Today's Evil Beet Gossip

Dear God, It Really IS Happening

Madonna and David Banda Pictures Photos OMG, Madonna. I know you just went through a divorce. Divorce is really hard. And it is reasonable to rebound with a younger man. It is reasonable to rebound with a younger woman. It is not reasonable to rebound with a toddler. As Wendie reported earlier, it appears Madonna is moving forward with another Malawi adoption, this time a four-year-old girl named Mercy. A Malawi court has scheduled a hearing for Monday to take up the Material Mama's petition to add an orphaned girl to the b...

The ShamWow Guy Beat Up a Hooker

I'll tell you what I love most about my job: Sometimes I get to type out headlines like these, and they're real. And I just read them over and over again and think, "My God, is it really my job to type out those words in that order?" But it is. The ShamWow guy. Beat up. A hooker. He beat up a hooker. He did. And then she beat him up back! ZOMG.
Meet Vince Shlomi. He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddling absorbent towels and food choppers. Shlomi, 44, was arrested last month on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room. According to an arrest affidavit, Shlomi met Sasha Harris, 26, at a Miami Beach nightclub on February 7 and subsequently traveled with her to his $750 room at the lavish Setai Hotel. Shlomi told cops he paid Harris about $1000 in cash after she "propositioned him for straight sex." Shlomi said that when he kissed Harris, she suddenly "bit his tongue and would not let go." Shlomi then punched Harris several times until she released his tongue. The affidavit ... notes that during the 4 AM fight Harris sustained facial fractures and lacerations all over her face ... After freeing his tongue, a bleeding Shlomi ran to the Setai lobby, where security summoned cops. Harris refused to cooperate with officers, who recovered $930 from her purse. "Both parties had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from their persons," police reported.
They were both arrested for felony aggravated battery, but prosecutors declined to file formal charges against either. Still. The ShamWow guy beat up a hooker. Money, folks, can't buy you anything that matters. [gallery] /> I'll tell you what I love most about my job: Sometimes I get to type out headlines like these, and they're real. And I just read them over and over again and think, "My God, is it really my job to type out those words in that order?" But it is. The ShamWow guy. Beat up. A hooker. He beat up a hooker. He did. And then she beat him up back! ZOMG. Meet Vince Shlomi. He's probably better known to you as the ShamWow Guy, the ubiquitous television pitchman who has been phenomenally successful peddl...

T.I. Sentenced to 366 Days in Prison

ti As expected, rapper T.I. was sentenced today to a year and a day in prison as part of his plea deal with prosecutors over a 2007 felony weapons charge. "Today I would like to say thank-you to some, and apologize to all," the rapper said. "Everything I learned was through trial and error. I've learned lessons in my life to put in my music so people won't make the same mistakes as I." The 28-year-old rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris Jr., is required to voluntarily turn himself...

Beyonce Does Her Very Best Alanis

Beyonce brought a little Alanis flavor to the opening night of her tour in Edmonton, Canada, doing a cover of "You Oughtta Know." (Alanis, you'll recall, is a Canada girl, so that may have been why she chose this song.) I hate to sound like Paula Abdul here, but she didn't really make it her own. It played like an exact copy of Alanis's version. Also, seriously, how 10 years ago is it to encourage the audience to sing the "fuck her" part of that song? I mean, really. Come on, B. I expect more from you. /> Beyonce brought a little Alanis flavor to the opening night of her tour in Edmonton, Canada, doing a cover of "You Oughtta Know." (Alanis, you'll recall, is a Canada girl, so that may have been why she chose this song.) I hate to sound like Paula Abdul here, but she didn't really make it her own. It played like an exact copy of Alanis's version. Also, seriously, how 10 years ago is it to encourage the audience to sing the "fuck her" part of that song? I mean, really. Come on, B. I expect...

Quotables

method_man “Myself, I’m a pothead. It’s no secret. Everyone knows that. I go on the road and forget everything else. Sure, [the tax department] sent letters to my house saying, ‘We need this money.’ They started sending them in 2002. Here it is, 2009, and I never paid this s— because I don’t think like that! I could have easily just written them a check for whatever amount, but no — I waited until they knocked on this door and were like, ‘We got your truck and we outta here.' Now I’m t...

