good evening! is everyone having a kick-ass weekend so far?!? i came across these pictures from a recent party at the brooklyn museum (in conjunction w/ louis vuitton) honoring japanese pop artist takashi murakami (i'm mega bummed i missed his show in los angeles - shame on me) who was with chiho aoshima another japanese artist part of his collective known as kaikai kiki who was wearing a thin scarf/veil around the lower portion of her face - which got me thinking this could be a great celebrity trend for people who need to shut their traps like paris hilton, dina lohan, and especially nasty ass grease ball brandon 'firecrotch' davis (who is back in the news with his racist/homophobic comments) i took a few minutes out of my day to see what they might look like with the mouth scarf! there's also a bunch of pictures from the red carpet featuring some of the attendees like kristin davis, marc jacobs, eva herzigova, tinsley mortimer, anna wintour, linda evangelista, and selita ebanks! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
hey hey! tonight i'm heading out again (after resting & taking it easy all day) this time to finally catch ani difranco kick off her new tour downtown at the orpheum - i've been a fan of hers for at least ten years - and never got the chance to see her play live which i've heard from a number of people is an amazing experience! below is a video of her performing one of my top songs of all-time 32 flavors (the song was also featured in my 'monday .mp3' column back in december of '05!) popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
→ it sounds like wedding bells will be ringing in NYC today for beyonce & jay-z! allie is wired
→ woo hoo! the galaxy soccer team won its first game and beckham score his first goal! popsugar
→ donald trump's ex marla maples is getting frisky with bachelor andy baldwin! celebslam
→ kevin federline's spending it out of control - he's going through cash like crazy! i'm not obsessed
→ britney spears wants to dress your kids! she might be starting a kids line w/ ed hardy circus hour
→ katherine heigl looks like she just came back from teaching art classes! in case you didn't know
→ there's a new conspiracy floating around - was sonny bono murdered?!? seriously? omg! wtf?
→ 'new kids on the block' are recording a new album and plan to tour - ugh! a socialite's life
→ brandon davis continues to show us what a truly vile human being he is! pretty on the outside
→ way more information about margaret cho's vagina than anybody needs! agent bedhead
what the buck? w/ michael buckley
wilber the cat
→ oprah winfrey had an emotional breakdown over her dearly departed dog sophie cele|bitchy
→ so how did shiloh jolie-pitt manage to chip her front tooth? dlisted
→ cameron diaz is looking way hot in the latest issue of GQ (UK edition) drunken stepfather
→ oh naomi - spitting on a cop probably isn't the best 'model' behavior! celebrity smack
→ angelina jolie: bikini model at 16!egotastic
→ anne hathaway's boyfriend is turning out to be quite the shady character! celebwarship
→ now you can get your high on with a special strain of tom cruise marijuana! yeeeah!
→ justin timberlake and girlfriend jessica biel are still going strong pop on the pop
→ renee zellweger never saw motherhood as an ambition of hers webster's is my bitch
→ paris hilton was voted the number one celebrity who looks like a cartoon character! cityrag
hey everybody! i wasn't feeling all that great this morning - i had trouble sleeping last night and i was all nervous about the phone interview i had to conduct earlier today which went fine thankfully but i don't know if my tape came out ok - there's an odd buzz over the whole thing - i'll have to work on that and see what i can salvage! anyways there were recent reports that my dear amy winehouse had to move again for like the third time because she's convinced 'demons' & bad vibes (aka drugs) are following her - yes she's a crazy lady but i just love her to pieces! check ms. winehouse out below standing in the doorway of her place - she totally looks like she's trying to toss her 'demons' out! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
UPDATE! hey hey! i just walked in the door from a very lovely evening with a fine frenzy and opening act ferras - i must give a special shout out to popbytes' pal heather who always takes such good care of me down at the roxy - the best small los angeles music venue without a doubt! tomorrow morning i have to wake up extra early - i've got an interview with a huge music legend - and i'm totally nervous about it but i know it'll be fine (please keep your fingers crossed for me!) more details on that very soon - i think it's going to be a great interview and i can't wait to share it here on popbytes - trust me - it's with someone really incredible that i've been a big fan of for years! oh my gosh it's getting late - i'm so over & out for tonight...xxoo!
