By Sheri

GEORGE CLOONEY WINS HUMANITARIAN AWARD AT 2010 EMMYS

At the 2010 Prime Time Emmys on Sunday, August 29, George Clooney’s acceptance speech for the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award was awesome. But could we expect any less? Here is one actor who manages not only to be super-gorgeous and a top box office drawing actor, but also a good world citizen. (Hmmm he is like the male version of Angelina Jolie!)

Clooney was honored for all the effort he’s put into raising funds to help people all over the world.  Of course George Clooney accepted his Bob Hope Humanitarian Award with grace and humor. He acknowledged his efforts humbly, but also didn’t downplay them.

Instead, he brought up a very good point that although actors and others go around the world and help from home too when world disasters and crises hit, some of these problems need constant help, yet the focus changes to the latest problem. Clooney also pointed out that people’s “bad behavior” took over the news as well but didn’t go into detail on that. (Did he mean celeb stuff in the news like Lindsay Lohan’s court cases or Mel Gibson’s rants?)

George Clooney said “…bad behavior sucks up all the attention and the press. And the people who really need the spotlight – the Haitians, the Sudanese, people in the Gulf Coast, Pakistan, they can’t get any.” Clooney said he hoped that there was “a very bright person right here in this room (LA’s Nokia Center) or at home watching who can help find a way to help keep the spotlight burning on the issues.”

It sounds like he really deserved that Award! It’s like he’s put forth a challenge in a leadership kind of way. What George Clooney said about where to focus the spotlight is definitely something for people who care about the world to think about…

By Sheri

IS MILEY CYRUS DATING DOUGLAS BOOTH?

It seems that even before Miley Cyrus’ breakup with Liam Hemsworth got through the grapevine, she’s been seen around town in a “flirty” way with Douglas Booth. Now, the Waterford, Michigan bartender who saw them together, along with their other two Laughing Out Loud costars, Tanz Watson and Ashley Greene, did say “the flirting was very respectful” in that there was no kissing. But he also said “I thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, they were flirting so much.”

The big problem with this is that Douglas Booth is reportedly in a 3 year relationship meaning he has a serious girlfriend. If this is true, I bet he doesn’t have one anymore if the girlfriend finds out what this bartender said about Booth: “For his part, he seemed to be eating up all the attention” paid to him by Cyrus who was “falling all over him.”(I have to ask why does this bartender care so much?)

At the same time, there’s no buzz yet about why Miley Cyrus and The Last Song costar, Liam Hemsworth, broke up. Guess they hit a sour note? Not funny. There were also rumors that Miley was dating Adam Sevani so who knows? Hey come on, remember the idiotic rumors about Miley Cyrus dating Justin Bieber? She only had dinner with the guy and joked he was so cute and small to put in her pocket like a key chain I think she said. Oh maybe I’m just making up that part, who cares?

But it apparently wasn’t only the Michigan bartender who noticed flirting vibes between Douglas Booth and Miley Cyrus, they’ve been spotted all cozy in public together at a few other places.It’s would seem that they don’t care who sees them or who thinks what about the two of them, doesn’t it?

By Sheri

JOHN HAMM WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AT THE 2010 EMMYS

I got to see the new Mad Men episode plus watch the show win its 3rd Prime Time Emmy for Best Drama Series last night. John Hamm, who of course is soooo dreammyyy as the dashing Don Draper – and as himself – attended with his girlfriend, Jennifer Westfeldt. That’s them together in the photo above on the red carpet – both dressed to the max in Armani. Her dress is a delicate, water-colored silk with lace and Swarovski crystals!

Have you ever seen any man look better in a bow tie than John Hamm? (Did anyone else notice those sparkling blue eyes during the Emmys when the camera found him in it? Of course it found him, smart camera!) Yeah, well, in case my crush isn’t blatantly obvious enough, before I move away from this topic can I just say the Mad Men episode last night had a beautifully bare-chested Don Draper in nothing but boxer shorts. (Swoon. Faint.)

