Betty White continues to show up the youngters. Her Saturday Night Live hosting gig scored the biggest numbers since the 2008 pre-election days. Her career certainly has spanned generations. She went from a vixen on Mary Tyler Moore, to the doe-eyed sweetheart on the Golden Girls, and finally, to becoming a facebook sensation! You go girl! Watch her open the show below.
Author: The Dishmaster
‘Desperate Housewives’ Spoiler Alert – A Villain is Returning to Wisteria Lane
Marc Cherry confirmed that the show’s new villain “may not be a woman.” Remember Mary Alice’s husband? Well, he’s back. Mark Moses is returning to Wisteria Lane. The last we saw him, he was in prison for killing Martha Huber. Is he out on parole? We’ll have to wait and see. I suppose that his story line will start when Drea De Mateo’s dragged on terrorist arc ends.
Kristin Chenoweth Calls Out Newsweek – Shame on You Ramin Setoodeh
Kristin Chenoweth is a feisty little thing! She took to the Newsweek comments section to call out Ramin Setoodeh’s review of ‘Promises, Promises,’ starring Sean Hayes. Setoodeh accused the openly gay actor of being “wooden and insincere, like he’s trying to hide something, which of course he is.” Yikes. Chenoweth, who has a large gay following and is pretty much an icon on all levels of entertainment, wrote that “no one needs to see a bigoted, factually inaccurate article that tells people who deviate from heterosexual norms that they can’t be open about who they are and still achieve their dreams.” Oh yeah – she also outed him!! She said, “I am told on good authority that Mr. Setoodeh is a gay man himself and I would hope, as the author of this article, he would at least understand that. I encourage Newsweek to embrace stories which promote acceptance, love, unity and singing and dancing for all!” Did I mention that Chenoweth is my hero? Below you’ll see a picture of Kristin Chenoweth kissing Sean Hayes (he doesn’t look insincere to me).
‘American Idol’ Finale Will Run Long – Set Your DVRs Now
‘American Idol’ has finally admitted that it cannot run its own show. They recently confessed that the finale will run 7 minutes long which, as Movieline points out, “is more like 27 minutes.” Is it not possible to effectively produce this show? Wait – I take that back. Clearly it isn’t, given that last week’s shows had the lowest ratings since 2002.
Giorgio Armani Will Design for Alicia Keys Upcoming Tour
Giorgio Armani is 75 years old and still as relevant as ever. First he designed for Lady Gaga’s tour, and now he will be designing the outfits for the European leg of Alicia Keys’ tour. Of her relationship with Armani, Keys said “my friendship with [him] happened early on. He started sending me clothes and then we began working more closely for big events. The first major dress we designed together was for the Grammys in 2006. It was a fully beaded black Privee dress that weighed about a ton, but once it was on, it felt just gorgeous.” Who says you lose your mojo later in life? (The dress she is referring to is in the picture on the right).
Harry Connick Jr. Responds to Fan Requests That he Judge American Idol
I’d like to think that Harry Connick Jr. reads justTHEdish, and that is where he heard about my request that he judge ‘American Idol,’ but the truth is pretty much the entire country had this idea. Harry said that he doesn’t know if he’d make a good judge, because his musical experience is not the pop world. I wonder what Ellen Degeneres’ pop experience is? And I know Randy is supposed to bring this background, but he only knows the word pitchy. Harry must do it! Fans unite!
Roger Ebert Refuses to Use His Star Rating on ‘The Human Centipede’
If you look at Ebert’s review for ‘The Human Centipede,’ you’ll notice that he put “unrated” in parentheses where the stars should be. Huh? Originally I thought that Ebert’s “unrated” meant “zero stars,” but after reading his review, I realize Ebert is one clever mofo. Here’s what he wrote: “I am required to award stars to movies I review. This time, I refuse to do it. The star rating system is unsuited to this film. Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don’t shine.” This post is more about how much of a writing rock star Roger Ebert is, and less about the movie. All you have to do is read the review to discover that the movie is too vile to exist. I haven’t seen it and I’m already disturbed.
Ellen Pompeo May Leave ‘Greys Anatomy’
Ellen Pompeo said in a recent interview that she will likely leave ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ when her contract expires in 2012. I understand that eight seasons is a long run, but if it were me I would ride that gravy train for all it’s worth. Pompeo should go for coffee with a soap opera star. Soap actors stay on those shows for 30 years sometimes. The work may not be artistically fantastic, but the pay sure is great. To each his own, I suppose.
Kelly Clarkson is Angry at Ryan Tedder? – Or Just in General?
Some people are speculating that Kelly Clarkson’s new song ‘wash, rinse, and repeat,’ takes a dig at Ryan Tedder, who wrote her hit single, ‘Already Gone.’ Clarkson publicly lashed out at Tedder after she heard Beyonce’s ‘Halo,’ accusing him of basically writing the same song for both of them so he could make double the money. Tedder said that the two songs are similar because he has a specific song writing style, but he in know way tried to get away with pitching the same song to two different artists. Personally, I’m sick of Kelly Clarkson’s disrespectful attitude. First of all, she lodged a mighty accusation Tedder’s way, which could have been extremely damaging to his career. And those songs don’t sound near enough alike to warrant such a tongue lashing. Second, Kelly Clarkson needs to keep her big mouth shut. You might remember her insulting the legendary Clive Davis when he correctly predicted that her non-pop album would tank. Listen below and determine for yourself whether she is perpetuating this Tedder accusation.
Lady Gaga Performs on ‘American Idol’ – Watch in Full
Someone forgot to tell Lady Gaga that ‘American Idol’ sucks now. Her performance on Wednesday’s results show was pre-taped, which annoys me. Remember the old Idol days when the judges would actually sit and watch these performances and you could see their faces? Anyways, I love Gaga but I’m going on the record to say that she has to stop covering her face. I actually want to see what she looks like. Imagine that. Watch below.