Author: Castina

Lindsay Lohan, whose disastrous debut as artistic adviser for Emanuel Ungaro became the laughing stock of the fashion world last fall, has been unceremoniously booted from any further dealings with the French fashion house.

The line’s Fall 2010 collection, which premiered sans Lohan during Paris Fall Fashion Week on Monday, features only the work of chief designer Estrella Archs.

“She’s not involved in this…” a company spokesperson told Women’s Wear Daily today.

Lohan’s stint as Ungaro’s celebrity style consultant was slammed by Emanuel Ungaro himself. Ungaro, who sold the business and is no longer involved with the company that bares his name, scoffed at the former child star’s heart-shaped nipple pasties and sequin-adorned collection in a public outcry last November.

“I’m furious but there isn’t a thing I can do. I have absolutely no link with that house….” he said last November.

What’s that we hear? Is Babs Walters ‘fessing up to tanking Ricky Martin’s pop career?

Walters sat down with the Ricky at the height of his dominance over the Billboard charts and went on a relentless campaign to force Ricky out of the closet. The veteran newswoman, 80, regrets trying to force the “Livin’ La Vida Loca” crooner to open up about his heavily-rumored homosexuality in a 2000 interview. It’s the one interview Barbara regrets in more than 50 year career in journalism, and she fears the “inappropriate” questioning may have had an adverse effect on Martin’s pop career in America.

Ya think?

“In 2000, I pushed Ricky Martin very hard to admit if he was gay or not, and the way he refused to do it made everyone decide that he was. A lot of people say that destroyed his career, and when I think back on it now I feel it was an inappropriate question,” she told The Toronto Star this month.

Martin, who is a single dad to twin sons conceive via surrogate, has never publicly commented on his sexuality.

We think it’s worth mentioning that just because Ricky is no longer a force on the American charts, it doesn’t necessarily mean his career is “over.” The ex-Menudo crooner continues to sell out concerts all over Latin America.

Actor Daniel Radcliffe was spent two days in a New York City hospital last week after severe bout of food poisoning left him sick and dehydrated.

After touching down in the Big Apple to promote The Trevor Project – a suicide prevention charity for gay and transgender youth – the Harry Potter star fell ill with a stomach virus.

“He looked as white as a sheet,” said a witness. “He said he felt like he was going to die and had spent most of his time on the toilet.”

Daniel has since flown back to the UK.

There’s no love lost between bitter exes Billy Corgan and Courtney Love. The Smashing Pumpkins founder worked with the Hole star on several songs for her new album – but now wants nothing to do with her.

Corgan lit into Love in an interview with the new issue of Rolling Stone Magazine — the same one in which he professes his love for alleged girlfriend Jessica Simpson. Billy says if Courtney releases their collaborations- as it appears she will – “it would be a real big problem, because I haven’t given my permission.”

“I have no interest in supporting her in any way, shape or form,” he added. “You can’t throw enough things down the abyss with a person like that.”

The couple split in 2007.

Simon Cowell has hit back at rock legend Sting for dissing the music mogul’s reality singing contests as “televised karaoke.”

Last November, the former Police frontman blasted Cowell, claiming the acid-tongued Brit was exploiting talentless wannabees, who are then “humiliated” in a bid to boost television ratings on “preposterous” shows like American Idol and The X Factor.

“The X Factor is a preposterous show and you have judges who have no recognizable talent apart from self-promotion, advising them (contestants) what to wear and how to look. It is appalling,” Sting said at the time.

Well, Simon isn’t taking that laying down.

“First of all, anybody who at the age of 60 calls himself Sting is an idiot,” Simon spat in an interview with X Factor co-star Piers Morgan over the weekend. “I find those kind of people… who come from quite humble beginnings and they’re (now) living in these stately homes, professing to know everything about everything in the world, and what the contestants may or may not feel… They can say that because they’ve got everything they want in their lives, but what they’re really saying is anybody else who needs a shot shouldn’t be allowed to do it.”

Club TomKat may soon welcome two new members: Trouble-prone singer Amy Winehouse is considering embracing Scientology after learning that her ex-husband, best known as “Blake Incarcerated,” is planning to do so after wrapping his latest stint in rehab.

