FameCrawler : cover

Stewart and Colbert are Terrorists (Just Like the Obamas!)

Whit Honea — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:02:00 GMT

Remember when The New Yorker thought it was funny and ran this cover that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as terrorists (which, for the record, they are not)? They published it as satire, but it didn't go over as such.

Entertainment Weekly (seriously?) can show them how it's done. The latest cover of EW features Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert of "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report," respectively, recreating the controversial New Yorker cartoon.

Nation, this is satire.

I think their kids just found their Halloween costumes. Actually, I may have, too. That's funny stuff.

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Sarah Palin on Newsweek Cover

Whit Honea — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:55:00 GMT

Ack, bear! Run!

Sarah Palin is a straight-shootin' mama and Newsweek knows it. They have the cover to prove it.

No, this image was not photoshopped.

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Shiloh Vs Suri: Star Starts Kittenfight

Whit Honea — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:21:00 GMT

Star has presented us with what appears to be one of the cutest magazine covers ever, but lo and behold, inside waits shocking (SHOCKING) news.

It appears that Shiloh and Suri are being raised quite differently, which is, of course a big "duh" seeing as how they are not related or being raised by the same band of gypsies, but still fairly interesting in a 'they're rich and famous and we can't stop looking' sort of way.

Basically, it breaks down to Shiloh being a hippie and Suri being a diva. Kind of like we thought.

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Kasper the Friendly Baby

Whit Honea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:22:00 GMT

Cleveland Brown Kevin Kasper and his wife Lisa have welcomed a son. Braylon Robert Kasper was named for Lisa's father.

Congrats, Kaspers.

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People Disappointed with Brad and Angelina

Whit Honea — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:29:00 GMT

The cover that launched a billion websites only sold 2.5 million copies. This is considered a disappointment as People was expecting a few more sales, about 500,000 more.

People spent millions of dollars to obtain the rights to the photos that they featured inside the issue, but it just didn't move like they hoped. Some people think the world is over the Jolie-Pitt bunch and some people think it is because the cover was faked (allegedly).

What do you think? Did you buy it?

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Jack "Mixed Tape" Black

Whit Honea — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Ah, the mixed tape. Nothing says who you are better than a personal playlist.

Jack Black is “pretty proud” regarding a playlist he created on his iPod. Black made it to better bond with his oldest son Samuel. Says the musical daddy, “He’s got great rhythm and loves to dance. I think I cracked the code."

Some samples from the mix include:

Dee-Lite’s “Groove Is in the Heart”

Abba’s “Dancing Queen”

Weezer’s “Surfwax America”

Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” - not to be confused with the cover by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, although it's also a good version

What? No Tenacious D?

Related Posts:

Red Hot Chili Peppers Split!

Yakkity, Yak, It's Baby Jack (Black)!

Angelina Jolie and Jack Black: The Video That Rocked the World!

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Spying on the Neighbors: 6-2-08

Whit Honea — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:55:00 GMT

Celtics in 6. Write it down.

Violet Affleck and Jen Garner, strollin' (Jezebel)

Hudson and Armstrong like food (Perez Hilton)

A Liu and Black panda (Gossip Girls)

Cox shakes Aniston, finally (ASL)

Stiller, Downey, Black: The Band (BWE)

Téa Leoni and kids (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Miley Cyrus Breakout Album Cover

Whit Honea — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:02:00 GMT

That big sigh of relief you heard? I believe it came from the Disney home office.

The new album/CD/MP3/whatever cover for Miss Miley Cyrus' Breakout has been released and she's not naked! Finally, something Disney, Billy Ray Cyrus, and 12-year-old girls everywhere can agree on. 15-year-old boys are reportedly not happy.

Personally, I've never thought much of all the hoopla surrounding Miley Cyrus. Sure, some of the pictures that have surfaced over the past year have been a bit much, but overall I think she's done pretty well for a teenager with a billion dollars under her matress. Billy Ray Cyrus could have done a lot worse.

Here's the new cover. The album drops (industry talk) on July 22nd, and the single "7 Things" is currently getting air time on Radio Disney.

