Entertainment on Parade

Were you one of the many women that felt sorry for apparent frontrunner Jason Mesnick when he proposed to Bachelorette DeAnna Pappas, only to have her dump him for the underdog (and her now-fiance) Jesse Csincsak?  Well, don’t feel too badly for Jason – he will be the next Bachelor on ABC’s long running reality show.  If you remember, Pappas became the Bachelorette after being rejected by Bachelor Brad Womack.

The 32 year old estate planner says that since the rejection, he has gotten thousands of comment from fans and even set up an email account strictly for female fan mail.  This time around, he will be in charge, so hopefully the show will have a happier ending for the divorced father of one.

From a page straight out of the Clay Aiken “I don’t understand why it’s any of your business.” book, news now comes to us that Ricky Martin just became a dad by a surrogate mother.  In a statement issued, Martin’s rep said the children, born a couple of weeks ago, were “healthy and already under Ricky’s full-time care.”  It also went on the say that he will “spend the remained of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children.”

Both Aiken and Martin had avoided saying what their sexual orientation is whenever asked by interviews.  When questioned by Barbra Walters, Martin said, “…for some reason, I just don’t feel like it [saying what my sexual orientation is]. You know, it’s, it’s something so mine.”

I mean – come on guys!  What is so bad about coming out and saying “I’m gay?”  Do they think their female audience is so stupid that they don’t realize it?  In these cases, word like “surrogate mother” and “artificially inseminated” all but screams gay.  Quit ticking off the heterosexuals and the gays and just say it.  Once said, it should die down…just ask Ellen or Rosie.

Are you ready for another televised wedding?  That is what you will get if “The Hills” stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt get their way.  The on again, off again couple are hoping to televise their nuptials live on MTV, the network that made them stars.  Of course, there is the small matter that Montag says Spencer has yet to propose and “I don’t have a ring.”

Heidi told “Extra” that she was moving out of Hollywood to leave all the drama behind.  But, that doesn’t mean she is ready to leave the top rated show.  She also isn’t letting the rift her relationship with Spencer caused between her and former best friend and Hills star Lauren Conrad keep her from seeing Audrina Patridge.  She told “Extra” “We hang out.  We’re friends – I love Audrina.”  (Photo US Magazine)

Remember when Roseanne used to be funny?  Yeah, I don’t either.  If you read her blog (and I’d suggest against it – it’s worst than Rosie O’Donnell’s blog if that is humanly possible), you will see that she rants about anything that comes to her mind, such as the fact that she has a bone to pick with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  Apparently, she thinks they don’t donate enough of their money to charity.  In her diatribe, she states, “jon voight your evil spawn angelina jolie and her vacuous hubby brad pitt make about forty million dollars a year in violent psychopathic movies and give away three of it to starving children trying to look as if they give a crap about humanity.”

First of all, I’d like to slap all celebs who think it is cute to blog without using proper grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.  If you can’t even write properly, why should I listen to you?  It obviously shows either a lack of education or out and out laziness, neither which I like to endorse.

And by the way, at the height of her career (long gone now), Roseanne made millions of dollars each season for her sitcom.  It culminated in her making $650,000 per episode the last season.  Now, I realize that may not be close to what Brad or Angelina make for one movie, but what about Roseanne’s charitable contributions?  Her favorite charity is…?  I don’t know either.  I thought her favorite charities from the ‘90s were food, tattoo parlors, bad fashion, and Tom Arnold (don’t start – I like Tom).

Roseanne goes on to rant about why we should have Hillary as the next president (oh yeah, I am taking political advice from Roseanne – not!), Elizabeth Edwards, George Bush, Vladimir Putin, and anything else that comes into her pea brain.  I particularly liked one blog which started with “crackpot is the name I now choose for myself.”  You said it sister! (Photo WireImage)

According to People and US Magazine, comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and her lady love, actress Portia de Rossi, wed last night at their home in Beverly Hills.  Reports are that DeGeneres, 50, and de Rossi, 35, exchanged handwritten vows in a very intimate setting only attended by 19 guests.

DeGeneres had made no bones about wanting to wed de Rossi after the California Supreme Court ruled the ban on same-sex marriages was unconstitutional last May.  The two have been dating for four years, often appearing on the red carpet together.  While DeGeneres is enjoying the success of her daytime talk show, de Rossi has a recurring role on “Nip/Tuck” as Olivia Lord, the lesbian lover of Sean McNamara’s ex-wife, Julia.

