he appeared on 90210 this week as the "homeless" guy that annie killed's nephew, jasper. he's got that whole kind of bad boy sexy thing going on. he's 25. he's never been in anything else i've seen besides that old kirsten dunst lifetime movie 15 and pregnant, not that i remember him from that. but i look forward to seeing him in more of 90210.

• 13:00 ah 90210 last night...so dramatic.... #
• 16:33 watching glee....aaaaah i love jane lynch. #
• 20:07 watching interview with the vampire...i forgot how weird tom cruise looks in this movie.... #

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on some non-vamp things.

first of all, i recently saw new pics from the gossip girl set. and these are mildly disturbing. dan humphrey making out with hilary duff's movie-star-trying-to-be-normal character. i'm not sure if i like this at all.


also...about my other tv shows. secret life season finale was boring. they need to spice that show up. with something other than babies or sex!!!!! it's getting really predictable. 90210 premiere was interesting. i think this season will be good. i'm kind of bummed though because i really like silver and dixon together. i still can't believe annie killed someone. i think that's a weird storyline, but we'll just see what they do with it. melrose place premiere was good. definitely thinking i'm going to like that show.

other than that, i forgot to mention earlier that i tried this delicious new drink today at caribou coffee. it's perfect for fall. it's the caramel apple cooler. i also tried the hot caramel apple drink and it's delicious, too. i did this because they made the hot one by accident even though i wanted the cold one so they gave me both and i tried both, so whatever. and i really liked them. they're coffee drinks, not like starbucks' caramel apple spice, but caribou does have an apple cider drink as well, i just haven't tried it yet. anyway, they only have this flavor for a limited time so go try NOW!

just for fun!

leighton meester and ed westwick goth it up for the latest issue of elle. ah, so sexy!


and leighton and ed in a new korean ad campaign that's featured in the korean version of nylon.



blake lively on the set of her new film with ben affleck.




the gossip kids on set in nyc.




blake taking a break from filming and shopping at american eagle.


the 90210 cast at a party for their second season.


ashlee simpson looking great and hanging out in nyc.

so that you don't have to catch up on all the episodes before the season starts like i've been doing lately, here's a little recap on the cliffhangers from season 1:

just a few celeb pics....

bunches of celebs out for queen latifah's 39th birthday bash.


kim k

lil kim


vivica a. fox

heavy d and nas

david banner

omar epps and his wife

lil kim, missy elliott, and mc lyte performing

blowing out the candles!


the kardashians filming their show


fergie also celebrated her bday this weekend, 34 for her, she's looking good!



annalynne mccord on the set of 90210


kim leaving an old navy party


jaime king shopping


keri hilson at her atlanta album release party


ivanka trump lookin cute


demi lovato on a bike ride


soulja boy at the kids choice awards, looking crazy, just like his crazy twitter messages


and a bunch of our other fav celebs at the kids choice awards, including....the jo bros, zanessa and cameron d.

and pete, taylor, america, miley and megan


tyra with clay aiken at the glaad awards


christina aguilera going to perez hilton's bday bash

britney in montreal.


danica mckella, aka winnie cooper, got married!


hayden panettiere wearing a seriously sexy outfit.



jessica szhor and ed westwick on a hot and heavy vacation in miami.





annalynne mccord.



kortney kardashian in miami.


birthday girl reese witherspoon looking fab at the premiere of monsters vs. aliens.



the-dream and christina millian at the beach.


a very pregnant alyson hanigan.


marisa miller promoting victoria's secret.


jessica simpson promoting sassy.


halle berry and adorable little nahla.


ryan reynolds looking super sexy.

this is going to be the longest list, obviously, because i was actually alive during this time. these are in no particular order, by the way.

luke perry. gotta love 90210.


mark paul gosselar. zack morris!!!!


jason priestley. loved him back on the mickey mouse club!!! teen angel!


mark wahlberg. marky mark!


jonathan brandis. r.i.p. he was gorgeous.


mike vitar. sandlot!!!!!


river phoenix r.i.p. definitely one of the hottest.


joey lawrence. blossom!


zachary ty bryan. home improvement!


nick carter. used to be such a heartthrob!!!


edward furlong.


darius mccrary. eddie from family matters.


ll cool j. still bangin.


erik von detten. oh gosh, i looooved him!


kurt cobain. he was sexy, r.i.p.


will smith. still hot!


barry watson. as matt camden on 7th heaven! great stuff!!!!!


usher. still hot, duh.


brad renfro. r.i.p.


brock pierce. first kid.


devon sawa. yeaah!


