Bo Derek
Derek Hough rumbled with his current partner Brooke Burke on last night’s Dancing with the Stars, but on the home front things are better than ever for the pro and his former Dancing partner Shannon Elizabeth.
“Mark and I have an apartment, and I’m supposed to be living there,” Hough told PEOPLE, “but I live with Shannon at her house, and our three [Almost Amy] bandmates live with Shannon and I.”
The actress’ Hollywood Hills home may have turned into a temporary crash pad for Hough and pal Mark Ballas’s band, but it seems Elizabeth wouldn’t have it any other way. “She was like, ‘They can stay here until they find a new place,’” said Hough. “And, once they started talking about finding a new place, Shannon and I were like, ‘Wait, we’re going to miss them when they go.’ And we were like, ‘Why don’t you just stay here? We’ll make rooms up for everyone.’”
In fact, Elizabeth has gone out of her way to make the band feel at home. “Shannon’s rooms are so cluttered, but she’s actually been de-junking all of her rooms so that each of them can have their own room,” he said.
Hough admitted living with his girlfriend, three band mates and four dogs is “kind of crazy,” but if he needs his “own space” there always the apartment he still shares with Ballas. But there hasn’t been that need: “Shannon’s just been really, really helpful at giving us all our own space. She’s just been so great,” he said.
(source)
October 8, 2008 at 11:31 am | main | No comment
It seems the “Dancing With The Stars” curse is in full swing this year. The last few seasons contestants experienced quite a few calamities on and off the dance floor and this year so far seems to be about injuries.
It started with Jeffrey Ross getting poked in the eye before week 1, and now Just days after an injury bounced Misty May-Treanor out of the competition, dancer Derek Hough blacked out after taking a nasty tumble and hitting his head. A DWTS spokeperson said:
“At Saturday’s rehearsal, Derek was walking backwards and tripped over something on the floor. He was knocked out for a brief moment and was taken to the hospital as a precaution to make sure he was OK,” a rep for the dancer said in a statement released Access. “After test results showed that he was fine, Derek was released and was sent home to rest. He will be ready to go for tonight’s show.”
Derek’s partner Brooke Burke recounted his injury on her blog.
“Saturday, on the CBS stage, we were practicing as usual when Derek accidentally tripped over a box, while walking backwards,” she continued. “As he tried to break his fall, by jumping up, his foot caught a stage light which sent him further into the air. He landed on his back on the wooden dance floor and smashed the back of his head. He was disoriented, blacked out for a few seconds, and was flattened out in pain. He couldn’t move, I sat beside him as he laid there and we waited for help to arrive.”
Brooke said Derek’s injury was quite a fright after last season, when he pulled a muscle in his neck keeping him off the dance floor for a week.
“Our producers called 911 and the paramedics arrived to carefully examine him. He suffered a neck injury last season which had him down for a week, so the reoccurrence was definitely scary. They rushed him off, stretcher and all, in the ambulance for further testing in the ER.”
According to Brooke, Derek received good news at the hospital:
“After a cat scan and many other tests, he received a clean bill of health and we were back at it today as scheduled. With a huge headache, and a little dizziness, the show goes on.”
Burke also confirmed that her current partner Derek Hough and his ex partner Shannon Elizabeth “are still together.
“They’re living together,” Burke said. “She comes to rehearsals and they’re going strong.”
Brooke also talked about Misty May-Treanor saying that the Olympic volleyball star gold medal winner’s future is unknown.
“We’re all pulling for her, we don’t know what’s going to happen yet. I think they’re going to do a package about it on the show. She’s waiting to get some doctor’s results. She may be having surgery this week. It’s sad. It could have happened to any one of us,” Brooke told Billy. “For Misty it’s especially difficult because of her career and it can end just like that on the show. We’re pushing our bodies to the limit. Injuries are bound to happen. And we’re really rooting for her.
Asked if anyone would be eliminated this week in light of May-Treanor’s absence, Burke said, “We don’t know. They still have to have the same amount of shows.
