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Coles Strikes Out in Malawi

Whit Honea — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:31:00 GMT

Madonna isn't the only American celebrity striking out in Malawi. It turns out that Phillies' pitcher Cole Hamels, the 2008 World Series MVP, and his wife Heidi Strobel of "Survivor" fame have also been trying to adopt there without any luck.

The African country requires two years of residency.

“There is no way we could live over there for two years,” said Cole. “It shouldn’t be so hard to try to give someone a better life. The government in that country, it’s shady.”

They should just ask Madonna if they can have some mail sent to her place. Maybe put the water bill in their name. It's a thought.

In the meantime the couple is filling out paperwork to adopt in Ethiopa.

Best of luck.

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The View: Sherri Shepherd Dishes On Feuds,Politics & Drinking

Sassy Smith — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:02:00 GMT

The View often gets people all riled up and viewers tune in to see what the next big 'fight' is going to be about. However, co-host Sherri Sheperd says the show is meant to be educational, not a battle ground. Could have fooled me!

Says Shepherd to Access Hollywood, "There [are] a lot of women that watch our show who don't know a lot about the issues and we bring that to them in a very simplistic, kind of basic way.

"I think we ask a lot of questions that a lot of the journalists can't really ask - a journalist can't look at somebody and go, 'I think you're lying,' like Joy does."

Sherri herself, has learned about the process of voting - something she had never done before. "This is my first time I'll be voting because I was in a religion where we didn't vote. So now... I'm learning a lot about the process, the political system, the parties."

As for the on-air feuds? Sherri says they leave it all at the table at the end of the show.

"It's just we get heated when we talk. This [is] a very intense election... we never compete because we bring different things to the table."

Shepherd didn't disclose who she's voting for (I'll give you one guess though), but she did say if Obama is elected, it would be a historic occasion.

"As a black woman, this is something that in my day, in my parents' day, in my aunts and uncles and grandparents' [day] - they never thought they would see it."

And where will Sherri be when the results are coming in? At co-host Joy Behar's house.

Shepherd says, "She [Joy] is loud, she is brassy and she's got a lot of wine flowing. So it's really a lot of fun being at Joy's house."

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Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 16th

Whit Honea — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie is a Big, Fat Liar!!

You Can Spot A Pregnant Britney By The Size Of Her Handbag

Five Hottest Pregnant Celebrities

Beyoncé Is Pregnant and Packing On The Pounds

Claudia Schiffer Topless!

Angelina's Pregnant Bikini Bod - Can We Hate Her?

Survivor Finale: Baby Scandal!

Let's Talk About Ashlee Simpson's Boobs!

Survivor Finale: Baby Scandal!

HerBadMother — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:22:00 GMT

The most interesting, non-game-specific element of last night's Survivor finale was, for a while, Ozzy's declaration of love for final-two finalist Amanda (and also, maybe, what appeared to be the lesbian love-confession of Natalie to winner Parvati, but I'm not sure whether I read Natalie's 'oh hey what are you like in bed' interrogation properly.) But only for a while. It got trumped, for me, by that whole baby thing.

I mean, how low into the depths of famewhorage does one (*cough*JONNYFAIRPLAY*cough*) have to descend before one decides to pimp out one's newborn baby for attention? Jonny Fairplay shamelessly begging Jeff Probst to justpleasegohugmybabyitwouldmakemyday was one of the least subtle attention-grabs that I think I've seen outside of Kathy Griffin's TV performances. Probst, to his credit, refused to bite and just ignored the request - which is to say, he actually refused to hug a baby and did not come off as the slightest bit morally suspect because, hey, Jonny Fairplay was pretty much doing the remote equivalent of dangling that baby over a balcony edge and daring Probst to ignore him. So Probst went up a few notches in my estimation.

Jonny Fairplay, though? Well, I would have said that he couldn't have sunk any further, but I would have been wrong.

His kid is doomed.

Danny Bonaduce Takes His Lil' Partridge to Penthouse Mag

HerBadMother — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:02:00 GMT

And the award for Most Embarassing Parent Of The Year Award goes to... Danny Bonaduce! For being a drug-and-liquor-addled rehab wreck and a public rageaholic, and, now, a wee-willied Penthouse model.

After embarassing pics of his tiny dong turned up on the Internet, Bonaduce bragged that he'd showed the world what he really had, and turned to Penthouse to prove it. Problem is, buddy didn't have the balls to actually show anything. Which, yes, I know, is showing the seeing world a great mercy, but still. Dude. Coward much?

Somewhere, Jonny Fairplay is laughing at him. That's probably the saddest part.

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He Could Be The Next P Diddy

sweatpantsmom — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:35:00 GMT

This guy:

a) is scary

b) is a millionaire

c) is starting his own record label

and the answer is:

d) all of the above!