ethan embry. love him in sooo many different things!!!


jason james richter...from free willy!


andrew keegan. in everything.


leonardo dicaprio. even in growing pains.


jared leto. back in the day.


jeremy torgerson.


lee thompson young. aka the famous jett jackson.


lucas black.


mario lopez. slaterrrr!


joshua jackson. pacey!!!!


garette ratliff henson. mighty ducks!


james van der beek. dawwwson!


vincent larusso. mighty ducks!


ryder strong. best. show. ever.


ryan clark.


tyson beckford. forever sexy.


michael cade. california dreams, baby!


jay anthony franke.


brent gore.


william james jones.


sam huntington.


taran noah smith. home improvement!


sean o'neal. clarissa!


sasha mitchell. step by step!


jason weaver. smarrrrt guy!


vincent kartheiser.


tupac.


wil horneff.


tom guiry.


ethan hawke.

i was watching step up and i was like wow this guy is really cute, what else is he in? and i was like ooooooh 90210...but yeah, he's a hottie. apparently he's a little playboy with some of our starlets, too...

sorry for the celeb stalking, i'm just loving the winter fashions this year...

at a premiere of yes man, zooey deschanel looked adorable and jenny mccarthy looked really, really blonde!


at the knicks/lakers game the other night, lots of celebs were out...
like gwen stefani

spike lee

zac and vanessa






britney, looking adorable


lori laughlin, shopping


mary-kate in nyc


rachel bilson with her adorable dog!


jessica szohr, jessica stroup, and brittany snow at musicians care


lilo


kate moss


geri halliwell!


rosario dawson


paris hilton, clubbing

read this article, it's funny:

Gossip Girl: Get Rid of Aaron Rose!
Thursday, November 20, 2008

The on-again, off-again relationship between Serena and Dan has never been the best thing about Gossip Girl. They simply can't compare to the mischievous duo of Chuck and Blair, and there were times during the S and D maelstrom that I wished they'd simply move on to other people for a while. The introduction of Aaron Rose -- Serena's artsy, polyamorous new boy toy -- initially seemed like a step in the right direction. Everyone needs a good rebound guy, even if that guy has a tween beard and a penchant for girlie scarves. Unfortunately, due to some serious miscasting, Aaron has become a plague on both Serena and Gossip Girl itself. Who do I have to blackmail to convince the writers to permanently ship Aaron off to the Hamptons?



My issues with Aaron Rose stem not from how the character is written, but how he's portrayed. I could buy Serena falling for a charming, free-spirited lothario if the actor playing him was handsome, charismatic and seemingly irresistible. Unfortunately, it seems that all of the charismatic actors in New York were busy during this casting call, because John Patrick Amedori is none of these things. I hate to pick on the actor, but I think Chuck's scarf has more on-screen presence than he does. With his floppy hair, scrubby pseudo-beard and complete lack of personality, it's impossible to understand why Serena would swoon over him.

The idea of Serena moving on to a new guy who teaches her to be a bit more honest and laid back is a good one, but the execution of the storyline has been rather lackluster. We're meant to believe that Aaron can woo any hot model that comes his way, but that's impossible to fathom when the actor is a swirling vortex that sucks the electricity out of every scene he's in. I never thought I'd miss the Serena and Dan pairing, but I now realize that Blake Lively and Penn Badgley have serious chemistry together. I'm not sure their characters need to get back together anytime soon, but as long as S gets rid of A I'll be happy.

While I long for Aaron to be strangled with one of his hideous scarves, I'm loving his father, Cyrus Rose. Cyrus' relationship with Eleanor has been a highlight of recent episodes, and though actor Wallace Shawn is only a guest star, I'd love it if he'd stick around and become part of the Waldorf family. Blair's reluctant acceptance of her mother's new man has been fascinating to watch, leaving me hoping that the Gossip Girl writers only ship off half of the Rose family.

What do you think of Aaron? Is he good for Serena, or does he need to be sent off to a lesser show like 90210? Sound off below.

from the new york observer:

The It Girl of Gossip Girl

Taylor Momsen, 15, takes Manhattan

by Sara Vilkomerson | August 12, 2008 | Tags: Arts & Culture, Gossip Girl, Taylor Momsen



The young woman who approached the table by the window at the Pinkberry on Eighth Avenue and 18th street was nervous, breathless. She was sorry to interrupt, sorry to be a bother, she said. It was just that she loved Taylor Momsen so much.