Showing a wicked sense of humor she continued:
“I heard [Edyta Sliwinska] and [Maksim Chmerkovskiy] may dance together since both of their partners are gone, but I don’t know what’s going to happen.”
This seasons show doesn’t seem to be building to a great finish so far. The celebrities as a group are a pretty mediocre group so far dance wise, compared to recent seasons but hopefully Lance, Brooke, Maurice and a few of the others can pick up the pace.
Source
October 7, 2008 at 5:19 am | main | No comment
Sandra Oh eating lunch in Glendale (9/28)
+ Video of Sarah Palin in a swimsuit competition [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Kendra Wilkinson Flashes Her Tits - Just Cuz (NSFW) [Egotastic!]
+ Britney Spears is a Big Apple Womanizer [Just Jared]
+ Jaslene Gonzalez is the Latin Paris Hilton [Lossip]
+ Jennifer Lopez needs to dissapear [F-Listed]
+ Audrina Patridge actually owns a one-piece [Derek Hail]
+ Kim Kardashian cameltoe! [TaxiDriverMovie]
+ Sexy UFC ring girl Edith Labelle [Attuworld]
+ Travis Barker released from hospital [ICYDK]
[Flynet]
September 30, 2008 at 7:00 am | main | No comment
Jay Leno and his wife Mavis driving in L.A. (6/14)
+ Bai Ling is weird but you’d still do her [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Adriana Lima Won’t Be a Virgin for Long [Egotastic!]
+ Selena Gomez is total jailbait [Just Jared]
+ Guerrido! Vergara! Big Booty Battle 2008! [Lossip]
+ Dukai Regina is the hot snatch of the week [F-Listed]
+ Some chick from Germany’s Next Top Model has a sex tape [Derek Hail]
+ This chick’s name literally means “of the cock” [Horny Oyster]
+ Finally an excuse to stare at women’s asses [Attuworld]
+ Snoop Dogg’s wife arrested for DUI [ICYDK]
[Pacific Coast News]
June 17, 2008 at 7:00 am | main | No comment
Jay Leno and his wife Mavis driving in L.A. (6/14)
+ Bai Ling is weird but you’d still do her [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Adriana Lima Won’t Be a Virgin for Long [Egotastic!]
+ Selena Gomez is total jailbait [Just Jared]
+ Guerrido! Vergara! Big Booty Battle 2008! [Lossip]
+ Dukai Regina is the hot snatch of the week [F-Listed]
+ Some chick from Germany’s Next Top Model has a sex tape [Derek Hail]
+ This chick’s name literally means “of the cock” [Horny Oyster]
+ Finally an excuse to stare at women’s asses [Attuworld]
+ Snoop Dogg’s wife arrested for DUI [ICYDK]
[Pacific Coast News]
June 17, 2008 at 7:00 am | main | No comment
Nick Zano moving into his and girlfriend Haylie Duff’s new home in L.A. (6/10)
+ Cameron Diaz getting Aniston’s sloppy seconds [I’m Not Obsessed]
+ Amy Winehouse’s husband wants to kick Pete Doherty’s ass [Dlisted]
+ Pink topless . . . ugh (NSFW) [College Humor]
+ Britney Snow beats up some dude’s dick [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Halle Berry’s Boobs are Busting Out [Egotastic!]
+ Jessica Simpson embraces her cleavage [Hollywood Tuna]
+ Lord have mercy Rachel Bilson is hot [Bastardly]
+ Celebrity ass faces [CityRag]
+ Shia LaBeouf apologizes for calling his friend a faggot [Cele|bitchy]
+ I doubt any of these celebs could name the Lakers’ starting 5 [A Socialite’s Life]
+ Movies you loves but then stopped loving [Pajiba]
+ Oh, shock, another retarded catfight on The Hills [The Blemish]
+ Some Brazilian celeb named Paloma Fiuza in a bikini [Derek Hail]
[Flynet]
June 12, 2008 at 9:00 pm | main | No comment
John Mayer and Courteney Cox at her beach home in Malibu (6/1)
+ Christina Aguilera still has huge boobs [Drunken Stepfather]
+ A ton of hot ass was at the Movie Awards [Egotastic!]
