Madonna Divorce Rumors

Despite denials from their camp, rumors continue to swirl that Madonna and Guy Richie are headed towards a divorce. And because there was no pre-nup (we want pre-nup) it could get nasty. Look, he put up with her sassy-ass, faux-English speaking mouth for over five years-- on that alone he should get about 80% of the stuff. Or at least the house and the component set. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this situation as it develops.

WWE Night of Champions Results

Results from last night's Night of Champions pay-per-view show:

- Jeff Hardy beat MVP in the dark match. Quite a push for the "highest paid man on Smackdown".

- Miz and Morrison retained the WWE tag team titles by beating Hornswoggle and Finlay. The Fake Lizard King beat the short guy to secure the win.

- Matt Hardy retained the U.S. title by beating Chavo Guerrero. I almost fell asleep just typing that result.

- Mark Henry (above) became the new ECW Champion with his victory over Kane and Big Show. We have won, we have won!

- Ted DiBiase Jr. and Dusty Rhodes Jr. became the new World Tag Team Champions when Cody turned heel on Bob Holly and joined forces with DiBiase. Predictable, but I'm down with it.

- Kofi Kingston upset Chris Jericho to become the new Intercontinental Champion. They should change the title of this show to Night of the Brothers. I guess they had to get the title off of Jericho since the I-C belt would be beneath HBK once he beats Jericho in their upcoming feud.

- Mickie James retained the Women's Title with a victory over mega-hot Katie Lea Burchill.

- My Boy Edge beat Batista with a ton of interference to keep the World Title.

- Triple H beat John Cena (who is fast becoming a scrub) to retain his WWF title. Maybe they will have a rematch soon since one of the world belts has to move to Raw at some point.


Sounded like a decent show.

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Have These Clowns Finally Turned The Corner?

Last night was the third week in a row that TNA Impact has been really good. Could they finally be on the right track? There was star power in the main event, The Beautiful People, good interviews, fun X-Division and Knockouts matches, and the glass table angle. Also, the crowd really wanted to see "Taylor" and Awesome Kong go at it (below). I know they will eventually make a fool out of me, but for now, it seems like they are headed in the right direction. Props!

Brooke Is Back

Hulk Hogan's daughter Brooke has new photos up at Maxim's website. I guess someone has a new show to promote (Brooke Knows Best, coming to VH-1 next month). Also this week, she announced that she was no longer speaking to her mother because she is dating a 19 year-old former classmate of hers. That's okay; I'm not speaking to her father because of that terrible Hogan/Piper cage match about ten years back. Also, this just in: her brother is still in the hole. Tough times.

(Photo from maxim.com)

The First Review Is In.....

With less than a month to go, the first major review of The Dark Knight is out. Rolling Stone magazine put out this very positive review. On one hand, I can't wait to see it; on the other, I may have to sleep with my teddy bear after seeing this thing.

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Thoughts on the BET Awards

- I missed most of the first hour because I was watching the new Family Feud. Al Roker made a fine host. Ice-T and his family were the most entertaining. Raven Symone was all growed up and wearing hooker boots (!). The Joan Rivers family prevailed as the winner. She now looks like that puppet that used to be on the Hollywood Squares.

- In between commercials I caught the phenominal Scary Spice, someone who used to be Lil' Kim, some awful award show banter, and Alicia Keys in a bad wig. Did my eyes deceive me or did I really see En Vogue? I only caught the tailend but I loved it. There were some audio issues with TLC. I'll have to catch the replay to see SWV. I feel all 1995-ish now.

- I saw Kanye West win an award, so at least we won't have to hear him whining about nothing now. Such a talented artist, but very tough to like.

- Lisa Lisa was brought out to present an award. I don't think I've heard from her since 1989. She's blown up a bit. How come they couldn't have had DeBarge and The Jets come out too?

- Solange Knowles (again, why? This broad is on every award show!), that moron Soldja Boy (however he spells it) and a few others encouraged people to register and vote. I wish Boy would register for a f***ing belt.

- The best part of the evening was Al Green getting the lifetime achievement award. In a package recapping his career they said that a life changing experience led him into gospel music ("life changing experience"= "hot grits"). Someone unearthed Maxwell to perform. Where has this brother been for the last ten years? Al took the stage for "Let's Stay Together" and "Love and Happiness" and the crowd went nuts. I was singing along at home. Good stuff.

