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Oprah isn't planning on retiring until 2011 but celebrities are coming out of the woodwork ready to fill shoes that can possibly never be filled.

The front runner to fill in Oprah's slot so far is Ellen Degeneres, but other stars like Paula Abdul, Tyra and even Elisabeth Hasselbeck are in talks to replace the queen of talk shows.

But one star that thinks he can do a better job than all of those gals is rapper Snoop Dogg. He claims he is the ideal candidate to take over Oprah.

He said: “I’m trying to proposition the networks right now. If you’re wanting a nice, black, exciting young male who wants to turn the TV world right up – get at me.

“I heard Oprah Winfrey is leaving and there’s nobody who can do what Oprah did but, ahem – hello! Hello!”

Snoop would also make his talk show a family affair. He added: “I can bring my wife on so we can have the women and the men on there discussing things.”

Snoop as a talk show host? Maybe he should just stick to his day job. Who do you think would be the best candidate to replace Oprah?

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Back in 2007, Kanye West dropped his Can’t Tell Me Nothing mixtape, featuring Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell, aka CRS, on a mashup between the three rappers and the title track off Thom Yorke’s solo album, The Eraser. The mixture of styles/genres on that song, “Us Placers,” worked out brilliantly, but Fiasco is back for some more samples from Yorke and company and this one doesn’t work quite as well.

Fiasco released his first in a series of upcoming mixtapes yesterday entitled Enemy Of The State: A Love Story, in which he spits brand new rhymes over tracks by the likes of Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Clipse, Slaughterhouse, Timbaland, and Radiohead. I’m not sure what it is about Fiasco’s freestyling over Radiohead’s epic Kid A track “The National Anthem” that I’m not feeling, but I’ll let you be the judge:

Download the full mixtape here (via 2dopeboyz) or grab just “The National Anthem” here.

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I DO NOT LIKE THIS. It's kind of sloppy.
Also, those links up there were provided by the source, an official music news website (so it's legal, I assume.)

Check out Jennifer Lopez looking sexy in a lace jumpsuit for the single artwork for her latest single, “Louboutins.” And of course, J.Lo is wearing Christian Louboutin heels!!!

“If the females get behind [the song] and they really get into the lyrics of what she’s saying and the metaphor, I think it could be a really, really big hit for her,” producer Tricky Stewart tells Vibe. “Anytime you work with an artist whose platform is so high and she’s gonna get exposure, we’re just hoping there’s a connection with those lyrics coming from her.”


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judge me ontd, i kinda like the song now. shit is super catchy

Guess the boring Oscar winning movie actress-and-blogger...

Which annoyingly boring movie actress/blogger took a runner by surprise when he poked his head round her trailer door to call her up for a scene?

Her fiancee's (at the time, also a famous star) feet could be seen poking out from underneath her dress, obviously giving her a full MOT. She looked up and calmly said 'Not now Carlo.' That then became the crews response to any request from anyone much to the bemusement of the vapid Oscar winner.
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Victoria Justice takes a break on the set of filming the first Victorious music video to chat with Access Hollywood about her new series.

The 16-year-old shared about the show, “It’s basically about this girl, Tori, who gets thrown into this crazy world of performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts and there, she finds out about her new talents — singing, dancing and acting — and she gets to meet all these crazy kids who go to the school. It’s about expressing yourself and not being afraid of who you are.”

When asked about the striking similarities between her and starlet Nina Dobrev came up, Vic shared, “I know what you’re going to say — I look like Nina Dobrev. I get that all the time. There’s a poster up here for Vampire Diaries and people come up to me and say, ‘Congrats on the poster, Victoria.’ I’m like, ‘What? That’s not me!’ I think you’re beautiful Nina, so it’s a compliment to me. It was funny because she actually came up to me at the Scream Awards and she said that people always tell her that she looks like me too. We bonded over that.”

Victorious premieres on Nickelodeon in early 2010.
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I love how peppy she is.

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Step into a list of actors getting Oscar-winning salaries for sub-TNT Afternoon Movie productions!
Oddly enough, Nicholas Cage does not get a single mention. You escaped this time, buddy.