Now the only remaining question…will she become Portia de Rossi Generes?

Yes, it is that time again – Elvis Week!  For the diehard Elvis fans, some who weren’t even born before the King of Rock ‘n Roll died in 1977, attendance at Elvis Week is a must!  There are meet and greets with Elvis’ friends, dinners, tours of Graceland, art contests, a 5k run, a scavenger hunt, and of course, Elvis impersonators galore! 

The whole week ends tonigh - August 16th, the day of Elvis’ death - with a candlelight vigil.  The devoted stand in line and wait to go up to Meditation Gardens, where Elvis and members of his family are buried, to pay their respects.  Having attended many Elvis vigils, I can tell you that people from all over the world converge on Memphis for this event.

This year isn’t expect to bring out the crowd that the 30th anniversary did, but Elvis Presley Enterprises officials still estimated that around 30,000 fans will attend the vigil.

Like a knight in shining armor with really bad hair, Donald Trump has come to the rescue of octogenarian television personality Ed McMahon.  If you remember, it seemed that Ed owed just about everybody.  He and his wife were on the brink of losing their Beverly Hill’s mansion after defaulting on a $4.8 million dollar loan to Countrywide.  He admitted that he had made bad financial decisions, but a neck injury also prevented him from working.  McMahon’s 85 years old – he shouldn’t have to work at that age!

Anyhow, The Donald announced that he would buy the McMahon home and lease it back to the couple.  While Trump doesn’t personally know McMahon (although he admitted to watching him on television every night when he was in business school), he said helping him out in this situation would be an “honor.”

Heck, if I had The Donald’s money, I would have helped Ed out too!

Convicted child molester Gary Glitter just finished serving his time in Vietnam and is going to be deported to Britain next Tuesday.  Glitter was convicted in March 2006 of molesting two girls, ages 10 and 11, and sentenced to three years in prison.  They let him out three months early for good behavior.

I am not so sure Britain will be glad to see him.  Glitter has told his lawyer Le Thanh Kinh that he didn’t want to go back to Britain, but Vietnamese law requires he be released to his home country.  He served two months in a British jail in 1999 for possession of child pornography.  He was kicked out of Cambodia in 2002, although official failed to say why.  Honestly, what do you have to do to be kicked out of Cambodia?  Hum, I think we know, given Glitter’s track record.

In case you don’t know, we still glorify Glitter’s one hit “Rock and Roll (Part 2) at sporting events.  Sure it is rocking song, but why give any credence to a pedophile?  I am sure this is a mental illness, but this guy doesn’t seem to have learned from lock-ups that touching children is wrong.

If you were a fan of the nighttime soap “Dallas” back in the late ‘70s, you will be glad to hear that the cast is reuniting at the Southfork Ranch on November 8.  All the key actors – Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, and Patrick Duffy – have confirmed they will attend the 30 year reunion party.  Hagman, now 76 years old, has said he is excited about the reunion, saying “I may not be able to do the 40th.”

If you were a diehard fan, you may be interested to know that the reunion party is open to the public.  If you have the dough (between $100 and $1,000), you can purchase a ticket beginning on August 22.  The ticket price includes a country music concert, fireworks, and a Q and A session with the cast as well as a tour of the mansion.

And in case this blog got you to wondering, it was Kristin, J.R.’s sister-in-law that shot him in one of the biggest television cliff hangers ever.

Memphis, Tennessee lost a favorite son when soul superstar Isaac Hayes died yesterday at the age of 65.  He was found in his Memphis home near his treadmill, which was still running.  Taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital, Hayes, known for his look of a shaved head, dark glasses, chains and fur coats, was pronounced dead at 2:08 p.m.

Starting his career as a session player at famed Stax Records in the late ‘60s, Hayes shot to stardom in 1971 with the “Theme to Shaft,” which won him an Oscar and two Grammys.  He also co-wrote the songs “Soul Man” and “Hold On I’m Comin” for Sam & Dave.  Hayes voiced the character Chef on the Comedy Central hit animated series “South Park.”  He played Chef for nine years until “South Park” creators decided to do a spoof on Hayes’ Scientology religion, at which point he quit.  Hayes was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.