LeAnn Rimes Tweets About Shape Magazine Controversy

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Yesterday, the editor-in-chief of Shape magazine called its October issue cover with LeAnn Rimes “a terrible mistake.” The editor sent an email to some Shape readers who had complained about the choice of LeAnn for the cover, apologizing for the choice.

Today, LeAnn Rimes struck back via Twitter: “Just so all my fans know, I’m getting to the bottom of this. It’s the first I’ve heard of this. Shape is throwing me a party next week as a thank you and a congrats for being on their cover for the third time. I find this very contradictory.” 
Later on in the day, Rimes Tweeted a link to a brand new statement from Shape editor-in-chief, Valerie Latona, who seems to be backtracking now. The editor now says her “personal letter” to readers in which she called LeAnn a “husband stealer” was taken out of context. She says that only 40 out of 6 million subscribers complained about the Rimes cover but she wanted to send a  note to those unhappy with the cover.

“I don’t want anyone to be unhappy–so I took the time to write a personal note to them, apologizing for not having someone on the cover they wanted to see and hoping to do right by them the next time. (I do this many times for all cover stars and you really can’t ever please everyone all the time,)” she wrote.

Latona continues to stand behind her decision to use Rimes on the cover: “The bottom line is this: I stand by the fact that LeAnn’s story is compelling–and her courage and strength in the face of so much adversity is compelling. That is why I put her on the cover of Shape for what is now the third time.”

Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer Rock The Grove With Their Dance Moves – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Animated. Playful. Hilarious. Talented. Those are the four adjectives I would use to describe Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer, known as Team Schmurgles on Dancing with the Stars.
Kyle and Lacey were at The Grove to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra. Kyle told Mario that he has absolutely no previous dance experience except for “The Jerk.” But thanked Lacey for changing him from “flab to fab!”
Lacey said there are six teams left on DWTS, and said out of those six teams there are three teams they call “Team Underdogs.” Team Underdogs are the teams with Kyle, Bristol Palin and Rick Fox.
Watch the full Extra interview next week!

In the meantime, watch Lacey show Mario how to dance!




And, watch Kyle and Lacey answer fans’ questions and watch the dance move Kyle invented:





How adorable are Lacey’s shoes?!

Lacey Schwimmer and me 🙂








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Animated. Playful. Hilarious. Talented. Those are the four adjectives I would use to describe Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer, known as Team Schmurgles on Dancing with the Stars.

Kyle and Lacey were at The Grove to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra.  Kyle told Mario that he has absolutely no previous dance experience except for “The Jerk.”  But thanked Lacey for changing him from “flab to fab!”

Lacey said there are six teams left on DWTS, and said out of those six teams there are three teams they call “Team Underdogs,” teams with Kyle, Bristol Palin and Rick Fox.

Watch the full Extra interview next week!


In the meantime, watch Lacey show Mario how to dance!



And, watch Kyle and Lacey answer fans’ questions and watch the dance move Kyle invented:

How cute are Lacey’s shoes?

Lacy Schimmer and me 🙂

Readers Are Upset By Choice of LeAnn Rimes On Cover Of Shape Magazine; Editor Apologizes

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LeAnn Rimes looked physically terrific on the cover of Shape magazine but her healthy, fit body was not enough to deter Shape‘s readers from sending in emails to Shape voicing their discontent on the decision to put Rimes on the magazine’s October cover.

Per Too Fab, Shape’s editor-in-chief sent an email to the readers who sent in hate mail about the cover to apologize for the cover choice and called the cover a “terrible mistake.”

Apparently, Shape readers were not happy that someone who has admitted to cheating on her ex-husband (Dean Sheremet with then-married CSI actor Eddie Cibrian) was being praised on the magazine’s cover. They also seem to not have liked the sympathetic tone of the caption: “LeAnn Rimes: How Working Out Saved Me.”

TooFab obtained the email signed by the magazine’s editor-in-chief, Valerie Latona which was sent to the disgruntled readers. The email reads in part:

Please know that our putting [LeAnn Rimes] on the cover was not meant to put a husband-stealer on a pedestal-but to show (through her story) how we all are human. And this woman in particular found strength in exercise in what she said was her most difficult personal moment.

But it did not come across that way … And for that I’m terribly sorry.

Wow: “husband-stealer.” The email doesn’t mince words, does it? 

You can read the letter in full on Too Fab.

Denise Richards On Life Post Divorce – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Right before the latest saga taking place in New York this weekend with her ex-husband Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards came to The Grove to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra to promote her new role on Spike TV’s Blue Mountain State. And she surprised Mario and the crowd with her brand new look as a brunette.