The just-barely-15-year-old Ms. Momsen, who plays aspiring queen bee Jenny Humphrey on the CW show Gossip Girl, gave the woman—who looked to be at least in her mid-20s, and was clutching a napkin and shaking like a whippet in winter—a warm, practiced smile and helped her locate a pen and piece of paper so she could sign the autograph on something suitable. Ms. Momsen scribbled her name with a girlish curlicue flourish, and offered a friendly wave goodbye as her fan skipped elatedly out the door.

It’s a regular occurrence now for Ms. Momsen (“The older girls get nervous. The younger girls, cry,” she said), who, over the summer, has become the obsession of a strange and ragged slice of New York. Even as her co-stars have ascended the ladder of gossip-worthiness—the golden-locked goddess Blake Lively and the impressively sideburned Penn Badgley have had a very public romance while dandy-dressing, secretly English Ed Westwick has hardly been shy about his carousing—Ms. Momsen has emerged as the show’s true It Girl: admired, lusted after and, of course, scorned. Girls and young women covet her style (which ranges from bright, simple and sophisticated to mix-and-match punk). Boys and men—in their teens and 20s and beyond—can’t help but be drawn to her coltish beauty (even as that fact could make them uncomfortable). And there are the requisite haters, too, so unnerved by Ms. Momsen’s uncanny poise and sudden ubiquity that they can’t help but snipe at her. As photographs of her—on location for Gossip Girl, making the rounds at parties and movie premieres, riding the subway around her newly adopted city—have cropped up on celeb-tracking blogs and Web sites, they’ve also collected captions and comments snarky and vicious enough to be straight from the cell phone of Gossip Girl’s eponymous blogger.

“Our thanks to Taylor Momsen and Ali Lohan for making 14 the new 35,” wrote a commenter on Gawker, under a photo of the actress in a froofry yellow frock at the Fifi fragrance awards in May. Captions for other snaps have included “Little Bitch Stops for Itch” (this was later changed) and “Taylor Momsen Forgot her Pants.”

But is it Taylor we love to love, and love to hate? Or Jenny, who practically ran away with the show last season as she plotted her path to the top of the prep school food chain? Ms. Momsen understands how people might get confused.

“It’s funny because I forget that I look the same—you know, that I look the same all the time,” said Ms. Momsen, as she spooned original-flavored Pinkberry yogurt covered in Fruity Pebbles into her mouth. “I have two different modes: I have my on-set mode, and then I have my mode with my friends and family. My Taylor mode. And when I’m in my Taylor mode, I forget that people still see me as Jenny. It takes a minute.”

If we can’t remember, it may be because we don’t want to. She may be a teenage social-climbing bitch, but Jenny Humphrey has lifted Gossip Girl from sudsy teen drama to genuinely gripping television, and brought us the most lovable villain we’ve seen in ages.


The New Eve Harrington (megan note: LOVE that comparison! love that movie!)
A day before our Pinkberry date, at the Silvercup Studios set of her show, Ms. Momsen was working through a scene that would be familiar to any regular Gossip Girl viewer. It was breakfast time at the Humphrey loft, and artificial sunshine streamed through the fake windows, drenching the very-hard-to-believe-this-family-is-supposed-to-be-poor loft with light, while the Humphreys themselves bantered wittily around a kitchen counter. For those who haven’t fallen pray to the show’s charm, a primer: Gossip Girl peeks into the rarified air and lives of the Upper East Side’s privately schooled elite. Based on the best-selling series by Cecily von Ziegesar, and developed by O.C. masterminds Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the show is a delicious weekly Greek tragedy, filled with scandalous sex, betrayals, drinking, drugs, homosexuality, embezzlement, sinister plotting and social hierarchy coup d’état, all recorded on the anonymous Gossip Girl blog. Each gleaming setting—the shiny town cars, the opulent limestone townhouses, the bejeweled department stores—and reference to exclusive New York City hot spots screams privilege and invites a peek into that ever-lusted-after moneyed unknown (Ms. Savage has previously said that the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette helped inspire the look of the show).

Jenny’s family isn’t a natural part of the socialite spectrum (they live not in the East 80s but in—gasp!—Brooklyn), and she and her older brother Dan (Mr. Badgley) are the perpetual outsiders. When we met them in the first season, Dan was a brooding aspiring writer (dubbed Lonely Boy by Gossip Girl) who found himself thrust into the inner circle by dating über-chic Serena Van der Woodsen (Ms. Lively), while Jenny was a wide-eyed naif, awed and intimidated by the rich and glamorous popular girls. Dan kept his head straight for the most part, but Little J couldn’t help but make a power play for the top, initiating a tug of war with Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), who may be the scariest raven-haired actress we’ve seen since Shannen Doherty stormed off 90210.

