Saturday, March 5, 2011

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Gallery: Celebrity iPad Users

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 11:39 AM PST

With the new iPad being released next week, we had to get together and check out some fun iPad celebrity users who we are sure are excited about the new upcoming tech candy.

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Gallery: Celebrity iPad Users

Crush Links: Trouble in Charlie Sheen's Paradise

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 09:35 AM PST

One of Charlie Sheen’s goddesses leaves him, only to return a few hours later. (People)

Bill Clinton turned down a guest spot on 30 Rock but agreed to appear on The Hangover 2. (The Frisky)

Here are 12 celebrities who get better looking with age. (Celebuzz)

Trista and Ryan Sutter take the KY 10-day challenge. (YourTango)

Ke$ha is putting her face on condoms. (TMZ)

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Crush Links: Trouble in Charlie Sheen's Paradise

Dr. Drew Headlining Vh1 Special About Charlie Sheen, Probably Trying to Get Him on 'Celebrity Rehab'

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 12:57 PM PST

Dr. Drew Pinsky has never met a media outlet he didn’t like. He never misses a chance to go on TV pontificating about the real or hypothetical addictions of celebrities. He has weighed in on everyone from Lindsay Lohan to Angelina Jolie, so the only question about his upcoming special Vh1 News Presents: Charlie Sheen: Winning … Or Losing It? should be “How did it take this long?” (Okay, maybe one more question, which is “Why does anyone ever think double colons are a good idea?)

The one-hour special about all things Charlie Sheen will air this Monday night at 8 PM central. Among the things I predict will happen in it:

  • Dr. Drew will diagnose Charlie Sheen, despite never having met him
  • Dr. Drew will try to get Charlie to go on Celebrity Rehab
  • Assorted Vh1 talking heads will show up for “comic relief” (Paul F. Tompkins… please?)
  • I will make a drinking game that involves chugging every time someone uses the word “Twitter”
  • … or claims to be just doing this out of concern for Charlie/his kids

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Dr. Drew Headlining Vh1 Special About Charlie Sheen, Probably Trying to Get Him on 'Celebrity Rehab'

An Interview With Miss Pussycat: Technicolor Puppet Master Extraordinaire

Posted: 05 Mar 2011 07:50 AM PST

A blond lady with blue eyeshadow and a cupcake hat may not be the first image that comes to mind when you hear the phrase “puppet show,” but once you’ve experienced Miss Pussycat’s trippy fantasy world in person, you’ll never look at puppets the same way again. Born and raised in Antlers, Oklahoma, Miss Pussycat (a.k.a. Panacea Theriac) first got into puppetry as part of the Christian Puppet Youth Ministry at her church, but began creating to the beat of a different drummer after being drawn in by the siren song of New Orleans. Together with her musician husband Quintron, she’s been putting on “swamp tech” multimedia spectacles for underground audiences since the mid-nineties, and has recently graduated to more high profile venues like the New Orleans Museum of Art and VBS.tv.

On the final day of the cruise, Miss P threw a breakfast that included a live action performance of a story that’s hard to summarize but involves a famous supermodel/archaeologist named Jackie Joe Johnson falling into the ocean, turning into a sea monster, feeling sad, defeating the Coast Guard in hand-to-hand combat, and eventually falling in love with one of her fellow sea monsters. (Favorite line: “I’m not a monster! I’m a supermodel and an archaeologist! Save me!”) I sat down with her after the show to chat a bit about her adopted home city, puppets, and the various parallel worlds she inhabits.

How did you decide to do this for a living?
When I was in the Christian Puppet Youth Ministry with my church growing up, we’d go on tour to other churches.

I studied art in college, and then, after I moved to New Orleans in the mid-90s, I started doing puppet shows in my house. I ran a secret nightclub called the Pussycat Caverns. We had bands play and I was like, “maybe I should do a puppet show.” And then my puppets started a band called Flossie and the Unicorns. And that’s what I’ve been doing ever since.

How long does it take to put together each live show and/or video?
It depends. This one took three weeks. I have to think, and thinking takes time. I smoke pot for a day. A live show is harder than a video.

Do you make all the puppets yourself?
Yes!

How did you first meet your husband Quintron and decide to work together?
Quintron came to New Orleans to do a show at Pussycat Caverns during Mardi Gras. He stayed for a couple of days and we had an amazing Mardi Gras together…

A lot of people were worried that the cops were going to bust the party. The cops came, but Quintron played anyway. We were the only two people that actually played the Mardi Gras show and it was amazing.

How did you get the name Miss Pussycat?
Miss Pussycat comes from Pussycat Caverns. [I named the house that because] I like caves and photography of cats. People in New Orleans would call the people that lived there “pussycats.” It just evolved because of Pussycat Caverns. I would never choose that name!

I noticed there are a lot of female characters and plots involving looks and beauty in your shows. (Representative line: “You know your hair is really just an extension of your braaaain.”) Is that a conscious decision on your part?
You know, I just noticed it today watching the videos and the live show. They’re not all like that, but of course I’m a woman and I write a lot about myself and my friends. And beauty products are really fun with puppets…like, washing a puppet’s hair or putting makeup on them is fun. It’s transformation and witchcraft. [Recurring witch character] Christie Corncob is important because she shows people what they don’t want to see. I like the idea of magic potions and transformations; the coolest thing a puppet can do is transform. They’re good at playing guitar and killing each other and kissing and transformation.

