Subject: Celebrity News

• David Archuleta

  March 12, 2009

• Oscar Nominations are announced

  And yes, I'm up prior to the crack of dawn to get them to you. The biggest surprise, if you can call it that, is the strong showing by MICHAEL CLAYTON, with six nominations. Not so surprisingly, THERE WILL BE BLOOD and NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN each have eight. Via CNN, because it announced even before the official Oscar site: The nominees for best picture are "No Country for Old Men," "There Will Be Blood," "Atonement," "Juno" and "Michael Clayton." JUNO? Really? Just goes to show there's a ri

  January 22, 2008

• Because You're Ugly: Really Expensive Book on Fashion

  Got an extra three grand lying around the house? How about spending it on the Vivienne Westwood Opus, one of the largest fashion books ever. The book, which costs a whopping $2,700, was published just this week (only 900 copies are available). It weighs in at 55 pounds and is filled with pictures of famous faces like Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Sir Bob Geldof, Jerry Hall and Helena Bonham Carter. The tome chronicles Westwood's fashion designs throughout her career and comes with nine different co

  February 13, 2008

• The 50 Gayest Songs of All Time

  March 10, 2008

• Model Turned Musician

  Supermodel Agyness Deyn wants to show the world she's more than just a stunningly beautiful face by breaking into the music scene. (Audible groans) For her debut, she teamed up with New York's Five O'Clock Heroes. Who Gotta admit: She's better than Naomi Campbell.

  May 5, 2008

• Album Review: Akon, 'Freedom'

  The Smoking Gun Web site exposed Akon earlier this year, unearthing police documents that show he's greatly exaggerated his arrest record and incarceration time. And so on his third album, Freedom, he downgrades himself from Konvicted (the title of his last CD) to "Troublemaker." Even this description refers more to his tendencies to steal women's hearts than their cars, however, and the album's title track is not so much about release from prison as existential cleansing. (Sonically, it's quite

  December 2, 2008

• [Trendzilla] The Twin Towers of Fashion

  March 12, 2009

• Estelle

  March 5, 2009

• Rhythm and Blue Balls: A Case Against Current R&B, A.K.A. 'Rap and Bullshit'

  January 1, 2009

• [CD Review] Beyoncé, 'I Am . . . Sasha Fierce' (Columbia)

  November 20, 2008

• Ben Stiller's Hollywood Send-up 'Tropic Thunder' Lacks Firepower

  August 14, 2008

• [Summer Guide] Movies to Look Forward to Now That Indy and Carrie Bradshaw Have Used Up All the Hype

  June 12, 2008

• [Web Exclusive!] Summer Grows Up: The Season of Big-Budget Bangs Uses Its Brain

  May 15, 2008

• Owen Wilson Is a Bad Fit for an Ass-Kicking Bodyguard in 'Drillbit Taylor'

  March 20, 2008

• Power-puffy Grrrls

  Puffy AmiYumi Go Butch (Walker), Rock Harder, Stay Cute

  November 15, 2007

• Railroad Accident

  Bobby Brown crawls out of the wreckage and waits for help to arrive

  February 8, 2007

• Diva Divinity

  Bootyliciousness and divadom
  

  August 30, 2007

• Unromancing the Stone

  In 2006, the Basic Instinct beauty showed she wasnt just another pretty face
  

  February 15, 2007

• True Romance

  Regency South Coast Village

  April 16, 2009

• Political Thriller 'State of Play' Is Adrenalin for a Dying Industry: Ours

  April 16, 2009

• Hits!

  Virgin Megastore

  March 1, 2007

• Now Playing

  Alpha Dog, Borat, Casino Royale

  February 1, 2007

• Farce of a Champion

  OnDVD: Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

  January 11, 2007

• Espanol Sung Here

  WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Crossing over: whos doing it, whos not

  December 28, 2006

• Woman's Glib

  The awful truth about Nancy Meyers

  December 7, 2006

• Fa La La La LaAaaand Cut!

