Chez Pazienza: One Last Look Back: The 10 Most Ridiculous, Shameful, or Generally Unfortunate People and Events of 2008 (and What They Mean for 2009)
The Huffington Post - 7th Jan 2009

The Huffington Post - 7th Jan 2009

Samantha Ronson Still Loves Lindsay Lohan, Hates Paparazzi [Dirt Bag (After Dark)]
When asked if she still loves Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson says dispassionately, "Of course. That's a stupid question." She was asked while the paparazzi were hounding her, so make of that what you will. [Perez]Fantasia Barrino may lose her $1.3 million dollar home because she owes a credit company $50,000. The American Idol winner has never responded to court documents and appears to be ignoring the fact that her house will be auctioned off on Monday. [NY Post] Stress is to blame for Jennifer Connelly's
Winners of the 2009 People’s Choice Awards
Author: YourCelebrityStuff | Filed under: Adam Sandler, Angelina Jolie, Carrie Underwood, Chris Brown, Christina Applegate, Ellen DeGeneres, Heath Ledger, Kate Hudson, Katherine Heigl, Reese Witherspoon, Tina Fey
Spotlight On Joel McHale Of 'The Soup'
You can't help but laugh, and almost pee your pants sometimes, when watching Joel McHale on E! Television's The Soup as he endlessly makes fun of celebrities with absolutely no remorse. It's usually the "faux-lebrities" and reality show stars who have it coming to them anyways. It's funny to hear his jabs at Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt, Ryan Seacrest and Tyra Banks!
About his hosting job on The Soup, Joel McHale has said, "I've always made fun of television shows and how ridiculous some celebr
Let's predict the Critics' Choice Awards!
On Thursday night the Critics' Choice Awards will be doled out by members of the Broadcast Film Critics' Assn. during a telecast on VH1 (8 p.m. ET/ PT). Will they be harbingers of Oscars' champs?...
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People's Choice Award Winners
Favorite COMPETITION/REALITY SHOW Dancing with the StarsAmerican Idol Extreme Makeover:Home Edition Favorite GAME SHOW Deal or No Deal Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader? Jeopardy Favorite MALE TV STAR Hugh LaurieCharlie Sheen Patrick Dempsey Favorite FEMALE TV STAR Christina ApplegateMariska Hargitay Sally Field Favorite TALK SHOW HOST Ellen DeGeneresDavid Letterman Regis Philbin & Kelly Ripa Favorite SCENE STEALING GUEST STAR Robin Williams on Law & Order: SVUBritney Spears on How I Met Your Mother Luke Pe
This Week In Tabloids: Thin Jen Writes Poetry For John; SJP's Moving Out [Midweek Madness]
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we learn that Jennifer Aniston is a poet who rhymes "luck" with "truck." Most of the covers were lame this week, with the word "thin" on two (New Year's resolutions, anyone?), plastic surgery on one, Britney's "comeback" on another and a juicy story about Sarah Jessica Parker maybe leaving Matthew Broderick on the last. Below, Intern Margaret assists as we peruse the predictable pages of OK!, Us, Life & Style, In Touch and Star.Life & Style "How I Got Thin" While we
The Best (and Worst) Sex Scandals of 2008 [Year In Review]
Amid 2008's many sex scandals, it was a miracle there was any time left to monitor an epochal presidential election. There were many genuine, dirty affairs — and some duds inevitably got overhyped.Best:9.Boston Globe reporter tells married source "Don't shave"— This was almost a non-scandal, just a stale affair that happened in Miami the year before. But the emails! "I haven't shaven since I left Miami. Thought you would like that image :)"8.Jared Paul Stern's wife cheats, there are pictures&mda
Twenty Celebrity Hotties Who Twitter
Twitter is quickly becoming the most talked about social Site on the Web. Even your mom knows about Twitter. She might not know what it does or what it’s for - then again, neither does anyone else! But now, we have an answer: it’s to keep track of super hot celebrities without risk of getting slapped with a restraining order! Hooray! So to help get you started, we’ve put together a list of all the hottest Twitter-using celebs, with links to their (real) Twitter pages. Before you know it, you’ll be a
One of the 10 WGA nominees will win the Academy Award for best picture
