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Hollywood Headlines
On Friday, The Tonight Show underwent some serious downsizing. In order to stay on budget, the show lost 20 staffers, while producers and Jay Leno, himself, took significant pay cuts. A spokesman for Leno released a statement saying: "Jay’s foremost concern is for the wonderful people who work for The Tonight Show. He did what was necessary to ensure their well-being."
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Some Russian activists have sued Madonna for voicing her support for gay rights at a recent concert in St. Petersburg. A law was passed in the city early this year that makes it illegal to promote homosexuality to minors. During the show, Madge asked fans to raise their hands and show off pink armbands in support of the gays and lesbians in the crowd. The activists are asking for around $10.5 million in "damages."
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Rumor has it that Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake got hitched over the weekend. The pair were reportedly at a friend's estate in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and tied the knot in a private ceremony.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Today is finally the day that Facebook goes public — one of the biggest IPOs ever. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rung the NASDAQ opening bell from the social network's California headquarters. Some water cooler points about the company going public:
— Zuckerberg is expected to pocket $20B personally;
— Because he owns 2.3 percent of Facebook, Bono will surpass Paul McCartney to becoming to world's richest rock star;
— This IPO creates a thousand new millionaires;
— With a valuation of $104B, Facebook is worth more than Disney, Kraft, and Amazon;
— Apparently money heals all wounds because Eduardo Saverin congratulated Zuckerberg over Facebook about the company going public. He should, the IPO is expected to make Saverin $3B.
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In his first appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman in 13 years, Conan O'Brien talked about Jay Leno — an arch nemesis for both hosts (it was Leno who took the Tonight Show away from both Letterman and O'Brien). "I was delighted by everything that happened, except you losing your job," Letterman said about the debacle a few years back when Leno replaced O'Brien on the late-night talk show. "The only consolation I took during that period was that you were happy," O'Brien said.
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Betty White received her own Friars Club Roast on Wednesday, and if you thought the club, which is known for their no-holds-barred roasts, was going to go easy on the 90-year old, you were wrong.
The comedian Jeff Ross said the roast was organized as a lunch “because we didn’t think she’d make it till dinner.” “She’s so old, the color white is named after her,” Ross said, but he might have crossed the line when he added, “I’m looking forward to your next appearance — in that vase above your mantel.” The joke received a loud groan from the crowd. Joy Behar, Regis Philbin, Valerie Bertinelli, Valerie Harper, Liza Minnelli, and Larry King all attended the event with Barbara Walters as the M.C. “She’s so old, she thinks I’m jailbait,” said King, who is 78.
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And in is-it-1993? news, Jenny McCarthy announced she's posing for Playboy at the age of 39.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Brad Pitt is straining to clarify comments he made about Jennifer Aniston during an interview with Us Magazine, describing his life during their marriage as dull and "pathetic." In a statement to E! late last night, Pitt said, "It grieves me that this was interpreted this way. Jen is an incredibly giving, loving, and hilarious woman who remains my friend. It is an important relationship I value greatly."
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Last night Charlie Sheen made an appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and we don't like Sheen 2.0 one bit. He says he didn't really believe he had tiger blood or Adonis DNA, and he's changed because he realized "I was pretty much losing!"
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In a somewhat shocking cast change, Bravo has dumped Kelly Bensimon, Jill Zarin, and Alex McCord from Real Housewives of New York City. But Zarin, ever the celeb-wanna-be, claims she has not gotten the axe and that she's still deciding whether to return for season 5.
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A judge has ordered Casey Anthony to pay the state of Florida nearly $98,000 towards the costs from the investigation into her missing daughter. It's a bargain for Anthony since authorities were seeking to recoup the full cost of $500,000. Meanwhile, People confirms she is seeing a grief counselor and will soon start seeing a female psychiatrist.
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January Jones had a baby boy and named him Xander. The identity of the father is still unknown.
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Finally, nude photos of Scarlett Johansson have been removed from PerezHilton.com and TheDirty.com after ScarJo's attorney fired off cease and desist letters, but they're still available on Gawker's Fleshbot.com and, of course, Google Images.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown: Fast Friday Edition
Rapper Flo Rida (real name Tramar Dillard was charged with DUI in Miami Beach after police saw him driving erratically in his $1.7M red and black Bugatti Veyron.
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On The Tonight Show on Thursday, Selena Gomez told Jay Leno that boyfriend Justin Bieber has passed the mom test.
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CMT is editing out Shania Twain's awards show wipeout to save the singer from further embarassment.
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Actress/model/environmentally conscious bad girl heartthrob Estella Warren has been charged with DUI, hit-and-run, battery on a police officer, and resisting a police officer after her drunk-driving her Prius into four parked cars and momentarily escaping from jail in May. She could face 2.5 years in jail if convicted.
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It's rumored that Kanye West and Mary-Kate Olsen are hooking up.
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Lindsay Lohan stalker David Cocordan wanted to talk to the judge in her necklace theft case and went to the courtroom, telling the clerk he was LiLo's fiance.
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Kirstie Alley says she's paying $41K of delinquent property taxes on her Tampa-area mansion and called it an oversight. Meanwhile the former Fat Actress star has gained 12 pounds since losing in the Dancing With the Stars finale.
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ReelzChannel Celebrity Rundown
Lindsay Lohan will spend 120 of the 480 hours of her assigned community service at the L.A. County Department of Coroner's facility, picking up trash, emptying garbage cans, mopping floors, and cleaning windows and restrooms. Scrubbing crypts is not part of the job, nor is handling any dead bodies, but Coroner Assistant Chief Ed Winter assured everyone, "she'll certainly see them." LiLo has been on morgue duty before, sentenced to work in one following her second DUI conviction in 2007.
Meanwhile, Lohan received a standing ovation as she appeared to pre-tape an interview with Jay Leno that will air on tonight's Tonight Show, and she may end up serving only "hours" in jail for her probation violation due to jail overcrowding.
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Charlie Sheen spent $22K to help bail out troubled former baseball star Lenny Dykstra and then told TMZ, "The rendition guilty trolls that kidnapped my dear friend Nails clearly forgot that he's a fellow Vatican assassin and his best pal is a warlock." Earlier Sheen was recorded test-driving a new Goddess, planting a passionate kiss on a grandma during his show in South Florida.
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Levi Johnston nearly bared all for Playgirl, now the father of Sarah Palin's grandson is writing a tell-all book about the family entitled, "Deer in the Headlights: My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs." We totally did not make that up.
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Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Culter is officially engaged to reality TV star Kristin Cavallari, as the maligned QB proposed while the couple vacationed in Cabo San Lucas.
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Nicolas Cage was investigated for child abuse the night of his most recent drunken outburst after falling while holding his 5-year-old son, causing "a minor abrasion to (the child's) left knee."
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British police promise to crack the skulls of royal wedding protesters who attempt to disrupt the event and sieze any banners the public "would find offensive."
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We love a good showdown at Reelz.com. In fact, we've been known to create our own — the Hair-Off! Angelina Jolie vs. Brad Pitt and Face-Off: Cedric Diggory vs. Edward Cullen, for example.
We also love our comics, in all senses of the word. So we felt compelled to bring you this look at the late-night showdown, which uses recognizable comic book characters to illustrate the backstory to this kerfuffle.
Also of note, the folks at Funny or Die have footage of a staged street fight, in which "Asian Conan and Asian Leno Settle the Score." Who knew Coco had a mean roundhouse kick?
Posted 01.20.10 by reelz