Friday, November 14, 2008

The Justin Files, 11/14 Weekly Wrap Up


Jen tells all
The biggest story of the week is probably Jennifer Aniston's upcoming interview in next month's issue of Vogue. In it, she tells all about her past relationship with Vince Vaughn, calling him her "defibrillator" after her painful split from Brad Pitt. She talks about John Mayer, saying that, "I deeply deeply care about him. . .we adore one another". She also opens up about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, saying that Angie's recent confession that she fell in love with Brad on the set of Mr. and Mrs. Smith was, "uncool". Brad's apparently not too happy about the confessions, reportedly calling Jen to say that he and Angie were "totally thrown" by the piece.

The issue hits newsstands on Wednesday.


Rejection turns into tragedy
Earlier this week a story came out about an alleged stalker of Paula Abdul's being found dead of an apparent drug overdose suicide near the American Idol judge's L.A. home. As more details came out, it was revealed that the victim was Paula Goodspeed, a former contestant on season 5 of the show in 2006. Goodspeed did make it on the air, during the auditions, where Simon ridiculed her look and talent.

In the two years since her Idol appearance, Goodpseed has sent more than 100 letters to Abdul. She allegedly recently sent flowers that appeared to be from Abdul's boyfriend, but had Goodspeed's cell phone number on the note. Also, her birth name is Sandra, it would appear that she changed it to Paula as an homage to Abdul.

The Idol judge said that she is, "shocked and saddened" by the incident.


Quick Hits
* Disney divas Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens have already been through their own racy photo scandals, you can add Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon to the list. Her laptop , containing "private photos" was stolen recently. Well, the pictures of her in only a bra have made it to the internet. Her reps are currently looking into their legal options since it would appear that blackmail is involved.

* Donald Trump's recent spate of bizarre behavior continues. Remember a little while back when he offered to bail Ed McMahon out of his foreclosure nightmare...even though he's never even met the guy? Well now, in the wake of Jennifer Hudson's family tragedy, Trump cryptically said that he is "protecting" Hudson and her family in one of his high-rises...whatever that means.

* Britney Spears had a scare last weekend. While visiting family in Louisiana with her kids. 2 year old Jayden had to be rushed to the emergency room with what was described as a, "terrible allergic reaction". They're not sure what caused the breakout of hives, but it could have been from watching Momma's "Baby One More Time" video from back in the day.

Friday, November 7, 2008

The Justin Files, 11/7 Weekly Wrap Up


Paging Dr. Greene, Dr. Benton, Dr. Ross...
The current news on ER is the fact that Anthony Edwards, Dr. Mark Greene, is returning. Obviously it's a flashback since his character was killed off six years ago. This week though, former cast member Noah Wyle said that two other former County General docs would be putting their scrubs back on. Eriq La Salle, Dr. Peter Benton, will be directing an episode and showing up on screen next spring, and the Dr. Doug Ross rumors are coming back up. George Clooney's rep is neither confirming nor denying the reports.


Ready for the Idol hype?
American Idol has announced the date of their season premiere...Randy, Paula, Simon, AND Kara will invade our homes on January 13th. The new season will feature a fourth judge, Kara DioGuardi, and the Meadowlands auditions from earlier in the summer. Who knows, you might see someone you know!

In other Idol news, Randy and Paula apparently aren't happy with the pay disparity between them and Simon. Paula is apparently due to make between $5 and $8 million. Randy's in line for around $1 to $3 million...and Simon is allegedly making somewhere in the neighborhood of $45 million. In his defense however, he is credited as a producer on the show.


Quick Hits
* Kim Cattrall is confirming that there will be a sequel to the Sex and the City movie.

* Sad news, this week Jurassic Park author and ER creator Michael Crichton died. He'd been quietly battling cancer. He was 66.

* A face we haven't seen on TV in a while will be back on the tube. Michael J. Fox will guest star on a couple episodes of Rescue Me. Of course he's been busy as an advocate for Parkinson's research.

* Happy birthday to Jonas Brother, Kevin. He celebrated his 21st this week by buying himself a $225,000 Lamborghini. Clearly the tough economy isn't hitting everyone.