to confront their Friday loss with Hasselbeck saying how her and Rosie were exchanging e-mails all weekend. Rosie responded on her blog saying she had exchanged 1 e-mail with her. Walters also got in on the drama clearing rumors that Rosie was not fired. Who knows anymore and honestly who cares? Continue the show before the drama gets old and people don’t want to watch anymore.

This new site has popped up. Guess what they want:
FireElisabethHasselbeck.com

Here’s a clip from today:

In world pop news… Miss Japan wins Miss Universe.
Of course, Miss USA’s loss is blamed by her sudden trip on-stage. Why else would USA lose people?! Tripping is all in the attitude.

HIP HILLARY

Hillary Clinton’s latest strategy to become our next President has hit the web asking Youtubers to vote for her campaign theme song. Not only does she want you to know she’s “hip”, has great teleprompter skills and an “edgy” editor.

PLAYING WITH FOOD

This is crazy- watch this artist draw life-like portraits using food.
http://www.eclecticasylum.com/

Here’s one of his videos:

See? McDonald’s does support cultural growth.

I was just on FNC’s The Lineup chatting about Rosie and the latest DUI escapades à la Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton.

THE LATEST!

Lindsay Lohan should’ve learnt from Paris Hilton. While all of us were sleeping at 5:30 AM this morning, Lindsay Lohan got cited by police for possibly driving under the influence. The best part of it was that she crashed her black Mercedes into a curb. Wonder how that could’ve happened in the wee hours of the am? No, it couldn’t have been drugs or alcohol. She’s been going to AA and everything. No offense, but I saw it coming. Hard-core partying is catching up to her early! At least she’s still young enough to make her comeback.

Watch this video for a look back at some Lohan memories (cue cheesy music- sniff sniff)

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Also, watch me tonight on FNC’s The Lineup chatting about The View debacle and Paris’ trip to the bookstore.

I begin this post with a look back at this past week:

Thumbs down Simon? Don’t be so negative!

Yes, while soldiers were firing it up in Iraq back her in the US of A, there was big news: American Idol picked a winner and did not fire up their ratings during the season finale on Wednesday night. The ratings saw a slip from 36.4 million to 30.7 million. AI will have to rub their brains together and figure out how to bring back the viewers. Supposedly, from the start this season the judges saw the talent wasn’t there, so they had to figure out a way to distract the viewers. They couldn’t just have Simon constantly bashing. That just gets old! If you noticed, there was more bickering between the hosts. Industry hint: That was their way of taking attention away from the talentless performers.

On Thursday, I was The O’Reilly Factor chatting about The View catfight between Rosie and Elisabeth Hasselbeck. Who showed up in the makeup room? None other than the prior night’s loser, Blake Lewis. The beginner celeb came in with his small entourage: his manager and some other folks, one of which tried to find him a hamburger to eat before he went on-air. He said he was tired and had 45 minutes of sleep, but turns it on for the TV!

Finally, the week ended with the announcement that Rosie is leaving The View. Now that’s as much a shocker as Howard K. Stern not being Dannielyn’s father. Who wouldn’t want to take their vacation early and cash out on a few million? Her head writer and close friend, Jannette is also getting in on the chick-action, drawing a mustache on one of Hasselbeck’s headshots at ABC. Thankfully the cattiness didn’t get as far as the film Heathers! Now, that would have sucked. A video of Wednesday’s show featuring Hasselback blowing off guest Alicia Silverstone was the most popular on Youtube this week.

While we were obsessed with Idol and Rosie this week, many other stories broke:

UK

This guy looks kinda scary. That’s because he hadn’t slept for 11 days in an attempt to get in the Guiness Book of World Records. Too bad he didn’t do his research, before wasting 11 days of his life. The record had been set by Toimi Soini, of Hamina, Finland, who stayed awake for a total of 276 hours. At least, Terry got 15 seconds of fame from his failure. Good job!

LOS ANGELES

Star Wars freaks and geeks united for the 30th Anniversary Star Wars Convention at The Los Angeles Convention Center. But, things abruptly came to a halt when a suspicious package was found by police around 50 feet from the event on Friday evening. Fear not, it was only some clothes in a box and the police were too distraced by the Princess Leia’s with cleavage roaming around. Check out my friend, Mike Rotman’s documentary about these obsessed fans, Star Wait.

CANNES CANNES CANNES

Brangelina made their appearance in Cannes. No, they weren’t adopting a French baby. That country is just not underdeveloped enough for them. They were promoting Pitt’s film, Ocean’s 13. Watch this weird video of the fest premiere.

CULVER CITY, CA

This past year, the latest food craze to hit Hollywood was Pinkberry: low-fat frozen yogurt and your choice of toppings. Pretty simple right? Why didn’t I think of that one! Hmmm….
Well, I hadn’t been to the joint, but I finally decided to give the much hyped product a try. Just like that little kid on the Today show, I cringed. It was bitter and the only way I could enjoy it was with their sugary cap n’ crunch toppings. Yesterday, I got a private tasting of a company that claims to be the original Pinkberry from Korea. Red Mango is the most popular frozen yogurt spot in Korea and is now ready to conquer the Pinkberry territory in L.A. They’re opening their first store in Westwood late June/July. They don’t have a site up yet, but check them out at myspace.com/redmangousa