Archive - March, 2008

Mariah Carey, not materially motivated

She may enjoy the occasional traipse down Rodeo Drive to pick up diamond-encrusted accessories for her Jack Russell Terrier, but Mariah Carey reassures us that it’s still all about the music (and the tight mini skirts) rather than the money:

Mariah Carey has hit out at critics who accuse her of making music solely to enjoy the perks of fame – insisting she’s far more focused on releasing good tunes than banking multi-millions. The Hero hitmaker takes offence at suggestions she only makes records to fund her pampered lifestyle and is adamant she is not interested in the fame that comes with working in the music industry.

And Carey, 37, insists she is still as committed to her work now as she was at the beginning of her career.

She says, “I never really felt famous. I don’t do it just because I want to make money or I want to be famous. I need to make music.

“If I didn’t have this, I don’t know where I would be”.

Let’s take a stab at this.  Without her artistic core, odds are she’d probably be (a) still married to Tommy Mottola, having provided a fertile vessel for his spawn, (b) standing on a heavily soiled red carpet in Times Square, and worst of all, (c) forced to wear something that requires the words “shiny” and “long-crotched” to describe it. 

Thalia, also known as Mariah the lesser

All is revealed!

Ladies on the side of the law

Here are the answers to Tuesday’s puzzle corner:
1. Angie Dickinson (Sergeant Pepper Anderson in Police Woman)
2. Mariska Hargitay (Detective Olivia Benson in Law & Order: SVU)
3. Stephanie Zimbalist (Laura Holt in Remington Steele)
4. Heather Locklear (Officer Stacy Sheridan in TJ Hooker)
5. Tyne Daly & Sharon Gless (Cagney & Lacey)
6. Kyra Sedgwick (Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson in The Closer)
7. Jill Hennessy (Dr Jordan Cavanaugh in Crossing Jordan)
8. Marg Helgenberger (Catherine Willows in CSI)
9. Cybil Shepherd (Maddie Hayes in Moonlighting)
10. Kate Jackson (Sabrina Duncan in Charlie’s Angels)

Congratulations to Sarah J & Jailifer (although answering later, Jailifer did name the actress/tv character, not the tv show) for a splendid 8 out of 10. We fire a 21-gun salute in honour of your awesome sleuthing skills! A special mention also goes to Deborah for identifying the elusive no. 6.  And raincoaster, please find it your heart to forgive me for not posting a more flattering picture of Angie Dickinson.  If you see the only other pic I had of her, you will concede that I didn’t have much to work with.  Take a gander at this, it’s like something Mischa Barton would wear (ok, maybe slightly better than that):

These pants do nothing for me

Hamlet Returns!

Manolo says, it is the movie event of 2008!

Wedneslink

Jenna Bush O-Face (Webster’s)

20 most expensive celebrity divorces (CustomizedGirl)

Amy Winehouse is not exactly “clean, green power” (Yeeeeah)

Brad Pitt is not black enough! (PopOnThePop)

We have a Scientologist DOWN! Repeat: we have a Scientologist DOWN! (TheBlemish)

Former child star begins the long slide into bankruptcy, boozing, and B&E’s (AgentBedhead)

It’s La Pequeña’s world. We just live in it (Dlisted)

George Clooney keeps a lid on it (JustJared)

JC Chasez does not Chace Crawford (Mollygood)

Gold digger headed straight for the center of the Earth (DailyStab)

Win a date with Barack Obama! (Stereohyped)

Someone needs to tell Demi Moore it’s just a metaphor (ImNotObsessed)

Lucy Liu wants to be a WASP fashionista popsicle zombie (ICYDK)

Top Model walks? (Defamer)

Most historically inaccurate films (YahooMovies)

Robin Williams soon to be EX-Mrs.Doubtfire (ExtraTV)

Artificial Sweetener Valley High (Gawker)

Tom Cruise and John Travolta abducted by aliens! (CircusHour)

At American Idol, every moment is happy hour (GoFugYourself)

Yeah, Well She’s Short and Funny-Looking Enough for the Remake

but there’s no way in HELL she’ll fit in that basket.

EV Phone Home

Thandie Newton, nefarious prankster

Far from being the serious and introspective actress who locks herself in her trailer to meticulously hone her craft, Thandie Newton terrorised her co-stars on the set of Run, Fatboy, Run with all manner of wacky hijinks. According to director David Schwimmer:

“Thandie Newton was the queen of the pranks. When Simon was on set working, she would put cellophane on his toilet so when he went to go to the bathroom he splashed everywhere. She would take old underwear and rub it with Marmite and put it in his trailer… It was pretty disgusting.”

“I think the best one was when we were doing the press junket together in London, where the movie opened. Thandie, Simon and I were in three different rooms with all these on camera interviews. Thandie had got there hours before Simon and I, and she had filled every one of his 12 giant bottles of water with vodka. So when he was in the middle of his first interview on camera and he goes to take a (swig) during the interview, a huge gulp and just spits up everywhere all over the interviewer. That was probably the best prank.”

But come red carpet time, the tables had turned and it was Thandie who found her elegant lace creation had mysteriously shrunk into a kicky little playsuit.

Haha, the joke is on me!

Those doctors sure did a good job

Better than Darth Vader

Check it out, Taylor Dayne’s back in the charts with her latest album Satisfied!  Her voice is as big and brassy as ever! She had her 46th birthday bash in Las Vegas!  She’s also got a thriving drag queen following! Boy things have certainly been looking up for Taylor ever since they found a way to fuse both halves of her body back together!

Ayyyy! Puzzle corner

This week we turn our attention to the crime-solving, case-breaking, crook-nabbing ladies of the small screen.  Your mission is to sleuth away at the hidden identities below and name these actresses/tv characters.

Answers will be put up on Thursday morning.  I await your answers with much suspense and tension.

Whodunnit?

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