Posted on Fri, Apr. 10, 2009
USAToday.com says that
Kill Bill auteur and avid
American Idol fan (
?!)
Quentin Tarantino will help the seven
Idol finalists prepare to sing songs from movies next week. He will then hack them to pieces with a samurai sword.
Kanye & his blessed ego
Chart-topping musical superhero Kanye West says he has been conducting peace negotiations with His Ego, Blessed May It Be - which, we hear, needs a fully furbished hotel suite of its own whenever Kanye is on tour.
Kanye writes on his blog that he was inspired to reconsider his relationship with His Ego after seeing himself murdered. "South Park murdered me last night, and it's pretty funny," he writes, referring to Wednesday's episode of the satire that totally eviscerated the dude. "It hurts my feelings." (Watch it at www.southparkstudios.com.)
Kanye knows he has issues: "I actually have been working on my ego, though. Having the crazy ego is played out at this point in my life and career. . . . I need to just get past myself."
Kanye yesterday also posted a large drawing of his mug, saying, "I really like this drawing and not just because it's of me lol!!" LOL!
Dr. Drew: They're all sick! Sick!
Doc to the stars
Dr. Drew Pinsky tells
Extra that today's celebs are narcissists who "want to think they're great and grandiose, when in fact inside they feel very empty and small."
In a series of brilliant armchair diagnoses, Dr. Drew says Lindsay Lohan is "a straight-up addict." (And that's the straight-up dope!)
Britney Spears, for her part, "had severe mental illness" until her parents intervened. And Nicole Richie's straight-up addiction was saved by motherhood: "Nicole is actually somewhat of an inspirational story."
Where angels fear to tread
"I'm scared, obviously, but really excited," says Brit thesp
Sienna Miller about her coming American stage debut in playwright
Patrick Marber's adaptation of
August Strindberg's 1888
After Miss Julie, which she already has tackled in London. "If you want to be an actress, you think about opening on Broadway."
Coleman: Please hate my movie
Gary Coleman has figured out a surefire way to generate buzz for his new flick,
Ron Carlson's
Borat-meets-
Jackass shockumentary
Midgets vs. Mascots: Viciously diss it to the media.
The Diff'rent Strokes survivor told folks at the Tribeca Film Festival this week that the film was "worse than any film-school project."
Coleman, who is due to attend the film's April 25 premiere, adds, "I never should have been in the movie in the first place." Dude, I'm there.
Barack Obama: The movie
USNews.com reports that
Edward Norton's film company has made a documentary about
Barack Obama's election for wide release. (No date yet.)
By the People: The Election of Barack Obama will be "told through unprecedented and exclusive footage of Obama and his staff."
Rock to kill 'Chris'?
TV Guide magazine says
Everybody Hates Chris creator
Chris Rock may pull the plug on his comedy after the season-four finale May 8. The episode is about Rock's real-life decision to quit school in the 10th grade to become a comic.
Terry Crews, who plays Rock's dad, says, "Our Chris is now a sophomore in high school, so the timing is lining up pretty well. Once he becomes a comedian, the show's over."
Never too proud to give back
Upon hearing that a fan named
Jacqueline Sharp had paid $933 to a scalper for two tix to one of his shows scheduled in June, country crooner
Charley Pride tracked down the fan in Alberta, Canada, and gave her a full refund
and two free tix for floor seats to the show.
"I don't think it's right," he said. "I wouldn't like paying that much money to see myself."
Sharp hugged Pride. She cried.
It's all about the money, honey
List-lovers, prepare to enter Valhalla: We have two money lists! Forbes has released its list of TV's 15 Biggest Moneymakers based on ad revenue per average half-hour. No. 1 show is
American Idol (natch), which makes $7 mil per half-hour. Other shows on the list include
Grey's Anatomy,
House,
Worst Week,
Dancing With the Stars and
Two and a Half Men.
For its part, Parade's What People Earn issue lists the incomes of Americans from a wide range of jobs, from nurses to movie stars.
The top spot goes to . . . Barbie, who made $3.3 billion in '08. Top earners include Tiger Woods ($110 mil); Jay-Z ($82 mil); Beyoncé ($80 mil); Rush Limbaugh ($38 mil); and Tina Fey ($4.6 mil).
The mag says there is an income disparity between celebs and ordinary folk. (No!)
Jennifer Aniston, for one, made $27 mil, which is 900 times the income of Susan Meisner, a port inspector from Idaho, who made $30,000.
Catching Christina smoking
Christina Applegate, who underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed last summer with breast cancer, has been captured on film smoking a cigarette. An anon source tells
The Insider that Applegate, who quit smoking long ago, simply had a "weak moment."
Contact "SideShow" at sideshow@phillynews.com. This column contains information from wire services.
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