Who’s the Celebrity Pooper Scooper?
Celebrities aren’t generally known for picking up after themselves, let alone their animals, so we have to tip our hats to this poop-scooping star who made a point of cleaning up after his dogthereby keeping the streets of New York City clean and giving his boldfaced bretheren a good name, at least for the time being.
So just who is this considerate actor?
It’s Elijah Wood.
The Lord of the Rings star and his girlfriend, Pamela Racine, took their Chihuahuas (one is out of frame) for a stroll after lunching at L’Orange Bleue Cafe in SoHo.
And while we’re totally on board with his plastic baggy campaign, we’d like to ask one more favor of Elijah: Pick up those leashes! It’s a concrete jungle out there, and if your dogs aren’t flattened by a taxi cab they’re likely to be squashed by a pack of stiletto-wielding fashionistas.
Rihanna: Chris’ Mom Approves!
Rihanna’s got mom’s seal of approval.
The hitmaking beauty made a trip to GBK Productions’ Fire & Ice gifting lounge for the BET Awards over the weekend with her boyfriend, fellow music hotshot Chris Brown and his mom, Joyce Hawkins.
Hawkins, according to a source, was overheard cooing, “Rihanna is the sexiest and sweetest girl Chris has ever dated.”
And for once, the superprivate lovebirds weren’t so private during their hour-or-so-long visit to the lounge. “They came through holding hands and kissing each other on the neck,” says the source.
Both Rihanna and Brown also took home their own $5,000 gold watches from Croton, Grace hats, handblown glass art from Robert Kaindl and iPod cases from Guilty Couture. Rihanna also grabbed three pairs of Australia Love Collective boots, including the Vixen, the Nomad and the Party Nomad and helped Brown pick out a couple of pairs of New Balance running shoes.
Sounds like a good day was had by all.
The Return of Mother, Life and, Oh Yeah, Lost
Lost is back! Oh, wait, that happened two weeks ago.
What I mean is, Lost will be back-back, after the strike. And even better, we've just checked in with inside sources, and we have dates! Yes, dates! So, break out your calendars, 'cause we're hearing this is the approved plan:
The last episode of the current pod (episode seven) will air Mar. 13. Then the show will be off the air a little more than a month and return Apr. 17 at 9 p.m.
(That Apr. 17 episode will be the already-completed episode eight, which was filmed prestrike, but which apparently works much better as a minipremiere than it does as a minifinale.)
Anyhoo, the following week, on Thurs., Apr. 24, a little show called Grey's Anatomy returns to its usual 9 p.m. time slot, so Lost will move to 10 p.m., where it will stay for the rest of the season.
"Yippee" just doesn't do it justice, does it?
To find out what this all means for the season-four story, I checked in with my personal Jesus, Damon Lindelof, who explains how his writing team plans to squish the eight episodes of plot they had planned into only five more episodes.
"We are going to execute our full story plan for season four," D.L. says. "This simply requires a shift from high-octane storytelling to superhigh-octane storytelling. It requires no cramming, only a slightly heavier foot on the gas pedal…so, hold on to your hats. Those of you waiting for the long-anticipated Jin and Hurley Ping-Pong tournament, however, will be very disappointed."
Um, yippee! Now, read on for a little more schedule-related goodness from NBC and CBS, and then post in the Comments about which returning show you're most anticipating…
The Boys Are Back! Chuck, Life & Heroes Will All Return Next Season
Oh, happy day! NBC has just announced that three of my favoritest shows will all be returning next season. We kind of knew Chuck and Heroes would be back in the fall, but the wires were silent on the fate of Life. Now that I know I get more Damian Lewis, I can rest easy!
Other official news from the official release includes the following goodness from Ben Silverman, "[Heroes] will run in all original episodes in the fourth quarter." Fourth quarter means fall, I think, and whoo. We're marking that one down in your favor, Benny. Good job, Peacock, and thank you.
CBS News: Anybody Wanna Watch a Procedural?
By the way, in case you didn't hear the news this morning, those nice people at CBS sent out a handy-dandy chart on what's what on their network over the next couple of months. (Whoo, more HIMYM!) Check it:
Monday, Mar. 17
How I Met Your Mother (9 episodes)
The Big Bang Theory (9 episodes)
Two and a Half Men (9 episodes)
Monday, Mar. 24
CSI: Miami (8 episodes)
Sunday, Mar. 30
Cold Case (5 episodes)
Wednesday, Apr. 2
Criminal Minds (7 episodes)
CSI: NY (7 episodes)
Thursday, Apr. 3
CSI (6 episodes)
Without a Trace (6 episodes)
Friday, Apr. 4
Ghost Whisperer (6 episodes)
Numb3rs (6 episodes)
Tuesday, Apr. 8
NCIS (7 episodes)
Friday, Apr. 11
Moonlight (4 episodes)
Monday, Apr. 14
Rules of Engagement (6 episodes)
TBD
Shark (4 episodes)
Altogether Unknown
Cane
Swingtown
The Unit
Actually, yes, you can buy a MILF Island t-shirt
NBC is becoming quite the experts at creating real products from the made up products and companies you see on their TV shows. Sure, every network’s site has hats and shirts and mousepads that have something from a TV show on them, but the Peacock Network seems to be taking things one step further. We’ve seen Sheinhardt Wig t-shirts and Me Want Food t-shirts for 30 Rock, and now, after Thursday’s episode, the network has quickly put up for sale MILF Island t-shirts! It’s pretty much the Survivor logo, only with three hot chicks. I’m sure parents are just going to love seeing their kids wearing these.
Not to be outdone, The Office also has something for sale that you saw on Thursday’s episode: Serenity Candles by Jan! They come in four scents: Wide Awake, Cinnamon Kiss, New Milk, and Bonfire. You can buy them and use them at your next house party, the way Michael and Jan did the other night to such success.
On a side note, Jan now scares the hell out of me.