Mark Wahlbergadmits he used to like smoking weed but gave it all up for his kids.
When accepting Variety’s Indie Impact Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival Saturday, The Fighter star joked that the trophy looked like a bong. That’s when he said: “I stopped smoking weed for my kids.”
“One day, we were driving and you could smell it from somewhere. My daughter asked what the smell was so I told her it was a skunk. Then she said, ‘Sometimes daddy smells like that!’ to me and my wife. So I knew I had to quit.”
Tuesday, January 11, 2011, The Grove, Los Angeles, CA. Mario Lopezof Extra was lucky enough to live out many a men’s (and a few women’s) fantasy today and drive the Green Hornet car.
Green Hornet, starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, and Jay Chou opens in theaters, January 14th.
I will let Sandra Bernhard’s review stand for the book as I have yet to read it: “Roseanne is funny, everybody knows that. But then there is everything else—the humanity, rabbinical wisdom, Mother Earth fearlessness, true beauty, and the ability to stay one step ahead of insanity at all times. She’s always had her finger on the pulse and can tell when the patient needs some emergency care. Nurse Barr has saved us once again.”
Not having read the book, the adjectives Sandra uses seem to nail my perception of Roseanne right on the head. First off, Roseanne looked fabulous in person. I asked her what her beauty secret is and without missing a step, she said: “Lots of drinking.” Roseanne also was funny, warm, soft spoken and gentle. She was witty and quick and sharp. She had the whole room fall in love with her; that is, if they weren’t already in love with her before their arrival.
Someone asked Roseanne if she would run for president one day. She gave an emphatic “Yes!” She followed by saying she would run for the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel at the same time. “It’d be a 2fer!” Her campaign promise? “I would establish world peace within 30 days of being elected because I would know how to!” Of course, she would have her own party affiliation: The Green Tea Party.
Roseanne, a blogger since 1996 when no one else was blogging named Snooki as her favorite author – funny thing, Snooki was the last author who held a book signing at Barnes & Noble right before Roseanne’s gig. She actually then said her favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities and her fave author is Mary Daly. Sorry Snooki!
Roseanne Barr and me 🙂
Watch this short clip of Roseanne Barr reading a passage from her book about her friend Lisa:
Roseanne Barr was at Barnes & Noble Monday night to promote her new book, Roseannearchy: Dispatches from the Nut Farm. I will let Sandra Bernhard’s review stand for the book as I have yet to read it: “Roseanne is funny, everybody knows that. But then there is everything else—the humanity, rabbinical wisdom, Mother Earth fearlessness, true beauty, and the ability to stay one step ahead of insanity at all times. She’s always had her finger on the pulse and can tell when the patient needs some emergency care. Nurse Barr has saved us once again.”
Not having read the book, the adjectives Sandra uses seem to nail my perception of Roseanne right on the head. First off, Roseanne looked fabulous in person. I asked her what her beauty secret is and without missing a step, she said: “Lots of drinking.” Roseanne also was funny, warm, soft spoken and gentle. She was witty and quick and sharp. She had the whole room fall in love with her; that is, if they weren’t already in love with her before their arrival.
Someone asked Roseanne if she would run for president one day. She gave an emphatic “Yes!” She followed by saying she would run for the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel at the same time. “It’d be a 2fer!” Her campaign promise? “I would establish world peace within 30 days of being elected because I would know how to!” Of course, she would have her own part affiliation; that of the green tea party.
Roseanne, a blogger since 1996 when no one else was blogging named Snooki as her favorite author – funny thing, Snooki was the last author at Barnes & Noble right before Roseanne’s gig. She actually then said her favorite book is a Tale of Two Cities and her fave author is Mary Daly. Sorry Snooki!
Watch this short clip of Roseanne Barr reading a passage from her book about her friend Lisa:
Big Brother may have to soup up its contestant screening process because more and more of its former stars keep finding themselves in serious legal trouble after starring on the show.
Matthew McDonald, Photo Courtesy of CBS
Season 9’s Matthew McDonald is the latest of this group of reality stars to find himself in a heap of legal trouble. He has pled guilty to and faces up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone in conection with a drug ring allegedly founded by his Big Brother costar, Adam Jasinski.
Yes, you read that correctly. And, if that were not bad enough, TMZ reports that all of Jasinski’s $500,000 winnings (yes, every penny since Jasinski also failed to pay taxes on his winnings) were infused into the massive illegal operation.
Good grief. The best Hollywood screenwriters could not come up with a more entertainingly-pathetic story.