+ Gisele met the parents [Just Jared]
+ Salma Hayek wants the paparazzi to die [Lossip]
+ Q&A with whore Jesse Jane [F-Listed]
+ Tyra Banks has had such a tough life [Derek Hail]
+ Kristin Cavallari looks great in a bikini [Celebslam]
+ Czech public transportation kicks ass (NSFW) [Attuworld]
+ Kelsey Grammar suffers heart attack [ICYDK]
[Pacific Coast News]
June 3, 2008 at 7:00 am | main | No comment
Derek Jeter’s banging Minka Kelly
Jessica Biel? Check. Scarlett Johansson? Check. Jordana Brewster? Check. Mariah Carey? Check. Miss Universe Lara Dutta? Check. Gabrielle Union? Check. Jessica Alba? Check. Adriana Lima? Check. Vanessa Minnillo? Check. And now Derek Jeter can add Minka Kelly to the list. The two were seen having dinner together Monday night in New York. The New York Post says:
Was the mystery guy spotted slinking around the Empire Hotel with smoldering starlet Minka Kelly Yankee star Derek Jeter? Though Kelly’s publicist put the kibosh on our query about a male suitor at the Empire (the rep told Page Six Kelly’s dad was the only guy with her in the hotel), OK! magazine reports the “Friday Night Lights” actress was wined and dined at Kobe Club by Jeter on Monday. “She’s still playing the field,” one source told us. (Source)
Now Jeter’s landed Minka Kelly? Christ, this guy’s been in more poon than Kotex. The only explanation I can come up with for the amount of hot chicks this guy’s banged over the years is that his dick must play Sex and the City* re-runs on it. BTW, if Minka’s “playing the field”, she’s the only one right now. Jeter injured his wrist this week and has been shelved. On a related note, I injured my wrist this week too . . . thinking of all the hot ass he’s tapped.
*Opening May 30th! I can’t wait, can you?!!!!!1!!1!
May 23, 2008 at 3:45 am | main | No comment
Tuesday night on Dance with the Stars had an obvious candidate for elimination Cristian de la Fuente, who injured his arm Monday during his samba routine. After a trip to the hospital, he was back on the ballroom floor Tuesday awaiting his “Dancing” fate. An MRI revealed the actor suffered a ruptured tendon on his left biceps that requires surgery. However, de la Fuente said his doctors would delay the surgery if he made it through to the next round. And somewhat surprisingly he and partner Cheryl Burke did!
Shannon Elizabeth however did not fare so well, as she and partner (and perhaps lover) Derek Hough were voted off. The 34-year-old actress, who cried at the judges’ harsh remarks last week, was sent packing after a better performance where the pair earned 51 out of 60 points for their two dances Monday.
“The show has been amazing. I’ve learned a lot,” she said as her professional partner, Derek Hough, stood by her side. “I’ve made a friend for life, and hopefully a bunch of friends for life, and I’ll be here to support everyone as much as I can.”
Five celebrity contestants remain, including Taylor, Yamaguchi, de la Fuente, R&B singer Mario and Broadway star Marissa Jaret Winokur.
Marlee Matlin, Priscilla Presley, Adam Carolla, Steve Guttenberg, Monica Seles and Penn Jillette have already been eliminated.
Tuesday’s show also featured a performance by ’80s rockers Def Leppard, who sang their classic hit “Pour Some Sugar on Me” and their new single, “Nine Lives.”
Former “Dancing With the Stars” contestants Jerry Rice and Kenny Mayne added a dose of silliness to the results show with their “DanceCenter” segment, a parody of ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”
Next week, DWTS celebrates its 100th episode with musical guest Rascal Flatts and returning stars Mario Lopez, Melanie “Mel B” Brown, Sabrina Bryan, Apolo Anton Ohno, Joey Fatone, Master P, Jerry Rice, Jane Seymour, Jerry Springer and Wayne Newton.