This is Rupert Boneham from Survivor. Being the only person on the planet who has never watched the show, I had no idea who he was. Turns out the guy's a millionaire from his winnings and now he's starting his own record label. I still say he's scary.

Boneham is calling his label I Saw You On TV and will be pulling talent from the world of reality TV. In other words, those of you that made fools out of yourselves on Wife Swap don't despair - there may be a recording contract in your future.

A.J. McLean (Who?) Reaches Out To Britney Spears

sweatpantsmom — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:15:00 GMT

I have no idea who A.J. McLean is. For all I know, he could be Jonny Fairplay's baby. Come to find out he's one of the Backstreet Boys, which apparently means he's fully-qualified to counsel out-of-control popstars.

McLean tells People magazine, "I believe in her 110 percent, but she needs to call [me]. If her publicist or somebody can get in touch with me, I just want to sit down with her and have it out."

Asked what he would say to Britney, he says, "First I would say, 'What the hell is wrong with you?' Second I would say, 'What is really wrong with you? What are you not saying to everybody else?"

To which Britney might reply to McLean, "What the hell is wrong with you? What is really wrong with you? Why are you wearing so much eye makeup?"

Jonny Fairplay (Who?) Becomes a Dad

sweatpantsmom — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:05:00 GMT

I have no idea who Jonny Fairplay is, but apparently he was on Survivor (and also the one that Danny Bonaduce threw to the floor in this video.) He just had his first child, a daughter named Piper Addison, with America's Top Model contestant Michelle Deighton. Reality bites!

"I am so happy, this is crazy! I am a dad, I am about to go and smoke a cigar!" Fairplay tells PageSix, while Deighton added, "Piper Addison is beautiful and I couldn't want for anything more... Now I just want to be skinny again!"

Hey - don't forget the baby on the Pilates machine.

[photo: PageSix.com]

Spying on the Neighbors: 11-26-07

Whit Honea — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:14:00 GMT

Looks like the neighbors are back from the holidays. Let's see what they're up to:

Nicole Kidman points her Golden Compass to London. (The Gossip Girls)

Brad Pitt in a dress. It wasn't a good look then either. (Celebrity Smack)

Seal, Heidi and the kids. Shopping is what they do. (Jezebel)

Kimora "Bling" Simmons sued by Macy's. No balloons were hurt. (Gabby Babble)

Larry Birkhead & Dannielynn shop for the cameras. (Babyrazzi)

Kate Hudson isn't making out with anyone! (Celebrity Moms)

And last, but not least, our own pretty sister StrollerDerby discusses David Beckham and his apparent snubbing of the little cancer survivors. (StrollerDerby)

Kylie Minogue Making a Comeback After Beating Breast Cancer

Karen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:08:00 GMT

The Daily Mail reported falsely that Kylie Minogue had canceled her tour due to her health but nothing could be further from the truth. On her official website, she has issued a statment to the contrary:

"Kylie has not been told by her doctors that touring "could seriously harm her health". She did not give the quotes reported in the Mail today. And touring is something that she is still considering for the future. Her health remains excellent and she is in the middle of promoting her new single and album."

Kylie released a new single "2 Hearts" on her website, as well as a mobile phone social networking site.

Go Kylie!

Sports Talk: Casey Wiegmann and Survivor Wife Danni Boatwright Welcome Baby

Whit Honea — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:01:00 GMT

Is an NFL game considered reality television? It has got to be less scripted than Survivor.

This couple might know, but they probably don't care too much right now. Kansas City Chiefs player Casey Wiegmann and his wife Survivor winner Danni Boatwright welcomed a new baby boy last week.

In case you're wondering, I couldn't find a picture of the couple together so I went with the pretty one. I think I made the right choice.

Photo: CBS

Perm Rhymes With Sperm, And Jonny Fairplay, Apparently, Has Done Well With Both

HerBadMother — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:04:00 GMT

(photo credit - TMZ)

This just in from TMZ: former America's Next Top Model contestant Michelle Deighton and former Survivor contestant Jonny "Fairplay" Dalton (he of the yellow ringlets) have announced to the world that they're expecting a baby together. This would not be particular interesting news, were it not for the facts that Miss Michelle was best known on ANTM for being an out-of-the-closet bisexual wrestler with a recurring skin disease, and that Jonny Fairplay became infamous in reality TV-fan circles for telling the most evil lie in the history of reality TV - something about a dead grandmother, if I recall correctly - and for being, generally, pretty gross. I'm guessing that they're a lovely couple, and that they'll make lovely parents.

Kinda makes the whole Trista-and-Ryan thing look like a fairy-tale. I can't believe I'm saying that.