Apr 07, 2009 at 09:43 pm by Evil Beet

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Lots and lots of very yummy man-candy showed up for the big premiere of the new Star Trek film — in Australia!

The 11th big-screen film in the sci-fi series had its world premiere Tuesday at the Sydney Opera House in Australia in advance of its debut in theaters May 8.

Among the stars on hand: Chris Pine, who takes on William Shatner’s old role as James Kirk; Zachary Quinto, who inherits Leonard Nimoy’s Mr. Spock; Karl Urban, filling the shoes of DeForest Kelley’s Dr. McCoy; and Eric Bana, who plays a villainous Romulan.

Out of admiration for the original Kirk, Pine noted that when he was cast, he wrote Shatner a “letter of introduction and said who I was and what I was doing.”

Heh. I love that Chris Pine did that. I also love that he doesn’t mention William Shatner writing back. I’m sure he was too busy buried in a pool of liquor and cigarettes and reciting the words to “Rocket Man.” Seriously, have you seen that YouTube clip? You MUST see it. It’s here. Go watch the crazy.

So I don’t know much about this Chris Pine kid, but I definitely think he’s a total hottie, and I’m looking forward to seeing him as Kirk, and later, hopefully, in my bedroom. But that’s just me.

Apr 07, 2009 at 09:26 pm by Evil Beet

I totally have a thing for him. Not a crush, I just marvel at him. This is the dude who lost like 200 pounds by eating Subway sandwiches and has managed to ride that thing into a decade-long career. I loved him from the start. My college boyfriend thought it was so strange. We’d walk into a Subway and there would be a huge cardboard cut-out of Jared standing there and I’d be like “Oooh!!! JARED!!!”

So when some random PR chick emailed me and asked me to run this video of Laila Ali and Jared Fogle supporting the National Institute of Health’s We Can! program, which aims to reduce obesity rates among children, I was like “Normally I would ignore a bothersome person like you. But this? This I will run.”

Plus childhood obesity really bugs the crap out of me. Last week, I walked past a morbidly obese child — like eight or nine years old — wearing a T-shirt that said the following:

MY PERFECT DAY:
WAKE UP
PLAY VIDEO GAMES
EAT BREAKFAST
PLAY VIDEO GAMES
EAT LUNCH
PLAY VIDEO GAMES
EAT DINNER
PLAY VIDEO GAMES
SLEEP

I was, quite frankly, horrified. Because not only is there a parent out there who is buying the soda and junk food resulting in this young child being like 100 pounds overweight, but that same parent is shelling out the cash for the XXL T-shirt glamorizing his sedentary lifestyle — the same lifestyle that’s going to reduce his lifespan by a good 30 years, and his quality of life enormously more. These kids don’t have the information or money to make their own decisions regarding food or exercise. That’s a parent’s responsibility. Get the facts, parents!

Apr 07, 2009 at 09:14 pm by Evil Beet

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But don’t touch that dial, kids! It’s any minute now.

In the nuclear tabloid fall-out of her split from Samantha Ronson, stories about Lindsay’s unraveling are everywhere.

First, we heard rumors of her blatant drinking on Monday night. It’s no big secret that Lindsay’s been drinking, but she’s been making a kinda-sorta effort to hide it in public, up until now.

The rehab graduate grabbed a bottle of Belvedere vodka sitting on her table, turned away from other party-goers, and chugged it. Her mother Dina was sitting at the table at the time.

Lindsay then mixed diet soda and vodka and downed several as the night progressed. La Lohan started the evening at h.wood sitting on a couch and texting. Suddenly she began crying. She finally put down her phone and that’s when the partying began.

Then we heard about her trying to crash a party full of total strangers after being turned away from Samantha’s DJ gig on Saturday night.

[W]hen Lohan couldn’t party at Bar Marmont she then snuck into the bungalow area of the Chateau and went on a door-knocking rampage. The actress obviously heard word of an all-girls night in and even though she didn’t know the party peeps personally, she wanted to be part of the action.

“There was a knock-at-the door and Lindsay Lohan was there,” an eyewitness told Tarts. “She was as orange as a carrot and her pupils were as big as quarters. She looked awful!”

Apparently the 22-year-old introduced herself and said “Let’s party!” but even when the ladies tried to close the door on her she continued to push back. Eventually the annoyed guests locked the door, but our girl stayed pounding away for another minute before (finally) getting the hint and moving on.

Really, there are very few people in this world who give journalists the opportunity to use the phrase “door-knocking rampage.” Lindsay is one of those rare gems.

And now, in what I doubt will truly be the coup de grace, Lindsay poured her vodka-soaked heart out to Us Weekly about the whole affair.

“It’s absolute hell,” Lohan told Us on Monday in a far-ranging interview over several lengthy phone calls and emails where she was both agitated, crying and baffled by the turn of events. Ronson broke it off with her girlfriend of nearly two years last Friday, and hired five security guards to keep Lohan out of an afterparty for her sister Charlotte at the Chateau Marmont.

