day 192

candy spelling, why you crazy?
when you're the widowed wife of a tv icon with a crazy ass mansion on your hands and a daughter who doesn't talk to you, what should one do? go on the radio and blab about it, of course! promoting her new book, stories from candyland (the book's release date was moved up before tori's latest bestseller, mommywood, hit shelves), candy stoppped by a massachusettes radio station. "my daughter one day decided that she wasn't speaking to my husband, myself and my son, and that's how it's continued for the last, oh gosh, four or five years," said candy. hmm...people don't just to that out of no where. that's what killed my husband, actually. he just didn't want to live after that" wow, blaming your daughter for killing her dad? genius! i don't think saying she's reponsible for aaron spelling's death is the way to win her over. nor is saying you won't sell the mega-mansion tori lived in for a year and a half if you get to see your grandchildren. how about a surprise visit to the spelling-mcdermot house? perhaps while the tori and dean cameras are around? that episode would be huge. huge. c'mon, candy. you were married to a tv legend - you have to have some tricks up your sleeves on how to make good tv, even if it is just "reality."

chace crawford speaks!
but it's not that important. it's just about footloose. chace says that both he and "friend" zac efron have to make the best choices for their careers and, well, it just so happened that zac's right move left room for chace's. chace says his audition process was the most rigorous he's even been through, with daily 5 hour routines in front of the film's creative team. but, in the end, it was obviously all worth it. the casting team even said they knew chace was their guy. so why'd he have to go through all the craziness? did you just want to have fun with him? later this week, a decision may be made on chace's leading lady, too. chace and dancing with the stars' julianne hough will screen test together. according to insiders, julianne has a leg up on any competition; the role of ariel is the most singing intensive of any part in the film and requires a little country flavor. if you didn't know, julianne is also the most recent addition to the blond bombshell country singing club. the film recently got a rewrite from the minds behind erin brockovich (though i doubt this movie will win any oscars) to better suit chace. plus, expect a few familiar faces to pop up around the dance-free town. rumor has it that original stars, like kevin bacon and sarah jessica parker, should make cameos. one thing that probably won't be making a reapparance (at least if crawford gets his way)? the high beam flips and jumps from the warehouse scene. says chace, "“i’ve got some movement in me, but i’m not a dancer." boo you whore.

your daily funny.
last week, idol wannabeen katherine mcphee was cornered by the papparazzi in la, but was "saved" by a local homeless woman, quween. funnyordie got a hold of the two to make a fake celebrity protection advertisement. check it out below. all i have to say is "hell no letters and words. hell no."

Katharine McPhee in Paparazzi Protection from Katharine McPhee

check the twitter later for little updates, like about the rest of the cast for i'm a celebrity...

day 51

lautner lands moon

looks like michael copon is going to have to look for work somewhere else.  taylor lautner will keep the part of jacob black in new moon, the sequel to megahit twilight, scheduled for release later this year.  after speculation that the babyfaced 16 year old wouldn't be able to handle the "new-and-improved" jacob of the second book (in which the character grows to giant heights and has the appearance of a 25 year old), new moon director chris weitz and series auther stephanie meyer each released statements today that they believed the original cast would be the best choice for continuing the series.  lautner, in an attempt to keep the role that is sure to make him famous, has packed on 19 pounds of muscle and is willing to put on 10+ more lbs before filming of the next installment begins.  fans had also been campaigning to keep the original actor and they are sure to be happy with the choice.  this casting seems to make the most sense - why change something that's not broken? 

donna martin graduates...to 90210 

tori spelling is finally headed back to the zip-code that made her famous.  reprising the role of donna martin, spelling will begin filming in late january for an episode to air later in the season.  spelling had not been willing to return to the show when it was first launched when she learned that returning cast members shannen doherty and jennie garth were getting paid nearly double the salary spelling was offered. jason priestly, the original 90210's brendan, is set to direct the ep.  this should be interesting. as far as i know, only jennie garth will be on the episode alongside spelling. what will donna martin be up to? when the series was first in development, donna was supposed to be owning a "kitson-like" boutique that all the 90210-ers frequent.  oh well, it will be interesting to see what her nose job and boob job will be able to pull off in 2009. 

just a thought...

who is writing magazine headlines these days? ok magazine's latest cover has quite the incoherent title for an article all about britney: "what price fame?" um...it seems like they're missing a word there, like "what price for fame?" you'd think that before a major publication went to shelves and subscribers someone would be "that doesn't look right." maybe i'm missing something, but it just seems like something should be said about this.