Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson Responds to Radio Hosts’ Accusations That He ‘Faked AIDS’.
Today, in response to KTLK radio hosts Chris Baker and Langdon Perry’s accusations that “Magic faked AIDS,” Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and NBA Legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson released the following statement. “I am extremely disappointed in KTLK in Minneapolis. I am outraged that Chris Baker and Langdon Perry would minimize such a serious and deadly issue. Millions are dying from HIV/AIDS and the fact that they would make jokes about my status is unbelievable,” sai

Former NBA Star Magic Johnson "Outraged" By Radio Hosts' Accusation That He Faked AIDS
Retired NBA star Magic Johnson has responded to accusations made by KTLK radio hosts Chris Baker and Langdon Perry that he had "faked AIDS."

Still Truckin’
Magic and Cookie Johnson are still together after all these years and all that ‘HIV drama.’ They attended a surprise birthday party for Desiree Coleman in LA last night, along with some other old heads. Even Cole/Cockroach was in the building. We haven’t seen his ass in a minute. More below: Comments (25) | | These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Sun Yue Prefers Monkey King To The Chinese Magic Johnson
Basketball player Sun Yue of China is headed to Los Angeles with hopes of earning a spot on the Lakers’ roster. Yue is excited about playing in the NBA, although he would like to ditch the “Chinese Magic Johnson” label for a new nickname. From AFP: “I don’t want to be called the next Magic Johnson,” Sun told the China Daily of the nickname given him to by the Chinese sporting press. “He was a great player, and he has everything you could ask for in a coach bu

Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Piolín yap about 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'
DOGFIGHTS and Mexican tough guys worked great together in the hard-boiled drama "Amores Perros" a few years ago. Now Disney is using those elements plus several more family-friendly ones in its new release, " Beverly Hills Chihuahua." Will the combination make viewers sit up and beg for more? Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo sat down recently to talk about making the dramatic comedy, which opened Friday. The live-action film stars a variety of two- and four-legged talent in relat

Clay Aiken, Broadway Star and American Idol, Reveals Shocking Gayness [Duh]
Not since the University of Alaska's 2006 study proving that bears do, in fact, shit in the woods has a more exciting and revelatory discovery been made: on the cover of the new issue of People magazine, American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken comes out of the closet. Yes I know. Take a seat and a deep breath before continuing. The long-suspected homosexual (who got caught trolling for gay internet sex a few years back) recently had a kid through a surrogate and starred on Broadway in Spamalot. He made his

Highlights from the ‘Padres Contra el Cancer’ Gala
The 8th annual “Padres Contra el Cancer” benefit gala was held last night in Hollywood, with some of our usual superestrellas rubbed elbows with some that have been missing in action for the longest time (hello, Daisy Fuentes!). The night was topped off by a scintillating performance by Alejandro Fernandez (I’m a sucker for a man in tight charro pants) as well as the comedic stylings of George Lopez. Other big names in attendance were one very big and very pregnant Constance Marie, Ana de

Geek Daily: 'I Am Legend' Prequel, Fathom Gets a Fox, and 'Nick Fury' Gets a DVD
The trades apparently read yesterday's tirade about their not being any news -- because as weird luck would have it, everything hit the wire as I was getting my Anderson Cooper fix. (I'm not making that up for the sake of cuteness, it's true. The evening is not complete until I discover I lost the 360 Challenge ... again) Now, to the headlines: Being the sole man alive never meant you couldn't get a franchise! Variety reports that Warner Bros is putting a prequel to I Am Legend into production. The p

‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ No. 1 at box office
A cast of diminutive dogs took a big bite out of the box office over the weekend as “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” debuted with a top-grossing $29 million. Disney’s pooch picture fared better than expected and toppled “Eagle Eye,” a DreamWorks-Paramount thriller, which fell to No. 2 in its second weekend in theaters. The live-action animal comedy, featuring the voices of Drew Barrymore and George Lopez, was expected to gross $20 million to $25 million. It was the best October debu

‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ Has Some Serious Fleas
I’ve got a bone to pick with Disney’s latest pet project. The movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua, opening this Friday, looks like the costliest waste of talent, resources, and brainpower to hit the mainstream media since Swing Vote. I first heard about the movie when I saw its extended trailer in previews for Wall-E this summer. It was just a mess of digitally edited footage of Chihuahuas singing (if you could call emphatic yelps of “Chihuahua!” singing) and prancing about Mayan ruins in Mexico. The tr

Jay-Z featured in “Time Out New York”
Niiiiice. Jay-Z featured with a bunch of other celebrities like Tina Fey, Anderson Cooper and a whole bunch of other celebrities (too many to mention). While I enjoyed reading the interview, try and guess under the hood which question made me cringe. “What about favorite moments? Jay-Z: Damn. What comes to mind? Jay-Z: That’s a difficult one. I always relate it back to music—I don’t have a life outside of that. Playing the Garden, headlining that for the first time, was—Oh! I have my grea

Geek Daily: Brett Ratner's Feeling Chatty, Rorschach's Watching Fox, and Transformers Rise
I know this is traditionally a slow news time but wow, it's a desert out there! Is everyone in Hollywood sleeping? Are they becoming addicted to CNN election coverage like I am? Well, I managed to tear myself away from Anderson Cooper to do a little Cinematical work (and it's hard, 360 runs on such an endless loop that it's kind of like spending a delightful eternity with him), you'd think someone in Tinseltown could option some graphic novels or cast Captain America. Sheesh. Anyway, here's what we've got t

‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ in Theaters October 3rd
Walt Disney Pictures "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" is rolling into theaters this Friday, October 3rd. There is quite the line-up of stars in this film! Jamie Lee Curtis and Piper Perado (pictured above) actually play humans in this movie, while stars like Drew Barrymore, George Lopez and Salma Hayek do the voices for the adorable dogs. "Beverly [...]

