• Tyra Banks takes off her pants. That's so fierce.
• As these pictures prove, Heather Graham is still alive and still interested in being famous. CONTINUED »
• From the video above, Tyra Banks thinks she's too fierce for pants.
• Pictures of Heather Graham shows she's still alive, interested in being famous. CONTINUED »
• Kirstie Alley ditches Jenny Craig in favor of her good friend, General Tso.
• Despite the easy one-liners suggesting otherwise, anorexic crooner Amy Winehouse has, as ASL puts it, "retained the integrity of her hit song."
• Paris Hilton shows us she's not the drug-free, spiritually awakened being that no one thought she was.
• Meanwhile, should we be worried that Nicole Richie's "maternity wear" is pretty much the equivalent of our "skinny jeans?"
• Apparently, Zac Efron isn't anywhere near ready for a commitment with his pretend-girlfriend.
• J.Lo gets a little extra support.
• Heather Graham's got chills. They're multiplying.
At Sundance, JANE magazine asked a bunch of celebs "What's your crime?" Here are a few of their answers:
We just have a few short corrections.
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While we waste away the week from the confines of our cold, barely insulated headquarters, we've made sure to place spies on the ground at Sundance, who are filing away from the cold, completely-lacking-insulation confines of Park City, Utah. From a smorgasbord of tips, we've compiled the following Sundance cheat sheet:
• Population: 80 percent dudes, 15 percent cougars, 5 percent other.
• At the Gen Art and Delta Sky Lodge Opening Party on Friday night, guests were virtually unwelcome — even those who paid extra for their VIP passes. Dustin "Screech" Diamond, however, was allowed entry (to watch his friend cripwalk on the dance floor), though his presence was likely due to the fact that there were no "real" celebrities in town yet.
• Also Friday night, a Diddy sighting! A spy spotted the rap mogul and his "entourage of 'goons' arriving at the token late night drunk food destination … His phone was glued to his face and he didn't seem to care about the woman by his side, who did not seem to resemble his girlfriend by any means."
• So far, the nightly MySpace parties at Tao "have actually been a bust." One source says a "bunch of my friends had tables there and everything, and they still left after 30 minutes because it was horrible."
• First day feel, summarized by a single overheard quoted uttered on Main Street: "Is that Gary Coleman?! In the cowboy hat? Why are they following him around?"
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SELF was one of the mags that got all involved in the hype over Heather Graham's new show that really couldn't. So involved, in fact, they planned on putting the former Roller Girl on their April cover.
But then Emily's Reasons Why Not was cancelled after one freakin' episode, and not even the backdoor into 4 Times Square wanted her.
When Graham's much-hyped show bombed for ABC, Self Editor Lucy Danziger was in a momentary panic. On short notice she was able to snag "American Idol" Carrie Underwood, who agreed to fly from Nashville to New York for a photo shoot on Tuesday.
"We sent Heather flowers and told her we'd put her on the cover when she was involved in another project," Danziger said. "She totally understood."
Flowers: Conde Nast's way of saying, "sorry, but you're career totally tanked, and we no longer have any use for you." Which is actually surprisingly similar to Katie Couric's reaction to Sasha Coen on the Today Show this morning.
QUICK SELF SACRIFICE [Keith J. Kelly, NYP]
Because Life magazine prints its covers two weeks in advance, there was really no way to foresee ABC's shocking move to pull Heather Graham's much hyped TV show Emily Reasons Why Not. After airing one single episode.
The Life cover praises her as "TV's sexiest star" — unfortunately, that still wasn't enough to keep the actress around for longer than a one night stand. Though the network filmed six episodes, the spot was cancelled on the first shot.
We have to wonder who this situation is more embarrassing for: Graham or Life? We decided to go with Graham. After all, when playing Roller Girl in Boogie Nights, is the definitive moment in your career, you basically have to take your top off in everything for people to watch you.
Remember Jennifer Connelly in Requiem for a Dream? And how everything else after that was a total disappointment? Yeah, this is the same thing.
'Life' and Death: Heather Graham's Sit-Com Axed Too Late to Halt Magazine Cover [E & P]
• Need a good laugh? Take a look at Howard Kurtz's explanation of journalism, and why it sometimes requires reading. [Romenesko]
• Courtney Love is selling her real house…and buying a crack house. [Curbed]
• Monday nights are about to get a lot more interesting. You can watch Heather Graham's fake Sex and the City Show then catch "Roller Girls" crash the shit into each other. Or, you can just watch Boogie Nights. [Slate, ABC]
• Note to the Guardian: celebs may not be supporting our troops, but fake celebs are. [MSNBC]
• Truly breaking news of the day: Tom Brokaw and Harrison Ford are old. [Rush & Molloy]
