Posts tagged celebrity-news
Weird Al Yankovic finally gets approval for Lady Gaga parody of “Born This Way”
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – “Weird Al” Yankovic was very upset with Lady Gaga, after she blew-off the pop parody master’s request to include “Perform This Way,” a send-up of her anthem “Born This Way,” on his upcoming album.
In a lengthy blog post, Yankovic explains that he was excited to shoot a video for “Perform This Way” and distribute the single officially, which would have raised money for the Human Rights Campaign.
“It has always been my personal policy to get the consent of the original artist before including my parodies on any album, so of course I will respect Gaga’s wishes,” says
More >Demi Lovato diagnosed as having bipolar disorder while in rehab
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – Lately we have been hearing more about bipolar disorder after Catherine Zeta-Jones sought treatment last week at a mental health treatment center. It’s a serious illness and it reportedly derailed Britney Spears‘ career until she had a meltdown and got help. After leaving a residential treatment center three months ago, Disney teen star Demi Lovato is bravely opening up about her private struggles – admitting not only to cutting, anorexia and bulimia, as far back as elementary school, but she also has bipolar disorder. Bipolar also referred to as manic-depressive,
More >Documentary director Tim Hetherington killed in Libya
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – Director Tim Hetherington, a four time winner of the world press photographer award, was killed Wednesday along with American photojournalist Chris Hondros, in the midst of heavy fighting in Libya, The Washington Post reports.
Oscar-nominated Hetherington, 40, was in the war-torn country with Pulitzer Prize-nominated Getty photojournalist Chris Hondros, 41, and both were killed as Moammar Gaddafi’s forces continued their siege on rebels in the city of Misrata. Two other photojournalists were also hurt during the attack and eight civilians were killed. The
More >Did Lindsay Lohan’s Bloated Ego Cost Her Gotti Role?
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Lindsay Lohan and Victoria Gotti attend the Gotti press conference
(HMG Celebrity News) – It amazes me that big movie productions would even consider hiring Lindsay Lohan right now with her current legal troubles and her past transgressions, which makes insuring her problematic. But when Hollywood came a calling instead of being grateful for a new opportunity like you would expect, Lindsay Lohan’s management acted like she should get the star treatment apparently. Negotiations between the troubled starlet and producers of the upcoming movie “Gotti: Three Generations” have broken down for
More >‘Dilbert’ creator, Scott Adams outed as ‘Planned Chaos’ troll on message boards
2 years ago
[HMG Celebrity News] – In the 21 years since Dilbert began poking fun at the corporate world his creator, Scott Adams has received countless awards. But his methods of dealing with critics have now brought him trouble.
Last week, members of the online community blog ‘Meta Filter’ began a heated debate which called both Scott’s IQ and his parentage into question. But one user ‘Planned Chaos’ sprang to Adams’ defense with postings like;
“He has a certified genius IQ!” and, “Is it Adams’ enormous success that makes you so jealous and angry?” And even; “It’s fair to say you disagree with Adams,
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Tim Robbins mourning death of both parents
2 years ago
[HMG Celebrity News] – In an unwelcome example of how unfair life can be, even for celebrities, it’s been reported that Oscar winning actor Tim Robbins has lost both his parents in less than two weeks.
On April 5th Tim’s father, Gil Robbins died after a long battle with prostate cancer. Then on Sunday Tim’s mother, Mary, succumbed to heart arrhythmia at the home she and Gil shared for 59 years in Estaban Cantu, Mexico. She was 78.
Like her husband Mary had a career as a professional performer. She then moved on to study music at UCLA. But her death is made more unjust when you consider she
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Charlie Sheen priming for a run at president?
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – Charlie Sheen couldn’t win custody back of his kids based on the strength of his character versus his ex who is a habitual drug addict, but he’s considering running for president. Only in America. Yesterday as you probably know Charlie spent his day in LA trying to gain fully custody of his young twin boys away from their mother Brooke Mueller who is back in rehab for the umpth-teen time. Despite Brooke being a complete wreck the judge took one look at the alternative namely Charlie and his violent past and his admission to drugs and said I don’t think so and left
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Tiffany and Debbie Gibson announce joint retro tour
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[HMG Celebrity News] – The 80‘s was a decade of strange people, bad music and even worse hair, and now two of its stars want to prove that – Tiffany and Debbie Gibson are going back on the road.
