Aug 27, 2011 at 08:30 am by Jenn

A photo of Sean Connery, age 23

1) Hint: In 1999, People dubbed him “Sexiest Man of the Century.” But back when this actor was 23? Ehhh.

A photo of Stephen Colbert as a college student at Northwestern

2) Hint: Before he got started in improv and writing, this funnyman planned to become a serious dramatic actor.

A photo of Martha Stewart as a young fashion model

3) Hint: Before she became best-known as a bitter divorcee with a serious case of OCD, she was a fashion model.

A photo of Ryan Seacrest as a chubby kid

4) Hint: This towhead is still really short.

Any guesses? The answers, after the break!

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Aug 27, 2011 at 06:30 am by Jenn

The World Wide Web was all aflutter with Jersey Shore recaps yesterday, but I really didn’t want to link to any of them until I got myself all caught up.

As MTV has teased for months, Ronnie Ortiz-Aggro flies into an inevitable ‘roid rage in this week’s episode, yes.

But until that climactic moment, most of the episode is, in fact, a paragon of mature conflict resolution. Deena‘s kerfuffle with Pauly D and Vinny? Resolved! Sammi and Ronnie’s relationship? Comfortable and happy (until they get wasted)! Should J-Woww butt into Sammi and Ronnie’s newly happy relationship, even though she was privy to Ronnie’s secret phone calls to some strumpet named Hannah? Nope, Snooki advises sagely.

Snooki and Mike‘s friendship is on the skids, too, but instead of letting “the Situation” escalate, Snooki makes a phone call to boyfriend Jionni. And all was well in Snooki-land.

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Aug 27, 2011 at 04:30 am by Jenn

A photo of the album art for Kelly Clarkson's latest, "Mr. Know It All"

Try as the Internet might to squelch the leak of the title track from Kelly Clarkson‘s new album, it is my sworn duty as an “entertainment” “blogger” to direct you to it.

So feast your ears on Clarkson’s newest pop cottonball, “Mr. Know It All.” Kelly’s back!

Edit: Squelch successful.

Aug 26, 2011 at 05:30 pm by Emily

Really, Beyonce? This is how you’re going to choose to do things? You and your man are one of the highest earning couples out there, and all you could afford was a bunch of grease and some ice cubes? Did you just get a friend to edit all this nonsense together as well? Come on, girl, at least last time you looked pretty and there was a huge awful wedding dress to look at.

I expected more, I really did. What about you guys?

Aug 26, 2011 at 04:30 pm by Emily

A photo of Kanye West

Yes, a Kanye West musical. Are you as excited as I am?

The show is going down in Australia, where a couple of bros decided to get together to write, produce, and perform a delightful little two-man show simply titled Kanye: The Musical. But what is it about exactly?

“This is a story of a struggle against the man to become the man. It’s about a guy who took a shot at the throne and didn’t miss.”

Songs from the show include “A Bright, Shining Star,” sung by Kanye’s mother upon her son’s birth, “Rappers on My Dick,” which takes place after Kanye gets popular, “What Was I Supposed to Do,” a song from the character of Mike Myers after the infamous “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” incident, “Why Me, Oh Lord,” which documents the Taylor Swift debacle, and finally, the finale of the show, “One Day They’ll Understand,” with the moving closing lines:

Try and try but they just won’t see

Maybe they was never really ready for me

Don’t fret no more, hold my head in my hands

One day, I know, they’ll understand

No joke, if I was in Australia, I would see this show in a heartbeat. Would you?

Aug 26, 2011 at 03:30 pm by Jenn

A photo of Blake Lively with boyfriend Leonardo DiCaprio, via Splash News

…Aaaaand that’s the whole story, right there in the headline. Radar reports that Leonardo DiCaprio gave Blake Lively‘s dad a coloring book for his birthday.

There’s such a good joke in here somewhere, but I can’t quite wrap my head around it. I’ve been really dull lately—I think I might have some kind of brain-eating bacteria or something. But yeah, anyway, back in Texas we used to tell this one Aggie joke, and it went, “Hey! Did you hear Texas A&M’s library burned down? It was tragic. Fortunately, they salvaged most of the coloring books.” *Rimshot!* Yeah, that joke really isn’t very good. Don’t tell it at parties. People will hate you.

What I want to know is whether it was an awesome coloring book, though. Like, say, the Law & Order coloring book, or maybe the Gangsta Rap Coloring Book. Ooh! Hey! Those would make lovely gifts! Maybe for a housewarming party? I should be writing these down.