New York City is on the cusp of banning the use of trans fats in all of its eateries. By mid 2008 many restaurants will not only have to ban the use of these heart-clogging fats, but also post calorie counts on their menus. This means that all of the places that use deep fat fryers, which are used to make many of my favorite dishes, will have to find alternate oils. Big fast food restaurants are obviously freaking out over this since they cook their foods in quite frightening ways to begin with. I wo...
The long-awaited video (seriously, it took a whole day -- that's like a lifetime in the blogosphere) of Jessica Simpson running off-stage at the Kennedy Center Awards has at last arrived. [MollyGood] Reverend Jesse Jackson is urging the public to boycott Seinfeld DVDs after star Michael Richards' much-publicized racist rant reportedly prompted a spike in DVD sales for the show. My guess is the thought process surrounding most of these purchases went more along the lines of "Oh, hey, I forgot about Kramer. Man, Seinfeld sure was funny. Those DVDs would make a great Christmas gift," and less along the lines of "You mean that Kramer guy's a racist? Oh, now I'll buy the DVDs." A Jason Alexander crotch shot probably would have had a similar impact. But whatever. [CelebSlam] Beyonce Knowles and Jennifer Hudson are supposedly having some manner of non-feud regarding who upstaged whom in Dreamgirls. I'm not sure if I believe it less than I care, or vice versa. [TMZ] Porn star Kendra Jade knows words like "disheartened," "inevitable," and "salacious." That or her publicist does. Either way, she didn't sleep with K-Fed. She has standards. [JordanIsYourHomeboy] Sandra Bullock is either pregnant or she isn't. [Celebrity Smack] The OC's Rachel Bilson and Adam Brody decide to call it quits. In real life, not on the show. Are they still on that show? Do I really care? No. [Tabloid Whore] Eddie Murphy reportedly announces to a Dutch television show that he's no longer dating Mel B. (aka Scary Spice) and now questions the paternity of her child. His rep says these reports are false. Maybe Eddie needs to take a tip from Gwyneth Paltrow and brush up on his foreign-language skills. [TMZ] Um...related? Eddie Murphy is dating film producer and Babyface ex Tracey Edmonds. [Bossip] I'm Not Obsessed has a good index of YouTube clips from the VH1 Big in 06 Awards. [I'm Not Obsessed] George Clooney's pet pig dies. Perhaps this will send him into a drunken emotional tailspin, hitting up Hyde every night with new BFF Stavros Niarchos, culminating in a glorious George Clooney crotch shot. Is that too much to ask?? [Junkiness] I love Jennifer Garner. After her weight gain kicked off rumors of another pregnancy, she decides to just fess up: "Nobody’s pregnant. I am as physically unfit as I’ve probably been in my whole life." [Pop on the Pop] Oh good. Tori Spelling's writing a memoir. People notes that the opus will "likely be done with the help of a ghostwriter." I would, honestly, be much more interested in the stunning work of literature that Tori Spelling would surely produce if left entirely to her own devices. [People] Two Beckhams for the price of one Courtney Love? You've got yourselves a deal, England! [popbytes]
I was reading this article on Dutch television when it occurred to me how crappy our TV standards are. Someone shows a nipple around this country and people go fucking bonkers but over there in the Netherlands they have "prostate milking" right on the tube! Seriously.Here are a few excerpts so you don't actually have to leave the sanctuary that is EB.Another show raising eyebrows is "Spuiten en Slikken" (Shooting and Swallowing), on which every sexual persuasion can be found. It broadcasts on the...
Have we forgotten that Borat is still really funny?
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Jen and Vince are officially dunzo.Which is totally no surprise, since we haven't seen them together in months. But still. Now you know. 2006 has been all about celebrity splits.Here's to hoping that 2007 will be all about new, exciting celeb hook-ups!...
Thanks to reader Anna for drawing our attention to this, the Tori Spelling "Dazzling Hollywood Estate Sale." Tori invites you into her house to shop her dazzling valley home, jewelry & closets contents sale. This represents much of her last 15 years of buying & collecting. Included are antique & vintage items from the 19th, 20th, & 21st centuries! French, Italian, Continental, American white wicker, shabby chic, and traditional furniture, crystal chandeliers & sconces, pictures &...
See, I told you it was weird. Lane Garrison, the 26-year-old Prison Break actor whose Saturday-night outing with 3 teenagers proved deadly for one of them, was sent to live with Joe Simpson as a troubled teen in Texas. Yes, that Joe Simpson. Papa Joe. Jess and Ashlee's dad. Back when he was a minister and not a manager and freelance photographer, trying to make sure the lights hit his daughters' breasts just right. Garrison has said he and Jessica "basically grew up together."Jessica's rep weighs i...
Laura Bennett, who totally should have won last season's Project Runway, gave birth last Friday morning to the kiddo she'd been carrying throughout filming. The boy, Finn, is her sixth child overall, and her fifth with husband Peter Shelton, who runs a design firm. Congratulations, Laura!...
So T.R. Knight (O'Malley, Grey's Anatomy) and Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie, Doogie) made an appearance at a gay themed charity last night. The charity was a suicide hotline for gay youth, and although I'm not sure what's different about talking gay folk down from the ledge I fully respect this portion of the story. I'm down with any hotline actually; hell even the one on the back of my conditioner bottle can be helpful when I need someone to talk to. So no issues there.Sadly, while reading thi...
In one of the strangest stories I've seen recently, Lane Garrison, who plays Tweener on Prison Break, was involved in a fatal car crash Saturday night in Beverly Hills. Garrison was behind the wheel of his Land Rover when it lost control and crashed into a tree, killing one of the passengers, a 17-year-old boy. Also in the car were two 15-year-old girls, one of whom is still in critical condition at Cedars Sinai. Beverly Hills police say Garrison, who was taken to a hospital and released, displaye...
Life & Style reports that Bilson and Brody are dunzo. This isn't a huge surprise, as there have been rumors of a split forever, and the two have rarely been photographed together the past few months. "They've been done for a few weeks," says a friend.Is it just me, or have the past couple of months been almost entirely celeb break-ups, with very few new couplings? I guess it's a new trend. This also means there are a lot of free celebs out on the singles market. Hopefully the new year will b...