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Joan Collins Still Looking Hot, Calls Mario Lopez “Cute, But Not Beautiful!” – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Joan Collins you are still a beautiful naughty woman! And we love you for it!

With an acting career spanning over 50 years, the legendary British and ever-oh-so-glamorous-yet-so-devilish Joan Collins stopped by the Grove in Los Angeles to have a chat with Mario Lopez of Extra.

Best known to American audiences as the vixen Alexis Colby in the long-running ABC television series Dynasty, as well as being a favorite of Star Trek fans for her appearance as Edith Keeler in the Star Trek episode “The City on the Edge of Forever”, Ms. Collins looked just as beautiful to me as she did in the 80’s.

Joan walked onto the Extra set in a stunning off-white coat, off-white dress, off-white cap, off-white gloves and off-white shoes, making all heads turn. She has an undeniable presence. Even fellow-Brit Simon Cowell would admit that Joan has the “It Factor!”

On her recent role playing David Spade’s mom on CBS’ Rules of Engagement:
“The description of her is ‘dripping in jewels, and slightly crazy.’ So I said, I can do that!”

On her upcoming one-woman show in NYC, One Night with Joan: 
“It’s a series of outrageous stories about Richard Burton, Bette Davis, Paul Newman and the Dynasty cast of course. Everybody.” [Show plays @ NYC’s Feinstein’s at Loews Regency Ballroom, November 16-27.]
On whether she had to ever do the casting couch:
“I was asked but never did and never would and no one else should!”
On the most beautiful celeb she ever met:
“Ava Gardner.”
On the controversy of her calling Jennifer Aniston “cute” but not “beautiful”:
“I was given a list to pick from on who I thought was cute and who I thought was beautiful and I said Sandra Bullock, Kate Hudson and Jennifer are cute. [Then she turned to Mario and said by way of example:] Your’re cute; you’re not beautiful! But you’re cute.”

Watch the video of Joan talking about her “most embarrassing moment”:



Red Hot Chili Peppers Hold Rare Book Signing At Barnes & Noble – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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Red Hot Chili Peppers stopped at Barnes & Noble Thursday located at The Grove in Los Angeles for a fan meet and greet for the release of their new book, Red Hot Chili Peppers:  An Oral/Visual History.

Fans were lined up for hours for the chance to meet Michael “Flea” Balzary, Anthony Kiedis, and Chad Smith and to get their idols’ autographs on the newly-purchased books. Continue reading →

Brooke Burke Dishes About Dancing With The Stars And Her New Book, The Naked Mom – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Brook Burke, co-host of Dancing with the Stars was at The Grove, to meet up with Mario Lopez of Extra and to answer fan questions.


On Dancing with the Stars:
“Tensions are high. We are more than half way through and everyone has that trophy in sight, and nobody wants to go home.”

On Paparazzi:
“The paparazzi are everywhere and waiting for those awkward moments. I always have a spare baseball hat in the car just in case.”

On title of her new book, The Naked Mom:
“I’m not naked. It’s naked in the sense that it’s motherhood revealed.”




On staying in shape:
“I am really into  working out at home. Video game workouts are my favorite and my new obsession is Your Shape Fitness Revolved. Basically, you are watching yourself on the screen next to a personal trainer.”


On what is tougher, hosting DWTS or dancing as a contestant:
“Nothing is harder than dancing on the show. It’s 7 days a week. It’s blood sweat and tears.”



Here is a quick video of Mario Lopez and Brook Burke dancing:

Cast of NBC’s Newest Comedy “Outsourced” Surprises With Gag Gifts! EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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The cast of NBC’s newest comedy, Outsourced, Ben Rappaport (Todd Dempsy), Diedrich Bader (Charlie Davis, also OfficeSpace, Napoleon Dynamite), Parvesh Cheena (Gupta, also Barbershop), Pippa Black (Tonya, also Neighbours), and Rebecca Hazlewood (Asha, also Doctors), was at The Grove today, bringing gag gifts for Mario Lopez, host of Extra.

