Happy Memorial Day, y’all!! For those of you who aren’t in the U.S., Memorial Day is a national holiday to commemorate men and women who died during military service. We commemorate them by taking the day off of work and drinking too much. So in order to understand the pain our soldiers endure, I’ve forced Wendie to take the day off and spend it with her young children. I’m considering it the greatest service I’ve done for our country since those things I did to that Marine I picked up on Coronado Island last summer. I’ll be around briefly today but will mostly be enjoying the sunshine.
Britney Spears spent some time this weekend in Louisiana at her cousin Laura Lynne Covington’s wedding. She was an “honorary” bridesmaid, whatever the hell that means. She was in the wedding, she walked down the aisle (with her brother), and she went to the reception. I’m not especially sure what’s “honorary” about that. Is that like when you give someone an “honorary” diploma? Because that basically means, like, “Hey, you did nothing to deserve this, but we’re letting you have it anyway because you’re a valuable public figure.” I think if someone made me an “honorary” bridesmaid I’d be kind of pissed. Like, what, I’m not like a normal friend to you, but you’ve extended this “honor” as a professional courtesy? I guess it makes sense — Britney’s had so many of her own weddings at this point, she’s definitely qualified as a professional guest.
Regardless, Britney did a fantastic job in her role as “honorary” bridesmaid. At the reception, she chilled with her sister and fellow bridesmaid, Jamie Lynn, who toted baby Maddie, and “sat at a table off to the side and visited with local people she knew,” says a guest. “There was no fanfare,” noted the guest. “With all the star power Britney and her family command, it was still the bride’s day.”
“I was the worst kind of addict, a functioning addict. I was so deep into my addiction at one point that I couldn’t picture myself being able to do anything without some kind of drug. The deeper I got into my addiction, the tighter the lid got on my creativity. When I got sober the lid just came off. In seven months I accomplished more than I could accomplish in three or four years doing drugs.”
Angelina chows down on some cake on the NYC set of her new flick Salt.
We’ve got more pics of Angelina’s on-set eating in the Evil Beet Photo Galleries, along with new pics of Michelle Williams and Mathilda and Nick and Vanessa making out at Charles de Gaulle airport. Check ‘em out!
After a whole lotta hype, Susan Boyle performed again on Britain’s Got Talent, this time singing “Memory” from Cats. Personally, I was comparatively underwhelmed by this performance — she was behind the band most of the time, and more than one of the notes was a little pitchy. That didn’t seem to disturb the audience or the judges, though — she got a standing ovation and a ton of praise, even from Simon Cowell. “You know what, I just want to apologize because of the way we treated you before you sang the first time,” he said. “You made me and everyone else look very stupid and I’m very happy for you, very proud for you.”
What do you guys think? Does Susan deserve the hype?
For kicks and giggles, I put the performance of one of her competitors, dance troupe Diversity, after the jump.
The New York Post is reporting that Kevin Bacon’s Blackberry was stolen by a mugger at 10:50 a.m. Thursday at the B, D and E station at 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue in NYC. The deliciously named actor chased after the thief but wasn’t able to catch him. Station employees weren’t notified of the robbery, but sources say Bacon did notify police.
This means that the robber either didn’t recognize Kevin Bacon OR knew who he was and still had the brass tacks to swipe his phone and gain access to a treasure trove of unlisted celebrity contact info.
This also means that Kevin Bacon rides the subway.
Don’t get me wrong– public transportation is a perfectly sensible way to get around in NYC. I just find it unusual that anyone as famous as the Baconater prefers the strange fleshy smell and Blackberry thieving passengers of the New York Subway to a private chauffeur.
If Jon, Kate, and TLC want to keep this money train rolling, they’re going to have to find a way to cull a few more seasons out of the debacle they call family life. Reports are surfacing that the two may be seeking marriage counseling in a desperate attempt to salvage their relationship, and that TLC might film the counseling sessions and use the footage in a new season of Jon and Kate Plus 8.
“The big question is whether they’ll allow cameras into their therapy sessions. TLC would want to film at least portions of the sessions, but obviously Jon and Kate would have to agree.”
Both Jon and Kate have denied having affairs, and family members have been urging them to seek professional help.
“But Kate didn’t want any kind of marriage counseling,” her brother Kevin Kreider told The ENQUIRER.
A source close to the couple added: “Jon was all for counseling, but Kate thought their marriage might be too far gone. She would do it for the sake of the children, if nothing else.”
But camera-loving Kate is also determined to wring two more seasons out of Jon & Kate, sources say.
“Kate wants a future in showbiz, and airing their counseling sessions will shoot the show’s ratings through the roof,” added the insider.
Now, let me mitigate these reports by pointing out that they’re coming from The Enquirer. But it seems plausible to me, especially given that all the other sensational rumors surrounding the Gosselins seem to have turned out to be true. This one is mundane and believable by comparison, although I question how you could have a legitimate counseling session while you’re trying to project an image of perfect family life with cameras recording your every word.
Don’t forget to take some time out from the John and Kate Plus 8 marathon TLC has been airing all weekend to char some meat and veggies over a combustible heat source and spend some quality time with you own family. The season premiere airs tomorrow night at 9/8 central and I am inexplicably looking forward to it.
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