One of the most recent celebrity weddings is the royal wedding in England. For some reason everyone all over the country feels it necessary to watch these weddings on tv. Why? After all, they’re just like other people, only famous. I for one don’t find it necessary to sit at home and watch a wedding [...]
For the last week or two I’ve been hearing tv spots discussing a merger of Wachovia and Wells Fargo Banks. The first time I heard it I knew that I knew the spokesperson’s voice. It was the voice of Jon Cryer. Of course that seemed timely, and strangely coincidental, what with all of the Charlie [...]
The male dancers for the new season are Lance Bass, Rocco DiSpirito, Maurice Greene, Cody Linley, Ted McGinley, Jeffrey Ross and Warren Sapp. The female dancers for the new season are Toni Braxton, Brooke Burke, Kim Kardashian, Cloris Leachman, Susan Lucci and Misti May-Treanor. Dancers that I think will do well are Lance Bass and [...]
Actress Estelle Getty passed away this morning at the age of 84. If you’re my age you probably remember the comedy series Golden Girls that was on in the second half of the 1980s. Estelle Getty portrayed Sophia, the mother of Bea Arthur’s character, on the successful series for more than seven years and won [...]
Comedian George Carlin passed away yesterday in Los Angeles from heart failure at the age of 71. George was well known for speaking his mind. Many comedians considered him to be revolutionary, blazing a trail for other comics after him. He had 23 comedy albums and wrote three books, and also appeared in several movies. [...]
Emma Watson, the teenage actress known worldwide for her portrayal of Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, has apparently signed a deal with Chanel. It’s being reported that she’ll get about $6 million dollars for a two year gig as the face of the Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. Wow! Hermione’s accumulating quite the pile of [...]
We frequently hear of news on celebrities on the radio, and we see that news on the internet, in newspapers and on television. I found myself thinking this morning about people on other career paths that have to interact with these celebrities in order to make a living. Let’s take a Hollywood real estate agent [...]
It’s come out that the masseuse that found Heath Ledger’s unresponsive body called MaryKate Olsen not once, but twice, before calling 911 from Ledger’s cell phone for help. My mind is totally boggled trying to figure out what the reasoning for this could be. It really doesn’t matter what their relationship had been in the [...]
Lately I have been seeing celebrities doing advertisements on television pushing different products. The ones I’m seeing frequently have a common message – they all seem to be different forms of insurance or health products targeted at seniors. All of these companies seem to be offering a low life insurance rate or health supplies. Now [...]
Recently 25 year old actor Brad Renfro was found dead. I was watching an E! news show where they were announcing the young actor’s untimely death. I heard them give their announcement and I was quite surprised to look up at the television screen to see Brad’s last name spelled incorrectly. They showed his name [...]