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Eminem is working his way back from the depths of despair. After the death has good friend, rapper Proof, he is on the road to recovery as he's agreed to star in the film remake of the Fifties TV western "Have Gun – Will Travel."
K-Fed Feeds Pennies to Charities, Dollars to Ladies
While Kevin Federline came to Times Square yesterday to help out children's charities by donating his pennies, his dollars – a couple of them, at least – went to a half-naked lady.
According to Lloyd Grove in this morning's Lowdown column, Federline had just finished his gig hyping Virgin Mobile's new one-cent-per text-messaging service when he hopped into his chauffeured SUV, which promptly rear-ended a pedicab, setting off a minor spat between the pedicab's driver and one of K-Fed's guards.
Then, a Times Square performer by the name of Louisa Holmlund – otherwise known as the Naked Cowgirl – approached the car with only pasties preserving her torso's dignity, when a hand (not necessarily Federline's, it should be pointed out) emerged to give her two $1 bills. Meanwhile, later last night, K-Fed was spotted by TMZ hanging out at Manhattan nightclub G-Spot. Federline, in addition to his duties saving the penny coin from extinction, continues the promotional tour for his new rap CD, which drops in August.
Related link: K-Fed: Sorry Brit, I Gotta Party
Freddie and Sarah Michelle Deny Split
A report in today's Rush and Molloy suggest that Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar – a steadily married couple for almost four years – may be on the outs, and that they are living separate romantic lives.
"Ever since he started that show 'Freddie' things were over," according to an R&M source. But Leslie Sloane Zelnick, publicist to both Prinze and Gellar (and of most recent note to Britney Spears), contends that the rumor is false, and that the pair is still "completely together." In fact, she says, the couple is "spending this weekend together at [Zelnick's] house in Connecticut."
Eminem Emerges From Funk
More than two months after the loss of a close friend and the break-up of his marriage, Eminem has resurrected himself after a bout with depression and is very much on the way to recovery, just as he's agreed to star in the film remake of the Fifties TV western "Have Gun – Will Travel."
Page Six reports that the rapper-actor became despondent and sunk into a depression after his best friend and bandmate, Proof, died of a bullet to the head in April during a shooting in a Detroit club. Then, Eminem and his wife Kim Mathers divorced for a second time.
"Obviously, he's grieving," says his rep. "He is depressed as anyone would be if they lost someone that close." But Eminem is apparently on the mend, and, according to the rep, without the aid of antidepressants.
Tony Arranges a Sit-Down With Silvio and Paulie
"Sopranos" star James Gandolfini is getting involved in the real-life squabble that two of his castmates – and most trusted lieutenants on the show – are having with HBO.
The Hollywood Reporter says today that Steven Van Zandt and Tony Sirico, who play consiglieri Silvio Dante and streak-haired Paulie Walnuts, respectively, are demanding more pay from the network and have yet to close their deals even though reading and rehearsals begin in just a couple weeks. Both actors, according to sources, refuse to relent on their demands for $200,000 per episode (or $1.6 million for the eight shows to air next year); HBO's offer is about $500,000 less per actor.
So, as befits his fictional role as the ultimate decider, Gandolfini – whom TMZ spotted two nights ago dining with a burly passel of guys at New York's Cookshop restaurant – will be meeting with Van Zandt and Sirico this weekend to discuss their demands.
"24" Creators Love Raymond
Ray Romano has six months to live – in a new television series being developed by the creators of "24" for HBO.
The Hollywood Reporter says that the kvetchy sitcom star, whose "Everybody Loves Raymond" wrapped last year, is in talks to play a forty-something billionaire who made his fortune as a sitcom star on a CBS show (sound familiar?) but discovers that he is terminally ill (which Romano is not). "24" executive producers Joel Surnow and Bob Cochran will be running the new sitcom, if and when it airs. Such a show would be highly reminiscent of HBO comedies like "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Comeback" that mirror, to varying extents, the lives of their stars Larry David and Lisa Kudrow.
No word on whether the Romano comedy will play out in real time, though the Reporter says that the show is slated for a 10-episode run.
CBS Getting Into the Movie Biz?
CBS chief Leslie Moonves told a group of media industry watchers yesterday at a PriceWaterhouseCoopers-sponsored event that his company might invest in, and even produce, a slate of six to eight films annually with budgets in the $20 million-$50 million range.
The business plan of such an arrangement, in which the company would put the money up for production but not for distribution, would hinge upon CBS then paying its distribution partner for first-run rights on its networks like CBS and Showtime in exchange for a share of the film's box-office revenues.
Moonves has been openly skeptical of the kind of fees his networks – particularly Showtime – pay for the rights to air movies once they've left theaters, and sees that getting into the filmed-entertainment business directly could help shift the finances in the networks' favor. Still, stressed Moonves, such a plan is highly speculative at the moment.