World Premiere of “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”
The story of a smooth-talking, straight loving chihuahua named “Papi” comes to the silver screen in Disney’s latest flick, “Beverly Hills Chihuahua.” The film features talents from all today’s biggest Latino names, with George Lopez, Salma Hayek, Cheech Marin, Andy Garcia, Placido Domingo, and even Eddie “Piolin” Sotello lending their vocal talents to this comedy about a pampered chihuahua from Beverly Hills (voiced by Drew Barrymore) who gets left behind in

Anderson Cooper Has One New York Regret: Never Seeing That Drag Show [Anderson Cooper]
Anderson Cooper, CNN anchor and alleged dater of many fellows, has one great regret in his New York life. He has never seen a Kiki & Herb show. Kiki and Herb being, of course, singer/actor Justin Long in drag as old showbiz wash-up Kiki and Kenny Mellman as her devoted accompanist Herb. They tell wonderful showbiz stories and sing delightful covers of some really random songs. And the Coop has never been! He tells TONY of his drag cabaret shame: If you could have a drink with another Top 40 person—J

It's Official [David Blaine]
The magical Anderson Cooper agrees: David Blaine is a scrub. [CNN]

Cooper: " I'm Actually One of the Least Emotional People On-Air"
"Roving reporter, world traveler, hipster, jokester, anchorman, rich kid, loner, geek — CNN's Anderson Cooper is a Renaissance man for a digital age," begins reporter Monica Collins. Collins asks Cooper about his reputation as "emo" reporter. "I think I'm actually one of the least emotional people on-air around," he says. "If you look on any given night on the cable channels, you'll see people yelling and screaming and talking at the top of their voice — not just guests but anchors of shows

Triumph goes to the RNC, talks to Cooper and Blitzer - VIDEOS
Filed under: Late Night, Video, Celebrities, Talk Show, Reality-FreeI thought I'd get this in before we get too far away from the Republican National Convention. Conan O'Brien sent Triumph The Insult Comic Dog to St. Paul last week to cover the convention, and as usual the results are hilarious. He manages to get an interview with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Well, at first Cooper just sends him a note from across the convention hall (I won't spoil for you what the note says) but Triumph finally gets a face

Loose Lips [Beyonce]
Beyonce said that gaining 20 pounds for her role as Etta James in the upcoming movie Cadillac Records was "so much fun," but that when she had to lose it, she was "so angry with myself. I was like, 'D'oh! Why do you have to go through this?" Sort of endearing that she said D'oh! • Amy Winehouse, making bad decisions? You don't say! Apparently the beleaguered singer is ditching producer/ hottie Mark Ronson for her new album. Sadness! • Dandy Anderson Cooper gets his haircut on the cheap: he spends $15 at

Desperate Denver Journos Just Reporting on Each Other [Journalismism]
There's no news in Denver. At least, no news that couldn't be reported by watching it on C-Span from the comfort of home. So what to do? Report on what all your fellow journalists are doing! So far, the single greatest example of this is HuffPo's constant reportage from their own "HuffPost Oasis" in Denver. At left, an unretouched screengrab from their front page today. The Oasis is remarkably popular with journalists, considering that we have no idea what goes on there but we don't think it involves free b

Chihuahua's rags-to-riches road to Hollywood
Hollywood is always looking for fresh faces -- even if they belong to dogs -- and the tiny four-legged star of "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" has a rags-to-riches story to match any new arrival on silver screens. Popularized by the likes of Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, Chihuahuas are the most popular pooches in Los Angeles. But the makers of family film "Beverly Hills Chihuahua," which opens on Friday, wanted some undiscovered talent for their whimsical tale of romance and adventure -- doggy style. Pap

Blog: FanBoy's Blog: I Am Craving Taco Bell
Beverly Hills Chihuahua is now at a theater near you (watch your step).  A few years ago, Disney decided to reduce the number of films they released in order to make sure each one was special.  So every time Disney releases a film, I try to find its purpose by examining why Walt Disney Pictures is releasing it.  While many might not consider Disney to be diverse, there is a concerted effort by the company to become so.  You don’t need to look much farther than The Cheetah Girls t

Tim Gunn interview with Time Out New York (Tim Gunn wears shorts and jeans?!)
 Things from interview that I would like to see: 1) Tim Gunn in shorts and a T-shirt at Dunkin Donuts. 2) Tim Gunn on a date with Anderson Cooper set up by Time Out New York magazine. 3) Anything good to happen so that this sad quote is no longer so true and lonely sounding: "There’s nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out." That made me cry a little. 4) Tim Gunn running do

Anderson Cooper’s New Boyfriend?
In his column today for The Village Voice NYC, Michael Musto implies that Anderson Cooper’s latest boyfriend is Jonathan Chase, you gays might know him from, Another Gay Movie. Check out this guys IMDB page. Of course he is a young’ish actor guy… …No, wait, this is better. Anderson Cooper. Jonathan Chase. Discuss at length. You can [...]

Genetic Secrets Of Media Celebs [Celebrity Science]
Sure, you knew Anderson Cooper was the adorable unicorn of TV news anchors, but did you know he is so incredibly magical he can roll his tongue into a "really complicated four-leaf clover?" He can! Tongue-rolling is a genetic trait, but one can't help wonder if Cooper has had some practice. He apparently shows his skills only to certain, uh, special friends, like fellow closeted media personality Barry Diller, who, no joke, compared tongue technique with Cooper at a special retreat in Idaho. Some Google peo