No film has gone on to win the Academy Award for best picture after being snubbed by both the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America. As all five PGA nominees also scored WGA nominations today, that means this year's top Oscar champ should be drawn from the pool of 10 films in contention for a WGA kudo. The only wrinkle in applying this rule might be "Wall-E," which failed to make the final five with the PGA and was not eligible for WGA consideration. The PGA winne
Breakout Stars of 2008
Breakout BrainiacDAVID PLOUFFE Barack Obama would never have become the Man if David Plouffe, his 41-year-old campaign manager, hadn’t built the Machine. With a swarming ground game, staggering online fundraising skills, and a gift for working those Excel sheets, Plouffe changed the equation for how to get elected. And for his next act, many believe he should replace Howard Dean as chairman of the DNC.Breakout Actors Who Can Actually ActJon Hamm and Rosemarie DeWitt AMC’s Mad Men began airing in the sum
2008 Reality TV Awards
Who won the 2008 Reality TV Awards? Follow Chikezie’s parents for the results!FAVORITE MALE REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANTOnch (Paris Hilton's My New BFF) - 43.06%Dan (Big Brother) - 18.06%James (Survivor) - 15.28%David Cook (American Idol) - 13.89%Bob (Survivor) - 9.72%FAVORITE FEMALE REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANTAnaleigh (America's Next Top Model) - 35.63%Megan (I Love Money) - 29.89%Sugar (Survivor) - 17.24%Crystal (Survivor) - 13.79%Keesha (Big Brother) - 3.45%LEAST FAVORITE MALE REALITY SHOW PARTICIPANTSpencer
2008 Razzies Nominations Announced
I’m not a hige fan of the Academy Awards or any of those serious awards ceremonies if I’m honest. I know that’s probably not a good career move as a movie blogger but it’s the truth so what the hell. I just can’t get excited about giving awards to actors who have already been paid a huge amount of money to Star in the movies. It’s like they need even more praise and reward than they already get just for being a celebrity.
So what I prefer is those spoof awards ceremonie
25 Best Celeb Quotes of 2008
"I sit there and I'll look back and I'm like: I'm a smart person. What the hell was I thinking?"– Britney Spears, reflecting on her erratic behavior from the beginning of the year, in MTV's documentary For the Record"I just want to say, it's not bad to wear a promise ring, because not everyone, Guy or girl, wants to be a slut."– Jordin Sparks, addressing the night's digs about The Jonas Brothers and their promise rings, while presenting at the MTV Video Music Awards "I feel so embarrassed."– Miley Cyr
10 Most Hated Celebrities Of 2008
Bumpshack is out with their 10 Most Hated Celebrities of 2008 list. There is a vote among bloggers to come up with the list. I have included the list to 20 and what they have to say about our favorite Celebrity parents because this is too funny.Paris Hilton(66 votes)Spencer Pratt & Heidi Montag (60 votes) Seriously, do we need a reason to hate these two? Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are the most pimped out couple to come out of MTV’s pseudo-reality show “The Hills” and they couldn’t be any faker
The Spirit Misses Razzie Nomination By A Hair [Razzies]
The nominations for all of the worst movies of 2008 are out. And lucky, lucky Frank Miller missed the nominations for the worst movie in the history in the world by a few days.Unfortunately, The Spirit came out too late to make the Razzie nomination ballot, according to the site:ALTHOUGH IT FLOPPED TOO LATE to MAKE OUR NOMINATING BALLOT, WE THOUGHT ITS UNDER ACHIEVEMENTS EARNED IT a PLACE on OUR FORUM. Frank Miller is a lucky man, but I'm not going to forget the sins this movie committed that easily. See yo
2008 Razzie Nominating Ballot Calls Into Question Seriousness of Awards
The esteemed membership of the Razzie voting committee received their 2008 nominating ballots in the mail yesterday afternoon — and controversy abounds! While the official list of nominees for the year's worst movies and acting won't be released until January 21, the names on the ballot from which serious-minded voters are expected to choose are laughable at best.Never mind egregious omissions like Seven Pounds, the winner of Vulture's Critics' Poll for 2008's crappiest film, and The Spirit, which las
Jeremy Scahill: "Better Than Cats!" Neocons, Republicans and War Criminals Rave About Obama’s ‘Team of Rivals.’
