“Is Britney Spears Auditioning Boyfriends? - Teen Music” plus 4 more

Is Britney Spears Auditioning Boyfriends? - Teen Music
Bones rolls into its 5th season - Winnipeg Sun
Why I'm not buying your cool guy image any more, Mr West - Belfast Telegraph
Make My Day - American Reporter
Is Britney Spears Auditioning Boyfriends? - Teen Music

Is Britney Spears Auditioning Boyfriends? - Teen Music

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:52 PM PDT

Britney Spears has brushed off rumours she's staging fake music video auditions to liven up her love life, following allegations she propositioned a male model during a recent casting.

The Toxic hitmaker has been on and off the dating scene since her 2007 divorce from Kevin Federline, and reports suggest her rumoured romance with her agent, Jason Trawick, has recently cooled.

According to the New York Daily News, the star set up a fake casting in Los Angeles to find a new beau - but her hand-picked suitor, 24-year-old model Bekim Trenova, turned her down.

A source says, "When he got there, there was no camera crew. There was just Britney. She was looking sexy. She made it pretty clear that she was less interested in hiring him than in dating him. Bekim found the whole scene very weird. He was polite but not interested. He made some excuse to get out of there."

Trenova has declined to comment. But a spokesperson for Spears claims the story is "completely false," insisting "She (Spears) doesn't know this guy".

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Bones rolls into its 5th season - Winnipeg Sun

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 11:57 PM PDT

Instructions for actors usually are simple: Look good and don't think.

But the two stars of Bones -- Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz -- have added producing titles for the show in recent seasons. Deschanel was asked if that has been a good thing, or if it merely means she worries more now about the business side of the equation.

"Sometimes people want to keep actors in the dark -- you know, 'Don't tell them that, just let them be pretty' or whatever," Deschanel said. "That can be frustrating.

"I mean, I'm really good at being pretty, but come on!"

Bones returns for its fifth season tonight on Global in Canada, and then tomorrow on Fox, which is the show's network of origin. Deschanel said she's still enjoying playing Dr. Temperance (Bones) Brennan, an uber-nerd with no social skills and a merely sporadic knowledge of pop culture.

"Brennan has no idea who Britney Spears is, which I love because it's like Brennan filled her brain with entirely useful information that she uses in her day-to-day life, so why would she fill it with anything frivolous like Britney Spears?" Deschanel said.

"But I also love that characters have contradictions. Brennan did know who Stewie from Family Guy was."

Family Guy, of course, is another Fox show. What a coincidence!

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Why I'm not buying your cool guy image any more, Mr West - Belfast Telegraph

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 10:10 PM PDT

I pity the organisers of Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. What a bunch of spoilt, pampered brats they had to contend with. No, I'm not talking about the audience. I'm referring to the antics of certain pop tarts and himbos.

Country singer Taylor Swift (19) was graciously accepting her trophy when pop-idiot Kanye West rushed onstage and grabbed the microphone right out of the startled starlet's hands.

He then went on to tell the audience that Beyonce should have won the award instead. But Kanye had misjudged the mood of the crowd.

A chorus of booing followed his verbal assault on Miss Swift. Poor Taylor must have been heartened by their support but she still didn't know where to look.

Kanye appeared to be swigging brandy neat from a bottle. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the brandy turned out to be iced tea, and the entire thing was a carefully contrived publicity stunt. (Remind me to consider something similar the next time they're handing out book awards in London. I'll elbow Cecelia Ahern to one side and run amok with a bottle of Buckfast.)

Pink, that pocket-rocket of a punk princess, was so angry she had to be held back by security staff. She later wrote on her blog, "Kanye West is the biggest piece of s*** on earth. Quote me." Katy Perry went one better, writing, "F*** u, Kanye," on her blog. Beyonce was said to be mortified. Though she was pictured apparently smiling. She later brought Taylor Swift back onstage and the two women embraced warmly, both wearing red frocks.

Kanye West was ejected from the venue. Mind you, what does he care? He's made a fool of himself more than once at these shindigs yet always manages to secure another invite. Just for the record (pardon the pun) Kanye's date for the night seemed to be distinctly unimpressed. It can't be easy to look quite so miserable in a skin-tight, snake-print body stocking, killer heels and a severe crew cut.

Have these so-called icons of pop lost the run of themselves entirely? Does Kanye West have any idea how much he resembles an obnoxious little brat with a personality disorder? We're not buying your cool guy image any more, Kanye.

You've got all the charm and charisma of a two-year-old who's just dropped his ice cream on the beach.

And as for Pink and Katy Perry's considered reaction! Swearing on Twitter? Well, how very anarchic! Rock'n'roll, baby!

Maybe it's an age thing but I do wonder how the 'youth of today' are ever going to learn any manners. How are they going to cope in the world? If they go around thinking it's acceptable to disrupt social occasions, drink neat brandy and swear on Twitter!

Perhaps instead of the Jeremy Vile/Kyle Show, the TV companies should start screening Jimmy Stewart movies? For it's probably the 1940s since we all used correct grammar, polite language, gracious body language or even gave up our seats on the bus for a pensioner.

I never could stand those bulked-up rap dudes with their baggy tracksuits and their soft-porn videos. I never could understand the massive sense of entitlement that seems to envelop some artists the nano-second they get a chart hit.

You just know they wouldn't last five minutes in the real world, not without their mammy and their bodyguards to drive them around and tell them when to eat and sleep.