- After a performance from Nelly and the WW from the Black Eyed Peas, followed by some foolisness by the increasingly annoying Puff Daddy, Alicia Keys won an award for best female performer. She's still with the fat guy! There really is hope.

- The show ended with a performance from the son of Flavor Flav and some filthy looking guy in Pampers. Honestly, as a rap fan who grew up with the likes of Gangstarr, A Tribe Called Quest, and Public Enemy, it's tough to get into Lil' Wayne and T-Pain. When I see Lil' Wayne perform I have the desire to 1) turn down the sound, 2) find him some suspenders or a belt and 3) hope that someone will scrub him down with a luffa for about nine hours. A sad ending to a somewhat decent show.

Random Thoughts on the WWE Draft

I thought the WWE Draft last night was actually pretty good and noteworthy, but of course it all got overshadowed at the end by another angle centering around Vince McMahon. The million dollar set collapsing on Vince was so ridiculous that I was laughing through it ("Paul, I can't feel my legs"). I suppose this is their way out of the giveaway without losing face. I wonder if this will lead to an amnesia angle or a whodunit. Can't wait. At least the Million Dollar Giveaway is over though. Vince looked like an idiot when he told a caller that she had the wrong password and Kelly Kelly of all people had to correct him (very nice looking young lady, but could stand some dance lessons).

As far as the draft, there were bigger names than I thought switching sides. This will be Rey Mysterio's first time as a regular on Raw. C.M. Punk is coming to the big time. At least Triple H is finally off Raaw, which is a breath of fresh air. Oh great, Kane is back on Mondays. I guess the ECW title is too big for the ECW show. ECW got buried. I thought Matt Hardy was on the verge of a push, but now he has been solidified in the mid-card. I felt bad for Jim Ross going to Smackdown and you could see the disappointment on his face because he legit did not want this. They only did this because they like to mess with people. He and Mick Foley (who makes an excellent color commentator) will make a great team though (if Ross doesn't walk out). Ideally, they could have all six announcers out there for all the shows because they were so funny last night, especially Tazz, who could just see that ECW was being buried.

Overall, it was a good show with lots of surprises. I think the shows will be freshened up by these moves (although I wouldn't be surprised to see Ross and Cole get traded back). Jericho is on a roll and Vickie Guerrero is great. I think this set up the short-term future pretty nicely. Hopefully they won't over-do whatever this Vince angle is. Also, in three weeks they couldn't have tossed me a cut of that three million?

WWE Ice Cream Bars

I was reading the latest WWE Magazine (well, actually looking for pictures of Maryse) and stumbled across this little factoid: they still make those WWE ice cream bars that they had in the 80's! I looked it up online and they really are still available! Chris Jericho and John Cena are on ice cream bars! This is unreal. It is now my summertime goal to track down one of these things. A grown man running down the street chasing after the perverted ice cream man. It should be quite a sight.

Number One!

Is my boy The Rock, errr, Dwayne Johnson on a roll or what? Get Smart (also starring that guy from The Office and one of those actress broads) finished at number one at the box office with a total of $39.2 million bones. Damn, it almost feels like I'm the number one movie star in the country!

On the flip side, the heavily promoted Mike Myers movie The Love Guru was a bonafide flop, finishing fourth with a take of $14 million dollars. Justin Timberlake in a box office failure? I'm shocked.

Real World: Hollywood

I realize that I was sleepy when I was watching the Real World on Wednesday night, but did I dream that over half the cast is now black? And besides BET's College Hill and two seasons of Celebrity Fit Club, isn't this the first time that has happened in reality history? It's about time. Sure, they're getting along fine now, but that ain't gonna last..........

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Madonna Tour News

It's on and poppin'. According to a report at perezhilton.com, Madonna's upcoming Sweet and Sticky Tour will feature the following songs on the set list: Open Your Heart, Borderline, Everybody, Vogue, Who's That Girl, Dress You Up, Rain, Music, Holiday and a bunch of the new songs. If that report is true, that is going to be a hell of show. I wonder if she is going to have on a ripped sweatshirt and black rubber bracelets too. Regardless, I'm in.

