Well, that was boring. Kevin Federline's overly-hyped interview with People magazine could have been full of scandalous, disturbing stories about his life with Britney Spears (you know he has plenty), but instead the father of four continued to seek the title of America's Sweetheart. Kevin, why must you attempt to be a respectable human being? This isn't fun for us.
When asked to dish about Crazy Brit, this is all we got:
Life Magazine has made over 250 years of their photo archives available online, which is honestly the best magazine/Internet hybrid photography resource ever. (Sorry People's covers, you are still awesome!)
(Image: Carl Mydans, Life Photo Archive)
We know you were already clamoring for the Sexiest Man Alive issue of People magazine, but here's another reason to get excited: This year's rundown features a scratch-n-sniff section, so you can smell what makes your favorite men "feel their sexiest." Just what we always wanted!
So what do your favorite celebrity guys smell like underneath all that expensive musk? Besides pee, of course.
The only people still talking about Clay Aiken's coming out are Clay Aiken and his crazed Claymates (and now us). The singer took to his fan site to speak out about his People magazine cover and assure those crazy Bible thumpers that he's still the same ol' G.
We'll post the full diatribe after the jump, but for those of you who don't care enough to take three hours to read it, we'll sum it up for you: Clay somehow panders to his few "OMG this changes everything" fans without sounding hateful or condescending.
"This is a gut wrenching day for The ClayNation. Somebody wake me up, I hope it's a dream."
-Users on a Clay Aiken message board, responding to the news that Aiken is a giant homo
More of the Clayziness, after the jump:
Singer, actor and new father Clay Aiken shocked the whole world today and revealed that he is, in fact, gay. We think sister blog Queerty said it best: "For all you crazed Clay-mates who were offended by all the Aiken gay speak: we told you so."
More information and Aiken's impending People cover here.
Now that they've tied the knot, Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi have finally made it - to the cover of People. The tabloid will release some exclusive shots from the lady's wedding this Friday.
RUMOR OF THE DAY Kate Hudson is carrying Justin Timberlake's Sexy Baby. “What about Jessica Biel?” “Was Us Weekly hiding this from me?” you might ask. Well it’s all gossip, but allegedly they’ve been shagging for a year. It's been on the L because Kate Hudson doesn’t want to be responsible for any more awkward situations and or become the next Cameron Diaz. This can end in one of two ways: Kate Hudson will lose weight or she will have the most awkward People magazine spread ever. [Hollyscoop]
People is reporting it as an exclusive, but it was bound to happen. Jennifer Lopez finally gave birth to the twins, a girl and a boy.
Just hearing about the birth of Jennifer Lopez’s kids makes us really want to see those babies. Hopefully a magazine will run a pictorial spread of them. We would totally buy that magazine off of the newsstands if that happens. Someone’s on that, right?
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People magazine is reportedly ready to spend $4 to $6 million for the first shots of Jennifer Lopez’s twins. That would make each baby worth about $2 to $3 million, less than Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, who went for four, but likely more than baby Max, Christina Aguilera’s son who sold for an estimated $1.5 or 2 mil.
On one hand, these babies are getting an early introduction into what their lives as celeb-spawn will be like. On the other hand, this industry is totally bizarre and twisted. And ultimately babies are too young for judgment, so what's the point?
At a recent lecture at Columbia, Newsweek editor Jon Meacham bristled at his magazine's dental office reputation:
It's an incredible frustration that I've got some of the most decent, hard-working, honest, passionate, straight-shooting, non-ideological people who just want to tell the damn truth, and how to get this past this image that we're just middlebrow, you know, a magazine that your grandparents get, or something, that's the challenge. And I just don't know how to do it, so if you've got any ideas, tell me.
Look, if we knew how to improve Newsweek, we wouldn’t be working from home in our pajamas. But we can judge insightfully.
To put it simply, it comes out once a week: There’s nothing in Newsweek that’s actual news.
It’s not that weeklies are inherent failures. But successful ones, like the New Yorker, offer something that goes beyond news per se. They offer great writing or surprising stories. Even People, which is also standard dental office fare, has access to celebrities that surpasses its competitors.
Newsweek is caught in the unfortunate position of offering the same information reported the same way as daily papers that came out a week before.
Also, all those pharmaceutical ads remind people that they’re going to die, and no one wants that while waiting to see the doctor.
CHILDREN PROVIDE A GOOD WAY TO GAIN EXPOSURE IN THE MEDIA Little Dannielynn Smith is cross-eyed, her father, Larry Birkhead, tells Entertainment Tonight. What goes unsaid: Larry Birkhead is available for endorsements, speaking engagements and cover shoots. [People]
OMG Someone Had A Baby CNN anchor Campbell Brown had her first kid, a boy, yesterday. See, even though she’s famous, she still experiences the same joys as regular people. That’s why this is news. [People]
Breaking photo feature from People magazine: Stars eat! But not "just like us," when they’re eating at Subway, it’s not for an ironic Valentine’s Day, but for unironic benjamins.
Her next album will be country, her father tells People.
Netflix, the only thing you use the US Postal system for, has expanded its community features. Along with being able to view your friends’ queues, now you can also view the queues and ratings of friends of friends. Netflix also allows users to follow the reviews of other members in the Netflix community.
With Netflix movie messages and profiles with avatars, it’s only a matter of time before a couple from the Midwest finds each other on Netflix. It will make a great People magazine story and a mediocre Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan vehicle.
"MSNBC was first to report the death of Lady Bird Johnson on Wednesday afternoon," reports TVNewswer. "Chris Matthews reported the news at 5:34pm and tossed to an obit package by Brian Williams."
CNN and Fox News reportedly tied for a close second, going on-air at 5:37pm, with FNC's obituary narrated by Mike Emanuel, and CNN's voiced by Wolf Blitzer.
And, in third place? Why, People magazine, of course!
Because nothing offsets a serious obituary about the former First Lady of the United States like an article about Jessica Simpson's feelings on plastic surgery and Drew Barrymore's sex life.
Did you hear? Matthew McConaughey was just named as People magazine's bachelor of the year—presumably because he's ambiguously gay chronically single, and has a well-documented habit of running shirtless on the beach.
And while we have no problem with paparazzi capturing every blissful moment of McConaughey's early-morning calisthenics (his six-pack abs more than make up for that "dirty, hippy hair") we can't say we feel the same way about a few of this year's other runner-ups.
When it comes to celebrating Brangelina or laughing at Jennifer Aniston, guess whose side People is on.
Apparently Nicole Richie made a joke about her lifelong struggle with eating disorders and some people (ahem, prudes!) aren't laughing. And now that People magazine has somehow gotten ahold of Nicole's Memorial Day BBQ invitation (stolen from In Touch, who had it first?), the inevitable backlash has already begun!
Writes Nicole:
Let's glorify this day in your sluttiest tops and your tightest pair of Tsubi jeans, even though we have no clue what Memorial Day really means!! There will be a scale at the front door. No girls over 100 pounds allowed in. Start starving yourself now. See you all then!!!
Being a slow news day and all, Nicole's party invitation has come under a good deal of media scrutiny. Nonetheless, Nicole seems somewhat surprised by the overwhelmingly negative public reaction.
Richie, 25, told Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM radio show Wednesday that she can't understand the fallout: "I mean, it rhymes. Are you really going to take an e-mail that rhymes that seriously? And it's a private e-mail to my friends. I was joking and I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
Wait, so we can say whatever we want so long as it rhymes! Too bad we didn't realize this before we were slapped with all those libel lawsuits!
Anyhow, seeing as that's the case, we've got a few rhyming words of advice for Nicole…after the jump.
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