A Taste of The Soup: Ruining Today’s Youth
The girls from Next Door, some off-color tuna jokes and Dr. Drew’s floating head. What more could you want out of a clip from tonight’s Soup special, TV Under the Influence: Intoxicated Mayhem on TV? Oh, topless reality stars making out in a hot tub? You got it.
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Court Signs Off on Britney’s Moving Day
This time, an ambulance won’t be required to move Britney Spears from her Beverly Hills-area home.
The “Toxic” warbler is aiming to sell her home in the gated Summit communityground zero of her January meltdownand has quietly begun showing it to prospective buyers, News has learned.
Earlier today, a Los Angeles court commissioner OK’d a request from Spears’ conservatorship asking for permission to put the property on the market.
The court approval comes days after Spears was spotted looking at a $5.6 million, 7,300-square-foot house (above) in the L.A. suburb of Encino, closer to the home base of ex-husband Kevin Federline and the ex-couple’s sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James.
Spears bought her current residence in December 2007 for $6.7 million, according to the tax assessor.The Mediterranean-style villa measures 7,400 square-feet and has five bedrooms, six and a half bathrooms, as well as a library, media room and maid’s quarters. A second floor balcony overlooks a huge open living room and kitchen with an adjacent screening room. There is also a pool and hot tub in the backyard.
Spears has not exactly endeared herself to fellow denizens of the community, who have complained about the constant presence of paparazzi outside the gates. Some reports have blamed Spears as the reason neighbor Ed McMahon has not received a single offer on his $6.5 million house that’s facing foreclosure.
This morning at the end of Spears’ probate hearing, attorneys representing Spears’ conservatorship submitted to Court Commissioner Reva Goetz a sealed ex-parte motion to go forward with the sale.
Otherwise, the status hearing in Spears’ conservatorship case maintained the status quo.
While Spears herself was not present, attorneys for both her and father Jamie Spears appeared before Goetz to deal with matters related to the conservatorship.
After a two-hour closed-door meeting, Goetz stuck with a July 31 court date, when it will be decided if Spears remains in need of a conservator.
Jamie Spears has been serving as coconservator of his daughter’s estate since Jan. 31.
Should both sides fail to agree to extend his reign by the next hearing, then Goetz is expected to set a trial, which will determine whether the singer should be placed under the permanent care of a conservator.
Goetz ordered Spears’ counsel, Samuel Ingham, to confer with the singer to decide whether she would agree to waive her right to a jury trial.
“My client is going to be out of town until next Monday,” Ingham told the court, without divulging Spears’ whereabouts. He then informed the commissioner he needed more time to meet up with his client and discuss their options.
Goetz also set a time schedule for attorneys to prepare financial and psychological information on Spears.
The Hills co-star gets his own series
Lauren Conrad is like the Flavor Flav of MTV. That statement probably needs some explanation. Much like Flav’s stardom has spawned spin-off after spin-off (with spin-offs of the spin-offs), LC is shining her light on fellow Hills cast members. First, I reported that Whitney Port is getting her own show and now…
The Hills co-star Brody Jenner is getting his own spin-off called Bromance. The show, brainchild of Ryan Seacrest’s company (thanks Seacrest), is a competition where regular guys come to Hollywood for a chance to be in…get this…Brody’s entourage. MTV Senior VP of Series Development Liz Gateley says, “Brody is the perfect fit for this concept; he is the type of guy everyone wants to hang out with.”
But wait, there’s more. In each episode’s elimination ceremony, the guys will gather in a hot tub for the news. Furthermore, similar to Rock of Love and Flavor of Love, the guys will participate in various competitions (i.e. skydiving and dealing with the paparazzi), go on group dates, and be rewarded with alone time with Brody.
Problems on the set of the next Survivor
They haven’t even begun filming yet and already there are problems on the set of the next Survivor.
Production on Survivor: Gabon, which starts filming later this month, has been hit with several problems during preproduction. Problem #1: shipments to the location have been delayed by 30 days. This means that the crew has to stay in tents and not a building. Problem #2: a crane fell over. Problem #3: $100,000 of food has gone missing. And Problem #4: dangerous animals are causing a problem.
I always roll my eyes when they talk about wild animals on Survivor. They always show dangerous animals in previews, and in episodes you always see many scenes of wildlife intercut into the action, but you rarely see any of those animals impact the game in any way. Or maybe this is a serious problem and I’m just being cynical. I’m a little ticked because I think the show really has to shake things up and not just go back to yet another jungle/island setting. I still say they go to a colder climate (and for those fans who say we won’t see girls in bikinis I have two words for you: hot tub!).
The new season airs this fall.