Beastie Boy
Adam Yauch has
defeated the cancer. Dood is up-and-at-them and the new Beasties album is expected in late 2010.
Mattel are bringing out Mad Men Barbies. You’ll be able to choose from Don (obviously), Betty, Roger Sterling and Red (AKA Joan Holloway). The premium dolls will run you $75 a pop (and instantly turn you into Waylon Smithers from The Simpsons).
Taylor Momsen (lil Jenny from Gossip Girl) is not your new role model. As she explained in an interview, "I didn't get into this to be a role model for seven-year-olds." Also, "I smoke, so what?" We would describe her attitude as 'refreshing' and have signed up for her weekly newsletter. Badass.
Mexican telecommunications mogul, Carlos Slim, has beaten out Bill Gates and Warren Buffet to nab the #1 spot on Forbes 2010 Billionaire’s list. He’s got an estimated $53 billion in the bank. And a name that makes him sound like '70s street pimp.
Real fur is back in fashion. For the first time in years, more designers are using the real thing in their collections than the imitation stuff. PETA HQ is all indignant rage and furious letter writing.
Corey Haim has died of a suspected (prescription) drug overdose. We always though the other Corey (Feldman) would be the first to check out.
"Tiger's Wood was nine inches." Courtesy of former lady-friend Jamie Jungers and her Twitter. So now you know.
Pogo is a musician from Western Australia who chops up samples from movies to construct songs. He done/did one with the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland and it’s actually sort of brilliant. It’s also topical with you-know-what currently at the cinemas:
You gotta feel sorry for Demi Moore's kid, Rumer. A bunch of celebrities were hanging out at a party on Sunset Blvd when mum decided to give an impromptu pole dancing demonstration (they happened to have one installed). Ashton Kutcher and Leonardo DiCaprio high-fived each other while everyone else in attendance cheered. Rumer died a little on the inside
Justin Timberlake and former GF Cameron Diaz are reuniting for an awful sounding rom-com called Bad Teacher. We assume Jessica Biel is freaking right out.
The French really are insatiable. Both President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife, ex-model Carla Bruni, have been accused of boning other people on the side. A junior minister and a musician, respectively.
John Krasinski (tall, goofy guy on the US version of The Office), is supposed to have bagged the lead role in the upcoming Captain America film series. This does not inspire confidence. Unless of course they make it 3D – that’ll fix everything.
It’s not going well in Lindsay Lohan world this week. Reports are saying the actress (really?) is suing some e-commerce company for $100 million over a jokey television commercial where a baby named Lindsay makes a reference to being a 'milkaholic'. $100 million! Also, her long suffering publicist has left, because, well, you can only take so much bullshit before The Devil Wears Prada seems like a less stressful version of your life. Dramaz – Lindsay haz dem.
Remember that dude who tried to extort David Letterman over his numerous affairs? Yeah, him. He’s going to jail for six months. We’re surprised he didn’t end up in the Hudson River – Letterman knows people.
You know what we haven’t seen in a really long time? The opening credits to Monkey Magic. They don’t make kids shows like this anymore:
The Academy Awards, does anyone care? For posterities' sake we should probably mention that Sandra Bullock won Best Actress for the impossibly condescending The Blind Side, Jeff Bridges won Best Actor for Crazy Heart, The Hurt Locker won Best Picture and Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director (for The Hurt Locker). She’s actually the first woman to get the nod. Oh yeah, Smurfs in 3D won some technical awards or something.
While we’d rather eat a kebab from one of those dodgy highway caravans than see any of her movies, Sandra Bullock did go up a few notches in our books when she showed up at the Razzies to accept her award for Worst Actress. As far as we know she’s the only one to ever do so.
While other people were busy winning awards, George Clooney spent the Oscars getting boozed up. A 'well lubricated' Clooney told red carpet media he was looking forward to "losing to Jeff Bridges" and then proceeded to flash his hipflask. Which is not a euphemism – he really did have a hip flask with him.
Since everyone was so enthralled by Vajazzling last week, and since Jennifer Love Hewitt is the unofficial spokesperson, we thought you might enjoy this BANNED Levis clip that she made. OK, it’s a tenuous link, but nothing much happened in YouTube world this week:
Remember Dion from Clueless? Well, she’s now dating Jamie Foxx. Also, she’s three times divorced. Three times! No wonder she hasn’t had any time to make movies or whatever.
The law finally caught up Lil Wayne. Weezy is in protected custody on Rikers Island, where he will remain for 12 months while we all try and forget the horror that is his 'rock' album.
Creepy: America’s two oldest people died on the same day. Both Daisey Bailey (113) and Mary Josephine Ray (114) passed away last week. If someone had explained the internet to them as children their brains would probably have exploded.
"Shit just got real" – Peaches Geldof (20) live blogging her Oscar party date with director Eli Roth (37).
OK, this is getting stupid. A 3D adaptation of the Bible has been given the greenlight. It’s called In the Beginning. Meanwhile, Lady Gaga is making her own 3D concert movie. Wonder which is more relevant / will do better at the cinemas in 2010?
Naomi Campbell attended an International Women's Day benefit thing earlier in the week. She managed not to attack anyone.
Sparklehorse bro, Mark Linkous, took his own life this week. He was 47-years-old.
MGMT "officially leaked" a new song this week, 'Flash Delirium'. It’s the first thing from their forthcoming album to be made public... and it's been met with awkward silence and feet shuffling
It’s been a long (short) week. Let’s end it with a classic – How To Break Up a Cat Fight: