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Hannah Montana Vanity Stint Gone Wrong

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Partially clothed Miley Cryus

Miley Cyrus has apologized in advance for her sexy pictures that will be coming out in the June issue of Vanity Fair. The picture shown above was taken by Annie Leibovitz during a photo shoot that Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley’s dad, claims was “supposed to be artistic”. According Billy Ray he was with Miley during the shoot and didn’t intend for the photos to come out that way but “now seeing the photographs and reading the story, I [Billy Ray] feel so embarrassed”.

This is a blow to Miley Cyrus’ squeaky clean Hannah Montana image that she has been cultivating really hard, especially since the father-daughter duo is known for being set against Miley going the way previous Disney stars such as Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan has.

Disney Channel of course stood for Miley saying that Vanity Fair “deliberately manipulated a 15-year-old”. Since her parents were on the set the whole day Vanity Fair of course rebuts this accusation by reminding the world that there were adults there whose job was to make sure that Miley wasn’t manipulated into anything.

How this will all pan out will depend on Hannah Montanas fans and their parents. Will this break their trust or will they stay loyal. One thing’s for sure Hannah Montana shouldn’t slip up in the near future if she wants to retain their confidence.

Originally posted on April 29, 2008 @ 5:56 am

AI Contestants’ Paychecks

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American IdolPlan on joining American Idol to get rich? Unless you’re going to be among the top contestants you can forget about it. My recent research to find the answer to the question of how much the idol contestants actually make while on the show lead me to these findings:

1. No one is paid anything until they’re on the top 24.
2. The top 24 contestants get paid about $30 a day for food and an additional $500 a week for clothing. They are not allowed to spend the $500 on anything else.
3. They go home empty handed if they don’t make it to the top 12.
4. The longer the contestant stays the bigger the check they get when they are eliminated (this makes sense of course). The top two contestants get a car on top of the money.
5. Contestants get a cut from the compilation album.
6. Contestants are paid a nice enough amount for going on the AI tour. For each appearance they rack up $5000 (per show) and they also get a cut from the all the merchandise sold during the tour.
7. Of course we all know the AI winner goes home rich.

Lesson learned? If you plan on joining AI just for the money you’d better make sure you make it to the top 12!

Originally posted on April 14, 2008 @ 11:03 pm

Dupre Files Lawsuit Against Girls Gone Wild

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Remember this girl? Apparently with the Spitzer scandal dying she’s ready for a brand new one. Ashley Alexandra Dupre sued Girls Gone WIld for $10 million dollars last Monday for having “exploited” her image by using shots taken during spring break 2003. She was just 17 then. Dupre claims that being underage she can not be held liable for any contracts and anything made then is not legally binding.

Girls Gone Wild Founder, Joe Francis, on the other hand is very surprised at the lawsuit especially since he has a videotape of Dupre giving her consent. Prior to the lawsuit Joe Francis offered Dupre a $1 million dollar contract for a promotional tour but canceled when he found out that he already had the old spring break video, which was the one he used for the promo tour. Apparently Dupre wants a chunk of the money so she filed this lawsuit. According to Francis he is willing to discuss the offer again with Dupre if she wishes.

Originally posted on April 30, 2008 @ 6:36 am

Jessica All-Baby’s Gift List

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Yesterday around 35 guests came to Ever After Teahouse in Studio City to have a good time with happy mommy to be Jess Alba. Guests ,ostly gave gender-neutral gifts since they had no clue as to the baby’s sex prior to the baby shower. Before they left they were on the know though because Jessica happily told every one that they are expecting a baby girl come June.

Presents that were given included lots of clothes, Dr. Seuss books, a giant stuffed bunny, flower bouquets, and lots of other high-end stuff. I guess Jess’ baby girl will definitely be living in the lap of luxury as soon as she comes out. Aside from the gifts in yesterday’s baby shower Jess has already been amassed quite a few cool gifts thanks to Tyra Banks.

Last February Tyra asked help from MomLogic to be able to give Jessica a surprise baby shower when she guested in the Tyra Show. Jessica Alba loved all the gifts since she confessed that many of them were the things she was actually looking at and wishing for whenever she went online. With the beautiful gifts given who wouldn’t be happy?

Here’s a peek at some of the gifts the baby has received so far.

Svan High Chair

Euro Tote - Baby Tote

Cariboo Classic Bassinet

Chic Diaper Bags

Originally posted on April 7, 2008 @ 11:08 pm

Hollywood to Bollywood for Chan?

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Jackie Chan Davasatharam

It seems that after pairing up with Jet Li in the Forbidden Kingdom Jackie Chan is now ready to go south of Asia to India’s Bollywood. During the audio launch of the much awaited “Dasavatharam” Chan delighted the audience and got their on their feet by professing to be a fan of Kamal Hassan and saying that “Kamal, Bachchan and I should work together. I’m an actor, I sing and I fight. When you all find the time, call me here and we’ll do a movie. But only I will do all the romance scenes.”

Hmmm… Does this mean that next time we might see Jackie Chan saving someone in a sari? Who knows? For sure his fans in India will hold him to his word.

Originally posted on April 26, 2008 @ 2:49 pm