Blake Fiellder-Civil — who recently reunited with Amy after a messy divorce last summer — has been obsessively reading materials on the religion and plans to join the controversial sect once he leaves treatment, London’s Daily Star said this week.

“As soon as Amy heard Blake was into Scientology, she wanted to find out more. She idolizes the way he thinks about life. Anything Blake says, Amy believes. It’s worrying because Amy might get brainwashed,” said a close friend. “Her dad Mitch is going to go mad because their family is Jewish and he’s really proud of their heritage. They might not be practicing Jews, but he wants to keep tradition going. Then again, he might think it’s just another flash in the pan,” the pal added.

Hollywood and originality just don’t mix……Honey, I Shrunk The Kids, the 1989 box office comedy that spawned a series of spinoffs and sequels for The Walt Disney Company throughout the 1990s, is getting the remake treatment in the form of a new do-over. According to recent reports, preproduction is underway to have the classic flick, which saw Rick Moranis as a professor who accidentally shrinks his children, reappear on screen with an all new cast.

“It won’t be a sequel to the other films – if only because Mr. Moranis has retired. Not sure how far it is along, but it is in the works,” a tipster told Australian’s What’s Playing Now? on Saturday.

The movie was reincarnated in its first sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, in 1994, when the original cast returned to watch Moranis enlarge his two-year-old. Disney created a 3D attracted called Honey, I Shrunk the Audience at Orlando’s Epcot Center later the same year. In 1997, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves — featuring Moranis and a young Mila Kunis — hit the straight-to-video circuit. The animated Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show aired on The Disney Channel from 1997 to 2000.

The Kardashian sisters may be known for their sultry style and red carpet ready looks, but Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe have a long way to go before they’ll Project Runway fashion guru Tim Gunn.

Gunn — who famously ripped The Kardashians’ fashion collection for retailer Bebe during New York Fashion Week last month — lit into the clan for the second time in two weeks during an appearance on CNN’s The Joy Behar Show on Thursday.

“I find that it’s – while it may have some sexiness to it, I find it’s largely vulgar. It has a cheapness and a tawdriness,” Tim told Joy of the Kardashian look.

“Now I’m going to worry about the Kardashian sisters attacking me!” he joked.

It should be noted that Tim had words of praise for Kim; he likes her when she’s standing still.

”She’s pretty, but she’s a poser. I find that when she’s moving, it all goes away for me.”

Film fans were left scratching their heads with raised eyebrows as screen stars Farrah Fawcett and Bea Arthur were left out of the annual Oscars “In Memoriam” montage, honoring Hollywood’s fallen giants, at Sunday night’s 2010 Academy Awards.

Each year, there are a few names who end up being left out of the tribute to stars who died the previous year. This year, Farrah — best known as one-third of television’s Charlie’s Angels — and Emmy winner Bea Arthur, former star of small hits Maude and The Golden Girls, were the unlucky pair noticeably absent from an obit reel that featured Brat Pack director John Hughes and actress Brittany Murphy.

Both stars appeared in films and theater in addition to their work in TV, with Fawcett even earning an Emmy nod for her 1984 film The Burning Bed.

Someone’s going to have some explaining to do, says film critic Roger Ebert, who summed up the snub in the following Tweet: “No Farrah Fawcett in the memorial tribute? Major fail.”

And The Oscar goes to….Sandra Bullock and Jeff Bridges earned standing ovations as they took home lead actor statuettes at the 82nd Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Bullock won for her role as a wealthy Southerner who takes in a homeless future NFL star in the inspirational biopic The Blind Side. After 38 years, Bridges finally went home a bride. He won a Best Actor Oscar at Sunday’s ceremony, his first ever Academy Award, for his role as a drunken country singer who finds redemption in Crazy Heart.

The Hollywood veteran was first nominated for The Last Picture Show in 1971.

“Mom and dad! Yeah look! Woo-hoo! Thank you mom and dad for putting me onto such a groovy profession,” said Bridges. “This is honoring them as much as it is me.”