oh my gosh! quick - watch madonna's brand new video for 4 minutes in its entirety featuring justin timberlake & timbaland before it gets pulled off youtube! (it's supposed to 'premiere' tomorrow over on tick-tock.tv) this evening i'm going to see a fine frenzy down at the roxy so i'll be checking in a bit later than usual tonight! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
→ bobby brown is trying to make a quick buck by telling a bunch of lies about whitney! dlisted
→ angelina jolie was only sixteen when these sexy shots were taken! seriously? omg! wtf?
→ a magazine tried to fake everyone out with a picture of britney from 2003! pop on the pop
→ be warned - you might lose your appetite over brittany murphy & her fug man agent bedhead
→ jessica alba think it's an 'honor' to have cash warren's baby - ugh! celebwarship
→ how did jason 'gummy bear' davis lose weight? drugs, lipo or gastric bypass? a socialite's life
→ those lame heath ledger 'love child' rumors have come to an end... i'm not obsessed
→ wanna be paris hilton's new BFF? there's auditions being held all over! celebslam
→ how much is lindsay lohan being paid to play a sex-addicted waitress? in case you didn't know
→ what might britney spears look like if she was turning forty today? circus hour
almost lover a fine frenzy
jesus & gravity (live) dolly parton
→ the top ten best 1980's cable access moments - ever! best week ever
→ nathaniel is brewing up some oscar buzz for drew barrymore in 'grey gardens'! film experience
→ what does john mccain think of heidi montag's endorsement? (site NSFW) drunken stepfather
→ which secret is kathy hilton referring to with her brand new fragrance? celebrity smack
→ dita von teese porn past is no secret...egotastic
→ alanis morrisette pulled out a crotch shot card to promote her new album webster's is my bitch
→ someone is going to be fired for snooping through farrah fawcett's medical records jossip
→ teri hatcher singing?!? i thought FOX actually wanted people to tune into 'idol gives back' yeeeah!
→ there's rumors of a romance between hottie gerard butler & cameron diaz! derober
→ more proof that babies and lemons do not mix well! cityrag BUSTED BONUS naomi campbell has been arrested (yes - again!) i don't like you in that way
good morning! it's time for the 'mashup of the week' selected by my pal DJ paul v. - it's cher vs. snoop dogg - and you'll be amazed how well the two blend & mash together! i thought snoop's track was called 'sensual seduction' but actually it's 'sexual eruption' - the title was changed/censored to be more family friendly on the radio and TV! anyways check out the track below - popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
†FROM DJ PAUL V. Remember back when Cher dropped 'Believe' and everyone was like - what's that weird effect thing going on with her voice? Well, it's called the auto-tune, and since then it's been used quite a bit, most recently by Mr. Snoop Dogg on 'Sexual Eruption.' So of course, the creative minds of A plus D (my Bootie LA co-conspirators) envisioned the two of them in bed together. Well, musically, that is. The end result is like creamy peanut butter dipped in sweet chocolate, with a generous heaping of cheese! Do you believe?
PS to my LA peeps: Come join us spinning the hottest mashups at Bootie LA, this Saturday night April 5th. The turnout has been so strong, we're moving into the much bigger room inside The Echoplex (just beneath The Echo) in Echo Park. It's gonna be a blast!
hey hey! i had a feeling all day long that ramiele malubay would get the boot on american idol and i was right - i really liked her in the beginning but she never really grabbed me again - she's so cute though! thank heavens kristy lee cook came close to leaving tonight - next week girlfriend needs to go! it's also great to know that david cook is feeling much better - sadly his older brother has brain cancer and the situation is worsening so he has been under a lot of stress plus apparently he has high blood pressure which led to heart palpitations last night and a quick trip to the hospital - tonight david seemed fine and thankfully he's safe for another week and now we're down to the final eight - all of 'em pictured below!
