Nice song, bad video. And why does he insist on the curly fro? I mean we all know Elliott is not the most conventionally attractive man in the world but you have to have enough money to get yourself to a barber at this point.
I only wish the much more talented and sexy Katharine McPhee had the success Elliott has has had. 
According to OK Magazine, American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee has gotten engaged to her longtime boyfriend Nick Cokas, 42.
Her longtime boyfriend, Nick Cokas, proposed to the 23-year-old recently, but friends insist it wasn’t a big surprise. An insider tells American magazine OK!, “They’ve been talking about it (marriage) for some time.”
Best of luck to Katharine and Nick! I’ll be waiting impatiently for I Know What Boys Like and her new album–which according to her is going to be John Mayer-esque.
I know everybody’s got their favorite big movie franchise, and mine is the X-Men movies (even if the third one did blow). Us X-Men fans have been given hope by a new article suggesting another sequel could be in the works, in addition to the Wolverine and Magneto spin-offs.
NBC’s midseason drama Lipstick Jungle, based on a novel by Sex and the City novelist Candace Bushnell, has just let go of two of its executive producers–including the showrunner. Uh-oh. I hope Brooke Shields doesn’t upset Tom Cruise and turn to the pills again.
Katharine McPhee tells People magazine about a new temporary tattoo she got in Hollywood. It looks cute as does she. I can’t stop watching her Love Story video–especially those hypnotizing legs! If this is the effect they have on a gay man I can’t imagine how many straight guys have that video on repeat.
Monster’s Ball co-stars Halle Berry and Billy Bob Thornton are reuniting for a film called Tulia where Berry will play a lawyer for the NAACP defending a group of black men arrested under suspicious conditions in 1999. There is no word as to who Thornton will be playing yet.
Oscar nominee and one of my favorite actresses Julianne Moore has ditched her fiery red hair for light and airy blonde. I don’t know how I feel about it–I like my red heads, and this blonde look reminds me of her role in Freedomland–and the last thing I want is to ever think about that movie ever again. Ever.
Knocked Up and 40 Year Old Virgin star Seth Rogen is rumored to be involved in the writing of a film based on the Green Hornet, and may even possibly be starring in the movie as well. He may have an ass flatter than a pancake, but after seeing Knocked Up I may have a mini-crush on yet another funny Jew. Don’t be mad Shia. I still love you.
Actor Mandy Patinkin has suddenly announced his departure from CBS hit drama Criminal Minds, and is citing creative differences as the reason. I’m really curious to know what the real reason is, but there’s always gag orders on these types of things so I guess we’ll never know. I really liked that show whenever I could randomly catch it, but I don’t think I’ll be tuning in anymore without Mandy to anchor the show.
More pictures are surfacing from the set of Katherine Heigl’s new movie 27 Dresses where she plays a bridesmaid that takes part in 27 different weddings. I’m loving me some Katherine Heigl these days, especially after seeing Knocked Up. Congrats to her on her Emmy nomination!
Katharine McPhee’s new song Love Story is a million times better than that generic mess Over It and luckily the video is better than that of the latter as well.
I love the performance scenes! Especially that one part at the end where she just throws herself back. Fierce!
Aww, they look like such a cute little family. Maybe my second favorite after Ben and Jen. Katharine’s video for Love Story apparently premieres on Yahoo! on July 11, and she stopped by the Early Show on Friday to sing the song, and two others–including one of my FAVORITES (which needs to be the next single) Not Ur Girl.
Videos from the Early Show after the jump. (more…)
Katharine on older men: “When I turned 21, I thought it was a good age to explore. You’re no longer a teenager, so it’s OK [to date older guys]. I gravitated toward them, and I love them. They’re just wiser, and they’re less about themselves and more about you.”
Katharine on her new album: “People made a big deal out of that. They said, ‘She’s a slut, blah, blah, blah.’ But I’m really not showing that much skin. It’s all suggested.”
Katharine on having a strong male following: “I was prematurely developed. As a freshman I looked like a junior; I had boobs. Some of the older kids saw me in the yearbook and said I was cute.”
Katharine McPhee’s video for her second single Love Story is supposed to be debuting sometime this week, but here’s a preview of what is to come. It looks like they went for a sexy old school Hollywood vibe, which is perfect for the kind of look Katharine has. She reminded me of Joss Stone in some of the pics, but that could just be because of the hair color.
More pics after the jump. (more…)
Hottie Jesse Bradford just attached himself to a new, interesting project:
Jesse Bradford has signed to star in The Echo, a remake of the acclaimed Filipino thriller Sigaw being produced by Roy Lee and Doug Davison of Vertigo Entertainment, says The Hollywood Reporter.
