American Idol Season 3 finalist Constatine Maroulis has an interesting idea for how FOX should proceeds after acid-tongued Brit Simon Cowell ditches the TV talent show at the end of the current ninth season — “Can It!”
“It’s unfortunate. He’s a mogul and going to go on to greater and greater things … but the show is really going to miss him,” the Rock of Ages star told PopEater.com last week. “I hope they just end it after this year.”
Things are getting steamy for one small screen screen Southern Belle. Atlanta Housewife Kim Zolciak has traded in married lover Big Poppa for her own incarnation of Samantha Ronson. Us Weekly snoops dish that Kim has hooked up with DJ Tracy Young, the mixmaster responsible for the chuckle-worthy remix of her gay club anthem, “Tardy For The Party.”
“Tracy broke up with her longtime girlfriend to be with Kim. Since they’ve been together, Tracy lost a lot of weight and got really skinny for Kim. They seem to be beyond happy with each other.”
Zolciak has reportedly been dating Young for 3 months.
Kim is expected to come out as a lesbian to her friends and two young daughters on the forthcoming third season Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
The second season of the wildly-popular unscripted hit Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami will premiere this summer, the E! Network announced on Monday.
This hardly comes as a surprise: The Keeping Up With The Kardashians spinoff recently placed an ad in a Miami periodical on the hunt for “Dash Girls.” Not to mention last month’s fourth season finale of Keeping Up With The Kardashians set an E! record, attracting 4.8 million viewers. The duo will return to South Beach for 10 episodes premiering this summer.
The time around, Kourtney & Khloe sees the sisters dealing with management issues at their DASH Boutique as newlywed Khloe juggles her FM radio show, “Khloe After Dark,” with frequent trips between Miami Los Angeles to be with hubby Lamar Odom. Kourtney struggles to keep the business afloat while raising her infant son Mason.
“Millions of people tuned in to E! to see Kourtney and Khloé’s lives change completely this past year, and now fans can follow them on their next adventure in this new season of Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami,” said Lisa Berger, executive vp of programming at E!. “However, this time it’s a whole different world as the pair must embrace their new life roles and juggle their hectic careers as they head back to South Beach where fun always follows.”
Former Jon & Kate Plus 8 star Kate Gosselin has reportedly joined the cast of the upcoming season of Dancing with the Stars. Los Angeles celebrity snitch K Earth 101 reports that the reality Octomom, 34, has been practicing at the Beverly Wilshire hotel “under a shroud of security” for more than a week.
Kate agreed to do the L.A.-based show on one condition – that she is able to spend the remainder of the season rehearsing in Pennsylvania so that she may be near her eight young children.
No other details were available, but confirmation will come soon enough: The cast of the tenth season of DWTS will be revealed on tonight’s season finale of The Bachelor. Other stars reportedly joining ABC’s ballroom dance competition include Pamela Anderson and Buzz Aldrin.
Glee’s going live. The cast of the popular FOX series is hitting the road on a four-city tour. In an unprecedented live event, FOX and Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy are bringing the hit TV musical to the stage this spring.
Glee Live! In Concert! will kick into high gear Wednesday, May 18 at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix, AZ before heading New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. The cast of Glee will perform in a singing and dancing celebration of the Golden Globe Award winning show, and will include live performances of some of the show’s most memorable musical numbers: including “Don’t Stop Believin,” “Somebody To Love,” and “Jump,” says series creator Ryan Murphy.
“The response of the fans to our little show has been so immediate and so gratifying, we wanted to get out and thank them live and in person. And what show lends itself more to a concert than Glee? We can’t wait to take this show on the road and the actors couldn’t be more excited to perform live for audiences in these four cities.”
The concert cast will include: Lea Michele (Rachel), Cory Monteith (Finn), Amber Riley (Mercedes), Chris Colfer (Kurt), Kevin McHale (Artie), Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina), Mark Salling (Puck), Dianna Agron (Quinn), Naya Rivera (Santana), Heather Morris (Brittany), Harry Shum, Jr. (Mike) and Dijon Talton (Matt).
Tickets go on sale to the general public via Ticketmaster on Friday, March 12 at 10 AM. Prices will range from $39.50-$89.50.
For more information, visit GleeTour2010.com.
2010 GLEE LIVE! IN CONCERT! DATES:
May 18 | Phoenix, AZ | Dodge Theatre
May 20 | Los Angeles, CA | Gibson Amphitheatre
May 21 | Los Angeles, CA | Gibson Amphitheatre
May 25 | Chicago, IL | Rosemont Theatre
May 26 | Chicago, IL | Rosemont Theatre
May 28 | New York City, NY | Radio City Music Hall
May 29 | New York City, NY | Radio City Music Hall
Is the Silver Fox leaving his home at CNN. The Gossip Mill is atwitter with whispers that journalist Anderson Cooper — who also works as a contributing reporter for Sunday night newsmagazine 60 Minutes — is in chats with CBS News executives to expand Anderson’s role with the network. With Katie Couric’s 5-year contract with the CBS set to end next year, there’s speculation that the network may be looking to tap Anderson as the next host of CBS Evening News. Could such a merger bring an end to Anderson Cooper’s CNN hit, Anderson Cooper 360?
