Snookin' for Rights
· Spiritually, Jersey Shore's Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi belongs to all of us. But the name "Snooki" now belongs officially to her, says a hilarious new legal document. [Smoking Gun]
· Just a second, Darius Rucker: Kevin Eubanks says he'll still work part-time on The Tonight Show. That makes him TV's first part-time guffawer since the eight steeds who played Mr. Ed. [People]
· Eliminated American Idol contestant Shelby Dressel will appear on Ellen DeGeneres's talk show. Kris Allen, an American Idol winner, has been drafted to Haiti. [Zap2It]
· Someone somewhere believes Ewan McGregor does a good job of being naked on the silver screen. I tend to salute that person. [Cinema Blend]
· Nikki Finke claims the upcoming Oscars tribute to John Hughes will feature a number of the director's actors, including a onetime hostile Alec Baldwin. [Deadline]
· Speaking of Finke, her name alone qualifies her for consideration in a Star Wars film. [Chud]
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1. The rest of the cast is trying to get the copyright on chlamydia.
2. He knows that after 7 months Jay will take over leading the band himself.
3. Feh.
4. It's not so much his nude scenes in movies I mind, it's when he does them at home, when mowing the lawn, is when I draw the line. Dammit Ewan! Put some pants on!
5. Which Hughes movie was Alec Baldwin in?
6. Imagine how much better Phantom Menace would have been if instead of Jar-Jar Binks we had Nikki giving biting commentary on Hollywood's business news.
The Star Wars prequels would have been so much better if Obi Wan had been nude a few times.