Yam Laranas, who co-wrote and directed Sigaw, is directing the movie, which is being additionally produced by Shin Shimosawa, Tyler Mitchell and Will Wright.
The story centers on a young ex-con (Bradford) who moves into an old apartment building only to learn his neighbor is an abusive police officer who savagely beats his wife and daughter. When the ex-con tries to intervene, he becomes trapped in a curse.
Eric Bernt wrote the screenplay. QED’s Kimberly Fox and Elliot Ferwerda are executive producing.
Shooting is scheduled to begin mid-August in Toronto.
I’ve loved him and those pouty lips since Bring It On, and he was really great in Heights and Happy Endings–hopefully this movie doesn’t blow. It’s rumored that Katharine McPhee is in talks to play a role in the film as well.
Recently American Idol runner-up Katharine McPhee was supposed to do an in-studio interview with Washington DC's Hot 99.5 to promote Hillary Clinton's campaign fundraiser in D.C. at which she was performing, and one of the conditions of the interview was that she not be asked any personal questions. Doesn't seem too different from what most celebrities demand when being interviewed on television or radio.
Unfortunately, because of delays, Katharine wasn't able to make it to the studio, so the interview had to be conducted over the phone. Doesn't seem too out of the ordinary, either. I've listened to many a radio stations where the celebrity wasn't able to make it into the studio for whatever reason, and they simply did the interview as planned, over the phone. But apparently radio personality and wannabe shock jock Kane was not pleased. Instead of doing the interview as planned, he unprofessionally set Katharine up.
He had an untrained intern do the interview, and gave her specific questions to ask Katharine that he knew would be inappropriate and upset her. One of which was "How old is your boyfriend?" Katharine answered "….42?". Then came "Do you like older men?" Another one was "Do you find it difficult to stay faithful to your boyfriend now that you're famous?". Yeah, imagine someone asking Christina Aguilera that question on a Friday morning before she's has her Evian and bagel. An explanation or transcript cannot do the interview justice. You must hear it for yourself. Then listen to the on-air commentary as they play it back, where Kane pretends as if he had no idea the intern was going to ask such questions. A link is provided at the bottom of this article. The interview is hard to listen to, and using the word "unprofessional" to describe it is the understatement of the century.
Katharine's fans were angry that she was treated so rudely, and e-mailed Kane to give him a piece of their mind — letting him know that what he did was not okay. One of his responses was this e-mail — which further proves his brain stopped developing once he reached the age of 12:
Subject: RE: This is who you you were disrespectful to yesterday.
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 17:26:06 -0500
From: kane@hot995.com
To: uplinkLooks like it didn't go so well for her after the show either. Maybe she should have been nicer and been live as she promised.
Check out the article from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte…av=rss_politics
Cheers!
-K
The article he linked the fan to, was a piece written by the Washington Post about Hillary's fundraising event, and it mentions how the crowd was not very into Katharine's performance, and wouldn't clap when she asked them to — trying to rev them up. What does that have to do with her flight being delayed? What does that have to do with her being asked personal questions? What does that have to do with him having an intern conduct a celebrity interview? Absolutely nothing. But what else does an immature, pudgy 12 year old boy with oversized glasses do when he's mad at his big sister for taking his candy? Call her fat and ugly. Completely uncalled for, and unrelated.
Though I suppose we should keep this in perspective. After all, Kane is the same DJ who had the station put up bail money for Bobby Brown a short while ago in exchange for him coming in as a guest all week. Unfortunately for Kane, Mr. Brown never showed up. Oops. Another reason for Kane to hit the Haagen Dazs.
Another fan called up the station themselves and this is what they had to say:
I've spoken on our behalf and he has listened. EVIDENTIALLY, their station is ill not at Kat, where they directed their anger, but at her people. He said that they were called only 20 minutes before her interview to say her flight was delayed but then evidentially she was heard live in studio in Baltimore 30 minutes later, which is a 90 minute trip from the airport where she supposedly landed.
So Kane was angry at Katharine's management…yet he took it out on Katharine herself. I'm not seeing how this adds up. Maybe because it doesn't. Why would Katharine herself intentionally not show up to an interview? What do you think she's doing instead? Chewing Bubble Yum and reading US Weekly by the pool? With 330,000 copies of her album sold, why wouldn't she be turning down promotional opportunities left and right? Makes sense, right? No, it doesn't.
