(andPOP) - Hollywood awards season is in full swing, what with the Academy Award
nominees announced today and all. We can only hope and pray for some
Kanye West-eque shenanigans to make it all worth while.
Who should you be watching at the Oscars?
The Queen's Helen Mirren for best actress,
Dreamgirls' Jennifer Hudson for best supporting actress,
Babel for best picture, and Martin Scorsese for his direction of
The Departed. How sweet is it that young Abigail Breslin of
Little Miss Sunshine got a nom for best supporting actress? And how hot that both Leo DiCaprio and Ryan Gosling are up for best actor? I would love Canadian boy Ryan to win, but Leo is in dire need of an Oscar.
Even
Borat got a nomination. Sacha Baron Cohen's mockumentary is up for best adapted screenplay. If it wins, I'll throw two Oscar parties because, to be frank, that would be a sexy time.
So there was lots going on in the second homes of many celebs this past week. I am, of course, referring to rehab centres. Lindsay Lohan
checked in to Wonderland Center, though she has been in and out for obligatory trips to AA meetings. LiLo's mom, who could easily take the craziest Hollywood parent award away from
Joe Simpson, has been taking full advantage of Linds' rehab stint to get her own crusty face more exposure.
Anyway, it's apparently sexy actor
James Franco who drove LiLo to rehab in the first place. Apparently the smokin' actor rejected the train-wreck teen. Atta boy, Franco. You, I, and the free world knows you can do better.
Even though Lindsay
will be MIA from her upcoming
Chapter 27 movie premiere, she isn't letting her shining star fade. She was photographed for a series of
ads for fashion house Miu Miu. Rocking her natural red hair (!) and posing like a porcelain doll, Lindsay looked almost unrecognizable in early sneak peeks of the campaign; meaning she didn't look coked out or like she had dunked herself in a vat of tanning lotion.
My once-upon-a-time country music crush Keith Urban
was released from rehab himself this past week. Upon release, Keith was free to return to his
husband wife, Nicole Kidman, who he called "extraordinarily strong and loving." Uh huh. Sorry, Keith, but not even your catchy new single "Stupid Boy" can re-kindle my love for you. Over-exposure ain't always a good thing. Neither is naming your latest, unpromoted album something craptastically artsy.
I've still got my other cowboys, though. Garth Brooks. Tim McGraw. And Dierks Bentley - who recently ruined himself by
chopping off his gloriously boyish locks for his latest music video.
One more country music bit. Cutie
Carrie Underwood is denying she and Dallas Cowboy Tony Romo are a thing. Woman, if you haven't hooked up with that
quarterback yet, what are you waiting for? This reminds me -- apparently New England Patriots hottie Tom Brady is
being pursued by super-freakin'-model Gisele Bundchen, of all people. God, it must be nice.
Well, I almost made it through a column without mentioning Britney Spears. Almost.
Britney no doubt thought she was freakin’ hilarious when she tried to trick the ‘razzi into thinking she had broken up with Federline look-alike Isaac Cohen. Alas, the star-crossed luvas are still together.
Britney took her
only oldest son, Sean,
out shopping with her for some lingerie to wear for Sean and Jayden’s new daddy and her new plaything. That’s effin-class, if you ask me. Britney reportedly told the haggle on scene that she was picking up something extra skankalicious for Isaac and that he wished he could have been there. If you didn’t just shudder, slap yourself.
P.S.
Here are some photos of singers John Mayer and Jessica Simpson loving life and each other at Hollywood spot Nobu. They are so boring together that the best part is the J.Simps titty shot.