Buy your copy quick before Michelle Malkin complains about it.

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Meanwhile, Back at the Vanity Fair...

Whit Honea — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:08:00 GMT

I thought it was a circus today, but apparently it's the fair that is in town. It's basically the same thing, but with more sheep than elephants- also, a lot of kids in jean jackets. The best part about the fair? Still pregnant Angelina Jolie is on the cover.

Hello, nurse!

BTW, it's the July cover. We're two days away from June. I've never understood that. Tune in next week when we bring you the Christmas version.

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Usher May Sing in the Rain, but the Baby Stays Dry

Whit Honea — Sat, 24 May 2008 00:09:00 GMT

Looks like I wasn't the only one caught in the rain today. It's weird how much Usher and I have in common.

The star of wax, stage, and screen, took a break from filming a scene for the MTV Movie Awards. Usher Raymond V stayed managed to stay dry.

Remember this gem?

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Miley Cyrus Pregnant? Due in October?

Whit Honea — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:02:00 GMT

Miley Cyrus will be the next pregnant teen you see. Um, don't watch Juno or go to the mall. She's got a baby brewing and the due date is October 24th.

Don't worry. She's not really pregnant. She's ACTING. Rumor has it that High School Musical 3 will be hitting theaters on Oct. 24th and that Miley has a cameo in it as a pregnant teen.

Granted these rumors came from Perez Hilton and I'm guessing that in light of the recent "scandals" with Miley and the Vanity Fair cover, not to mention HSM's Vanessa Hudgens and her photos (which really were nude) and the hoopla surrounding Jamie Lynn Spears, that Disney will be steering clear of topics that aren't considered 100% wholesome. Except for Vanessa Hudgens apparently.

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Top Photo: Celebutopia

Spying on the Neighbors: 4-30-08

Whit Honea — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:54:00 GMT

Hey, we should really talk about your Miley Cyrus obsession.

More people we don't care about talk about Miley Cyrus and her "topless" photos (Perez Hilton)

Miley's big prank (Junior Celebs)

Brangelina in France (Gossip Girls)

Liam Gallagher and son Lennon (Celebrity Baby Scoop)

Lindsay Davenport and son (Celebrity Moms)

Faith Evans and sons (Celebs and Bubs)

Kate Hudson's son crushes on Kelly Ripa (Babyrazzi)

Broderick boys (Jezebel)

Willie Nelson and Snoop Dogg performing together (Scanner)

Spying on the Neighbors: 4-29-08

Whit Honea — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:08:00 GMT

Don't do it, Miley!

Miley Cyrus still partaking in the Disney Channel Games filmed this week (The Disney Blog)

Hilary Duff on Miley Cyrus (Teen Hollywood)

Disney caught between Miley Cyrus and Annie Leibovitz (TMZ)

Melissa Joan Hart and baby (Babyrazzi)

Han Solo and Princess Leia had sex! (The Superficial)

Coldplay's new single! (Perez Hilton)

Miley Cyrus' Parents are to Blame: The World According to Jamie Lee Curtis

Whit Honea — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Jamie Lee Curtis knows a thing or two about posing topless. Of course the uproar over her doing so was that it was for the cover of the AARP magazine, and apparently she's too old for such frivolity. Miley Cyrus, at 15, posed pseudo-topless for Vanity Fair. She's too young.

Americans like our topless models in the 18 - 40 range.

Jamie Lee Curtis is laying the blame on Miley's parents. That isn't to say that Annie Leibovitz didn't go a bit far in her attempt at art, and yes, Miley should have realized that her posing for the pictures in question would cause her career some unwanted criticism. They deserve their share of the responsibility.

People are also bitching about Disney to the point that they felt the need to comment. Disney has nothing to do with it. That's like Nerve Media being blamed for me posing for those awkward photos last weekend. Hey, I needed the money. I didn't call Nerve to okay it, and Disney didn't have any say in Miley's spread.

But I digress. Here's what Jamie Lee Curtis wrote in The Huffington Post:

I woke up this morning concerned about the world food shortage and Korean defectors attempting self immolation in protest of Beijing and was astonished at the amount of attention a young woman named Miley Cyrus was getting for a topless, or shall I say backless, photograph in Vanity Fair.

