The Hollywood 5 & 1 11.07.09: Men Who Stare at Women Edition
Posted by Steve Gustafson on 11.07.2009
This week covers the fights going on in Tinseltown! Lindsay Lohan vs. Her Dad! Britney Spears vs. Australia! Conan O'Brien vs. Levi Johnston! Also, Carrie Prejean reveals too much while Nicole Kidman doesn't reveal enough and 5 things about Cameron Diaz that you didn't know! Olivia Munn is our "& 1" Model of the Week and much, much more!
BEFORE WE BEGIN...
Welcome back to another edition of the Hollywood 5 & 1! I'm Steve Gustafson, and this spot to be to get your fill of celebrity gossip. I read through all this stuff, so you don't have to. All I want is a thank you every now and then. Is that too much to ask?
Pretty busy week for me but nothing you would find interesting, so I won't share it. BUT I will share this information. If you read John Meehan'sMeeThinks Friday FreeThinks then you saw his invite for Sunday, November 22 to EVERYONE in the Washington DC, MD, and VA area to meet-n-greet before Survivor Series. I live near Baltimore but I think I'm going to try and make my way down there. So should YOU. Here's the details:
Survivor Series at the Verizon Center
Date: Sunday, November 22
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Fado Irish Pub (808 7th St NW)
Email him for more details at johnMichaelMeehan@gmail.com!
***SIGH***
I participated in the Wrestling Fact or Fiction this week. I didn't bring any controversy but thanks to Jeremy Thomas for putting it together and to Chris Lansdell for going easy on me. Check it out here.
Check my Paranormal Activity review out here. Don't see it alone! Speaking of Paranormal Activity, the marketing gurus are back! They launched an interesting gimmick for the upcoming DVD. You can currently go to the movie's website and submit your name to be included in the "special thanks" section of the film credits that will run after the movie on the DVD and Blu-Ray releases. Every name submitted will be included in the credits. The movie is doing this as a "thank you" to fans who made the film a success. Interesting!
I'm only going to pimp this one more week! My interview with Rob Dyrdek! You can check it out here.
Want to read about beauty and brains? Look no further than my interview with Riley Steele! I talk to her about workign on Piranha 3-D and life at Digital Playground. You can check it out here. Also, for you MMA fans out there, Riley is making major headlines again with news she shot a film with former UFC fighter War Machine entitled Riley Loves War Machine. I'm not kidding when I say Riley IS the next big thing!
WHO SAID WHAT? "You know, in Italy, Catholic boys are raised to believe that there are two types of women: the Madonna and the whore. And me? I'm both...When I came home from filming he was excited. He enjoys having both: the extra meat to grab when it's there and the tight stomach when that's there…he's never been critical."
Fergie, who is on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine, has in the issue talked about sex, and what her actor husband Josh Duhamel likes about her body. They've been in the headlines recently over allegations made by an exotic dancer than she had relations with Duhamel.
I'm not going to use the term that ends with "licious" that everyone likes to use.
CELEBRITY TWITTER-A-GO-GO!
Are you on Twitter? Why not? You get to read what REAL CELEB'S THINK! You can be a part of the story. Well, maybe not. But here's a tidbit of what you are missing.
Lindsay Lohan has branded her estranged father Michael a "loser" after he released private recordings of her crying for help. The actress...she still acts, right?...posted comments on Twitter this week striking back at her dad, who she earlier called a "lunatic". Lohan wrote: "My fathers such a loser & those recordings are from years ago. To release personal things is foul enough, but to edit them...(sic)" She added: "I used to think ... that he needed the book for dummies on learning how to be a father. Haha-he's needs the book for dummies on HOW TO BE A MAN." Michael recently said that he is seeking legal responsibility for the 23-year-old and suggested that her alleged drug addiction has made her look four times her age. Can't argue with that.
So how does Poppa Lohan help his daughter more? Michael has released another audio tape, accusing his daughter of lying, and wasting her God-given talent. Lindsay claimed on her Twitter page that Michael used to threaten to kill his then-wife Dina, Lindsay's mother, if she left him. Michael responded with a denial in an interview with New York Post on Friday. "That's a lie," he says. "I guess Lindsay is on more drugs than I thought to say something like that...No wonder why God is taking her entire career away from her. Because she's forsaken everything He's given her and she's done nothing but misuse all the gifts she's given." We can only hope he takes the whole Lohan away from us. I guess good parenting begins with recording conversations with your kids.
Halloween is over.
This is the perfect time to remind you that you can follow me and 411mania on Twitter with a quick click!
SAY WHAT?!
I didn't want this to take up too much space in the 5 & 1 but I had to share it. Roman Polanski is to be the subject of a film tribute in Switzerland. Yes, the country where he has been detained since his arrest on 30-year-old sex assault charges in September is getting a tribute. Swiss Film Archive officials will show the director's films and have invited critics and movie experts to speak about Polanski, while the filmmaker fights extradition to the United States, where he faces sentencing for raping a teenager at a party in 1977.