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THAT HAS GOT TO BE THE CHEEZYEST STORY I HAVE EVER READ , OMG, LEAVE THEM ( BRIT & KEVIN ) ALONE,GO BE A REAL REPORTER, FIND A LIFE...CAS
The Soprano's actor are worth every penny they are demanding and more! They are major contributors to the success of the series. The money that will be made from DVD sales alone is more than enough to raise their pay. I am actually surprised that they are earning so little in comparison to Bracco and Gandolfini.
Brittney (& Kevin)is so white trash! She is just a poor hillbilly with money! She wanted fame and she has to have all that goes along wih it. But, i have to admit the story was really lame. If theres no news dont just talk about dull crap!
I thought this page was about celebrities? Who is this Federline guy and why should I care?
THIS ARTILCLE IS ALMOST AS EXCITING AS A CLEANING UP DOG CRAP IN MY BACKYARD. THIS REPORTER SHOULD MOST DEFINITELY BE FIRED FOR WAISTING SUCH VALUABLE SPACE WITH A TOPIC THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
ALANA....BE CAREFUL JUDGING LIKE THAT? WHAT IS WHITE TRASH? IT TAKES ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO BALANCE THIS WORLD, DOES THAT MEAN IF THEY ARE TO YOUR DISLIKE THEN THEY ARE WHITE TRASH? OR DO YOU KNOW THEM PERSONALLY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT? EASY GIRL
when britney was crying on tv w/her poor pity me party she shouldve thought of the fame and success that the papparazzi help people achieve, they r the ones who take the photographs that r published all over the world that help give her the world wide fame. she knew this b4 she became famous, if she couldnt handle it she shouldve never got into the business. she cried about, " i got kids, i'm a mom" wah wah wah b!@#$. if she was sooooo concerned about her kids being affected by her fame n the papparazzi then she shouldnt have spread her legs n gotten knocked up. there is the pill or condoms to prevent things like this
That's hilarious because you're here, reading AND responding to it! You, yourself and you are one of the main reasons these stories keep making news. You are a tabloid-trash junkie... like most of us! So don't be such a snooty hypocrite (or try a little harder to resist the urge to click on those "Top Celebrity Story" links!).
if britney was sooo concerned about her kids being affected by the papparazzi then maybe her n "k-fed" shouldve bought a box of trojans
britney & k-fed should be sterilized so they dont contaminate the rest of the universe any further
people should spend more time worrying about their own relationships. who cares about those redneck white trash idiots. what kind of mother whos supposed to be teaching these babies to grown up n be responsible adults, walks around a gas station bathroom barefoot. eewww. i hope k-fed doesnt suck on her toes. he'll be tasting trucker poop
Gandolfini should do the right thing by his closest fellow actors and refuse to begin filming until their (Sirico and Van Zandt's) demands are met . It has long been a tradition for the supporting actors in a successful, long-running series to get a "golden parachute" in the form of a large raise in the final year of filming. It's a kind of "Thank You" gift in appreciation of their hard work. Look back at "Everybody Loves Raymond", "Friends" and "Seinfeld" for your past examples of big raises and negotiating clashes in the final year. HBO sold the rights to the syndication of this series for $195 million, They can afford to say thank you to the two actors you have seen on every ad for this series over the years. If you didn't have those two menacing faces backing up Tony Soprano, he would not have been believeable . The network actors from those other series get money every time the old episodes air. The "cable" actors will not. This is the time for Tony and Carmela to stand together as the artistic family that they are and DO THE RIGHT THING.
I am so sick of hearing about Britney and paris Hilton.. They are and always will be trash. Can't we hear about something else??? If you think about it most actors were poor in the beginning.(notice I said actors). britney is a has been and paris is a wanna be. And Need say anything about the homewrecker Jolie. I am sick of hearing about that piece of scumb also. Her and that nasty brad Pitt. I would never watch a movie with either one of them in it. Much less go to the movies to see something with them in it and pay for it. But life goes on ..How everyone forgets so easily..
I would love to fight K-Fed in the cage. That guy is the biggest punk...and a vanilla ice reject. Notice since he came into spears life...she has turned nasty??
Big lesson here.......never take someone else's man. I never saw K-Fed's ex on tv crying about being dumped. I do not feel sorry for Britney, my sympathies lie with the jilted kids and ex of the so called hubby. Britney brings all the attention on herself by all of her antics but when she got critizied instead of adoration, she starts crying foul. I used to really really like her but now I think she sets a very poor example for the kids who like her. Britney's career is gone, she has two kids to worry about and hubby is out doing his own thing!! Hahahahaha!!! What's with that gum chewing ?
