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Conan O’Brien Announces Comedy Tour

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

teamcocoOusted late night talk show host, Conan O’Brien has just confirmed he’s hitting the road for a 30-city comedy tour. “It was either a massive 30-city tour or start helping out around the house,” O’Brien told website, The Wrap.

The tour is titled “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” and O’Brien has promised a “half-assed comedy and music tour.” In true O’Brien fashion, according to a just released statement, expect a night of music, comedy, hugging and the occasional awkward silence. 

The two-month tour across North America will include both US and Canadian dates and begins in April. Tickets start at $39.50. Check out teamcoco.com for more info.

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Corey Feldman Speaks About Corey Haim’s Death

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Corey Feldman appeared on Larry King Live last night after the death of his best friend Corey Haim. Feldman asked the public and media to stop speculating that Corey Haim overdosed.

He told Larry King, “They need to stop jumping the gun… They need to stop saying it’s a drug overdose. They need to stop saying, you know, their theories of what they think it is or isn’t. Because at the end of the day, until the coroner’s report comes out, until we have specific evidence, until we know exactly what the toxicology reports say, nobody knows. And nobody is going to know.”

Corey Feldman speculated that his symptoms could have been related to a number of things including kidney failure or heart disease. He admitted that Corey Haim was taking prescription medication and was very alone. People Magazine reports Corey Haim had been caring for his mother who battling breast cancer.

Watch Corey Feldman talk about his best friend with CBS News here:

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Cindy Crawford Blackmailer Sentenced

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

cindycrawford2Cindy Crawford and husband Rande Gerber got justice in the case against their blackmailer.

Last year, Edis Kayalar was arrested for attempting to blackmail Cindy Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber. He has now been sentenced by a German court to two years behind bars.

People Magazine reports that Kayalar, was convicted of threatening to sell what he called a “sexy” photo of the couple’s then 7-year-old daughter tied to a chair with a gag in her mouth. The child apparently was playing when the photo was taken, according to authorities.

In a statement Wednesday, Crawford and Gerber said, “We want to express our gratitude to the FBI, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles and the German law-enforcement authorities for their coordination and efforts in this case.”

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Jersey Shore Heads to South Beach

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

jerseyshore12The wild cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore are heading to Miami’s South Beach for filming of their second season. Despite protests from some locals, the Miami Herald is reporting that that it’s a “done deal” and that Jersey Shore Season 2 is set to begin filming in about two weeks.  

Leaving New Jersey won’t exactly be difficult for the cast (it’s a little too chilly to film at this time of year) and the whole cast is expected to reunite for the second season.

Season 2 will begin airing on MTV later this year.

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Corey Haim Found Dead

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

In the latest celebrity news, 80’s actor Corey Haim was found dead in his California apartment early this morning.

Police report that 38-year-old Corey Haim died of an accidental overdose at 3:30 am this morning, according to KTLA News in Los Angeles. An autopsy will be done to determine the exact cause of death.

Corey Haim had a long history of substance abuse problems. It was even publicized on his reality show, The Two Coreys. On the show, his long time friend Corey Feldman tried to help Haim.

This Canadian actor first broke into the business on the CBC television show The Edison Twins. Corey Haim rose to fame with popular 80’s movies Lucas, The Lost Boys and License To Drive. He moved back to Toronto in 2004 claiming he was clean. The Two Coreys aired for two seasons and even earned Corey Haim a Gemini nomination. Corey Feldman refused to sign on for a third season until Haim recovered from his addition problems.

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Lindsay Lohan Sues E-Trade

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

lindsay-lohan-2Our favourite train wreck, Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade for $100 million.

According to US Weekly, the lawsuit is over the use of the name “Lindsay” in the recent E-Trade tv commercial that aired during the Super Bowl. In the ad, the E-Trade baby apologizes to his girlfriend for not calling her the night before. ”And that milkaholic Lindsay wasn’t over?” the baby girl asks before another baby girl pops into the screen saying, “Milk-a-whaaat?”

For Lindsay this is a perfect way to cash in and her legal team is making every effort to speak out on their position. ”Many celebrities are known by one name only, and E-Trade is using that knowledge to profit,” Lohan’s lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said in a statement to the New York Post. “They’re using her name as a parody of her life. Why didn’t they use the name Susan? This is a subliminal message. Everybody’s talking about it and saying it’s Lindsay Lohan.”

To check the ad out for yourself, click here.

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Sarah Palin Wants a Reality Show

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

According to Entertainment Weekly, former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin is trying to close a deal on her own reality show.

Multiple sources have confirmed to EW that Palin has teamed up with Mark Burnett to pitch the show to various tv networks this week. She has apparently already met up with head honchos at ABC and Fox.

During her week in LA, Palin has been spotted at the Oscars Gift Lounge and made an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She also confirmed that she will be writing a follow-up to her best-selling first book, Going Rogue.  Palin is scheduled to be in LA until the end of the week.

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Jessica Simpson Doesn’t Forgive John Mayer

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

jessicasimpsonJessica Simpson is speaking for the first time since John Mayer’s controversial interview in Playboy Magazine in which he referred to her as “sexual napalm”.

Jessica is appearing today on Oprah and she is quoted as saying, “I tried to read the article, and I was so disappointed in him. It made me so sad, and it was really discouraging because that’s not the John that I knew…I hope he gets his life together.”

Jessica also confirmed that John did apologize, but that she doesn’t accept it.  “He did apologize. I don’t accept it. It’s just one of those things that…I don’t resent him. I’m just going to let that go. That part of my life is over.”

Jessica is appearing on Oprah to promote her new reality show, The Price of Beauty. In the new series, she and her friends (including celebrity hair stylist Ken Paves) travel around the world learning about beauty and style in other cultures. It debuts later this month on VH1.