Almost as bad as Dane Cook being left speechless at his stand-up show on Thursday night when he was presented with two top comedy awards. Cook stood stunned at the end of his encore when his manager bounded on stage to congratulate him on winning two special honors. The actor was handed an engraved crystal prize naming him the only comedian in history to have two albums debut in the top five on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, and he was even more taken aback when he picked up the Billboard Touring Award for Top Comedy Tour of 2009. What's with all these recognitions? Oh man, grouping Roman and Dane together? Low blow, I know.
5 THINGS ABOUT CAMERON DIAZ YOU DIDN'T KNOW!
She stepped out for a bit but the Diaz train is up and running again! Let's get to know Cameron Diaz a little better, shall we?
1. She attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time as rapper Snoop Dogg. 2. At 16, she began her career as a fashion model, signing with Elite Model Management. 3. Diaz auditioned for The Mask, even though she had no previous acting experience. 4. In 1992 Diaz appeared in a soft-core S&M video entitled She's No Angel shot by photographer John Rutter. 5. Diaz is involved with the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the first and largest nonprofit for veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, and has spoken as an advocate for military families.
And now you know...
Catch her in The Box!
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
From time to time a video catches my eye and I'll pass it on to you. It might not be new or even that funny. But I'll leave that up to you to decide. This week I'm going with Sesame Street. The show has been running for 40 years so you have to respect its gangster. Outside of Grover, I was a Cookie Monster man. The OLD SCHOOL Cookie Monster who would do anything for that sweet, delicious cookie treat. Here he's scamming Kermit.
Alright, let's get to the actual Hollywood 5 & 1. I go through 5 things out of Hollywood this past week that made me scratch my head plus our "& 1" Model of the Week! Let's go!
Glass Houses!
When you open your mouth and judge others you paint a target on your own back. The legal battle between Miss California USA pageant officials and former beauty queen Carrie Prejean ended Tuesday with an agreement to drop their claims, according to a pageant spokesman. The pageant has dropped its lawsuit filed last month demanding Prejean repay $5,200 given her for breast implants, publicist Kenn Henman said. Prejean, in exchange, withdrew her suit accusing the pageant of violating her privacy by confirming to reporters that her breasts were fake, he said. The public fight began last April when Prejean stepped into controversy by declaring her opposition to same-sex marriage while answering a judge's question at the Miss USA pageant. Yes, that started it all and led us to where we are now. Add in some racy photos and a brand spanking new sex tape, and Carrie is taking hits from all sides. If only circumstances were a little different, this could have rocketed her to stardom! I'm talking Paris Hilton levels. Sex tape? Nude pics? C'mon!
What will she do next?
They May Be onto Something!
They have the right idea! After only one show, Britney Spears' Australian tour is already turning into a "Circus" as the government weighs in on lip-synching and angry fans storm out of Spears' first performance. According to Australian news reports, disgruntled fans left Spears' show at the Perth Burswood Dome only three songs into the concert, complaining of a lackluster performance, apparent lip-synching and their inability to see Spears on the jumbo screens onstage. "We are really big Britney fans, but it was crap," Josh Blee complained to Australia's News Limited newspapers. "I thought after the music awards she would make up for it with a wicked concert, but she has let us down." The concert exodus came on the heels of the Australian government's calls for full disclosure from celebrities, namely Spears, who choose to lip-synch during a live concert performance in their country. Now there's a government who is about ACTION! I do like how they let a lot slide down under but lip-synching...THAT will not stand! Virginia Judge, the minister for fair trading for the Australian state of New South Wales, announced this week that she was considering requiring artists such as Spears to include a disclaimer on tickets if parts of their show would be pre-taped. "It is Britney's 'prerogative' to lip-sync, and it is my job to make sure consumers know what they are paying for up front," Judge said in a statement released by the government. "Australians would not tolerate a 'Mickey Mouse performance,' Judge told Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "Let's be clear: Live means live. If you are spending up to 200 dollars, I think you deserve better than a film clip." WHOA! The crackdown on crap begins!
Lip-syncher!
As the World Turns...
Hey, I'm a huge fan and I think this is just cool. James Franco announced he'd be guest starring on daytime soap General Hospital and it created quite a stir in fans and in the industry. Sure, soap operas get a bad rap as the most maligned form of storytelling, but this sure is interesting and getting plenty of attention. Little is known about the role that Franco will play, except that he is associated with one of the shows bad guys, criminal Jason Morgan. Franco's first appearance is slated for Nov. 20 and this won't be his only trip back to TV Land. (Side Note: Man I miss Freaks and Geeks) He will also star as himself in an episode of 30 Rock, where he will be dating Jane Krakowski's fame-hungry character in a relationship arranged by their agents. Good move for him? For the shows? I don't see why not?
I should have run a photo from the show but the 'stache is CLASSIQUE!
Kidman is Kinky!
