Oprah Winfrey Show to End in 2011

Oprah Winfrey announced on today's show that 2011 will be the last year of the Oprah Winfrey Show.  It will be the 25th year of the show, but Oprah has other endeavors on her mind like a new talk show on OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.  I also assume that "O Magazine" will continue to produce more issues of Oprah on the cover.

It is a shock that she's somewhat retiring, but the talk show host is worth over $2 billion.  I think she'll be fine and ratings have slipped seven percent from last year, so maybe it's time to close the curtains and give up-and-coming broadcasters a chance.  No more Tom Cruise jumping on couches like a crazed madman, seeing her weight fluctuate month by month, watching her give a ton of badass freebies to audience members, or putting books on best seller's lists just by saying she likes it.  Now maybe people will once again decide what they like based on what they like instead of what Oprah likes.

Good luck Oprah.  Not that you need it.  You have more money than you know what to do with and everything you touch turns to pure gold and dollar bills.

-Rachel 

An American Idol Gets all S&M on us

Apparently, Adam Lambert was spotted filming his new music video for this single, “For Your Entertainment” in downtown Los Angeles. For those of you who don’t know, Adam Lambert was a runner up on American Idol in the eighth season. He was dressed in all black leather, head to toe, and his back up dancers where wearing next to nothing. One of his dancers was captured in this picture (to the left). One word, “scary!” I can barely picture how this music video is going to look.  Hearing an American Idol singer using bondage dancers just sets an alarm off in my head that something isn’t right. Good luck Adam, but I have serious doubts about this music video.

-Annie H.

Speidi is on the Prawl

Heidi and Spencer, also known as ‘Speidi’, are now looking for new business opportunities to sell themselves away. As of this Monday Speidi is trying to promote a new book, How to be Famous.  Because they have so much valuable insight on how the average person can sell their soul to entertainment for millions. All you have to do is forget all of your morals, give up any true virtues and be as racy and controversial as possible. Be caddy, start fights with your friends, backstab every person you meet, but at the same time make the public to care. They can love you  or hate you just as long as they know who you are. 

Speidi, you truly are pathetic. This is just ridiculous. Have you run out of money? Are you missing the spotlight? Get the hint: No one cares about what you do! My advice to Speidi is to move on and try to enjoy each other, if that ‘s possible.

-Annie H.

Fall Out Boy's Break

After releasing about an album a year since 2003, Fall Out Boy is taking a break.  According to their drummer Andy Hurley, they are on "hiatus" for the next year at least.  They are releasing a greatest hits album on November 17th called Believers Never Die, and then they are done for the near future.  However, Pete Wentz, who can never resist making a tounge-in-cheek statement, told MTV that they would reunite right away if given the opportunity to play in Sealand. Apparently, The Principality of Sealand is an independent micronation about six miles off the coast of Great Britain, was founded in 1967, and is run by a British radio broadcaster.  Never heard of it?  Neither had we.  Pete Wentz must spend too much time on Wikipedia, which could possibly be to blame for the band's hiatus. 

Read the full interview with MTV here

-Erin

Jon Gosselin Sues TLC, Big Surprise

Reality "star" Jon Gosselin is suing TLC for a cool $5 million bucks, claiming the network and its representatives have damaged his reputation and any further chances of a career in the media. First of all, Jon Gosselin is a douche and he damaged his own reputation by ditching his wife and eight kids on national TV. Gosselin also claims that TLC contacted media sources he was in touch with and convinced them not to work with the dead beat dad. As I recall Gosselin signed a contract with TLC and broke that contract. I'm pretty sure that gives network every right to prevent Gosselin from having any more fun in the media's eye than he's already having.

I feel the whole "Jon & Kate plus Eight" fiasco is like beating a dead horse. At this point, no one really cares. I like the show and still watch it, but both parents seem to take every chance they get to exploit themselves and their situation to the media. Both state that they only care about their kids and what's best for their kids, but if this was true then both parents would try to keep their situation as quiet and private as possible.

Here's a thought. TLC should ditch the kids all together and come up with a new show, "Jon & Kate: Fight to the Death." A half hour show per week can be devoted to Jon and Kate talking to their lawyers, magazines, and shows like "Good Morning America." The season finale can be Jon and Kate at their divorce trial, but instead of a trial, there's a boxing ring. Then just let them duke it out. I have a feeling Kate would win. Jon could never stand up to her nagging and bitching anyways like back in the old days when they were still a "happy family".

-Rachel

Carrie Prejean: Just Another Sex Tape Scandal

This is hilarious! Carrie Prejean dropped her claims of libel, slander, and religious discrimination against Miss USA only after lawyers informed her they had a copy of the sex tape she made when she was 17 years-old. And when Larry King simply asks about the case she freezes and just says he is being “inappropriate.” The best part is that she even fails to leave the stage! She just sits there!

This is even better:
King: What are you going to do next?

Prejean: Oh, my gosh. I’m just so excited to be, you know, promoting this book. I’m so excited to be an author now.

Settle down there Carrie, I wouldn’t call yourself an author just yet. Did you even write this? Then she references her sex tape by saying that there is a message to spread to young women to never do anything you would never want your biggest fans to see. Wow, way to try to make your sex tape positive. I’m sorry, but there is no way to put a positive spin on a sex tape when your supposed to be involved in volunteering and saving the world. Paris Hilton can get away with this, but this is just an utter disappointment Carrie. Seriously, why is there always a sex tape involved?

-Annie H.

Facebook is Your "Get Out of Jail Free" Card

Your Facebook status can be an alibi to keep your butt out of jail. Rodney Bradford's status proved to be a reliable alibi when he was accused and jailed for robbery. It was the time stamp and location of where the status was updated that proved it was impossible for him to have been at the scene of the crime.

I guess it's cool that something simple like that can keep you from getting wrongly convicted of a crime, but are we losing our right to privacy in the process? I understand that yes if you put something on the internet it is basically out there forever for the world to see and use as it so pleases, but it kind of sucks too.

We use the internet for everything even though we know that it's not really safe to do so. We pay our bills online, check our bank accounts online, shop online, read up on celebrity gossip, and chat with friends on Facebook. It kind of makes you think, what did our grandparents and those before them do without advanced technology? Today, WE ARE our computers, our iPods, and our cell phones. If one breaks we feel like a part of us is missing, but if it keeps me out of jail I guess I can live with that.

-Rachel