Just to connect the dots, I too have weathered a recent bout of hysteria over a supposed topless, or shall I say strapless, photograph in a magazine. In my case it was an understanding that the photo in question be shoulders up regardless if I was wearing a suit of armor, chastity belt, wet suit, strapless bra or nothing. It is, was and will always be irrelevant and only became an issue when it was publicized as "topless". All the nipple loving/leering people wanted to know...was it true? Kids I know asked their parents and me if I had posed topless. Saturday Night Live in a funny parody alluded to it as well as the efficacy of Activia yogurt and we all had a good laugh and it sold magazines and it is/was over. Now this. (Video Below)

Apparently young Ms. Cyrus has apologized for something she was told would be artistic and now feels embarrassed about. I feel for her. Of course she is embarrassed. She is a young girl. She shouldn't have to deal with any of this. I don't feel that she was duped. I know the integrity of Ms. Liebovitz and the magazine and I know there were people present at the shoot that should have been looking out to make sure that this didn't happen. In the offending photo she looks tousled and soft and vulnerable and yes...even sexy. She is fifteen after all, and the word sex is starting to come up. I seem to remember a fourteen/fifteen year old Brooke Shields commenting that nothing came between her and her Calvins. There would be no problem if Ms. Cyrus doesn't represent something that is counterintuitive to that image.

In the article in the New York Times Business Section, a Disney executive is quoted, saying "For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back." In the world of constant scrutiny how can a young person not violate this and develop a mind, body and spirit of their own? Look at the '50s and the idols of that time. Many gay men with beards...sham marriages. Young stars trying out their sexuality secretly. My own mother (pre-show business) was married at 14 to be able to explore her own passions.

Today's generation of performers have had to navigate the treacherous shoals of adolescence in full frontal viewberty [sic] of the peering voyeurism of the media and it's voyeuristic participants. We have watched them as they stumble out of the safety of childhood, not that being a professional actor as a child is safe, but that is another blog, into the glare of celebrity, rehab, prison, teen pregnancy and now this, a backless shot of a young girl. It was called "artistic'. If we keep a young person's natural sexuality in check during their performing years what happens to it? It has to come out. Daniel Radcliffe is starring in Equus which includes nudity and parodied his natural urges (hilariously) on Ricky Gervais' EXTRAS. He has had to carry the weight and morals of Harry Potter and Warner Brothers and can now, as Harry has grown up and the series is nearing its end, tread lightly into adult fare and explore his art.

When these young people get all dressed up for award show red-carpet events don't we all comment how beautiful, stunning and grown-up they look in their strapless/backless dresses and heels and tousled hair? None of this is new. None of this should be news. But it is news because it is a business. It is all Business. It is called Show Business. Show Abyss-ness! I call it Show-OFF Business. You throw a child into the jaws of a business and they will get eaten.

I know how Miley feels. I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless "scandal" and the subsequent parodies, but I am an adult woman. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat. I only wish that her guardians had protected her.

The Best of FameCrawler: Pi-Day Edition

Whit Honea — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:40:00 GMT

Penelope Cruz Wants 20 Kids!

Minnie Driver Knocked Up By Criss Angel?

"Kristen" is Ashley Alexandra Dupre

Keri Russell Breastfeeding at Leisure

These Pictures of Liv Tyler In A Bikini Make Me Mad

Madonna's New Album Cover: Hard Candy, My Ass

JLo - My Husband Is The Burp Whisperer

Melissa Joan Hart Gives Birth to Baby No. 2

Diddy Wants To Help Drunk Celebs

Fans Trying To Save Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch

Madonna's New Album Cover: Hard Candy, My Ass

Whit Honea — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:21:00 GMT

Really? What is Madonna, like 60? At some point she might want to consider accepting the fact that she has earned the right to move in a more graceful direction and leave the attempts at shock to the younger generation.

I'm not saying that she doesn't look good for her age. She has the best body that money can buy, but that doesn't mean that the rest of us want to see the receipt.

