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• LA Times calls trainer Jillian Michaels’ techniques and weight loss claims ‘appalling’
• Hilary Swank’s dress at the ‘Conviction’ screening: cute or tragic?
• Josh Holloway shows off his dimples & haircut on the ‘M:I 4′ set
• Raccoon McPantless is pantless, loaded & offensive on Revolver Mag
• Gwyneth Paltrow made a goopy music video for “Country Strong”
• Did Angelina Jolie write a screenplay about a rape victim falling in love with her rapist?
• Blake Lively is not boning Ryan Gosling, is still boning Penn Badgley
• Dina Lohan is shopping a reality show about Lindsay’s rehab stay
• Kat Von D & Jesse James were secretly dating for months before going public
• Keira Knightley wows in Chanel at the ‘Never Let Me Go’ premiere

LA Times calls trainer Jillian Michaels’ techniques and weight loss claims ‘appalling’ Posted: 14 Oct 2010 09:05 AM PDT Jillian Michaels has fired back at a scathing LA Times op-ed by an experienced personal trainer who critiques her education, her techniques and her claim that people can lose five pounds a week with her fitness DVDs. The entire LA Times piece is here, and it’s worth a read if you’ve purchased any of Michaels’ DVDs and especially if you’re considering doing her kettle bell workout. The author quotes several other personal trainers who take issue with her form on her new kettle bell DVD, calling it both difficult to follow and potentially dangerous. It’s not a measured critique and gets pretty nasty and personal at times. Here’s some of the article: I don’t know much about proper kettle bell techniques. Neither does Jillian Michaels. I have an internationally respected fitness certification and 17 years’ experience with free weights, yet I lack the audacity to pretend I am qualified to teach kettle bells. Jillian Michaels, on the other hand, is lacking in shame. At least that’s what I thought until I realized Michaels is not actually a real fitness trainer — she’s an actress playing the role of fitness trainer on TV and in a line of popular DVDs. It’s analogous to Jesse Ventura’s choice of a Gatling-style minigun to mow down guerrillas in the 1987 movie “Predator.” Most viewers thought it was way cool, but real soldiers shook their heads in disbelief that anyone would schlep such an ungainly weapon through the jungle. Same thing with Jillian Michaels. Typical viewers think she’s great, yet the collective jaws of professional trainers hit the floor after witnessing her regular displays of poor technique and unsafe training practices. Michaels obtained some introductory fitness certifications (National Exercise & Sports Trainers Assn. and Aerobics and Fitness Assn. of America) 17 years ago and does not seem to ever have recertified. The biography on her website goes on and on about her multimedia endeavors, but there is not a single mention of any health-and-fitness education or credentials. And now, seemingly without any qualifications, Michaels is teaching amateurs how to use kettle bells in her latest DVD, “Shred-It With Weights.” Her toned, tanned and possibly Photoshopped physique stands proudly on the cover holding a kettle bell, while a bubble on the cover exclaims, “Lose up to 5 pounds a week!” Lose 5 pounds a week? Sure, if you start off weighing more than a Smart Car. It’s not the first time she’s made such a claim. Even though it takes hundreds of hours for a serious professional to become certified as a yoga instructor, Michaels made a yoga DVD that also promises you can lose up to 5 pounds a week, which is about as likely as Paris Hilton winning the Nobel Prize in physics… I asked Mark Cheng, chief instructor at Kettlebells Los Angeles, to critique her form for me. “Her technique is appalling,” Cheng told me. “What she says in the video and what she demonstrates are two different things. She doesn’t break things down into manageable pieces that prompt people to get the correct form, so instead she is enabling bad form… I would not recommend this from a safety perspective.” Cheng also added that he thought Michaels “is simply trying to capitalize on the popularity of kettle bells without going through her due diligence.”… If you dismiss Cheng’s comments as those of someone jealous of Michaels’ fame and riches, consider that he is far from the only certified kettle bell instructor disconcerted with her technique. Denver-based instructor Josh Hillis had this to say in a blog post regarding her technique: “It’s just wrong … in every way. All of it. Every single thing she does is wrong.” Austin, Texas, trainer Jude Howe was so disgusted with Michaels’ kettle bell movements that he posted a YouTube video showing how they really should be done. “Her technique and approach was so off the mark,” he told me. “It couldn’t have been more dangerous, and I felt the need to show people proper form.” [From The LA Times] The article goes on to slam Michaels’ claim that you can lose five pounds a week with her workout, and explains the many ways this is both unhealthy and unrealistic. Here’s a link to the YouTube kettle bell demonstration (mentioned in the article above) showing how to properly train with kettle bells. The trainer in that video, Jude Howe, says Michaels’ technique is poor and relatively unsafe, and discusses the technical reasons why you shouldn’t do the workout the way she shows it. And here’s a link to the blog mentioned in the article that discusses how Michaels’ kettle bell workout puts people at high risk for back injury. I’ve never worked out with kettle bells but they seem really dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. These are very heavy weights you’re swinging around and you have to maintain proper form in order to avoid hurting yourself. After watching these videos I definitely want to give them a try, though. In response to this article, Jillian says that of course she’s well trained and keeps up with her continuing education classes. She also threatened to sue the LA Times for publishing that piece. She said it’s “libel” and “defamation. “Shame on the Los Angeles Times for saying I’m a fraud and not a trainer. I currently own two certifications, one of which doesn’t expire. I developed my own continuing education program for trainers, with sports medicine doctors. I’ve been a trainer since I was 17-years old for 19 years.” That article had a lot of very specific critiques of Michaels’ form while teaching kettlebells and it wasn’t about her lack of training in general, although it did take some cheap shots in that direction. Is she going to sue all the trainers who gave quotes saying she’s doing it wrong? It seems like they’re on to something. She may not exactly be acting the part of a personal trainer and she’s surely experienced in that field. If she doesn’t know how to teach kettlebells properly she shouldn’t be making DVDs with dangerous moves that could potentially injure people, is all. Michaels is currently facing several lawsuits over false claims on her dietary supplements, weight loss pills, and “detox” powders. Photo below via Joshs’ garage