Adam Jasinski, Photo Courtesy of CBS
This isn’t even McDonald’s first sign of trouble with the law. He was arrested in April of last year for threatening to harm family members of his fiancee and accused of domestic violence against the fiance who was pregnant at the time of the alleged abuse.
Jasinski, on the other hand, was arrested in May of last year for attempting to sell 2,000 Oxycodone pills to an undercover detective outside of Boston.
As a long-time fan of the show, I am glad to see Big Brother winnings going to such great causes. Of course I jest. I think I need a shower after finding out about all of this…
Big Brother may have to soup up its screening process because more and more of its former stars keep finding themselves in serious legal trouble after starring on the show.
Season 9’s Matthew McDonald is the latest reality star to find himself in a heap of legal trouble. He has pled guilty to and faces up to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone in conection with a drug ring allegedly founded by his Big Brother costar, Adam Jasinki. If that is not bad enough, TMZ reports that all of Jasinki’s $500,000 winnings were infused into the massive illegal operation.
Good grief.
This isn’t even McDonald’s first sign of trouble with the law. He was arrested in April of last year for threatening to harm family members of his fiancee and accused of domestic violence against the fiance who was pregnant at the time of the alleged abuse.
Jasinski, was arrested in May 2010 when he attempted to sell 2,000 Oxycodone pills to an undercover detective outside of Boston.
Neither of these guys sound like a ‘Big Brother’ we’d like to have.
Janet Jackson is bringing her “Number Ones, Up Close and Personal” tour to a city near you…in the United States (well, one show in Canada…)
“These concerts will be different from anything I have ever done,” Jackson says. “I will be as up close and personal as possible. These concerts are not about special effects. This is a love affair between me and those of you who have supported me and my work for all these years. I’ll be singing and dancing from my heart.”
Here are the dates/venues so far:
Chicago, IL March 7 & 8: The Chicago Theatre
Toronto, ON, Canada March 12: Sony Centre for the Performing Arts
Uncasville, CT, March 16: Mohegan Sun Arena
New York, NY March 18: Radio City Music Hall
Washington, DC March 22: DAR Constitution Hall
Atlantic City, NJ March 25 & 26: Borgata Spa & Resort Event Center
Atlanta, GA March 29: Fox Theatre
Saint Louis, MO March 31: Fox Theatre
Grand Prairie, TX April 2: Verizon Theatre
Denver, CO April 6: Wells Fargo Theatre at the Colorado Convention Center
Phoenix, AZ April 8: Comerica Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA April 9: Santa Barbara Bowl
Los Angeles, CA April 14: Gibson Amphitheatre
San Francisco, CA April 19: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Las Vegas, NV April 22 & 23: Caesars Palace – The Colosseum
American Idol judge Randy Jackson was at The Grove today and told Mario Lopez of Extra that Simon Cowell is “irreplaceable”.
Along the same lines, Jackson had recently told Entertainment Weekly, “It’s not about replacing him or any of the others – Paula [Abdul], Ellen [DeGeneres], Kara [DioGuardi], anybody else… it’s definitely been interesting. He’s our friend for life…
“So, listen, we definitely miss him, but it’s a different kind of vibe. It’s a different kind of energy now. And I think in season 10 the show actually really needed it.”
The new season of American Idol with new judges Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith front man Steven Tyler will premiere in the 19 January. Simon Cowell’s new show – a US version of the X Factor – will be broadcast later this year.
NFL star wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals, Chad Ochocinco, is my favorite celeb to follow on Twitter. There is never a dull moment reading Tweets sent by @ochocinco.
Take today for example. Chad needed help picking out a suit. So, he asked his 1.56 million Twitter followers for help.
Oh Chad – You’d look good in any of them! Especially the bare-skinned one at the bottom.
The heartbreaking shootings near Tucson, Arizona has left U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition, killed six people and wounded many more.
One of the deceased victims, 9-year-old Christina Green, was the second cousin of One Tree Hill star Sophia Bush.
Sophia has taken her grief to Twitter: “There are no words to explain what my cousin’s family is going through in Arizona. How can this be? Violence is never the answer. She was my 2nd cousin… Devastating.”
Christina was born on another day of national tragedy, September 11, 2001. She even once appeared in a book called 50 Faces of Hope that showed children born on 9/11 and which was sold to benefit 9/11 charities.
Christina’s mom, Roxanna Green, told The New York Times: “From the very beginning, she was an amazing child. She was very bright, very mature, off the charts. She was the brightest thing that happened that day.”
Rep. Giffords is the cousin of Gwyneth Paltrow. Gwyneth sent her love in a statement: “Although I have never had the pleasure of meeting congresswoman Giffords, my thoughts and prayers are with her and her family as well as the other victims of this horrible act of senseless violence.”
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