The Scoop By Chriss Coats 12/29/05
Hollywood Reporter
© 'Web Junk' unspooled
MTV Networks' VH1 is launching the first programming initiative to result from the company's $49 million purchase of online video aggregator iFilm in October."Web Junk 20" is a weekly show based on clips and shorts that will be shown on VH1 and on-demand via VH1's broadband network VSpot. Set to premiere Jan. 13, "Web Junk 20" is a countdown of the strange and humorous videos being spread virally around the Internet. Hosted by comedian Patrice O'Neal, the show is executive produced by Rick Hankey, Shelly Tatro and Michael Hirschorn. "The Web clip is the lingua franca of the new age," said Hirschorn, executive vp programming and production at VH1. "We've always been good at pop culture humor, and this combines our sensibility with this wealth of new material. We have a clear mandate to expand from being a pure TV play to a multiplatform play, and this is our first multiplatform offering of the new year."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001738401
AP
© Dunkin' Donuts Ad Actor Michael Vale Dies
Michael Vale, the actor best known for his portrayal of a sleepy-eyed Dunkin' Donuts baker who said "Time to make the doughnuts," has died. He was 83. http://news.yahoo.com/
© Actress Tori Spelling Reportedly Engaged
Tori Spelling is engaged, just months after separating from her first husband, People and Us Weekly magazines reported Tuesday. Actor Dean McDermott, who has been dating the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star for several months, proposed Christmas Eve in Toronto. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051228/ap_en_ce/people_tori_spelling
© Restraining Order Against Letterman Tossed
A state judge has lifted a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who accused talk-show host David Letterman of using coded words to show that he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host. http://news.yahoo.com/
© Britney Spears' Husband Launches Web Site
Kevin Federline, aspiring rapper and husband of Britney Spears, has unveiled his own Web site. http://news.yahoo.com/
Daily News
© Jackson family to get real?
Pop star Michael Jackson was a no-show at the family's Christmas Eve gathering, but cameras captured the fest as the musical clan stockpiled footage for the reality TV show they've been shopping around Hollywood. So far, no network has announced plans to buy the series, but project frontman Jermaine Jackson has told family and friends he's landed a $7 million deal for a 13-episode reality series, a source close to the family told the Daily News yesterday. Music exec Cory Rooney, who has produced hit records for Jennifer Lopez, Destiny's Child and Marc Anthony, is said to be producing the unscripted series.
The most shocking footage banked so far, and a key selling point for the potential series, shows Michael Jackson riding to the Santa Maria, Calif., courthouse with family members on his way to hear the verdict in his child molestation trial last June. "Michael is rocking back and forth pretty fast with a Bible open in his lap. He's saying: 'They tried to do this to Job, now they are trying to do it to me. Why me?'" the source said. "His family members keep reassuring him: 'It's gonna be okay. We know they're just trying to get your money and the catalogue (Sony/Beatles music rights). We understand...'"
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/378358p-321315c.html
Look for a crime rise in Lackawanna County, Pa. Even law-abiding men may find reasons to get frisked now that Mira Sorvino has been made a deputy sheriff. The fetching Oscar winner was sworn in yesterday at the county sheriff's office in Scranton. The 38-year-old actress marched in wearing knee-high boots, though they looked much sexier on her than on motorcycle cops. And rather than carrying a firearm, she was packing her 1-year-old daughter, Mattea. Just as Elvis received a federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge from President Richard Nixon in 1970, Sorvino can look forward to getting her shield shortly. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/378404p-321280c.html
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's romance remains on course. The country-and-Western Kiwi met the Oscar-winner's children, Isabella, 13, and Connor, 10, on Dec. 20 over dinner at L.A.'s Hotel Bel-Air, reports Star magazine. Kidman, who spent Thanksgiving with Urban in Nashville, flew back to the music town for Christmas with his kin
M Ricky Martin is staying buff with a bud on St. Bart's. The supermacho singer was snapped working out with a musclebound young man. The hunky duo, both wearing the tiniest of Speedos, did pushups, played catch, practiced yoga and lit each other's cigarettes. Justjared.com identifies Ricky's pal as half brother Eric, while others call him a "personal trainer"
M Steve Martin saw Steve Tyrell at Cafe Carlyle. The Grammy winner, who sang in Martin's "Father of the Bride," plays through New Year's Eve. His latest CD, "Songs of Sinatra," comes with the rare blessing of all Frank's children
New York Post
© J.LO VIDEO STING