Over the course of season one’s 16 episodes, Jenny slowly but surely morphs into a girl exactly like those who initially shunned her. Her transformation involves, at various points, lying, scheming, stealing a $15,000 one-of-a-kind Valentino dress and dating a rich closeted gay boy in order to raise her social status. She’s downright literary: Think Edith Wharton (it can’t be a coincidence that one Gossip Girl character, “Lily,” is married to “Bart,” a wink to The House of Mirth’s main schemer, Lily Bart). Or Eve Harrington, that ingénue turncoat. Jenny is every bit as fascinating, attractive and appealingly repellent as these famous characters, with their insatiable ambition to conquer a world that is being silver-spoon-fed to their rivals.

“With Jenny, there’s that sense of a very intelligent, observant young girl looking around and going, ‘You know, I’m not as rich as these girls, and I don’t have that leg up because of my family, but I’m just as pretty and I think that I’m smarter, so if I play my cards right, I can win this game,” said executive producer Ms. Savage, who noted that at some point in the new season a character actually refers to Jenny Humphrey as “Eve Harrington.” (megan note: that's brilliant!)

In the books, Jenny is a short, busty, curly-haired gal who is constantly getting trampled on. The creators decided early on to take the character on the show in a different direction, Ms. Savage said. “We wanted a character that in this journey of trying to fit in at school might actually succeed in her goal and even triumph over the other girls at some point,” she said.

The second season, which starts giddily and with a bang in the luscious setting of the Hamptons on Sept. 1, has aspiring fashion designer Jenny working as an intern for designer Eleanor Waldorf, who—of course!—is the mother of chief rival Blair (“Jenny has put high school to the side and focuses on her career, trying to be a fashion designer, and to fulfill her goals of world domination,” laughed Ms. Savage). In the scene filmed that afternoon at Silvercup, Jenny is reprimanded for ignoring her schoolwork by her father (Matthew Settle). The camera stayed on Ms. Momsen, clad in impossibly short denim shorts and a tank top, honeyed hair cut shorter and styled more edgily than last season, as she reacted to her lecture with teenage-appropriate indignation, eye rolls and exhales. After the second take, the director called out his praise, his only note to “sprinkle it with more attitude.” Ms. Momsen nodded, the cameras rolled, and she redid the scene: eyebrows imperceptibly more arched, eyes ablaze, disgust apparent and with an added angry toss of a cereal bowl spoon as she huffed off the take. Next to this Observer reporter, Collette Momsen, Taylor’s mother and on-set guardian—as youthful and beautiful as one of the parental characters on Gossip Girl, dressed in skinny jeans and very high heels—glanced at the monitor and laughed softly. “That’s a familiar look,” she said fondly.

Model Child
Asked where she’d like to meet for a late-afternoon meal, Ms. Momsen chose the Pinkberry near the Chelsea apartment she’s living in with her mom and younger sister, Sloane. She is tall and striking, and that day was dressed like other young teens out on the street—jean cutoffs, a white T-shirt that hung casually off a slender shoulder, dark nail polish on her short nails, sparkly pink Tarina Tarantino jewelry, and lots of eyeliner—but with that indefinable shimmering charisma that had fellow Pinkberry patrons of all ages doing a double take. Her legs are epic, long and stretching out from here to forever—and, she pointed out, covered with nicks and cuts.

“They take up most of my body, and I’m not used to coordinating them,” she said. (She did, in fact, later trip on the sidewalk, and she still seemed embarrassed when she told the story of her grand entrance her first day on the Gossip Girl set when she wiped out before she could even say her name.)

At certain moments, she has the full cheeks and pout of a young girl, but with a toss of her hair she morphs into a bona fide sophisticate. All this serves her well on Gossip Girl (and in film roles like the recent Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park): She can play the kittenish innocent as easily as she can own the vamp. And she does share one important quality with Jenny: She “love[s] high fashion.” Ms. Momsen recently signed as a model to IMG and shot a 10-page spread for the October issue of French fashion magazine Crash.