New NBA Champs

Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for winning the NBA Championship. Wow, Boston has brought home championships in the last basketball and baseball seasons! Is there anything they didn't win? Oh yeah, football. Deal with it.

Ratings News

This week's edition of the Million Dollar Giveaway increased the ratings to 3.3. Not that they get any ad revenue or anything from this. Just two million dollars less that they could have spent on developing new talent or giving out free action figures. Hopefully they won't see this as a positive sign and extend this foolishness beyond next week.

Oh Yeah, I Forgot...

"Not guilty, y'all got to feel me!"

WWE Millon Dollar Giveaway, Week Two

Week Two of the Million Dollar Giveaway was just about as lame as last week, except that they mixed in a little more wrestling this time. Vince was a bit more obnoxious this week and made the winners do humiliating things such as bark like a dog and sing the national anthem. He still had a little trouble dialing the phone. For some reason, he didn't use his "cheaters" though. In between all of this foolishness, they managed to fit in a Jericho vs. Triple H match (which is a match-up that should have been saved for pay-per-view), the unannounced return of Ric Flair (wasted), and a Divas swimsuit contest (I'm partial to Maryse and Layla, but Maria made a fine choice as the winner). Next week is the draft and unfortunately they are going to drag out this ridiculous giveaway at least through next week. And unless I win, what is the point of all this?

Wrestling Observer.com/A Look Back

Now that Wrestling Observer.com and Figure Four Online have merged, it means the end of the old Wrestling Observer site. As a tribute someone but up this hilarious parody of the WWE Ric Flair retirement video from a couple of months ago:

Bowling Beauties Finals

Howard Stern's Bowling Beauties came to its thrilling conclusion and we have a winner. A young lady by the name of Jackie emerged as the victor by defeating Tracy (pictured above, because she was hotter) . It wasn't even close, as the mercy rule was invoked and it was stopped early. Jackie said that she would use her $5000 prize money to either pay off some bills or to get implants. Decisions, decisions. I wish her the best. Can't wait for this show to return.

(Photo from craveonline.com/howardtv)

Tim Russert, 1950-2008

I love writing about Hollywood gossip, Britney, and ridiculous wrestling giveaways, but I dread writing about stuff like this. I was as shocked as everyone else by the death of NBC political analyst Tim Russert. I loved to hear his take on the big political stories of the day because he was always fair, explained things easily and was very knowledgeable. It was comforting to turn to NBC and see him talking about the latest big story. He had a such an enthusiasm for politics that you couldn't help but be excited about it yourself. He will be missed.

TNA Impact

Was it just me, or was Impact actually pretty good last night? Good matches at the start and close of the show, a new guy in the title mix (Kazarian), the X Cup matches, another great Beautiful People interview, a new feud (LAX vs. Storm and Roode), and a limit on the silliness. But then again, anything would have been good compared to the Million Dollar Hot Mess from earlier this week. Check out this clip of the end of the show, where Kurt Angle placed a hit on his wife and someone came to collect:

When It Rains It Pours

As if the impending divorce, the poor American Gladiator ratings, the problems with his son, and the issues associated with having a hot teenage daughter weren't enough, Hulk Hogan now has one more problem: the Hulk Hogan Ultimate Grill has been recalled. It was reported that the grill could allegedly ignite if certain cooking oils or sprays were used on it. Yeah, I could see where that could be a problem. Ric Flair must be having a good laugh at this guy.

New Celebrity Rehab Cast

They've done it again. By God, they've done it again. The cast for the new season of VH-1's Celebrity Rebab was just announced and it includes this stellar line up: Jeff Conaway again (GOLD), Gary Busey (an amazing trainwreck of a man), the stripper from the first season of American Idol, Tawny Kitaen (!), Aaron Carter, Steven Adler of Guns N Roses (can you even imagine?), and RODNEY KING! GOLDEN! I cannot wait.

UFC Figures

Jakks Pacific lost the license to produce WWE figures but they rebounded in a big way. Yesterday it was announced that they will begin producing figures from the Ultimate Fighting Championship starting next year. Figures will include Chuck Liddell, Brock Lesnar (above), and UFC President Dana White among others and an Octagon playset. It's on and poppin'!

The Ratings Are In...

