April 08, 2011
Tina Fey is getting the baby her alter ego Liz Lemon’s always wanted. The writer-director-author is pregnant with her second child, only a few months after writing about her inner turmoil over motherhood”and how her pregnancy affects everyone working at 30 Rock. There might not be much up for debate: Alec Baldwin said earlier this week the show is ending after next season, although quickly backpedaled the next day. But after all this, will Lemon finally get her happy ending?
Charlie Sheen wants to seduce Mila Kunis into his harem of goddesses, and luckily for our modern-day Hef, his two live-in girlfriends already approve of the Black Swan actress. He made the statement during his uneven stand-up show that garnered boos and walk-outs on its first night. Yet even a warlock has limits, and Sheen’s may be a foursome.
Your mornings may be getting a lot less cheerful. Rumors are swirling in media circles that Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira are both leaving the Today show, but the peacock network is denying the defections. Vieira is said to be tired of the grueling early mornings, and Lauer’s contract is up in December 2012. Too much to hope for Matt Lauer to slide into Regis” seat at the end of the season?
One person who actually might be uploading his fearmongering resume to Monster.com: Glenn Beck. He’s leaving his Fox News show after two years”and network CEO Roger Ailes isn”t squashing rumors that Beck was fired. Jon Stewart is having plenty of fun with his rival’s ouster. This week Stewart imitated the host for an entire show, complete with glasses and emotional sign-off. “He started to believe his own messianic delusions and became a giant pain in the ass, so they dropped his ass,” Stewart said.
All is not well on LeBron James“ home court. The Miami Heat star’s mom was arrested this week”but not for drugs, a DUI, or shoplifting. No, Gloria James struck a valet with her purse after he drove up her car at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami. She was also allegedly (unsurprisingly) drunk. It’s not the first time LeBron’s had family issues. His mom made waves in 2008 when she cussed out an opposing player who fouled her baby boy.
Speaking of family drama, the volatile Judd clan seems as messy as ever. Ashley Judd‘s memoir All That Is Bitter and Sweet alleges that the star’s famous mother Naomi brought “mayhem and uncertainty” to her childhood, and that her home was overflowing with pot. Her older sister Wynonna took to the airwaves of The View and said “People are trying to pit us against each other. We agree to disagree in this family.” Naomi also said, “We all have three different realities of the same car ride of the nightmares we were in, it’s her turn to tell her side of the story.”
