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Kevin Federline Bares His Blubber For ‘Celebrity Fit Club’

Bigger ISN'T Better
Posted by: Trent on February 9, 2010| 33 Comments

Kevin Federline proved that he would do anything to make a buck, including packing on the pounds just so he can lose them on reality TV (which, in all seriousness and honesty, is a step up career-wise for the ex-back-up dancer/rapper). K-Fed made his debut on VH1′s competitive reality TV series Celebrity Fit Club this week and proudly showed off just how much weight he was carrying around last year before he joined the show:

It takes a lot of guts to pose in just a pair of skimpy camouflage underwear — but that’s exactly what Kevin Federline did for his first appearance on VH1′s “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp.” A 232-pound Federleezy took the “before” pics for his stint on the reality show — in which he hoped to shed 30 lbs. During last night’s premiere, Federline told the judges, “I look like a pregnant man.” We’ll see if the show helps K-Fed give birth to a new physique.

Grody to the MAXXX! Ew … the only reason I’m choosing to highlight K-Fed‘s K-Fatness is in the hopes that this brush with reality TV fame will inspire the leech to find other work and stop living off the alimony paid to him by his famous and very wealthy ex-wife. The thought of all of this blubber being piled upon K-Fed‘s lady love Victoria Prince makes me almost feel sorry for her … almost. Are any of y’all rooting for K-Fed‘s success on Celebrity Fit Club?

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Heidi Klum Does ‘Good Morning America’

'GMA' gets 'Lavish' and 'Loved' by Heidi Klum
Posted by: Trent on February 8, 2010| 1 Comment

In early January we learned that Heidi Klum, who just gave birth to her 4th child late last year, is launching 2 new maternity clothing lines called Lavish by Heidi Klum and Loved by Heidi Klum. Earlier today, Heidi appeared on Good Morning America to talk about these new maternity lines … here are a few photos:


I’ve said it all along, if anyone deserves to have their own maternity line of clothing, it’s Heidi Klum. The woman spends almost 50% of her time pregnant (and the other 50% lookin’ absolutely crazy hot) so she would know what a pregnant woman would want to wear. In all honesty, I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Heidi and hubby Seal decided to have another baby … just so Heidi could wear her own line of maternity wear. Those two love makin’ babies … we may yet get another adorable baby from Heidi and Seal. If so … we know what she’s gonna be wearing for the duration of that pregnancy ;)

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‘The Young & The Restless’ Celebrates ‘30 Years Of Victor Newman’

Long live The Mustache
Posted by: Trent on February 8, 2010| 5 Comments

Last September we learned the shocking news that, due to a contract dispute between actor and studio, the iconic Victor Newman character (played by veteran actor Eric Braeden) was being written off the long-running daytime drama The Young and the Restless. About a month later, everyone came to their senses and a deal was worked out to bring Victor Newman back onto the show … just in time for the Soap to celebrate 30 Years of Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless. Here are a few photos from the celebratory anniversary party in celebration of The Mustache himself, Victor Newman:

Can you imagine if Eric Braeden hadn’t sorted out his contract dispute at the end of last year? There’d be no moustache, no secret planning with his sons, no whispered threats to Jack Abbott — and no reason to celebrate 30 years of Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless! That would mean no party, no pictures from said party, no slideshow on SOAPnet.com of said pictures, no article you’re reading right now … Seriously — we aren’t exaggerating when we say we think we could walk this “What if there was no Victor?” path of hypotheticals until we pretty much unraveled the space-time continuum. Don’t know what we’re talking about? Take a gander at our gallery of Eric Braeden’s 30th Y&R Anniversary Bash and understand why we’re just so grateful that this Genoa City crisis was averted.

Click HERE to see the SoapNet gallery mentioned in this article. I’m so glad all the contract dispute was settled last year because I cannot, for the life of me, imagine Y&R without Victor Newman … even more insane, I couldn’t imagine the show with a different actor playing the character. Eric Braeden has played Victor Newman flawlessly for the past 30 years, a feat worth celebrating I think. Daytime Dramas have been dropping like flies in recent years but I hope The Young and the Restless can stick around for another 30 years … at least!