A police sting yesterday bagged two men — including a convicted murderer — who tried to extort $1 million from megawatt couple Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez in exchange for their stolen wedding video, The Post has learned. Tito Moses, 31, a murderous ex-con from Newark, and Steven Wortman, 40, a retired postal employee from Sayreville, N.J.,, allegedly thought they would be making a big score with Anthony's legal advisers after several weeks of negotiations. But they were stunned when undercover cops from the Major Case Squad grabbed them at 12:35 p.m. at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grand Street. "They were shocked because they thought they were coming for their payday — and instead, they got the surprise of their lives," said Inspector Michael Hines, the unit's commanding officer. The wedding pictures were on Anthony's laptop computer, which was stolen with his 2005 Cadillac while he was shooting a music video in Linden, N.J., last Oct. 30. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/60449.htm
A former gay porn director who was the executive producer of Michael Jackson's "What More Can I Give" benefit concert in 2001 may find himself being investigated by the California attorney general in 2006. Fred Marc Schaffel, a one-time smut sultan and pal of Jackson, is under the heavy scrutiny of Hollywood private investigator Paul Barresi. Just last week, Barresi sent a letter to California AG Bill Lockyer, urging him to delve into alleged shady fund-raising by Schaffel. Barresi claims he has information that Schaffel never registered or provided financial reports to the attorney general's office - a fiduciary requirement - for donations made to Jackson's D.C.-staged benefit for the families of 9/11 victims. The concert - which featured performers including James Brown, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake and Destiny's Child - reportedly raised $2 million for relief charities. But an accompanying "What More Can I Give" single - which Jackson boasted would raise $50 million for the charities - and an album of the same title that Schaffel was supposedly producing and had raised money for, were never released. http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm
SYLVESTER Stallone's Sly magazine beat back a trademark lawsuit by a foot-fetish publication yesterday - but Stallone's mag itself went down for the count. A Manhattan federal judge handling the brawl over rights to the title "Sly" stepped into Stallone's corner to knock out a bid by the fetish book, also named Sly, to yank Stallone's publication off the stands. But it was a hollow victory for the mush-mouthed "Rocky" star. Stallone's lawyer said the current issue of his buzz-challenged Sly will be its last. American Media launched Sly in February, targeting men "who believe that life begins at 40." The title produced only four issues.
SEAN Lennon is determined to kick off the New Year with a new girlfriend - and he's asking PAGE SIX to help him find one. "Any girl who is interested must simply be born female and between the ages of 18 and 45," John Lennon's singer/songwriter son, 30, told us. "They must have an IQ above 130 and they must be honest. They must not have any clinical, psychological disorders . . . and a kind heart. Clearly beautiful - but beauty on the inside is more important - but no deformities, third legs, fifth nipples . . . I'm completely alone and I'm completely miserable. So please send your request to [PAGE SIX]." Ladies, we await your responses.
BRAD Pitt just might be the latest celebrity caught with his pants down. Pitt's lawyer, John Lavely, has sent around a letter saying that pictures of the star were taken while he was on the balcony of his Los Angeles home. The letter threatened legal action against anyone who publishes the shots. We can only imagine what Pitt was wearing - or not wearing - to warrant legal action. Earlier this year, Pitt's ex Jennifer Aniston, Jude Law and Kate Moss were all snapped out of their clothes by pesky paparazzi. Meanwhile, Pitt's rumored wedding to Angelina Jolie may be sooner rather than later. According to Us Weekly, they've bought each other rings - and Pitt was recently seen checking out Cartier engagement bands.
USA Today
© Stars keep headline writers busy
From their personal relationships to their charitable efforts, celebrities kept us entertained this year. Sit back and reminisce as USA TODAY counts down the top five celebrity stories: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-12-27-year-in-celeb-news_x.htm
© Report: Hedberg overdosed
Comedian Mitch Hedberg died accidentally in March of "multiple drug toxicity," including cocaine and heroin, Spin magazine reports, citing reports filed by the New Jersey medical examiner's office. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-12-27-hedberg-death_x.htm
msnbc.com
Keith Urban’s ex-girlfriend has a warning for Nicole Kidman: he can’t commit. Kidman is rumored to be engaged to Urban, but a woman who says she dated the former cocaine addict for years and was also engaged to him warns “The Stepford Wives” star that she believes Urban can’t truly commit to any woman. “Nicole and Keith might date for a while — but it won’t last very long,” Laura Sigler told the UK paper The Sun. “I don’t know her but I know him very well.” She continued: “There were a lot of lows with the drugs. I don’t have any dark past — he was probably the darkest part, but I’m on my own now and I’m happy about that.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9916573/
Fashion forward Madonna confessed to a radio interviewer that nine-year-old daughter Lourdes asks her to “dress normally” when picking her up from school.
