Amy Sedaris is my favorite. I've said before---and this bears repeating---that she combines everything I love about crafting, cupcakes, and Quaalude abuse. (I assume we all have pin-up posters in our kitchens of Amy wearing frosting and sprinkles and nothing else? No? Well, I do, and my boyfriend's roommate does, which means my boyfriend has to look at Amy Sedaris wherever he goes, poor guy.)
Now, Miss Sedaris has given better performances on other late-night talk shows, maybe, but this is the first time I've seen her wearing a breakaway skirt. And she's right! She really can do anything in those Maidenform® Flexees® pants! She's also channeling a little Mary Katherine Gallagher in this performance (am I old?). Watch closely for Jimmy Fallon's aneurysm. />
Amy Sedaris is my favorite. I've said before---and this bears repeating---that she combines everything I love about crafting, cupcakes, and Quaalude abuse. (I assume we all have pin-up posters in our kitchens of Amy wearing frosting and sprinkles and nothing else? No? Well, I do, and my boyfriend's roommate does, which means my boyfriend has to look at Amy Sedaris wherever he goes, poor guy.)
Now, Miss Sedaris has given better performances on other late-night talk shows, maybe, but this is the first time I've se...
Kirsten Dunst has had kind of a weird career trajectory. In the 1990s she maintained this precocious, cherubic child-star vibe (à la Dakota/Elle Fanning), transitioned into making a few teen movies (Bring It On and Crazy/Beautiful, for instance), then started taking weirder, lower-profile roles (Marie Antoinette? Really?) even as she handled Mary Jane Watson duties in all three Spider-Man movies.
After a seemingly interminable career hiatus, she managed to take the best actress award at Cannes...
Comedy Central is pulling out all the stops in promoting its upcoming Roast of Charlie Sheen, which is slated to coincidentally air the same evening as the Two and a Half Men season/Kutcher premiere.
Love him or hate him, are you excited to see Sheen get totally zinged on television?
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Comedy Central is pulling out all the stops in promoting its upcoming Roast of Charlie Sheen, which is slated to coincidentally air the same evening as the Two and a Half Men season/Kutcher premiere.
Love him or hate him, are you excited to see Sheen get totally zinged on television?
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Katy Perry and hubby Russell Brand were just trying to take a nice, classy photograph together, when suddenly they were photobombed by the Biebs, who was sitting a row away at the 2011 VMAs.
Haw, haw! He's so crazy-eyed! This actually makes me really like the little squirt....
NSFW! NSFW! Marilyn Manson was seen entering Chateau Marmont with a masked lady. The only reason this is news? The lady's peekaboo Silvio Liu dress (NSFW! NSFW!), exposing a fuzzy merkin where her hoo-hah would be. Are these two going steady, do you think?
Manson's date is none other than performance artist Narcissister, a professionally-trained dancer and "living mannequin" who is never photographed without her mask.
Now, I know lowbrow performance art strikes anyone who has to work for a living (read: anybody who...
Never one to be outshone, Lady Gaga posed as her alter ego, studly Jo Calderone, all night at the VMAs. Some folks have already said that Gaga's shtick is tired, but I thought her performance last night was priceless.
She did it as a full-on drag king, too, a totally cocksure spoof of masculinity. (Britney seemed both flattered and terrified of "Jo" when they shared the stage; Jo was eyef--cking Brit-Brit pretty hardcore.)
Gawker has video of Jo Calderone's opening monologue as well as his Britney tribute. Take a peek!
I suspect that Gaga is most confident when she can disappear into costumes---in live interviews she always sounds so rattled!---and I couldn't help but think that playing "Jo" gave Stefani Germanotta the confidence and oomph to, well, be herself. (I don't buy the "misunderstood artiste" act for one minute, Stefani!)
Admittedly, my accolades might be in the minority---others are saying the whole thing was awkward and weird. Where do you weigh in? />
Never one to be outshone, Lady Gaga posed as her alter ego, studly Jo Calderone, all night at the VMAs. Some folks have already said that Gaga's shtick is tired, but I thought her performance last night was priceless.