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Julie Benz Talks To After Ellen About Her New Role On ‘Desperate Housewives’

"I think people were expecting my character to break up somebody's marriage"
Posted by: Trent on February 5, 2010| 11 Comments

Last Sunday, Julie Benz made her debut on the ABC drama Desperate Housewives as Robin — a “stripper with a heart of gold” — but it was also revealed of her character that she is also a lesbian. In a new interview with the blog After Ellen, Benz talks about her sexy new role on DH and what her arrival on the show means for Dana Delany‘s character … as they spark up a new same-sex romance. Here are excerpts from Julie‘s After Ellen interview:

Julie Benz has an eclectic resume, but most AfterEllen.com readers know her as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel or, most recently, as Rita on Dexter. Her latest role, as of last week’s episode of Desperate Housewives is as a stripper named Robin who befriends Susan (Teri Hatcher) before quitting her job and moving in with her. We found out this week that Benz’s character is a lesbian who will fall for Katherine Mayfair (played by Dana Delaney). As of now, Benz isn’t sure how much longer Robin will be around Wisteria Lane, but she’s hoping it’ll be for more than just one kiss.

AfterEllen.com: How did you get the gig on Desperate Housewives? Have you always liked the show?
Julie Benz: I’ve always been a huge fan of the show — I’ve seen every episode. Pretty much the way this went down was, literally the day after the Dexter season finale aired, I got a phone call asking if this was something I’d be interested in doing, and I was like “Sure! Of course!” And it was funny because my manager was like, “You’re going to be playing a stripper.” And I said, “OK!” And he said, “And you’ll be a lesbian.” “OK!” He was like “OK!” To me, it’s like, how different from Rita on Dexter! And what a fun way to come on to a show. I think people were expecting my character to break up somebody’s marriage, and here I’ll have this great romance with one of the women on the show. That interested me as well.

AE: So is Robin a lesbian? Is that how she would identify herself?
JB: Yes.

AE: What about Katherine? Is that going to be something difficult for her as a straight woman to think of herself as bisexual? Is she confused?
JB: I don’t know a whole lot about the storyline, but from what I do know, it is going to be a part of Katherine’s journey to figure out. “What is this?” Katherine has had quite a history of dating men that haven’t turned out to be very good for her. I think the question you have to ask yourself in real life is, if you connect with somebody, why let gender, religion or race get in the way. I think that’s the struggle, the challenge that she has.

AE: How do you feel about playing a lesbian? You haven’t played one before, have you?
JB: No, I haven’t. You know, I would say Darla on Angel was pretty much asexual. I didn’t have any love scenes or anything but there was some insinuations of stuff between Darla and Willow.

AE: I’m sure some Angel fans could definitely read into the subtext.
JB: For me, it’s an interesting character. Robin is just a really wonderful spirit. It just so happens she’s a lesbian. She’s a really wonderful spirit. She’s got a good soul and a good heart and that’s what they said to me about the character. And she’s not going to come in and wreck someone’s marriage on the show. It’s been done before.

AE: Desperate Housewives has previously had a lesbian kiss and people thought it was a ratings stunt. Do you think this will be different because there will be a relationship developing out of it?
JB: Yeah it is different because there is a relationship developing out of it.

AE: Well that’s good to hear, especially for you because you don’t know how long you’ll be on the show for.
JB: Yeah, I don’t know. I hope it lasts forever! It’s a great place to go to work. I’ve admired the work on the show for so long. I’m a huge fan and it’s been great. I love the actresses and they’re ones who’ve inspired me in my own work. To be able to go to work everyday and work with these women, it’s amazing. I would love it to last forever. I think it’s a great story, too. Katherine’s journey is very interesting and it’s current in what we’ve seen with recent years with older women discovering that they’re gay later in life. Like with Meredith Baxter recently — coming out publicly. It’s a very current topic. It’s an interesting thing to explore.

Man, I think I need to start watching Desperate Housewives. I love that Julie is so gung-ho about this role. I’m so happy she mentioned her work on Angel because I think she played the character of Darla very well, very omnisexual. It wasn’t so much that Darla didn’t have a single sexual side, it’s that she had many sexual sides. I sincerely hope that Julie‘s stint on DH turns out to be something more substantial and not gimmicky. She is an amazing actress … I love to see her bring some that Sapphic sexiness to Wisteria Lane in a real way.

