spice up your life

forget about the (not so shocking) news that eddie murphy is indeed the father of melanie brown's (aka scary spice) baby.

i'm more excited at the possibility of a spice girls reunion...for realsies. apparently there's going to be a "big announcement" next week. so stay tuned!

john krasinski on conan

here's everyone's favorite dunderling, john krasinski, on late night with conan o'brien. you're welcome.


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cheerleader who saved the world, meet your new boyfriend.

a new character has been cast on heroes.

according to tvguide:
Heroes newcomer Nick D'Agosto It was announced on June 18 that Nick D’Agosto will be joining the cast of NBC’s Heroes next season, playing the role of Claire’s (Hayden Panettiere) new boyfriend, West. Since moving to Hollywood in 2002, the Nebraska native has done numerous bit parts in television and movies, but his stint on Heroes will be his most high-profile role to date. TVGuide.com spoke with the perpetually youthful-looking actor hours after the news broke to find out what he thinks of landing the coveted gig.

looks kinda dorky. more kyle xy than heroes, don't you think?

attention scrubs fans (all 5 of us)

remember that downer of an episode where they killed off nurse laverne for no reason? well, looks like laverne might be back. don't worry, they won't be bringing her back from the dead in a "very special episode" or anything.

When "Scrubs" creator Bill Lawrence decided last season to kill off Nurse Laverne Roberts -- one of the show's key supporting characters -- he made a promise to thesp Aloma Wright.

Should "Scrubs" return for a seventh season, he told Wright, she could don a new wig and play Laverne's twin sister, Shirley.

When Lawrence first plotted Nurse Roberts' death, he was pretty certain that "Scrubs" was in its final year. Mapping out the final year's storylines, he decided the death of a series regular would help shake things up.

so looks like instead of the married, church-lovin' laverne we all know, the actress will be playing a single, alcoholic who shuns religion. kinda sounds like dr. cox as a black woman.

(via variety)

julia roberts adds baby boy to kid collection

according to people magazine, julia roberts gave birth to a baby boy today.

Julia Roberts has welcomed her third child, a boy named Henry Daniel Moder. Henry was born Monday in Los Angeles and weighed 8½ lbs. "The Moder family is doing great," Roberts's rep, Marcy Engelman, tells PEOPLE exclusively.

congrats.

post-idol simon cowell and ryan seacrest continue to fight light old gay married couple

at a recent press junket in canada, ryan seacrest jokingly(?) blamed simon cowell for american idol's ratings decline this season. this prompted simon to call into ryan's radio show on wednesday and clear up the air:

ryan: Everything good goes to you. [So] if there's any hiccup along the way, we are [also] obligated to blame you. You want the credit, you get the blame.

simon: When I'm allowed more airtime, we get 34 million viewers. When I say nothing and you're talking, we get 12 million less.

ryan: There's a little bit of an ego getting out of control with you

simon: I offered you Romania's Got Talent and you declined! (laughing)

ryan: I know you're upset they didn't ask you to be in Knocked Up. It's okay that [director] Judd Apatow didn't call you. You can't be everywhere all the time. You're one old man!

for your next vacation, go on a cruise...with ben folds

i like ben folds. seen him in concert twice. and although i haven't bought his newest album, i'm sure it's fun and snazzy. so as far as i know, he's promoting an album becuase he's on tour with john mayer this summer.

sounds like he's keeping busy, right? well today, pop candy reported that ben folds is going to go on a carnival cruise next february...and everyone's invited (as long as you pay). yeah, a cruise from miami to jamaica with ben folds. seriously. i'm not sure why. i'm not sure how it came about. but regardless, i will say that a cruise to a tropical climate in the dead of winter sounds FABULOUS.

click here for more info.

flight of the conchords is here!

the new hbo show flight of the conchords premieres this sunday, but you don't have to wait that long (or have hbo) to watch it. the episode is online in it's entirety. go to hbo's website or click below to watch.

katie holmes gets haircut. somehow this is "news"

the daily mail and tmz are breaking celebrity news...katie holmes got a haircut! wait, what? i don't know what the big deal is. i don't even think it's that cute.

shar jackson is NOT pregnant (we hope)

this morning, the ny post's cindy adams "reported" (i use that term loosely) that kevin federline was going to be a dad again. apparently shar jackson is said to be 7 weeks pregnant.

in a battle of the gossip rags, us magazine retaliated with an official statement from shar jackson herself, denying any pregnancy rumors. according to her rep (she has representation?), "it is not even remotely true."

i don't know why some people are in a hurry for kevin federline to create more spawn and bring them into this world. as far as i know, he doesn't have a job, he's divorced, and has four kids. i'd say he should worry about all that first before having another baby. and perhaps focus on getting another sugar mama.