the best part of the entire evening hands down was seeing dolly parton perform an amazingly uplifting song called jesus and gravity - the second single off her brand new country album backwoods barbie (watch her performance) dolly is such a total national treasure - not only is she a great singer & performer - ms. parton is also an incredibly talented songwriter whose career has spanned over forty years! i can't wait for the stage version of 9 to 5 (with music & lyrics by dolly!) which first comes to los angeles in september - before it hits broadway! it's one of my favorite movies of all-time - it'll be interesting to see how it translates into a full blown musical! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
good evening! below i've got probably my least favorite 'celebrity' denise richards on the cover of the latest issue of shape magazine - if you'll remember back to january of last year - her one-time BFF heather lockleargraced the cover of the very same magazine - and definitely has the winning cover in my drummed up 'shape off' heather even got the better backdrop - a beach over denise's lame color gradient! i'll forever be on 'team heather' and whenever i can take a shot at ms. richards i will (although i do feel really bad that her mom died not too long ago) below she talks about being a husband stealer (which she denies but i don't believe everything she says) and her upcoming reality show which i will have to watch since i can never pass up a trainwreck - i guess i'll be tuning into dina lohan's stab at reality as well - ugh - why do i insist on torturing myself?!? popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
on being a husband stealer "i can't tell you how hurtful it was to read this in the press. i would never steal another woman's husband. period. and i will say this: if heather and i really were friends, i would never have gotten together with richie. she was not my best friend. and we were not friends when i started dating him."
on her messy, very public divorce from charlie sheen "i filed court papers that then became public. i called charlie and asked him, 'why do you have to air our dirty laundry? why did you have to bash me? why can't you just say it's a private matter?' in the end, it's the girls who suffer. i just want them to have a good relationship with their dad."
on her new reality show, out this summer "i've been criticized for putting my daughters on the show. but my daughters are my life. how could i do a show about my life without them? i want the show to be real. there's been so much stuff written about me. i want people to make their own judgments and their own decisions."
→ 80s 'a-team' star mr. t helped bring a young boy out of a coma over in detroit! celebslam
→ kate bosworth opens up about why she is so darn thin sometimes... in case you didn't know
→ it only took about six years for beyonce & jay-z to prepare for marriage a socialite's life
→ i didn't think my opinion of heid montag could go any lower - until today! citizensugar
→ what has britney spears been replacing her starbucks with these days? i'm not obsessed
→ jay leno had to apologize after asking ryan phillipe to make his 'gayest face' pop on the pop
→ can you guess what madonna & guy ritchie keep under their pillows at night? mollygood
→ amy winehouse has to move again because of those darn pesky demons! daily stab
→ katie holmes with her new shorter haircut is slowly morphing into tom cruise yeeeah!
→ who else thought dolly parton looked a little too skinny on 'idol' last night? jezebel
sheryl crow webisode #4
madonna's hard candy teaser
→ this friday oprah will have a show dedicated to her dearly departed dog sophie dlisted
→ celebrate hump day with more tacky harriet carter products! i'm bringing blogging back
→ 'idol' hopeful david cook was taken to the hospital for heart palpitations allie is wired
→ lisa rinna is the latest celeb to land on ashton kutcher's 'pop fiction' celebrity smack
→ janice dickison at age 50 is still rocking a bikini (site NSFW) drunken stepfather
→ gisele bündchen was doing a photo shoot with ripped up daisy duke shorts hollywood tuna
→ audrina patridge's nude pictures released by...audrina!egotastic
→ i'm still in shock over lara flynn boyle's messed up face - she's only 38! agent bedhead
→ thumbs up to roger ebert who will soon be back to reviewing movies seriously? omg! wtf?
