Sorry 'bout that. We effed up.

In a complete about face to their former statements, Glee producers are now admitting to a PR eff up of epic proportions:

Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Chris Colfer are not leaving "Glee" after season 3. Contrary to Ryan Murphy's statement that the three regulars are "not going to be back at all" for season 4, executive producer Brad Falchuk said at the Comic Con panel on Sunday, July 24 that "they are not done with the show after this season." [ace showbiz]

Those must have been some very busy agents during the last couple of weeks. And, I'm sure this cost Fox a whole lotta cash they weren't planning on spending. Oh, well. That kinda thing will happen when someone gets diarrhea of the mouth. 

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Saw it coming, but it doesn't sting any less...

Amy Winehouse, dead at 27.

Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London. The Back To Black singer was found at the property by emergency services at 3.54pm, and it's believed Winehouse's death was due to a suspected drug overdose. Winehouse was apparently 'beyond help' when paramedics arrived, according to Sky sources. Sources have also claimed Winehouse's death was due to a drug overdose. [daily mail/uk]

No, it's not a surprise, of course. Just a damn shame. More proof, as if we needed any, why drugs suck. For such a young artist, she had a remarkable skill. Taking today's language and topics and blending them with a wall-of-sound '60s vibe -- creating a throwback feel that was truly modern. No one sounded like Amy; no one will.

For all her faults, and we know them well, it cannot be overstated what an amazing talent she was -- and what a terrible loss her untimely death is. 

• Interesting, and chilling, photo retrospective of artists who all died at 27.

SVU gets up in Arnold's grill

Oh, this is going to be one very tense hour of TV for Ah-nold. Well, he had it coming. You can't write stories like his. Instead, you gotta "rip them from the headlines." And, that's exactly what Law and Order: SVU plans on doing.

NBC's Special Victims Unit series will air an episode loosely based on the scandal surrounding the disgraced former California governor, including his secret son and the fallout from his extra-marital affair, TVLine.com reports. For the fictional TV take, a charming 50-something philanthropist named Andrew Raines has an affair with a woman close to his family's inner circle -- just like Schwarzenegger did with he and Maria Shriver's former housekeeper, Mildred Barnea. SVU's storyline will also involve the child produced as a result of the affair. When reached by TVLine.com, NBC declined to comment, other than to say that "SVU is fiction." [us weekly]

Set your DVRs now! ;)


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Does WEtv have money to burn?

Does anyone care if Shannen Doherty gets married -- again? More importantly, is anyone interested in watching a reality show about the planning of said marriage? (Those are rhetorical questions, btw.)

Doherty, 40, will star in her own WEtv reality series about her life with her fiancé, celebrity photographer Kurt Iswarienko, Entertainment Weekly reports. The unscripted show will go behind-the-scenes as the actress plans her big day – from wedding planners to her wedding dress – and renovates her Malibu home. [people]

OMG, I couldn't give less of a shit. There really was nothing better on WE's programming roster than this? I'd rather watch Luke Perry give lifeless readings from Leaves of Grass than sit through this shit. For real.

And, who are we kidding anyway? If she actually makes it to the alter, it will be a miracle. OK, for argument's sake, say she does make it to the alter -- I give this marriage 6 months, tops.


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Will the REAL Kim Kardashian please stand up?

Normally, this blog has a strict No Kardashian policy. However, there are times when that policy is impossible to enforce. This is one of those times.

Kim Kardashian is suing Old Navy because they aired a commercial with a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the big-butted, no-talent famewhore herself.

Let me repeat that -- not cause it's complicated, but because it's EFFING STUPID: Kim Kardashian is suing Old Navy because an actress who appeared in one of their spots looks like her.