In conversation, too, Ms. Momsen seems to swing back and forth between the polished industry veteran she is (she started working before she could talk) and a newly 15-year-old girl. When talking about her hit show, for example, she is politic, professional and unfailingly gracious—careful not to leak any plot points, making sure to praise the cast and crew, talking (despite persistent rumors) of the feeling of harmony and family on set. But when conversation switched back to her friends, her favorite bands (Garbage, Paramore), her hopes to one day record an album of her own songwriting and music (megan note: i'll be looking forward to that!), to her dog, Petal—a 6-month-old white Maltese with black (“punk rock”) streaks on her head—she is transformed: girlish and animated and super-chatty. She said she mostly doesn’t remember her early acting days—the baby modeling, the national commercials she did as a toddler, her co-star Jim Carrey when she was cast as Cindy Lou Who in 2000’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas—or even really the fun stuff, like walking the red carpet, going on Jay Leno or meeting the queen. She said people are always asking if she chose this life for herself. “It kind of chose me,” she said. “I had the opportunity to say no, but I love it. I’ve grown up in it. It’s kind of all I know.”

As the only cast member under the age of 18 (and probably one of the only actors who is actually the same age as the character she plays), she is the lucky one who gets to leave the set after 9.5 hours. The Momsen family moved to Potomac, Md., for her father Michael’s work, when she was 11, and they currently shuttle back and forth while Ms. Momsen lives and works in the city. Her best friend, Sammy, still lives in Maryland, and the two girls visit each other often. Her New York friends are mostly fellow students at the Professional Performing Arts High School, where she will be a sophomore if she doesn’t opt for home-schooling this year. (Connor Paolo, who plays Eric Van Der Woodsen on Gossip Girl, recently graduated from there and was the one who convinced her to attend when she was shooting the pilot.) For her birthday in late July, a large group of her friends all dressed up to attend a midnight screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Ms. Momsen wore a pink tutu—it’s been a birthday tradition for her since she was 3—with shorts underneath, a sequined corset top (“it sounds really bad, but it was really cute”), and a dark metal-and-pearl tiara and “fierce” 6-inch high heels. “I had the worst blisters the next day,” she said happily. She shrugged off the glare of being in the public eye. “You can always go into an apartment,” she said.

“When Josh and I met Taylor,” said Ms. Savage, “she really had that great quality; on the one hand being Cindy Lou Who, really sweet and just sort of delightful and smiley and funny, and she can act her age. … But she also has that Gus Van Sant side to her—very grown-up, very self-aware. There is an intelligent, watchful darkness that she’s got as well. Those two qualities flickering back and forth between the sweet and the innocent and the more intelligent observer felt like that was really something that could be something magical for the role.”

Clearly, Ms. Momsen’s magic has worked on New York. As she left Pinkberry, a group of whispering teenage girls tried (and failed) to inconspicuously trail Ms. Momsen. After about five blocks, they worked up the courage to ask for a group photo. Turning on her Taylor smile—which yes, looks just like Jenny’s—Ms. Momsen complied, happily.

this movie looks AWESOME!!! is this like a sequel to hilary duff one???? whatever, who cares, this looks awesome...and drew seeley is HOOOOOOOOOOOTT!! sucks that it's straight to dvd though....

word on the street is....:

elizabeth berkley (aka jessie spano) is getting her own reality show...it's going to be a "self-esteen workshop." she's also joining the cast of the l word. this is the busiest she's been since showgirls!!!!!

perez is going to be on cribs!!!!! the episode debuts on sunday at 2 pm! be sure to set you tv!!! i know i will :)

there's a new promo for the new 90210!!!!! see below:


warner bros is working on a new twilight zone movie!!! i feel like that has the potential to be really good....

my chemical romance is going to cover a bob dylan song for the soundtrack for the upcoming, bizarre-looking movie, watchmen. that should be interesting.

tim burton has chosen actress mia wasikowska to play alice in his upcoming version of alice in wonderland!!! she's in a few upcoming movies and is on the hbo series in treatment.


spotted:

jessica simpson is living it up in nyc! she's there shooting a christmas ad for macy's...and i think she looks ADORABLE! in this outfit!!!


carrie underwood looked absolutely fabulous while on her way to lunch yesterday:


christian bale and his daughter emmeline (how cute!!!) walking through heathrow airport in london yesterday:


a few celebs went to yesterday's comic-con....such as...
anna paquin

and paris hilton


the cast of gossip girl is back filming in nyc:


going ons:

for all my cleveland folks...

there's a "luau beach party" at the cleveland state park in mentor...sorry, but that sounds lame.

the ingenuity festival is going on downtown, but i really don't know what all that's about....

the indians are playing...right now.

the foo fighters are at the q tonight...i'm so over them.

rascal flatts and taylor swift are at blossom...but that's sold out.

and that's about it...

since there's nothing that interesting going down...i'm going out to dinner with my mom.

lataaaaa.

aol has 15 things they learned at the tv press tour:

Twice a year, TV critics from across the country gather in Los Angeles for the Television Critics' Association press tour. For two weeks the press gets the chance to chat with the actors and writers from every network and cable channel -- and showered with useless freebies (an oven mitt promoting 'Coolio's Rules'!) -- all to better understand the season's new shows. Here are the best boob tube tidbits we gathered at the latest TCAs. --By Kelly Woo and Maggie Furlong

The Bitch is Back: Kelly Taylor and Donna Martin Silver are on board for the new '90210,' but during their TCA panel, producers announced that Brenda Walsh will also be joining the CW's spin-off. The notoriously difficult Shannen Doherty will be reprising the role for at least one episode, returning to her alma mater to direct the school musical at West Beverly High. Makes sense -- she always was a diva.

When Stars Behave Badly...:The Katherine Heigl Emmy snafu was the hottest topic at the ABC showrunners' panel, but 'Grey's Anatomy' creator Shonda Rhimes, ever the diplomat, would not comment on the rumor that Izzie would "suddenly" get a brain tumor. However, 'Ugly Betty' showrunner Silvio Horta joked, "I would've put her in a coma." Hey, isn't it crossover time over at ABC?

Baby Mama Goes Primetime: Amy Poehler is officially on the slate to join NBC's Thursday night comedy lineup ... but it's NOT an 'Office' spin-off. As a matter of fact, that much-anticipated offshoot is now on hold to make way for Poehler's new show, which will premiere in March after she's given birth. No tentative title and no general story information yet -- all NBC would say is, "It's gonna be funny."

JJ Doesn't Like to Share: Just because J.J. Abrams is busy directing the new 'Star Trek' movie doesn't mean he overlooks the details on the zillion shows he produces. So for his new spooky sci-fi series 'Fringe,' he purposely snatched up Lance Reddick for the role of a Homeland Security agent -- so the actor could still make appearances on 'Lost.' Guess even rival networks want to know what the hell the smoke monster is.

Ex List Creator is Our New BFF: Diane Ruggiero already gets a thumbs-up for helping write 'Veronica Mars.' But we heart the Jersey girl even more after we saw her on the panel for 'The Ex List' (starring Elizabeth Reaser). Not only can she toss out funny quips, she even made up a 'Lake House' drinking game (take a slug every time something laughable happens in the sappy romance drama -- you'll be drunk in no time). Diane, call us!

Love Is In the Air: TCA Press Tour is panel after panel of stars and showrunners -- but the real magic happens at the parties. Couples out and about at the network fetes include: Seth MacFarlane and Amanda Bynes; Kristin Chenoweth and Aaron Sorkin (on again!); and Elizabeth Reaser and Billy Crudup. Sadly, no sign of 'Brothers & Sisters' bad boy Balthazar Getty with his new (scandalous!) love Sienna Miller.

Hitting the Reset Button: When the writers' guild strike ended in February, some showrunners took the opportunity to start over. 'Desperate Housewives' jumped five years forward in time in the season finale, and when 'Dirty Sexy Money,' 'Private Practice' and 'Ugly Betty' return, expect to see storyline and tone changes. And Lindsay Lohan everywhere! We kid ... (we think).

Whatever Larry Wants: HBO announced that 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' will be back for another season, but (as always) it's all up to creator and star Larry David to decide when they'll start production and what will be happening this season. We wonder how flexible Vivica A. Fox's schedule is ...

ATL: The Black Hollywood: Bravo introduced their latest harem of 'Housewives': five loud and lovely ladies from Atlanta. Expect two pro sports wives, a country singer wannabe (the lone Caucasian wife) and a woman named NeNe who proclaimed, "Atlanta is the Black Hollywood. We have CEOs, athletes, executives and a lot of powerful people there." What a peach!

Can Damages Be More A-List? Yes It Can: It's hard to top a cast headlined by Emmy nominees Glenn Close, Ted Danson and Zeljko Ivanek. But FX's history-making legal drama is raising the ante in its second season by adding William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden and Timothy Olyphant. With this lineup, we can only imagine who they'll tap for Season 3. Calling Denzel ...

Scrubs May Go On, But Braff Won't: The medical comedy, which ABC saved from cancellation, may just have nine (or more) lives. Though star Zach Braff's contract runs out this season, creator Bill Lawrence is open to continuing the series without him. "It's one of those 'never say never'-type situations," he said. And while Lawrence may have J.D.'s exit planned out, can we suggest a J.D.-Turk 'My Heart Will Go On' musical finale?