Richards will play coach Marty Daniels’ (ex-footballer Ed Marinaro) ex-wife Debra. Blue Mountain State follows the fictional college football team at Blue Mountain State. Season 2 premiered Oct. 20 and will also feature Bill Parcells, Brian Bosworth, Stacy Keibler and Chuck Liddell as guest stars. Continue reading →

Mark Ballas And Bristol Palin Teach Mario Lopez Some Cool Dance Moves! EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Mark Ballas and Bristol Palin, known as Team Ballin’ on Dancing with the Stars, are still pretty stoked for receiving their highest judges’ scores to date on the show for their Tango during the Rock N’ Roll centric episode earlier this week.

The super-happy power duo showed up at The Grove today for an interview with Mario Lopez of Extra. Continue reading →

Howard K. Stern Found Guilty In Anna Nicole Smith Trial

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A jury on Thursday convicted Anna Nicole Smith’s psychiatrist and ex-boyfriend of conspiracy in a prescription drug case involving the former Playboy model and reality TV star but acquitted the doctor who prescribed a plethora of drugs for her.  


Howard K. Stern, the former boyfriend, was found guilty on two counts of conspiracy for obtaining medications for Anna Nicole Smith in his own name CNN reports. Dr. Khristine Eroshevich, a psychiatrist who flew down to be at Smith’s side in the Bahamas after her son Daniel’s death in 2006, was also found guilty on a conspiracy charge, as well two other charges related to a Vicodin prescription given to Smith. Stern and Eroshevich are free pending an appeal. 

Los Angeles County Superior Judge Robert Perry has set sentencing for January 6, 2011. Both Stern and Eroshevich face up to three years each in prison.. After the hearing, Stern said, “Everything related to the
appropriateness of the medication, I was acquitted of.”

Anna Nicole Smith’s personal physician, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor, was just acquitted on charges of illegally funneling prescription meds to the deceased star.

Conan O’Brien Admits To Depression In Rolling Stone

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Conan O’Brien has made the cover of the new Rolling Stone and spills his guts inside about how he felt being fired as the Tonight Show host earlier this year.

O’Brien says: “I felt like I’d just been in a car accident.”

His wife Liza Powel chimes in and admits Conan suffered from depression, especially after he completed his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour. Powel says: “Those weeks after the tour, where not much was going on, Conan was miserable. That was when he was the most depressed.”

“I hated to see him in such a state of tension and unhappiness. It was very painful for him to let go of this hallowed ground that he’d finally got a chance to stand on.

“There were so many factors at work, such a confluence of change that had to do with so much more than him. The truth is, The Tonight Show was the definition of cultural relevancy for decades. And all of a sudden, it’s not. That’s not Conan’s fault. It’s not anybody’s fault. It just happened. And it’s no longer a show he should be pinning his life’s hopes on hosting.”

Conan also says of that time period: “My wife says those first couple of months, the thing I said most often was, ‘Wait a minute, what just happened?'”

Well, the good news for Conan is that all of that pain is now behind him and his new talk show premieres November 8. Hopefully, the new show will be enough to keep the man in a state of bliss. 

Here are Conan’s first guests on his brand new talk show:

Monday, Nov. 8 – First Guest Poll Winner, Seth Rogen. Musical guest Jack White
Tuesday, Nov. 9 – Tom Hanks, Jack McBrayer. Musical guest Soundgarden
Wednesday, Nov. 10 – Jon Hamm, Charlyne Yi. Musical guest Fistful of Mercy
Thursday, Nov. 11 – Michael Cera, Julie Bowen, comedian Jon Dore 

Tiya Sircar Of The Vampire Diaries and 17 Again Talks About What It’s Like to Work With Hollywood’s Hottest Men!

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO INTERVIEW.

 I first met actress Tiya Sircar at a birthday dinner for a mutual friend two years ago. Tiya was charming, sweet, funny and incredibly down to earth – so down to earth in fact that I would never have guessed she is one of Hollywood’s fastest rising stars. Yet, that is exactly who she is: A young actress on the fast track to stardom.

You have seen Tiya in some of the most popular TV shows, including House MD, Hannah Montana, Greek, Moonlight, Numb3rs, Privileged, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. 

She has played alongside some of Hollywood’s hottest men including Zac Efron (in 17 Again) and Justin Timberlake (in the upcoming Friends with Benefits). And she has completed three feature-length movies which will all come out next year.  Tiya currently plays Aimee Bradley alongside Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder on The Vampire Diaries. 

I recently met up with Tiya for coffee and she gave me the scoop on the special Halloween episode of The Vampire Diaries which airs Thursday night. Tiya says the episode is gonna be “huge, insane, full of carnage and blood! It’s gonna be an amazing show.”

She also gave me the low down on her upcoming movies, The Lost Medallion: The Adventures of Billy Stone and The Domino Effect, and spilled the beans on what it’s like to play alongside some of Hollywood’s most sought-after leading men.

Watch the interview: