God, Rumer Willis is the weirdest. Let's just forget about how she looks for a moment though, and focus on the important stuff, like how well she is using her daddy issues to get ahead in the industry:
And while most 20-year-olds want nothing to do with their parents, Rumer loves hanging out with hers — particularly stepdad Ashton Kutcher…."He definitely is a father-slash-older brother figure, but at the same time I can go out (to bars) with him and have an amazing time.’ ”
The same goes for her dad, Bruce. “I walked in [to a club] once and my friends were like, ‘Your dad’s over there.’ He was sitting with some girls. I just laughed. I was like, ‘Dad, she’s not cute,’ ” she says. “Everyone is scared of him because he seems so badass, but he’s a goofball. He’s like a 17-year-old kid.”
No, sorry. Dad's are not supposed to be your friends, who you go out and drink with when you're underage (Rumer is 20), or who you see at clubs, hitting on girls your age. That speaks both of irresponsibly parenting and step-parenting, as well as a bad grasp on how to successfully exploit your child-of-celebs status.
Rumer? Don't overstep your bounds and go all Mildred Pierce on Demi. She seems like your best hope for a responsible parental figure. Even if she may have body dimorphic disorder.
You know what's totally worth taking credit for? Trends! Especially the ones we wish would go away, or had never happened! It's like Lindsay Lohan claiming credit for leggings, even though the painted-on pantyhose look existed long before she first shoved her thighs through a pair. So you can imagine what god awful former fashion obsession Justin Timberlake and Ashton Kutcher might be "feuding" about. CONTINUED »
Adnan Ghalib and Kathy Griffin went shopping at Victoria’s Secret on Rodeo Drive yesterday. If you can’t tell it’s a set-up, then you are beyond hope.
While Ashton Kutcher might think he's punking the celebrity press with spam-happy Pop Fiction, most celebrity weekly editors say his stunts are fooling them.
After all, the tabloids have eyes and ears everywhere; you think J. Lo goes on vacation without her handlers first checking with Larry Hackett to see if it's okay?
So while they might run photos of Paris Hilton and her "shaman," they also report that the whole thing is a stunt. Luckily those celebrity blogs don't have the resources of an always-accurate tabloid.
Is E!'s new Ashton Kutcher vehicle Pop Fiction so desperate for viewers its taken to spamming blogs? At least one victim, the fantastic Celebitchy, found someone with the same IP address posting not-so-transparent plugs for the new series in its comments section.
"Hahaha!! It was all a prank on the paparazzi!! Its that new show on E! Pop Fiction. Its freakn awsome. The celebrities play pranks on the pap. What a genies idea. Paris Hiltons one was great all the paparazzi bit right into it. Shes not religious come on people. I love this show. Heres the link you wanted. Tell me what you think."
You see how misspelling "genius" and extra exclamation points make it seem like a real tween posted that? CONTINUED »
Might Ashton Kutcher's latest punk'd project be a rip-off of an Anna Nicole Smith idea? Back in '04, the now-deceased Playmate and attorney Howard K. Stern pitched E! execs on Celebrities Bite Back, which carried the very premise of Kutcher's Pop Fiction. This week, Ashton's show aired, making it the perfect publicity opportunity for Stern to begin threatening legal action.
Yet-to-be notable Canadian blogger Zach Taylor – not to be confused with Perez sex chat scandal blogger Jonathan Jaxson – is pleased to report he totally got punk'd by Ashton Kutcher's new show. Humiliation is the new flattery!
E!'s Pop Fiction, where Kutcher and his celeb friends get the press to publish their fake antics, told Taylor after the fact that they used him to push a story that fellow Canadian Avril Lavigne was pregnant. A friend of her fiance Deryck Whibley, of Sum 41, contacted Taylor with the faux story. He reported it, the grab-at-anything tabloid press picked it up, and Avril did her part to fuel speculation by denying the rumors and then go publicly shopping for baby clothes.
