In London's Piccaddilly Circus this week, 100 woman flash-mobbed the square to "celebrate" (read: "promote") London's free Beyonce concert in November, sponsored by Trident. Yeah, that's right, the gum. The packets of gum all have barcodes on them, and a limited number of the barcodes grant you access to the Beyonce show. So it's kind of like Willy Wonka except with considerably fewer Oompa Loompas but probably a lot more aerial work. (I'm gonna go ahead and call the chocolate ratio a tie.)
I feel like I've watched people do this dance on YouTube clips with such regularity that I might just spring up out of bed one night and start doing it, nailing all the moves perfectly. I've never studied dance, but I'm pretty sure I could at least test into some masters-level courses in tap and ballet with the sheer amount of exposure I've had to the Single Ladies dance. You think I'm kidding? Once when I was 13, Juilliard offered me a full scholarship to their dance program when they saw me do the Achy Breaky Heart dance at a Bat Mitzvah. (I politely declined; I knew another young woman was waiting in the wings to build an ill-deserved career on Billy Ray Cyrus's name. You're welcome, Miley.)
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In London's Piccaddilly Circus this week, 100 woman flash-mobbed the square to "celebrate" (read: "promote") London's free Beyonce concert in November, sponsored by Trident. Yeah, that's right, the gum. The packets of gum all have barcodes on them, and a limited number of the barcodes grant you access to the Beyonce show. So it's kind of like Willy Wonka except with considerably fewer Oompa Loompas but probably a lot more aerial work. (I'm gonna go ahead and call the chocolate ratio a tie.)
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Lauren Conrad may be done filming The Hills, but she's not ready to leave TV entirely. She just filmed a guest spot for Family Guy -- playing herself, per usual, except this time it turns out she's a genius! Hey, at least she's not pulling an Audrina and trying to get into acting or pulling a Heidi and releasing crappy singles -- LC knows what she's good at, and she's stickin' to that. There's some credit due there.
Lauren says of her Guy gig, "The idea in the episode is that they make fun of me for being dumb and then discover that I'm actually a genius, and that [Lauren Conrad is] kind of a character I play [on TV], because America likes dumb people."
And how did L.C. handle the challenges of playing a cartoon genius?
She says, "I hired an acting coach just for the day because a lot of the lines later on in the episode are very complicated. I'm talking a lot about history and theorems and conductors, and there's a lot of facts and a lot of big words, and I had to say it as if it was coming to me very easily, so I had to learn the lines ahead of time rather than just reading them. I actually had to research some of them because the acting coach told me that if I really understood what I was talking about, it would come through a little more true."
What do you think, America? Do you like dumb people?
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Lauren Conrad may be done filming The Hills, but she's not ready to leave TV entirely. She just filmed a guest spot for Family Guy -- playing herself, per usual, except this time it turns out she's a genius! Hey, at least she's not pulling an Audrina and trying to get into acting or pulling a Heidi and releasing crappy singles -- LC knows what she's good at, and she's stickin' to that. There's some credit due there.
Lauren says of her Guy gig, "The idea in the episode is that they make fun of me for being dumb and then discover that I'm actually a genius, and that [Lauren Conrad is] kind of a charac...
IT'S ALRIGHT, IT'S OK official music video
Because when your boyfriend's cheating on you, the appropriate thing to do is trash his house with your friends and take photos of yourself making out with a random dude and leave them for him to find, because that's going to make him so sad and he'll totally miss you and won't at all think of you as a psychotic bitch who never deserved his loyalty anyway. This is a far better approach than simply walking away with your dignity intact. Great message, Tiz. />IT'S ALRIGHT, IT'S OK official music video
Because when your boyfriend's cheating on you, the appropriate thing to do is trash his house with your friends and take photos of yourself making out with a random dude and leave them for him to find, because that's going to make him so sad and he'll totally miss you and won't at all think of you as a psychotic bitch who never deserved his loyalty anyway. This is a far better approach than simply walking away with your dignity intact. Great me...
Wait, who won the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night? Oh, right, nobody cares. It was Miss North Carolina, but any attention she may have had as a result of winning has been eclipsed by this Miss California scandal. (BTW, "Miss California" is a great song by Jack's Mannequin, but that's the only context in which I support it these days.)
