FameCrawler : the today show

Matthew McConaughey on His Upcoming Role: Daddy!

Karen — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:02:00 GMT

Matthew McConaughey was on The Today Show talking about his new movie, Fools' Gold and his upcoming and most important role: Daddy!

Matthew is anxious to show his child the world: “Well, that child is probably going to fill his passport pretty quickly. Culture and travel’s been the best education I’ve had in my life and my child’s going to have that, hopefully.”

He also talked about his girlfriend Camilla Alves: “It’s the first woman that I’ve met that I haven’t met through friends. That doesn’t really happen too often. I saw her across the room and I couldn’t get my eyes off of her. So I invited her over and started making a margarita and then I noticed right away that this was not the kind of girl you just want to wave over. So I got my butt out of the chair, went over there and introduced myself and said, ‘You can come over and bring any of your friends you want to back to our table.’ And that’s what kind of got her to come over in the first place. And I haven’t wanted to ask anyone else out for the last two years.”

And how will baby will fit into his maverick lifestyle? “I do have a trailer. So I can pull it up to any backyard on any coast I want to. I worked hard to get a lifestyle and live in a place where I don’t have to wear a shirt or shoes. I’m going to keep working on it so I can put myself on a beach somewhere on the planet. Yeah, I enjoy the sunshine and I enjoy the summertime.”

I can totally picture a diapered mini-Matthew toddling along the beach with his Daddy.

Janice Dickinson Comes Clean About Her Facade

Karen — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:06:00 GMT

A young Janice Dickinson - yowza!

It's no secret that 53 year old self-proclaimed "America's First Supermodel" Janice DIckinson has had a little nip and tuck.She is now admitting she is addicted to plastic surgery and has spent over $100,000 on it. These quotes made me spit coffee out of my nose this morning though:

"Believe me, I'm a 900-year-old dinosaur and without 14 inches of make-up and 32 pounds of fake weave I wouldn't look the way I do. I want to be the best-looking corpse there is.

"I'm honest about it, I haven't got a problem with it. I borrow bits from everyone. Every six months I fly to Dallas to get Botox and I also get collagen injections. I'm addicted to cosmetic surgery."

Just last week, Janice was on Today talking about how glad she was her daughter isn't into modelling, all the while calling Tyra Banks fat and defending Jennifer Love Hewitt. At least she is honest about herself too.

Janice Dickinson Calls Tyra Banks Fat, Defends Jennifer Love Hewitt

Karen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:03:00 GMT

Tongue in cheek on The Today Show, Janice Dickinson jokingly calls Tyra Banks fat, and says some sensible things about body image, weight and nutrition as well. She's grateful her 13 year old daughter Savannah is "into academics" and "Thank God she doesn't want to be a model."

This is the same woman who spoke the truth of Kevin Federline and Britney Spears in 2006: “I never found him hot at all. But she’s a hick anyway. She needs to get hot again. Stop clomping around in those Malibu flip-flops,” Dickinson told The Book Standard. Dickinson, whose book “Check Please: Mating, Dating, and Extricating” comes out next month, said she’d like to give Spears a makeover. “I would tar and feather her first of all, tell her to dump that [bleeping] hick husband of hers. She needs solid advice, and not from Hicksville.”

Watch and enjoy:

Dickinson: ‘Hewitt is a healthy girl’

Bindi Irwin: Hip-Hop Star?

HerBadMother — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:08:00 GMT

I just don't know what to think of Bindi Irwin. She's, like, totally adorable, of course, and the loss of her father was heartbreaking, but am I the only one who thinks that she might be teetering just a leetle too closely to the edge of overexposure? If all the appearances and performances and clothing line and videos and talk of movie offers weren't enough to qualify her for the Lindsay/Britney Pre-Trainwreck Training School For Girls, the fact that she's released a hip-hop single and now has her own troupe of gay back-up dancers would probably suffice.

And her recent performance on The Today Show doing the white-girl rap with said dancers would likely get her early admission, no questions asked. (See video here.)

Sample lyric: "I'm afraid of grizzly bears/ But don't you see/ Grizzly bears should be afraid of me." No, sweetie. Afraid for you.

More Crocmen (oh, gods, stop me from messing with that name. Just one less consonant...), if you don't scare easily:

Bindi Irwin Declines Movie Offers From Hollywood

Karen — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:10:00 GMT

Bindi Irwin has her own clothing line, TV show, exercise tape (what?) and now, an offer for a movie deal. This 8 year old is nothing short of amazing and is doing a great job of carrying on in her father's footsteps. While critics say she is doing too much for her young age, she is loving it and keeps her mission in mind: “I’m just being me,” she told TODAY’s Al Roker on Wednesday. “And it’s really nice to get that wildlife conservation message out.”

Bindi was coy when asked about the movie deal: “That’s the rumor,” Irwin told Roker. “We pass everything on to our producer and tell him, whatever comes along, be very appreciative and say, ‘No.’

“I really heard it’s all about my mum and my little brother, Robert, and animals,” she offered. It sounded as though she was interested in doing a movie and that "No" could turn into "Yes." The Sydney papers are reporting a "No" at this time however.

Mom Terri was asked how she keeps Bindi grounded in light of all this attention. Turns out Bindi gets that humble pie from her Dad. “She’s so much like him. She’s tough on the outside and tender on the inside,” she told Roker. “She’s got a real empathy for all wildlife, and I think it’s really important now that we realize that humanitarian issues are so intrinsically linked with our environment. Bindi’s bringing that message to a whole new generation.”