Remind me to be nowhere near a multiplex when High School Musical 3 opens. Large gangs of roving pre-teen girls scare the bejebus out of me.

The rumor mill item about Keri Russell was misleading. She's only going to be the voice of WW on the small screen. I've been waiting for years for the WW movie to be made.

I wouldn't exactly expect hard-nose journalism from Good Morning America. Certainly not the kind of journalism that involves discussing sperm. C'mon, it's a morning talk show - what did they think would happen?

I've seen HSM2 over the holidays with my nieces (their rooms are shrine to Zac Efron), so I know already I will be seeing HSM3.

i am sad to admit that i already have a plan in place to "sneak" into hm3. it involves my friend's kids and some big sun glasses.

OK, we have all pretty much agreed that Britney has some kind of mental issues (read she's nuts), but what would motivate Kfed to shave his head into a mohawk at the very moment when he is getting the reputation as the responsible one??? Not that a mohawk means you are not responsible, but a judge may not be aware of that.

Also, I don't know what the Hasty Pudding Club might be, but please someone tell me this is a joke.

Apparently Michael Stipe's lawyer told him how to get out of jury duty...see it seems to me that if you had some kind of bias or grudge, you would more likely try to get ON the jury so that you could sock it to the (accused) bad guy!

Right you are, Michael. Thanks for the catch. I've corrected the item.

Um...I'm comfortably out of my teens and in fact out of the next decade, too, and I am so going to see HSM3. I may have to borrow a friend's kid, but I am *going*.

This is a mite off-topic, but am I the only one who thought that the photo on the front page of washingtonpost.com of the homeless vet was Hugh Laurie in some war movie?

In the midst of all the reports of court cases, jail terms, and Britney looking as if she really doesn't want to have custody of the kids, it was nice (and somewhat relieving) to find the bit with Johnny Depp donating money to the hospital. It's like a breath of fresh air to read that not all celebrities are basket cases. :)

sunnydaze, the mohawk was supposed to be for some "acting" part he had, but you would think he would still look presentable in court...he's suppsed to be the responsible one.

Ummm, Sunny, that's kinda why we was dismissed. The jury is supposed to be at least somewhat neautral. Unless you were being facisous.

The worst they can ding Fed for is getting a mohawk? Seriously, who thought he would be the stable one?

does paris hilton understand 'satire' or 'irony'? hmmm.

rikki lake looks pretty in that photo. beautiful skin.

re: katie holmes interview...i think we all know what happens when a 'journalist' on a morning show asks tough questions of anyone associated w/tom cruise. i don't for one minute believe that producer or whatever shut down that segment. i'm sure they had no intention of asking katie anything more difficult than, 'how long did it take you to decide to get bangs?'

Thanks for changing the Wonder Woman thing, Liz. I clicked on the link before you changed the text, and thought maybe it was going to magically mention that Joss Whedon was back on board, and that would have made my morning...

As for HSM3. All I can say is !@#$%^&*. Because for the "2" launch, I invited my next door neighbor and her 9 year old over to watch it on the big screen. Both our husbands were out of town on business, and I was going to watch it because my niece and nephew are obsessed (I have to at least have seen it once so I can hold a conversation with them these days), so I thought it would be fun to have some company.

So her daughter got to watch it on the big TV and eat "fun food", while her mother and I decided to make a drinking game out of it with the bottle of wine we opened. We were pretty much shot at the end of it, had a great time, and vowed we were gonna do it again for 3. Now we'll have to wait until the DVD comes out or something, but it won't be the same, because her daughter's incredible excitement won't be making us giggle, sober or buzzing...

For those of you who have to suffer through it, you drink when:

Anyone bursts into song.
Any time someone gets into trouble.
Any time Troy gets serious.
Any time Gabriella is unreasonably chipper.
Any time Chad has attitude.
Any time Kelsi wears a hat.
Any time Ryan wears a hat.
Any time Sharpay pouts/mopes/has a snit-fit.
Any time they dress Monique Coleman (a.k.a. Taylor) in something that makes her normal, healthy figure look a mile wide.
Any time Troy's dad gives advice.

I hope this leads to some tolerable nights for parents forced to view and re-view any of the HSM works...

A legend has left the stage...

Vampira is no longer among the undead. She is now just dead.

cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/15/obit.nurmi.ap/index.html

Regarding High School Musical 2. The costume designer must have been obsessed with empire waist tops. Vanessa Hudgens wears them in almost every scene! Her petite figure was perfect for them, but they made Monique look pregnant.

WDC - I totally thought that, too! I thought I was the only one...

