Talking ‘Revenge Cookbooks’ With Dean Sheremet, and an Attempt to Cook Duck

Most promotional materials for Dean Sheremet’s new cookbook, Eat Your Heart Out, begin with a reference to his ex-wife, LeAnn Rimes (who famously left him for Eddie Cibrian while he was still married to Brandi Glanville). “You may not know Dean’s name,” they seem to say, “but you definitely know LeAnn’s!” Then, once…
LeAnn Rimes Jokes That She Raped Her First Boyfriend
Apparently LeAnn Rimes is catching some heat/getting some backlash/throwing herself over the line into terrible for making a joke about rape on In Bed with Joan, an interview series with Joan Rivers.
20 'Celebrities' We Can't Believe Are Still 'Famous'
One weird thing about celebrity (and there are several) is that there's this underlying notion that fame is only for those who truly deserve it, as though it's some kind of honorable reward we bestow upon people for talent. But prestige and fame are two different animals, which has only become more and more clear in…
Victoria's Secret Finally Finds Kate Upton Worthy Of Its Tacky Bras
Once Upton a time (last year), a Victoria's Secret model booker said the brand would never deign to hire Kate Upton because her look was "too obvious." For a store that sells boyshorts for 14-year-olds with "I Get Around" written in glitter on the ass, mind you. "We would never use Kate... She’s like a footballer’s…
Lindsay Lohan Borrows Designer Dress, Unsurprisingly Returns It in Shreds
So Lindsay Lohan asks to borrow a designer dress for the amFAR gala from stylist Phillip Bloch, whose number she got from Charlie Sheen. Is any part of what I just said a valid reason to hand over a $1,750 dress of intricate beadwork and gossamer fairy tits and silkworms that only eat free-range food and drink fair…
Broke-Ass Lindsay Lohan Moves Back in With Her Mom
Lindsay Lohan has moved back into her teenage bedroom on Long Island with mom/"cool mom"/party friend Dina because Thomas Wolfe was wrong: you CAN go home again. Supposedly she's returned home to help pay the mortgage on the Lohan family abode (although she herself is strapped for cash, so I don't really see how…
Jennifer Lopez Pissed About This Truly Hideous Magazine Cover
Despite the claim on this week's People magazine cover, Jennifer Lopez DOES have one regret: Camp J. Lo is intensely unhappy with the cover photo, accompanying an interview with the star that is timed precisely to upstage Mariah Carey's judging stint on American Idol. Unfortunately, the plan backfired, as Lopez…
Lena Dunham Proclaims Herself Not That Fat 'For Like, Detroit'
Professional semi-endearing obnoxious person Howard Stern has backtracked (not apologized, he clarifies) from ragging on professional semi-endearing obnoxious person Lena Dunham. After Girls co-star Jemima Kirke tipped Dunham off that Stern had called her "a little fat chick who sort of looks like Jonah Hill and keeps…
Britney Spears Quits The X Factor Before They Can Fire Her Ass
Speaking of pictures ripped out of Teen People that you glued on your 5th grade Trapper Keeper (weren't we? we totally were), Britney Spurrz has gotten the jump on her boss Simon Cowell. She's quitting The X-Factor before Cowell and the other assorted Powers that Be can fire her, tired of paying her $15 million to say…
Andy Roddick Announces He's Retiring from Tennis to Focus More on Impenetrable Blandness
Despite Us Weekly's herculean efforts, I just have a hard time caring about what Andy Roddick is doing. I guess because mostly the stuff he does is hit a ball with a big paddle and put his rod/dick in a supermodel. No hard feelings, just not really my wheelhouse when it comes to entertainment. But ANYhooz, Roddick is…
Leann Rimes Turns 30, Checks into Clinic
The day after her 30th birthday, Leann Rimes has checked into a 30-day treatment center to "cope with anxiety and stress." Over the last year, Rimes has been the continued subject of intense body bullying and rumors of anorexia, and her representative confirms that she is not being treated for an eating disorder.…
