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cbs_get_that_alot_sp_2009__oPtso this isn’t rocket science. what’s funny is funny, and i think CBS got it right with this one. it was just announced that episodes of the april fool’s day special ‘i get that a lot’ have been reordered by CBS.

similar to everyone’s favorite candid camera shows, the situation is this: a real celeb goes to work at a run-of-the-mill restaurant or otherwise obscure place. customers unaware of the prank are then left to stare & wonder. could that really be her/him?? most people will muster up the courage to tell the “employee” that they look like the famous person. to which, and here comes the tv title, the celebs reply yea, i get that a lot.

i absolutely died laughing while watching the pranks. and apparently so did a lot of people because the premeire episode on april 1st garnered nearly ten million viewers! CBS will be airing specials of the show with new celebs each quarter. should be a money-maker! in the meantime, check out heidi klum at a pizza place & jessica simpson as a computer specialist below. 

 

  

cox, the cougar

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courteney cox. hottie with a body. brills actress. cougar? that’s what ABC would like us to believe. turns out her next big tv adventure will be all about the sexy mommas. premiering in abc’s fall line-up, ‘cougar town’ features a comedic desperate-housewives-esque cast of 40-somethings in suburbia. and, after reading one blogger’s 5 reasons why cougar town looks awful, i decided to chronicle the 5 reasons why i think it looks pretty good!

1) executive producer? bill lawrence. i like him, i really like him. i guess the fact that one of his past works includes my personal fav, ‘scrubs’ doesn’t hurt his cause! and he himself is funny, which helps in catching the comedic timing of the actors.

2) courteney cox & christa miller. some of the other actors are less known, but these two definitely hold it down. yeah, i get it: courteney cox does NOT look like your normal 40-year-old, but who the heck cares? this is tv. these ladies bring the laughs.

3) i’m not old yet. ha! i guess it’s easier to laugh along when i’m not having to deal with the fears of growing older. so that makes the jokes land a little softer.

4) it’s no ‘lost’. sometimes it’s good to take a break from the heavy ones. ‘cougar town’ will be light & airy, judging from the 2 minute clips below.

5) it makes fun of the stereotype. i’ve been irked by the dumb reality shows hailing a ‘cougar’ for little boys to pounce around with. instead of the high-powered i’m-hot older woman who is so 100% secure in who she is, we get ladies who aren’t quite there. joking in the first couple minutes “i woke up fat this morning,” it’s pretty apparent that the average joan will be able to relate.

but you be the judge! check out the two clips below.

 

my favorite ‘friend’

jenniferansitonwhat do you do when your whole life’s on camera? well, poking a little fun at yourself couldn’t hurt. the old make ‘em laugh with you & not at you. so when jennifer aniston accepted the crystal award at the women in film awards this past friday night, that’s exactly what she did. gots to give her props, too, because her speech was pretty darn funny.

the award – for excellence in film – is a moment of pride for aniston, as she thanks fans for supporting her in her transition from tv to film. “it’s funny,” she starts off, “i kind of noticed something a couple years ago that there seemed to be this strange parallel to the movies i was doing and my life off screen. “it started with, well, ‘the good girl’ then that evolved into ‘rumor has it’, followed by ‘derailed’, and then there was ‘the break-up’. and then on the lighter side was ‘friends with money’, which i felt was a bit on the nose.”

of course, that got the audience going quite a bit. but the elephant in the room left to be discussed was her ongoing romance troubles. but she wasn’t about to pass up that joke. ”…and if anyone has a movie called ‘everlasting love with an adult stable man…i’m at table six, and my agents are at table 12.”

but see, that’s why we love her. she’s cute, funny, and very very real. so congrats to jen for the award and for her success in the biz.

 

what recession?

brad-pitt1did he clear this with angelina first? brad pitt ventured out by his lonesome yesterday to the international art show art 40 basel in basel, switzerland. the art show features an ecclectic group of over 2500 artists from all across the world.

but brad wasn’t there to just observe. he bought, and bought big. pitt purchased a painting titled “etappe” by german artist neo rauch. one of europe’s top painters, rauch’s painting sold to brad for a mere $960,000. wait, did i type that right? yes, nearly 1 million dollars.  let’s just say the mr. pitt ain’t feeling the hard times like the rest of us. clearly. take a peek at brad’s purchase below.

