day 319

how i met your mother, rachel bilson.

the casting gods have spoken and how i met your mother may finally have a mother to speak of in the form of rachel bilson. the former oc babe has been tapped for an unknown part in the series extra-special 100th episode, airing in january of next year. while it hasn't been confirmed as to whether or not rachel is actually the mother, all signs point to yes. according to executive producer craig thomas, the 100th episode will be the closest ted (the main character) has ever come to the mother after a long line of fake-outs (i'm still annoyed that sarah chalke wasn't the mom!). there still is the possibility that r bilson is another bump in the road to the mom or she could be a link to the mom. if she is the title matriarch, then i think it's casting genius! i really like rachel bilson and hate that almost everything she's done post-oc has been a one-off guest episode. plus, rachel looks like she could be the mom to the two kids ted tells the story to every episode. the only thing i worry about is, if rachel is the mother, where does the show go from here? can himym survive if we know who the mom is? i guess we'll have to wait and see.

"fame kills" tours

one of the most anticipated tours of the fall - and what was sure to be one of the highest grossing tours ever - has been canceled. the "fame kills" tour, which was to double-bill lady gaga and kanye west as headliners, was pulled from livenation's upcoming events yesterday with no explanation. as of today, the only reason given for the cancellation were creative issues with kanye. big surprise. i'm guessing that the kanye/taylor swift debacle wasn't helping the tour gain momentum and that all parties decided to cut their losses and scrap the whole idea. the good news is that lady gaga has decided to forge ahead and will be relaunching the tour as just hers. gaga's tour will coincide with the re-release of her bestselling album the fame (now known as the fame monster). the newly repackaged disc will feature a series of new songs, including her 5th single "love monster." as far as i can tell, all videos with the demo version of the song have been pulled from youtube but you can easily download the song. it's not that great, but it's allegedly not a completed version. gaga will most likely premiere the song this weekend as part of her performance as musical guest on saturday night live.