Source
April 30, 2008 at 7:59 pm | main | No comment
Jeremey Piven and “friend” at Malibu Beach (4/27)
+ Jennifer Love Hewitt doing her hubby up the butt [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Keeley Hazell “Sings” in “Voyeur” Music Video [Egotastic!]
+ James Bond’s girlfriend has a pretty nice tramp stamp [Just Jared]
+ Expect Britney to be rocking these by Summer [Lossip]
+ Lisa Marie Scott is your afternoon pick-me-up [F-Listed]
+ Miranda Kerr has a nice backside [Derek Hail]
+ Greatest SFW porn scene EVER [Horny Oyster]
+ Erica Campbell in all her glory (NSFW) [Attuworld]
+ Ashton Kutcher needs toilet training [ICYDK]
[Pacific Coast News]
April 29, 2008 at 7:00 am | main | No comment
Jamie Lynn Spears out and about in McComb, Mississippi (4/18)
+ Cheryl Tweedy Cole has hard nipples [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Denise Richards’ Bikini is in Good Shape [Egotastic!]
+ Jesse Metcalfe shirtless for the ladies [Just Jared]
+ Crazy chick flashes her ass at Cameron Diaz’s dad’s funeral [Lossip]
+ Ciara’s boobs want you to vote [F-Listed]
+ Juliette Lewis is Satan [Derek Hail]
+ Eve Wyrwal is stacked [Horny Oyster]
+ Jenna Jameson is a zombie stripper [Attuworld]
+ Pete Doherty spraks drug crackdown in prison [ICYDK]
[INFDaily.com]
April 22, 2008 at 7:30 am | main | No comment
Dancing With The Stars always turns one of their dancing teams into a couple also known as a “Showmance”. And this year, it looks like there could be a little romance on the cards for “Dancing With the Stars” partners Shannon Elizabeth and Derek Hough.
The two have looked awfully cozy all season long on the show, hugging their way through their backstage interviews with Samantha Harris, and now, it appears they’ve gone one step further, sharing a smooch on the beach.
They were seen yesterday on the beach in Malibu, practicing a few of their best night moves on each other! Shannon’s rocking the cradle a little bit, her being 34, and Derek being 22.
Source and Photo: Access Hollywood
Dancing With The Stars
April 19, 2008 at 7:08 pm | main | No comment
Little Rudy from “The Cosby Show” is all grown up and playing an incarcerated prostitute? Keshia Knight Pulliam will star as an imprisoned prostitute in “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail.” Derek Luke also stars in the Lionsgate comedy, which is set to begin filming in Atlanta next month for a tentative early 2009 release.
Gone Hollywood finds Jessica Simpson Hospitalized - Asks for Pregnancy Test
Gabby Babble reports Joel Madden Snubs Nicole Richie in Praise of Harlow
Cele|Bitchy finds Judge in Harry Potter lexicon case calls the books “gibberish?
Hollywood Backwash covers Priscilla Presley Pisses Off Kelly Ripa
Allie is Wired reveals The Hills Brats (Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt) Pimping Another Crappy Reality Show
Anything Hollywood shares South Park: The day the internet stopped working
Bitten and Bound tells the funny/tragic tale of Moms Baring it all for Charity Calendar Go in Debt
Celebrity Gossip
April 19, 2008 at 6:07 pm | main | No comment
Lindsay Lohan leaving a hair salon in L.A. (4/15)
+ Alicia Keys says she was misquotes about all that conspiracy shit [I’m Not Obsessed]
+ Naomi Campbell is banning the airline that already banned her [Dlisted]
+ When light hits Pam Anderson the wrong way, she turns into a monster [College Humor]
+ Kelly Ripa is a coke slut [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Jessica Alba is Super Busty [Egotastic!]
