Happy Monday Kiddies and away I go.
Adam Lambert has been invited to perform on ABC – a week after TV bosses canceled a string of his appearances in the wake of his controversial performance at the American Music Awards last month. The openly gay star stunned viewers with his finale at the AMAs on 22 November 22 by groping his dancers onstage and kissing a male keyboard player, sparking more than 1,500 complaints. The uproar prompted network executives to axe the American Idol runner-up’s promotional appearance on breakfast TV show Good Morning America just days later, and they pulled him from a further two spots on ABC shows last week. But now campaigners from Gay & Lesbian Alliance against Defamation have praised the network for offering Lambert a chance to sing on The View on Thursday. A spokesperson for GLAAD says, “ABC has taken a step towards fairness by inviting Adam Lambert to perform on The View. GLAAD has been advocating against the double standards that have been applied to Lambert as an openly gay performer. We thank community members and allies for voicing their concerns with ABC so that entertainers like Adam have the opportunity to be broadcast into living rooms across America.” The slot will follow Lambert’s interview segment in Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2009, set for broadcast on Wednesday. Lambert has refused to apologize for his stunt, but recently admitted he “got caught up in the moment and maybe went a little too far.” Gosh, when can we stop talking about this big Mary?
Singer-songwriter Alexa Ray Joel called 911 and told the operator she wanted to die after swallowing eight tablets of Traumeel, sources told the New York Post. Traumeel is a homeopathic alternative to ibuprofen. Joel, the 23-year-old daughter of rock ‘n’ roll icon Billy Joel and supermodel Christie Brinkley, reportedly was hospitalized in Manhattan after she took the pills Saturday. Her friends and family have said she was upset over a failed romance. The Post said EMS workers received a message from the 911 dispatcher saying: “Female caller. Took eight pills. Wants to die. Now feels funny. Wants to live.” A source told the newspaper Joel was discharged from the hospital Saturday night and spent Sunday with her parents. One insider insisted Joel did not seriously intend to kill herself. ”It was more like a cry for help,” the source said. Um isn’t there any normal celebrity children left?
Weezer has reportedly canceled the remainder of their December Raditude Tour following a weather-related tour-bus crash that left lead singer Rivers Cuomo with three cracked ribs and internal damage in New York, a band spokesman said. E! News reported the 40-year-old musician was injured when the bus crashed Sunday morning after hitting an ice patch. Cuomo’s wife and 2-year-old daughter, who were riding with him, reportedly were not hurt. However, Rivers’ assistant, Sarah Kim, fell out of the upper bunk of the bus, fracturing two ribs and lower vertebrae, E! News said. Rivers and Kim were transported to an upstate New York hospital where they are being treated for their injuries. Oh man, I was planning on seeing them in a couple of weeks.
Taylor Swift scared off a high school bully by handing the phone to her bodyguard when he called her unexpectedly recently. The “Love Story” singer still has no idea why the unnamed guy called her or how he got hold of her cellphone number, but she had great pleasure in listening to her burly New York minder terrify him. Swift says, “He calls up my phone… and he’s like, ‘Is Taylor there?’ and I just handed it to my bodyguard and I was like, ‘John, give him a talking to.’ ”So he’s like, ‘Yo, you don’t ever call this number ever again. I put my fist through your face.’ It was really great, it was effective.” Good for Taylor, she scares off everyone.
Football film “The Blind Side” tackled the top spot at North American box offices with $20.4 million in ticket sales for a rare climb up the charts in its third week, according to studio estimates on Sunday. Vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” dropped one place from last weekend to No. 2 with $15.7 million in ticket sales, and new release “Brothers,” about soldiers returning home from war, landed in third place with $9.7 million. The rise of “The Blind Side” bucks the accepted Hollywood wisdom that a new film will claim the No. 1 spot in its first week, and then drop down the charts in subsequent weeks. But “Blind Side,” starring Sandra Bullock in the feel-good movie based on a real-life story about a woman who takes a homeless boy and helps turn him into a football star, opened at No. 2 three weeks ago. Its cumulative ticket sales now stand at $129 million in the United States and Canada. ”Blind Side” was released by Time Warner studio Warner Bros. and made by privately held Alcon Entertainment. ”New Moon” pushed its North America ticket sales total to just over $255 million, and worldwide the movie has now raked in $570 million, according to tracker Hollywood.com Box Office. It was distributed by independent Summit Entertainment. So is anyone else blindsided by the success of this movie? Oh that was just too easy.
