The Oscars will be double up next year, announcing yesterday that Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will co-host the show on March 7th. Martin said, "I am happy to co-host the Oscar with my enemy Alec Baldwin." Alec said, "I don't play the banjo but I'm thrilled to be hosting the Oscars - it's the opportunity of a lifetime."
Another double elimination on Dancing With the Stars last night - Michael Irvin and Iron Chef America host Mark Dacascos were both sent home.
Kiefer Sutherland is known for his infamous partying ways - getting so drunk he wrestled a Christmas tree in a hotel lobby a few years back, and even ending up behind bars. But a $700 bar bill?!?! He racked up the big tab last week after "24" had finished filming for the night. He and crew members hit the bar The Spot in San Pedro, California (from 7am to 1pm). The actual bill came to $500, but he left a $200 tip. He bought drinks for everyone in the place, too. And yes, he had a designated driver.
I know some people are hoping the Yankees DON'T win tonight, but here's an odd reason to root for the Phillies. Colbie Caillat is set to sing the National Anthem for Game Seven.
TV Tonight
World Series - Game 6 - 6:30 on FOX
Mercy - 7 on NBC
Bill Cosby: The Mark Twain Prize 2009 - 7 on PBS
Tyler Perry's House of Payne - 8 on TBS
Birthdays
Matthew McConaughey & P. Diddy - 40
Jeff Probst - 47
Ralph Macchio - 48
Kathy Griffin - 49
Laura Bush - 63
Loretta Swit - 72
Doris Roberts - 79
Not many fans of Ashlee Simpson out there. Following her departure from "Melrose Place", People magazine asked its readers if they were happy she was let go - and 67% said yes! 75% said they don't want her to ever release another album, 86% wish she would've given up after SNL, and 99% think she should retire and be a full-time mom.
Simon Cowell is a softie at heart. He just donated 100,000 pounds for an 18-month-old girl to receive emergency treatment in NYC for a rare form of neuroblastoma. Sophie Atay and her family had exhausted all the resources available in England, but her chance of survival goes from 20% to 90% with the treatments in NYC.
Sean Penn's 16-year-old son Hopper was arrested last week at his high school. Hopper hopped up? No word on why he was arrested, since he's a minor.
Nicole Kidman divulging a little too much information on what goes on in the bedroom. She said, "I've explored obsession. I've explored loss and love in terms of being in a grief-stricken place, I've explored strange sexual fetish stuff, I've explored the mundane aspect of marriage, and monogamy." She said her current relationship with hubby Keith Urban is "raw" and "dangerous".
The band Weezer have announced plans to release a Weezer Snuggie (or Wuggie). It's totally legit, and even has its own infomercial. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXqHfHN9dJs
For $29.95 you get a Snuggie (red, blue or green) and a copy of Weezer's latest CD, "Raditude".
I told you Microsoft pulled out as a sponsor for Family Guy Presents: Seth and Alex's Almost Live Comedy Show due to "content concerns." We've learned that one of the skits that didn't make it because of "content" had to do with Miley Cyrus' relationship with her father.
New Moon MADNESS!!! The movie opens in a little over two weeks (but Y98 has the sneak preview two weeks from tonight! - tixs on the Phillips and Company Show next week). Here's a little Schmiglette that you might not have known...Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett, was originally asked to read for the role of Edward, but he was BUSY! He was filming the much-less popular "Generation Kill" in Africa. Oh, what could've been.
Kirstie Alley had the Showtime series a few years back, "Fat Actress", but she's signed up with A&E for a new reality show that will follow her on the road to lose weight again. It's expected to premiere early next year.