  Deck the halls with boughs of Hollywood

  December 7, 2006

• Now Playing

  January 25, 2007

• True Confession

  August 3, 2006

• Out-bitched and Out-swished

  January 26, 2006

• This Week in Ships, Tits 'n' Glitz

  January 12, 2006

• 2005 in Film

  January 5, 2006

• Bo$$ Dogg

  August 25, 2005

• STEAMBOY

  March 24, 2005

• Stacks the Vinyl Authority

  February 17, 2005

• Virgin Megastore

  January 13, 2005

• Sea Sick and Twisted

  December 23, 2004

• The Flirty Dozen

  December 9, 2004

• Been Here, Done This

  December 2, 2004

• Method Man

  May 7, 2009

• Jacko and Freedom CEO Flanders: Just Beat It

  Not sure which stage of grief this falls under, but as the initial reports of Michael Jackson's death were coming out, what are assumed to be Orange County Register and/or Freedom Communications insiders were linking the King of Pop's departure from Earth with Freedom CEO Scott Flanders' departure for the CEO post at Playboy Enterprises. This all played out in the comments section of this OC Register Death Watch post on Navel Gazing:Just Beat It at 6:13 p.m. Thursday: A story just crossing the

  June 26, 2009

• Updating!! TMZ Reports Michael Jackson Dead at 50

  TMZ is reporting that Michael Jackson is dead at 50. CNN is still only reporting it as "Michael Jackson rushed to hospital." As was widely reported about an hour ago, the much-maligned pop icon was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital earlier today after suffering cardiac arrest. First Farrah Fawcett, now MJ. Shit's getting nuts.It seems a lot of people are skeptical because TMZ is, at this point, the only outlet reporting the death, but our guess it that TMZ is simply much more willing to pull the

  June 25, 2009

• Taxi Driver

  July 2, 2009

• More Michael Jackson! Memorial Participants, Plus Coverage Tomorrow

  Michael Jackson: still dead. If he wasn't, there wouldn't be that public memorial tomorrow at 10 a.m. at the Staples Center, and we wouldn't be here talking about it. In fact, we're going to be able to do more than just talk about it. Our guy Gabriel San Roman (check his story on new Nekromantix drummer Lux, from last week's Weekly, here) actually snagged one of the ever-elusive tickets to the service, and is going to provide some coverage for us right here on this very blog. Should be quite t

  July 6, 2009

• [Sound Guy] No Doubt It Out Loud

  July 30, 2009

• Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

  No zoom on the iPhone, folks!​Last Night: No Doubt, Katy Perry, the Sounds at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; August 4, 2009.Better than: The three previous No Doubt shows at Verizon. Maybe. Actually, they were probably all equally fantastic, unless you hate Katy Perry.Number of dudes dressed up in Alice in Wonderland-esque garb like Gwen Stefani in the "What You Waiting For" video: Only spotted one. Which was plenty.Do you enjoy...joy? Well, you'd probably have had a swell time at the

  August 5, 2009

• When Celebrity Dish Names Go Mental

  ​Gwen Stefani may have left town --along with the rest of No Doubt--after a four-night run in Irvine, but I wonder if she had time to eat the dish named after her at the Anaheim White House while she was in OC.Yes, indeed, Ravioli Gwen Stefani--lobster-filled ravioli with basil on a sauce of ginger and citrus--is high up on the list of appetizers (at lunch) and antipasti (dinner). But, wait there's more! You can also tuck into Ahi Tuna Tartare Ferragamo, Gnocchi al Pomodoro Calvin Klein and Pa

  August 12, 2009

• Holla! Gwen Stefani Made The 180th Best Song Of The Decade

  ​Pitchfork on Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl" back when it was released in 2004: ...Elsewhere on LAMB, the Neptunes shit out a Queen pastiche called "Hollaback Girl", which has about as much club potential as a 13-year old with a milk moustache and his dad's ID.Funny line! Oh you Pitchfork, always with the attitude. Emphasis mine, by the way. Run ahead to August 2009, when they're counting down the best songs of the decade.  Uh:180. Gwen Stefani"Hollaback Girl"[Interscope; 2004]"Hollaback

  August 18, 2009

• [CD Review] Whitney Houston, 'I Look to You' (Arista)

  September 10, 2009

• 'Fame Kills' Killed; Kanye West and Lady Gaga Scrap Tour

  ​From the "well, you kind of had to see this coming" department: Kanye West and Lady Gaga have canceled their much-publicized, co-headlining "Fame Kills" tour, which was to stop at Anaheim's Honda Center on November 15. (Yes, surely a lot of people are going to be using "'Fame Kills' Killed." Who could resist?)

  October 1, 2009

• Taxi Driver screening with Harry Ufland Q&A

  November 5, 2009