After the jump, a clip from the show featuring Paris Hilton and her fake spiritual adviser, punking the paparazzi. CONTINUED »
Ashton Kutcher's job as Professional Boyfriend is to make Demi Moore swoon. Is it okay that he makes us swoon, too? More accurately, it's his new Punk'd-esque project giving us the tingles.
His new 8-episode show on E!, Pop Fiction, punks the media who bend over backward, then forward and to the side, to participate in the celebrity machine. As is his M.O., Kutcher enlists fellow celebs to pull of his pranks: Tricking gullible media – eager for the slightest of C-list nuggets – into reporting their fabrications.
Most recently, Paris Hilton was spotted dining with a shaman who offered her spirtual advice. ""He's really changed my life," Hilton told a pack of paparazzi. TMZ, the New York Daily News, and even E!'s own website picked up the item as a legitimate news story. (Well, insomuch as a Paris Hilton spotting is considered legitimate news.) But it was all part of the new show; the "shaman" was bit part actor Maxie Santillan Jr.
All told, there are some 20 celebs in on the pranks, though Kutcher's camp, of course, won't name who, nor will they hint at which stories made it into the press that were completely made up.
Maybe it was Rumer Willis being named Miss Golden Globe? Or that everyone at Ashton's birthday party at Socialista was potentially exposed to Hepatitis?
Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks (photo "composite") are teaming up for a new reality TV project for ABC. The show, which of course will have a twist, will involve contestants competing in a beauty pageant. Ashton comes to the space with Beauty and the Geek under his belt, where loser nerds competed for the love of a hot lady, as well as Punk'd, where he made celebrities look foolish. Tyra comes to the table having taken her clothes off a lot on her talk show. [THR]
Your daily dose of schadenfreude: A bartender at Socialista, the bar Ashton Kutchner had his 30th birthday, has hepatitis A.
The disease is spread through food and water, which means A-listers like Bruce Willis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, Kutcher and Demi Moore could have been exposed to the A-version of the hepatitis.
After a vaccine, everyone should be okay. And after this small scare, they can go back to their carefree life of adoration and riches.
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A Star Is Porn: A friend of the Jossip family is evidently up for several AVN's (that's "Adult Video News" awards, to you) for helping to create a pornographic film whose title, Spunk'd is a clever(?) takeoff of Ashton Kutcher's shortlived MTV reality series. As for the quality of programming? We haven't seen it personally but, according to a recent writeup, the movie was an instant success! As a completely NSFW site puts it, "Featuring character names like Gashton Cootcher, Lindsay Blowhan, Hairless Hilton, Mary-Kate and Ashley Holesen, and Wilmer Balled-yer-mama, it is safe to say that Spunk'd is aimed at people disappointed by movies like the Britney Rears series." Needless to say, we'll be keeping our fingers crossed for him come AVN night, January 12th.
… and starts installing closets. [Glamour]
We've always loved Madonna. From the controversial "black Jesus" video to the fledgling movie career to the middle aged love affair with her obviously gay trainer yoga, Madge has always been chock full of surprises.
Like the time she managed to dance up a storm with Shakira and Demi Moore and ignore Janet Jackson while simultaneously heading home before midnight with Jackson in tow.
• Sometimes, when Demi and Ashton are feeling really crazy, they sit down to play a three hour long game of Mexican dominoes. Ole!
• A tipsy Paula Abdul slurs out an explanation for yesterday's nose-breaking tumble
• Sharon Stone is the wine-guzzling, fake-titted mother you never had—or particularly wanted.
• Jennifer Garner continues to be outshined by her frightfully cute baby daughter.
• Meanwhile, Cameron Diaz discovers that everyone looks more attractive next to a giant, green ogre.
• Cameron Diaz showed a flash of originality aureola on Ellen earlier this week.
• Britney Spears refused to talk to her mother on "Mama's Day."
• These photos prove beyond all reasonable doubt that Jessica Alba is much, much hotter than you.
• Fergie's "Big Girls Don't Cry" video (ironically!) made us tear up.
• Ashton Kutcher selfishly covers The Hotness by donning a Unibomber beard.
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