Hilary Swank’s dress at the ‘Conviction’ screening: cute or tragic? Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:50 AM PDT These are pics of Hilary Swank at last night's screening of Conviction (promoted by The Innocence Project), the film I keep hearing about but have no interest in seeing. First, what I like: the color is gorgeous, the top half of the dress is very beautiful, and it compliments Hilary's long neck and larger bust. I also like that she styled her hair down - she doesn't look quite as horsey when she wears it down. The bottom half of the dress… well… I hate it. It's cut too high, and there are a couple of photos where I swear I saw a flash of something vagina-esque. I also f-cking hate the shoes. Just standing alone, I would find them tacky, but they're WAY too matchy-matchy with the dress. But overall, the whole effect of this is… not horrible. Not great either. The screening wasn't all gladiator heels and vadge-flashes, though. Sam Rockwell was there. He's been my main crush this week. I always love a dose of Rockwell with my steady diet of Gerard and Clive and Gandy… but ever since I saw Iron Man 2, I can't get him out of my head this week. He's always so good when he gets to play smarmy! To me, his preening, incompetent bureaucrat-CEO was a better (and more realistic) villain than Mickey Rourke. I have no clue what's going on with his hair, though. This hair is making him look ratty. To make up for this horrible photo of him, I'm adding some extra photos from the past month: Photos courtesy of WENN.

Josh Holloway shows off his dimples & haircut on the ‘M:I 4′ set Posted: 14 Oct 2010 08:13 AM PDT An open letter to Josh Holloway: Hello, beautiful! You look amazing. I love your haircut! I'm glad you didn't shave it all off - your hair is so pretty and caramel-blonde, I love it. I love it when you shave too, although you know I'll take you when you're all scruffy and split-endy too, like you were on Lost. I'm so happy that you were cast in Mission: Impossible 4. And you're already on set! Did you have to audition? Did you have to go in and meet Tom Cruise? Or was he already familiar with your "work"? Did he make you take off your shirt, or did he already have posters made from Lost screen caps? Well, I'm happy that you were cast, whatever you had to do to get the part. You're joining Jeremy Renner too - enjoy him. He's going to be working steadily for the next three decades, and he would be a good friend to have on your side. Plus, he seems like a lot of fun. Will you and Jeremy go out drinking together when he gets to the set? Or will you just go home to your refreshingly normal wife and baby every night? Either is fine with me! By the way, I notice those hot little sexy-smug face you're making at the camera. Are those just for me? Bless your heart. Will you please give a message to M:I 4 producers? Tell them that I want you shirtless a lot in the film, and I also think your naked ass should make a triumphant appearance on camera. I'm sure Tom has given the producers similar notes. Goodbye, Sailor. Photos courtesy of WENN.