Supporting-acting Oscars went to Mo’Nique for Precious and Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds. The director and best picture categories were two of the biggest Oscar battles in years. The race pitted Avatar’s James Cameron against his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, whose Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker was made for a fraction of the cost of the sci-fi blockbuster — reportedly the most expensive film ever made.

The Hurt Locker’s widespread critical acclaim helped it win the coveted gongs for Best film and Best Director. Avatar won two Oscars, both in technical categories. Bigelow — only the fourth female Best Director nominee in history — is the first woman to take home the prize.

Did any of your favorites win?

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, for “Inglourious Basterds”

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, for “The Blind Side”

The red carpet came alive with some of the year’s most head-turning fashions as Hollywood’s elite stepped out to celebrate movie’s biggest night at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

Jennifer Lopez looked incredible in Giorgio Armani Prive. Taylor Lautner was dapper in a Dolce & Gabbana suit. Kristen turned up Monique Lhuillier for her first gig as an Oscars presenter. Cast your votes for the best and worst-dressed stars at the 2010 Oscars!

Michigan native Sarah Killen is the world’s newest Internet sensation — thanks to a little help from Twitter and out-of-work comic Conan O’Brien.

Sarah, who Tweets under the handle @LovelyButton, quickly became a Twitter Trending Topic and picked up thousands of followers last week after Twitter newcomer O’Brien randomly selected her to be his first friend on the popular social networking site.

“I’ve decided to follow someone at random. She likes peanut butter and gummy dinosaurs. Sarah Killen, your life is about to change,” Conan Tweeted on Friday.

Conan Tweeted about her again the next day, writing, “Sarah likes Twizzlers and craves cantaloupe. I like Raisinets, but melon feels creepy in my mouth. Twitter pals 4 eva! :)”

As of Saturday afternoon, Sarah had 12,975 followers — 12,972 more than she had just two days before.

“I went on to my MySpace and there was a message asking basically if they did want to pick me, if they could, for permission. I didn’t take it seriously until I saw my name on his Twitter. And then I was like, ‘Oh, my god.’ I ran out to the work garage and started telling everybody,” Sarah told MTV News this weekend.

Conan created a frenzy when he joined the popular micro-blogging website a few weeks ago and quickly become one of the Web’s most popular Tweeters, attracting more than half a million followers.

More than three million movie buffs in the Big Apple will have to venture to the Interwebs if they want to know who the Oscar goes to.

The Walt Disney Company pulled the ABC network from Cablevision Sunday morning after failing to reach a deal in negotiations over new fees, a move that could leave the cable provider’s 3.1 million customers in the New York area without access to tonight’s Academy Awards telecast, TV Guide has learned.

The cable provider cut the subscription to ABC for it’s customers after Cablevision bosses and the network could not reach a deal on a new contract.

“Cablevision has once again betrayed its subscribers by losing ABC7, the most popular station in the tri-state area. This follows two years of negotiations, during which we worked diligently, up to the final moments, to reach an agreement. Cablevision pocketed almost $8 billion last year, and now customers aren’t getting what they pay for … again.”

Hollywood arrives at the Oscars: Who are your picks to win at tonight’s 82nd Annual Academy Awards? Will Meryl win again? Can Clooney finally take it? How about The Hurt Locker or Avatar? Watch the drama unfold!

Ouch! Country star Brad Paisley was rushed to a Charleston hospital after he after he tripped on stage and took a tumble during a concert in South Carolina on Saturday night.

The American Saturday Night star was singing his encore finale — “Alcohol” — when he fell. Paisley promptly got back up and finished his show. He was checked out at a Charleston hospital and released early Sunday morning. The “very sore” father of two — husband of actress Kimberly Williams — posted several messages about the ordeal on his Twitter page:

–“Tnx4 prayers,after my fall,I was just discharged from the hospital.Just very very bruised. Nothing broken, had a ct scan all is okay!”

–“….I hit hard. And I mean freaking hard.”

–“If ur wondering,it was the last song&last night of the tour&I was running fast on stage,tripped.really did think I broke a rib or something…..”

Matthew McConnaughey, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hartnett, and other hunks join Jimmy Kimmel in the Handsome Men’s Club, a new sketch premiering on tonight’s annual Kimmel Live “After Oscars Special” on ABC! Here’s a sneak peek:

Alice in Wonderland opened to a record-setting $210 million this weekend. Who saw it?