Richard Hatch Wants Outta Prison

richard Ohhhh, that crazy Richard Hatch. Remember him? He's the dude who won the first Survivor, then went to jail because he didn't pay the taxes on his winnings. And then he said he didn't pay the taxes because he'd caught CBS producers sneaking food to some of the other contestants, and in order to keep him quiet, they offered to pay his income taxes if he won. And then they, of course, didn't. It's all such insanity. So Rich is in jail, and now he wants out. Hatch, who is representing himself, fi...

Hilary Duff Had a Secret Child Two Years Ago!!!!

90323W4 No no, I'm kidding, of course. Remember, she ditched Joel Madden before he started impregnating his floozies. But we can totally see how adorable she's going to be when she does have kids. Hilary was filming for a her role in an upcoming episode of Law and Order: SVU to bump the episode's ratings take some pictures of Hilary playing a mom on the show. Even my cold evil heart warms at this. Hilary seems positively maternal. I'm so excited for when she settles down and pops out babies. It's ...

Shawn Johnson Stalker Arrested!

shawn_johnson_yellow Shawn Johnson has back-flipped her way into somebody's heart! A man was arrested on Tuesday near the set of Dancing with the Stars, after he jumped the fence and tried to meet Shawn. Robert O'Ryan, 34, allegedly jumped a fence at CBS Studios in L.A. where the show was filming, but was caught by security. Johnson's mother, Teri, requested and received a temporary restraining order from the L.A. Superior Court on Wednesday. Approached by security while roaming the studio grounds, O'Ryan ad...

Pharrell Wants a Milkshake

Singer/songwriter/producer Pharrell was in the Paris airport, begging the McDonald's folks for a Big Mac and a milkshake, but there was just one problem: They were still only serving breakfast. This is my GIANT PROBLEM with McDonald's. That's not true, actually, I have a lot of problems with McDonald's, but perhaps my biggest gripe with them is that I can't get a fucking Big Mac before 10 am. WHY DO THEY DO THIS TO US? I once had a horrific experience in college when I ordered a #7 at the drive-thru, and was so excited to eat my cheeseburgers and fries, but when I opened the bag it contained gross hash browns and some icky sausage-egg-biscuit mess. NOT YUMMY. It was pretty traumatic for me. I think I cried. Come on, Mickey D's, cheeseburgers are an ALWAYS food. Pharrell did a funny song and dance number to try to convince the girls to give him his food. They obviously didn't recognize him and they were not amused. But I am. And that's what matters. /> Singer/songwriter/producer Pharrell was in the Paris airport, begging the McDonald's folks for a Big Mac and a milkshake, but there was just one problem: They were still only serving breakfast. This is my GIANT PROBLEM with McDonald's. That's not true, actually, I have a lot of problems with McDonald's, but perhaps my biggest gripe with them is that I can't get a fucking Big Mac before 10 am. WHY DO THEY DO THIS TO US? I once had a horrific experience in college when I ordered a #7 at the drive-thru...

Rihanna’s Law?

Rihanna takes the sunglasses off There's a movement in LA to pass legislation that would make it easier to punish those who leak photos and information about police cases and media outlets that use that photos, whether or not any money exchanged hands. This movement started when the photo of a beaten Rihanna hit the Internet, and media outlets decided to publish the identity of the victim, even though the victim's identity is typically not published in domestic violence cases. An organization called STOParazzi is spearheading the ...

Bruce Willis Cast His New Wife

Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Pictures Photos Oh man. I wish falling in love was as easy for me as it is for Bruce Willis. Apparently Bruce did not meet his new wife, Emma Heming, through friends, as his PR team originally stated. He was basically casting for girlfriends, using his Halle Berry flick Perfect Stranger as a cover. It's kind of like Match.com but for really rich and famous people, I guess. An impeccable source tells Page Six: "During the casting of 'Perfect Stranger' [the suspense movie Willis made with Halle Berry two ye...