Haim and Feldman return to A&E
At the end of season one of The Two Coreys, we left off with Corey Haim and Corey Feldman at odds, their friendship still severely damaged. This season the cameras will follow the 80s icons again as they try to rekindle the bond they once had and move past their trust issues.
According to the press release, this season will be even more “no-holds-barred” than last, “Corey Haim & Corey Feldman give deep, personal access to their storied friendship like never before which lends the show rare honesty and candor.” We will see the friends go to therapy sessions together and deal with the Lost Boys 2 reunion. Sounds like they’re more of a married couple than two old friends. Therapy sessions? Seriously?
The second season of The Two Coreys premieres June 22nd at 10 p.m. on A&E. Will you be tuning in to watch these lost souls hash it out?
Jessica Alba Gets Allure-ing
For someone not always (OK, never) seen as a serious thespian, Jessica Alba certainly has the "lady doth protest too much" routine down pat.
The 27-year-old mama-to-be attempts to set the record straight on her career priorities in the new issue of Allure: Commerce over art every time, unless there's a bikini involved.
When asked why she hasn't appeared in more independent, art-house fare, the expectant star gives a refreshingly candid answer, if not one that'll likely keep Sundance at bay for quite some time.
"To me, box office is the most important thing," she says. "If the movie makes money, then I'm fine."
You gotta give the girl some credit for honesty.
"I grew up not having a lot. I'm really happy to be making money, not depending on a man, and not having to suffer to survive in this business. Struggling is not fun. Been there, done that."
Despite her share of skimpily clad roles, Alba grouses about being objectified.
"They always play up your sexuality, because that's what gets men into the theaters," she says. "And I never really gave a s–t about all that stuff!"
Though not, it should be said, due to any prudish reservations about the topic.
"I don't think sex is a big deal. I hated the hypocrisy of it. Men can do whatever, and it's acceptable."
There again Alba is putting her money where her mouth is, possibly winning over a more feminist base, but effectively writing herself out of any future safe-sex endorsement campaigns. Not that there's any money in PSAs, anyway.
"I can't say it was a total accident, because you're aware of when you're being careful and when you're not," the knocked-up star says of the bun in her ever-expanding oven. "It just happened so soon!"
"It," of course, being her gestating celebuspawn with fiancé Cash Warren, a pregnancy that Alba is the first to admit hasn't gone entirely smoothly.
"I kicked him out, but it wasn't like thattotally. When you're pregnant, your emotions are more tense. If the shoes are in the wrong place, you kind of lose your mind. Then he just laughs, gives me a hug and tells me it's okay."
And, we'll assume, hides the bikinis.
Rosie Gabs About Babs
Barbara Walters lacks passion? A certain former senator from Massachusetts may respectfully disagree, but Rosie O'Donnell has wasted no time in calling out her former coworkers' lack of heat as one of the causes of tension on The View.
"Passion on that show was not number one," O'Donnell said on the Today show. "Some people confuse passion for rage. I have a lot of passion about things I believe in."
The oversize personality also said that, despite appearances, she never stirred the pot for controversy's sake, simply for honesty's.
"When somebody would say something that I found insane, I would say, 'That's insane.' "
But O'Donnell was also quick to note that whileduring her infamous feud with the Comb-Over'd Oneshe forced Walters "to be sort of more emotional than she's comfortable with," they still maintain a relationship, with the duo trading emails and attending plays together.
She's less friendly with Elisabeth Hasselbeck, but did admit she and her polar opposite "touch base."
Still, while O'Donnell may harbor no resentment toward her onscreen pals, her offscreen ones are another story.
"It was not the people on the stage," she said of her decision to leave without finishing out her contract. "It was the director and the executive producer. You have a choice, do you want to choose to fight for a living…they made it into Hardball."
In retrospect, it was more like swing and a miss.
Should David Cook win American Idol?
First, the good news: each of the final three American Idol contestants are guaranteed record deals and a music career. The bad news? I have this awful feeling in my stomach, the way I sometimes feel after eating too many potato chips, that David Cook is going to win the whole thing. That would be a shame.
I know that there are a lot of Cook fans out there, but I’m wondering: have you noticed that he sings just like 88% of the bands you hear on the radio right now? I don’t want to call him a poseur, but I’m curious if he has that voice and style because that’s how other successful, current singers sing. Don’t we already have a Chris Daughtry?*
Take a listen again to Cook’s performances last night. The Switchfoot song was a safe song for him, yet he still butchered it. “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” was just, um, weird. And it really makes me uncomfortable when we get to that point where the song becomes “Cook-ed,” where he changes it to sound like it was being sung by Lifehouse/Creed. People can say that David Archuleta is boring, but at least he’s actually singing well. With Cook I feel like a lot of the performances are really, really forced. (According to this poll, however, I’m very much in the minority.) On a side note, Cowell is probably the most honest and astute of the three judges (at least his criticisms go beyond “dawg check it out” and “you look amazing tonight,” though I think that people sometimes confuse “honesty” with “truth” - when you get right down to it, honesty is just an opinion), but sometimes he just baffles me with his lack of taste. In the same night that he insulted Dan Fogelberg’s “Longer” (I wonder if he even knows the song), he called that damn song from Armageddon one of the great songs in history. Gah!
I’ve never understood this “theme week” stuff anyway. Who cares if Syesha can sing a Dolly Parton song or a Neil Diamond song or something by Eminem or Debby Boone? Is this about finding someone with a good voice who can sing their songs or some novelty act show?
Back to Archuleta: why do people find him boring? He sings certain songs really well and has a niche? Yeah, most do. That’s why you never saw Dean Martin singing Foghat. But last night’s performance of the Chris Brown song I thought was handled rather well, and definitely showed he could do contemporary pop with a groove.
I’d like to see it come down to Syesha and David Archuleta. Hey, third is a pretty good place for Cook. He can be the third place winner out of a gazillion contestantss who tried out for Idol yet still be far enough from the top spot to keep that edgy rocker cred that fans think he has.
But he probably won’t be going home tonight. We’re down to a popularity contest now (they really need to change the voting structure). I would guess that Syesha is going home tonight, even though her three songs last night were pretty steady. If anything, we probably need a David Cook and David Archuleta head to head, just so Ryan Seacrest can announce in the finals, “And the winner of American Idol is David…and we’ll find out his last name right after this commercial break!”
* Daughtry’s album is quite good, by the way.