10. THE SPIRIT
* Release date: December 25, 2008
* Estimated cost: $60 million
* Domestic gross: $19.8 million

Frank Miller, the man who created the comics "300" and "Sin City," and who redefined Batman and Daredevil for the modern age, directed this adaptation of Will Eisner's comic-strip hero. Starring Samuel L. Jackson and a bevy of beauties, it may have looked good on the page. But onscreen, the heavily stylized, nearly black-and-white results were disastrous. The expensive movie was killed by comic fans, who wanted Miller to go back to comics, and critics, who trashed the movie's over-the-top tones and aesthetics. Consequently, the partners at the company behind the production, Odd Lot Entertainment, parted ways after 23 years together. It even killed plans for a Miller-directed version of "Buck Rogers."




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John Mayer now rumored to be dating Rashida Jones

I’ve been hearing rumors about this alleged hookup for about a month now, but never anything solid. Allegedly, John Mayer is only having affairs with Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Aniston in the tabloids - in reality, he might be quietly dating Rashida Jones. Rashida, daughter of Quincy Jones and ex-girlfriend of John Krasinski, actually seems like a half-decent match for Mayer, in my opinion. She’s a television actress, she’s cute, she’s family with the music industry, and she seems to have a thing for goofy white boys. I mean that in a good way, seriously. I also think Rashida is less likely to use any romantic relationship to get press or a career boost, which must be a new thing for Mayer. Anyway, Page Six is reporting that Rashida is “staying mum” on her relationship for now. Good for her:

Rashida Jones is staying mum on her rumored relationship with John Mayer. At the other night’s charity event for Peace Games at the Limited’s pop-up store in SoHo, the “Parks and Recreations” star deflected questions about the singer, with whom she’s been spotted around town since the end of October, and said she’d only talk about the charity. Jones did mention that she’d be staying in town for Thanksgiving and going shopping on Black Friday for the first time.

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The last thing I heard about Rashida was that she was quietly dating Jon Favreau, President Obama’s chief speechwriter. But I think that relationship probably ended, likely because of the whole bicoastal thing. The Huffington Post even reported that Favreau went solo to this week’s state dinner. Hm… state dinners with a speechwriter or O-faces with Mayer? I know what I would choose.

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The Wikipedia Files with Peaches from WBEZ on Vimeo.

This web series discusses the true and false information on various celebrities' wiki pages, like John Hodgman and Lupe Fiasco. This time they talk about Peaches' educational background, rooming with Feist and her ban from a certain strip club.

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The latest info from USA Network paints an interesting schedule where USA Network apparently looks to compete with The Jay Leno Show with scripted programming as often as possible by having White Collar, Burn Notice and Psych all air at 10pm on different nights, with White Collar on Tuesdays (beginning January 19), Psych on Wednesdays (beginning January 27) and Burn Notice on Thursdays (beginning January 21).

Oops!?

Earlier in the month The Futon Critic reported that its sources had confirmed that White Collar would be paired with Burn Notice on Thursdays. I posted The Futon Critic’s version. The Futon Critic apparently heard directly from USA Network PR that what it was reporting hadn’t been confirmed, but TFC stuck with its sources.

I heard from the folks who run Internet outreach for USA Network. They’re very nice folks, and the ones who supply all the awesome prizes for our “guess the ratings” contests featuring USA Network shows that the info was wrong and should be pulled down from our site.

I protested that I was only carrying the TFC info. He protested back that the info was wrong. I was stubborn. Now it looks like I shouldn’t have been so stubborn!

The Futon Critic is not exactly saying “Oops!”, but they are at least linking to advanced listings from USA Network that paint a different schedule than TFC originally reported earlier. Of course those advanced listings are subject to change and there is almost two months between now and then.

Though I can see the benefits of trying to couple White Collar with Burn Notice (to the benefit of improved exposure for White Collar), I also like Burn Notices chances at 10pm on Thursdays better than 9pm during the regular broadcast television season. I think the bumping Burn Notice to 9pm and pairing it with something else at 10pm (as it did with Royal Pains) makes more sense in the summer.

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Tiger Woods received an unexpected wave of boos at Stanford on Saturday. Woods, who was an honorary captain at Saturday's Big Game between Stanford and Cal, delivered a quick halftime speech to mark his induction into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame. During the talk, however, a group of Cal fans let loose a series of boos, surprising the golfing great. Things didn't go much better the rest of the game, as Cal upset then-No. 14 Stanford, 34-28.



