Hugh Hefner generously announced today that naked Miley Cyrus would be nakedly “welcomed in [his] magazine” full of naked ladies—when she’s of age, of course. [Us] This isn’t the first time that the doddering coot, or his kin, pulled such a stunt, knowing full well the offer would get a write up in the gossip columns, but that the starlets would never agree. Below, a look back at some of the million dollar deals, made by creepy old men, and Joe Francis, that never were. CONTINUED »
Without Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan’s daily antics, it’s fallen on Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt to fill the gossip blogs and tabloid covers. And they’ve more than made themselves available. “We’re always the juicier story,” Spencer tells the LAT. “And when Heidi and Spencer are gossip machines, it’s like, ‘What did Heidi and Spencer do?’”
This is the stock of celebrity we’ve allowed ourselves to settle for, and they’re cleaning up; $50,000 each for hosting a party here, $15,000 for posing for “paparazzi” photos there. CONTINUED »
Somehow the travails of Buzz Bissinger v. Will Leitch, Jared Paul Stern v. Ron Burkle, Page Six v. Vanessa Grigoriadis, Cathy Horyn v. Giorgio Armani, Dale Peck v. Rick Moody, and Leonard Wieseltier v. Andrew Sullivan get boiled down to what’s going on between Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag: CONTINUED »
In what will truly be the worst hour in the history of television, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are set to appear on Tuesday’s episode of The Tyra Banks Show. And, because they don’t know how to discuss anything else, the topic of conversation is Lauren Conrad.
Spencer offers to take a lie detector test and claims he is “1,000 percent” positive that a sex tape featuring Lauren and ex-boyfriend Jason Wahler exists. Did we suddenly travel back in time to one year ago?
Not only did Heidi Montag repeat an outfit at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, she offered more fodder for the boring war with Lauren Conrad to continue. “After hearing about Conrad’s earlier rants, Capitol File magazine thought it best to create a separate VIP area for Pratt and Montag when they arrived at the Newseum afterparty. But the bitterness apparently remained. After potty-mouthed celebrity DJ Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy) gave multiple shout-outs to the couple, Conrad called it quits and headed out.” Then again, Wentz also “kept it classy by shouting, ‘I just want to thank my girlfriend’s vagina!’” So, yeah.
Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt did end up attending the White House Correspondents Dinner, even after turning down MSNBC’s invite, an invite they denied ever extending. (They were the invited guests of Fortune.) Except Heidi committed the ultimate faux pas. No, she didn’t flip-flop on her John McCain endorsement — she wore the same outfit she sported for an event just a week earlier.
AGAINST ALL ODDS Spencer Pratt says he is 100 percent sure that a Lauren Conrad sex tape existed, despite her denials and the awkward segments on The Hills where she alludes to why she’s not friends with Heidi Montag anymore. Sadly, this news comes on The Tyra Banks Show and is only relayed by Us Weekly, who Spencer supposedly inked a deal with. [Us]
While ABC News is bringing Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Ashlee Simpson, and Pete Wentz as its guests to the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday, MSNBC thought it was bringing Us Weekly conspirator Heidi Montag. That was until Montag’s boyfriend and manager Spencer Pratt demanded a pair of first class plane tickets for their travel. MSNBC refused, though they claim to have never invited Montag; “We are not having, nor did we invite, any celebrities to sit at our table.” One Montag source says, “It wasn’t ‘A-listy’ enough.” Huh. Because in addition to ABC’s roster, Donatella Versace, Rupert Everett, Pam Anderson, Jeff Koons, Kerry Washington, Karl Rove, Mark Penn, Hayden Panettierre, John Cusack, Claire Danes, Rob Lowe, Marcia Cross, Tracey Ullman all didn’t think the event was below them.
Which weekly glossy just signed a mega-million-dollar contract with a certain annoying celebrity couple? The deal is the magazine will get exclusive interviews with the couple, but in turn they need to break up (again), get back together (again) and actually get married.
Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are said to be working over MTV for their own Newlyweds-esque show. Fiance and manager Pratt wants the world to see the real Heidi primadonna that she is, not the contrived one she acts like for the cameras. [P6]
I’ll come right out and admit it: My hatred for Heidi Montag knows no bounds. Out of any reality TV character — even Spencer Pratt — she is by far the most vile human being I have ever witnessed, what with her absolute disregard for reality and her lame attempts at rewriting history. Things hit rock bottom the other night, when my roommate had to sit and listen to my hour-long diatribe detailing how happy I would be if Heidi were to get hit by a bus.
Like everything Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt related, news that they’re relationship is on the rocks this week is a perfect opportunity to plug the two different Las Vegas hotels they’re staying at: She’s at the newly opened Palazzo and he’s at the Hard Rock.
Stay tuned for a list of every vodka brand they imbibe and every store and restaurant they visit.
Oh wait, too late: People mentions they dined at Dos Caminos and CUT Steakhouse.
Who’s surprised to find these “candid” Pacific Coast News shots of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt spending Easter with her neice pop up on Us Weekly? It’s as if they had no idea the photographers would be there … when they phoned them in. [Us]
Say what you will about Lauren Conrad’s clothing line — at least it looks quality. And it’s obvious she created every design herself and put her heart and soul into the collection.
Keep that in mind as you view Heidi Montag’s new line, not-so-creatively titled “Heidiwood,” that she most certainly did not have a hand in creating. Also? The line looks like something on the sale racks at Forever 21.
Today, for three or four hours, Heidi Montag will warrant your sympathy. For once. [TMZ]
Even if you hate Paula Abdul, and there are plenty of legitimate reasons to do so, you still have to respect her for admitting her new video sucks. According to a source, “She doesn’t think it’s Heidi Montag-bad, but she’s still trying to pretend like it didn’t happen.”
Oxford English Dictionary editors, take note:
Heidi Montag \adjective\ Hi-DE-Mon-TOG
:Of or relating to a bad music video
Us Weekly co-conspirator Heidi Montag pops up on this week’s cover, albeit in a small box, to share her reaction to the horror that was her music video. Though the video, shot by sorta-boyfriend Spencer Pratt, made it to No. 7 on iTunes, Montag says the brutal reviews brought her to tears. CONTINUED »
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collegium \kuh-LEG-ee-um\ noun
: a group in which each member has approximately equal power and authority
Heidi and Spencer never felt like they were in a collegium with Lauren because as the narrator, she has more power over the show.
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• Heidi and Spencer really believer her post-USSR “Higher” video was great art. This is what MTV does to the kids.
• The polls say that Jews don’t like Obama. How could that be? The media loves him. CONTINUED »
Here’s the new Heidi Montag single. We imagine that this song will sell because the music industry isn’t taste driven, though probably not to anyone who caught that Radiohead reference here.
For those who want to avoid bleeding ears and eyes, the video feels like it was produced in Russia immediately following the fall of communism. It’s as if fake breasts and blond hair were the truest form of expression.
No offense to the Russians.
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