I know I promised I wouldn't post about Britney, but....

Ok, but I sort of have to. Well I don't have to, but I wanna. So in preparation for the release of Circus, her album dropping December 2nd, MTV did a little documentary on the pop star. The footage is a mixture of poignant interviews, footage of behind the scenes work on the new album and the beginning of the press juggernaut she is about to get back to.

And from the clips I have seen so far, it seems that Ms. Spears might just have gotten her shit together. In part of the film, she explains how her marriage to Kevin Federline was doomed from the start and that she "married for all the wronge reasons". She also states that there are times where her life "feels like a prison" and that she considers "her childhood normal compared" to other child stars. So yes, while I am recuperating from the pig our fest that will be Thanksgiving, my ass will watching the Britney redemption documentary.

Here's a clip of the 90 minute special....

Britney Spears - MTV Shows

Is Paul Newman battling cancer?

There have been rumors swirling around awhile now that Paul Newman, beloved actor and philanthropist, is battling the incredibly tough disease lung cancer. The National Ennquirer ran with the very "classy" cover story, predicting the actor's death within the next six weeks and most entertainment and pop culture blogs have run with the story. According to The Dish Rag at LA Times, both Newman's agent and spokesperson that the actor is not "dying", nor is he currently battling lung cancer.

And while it seems strange that the people surrounding Newman are extremely quick to discount any reports, if it happens to be true, many friends of the actor are are confirming the story to various news outlets, including the Associated Press. Newman has battled prostate cancer in the past and it is common with people in his age bracket, who have suffered from cacner before to find it rearing its ugly head once again in another area of the body. With the internet and rumors swirling, its very hard to hide anything about famous movie stars nowadays and this report shows the thirst from the media to be the first to report the story and the nervousness of the fans in losing a legend and icon like Paul Newman. The 83 year old actor was not only a beyond capable actor, but he became synonomous with megawatt movie star with acting chops. He fell into roles incredibly well and did not allow his matinee idol good looks take away from difficult parts. His marriage to fellow successful actress Joanne Woodward also has become a winning example of how too movie leads can share a life together. Newman, when not winning awards for breakthrough performances, was creating Newman's Own an all natural food with foundation ties that provided qulaity and organic treats with all proceeds going to the foundation. Newman led the pack of actors putting together and supporting philanthropic organizations which set him apart from the other narcissists he sometimes shared the screen with. Newman and Woodward have set themselves apart from others in their industry with making it a point to give back to the community, fully support liberal ideals and continually provide beautiful art on the big screen. While at this time we can not be 100% sure of the health issues affecting the 83 year old actor and activist, but I do know that his stamp and effect on Hollywood will last the test of time. Without him, who knows who would have led the charges for actors, the privilaged, to lend their names, support and publicity to deserving organizations everywhere. It is obvious that Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, George Cloooney and others did not have to look too far from Newman to find acting icon they could fully want to emmulate. If Paul Newman is sick, we wish him all the best and a speedy recovery. If he is not, we we wish him all the best and look forward to what else is on the path for one of Hollywood's greatest specimen of what a movie star should be!

Tatum O'Neal arrested for Crack in NYC....

Tatum O’Neal, my little darling and Oscar winner, was arrested last night in the Lower East Side of Manhattan for an alleged crack cocaine purchase. The actress who has battled alcohol and drug addictions since her early teens was said to ask the cops “to forget this” and that she was merely purchasing the drugs “for research purposes for an upcoming role”. The cops also found an unused, clean pipe on her person. She and the suspected drug dealer, Alan Garcia, were brought to the Seventh Precinct in NYC last night around 7:30 PM and were expected to have stayed the night. No word yet from O’Neal’s spokesperson on the charges.

O’Neal, who was once a bright shining star, wrote about her incredibly difficult childhood in A Paper Life. The daughter of Ryan O’Neal, best known for Love Story, his string of movie hits in 1970’s and his tumultuous relationship with Farrah Fawcett, was insanely jealous of her Oscar winning performance in Paper Moon, which he costarred with his ten year old daughter in.

