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May 5
'06

Michelle Rodriguez Interview and Total Request Live Appearance

Michelle Rodriguez appeared on MTV’s Total Request Live and Good Morning America yesterday. Her character was killed off this week’s episode of Lost, but she has played it off and insists it’s not due to her legal trouble:

The GIRL FIGHT star’s finale aired in America on Wednesday night (03MAY06) just days after her release from a Hawaii prison, where she served time for drink driving.

But she insists her legal problems had nothing to do with her departure from the show - she had always planned to quit the series before she became a regular member of the cast.

And now she’s keen to get on with her post-Lost life.

She says, “I planned it. When I signed on I kind of wanted (an) exit. I’m a gypsy, man. I need to be doing different things every year.

“I stays (sic) in one place too long, I get in trouble…”

Here’s a Good Morning America interview with Michelle and a quick recap of her death and love scene on Lost. She said that her death was planned from the beginning, but that she didn’t tell the other castmembers. She also said that her arrest taught her that it’s time to grow up.

Here are pictures of Michelle on Total Request Live [via] and some candids of her in Hollywood after being released from jail. [via] She must use the same cosmetic dentist as Hillary Duff.

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May 3
'06

Tom Cruise outside The Late Show yesterday

Tom Cruise and Jamie Oliver appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. CBS has a video clip (link leads to page, not direct video) of the episode, but I turned off pop-up blocking in both Firefox and IE and could not get it to work. It’s probably because I refuse to install RealPlayer. Maybe you’ll have better luck with it.

Tom has written a rambling article for Time’s 100 People Who Shape Our World issue in which he praises MI3 director J.J. Abrams. His writing reminds me of this crazy guy I worked for in 1998 who ran a dot com. He used words like synergy and turn-key and it was impossible to figure out what he was talking about. (Here’s a web economy bullshit generator that can give you a good idea.)

Some choice excerpts from Tom’s article:

It’s hard to convey with brevity the extraordinary experience of knowing and working with J.J. Abrams. First of all, is there anything in a nameÃ¢â‚¬â€J.J.? Look at the Jays we have nowÃ¢â‚¬â€Jay Leno, J. Lo, Jay-ZÃ¢â‚¬â€but he’s got two Js. He was born to impinge and invade pop culture. Any person who has been exposed to his TV creations Alias or Lost has felt the rapture of his storytelling. He is a story dealer. He delivers what could be called the Lay’s of yarns: you can’t watch just one. I watched all of Alias’ first season in two days, pushing all aside to the near destruction of my personal and business life. I had to tear myself away…

From the very beginning, there was an insouciance that promised anything was possible. He’s a creative juggernaut and someone who recognizes the joy of creating.

[via]

Doesn’t Tom have someone that could have edited this for him? It’s terrible!

Posted in SmartSmartSmart, Television, Tom Cruise

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May 1
'06

Daytime Emmy awards picture post

We know you were anxiously waiting for these pictures of your favorite soap stars and talkshow hosts at the Daytime Emmy awards last Friday. Highlights include Star Jones showing off her new boobs, Martha Stewart looking smug and polished, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi cute ‘n cuddly, Cady McClain of All My Children in a too-short babydoll dress, and Sean Young a typical mess.

Ellen DeGeneres remains everyone’s favorite talk show host and took home the award in that category for a second year in a row. Guilding Light also won big:

CBS’ “Guiding Light” led the 33rd annual Daytime Emmys with four awards, but ABC’s “General Hospital” won for best drama series during Friday’s ceremony in Hollywood, the first time the event has taken place outside of New York.

Meanwhile, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” won the best talk show host award for a second year and best talk show for a third. The ceremony, which was hosted by Tom Bergeron and Kelly Monaco, was broadcast on ABC from the Kodak Theater.

“Guiding Light” nearly swept the other acting categories. Kim Zimmer, who plays Reva Lewis, won her fourth Daytime Emmy for lead actress, and three other cast members won their first Daytime Emmy: Jordan Clarke, who plays Billy Lewis, won for supporting actor; Gina Tognoni, who portrays Dinah Marler, won supporting actress; and Tom Pelphrey, who plays Jonathan Randall, won in the younger actor category.

Jennifer Landon, who portrays Gwen Norbeck on CBS’ “As the World Turns,” won her first Daytime Emmy, in the younger actress category. Onstage, the actress thanked her family, including her father, the late Michael Landon.