→ of course paris hilton landed the top spot on the most overexposed celebs list! gabby babble BONUS HILARITY the latest episode of 'america's next top doll model' popwatch
good morning! it's time for the latest cover of STAR magazine featuring talk of a 'secret weekend' spent between britney spears and her ex-hubby kevin federline which naturally leads us to the question could they possibly at some point reunite?!? at first that might sound far fetched but like i've said before anything is possible when it comes to ms. spears (as we all know too well) plus k-fed isn't such a bad guy and appears to be a fairly decent father to all his kids (i still can't believe that's what i think now) if the two decided to get back together it certainly wouldn't be the worst thing to happen! however in the end i see kevin getting back together with his first baby mama shar jackson who has managed to stay really calm & classy - plus she took the higher road during the whole situation when kevin ran off with britney! i really like that girl - she seems like a total good bean!
in other stories there's little shiloh jolie-pitt who chipped her tooth - i know at least one place it didn't happen - during brad pitt & angelina jolie's wedding - because it never took place! oh that was a fun little firestorm the magazine started over the weekend which was quickly put out - but y'all know everyone wants to see them walk down the aisle together - they just jumped the gun! this afternoon while at work the long standing debate between 'team angelina' & 'team jennifer' took place once again - it's a topic (an emotional one for some...) that shows no signs of retiring anytime soon - they're like the modern day 'marys'!
there's also drama for american idol contestant david cook with word of a some kind of 'family tragedy' - mr. cook has really grown on me over the past few weeks - i'm curious to find out what happened! last but never least lindsay lohan has apparently gone back on drugs - which wouldn't shock me at all - she's simply bound to have issues again - i can see it coming a mile away! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
good evening! earlier today wacky yet lovable paula abdul was spotted by the paparazzi having lunch with a friend at beverly hills' restaurant trilussa - then ms. abdul decided to get her clever on and turned the tables on the photographers by whipping out a small camera of her own (other celebs have pulled this silly little stunt like britney spears & adrian grenier) i totally got a kick out of paula flashing the peace sign while trying to take a picture - gosh she's so crafty by doing two things at once - go paula! that peace sign is spreading like hollywood wildfire...first lindsay lohan was on top of that - next miley cyrus started flashing her two fingers and now ms. abdul is joining in! as for american idol tonight - i do love dolly parton to pieces but overall i thought the whole night was a complete bore (at least last week paula's ridiculous gloves brought some excitement) i'll say that cutie michael johns had the best performance of the night (except his constant frowning was freaking me out) and david archuleta has a incredible voice but he's so damn boring - oh him and that argyle sweater - ugh! (as for syesha mercado - she made a big mistake by taking on the whitney houston version of 'i will always love you') they keep saying this is the best season of 'idol' yet but i'm not buying into that statement at all - is anybody else?!? popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
→ oh how i wish this was an april fools joke but sadly it's not...NKOTB are back :( l.a. rag mag
→ i guess kate hudson & owen wilson are really getting serious this time around! cele|bitchy
→ all the juicy details on angelina jolie's big pregnancy hoax... a socialite's life
→ george clooney & renée zellweger ham it up together in the latest issue of marie claire popsugar
→ i highly doubt heidi 'feminist hero' montag even knows what feminism is... dlisted
→ nicole richie is pissed that she has to stay home while paris tours w/ 'good charlotte' celebslam
→ britney spears has made up with her old manager larry rudolph i'm not obsessed
→ hottie patrick dempsey will be lending some class to avon products in case you didn't know
→ madonna and carrot top are starting to have something in common... jackson blue
→ an exclusive on how jennifer aniston is 'single, strong, and happier than ever!' circus hour
i gotta thang for you trina w/ keyshia cole
what the buck? w/ michael buckley
→ last night on 'the hills' whitney made a deal w/ the devil! i'm bringing blogging back
→ rumors of johnny depp going to bat for trojan condoms are sadly untrue agent bedhead
→ hulk hogan is dating a dead ringer for his daughter brooke (site NSFW) drunken stepfather
→ here's your chance to see 62 year old goldie hawn without makeup bitten & bound
→ rihanna's near nipple slip!egotastic
→ people think jennifer love hewitt is pregnant - but she's not pop on the pop
→ dane cook is about to be named 'the unfunniest comic' - do you agree? celebrity smack
→ yikes! sharon osbourne looks completely frightened by the paparazzi! seriously? omg! wtf?