She reported physical abuse from Ryan and direct emotional abuse, when he would constantly side with girlfriends and acquaintances over his young daughter. Tatum’s relationship was even more dysfunctional with her mother and she was constantly traveling from one place to another with her younger brother Griffin, who also has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, to get away from their mother and father and find safety. Tatum followed up from her fall from grace with a marriage to tennis bad boy John McEnroe in the late 1980’s and the couple divorced after six years of pain and three children. Tatum is now in her 40’s and has been apparently clean of drugs for two years now, which is what she told the arresting officers last night. I do hope that this is true and somehow, this was all a big mistake, but unfortunately, it seems that O’Neal has had way too many run ins with drugs for one lifetime.

PS… Lindsay Lohan please please please take note of this story. This could easily end up being you and I say this with all sincerity and respect. Stick with Sam Ronson and make sure you keep your nose clean. I can’t watch another spunky freckled star fall into the abyss like this.

Weekly Round Up....

Gossip Roundup will be short and succinct today because I would rather get into the SATC mania and some Cannes info for you dear readers. The one thing I love about traveling, which I just did some of, is the ability to buy 5 + gossip magazines all in one shot and read them completely through on the plane. And with the added jolt of Jetblue’s DirectTV service, I get my pop culture fix on my way to and from my destination and do not have to waste any time during my travels to know the comings and goings of Lilo or Angelina Jolie.

So let’s get down to the nitty gritty. And by the by, I caught Carmen Electra and her nu-metal fiancée in the airport en route to New Orleans. Homegirl is much taller than I expected and was quite pretty for being up at 9:00 AM after a long flight. Ok so let’s get to it…

* Well soon there will be another two babies prettier than me. Today the gossip hounds were swirling with rumors of Angelina Jolie giving birth to twins in France earlier in the week. People has confirmed that the rumors are untrue and that Jolie and Brad Pitt are in France, at there new $60 million home, with their family. Anyways, if these babies look anything like their older sister Shiloh, we might as well just pack it in now.

* Things have not been going well for the Murrays recently. Bill Murray’s wife of twelve years Jennifer is has filed for divorce from the comedian sighting physical abuse, isolation, drug abuse and adultery has causes for the split. Jennifer has apparently been living in a separate house with the couples’ four children since 2006, but just filled for the split recently. See, Bill has always seemed like a dick to me and I do know for a fact he stole my friend’s French fries right out of his hand, but why would it take years of this kind of treatment to stand up to this dude. Uggh. I wonder if Bill likes them old or young. Well I am sure this is just the beginning of this mess.

* 50 Cent might have had something to do with a fire that burned down the Dix Hills home his ex and his 10 year old son were residing in. The fire department in Huntington does NOT believe this was an accidental fire and since 50 Cent and his ex, Shaniqua are in the middle of a very BITTER custody battle over the house and child, his ex believes 50 Cent is responsible for the fire. And since TMZ is updating every 5 minutes about this story, I am sure we will find out more before we care to.

* Lindsay Lohan, my favorite gal, and her fave gal Samantha Ronson were caught all over each other at party thrown by P. Diddy or whatever he is calling himself nowadays in Cannes this weekend. I for one hope these two make it official and feel free to leak a sex tap girls. Lilo and her gal headed back to Los Angeles yesteday on a flight from NYC and Lindsay was reportedly having a hard time breathing on the flight. Bad enough, she stopped by an ER once she landed in LA. And seriously, I get the same shit when I fly so lay off the girl. In other Lohan news, her mother is still fame hungry narcissist who loves the fact that she reads gossip sites everyday looking for shit on her own kids. I am getting to get a bit more in depth like Rich from FourFour on the dynamic that is Lohan this weekend.

*Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are not only married and embarrassing their bulldog, but they will soon be able to embarrass a little emo baby. The couple has confirmed that Ashlee is indeed preggers and that they denied it until she was safely into her second trimester, which make sense to me.

