Saturday, January 10, 2009
"I wanna make popular music, but I want less fans. I want the freedom of having less fans. It's like the freedom of having less money. If you have less money, you have less responsibility. It's like Bjork. If she wanted to pose naked, you'd be like, 'Oh, that's Bjork.' But if I wanted to pose naked, people would draw all type of things into it. I definitely feel like, in the next however many years, if I work out for two months, that I'll pose naked. I break every rule and mentality of hip-hop, of black culture, of American culture." - Kanye West in the new issue of Vibe*~*~*
Michael C. Hall, 37, the star of Showtime's Dexter, has married Jennifer Carpenter, 29. The couple have been dating for a little over a year and a half and tied the not in Big Sur, CA on New Year's Eve.
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At the Craft & Hobby Association 2009 Winter Convention & Trade Show in Anaheim later this month, Miss Hilton will be unveiling her own line of craft kits called "Paris Hilton, the Creative Collection."
The collection is touted as "a multi-faceted line of fashion crafting kits from some of the most popular craft segments including scrapbooking, jewelry making and fabric embellishment."
Paris will be on hand January 25th for an hour between 2 and 3:00 for photos and autographs, of course!
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Will Ferrell says audiences should expect the unexpected from his upcoming one-man Broadway show and HBO special about President George W. Bush.
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Bryan Fuller is back on Heroes and as promised, the writer-producer-genius behind the show's acclaimed first season will try to get Heroes back to its groove even if it means killing off some beloved characters. And his timing couldn't be better. Word on the street is that one of the show's major stars has asked to leave the series at the end of the current season.
Apparently, the Heroes cast member is upset with not getting enough screen time and is asking to be let go of his or her contract at the end of the season. And in order for that to happen, a death scene has reportedly been written for the actor's character at the conclusion of season 3.
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Nicole Kidman isn't happy with her performance in "Australia," which pulled in just $47 million at the US box office. "I can't look at this movie and be proud of what I've done," the Oscar-winner recently told a radio station in Sydney. As soon as the film opened in November, Kidman fled her native land to avoid the critics: "We ran because I didn't want to read anything. I didn't want to know."
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No wonder Drew Barrymore broke up with Justin Long, the personification of a Mac computer in the long-running ad campaign where he constantly bests his co-star, PC. "I'm at the bottom rung of technology - even text messaging freaks me out," Barrymore tells Ladies' Home Journal.
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We're starting the weekend with some sad news: Patrick Swayze, who is receiving chemotherapy to treat his pancreatic cancer, checked himself into the hospital this morning with pneumonia.
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CBS and the show producers are rewarding the cast of How I Met Your Mother with a well-earned raise.
After months of renegotiations, Neil Patrick Harris and the four other main cast mates will now be earning $90,000-$120,000 per episode.
The Hollywood Reporter says that - on average - that's between two and three times what they made before.
Wowzers!
Labels: bryan fuller, drew barrymore, heroes, how i met your mother, kanye west, michael hall, Nicole Kidman, Paris Hilton, Patrick Swayze, will ferrell
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