Oh Ricky, You're So Fine: Who doesn't love Ricky Gervais? Not only did the comedian create and star in the original British 'Office' and HBO's 'Extras,' but he's now snagging leading man roles in major movies and capturing a whole new audience with his hilarious blog. Watch him goof around with Jason Bateman and declare Nerf war on his assistant on the blog's videos, and catch his HBO stand-up special slated for this November.

Bollywood is the New Hollywood: L.A., meet Bombay. Bollywood's influence is reaching across the world, right into the heart of Hollywood. Disney's new movie, 'Cheetah Girls: One World," sends the titular group to India to star in a musical. Meanwhile, Fox's hit 'So You Think You Can Dance' recently introduced Bollywood dancing to its audience. Next thing you know, Paris Hilton will be sporting a bindi.

Don't Fuhgeddaboutit: Showtime has given the green light to a new 30-minute drama starring 'Sopranos' alum Edie Falco. Tentatively titled 'Nurse Jackie,' the series finds Falco in the titular role of the (very dark) comedy playing a drug-addicted New York City emergency room nurse with a feisty attitude, a genius mind and an addiction to pain medication. Yeah, we can see Carmela in that.

Crushes...But No Screeners: 'Kath & Kim' star Selma Blair jokingly declared that NBC network President Ben Silverman is "quite a catch -- got my eyes on the prize." One thing journalists didn't have their eyes on: screeners of new and returning series (thanks, strike!). But we were treated to 'My Own Worst Enemy' star Alfre Woodard dramatically reciting lines to co-star Christian Slater. That's almost like watching an episode.

besides the christian bale controversy, these are the latest going ons....

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! the latest rumor????: KIM KARDASHIAN IS GOING TO BE ON DANCING WITH THE STARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that show has officially been ruined.

speidi is going to iraq. perez has the story:
Speidi love Jesus and America! Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt are going to Iraq, folks. "My brother was an airborne ranger in Afghanistan and Iraq,” Montag tells TV's Extra. "It’s very important to me and important to Spencer to support the troops and go over there.” Does anyone wanna give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they're doing it for any other reason that positive press? Let's hope they don't get stuck there!

perez had a pic of jude law's new dior homme ad...he thinks it's heavily photoshopped. i can't tell.


tori spelling is writing another book. why???? did anyone even read the first one????

ryan took the kids shopping this weekend, after they returned from their european vacation with reese and jake...doesn't little deacon look so adorable in his iron man shirt???


before all of the christian bale assault drama erupted last night, the dark knight premiered in london. of course, everyone looked smashing! here's some pics:






tobey maguire (love him) is going to be in a new movie about the landmark civil rights case brown v. board...awesome, can't wait!

that's it for now, i have a new miley cyrus cd to listen to! ;)

i haven't done a celeb/news post in a while so here it goes...

to celebrate the new 90210, opi is coming out with new polish colors...perez has the dets:
In honor of 90210 (2.0), nail polish company O.P.I. is coming out with a line of polish inspired by the original Peach Pit gang!
Here's what we think we'll see:
Kelly "Bad Girl" Taylor - Scarlet Red
Donna "Virgin" Martin - Baby Pink
Brenda "Moody" Walsh - Midnight Blue
The premiere of the line will coincide with the prem of (2.0) on TV.

khloe kardashian served her jail sentence over the weekend...for a whopping 3 hours!!!! wtf....she was supposed to serve 30 days, but la jails are over-crowded....

okay, i've talked about how much brooke hogan drives me crazy before, but now, this just crosses the line...perez posted this quote earlier today, this is infuriating: "You know what? I am actually not that much into voting. I think it’s kinda crazy that a woman is running, because I think that women deal with a lot of emotions and menopause and PMS and stuff. Like, I’m so moody all the time, I know I couldn’t be able to run a country, ‘cause I’d be crying one day and yelling at people the next day, ya know?"
- Brooke Hogan

apparently, no one really likes jessica simpson's new country sound (except for my dad, he thinks she's pretty good)...she got booed when she tried to perform at a country festival this weekend. hahaha.

gossip girl has more "racy" ads....whatever.



kelly osbourne was out partying with her new bf last week...he's super sexy, and she's looking pretty good herself!!!!!


