Where Are They Now?: Wil Wheaton
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We remember him best as Wesley Crusher, the only teenager to become a series regular on a Star Trek series (The Next Generation, in this particular case). He was the precocious young son, the ambitious ensign and the Starfleet student - and then, he was gone.
After making standout appearances as a child actor in films like Stand By Me and Toy Soldiers, Wil Wheaton disappeared from the radar…but he’s still an active part of the geek community. Though Wheaton has not been in a feature film since 2007 (Americanizing Shelley), he has made appearances on Leverage, The Big Bang Theory and Eureka.
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Before They Were Stars: Paul Rudd’s Bat Mitzvah Gig
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Paul Rudd: Bat Mitzvah DJ from Jewish Forward on Vimeo.
This has been quite the day for priceless video gems.
In addition to the bank commercial Tina Fey made back in 1995, this clip featuring a different actor has been making its way across the Internet.
In the early ‘90s, years before he was winning Alicia Silverstone over in Clueless, Paul Rudd was entertaining people as a party DJ. The clip above was shot at a Bat Mitzvah he was hired for in 1992. You can read Gabrielle Birkner’s recollection of that day after the jump.
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Janet Jackson Finds Nothing Wrong With Boy Toys
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Music, Dating, Hook-ups, Child Stars, Where Are They Now?,
Janet Jackson says there is nothing wrong with dating younger men. The 44-year-old singer-and-actress says it’s her prerogative if she wants to go out with younger guys and insists an age gap shouldn’t get in the way of love.
Janet has recently been linked to millionaire businessman Wissam Al Mana who is almost a decade younger than her.
“It’s horrible. It’s really awful. And I have to believe it was a man that started that. Mother always raised us to believe that age was just a number. All of us - my sisters, my brothers - we’ll just tell you our ages because it’s all about where you are mentally and how you feel about yourself,” Janet said, speaking about the criticism that comes with having a toy boy.
Janet, who is the youngest of the Jackson family, believes she is more confident now than ever before. The star - who was in a seven-year relationship with music producer Jermaine Dupri - added in an interview with Essence magazine, “There comes a time when you don’t give an ‘F’ what people say or think. You just do your thing because it’s finally about you and not in a selfish way but in a great way.”
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Lindsay Lohan: What the Hell Happened?
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UPDATE: Lindsay was found guilty of violating her probation and sentenced to 90 days in jail, starting on July 20.
1998: Lindsay Lohan, 11, makes her Disney debut as two adorable redheads in a re-make of the classic flick The Parent Trap.
2007: Two DUIs and three trips to rehab later, great scripts stopped coming Lindsay’s way.
Nine years, millions of dollars and more tabloid headlines than you can shake a stick at - and that’s all it took for this star to topple from the top of Hollywood fame to the gutter of media obsession. What the hell happened to Lindsay Lohan?
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What’s After Harry Potter?
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Fans will have boxed sets, theme parks and endless TV re-runs to look forward to once both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows have come and gone…but what about the actors?
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and title star Daniel Radcliffe aren’t going to disappear from the spotlight anytime soon. All three stars of the franchise are looking forward to new projects now that shooting has wrapped on the last of their epic wizarding adventures.
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Samantha Ronson Still Loves Lindsay
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Samantha Ronson says that she still loves Lindsay Lohan.
The DJ - who was in an on-off 16-month relationship with the troubled actress from the start of 2008 - insists she still has strong feelings for her former lover, despite the tumultuous end to their relationship.
“I love her as a human being. I’m not gonna sit here and negate everything we had. You know, I could have a thousand times countered s**t with facts. It’s just not for me.”
Although Samantha - the sister of producer Mark Ronson - still cares for Lindsay, she admits the highly-publicized romance caused her numerous problems because of the level of interest: “To be honest, being with her was more of a headache than anything else. Everything I was doing I was already doing (before Lindsay). It just meant there were paparazzi pictures documenting it. It sucked, because I’m a pretty private person and I’d managed to stay under the radar for so long. But at the same time I’m not gonna not hang out with somebody that I care about because of that s**t.”
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Jon Gosselin Gets Giant Ed Hardy Tattoo
Posted by Robin Paulson Categories: Television, Style, Photos, Where Are They Now?,
I’ll take Megan Fox’s tattoo honoring Mickey Rourke over Jon Gosselin’s gigantic tattoo closely resembling an Ed Hardy design any day.
The former reality star and ex-husband of Kate Gosselin claims that the tattoo has been in the works, and is a symbol of his rebirth: “I have planned this tattoo for years now. I wanted something that resembled a rebirth or a change in me… The dragon is all encompassing. It has all parts of the zodiac.”
He says it’s a symbol of rebirth; I say it’s a way to get back in the spotlight (I mean, if Miley Cyrus is doing it...).
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Probation Extended For Nicole Richie
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Television, Celebrity Babies, Drunk, Legal Issues, Where Are They Now?,
Lindsay Lohan could learn something from Nicole Richie, who recently extended her probation.
The socialite - who was put on probation in 2006 following a driving under the influence (DUI) offence, after being arrested for driving the wrong way down a Los Angeles motorway and failing a sobriety test - was told it wouldn’t be terminated next month as expected, because she hasn’t attended enough alcohol education classes.
According to her lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley - who appeared in a Los Angeles court yesterday - the 28-year-old starlet failed to complete the course because she has been too busy looking after her children Harlow, two, and nine-month-old Sparrow, her kids with her rocker fiance Joel Madden.
Her probation period has now been extended to March 2011, but the judge has promised to terminate it early if she completed the alcohol program before then. Despite the extension, Nicole has been praised for her work on the course so far. Her report states, “Her attitude is excellent.”
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Amanda Bynes Announces Retirement at 24 Via Twitter
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Ever wonder where Nickelodeon star-turned-movie star Amanda Bynes has been? Yeah okay, me neither, which could be part of the reason as to why the 24-year-old has called it quits when it comes to acting.
The Sydney White star took to her Twitter page in wee hours of Saturday morning to let her fans face the bad news first:
“I don’t love acting anymore so I’ve stopped doing it… Being an actress isn’t as fun as it may seem. I’ve never written the movies & tv shows I’ve been apart of, I’ve only acted like the characters the producers or directors wanted me to play… I know 24 is a young age to retire but you heard it here first I’ve retired.”
While I’m by no means begging Bynes to return to movies, no one was stopping her from writing films and television shows… Sounds like someone has a case of ingratitude!
Or maybe it’s smart marketing: with her last film, Easy A, due out this fall, perhaps this is merely a ploy to lure her fans into the theater. Will you miss seeing Amanda on the big and small screens?
(FYI - You can also follow VIP Breakdown on Twitter.)
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Break-Up Prompted Alexa Ray Joel Overdose
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Christie Brinkley and singer Billy Joel’s daughter, Alexa Ray Joel, insists she wasn’t trying to kill herself when she took an overdose.
The musician, who is the , was hospitalized last December after taking an overdose of painkillers, but says she was “panicking” over the end of her relationship with her first love, Jimmy Riot.
“I wasn’t trying to hurt myself, I wasn’t trying to kill myself. I was panicked, I was not thinking clearly at all. I was in so much pain and I just wanted to numb it. He helped me get my band together, my career, my sexuality as a woman, I associated with him. So when he left I didn’t know what I was supposed to do. I didn’t know who I was. It took me so much work, heavy, heavy work to get to the point where I could feel OK on my own.”
Alexa, 24, also spoke of her desire for people to not compare her with her famous parents and judge her music on its own merits: “Everybody gets it - I’m their daughter. But I have my own voice, I have my own sound and I have a big personality. You might want to take a listen.”
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