+ Holy crap Susan Sarandon has huge boobs [Hollywood Tuna]
+ Nanomi Takizawa means “huge boobs” in Japanese [Bastardly]
+ L.A. to New York in four minutes [CityRag]
+ Anne Coulter topless? No thank you [Cele|bitchy]
+ Robert Downey Jr. sucks a mean thumb [A Socialite’s Life]
+ Prom Night blows, like really bad [Pajiba]
+ Some actor dude tears Scientology a new asshole [The Blemish]
+ Johnny Fairplay takes on a real comedian, loses [Derek Hail]
[WENN]
April 17, 2008 at 9:00 pm | main | No comment
EVEN baseball legends get moody sometimes. Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter gave a few kids attitude Saturday and refused to sign autographs after the team lost to the Red Sox. Jeter, who usually signs after games, was in the lobby of the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston when the kids approached him, but he wouldn’t speak to them and told his hulking bodyguard to intervene. “He loudly said, ‘I don’t want to sign any autographs,’ ” our spy reports. The kids looked dejected, and Jeter went on his way. His agent did not return a call for comment.
(source)
April 17, 2008 at 7:19 pm | main | No comment
Eva Longoria’s new promotional shots for Magnum Ice Cream
+ Eva Mendes hangs out with ugly people to make her look better [I’m Not Obsessed]
+ Two teenage boys arrested for wanting to kill Chuck Norris [Dlisted]
+ Two girls. Making out. [College Humor]
+ Men are better than women (site NSFW) [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Lindsay Lohan Nude Scene is “No Problem” [Egotastic!]
+ Candice Michelle has nice abs [Hollywood Tuna]
+ How have I not heard of this chick before? [Bastardly]
+ Which WWE Diva looks best naked? [CityRag]
+ Rosie O’Donnell needs to shut the fuck up [Cele|bitchy]
+ Paris Hilton’s brother’s license suspended for one year [A Socialite’s Life]
+ Vegas: It’s more than just boobies [Pajiba]
+ Paris Hilton professes her love for Benji Madden [The Blemish]
+ Shit, they finally caught on [Derek Hail]
[Flynet]
April 10, 2008 at 9:00 pm | main | No comment
E! News reports that professional dancer Derek Hough, who is paired with Shannon Elizabeth on this season’s Dancing with the Stars, was carted off on a stretcher from the set by ambulance following a neck injury Tuesday.
An ABC spokeperson confirms that Hough was injured. The injury occurred while rehearsing a routine with his sister Julianne and fellow Dancing pro Mark Ballas.
The network says he he appears to have only sustained a strained neck and was taken away on a gurney as a precaution and sent to a nearby hospital for tests.
The 22-year-old Hough, in his second season on Dancing with the Stars, will not dance as part of the professionals’ showcase on Tuesday night’s elimination show. So how is that going to work for Shannon Elizabeth wasn’t divulged. However, Hough is expected back for next Monday’s dance-off round.
Derek made his Dancing debut last season quite successfully with celebrity partner Jennie Garth, guiding the pair to a fourth-place finish.
Dancing With The Stars
April 2, 2008 at 6:54 am | main | No comment
Porn legend Ron Jeremy leaving Greenblats restaurant in West Hollywood (3/25)
+ Demi Moore uses leeches to stay young — no, not Ashton [I’m Not Obsessed]
+ Amy Winehouse rehabbing it yet again? [Dlisted]
+ Two Girls Making Out: Spears Family Edition! [College Humor]
+ Uhhhh, Megan, we know what your face looks like [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Keeley Hazell Bikini Pictures [Egotastic!]