Here are pictures of the arrivals including:
Susan Lucci, Sean Young, Portia de Rossi, Ellen DeGeneres, Al Reynolds, Star Jones Reynolds, Ashley Jones, Barbara Walters, Bobbie Eakes, Corbin Bernsen, Amanda Pays, Lisa Rinna, Martha Stewart, Maria Conchita Alonso, Melody Thomas Scott, Tracey Bregman, Lorenzo Lamas, Hunter Tylo, Kristian Alfonso, Alec Musser, Antonio Sabato Jr., Anya Monzikova, Bobbie Eakes, Bree Williamson, Cady McClain, Crystal Chappell, Carroll Spinney with Oscar The Grouch, Davetta Sherwood, Bryton McClure, Michelle Ray Smith, Michael Graziadei, Rachael Ray, Schae Harrison, Seven and McKenzie Westmore, and Sherri Saum.

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May 1
'06

Why Michelle Rodriguez really wanted to go to women’s prison

Lost star Michelle Rodriguez, 27, picked five days in prison, with credit for time served, instead of performing the equivalent of six weeks of weekday community service for her second DUI offense. It seemed like she was being arrogant and just wanted to get it over with.

She may have had another motivation for opting for close quarters with other women. News of the World has an unsurprising but titillating account of Michelle’s hot romps at lesbian clubs in NY and Miami:

Sexy Michelle found just what she was looking for at a New York club’s gay night, rubbing her boobs against a stunning babe during some very dirty dancing.

And on a visit to Miami’s Skybar the starÃ¢â‚¬â€who was jailed for five days this week after admitting drink-drivingÃ¢â‚¬â€stripped off to go skinny dipping with a naked girl.

One onlooker at New York’s Duvet club said: “She set the place on fire and nobody could take their eyes off her, she was so sexy.”

Dressed in skin-tight striped trousers and a white vest, Michelle romped with her new pal on one of the club’s king-size beds. The onlooker said: “She was certainly not a shy girl as she pushed her breasts against the other girl’s boobs and moaned in her ear.

“It was the sexiest thing anyone had ever seen. Michelle was totally hot that night and she knew it. She seemed to be going from woman to woman, nuzzling her face in their breasts. She couldn’t keep her hands to herself. She looked like she was in heaven.”

[via]

She’s an unapologetic woman, and probably won’t care that this news gets out. News of the World quotes her as saying “I’m glad [men] stay away because they consider me intimidating or gay or whatever. It weeds out all the jerks.”

Warning Lost spoiler ahead

Michelle and Cynthia Watros, both stars on Lost, were arrested December 1, 2005 for DUI in Hawaii where the series was filming. Their characters may get killed off at the end of this season:

Now The ENQUIRER can exclusively reveal that ex-cop Ana Lucia (Rodriguez) and therapist Libby (Watros) will wind up goners on the series. A graveside scene in which the pair is laid to rest, with the survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 gathered around to pay their respects, has already been filmed.

“It’s a done deal Ã¢â‚¬â€ Michelle and Cynthia’s characters will die by the season’s end,” a set insider admitted.

You can’t mess around if you’re on Lost. Anyone can die at any time on that series.

Rodriguez may get even more jail time. She faces sentencing in a separate DUI case in LA on May 5th.

Sorry that these pictures of Michelle getting all sexy with other women are low res. Maybe some better versions will come out soon.

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Apr 28
'06

Rosie O’Donnell is the the new co-host on “The View”

Rosie O’Donnell will take over Meredith Vieira’s spot on “The View.” Other women who were said to be in the running for the position were Connie Chung, Patricia Heaton and Soledad O’Brien.

Dubbed “The Queen of Nice” when her syndicated talk show went on the air in 1996 and became an instant hit, O’Donnell won six Daytime Emmy Awards in six years as best talk-show host. She left the show to help raise four children with her partner, Kelli Carpenter O’Donnell.

This could be interesting, but we’re in Europe and have to rely on second-hand reports and the occasional YouTube video. That’s not much of a sacrifice when it comes to this show, which we’ve never watched an entire episode of.

Rosie certainly had a fun talkshow in her time, she’s liberal enough and she knows just about everything about pop culture. She’s not a bad choice.

Rosie has some nice stories about hurricane survivors she’s met posted on her blog, written in her unique poetic way.

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Apr 27
'06

Jennifer Garner is sad about Alias ending

Jennifer Garner has said that her ABC show Alias has run its course, but that she’s sad to leave her character Sydney behind. It sounds like she’s making the best of the situation:

“It definitely feels appropriate,” Garner says. “To me, this show had a finite amount of stories that we could tell. The only reason I say that is not because of the writers, because they’re geniuses, but part of their genius is that they shove a ton of story into every episode. So we’ve told, in five years, what some people would do in seven seasons.

“So, it feels like it’s time. We’ve done Sydney right, and now it’s time for her to go off into the sunset. But that does not mean that my heart doesn’t break, and I’m not going through a total identity crisis, because I am.”

Garner also missed doing her own stunts while she was pregnant, and was thrilled to get the change to jump off a ten-story building while filming the show last wekend:

She explained, “I haven’t done any of that stuff since I’ve been pregnant, so I told the stunt coordinator, ‘Let’s do it, AFTER I put the baby to bed.’”