Being surprised when an interviewer on GMA does a softball interview is kind of like being surprised when the high school women's softball team plays a game of softball.

Cruise video on Gawker.com --

My work PC is slow to download (and I don't have patience today), so I can't confirm it, but here's a story that goes with it:

http://news.aol.com/entertainment/movies/movie-news-story/ar/_a/cruise-scientology-video-leaks-online/20080115104009990001

Eva Longoria Parker. Alrighty then. Why do celebs change their names when they get married? Seems like just that much extra paperwork when they have to change them back in a few years, post-divorce.

I have jury duty in March, so thanks Michael Stipe for more hints on how to get out of it. Heh.

Re: GMA criticized for softball Katie Holmes interview

Apparently, GMA is now produced and hosted by complete morons. Or so ABC would have us believe. The show's head moron says he pulled the plug after eight minutes of sunshine and fluffy bunny questions, because host moron Diane Sawyer hadn't asked anything substantive (big surprise there, right?). In his next breath, top moron says they had a time issue, and that they wouldn't have discussed Andrew Morton's book, anyway, because of the sketchy quality of the journalism.

Gimme a break! Diane Sawyer hasn't done a hard-hitting interview piece since her haircut was actually in style.

Just when you think you luuuuuuv Johnny Depp like those kids luuuuuv HSM1,2&3, he does something that just makes you <3 him even more as if that's at all possible!!

I'm sure if I ever got to meet the man I'd spontaneously combust right on the spot due to hit hawtness & loverliness!!

I, too, think Ricki Lake looks fantabulous! Perfect combination of great make up and flattering hair-do/dress. Jennifer Love Heweitt could learn a thing or two from Ricki (a la picture from last week)!

Has anyone read Slate's excerpts from the Andrew Morton Cruise book? Whoa.

http://www.slate.com/id/2181858?GT1=10837

Cruise's rampant homophobia may be the most telling clue of all that he's deep in the closet and surrounding himself with all these beautiful women to distract himself and others from his gayness! Does anyone even care if he IS gay?

Not mentioning the Morton book when that is clearly the "biggest" thing going on with TomKat these days (sure to get more attention than Mad Money, that's for sure) is kind of odd. But does anyone really expect shows like Regis & Kelly and GMA to directly ask Katie Holmes about the sperm rumor? That's a pretty farfetched question for ANY of the fluffy morning shows. Sorry if it seems like I'm being glib!

There appears to be a significant typo in the story on the award Paris is to receive at Harvard. I believe the correct name of the organization honoring her is the Nasty Pu**y Club. When you consider the same award went to Joan Rivers in 1984, Liza Minnelli in 1973, and Ethel Merman in 1966, Ms. Hilton is keeping company with some truly Nasty Pu**y!

hey, libidinous, some of us out here in blog reading world don't like the use of that term, even when you're applying it to 'nasty girls.' i know it's a free country and all and you can write/say what you wanna, so you've said your bit and now i've said mine.

Hey, if anyone out there in blog reading world is looking to push Ms. methinks' buttons, either for laughs or just to watch her get all tense and serious, with that squiggly vein pulsing on her forehead, just give a yell. I think I have the solution.

Allright, I looked into those Cruise videos a little more. Since when does being cleansed of Thetans make one a spokesperson for NASA? Really the two are not related in any way. As for psychiatry, of course Sciontology does not want it members to seek mental health treatment, it might undo the brainwashing. The sum after reading all that stuff, it is quite frightening. Really, honestly scary.

RiverCity - "Large gangs of roving pre-teen girls scare the bejebus out of me"

Can I get an amen? Even when I WAS a pre-teen girl, they scared me.

*shudder*

actually LJ, i was smiling when i wrote that. no bulgy vein or anything...i always smile when i'm feeling smug.

"Brit allegedly SANG to herself..."

For those who may not know what the Harvard Hasty Pudding Club is, it's a bunch of undergrad men who write a musical, dress up in drag and act the show out. The award is presented to the "woman of the year" by some 18 to 20 year old guys dressed in ladies clothing. As for why Paris won, let's put it this way, the winners are not selected for their academic or intellectual contributions to the world.

am I the only one out there who thinks that Zac Efron is gay? There is nothing wrong with that, but no one believes me when I say that I think he is in the closet. Just wondering if anyone out there is thinking the same thing I am or if I am just off my rocker.

VAtoLA, you are off your rocker

Even the gay celebrity bloggers know that Zac Efron is not gay but it just that Perez Hilton has a crush on him. Poor Zac