+ Kelly Brook looking stacked in Zoo [Hollywood Tuna]
+ What celebs would look like bald — Tyra Banks is especially F-U-G [Bastardly]
+ The hottest women in sports [CityRag]
+ Kelly Osbourne takes a shot at the Spice Girls [Cele|bitchy]
+ Tina Fey wants Britney on 30 Rock [A Socialite’s Life]
+ Ashton Kutcher’s new show actually doesn’t suck [Pajiba]
+ Britney Spears is slooooooooooooowly regaining her driving privileges [The Blemish]
+ Kimora Lee Simmons looking as pompous as ever [Derek Hail]
[Pacific Coast News]
March 27, 2008 at 9:00 pm | main | No comment
Cameron Diaz leaving Bristol Farms in Hollywood (3/23)
+ Lindsay Lohan’s lesbian pizza party [Drunken Stepfather]
+ Heidi Klum: Naked and Painted [Egotastic!]
+ Miley Cyrus is a Jesus freak [Just Jared]
+ Marc Anthony needs to give up acting [Lossip]
+ Angelina Jolie basically thinks she’s a piece of shit [F-Listed]
+ Lauren Hutton gets into fight with stairs, stairs win [Derek Hail]
+ Melina Pitra bikini pics [Horny Oyster]
+ Krista Kelly is hotter than your girlfriend (NSFW) [Attuworld]
+ So that’s why Priscilla Presley looks like a freak . . . [ICYDK]
[Pacific Coast News]
March 25, 2008 at 7:30 am | main | No comment
The April issue of Women’s Health hit newsstands this week!
Rashida Jones has quite the resume - Karen from “The Office?, Quincy’s daughter, Maroon 5’s back-up singer, a Harvard grad, and the star of the racy new Farrelly brothers’ show, “Unhitched?.
For a girl who rode the school bus with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, and whose lifelong gal pal is Nicole Richie, Rashida has certainly taken a different path than her peers!
This driven and intelligent starlet isn’t afraid to tell it like it is…and it’s all revealed in the April issue of Women’s Health.
“I think about what it would be like to have a daughter now, one who is influenced by Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, and Britney Spears – and, ugh, it’s so depressing. Where are the other young Hollywood role models who are cool, smart, and out there doing something with their lives? Maybe Miley Cyrus [aka Hannah Montana]? There’s a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn’t be able to just dress up and look pretty.?
On being a Hollywood kid and growing up as the daughter of Peggy and Quincy Jones:
“My parents wanted cool people around who were fun and family-oriented: it created a nice, safe environment. So I didn’t have a hankering to go out and rebel. It was the classic ‘My parents are crazy cool, and I was a straight-up geek.’?
On her ethnicity:
“I’m lucky because I have so many clashing cultural, racial things going on: black, Jewish, Irish, Portuguese, Cherokee. I can float and be part of any community I want. The thing is, I do identify with being black, and if people don’t identify me that way, that’s their issue. I’m happy to challenge people’s understanding of what it looks like be biracial, because guess what? In the next 50 years, people will start looking more and more like me.?
The 2008 Major League Baseball Season is less than two weeks away, starting on March 25th.
Just in time for the first pitch of the season, Women’s Health features Derek Jeter, as the “Hottie of the Month? in the April issue.
Check out what this sexy, EIGHT-TIME ALL-STAR stud had to say to WH…
Jeter tells women the one thing they need to know:
“How difficult it is for a man to approach a woman! Everyone fears refection.?
Jeter on what’s better than sex:
“Winning. I’m very, very competitive. If my grandmother asks to race me down the street, I’m going to try to beat her. And I’ll provably enjoy it! When out put a lot of hard work into one goal and you achieve it, that’s a really good feeling.?
Tell-tale sign a woman is head-over-heels:
“The dead giveaway? He always thinks about her first.?
Jeter’s catch goes bats for…
1. Family: Who doesn’t love a family man?
- Grandma took him to his first Yankees game when he was a kid and he never starts until he knows where his folks are seated – it’s been a habit since Little League.
2. His on-field idol: Hall-of-Famer and former outfielder Dave Winfield
3. His off-field idol: His dad, a shortstop in college and now a clinical social worker
4. TV: His favorite shows these days are “Entourage? and “American Idol?.
5. Film: A movie fanatic too!
“During the off-season, I go to the movies almost every day. You hear
about women buying shoes? I buy DVDs. I definitely have a problem.?