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it was heavenly. i need to see the full thing. brb buying the cd/dvd

Although Channing Tatum's highly-anticipated romantic drama 'Dear John' will have a traditional premiere in Los Angeles prior to it's February 5th release next year, Sony has graciously allowed Charleston-based Carolina Autism to hold a special premiere benefiting the organization, and the cool part is that fans will be able to attend.

Carolina Autism is a charitable agency that treats children with autism for free, and they also worked on the set of 'Dear John'. Because of the current economic conditions and the high unemployment rate in South Carolina, many families are unable to get treatment for their children with autism. The makers of 'Dear John' generously offered to have this premiere in Charleston for the benefit of those children through Carolina Autism's "Push for Kids" program.

All the money raised during the charity event will go to help children from around the state of South Carolina like Braeden (a very talented and autistic child who stars in the movie with Chan) to get the treatment they need.

Sony Pictures is working to make sure that Chan, his co-star Amanda Seyfried, and the rest of the film's stars are able to attend the event that will be held on Monday, January 25, 2010, and Carolina Autism told me that "Dear John" author Nicholas Sparks is going to also try to be there, as well as the director Lasse Hallström.

The movie will be shown at the Hippodrome Theater on the Charleston waterfront, and the after-party will be held in the adjacent South Carolina Aquarium where movie goers will be exclusive guests in an after hours wonderland.

Tickets can be purchased online with no administration or processing fees, so every dollar goes to treat children with autism. Fans can learn more and purchase tickets at DearJohnCharlestonPremiere.com.

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I'm so tempted to buy a ticket and just road trip over there but I'm also so ridiculously broke. fml. :'(

Hilary Duff doing last-minute Grocery shopping at Vons in LA

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She looks good I like those glasses on her, just not how her hair looks.

edit: has anyone seen Greta yet? I think it's her best movie to date!

Singer Dilana rocks new album and movie

It's funny that rocker Dilana is not a fan of "American Idol."

The 37-year-old singer [who prefers to go by her first name] who herself participated on a musical competition reality show, admits that she has never liked Idol nor is she a fan of the song choices available to the contestants.

But she is nevertheless connected to the popular Fox show.

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Florence (of Florence + the Machine) was on the cover of this week's NME, here's the (scanned) interview and article.




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With a glittering career and a happy family life, Daniel Day-Lewis has found ‘joy’, he tells LA correspondent Patricia Danaher.

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"Honestly, we were getting a bit sick of Fight For This Love. It's not that we don't like it, but there are only so many times in the space of two months that we can repeatedly hear "fight, fight, fight fight, fight" every time we flick between music channels.
So we're jumping for joy now that Cheryl Cole has brought out a brand new video! 3 Words, featuring Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas, is a bit more mellow than the last track, but undoubtedly it'll be a hit.
The video features Cheryl and Will in a pretty creepy scenario. With masked figures laying on the floor, we see the lady herself just chilling out on a chair, with her big hair extra extra voluminous! But don't expect to keep seeing the same thing from her throughout.

Big hair, peroxide blonde hair, and a short choppy 'do! Blimey Cheryl, that's a lot of wigs going on. We wonder if the shorter choppy hair is what her locks really look like without all those hair extensions? Hmmm."


The split screen layout is really confusing at times and even though I quite enjoyed it, I still prefer the FFTL video :)


Let the GIF party commence!

What do you think of it ONTD?

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For anyone wanting to watch the HD version on YouTube click here.

Dr. Conrad Murray has absolutely no restrictions on his ability to administer Propofol -- the drug that killed Michael Jackson.

We did some checking ... Dr. Murray still has full privileges to practice and operate at Doctors Hospital Tidwell in Houston. We're told Propofol is available for Murray's use.

As for ordering the drug ... no problemo. Dr. Murray can, if he chooses, get bottles of Propofol without special limitations.

As we previously reported, Dr. Murray -- who is seeing patients again -- is being investigated by the DEA and the LAPD in connection with Michael Jackson's death. The Texas Medical Board is also taking a look at the good doc.

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