Sad news this morning! Maura Tierney — I loved her in NewsRadio and ER and I hear she was very good in Rescue Me as well — has been forced to relinquish her role on the upcoming new series Parenthood.
Production had originally been delayed while Maura dealt with a “mystery illness.” It was later revealed that she had breast cancer that resulted in having a tumor removed in July, but by delaying filming until November, she would be ready for the show’s midseason timeline. Now, it appears that Tierney’s treatment is going to take longer than expected and she has withdrawn from the show. The studio is scrambling to recast her role.
Maura, you are one of the few, solidly talented actresses out there that I really love! You have a sincerity and likability that reaches right out of my television screen. Get better soon now, y’hear?
American Idol is very, very careful to get record-label approval for every song they use, and they’re going to have to start explaining that shit to Ellen in the near future. Her talk show’s producers are being sued for the use of music during the TOTALLY AWESOME “dance over” segment, where Ellen dances through the audience to some super-fun tune and it’s hilarious and even I laugh. But apparently it’s not funny to the record labels, who weren’t paid for license fees.
According to the suit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Nashville, when representatives of the recording companies asked defendants why they hadn’t obtained licenses to use the songs, defendants said they didn’t “roll that way.”
“As sophisticated consumers of music, Defendants knew full well that, regardless of the way they rolled, under the Copyright Act, and under state law for the pre-1972 recordings, they needed a license to use the sound recordings lawfully,” the suit states. …
The suit claims the daytime talk show has used copyrighted music without permission since its inception, including “recordings by virtually every major current artist of popular music.” It claims the show routinely used some of the most popular songs of the day, which the record labels don’t license for daytime television at any price.
Plaintiffs include Arista Music, Atlantic Recording Corp., Capitol Records, Motown Record Company, Sony Music Entertainment, Virgin Records America and Warner Bros. Records.
The suit does not specify the dollar amount it seeks in damages.
My Lord, whomever told these record companies that licensing wasn’t the way they rolled ought to be fired, and quick. Why on earth would they think they didn’t have to obtain licensing? Who do they think they are — bloggers?
I’ll tell you what’s funny, though — no one would have reported on this story if Ellen hadn’t been named the fourth Idol judge this week. Success is a bitch.
Oh, Lord. So, about a year ago, Lindsay Lohan posted her phone number on her Facebook page. She only had about 100 friends at the time, but the number got into some unsavory hands. Then she made the mistake of making her voicemail password 1234. So it was really only a matter of time before someone called up and checked her voicemails. And then put them on the Internet. And that’s what we have above here.
It’s people asking for favors, complete strangers calling to tell her how much they love her and ask if she’d want to hang out some time, drunk dialers, and, the coup de grace, her father. The inimitable Michael Lohan calls several times to say hi, complain because sis Ali refuses to meet with him, and by the way he just bought a CD at the 7-11 and it has one of her tracks on it. He holds the phone up to the stereo for a good long time to prove that he’s listening to her actual music.
It’s amusing stuff, and part of me wonders if Lindsay isn’t somehow behind this herself. It all sounds just a little fishy to me, and I wouldn’t put it past Linds to pull something like this as a publicity stunt. I mean, really, does anyone actually use 1234 as their voicemail password?
I know I promised I wasn’t going to talk about this trollop again, but a girl can only be so strong. Over the past 24 hours my loving and faithful cyber-friends have flooded my inbox with every bit of incriminating evidence, unflattering pictures and negative commentary that has ever existed regarding Tila Tequila. I. Thank. You. Do you see how much restraint I’ve exercised in not racing here and posting every last bit of it? I have so much willpower — I could probably go vegan. Oh, wait — bacon. Anyway, today, I got another email from my anonymous source who is basically my fantasy man/woman even though I have no idea who this person is. You dedicate this much time to hating Tila? I love you, plain and simple.
10News’ Juliette Vara reports Tila “Tequila” Nguyen was unhappy that she was not the only woman getting attention from San Diego Chargers LB Shawne Merriman, and jealousy played a role in the altercation between the two Sunday, Sept. 6, according to sources close to the story. Sources claim that witnesses at Merriman’s home said Merriman went to his bedroom with two women. Tequila walked into the room and Merriman asked her to join them, but she reacted angrily. Tequila was intoxicated, and she got naked and attempted to leave the house, according to sources. Merriman tried stopping Tequila from leaving, and that is when she called police. Sources told Vara that Tequila faked a neck injury, and when paramedics arrived they determined that she was OK. However, Tequila insisted on going to the hospital.
This is starting to make more sense every minute. I know Tila is meeting with the DA today, so we should be hearing shortly if this case is going forward or not. If charges aren’t filed against Merriman, you can pretty much be rest assured that Tila will be my new Mischa. Stay tuned …
It was just last night that Beet was flummoxed over the possibility that John Mayer and Kristin Cavallari might be sailing into relationship territory. It appears that Janet Charleton was wrong. At least, that’s what John Mayer is Tweeting.
As usual, Mayer approached the rumor in his standard, eighth-grade style. Kristin, you dodged a bullet with this one.
Wow, Beet. This did feel very Hills-ish. Can we never do this again? I suppose a cast-wide site ban would be too much to hope for.
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