Archive for February, 2008
Cuban cigar sales rise (Seattle Times)
Celebrity gossip, famous birthdays and other tidbits, compiled from Seattle Times news services.
Hollywood Celebrity Buzz: Boy George, Tyra Banks (Gay Wired)
Gossip so good it’s got to be gay! Article Date: 02/28/2008 For the rest of you, there’s really not much to tell—he didn’t win the show, which, really, isn’t such a bad thing when you consider what that title really means.
‘Heat’ editor quits as circulation falls (Independent)
With celebrity magazines continuing to fall sharply in popularity, Mark Frith, editor-in-chief of the weekly Heat, is resigning. It was reported that he is leaving to write a book.
Culinary crumbs and gastronomic gossip (Colorado Springs Independent)
Green fairy returns! Last year, after 85 years, the federal government decided to allow the term “absinthe” on alcohol that met certain standards.
The latest ‘Dirt’ still spells mud (New York Daily News)
“Dirt,” a drama designed to take a giant wink at the life of a hard-edged celebrity gossip magazine editor, has never really surmounted its central obstacle: How do you satirize a world that already satirizes itself every day?
Final Four is a Final Bore - Celebrity March Madness Takes Tourney Buzz Outside of Sports World (PRWeb)
Celebrity March Madness is the long-awaited competitor to sports office pools everywhere. Hosted by Fafarazzi.com, provider of pop culture and celebrity based online games, Celebrity March Madness, the latest fantasy game frenzy, works just like the NCAA Final Four tournament except it pegs celebrities against each other in a publicity battle for the title of 2008 Celebrity March Madness …
Celebrity gossip offers escape from real-world problems (College Heights Herald)
They complain about the attention, yet they ride around Hollywood without reason, as a swarm of blinding light surrounds them while pictures are taken. They do strange things like shaving their heads, doing drugs in public and wearing outrageously skimpy outfits.
Final Four is a Final Bore - Celebrity March Madness Takes Tourney Buzz Outside of Sports World (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
Celebrity March Madness is the long-awaited competitor to sports office pools everywhere. Hosted by Fafarazzi.com, provider of pop culture and celebrity based online games, Celebrity March Madness, the latest fantasy game frenzy, works just like the NCAA Final Four tournament except it pegs celebrities against each other in a publicity battle for the title of 2008 Celebrity March Madness …
TMZ Partners With MySpaceTV (WebProNews)
Over a month ago MySpace launched a channel focused on all things entertainment called MySpace Celebrity. Now the social networking site has partnered with celebrity gossip news outfit TMZ to create a branded channel on MySpaceTV. Under the terms of the deal TMZ will supply two or three clips per week to MySpaceTV after the clips have been broadcast on TMZ’s syndicated TV program. TMZ will …
Top gossip does MySpace deal (The New Zealand Herald)
NEW YORK - MySpace and TMZ are set to launch a branded channel on the social networking site’s TV page. TMZ will contribute two or three clips per week to MySpace TV . These videos, which will have already screened on the celebrity news site’s syndicated TV program, will be found online exclusively on MySpace for 24 hours after the airing.