Kim Kardashian is reportedly quite upset over an advertisement for Old Navy (watch below) that she believes intentionally features a look-alike. The socialite and reality TV star, who would probably prefer walking around in the nude to wearing bargain-basement clothing, has filed a lawsuit against the retail chain for unspecified damages. "I’ve worked hard to support the products I’m personally involved with and that I believe in,” Kardashian says in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. “Kim Kardashian is immediately recognizable, and is known for her look and style. Her identity and persona are valuable. When her intellectual property rights are violated, she intends to enforce them,” adds her intellectual property attorney Gary Hecker. [hollywood reporter]

So, what? Am I to believe that KK owns the copyright, patent and trademark to her look? This poor actress -- who's obviously just trying to make a living by the way -- has the unfortunate albatross of looking like some dopey starfucker hanging around her neck. Now she's gotta be embroiled in this dumb, frivolous lawsuit. Though, it will probably bring her some exposure, so I guess that's a good thing. And, it keeps KK's name in the press, which we know is her main objective above all things.

So, the debate here is whether Old Navy purposefully picked this actress for their commercial to fool people into thinking it was KK. I've seen the commercial. I admit, the resemblance is uncanny. Did I think it was KK? No. Because KK isn't shy about making endorsements and Old Navy probably could have gotten KK for less than they paid the gal in the actual ad. (Bitch loves her face time.)

Here's a side-by-side for comparison:

Eh, what are you gonna do? She is a lawyer's daughter, after all.


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No one messes with the Divine Miss M -- Not even Lady GaGa

As a performer (especially one like Lady Gaga, who's into shock and awe), you'd have to be living under a rock to not know Bette Midler created the "mermaid in the wheelchair" bit. So, let's assume that when Lady GaGa pulled out her version during a recent performance, she was staging an homage to Queen Bette. Otherwise, if it was a rip-off -- she's got bigger balls than I thought.

Bette Midler was less than impressed when Lady Gaga rolled onto stage in a wheelchair and dressed as a mermaid in a show last week in Australia. "I've been doing singing mermaid in a wheelchair since 1980--You can keep the meat dress and the firecracker t--s," Midler tells Gaga in one of several Tweets. "Mermaid's mine." [people]

You be the judge:

Stuff we could give two shits about...

To be honest, not even one shit. I'd say approximately half-a-shit.

• Vanessa Hudgens Feels "Like a Soccer Mom" With New Haircut 

• How Selena Gomez Will Spend Her 19th Birthday

• Which Thigh-Grazing Mini Looks Best on Kim Kardashian?

• Is Demi Lovato, 18, Hooking Up With Ryan Phillippe, 36?

• "Friday" Singer Rebecca Black Releasing New Single "My Moment"

 

 

You can't have just one...

Right now, I'm struggling between the obvious nutritional drawbacks that exist in a bag of Doritos and eating one cricket, much less handfuls of them. In the Jolie-Pitt household, this is apparently not an issue:

"My boys love to eat crickets. It's their favorite thing," the 36-year-old actress says..."When I first gave it to them . . . I wanted them not to be turned off by something that was of their culture. They ate them like Doritos, and they wouldn't stop," Jolie says of Maddox and Pax, 7. "They brought to-go boxes home and I had to actually ban the cricket eating at a certain point because I was afraid they were going to get sick from too many." Jolie herself has even indulged in the Southeast Asian countries delicacies. "They're good. They're like a potato chip." [us weekly]

Who am I to judge? One man's Cheeto is another man's Gryllus assimilis.

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She's putting on her Louboutins -- and he's just gonna hafta deal with it!

Details are emerging regarding the split heard 'round the world. For those of you who thought JLo had the upper hand in the relationship, apparently that wasn't the case. According to some reports, Mark Anthony was a big ol' control freak -- even when it came to what JLo was wearing.

Ever since the couple tied the knot seven years ago, the Latin crooner strove to curtail his wife's famous style choices. "He would make her feel terrible about herself if she wanted to wear something sexy," says another source. "He likes her to dress in a demure, 'wife' style. He hated the fact that she was a sex symbol." [us weekly]

Well, one thing for sure -- he had good taste. His being a dbag aside, I do think JLo's wardrobe was far nicer during her marriage. I guess her choice of attire to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their American tour was her way of bringing tacky back and a huge FU to her soon-to-be ex hubby:

Will I be watching?

That's a big FAT yes.