Raccoon McPantless is pantless, loaded & offensive on Revolver Mag Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:40 AM PDT You know what? I could handle the pantlessness. I could handle the return of lingerie as outerwear. I would even handle the spackled-on raccoon eye makeup. What's more, I could have even handled Raccoon McPantless holding a firearm. What I absolutely hate, however, is the combination of all of that, plus the fact that I can see all of her inner thigh and beyond. That's a really f-cked up pose. Disgusting, really. She's 17 years old. It would have been disgusting if she was 27 years old, but given her youth, this cover is officially in the PedoBear range. What else did we expect from Raccoon? What is this message that she's sending us? "I will shoot you if you do not recognize that I. Am. Hardcore." We get it. Of course she's trying to offend us. She thinks - in her feeble, sketchy, childish mind - that she's the original, that no jailbait loser has ever tried to be "shocking" in this way before, that she's opening our eyes to a world that is damaged and oh-so hardcore. I pity her. Cover courtesy of The Superficial.

Gwyneth Paltrow made a goopy music video for “Country Strong” Posted: 14 Oct 2010 07:25 AM PDT Below is the "music video" that Gwyneth Paltrow has deigned to take part in to promote her film, Country Strong, where she plays a character loosely based on Britney Spears' weave. I think! No, Goopy is playing a washed-up, alcoholic country singer whose husband, Tim McGraw, is too busy boning her All About Eve-esque, younger, hotter replacement, Leighton Meester. Kind of like Kate Bosworth too? Low blow? Anyway, Goopy has a Brit-Brit twang, and she's gonna use it, y'all. She's also going to perform in Capri pants and flat-ironed hair for the video, because Goopy would never deign to adhere to Big Hair and Pageant Dresses (country standards). **NOTE: This video probably doesn’t play for non-American viewers. My apologies! I will give Gwyneth credit for having a strong voice. She's a solid vocalist. But she's not half the singer she thinks she is. I also think the studio probably wanted to do this music video more than Goopy - although I will f-cking die if they make her go on CMT or some country music awards show to promote her film. I would LOVE that. So much.

Did Angelina Jolie write a screenplay about a rape victim falling in love with her rapist? Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:56 AM PDT These are even more photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on the set of her new film, which she has written and will be directing. We had some photos yesterday, but there are a little bit better - the photographers got much closer. Anyway, as it turns out, the big story was not about Brad visiting the set and the two of them being solid. The big story was about Bosnia banning the film's production. While Angelina seems to be filming the bulk of the film in Budapest - which I believe is standing in Bosnia, as they're trying to recreate a war zone - Angelina probably wanted to move the production at some point to Bosnia, probably for some exteriors that wanted to be "authentic." Some people are claiming that this is just horrible, and Angelina is going to fail as a director because she can't get into Bosnia - well, whatever. In my opinion, they probably have a contingency plan that involves shooting the whole thing on the cheap in Budapest. That's not what bothers me, though. What bothers me is WHY Bosnia refuses to let the film production in. It involves a den of whispers about what the film's story is actually about… a rape victim falling in love with her rapist? Bosnian authorities on Wednesday revoked permission for US star Angelina Jolie to shoot part of her directorial debut film there after complaints from a women war victims group, Bosnian radio reported. Gavrilo Grahovac, the Culture Minister of the Muslim-Croat federation — one of the two entities in post-war Bosnia — revoked permission to shoot scenes in Sarajevo and the central town Zenica, he said on Bosnian radio. Hollywood trade daily Variety reported that the film will tell the story of a Serbian man and Bosnian woman who fall in love in the middle of the war, but are driven to take different paths. However Bosnian press reported the movie would be a love story between a Muslim victim and her rapist, a Serb, causing outrage among victims’ groups. “They no longer have the authorisation to shoot in Bosnia. They will have it if they send us the scenario with a story which will be different from what we have been told by people who read it,” Grahovac told the radio. The culture minister said that while he could not stop the film from being shot somewhere else, revoking the filming license was a way to “express our disapproval for the shooting of a movie which does not tell the truth and hurts a large number of victims”. But women war victims groups were up in arms over the film’s reported subject of a rapist and his victim falling in love. “This is misleading history. Among thousands of testimonies by women raped during the war, there is not a single one that tells of a love story between a victim and her rapist,” Bakira Hasecic, the head of the “Women victims of war” association in Sarajevo, told AFP. “We will not allow anyone to falsify our pain,” she added. International organisations have estimated that thousands of women were raped during the Bosnian war. In February 2001, the UN war crimes court for the former Yugoslavia convicted three Bosnian Serbs for crimes against humanity and war crimes after they were found guilty of rape and forced prostitution of Bosnian Muslim women in the southeastern town Foca. [From AFP] So did Angelina Jolie actually write a screenplay in which the main love story is between a rape victim and her rapist? Or is this just some dumb rabble-rousing by a Bosnian official and a jacked-up deejay? According to one of Jolie's producers, everyone is getting all up in arms over nothing: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Thursday battled to convince Bosnian authorities to allow her to film a war-time love story after they revoked the licence to film her directorial debut. Sarajevo’s Scout Film which works with Jolie on the movie said it had submitted the script to the culture ministry of the Muslim-Croat federation after claims it involved a relationship between a rapist and his victim. “I brought them the script and I am waiting for a positive response as soon as possible, I hope even today,” Scout Film’s Edin Sarkic said. Sarkic told AFP that there was no storyline involving the rape of a Muslim girl by a Serb captor, whom she later falls in love with. “Of course I deny that. It is not in the script,” he said. He added that he spoke to Jolie’s production company about the trouble in Bosnia and “they are confident that things will be worked out quickly”. [From AFP] So, like with seemingly everything around Angelina Jolie, people jumped the gun, misreported and got enraged and huffy over nothing. At least some rape-victim-advocacy groups got some publicity out of it, though. I bet they were able to raise some money off this issue. While I'm not thrilled that Angelina is off in Budapest doing this film (she should be in Hollywood, making Gravity for a more than $20 million paycheck), I do give her credit for being smart enough to NOT write a "love story" about a rape victim falling in love with her rapist. I mean, come on. Photos of Brangelina on Jolie's Budapest set on October 13, 2010. Credit: Fame & Bauer-Griffin.