6. A day off - His ideal: sleeping in, dining out with friends, and finishing with a flick
7 A good tune: He’s a fan of old-school R&B.
8. A field of dreams: He hopes one day to own a MLB team himself.
“I’d love to call the shots, to put a team together. That would be a lot of fun.?
9. Amazing woman: Pay close attention ladies!
- The One must be independent, intelligent, driven, and happy
March 21, 2008 at 8:32 am | main | No comment
SINCE her 1998 divorce from record honcho Tommy Mottola, Mariah Carey has been linked to a string of high-powered men. including Yankee star Derek Jeter, Latino singer Luis Miguel, music exec Mark Sudack and even rapper Eminem. But don’t assume she sleeps around. Pressed about Eminem, the Grammy winner tells the Times of London: “Please! I never had any type of sexual relationship with that man. I can count the number of people I’ve had sex with on fewer than the fingers on one hand.”
(source)
March 19, 2008 at 7:19 pm | main | No comment
Her new album may be called E=MC2, but Mariah Carey has come to terms with being known a ditz.
“It’s a dichotomy, I understand,” she tells Allure magazine. “I understand that people think I’m a ditzy moron.?
And don’t let Carey’s short skirts fool you!
“I’m Mary Poppins: I’m what the button-up girls are supposed to be,” she swears to the mag.
Despite her micro-mini skirt from Saturday Night Live this weekend, she sees herself as “eternally 12.”
“I’ve always had really low self-esteem, and I still do,” she admits. “What’s weird about that is being onstage, and the love that you get, and the adoration that you feel from your real fans. It’s hard for a partner to compete – just imagine.”
Carey, who’s newest single, “Touch My Body,” is on track to become her 18th No. 1 single — tying her with the Beatles for having the most chart-toppers — also says she’s never had a one-night stand and considers herself a “freakin’ prude.”
(The 37-year-old has been married once and linked to both Eminem and New York Yankee Derek Jeter. “Not to quote Swingers, but ‘we all have stories.’ I got a freakin’ miniseries in me,” she says.)
Instead, the best-selling female of all time focuses on her work.
“It’s not that difficult to become exhausted,” she says, alluding to her meltdown in 2001. “I have three personal assistants just to keep up with my schedule!”
As for the thinner body she’s been flaunting, Carey credits her personal trainer. “I don’t know why everyone thinks I lost 30 pounds,” she says. “This trainer has actually helped me reshape my arms. That’s where I gained most of my weight: upper body. That’s just one thing you have to lose weight for.”
(source)
March 18, 2008 at 9:38 am | main | No comment
Derek Jeter says age is turning him into - horror of horrors - his mom and dad. “I used to laugh when my parents went to bed after ‘60 Minutes,’ but now I’m just like them,” the Yankee hunk tells next month’s Men’s Health. “I say to myself, ‘This is your job.’ ” Jeter also notes that as a 5-year-old boy, he tried to compete against his father at everything - and always lost. “So beat your kids at everything now,” he advises. “Enjoy it.”
(source)
March 17, 2008 at 7:03 pm | main | No comment
Billy Crystal whacked himself in the helmet with his backswing, found his shoelaces and socks sabotaged and watched his team lose. Oh, and the New York Yankees rookie struck out in his one and only at-bat as a big leaguer. “It was the strangest, greatest moment of my life,” he said Thursday.
A day before his 60th birthday, the comedian, actor and Oscar host enjoyed every moment of the day he’d hoped for his entire life.
Talking ball with Yogi Berra and Reggie Jackson at the batting cage. Taking infield with Derek Jeter. Jogging in the outfield with Alex Rodriguez. Becoming a victim of clubhouse pranks. Getting a chance for the kind of hit he can’t find in Hollywood or on Broadway.
“I felt like a baseball player,” Crystal said. “I really hate to leave.”
Wearing No. 60 and cheered on by fellow funnyman Robin Williams, the lifelong Yankees fan was no joke at the plate against Pittsburgh.