Does New Orleans influence the content and style of your puppet shows?
Definitely. It’s kind of become my favorite subject matter. I see New Orleans as like one world, and puppet shows are a parallel universe, and they’re related to each other and they affect each other. They’re two different worlds. New Orleans definitely influences the puppet world, and the puppet world comes from the center of the Earth.

That’s quite an image. Do you believe in the occult?
Doesn’t everyone? I mean, it exists. That’s like saying boats exist. We’re on a boat!
I think people join clubs and clubs give them insight and power. A cult is a club. What clubs are you in?

(Photos by Rebecca Smeyne)

For more info on Miss Pussycat, visit quintronandmisspussycat.com

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An Interview With Miss Pussycat: Technicolor Puppet Master Extraordinaire

Parting Tweet: Charlie Sheen Holds A Guinness Record

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 03:23 PM PST

And what did Charlie Sheen get into the Guinness Book of World Records for? He reached a million Twitter followers faster than anyone else. Sigh.

P.S. What do you think Charlie means by the first greatest book? We say either The Sound and the Fury or A Shore Thing.

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Parting Tweet: Charlie Sheen Holds A Guinness Record

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 02:21 PM PST

Kourtney Kardashian will appear on One Life to Live – She plays “sexy lawyer” Kassandra Kavanaugh, who punches out her haters. Look for her episode to air in the next few weeks. (E! Online)

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Video: Conan Plays Live-Action 'Angry Birds'

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:49 PM PST


Conan O’Brien hates pigs! Conan O’Brien loves Angry Birds! Conan O’Brien probably isn’t very productive while sitting on the toilet.

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Video: Conan Plays Live-Action 'Angry Birds'

San Francisco Is the Next City to Get a 'Real Housewives' Franchise

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:45 PM PST

Bravo’s megahit Real Housewives franchise seems to love the Golden State – they already have Orange County and Beverly Hills. Next up? San Francisco. Here’s a casting call from Craigslist:

ARE YOU A SAN FRANCISCO HOUSEWIFE????

Casting 6 Housewives for this project (LOOKING FOR INTERNATIONAL CAST) ages; 25-55

These women should live affluent lifestyles in the San Francisco Bay Area and be comfortable with cameras following their day-to-day activities.
Put your best stiletto forward and show us how amazing your life is with an uninhibited unscripted video.

VIDEO ENTRIES:
Must include an introduction of yourself & family. Tell us why you're a real San Francisco housewife.
Have fun with it, tell us about your life, your business and how you spend your leisure time.
Show us your personality give us a tour of your home/homes. Also, include charitable or philanthropic work you may be involved in.

Video audition deadline March 15, 2011

Reply Email your video entry or link to video and contact info.

Once all video submissions are viewed the finalist will be chosen & calls/emails will go out to
our 6 lucky ladies on there way to becoming San Francisco's next reality stars, good luck ladies.

Filming for pilot tentatively begins April 5, 2011

If they don’t cast a gay dude on this series, I am calling bullshit.

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San Francisco Is the Next City to Get a 'Real Housewives' Franchise

The Most Hilarious MTV 'True Life' Casting Call Descriptions

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:10 PM PST

I have a confession to make. You can often find me perusing the True Life “casting call” section on MTV’s website.

Not for myself, of course. I would never want my life recorded 24/7. But the evil side of me delights in picking out the funniest sounding casting calls and dreaming of enrolling my friends in them. I also always have the urge to enter my friends (who are in their 20s) into 16 & Pregnant, and make them rue their lives by thinking “what could have been.” I actually did enter my friend’s crazy family into a True Life about a real American family. I spent all day carefully selecting pictures and writing up cute bios and anecdotes for each of them. It was probably the hardest I’ve ever worked on anything and the best pitch anyone will ever make. I got an immediate response the next day that they were interested. I had dreams of my name flashing by on the credits as a producer. I had dreams of my friend tearfully thanking me in a 20/20 exclusive about her family’s rise to fame. But, the family just wasn’t into the idea and turned their backs on the limelight. I guess everyone can’t be a Kardashian. Sigh…

Take a look at my choices of the most hilarious MTV casting calls. Some of these I would never even admit to a therapist, but luckily there are some of us out there who delight in advertising embarrassing and/or personal information about themselves. Who knows; you might even spot one that you’re interested in entering! (Please, please, please.)

True LifeCasting Calls

TRUE LIFE: I HAVE HAIR I DON’T WANT
Do you have a lot of unwanted hair? Are you a woman with a hormone imbalance which leads to facial hair growth? Or do you suffer from hypertrichosis which results in excessive hair growth all over your body? Or do simply feel anxious because you have more hair than the average person and can’t come to terms with it? Does your facial hair or body hair make you feel unattractive and affect how you interact with members of the opposite sex? Are you undergoing a procedure to alter your hair or do you go to great lengths to managing it? Have you tried remedying the situation but just can’t find the right fix? Are you obsessive about changing your hair? Does the hair you have get in the way of living your life the way you would like? Do you feel uncomfortable in public or in intimate situations? Do you think people judge you or look at you differently because of your hair? If you appear to be between the ages of 15 -28 and have hair that’s making you unhappy, email us at hair@mtvn.com and tell us about your story. Please include your name, location, phone number and recent photos of yourself. (Why would you want other people to know this?! Keep that shit discreet. )

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The Most Hilarious MTV 'True Life' Casting Call Descriptions

Posted: 04 Mar 2011 01:05 PM PST

Sirius XM is launching a nonstop Charlie Sheen talk radio station – Tiger Blood Radio will bring us breaking news and facts about the actor, and also continue to upset us greatly. (PopEater)

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