Blake Lively is not boning Ryan Gosling, is still boning Penn Badgley Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:17 AM PDT The other day, LaineyGossip had some good scoop on a possible date between Blake Lively and Ryan Gosling. Apparently they went to Disneyland and got ice cream. They were very conscious to avoid being photographed with each other… and the general vibe was that "it could be on." Many of you asked "What about Penn Badgley?" Well, my opinion is that Blake is just dating Penn until someone better comes along, and after all, the Blake/Penn coupling is crazy boring and this is a girl with stars in her eyes. She wants to be part of a power couple. Just my opinion. But whatever - Gossip Cop and E! New are now claiming that it was totally a "just friends" thing with a larger group, and that Blake and Penn are still together: A number of outlets are speculating about whether Ryan Gosling and Blake Lively are dating after the two were recently spotted together at Disneyland. In fact, a fan saw Lively and Gosling at the Gibson Girl ice cream parlor late on Saturday night, and even posed with them. According to the fan, who posed with each star separately, Lively and Gosling didn't want to be photographed together. So are they trying to hide a new romance? Well, this rumor seems to be as cold as the ice cream at Gibson Girl. A rep for Lively tells Gossip Cop the "Gossip Girl" star is still very much with her co-star boyfriend Penn Badgley. Also, what's not pictured is that Lively was at Disneyland with a group of 15! Whoops. [From Gossip Cop & E! News] So… it's not on. Maybe. Probably. Could you imagine Blake and Ryan having sex? Would it be hot? I can't, actually. For some reason, I see him with someone more… vulnerable, I guess. Maybe I'm wrong - Rachel McAdams might seem like a vulnerable little thing, but apparently she's quite strong-willed and smart. So maybe Ryan's type is a girl who can hold her own… in which case, Blake might be right up his alley. We'll see. Header: Ryan on Sept. 4, 2010. Credit: Fame.