At some point, as a parent, especially a parent that has to prove her moral worth to foreign adoption powers, she might want to entertain the notion of wearing pants, maybe a nice cotton-blend. I'm just saying.

Justin Timberlake: Madonna Shot Me in the Ass

"Kristen" is Ashley Alexandra Dupre

LeBron and Gisele in Vogue

Whit Honea — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:45:00 GMT

LeBron better watch out. He's a fantastic athlete at the top of his game who recently had a baby, Gisele may not be able to help herself.

Discuss.

Simon Cowell: "Call Me, Britney!"

Karen — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Simon Cowell has some unsolicited ass-vice for Britney Spears:

"It's never too late," says Cowell, 48, who has shown support for Spears in the past. "I think she's the most searched artist on the Internet at the moment, so she has a head start."

People reports that Cowell has a simple solution to all of Britney's troubles, "I genuinely think that if I sat down with Britney and, No. 1, remind her of all the good things in her life – which are her kids, her money, her success, everything – I'd try to give her a sense of perspective. And then I'd take her out of where she's living at the moment and ask her to go and live with her family – and live normally – for six months."

But wait, there's MORE:

His rationale, he said, is "because if you live normally and do normal things, you'll suddenly find that the paparazzi aren't camped outside your front door every day. Most importantly, just give her a sense of perspective, because it looks to me at the moment that she's out of control and she needs to have someone in her life who she's going to listen to."

Adds Cowell, "She's welcome to call me anytime."

I'm sorry, WHAT? Cowell, no celebrity has been stalked and harrassed as much as Brit-Brit. She can't live a normal life, even if she moves away. The laws have to change -- period.

Photo by: Anthony Harvey / REUTERS / Landov; INF, Credit: People

Britney Furious About More Stolen Photos?

Karen — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:36:00 GMT

OK! Magazine's cover this week has upset Britney. Apparently the photos were part of a private holiday shoot that she had done, and the sleazy photographer, Dani Brubaker, sold them to OK! Magazine.

Britney is alleged to be suing over this latest breach of trust. A cleaner version of the photo after the jump - boy those babies are adorable.

Katie Holmes In Style

Whit Honea — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:14:00 GMT

Katie Holmes did a photo shoot for InStyle magazine. She looks pretty good.

Well, in some of them.

See more of the photos at Celebrity Moms.

VIDEO: Usher is Singing in the Rain

Whit Honea — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:44:00 GMT

VIDEO ADDED!

Man, I'm torn on this. I think Usher is a fantastic talent, but to find out that he will be performing Gene Kelly's classic "Singing in the Rain" on CBS tonight (Movies Rock) makes me nervous. Those are big, smooth, dancing shoes to fill.

It's like covering the Beatles. I hope Usher brings his 'A' game.

UPDATED: AWESOME!

Marc Anthony did a pretty good cover of Paul Simon's "Mrs. Robinson" from The Graduate. Check it out!

It looks like we may see more singing and dancing in famous roles from Usher. Check out his return to Broadway!

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Photo: MSN

Naomi Watts Wears Her Mom Badge

Whit Honea — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:49:00 GMT

Clive Owen and Naomi Watts posed somewhere for something or other. Owen looks daper as usual and Naomi looks lovely.

I can't decide if the baby spit-up on her shirt or if she needs to invest in some nipple pads. Seems like she would be able to feel that, doesn't it?

Photo: Jezebel

Leaked Cover: Pieces of Me, er Britney

Whit Honea — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:12:00 GMT

In the tradition of leaking all things Britney Spears' Blackout CD I present to you the cover for the single "Pieces of Me" (Below). It contains the only know photo ever taken of Britney trying to cover her stuff. It must be photoshopped.

Photos: Britney Groupie

Britney's Blackout CD Cover Leaked

Whit Honea — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:10:00 GMT

Are there any surprises left? The way Britney Spears keeps things under wraps she should use the above picture as her CD cover.

However, FOX, the patron saints of all things newsy (update- and incorrect), is reporting that it will look like this:

Photo (top): The Superficial

Photo (lower): FOXNews