no no no no no no

some things should be left alone. but the hollywood trend now seems to be less about originality and more about ruining classics (i mean they're remaking footloose! and not even as a musical...just a remake now). the black eyed peas premiered "the time" today, the lead single off the beginning, the follow-up album to last year's the e.n.d. "the time" samples the dirty dancing theme "time of my life" heavily. basically all that was added was some techno rapping. and it's just not good. i'm all for making something modern. for making something current. for updating things and introducing them to a new audience. and, usually, i like when songs sample classics (see: jay-z "young forever"). but not this time. it just doesn't sound right together. will.i.am's autotuned vocals and fergies soul-infused sound just don't do "(i've had) the time of my life" justice. check out the track above and judge for yourself. the mash-up sounds thrown together and forced. good mash-ups, samples and covers bring something fresh to a song without taking away it's value. i don't think that's done here. hopefully the rest of the beginning is better than this, or else it might really be the end for the bep's.

day 55

another day, another celebrity blogger

michael urie, who plays marc on ugly betty, has launched his own official site, michaelurie.net.  click here to check out his introduction video. with the launch of this official site, michael joins the ranks of recent web additions like mishca barton and whitney port.  off his site, you'll be able to find links to basically everything and anything marc does, likes, or thinks about.  there are plenty of ugly betty-centric links, like an "ask amanda and marc" section, podcasts, and webisodes.  he also has links to some of the other ub cast members pages, like becki newton (amanda), vanessa williams (wilhelminia), ashley jensen (christina), and christopher gorham (henry). now we'll just have to see if michael will keep the site updated or if it will be a fleeting moment in the history of celeb websites.

they tried to make her get a divorce

amy winehouse's husband, blake fielded-civil (aka blake incarcerated), has filed from divorce from the "rehab" singer.  amy, who has recently become sober and has been looking healthier on vacation in st lucia, does not have a prenup with the dead beat druggie who she professed her love for at the grammys. that means it will probably be a very messy divorce; blake will probably go after winehouse's money, which she probably won't want to part with.  amy has also professed to at least one out-of-marriage affair, which gives grounds to blake to go after even more money.  blake's lawyer even admitted that he told his client to go after the split on the grounds of adultery...this should be a very interesting couple of months in the new year.  i guess this means we'll probably have to wait even longer to hear more music from winehouse? or even at all? 

box office buzz

it looks like what is old is new (and popular) again.  clint eastwood's first on screen appearance since 2004's million dollar baby, gran torino, took the top spot at the box office this weekend, besting should-be-blockbuster bride wars. eastwood's flick brought in $29 million, as compared to hudson and hathaway's $21.5 million.   torino played at roughly 500 less theaters than bride wars, meaning it was able to pull in a whole lot more money per screen than the chick-centric comedy.  what's also interesting is that gran torino was in its 5th (yes, the number five) week in theaters, albeit this was the first of which it was in wide release.  the two movies were joined in the top ten by horror flick the unborn (which is sure to fade quickly), marley and me (its first weekend not at number 1), and the curious case of benjamin button.  while the economy is slowing down, the movie business is still doing just fine. 

i now pronounce you fergie duhamel 

josh duhamel and fergie (real name stacy ferguson) tied the knot on saturday in malibu, california.  some of the celebs in attendance included mario lopez, rebecca romijn and hubby jerry o'connel, and fergie's nine costar kate hudson.  the couple was married on a vineyard at sunset and wore dolce and gabanna.  hopefully marriage won't jinx the couple's relationship, which has been going strong since 2004 with an engagement in december of '07.  

show departures

ashley jensen (christina) of ugly betty is headed off the abc dramedy.  the star recently asked out of her contract after the show moved to new york.  no word as to whether or not she'll get the go ahead with the leave, but it will probably happen. because no decision has been made yet, there's no casting news as to who may take the tailor/closet master's character's shoes, but jensen should stick it out for the rest of the season to finish up the wilhelmina/bradford baby mamma story line...either hayden panetierre or ali larter is set to leave the nbc faltering show heroes.  it hasn't been confirmed as to which star has asked out of her contract, but with hints like "one of the bigger female cast members" and "she has a name in hollywood," it is bound to be one of the two.  however, if the star does want to come back, it looks like her character's death at the end of this season will be "easily reversible," which makes me believe it's hayden who wants out - she's "indestructible" on the show and a death scene could easily go either way.  

tonight is the golden globes ceremony, so we'll all get to see who wins what and who is bound for oscar gold.  

day 32

black eyed las vegas wedding

josh duhamel and fergie (nee stacy ferguson) are set to tie the knot the weekend of january 9-11th, according to access hollywood. the hollywood power couple have been dating since 2004. along with the impending nuptials, the couple have a variety of projects in the works.  duhamel has two films, transformers: revenge of the fallen and when in rome, slated for release in 2009.  fergie is working on both music and films, with the musical film adaptation of broadway's nine slated for 2009 and working on a new album with the black eyed peas and another solo record.  

hilton robbed

paris hilton's la home was robbed early friday morning.  the star was night home at the time, but close to $2 million worth of jewelry was stolen from the property.  no word yet on what exactly was taken, or if any of the valuables were hilton family heirlooms.  doubtful paris is allowed to touch any of those...the story is still developing, but it is likely that the robbery is related to the string of burglaries in the westside area over the past couple of months. 

twilight-ers want lautner

thousands of devoted twilight readers and viewers are actively campaigning all over the net to keep taylor lautner in the role of jacob in the planned sequel, new moon. talk has been that lautner would be replaced in the role by 20-something actor michael copon, as the character is the major love interest in the second film and must appear "more mature." lautner has apparently promised the producers that he would gain at least 15 more pounds of muscle (he is a martial artist) before the second film starts production - in 12 weeks - in order to appear more mature.  fans want to keep the franchise's integrity, including catherine hardwicke's original cast vision.  there's no reason taylor has to be removed from the role and he seems willing to do anything to hold on to the part.  the creative minds behind the films better make their decision fast...fans have been attacking copon's facebook page with messages telling him to stay away from the part and are willing to protest the next film if the original jacob is not included in the second movie.