Spice Girls Update

As you may know, the Hollywood Nation was huge fans of the Spice Girls in the 90's so we like to update you on their whereabouts from time to time. Ginger Spice has started her own lingerie line. And she decided to model the product firsthand to give you, the consumer, a chance to see how it looks. A wise marketing decision. For more information, you can click here.

Spice News

There is much giddiness in the Hollywood Nation offices. According to a report at aol.com, Melaine Brown a.k.a. Scary Spice will be taking it all off in an upcoming issue of Playboy. She is the second Spice Girl to appear in Playboy; Ginger Spice/Geri Halliwell was in there a couple of years ago. Why not get Sporty, Baby and Posh in there to complete the set and get this thing over with? Girl Power!


(Photo from abc.com)

Gratuitous Spice Girls Update

Geri "Ginger Spice" Halliwell on the cover of Hello Magazine:

(Photo from Hello Magazine)

The Return of The Spice Girls

Alright, first some background. As some people know, I have a diverse and bizarre taste in music. At anytime, you might hear me listening to anything from Stevie Wonder to Van Halen to Miles Davis to Jill Scott to Nas to Hulk Hogan and the Wrestling Boot Band. It's all over the place with no rhyme or reason. I've always loved my pop acts too, whether it be Duran Duran, Britney or Destiny's Child. So it should come as no surprise that I was/am a huge fan of The Spice Girls. How could anyone not love those catchy songs? You know you love them too; just probably not as much as me. I have all of their CDs. I've probably sat through Spice World about ten times. I even read Geri Halliwell's autobiography-- actually both of them. Geri (a.k.a. Ginger Spice was my favorite in the glory days, Baby Spice was my favorite after the split, and Scary is my favorite now). Anyway, in the late 90's, they were coming to the Riverport Ampitheatre in St. Louis. And I didn't go. Then Geri quit. Then they broke up. And I never thought I would get to see them live. Then thankfully last year they got back together for one last cash grab, which led to me seeing The Return of the Spice Girls tour last night at the United Center here in Chicago.



The audience was a show in itself. This show set the new record for skanks per capita. I don't even mean the term "skanks" in a bad way; that's just what they happened to be. Hell, Gloria Steinem would have declared that they were skanks. There were more skanks per capita at this show than at the Marriott Hotel in St. Louis the night of Starrcade 90-- and that's saying something. I have never seen so many ultra short skirts, shiny sequined dresses and low cut outfits in my life. Some fans were dressed as their favorite Spice Girl. Some were able to even pull it off. There was also the occassional giant drag queen. Grown men in leopard pants. It was quite a crowd to say the least.



The show started about 8:30. The crowd went completely apeshit and the majority never sat down for the entire two hour show. People just seemed genuinely happy to see the group and relive some nostalgia. The place went dark, an intro video played, then Baby, Posh, Sporty, Ginger and my beloved Scary each rose up on their own platforms. The first song was "Spice Up Your Life". The crowd sang along to every word. The rest of the show was kind of a blur, but here are some of the highlights, not necessarily in this order:



- They did all of the big songs including Who Do You Think You Are, Say You'll Be There, Mama, Too Much, Stop, Wannabe (which was the big encore song), and their new song. I may or may not have sang along to about 80% of these songs. Before you decide to ridicule me, please keep in mind that in college I once knocked the 6'5" shot putter on our track and field team off his feet. Yeah, I might know all of the words to "2 Become 1", but you don't want none of this.



- Each of the Spices got their own solo segment. Scary (looking PHEE-NOMINAL) brought out a whip and tied up some clown from the audience while she sang Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way". Sporty, Baby and Ginger did songs from their respective solo albums. Posh was the only one that didn't sing solo. Instead for her segment she walked down the stage like it was a catwalk and did fashion poses to Madonna's "Like A Virgin". She owned it. The crowd cheered for her segment the most.



- In the gayest moment of the night (if not ever), while Geri Halliwell/Ginger was singing "It's Raining Men", I looked over and saw this huge man in a Wonder Woman costume taking pictures with people. What are the chances of that combination happening? I had to laugh. What kind of sideshow had a I stumbled into? It also occured to me during that song that I might be the only person in the whole building who was looking at Geri's bum at that moment.

- The girls have actually help up pretty well. Obviously Geri has worked very hard to get fit but I'm begging her to put on about 20 or 30 pounds. Posh looks better in person and actually does smile. Baby is hot. Scary is flawless. Eddie Murphy is a fool! She is thicker than pancake mix with just one spoonful of water in it.

- Note to "The Black Charmer" (everyone else please skip ahead to the next paragraph): You know how you're planning to have a wife and a "housekeeper"? Well, I'm going to have a wife and a "nanny"-- and the nanny is going to be Baby Spice. And the good thing is that I only need to accumulate a net worth of 20 million dollars to pull off this plan! I'm a genius.



