Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Bruno Premieres in London

90617m7_cohen_b-gr_01 Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno doesn't open in the US until July, but it premiered yesterday in London. Despite all the buzz about whether or not the film fairly represented the gay community (uhhhh, I'm gonna go with "no," because it's a satire, guys), the early reviews are, I imagine, exactly what Sacha was hoping they'd be. There's this, from the BBC: "Sometimes you question whether he has finally crossed the line into offensive bad taste - and, latterly, whether you were right to laugh...

Angelina and Brad Donate $1M to Pakistani Refugees

Angelina Jolie Speaks at UN World Refugee Day Pictures Photos Out of respect for their generous donation, I declined to use the term "Brangelina" in my headline. You're welcome, Jolie-Pitts. That's what a million bucks buys you in this economy. The patrons saints of everything shelled out the $1M to the U.N. to help survivors of the violence in Pakistan. Over 2 million Pakistanis have been driven from their homes this year by fighting between government troops and Taliban militants in the northwest of the country. Angelina was also present at the World...

Jon & Kate: Trying to Save the Ratings with Divorce Announcement?

Kate Gosselin As Wendie reported yesterday, ratings for Jon & Kate Plus Eight are nose-diving after a huge initial premiere. What to do now? Make a big announcement, apparently. “Jon and Kate Gosselin have an announcement.” Those are the words that appear on the screen in a new TLC promo for a one-hour Jon & Kate Plus Eight special episode, airing Monday (9 p.m. ET). In the spot, Kate Gosselin says, “Recently, we’ve made some life-changing decisions — decisions that will affect every member of our...

Lindsay Lohan Is Lying

90616w9_lohan_b-gr_04 What's new? After drunk-tweeting a bunch of tragic nonsense late last night, Lindsay Lohan is blaming the incident on hackers. "Stop trying to get onto my twitter page whoever you are! Its become extremely creepy!!!" she said in a tweet. "Just trying to clear the air! And I'm tired of changing my password every other day!" Ummmm, Lindsay, let me be the first to do what no other media outlet seems to have the balls to do: Call outright bullshit on this. Hackers don't go into a Twitter account...

Is She Going to Have to Return the Restaurant?

57359232 News hit the web yesterday that Billy Joel had bought a restaurant in Sag Harbor for his much-younger wife, ousted Top Chef host Katie Lee Joel. But either that story was false or that restaurant's gonna have to be returned with a receipt, because today we learn that Billy and Katie are over. "After nearly five years of marriage, Billy and Katie have decided to separate," reps for the pair said in a joint statement. "This decision is the result of much thought and consideration. Billy and Katie remain car...

Watergate: The Actual Interview

I'm sure you all caught last week's video of Kate Gosselin denying water to Mady before a live, televised interview. But did you see the incredibly awkward interview that followed? The one where Kate practically bitch-slaps Alexis, who is busy murdering Joel (or is that Colin?), and then Mady says she likes her dad better than her mom and then announces that she hates the sextuplets? And the interviewer has absolutely no idea what to do with the whole mess, despite being a mother herself? No. Well, it's above. Why anyone would choose to put all these eight children in a live interview situation is a total mystery to me. Thanks Tako! /> I'm sure you all caught last week's video of Kate Gosselin denying water to Mady before a live, televised interview. But did you see the incredibly awkward interview that followed? The one where Kate practically bitch-slaps Alexis, who is busy murdering Joel (or is that Colin?), and then Mady says she likes her dad better than her mom and then announces that she hates the sextuplets? And the interviewer has absolutely no idea what to do with the whole mess, despite being a mother herself? No. Well, it's above. Why anyone would choose to put all these eight children in...

Celebs Step Up to Help Africa!

Actor Don Cheadle at the premiere of  "The Assassination of Jess Not everyone can pull a Madonna or Angelina and just adopt half the continent, but a bunch of celebs are "chipping" in to help the people of Darfur at the World Series of Poker this year. (Did you see what I did there with the "chip" thing? Wasn't that funny? I'm pleased with it.) On July 2, Don Cheadle -- who starred in 2004's Hotel Rwanda -- is once again hosting the third annual Ante Up for Africa No Limit Texas Hold-Em Tournament in association with the World Series of Poker. Proceeds from th...

Free Marrow Donor Registration at Marrow.org

Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader for letting me know about this! In April, I wrote about Ed Burns' support for the bone marrow donor registration. I'd registered to join the donor list and was waiting for my kit in the mail. At the time, it cost $52 to get the kit, but I figured it was a small price to pay for something so important. I got the kit in the mail a few days later. It was super easy -- you just swap the inside of your mouth with some Q-tips and send it back. The whole thing took about five minutes. And now through June 22, registration is FREE on Marrow.org. That's right -- the kit costs you nothing. You just have to ask for it. So get your butts over to that site and get registered! It's a simple -- and cost-free -- thing you can do today to potentially save a life. />Thanks to an eagle-eyed reader for letting me know about this! In April, I wrote about Ed Burns' support for the bone marrow donor registration. I'd registered to join the donor list and was waiting for my kit in the mail. At the time, it cost $52 to get the kit, but I figured it was a small price to pay for something so important. I got the kit in the mail a few days later. It was super easy -- you just swap the inside of your mouth with some Q-tips and send it back. The whole thing took abo...

ZOMG You Guys Kate Gosselin Spanked Leah!

kate-gosselin-spanks-daughter-in-public GASP! Paparazzi captured some footage of Kate Gosselin spanking daughter Leah. It hit the Internet tonight. This should give the Gosselin's some of that publicity they've been so sorely lacking. I know I should be outraged or something, but at this point I'm just so over being mean to Kate Gosselin. The story's been overplayed, like that Flo Rida track about a girl going down. (Is anyone else so over that song?) I'm just ready for the media hype to die down and for these kids to get a lit...