Billboard
© Alarm Frontman Fights Cancer
Mike Peters has begun chemotherapy treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). The Alarm frontman was diagnosed earlier this month and revealed his condition in a letter to fans on the band's official Web site. "The good news is that although my illness is not curable, it is treatable," Peters writes, relaying his doctor's optimistic prediction: "It is a disease I will probably die with, rather than of."
© Devo Revamps Tracks For Kids
A new generation of music fans will get hip to one of new wave's most iconic acts through Devo 2.0. For the project, all five members of Devo regrouped to re-record some of its best known songs, including the 1980 hit "Whip It!" with vocals provided by a quintet of kids. Also included will be "Cyclops" and "The Winner," the first new studio tracks from Devo in nearly two decades.
© Mom Fights Downloading Suit On Her Own
It was Easter Sunday, and Patricia Santangelo was in church with her kids when she says the music recording industry peeked into her computer and decided to take her to court. Santangelo says she has never downloaded a single song on her computer, but the industry didn't see it that way. The woman from Wappingers Falls, about 80 miles north of New York, is among the more than 16,000 people who have been sued for allegedly pirating music through file-sharing computer networks.
MTV
© Fred Durst: The Next Martin Scorsese?
The rocker says he is directing two feature films and that he wants to make "timeless movies" like Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. "All Limp Bizkit being successful did was hurt me and get in the way of the movie business," he said.
AllHipHop.com
© Patrick Swayze Working With Rap
After years of being indirectly involved with Hip-Hop music, actor/pop singer Patrick Swayze is finally experimenting with rap music. Swayze recently said he was experimenting with “rap rhythms as an emotional undercurrent for ballads.” Swayze’s last name has been used as Hip-Hop slang since the early 1990’s, when EPMD popularized the term on various albums. In U.S. rap vernacular, the term "Swayze" means to “leave” or “disappear,” cleverly derived from the title of his 1990 hit film “Ghost.” Swayze, who has a role in the new flick “Keeping Mum,” did not peg a release date on his new material. http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5193
© 'Web Junk' unspooled
MTV Networks' VH1 is launching the first programming initiative to result from the company's $49 million purchase of online video aggregator iFilm in October."Web Junk 20" is a weekly show based on clips and shorts that will be shown on VH1 and on-demand via VH1's broadband network VSpot. Set to premiere Jan. 13, "Web Junk 20" is a countdown of the strange and humorous videos being spread virally around the Internet. Hosted by comedian Patrice O'Neal, the show is executive produced by Rick Hankey, Shelly Tatro and Michael Hirschorn. "The Web clip is the lingua franca of the new age," said Hirschorn, executive vp programming and production at VH1. "We've always been good at pop culture humor, and this combines our sensibility with this wealth of new material. We have a clear mandate to expand from being a pure TV play to a multiplatform play, and this is our first multiplatform offering of the new year."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001738401
AP
© Dunkin' Donuts Ad Actor Michael Vale Dies
Michael Vale, the actor best known for his portrayal of a sleepy-eyed Dunkin' Donuts baker who said "Time to make the doughnuts," has died. He was 83. http://news.yahoo.com/
© Actress Tori Spelling Reportedly Engaged
Tori Spelling is engaged, just months after separating from her first husband, People and Us Weekly magazines reported Tuesday. Actor Dean McDermott, who has been dating the former "Beverly Hills, 90210" star for several months, proposed Christmas Eve in Toronto. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051228/ap_en_ce/people_tori_spelling
© Restraining Order Against Letterman Tossed
A state judge has lifted a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who accused talk-show host David Letterman of using coded words to show that he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host. http://news.yahoo.com/
© Britney Spears' Husband Launches Web Site
Kevin Federline, aspiring rapper and husband of Britney Spears, has unveiled his own Web site. http://news.yahoo.com/
Daily News
© Jackson family to get real?
Pop star Michael Jackson was a no-show at the family's Christmas Eve gathering, but cameras captured the fest as the musical clan stockpiled footage for the reality TV show they've been shopping around Hollywood. So far, no network has announced plans to buy the series, but project frontman Jermaine Jackson has told family and friends he's landed a $7 million deal for a 13-episode reality series, a source close to the family told the Daily News yesterday. Music exec Cory Rooney, who has produced hit records for Jennifer Lopez, Destiny's Child and Marc Anthony, is said to be producing the unscripted series.