And let's consider for a second, that for whatever reason, Katharine did intentionally blow off the interview. Why not handle it like a mature, professional adult? Bring it up in the interview, force her to explain herself on the spot, scold her on or off the air for giving such short notice. Why feel the need to orchestrate this shady charade? Then, if you are going to do something like this, at least take credit for it. Have some balls. Don't try to blame it on your "clueless intern" so you don't look like an ass. Howard Stern would not be happy.
So none of this is that big a deal. I'm sure it made Katharine a little angry, but I doubt she fretted for long after the interview was done. But this looks like a case of someone not being able to take a dose of their own medicine, because after Katharine's fans emailed and called in complaining about the way she was treated, not only did Kane respond to the e-mails, but even took his story to the press. And bragged about it on his own blog. He writes:
Thanks to our pals at TMZ.com, MSNBC and US Weekly for running with the story today. We also got a call from the fine people over at E!'s DAILY 10. Looks like we'll make that tonight if there isn't other Paris news!
He hand fed MSNBC the story. He said "It makes Kat look bad when ever other word in your e-mail about how you thought we didn’t handle the interview professionally starts with an f—." Of course we should believe him, he's already exposed himself as a liar. TMZ wrote a small blurb, amongst other stories, bound to never be read by anyone but a few disgruntled Elliott Yamin fans with Katharine's Google News search bookmarked, the supposed US Weekly story is nowhere to be found, and E!'s Daily 10 simply ran the audio of the awkward exchange between Katharine and the intern–making the station look bad–and there was no mention of Kane himself or any angry e-mails from Katharine fans. Oops again. Self-ownage at its best.
I suppose Katharine should be thanking him for the free press, even though she has no problem getting it all on her own.
What exactly is Kane's problem? Did someone eat the last donut from his morning box of Krispy Kremes (because of course, there naturally is an afternoon and evening box as well)? Did he not get enough hugs from Mommy and Daddy as a child? Did he wake up one day and realize he looked like a bloated Uncle Kracker with Rosacea? Or was he having flashbacks to middle school when Becky Sue, the pretty cheerleader he stared at during lunch told him she'd never give him the time of day.
Given the middle school picture of himself (embedded in this paragraph) that he posted on the station's website, I'd be inclined to say all of the above questions could be answered in the affirmative (by the way, he also posted a picture in his gallery of a very unflattering photo of Katharine after she'd gotten her wisdom teeth taken out–that he acquired from Idol Forums, one of Katharine's fan message boards). He desperately wanted to meet the beautiful Katharine McPhee, hoping to get the kind of approval from a beautiful woman he's been hoping for since he was a tickle in his mommy's pappysack (to quote the great Daphne Aguilera). Even if he didn't get to relive his childhood memories like he wanted to, at least he gained a bit of notoriety. Now when I Google him the first few results are about Katharine McPhee.
Why is he spending all this time responding to these emails, and clamoring to get some sort of press from this? He's even checking Katharine's message boards where her fans gather daily to see what they're saying about him (he's even mentioned one particular forum in his own blog). My advice to Kane? Get a hobby.
Interview with Kane's commentary
Katharine McPhee, on the heels of releasing her new video for her second single Love Story, has just signed on to play the lead role in an indie film called The Last Caller. She describes it as a “dark romantic comedy”.
Larry King is apparently not happy Anderson Cooper’s getting better treatment at CNN than he is. Here’s a clip taken why the cameras were off where Larry is seen complaining that Anderson’s segment is longer than his. Oops.
As I’m sure you all know by now, Paris Hilton has been ordered to go back to jail. Too bad, so sad. But now reports are coming out that she is not eating or sleeping, and has been provided with psychoactive drugs. Can she just suck it up and do her time? Jesus.
Pro-Golfer Sergio Garcia is putting the gays in a tizzy with his tight pants and bubble butt. I don’t find him that attractive, but I suppose when 70% of golfers look like Bill O’Reilly, you take what you can get.
Jake Gyllenhaal, who is of course rumored to be dating divorcee and newly crowned box office queen Reese Witherspoon was seen departing LAX airport.
Things are looking up for Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight and looking down for Isaiah Washington. Katherine has a hit film at the box office and T.R. just got a big raise. Meanwhile, post-rehab homophobe Isaiah Washington has found out he has been fired from Grey’s Anatomy. Cue the tears.
Jesse Metcalfe was photographed soaking up the Miami sun with a male friend by the pool. Doesn’t do much to dispel those gay rumors he so hated back in the day, but I ain’t complaining.
We’ve all been hearing the rumors forever, but it looks like the Spice Girls finally are reuniting. Geri and Emma have been seen leaving recording studios, and they both are reportedly working on new material for the girls to sing.
