Archive for December, 2008

Trading Spaces interior designer, Doug Wilson, was popped for an alleged DUI on Tuesday in Decatur, Illinois.

There must be something in the air - or the egg nogg!

After initially failing to yield to a signaling cop car, Wilson was arrested for "aggravated DUI, driving with a suspended license, failing to yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle and illegal transportation of alcohol."

He spent some time in the pokey before trading space with a $1000 bond.

Wait, isn't New Year's tonight?

Don't drink and drive! It's dumb…and expensive!

Just get a cab!

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Britney's big brother, Bryan., is reportedly tying the knot TONIGHT with his kid sister Jamie Lynn's manager, Graciella Sanchez.

Jamie Lynn's manager? That's like, entertainment incest, which we suppose suits the Spears family just fine!

Wedding bells are planned to ring this evening, Wednesday, in New Orleans, for a NYE wedding. How cute!

All the Spears brood is going to be in attendance, including Britney.

But we wonder if Jamie Lynn's babydaddy, Casey Aldridge, will be there…and what's taking him so long to marry his baby mama?

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Celebrities are just like us!

They even get robbed of their jewels while on fancy vacations at $1000 a night villas in exotic locations!

After a barbecue brunch Queen Latifah returned to her villa at Stone Haven Villas in Black Rock Tobago to discover more than $10,000 worth of jewelry missing. With no indication of forced entry, authorities suspect it was an inside job, perhaps even one of the staff assigned to the villa.

Queen L. was in Tobago with a "female friend" celebrating the holidays.

Speaking with police, the performer said the jewelry is of sentimental value and said she might offer a reward for its safe return.

Apparently the management of the Villas informed local police that Queen Latifah was to be staying there and to give the area special attention.

Guess it didn't do her any good!

We hope she gets her stuff back!

That's not a fun way to start 2009!

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If you are a Colbert Report or Hills fan and are a Time Warner Cable customer, you may want to start looking into DirecTV stat! Come January 1st (yes, tomorrow) you may not be able to see them at home!

Viacom, the media company that owns Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon, among many other channels, and Time Warner Cable have been unable to resolve a business agreement and is threatening Viacom channel service to subscribers.

Viacom gets paid by Time Warner to carry its channels on the cable network. They claim that they've been trying to negotiate a "fair" renewal price for its channels for months and months, but Time Warner Cable has been unresponsive and "unreasonable" so talks have stalled.

The cable company has said it is prepared to refund customers for the lost programming if a deal can't be reached by New Year's, though the amount hasn’t been determined yet.

Corporate greed rears its ugly head again!

Kathy Griffin always brings out the best in him!

The Silver Fox usually tries to maintain his cool and his journalistic objectivity. Well, not so much so last night!

Kathy was on to hype their New Year's show tonight and when they were talking about Paris Hilton's parents, Anderson had some not so nice things to say.

CLICK HERE to check it out.

He should expect a call from Rick & Kathy any second now!

As we mentioned earlier this week, Paris Hilton along with sis Nicky Hilton and their mini entourage landed in Australia to celebrate and host a New Year's Eve party.

While in Melbourne, Paris is said to have spent thousands of dollars on a shopping spree. The 27 year-old spent about $4,000 in a 40 minutes.

And, local charities took it upon themselves to criticize Paris for her "excessive" spending.

But she's helping the economy!

Shouldn't people be encouraged to spend MORE?

In a new conference on Tuesday, acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard was questioned about Paris's shopping spree and she actually praised Hilton for "recognising Australia's attraction as a fashion and shopping destination."

In response to those comments, Paris said "I heard that a politician said that. I thought that was very sweet and it's true."

So what does the party girl have to say about her spending?

Paris says, "I'm in Australia, I think it's important to help out, you know, the economy out here, everywhere in the world. And what's wrong with doing a little shopping? It's New Year's, I need a New Year's dress."

Hey, if you've got millions, $4k on a dress isn't that big of a splurge.

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CLICK HERE to watch the Kennedy Centers Honors' tribute to Barbra Streisand, featuring performances by Beyonce, Idina Menzel and Ne-Yo.

The look on Babs' face throughout is what makes this really presh!

MTV must be doing some soul searching at the moment.

The cornerstone of its programming, The Hills, and its related spinoffs aren't doing so well!

We mentioned on Tuesday that The Hills' season four finale viewership dropped by more than a million from the last season.

And, now, new reports indicate weak premieres for the NYC version of The Hills, the Whitney Port-starring series The City, and Brody Jenner's reality competition show, Bromance.

When compared to The Hills season four premiere, The City's numbers look less than impressive.

The Hills 4 premiere scored 3.5 million viewers and The City, 1.6 million, say TV insiders.

Bromance's number were dismal.

It managed to attract a paltry 963,000 to its premiere.

Lauren Conrad, et al. are definitely on the OUT list for 2009!

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