“We want to journey through the ’80s and all the artists who influenced us,” Tiffany told the Post.
Bitter rivals in their prime the two girls are now mulling a tour that will showcase their own hits, plus covers of songs by talented people like Stevie Nicks, Reba McIntyre and even Guns N’ Roses.
They’ve also promised a few Broadway tunes just in case that list didn’t cause enough pain.
Now 39,
More >Hoover pulls ads from ABC to protest canceled soaps ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – When ABC announced their soaps, ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live’ would be canceled they probably thought very few people would care. They were wrong. Legions of fans have protested and even Hoover is now boycotting the channel.
‘Children’ began in 1970 and ‘One Life’ debuted a year earlier. At their peak they were the two most recorded shows in all of television, but ABC chose to drop them because more people work now – and that’s upset Hoover.
“We will discontinue our advertising with ABC this Friday, 4/22,” their VP of marketing Brian Kirkendall wrote on the
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The Pulse: Nic Cage Loses It!
2 years ago
The Hollywood Gossip is proud to present another edition of The Pulse, where our staff recaps the day’s biggest events in celebrity news and gossip.
Brooke Mueller is giving her ex-husband Charlie Sheen a run for his unstable money recently, while Nicolas Cage did his own impression of Charlie.
Catch up on these stories, plus the Black Swan controversy that won’t die and a new, hilarious Royal Wedding video spoof, right here with The Pulse:
The Pulse Daily Recap – April 18, 2011
See the original post here: The Pulse: Nic Cage Loses It!
‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ breaks 35-year awards drought
2 years ago
[HMG Celebrity News] – When John Travolta made his TV debut in ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ America was overwhelmed with indifference. Soon the show was a hit, but the awards never came. Last night that was corrected.
From its modest debut in September 1975, ‘Kotter’ made the 21-year old Travolta a star overnight. But despite great ratings the show didn’t win one award in four years.
Last night the original ‘Sweathogs’ gathered at the Javits Center in New York and got the nod they deserved.
“After 35 years, I wondered what Barbarino would be doing, and he’s standing here tonight very proud to be
More >After ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’ bailout will Nicolas Cage go to rehab?
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – Perhaps reliving his Academy Award winning role in “Leaving Las Vegas,” Nicolas Cage was arrested in New Orleans over the weekend for domestic abuse, disturbing the peace and public drunkenness and it was all captured on film. The “National Treasure” star, was arrested Saturday in New Orleans’ French Quarter after he got drunk Friday night and argued in the street with his wife Alice Kim over whether a house they were standing in front of was theirs. Cage allegedly drunkenly stumbled into a tattoo parlor with a liquor bottle in hand demanding to get a tattoo,
More >‘American Idol’ Castoff Pia Toscano Dumped Beau for ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Pro Mark Ballas
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – After Pia Toscano was dumped by ‘American Idol’ fans the unexpected elimination was tempered by the news that she would get a record contract and that she had a new romance.
But the New York Post is reporting that Toscano was rather ruthless in starting a romance with ‘Dancing with the Stars’ pro Mark Ballas.
It seems she didn’t bother breaking up with her boyfriend of four years Carlos Nunez before she went on a date with Ballas.
A mutual friend of the couple is quoted saying, “It seems inevitable to anyone with eyes. The friend said they knew the relationship was
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Evan Rachel Wood is single and ready to date guys or girls!
2 years ago
(HMG Celebrity News) – Evan Rachel Wood who recently said says she dated Marilyn Manson on and off for four years as a way of having a childhood tells Esquire something else that could explain her love for the long-haired man who wore so much makeup: she likes women too.
“I was always into very androgynous things,” she said to the men’s magazine. “Guys, girls … I’m into androgyny in general.”
The 23-year-old actress who stars in the new movie ‘The Conspirator’ told the magazine when she moves to New York City this fall, she’ll be “up for anything. Meet a nice guy, meet a nice girl … ”
That
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