Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Father of the Year?

Another Tuesday, another round of gossip to skewer. Let's do away with all the formalities and just get to it, shall we?
Lets kick it off with one of the more ludicrous stories I've found today. Its seems that the ex Mr. Spears, Kevin Federline, has been named Father of the Year...by a night club in Vegas. Here's the details.
Kevin Federline is the new father of the year! Just in time for Father's Day, Prive Las Vegas will award the proud papa of four his "father of the year" status at a party he is slated to host there June 13. Sources tell PEOPLE he will be awarded the title during a presentation at the club. (Source: people)
I find this story funny on many levels, the first on being that Kevin Federline could be considered Father of the Year at all. Now, I realize that he's really stepped up and taken control of the kids since his ex wife went crazy, but the man has two nannies taking care of his kids for him! I'm not sure how much of the day to day parenting he actually does. I also find it ironic that a night club in Vegas is the one naming him father of the year. Because Vegas nightclubs are know for encouraging responsible behavior. And Kevin would know all about that because he seems to live in Vegas on the weekends. And the final reason this particular story amuses me is because this is actually the second time he's been named father of the year in the past year. Details magazine named him and Larry Birkhead (the famous Anna Nicole Smith impregnator) father of the year last November. If these are the types of guys that are supposed to the father role model, I'm a little concerned for the future of our planet. Luckily, its all just a publicity stunt that will blow over soon.

Something that just doesn't seem to blowing over at all is this whole Hulk Hogan's son, Nick's issues with the law. I thought that once he got sentenced to eight months in prison, we wouldn't have to hear from him for a while. Which was rather naive of me, I realize. I guess I was just hopeful. I was wrong. He's only been in the clink for maybe a month, and he's already whining about how awful it is. Here's the scoop:

Nick Hogan, who, after being sentenced to 8 months in jail, has been cooling his heels in solitary confinement because he's too young to join the general population, filed a motion asking that he be placed on house arrest until July 27, his 18th birthday, or moved into the minimum-security lockup. Because Hogan, whose real last name is Bollea, is a minor, he has been isolated in a maximum-security cell at Pinellas County Jail, according to his attorney, Kevin Hayslett, who says the teen has lost at least 10 pounds and has no access to a telephone or TV, privileges enjoyed by inmates serving time for similar offenses. (source EOnline)

So, he's been put in solitary confinement for his own protection, but he's lonely and wants his mommy, so he wants to be under house arrest instead. I saw ten seconds of Hogan Knows Best once and saw the house Nick lives in. There is no way that being under house arrest in that house would in any way shape or form punish him for nearly killing and permanently disabling his friend. I think they should let him out into the general prison population. He wouldn't be as lonely then and he could watch TV.
In other reality-stars-behaving-badly- then- trying- to- get- out- of- jail- time news, Jackass star Steve-O was in court today to face charges stemming from his March cocaine bust.
Jackass star Steve-o is heading to rehab after reaching a deal with prosecutors and pleading guilty to felony drug charges. The troubled 33-year-old - real name Stephen Glover - had previously pleaded not guilty to counts of cocaine possession following his 3 March arrest on suspicion of vandalising his neighbours' property in Los Angeles. But the professional stuntman decided to confess to the crime on Tuesday in a bid to rid him of his legal woes. His lawyer Barry Sands tells website TMZ.com that if the star enrolls in a narcotics programme within the next 48 hours and remains "on good behaviour", the case will be dropped altogether. (source imdb.com)
While I applaud Steve-O's behavior since his arrest (i.e. going to rehab on his own accord and staying clean for the past 85 days) I just hope that this sentence is enough to keep him out of trouble and off the drugs. This kind of leniency hasn't proved very effective among the Hollywood set in the past.

Lets finish up with a more positive story. I feel like I've been ranting a bit too much today and its totally messing with my positive thinking (which I've been meaning to start doing since the whole Paris went to jail debacle). The cast of The Simpsons has been in some pretty intense contract negotiations for a while now, and I am happy to report that they have finally sealed the deal!

"The Simpsons" cast has sealed a four-year deal that hands it more "D'oh" and solidifies the animated hit's 20th season. Production on the show has been delayed for several months as voice actors and 20th Century Fox TV hammered out a deal. New pact bumps the stars' salaries up to about $400,000 an episode; the thesps previously made somewhere in the mid-$300,000 range. The deal, firmed up over the weekend, means most of the key "Simpsons" cast members -- Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yeardley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe) and Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns) -- will be back to work and attending the show's first table read of the season this morning. Because of the late start, 20th will produce just 20 episodes of "The Simpsons" this season instead of the usual 22. (source Variety)

This is very good news indeed. Sunday nights just wouldn't seem the same without the Simpson family. It would be like taking away Monday Night Football or Saturday morning cartoons or something. Though the cast is renewed for another four years, it remains to be seen if the show will be renewed beyond its 20th season on Fox. I'm pretty sure it will, even if the ratings have been falling for the past few years, if only to make it the longest running prime time show ever (right now its tied with Gunsmoke at 20 seasons).

So that's it for this ranting redhead. The news has been rather slow, so I'm off to obsess about whether the tomatoes I had on my pasta last night were from salmonella infested Texas!
Later!
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