November 19, 2004 |
TWO-FOR-ONE SPECIAL
It was a boardroom first on last night's Apprentice when Donald Trump pink-slipped two — count 'em, two — contestants: serial blinker Maria Boren and spineless pushover Wes Moss. Maria got the boot for going all Stacie J. on her teammates during the Levi's task, while Wes got axed for not having the guts to lock Maria in a rubber room. If you have questions for the newly-unemployed Apprenti, e-mail them to me via the link at the bottom of this page by 12:57:03 pm/ET — and not a second later. |
GOLDEN GUY
This year's Golden Globe ceremony promises to be as wild and unpredictable as ever now that Robin Williams has been tapped to receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award. NBC will carry Williams' hilarious (albeit mostly unintelligible) acceptance speech live on Jan. 16. |
IN RELATED NEWS...
Robin Williams is in early talks to reprise his role as Mrs. Doubtfire in a sequel to the 1993 gender-bending comedy, per The Hollywood Reporter. Life with Bonnie alum Bonnie Hunt is negotiating to write the script. |
PREACHING ABSTINENCE
Mel Gibson is leaving The Passion of the Christ's Oscar chances up to a higher power. According to Variety, Gibson has chosen not to spend a dime on Oscar ad campaigning. "At the end of the day, films should be judged on the merits," says Gibson's producing partner, Bruce Davey, "not on how big your pockets are or how elaborate the campaign is." In response, God issued the following statement: "At the very least take a page out in Variety, guys." |
STERN SUPPORT
Surrounded by thousands of fans and lipstick-lesbian strippers, Howard Stern held a rally Thursday in Manhattan to promote his switch to Sirius satellite radio and condemn the FCC. The shock jock handed out 20,000 certificates for free Sirius-friendly radios, but there was a catch: Redeemers must sign up for a year of Sirius, which runs about $150. Siriusly. |
VIBE UPDATE
Police in Santa Monica, Calif., are reportedly negotiating the surrender of rapper Young Buck, who is suspected of stabbing a man who punched Dr. Dre as he was about to receive a lifetime achievement award at Monday's Vibe Awards. The stabbee, 26-year-old Jimmy James Johnson, remains in stable condition. But this story has a happy ending: UPN's telecast of the melee-free ceremony was up over last year in the ratings, averaging roughly 5 million viewers. |
THEE WED
Former Beverly Hills, 90210 actress Rebecca Gayheart, who most recently played a blind woman looking for love in all the wrong places on FX's Nip/Tuck, married actor Eric William Dane (Gideon's Crossing) on Oct. 29 in Las Vegas. |
HARRY'S NEW BOSS
Warner Bros. is close to signing little-known British director David Yates to helm Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the upcoming fifth installment of the franchise, Variety reports. Yates has only one feature film on his résumé, 1998's The Tichborne Claimant. |
SWEEPING UP
Halfway into November sweeps, CBS and ABC are up double-digits over last year while NBC and the WB are down and Fox and UPN are roughly flat. CBS, which is tops in viewers and key demos, is looking to capture its first win among adults 18-49 since Nielsen started measuring these things in 1987. |
DESPERATE PLEA
Philadelphia Eagles WR Terrell Owens apologized Thursday to anyone who was offended by his role in that controversial Desperate Housewives promo on Monday Night Football. "I felt like it was clean, the organization felt like it was a clean skit and I think it just really got taken out of context with a lot of people and I apologize for that," he said. "Personally I didn't think it would have offended anyone and, if it did, I apologize." Nicollette Sheridan, meanwhile, issued a statement wondering why Owens hasn't returned her phone calls. |
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