Regis Philbin, who is 79, announced this morning on Live! With Regis and Kelly that after a 28-year run, he plans to retire from hosting the morning talk show at the end of this summer. “This will be my last year on this show,” he said. “It was the biggest thrill of my life. There is a time that everything must come to an end for certain people on camera, especially certain old people.” Can you imagine how happy Kelly Ripa (who’s about to celebrate her 10th anniversary on the show), is right now? Or how vulnerable poor Gelman must be feeling? More importantly: Who do you think they’ll find who’s old and cantankerous enough to fill his shoes? We hear that Larry King is looking…
We just stumbled across this year’s Vanity Fair Best-Dressed List thanks to an item in the LA Times about the number of art world personalities who made the cut. And it’s true: Cy Twombly, Bruce Weber, Ike Ude, and Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca are all there, mixed in with Hollywood royalty, New York socialites, political types, and the kind of random fabulous people you usually find on a list like this. Business as usual. And then we spotted the rather surprising user-generated ratings for these bold-faced names. What we discovered about style and popularity, after the jump. Read More »
Late-blooming crooner Susan Boyle has gone into hiding in order to prepare for her performance on Britain’s Got Talent. That, or she got lost in the forest and was eaten by an evil witch. [Via NYM]
Jon & Kate Plus 8 is being investigated by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor in response to a complaint about child labor violations. As we learned from Full House, for every child-age television character, the work should be split up among two siblings. So unless there are 16 of those babies switching in to play the “plus 8,” there’s something fishy going on. [Via EW]
Recent statistics suggest that Kelly Ripa may be more popular than Oprah. So if you follow the credo of “don’t mess with Oprah,” that should go double for Ms. Ripa. She has no qualms about cutting you. Which is why the diet company that used her likeness without her permission should be very, very afraid. [Via EW]
Don’t worry, Chris Engen didn’t quit The Young & The Restless because he’s homophobic and he didn’t like that his character was gay. No, no, no, silly. He left because acting on a soap’s gotta suck. [Via TVSquad]
