Jake Pavelka Takes on Bold, Beautiful Role

Jake Pavelka of The Bachelorette, The Bachelor and Dancing With the Stars fame will appear on The Bold and the Beautiful in January as a pilot, which was actually his job before he became a professional reality show cast member.
Things are really coming together for the guy.

Jake's career prospects are looking about as good as he is here. There's always Big Brother next summer. [Photo: PacificCoastNewsOnline.com]

Pavelka, who is now dating Meghan Jones after breaking up with fake fiancee Vienna Girardi, previously appeared on Drop Dead Diva, where he played ... a dating reality show contestant. He's really got great acting range, wouldn't you say?

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Sarah Palin to American Idol Contestants: You Are All No-Talent Hacks!

Yes, this is a real story.
In Sarah Palin’s latest book, America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag, due out next week, she takes on a number of weighty topics. Presumably.
According to excerpts leaked today, she also lambasts American Idol for fostering a "cult of self-esteem." You know, since no one tells the singers they're bad!

WE'RE #1! Sorry, Lee DeWyze, but according to some observers, you're not.

"No one they have encountered in their lives - from parents to teachers to their president - wanted them to feel bad by hearing the truth," opines Sarah Palin.
She says Idol trots out a "seemingly endless supply of people who can’t sing but are deluded enough to get in front of a national television audience anyway.”
[Rebuttal rendered unnecessaray]
Does the star of Sarah Palin's Al
ska think the show's judging isn't harsh enough? Or shouldn't exist because it encourages mediocre singers to think they're stars?
Is this really necessary or accurate? While some Idol products are bad, the show did produce Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Chris Daughtry and other stars.
As far as the broader narrative (we think) she's going for, we sort of agree that kids are coddled nowadays, but ... we're still a bit unclear on what her point is.
In any case, Sarah needn't worry that everyone out there is afraid to tell the truth. We've totally done so regarding Willow Palin's homophobia. You're welcome.

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Excuse Adam Lambert While He Kisses Some Guy...

Adam Lambert paid homage to Jimi Hendrix at a concert in France last night.
And to the countless music fans that have often mistaken the lyrics to this icon's classic 1967 single "Purple Haze."
As part of his Glam Nation Tour in Europe, Lambert treated concert goers to a rendition of this single, switching up the words from "Excuse me while I kiss the sky" to "Excuse me while I kiss some guy." Not merely apt for Adam, the latter verse has been sung so often that a website has actually been created in its honor.

Click on the images above to enlarge shots of Lambert on stage. Then, sit back, relax and watch the video of him covering Hendrix below. It's great stuff.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Bested by Twilight Saga!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows brought in $24 million across the nation last night, as fans lined up for midnight showings of this blockbuster.
While impressive, though, that tally falls short of two Twilight Saga installments.

The record-holder for midnight showing haul is Eclipse, which earned $30 million during the first two hours of its release. That figure topped the previous best: New Moon's $26.3 million.
In 2009, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince brought in $22 million during this time slot, proving once and for all: no magic is a match for chiseled abs and brooding paleness!

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Erin Barry: A Real-Life Desperate Housewife

Erin Barry, the mistress/sext-message fiend behind Eva Longoria and Tony Parker's divorce, is a real desperate housewife - a good girl gone bad!
According to the New York Post, the estranged wife of Brent Barry, a former teammate of Parker's, had been sexting Tony Parker for over a year.
But in 2006, Erin Barry described a storybook marriage to Brent, then a guard with the San Antonio Spurs, with San Antonio Woman magazine.

SEXT BOMB: Erin Barry's charms were too much for Tony to resist.

"To sit in your nice home, have your nice job and ignore the suffering going on around you, you can't enjoy what you have if you don't help those that are less fortunate," she said. "For me to be able to use the blessings that I have feels good."
Erin identified herself as a housewife and mom, a high-school sweetheart of Brent who met while a student at an all-girls Catholic school in San Francisco.
Erin also revealed she was born to a single, teen mom and adopted by a couple that also had three biological children: "It was kind of obvious," she said. "Here I was with my dark hair and olive complexion in this Irish-Polish family."
The news of Tony Parker and Eva Longoria's divorce comes just weeks after the Barrys, who have two boys, ages 4 and 9, also decided to divorce.
The Barrys wed 12 years ago. Longoria found the text messages between Erin and Tony and filed for divorce after just three years of marriage.
"Eva and I have been discussing our situation privately," Parker said. "We plan to continue to keep our discussions of this matter private."
Good luck with that.

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