Mango Out

As I am writing this, I am amazed I am still awake at 8:38 pm Sunday night.  I usually sleep for 7-8 hours a night.  I have gotten a combined 10 hours of sleep Thursday Friday and last night.  But, it was totally worth it.  And away I go.

We have more information this morning on the Sara Evans story we reported last week.  There was controversy on the set of “Dancing With the Stars” last week when contestant, singer Sara Evans dropped out of the shows’ competition citing personal problems.  Evans is currently going through a nasty divorce and the televised dancing competition was too much for her to handle.  Now it has come out at Evans has accused her husband of adultery and verbal abuse.  She claims to have records that he has been on computer soliciting for threesomes and anal sex on Craig’s List.    You know that gives me a great idea.  I should have solicited for a date for the wedding.  Well maybe not.

Popular all-girl singing group Danity Kane was injured in a limousine crash in Toledo, Ohio over the weekend.  The bands’ limo was broadsided by another vehicle at an intersection and 4 members of the band were treated and later released from a local hospital.  Danity Kane will join Christina Aguilera and Pussycat Dolls on their upcoming tour.  What happenned to O-Town, or that other band they formed?  I don’t know if Puffy lost his touch.

The FX network is said to have approached Rosie O’Donnell to develop a half hour evening show.  The contact was apparently made after O’Donnell guest starred on an episode of “Nip/Tuck”.  The network loved O’Donnell’s character so much that they immediately considered her for a show.  Nip/tuck is one of my favorite shows and I loved the Rosie episode from a few weeks ago.  The won the lottery and offered to pay one of the plastic surgeons 250,00 to sleep with her after he performed all the work on her.

“The Grudge 2” with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Amber Tamblyn took the top spot at the box office over the weekend, bringing in $22 million and knocking “The Departed” into second place.   Well I never saw the first one, and have little desire to see this one.

OK 3 more stories to report.  Actor Bill Murray was in a London bar over the weekend when he was approached by a woman inviting him back to a college party.  Murray accepted the invitation to this run-of-the-mill college party where he sipped vodka from a coffee mug.  Murray then helped clean up and do dishes before leaving to go home.  How great is that.  I wonder if I had to invite a celebrity back to a college party who would it be?  Oh that is just too easy, Miss Jennifer Love Hewitt. 

Madonna came forward last week and confirmed publicly that she has adopted a 1-year-old Malawian boy.  This comes following the father of a boy in Malawi spoke out and claimed that Madonna had adopted his son.  The singer has been in Malawi building an orphanage and child care center for kids, many of whose parents have died of AIDS.

And finally,

R&B star Usher has been forced to cancel his remaining appearances in the Broadway musical “Chicago,” after failing to shake off a bout of the flu. The singer, real name Usher Raymond, has been playing slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the production since August 22.  But he became ill last Friday and has now canceled all of his performances up until the end of his run on October 14.

Hope everyone is having a good week.  This will odds are be my only update for the week, as I will be out of town for a wedding Thursday through Sunday.  And away I go.

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie have buried the proverbial hatchet.  The one-time BFFs were seen out socially together over the weekend and are reuniting for “The Simple Life 5” where they will be camp counselors.  Oh there is a god.  This new season is totally going to rock.  I can totally see Nicole smuggeling cigarettes into the camp and giving them to the kids.

More performers have signed on to perform at next month’s American Music Awards hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.  The Dixie Chicks, Pussycat Dolls and Nelly Furtado have been added to the list of performers.    Good.  Al three artists are currently on my Ipod.

Steve Carell’s new movie “Evan Almighty”, a spinoff of the Jim Carrey movie “Bruce Almighty”, is reportedly on track to becoming the most expensive comedic film ever made.  The Los Angeles Times says that estimated cost so far is $250 million.  See Steve Carell in NBC’s “The Office” on Thursday nights at 8:30.  I thought the first one was hilarous, hopefully this one is just as funny.

In other “American Idol” alumni news, Ruben Studdard has reportedly lost over 100 pounds and is set to release a new album later this month.    Ruben did it y becoming a veggie, and eliminating fried foods from his diet.  Good for him, and do not forget his new album drops in November.

Mary Hart has signed a new multi-year deal with “Entertainment Tonight”.  Still after 25 years of it being on, I tivo it and watch it back every night.  It keeps me up-to-date with all my celebrity gossip.

And finally, Keisha Castle-Hughes, the youngest actress ever to be nominated for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, is pregnant.  Castle-Hughes, now 16, starred in 2002’s critically acclaimed film “Whale Rider” when she was just 13 years old.  The 16-year-old actress is now happily awaiting the birth of her first child with her 19-year-old boyfriend, Bradley Huff.  Castle-Hughes also starred as the queen of Nabu in “Star Wars: Episode III”.   What is next?  Emma Watson from the Harry Potter movies has a sex-tape?  Oh a boy can dream.

Here is the youtube.com link for the day.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gPRBCnmKNzs