Players on both teams perched on the top step of the dugout when Crystal came up. They almost saw something special as he took Jeter’s advice: “Swing early in the count.”
Batting leadoff as the Yankees’ designated hitter in the first inning, he took a late-but-solid cut at a fastball from Pirates lefty Paul Maholm. Crystal hit a chopper that got past first baseman Adam LaRoche, but came down 3 feet foul.
Crystal showed a patient, good eye and got ahead in the count 3-1. Maholm came back with a pair of cutters, and the right-handed Crystal swung over both 88 mph pitches.
“I was mad at myself for swinging at ‘em,” he said.
Especially the last one.
“It was ball four,” said plate umpire Mark Carlson, who shook hands with Crystal before the at-bat.
Said Maholm: “I tried to lay it in there for him. I definitely didn’t try to blow it by him.”
“It was definitely a little nerve-racking,” he said. “I’m glad I didn’t have to watch it every day, him getting a hit off me.”
The fans at Legends Field gave Crystal a standing ovation, and he raised his hand to acknowledge them. Rodriguez signaled Maholm, who tossed the ball toward the dugout for a souvenir.
Then it was time for a quick trip up to the suite level to talk to Yankees owner George Steinbrenner.
“I was worried he was going to trade me for Jerry Seinfeld,” Crystal said.
Hank Steinbrenner was pleased.
“As long as the fans enjoy it, it’s great. He has a real love for the Yankees. He’s going to help us in the opening of the new stadium and all that,” the general partner said.
Crystal’s debut - and finale - followed the likes of Garth Brooks and Tom Selleck, other celebrities who played in exhibition games.
Johnny Damon took over at DH after the first inning - he was poised to pinch run had Crystal gotten on base. When the game ended, a 5-3 Pirates win, Crystal said his career as a major leaguer was over.
“I can always say I led off for the New York Yankees. That’s an amazing feeling,” he said. “I don’t even know how to describe it. It was so intensely good.”
Surely better than getting a World Series ring as part-owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks when they beat his beloved Yankees in 2001.
Technically, Crystal still is under contract to the Yankees. He signed a standard minor league deal Wednesday that commissioner Bud Selig approved; as long as the Yankees officially release him before opening day, they don’t owe him any money.
No chance of comeback, Crystal said.
“Not the way my hamstring feels,” he said.
Crystal walked away with a lifetime of “mahvelous” memories.
Manager Joe Girardi gave him a signed lineup card, a clubhouse attendant presented a DVD of his at-bat and Crystal kept his pinstriped uniform. He also exited with his socks and shoelaces cut, the culprits being his teammates-for-a-day.
Crystal brought his own black maple bat and a glove that had his name stitched on the side. While the former high school infielder did not need his mitt in the game, his family and friends did: a foul popup by Rodriguez landed a few feet from Crystal’s wife and Williams.
Asked whether he’d like a turn as a ballplayer, Williams shook his head.
“No. It’ll be a telethon,” he said.
Crystal got this opportunity after a chance meeting with Jeter in Costa Rica over the holidays. Crystal said he wasn’t too happy about turning 60, and the Yankees captain wondered what would make him happy.
Just like that, Crystal was headed to the majors.
Crystal did his best to fit in. He kept his comedy routines to a minimum in the clubhouse, signed his share of autographs - including one for Maholm - and honored the ballplayers’ code by compensating infielder Cody Ransom for taking the minor leaguer’s No. 60.
“He upheld his end of the bargain,” Ransom said.
Neither said what was exchanged, but there was a fancy wrapped Sony bag in Ransom’s locker.
Crystal said he was more nervous than he could remember walking to the plate. Before the game, he tried to act calm. The way he chomped nonstop on his bubblegum gave him away.
“I’m really relaxed, I really am,” Crystal said an hour before it started. “That’s until I see the 6-foot-2, 230-pound guy who’s going to throw who’s never been to a Seder.”
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