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Patrick Stewart Gracefully Explains Why He Does Not Use Twitter

"To reduce life to ... 140 [characters] just seems to be a little bit too simplistic"
Posted by: Trent on February 3, 2010| 15 Comments

Patrick Stewart — the amazing British star of stage, film and television — explains to digital_nation on PBS (a new series that is devoted to “life on the virtual frontier”) why he has no reason to tweet or have Twitter in his life in the most Shakespeareanly elegant way possible, as only Patrick Stewart can. Here are a few screencaps from this short little interview blurb:


But while he can see no reason to have Twitter in his life, he goes on to explain how attached he is to his beloved iPhone and the connectedness to the Internet that it provides. If you are a fan of Patrick Stewart, as I am, you gotta watch this interview — after the jump … More »

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‘Lost’ Producers Reveal The Series Finale Date

Also spill some spoilery deets on last night's Season 6 premiere ep
Posted by: Trent on February 3, 2010| 17 Comments

Last night the final season premiere of Lost aired on ABC to much fanfare and in celebration, Lost producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to talk about the season 6 premiere ep and to spill some deets about the ep and the final season ahead. Cuse and Lindelof announced on the show that the series finale of Lost will air on Sunday May 23, 2010 … the other stuff they teased about could be considered very spoilery for those of you who have yet to watch last night’s ep (we’ll keep those comments behind the cut):

[Last night] “Jimmy Kimmel Live” welcomed the “Lost” executive producers and creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse in support of the last season of their hit series. At the end of the guest interview, the masterminds exclusively revealed to host Jimmy Kimmel that the “Lost” series finale will air Sunday, May 23, 2010 on ABC. “We are eternally grateful to him (Steve McPherson, President of ABC Entertainment Group) for allowing us to end the show on our own terms,” said Lindelof. “Then, on May 30 the “Hurley and the Smoke Monster” spin-off starts?” joked Kimmel.

This end date announcement came at the end of the interview but the producers talked at length about semi-spoilery, important things to look for in last night’s season 6 premiere episode. After the jump, find out what they had to say — but BE WARNED, their comments will most likely spoil things if you’ve yet to watch the ep — read on at your own risk … More »

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Watch The First 4 Minutes Of ‘Lost’ Season 6

ATTENTION: SPOILER ALERT WARNING
Posted by: Trent on January 30, 2010| 15 Comments

The 6th and final season of Lost premieres on ABC on Tuesday February 2 (in 3 days) but right now we get to see the first 4 minutes of the season premiere ep:


Okay, well, actually the clip is the last 2 minutes of the last ep from season 5 and 2 minutes from the first ep of season 6 but a sneak peek is still a sneak peek. The clip contains major spoilers and may enlighten as to how the series will end … so watch it at your own discretion. Check it out after the jump … More »

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The Entire Cast Of ‘Jersey Shore’ Agrees To Return For Season 2

It's a done deal
Posted by: Trent on January 30, 2010| 17 Comments

MTV issued a press release happily announcing that the entire cast of Jersey Shore has agreed to return for season 2 this coming Summer. As you may recall, we learned early last week that negotiations were coming down to the wire between the cast and the network and just a few days ago reported that 2 of the castmembers had already agreed to MTV‘s final offer of $10,000 per episode, per castmember. It appears that the rest of the cast fell right in line and took the deal that MTV offered them … meaning that they will be back for a whole new season of fist pumping fun:

Fans continue to demand more “Jersey Shore” as MTV’s breakout hit series will return for a second season this summer with 12 new episodes, it was announced today by MTV President of Programming, Tony DiSanto. Following the success of season one, Pauly D, Mike, Snooki, Jenni, Sammi, Ronnie and Vinny escape the cold Northeast and find themselves in a new destination. “Our audience has fallen in love with ‘Jersey Shore’ and its amazing cast who have really grown together as a family. That bond gives the show its heart, and we’re thrilled to reunite these friends to bring fans more of what they love — laughs, love, drama and of course, GTL,” said Tony DiSanto, President of Programming for MTV. “Jersey Shore” is January’s #1 original cable series among P12-34. The season one finale (1/21/10) broke series records, delivering a 4.8 rating and ranking #1 for the day across all television competition in the P12-34 demo. The series posted phenomenal growth all season long with the finale audience more than triple the series debut. Fans can catch up on the complete first season as MTV airs the “Jersey Bowl” marathon leading up to the Super Bowl kick-off on Sunday, February 7th beginning at 9am ET/6am PT.

