Timberlake Brings Down The House On SNL
Justin Timberlake showed up for a hilarious "Saturday Night Live" sketch with musical guest Beyonce. He joined forces with Will Forte and Andy Samberg for a parody of Beyonce's" Single Ladies" video.
The trio even donned leotards and heels for the spot where the play backup dancers.
His "Weekend Update" was funny too.
Lohan Gets Floured
Lindsay Lohan was attacked by an anti-fur activist as she left a Paris nightclub early Saturday morning.
Lohan was wearing a black fur stole when the activist dumped a bag of flour on her as she exited the nightclub.
LiLo and Samantha Ronson were partying at Paris' VIP Room Theater before the incident. The owner of the nightclub helped Lohan dust off her blue sequined dress and black stole before she posed on the red carpet.
A PETA spokesman defended the dumb stunt, claiming: "We have been in touch with her about this, sent her videos about about how animals are skinned a live for their pelts. But she continues to wear fur and that is upsetting a lot of animal lovers all over. Maybe a little flour dumped over her head will get her attention."
PETA said the activist called her a "fur hag" before tossing the flour.
Straight Up It's Freaky
Some more disturbing details were released, about Paula Abdul's fan, Paula Goodspeed:
- She sent flowers to the American Idol judge, with a note saying they're from Abdul's boyfriend, J.T., but with her cell phone number.
- She changed her name from Sandra to Paula.
- Since her rejection from Idol, she sent more than 100 letters to Abdul.
Last week, Paula Abdul got flowers with a note signed, "Love, J.T." and the message, "Hope you're doing great. Here's my new cell number."
Thinking they had come from her restaurateur boyfriend J.T. Torregiani, Abdul called him asking why he had changed his number. When he said he hadn't, Abdul knew immediately who really sent them: ex-American Idol contestant Paula Goodspeed.
Over the last three years – since Goodspeed was tossed from her disastrous Idol audition– Paula has received more than 100 letters, numerous phone calls and uninvited visits from Goodspeed.
But a source says, "The flower thing was really scary – Paula [Abdul] really couldn't handle that. She was terrified".
(Last Tuesday night, the body of the 30-year-old aspiring singer was found in a car near Abdul's home in Los Angeles. Cops think she committed suicide by overdosing on drugs.)
Another source tells the NY Post that Paula is so freaked out by the suicide of her stalker in front of her Beverly Hills home last week, she won't go back to the "haunted house" even after hiring "healers" to cleanse the house of ghosts.
A friend says, "[Paula Goodspeed] was a deranged stalker who sent her death threats. Paula instructed guards to keep Goodspeed away from her at all costs. She refuses to stay at home because she fears that the spirit of Goodspeed is haunting her house. She feels like this is the absolute worst omen, a really bad curse . . . Paula is suffering. It is well known that she is emotionally fragile."
A rep for Abdul said, "There's no validity to this. She's been home since the incident happened. There's no issue with spirits. Paula is shocked and saddened by what transpired. Her heart and prayers go out to the Goodspeed family."
Wanda Sykes Comes Out
Comedian Wanda Sykes says a same-sex marriage ban in California has led to her be more outspoken about being gay.
Sykes told a crowd at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday: "You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life".
"Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives".
Sykes said the passage of California's Proposition 8 made her feel like she was "attacked."
She said, "Now, I gotta get in their face. I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay."
Brolin Takes On The Voters
Actor Josh Brolin criticized those who voted in favor of Proposition 8.
He says, "Who gives a s***! Who cares!... Doesn't mean (gay and lesbian people) are going to stop kissing in the streets, just cause they can't get married.
"And that's the issue for the religious, that it's visible and it's always going to be visible, it ain't going to go away. Gay life is more mainstream, but at the same time, things like this happen and you go, 'You got to be kidding me!' especially in California... I think it's awful, but I understand it, everybody has their perspective."
