The Hollywood 5 & 1: 12.03.11: Kardashian Baby Edition!

Posted by Steve Gustafson on 12.03.2011

Kate Upton takes on Rhian Sugden and Leilani Dowding battles Miranda Kerr in Vs, Kourtney Kardashian uses her pregnancy to distract from family problems, Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries trade words, Courtney Love wants to help Lindsay Lohan, Emily Scott is your "& 1" Model of the Week and more!

BEFORE WE BEGIN...
I'm Steve Gustafson and we're back for another week of celebrity gossip, hot women, and goofy fun. I read through all the tabloid magazines and gossip sites so you don't have to. Occupy THIS!

Do you enjoy the 5 & 1 format? Of course you do! Check this out. First up is the NEWEST member to the 5 & 1 club...Stewart Lange with his The MMA 5 & 1! Next is The Music 5 & 1 by Jeremy Thomas. Bringing up the rear is The Wrestling 5 & 1 by Greg De Marco. Check it out! Oh yeah, besides writing about the zany lives of famous people, I cover movie news! Yes, that's right. Each and every Monday I do the Big Screen Bulletin.

This week I participated in the awesome Fact or Fiction by Ben Piper! Great questions that sparked some good debate! I had the pleasure of being paired with Jeffrey Harris, who always brings the goods! Check it out!

I want to send out a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to Hollywood 5 & 1 favorite...Chanel Preston! Chanel not only celebrated a birthday this past week, she was tapped to play Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider XXX movie! I predicted LONG ago she'd be doing big things! Send your congrats to her at @ChanelPreston!



VS
Quick rundown of the rules. The winner stays! 4 wins gets you to the Hall of Bang! It's that simple. Feel free to throw in your suggestions for that number one spot in the comments or email me at [e-mail]!

Our OFFICIAL HALL OF BANG!

Stacey Dash
Salma Hayek
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Sofia Vergara
Mila Kunis
Scarlett Johansson
Keeley Hazell
Mya Jane
Susan Coffey
Holly Peers
Denise Milani
Penelope Cruz
Arianny Celeste!

Once we have 16 members in the Hall of Bang we'll be having a tourney to crown Miss Bang! That's right. From the sweet 16 to one, where YOU decide who's numero uno!

In a 4-way session we had Kate Upton, Erin Heatherton, Halle Berry, and Angelina Jolie go at it to solve, one and for all, the controversy from the previous week. You all didn't let me down and provided a clear cut winner!

Kate Upton! Her 28 votes easily topped the 15 by Jolie, and 14 by Berry and Heatherton! Kate secures her first victory and to get to number two she has a rematch with Rhian Sugden! Sugden easily beat out Sophie Turner to fight again for the top spot! A little naughty and a little nice! What will the result be this time? Will Upton take over? Will Rhian have a better showing? It's all up to YOU!

Kate Upton VS. Rhian Sugden



VOTE BELOW!

Let's set it up for another round! Two more reader suggested ladies as Miranda Kerr and newcomer Leilani Dowding step into VS. to make a run at Hall of Bang!

Leilani Dowding VS. Miranda Kerr



VOTE BELOW!


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MYSTERY RUMP!
So in MYSTERY RUMP/RACK it's real simple. I present to you a pick of a mystery rack (or rump!) and YOU tell me who it is. Easy, right? For some of you this might present a challenge so I'll give you a couple clues each week. But they won't be obvious clues. You'll have to really look hard to figure it out!

Who was it last week? I'm impressed! Really! MNM came out of nowhere to correctly guess the Mystery Rack last week! Who was it? None other than the beautiful...Monica Bellucci!



Let's keep it going. Clues for this week:

* Fairly new to the 5 & 1!

* Former "& 1" Model of the Week!

Gentlemen, start your guesses!



Stop by next week for the reveal!


VIDEO-O-GO-GO
Do you like nunchuks? I said...DO YOU LIKE NUNCHUKS? Some of you may know Jason Eisener as the director of the insane Hobo with a Shotgun movie. Eisener is a nunchuk enthusiast and has made some awesome nunchuk videos!

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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!




A Baby Will Save Them!
Do you remember something I said last week? In case you were busy or were distracted by the barely covered boobs, let me remind you of something I wrote concerning the Kardashian family:

Add to that, Kardashian-mania has started to cool with fans turning against the family in light of the circumstances of the wedding and the divorce. While they'll always have their hardcore supporters, the general audience is starting to tire of the guessing game. Expect a big twist in the coming weeks. What do you think they'll pull out of the hat:

A) A new baby.
B) Mysterious illness.
C) A long-lost Kardashian cousin appears. Preferably someone with a cute lisp!

Ding Ding! Looks like someone knows what he's talking about as Kourtney Kardashian is pregnant once again! The reality personality made the announcement on the cover of Us Weekly, saying she took a pregnancy test about five weeks ago. "Now I'm nine weeks along," she said. "You're supposed to wait 12 weeks to tell people, but I feel confident." Kardashian and Scott Disick, who are already parents to nearly two-year-old son Mason, also discussed the good news with E! Online, the home network of all their television ventures. Kourtney just started a mommy blog, shooting videos that give tips and tricks to new mothers based on her time raising Mason.