She did it as a full-on drag king, too, a totally cocksure spoof of masculinity. (Britney seemed both flattered and terrified of "Jo" when they shared the stage; Jo was eyef--cking Brit-Brit pretty hardcore.)
Gawker has video of Jo Calderone's opening monologue as well as his ...
The Washington Post gives Adele's no-frills performance of "Someone Like You" its unofficial Best Live Performance of the VMAs award.
The Washington Post:
So what was her gimmick? Standing in one spot in an elegant dress and belting the heck out of her song "Someone Like You." That was it. And it was precisely that simple, classy approach that earned her a standing ovation from the crowd and offered further proof that she is one of the most universally embraceable artists in contemporary pop music.
Seriously high praise. What did you think? (I thought she was a little pitchy, but for a live performance? Let's give credit where it's due---Adele is pretty wonderful.) />Get More: 2011 VMA, Music, Adele
The Washington Post gives Adele's no-frills performance of "Someone Like You" its unofficial Best Live Performance of the VMAs award.
The Washington Post:
So what was her gimmick? Standing in one spot in an elegant dress and belting the heck out of her song "Someone Like You." That was it. And it was precisely that simple, classy approach that earned her a standing ovation from the crowd and offered further proof that she is one of the most universally embraceable artists in cont...
Well, the next time you hear from me, chickadees, the Video Music Awards 2011 will have come and gone. Here's what to expect:
- Lady Gaga is thrilled to be the opening act.
- Adele is also slated to perform, along with Beyoncé, Chris Brown, and others.
- There's no host this year.
- E! suspects that Kanye West and Jay-Z will give a surprise performance.
- Gasp! The Hunger Games trailer will premiere during the ceremony.
- Katy Perry, Adele, Tyler the Creator, the Beastie Boys, and Bruno Mars all received noms for the prized Video of the Ye...
I love Chaz Bono---I do---but this cannot be what Dancing with the Stars execs meant when they claimed they were only signing big, BIG stars to the show's roster next season. Because, to be fair, Chaz's only real claim to fame is having been born to Cher.
Still, TMZ reports that Bono will be a contestant in the new season of Dancing with the Stars---and yes, since you secretly are wondering, he'll be coupled with a lady.
Last week, TMZ also reported that the Dancing with the Stars set ...
Is this normal? I think I go to the beach once, maybe twice a year, yet every photo I've ever seen of LeAnn Rimes has seemingly been of the country star either at the beach or poolside. That isn't healthy, right?
Another thing that is utterly foreign to me: tassels on a bikini. (See them? They're on her lower half.)
What are those, even? Is that an actual fashion trend? Do the tassels serve a legitimate function? Is there a danger of her pink skivvies randomly flying off her tiny body? Are the...
I grew up in a part of coastal Texas where they gave out "hurricane tracking maps" every year at all the local H-E-B grocery stores. Then, on the nightly news, the weathermen would give the coordinates of each new tropical storm, and you could follow along! Parts of my hometown are still in ruins from a hurricane that blew through before I was even alive.
I guess what I'm saying is, maybe this lady has the right idea. (No, what I'm really saying is, stay safe, East Coast.) />
I grew up in a part of coastal Texas where they gave out "hurricane tracking maps" every year at all the local H-E-B grocery stores. Then, on the nightly news, the weathermen would give the coordinates of each new tropical storm, and you could follow along! Parts of my hometown are still in ruins from a hurricane that blew through before I was even alive.
I guess what I'm saying is, maybe this lady has the right idea. (No, what I'm really saying is, stay safe, East Coast.)...
the VMA's. one day a year when MTV pretends to still care about music. I'm drawing a line in the sand. f---ck you VMA's.
I'll admit that Adam Levine's tendency to mouth off---here, there, on Twitter, anywhere!---actually makes me like him a little more. But I'm not altogether sure that it's a wise move to willfully get yourself blacklisted by MTV, seeing as you're now a Career Music Judge, Mr. Adam Levine.
Unrelated: who's thrilled about the return of The Sing-Off?! (That's the show Adam...