BabyCenter.com surveyed 5,000 moms about their favorite and least favorite baby names of 2009, so that these kids can Google themselves in twelve years and be all like “See, Mom? You set me up for failure! Everyone hated me from the start!” And then they’ll run off and smoke a bunch of crack and get a DUI and go to rehab and it’ll be a great big huge news story and then I WILL MAKE MONEY. So thank you, BabyCenter.com
The favorite baby name of 2009: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.’s now-5-month-old baby girl, Charlotte Grace, who earned 49%. Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck’s daughter Seraphina Rose Elizabeth, 14 months, came in at second with 12 percent. As a society, I gather, we like names that make us think of novels of manners.
The least fave? Nicole Richie and Joel Madden’s son, Sparrow James Midnight, with 37% of the haterade vote. Second place went to Alyson Hannigan and Alexis Denisof’s daughter Satyana. We do not like names that make us think of birds or foreign people.
Agree or disagree? Any other 2009 celeb baby names you think should should be on the best or worst list? There’s a full list of 2009′s celeb boys and girls after the jump.
Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier, who was banned from the Oscars ceremony for “aggressive campaigning” — he emailed Academy voters and urged them to vote for his tiny indie flick rather than the “$500M film” James Cameron made — watched the ceremony at a small party in a tent in Malibu. When his film won, he gave a long, long heavily accented speech. You can watch it above.
I do wish that all award winners were given a little more time to accept their awards. Nothing pains me more than seeing, like, three dudes win for best sound mixing, and two of them get to thank their wives and children and the directors and producers and then the other one is just left standing there, his crowning life achievement cut short, while the band plays him off. I was especially annoyed last night when the rich and famous people got up on stage and helped the other rich and famous people — aka Best Actor and Best Actress nominees — masturbate for half an hour. WTF did we need to do that for? The poor sound mixer guys could have all thanked their wives like 800 times in the space it took for yet another person to tell Meryl Streep that she’s brilliant. Even Meryl Streep was annoyed, I think.
“I work in a really superficial industry. I mean, I am getting Google Alerts saying, ‘You look good with the weight gain.’ They don’t realize they’re being mean by saying you look good fatter. It’s enough to drive any girl a little crazy. But it’s okay. What can I say? There’s nothing I can do about it.”
- Giuliana Rancic explained yesterday on the Oscar red carpet why it’s difficult to be five pounds less skinny than she used to be.
For most people, the idea of working with an ex-love is a complete nightmare. Even after the drama is over, years later, it would probably just feel weird to be working alongside someone that you used to bone and “share something” with. Cameron Diaz doesn’t have that attitude when it comes to teaming back up with her ex, Justin Timberlake in their new movie, Bad Teacher.
Yesterday on the Oscar red carpet, Cameron had nothing but nice things to say about her ex and co-star:
“We’re thrilled to have him. He’s the best person for the job. He’s going to be hilarious… He’s clearly a very talented comedian, look at his ‘Saturday Night Live’ [skits]. He’s fantastic, he’s going to be so great.”
Very generous of her, if I do say so myself. Sure, Justin can bring in the laughs on SNL, but I’m not sure if his ability to make me LOL is going to translate on the big screen, especially when he’s next to Justin Segal and Molly Shannon. Still, that’s very gracious of Cameron. It’s nice to see exes who still love each other… Wonder how Jessica Biel feels about that?
Hayden Panettiere — surprise, surprise — has a thing for much older guys. [Celebslam]
Jared Leto still looks like Jordan, is still attaining the small-scale level of fame as he did in My So-Called Life. Does this guy never age? [Popbytes]
Anyone going to see Iron Man 2? Or did the first one completely turn you off? [Pajiba]
Jimmy Kimmel voted out of “Handsome Club” while I scratch my head and vaguely wonder why in hell he was in it to begin with. [Celebitchy]
Miley Cyrus on growing up and (gasp!) actually looking the part. [Amy Grindhouse]
Lindsay Lohan still trying to be relevant in the best way she knows how: posing half-nekkid for photogs. [Cityrag]
Taylor Swift is much hotter with straight hair. [Pop on the Pop]
Florida woman arrested for shaving pubes while driving. [Zelda Lily]
Up now: Amanda Seyfried, Angie Harmon (loooove the dress!), Anna Kendrick (new dress, still sucks), Diane Kruger and Josh Jackson, Dianna Agron from Glee (love the girl but the dress is the wrong color for her skin), Elizabeth Banks (new dress, like it much better), Gabourey Sidibe, more Hilary Swank (because I’m obsessed with her dress and am going to get a breast reduction so I can wear it), Jodie Foster (who looks exactly how a lesbian at an Oscars party is supposed to look), Diane von Furstenberg and the carcass she’s draped over her entire body (and also she’s wearing fur),* Kate Beckinsale (dying of the gorgeousness!), Maria Bello (not even sure who she is, but she looks fab!), Rachel McAdams (ehhhhh … I can’t decide), Rosario Dawson (pretty but boring), Salma Hayek (holy God what is even happening there?), Selma Blair (really, Selma? Really? That’s what you wore to the Oscars party? This is why we don’t get along), even more Demi Lovato, and pretty pretty princess Olivia Wilde.
*That’s a really funny joke. Go back and re-read it.
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