 

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saved by zack morris

nostalgia, its feels so good. mark-paul gosselaar was set to appear on late night with jimmy fallon this past tuesday night, and we instead were treated to a little surprise. gosselaar reprised his most famous character, zack morris from ‘saved by the bell.’ and it was glooorious. i never realized how much i missed the days of kelly kapowski & slater, bayside high & the max.

the vid above features the 9-minute interview with the famed beach-blonde teenager. complete with the oversized cell phone & freeze-frames, it felt just like before. but gosselaar’s moved on to drama these days - there to ultimately promote the new season of TNT’s ‘raising the bar,’ in which he plays a high-powered lawyer. click here to see video & air dates of the hit show.

twitter TMI

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it’s here. and it ain’t going anywhere. the phenom that is ‘twitter’ has hit our nation, and it seems more and more people jump on the bandwagon each day. including celebrities. users up to the millions have begun following these celebs, excited to get a personal peek into their day-to-day. but if you ask me, we’ve experienced quite a bit of tmi if ya know what i mean.

diddy (@iamdiddy) took to his twitter to announce the following update: “Having tantric sex!!!! I feel so much better.!!! Thank you.” no diddy, thank you.

and here we have travis barker (@trvsbrkr), airing some dirty laundry to not just the neighbors, but all of his 176,000 followers. apparently he’s been having some babymomma drama with ex-wife shanna moakler, as per his twitter: “Kids are not to be used as weapons. Deadbeat moms that sleep all day,seeking money, attention like 2 do so. Just hurts the kids in the end.”

wow, harsh. here are some other fun ones. benji madden (@benjaminmadden): “just took a pee.” kelly osbourne (@misskellyo): “Note to self never eat never eat beats they make you fart!!!!!!!!!!! Why wont it stop I’m so embarrassed!!!”

tabloid gold

 

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we are all fully aware of the familial troubles of the gosselin fam, but the tabloids don’t think we’ve had enough.

exhibit a through z: the millions of covers the husband & wife team have appeared on in the last month. okay we get it – they may or may not have royally screwed up. wanna know why they keep digging in the gosselin gossip? they are tabloid gold.

the lucky mag that broke the story of jon’s alleged affair sold over 1 million copies, which is a 100k boost from what they were selling before. all others that followed? just as prosperous. us weekly editor janice min believes that jon & kate’s reality tv show helped readers feel a close connection to the family. when things started to go wrong, it hit people a little harder than would, say, lindsay lohan’s latest breakdown. the saddest thing? the gosselin’s troubles seem far from over. and people magazine is the latest to cash in with their cover story on jon’s side of the story. it just won’t stop!

men vs wild

the comedic brilliance that is will ferrell spread his wings to tv land this past tuesday night. ferrell’s new movie, ‘land of the lost’ premieres this friday night, and he’s pulling out all the promotional stops. amidst talk shows & various interviews, ferrell did something a bit unconventional.

‘man vs. wild’ star bear grylls invited will to tag along for 48 hours in the arctic circle. and of course, hilarity ensued. take a peak at the teaser for the discovery channel tv special. while it already aired, you can catch the full show on youtube (Men vs Wild Part 1 of 5). this little gimmick proved successful as almost 4 million viewers tuned in.

click here (Land of the Lost Trailer) to see will in action as dr. rick marshall in his upcoming movie.  while it’s definitely looking funny, i’m willing to bet ferrell did this one for the kids.

the tonight show, conan style

sir conan has officially taken the reigns from 17-year late night king jay leno. and after much hype, he pulled off a smooth transition. although there were some setbacks: o’brien’s new show suffered a few painful reviews. new york post tv critic linda stasi criticized the rotation of “sketch upon sketch” that were at times “painfully unfunny.”

apparently the viewers didn’t quite agree! conan’s tonight show premiered to the highest overnight draw for ‘the tonight show ‘ since 2005. while we won’t know what the exact viewer count was until next week, we do know that he opened with a 7.1 rating/17 share. pretty decent!

conan should be ready, though, for people to pick apart his first year. while monday’s hefty ratings were celebrated, tuesday’s ran with a 30% viewer drop-off. critics of course are already hounding the funny man for the variance in ratings. it’s been two days, people! lay off ‘em. me thinks he’ll do just fine.

the tween takeover

twilightmoviei was immediately aware of my age for the first time ever last night, & the MTV movie awards were the culprit. since when did being 23 mean you were out of the MTV generation? it was quite a sight – girls screaming, dumb jokes & hype over soon-to-be-released tweenie flicks. this display served as a distraction to how horrible the award show actually was, but that’s another topic.

obviously i didn’t tune in thinking that i would see academy award-type honorees. but wow, ashley tisdale won the breakthrough performance award for her role in highschool freaking musical? but the real standout, of course was everyone’s fave, twilight. apparently it was the best movie of 2009. which i wish i could say i was shocked, but considering MTV leaves the voting up to the crazy screaming fanatics, i think we all saw that one coming.

so, congrats twilight-ers. the purely awkward duo of robert pattinson and kristen stewart at least made for some laughs!