Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Tonight Show Lays of Non-Writing Staff

strike2.jpg The strike's hitting hard, kids. The Tonight Show laid off its nonwriting staff today. These are the people who don't make anywhere near as much as the writers: these are the makeup artists, the grips, the props guys, etc. Very sad. The network confirmed Friday that nearly 80 nonwriting members of The Tonight Show staff have been laid off, as NBC previously said would happen if no arrangement could be made to get either Jay Leno or a guest back into the host's chair by the end of the month....

Everyone’s Dead! You’ll Be Missed, Evel Knievel.

Evel Knievel Dies The motorcycle daredevil passed away today, his granddaughter confirmed. He was 69. He had been in failing health for years, suffering from diabetes and pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable condition that scarred his lungs. Knievel had undergone a liver transplant in 1999 after nearly dying of hepatitis C, likely contracted through a blood transfusion after one of his bone-shattering spills. R.I.P., buddy. ...

Elizabeth Berkley Is Clawing Her Way Back onto the D-List

Elizabeth Berkley to Host Bravo’s Step it up and dance After scoring a recurring role on CSI: Miami, the nation's favorite caffeine addict has signed on to host Bravo's new reality competition series "Step It Up and Dance." "Step It Up" will feature contestants trying to master a range of dance styles, from ballet and ballroom to Broadway and burlesque. The winner will receive a cash prize. The series is in production, shooting at locations in and around Los Angeles. A premiere date has not been announced. I'm so excited! I'm so excited! ...

Tila Tequila Talks Back

Tila Tequila Says she really is bisexual Tila is responding to the rumors that she's not really bi on her blog. ohhhh God dear lord have mercy! I BARELY just got back from a 15 hour flight from Australia and the minute I land there is a TON of media lies about me out! Today NEW YORK POST "PAGE SIX" wrote an article about me full of LIES! ... First of all, let me just say that whomever they are getting their "sources" from needs to be fired real fast! I find it absolutely absurd that they would even make such an ignorant statement such as " She's made out with some ...

The Spice Girls’ Kids Are All Giving Each Other Chickenpox

spice_girls31.jpg This is a nice precursor to 15 years from now, when they're all giving each other herpes. Geri Halliwell is being forced to leave her 18-month-old daughter Bluebell at home while she and the other Spice Girls prepare to kick off their world tour in Vancouver on Sunday. "Bluebell caught chickenpox from [Victoria's Beckham's son] Cruz," Halliwell ("Ginger" Spice), 35, revealed Friday morning on the British TV show GMTV. "She's now completely pelted now so I left her at home. Normally th...

Tila Tequila May Not Actually Enjoy Eating Pussy

Tila Tequila Well knock me over with a feather. It looks like this whole Tila-Tequila-is-bi thing may have been an awful, awful ruse. Shocking!!!!!!! (Right.) Says an inside source: "Tila has and has had a boyfriend for over a year, and she's not really bi. She's made out with some girls in her past, as all girls have, but she is not bi at all. [She has a boyfriend] who's like five years older than her. This is a massive scam . . . That's why they are not continuing with the show [for a secon...

GASP! Lindsay Lohan is SELLING Photo Ops!

lindsay_shopping.jpg Who'd've guessed it??? You know, I thought I had the world's coolest job, but I think I have to give that title to Lindsay Lohan. If I could get paid tons of money for being photographed while shopping, I'd quit this blogging thing in a heartbeat. Lohan reportedly shopped around staged Thanksgiving dinner photos that included her mother Dina, sister Ali, her brothers and boyfriend Riley Giles to many of the celeb weeklies. Her asking price began in the six-figure range before dropping to $20,00...