The New York Times wrote on Monday: “CBS executives, mindful that Katie Couric’s contract expires in a little over a year, have talked to Anderson Cooper of CNN about an anchor job, according to two TV veterans informed of the meeting.”
A reunion of the cast of The Brady Bunch has been cancelled, thanks to the long-running feud between former series stars Maureen McCormick and Eve Plumb — who played dueling sisters Marcia and Jan on the classic sitcom.
All six stars who played the Brady kids has been scheduled to do appear together during interview on a network morning show — likely TODAY – this Wednesday, but when Maureen and Eve found out they were going to have to be in the same room together, both women put the kibosh on the appearance.
“Everyone tells a slightly different story of what happened,” an insider tells RadarOnline.com. “But the bottom line is that they didn’t want to be on the same show and the appearance was cancelled because of it. Some people blame Maureen and some people blame Eve.”
Word is Eve is still livid that Maureen used an imaginary lesbian tryst between the pair to trump up sales for her 2008 memoir, Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.
“They’ve never liked each other,” the source reiterated. “And there have been many other events where Eve has said, ‘I’m not doing it if Maureen is doing it.’”
Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson trades fangs for romance in his new drama Remember Me — opposite Emile de Ravin — opening this Friday. Pattz kicked off the promo tour — which will bring him to The View on Wednesday — with a stop by NBC’s The TODAY Show this morning.
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Sidewalk memorials mark the spot where Marie Osmond’s 18-year-ol son Michael Blosil leapt to his death Friday night in Los Angeles, bringing a tragic end to a lengthy battle with depression. Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil leapt to his death Friday night in Los Angeles.
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Entertainment Tonight’s Mary Hart, a longtime close friend of Osmond’s, calls it “one of the most difficult stories that I have had to report in my 28 years” with ET – “because it is so personal.” Hart says Michael — one of Marie’s 8 children was happy and working hard at L.A.’s Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising when she saw just a month ago.
The world premiere of Shrek Forever After — the fourth and final chapter in DreamWorks’ blockbuster Shrek series — will open at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 21.
Shrek Forever After stars Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz and Antonio Banderas, and is the first Shrek feature released in 3-D. Shrek’s nemesis in the upcoming film is Rumpelstilskin, voiced by Walt Dohrn, who tricks Shrek into giving up his current, comfortable life, sending him into an alternate version of Far, Far Away. The film opens in theaters nationwide May 21.
The annual New York film festival was co-created by Robert De Niro to revitalize the Big Apple in the aftermath of 9/11. It has become one of the most prominent film fest in the country. The ninth annual Tribeca Film Festival runs through May 2. The rest of the lineup will be announced later this month.
Neil Patrick Harris will direct a three day engagement of the Tony Award-winning musical Rent when it premieres at the Hollywood Bowl in August. The Doogie Howser alum earned a Drama League Award for his performance in the last Los Angeles production of the show back in 1997.
“‘I’m the first to say that, in certain situations, my name will cheapen things because that’s what people have made of it….” Lindsay Lohan, 23, already markets her own collection of leggings and is planning a career in fashion, but the former child star recently confessed that her days as a drug-addicted partygirl could leave her business prospects ripped at the seams.
Nearly two years after disclosing that he is homosexual, former American Idol Clay Aiken took a stand for gay rights at an event over the weekend. Aiken delivered the keynote address at the Human Rights Campaign Carolinas Gala in his hometown of Raleigh on Saturday night — and to quote the Idol Season 2 runner-up: “It’s about damn time…..”
Johnny Depp and his longtime partner, singer/model Vanessa Paradis, are set to play lovers in a new film.
The couple has been together for over a decade and are parents to two young children, Lily-Rose and Jack. Now the real-life lovers are teaming up on the big screen — they’ve both signed on to star in The American Dream, a romantic biopic scheduled for release next year.
“Vanessa plays the French feminist Simone de Beauvoir and I play her lover Nelson Algren, who is real macho,” Johnny explains.
Director Lasse Hallstrom — who directed Depp in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape –will direct the two in the story of the 20th century French writer and philosopher — famous for her treatise The Second Sex — and her American writer lover.
Unleash your inner Guido — Anytime, Anywhere — with the Guidofy, a “super-advanced” new iPhone, iPod Touch application based on by the Guido phenomenon inspired by the cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore.
