FameCrawler : godchildren

Sports Talk: Derrick Dockery Respects Women

Whit Honea — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:24:00 GMT

Buffalo Bill Derrick Dockery and his wife Emma just welcomed a baby girl to the family. Madison was born last week and Dad is a pretty proud and amazed guy.

In an interview with Democrat and Chronicle Dockery explains, "It's a beautiful thing. It's joyful. It's one of those things that seemed surreal at first. 'Is this really me? Is this what I created with God's help?' From A to Z, from beginning to end, I was there. I have a great, new respect for women and what they go through. But God knew they were strong, that they could handle it."

Photo: Rotorob

Miley Cyrus Tickets: Disney's Hannah Montana Has Not Sold Out! Great Pictures!

Whit Honea — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 23:38:00 GMT

I'm guessing that most of you knew of Miley Cyrus from Disney's Hannah Montana long before the crazy pregnancy thing. Her show is one of the top-rated programs on TV, drawing some 5 million viewers a week. That's a lot of tween power.

Apparently their power isn't just over the remote control. According to the Associated Press, her "Best of Both Worlds Tour" has "gone clean," which is industry speak for "sold out" (see, it's so much hipper), at such a rate that scalpers are able to get insane prices on ebay where one ticket for a show in Charlotte sold for $2,565.

Basically, if you can buy enough tickets you can turn around and sell them to pay for your kid's college fund, or in my case a butt-load of student loans.

"We knew it was hot, but we had no idea it was this crazy," said Debra Rathwell, senior vice president of tour handler AEG Live. "It's like the Beatles."

Dear God, did she just compare Miley Cyrus to the Beatles? If I wasn't already sitting down I would need to. Maybe I'll just have a beer and go to bed.

As if that wasn't enough, the AP also reports that Cyrus' tour is out-selling The Police, Justin Timberlake and Bruce Springsteen. And of course her dad.

Photos: Celebutopia

Rupert Everett is a Tightass, but Not in a Good Way

Whit Honea — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 13:02:00 GMT

Rupert Everett is godfather to 10 children. However, he doesn't think that he would make a very good father and has no dreams of adopting.

The criteria that he bases his theory on is his disregard for being "emotionally tricked into spending so much money," i.e., Christmas and birthdays. I suppose that's just as good of a reason as any. Why adopt a kid from some cushy orphanage only to deny him Christmas gifts? I'm sure the kid's making out like a bandit already.

I do think that it's refreshing that a gay actor can be featured and discussed within the confines of parenting without it being a matter of controversy as it was in our society until just recently. Hell, I'm sure it's still an issue in many areas.

As a matter of fact, I wouldn't have even brought up the fact that Everett is gay at all, except I wanted to make sure everyone got my tightass joke. That shit is funny.