HE'S A MEAN ONE...
Apparently, it does pay to be cruel. American Idol meanie Simon Cowell will earn a reported $1 million to return for a second season of Fox's reality phenom. Cowell is the first Idol judge to sign up for the upcoming sequel, although fellow pundits Paula Abdul and Randy Jackson are expected back as well. For a preview of tonight's two-hour finale, click here. |
CUT!
TNT is cutting loose Witchblade. In a surprise move, the network has axed its signature drama series after two seasons. Variety speculates that the decision may have been partly based on the personal problems of series star Yancy Butler, whose recent stint in alcohol rehab forced the show to briefly cease production. |
BUFFY WEDS
Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar exchanged vows with her Scooby-Doo leading man Freddie Prinze Jr. during a top-secret ceremony on Sunday in Mexico. Gellar wore a Vera Wang gown and Prinze donned a custom-made linen suit. The couple announced their engagement in April 2001. US Weekly, meanwhile reports that on the day of the nuptials Gellar was hospitalized with dehydration brought on by — eww! — "Montezuma's revenge." |
OPRAH'S SAFE
Don't hold your breath for The Bill Clinton Show. Despite reports, the former President told Larry King that he has no immediate plans to enter the talk show fray. "Maybe sometime later in my life I'd like to do it," he said on Tuesday's Larry King Live. "It would be intriguing to me because I like to talk to people... [But] you have to be here every day, and ... a lot of the work I do requires me to travel. I really believe I should always spend more than half my time on public service, so I just don't see how I can do it." Clinton reportedly had been in discussions with both CBS and NBC about a show. |
SIGN OF THE TIMES
Heather Mills volunteered to sign a prenuptial agreement before marrying former Beatle Paul McCartney in June. But apparently, it was an offer he could — and did — refuse. "I wanted to prove that I love him for him," she tells October's Vanity Fair. "He said, 'I wouldn't let you'." Isn't that romantic... and dumb. |
BLONDE AMBITION
Ryan Phillippe wasn't joking when he remarked at the Academy Awards last March that wife Reese Witherspoon makes more than him. Witherspoon will earn a career-high $15 million to reprise her role as a sorority girl turned legal eagle in Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Variety reports. The follow-up is slated for release next July. |
SHORT CUTS
Nominations for the inaugural MTV Latin Video Music Awards were announced Tuesday and Shakira, Juanes and Diego Torres netted five each. Winners will be announced Oct. 24... British director J. Lee Thompson, the filmmaker behind the original Cape Fear, died Friday of heart failure. He was 88. |
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"I really like that song. I'll be at my crib listening to that song really loud and I'll be breakin' to it. Don't tell nobody that." Soul superstar Musiq confiding to TV Guide Online his secret obsession with Madonna's similiarly-named hit song "Music." |
