Between Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson - I am not really sure which is the hanger and which is hte hangee. Can you really be the hangee if you are only famous for 1) having a more famous sister and 2) a major screw up on SNL?

Re Nick Cannon - who? This guy doesn't seem like anything special, so how does he rate Mariah, and the models? Ok, Kim K is a *skanque*, so maybe he rates her.

I just don't think you can rate Beck and Ashton Kutcher as hanger-ons. Becks was just as popular in Briton as Posh and Ashton had a pretty good following going before Demi - in fact, I would argue that Ashton made Demi relevant again, not the other way around!

I gotta say, I thought David Beckham was much more popular than Posh ever was. When they got together, sure, it amplified their star power, but Becks was pretty famous as a sports star--world wide, not just in Britain. I mean people in remote places where they watch the World Cup knew who Beckham was before they'd ever heard of the Spice Goils.

I have to disagree with you Liz Kelly, and agree with sunnyd on calling Beckham a hanger-on. With or without Posh, he's still a guy pulling down huge dollars to play soccer.

He might not have been Celebritology material without Posh, but then again neither was Roger Clemens - until we found out he was putting sliders right in Mindy McCready's strike zone.

Not to worry, ladies. I hear that American Idol phenom Sanjaya is still available. The line forms on the left.

DB is hanging on Victoria? Seriously? Seriously??? A fly would have a hard time hanging on Vicki right now, figuratively and literally. Someone get that woman a sandwich.

Pretty sure DB is the one driving pop culture coverage of that couple, not the other way around. Unless, that is, you just can't get enough twice washed-up pop star and failed jean designer coverage, then it's definitely skeleboobs for you.

It might have been Clemens' hanging curve that sealed that deal.

Can Mindy McCready handle a Clemens' fast ball?

...until we found out he was putting sliders right in Mindy McCready's strike zone.

Ok, this one almost got me fired. Alright, I thought the phone was on mute during the conference call. My bad.

Yeah, a couple people have it right here. David Beckham made Victoria, not the other way around. She'd be lucky to be doing Dancing With the Stars now or be as remembered as Sporty Spice if not for her marriage to one of the most recognizable and beloved sport figures in the world.

Only problem was that Clemens balked when Mindy tried to get Roger to come to the plate.

Phil, Victoria was Posh Spice. And I'm really sorry that I know that.

Also acceptable:

...McCready takes him deep to center...
...Clemens like to make sure his fingers are right on the seam as he releases...
...she's got a reputation as a long-ball hitter...
...she's really fighting the ball tonight...

[Actually, if Harry Caray said it, I think you can use it...]

As someone who could care less about professional soccer, even I knew the household name of David Beckham, with the only others grazing my radar being that of Pele, Ronaldo and that really young kid that used to play in DC - Freddy something? I guess that underscores the point. While pairing with Posh certainly upped his paparazzi target level, he was already "major" in his own right.

Byoolin, as long as you're not oiling your glove with K-Y.....

Sorry, Liz Kelly, I'm gonna have to agree with the others. Demi was a "Where Are They Now" until Ashton came along. How about Halle Berry's baby daddy, no one knew who he was now he's starring in Macys commercials along side Martha and Mariah.

I don't know Sas, if he's sitting there in his cubefarm I kind of hoping he is using K-Y...

I have another quibble, Liz Kelly: the idea of Nicole Richie as "coveted gig."

I refer you to the comments of yellojkt & Sasquatch in today's earlier post, in which they named several other young ladies who were far more attractive than Kate Hudson, who is herself several orders of magnitude hotter than Ms. Richie.

"Nick Cannon" sounds like a bad 70s private eye show. (Apologies to William Conrad.) I should care about this man why?

David Beckham -- I'm bracing myself for the byoozilian commentary. He and Ashton are the larger stars here, definitely. Without them, Victoria would be a has-been social x-ray and Demi an 80's footnote.

Liz, "oiling his glove" deserves an IP address warning!

And while we're on the baseball double entendres (if you can't beat 'em, join 'em), I'm surprised no one has said (or has someone?):

Mindy received that one low and inside.

I have a sense that by "coveted gig" Ms. Kelly might have been referring to the extraordinary amount of attention paid to Nicole Richie and to those in her sphere. I didn't know who the members of Good Charlotte were before the fellas hooked up with BFFs Richie & Hilton.
But then, I'm the Celebritology reader who didn't know who Ashley Tisdale was either.

No K-Y, kids. But I appreciate your filthy minds. As Frank Zappa once (or perhaps more frequently) said, "Water makes its own sauce."

The question reminds me, though, that the ECHL once had a hockey team in Georgia called the Macon Whoopee (seriously). When they moved to Louisville, Kentucky, I suggested they be renamed the KY Jelly. (No sale; they went with "Men O'War" and folded within a year.)

Er, Lexington, not Louisville.

When the hockey team was in Macon, did they sponsor a special Whoopee Cushion night for the fans?

First 5,000 paid fans get a monogrammed Whoopee Cushion.

I also have a quibble with the first item. Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy have been much more relevant on the music scene than Jessica Simpson's little sister. Pete Wentz has alsways gotten special media attention in particular, even before the whole Ashley thing. As someone already pointed out, Ashley has pretty much only been famous for her botched performing attempts (SNL and the famous Superbowl boo-out).

Just imagine the roar from the crowd on Whoopee Cushion Night.

'Mindy received that one low and inside.'

Posted by: td | May 1, 2008 12:36 PM

Or, Roger brought that one in high & tight.

Hey, what about the guy who knocked up Jamie Lynn Spears? Isn't he a hanger on, considering he was sleeping on the couch.