Last week, WWE Raw pulled a 3.1 rating. This week, they gave away a million dollars, devoted a ton of airtime to promoting the contest, and held a big press conference for it. And what was the result? According to the Wrestling Observer, they pulled down a phat 3.0 for the week. The ratings went down! Hmmmm, maybe when people tune into a wrestling show, they want to see, oh I don't know, maybe WRESTLING.

Million Dollar Hot Mess

Oh man, was Raw brutal last night. They held their heavily hyped million dollar giveaway and it was a hot mess. They gave away a million dollars in different increments, meaning that Vince McMahon popped up on the show to call viewers several times throughout the show. It broke up the show and made the wrestling seem secondary. It also appeared that Vince had never dialed a phone before. I felt bad during one segment when Charlie Haas accompanied Vince and had to give away more money to some random viewer than he will probably make this year. Apparently they were expecting a lot of new viewers because the announcers were explaining basic things as if they were talking to first-time viewers. If any new viewer saw this show, there is no way they would be back. The ratings should be interesting. At the end, they announced that they will be ruining next week's show as well, because they are doing this all over again. They are losing their minds.

Stacy Update

Good news for former WWE Diva and my favorite Dancing with the Stars contestant of all-time, Stacy Keibler. According to zap2it.com:

"The former wrestler has joined the upcoming series "Samurai Girl," according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Samurai Girl," based on the popular young adult novels, centers on 19-year-old Heaven (Jamie Chung), a Japanese girl who learns that her adoptive father is the head of the Yakuza and possibly had her brother murdered. She leaves her family to train in the ways of the samurai and to plot against her father's evil empire with the help of her new American friends.

Keibler will portray Heaven's rival and the ex-fiancee of Jake (Brendan Fehr), Heaven's love interest. "Samurai Girl," a six-hour special event premiering on Sept. 5, also stars Saige Thompson, Kyle Labine, Anthony Brandon Wong, Steven Brand and Keneth Choi."

However, I am sorry to report that this show will be on the ABC Family Channel and unfortunately not Showtime After Hours. Damn.

(Photo from stuffmagazine.com)

You Don't Mess With The Zohan

Until this weekend, I hadn't seen an Adam Sandler movie since The Wedding Singer, but on Saturday I caught his latest flick, You Don't Mess with the Zohan. And if you can get past the sight of seeing his bare ass in the first few minutes, it's actually a pretty funny movie. The list of oddball cameos include Chris Rock, The Fonz, Mrs. Garrett from The Fact of Life, and even Mariah Carey (who plays herself). She sang the national anthem in the pivotal Hackey Sack tournament scene. Believe it or not, she was actually funny-- and unlike Glitter, it was intentional this time. The lead villians were played by Rob Schnieder, Michael Buffer (yes, Mr. Let's Get Ready To Rumble) and Dave Matthews of all people, who was pretty damn funny playing a racist redneck. So if you are looking for a fun, mindless comedy with a lot of laughs, you will probably enjoy this. Hollywood Nation gives this movie two snaps up.

TNA Slammiversary Results

Results from last night's TNA Slammiversary pay-per-view show, held outside of Memphis, TN:

- In the opener, Petey Williams beat Kaz (with same help from Scott Steiner and Rhaka Khan). Abyss returned to save Kaz from a post-match beating. Good opener.

- Gail Kim, ODB, and Roxxi beat The Beautiful People and Moose.

- LAX beat Team 3D.

- Awesome Kong issued the $25,000 challenge and beat up two women out of the crowd. Brutal! Eric Young brought out an Elvis imitator and Kong destroyed him too.

- The wedding between Jay Lethal and So Cal Val was a fiasco. Predictibly, Sonjay Dutt declared his love for So Cal Val and stopped the wedding. Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Koko B. Ware, Kamala and George "The Animal" Steele were all there in tuxedos and beat up Dutt afterwards. Lame.

- A.J. Styles pinned Kurt Angle clean in a good match. A.J. got beat up by Angle and Tomko afterwards.

- Samoa Joe won the King of the Mountain match over Booker T, Christian Cage, Rhino and Robert Roode. Kevin Nash didn't turn against Joe.

- Decent show.

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Real World: Hollywood

Even though I didn't actually see it, I heard that Greg got the boot on this week's episode of the Real World. Now who are we going to hate on the show? Well, besides every other cast member. Good luck to Greg in his pursuit of vying to be the world's most annoying off-camera person now.

