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Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Fox's once-hot 'The O.C.' is canceled — LOS ANGELES - "The O.C.," the once-hot teenage soap opera that saw its ratings plummet like a delinquent student's grades, has been canceled. The final episode of the drama will air 9 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 22, Fox TV and Warner Bros.
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Just Jared:
The O.C. Officially Cancelled! — We've been hearing this for many months now (perhaps longer) but word on the street is that Fox has "officially" pulled the plug on The O.C. in its fourth (and final) season. Big surprise because just yesterday, the pilot pickup season kicked off …
TMZ.com:
Orange Crushed — FOX Cancels "The OC" — Like you didn't see this one coming down the 405? — After killing off their most famous character, turning Summer into a hippie, and forcing Ryan to fight just about everybody who looked at him the wrong way, the folks behind "The OC" have finally thrown in the beach towel.
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Access Hollywood:
After New Year's Nap, Britney Recovers In Arizona — After falling asleep (or, according to some reports, possibly passing out) at a New Year's Eve bash in Las Vegas, Britney Spears reportedly checked in to an Arizona spa for some good ol' fashioned R&R on New Year's Day.
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
TROUBLED TUNES — YOU'VE maybe heard about Britney Spears' sort of fall-down meltdown in Las Vegas just after the stroke of the new year. What I have heard that you haven't heard is that her seeming out-of-control spiral personally might be the downbeat of major inharmony professionally.
Ted Casablanca / E! Online:
Welcome Back, Badasses! — After the holidays, we've got unfestive Justin Timberlake and sourpuss Scarlett Johansson to help bring you vicarious types back down to hardly ho-ho-ho reality, are ya ready to get bitchy with it? Which means we've also got that cranky mail bag hissin' up...
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Trent / Pink Is The New Blog:
Hail Angelina, Full Of Grace — In an age where celebrity is worshipped like a religion and celebrities are viewed as holier-than-thou entities (that is, until they fall from grace), it's no wonder that celebs are increasingly becoming the subject of "new art".
Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Lost's Emilie de Ravin, Husband Split — Emilie de Ravin, who plays Claire Littleton on ABC's Lost, has separated from her husband after only six months of marriage, her publicist, Jeff Raymond, tells the Associated Press. — The Australian actress and actor Josh Janowicz, both 25, were married in Melbourne in June of last year.
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Noelle Hancock / Us Weekly:
Lost's Emilie de Ravin, Husband Separate After Six Months Of Marriage — Emilie de Ravin, who plays Claire Littleton on the hit ABC series Lost, has separated from her husband after six months of marriage, her spokesman told the Associated Press Wednesday. — The 25-year-old Australian actress …
USA Today:
Apologize, Britney — Has Britney Spears jumped the shark? — Spears' negative publicity has hit a new nadir as fans start to lose patience. — This month, the singer's largest unofficial fan site, World of Britney, will close down. Last week, students nationwide voted Spears the most ill-mannered celebrity of 2006.
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Phil / Egotastic!:
Ashlee Simpson Nipple Slip Pictures!!! — Yeah, that's right, not only are these Ashlee Simpson bikini pictures, but they're Ashlee Simpson nipple slip pictures too! This year just keeps getting better and better and better. — Stay tuned, cuz I'm hoping to have som hi-res versions …
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Stephen M. Silverman / People.com:
Trump Takes Credit for The View's High Ratings — Donald Trump believes that he - and not Rosie O'Donnell - deserves the praise that Barbara Walters lavished upon her View co-host Wednesday. — "Ratings are up because of me," Trump told the New York Daily News in response to Walters's …
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Abby / Yeeeah!:
Vanessa Minillo Likes to Have a Good Time — Dropping the f-bomb in the middle of MTV's Goes For Gold live New Year's Eve party was only the beginning of the end for hostess Vanessa Minillo. Us Weekly chronicled the remainder of her evening below: … The best part of the play-by-play is Nick's "unamused and stony silence."
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Popsugar / Insanely addictive:
K-Fed Attempts to Land LL — Getting sober has done wonders for Lindsay. She has admirers coming at her left and right. Music mogul Scott Storch is buying her serious bling. Her exes Wilmer and Jared Leto also have apparently been making eyes at her recently.
ANI / Yahoo! News:
American fans want Kidman to dump Urban — Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): American fans of actress Nicole Kidman are calling for the Aussie beauty to dump her country singer husband Keith Urban amid reports he cheated on her. — The singer, who is currently battling alcoholism …
popbytes:
BRITNEY SPEARS: DO HER KIDS COME LAST? — good morning y'all! with all of britney spears' recent partying/puking/fainting/pussy- flashing of course the tabloids are going to jump on the 'what about the kids?' train! this week's STAR magazine asks the question - 'do her kids come last? …
Brenda Jones / The National Ledger:
Kate Hudson & Owen Wilson Already Over? — Did Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson ever get started? If they did - the buzz is that the couple has slammed the breaks on any relationship. According to a report that will be in this week's In Touch Weekly, Kate and Owen are close to closing the door on their relationship.
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JOE SIMPSON FIGHTING OVER JESSICA'S MONEY — Joe Simpson seems to be on a money rampage these days! — A source tells TMZ that Joe got mad at daughter Jessica when she turned down a highly paid gig to host a New Year's Eve party at Vegas' Pure nightclub — saying she didn't want to work on the holiday …
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People.com:
Lisa Ling Engaged to Chicago Oncologist — Oprah Winfrey Show and National Geographic Channel correspondent Lisa Ling is engaged to Chicago-based doctor Paul Song, her rep tells PEOPLE. — Song, 41, an oncologist who works at Chicago's Little Company of Mary Hospital …
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Washington Post:
But It's Thomas Jefferson's Koran! — Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, found himself under attack last month when he announced he'd take his oath of office on the Koran — especially from Virginia Rep. Virgil Goode, who called it a threat to American values.