All hotness aside, this is as interesting a main character as there can ever be in a drama, don’t you think? It’s not just the looks and all that really. It’s always something more. I mean, he doesn’t have to say anything, we can always seem to know what Draper is thinking and feeling.  I find it realistic cuz isn’t he supposed to be the intense, quiet type of character?

And of course the whole cast is amazing! It was so great to see both an episode of the show and the cast of Mad Men last night. I think most of them were up on the Emmy stage at LA’s Nokia Theater to win their 3rd Best Drama award, weren’t they? I just know Don Draper/John Hamm was there, sigh…I’m sooooo pathetic!

By Sheri

PARIS HILTON’S LATEST MUG SHOT

Going for 3 dope possession charges – and managing to get out of them – in 3 months, Paris Hilton, 29, and boyfriend, Cy Waits, 34, get followed by cops in Las Vegas who think they see marijuana smoke coming out of their car window. But when they pull the couple over and check the vehicle, what do they find in Paris’ purse? Cocaine!

Well, I guess I have to say alleged purse because Paris told the police it wasn’t her purse! That reminds me of when Lindsay Lohan told the cops who found cocaine in her pants pocket that they weren’t her pants! Didn’t Hilton have ID in her purse?

Anyway, Paris Hilton was reported to hire celeb lawyer, David Chesnoff, and surprise, she is out of the police station in less than an hour after the bust on Friday, August 27, while her boyfriend had to spend the night in jail on a DUI charge. They both ended up being bonded out of felony cocaine possession allegations.

Paris being Paris sent a message to her fans with “hugs and kisses xoxo” and said “I’m so thankful for all the love and support you are giving me.” WTF Paris Hilton? You’re pulled over in Vegas with coke in your purse and pot smoke blowing out the window. Your boyfriend gets a DUI and a night in jail and you’re released from the police office in less than an hour – you weren’t helping children in a foreign country or anything.

(Wait, that was Lindsay Lohan again! Remember when she used getting photographed with children by saying she was working with them and it was all an excuse as to why she missed her court date?)

Will Paris Hilton keep up her record of getting busted for drugs once a month? Stay tuned…

By Sheri

ANGELINA JOLIE NOW A DIRECTOR, WRITER AND PRODUCER

Recently, Angelina Jolie traveled to Sarajevo to direct her first film, as yet untitled, but said to be written by the mom of 6. (Come on, did she really write it all or is it just like she added so much direction and production input, she earned writing creds?) The picture is a love story about a Serbian (oops almost wrote suburban lol) man and a Bosnian woman during the 1992 – 1995 Bosnian war. Jolie was also in Sarajevo in her official capacity as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help refugees.

If there’s anyone who can superbly combine Hollywood super-stardom with saving the world, it’s Angelina Jolie. But the hot actress (yes, but I still like  non-homewrecker Jennifer Aniston better), now turned director, writer and producer, insists that “This film is a love story, not a political statement.” Jolie, who won’t be acting in the movie, (gee why not, maybe she can do make up and costumes too) did want to hire local actors. “I would like to involve as many local people as possible and learn as much as I can,” she said.

Angelina will be working on the film along with Graham King who is the “GK” in the GK Films behind the project. Graham King is business partners with Tim Headington. Although filmed in Sarajevo, the movie with be in English and is said to have a low budget of $15 million.

If the film does good at the box office, then I wonder if Angelina Jolie will be doing more directing, producing and writing? I guess if she wants to, she will. (You know I just had a flashback of how amazingly good she was as an actress in Girl, Interrupted. It was supposed to be Winona Ryder’s vehicle, and I guess it still was, but Angelina Jolie became a power actress after that — deservedly so!)

Next up, Jolie is set to act with Johnny Depp in the upcoming GK Films thriller, The Tourist. (Depp and Jolie? Great cheekbones of the world unite!)

By Sheri

LEO WAS CUT WITH

A WINE GLASS & INUNDATED

WITH CRAZY LETTERS

These are the times when you don’t wish you were an A list actor making mega bucks. For superstar, Leonardo DiCaprio, it’s been a rough week. He had not 1, but 2, nutcase women that attacked him – 1 with a wine glass, the other with creepy letters have to go to court. Luckily he didn’t have to be there in the courtroom to get some much deserved justice.