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Naomi Campbell Wanted By Police

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

In breaking celebrity news, New York City police are looking for supermodel Naomi Campbell. Naomi Campbell’s driver called 911 alleging she slapped and punched him from the backseat while he drove her around Manhattan.

The 27-year-old driver stopped the car and called the police. Naomi Campbell allegedly slugged him one last time and ran off. Reports say she was last seen at at E. 58th St. and Second Ave. just after 1 p.m. It can’t be hard to spot a 6 foot tall supermodel running down the street.

This isn’t the first time Naomi Campbell has been accused of assault. The supermodel pleaded guilty to assaulting a pair of police officers in 2008 and a maid in 2007. She has been doing so good this last year. Now it’s back to her old ways!

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News on the Kardashians

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Kim KardashianE! has announced that Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami will be coming back for another season  this summer. Last summer’s show was a huge hit for the network with Kourtney and Khloe living it up in Miami while trying to get their clothing boutique Miami Dash launched. This season will find the girls once again in Miami to save their store after problems with staff and management are reported.

Kim Kardashian recently revealed to People that her dream job would be to work at Sephora.“I think my dream job would be to work at Sephora,” she tells PEOPLE at her fragrance launch at Tao Las Vegas over the weekend.“If I wasn’t doing what I’m doing now I would be a makeup artist or work at Sephora.”

Kim Kardashian also just made a huge purchase. She just bought herself a 4.8 million home in Beverly Hills. The 4000 square foot home features five bedrooms and 4.5 baths. Wonder if she’ll share it with main man Reggie Bush?

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Marie Osmond’s Son Left Suicide Note

Monday, March 1st, 2010

If you didn’t hear the news, Marie Osmond’s teenage son Michael Blosil committed suicide this weekend leaving the showbiz family devastated.

The 18-year-old jumped to his death from his Los Angeles apartment building late Friday night. News has surfaced that Michael Blosil left a suicide note in his apartment. TMZ reports Michael sent a text to a friend he was supposed to be meeting saying there was a note for her in his apartment. By the time she read the note it was too late. ET claims the note explained his fight with depression and feelings that he could never fit in.

It’s rumoured this wasn’t Michael Blosil’s first suicide attempt. People reports he may have tried once before in 2006. Marie Osmond entered her son into rehab in 2007. By 2009, it seemed he had turned things around.

The Osmond family asked the press for privacy. Donny and Marie Osmond have cancelled their tour.

A flower memorial has started outside of Michael’s apartment by his classmates from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

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Canadian Women Rule The Olympic Podium

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

olympic-flameIf you want to talk about girl power then look no further than the Canadian Olympic team. As this is written Canada has 16 medals at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Twelves of those medals have been won by women.

This isn’t the first time Canadian women have took it up a notch. In the 1988 Olympics, women brought home three quarters of our medals.

Some say that these statistics prove that women should be getting more funding from the Canadian Olympic Committee. Only 40% of the Canadian Olympic team is female, but they have 80% of the medals.

Canadian medal winning speed skater, Clara Hughes told The Globe And Mail there are usually more men competing in any given event so it is harder to qualify. For example, there weren’t even enough female ski jumpers to make it to the Olympic games in Vancouver. She doesn’t think the women get off easy, but in men’s sports the top 10 is harder to crack.

Chris Rudge of the Canadian Olympic Committee said that women might be handling the stress of the games better.

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Simon Cowell is Engaged

Friday, February 26th, 2010

American Idol judge Simon Cowell is getting hitched!

The man who once said marriage and kids weren’t likely in his future is now engaged. Simon’s new fiancé is American Idol makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy. 

There have been rumours abounding for weeks regarding an engagement, but Mezhgan confirmed the news to Radaronline.com earlier today. The happy couple met a couple of years ago, but the relationship only recently developed into a romance. No date has been set as of yet.

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Canada Breaks Olympic Gold Medal Record

Friday, February 26th, 2010

olympic-flameWhen the Canadian women’s hockey team shut out the Americans to take gold last night, our athletes set a new record.

With 8 gold medals, this is a Canadian best. Our previous record for gold medals at a Winter Olympics was seven from Salt Lake City in 2002. We repeated that record in Turin in 2006. Now on home soil, we have a new gold medal record at the Winter Olympics.

Canada doesn’t have the most overall medals at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. With a total medal count of 17 (8 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze), we are in fourth place. Canada trails the United States, Germany and Norway. We might not be able to beat the United States’ 32 medals, but we are in a three-way tie for the most gold. The United States and Germany also have 8 gold.

We will set a record for the most gold-medals by a hosting country if we win just two more according to Canwest News. We are looking at you Canadian curlers.

There is a lot of action left in these final few days of the Olympics with more chances for Canada to be on the podium. Regardless, the country is already so proud of all of our athletes for how well they are doing.

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Competition Heats Up for Dancing with the Stars Job

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

dancingwiththestars1The competition is definitely heating up for the coveted Dancing with the Stars co-hosting job. 

When co-host Samantha Harris announced her departure weeks back, many of Hollywood’s most popular female presenters wanted the job.

Former Spice Girl and contest Mel B is the latest star to be screen tested for the Dancing with the Stars co-hosting job. Rumoured top contenders include actress/presenter Brooke Burke,  former MTV host Vanessa Minillo, former Access Hollywood host Nancy O’Dell, former Bachelor contest Melissa Rycroft and even former wild child Kelly Osbourne. 

The new co-host will likely be announced sometime next week. The much-discussed new cast will be announced on March 1 during the season finale of The Bachelor.

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