With just a stroke of the fingertips, fans can tan themselves to a tangerine and get heavily-gelled — just like Ronnie, The Situation, Pauly D, and the rest of your favorite beer-guzzling barflies from the year’s most controversial reality smash.
Here’s how it works: Users transform themselves, friends, family, and even pets into well-chiseled Guidos with the help of a computer-generated makeover and a bronzer tool that gives fans the infamous Guido glow. The creators of the Guidofy are winning such rave reviews for the application, they’re already working on a guidette version of the program.
You can visit Guidofy.com for more information. To download the application, visit iTunes.Apple.com.
Bono’s a fussy eater. The rock icon and humanitarian is getting a reputation for being a bit of a diva, especially after his dining demands were revealed last week. Bono amazed fellow diners at the popular Manhattan eatery last Tuesday night when he made a string of odd requests to restaurant staff at New York hotspot Butter.
“He demanded that his salad be chopped. And he made sure it was when it arrived,” said a source. The U2 frontman sent staff into overdrive after demanding a specific type of bottled water not usually stocked at the restaurant. “He wanted Perrier, which they didn’t have, so a waiter actually ran across the street to a store and bought him a bottle,” added the snitch who was dining at the next table.
Scarlett Johansson has put her four-bedroom Spanish-style Los Angeles mansion up for sale for $5 million. Built atop a Hollywood hill in 1931 and restored to its original glory, the multimillion dollar mansion boasts five bathrooms, a pool and spa, chef’s kitchen, a media room, solar electricity, and a personal gym. The gated property also features landscaped terraces, patios, and cascading gardens. Johansson purchased the villa for nearly $8 million in 2007.
The Horse Whisperer cutie will now permanently reside in the $2.2 million penthouse she shares with husband Ryan Reynolds on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
If the thought of Patrick Bateman in his birthday suit really lights your fire, have we got news for you: Kourtney Kardashian’s bad boy baby daddy Scott Disick has been offered a six-figure deal to strip down in an upcoming issue of Playgirl, according to at least one new tabloid report.
“Scott loves publicity and he loves money so he’s thinking it over,” says a pal. “He has a good body but if he takes the offer, he’ll really hit the gym. Scott does what’s best for Scott,” adds the pal.
But the preppy New Yorker’s plans to bare all may cause strife in his already strained relationship with Kourtney. The socialite is said to be strongly against the idea of women (and a good portion of gay man over 40) salivating over her man’s naughty bits.
Another one bits the dust: Grammy-nominated singing troupe The Pussycat Dolls lost two members over the weekend, with powerhouse Ashley Roberts cutting ties with the group just hours after bandmate Kimberly Wyatt announced her departure.
The band has been seeped in controversy for months. The trouble without the fold first hit headlines last summer, after several members, including ex-Doll Jessica Sutta, lashed out at frontwoman Nicole Scherzinger for her alleged diva behavior and preferential treatment from label bosses. Last November, group founder Robin Antin announced that the group would be going on hiatus before returning with a new album in 2010. On Sunday, Wyatt announced she was ditching the dolls after growing uncomfortable with the variable “off-stage.” Now Roberts has followed her lead, quitting the group to pursue her dream of acting.
“It’s time to answer your question. Yes, I have left the Pussycat Dolls. I love you all sooo much (sic)! I am so grateful to have the love and support of all of you. It was an amazing ride and I learned so much!” Ashley wrote in a personal message to fans posted on her website early Monday. “I am currently have (sic) gotten the acting bug and am falling in love with it. I have a few projects in the works and when ready I will announce more details to all of you. I am also in the studio recording some of my own music….” she continued.
“You all mean the world to me and I’m excited to take you all on a new adventure. An adventure full of creativity, inspiration, learning, growing and lots of fun. All my love, Ash.”
Ashley also notes that she recently wrapped production on a MTV pilot with former Danity Kane star Aubrey O’Day and R&B star Omarion.
Nicole Scherzinger and Melody Thornton, who both joined PCD in 2003, are the last remaining original members of the group.
Ryan Cabrera will join his girlfriend Audrina Patridge on the next season of MTV’s The Hills, but the doe-eyed brunette may be headed for heartbreak amid rumors that the spikey-haired crooner has been cozying up to his former girlfriend, Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough.
Star Magazine claims Ryan hasn’t given up hope of convincing Riley, who moved in with the star when she was just 17, to give love another chance, and has been texting and calling the beauty incessantly behind Audrina’s back.
“Ryan believes he has a spiritual connection with Riley,” a spy says. “He really misses her and wants her back.”
Cabrera, 27, rekindled a previously-failed relationship with Patridge in January, and was spotted filming scenes for the reality smash in Los Angeles last month.
“He thinks Audrina is fun. He likes the publicity he gets from being seen out with her, but he feels partying is really all they have in common.”