* Eddie Murphy hates letting sleeping dogs lie. Brett Ratner, of course, is negotiating a fourth installment in the Beverly Hills Cop movies. The only good thing that might come out of this is giving work to Judge Reinhold once again.

*And finally, here are some fun facts about one of my favorite bands, Red Hot Chili Peppers put together by Blender.

More later on SATC, Scary Sadshaws, LOST and the reality of reality.

Weekly Rounds....

This week has been a bit bizarre for me and while I would love to recap you all on the events that triggered the bizarreness, I am saving it for another time. Not sure if it’s just me, but NYC has become way too demanding on my psyche recently and seems to sucking the sheer life out of me. I am working on a few updates, new features and a little more cohesion/schedule to the posts here and in the coming weeks you will see a very big difference in lil’ ol Spielster. Today’s Daily Rounds will be more of a Weekly Rounds, which is to be a regular addition to our Friday’s here. I have also received many emails on my take on the Tom Cruise/Oprah two parter from earlier in this week and believe you me my friends I am putting together my article on him and really what the mess of an interview meant. It’s deep and should be posted on Sunday.

Also, this weekend brings us Mother’s Day and I for one would like to thank my mommy for being there for me and not reading my blog, since well she doesn’t even know what a blog is, I think? So to any and all moms out there, thanks for everything that you have done and please enjoy Sunday! Anyways, let’s get to the Weekly Round Up…

* Speaking of mom, meet Mrs. Michelle Duggar, who is pregnant with her EIGHTEENTH BABY and only nine months after having her 17th. I got to give it up to crazy Christians. Her and her husband made the TV rounds this morning explaining how normal this really is. Oh Duggars don’t worry about that upcoming food shortage, I really have no problem having my tax money helping you take care of your kids.

*Here is the first seven minutes of “Speed Racer” and from all the reviews, it might the most you will need to see of this one star film.

* Vh1 has announced its lineup for its well conceived upcoming reality program, I Love Money. The “star filled cast” will feature rejects from Flavor of Love, Rock of Love and I Love New York. You have to give it up to the network and these reality hooligans – at least they are being HONEST this time around. And yes, my ass will be tuned into this hot mess every week. Who votes for a live blog?

*Also in VH1 reality news, last night bastion of talent and man I am oddly attracted to, Danny Bonaduce, made two little girls cry and one scream with joy, and no dirty minds he wasn’t doing anything perverted. He was simply crowning little Mackenzie from Baron Rouge the winner on ”I Know My Kids a Star”. The cute as a button nine year old seriously deserved to win the honor just to rub it in Helene and her headed towards rehab kid, Cheyenne.

* The LA Times dissects the Heidi and Spencer nonsense with journalistic integrity. No really, the paper goes in depth on how, why and what it means that this nobody couple catapulted themselves to “stardom” with their “own brand of reality”. And in other not incredibly relevant MTV news, they announced their Movie Awards Nominees. No surprise with this but Superbad led the nomination counts as well as Juno. Ugh and while I don’t want to admit this, I will be tuning into MTV for this or at least I will catch it during the 2,000 re-airings of the program.

* Just when I start singing her praises…Lohan is designing a new line of leggings and is casting models for the line with a “trade agreement”. She was also reportedly kicked off the Manson family biopic because no other “big name actors in Hollywood” wanted to work with her. Don’t worry, she is still confirmed for the season finale of “Ugly Betty” and Labor Pains. Next week I am starting a post that will be a recurring feature here where I play imaginary agent to a fallen star – guess who is going to be our test case?

* Harpers Bazaar featured Nicole Richie and her cute little baby in the latest issue. They also caught up with her fiancée Joel Madden and proud grandpa, who obviously has a wicked sense of humor with his “Hello” t-shirt. In other baby news, Angela Kinsey from The Office gave birth to a baby girl. Congrats ladies and happy first Mother’s Day.

* Mischa Barton is fighting back at recent photos of her with bad cellulite claiming the photographer doctored the photos because of a previous incident with the actress. To be honest, I don’t care either way but I am sick of these people not being able to go vacation without invasive photogs everywhere.

