Kat Von D speaks out after LA Ink is cancelled
Kat Von D speaks out after her show LA Ink is cancelled and said she’s ‘very proud’ of the show. It was recently announced that the show is being cancelled by TLC after four series and the current series will be its last. Kat Von D herself has now addressed the end of the series in a statement. Speaking to PEOPLE, she said: “In an effort to capitalise on my recent breakup, the network has decided to focus their energy on re-editing events that didn’t happen while filming. “I have no regrets and am very proud of the original footage. In my opinion, any attempt to compromise the honesty of that would be an insult to my fans and viewers.” She added: “As grateful as I am to have been a part of a show like LA Ink, I’m ready to end this chapter and want to focus on other projects now.”
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Ellen DeGeneres receives an invite to Kim Kardashian’s wedding after asking the star on Twitter
US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres has received a last minute wedding invite to Kim Kardashian’s wedding after reaching out to the reality star on Twitter. The 30-year-old is set to marry her basketball fiance Kris Humphries in a ceremony in Montecito, California, on Saturday. Stars including 17-year-old Justin Bieber and Nicole Richie, 29, are rumoured to be attending Kim’s big day, but Ellen, 53, was not invited. DeGeneres Tweeted yesterday: “No invitation to Kim Kardashian’s wedding yet. Worst Thing In The World.” Kardashian noticed the message – and quickly replied: “Of course u are invited!!!! Come!”
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Jersey Shore’s fourth season premieres on US TV
Jersey Shore has returned to US TV with the premiere of the fourth season in Florence, Italy. Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino, Jennifer ‘JWOWW’ Farley, Paul ‘Pauly D’ DelVecchio, Deena Cortese, Ronnie Ortiz-Magro, Sammi ‘Sweetheart’ Giancola, Nicole ‘Snooki’ Polizzi and Vinny Guadagnino are all back and relocating to Florence for the new season of the hit MTV reality show. At the start of the episode Snooki was seen getting her passport photo. “Italy is that big country,” she told cameras before correcting herself. “No, Europe is that big country, and you have, like, Britain in there and England and Italy.” The episode ended with Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino repeatedly trying to hit on Snooki in the club.
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Melissa Joan Hart excited about return of show Clarissa Explains It All
Actress Melissa Joan Hart said she is excited about her show Clarissa Explains It All returning to Nickelodeon. TeenNick is set to rotate a line-up of 90s shows such as Clarissa, All That, Kenan and Kel and Doug in the hours between midnight and 4am and the actress said she is looking forward to it. She said to TV Guide magazine: “I’m excited… because the show hasn’t been seen in a long time. I showed [my sons] a [Clarissa] picture of me at 12 years old with missing teeth, my eyebrows were really big and bushy. “I’m like: ‘Look – that’s Mommy when she was a little girl.’”
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Audrina Patridge criticized for abo comment
Audrina Patridge has been accused of making a derogatory comment about Australia’s Aborigines on Twitter. The Hills reality star referred to a doll she bought on a trip to Australia with boyfriend Corey Bohan as a ‘lil abo’. Writing back home in Los Angeles after a week in Australia, she messaged a friend: “haha couldn’t fit in suitcase!!.Although I did bring back a lil abo figure;)”. One of her Twitter followers wrote: “That is racist in Australia! I would delete that Tweet!” Audrina and Corey visited Melbourne and Byron Bay during the Aussie trip. They also visited members of his family. Her Tweet was written just days after Aussie sports personality John Elliott referred to ‘abos’ on a TV show Down Under. He publicly apologized the next day. However, Bishop Mark Burton, Dean of Melbourne and St Paul’s Cathedral said the term had ‘always been derogatory and demeaning’.
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Kristen Wiig set to star in new movie Imogene
Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig is reportedly set to star in new indie movie Imogene. The actress has been trying to get the movie off the ground for over two years and she will be taking on the lead role of a New York playwright who tries to win back her ex-boyfriend by faking a suicide attempt. However, according to Variety, she then ends up being forced into the custody of her mum, who is addicted to gambling. Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini are both set to direct with the script being written by Michelle Morgan. Morgan is also executive producer along with Wigg and Steve Golin. Alix Madigan is producing with Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler, who are using the the project to launch their new company Maven Pictures. Rattray and Styler said: “We’re incredibly grateful to be working with Kristen, Shari, Bob and the extraordinary team on Imogene, Maven’s first feature project. “Imogene has every element we were looking for: strong writing, remarkable directing talent, a movie star we believe in, a New York setting and commercial appeal. “This exemplifies all the key elements of our vision for Maven’s future slate.”
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Tina Fey slams 30 Rock co-star for homophobic rant
Comedienne Tina Fey has blasted her 30 Rock co-star Tracy Morgan for his “disturbing” homophobic rant during a recent stand-up comedy show. Morgan has come under fire for his comments during his performance at a comedy show in Nashville, Tennessee, in which he told the crowd that he would kill his son if he ever came out as gay. “The violent imagery of Tracy’s rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT [gay/lesbian/bisexual/transgender] community,” Fey said in a statement last night. “It also does not line up with the Tracy Morgan I know, who is not a hateful man and is generally much too sleepy and self-centred to ever hurt another person. “I hope for his sake that Tracy’s apology will be accepted as sincere by his gay and lesbian co-workers at 30 Rock, without whom Tracy would not have lines to say, clothes to wear, sets to stand on, scene partners to act with, or a printed-out paycheque from accounting to put in his pocket.”
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Khloe Kardashian makes a cameo on Law & Order
Khloe Kardashian has made a cameo appearance on TV crime show Law & Order. The 26-year-old reality TV star plays herself – albeit a Khloe Kardashian who is a successful actress – on Law & Order: Los Angeles after a publicist who is supposed to represent her is gunned down. Khloe is seen working out, hitting a heavy bag while wearing pink boxing gloves on a movie set, as detectives played by Alfred Molina and Corey Stoll arrive to quiz her in the NBC TV show. She admits having a feud with the publicist because she was made to wear a dress that “made my ass look like a pancake” for the Golden Globes.
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Eva Longoria signs on for new Billy Bob Thornton film
Actress Eva Longoria will star with Billy Bob Thornton in the comedy The Baytown Disco, according to reports. The movie follows three hard-hitting brothers who are hired to bring a kidnapped teen back to his grandmother, The Wrap reports. It is not yet known what role the 36-year-old will play, but it is likely the Desperate Housewives star will take the female lead. The flick is slated to start filming in Louisiana on May 2.
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Oprah Winfrey announces date of final chat show
After more than two-and-a-half decades on air, TV chat show queen Oprah Winfrey has announced the date of her last show. The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show will air on May 25. Winfrey will then turn her attention to her new cable network, OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network). The 57 year-old is yet to announce who her final guests will be.
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