STALKER REPORT: Celebrity Apprentice Edition

Coming to you from the same person who successfully stalked Erin Kaplan of The City comes yet another batch of celebrity sightings — this time with pictures. Writes the stalker: Here are some photos from a few weeks ago when I came out of the subway and stumbled across an amazing sighting. I figured Blago …

Jon Gosselin Faces Unlikely Phalanx of D-List Interrogators

The 1800s had Lincoln-Douglas. The 1900s had Kennedy-Nixon. And now the 2000s already have a contender for the century’s most influential and noteworthy debate: Gosselin-Grace (-Nash-Osmand-Frankel-some-other-dude). Yes, in a strange bit of tabloid-milking, The Insider decided to pit Jon Gosselin against a panel of D-List celebrities who would hopefully break him down and realize the …

OPRAH IN 1986: Five Amazing Ads

Yesterday, a friend of mine gave me an old 1986 issue of TV Guide as a joke, and being the cultural anthropologist that I am, I immediately leafed through it to check out the television landscape of yore. Little did I realize that I’d be stumbling on a small treasure trove of classic Oprah print …

Scott Weiland Forces Plane Into Emergency Landing; Bemused Emailing Ensues

Now THIS would have been a flight to blog. I just received this email from my friend Jeff who is attempting to fly from LAX to Miami: “my plane just made an emergency landing in Dallas because Scott Weiland od’d on prescription meds. Sort of amazing.” This was then followed by: “I also just convinced …

Kelly Rowan Endorses Michigan Airport Shuttle To Stunning Effect

Actress Kelly Rowan may be best recognized as cool / alcoholic mom Kirsten Cohen on the seminal Fox hit The O.C., but were you aware she has a newer, flashier gig these days? Yes, Kelly Rowan can now be seen endorsing the Michigan Flyer, which for the uninformed just so happens to be Michigan’s premier …

Mischa Barton Attempts To Act, Fails

With The OC having been off the air for some time now, I had forgotten just how awkward of an actress Mischa Barton was. Then I saw this clip of her playing a PR girl in the upcoming movie St. Trinians, and it all came back to me. Her strange inflections (ie. questionable talent) are …

Deconstructing the Perez Hilton, will.i.am Feud

Oh what a glorious morning. I woke up not knowing what I’d be writing about (sorry, my trip to the Big Brother house on Friday must stay under wraps for another week), but then I checked my email. My friend jash had alerted me that will.i.am from The Black Eyed Peas and Perez Hilton from, …

I'm An Awkward Interview Subject… Get Me Out Of Here!

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Al Roker interviewed Spencer and Heidi this morning on The Today Show, and it was significantly more awkward than you’d expect. The kooky weatherman pretty much laid into the two with some pointed, if occasionally clumsy, grilling that put Spencer on full passive-aggressive …