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In honor of the lovable George Takei being back on the Howard Stern Show this week, here’s a picture of him at the San Francisco Gay Pride Parade last month on the Google float. Geeks will remember Takei as Sulu from the original Star Trek, and he also plays Hiro’s father on the hit […]

Comic Richard Jeni had a history of mental illness before he shot himself in March, according to a coroner’s report issued yesterday. He was hospitalized involuntarily for suicidal tendencies last year, and his girlfriend told police that she overheard Jeni talking to himself a week before his death, saying “just squeeze the trigger.” […]

American Idol winner Jordin Sparks “looks up to” Sanjaya Malakar. She said in an interview,
He had so much guts. He had so much strength. He got a lot of criticism, but for him to go out on that stage and hold his head high … I really look up to him for that. He’s […]

The world is heating up, therefore we need a concert. It’s worked so well for Africa (has it?) that Al Gore and other environmentalists are copying the format started by Bob Geldof for his Live Aid and Live 8 concerts by throwing a multi-continent concert called Live Earth. Very original.
To kick things […]

Former American Idol contestant and miraculous Oscar-winner for Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson, is reportedly getting married. Is it because she’s head-over-heels in love? Not necessarily. It’s because she promised her maintenance-engineer boyfriend of eight years, James Peyton, that she would marry him when her career got off the ground. A source said […]

Well, it was fun while it lasted, but as most everyone knows, Sanjaya was eliminated last night. But was it just? Howard Stern, who was one of the leaders of the cause doesn’t think so. This morning he opened his radio show with a few thoughts.
I’m not a conspiracy theory guy, but […]

Although I’m not a follower of American Idol, I’ve been casually observing the Sanjaya movement for some time now as a regular listener of Howard Stern. At first I disregarded it, but now I think it is getting too big to ignore. It’s even spread to former contestants!
A former American Idol contestant, Paris […]

Rewind several years back to Howard Stern on terrestrial radio. Jane Pratt, former editor of Jane and Sassy magazines, admits to having sex with women but denies vehemently that she had sex with Drew Barrymore. Present day: Jane has a new radio show on Sirius, and on that show, she admitted that […]

American Idol is planning a two night, charity extravaganza on April 24 & 25 featuring original American Idol, Kelly Clarkson, along with Gwen Stefani, Josh Groban, Pink, Michael Buble, Annie Lennox, Il Divo, Borat Sagdiyev, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Forest Whitaker, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Radcliffe, Teri Hatcher and Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson.) The […]

Bob Clark, the director of A Christmas Story, writer/director/producer of Porky’s, as well as many other projects, was killed yesterday on the Pacific Coast Highway after being hit by a drunk driver. Even more tragic, his 22-year-old son, Ariel Hanrath-Clark, was also killed. Clark was most recently getting involved in remaking Porky’s with […]