The Jane Report 5-24-10
Last night, Bret Michaels beat out Holly Robinson-Peete to win the third season of “Celebrity Apprentice.”
Details are few, but Bret Michaels is receiving outpatient care after being hospitalized for what doctors called a warning stroke. …
U2 lead singer, Bono, underwent emergency back surgery in Germany on Friday. Bono (real name: Paul Hewson) sustained an injury while preparing for the next leg of U2’s 360-Degree tour. The band has postponed their June 3rd concert in Salt Lake City, Utah for now.
Lindsay Lohan will appear in court this morning before Judge Marsha Revel. It’s expected that conditions of her bail will be refraining from consuming alcohol, wearing a SCRAM bracelet to monitor alcohol consumption, and submitting to random drug testing at least once a week. If Lindsay violates any of these conditions, the judge could revoke her bail and put her in jail.
So do you want to puke? In the “Dancing With The Stars” finale, on Tuesday, eliminated contestant, “Bachelor” Jake Pavelka, will take to the floor with his fiancee, Vienna Girardi. Jake’s pro partner, Chelsea Hightower says all of the season 10 couples will take to the floor together and perform one last dance. Girardi and pro Dmitry Chaplin will join them on the floor, and then the two pro dancers will hand Jake and Vienna over to each other where they will do a waltz. The couple say they plan to move to Los Angeles together after the show ends.
Paula Abdul will be joining the new CBS series “Got to Dance.” The show will feature dancers of all ages and styles, both solo and in pairs or groups, competing for viewer votes. Paula not only willbe mentoring the contestants, she will also be executive producer of the series. “Got to Dance” is likely to premiere in early 2011.
And while we’re talking about Paula Abdul, she will be returning to the finale of “American Idol” not only to see who will become the next Idol, but to take part in a special going away segment for Simon Cowell who is officially retiring from the show as a judge. Cowell will appear in “X Factor” in 2011.
“Sex and the City 2″ comes out on Thursday, and the soundtrack includes a Liza Minnelli cover of the Beyoncé song “Single Ladies.”
Sarah Ferguson, Britain’s Duchess of York, and former best friend of Princess Diana, was caught on camera in a sting offering to sell access to her former husband, Prince Andrew. Ferguson, 50, allegedly asked an undercover reporter posing as a wealthy businessman for a $40,000 cash down payment in return for an introduction to the Prince, as well as a $724,000 fee wired directly into her bank account. Ferguson also insisted on a 1% commission from any deals the businessman worked out as a result of her royal connections. The Duchess was also heard talking about Prince Andrew saying he was the one who was setting the prices. “Look after me and he’ll look after you … you’ll get it back tenfold. I can open any door you want,” she was recorded as saying. So far, however, there is no proof that Prince Andrew actually knew about the plot. The Duchess did brag, however, that she and Andrew talk five times a day, saying that she and the Prince are the “happiest divorced couple in the world.”
Bisexual reality star, Tila Tequila, has signed on to appear on ‘Celebrity Rehab.’ We’re not sure that Dr. Drew can fix her intense “I need attention” demon, but VH1 is having trouble finding other celebrities to do the show. If they don’t find a cast real quick now, the show could be cancelled.
A new Brigham Young University study found that reality television shows contained an average of 52 acts of aggression each hour, compared with 33 acts an hour for non-reality programs. Study author Sarah Coyne, an assistant professor in the School of Family Life picked the top five reality shows and the top five non-reality shows and coded 120 hours of each. The team looked for physical, verbal or relational aggression, including insults, yelling or “really dirty dealings,” like those on “The Apprentice,” which scored the highest with 85 aggressive acts an hour. Of those 85, not one was a physical act of aggression, she said. “American Idol” clocked in at 57 and “E.R.” made the bottom of the non-reality list at 14 instances. Soap operas had around 48 acts an hour.
Fox has ordered a third season of “Glee”, even though it hasn’t even finished its first season yet. The #1 new “scripted series” this season, averaged $9.4 million total viewers each week. “Glee” wraps its first season on Tuesday, June 8th. This week’s episode, airing Tuesday, will feature the music of Lady Gaga. The second season of “Glee”, which has already earned a Peabody, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild award, will kick off this fall on Tuesdays at 8pm.
Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former “Survivor” producer who had been detained in Mexico during the investigation into his wife, Monica’s murder has been allowed to returned to Los Angeles. One of his first tasks will be to regain custody of his children. The body of Bruce’s wife, Monica Beresford-Redman, was discovered on April 8th in a sewer at the Moon Palace Resort in Cancun. The producer’s lawyer, Richard Hirsch, says that since his client has not been accused of a crime, he has a legal right to custody of his children. Beresford-Redman’s parents currently have temporary guardianship of his two children.
Former MLB pitcher Jose Lima was found dead at L.A. home yesterday morning of an apparent heart attack. He was 37.
Here is the weekend box office tally:
1. “Shrek Forever After,” $71.3 million.
2. “Iron Man 2,” $26.6 million.
3. “Robin Hood,” $18.7 million.
4. “Letters to Juliet,” $9.1 million.
5. “Just Wright,” $4.2 million.
6. “MacGruber,” $4.1 million.
7. “Date Night,” $2.8 million.
8. “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” $2.3 million.
9. “How to Train Your Dragon,” $1.9 million.
10. “Kites,” $1 million.
BIRTHDAYS
Comedian Tommy Chong: 72
Bob Dylan: 69
Actor Gary “Radar O’Reilly” Burghoff: 67
Priscilla Presley: 65
Actor Jim Broadbent: 60
Singer Rosanne Cash: 55
Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson: 41
Country’s Billy Gilman: 22
Actress Kristin Scott Thomas: 50
Rapper Heavy D: 43
Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law is damaging concert business in the state. Hip-hop acts Pitbull and Cypress Hill have canceled upcoming shows in Arizona to protest the new law. The fallout is most noticeable with events featuring Mexican artists.
Nas and Jamaican reggae artist Damian Marley have joined forces for a new studio album that celebrates their African ancestry and the roots of reggae and hip hop music.
Stone Temple Pilots‘ highly anticipated, nine-years-in-the-making self-titled album drops tomorrow.