"[S]uperb...the best of the Washington insiders...this will be a valedictocracy -- rule by those who graduate first in their high school classes."
--David Brooks, conservative New York Times columnist
"[V]irtually perfect..."
--Senator Joe Lieberman, former Democrat and John McCain's top surrogate in the 2008 campaign.
"[R]eassuring."
--Karl Rove, "Bush's brain."
"I am gobsmacked by these appointments, most of which could just as easily have come from a President McCain...this all but puts an end to the
2008: Thank God That's Over [The Clip Show]
For this, our final post of 2008, join Defamer in recalling the heroes, history and other Earth-shattering phenomena that raised the bar for years of pop culture to come.
Lindsay & Sam Broke Up… Or Did They? [Dirt Bag]
Last night TMZ reported that Lindsay & Sam broke up. [E! also reported that after fighting on New Year's Eve, the couple is dunzo, quoting a source who claims that Lindsay has already moved out. [E!]Here's the thing: Late last night, Lindsay Lohan wrote an entry on her MySpace blog which reads: "RUMORS. little piece of TRUE information: we did NOT break up! access hollywood, extra, et, every tabloid, page six... AND every GOSSIP website. Get your stories straight please. It's really annoying to have all of
So What’s Jay Leno’s New Show Gonna Be Like, Anyway?
Now that reactions to Jay Leno's upcoming move to the 10 p.m. slot have poured in from the furthest reaches of the talk-show circuit, it's time to take a step back and start to think about the creative changes that will be necessary for The Jay Leno Show to make when it starts up in the fall of 2009. Just kidding, no one really cares about the creative process! During yesterday's press conference in Burbank hosted by Leno and NBC co-chiefs Marc Graboff and Ben Silverman, the major motif was one of fiscal re
Miley Cyrus rents out Disneyland for Sweet 16
Miley Cyrus puts those 'My Super Sweet 16' girls on MTV to shame, as everyone from David Archuleta to Tyra Banks showed for her party.
Hard Times Force Golden Globe Parties to Go On With Recycled Diamonds [Awards]
The collective shrug over a possible SAG strike gathered a few more shoulders today, with representatives for Hollywood's influential Party Planning Mafia acknowledging that no labor impasse (or recession, for that matter) will prevent it from restoring the Golden Globes afterparties to their long-dormant luster. To wit: Press conferences are out, and "plasma screen-outfitted water walls" are in! And that's just for starters.Elsewhere at the NBC Universal party, expect jewels shipped in from sponsor Cartier
Column: What to Get the Exec Who Has Everything
Tis the season for year-end columns—and all the cliches that come with them. Including, apparently, lead sentences that begin with “‘tis the season.”
Lists, of course, are always a staple of columns this time of year. Coming up with New Year’s resolutions for public figures also is popular with scribes, since it allows us to impose our value systems on others.
I reserve the right to resort to those hackneyed devices in the future. For my final column of 2008, however, I opted to go with another
2009 People’s Choice Awards: The Show, The Winners
Making for quite the spectacular evening, the 35th Annual People’s Choice Awards saw “The Dark Knight” pull off a clean sweep, raking in all five awards for which it was nominated.
Held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, the star-studded affair also saw performer Carrie Underwood grab three awards while Katherine Heigl, Reese Witherspoon, Christina Applegate and Robin Williams all went home winners, as well.
A Late Night Discussion Post about Late Night TV :)
The 10 Good, Bad and the Truly Dumb Points of NBC Putting Leno on at 10:00 So much for vacations and "work stoppages" - damn you NBC and your inane corporate tinkering! My post Monday on NBC's delicious idea to stop programming as many hours (or even nights) was barely up before the Peacock ruffled even more feathers by announcing that it had signed Jay Leno to do "The Jay Leno Show" five nights a week at 10 p.m. starting next fall. (Granted, Leno's feathers were,