The most shocking footage banked so far, and a key selling point for the potential series, shows Michael Jackson riding to the Santa Maria, Calif., courthouse with family members on his way to hear the verdict in his child molestation trial last June. "Michael is rocking back and forth pretty fast with a Bible open in his lap. He's saying: 'They tried to do this to Job, now they are trying to do it to me. Why me?'" the source said. "His family members keep reassuring him: 'It's gonna be okay. We know they're just trying to get your money and the catalogue (Sony/Beatles music rights). We understand...'"
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/378358p-321315c.html
Look for a crime rise in Lackawanna County, Pa. Even law-abiding men may find reasons to get frisked now that Mira Sorvino has been made a deputy sheriff. The fetching Oscar winner was sworn in yesterday at the county sheriff's office in Scranton. The 38-year-old actress marched in wearing knee-high boots, though they looked much sexier on her than on motorcycle cops. And rather than carrying a firearm, she was packing her 1-year-old daughter, Mattea. Just as Elvis received a federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs badge from President Richard Nixon in 1970, Sorvino can look forward to getting her shield shortly. http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/378404p-321280c.html
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's romance remains on course. The country-and-Western Kiwi met the Oscar-winner's children, Isabella, 13, and Connor, 10, on Dec. 20 over dinner at L.A.'s Hotel Bel-Air, reports Star magazine. Kidman, who spent Thanksgiving with Urban in Nashville, flew back to the music town for Christmas with his kin
M Ricky Martin is staying buff with a bud on St. Bart's. The supermacho singer was snapped working out with a musclebound young man. The hunky duo, both wearing the tiniest of Speedos, did pushups, played catch, practiced yoga and lit each other's cigarettes. Justjared.com identifies Ricky's pal as half brother Eric, while others call him a "personal trainer"
M Steve Martin saw Steve Tyrell at Cafe Carlyle. The Grammy winner, who sang in Martin's "Father of the Bride," plays through New Year's Eve. His latest CD, "Songs of Sinatra," comes with the rare blessing of all Frank's children
New York Post
© J.LO VIDEO STING
A police sting yesterday bagged two men — including a convicted murderer — who tried to extort $1 million from megawatt couple Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez in exchange for their stolen wedding video, The Post has learned. Tito Moses, 31, a murderous ex-con from Newark, and Steven Wortman, 40, a retired postal employee from Sayreville, N.J.,, allegedly thought they would be making a big score with Anthony's legal advisers after several weeks of negotiations. But they were stunned when undercover cops from the Major Case Squad grabbed them at 12:35 p.m. at the corner of Sixth Avenue and Grand Street. "They were shocked because they thought they were coming for their payday — and instead, they got the surprise of their lives," said Inspector Michael Hines, the unit's commanding officer. The wedding pictures were on Anthony's laptop computer, which was stolen with his 2005 Cadillac while he was shooting a music video in Linden, N.J., last Oct. 30. http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/60449.htm
A former gay porn director who was the executive producer of Michael Jackson's "What More Can I Give" benefit concert in 2001 may find himself being investigated by the California attorney general in 2006. Fred Marc Schaffel, a one-time smut sultan and pal of Jackson, is under the heavy scrutiny of Hollywood private investigator Paul Barresi. Just last week, Barresi sent a letter to California AG Bill Lockyer, urging him to delve into alleged shady fund-raising by Schaffel. Barresi claims he has information that Schaffel never registered or provided financial reports to the attorney general's office - a fiduciary requirement - for donations made to Jackson's D.C.-staged benefit for the families of 9/11 victims. The concert - which featured performers including James Brown, Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake and Destiny's Child - reportedly raised $2 million for relief charities. But an accompanying "What More Can I Give" single - which Jackson boasted would raise $50 million for the charities - and an album of the same title that Schaffel was supposedly producing and had raised money for, were never released. http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix/pagesix_u.htm
SYLVESTER Stallone's Sly magazine beat back a trademark lawsuit by a foot-fetish publication yesterday - but Stallone's mag itself went down for the count. A Manhattan federal judge handling the brawl over rights to the title "Sly" stepped into Stallone's corner to knock out a bid by the fetish book, also named Sly, to yank Stallone's publication off the stands. But it was a hollow victory for the mush-mouthed "Rocky" star. Stallone's lawyer said the current issue of his buzz-challenged Sly will be its last. American Media launched Sly in February, targeting men "who believe that life begins at 40." The title produced only four issues.