TMZ reports that the final matter to be resolved is not an issue of salary (I understand the $10k per ep deal is set) but an issue of how many public appearances the castmembers can make outside of appearing on the show:

We’re told one of the terms the lawyers are hammering out is the number of appearances the cast can make outside the show. Cast members — especially Snooki, Pauly D and The Situation — want the right to appear at as many as four clubs and other venues a week … where they’ve been raking in good money in appearance fees.

That sounds like a reasonable issue to me. While MTV seems firm on the money they want to pay out to the cast, there shouldn’t be any reason they can’t make public appearances from which they get paid as well. In the end, it sounds like the deal is win-win for everyone. It also makes sense that MTV would want to move the cast to a new locale … so they can film this Spring and air it this Summer (rather than film over the Summer in New Jersey). While I personally still think that an entire new cast of people should be featured in season 2, I can see how MTV prolly doesn’t want to rock the boat with their surprise hit show. The name Jersey Shore won’t make sense anymore tho … I wonder if they plan to change it. The question remains at to whether or not exiled castmember Angelina Jolie Pivarnick will be brought back for season 2. If I were her, I wouldn’t be packing my trash bags for a return trip to the proverbial Jersey Shore just yet.

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Good KNEWS

The TV Guide
Posted by: Trent on January 29, 2010| 13 Comments

Last night was a pretty bizzy night here in our humble abode. The 4th season of Skins premiered last night on E4 in the UK and I was able to watch the premiere ep online here at home. Thanks to a Pink reader on Twitter (thanks @lilithisdead), I was pointed to a site that broadcasts new eps of Skins on the same day they air in the UK:


Without spoiling anything for those of you who have yet to watch the first ep of Skins 4, I’ll say that things got started off with a bang … which appears will resonate for the rest of the season. At the very least, it will still be at the forefront of the drama in next week’s ep. After the jump, watch a promo video for next week’s episode of Skins and hear about David’s and my live appearance on KNEWS 94.3 FM last night … More »

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MTV Re-Signs Two ‘Jersey Shore’ Castmembers For Season 2

JWoww & Ronnie take MTV's offer, the others hold out for more
Posted by: Trent on January 28, 2010| 22 Comments

First we learned that the cast of Jersey Shore were banding together Friends style to try and force MTV to pay them more money per episode to return for season 2 of their show and then we learned that MTV decided that they were not interested in the cast’s salary demands and are willing to pay them each $10,000 per episode and not a penny more. Today we learn that two members of the Jersey Shore cast, Jenni Jwoww Farley and Ronnie Magro, have decided to take MTV‘s offer and will return for season 2 … the rest of the cast are still holding out for more money:

Two of the cast members of “Jersey Shore” have agreed to MTV’s offer of $10,000 an episode, but the others are still holding out … sources connected to the negotiations tell TMZ. Ronnie and J-WOWW have accepted MTV’s offer. A well-placed MTV source tells TMZ the network is drawing a hard line at the close of business tomorrow — the rest of the cast members must either accept the offer or MTV replaces them. Earlier in the week we told you MTV’s original deadline was Monday night — but the network continued negotiations and now they say it’s do or die.

I had a feeling that these jokers wouldn’t band together as a single unit when push came to shove. I suspect that now that Jwoww and Ronnie have caved to MTV‘s final offer other castmembers will take the deal as well. In the end, they have no choice. If they refuse, they will be cast aside and forgotten … just like original castmember Angelina Jolie Pivarnick. Her dumb ass walked off the show after 2 eps and is prolly kicking herself for being so stupid. I bet she’d return for season 2 for free if MTV will have her. Altho I think other castmembers will take the deal I wouldn’t at all be surprised if at least one of these egotistical morons turned down the deal in the hopes of getting more money from someone else. It remains to be seen what Jersey Shore: Season 2 will look like cast-wise but it sounds like MTV is finished playing around. We should know very soon who is in … and who may be out.

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