Courtney Love-related stories
Posted Jan 27th 2009 11:08AM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Reality-Free, TV Squad Ten
Ah, the celebrity roast. Comedy Central resurrected the tried and true comedian ass-kiss off with hilarious specials featuring Denis Leary, Flavor Flav, Bob Saget and William #*$&$ing Shatner. Then came the capper: a roast of music legend Willie Nelson. It was a shift in evolution so great, it could have made Charles Darwin buy into the theory of intelligent design.
Then the network caused a global groan so loud that it shifted the tectonic plates when they announced that Nelson had to cancel and they would replace him
with Larry the Cable Guy.
It's such an obvious and safe choice that might be a good recipe for ratings, but it's a sure fire recipe for boring. Here are the iconic stars who would have made much better kindling for a white hot comedy roast.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Stars who should have been roasted Instead of Larry the Cable Guy
Posted Feb 19th 2007 6:35PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, American Idol, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Judges, News and Gossip
If we are to believe every rumor we hear in Hollywood, then every guy is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's baby, and every girl wants Paula Abdul's cushy
Idol judging job.
Move over
Courtney and
Belinda. This week it's Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham who is hoping for Paula's dismissal. According to this
exclusive, replacing Paula with Posh is the brainchild of Beckham's manager, Simon Fuller, who also serves as
Idol's Executive Producer.
But Paula is not going anywhere as long Simon Cowell remains on her side. Victoria's bid for a spot on the high-profile TV juggernaut was apparently blocked by Cowell.
Continue reading Does Posh Spice want Paula Abdul's Idol job?
Posted Feb 13th 2007 7:23PM by Liz Finn-Arnold
Filed under: American Idol, Celebrities, Judges, News and Gossip
The Paula Abdul replacement rumors just won't go away. First we had the
Courtney Love prank. And now, according to the latest gossip, former Go-Go's lead singer, Belinda Carlisle, was approached a couple of years ago to replace the bubbly, babbling celebrity judge.
When asked if she wanted to be a judge on the show, Carlisle answered, "I really don't know. To be perfectly honest, it's just not my thing. I'd rather listen to music that comes from a more organic place. But you know, I just ... don't know if I would or not."
Continue reading Did Idol producers try to replace Paula Abdul with Belinda Carlisle?
Posted Jan 31st 2007 4:19PM by Brigitte Dale
Filed under: Video, Podcasts, TV Squad Daily
Hey, Brigitte here with TV Squad Daily. I'll be covering the TV stories I find interesting each day, Monday through Friday, in this video blog.
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subscribe to this vodcast via our feed.Posted Jan 31st 2007 8:27AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: FOX, American Idol, Music and Variety, Celebrities
This bit of news is according to Courtney Love and US Magazine... so two strikes against it already. Courtney tells the gossip rag that
American Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe contacted her about appearing as a judge. The magazine takes that to mean that Love will replace Paula Abdul but that sounds like a load of crap to me. I imagine that she's been invited to appear as a guest judge, which is a common practice for
American Idol.
Plus, she'll make Paula look good.
*Update:
US magazine says an 'imposter' phoned Courtney, which makes a lot more sense than her appearing on
American Idol.
[Via
TV Tattle]
Posted Nov 30th 2006 7:04PM by Julia Ward
Filed under: VH1, Pickups and Renewals, Documentary
VH1 has
picked up five documentaries for its
Rock Doc series, and they're pretty darn interesting. Alright, four of the five of them sound interesting. The fifth is a Courtney Love documentary, which maybe only qualifies as interesting in that "can't tear my eyes from the car wreck" kinda way.
The series aims to bring "untold stories" with an "unconventional narrative approach" to the screen. Three of the five films are acquisitions, which means that documentary filmmakers may have a new avenue for hawking their wares. The series starts up December 16th and continues into 2007.
The five documentaries include:
Continue reading VH1 announces Rock Doc line-up
Posted Dec 22nd 2005 2:54PM by Karina Longworth
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Food/Home/DIY, The Apprentice, Daytime
From the Totally Unsubstantiated Rumor file:
Page Six is
"reporting" this morning that a cashed-strapped Courtney Love - slimmed down and drug free but apparently
broke as all get out – is working on selling the rights to her late husband Kurt Cobain's musical output. This
comes after a messy, multi-year battle between Love and Cobain's former band mates Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic (as
well as original drummer Chad Channing, at least according to the Sixers) over the future of the Nirvana catalogue: if
I remember correctly, the boys wanted to put everything in the hands of the fans, whilst Love wanted to slowly parcel
out the outakes and rarities to ensure the maximum padding for Frances Bean's college fund. Page Six says Love is
looking for $100 million.
Continue reading Martha Stewart to invest in Nirvana?
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