Oh and the ultimate hanger on to the point of moving to the next generation -- Howard Stern. Anna Nicole's lawyer, and the fradulent baby daddy of Daniellynn. He is now sleeping on Daniellynn's couch at her daddy's place.

Please kill me that I know the above.

I hate to pile it on, (actually I kind of enjoy piling it on), but Beckham and Kutcher are much bigger stars then their wives.
Beckham may be the biggest star on the planet, as he is hugely popular everywhere outside the U.S. I would say you could ask 1000 people outside the U.S. who Beckham is and 950 would know. You could ask those same 1000 who a big U.S. star like George Clooney is and less then half would know.

ep begs:

"Please kill me that I know the above."

------------------------------------------

The Governor has commuted your sentence from death to life without parole.

Here's your glove, your K-Y and your Whoopee Cushsion. Now go entertain your new cell mate, Mister Snipes

"but then again neither was Roger Clemens - until we found out he was putting sliders right in Mindy McCready's strike zone."

Hahahahahhahhahah! Byoolin, nice one.

I agree with sunnydaze, particularly on the Pete vs. Ashley hanger and hangee situation. It's a chicken or egg question.

"putting sliders right in Mindy McCready's strike zone"

Never. Eating. White Castle. Again.

Pete and Ashlee: Ashlee made him straight; I'm not sure if that good or bad.

Nicole and Joel: Nicole was the hanger-on until Good Charlotte's career tank. Now, he's the hanger and she making plans to easy him out.

Paris and Benji: Paris does anything for press even if it means dating a hanger.

Nick Cannon: Cheaper than a vibrator.

Ashton and David do not belong on the list.

I've gotta say, this list is really off. Except for Nick Cannon all of those men were famous before they even met their significant others. Becks has a movie named after him, I don't see a "pretty like posh" out there

"Becks has a movie named after him, I don't see a "pretty like posh" out there."

Good point, MGC. Besides, "Bend It Like Posh" would be a physical impossibility -- the movie would have to be called "Snap In Two Like Posh."

The Wannabes are more the hangers than the 5 in the list.

I agree w/most of the above about David Beckham. But I think most Americans (especially since we're not pro-soccer, I mean football fans)became familiar w/him as Posh's husband. This guy was hugely popular around the globe before he and Posh married. Agree too, that Ashton doesn't belong on the list, but think that Halle's and Jamie's daddies should be on that list. They were definite no-names until their respective baby mamas came along.

"Nick Cannon: Cheaper than a vibrator."
-Posted by: | May 1, 2008 1:32 PM

Whoa, that's just cold

"Halle's and Jamie's daddies ", intended to say "Halle's and Jamie's baby-daddies"

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dang. just when you thought it was save to go back in the comments....

G**dammit, who let Che back in?

A vote for comment of the week...

"Unless, that is, you just can't get enough twice washed-up pop star and failed jean designer coverage, then it's definitely skeleboobs for you."

ha ha... skeleboobs.

Liz, can't you do something about the mega posts? The comments used to be, you know, fun.

Need to clarify-not *your* posts, the nimrods with their illiterate and inane comments. You all know who you are.

Che must be campaigning to become the next celebrity boy toy.

Do Jennifer Lopez's ex husbands count? Or do they not count because they are ex'es. Although one could argue that both Chris Judd and the other guy are still capitalizing on her fame.

we'll have to add "skeleboobs" to the Celebritology lexicon back on the Morning Mix board.

"skeleboobs" are the featured fashion item on Booby Kennedy Day.

WOW!!!!!! first Booby Kennedy day, then the rich vocabulary of the texting tweens and now che.

Dude, where have you been?

At least Che broke up the bad, junior-high baseball/sex jokes. I thought you didn't like the tween bloggers? They'd love these jokes.

Hey, be fair, everyone wants dirty sports metaphors.

Double entendre baseball metaphors are the only way we can talk dirty in front of Liz without upsetting her.

At least Che broke up the bad, junior-high baseball/sex jokes. I thought you didn't like the tween bloggers? They'd love these jokes.

Posted by: Amelia | May 1, 2008 3:21 PM

No, texting tweeners don't get the double entendre thing. If it's no in your face obvious it's not funny to them.

No, texting tweeners don't get the double entendre thing. If it's no in your face obvious it's not funny to them.

Posted by: | May 1, 2008 3:46 PM

...or fart jokes

"Becks has a movie named after him, I don't see a "pretty like posh" out there."

Good point, MGC. Besides, "Bend It Like Posh" would be a physical impossibility -- the movie would have to be called "Snap In Two Like Posh."

Posted by: td | May 1, 2008 1:48 PM

Spice World was out before Bend It Like Beckham.

And wow, totally "forgot" about che until today. He/she must have been let out of jail or the psych ward.

Wasn't Joel Madden the one that popped Mandy Moore? That guy gets some action.

Liz,
You asked on your chat, who is the bigger star Paris Hilton or David Beckham?

The answer is clearly Beckham. He is 10 times more well known around the world then Paris. This is really a no brainer.

You guys/gals really think David Beckham would be nothing without Spice Gal Victoria? David Beckham was an international soccer star before those two hooked up. We may not have known that over here in the US but in Europe and the rest of the world, where soccer is king they knew it. I gurantee the David B has done for his wife's career/notoriety then she has done for him.

Oh no, Che is back? Geesh!

I always thought that PW was slightly more famous than AS and that *she* was the hanger-on.

I don't think the twexters get SINGLE entendres either.

Regarding Beckham, without Posh, he probably still be a decent right winger playing for Man United. He'd be a star in England, to be sure.

Oh, you guys! Che is really Ashton Kutcher I just know it. His ears were burning.

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