leighton looked adorable at a party this weekend for the tcas:


abc family has ordered 13 more episodes of the secret life of the american teenager!!! rock on, i love that show!!! full story:
ABC Family orders more 'Teenager'
Brings the total number of episodes to 23
By Nellie Andreeva and Kimberly Nordyke
July 17, 2008, 12:00 AM ET
ABC Family wants to know more about "The Secret Life of the American Teenager."\
Network president Paul Lee is expected to announce Thursday at the TV Critics Assn. summer press tour that the drama series from Brenda Hampton has been picked up for 13 additional episodes three weeks into its run. The order for the show, starring Shailene Woodley as a pregnant teen and Molly Ringwald as her mother, brings the total number of episodes to 23. One of the new segments will be added to the series' initial 10-episode episode run, which concludes Sept. 9. The remaining 12 episodes are tentatively scheduled to air starting in January. In its three weeks on the air, "Teenager" has been growing, scoring series highs and network records this week in key demos. It ranks as ABC Family's most-watched original series ever among total viewers (2.7 million), adults 18-34 (821,000), adults 18-49 (1.2 million) and viewers 12-34 (1.8 million). On iTunes, all three episodes were the No. 1 most-downloaded TV programs the day after their respective premieres. Separately, ABC Family is launching a 12-episode online series starring the Plain White T's later this month. "Meet Me in California" will document the behind-the-scenes process of the "Hey There Delilah" band recording their second major-label album. The series premieres July 30 at ABCFamily.com/plainwhitets, with new five-minute webisodes streaming every Wednesday through October.

mgm is planning to remake the 80s movie valley girl...into a musical! like omigod!

and, that's really it for now...more later, i promise!

the plain dealer talks about the new 90210...which i'm so psyched for, btw!!!!!

Old meets new in CW's `90210' spinoff
by Mark Dawidziak
Monday July 21, 2008, 8:33 AM

Beverly Hills, Calif. -- New characters and new regulars will populate the CW's "90210,'' an updated new version of Fox's 1990-2000 teen soap, "Beverly Hills 90210.'' But some old residents of the famous zip code will help out during the new show's first season, which begins Sept. 2 on WBNX Channel 55.

Original cast member Shannen Doherty will return as Brenda Walsh, hired as a guest director for the high school musical. Jennie Garth will return as Kelly Taylor, now a guidance counselor at West Beverly High School. And producers say Tori Spelling has agreed to reprise the role of Donna Martin for the new series.

The new version stars Rob Estes, Shenae Grimes, Tristan Wilds, Lori Loughlin, Jessica Stroup, Mike Steger, Ryan Eggold and Jessica Walter.

"It is a complete original invention,'' executive prodcuer Jeff Judah told TV critics gathered for their semi-annual press tour. "There will be, though, somewhat of an homage to the original show. . . To set it up a little bit for everybody, it's about a family moving from Kansas back to Beverly Hills. Rob Estes' character actually grew up in Beverly Hills. He was the next-door neighbor to one of our previous characters. They have moved back and it's how they handle this new world. We'll be using people from the previous show in the new one, and they will organically work with our characters.''

from new york magazine:

Cheek by Jowl

7/14/083:30 PM

‘The Wackness’ vs. ‘Kids’: Which Is More Authentically 1994?

Sure, the new movie The Wackness — about a New York City teen whose weed-dealing exploits take him all over the city in the summer of '94 — is chock-full of references to Zimas, pagers, Kurt Cobain, and A Tribe Called Quest. But really, how on the money is it? To find out, we consulted another film about New York City teens that was actually filmed in 1994: Larry Clark's burnout-teens vérité Kids. What’s more true to the NYC nineties we remember: Zima or AIDS? Let’s take a look. —Piper Weiss

Story line:
Kids: NYC kids spend one day in the summer of ‘94 smoking weed and deflowering virgins.
Wackness: NYC prep-school kid spends the summer of ‘94 dealing weed and getting himself deflowered.
Uniform:
K: Backpacks, loose T-shirts, baggy khakis, Adidas.
W: Backpacks, loose T-shirts, baggy khakis, Adidas.
References to Giuliani, Kurt Cobain, pagers, and 90210:
K: Zero.
W: Eight.
References to AIDS:
K: Too many to count.
W: Zero.
Uses of the word "wack":
K: Zero.
W: Too many to count.
Creepy real-life character from the streets of New York:
K: The "I have no legs" guy on the subway.
W: Mary-Kate Olsen.
Dramatic slow-motion walking scene:
K: A group of kids with 40s walking down the Park Avenue median.
W: Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck strolling down a street, bridge in the background.
Main character's worst fear realized:
K: Getting AIDS.
W: Moving to New Jersey.
Reaction from a New Yorker who was actually a teen in 1994
K: Aside from all the sex, fairly realistic.
W: Totally unbelievable: We never added a suffix to the word "wack."