Mary-Kate Takes a Coffee Break
The more accessorized Olsen emerges with her constant companion, a coffee beverage nearly as enormous as her latest handbag.
Think she’s the only celebrity who’s a “friend of Juan Valdez”?
Hardly. Hollywood is rife with java jonesers and ice-blended benders. So break open the Folgers Crystals and check out some of the most openly caffeinated stars in our Celebrity Coffee Cravings gallery.
Caution: It may be habit forming.
Should viewers be told about product integration in shows?
Interesting piece over at Nikki Finke’s site. While everyone is concentrating on a possible actors strike (the deadline is Monday for SAG to make an agreement), there’s another little controversy going on. The Writers Guild of America West has asked the FCC to look into the ever-increasing habit of product integration in network shows. Not only does the WGA want to see the use of products on television eased up, which the FCC is already looking into, they also want to go one step further and make viewers fully aware that they are seeing an ad.
And how would the networks do that?
The WGA wants “real-time” disclosure, which basically means they want to see a crawl at the bottom of the screen when product placement is happening in a scene, similar to crawls for sports scores, weather, other news, and ads for other shows. They want to see this during the show because they don’t feel a disclosure at the start or end of a show would be as noticeable or as effective.
Part of me fully understands why viewers should know it’s a paid ad they’re seeing (though I would hope viewers would know that already), however, a crawl in the middle of a TV show seems like a weird idea.
What do you think of this idea? Do you already assume that it’s an ad when you see someone talking about Snapple or a cool car on a TV show? What should the networks do to tell viewers, if anything?
I Don’t Know How Much More Of This I Can Take…
…IT’S SO ADORABLE!
Here’s a three and a half minute clip from WALL-E, featuring an extended look at one of the scenes shown in the trailers.
Some have said that this might be a case of “cute overload,” but I don’t think that’s true… Pixar has a habit of being cute, and this only adds to that. Plus, this gives a good idea about how they’re handling the dialogue in this movie, which I have really been wondering about.
Check it out!
Jamie Lynn’s Final Stretch
Bigger isn’t always better.
Just ask poor Jamie Lynn Spears, who’s feeling pretty uncomfortable now that she’s nearing the end of her pregnancy.
“She’s feeling so large and just feeling all the discomfort that comes with it,” a source close to Jamie Lynn tells News.
The pregnant teen has also been hit with some mild cramps for the past two days, our insider says.
“Sounds like some false labor pains,” says the friend. “But nothing serious enough to go to the hospital over. They called her doctor, but everything’s fine.”
At least the pregnant teen has plenty of support…
Daddy Casey Aldridge is doing his best to make her feel better, rubbing her back when the cramps kick up, says our source. And her mom is at her side, pitching in with last-minute nursery decorating. But the humid summer heat plaguing Mississippi (where the parents-to-be own a home) isn’t helping. Even a brief trip outdoors leaves her sticky with sweat.
“Britney apparently called her recently and ordered her to stay inside, under the air conditioning, as much as possible,” the source says. “It was really cute.”
Britney and father Jamie have been calling regularly to check in on the mommy-to-be, who is expected to deliver at the end of this month. Unless, of course, the baby’s late.
“Jamie Lynn knows first babies have a habit of being late,” says the pal. “And she isn’t too happy about it. I think she’s ready for all this pregnancy stuff to be over and the mommy stuff to start.”