→ dina lohan was caught doing some kind of ceremonial wacky ass dance... derober
→ sarah larson cleaned up for her boyfriend george clooney's film premiere! webster's is my bitch
good morning! it looks like the beckhams are the most popular waxy couple around - just this past weekend i posted some pictures of david & victoria wax figures on loan for an event in washington DC - and now i've got them in shanghai where a brand new madame tussauds is opening except their 'posh' figure doesn't really look anything like mrs. beckham...they got the gold dress right but her face and hair don't look like that at all! (my pal joey thinks she resembles katharine mcphee and i have to agree) based on david's appearance & haircut it looks like they're going with how the couple looked a few years ago...possibly before victoria had any 'work' done because she certainly doesn't look anything like below these days...meet pre-surgery posh! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
before i head off to bed i couldn't pass up posting these pictures of the always wacky mariah carey making a big scene over in london as she checks into her hotel wearing a way too small leather jacket and rocking unnecessarily big ass sunglasses (although the camera flashes totally reveal her eyes) and bouquet of white/pink roses - along with her fancy louis vuitton luggage carelessly tossed onto a nearby luggage cart...she's looking way exhausted (she checked in around 2:30am) but of course mariah still manages to put on her best diva poses - flashing her butterfly ring as bodyguards prop up her arms - there's just something about mimi that you gotta love!
she's a busy bee at the moment with her highly anticipated new album E=MC2 getting ready to drop in about two weeks (april 15th) although the few recent live performances i've seen from her (SNL and 'the hills' premiere) weren't all that great (perhaps she's been a little under the weather) but i'll say her body is looking the best it has in a long time! i'm hoping she'll do some kind of tour - i'd love to see her live - she just needs to get in a lot of practice time - mariah has never been known for being the best 'performer' - a great singer yes but when she's plays live ms. carey always appears to be a drop uncomfortable & nervous (at least IMHO) plus she waves her arms around way too much! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
good evening! tonight i've got retired porn actress jenna jameson (who turns 34 next week on april 9th) starring in a new non-porn film called zombie strippers which will have a very limited theatrical engagement kicking off in april - this looks like one of those it's so bad that it's good type of campy flicks - like showgirls (which i'll admit that i saw like six times in the theater!) i love the tagline they'll dance for a fee. but devour you for free. the film also stars horror legend robert englund who will forever be known as 'freddy krueger' and ms. jameson's boyfriend tito ortiz also makes a small appearance! check out the trailer & kick-ass poster for yourself below along with some gratuitous pictures of ms. jameson out in los angeles earlier this month! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
worldwide media sensation jenna jameson and nightmare on elm street's robert englund star in zombie strippers. when a secret government agency lets out a deadly chemo virus causing the reanimation of the dead, the first place to get hit is rhino's, a hot underground strip club. as one of the strippers gets the virus, she turns into a supernatural, flesh-eating zombie stripper, making her the hit of the club. do the rest of the girls fight the temptation to be like the star stripper, even if there is no turning back? also featuring roxy saint (of the goth band roxy saint and the blackouts) and ultimate fighting champion tito ortiz, 'zombie strippers' is a sexy, bloody, hilarious good time!
→ rumors of a wedded brangelina were in fact just rumors - they didn't get hitched a socialite's life
→ oh no! what did lara flynn boyle do to herself? her lips & mouth look whack! yeeeah!
→ heath ledger may have fathered another child before matilda... i'm not obsessed
→ the oh so classy past of sarah larson (girlfriend to george clooney) has been exposed! celebslam
→ lindsay lohan is back to blonde and hanging with her 'gal pal' samantha ronson popsugar
→ expect new music from amy winehouse to be on the bleak & suicidal side of things... dlisted
→ madonna wants to save britney spears from her 'painful situation' in case you didn't know
→ jamie lynn spears is making sure everyone knows the rumors are true seriously? omg! wtf?