Livia Bistriceanu, who was delusional in that she thought she was Leonardo DiCaprio’s wife carrying his child named Jesus (I swear I’m not making this up!) wrote the star letter after letter. Understandably, DiCaprio was more than a little freaked out by this. I mean, you know, poor woman, but you don’t really know how far someone who isn’t living in reality is going to go, do you? Ms. Livia was given a court order to be no closer to Leonardo DiCaprio than 100 yards.

In an incident from 2005 at a Hollywood party (five years ago — Paris Hilton and Rick Solomon) DiCaprio attended, a woman named Aretha Wilson, felt the need to slash him with a broken wine glass for some reason. Supposedly it had something to do with one of DiCaprio’s friends she was seeing or something. Leo did his best to calm the aggressive woman, but to no avail.

Leonardo DiCaprio’s neck and face were injured – he needed like 17 stitches! Wilson, age 40 and a former model, is facing 7 years in the slammer for her assault on the star. She’s also said to have smashed a bottle on her ex-boyfriend’s head in 2006. (Hmmm sounds like she attended the Naomi Campbell school of modeling!)

It’s probably a safe bet that Leonardo DiCaprio was more than happy not to have to attend either one of these court cases! Best wishes to him and heartfelt hopes that the crazies will stay away!

By Sheri

KARA TRIED TO QUIT ‘IDOL’ MONTHS AGO

According to reports from, well, just about everywhere, American Idol judge, Kara DioGuardi tried to lose her job months ago. At first it kinda sounds like a saving face thing like I’m quitting before I’m fired, since the buzz about ‘Idol’ firing all 3 remaining judges and getting all new ones with superstar names like Steven Tyler, Brett Michaels (my pick!!!), Harry Connick Jr. (my least fav) and Shania Twain.

You just wonder how many names they need to toss around, but apparently Simon Cowell was getting like millions a year (anywhere from 36 – 144 million depending on which reports are true or not) so who wouldn’t want his job? I just wish they would keep Randy – Kara, I don’t know… I ‘m not a big fan of hers, but I’m not a hater either.. She was passionate and seemed to try and genuinely want to help the AI contestants, but I don’t know…

What was up with her and Ellen? I mean, was it just me or did those two hate each others’ guts? And near the end of the last season, she was like practically wrapped around Simon like a coat and totally ignoring Ellen on her other side. Speaking of Ellen Degeneres, I think she’s awesome, but agree with those who say she’s just not right as an American Idol Judge.

Anyway, if Kara DioGaurdi tried to quit a few months ago why didn’t the powers that be at American Idol just let her? Aren’t they cleaning house or what?

AI is reportedly keeping Kara hanging due to something in her contract and won’t give her an answer until they decide on their whole judging situation. That must be aggravating to Kara DioGaurdi to be in career limbo like that!

By Sheri

PERSONALITY DISORDER OR JUST YOUNG & EMOTIONAL?

If it’s not one thing, does it necessarily have to be another? In other words how many times can Lindsay Lohan be diagnosed? After years of people concluding she must be a drug addict, alcoholic or both, it turns out, according to TMZ and apparently leaked reports the from UCLA medical center, that she’s neither.

After being detoxed from alcohol, Adderall, Ambien, Dilaudid, Nexium, Trazodone and Zoloft, Lohan is rumored to have shown absolutely no withdrawal symptoms! Not only that, apparently bipolar disorder has been ruled out as well as ADHD. She had been diagnosed with ADHD and was taking the Adderall for that, but now the rumor is that UCLA says Lindsay was misdiagnosed.

It seems Lindsay Lohan is quite the enigma that no one can seem to figure out. The latest diagnosis is possibly Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), but hey, really, aren’t they just grasping at straws at this point? Aren’t they just looking for a conveniently ambiguous label to stick onto Lindsay’s forehead to try and make sense of her car crashes, drug taking, partying, missing court, having F You on her fingernails in court while crying that she doesn’t get what she did wrong?