Looks like the PR Machine is up and running!



Someone had to step up and save the family!


Speaking of...
It's a double dose of Kardashian this week! Make sure you wash after! Sources close to Kris Humphries told TMZ that Kris is gunning for an annulment based on fraud because he feels "he was just slotted in the plot line of Kim Kardashian's latest headline and newest business venture."

Is it me or is this "divorce" really boring? Kim and Kris really need to step it up if they want to ignite ratings! Seriously. Kris believes Kim never intended to stay married to him, but needed a groom to fuel ratings for her show. Hey! Someone is THINKING! One source says, "Once they were finished taping, she just didn't need a groom anymore." Kris is telling people he feels like a pawn in the game. And supposedly Kris is outraged by people who think he was in on the wedding scam! OUTRAGE! According to one friend, "He would have never flown in his childhood pastor to marry them and involve his church." Finally, Kris feels Kim's own statement that she posted on her blog is a smoking gun, pointing to this line specifically: "I felt like I was on a fast roller coaster and couldn't get off when now I know I probably should have. I got caught up in the hoopla and the filming of the TV show."

Blame it on the hoopla!

On the He Said/She Said flip side: Kim is telling friends that she is incredulous over Humphries' claim that she used him as a disposable groom just to get a pop on her reality show. Kim is bragging she and her mom are marketing geniuses, so why would she set herself up to be skewered in the media by dumping her husband after only 72 days?

Maybe an inflated sense of ego clouded your judgement, Kim.

Kim acknowledges the split has been rough on her image and she would never have intentionally self-destructed. And, Kim says, if this were really a wedding truly made for TV, she would have made it "way better," telling friends, "I'm no dummy. The divorce would have been just as dramatic and dragged out as the wedding." Kim is telling friends Kris' latest move is "pathetic," adding, "Why fight over any of this?"

Ratings Kim. Ratings.



Ratings!


I Smell a Reality Show!
I don't even know where to go with this one. It just writes itself! Courtney Love says she is the answer to Lindsay Lohan's problems.

I repeat: Courtney Love says she is the answer to Lindsay Lohan's problems.

Love, who says she's been sober since 2007, has stepped in to mentor Lohan "because nobody else will," she told Details magazine. "She's further down the line than I was, because there was no TMZ then," Love added. Earlier this year, Love told The Fix that she's helped Lohan through legal battles in the past, adding, it's not uncommon for troubled celebrities to look to her for advice. "It wasn't that long ago when Kim Stewart was screaming, ‘Courtney, what are we going to do? Kelly Osbourne is blue on the floor!' she said. "For some reason, Kim Stewart also called me when Paris Hilton got pulled over for her last DUI. … What am I, a junkie Auntie Mame?"

That's a lot of celebrity wreck name dropping!

Love might be hoping to boost her image as Lohan's mentor. "I've been maligned as this drug freak for years, and I'm getting tired of it," Love reportedly said. "That's not the way I live anymore. Obviously I've had a lot of issues, but that was years ago! Since then, I've worked really hard to get myself together, but for some reason I've remained a punch line."

I can't imagine why anyone would still consider using her as a punch line when we have so many other options to pick from.



Stay classy!


Oscar Bash!
I'm going on record to say I really enjoyed the Oscars last year. Seriously. It was different and kept my attention. Imagine my surprise when I saw I was in the minority! I thought James Franco and Anne Hathaway were funny and kept the night moving.

Looks like my team of thinking just grew by one! Actor Seth Rogan came out in support of his co-star! "I think when you agree to do something like that, you put a certain amount of faith in the institution, hoping that they'll take care of you, and I feel like they didn't," Rogen said. "Why hire James Franco and then give him Billy Crystal's monologue? It was like, 'Oh, we'll hire these young hosts and then we'll just do the same shit we do every f-cking year'." Which was my point on Twitter. The exec's went through the motions but weren't committed to really making it different. "I think they just approached it wrong," Rogen says. "They didn't think it through, and they were way under prepared. I think they hung him out to dry. So I wouldn't do it unless they hired some better writers."

Me either.



Figure I'd through another picture of Keeley Hazell in here!


What's the BUZZ?
Guess what? I just became a fan of Adam Carolla! Why? Because Carolla is not a fan of Occupy Wall Street. I hate politics but this made my day. The comedian and talk show host went on a rant of epic proportions against the self-styled 99%, linking their grievances against the country's economic imbalance to what he thinks is a generation of kids raised too softly by their parents.

Take a listen!






Welcome back to the & 1 Model of the Week! Where we search this thing called the internet to find a lovely lady to appreciate in all her beauty.

The & 1 Model of the Week brings us...Emily Scott! Emily is one of those models who can look different photo to photo. But I think you'll agree that each one brings a certain sexiness to the party!



Ladies and Gentlemen, I present…Emily Scott!



Enjoy!

Stop back next week for another & 1 Model of the Week!


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