Mayer Responds To Jen's Oprah Comments
As we all know, John Mayer is back with Jennifer Aniston. Last week, after over a month of speculation, Jennifer finally confirmed she and John were dating again during "The Oprah Winfrey Show".
But John said he had a few things to correct about Jennifer's visit to "Oprah."
He said: "Let me just tell you that Jen is a huge liar and we are having twins. I'm kidding! It's really nice to have somebody in life have your back. That girl knows me. So, whether I go to bed alone or not, to have somebody who knows you in this world, that's a really nice thing."
Miley Isn't Dead
Yesterday, a video posted on the "Miley and Mandy Show" YouTube page falsely claimed Miley Cyrus had been killed by a drunken driver.
The video was set to the sound of Miley's weepy new single "Goodbye". It featured a (supposed) message from Miley's BFF Mandy Jiroux.
Jiroux's supposed message reads: "Hey guys, this is Mandy and I have some very sad news :( ...We're very hurt to tell everyone this, but Miley died this morning after being hit by a drunk driver. Miley told us if anything ever happened to her, then we should let her fans know before the public...R.I.P. honey, we will miss you so much."
But Jiroux tells E! News that the video is the work of "a hacker"—not her—and that, as of Sunday afternoon, the hacker video was in the process of being removed from the site.
Mandy also posted this on her official Myspace page: "some1 hacked the miley and mandy youtube.
Movie News
Spy's Have It
The latest James Bond movie "Quantum of Solace" finished number one at the weekend box office. And it took in $70.4 million over the weekend, which is the most ever for a James Bond movie.
The new Bond film also earned $56.1 million in 73 countries during the weekend.
The animated movie “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” came in second making $36.1 million (giving it $118 million in 10 days). And the comedy “Role Models” came in third with $11.7 million.
Top 10 Weekend Movies
1. Quantum of Solace, $70.4 milliion
2. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, $36.1 million
3. Role Models, $11.7 million
4. High School Musical 3: Senior Year, $5.9 million
5. Changeling, $4.2 million
6. Zack and Miri Make a Porno, $3.2 million
7. Soul Men, $2.43 million
8. The Secret Life of Bees, $2.4 million
9. Saw V, $1.8 million
10. The Haunting of Molly Hartley, $1.6 million
TV News
TRL Is History
MTV's video countdown show, Total Request Live' signed off last night with a two-hour finale with live in-studio performances; appearances via satellite; and 10 years' worth of clips and reminiscences.
(Clips included a young 'N Sync-er Justin Timberlake saying how cool it would be to date fellow up-n-coming pop star Britney Spears.)
Beyoncé started the bittersweet celebration off with a bang, doing a medley of "If I Were a Boy," "Single Ladies" and "Crazy in Love."
Carson Daly (as well as former veejays Hilarie Burton, Vanessa Minnillo, Jesse Camp, La La, Dave Holmes and more) also showed up to help host-of-the-moment Damien Fahey count down the 10 videos that helped defined TRL.
• Recent high school grad Taylor Swift's responsibility for the night was to get all of the celebs milling around to sign the official TRL yearbook.
• Miley Cyrus was trying to outshine every other artist in the TRL photo booth with glam shades and many pouty faces.
• Travis Barker, in his first interview since being badly burned in a plane crash, telling the crowd via satellite that "every day gets better" and he's "already playing my drums again" and is back in the studio.
• Sean "Diddy" Combs making his 37th appearance on TRL.
• Justin Timberlake and fellow ex-boy-bander JC Chasez returning to say, "TRL was so integral to our careers, so it was really trippy and awesome to go".
Backstreet Boys Minus Kevin Perform
Music News
Mariah Added To Grammy Show
Mariah Carey has been added to the performance roster for The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! - Countdown to Music's Biggest Night.
It's an hour-long special unveiling the Grammy nominees live on prime-time TV. LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, who also performs, will be co-hosts of the Dec. 3 show (CBS, 9 p.m. ET/tape-delay PT).
The 51st annual Grammy Awards are Feb. 8.