- The group did sing live, not that you could really hear it over the music.

- The show ended with "Wannabe" and a very colorful performance of "Spice Up Your Life" (again!). As the girls lowered down under the stage, the words "Mission Accomplished" appeared on the big screen. Excellent show. Then to get my masculinity back, I left, drank a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon, smashed the bottle over some guy's head, watched all three discs of the new "Stone Cold" Steve Austin DVD set, recited verse three of Black Moon's "Who Got Da Props?" right off the top of my head, went deer hunting, then fought a bear. I feel better now.

Spice-Mania

Team Spice made their return to the U.S. airwaves last night with an appearance on the CBS Victoria's Secret Fashion Show special. They performed "Stop" (actually, I should say lip synced) to a standing ovation in the living room. During the taping a couple of weeks ago, they did one of their new songs also but for some reason it didn't make air. Also, a few days ago they began their world tour. I've heard mixed reviews but if you actually go to a show Spice Girls show, you pretty much know what you're getting into. I'm just happy that the reunion tour has actually happened. On a side note, props to Geri Halliwell/Ginger Spice (above left) for the hard work and weight loss but I liked her better when she was heavier. She should kick it at the Chinese buffet near my house for the weekend.

Yo, I Tell Ya What I Want, What I Really Really Want

The new Spice Girls Greatest Hits CD (with two new songs) was released yesterday, exclusively at Victoria's Secret. Granted, you may have to suffer the indignity of being a grown ass man carrying around a little pink bag around the mall, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices for the sake of your record collection.

Dancing With The Stars Season Premiere

Dancing with the Stars began its new season on Monday. Unfortunately, they are dragging this thing over three nights this time-- like I don't have stuff to do (I don't). They had the female celebs on the first night and the males on the second night. Predictably, my favorites were Scary Spice (above) and Kelly from Beverly Hills 90210. Granted, they could have both done awful and I would have sugar coated it, but actually they both did well. I could just see Eddie Murphy sitting at home in his Shrek donkey outfit calling in votes for everyone but Scary so she would lose. The surprise of the females was the young member of Disney's Cheetah Girls, who came out and totally shook what her momma gave her. There were probably horrified parents fainting all over the nation. She is probably going to win this thing. As far as the guys, they were pretty lackluster. Most were getting by on charm and gimmicks. Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was robbed by the inconsistent judging. Welcome to Dancing with the Stars. If he is the first to get cut, it would be justice to see one of the panel members get knocked out. I predict that the female model (her name escapes me and I'm not looking it up) will be the first to go home.

Dancing With The Stars Lineup Announced

The lineup for the new season of Dancing with the Stars was announced yesterday and I'm a little disappointed. Granted, we do have Scary Spice (above) and Jennie Garth ("Kelly" of 90210) so I am guaranteed to be on board for at least a few weeks but the rest include Wayne Newton, Marie Osmond, Dallas Maverics owner Mark Cuban and at least five people that I could not identify from their picture. At least there are no boy-banders this time. I'm begging these people to bring back Stacy Keibler.

More Spice News

Congratulations to Scary Spice, who made the ill-advised decision to get married earlier this week. Let's hope this goes better than her marriage to that back-up dancer a few years back and of course her recent curious realtionship with Reggie Hammond.

Gratuitous Spice Girls Update

Geri Halliwell/Ginger Spice takes a walk on the beach while preparing for the upcoming reunion tour.

Posh's Reality Special

I caught about ten minutes total of Posh Spice's reality show last night on NBC. Apparently

the series was supposed to be six episodes but the footage was so boring that they had to cut it to a one hour special. In one segment, she was blatantly cheating on her driver's license test, but she did pass. She almost had a heart attack when the black guy from the DMV came up from behind her and asked a question. I half way expected them to show her putting her purse closer to her feet. Then she was being interviewed by Perez Hilton. She took it pretty well when he said that he had previously referred to her as a space alien with boobs. She stood up and asked if her boobs really looked that huge in person. That was pretty hot. She also sarcastically said that she didn't want to be seen eating or smiling, so she could preserve her public image. Pretty funny stuff. Perez asked if there were any celebs that she didn't like and she said Eddie Murphy. I can't knock that because even I had to turn my back on him after that Norbit crap. Anyway, the couple of segments that I saw were pretty good and made Posh seem like an actual human. I still turned it off to read the Wrestling Observer Newsletter though but it was still a good effort.

Yo, I Tell Ya What I Want, What I Really, Really Want

According to Perezhilton.com, Scary Spice's publicist told a newspaper that Scary would be participating in the next season of Dancing With The Stars. FANTASTIC! I just hope it's true. I can't wait to see her out there dancing in the giant high heels as Baby, Posh, Ginger, Sporty, and Norbit cheer her on from the audience. This is going to be the best season since they had that wrestling broad on!