* Saturday Night Live launched a political satire sight to keep up with the fun of the 2008 Presidential election. Except most of us voters are plain old done with this race already.

* Ruining it for mother’s worldwide, Beyonce and her momager are corrupting little girls everywhere with their distasteful ad for their tacky ass House of Derrion kids collection.Here is the add celebrating six year old girls wearing heels and giving come hither stares. Ick!

* Nick Hogan was was sentenced to eight months in jail and probation time after he plead guilty earlier today to felony reckless driving case after severely injuring his friend last year in a crash. His sentence started today!

* Nina Garcia aint out of work no more. She is reportedly taking a head position over at Marie Claire, which should be perfect for when Project Runway moves to Lifetime and gets a new magazine friend, namely Marie Claire.

*And finally, in honor of mom’s day TIME compiled the best moms and the worst moms in pop culture. Some of the winners are Dumbo’s mom, Cher in “Mask” and Whistler’s mother. “Joan Crawford” and Tony’s Ma on “The Sopranos” rounded out the worst.


ENJOY MOMS!!!! YOU and YOUR UTERUS DESERVE IT!

Mariah Carey and the never ending press tour for craziness.

Mariah Carey continues her publicity campaign of craziness. The living poster girl for celeb crazy and singer married “hilarious” Nick Cannon last week at her new home in the Bahamas. The couple had reportedly been dating for a mere six weeks when they were married. Fox News is reporting that Carey was smart enough to put together a pre-nup before the two crazy kids were married, which was probably brought on by the thought of someone getting as much money out of her as she did Tommy Matola after their divorce.

Carey is telling People that she can not wait to bring children into “their happy home”. She also got a tattoo “Mrs. Cannon” to celebrate her lifelong bond with Mr. Cannon. If this guy can make it through six months of being married to her, I say he should receive a medal of honor. Is it honestly this competitive of a market for CD sales that one has to perform on The Hills, American Idol and have a fake wedding? Dang, I knew things were bad, but I didn’t think they were this bad.

Liv Tyler and Royston Langdon are Dunzo!

Liv Tyler has officially separated from her husband People is reporting. There have been rumors swirling after the actress was overhead discussing a possible divorce from her rocker husband Royston Langdon. Tyler was also searching for a West Village townhouse late last month without her husband and had been going out a lot without her man, which fueled the fire over a possible split. This was the first marriage for the two and no other information has been given out from her publicist. The couple have a son Milo together and it appears the split is amicable.

Linsday's picking herself up and dusting herself off.....

It looks my Lil Lohan is finally getting back into the swing of things and actually acting. The massive girl crush I have on my hometown hero is relatively known by my readers and friends and I was so glad when she was able to resurrect herself and career after Rehabgate of 2007. In the past few days, she has found her way into about a bazillion news/gossip stories and only one of them is actually negative. First, let’s discuss the positive. Lohan has started filming on the season finale of “Ugly Betty” and she reportedly plays a Mean Girl from Betty’s high school that used to torture her. Ok, this is perfect casting. My Long Island girl will present one of the finest Queens accents you have ever seen. I actually might tune into this hot mess to check out this performance. Secondly, Lindsay is currently working on the comedy “Ye Olde Times”, starring Jack Black and will be in production until late 2008. And today, the New York Post reported that the actress will also star in “Labor Pains”, a movie about a girl who fakes a pregnancy to keep her job. So congrats my little lady on the positive news coverage you have received this week.

And now to the negative, Lohan is being accused of stealing an $11,000 fur coat from a party at 1Oak a few months ago. The woman who claims her coat was taken from the party’s coat bin, said she contacted Lohan’s lawyers to get the coat back once she saw Miss Lindsay in it in some paparazzi shot. The woman, Masha Markova, a 22 year old student, is now suing Lohan for rental or damages or some other kind of bullshit for “damages” on the coat once she got it back from the lawyers. I don’t really care either way and I know how much it sucks because my favorite jean jacket in the world was stolen from me at a party and I still miss it 5 years later, but who the hell is dumb enough to leave an $11,000 coat anywhere? Ugh! Keep your head up LiLo!