Dina Lohan is shopping a reality show about Lindsay’s rehab stay Posted: 14 Oct 2010 06:04 AM PDT Lindsay’s mom Dina is reportedly trying to shop a reality show about her daughter’s stay in rehab. You know that the Betty Ford clinic is too classy and private for that and would never allow cameras, so the show would presumably center around Dina and her other kids, which is probably what she’s aiming for anyway. Her last stint at reality television was canceled after one meager season in 2008. No one wanted to see “Living Lohan” then, although maybe there’s some interest now that we might get to see Lindsay in an orange jumpsuit crying behind plexiglass into a black phone. I would fast forward through a bunch of Dina’s lies and delusions of grandeur to catch that. Dina Lohan has stooped to a new low - even for the Low-han family (which I thought was near impossible!). kikster got the exclusive scoop that Dina is currently shopping a reality show based around visiting her daughter, Lindsay, while she is in rehab. The whole thought of it is pretty disgusting… even though I would watch it! It is pretty transparent that this woman (term used loosely) cares nothing about her daughter and only about herself! KIKSTER EXCLUSIVE: Our kikster squealer tattles: “Not only has Dina been ’shopping’ around her upcoming trip to visit Lindsay in rehab at Betty Ford with her “other” 3 abandoned children, Michael Jr,(22), Ali (16) and Cody (13) to media outlets for the sale of pictures BUT she is doing it to develop a new REALITY SHOW!” Kikster’s source continues, “Dina(48) did this years ago when Lindsay first went into rehab. She sold the footage for an E! Network ‘Special’ and then worked with E! to land her reality show, Living Lohan.” The kikster insider goes on to say, “It’s really sad that Dina is doing this AGAIN. She’s been advised that it’s in poor taste but that’s Dina for you- it’s all about HER!” [From Kikster via Radar] I hope this isn’t true but it sounds just like Dina, doesn’t it? She even told the NY Post back in June that she was already filming some kind of reality show, although it’s doubtful there were any networks interested. She said “We have already started filming. The cameras follow us in our daily lives and as we promote our businesses. I want to prove that we are a good, hardworking family and we don't have the crazy lives that some people claim we do.” Now that Lindsay is in rehab and probably going back to jail, Dina might have that much more plot to pitch her show. It’s pretty disgusting, but we can’t expect any kind of class or discretion from that family, especially in a crisis.

Kat Von D & Jesse James were secretly dating for months before going public Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:57 AM PDT Here are new photos of Kat Von D from last night's premiere of Jackass 3D. She went to the premier solo - because she's totally a celebrity now. Unfortunately, she is. She looks almost… nice. Right? All covered up and demure. I kind of like the Sgt. Pepper coat too. What I hate though is whatever is happening to her feet: Um… really? That's gross. Anyway, Life & Style has another gross story about Kat and her boyfriend Jesse James. They scored an interview with Jesse's ex Janine, who claims that their daughter Sunny told her (Janine) that Jesse and Kat were dating for months and months before they went public. It's only interesting if you consider that Kat was trying to play it like it's a whirlwind romance. But it's not interesting when you consider the fact that pretty much everyone in this situation - with the exception of Sunny - is a f-cking famehwore who will do anything to get in the press: In an exclusive interview with Life & Style, Jesse James' ex and Sunny's biological mother, Janine Lindemulder, says Jesse's romance with new girlfriend Kat Von D is getting serious. "Kat is closer and closer to becoming a stepmom," Janine reveals to Life & Style. In fact, Sunny already knows Kat well, says Janine. While Jesse and Kat have been publicly dating only since mid-August, Sunny let Janine know the romance has been going on a lot longer. When the relationship was supposedly new, "I got Sunny on the phone and she said, 'Kat's here,'" Janine recalls. "Then she said to me, 'You know, Mom, I haven't known Kat just a couple of weeks. I've known her for months.'" Janine also says it's way too soon for Sunny to handle another parental figure in her life. Sunny, says Janine, "is still grieving over missing Sandra and missing her brother." Janine even wrote Kat a letter asking that Kat hold off on introducing herself to Sunny — but it was too late. "She says that Louis isn't her brother and Sandra doesn't have her last name, James, anymore. She thinks her baby brother is gone. She's really hurting." [From Life & Style] Yeah, I believe Sunny is hurting. That little girl has had her world turned upside down. Her mom sounds psycho, her dad is neo-Nazi-boning douche, and her former step-mom has moved on. And now daddy is dating Kat Von D and her weird smug face. Poor Sunny. Photos of Kat on October 13, 2010. Credit: Fame.

Keira Knightley wows in Chanel at the ‘Never Let Me Go’ premiere Posted: 14 Oct 2010 05:37 AM PDT High fashion Charlie Brown, right? That was what I first thought when I saw Carey Mulligan's dress at the Never Let Me Go premiere last night. Where I preferred Carey's dress at yesterday's photo call, I have to admit, I prefer Keira's total look for the premiere. Does it wash her out a bit? Sure. But the Chanel Fall 2010 Couture dress is gorgeous, the detailing is beautiful, and her makeup and styling is incredible. Now, I don't really hate Carey's Vionnet Spring 2011 deal. It's actually one of the prettiest things she's ever worn on a red carpet, which isn't really saying much. I actually think Carey looks like Keira styled her - I bet you ten bucks that's what happened. Keira came to Carey's hotel room and picked out her dress and did her makeup and hair. What's-his-face looked nice too. Andrew Garfield. I can never remember his name. He may be extremely talented, but he's very average-looking, right? I've known about ten different guys in my life that look like this. Photos courtesy of WENN.

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