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• Al Roker's frosting buttons seem really inappropriate, no? [MG] • In this rough and tumble economy, Tracy Morgan can't even afford to go to the strip club anymore. [NYDN] • Ice Cube is bringing a new cop show to NBC. We all know there aren't enough cop shows on network TV. [AHH] • The battle of the Marvin Gaye biopics continues. [SB] |
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They Did The Best They Could...
The first topic was "something that's slippery and hard to hold onto." You know where this is going. CONTINUED » |
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The greatest thing about publicity tours is that when you go on a talk show in the morning and call Tyra Banks fat during an interview with a black host who has had highly-publicized gastric bypass surgery, you can retract the statement the very same day during an interview with a different black host who has had highly-publicized gastric bypass surgery. That's exactly what Janice Dickinson, who called Tyra Banks fat on the Today Show yesterday, did when she visited Star Jones later in the day*. Star, who generally has a gentle, fawning interviewing style, showed a brief hint of sass when Janice brought up her Tyra comments. But it's all over now. When Al Roker and Star Jones forgive you for a fat joke, you're forgiven. *around the 5:00 mark |
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Clearly, Janice Dickinson has no tender feelings for fellow ex-model and former boss Tyra Banks. When she looks at Ms. Banks, she doesn't see a successful, albeit ridiculous, reality show creator and talk show host, she sees a tub of lard. And has no problem saying so on the Today Show. As you'll see, Al Roker, who knows a little bit about what it's like to be fat, objects and coerces Dickinson into making a half-hearted retraction. Emphasis on the half-hearted. |
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According to Page Six, Imus has a bone to pick with former regulars on his show like Harold Ford, Jr., and Al Roker, who spoke out against Imus after he called the Rutgers Basketball Team "nappy-headed hoes." Because being a guest on someone's show in the past automatically means you have to publicly support them after they say something that offends you. And also, how can anyone say mean things about a jolly weatherman? If Imus has a bone to pick with someone, it should be himself and his racist producer. |
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But It Was Nice, Nevertheless
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Call me cheesy (it wouldn't be the first time), but I kind of love celebrity offspring. Much to my delight, a bunch of them came out for a special screening of Surf's Up, an animated "mockumentary" about surfing penguins. Whatever happened to the fairy tales of my generation? A question for another time, perhaps. Anyway, here's Tiki Barber with his little ones. Rachel Roy, Al Roker, and Veronica Webb were also there to teach their kids how to take advantage of perks related to their parents' celebrity. |
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A Mass Celebrity Vacation On Paradise Island
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