Uma Thurman's Stalker Found Guilty.....

Uma Thurman just got a bit of justice, since her accused stalker of two and half years was was found guilty of the charges in a New York City courtroom yesterday. Jordan was found guilty of the charges that came from his various letters, appearances at the actress’ house and his sheer determination to be around her whenever he could. He also called her two children from ex-husband Ethan Hawke and illusion.

What’s interesting about this case is there was a Wall Street Journal reporter on the jury and she has writtenabout her experience and the reason why the jury found him guilty of one count of stalking and one count of aggravated harassment. Emily Steele, the WSJ reporter goes into great detail about the jury process and how they came to the final verdict. It was interesting to hear about the twelve people who ultimately decide this man and many other accused criminal’s fates. It was appreciated that Ms. Thurman’s case was not handled any differently because she was a celebrity. Jordan faces up to a year and half in prison for the charges.

Daily Rounds...

So last night I saw my first EVER Mets game and they freaking won it!!!! I have to say I LOVE sporting events. It’s great to be a part of everyone drinking beer, eating greasy foods and fighting against a common enemy. I sort of get the whole appeal of red states now. Kidding! Anyways, I really did enjoy myself even though it was hella cold out there by the water. This is the last year that Shea Stadium will house Mets games, so my boyfriend and I are making it our business to go to as many games as possible. I got in such a good mood last night, I woke up this morning ready to tackle the day and pay more attention to my little ol’ blog. Stuff has been going down behind the scenes that I chatted about last week and it’s keeping off the Spielster game. And today the daily rounds is chock full of juicy morsels for all you pop culture fanatics out there.


So let's get to the day's daily rounds....

PEOPLE magazine has published its annual 100 Most Beautiful People issue and Kate Hudson was the lucky duck chosen to grace the cover. Other “beauties” are Christina Applegate, Eva Parker and her husband, the cast from Gossip Girl, Julianne Moore and Rumer Willis. So apparently, PEOPLE was attempting to be funny with some of the winners. The issue is on newsstands this week.

The much gossiped about Beverly Hills 90210 spin off is confirming some of its cast members and it seems that they nabbed one of my favorite drunk WASPS ever. Jessica Walter, mommy dearest from Arrested Development, will be the rich drunk matriarch on the upcoming teen drama, slightly based on the original. They are also promoting one of my fave Degrassi kids, crazy Christian/rape victim Darcy Edwards, to the big time on US television. Shanae will star as Annie Mills in the spinoff as Lori Loughlin’s, from Full House and 80’s B Movie fame, daughter. I am actually getting excited for this show now.

Wait for it...Charlie Sheen is still a horny dude. Another madame is coming forward and letting the world know that Mr. Sheen likes sex with prostitutes. And also in, I heard this all about ten years ago, someone is shopping around a video of Angelina Jolie snorting heroin. The footage was taken when she wrapped filming on "Gia". Yeah remember when people didn't care about Jolie? That was sort of nice. Either way, both "shocking celebrity stories" are OLD NEWS.

Speaking of Jolie's crazy days, TMZ has publicized Billy Bob Thorton's son statuatory rape case. His son has apparently being dating a 22 year old woman, when he himself is only 14. The main story though is TMZ making a sexual abuse case for a minor public knowledge. JERKS!

NKOTB is coming to an arena near you this fall. I am still on the fence if I want to be at the local show here, watch a bunch of women in their 30's throwing clothes at some greased up dudes who haven't been cool or relevant since the early 1990's. Well I am from Long Island, so that's sort of commonplace there. Kidding. The band is ready to take the stage as the five piece that changed the scope of pop music in America late August. And yes, they seem to be "hangin' tough!"