Yes! Ricky Gervais, the creator of The Office and Extras is teaming up with former Dexter showrunner, Clyde Phillips, for a new show called Afterlife, about an atheist who dies and goes to heaven. [ew]

Love him or hate him, who better than Gervais, a self-described atheist, to pen such a plot? This is sure to be equal parts thought-provoking and hilarious. Cannot wait for it to materialize.

#he'sback @thethingthatwon'tgoaway

Just when you thought Charlie Sheen's latest 15 minutes of fame were up and it was safe to come out of hiding -- BAM! He's baaaaaaack. He's producing his own sitcom and found a distributor. Guess misery really does love company. I think it's pretty safe to say this will be a #hugefriggindisaster.

Charlie Sheen is developing a pilot for the small screen: Anger Management, a sitcom based on the 2003 movie starring Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler. "I chose Anger Management because, while it might be a big stretch for me to play a guy with serious anger management issues, I think it is a great concept," Sheen said in a statement...."It also provides me with real ownership in the series, a certain amount of creative control and the chance to be back in business with one of my favorite movie producers of all time, Joe Roth," Sheen says....Lionsgate's Debmar-Mercury will distribute the new series. [USA TODAY]

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Splitsville

Gotta admit, didn't see this one coming. Especially when as far as anyone could tell they seemed like an inseparable power couple. Always showing up at each other's events, supportive of each other's careers, close-knit family... Now comes this news:

After seven years of marriage, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have split, their rep tells Us Weekly." We have decided to end our marriage. This was a very difficult decision. We have come to an amicable conclusion on all matters," they said in a statement. "It is a painful time for all involved, and we appreciate the respect of our privacy at this time." [us weekly]

Oh well.

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ahhh, what a breath of fresh air.

Finally, the tide is turning.

She's been around for years, but if you saw Melissa McCarthy in Bridesmaids, then you know she stole the show -- which is no easy task considering how phenomenal Kristen Wiig is in everything she does.

...the voters at the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences who spread the love in their Primetime Emmy Award nominations on Thursday to a slew of actors who smash the stereotype of wafer-thin blondes and tall, dark handsome men. Few nominees were more surprised than plus-sized actress Melissa McCarthy, who scored her first Emmy nod for her lead role in "Mike & Molly" -- a romantic comedy about two people who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous group. "Yikes", gulped McCarthy, 40, who was announcing the nominees live on U.S. television when her own name came up. "Ok. Keep it together! Wow!" she added. The Emmy nod is icing on the Hollywood cake for McCarthy, whose show was initially criticized for making fun of fat people but went on to become one of the most popular new comedies on U.S. television. McCarthy, who has labored for years in bit parts, is also a scene-stealer in the raunchy summer hit movie "Bridesmaids". [reuters]

Congrats to Melissa! Let's hope this trend continues...

Melissa McCarthy learns she's just been nominated for an Emmy.

Ouch, that's gotta hurt: Part Deux

Whoa. I repeat: WHOA! Looks like Chris Colfer and Cory Monteith have more in common than just being stars of the hit TV show Glee. They both found out they were canned, not by their bosses -- no, cause that would be the usual way of doing things -- but in another way altogether.

In Colfer's case, his bomb was dropped on Twitter. (What's the hashtag for that? Must have looked something like this: @ChrisColfer Don't bother coming 2 wrk on Mon. Nice knowin' ya! #you'recanned.)

For Monteith, it seems the deed was done via Hollywood Reporter:

Only the most sadistic manager would ever look forward to telling an employee that he is about to be out of a job, but virtually all managers recognize that, uncomfortable though it is, they have to deliver the news to the redundant staffer face-to-face. However, "Glee" creator Ryan Murphy went a different way with series star Cory Monteith: The readers of The Hollywood Reporter found out that Monteith wouldn't be back for "Glee" Season 4 before Monteith himself did...."Murphy acknowledged that while he hasn't discussed graduation plans with Monteith yet, he presumes he's aware that Finn will be among those graduating." ...Murphy on Monteith: "He knows he was a sophomore when the show started." [yahoo]

So, now all that's left to figure out is how Lea Michele was notified. (I'm thinking she probably heard it from Guilliana Rancic who heard it from Ryan Seacrest who heard it from Joel McHale.) Methinks morale on the set this season is gonna be awfully low.