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DAYUM!

Check out Serena Williams on the cover of the latest Ebony Magazine. I can't wait to get mine in the mail-- two months late as usual.

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Action Figure News

I can't wait to have this guy whip up on my Triple H action figure.

(Available for purchase at clarktoys.com)

Howard Stern's Bowling Beauties

The third edition of Howard Stern's Bowling Beauties was just posted today. Unfortunately, Hollywood Nation's beloved Leticia Cline was eliminated this round by a broad not nearly as hot. But on the flip side, three of the other girls on the show bowled topless. The thrilling conclusion is scheduled for June 12th. Now can we please bring Leticia back to TNA Wrestling so she can feud with The Beautiful People?

(Photo from craveonline.com/howardtv)

Sydal Makes His WWE TV Debut

Congratulations to St. Louis's own Matt Sydal (above-- not the fat guy), who made his WWE TV debut Tuesday, losing by countout to Shelton Benjamin on the ECW TV show. Now that Randy Orton is out, he will have to be the one to represent St. Louis to the fullest. Hopefully WWE gives him a chance to showcase his abilities because he can be a top star like ReyMysterio if booked correctly. If not, I'm sure we'll enjoy his exciting squash matches against Mike Knox.

Finally!

Major shout-out to Barrack Obama for claiming the Democratic presidential nomination last night. Now the next question: will he choose Hillary Clinton as a running mate? It doesn't matter. He could choose Hulk Hogan and I would still vote for him.

TNA Wrestling Clips

Here is a great clip from last week's TNA Impact (with my favorite tag team!) followed by a another edition of my favorite internet show, TNA Spin Cycle. Enjoy!

Hulk's New Show

A press release was sent out yesterday for Hulk Hogan's latest fiasco. No, not about his son; about his latest show, Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling, coming to CMT later this year. The participants include:

"Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved by the Bell), Tiffany, Todd Bridges (Different Strokes), Trishelle (Real World), Butterbean (boxer/ Jackass 2), Nikki Ziering (Playboy), Frank Stallone (musician), Erin Murphy (Tabitha from Bewitched), and two surprise contestants! The contestants will be trained by former pro wrestlers, and the panel of judges will consist of Hulk Hogan, former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff, and a surprise celebrity guest."

Wow, Tiffany and Screech on a reality show-- what a novel concept! I just can't imagine how this group of superstars found the time in their schedules to take part. You mean to tell me that Vanilla Ice wasn't available for this?

WWE Millon Dollar Giveaway

Vince McMahon announced his million dollar giveaway last night on Raw and I'm still confused about the terms. I think the clown is giving away a total of one million dollars to various fans each week but it was still unclear. He said all you have to do is register at wwe.com and they will call the winner at home. Then he gave some whiny speech about elitists and snobs who look down on wrestling and wrestling fans. This is the same show where a couple of months ago, a Leprechan was biting his ass. The man is truly losing it. I can't wait until this contest is over.

Denise Richards

I caught just a bit of the new E! reality show "Denise Richards: It's Complicated" on Sunday night. Granted, I was on the phone so I wasn't really paying attention, but here is what I gathered:

1. It's not that complicated

2. She really loves her kids

3. This bitch is nuts

I hope to have more in-depth analysis after I actually watch the show.

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WWE One Night Stand Results

Yes, there was yet another WWE PPV show last night. The results:

- Jeff Hardy beat Umaga in a Falls Count Anywhere match when Jeff jumped off the top of a production truck and landed (off camera) on Umaga.

- The Big Show beat a bunch of ECW mid-carders to gain a shot at the ECW Title

- John Cena beat JBL in a First Blood match

- Beth Phoenix beat Melina by submission

- Batista beat Shawn Michaels in a Stretcher Match. Chris Jericho interfered, but still hasn't done the big turn yet.

- Triple H beat Hazelwood's own Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match. Triple H threw Orton over the top rope and in the process Orton may have broken his collarbone. Sucks to be him.

- Edge beat The Undertaker in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match to win the WWE Title. And due to the stipulations, Undertaker must now leave WWE "forever". Well, at least he had a good run. I predict that he will be back tomorrow.