Carrie "Haterade" Prejean was on the Today Show today, digging her hole even deeper. She admits that her answer cost her the crown (as well it should!) but she stands by her hateful answer, and claims that she had "spoken from my heart, for my beliefs and for my God." She adds that "it's not about being politically correct; for me, it's about being biblically correct."
Miz Prejean, you and I have very different Gods. I hope that one day you can find a faith in something a little less spiteful. />
Wait, who won the Miss USA pageant on Sunday night? Oh, right, nobody cares. It was Miss North Carolina, but any attention she may have had as a result of winning has been eclipsed by this Miss California scandal. (BTW, "Miss California" is a great song by Jack's Mannequin, but that's the only context in which I support it these days.)
Carrie "Haterade" Prejean was on the Today Show today, digging her hole even deeper. She admits that her answer cost her the crown (as well it should!) but she st...
You may not know her by name, but you know who she is -- the other half (two-thirds?) of the Mini-Me sex tape. Ranae Shrider and I have become friends over the Internets, and this weekend in LA I actually had a chance to meet her. What I found was a person completely different from the crazy hanger-on that's been portrayed in the media. She's funny, charming, smart, independent, open-hearted and all too willing to laugh at herself. I told my girlfriends later, "You guys, she's totally someone we'd hang out with." And it's true! She's a very cool girl who I'm happy to call a friend.
After a yummy lunch, Ranae and I sat down to do some vlogging. I asked her the questions I've always wanted to ask her: What's it like having sex with Mini-Me? How big is he down there? What positions work best? How is it, ya know, enjoyable? Ranae totally dished, and all the goods are in the clip above.
However, we talked about WAY more than Verne -- Ranae's been working as an actress in LA since before she even met him, and she also dished about her current projects, her relationship with Hef's new girlfriends, Ron Jeremy's take on her relationship with Verne, haters on the Internet, and why I need to get laid. You can watch the full-length interview in the clips below.
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You may not know her by name, but you know who she is -- the other half (two-thirds?) of the Mini-Me sex tape. Ranae Shrider and I have become friends over the Internets, and this weekend in LA I actually had a chance to meet her. What I found was a person completely different from the crazy hanger-on that's been portrayed in the media. She's funny, charming, smart, independent, open-hearted and all too willing to laugh at herself. I told my girlfriends later, "You guys, she's totally someone we'd hang...
Guys, I'm really sorry about this Linds news every single day. You know how I feel about her, but these stories just keep popping up and I'm afraid that if I don't report them, Beet will punish me by making me watch a twenty-four hour-long compilation DVD of the works of Julia Roberts, or something as equally horrific.
Anyway, Ellen DeGeneres and wife Portia de Rossi, or Double De as they are affectionately called by me, attended the 20th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in which Ellen won Outstanding...
"I am a huge fan of Forever 21 and I'm very happy they have expanded their line to include a plus-size range, but I am not in that size category and this article makes it sound like I am! I am a curvy girl and I love my curves, but curvy and plus-sized are two very different things. I work really hard to maintain my curves while staying slim and healthy, so to be classed as a 'fuller-figured woman' of extra large proportions is a little offensive. For the record, I am a size 2, not 2XL."
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"Re: 420, I don't smoke pot anymore. I just pay a dude 50 bucks to come over, press lightly on my chest and tell me all my ideas are awesome."
John Mayer, Twittering on April 20th.
I wonder if he decided to do this before or after he split from Jennifer Aniston. We all know she likes herself some grass. ...
Hells yeah! You guys remember how pissed I was that NBC had asked ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to appear on their summer craptacular, I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! So I'm absolutely delighted to hear that a judge has denied his request to leave the country to film the show in Costa Rica. (Rod is currently out on bail awaiting his trial for selling Barack Obama's Senate seat to the highest bidder.)
NBC said in a statement that they have no plans to move filming to the US to allow this asswipe to participate.
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Lindsay covers her face from the photogs as she leaves h.wood in LA. She sure is teensy tiny these days! And can anyone remember the last night that Lindsay wasn't out at a club somewhere? It's just like the old days ...
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Brooke spent some time in Miami this weekend filming her new music video (wait, really???) with her new boyfriend, rapper Yannique Barker. This makes perfect sense, actually. Her mother dates men who are half her age. Brooke can't do that without tip-toeing into statutory rape, so instead she's dating men who are half her size.
Whatever. I can't wait to see this video. I'm sure it'll be AMAZING and bubbling over with talent and intelligence, like everything Brooke does.
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