Way to go Fox and producers of Glee. You're both class acts, 100%. Fabulous way to treat the stars who made your TV show a hit. No, no. Keep raking in the cash and enjoying the ratings. Don't let a little thing like being total douchebags bother you none. *pats on the back* Sleep well tonight knowing you have no idea how to handle matters such as this in a professional, humane manner. Well done! *thumbs up* #assholes

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Ouch, that's gotta hurt.

Getting the old pink slip is never easy. But, of all the ways to be laid off, finding out via Twitter has to take the cake. 

Chris Colfer "says he learned of Kurt Hummel's fate – Glee's co-creator Ryan Murphy announced several principal actors would be "graduating" – only recently via Twitter. "I didn't necessarily know that it was going to be our last season next year," he tells Access Hollywood. "I knew something like that was coming up eventually. I mean, we can't be there forever." [people]

Dang. Well, at least he won the Golden Globe. 

This again?

Must be a slow news week, 'cause Us Weekly's pulling out the Wed Card again. If Brangelina (anyone still calling them that?) do actually get married, I'll eat my words. But this ain't happenin' people. Nope. Yes, yes... there have been little tidbits hinted at here and there ("the kids want them to get married"), but I still don't buy it. Do you? [Sound off in the poll to the right.] 

Us Weekly has reported this news, which naturally is shared in much more detail in print since it’s the magazine’s cover story this week. The report says that three sources — none of them named, of course — have confirmed that the couple plans to marry either later this summer or in September, and may do so at their chateau in France. Reps for Pitt and Jolie have not commented on all this; I reached out to one myself and have not received a response yet. [wp]

Awwwwwkward.

So, Miranda Kerr (aka Mrs. Orlando Bloom) admits to having named her child after her late ex-boyfriend. Now, THAT had to be one uncomfortable conversation. She says Orlando's cool with it. Maybe so, but you know one day it's just gonna hit him and he's gonna be like: Wait, whoa...That was kinda effed up! 

...there’s another special man who Flynn — full name: Flynn Christopher Blanchard Copeland Bloom — takes after: Kerr’s high school sweetheart, Christopher Middlebrook, who died in a car accident when he was a teenager. “Chris and I had been dating for two years,” she says. “After he died, I wrote him a letter that said I hoped to name my first child after him in some way. I told Orlando, and he was the one who said he’d be happy to do that. Orlando’s a good guy.” [People]

...and together they will take over the world.

If they breed, God help us all. Why? Well, have you seen a more gorgeous gene pool in all of your life? I don't think it exists, frankly. And, it's just not fair to humanity. It's too much pressure to contend with. We average-looking, just-passing-muster people can't compete with that.

A source tells the new issue of Us Weekly (out Wednesday) that the Green Lantern star [Ryan Reynolds], 34, and Charlize Theron, 35, "have been dating -- for months! They're exclusive, and it's very hush-hush." While the two haven't been photographed together, a witness noticed Reynolds' motorcycle at Theron's home all morning on June 5, then saw the actor exit her house around 3 p.m. -- and she left just minutes later.

BAFTA Brits to Watch Gala

So, let me get this straight -- the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge make their very first trip to America and this is the best JLo and Dana Delaney could manage to pull out of their closets? Hmm? I know two stylists who will be fired faster than you can say: Cheerio!

In case you've forgotten how to show up looking glam at a Hollywood event, this is how you do it:

Princess Catherine in Alexander McQueen

 

 

 

 

Seven Costanza

David and Victoria Beckham named their new child "Harper Seven." Why? Well, supposedly:

Harper is an old English name that Victoria has always loved, PEOPLE has learned, and seven is considered a very lucky spiritual number.

And now, proving there is a Seinfeld reference for EVERYTHING in life, I give you: Seven Costanza.