Hip-hop star Nelly has unveiled a new scholarship program to give impoverished students the chance to earn a college degree. The “Ride Wit Me” hitmaker was joined onstage by R&B star Mario to make the announcement at his star-studded Black and White Ball in St Louis, Missouri on Sunday, which was attended by the likes of Jermaine Dupri and The Isley Brothers. During the fourth annual show, Nelly announced he is sponsoring two students from the St. Louis area to receive a four-year scholarship at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. And he used the ball as an opportunity to appeal for cash to boost the campaign, urging his guests to donate generously to the scholarship fund. I am sorry but who is Nelly?
Eminem is gradually building up his circle of friends after reconnecting with old pals he ditched when he became addicted to drugs. The “Stan” hitmaker, real name Marshall Mathers III, struggled for years with an addiction to painkillers and anti-depressants – popping as many as 20 pills a day at the height of his problems, and nearly losing his life after an accidental methadone overdose. He has been sober for more than 18 months and he’s slowly getting back in touch with acquaintances from his past to make amends for cutting them out of his once drug-riddled life. Eminem tells Complex magazine, “I’ve gone back and rekindled some old friendships – people I knew from back in the day. I feel like I’m closer with everybody now, certainly – probably a lot easier to get along with, too.” And the hip-hop star insists he’s back in top form, having shed the excess weight he gained while he was on prescription drugs. He adds, “I feel better. I feel like a human being again. There was one point in time where I felt like… plastic. I think I looked plastic. My face, fat plastic! I was eating, but the Vicodin made me hungry because it eats up your stomach lining, so you want to fill your stomach back up, but then it stops you up so you can’t s**t. ”That’s why I was gaining so much weight, I was just so f**king bloated. It’s a trip when people take sobriety for granted. Feeling trapped in my addiction and then getting sober – you appreciate it so much more, because I didn’t know if I would ever know what it’s like to feel normal again, ever.” Well maybe that was why his raps were so angry. Because he could not doodie.
Andrew McCarthy, the star of some of the most iconic teen movies of the ’80s is getting back to his roots by taking on the CW’s sexy drama, Gossip Girl. McCarthy, who will direct an episode set to air in the spring, says the show’s young stars are different than the ones who came to be known as the Brat Pack. “They are much more savvy than we were,” McCarthy tells PEOPLE of Gossip Girl’s cast. “We were just a bunch of dumb kids running around.” Rock on. I am glad he is doing better than Anthony Michael Hall as of late.
After playing pregnant in this summer’s Away We Go, Maya Rudolph has welcomed a real-life bundle of joy: her second child with director Paul Thomas Anderson. The couple’s daughter, Lucille, was born Nov. 6 in Los Angeles, the Saturday Night Live alum’s rep tells Yahoo exclusively. Lucille joins big sister Pearl, 4. As with their first child, Rudolph and Anderson, 39, chose not to find out the sex of the baby prior to delivery. I really like the name Lucille.
And finally, yes, the “Real Housewives of New Jersey” really hate each other that much. And the name-calling and threats that don’t make it on Bravo’s hit reality program are sometimes worse than what airs, according to a recently filed police report and court records. The TV drama spilled over Thursday into a municipal courtroom as bad girl Danielle Staub recounted before Judge Lawrence Katz a fight last month at the North Jersey Country Club where the teenage daughter of a castmate allegedly pulled out one of her hair extensions — roots and all. Staub was initially summoned to the court after signing complaints against two of her castmates — Teresa Giudice, of Montville, and Jacqueline Laurita, of Franklin Lakes — and also against Laurita’s 19-year-old daughter Ashley Holmes, who also lives in Franklin Lakes. I swear, you can not write this stuff up. I can not wait for the new season to start to watch the shizznit hit the fan.
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