After performing “All Of The Lights,” which features vocals by Fergie, a recent concert, Kanye West declared, “Rest in peace to the Black Eyed Peas. You’re gonna be missed!” Does this mean America should be on the lookout for another source of repetitive, soulless pop that people only dance to when they’re too drunk to care?
Will.i.am suggests that we’re only getting a brief reprieve, Tweeting, “maybe @kanyewest was stating the fact we will take a rest for a little bit…but we the @bep will never die…never…impossible” You can watch the moment in this video, which makes us wonder if they issue a seizure warning before Kanye’s concerts. [Boom Box, Twitter]Someone wrote a message for Tina Fey on a 30 Rock poster in a Queens subway station. Lindseyw304’s tale of evil sisters and stolen inheritance is compelling, but probaby not true, as Tina Fey doesn’t have a sister. [BWE]
Here’s some exciting news: Melissa McCarthy sold a sitcom pilot she co-wrote and will co-produce with her husband, Ben Falcone, to CBS. The show is about a woman who “has a spectacular midlife crisis.” [N.Y. Mag]
BTW, were you aware that Melissa McCarthy and Jenny McCarthy are related? Jenny Tweeted last night, “Congrats to my cousin melissa mccarthy on her Emmy win!!” [E!]
Michelle Williams tells Hobo Magazine, your go-to source for bindle-related news, “I often dream of quitting acting. Walking away and becoming a laundress or a sous chef, or maybe writing other people’s love letters for a living. Clearly, I don’t like to be in charge. And thinking of quitting is just keeping going in disguise.” [Us]
- Though Ryan Reynolds and Olivia Wilde were spotted out in NYC this weekend, they aren’t dating, as he’s focusing on his fake romance with Sandra Bullock. [Radar]
- Cindy Barshop released this statement about being fired from RHONY: “I view any change as an opportunity to learn and grow. RHONY was great marketing platform for my national spa Completely Bare, and as an ambassador for children’s charities I was able to create more awareness . There are additional projects that I am considering. Stay tuned.” [Perez]
- I want to think this isn’t a picture of Lindsay Lohan French kissing her mom, but that’s definitely what it looks like. [IDLYITW]
- Ne-Yo and girlfriend Monyetta Shaw are engaged and expecting their second child together. [Us]
- Tracy Morgan and model Megan Wallover announced that they’re engaged at the Emmys last night, but Tracy says he actually proposed six months ago. [UPI]
- Character actress Frances Bay, who’s best known as the woman who fought Jerry Seinfeld for a loaf of marble rye, died on Thursday at 92. [Us]
- Julie Bowen says, “If I wasn’t a mom, I think it’d be harder to understand what it is to live with a child and hate and love them all at once … Claire does that with her kids, and I do that with mine … I love them so much. There’s always this undercurrent of love, but there are moments when I really wouldn’t mind if a giant hook just pulled them off the stage of my life! I think that’s how Claire feels. But if I wasn’t a parent, I think that dichotomy would confuse me.” [Us]
- Karofsky isn’t in the next three episodes of Glee, but he will return this season. Max Adler says, “I can’t tell you exactly when I come back, but it’s going to be a shocking moment … It’s not in the first episode. But I’ll be back. And I will say it’s unexpected. It’s definitely a shocking scene. It shows what happened to Karoskfy and what will happen to him.” [E!]
- Brad Pitt, who stars in the baseball movie Moneyball, says, “It’s shameful how little I know about baseball … I’m amazed they let me do this movie … I wrestled one year [in high school]. I dove one year. Everything but baseball.” [People]
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