Maybe, just maybe, Lindsay Lohan is just young, emotional and rebellious? She’s been a model/actress in the public eye since she was a kid and is still, at 24, earning money to support her family. Her mom parties with her and seems even less mature than she is. Her dad uses every chance he can get to hog the media spotlight in her name. I’d be full of energetic angst too…

I just hope the rumored BPD diagnosis, if true, isn’t based on her just being emotional and impulsive as well as sexually confused as some literature about BPD states. That could well be biased, since most of America is still often “sexually confused” about other people’s sexuality in seeing only the black and white of gay or straight rather than acknowledging the existence of the gray area of bisexuality. (Ironically, a sign of BPD is supposed to be seeing only black and white!)Yeah, some people are bisexual ya know. Lindsay Lohan said she was and it doesn’t mean she’s totally “sexually confused” per se!

In light of the new information that she’s no addict after all, Lindsay’s rehab time will most likely be cut short and she’ll probably have to just have outpatient treatment if she is diagnosed with BPD. A hearing about her early release is scheduled for this Wednesday, August 25.

By Sheri

OPRAH’S NEW TV ENVIRONMENT DEEMED “HOSTILE”

The OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) has had it’s launch date pushed ahead a few times with the latest one being January 2011. It’s sure not completely clear for take off yet with the recent scandal of OWN cable channel ex-employee, Catherine Dunn, suing Oprah’s new TV home for discrimination in a “hostile work environment.” The lawsuit was filed on Friday, August 13. (Ooooh, I frickin’ wonder if Oprah now has Friggatriskaidekaphobia! (a fear of Friday the 13th)

Dunn, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), began working for OWN in Autumn, 2008. She claims she was let go for wrongful dismissal because of her MS. Okay, off the top, you wouldn’t think someone with Oprah’s apparent values would allow that, but you know it’s probably not like she was running that department herself or anything. Still.. It makes you wonder and discrimination does happen for all kinds of reasons, so who knows for sure?

Catherine Dunn alleges her wrongful dismissal from the Oprah Winfrey Network occurred when she was forced to take a leave of absence, then was replaced during that time. (You know, that same thing happened to me on my scheduled legal mat leave, and moi sued and won!) If she and her lawyers can prove the reason was actually discrimination due to her MS, she might damn well win her case. Guess Oprah can afford to lawyer up, though.

Anyway, since there were several delays since the Oprah Winfrey Network started up about 3 years ago, and now this glitch, the January 2011 date may end up being moved again – or not. If it does ever get on the air, the OWN cable channel is supposed to hit about 80 million TV sets and feature shows with Oprah herself as well as Shania Twain and Donald Trump’s favorite gal ( ha!), Rosie O’Donnell.

By Sheri

‘ILLEGAL EXIT’ FLIGHT ATTENDANT STEVEN SLATER

Some people just have style! Right or wrong behavior, one thing you can’t take away from Steven Slater, is his style. How many of us faced with customers treating us badly wished we could just disappear? Well, Slater, a flight attendant for JetBlue airlines, was dealing with a difficult customer who was said by some to have dropped a suitcase from the overhead compartment on Slater’s head during the argument.

Maybe that was the last straw, because Steven Slater decided he’d had enough no matter what the consequences apparently. He inflated the emergency exit slide (a big no no) and grabbed two beers on his way down. What an exit! Of course, his leave of his job duties was soon blasted on You Tube and all over the news. Slater has become a cult hero with at least 15 minutes of fame.

There’s been a lot of talk that Steven Slater will be able to have a reality show if he wants it. I have to admit, I’d watch it! I mean, come on, the guy couldn’t take anymore and he didn’t hit the guy or do a Mel Gibson rant on him on anything, but instead rather elegantly removed himself from the situation!

Slater doesn’t regret his decision. He even wore a small smile as he stepped into court to face the music. The price he had to pay for his non-emergency emergency exit was set at $2,500 bail. His charges were criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. Well, personally, I don’t think what he did was that bad, but yeah they have to be tough on Slater I guess so that others don’t try it.

On the HLN network, they did a poll asking viewers if Steven Slater should get his own reality show. 94% said yes! Come on, networks!