Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Have You People Learned Nothing From Me?

I have spent the past three years using this blog as a vehicle to teach young women to always wear underwear with a skirt. And yet. And yet ... /> I have spent the past three years using this blog as a vehicle to teach young women to always wear underwear with a skirt. And yet. And yet ... ...

Danny Gokey Wants to Do an Eyewear Line

danny-gokey-01-2009-01-14 Well this would be a first for an Idol cast-off. Danny Gokey, famous for wearing glasses on stage, wants to start his own line of eyewear! "I want to come out with a line of glasses," says the third-place finisher, known for his fashionable array of eyewear. "And hopefully somehow tie into the foundation [his deceased wife Sophia's Heart Foundation]. Maybe some of the proceeds can help whatever we try to do for the foundation. I would really like to start a Danny line or a Gokey line." ...

Paula Abdul Squeezes a Chart Ranking Out of “Here for the Music”

paula-abdul-drunk Twenty years ago this week, Paula Abdul scored her second No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart with "Forever Your Girl." This week, she's back on the charts, with her new single "Here for the Music" coming in at the #87 spot following her appearance on Idol last week. Not an especially embarrassing ranking for a 46-year-old doing dance tracks, but I'd wager money that it'll be off the charts entirely by next week. Meanwhile, Chris Daughtry's "No Suprise," which debuted on Idol the sa...

“Angels & Demons” Actor Calls Dan Brown a “Bad Writer”

tn2_stellan_skarsgard_3 Oooooooh, SLAM!!! Actor Stellan Skarsgard, who stars in the upcoming Tom Hanks flick Angels & Demons -- based on the book written by Dan Brown -- just gave the author a smack-down. "I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliffhangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading," Skarsgard told Swedish broadcaster SVT. "It's like eating peanuts at a bar. You don't like them, but you keep on eating them anyway." He said he only agreed to be in the movie after r...

Katharine McPhee Still Has Fans

I was just sitting in the shower the other day thinking about celebrities, because that's what I do in the shower, and I shower like five times a day, which is probably why I have so many thoughts about celebrities. Anyway, my shower thought was "Does Katharine McPhee have a sustainable career?" I couldn't come up with a clear answer, but obviously someone still cares about her. Katharine was swarmed by paps the other day -- and she wisely kept mum as they drilled her with questions about same-sex marriage -- and was saved by what I think is a homeless woman, who grabbed her by the arm and pushed her through a door and then cussed out the paps. Sweet. I want one of these ladies to take everywhere with me. And when someone annoys me I'll just be like, "Ahem. I think my homeless lady has something she wants to say to you." /> I was just sitting in the shower the other day thinking about celebrities, because that's what I do in the shower, and I shower like five times a day, which is probably why I have so many thoughts about celebrities. Anyway, my shower thought was "Does Katharine McPhee have a sustainable career?" I couldn't come up with a clear answer, but obviously someone still cares about her. Katharine was swarmed by paps the other day -- and she wisely kept mum as they drilled her with questions about same-sex ma...

Tabloid Wars!!!

intouch_brang If you're a moribund form of print media looking to boost numbers, what do you do? The same thing you'd do if you were a celebrity with a moribund career -- you start a feud. That's exactly what Us Weekly has done, running a two-page spread about InTouch Weekly's slew of misinformed Brangelina covers. What did InTouch have to say about this? "We're extremely flattered that our competition pays so much attention to InTouch that they were willing to devote a 2-page spread to us." Indeed. Ex...

Quotables

"Tony Romo is one of my favorite quarterbacks. I don't think he's my favorite — but he's certainly one of my favorites. So I felt kinda conflicted doing the Jessica thing. [But] Jessica got fat. I mean, not really fat, but she certainly got fat for ... well, Jessica Simpson got fat for Jessica Simpson! You know what I mean? I've always wanted people to be able to look back at each video and go, 'Oh, remember what was going on at that moment!' You know what I mean? 'Oh, that's when Jessica Simpson got fat.' 'Oh, OK!' And even if she gets thin again, that's fine. But for that moment in time, she was fat." Eminem, on his decision to mock Jessica Simpson's size in the video for "We Made You." (Video above) /> "Tony Romo is one of my favorite quarterbacks. I don't think he's my favorite — but he's certainly one of my favorites. So I felt kinda conflicted doing the Jessica thing. [But] Jessica got fat. I mean, not really fat, but she certainly got fat for ... well, Jessica Simpson got fat for Jessica Simpson! You know what I mean? I've always wanted people to be able to look back at each video and go, 'Oh, remember what was going on at that moment!' You know what I mean? 'Oh, that's when Jessica Si...

Lindsay Lands a Gig! So Does Alanis Morrissette!

55702ex_lohan_b-gr_02 I don't know how it happened, but someone cast Lindsay Lohan in another movie -- an indie flick co-starring Woody Harrelson, Giovanni Ribisi, Dave Matthews and Alanis Morissette. It's called The Other Side, and it centers on a grad student who must spend the summer working at a scientific institute on a remote island. She discovers an eccentric community of characters who are hiding a secret about a tragedy that took place many years before. "Lindsay's very aware of people's perceptions of...

It’s a Boy for Joel and Nicole

30605PCN_Richie Congrats to Nicole Richie and her uterus, which is currently growing a small penis. (It has a person attached to it, too, but isn't that all men really are anyway? Penises with bodies attached? Or is that the kind of thinking that results in me being eternally single?) “Joel bought water-based paint for the nursery and — surprise, surprise — it’s blue,” says a pal of the couple, who adds that Nicole refers to the baby as “he.” “Plus, she recently ordered some plush animals a...