SEAN Lennon is determined to kick off the New Year with a new girlfriend - and he's asking PAGE SIX to help him find one. "Any girl who is interested must simply be born female and between the ages of 18 and 45," John Lennon's singer/songwriter son, 30, told us. "They must have an IQ above 130 and they must be honest. They must not have any clinical, psychological disorders . . . and a kind heart. Clearly beautiful - but beauty on the inside is more important - but no deformities, third legs, fifth nipples . . . I'm completely alone and I'm completely miserable. So please send your request to [PAGE SIX]." Ladies, we await your responses.
BRAD Pitt just might be the latest celebrity caught with his pants down. Pitt's lawyer, John Lavely, has sent around a letter saying that pictures of the star were taken while he was on the balcony of his Los Angeles home. The letter threatened legal action against anyone who publishes the shots. We can only imagine what Pitt was wearing - or not wearing - to warrant legal action. Earlier this year, Pitt's ex Jennifer Aniston, Jude Law and Kate Moss were all snapped out of their clothes by pesky paparazzi. Meanwhile, Pitt's rumored wedding to Angelina Jolie may be sooner rather than later. According to Us Weekly, they've bought each other rings - and Pitt was recently seen checking out Cartier engagement bands.
USA Today
© Stars keep headline writers busy
From their personal relationships to their charitable efforts, celebrities kept us entertained this year. Sit back and reminisce as USA TODAY counts down the top five celebrity stories: http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-12-27-year-in-celeb-news_x.htm
© Report: Hedberg overdosed
Comedian Mitch Hedberg died accidentally in March of "multiple drug toxicity," including cocaine and heroin, Spin magazine reports, citing reports filed by the New Jersey medical examiner's office. http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-12-27-hedberg-death_x.htm
msnbc.com
Keith Urban’s ex-girlfriend has a warning for Nicole Kidman: he can’t commit. Kidman is rumored to be engaged to Urban, but a woman who says she dated the former cocaine addict for years and was also engaged to him warns “The Stepford Wives” star that she believes Urban can’t truly commit to any woman. “Nicole and Keith might date for a while — but it won’t last very long,” Laura Sigler told the UK paper The Sun. “I don’t know her but I know him very well.” She continued: “There were a lot of lows with the drugs. I don’t have any dark past — he was probably the darkest part, but I’m on my own now and I’m happy about that.” http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9916573/
Fashion forward Madonna confessed to a radio interviewer that nine-year-old daughter Lourdes asks her to “dress normally” when picking her up from school.
Billboard
© Alarm Frontman Fights Cancer
Mike Peters has begun chemotherapy treatments for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL). The Alarm frontman was diagnosed earlier this month and revealed his condition in a letter to fans on the band's official Web site. "The good news is that although my illness is not curable, it is treatable," Peters writes, relaying his doctor's optimistic prediction: "It is a disease I will probably die with, rather than of."
© Devo Revamps Tracks For Kids
A new generation of music fans will get hip to one of new wave's most iconic acts through Devo 2.0. For the project, all five members of Devo regrouped to re-record some of its best known songs, including the 1980 hit "Whip It!" with vocals provided by a quintet of kids. Also included will be "Cyclops" and "The Winner," the first new studio tracks from Devo in nearly two decades.
© Mom Fights Downloading Suit On Her Own
It was Easter Sunday, and Patricia Santangelo was in church with her kids when she says the music recording industry peeked into her computer and decided to take her to court. Santangelo says she has never downloaded a single song on her computer, but the industry didn't see it that way. The woman from Wappingers Falls, about 80 miles north of New York, is among the more than 16,000 people who have been sued for allegedly pirating music through file-sharing computer networks.
MTV
© Fred Durst: The Next Martin Scorsese?
The rocker says he is directing two feature films and that he wants to make "timeless movies" like Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. "All Limp Bizkit being successful did was hurt me and get in the way of the movie business," he said.
AllHipHop.com
© Patrick Swayze Working With Rap
After years of being indirectly involved with Hip-Hop music, actor/pop singer Patrick Swayze is finally experimenting with rap music. Swayze recently said he was experimenting with “rap rhythms as an emotional undercurrent for ballads.” Swayze’s last name has been used as Hip-Hop slang since the early 1990’s, when EPMD popularized the term on various albums. In U.S. rap vernacular, the term "Swayze" means to “leave” or “disappear,” cleverly derived from the title of his 1990 hit film “Ghost.” Swayze, who has a role in the new flick “Keeping Mum,” did not peg a release date on his new material. http://www.allhiphop.com/hiphopnews/?ID=5193
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