This week in entertainment news 11-04-2006

Dick Clark we will once again be making us feel very uncomfortable by rockin' in 2007 with cohost and santa's little helper Ryan Seacrest plus musical guest Christina Aguilera on his annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special.

Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe have formally separated. Meanwhile Witherspoon settled her lawsuit against Star magazine for a cover story claiming she was preggers... So apparently Reese is settling with the tabloid but not settling with Ryan any longer... Lets just hope this doesn't go Baldwin/Bassinger or Mills/McCartney or even Hasselhoff/... that lady who married Hasselhoff

Oprah Winfrey gave away $1,000 Bank of America gift cards to members of her audience, with the instruction that they must give them away to a charitable cause... so some people get cars, some people get money they can't keep... how many audience members were like, "Oh I AM charity miss Oprah"




Michael Jackson due to receive the Diamond Award at the upcoming World Music Awards, according to a press release that touted the singer as the "world's most famous pop star on the planet." ... wait I am sorry that should have read, most INfamous, not just famous... Oh and instead of pop star that actually reads, nut-job.

Borat opens nationwide today but Universal Pictures is willing to bet $42.5 Million that Sacha Baron Cohen's follow up, Bruno will be a hit... me thinks that they are hoping the moviefilm does not suck

Madonna told Meredith Vieira on The Today Show that David's father turned down her offer to provide him with financial aid to help him raise his son. The also revealed that she will educate David in Kabbalah, but if "he wants to be a Christian, then so be it."... she will also educate the young master David in a fake English accent, and even instruct him on how to act terribly. Madonna continued her string of rationalizations, I mean interviews with the BBC. She told the Brits she would not rule out adopting from abroad again. However, she's giving it some time. "I would just like to experience David for a while and see how that works out first," she said... you know I just want to try this one out before I upgrade.

Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin will soon be on Broadway in Chicago as Roxie Hart and Billy Flynn... wow Dancing with the Stars does help your career... Good luck Drew!

Flavor Flav is expecting his seventh child, (though not with Deelishis). And I quote "I want 10 [children]. And one thing I will never do is deny any of my kids," ... the ONE thing you will never do? Can we add some things to your list? Because I have watched your show and there are dozens of things I want you to not do again.

Donald Trump was cited by Palm Beach officials for flying a 15-by-25 foot American flag from the roof of his lavish estate because the flag is larger than the size allowed by zoning laws... I want the largest most beautiful gold flag available, its gonna be huge, instead of Stars it will just have Trump 50 times.



Brad Pitt is in just boxers on the cover of December's Vanity Fair and he's a touch upset. The actor's peeps are calling the shot, "unauthorized," but the magazine says it has a photo release signed by Pitt... ok, Brad, your mad at vanity fair but you were happy about Troy?


Speaking of celebrities in less than formal wear, Marcia Cross is threatening to sue her trashman in an effort to reclaim naked photos of herself that she claims she discarded "accidentally". A representative of the garbage company, is claiming that Cross must "suffer the consequences." ... you know I do not think I am alone in this, but I have NEVER taken a nude photo of myself, and if I did, I think I would resign myself to the belief that someday that photo would be leaked, I mean it always is. If you're famous and you take a picture of yourself naked, it will get on the internet, end of story.

Brooke Shields says that she and Katie Holmes are friends... wow maybe Tom was right maybe Brooke should go off the meds...Speaking of Tom Cruise, he and his biznass partner Paula Wagner are taking over United Artists, the studio founded by Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford. Wagner will serve as CEO, while Cruise will be... Crazy.

Kenny G is the best golfer in music according to Golf Digest's "Top 100 in Music." well sure he has time to practice instead of you know selling albums or touring... by the way Justin Timberlake came in 15th, Snoop Dogg was ranked 44th and Pink took the 100 spot... Foreizzle muh nizziles.

Speaking of JT, Justin won Best Pop and Best Male Artist honors at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen last night Christina Aguilera was named Best Female Artist and Red Hot Chili Peppers snagged Best Album for Stadium Arcadium, meanwhile Kanye West grabbed the microphone to rant on why he should have won best video... I can only assume Mike Meyers just looked on in shock.

David Hasselhoff will join the Las Vegas production of The Producers as the flamboyant cross-dressing director Roger DeBris...You know its always Springtime in Germany for the Hoff, they love him over there.

Maury Povich's attorney is asking for a gag order in the sexual harassment case against the talk-show host, a request opposed by the attorney of Povich's accuser, Bianca Nardi, who apparently wants to share the details... yikes, Sexual, Maury, Povich and details are four words that I never want to hear... Talk about a gag order.