The star leaped off the ABC office building last Saturday while filming the final season of her hit TV series.

Garner added, “When am I ever going to get the chance to jump off of the ABC building again?”

Garner is a positive, friendly person and sounds so gracious in her comments about the series. Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow and Eva Longoria - take a note!

Here is Garner going to lunch with a friend at Spago. [via] (Pictures are low-res. Sorry about that.)

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Apr 22
'06

That 70s Show full ‘o Scientologists is ending

Christopher Masterson from Malcolm in the Middle, and Laura Prepon of That 70s Show have been a couple for over five years and live together in a house in LA. They don’t get a lot of press since they seem to live a low-key lifestyle.

Prepon’s series, That 70s Show, will air its last episode on May 18th:

After eight seasons, 200 episodes and finishing 85th in the latest Nielsens, the comedy about life in Point Place, Wis., at a time when polyester bell-bottoms and Led Zeppelin eight-tracks were cool, airs its last new episode on May 18 at 8 p.m.

This underrated sitcom, which revolved around the kids in the basement including Mila Kunis, Topher Grace, Ashton Kutcher, Laura Prepon and Wilmer Valderrama, brought aboard loads of guest stars. Bruce Willis, Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, Alice Cooper and Mary Tyler Moore dropped in.

“The reason the show was a hit is simple. It was groovy,” said Tom Werner, executive producer.

That 70s Show may have worn out its welcome after Topher Grace and Ashton Kutcher left last season. Still, most people on the website Jump The Shark think that the show has yet to go downhill.

We knew that Chris Masterson’s brother, Danny Masterson of That 70s Show is a Scientologist, and unfortunately a half-assed Google search confirmed that Laura and Chris are also involved in the pop-psychology cult. According to the website The Truth about Scientology, Laura has completed 7 of the cult’s courses while Chris has completed 11, suggesting that he is more involved than Laura.

Let’s hope this cute couple is keeping their distance from the evil cult, and that they each make the transition onto the big screen.

Masterson’s new film, Intellectual Property, was screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival, where these pictures were taken. Prepon does not have another project lined up at the moment, according to IMDB.

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Apr 21
'06

Boone and Shannon from “Lost” are dating offscreen

Maggie Grace and Ian Somerhalder were step-brother and sister Boone and Shannon on “Lost.” A flashback on the show showed that their characters were once romantically involved, and Boone was killed off early in the series.

The actors are supposedly dating, and have been seen working out at the gym together:

The couple is regularly spotted out together in Los Angeles, but have tried to keep their budding relationship under wraps.

A source confirmed the romance to US Weekly magazine adding, “They stay out of the limelight, but they spend a lot of time hanging out and working out together at Gold’s Gym (in Venice Beach).

“They kiss and hold hands when they come and go from the gym. You can tell they’re a couple.”

That’s cute and they make a nice couple. Maybe we’ll see candids of the two together soon.

Update: We were totally unaware that Somerhalder is widely considered gay. Sorry about that. The NY Daily News ran this blind item that is probably about the non-couple:

* Which fictitious romance between two not-currently-on-TV stars isn’t even believed by the outlet that “broke the story?” He’s going to have to butch up his posse if he wants to pull that one off.

Posted in Hookups, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace, Television

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Apr 20
'06

Janice Dickinson to run a modeling agency on new reality show

Janice Dickinson is going to star in a reality series as she runs her own modeling agency in Hollywood. It’s going to air on the network that no one watches, Oxygen. From what we saw on Surreal Life, she’s unbalanced but that doesn’t mean her show will be interesting.

The show was originally scheduled to start filming back in November, but just had its initial casting call for models yesterday, when these pictures were taken.

It’s hard to resist publishing pictures of Dickinson, who pulls all sorts of stupid faces. She’s a good candidate for the new site Buttafaces.com.

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Apr 19
'06

Tori Spelling’s mom no longer talks to her

Tori Spelling’s mom was said to be pissed that Tori was planning on making fun of her eBay obsession on her new faux-reality series for VH1, sonoTORIous. Now that the show has aired, with Loni Anderson playing Tori’s bitchy mom, Tori’s real mom won’t even talk to her.

The show is less than kind in its portrayal of Candy Spelling, played by Loni Anderson, and the mother of the “Beverly Hills, 90210″ star is reportedly so angry, she no longer speaks to her daughter, TMZ.com reported Wednesday.

Tori’s divorce from Charlie Shanian is due to be finalized after a million-dollar wedding and a mere 14 months of marriage. She is now free to marry her fiance, Dean McDermott..

Here she is at the Hollywood Life Reception For “So noTORIous” at Pizarro Design Studio last night.

Posted in Parties, Photos, Television, Tori Spelling

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