With his appalling attitude and complete disregard for any sense of occasion, Kanye West wouldn't get a job stacking shelves in a supermarket. And why do so many pop-idiots have to wear dark glasses indoors? Is it because they're afraid we might see them looking ever so slightly confused and bewildered on the red carpet?

As for Beyonce, Pink and Katy Perry, well, I might take the three of them more seriously if they didn't all play the pop game themselves.

Sexed-up out of all proportion, shaking their booty and winking naughtily and blowing kisses willy-nilly. It seems a girl still has to dress like a circus act if she wants to get ahead in showbusiness. Yes, she might have a great voice and be a great dancer but she's going nowhere unless she bares a little (or a lot) of flesh.

As for Kanye? As I said, the bouncers escorted him out. Woo, woo! Why didn't they bung him 'in the mental' like they did with poor Britney Spears and Mischa Barton? When they misbehaved recently they were whisked off to a secure unit before you could say 'sex discrimination'. I'm telling you, it's still a man's world when all's said (and sung) and done.

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Make My Day - American Reporter

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:58 PM PDT

Make My Day
PARIS FOR PREZ
by Erik Deckers
American Reporter Humor Writer
Indianapolis, Indiana

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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- It was the snit heard 'round the world. The snarky, scantily-clad video response that got pundits tongues wagging about something other than politics, at least until their wives saw them. Maybe its echo has faded from the news, but it still makes me wake up screaming in the middle of the night.

Paris Hilton says she's running for President.

The vapid blond heiress and star of "The Simple Life," announced her candidacy in a spoof video on FunnyOrDie.com. Hilton said she was running because that "wrinkly white-haired guy" - John McCain, for those of you emerging from under your rocks - used her image in a television spot against his opponent, presumptive President of the United States, Barack Obama.

"Hey America, I'm Paris Hilton, and I'm a celebrity too," she said without a sense of irony or shame. "Only I'm not from the olden days, and I'm not promising change like that other guy. I'm just hot."

Oh man, this is really bad. I've always been a big supporter of third party candidates, but my one litmus test is whether they can even spell "candidate." And that they haven't starred in an Internet sex video/ I swear, if she wins, I'm moving to Canada with Alec Baldwin, unless he chickens out like he did last time. (Big wussy. The guy swore up and down he would move to Canada if George Bush became President, but we're stuck with him and his 17 brothers.) Still, I don't think she's got a real shot, so I'll probably be here for a while.

"But then that wrinkly white-haired guy used me in his campaign ad, which means I guess I'm running for President," she continued. Yeah, right. By that logic, since her boyfriend used her in that sex video, I guess that would make her a slut. . .

Uh, oh. This is worse than I thought! Do they get the NFL in Canada? Can I get the Dish Network to work up there?

"So thanks for the endorsement, white-haired dude, and I want America to know I'm, like, totally ready to lead."

Oh, good, as long as you're totally ready. I mean, we wouldn't want someone who was , like, only concerned about whether certain other world leaders are, like, hot, or whether the White House clashes with her outfits. She'll probably appoint Extreme Makerover's Ty Pennington the Secretary of the Department of the Interior to make sure.

"I'll see you at the White House," she concluded. "Oh, and I might paint it pink."

Looks like I've got a tough decision to make. Do I go for the big city or the small town? I've been to Toronto, and it's a nice city with a strong arts community. But if I lived in a smaller town, I'd be closer to nature and some really good fishing. Dryden, Ontario is gorgeous in the summer.

But even as I pace the floor and gnaw on my fingernails, I have to admit, her energy policy made some sense.

"We can do limited offshore drilling with strict environmental oversight, while creating tax incentives to get Detroit making hybrid and electric cars. That way, offshore drilling carries us until the new technologies kick in, which will create new jobs and energy independence. Energy crisis solved. I'll see you at the debates, bitches."

But then she, like, totally shot herself in the foot when she said she was considering Rihanna, the R&B artist, as her vice presidential nominee.

Come on! Rihanna?! Are you kidding me? Everyone knows she doesn't have the foreign affairs experience needed to re-establish the U.S. as a world leader. Plus, she was born in Barbados, so she's not a natural-born American citizen, which means she can't take on that role.

While some people would say Britney Spears, Hilton's fellow celeb and John McCain commercial target, is the emotional favorite, I think Cameron Diaz is the better choice. She can shore up the Hispanic vote and improve relations with Latin America. Of course, you'll also need Ashton Kutcher to head up the Department of Homeland Security (Hey Iran, you've been punk'd!). And what do you think of Scarlett Johansen as the Secretary of State... ?

Uh, excuse me. I don't know what came over me. If anything, I'm worrying too much about something that will never happen. Hilton is only 27, eight years too young to run for president, which means I don't have to worry about a global disaster for eight more years. But with her sordid past, I doubt she could even be elected dogcatcher of Putnam County.

Besides, I'm hoping Lindsey Lohan will be out of rehab and ready to run for Senate by 2016.

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Is Britney Spears Auditioning Boyfriends? - Teen Music

Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:52 PM PDT

Britney Spears has brushed off rumours she's staging fake music video auditions to liven up her love life, following allegations she propositioned a male model during a recent casting.

The Toxic hitmaker has been on and off the dating scene since her 2007 divorce from Kevin Federline, and reports suggest her rumoured romance with her agent, Jason Trawick, has recently cooled.

According to the New York Daily News, the star set up a fake casting in Los Angeles to find a new beau - but her hand-picked suitor, 24-year-old model Bekim Trenova, turned her down.

Trenova has declined to comment. But a spokesperson for Spears claims the story is "completely false," insisting "She (Spears) doesn't know this guy".

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