→ kathie lee gifford somehow found her way back onto morning television after 8 years mollygood
→ kim kardashian says her big ass is due to junk food - and not implants cele|bitchy
oprah & obama on MadTV
you know me better róisín murphy
→ circus hour's beauty week kicks off w/ leeches & urine youth beauty serum! circus hour
→ oh my gosh - strippers are getting younger & younger these days (like 12!) pop on the pop
→ amy's 'blake incarcerated' got pummeled by his fellow inmates over heroin! celebrity smack
→ i've always thought leanne rimes hubby seemed queer (site NSFW) drunken stepfather
→ donald trump wants to hire eliot spitzer's whore to be his new reality show celebwarship
→ audrina patridge topless pictures surface!egotastic
→ mena suvari was spotted out and about on the red carpet looking way stoned ninja dude
→ what would some celebrities look like with a case of 'winehouse face'? webster's is my bitch
→ of course ashlee simpson won't be promoting her new album on SNL the WOW report
→ some of these celebrities' waxy doppelgangers sure look like the real thing! cityrag
good morning! if you haven't heard about leona lewis (join her on myspace) you're probably living under a rock! she's the super talented young lady who won UK's x factor back in 2006 (the british version of american idol) and has been mentored by simon cowell (and was signed by music mogul clive davis) who introduced her last week on oprah winfrey's daytime talk show to american audiences - and now her hugely popular song bleeding love just landed at number one on the US billboard hot 100 chart after just six weeks which marks the first time in over twenty years a british female has topped the chart (the last time was back in 1987 with kim wilde's 'you keep me hanging on') ms. lewis' debut album spirit finally gets a proper release here in the states next week (april 8th) below is a remix of 'bleeding love' (watch the video) the track is my new obsession at the moment - she simply has one of the most incredible voices around today - for sure comparable to say whitney houston & mariah carey - plus she's totally gorgeous! i'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more from leona! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo
good evening! oh there's 'high drama' for paris hilton who is currently tagging along with semi-new boyfriend benji madden while he's on a world tour with his band good charlotte - ms. hilton is currently in prague and after having lunch she was mobbed by 'fans' & photographers causing paris to drop to the ground nailing her chin (big time ouch!) which produced a small bruise that she's obviously super self-conscious about - she's been walking around all day with her arm covering up the minor scratch! (girlfriend thinks it's the end of the world) gosh if she ever came down with a nasty case of impetigo like amy winehouse did - we probably wouldn't see paris for months...which would actually be a good thing! maybe paris should hang out with amy? popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
it looks like the beckhams are hitting our nation's capitol as wax figures - the waxy couple are on loan from madame tussauds and are being used as part of a 'kissing booth' at the cherry blossom soccer tournament - although who would really want to kiss wax figures?!? david beckham actually looks quite real (i'd say lose the large diamond earring) but victoria looks like a total mess - why is her head cocked in that odd fashion? and that blue scarf around her neck doesn't match her green dress at all! (i highly doubt 'posh' had final sign off) as for my sunday afternoon i just finished watching once on DVD (which took home the best original song oscar for falling slowly) i really enjoyed it - although i wish the ending was different! i do have a new crush on glen hansard - he was just so sweet & adorable plus he's really talented - along with markéta irglová! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
hey hey! last night nickelodeon held its annual kids' choice awards here in los angeles hosted by funny man jack black and the big rumor was that britney spears was going to walk the red carpet but ms. spears was a no show - at least she added some extra buzz to the awards - i didn't even know about the show until i heard the rumors of britney possibly making an appearance! she's been laying low the past few weeks which is a totally good thing and now supposedly there's more photographers assigned to follow miley cyrus (who picked up two awards) than ms. spears - although miley is far less interesting than britney! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