Despite garnering several poor reviews, director Tim Burton’s 3D update of the Lewis Carroll fairytale sold $210.3 million in tickets worldwide this weekend. Moviegoers in the United States and Canada contributed $116.3 million, the sixth-biggest opening weekend ever, according to research firm Box Office Mojo.

Setting a record for 3D films, Alice is now the best debut of Burton’s career, surpassing the $68.5 million opening weekend for his 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes. The Disney release attracted an even bigger opening than that of the Oscar-nominated 3D feature Avatar.

And the Razzie goes to…..How awesome to see Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Bullock pick up her two Razzies for Worst Actress and Worst Screen Couple at this weekend’s annual Golden Raspberry Awards!

Last night, The Blind Side star picked up two Razzie Awards for her 2009 stinker movie All About Steve. Sandra — a good sport until the end — even attended the event and brought along a wagon filled with All About Steve DVDs for the audience! Throughout the awards season, Bullock said many times in interviews: “if you don’t show up for something like the Razzies then you’re a little hypocritical. You can’t just show up for the good stuff.”

“I thought no one went to see this film, but I know that there are more than 700 members here. I brought the shooting script. I’m willing to go through page by page, read the line the way I did it in the film and, if anyone wants to give me a line read of how I could’ve done it better … We can do this till about 4 o’clock in the morning. Or you guys can just watch the movie and rethink your decision, and I’ll show up next year and we can go out for a drink afterward.”

If Bullock wins an Oscar tonight, she’ll be the first actress to win a Razzie and an Oscar in the same weekend.

Here’s the rest of this year’s Razzie losers:

WORST PICTURE: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”

WORST ACTRESS OF THE DECADE: Paris Hilton, “The Hottie and the Nottie,” “House of Wax,” “Repo: The Genetic Opera”

Paula Abdul waltzed away from a $2 million offer to replace Samantha Harris as co-host of the upcoming 10th season of Dancing With The Stars. Despite the sweet deal, ABC producers failed to get the ex-Idol judge to sign on the dotted line, according to a report featured in the March 15 issue of The National Enquirer.

“The offer was flattering, but in the end she passed. Frankly, Paula doesn’t need the money and she didn’t want to leap into another reality TV contest right away.”

Word is Paula was offered $1 million to appear as a contestant on this season’s show, but when Samantha quit the show to continue her work as a correspondent with Entertainment Tonight, the network doubled the offer.

A tipster tells The Enquirer: “They offered to redecorate her dressing room, threw in a $500,000 wardrobe budget, and agreed to let Paula wear more than designer dress per show. They also tried to sweeten the deal by allowing Paula to develop her own sitcom and do The X Factor with Simon Cowell when he starts the show in 2011.”

Abdul, a former Laker Girl, is hoping to get back to her cheerleading roots, says a snitch, possibly with a live action show on the Las Vegas strip. But the failed Dancing deal doesn’t mean Paula won’t team up with ABC at some point in the future: “Paula didn’t burn any bridges,” says the source.

We hear former DWTS contestant Brooke Burke will be revealed as the new co-host of Dancing With The Stars during ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday.

Brooke Burke is the new co-host of Dancing With The Stars, Star Magazine is reporting.

Industry tipsters tell the tab that Burke, who won the seventh season of DWTS with the help of pro partner Derek Hough, managed to edge out competition from fellow former Dancing competitor Mel B and ex-MTV VJ Vanessa to replace Samantha Harris as Tom Bergeron’s sidekick on the successful ballroom dancing reality series.

Brooke confirmed that she was up for the coveted gig as a correspondent on DWTS in a message posted to her Twitter account on Feb. 16: “Btw, the news about me hosting ‘DWTS’ is true. I am screen testing next week for the job, fingers crossed! It would be amazing 2 be back!”

The former Wild On babe will be officially unveiled as the new co-host of Dancing With The Stars during the Good Morning America at the Oscars special, airing between 7 AM-9AM this Monday.

Dancing With The Stars kicks off its 10th season on Monday, March 22, on ABC.