This week in Scientology news, important "bible" documents were leaked, they have been using a cruise ship for their ceremonies and parties that is filled with deadly asbestos and Tommy Boy has sent Katie toScientology boot camp. So all in all, not such a good week. Hopefully Tom Cruise's very staged visit to Oprah's will change things around. I am becoming more convinced this chick is making some money off Mr. Hubbard's nonsense.

On last night's American Idol Paula Abdul confused the performances of Jason Castro and my favorite David Cook. She was all kinds of confused, but isn't that part of the allure of the show. And finally, Brooke White was kicked off tonight. The "sorry me" routine definitely got OLD! Again, can't we just give this thing to David Cook and start again in the fall?

You might have caught this site already, but if not, please waste some time here. This is the home to some of the best Passive Aggressive notes and letters I have ever come across. Personal fave is the dude who breaks stuff and is too lazy to clean up the shattered glass everywhere, but is courteous enough to leave a note for his roommate.

This penguin is crazy ass cool in his little suit. The little man has to wear a wet suit because he is losing his protective layer of fur from baldness. The 25 year old penguin is said to be getting his "sea legs" back and is not longer fearful of swimming in the water.

Jason Lee is having a baby with his new girlfriend, Ceren. This also brought light to the fact that the longtime Scientologist as apparently divorced from his first wife, Beth, whom he had Pilot Inspektor, his four year old son with.

And finally, Senator Hillary Clinton made the brave move and sat down with Bill O'Reilly for Fox News' O'Reilly Factor. The interview touched upon her campaign, her triumphs, messes and the whole process and tonight was the first in the two part interview series. While I am sure you can all guess my feelings on O'Reilly, I think it is quite strong of her to sit down with someone who wants you to fail so badly and all with a smile on her face. She was calm, cool and collected and honestly, looking pretty relaxed. I don't know how this woman sits around with people who would rather spit in her face with such calmness.

Here is the first part of the interview.


Thanks everyone for stopping by and let me know what you think about today's Daily Rounds or what songs I should discuss at the weekly round up this Friday! ENJOY!!

EYE SPY - Celebrity Sightings....

I have the uncanny ability to run into celebrities. Not sure if its because they run rampant here in New York City or am I just frequenting random places. Here's the round up of peeps I saw this week...and no, there will be no canoodling rumors here. I will try and put these EYE SPY sections together each week.....ENJOY!

* I saw Josh Hartnett, Michael Pitt, Leo Fitzpatrick and Lukas Haas at a birthday party in Brooklyn last week. They all were hanging out with friends, being respectful and enjoying themselves. And none of them were making out with Helena Christensen, sorry.

* I spoke with Ann from America's Next Top Model at Williamsburg thrift store Beacon's Closet. The girl is gorgeous in real life and very down to earth.

* Again, I caught James McEvoy chatting with fans on the set of his film WANTED and giving autographs. What a nice guy!

James McEvoy is a nice actor....

So I live in LIC here in NYC and they are usually filming a movie or tv show at least once a month here. Not sure why we attract so many films, but I have gotten use to it over the 5 years I have been here. This weekend they are filming some crazy action sequences for the upcoming film WANTED, based on the graphic novel series of the same name. It stars heavy hitters Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman, as well as up and comer Jame McEvoy, best known for his role in Atonement. Today, while I was walking my dog Oliver, a bunch of people in their early 20's knocked on the many many trailers lines up and down my block and out popped James. He was courteous, came out and spoke with the group, who were fans of his, for about 15 minutes. He then took a bunch of pictures with the group until he had to go into makeup. It's so refreshing to see this kind of behavior from an actor nowadays. I didn't have my camera with me to take pictures, but it was nice to see some fans get one on one time with McEvoy. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of the career. Odds are he will be the only celebrity I see all weekend here since Jolie is insanely pregnant and I do not believe Freeman is in any actions scenes, but who knows.

Here is the trailer for the upcoming blockbuster:

Ohh Lohan....

Most of you know that I have a very important place in my heart for my hometown girl Lindsay Lohan. I think this picture can pretty much sum up why the girl went crazy last year.

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