“The worst night of my life,” Lohan — who was staying directly one floor above the Ronsons with her mom Dina and sister Ali — tells Us.

The next day, Ronson changed the locks on the Hollywood Hills home she shared with Lohan. On Monday, Ronson’s mom and sister asked police about obtaining a restraining order against Lohan, Beverly Hills Sgt. Nutall confirms to Us. “I’m not a bad person and this is what happens,” Lohan told Us through tears. “I was raised to treat people well, and I’m so tired of this drama.”

Lohan says she’s “so alone” without Ronson. “Everyone’s turned on me,” says the actress. She tells the magazine that the night of the Chateau showdown, Nicole Richie walked by her and said “Uck,” and Drea De Matteo said, “Come at me, bitch.”

“I’m a f–king 22-year-old girl who’s in love,” she says. “I felt like I was in Mean Girls, but worse: Mean Girls was a movie.” Sources tell the magazine Ronson had repeatedly tried to break up with Lohan over the past month, but each time, “Lindsay threatens to kill herself — she cares about her but wants out.”

Lohan laughs upon hearing that, saying she’s okay. “I’m just really hurt!” she says. “The whole situation is sick.”

The best part is that reps for Us swear they didn’t pay Lindsay a cent for the interview. Oh, God, Lindsay. Delete the tabloid phone numbers from your cell phone, girl. You’re gonna regret this so hard when you sober up some time in May.

I know I’m supposed to be poking fun, but we’re kind of at the point where we were with Britney in late 2007. Where it’s not really all that funny anymore, and there’s this fellow human being here in horrible pain who’s self-destructing, and she doesn’t seem to be surrounded by people in a position to help her — in fact, sources say her mother was out drinking with her on Monday night. Her evil father claims he’s on his way out to LA to see her, but that’s probably the last thing she wants or needs. At least Britney had one parent with the sense to take serious, love-based action. I don’t think Lindsay has that. I don’t know who’s gonna save this girl, or if she’s just gonna have to get far down enough to save herself. I hope that’s what happens for you, Linds. I hope you manage to save yourself.

Apr 07, 2009 at 03:19 pm by Wendie

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It can be a difficult thing to do-looking for the positive in any situation.  When my son was four or five, he once said that although people dying of cancer was really sad, it “made room on the earth so that new babies can be born.”  That always stuck with me.  This young child who could find the silver-lining in any tragic circumstance.  Even cancer.  And with that same, cancer-embracing mindset, I’d like to document the qualities I most admire about Mischa Barton.  My word count begins…now.

1)  She’s frugal.  She has no shame in wearing the same, unattractive shoes over and over again.  I call that good old-fashioned common sense.

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2)  She’s true to herself.  She could never be called, uh, vain.

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3)  She is grace under fire and never gets ruffled.

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4)  Even under the harshest criticism, she just turns the other cheek.

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5)  Mischa has a great sense of humor.  She can be a downright clown sometimes.

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6)  She’s never afraid to show her true self-even if her confidence is sagging.

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7)  It’s a little known fact but Mischa took top honors in her sixth grade Home Economics sewing class.

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8)  She really identifies with nature.  Notice how the leafy headband and raccoon eyes really work together to achieve a woodland theme.

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9)  Really, Mischa is just an angel.  Doesn’t she look as pure as driven snow in this picture taken of her when she was just fifteen?

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10)  In conclusion, Mischa Barton’s someone who always tries her hardest and she should be recognized for that.

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I could rave on and on about Mischa, but sadly, my two-hundred words have run out.  I’ll be resuming my morphine drip for the rest of the evening.

Apr 07, 2009 at 02:01 pm by Evil Beet

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Wendie wrote this morning about reports that Jessica Simpson’s name and artist page had been deleted from the Columbia Nashville and Sony Music Nashville websites. Now it’s been confirmed: Jess is no longer with the label.

They’re trying to spin this like it’s no big deal. According to her rep: “She was on loan to Sony Nashville for her country album. [She] is and has always been an Epic artist,” her rep adds. “She continues to be on Epic’s label.”

Jessica’s country career hasn’t been a huge success. Her country debut, Do You Know, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard country charts, but it only sold 172,876 copies as of February. Not exactly a smashing success. Taylor Swift’s Fearless sold 217,000 copies in its first day. Her concerts have been one trainwreck after another, with Jess forgetting words left and right.

OK, Jess. Pop music isn’t for you. Country music isn’t for you.

Are you thinking what I’m thinking?

Rap. Album. Stat.

Please, Jess? Please?

Actually, I have another idea. She should marry Tony Romo and do a reality show about it. It could be called Newlyweds … Again. Has anyone in the history of television ever done reality shows for two different marriages? Jessica Simpson’s certainly not setting any records on the Billboard charts, but maybe she can set a reality TV show record!

Apr 07, 2009 at 01:12 pm by Evil Beet

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At the LA premiere of Observe and Report.