Two stories this week with Australian ties! I'm going international! But this should get your imagination running. Nicole Kidman has a wild side, according to a new interview in British GQ. The actress, married to Keith Urban, told the men's mag her marriage is "raw" and "dangerous" "I've explored obsession. I've explored loss and love in terms of being in a grief-stricken place, I've explored strange sexual fetish stuff, I've explored the mundane aspect of marriage, and monogamy," Kidman said. "You work on it," she went on of marriage. "It's a very extraordinary, adventurous place to be: incredibly raw, incredibly dangerous and you're very much out at sea. You're exposed. You could drown." 'When you commit to someone like that, you live and die together by that decision.' Asked about her first marriage to Tom Cruise, she stayed quiet on their split. "I want to honor that marriage for what it was, and there is nothing I would go into about that. I have never discussed the intricacies of it and I never will," the actress said. Makes you wonder, huh?
Make a note. She likes to explore.
Levi Johnston: Douche!
Levi is giving Spencer Pratt a run for his money in terms of annoying. Conan O'Brien apologized to Levi Johnston on The Tonight Show for falsely attributing tweets to the upcoming Playgirl centerfold in an earlier skit, but not before taking one more William Shatner-assisted shot at the father of Sarah Palin's grandson. Man, that last sentence had too many name drops. And is just strange to say out loud. "I'd like to apologize personally to Levi Johnston and his lawyer and publicist for misrepresenting him in any way," O'Brien said on Thursday's show. "Levi is clearly a great American. We wish him the best of luck as he trains for his upcoming naked photo shoot." On Wednesday's show, O'Brien recruited Shatner to stage a dramatic reading of Johnston's supposed 140-character musings on Twitter accompanied by bongos and bass. Among the deadpanned gems: "You know you're a celebrity when strangers want to see your penis. LMAO." The skit was no laughing matter for Johnston, who claimed he does not have a Twitter account and demanded a retraction from NBC. To make amends, O'Brien brought Shatner back onstage to reprise the routine Thursday, this time with verified Johnston quotes. Still doesn't change the fact Levi is a douche. Just saying is all.
Did you really think I was running a picture of Levi?
Welcome back to the & 1 Model of the Week! From time to time, I'll invite a model to stop by for a quick interview but will share a delicious photo or two every week.
Week 10 of the & 1 Model of the Week brings us the idol of fanboy's everywhere...Olivia Munn!
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present...Olivia Munn!
Keep up with her at www.oliviamunn.com!
Stop back next week for another & 1 Model of the Week!
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Posted By: MBD (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 12:48 AM
Riley is making major headlines again with news she shot a film with former UFC fighter War Machine entitled Riley Loves War Machine.
For his sake I hope he fucks better than he fights. He'll probably tap out when he's getting a blowjob. I just checked out some of Riley's ..... um "Work", she's fucking hot!!! Now I dislike War Machine even more.
Posted By: paco smith (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 01:14 AM
Asked about her first marriage to Tom Cruise, she stayed quiet on their split.
I'm thinking some kind of strap-on device was involved and Tommy took it like a man.
Posted By: paco smith again (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 01:22 AM
Mmmmmmm.. Olivia in a Leia costume.
The entire Lohan family is just plain fucked up. Why can't Pam Dawber be back in the headlines instead? I'd mork the shit outta her.
Agreed... Levi is a douche.
Franco on a soap is actually kind of cool. Even though I don't watch them, I know that they're a dying breed, and anything to bring attention to them would be good. Western TV series died off the same way... so good luck to General Hospital.
Good stuff Steve! Read ya next week.
Posted By: Santa (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 04:54 AM
Aw bless. James Franco is trying to look edgy.
Posted By: Propagandhi (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 09:12 AM
James Franco looks like Jimmy Wang Yang.
Posted By: The Great Capt. Smooth (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 09:18 AM
First, cookie is a helluva drug.
Second, OF COURSE Britney lip-synchs!! Who didn't figure that out years ago? And as for the show I would go see her shake ass and boobs on the jumbo-tron, not sing. I don't care if she's mute, actually I wouldn't even notice if she was. I'm just sayin'. It's like people who cry about steroid use in sports. For a $1,000,000,000 PER ticket they better be doing some superhuman shite! If they need drugs for that then by all means.
Third: Olivia Munn, I love you. Any woman willing to dawn a metal bikini, and look that good, is the marrying type!! Seriously a girl does that for you, you marry that girl.
Posted By: the dude (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 12:30 PM
Yay, pictures of Manface again! Seriously do you guys enjoy wacking off to dudes that much?
Posted By: Matt (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 12:57 PM
if peein your pants is cool, you can call me miles davis
Posted By: old lady (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 01:22 PM
is it just me or is lohans belly button way to high on her stomach?
Posted By: devin (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 02:57 PM
whos the chick on the front just wearing sunglasses and bikini bottoms?
Posted By: john (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 03:00 PM
You know the one thing I hate about the web culture is why it will take a yet attractive girl, yet nothing special and make her into a celebrity, ie. olivia munn, lauren conrad, tela tequila, etc.
Posted By: Electrichotdog (Guest) on November 07, 2009 at 04:47 PM
Nailin' Palin!
Posted By: FUZEY (Guest) on November 08, 2009 at 12:17 PM
