A petition boycotting Basketball Wives and its many violent outbursts has garnered major support even as the show is reportedly being turned into a movie. The creator of the petition , which targets Evelyn Lozada and her bullying ways, writes, “The violence on ‘Basketball Wives’ is horrible and disgraceful.” “Physical assaults, threats, verbal abuse, and harassment. VH1 is rewarding this behavior by giving Evelyn a spinoff. Don’t reward negative behavior.” One rumor going around is that Star Jones is behind the boycott. Why? Star’s ex-husband, Al Reynolds, has been on the show lately, given his relationship with Jennifer Williams , something Jones probably doesn’t appreciate. Her vocal opinion about the show is not positive, but Star denies starting the Basketball Wives boycott campaign or even supporting it with her critiques. “I was never encouraging anybody to boycott somebody’s job,” she said. “That’s not what I’m about. It just struck me really, really to the core that young girls were watching his example of women on TV and getting their self image.” Of course, Jones admits that she began talking about the boycott and the VH1 show’s negativity on her social media accounts in hopes of fostering discussion. It’s unclear if this played a role in getting three Basketball Wives stars fired . [Photos: WENN.com]
A month before making literal waves in a London swimming pool at the 2012 Olympics, Australian Stephanie Rice is making figurative ones for a photo she recently posted on Twitter. The three-time gold medalist snapped a shot of herself in a bikini this week, showing off both her body and a birthday gift from designer Ellie Gonsalves. Simple and harmless, right? Not to some of Rice’s followers. “i feel that stephanie rice posting a photo of herself in swimwear has brought disgrace to the australian swim team and she should be dropped,” wrote one Twitter user, presumably taking issue with Rice for… okay, we have no idea. Showing more skin here than she does while donning official Olympic attire? The nerve! Rice is no stranger to somewhat racy Twitter photos, as evidenced by this picture of herself as a police officer . She was also once rumored to be dating Michael Phelps , which would be less scandalous than perfectly understandable from both points of view. So, in conclusion: Team Stephanie Rice in a Bikini!
Ali Fedotowsky, who starred on The Bachelorette two summers ago, recently offered her views on who Emily Maynard should pick and as her lifelong mate. “Okay, I keep going back and forth. Like, literally, I’ve changed my mind 500 times,” Ali said of Emily’s remaining aspiring husbands, of whom four remain. While Ali first thought it was either Jef Holm or Arie Luyendyk, Jr., she now says she’s ruled out Arie and doesn’t think Jef is ready to be Ricki’s stepfather. She likens Emily and Jef to herself and Chris Lambton, the runner-up to Roberto Martinez (who she broke up with after an 18 month-engagement) in 2010. “This is a confusing season! She keeps saying that her relationship with Jef is slow to develop – that’s what I always used to say about Chris,” says Ali . “I mean, Chris is a great guy, such an awesome guy. But that’s like code on The Bachelorette for ‘we’re really just not romantically into each other.’” Which brings her to the pick: “If I had to guess right now, I’m going back to Sean Lowe ,” the insurance salesman from Texas who moonlights as a male model, she finally answered. The Bachelorette spoilers offer some hints as to who makes it past the hometown dates, but as far as her final rose recipient, all bets are still off! Whom do you think Emily should end up with?
Following the London fireworks that saw Kalon McMahon booted off the show a week ago, The Bachelorette and her eight remaining men hit Croatia tonight. Which log-throwing, kilt-wearing competitor dominated the manly competition? Who won over Emily with persistence in the face of defeat and earned a rose? Elsewhere, who surprisingly got the chop on tonight’s one-on-one date(s), and what surprising bombshell was dropped in the previews for next week? Follow this link for a rundown of The Bachelorette spoilers we know so far, including the (alleged) final three. Then read on for THG’s official +/- recap! Emily’s having a good hair day. Plus 9 . No Ricki this week? :’-( Minus 18 . Annnnd the first one-on-one date goes to … Travis the Egg Guy. A little anticlimactic for fans of Sean Lowe. Or Jef Holm. Or Arie Luyendyk, Jr. Minus 7 . Put Dubrovnik, Croatia on your travel bucket list BTW. Plus 14 . #BalancingStoneFail. Minus 4 . “This is a 10 on a scale of 8,” he calls their date. Who says that? First of all, scale of eight? Second of all, why not an 11 or 12 out of eight then? Minus 2 . Emily is looking for a guy with a bit of an edge … according to Ryan, who’s apparently wearing a Lulu Lemon yoga halter-top wife-beater thing. Minus 30 . Travis’ dinner seems to be going pretty well at least. Plus 6 . Ryan scores the next one-on-one date. His heart is beating out of his women’s tank top, man. Prepare for the douchepocalypse, America. Plus 10 . Emily sends Travis home after not feeling any sort of romantic connection! Plus 5 , ’cause we feel bad for the guy, but it was definitely the right call. That umbrella Travis flung – like his heart and like his precious egg – may be broken beyond repair. Plus 5 . And then there were seven … Sometimes a girl just wants to see a movie … in the name of shameless product placement courtesy of ABC and Disney-Pixar’s Brave . Minus 25 . Eye-rolling plugs aside, the movie does look pretty cute at least. Plus 7 . The guys in kilts and muscle shirts? Ditto! Plus 3 . Plus 12 for Emily’s archery skills. Minus 12 for Chris’ effort … at grammar, because we think he just said he’s “shotten an arrow only once in his whole life.” You’re shotten me Chris. Sean Lowe is so ripped, he broke the log in the competition. Plus 9 . Chris wins the Bravery Cup despite being humiliated in every event. He was a good sport and gave it his best … can you tell Emily’s a mom? Plus 11 . Emily and Sean FTW? Can we start calling them Seamily? Plus 5 . Arie’s “freaking out,” but it doesn’t appear he’s relinquished co-frontrunner status. Definitely not after that street makeout sesh. Plus 5 . Ryan has to be acting, right? There are a-holes in the world, sure … but one can be that full of himself in such comedic fashion. He’s like a caricature of your quintessential narcissistic ass clown. Well played Ryan and ABC. Plus 10 . Jef? Definite dark horse still. Plus 4 . He and Chris, who gets the rose, are angling for the final two hometown date spots at this point, with Arie and Sean the favorites. Doug and Ryan are fading fast (for very different reasons). Wolf … is still on the show we think. Emily Maynard really sparkles. Literally. Plus 6 . Ryan actually shaves that ugly patch out of his facial hair … and apparently his legs. Arie is visibly uncomfortable listening to him talk at this point. Plus 2 . Not as uncomfortable as Emily eating an oyster, but close. Minus 11 . Or when Ryan says openly that he wants her to be his trophy wife. Minus 21 . “I see in you some things I’ve always looked for.” – Ryan. Read: booty shorts. Plus 7 . When Emily’s not happy, she makes this this half-smile, half-glaring crinkle face. Case in point: Ryan reading off his ideal woman checklist. Minus 15 . Crinkle Face turns the checklist around on him, says her criteria are different, then gives him the boot! Plus 20 for Emily being on a roll tonight. “That is very shocking.” – Ryan. To you, maybe. No one else. Minus 18 . No way she’s going to go back on it, is she? Noooo, come on, don’t go back on it! OMG she’s going back on it. Okay phew, she didn’t. Plus 17 . Ryan opines that the guys must be shocked and laments that he’ll miss them. Back at the hotel, they are HUGGING and celebrating. Plus 33 . Did he just ask to be edited well by the producers? Might be wishful thinking, Ryan, after some of your comments, actions and “fashion.” Minus 20 . Eff the next Bachelor, … but please, ABC, add Ryan to the Bachelor Pad 3 cast! Plus 10 . If Ryan did get the rose, would the guys have staged an intervention, Kalon style? Would it have been warranted? Yes, yes and Plus 5 for that imagery. Arie just wants to hold her and hug her and do a lot of other things he can’t say in a confessional, oh, and she’s a great judge of character. Plus 6 . He gets a rose. We get a bit too much makeout audio. Minus 4 . Arie and Emily in the Fifty Shades of Grey movie? Plus 50 . Wolf pulls out his grandparents’ funeral cards and it’s … sweet? Poignant? Weird? Out of place? Over the top? All of the above? Eh, Plus 1 . Both Wolf and Doug are hangin’ tough in the hunt for that last rose, though the latter seems reluctant to make a move on Em. Tick tock. Minus 7 . The man tears are moving down his face in a hurry, though. Plus 3 . The final rose tonight comes down to the two of them, and then … Unsure of what do to, Emily runs to seek the sage advice of … venerable and handsome Bachelorette host-pimp Chris Harrison!! Plus 100 . “Emily … the extra rose you asked for.” Chris. SO lame. Minus 40 . Saying goodbye tonight: Travis (cut loose on one-on-one date) Ryan (canned on one-on-one date) Still alive: Sean, Jef, Arie, John “Wolf”, Chris and Doug. EPISODE TOTAL: +143. SEASON TOTAL: +142. Weird preview for next week, in which Arie’s relationship with a producer on the show is exposed and Emily makes her frustrations known! What do you think? Will he be eliminated?
Just a week after crashing her car into a truck between filming on her would-be comeback flick Liz & Dick , Lindsay Lohan has reportedly been hospitalized after being found unconscious in her hotel, though her condition is unknown. “ABC7 has learned Lindsay Lohan was taken to hospital after being found unconscious at Ritz-Carlton in Marina del Rey,” ABC7 reported via Twitter. A follow-up Tweet from the outlet added : “Attorney tells ABC7 that ‘She’s fine.'” Developing… UPDATE: The New York Post has more: “Lohan not hospitalized but paramedics called after entourage couldn’t rouse her from sleep,” the paper Tweeted . And yet more from E! Online , who cites sources who say exhaustion and dehydration were to blame for the incident this morning: “Lindsay has been working a grueling schedule for the last couple of days,” Lindsay’s rep Steve Honig told E! News. “Last night she worked from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. She was exhausted and went back to her room to sleep. Producers were apparently concerned and called the fire department and paramedics found her sleeping but determined that she was fine, just extremely exhausted and slightly dehydrated. “She is on her way home now to rest and will be back on set later today.” He added that no drugs or alcohol were involved in the incident. And TMZ , chiming in with the details: We’re told Lindsay wasn’t feeling well after complaining of exhaustion, she called someone from the Liz and Dick production team early this morning, and the team sent a private doctor to check on her. Before arriving, the doctor called the hotel and asked someone to check on Lindsay. Someone from the hotel went to her door, “checked on her” and determined she was “unresponsive.” The hotel then called 911. Lindsay’s rep says it was someone from the production team who called 911. Paramedics responded, and determined nothing was wrong with Lindsay. They left without transporting her to the hospital. Well, good. Sounds like a case of overblown media reportage, but the lesson here is this: If people around Lohan are so concerned that heavy sleep might be construed as unresponsiveness — and if Lohan’s working herself to the point of exhaustion, given her history — maybe the false alarm fuss should be taken as a warning, to Lohan, her team, and to those watching along at home. Nobody wants to see Lohan go out like Marilyn.
Bachelorette director Leslye Headland and Radius co-head Tom Quinn. Bachelorette was dubbed the “indie Bridesmaids ” at Sundance. OK, maybe there are some similarities. There are females and there’s a pending wedding and the proverbial “shit hits the fan,” but that’s about it. Based on a play of the same name by Leslye Headland who directed the screen version, the story is quite frankly not going to be a hit with everyone. But for the segment of the population that gets a thrill off of bad ass humor, Bachelorette offers up a load of laughs. John Waters appeared to enjoy himself at the screening of the film, which opened up the Provincetown International Film Festival this week, so that is a stamp of some sort of approval, right? “It was incredible to see it with that audience. There’s something about the [crowd] here that has the exact correct taste for this movie,” Leslye Headland said to ML with a big smile and laughs at the festival. “To have an audience that’s on the same page from the opening jokes right on through the final scenes was great. They accepted these characters. It wasn’t just affirmation with their laughter, but there was good will toward them too.” Starring a rabble rousing Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher and Lizzy Caplan, the trio hit New York to help their friend Becky (Rebel Wilson) prepare for her wedding. But these women are anything but prissy debutantes. Booze, drugs, blow jobs, foul mouths – it’s all there and it keeps coming for more. Becky is the only one who seems to have cleaned up her act, and the bad ass trio get into more trouble when they accidentally tear the wedding dress the night before the ceremony. “Kirsten, Isla and Lizzy never thought they should tone down their characters,” offered Headland. “They even improved stuff where where even I didn’t know if we could use some of the things they did. When you watch it, you can see that they’re having fun. I think they were excited to play women they had never met before.” Headland made the Black List for her script back in 2008, but had to go the independent route when studios shied away from the material Bachelorette had played off-Broadway and she was encouraged by a friend to make the screen version her way. “The idea was that could I make a romantic comedy that I would want to see. It’s not overly dire, but it’s dramatic and they’re acting like people. They’re making mistakes and they’re learning from them…” she said. “I wanted to make a film about women that treated them like people and not paper dolls that act all in the way we wish we acted.” The Weinstein Company’s new label Radius picked up the film after it debuted at Sundance. The film has since been re-edited and its pace is absolute killer. The earlier version was more melancholy and the moments of hilarity were buffered with some slow parts. But the version that is presumably the final one that will be released in theaters in early fall had the audience in stitches here in Provincetown. Still there are dissenters and Headland said she expects there to be people who won’t like it. “I’d be more worried if there was [indifferent] reaction to it,” she said. The women in this film are dealing with their inner-demons and resolution does not come in the course of one day as it might in other movies. Noted Headland: “People don’t change in one night, but one night can change people.”
As rumors swirl about the ending of The Bachelorette’s eighth season, one celebrity gossip magazine boldly proclaims that Emily Maynard is in fact engaged. If it’s true … the question is still, to whom? She obviously won’t say, and even The Bachelorette spoilers have been hard to come by this season … though three guys are clearly frontrunners. If Emily is engaged, three guys are probably equal favorites . The previews airing Monday night more or less revealed the final three , with Jef Holm, Sean Lowe and Arie Luyendyk all shown with Emily in Curacao. According to the magazine cover above, Em’s ready for a baby right away – not news if you’ve watched this season – and got a 4-carat rock. ABC is pulling out all the stops these days with Neil Lane. Think she’s really engaged? And if so, who should she pick? No offense, Ryan and Doug, but it’s got to come down to these three, right? Vote on who you think Emily should choose below :
Emily Maynard showed us a new side of herself on The Bachelorette tonight . We honestly didn’t know the girl had that scrappy street fighter in her, but we dig it. Unfortunately for one guy, this earned him a profane tongue-lashing and a ticket out the door. Fortunately for us, that douchebag will no longer take up screen time. Who was the recipient of Emily’s blowup, and what’d he do to provoke her? Who else got the boot at the end of the night after the fireworks ended? Follow this link for a rundown of The Bachelorette spoilers we know so far, including the (alleged) final three. Then read on for THG’s official +/- recap! Ricki and Emily in matching peacoats? Cutest thing ever. Plus 20 . Chris Harrison’s purple scarf? LOLZ not so much. Wow. Minus 11 . Sean Lowe gets the one-on-one date, and he’ll obviously knock it out of the park, ’cause that’s what guys like Sean Lowe do. At everything. Plus only 10 because he’s almost too perfect for words and shows up normal guys. Meanwhile, Alejandro is still on the show. Who knew! Plus 4 . Sean and Emily do their best impression of the Duke and Duchess. Will Emily soon be sporting her best Kate Middleton baby bump ? Probably … since that “bump” is like 97 percent not real. Minus 9 for THG confusing all of you. Kalon says every day is a “group date” with Emily and Ricki. Ohhh, good one man! What a douche. Just pack your bags now. Minus 15 . Sean sounds like a preacher in the park … saintly, even. Plus 8 . Emily and Sean’s date at the Tower of London? Quite romantic. Plus 6 . The whole “love takes no prisoners” card? Quite cheesy. Minus 6 . He should be thankful she didn’t go Fifty Shades of Grey on him down there in the dungeon. We know she wants more kids like whoa. Plus 2 . Emily’s raspy voice is kinda sexy … even if it’s just because she’s sick or lost her voice. Feel better, Em … but wow. Holy hotness. Plus 8 . Speaking of hotness, how about Sean’s charm, kindness and genuine humility? Is any girl watching this not swooning right now? Plus 12 . “The last thing I wanted to do this week is act.” – Doug. Really man? That was the last thing that entered your mind this week? Minus 3 . “Shakespeare is HUGE in Mississippi. That’s pretty much all we do is sit around and read his plays.” – Travis. Joke? Not a joke? Plus 5 . “I have limited understanding of what is going on in my scene.” – A surprisingly nervous, visibly uncomfortable Arie Luyendyk, Jr. Plus 15 . We can’t decide if Ryan’s overconfidence is hilarious or infuriating. Wash . Of all the guys, Arie and Doug are exceptionally good sports. Plus 15 . Arie: “Ryan is cracking me up, because he’s so excited he finally gets to kiss Emily. I’m like, ‘dude, it’s a play. You’re not actually kissing her.'” Plus 5 . “If Shakespeare were alive and saw Ryan, he would say ‘thouest suck.'” Plus 10 . Emily drinking beer with the guys? Plus 10 . Do the producers feed Ryan these lines? And/or tell him to talk in the Disco Stu-esque voice? He’s creepily hysterical. Plus 3 . Kalon actually refers to Ricki as “baggage.” Uhh, Minus 100 for saying that in the first place, and for the weaksauce excuse/retraction. Doug rolls up his sleeves like he’s going to throw down. Plus 12 . Props for Doug telling her. Given the nature of what was said, and the fact that it involved Ricki … it was warranted. Plus 28 . Emily: “I wanna go West Virginia, hood rat, backwoods on his ass.” Plus 150 . And she backs up the talk! Plus 50 for cutting him off and telling him to “get the f*%k out” and not even hearing his half-assed excuses. Why even go on the show if you know Emily’s the star? Why say those things to the other guys? Bottom line … loser got what he deserved. She doesn’t feel the guys had her back? Doug told her! And Emily DESTROYED Kalon by herself! We feel for her, but still, what do you want? Minus 9 . After waiting five weeks for a one-on-one date, Jef with one F is totally getting c*ck-blocked by Jeanne the British etiquette expert. Minus 20 . Plus 25 for them ditching out and going to a local pub. Emily lost her mojo over the whole Kalon thing. Jef might take things slowly but he’s saying all the right things, and Plus 40 for that. Dance parties all night with Ricki?? WePlus 9. With that kiss, Jef vaults into top-tier status with Sean and Arie. Plus 30 . Can anyone else compete with those three? Will be tough. Ryan? Maybe, but we just don’t see it. Minus 5 . Emily is getting the butterflies with Sean, but not in her stomach … they’re in her HEART!! OMG, so mind-numbingly cheesy. But cute. Plus 2 . Arie: “I think I may be going home tonight.” Really Arie? Ryan, Alejandro, “Wolf” and the Egg Dude are still on the show! Minus 7 . Saying goodbye tonight: Kalon (kicked the f*%k out) Alejandro (did not get rose) Still alive: Sean and Jef (earlier), Doug, Ryan, Chris, John “Wolf”, Travis, Arie. EPISODE TOTAL: +304. SEASON TOTAL: -1.
Arie Luyendyk, Jr., is doing a great job wooing Emily Maynard on The Bachelorette so far this season, but a series of strange details about his past have cast serious doubt about both his character and motives. Are we looking at Mr. Here For the Wrong Reasons? While none of the revelations are that scandalous, Arie’s level of success this season (see The Bachelorette spoilers for more on that topic) makes them quite consequential as a serious candidate to become Emily’s fianc
The Bachelorette ran it back with another partially-contrived, unintentionally hilarious, uber-dramatic episode tonight on Memorial Day. And what an episode. Okay, it was pretty run-of-the-mill. But between some vintage Bachelorette cliches, a romantic date with Arie Luyendyk, Jr. , and some man tears, it had its moments. After two weeks of first impressions – some good, some not – the remaining men took another shot tonight, and man oh man, things started to get REAL. Real dumb. Follow this link for a rundown of The Bachelorette spoilers we know now, including the (alleged) final three. Then read on for THG’s +/- Bachelorette recap! After three weeks, it’s still cute that Emily’s a mom. Plus 8 , and Plus 4 more for the prospect of her looking as good as her mom does in her 40s. Chris and his serial killer eyes get the first one-on-one. Minus 5 for ABC not casting him as the villain this season. Kalon’s looks aren’t as terrifying. He’s even wearing the Dexter shirt! Plus 4 . Minus 70 for the obligatory, recycled building-climbing date and corresponding metaphors. It is not like love, life or relationships. Please, just spare us. Plus 7 for Chris saying she looks good in a harness though. You could see the wheels turning and Fifty Shades of Grey -esque images in his head. Emily tells Chris he’s cute. A LOT. Minus 2 . Chris actually is pretty mature for 25. Plus 14 , because he still doesn’t seem like stepfather material right now, but maybe he could get there. John sees Emily holding a football and is hoping for … a relaxed, chill day. Surrounded by a dozen testosterone-filled dudes. So chill. Plus 1 . Em tells her friends to put “y’alls detective skills to work.” Plus 9 for the accent. Minus 8 for one friend saying “here for the right reasons.” Wait … the guy with the egg is still on the show? Minus 5 . Wait, Stevie is still on the show? Minus 9 . One of Emily’s friends dubs Sean “the genetic gift to the world.” Plus 10 , as that’s kind of totally true AND when he talks, his stock rises! Ryan tells Emily he’d still love her if she got fat, he just might love ON her as much. Yeah. Quite the statement. Minus 16 , even in jest. We thought Jef with one F actually was one of the kids at the park. Plus 5 . Sean and Doug are dominating this group date, both with friend time and Emily time. Plus 11 . Everyone else is playing for third right now. Kalon McMahon is so that name-dropping, ass-kissing, pompous douche at the high school reunion who everyone dreads seeing. Minus 7 . Tony contemplates leaving and talks to his little boy in a touching segment. One clearly drawn out to eat up time in a two-hour episode that really could be condensed to 90 minutes or even 60, but nevertheless. Cute. Plus 5 . Emily and Tony break up so he can go home. Both seem content with the decision. If only all reality TV splits were so amicable. Plus 8 . Arie gets the one-on-one date and jets off to Dollywood. Emily could not be more excited … about Dolly, and maybe Arie too. Plus 5 . Wouldn’t you know it, Dolly Parton herself is there to provide a private concert! And some love advice. Who’d have guessed? Minus 3 . Dolly’s been married 45 years? WOW. Plus 45 . Arie’s probably texted that many girls in the time he’s been on the show. Player. Minus 5 if he’s truly Mr. There For the Wrong Reasons . Having dated (and lived with) a woman with two kids is only helping his cause, though. He’s Mr. Saying All the Right Things. Plus 6 . Plus 10 for Emily being so up front, all the time. Well, except when she’s trying to punk Arie, but points for that half-hearted effort. She’s cute. She’s not even funny but she’s cute. And honest. And self-secure, yet vulnerable. Kinda the whole package. Plus 15 . Think he’s as genuine as she is? That’s the open question. Wash . Whoa, first quasi-makeout of the season! Plus 10 . The already-awkward cocktail party time becomes three times more so after seeing Kalon’s glasses. What a schmoozer. Minus 10 . Is he essentially implying he considers Ricki a compromise of shorts? Minus 15 … and Minus 15 more for the condescending remark after. Then Alessandro actually calls it a compromise. No rose for you. Minus 20 . Did he not know who The Bachelorette was this season? Aww. Arie is there to pick up the pieces and make out with her again. So suave, and so well coached by the producers. Plus 4 . Sean is really giving him a run for his money, though. The kind words about Ricki make this guy the anti-Alessandro. Plus 13 . Kissing session #2! In one night! Plus 5 . Chris Harrison sighting! Plus 3 . Plus 18 more for Ryan calling Arie a “dainty” man and for the outtakes in which Alessandro admits he dated his cousin. No longer in the running after tonight: Tony (set free) Alessandro (booted) Stevie (not given rose) Shelly the egg (shattered) EPISODE TOTAL: +40. SEASON TOTAL: -105.