Outsourced is about the call center team located in India for the fictitious Mid America Novelties catalog-based company. The company sells novelty and gag gifts, which of course was the reason why Mario Lopez received such gifts as the toilet mug, fake throw up, and a rubber chicken from the cast.

Watch the video below and the full interview on Extra airing later to see the gag gifts.

I admit I love this show and find the relationships between the characters quite charming, despite the hot current touchy topic of outsourcing US jobs overseas.  It was a thrill that I happened to meet the cast and ride into the Extra set with them on the trolley serving The Grove (see video below). The cast all seem to be having a lot of fun both on and off the set and were extremely cool when it came time to taking their time meeting fans and taking pictures.  Outsourced airs on NBC, Thursday nights at 9:30/8:30C PM.
The Cast of Outsourced rolled into the interview on a trolley! Watch:


The Cast brought some of their famous gag gifts for Mario, such as a toilet mug and a rubber chicken! Watch:

The bag of gag gifts the cast brought with them to the Extra interview

Good Charlotte’s Benji And Joel Madden Sing Acoustic Song – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Good Charlotte brothers Joel and Benji Madden were at The Grove Tuesday to promote their brand new album, Cardiology, which was released on the same day. They stopped by Extra and Mario Lopez, and you can catch that interview soon on Extra.

Describing the sound of the new album to MTV News, Joel Madden said it would sound a lot like Blink-182. Joel Madden went on to say in the same MTV interview that “There’s nothing dance-y on the record, though, at all, which is different from our last one,” further implying a movement away from the sound of Good Morning Revival.

Joel Madden is engaged to Nicole Richie and the two have two children together. It appears that being a parent has affected the music on Cardiology.  Joel told PopEater: “[There’s] a song that I wrote for my daughter called ‘Harlow’s Song,’ and it was originally like a lullaby, and then [Benji] heard it and really liked it, and the guys heard it and they all liked it.  I’ve never written a song like that. It was pretty interesting. It’s like a straight love song for somebody. It’s a lullaby, and it ended up being on the record. I’ve never really had the ability to write songs like that. So I guess my life has changed a lot. “

Here they are performing their first single off of Cardiology, Like It’s Her Birthday:

Nancy O’Dell To Host Oprah’s New Show – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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Nancy O’Dell stopped by The Grove to say hello to Mario Lopez of Extra and to bring him a baby album gift filled with Mario’s childhood pics! O’Dell, a fifth generation scrap booker, has also written a book, Full of Life: Mom-to-Mom Tips, filled with tips for new moms.

O’Dell, along with accomplished stylist and television personality Carson Kressley will co-host Oprah Winfrey’s Your OWN Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star. Set to debut January 2011, the new competition series executive produced by Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice), is a nationwide search to discover television’s next big star. The winner of the competition will be awarded his or her own talk show to air on OWN.

The “OWN Show” competition will feature 10 contestants chosen from a combination of online submissions and in-person auditions. The television competition will feature participants taking part in challenges that will test whether they have what it takes to be the next big TV star. The winner of the television competition will win their own talk show to be produced for OWN.
Nancy ‘Dell showing Mario Lopez the contents of the baby book gift she brought for him.
Mario Lopez’ girlfriend, Courtney Mazza, looking at the baby book gift. And that is Mario’s baby Gia on the left.

Fans Attack Justin Bieber’s Car at The Grove Book Signing

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Justin Bieber came to The Grove for a book signing on Sunday. Well, it wasn’t so much a book signing. It was more of a book buying, you know, “buy the autobiography of this 16-year old so you could get a picture taken with the phenom.” No signatures would be allowed or had.

I contemplated for a second whether I should venture out to The Grove to go meet The Bieber only to witness for myself what this “swagger” is that Kim Kardashian and any girl under 12 thinks Bieber possesses. Then, I thought to myself, “Stay home. You don’t want to be trampled by a mob of screaming teenage girls.”

Wow, glad I listened to my inner chicken.

Watch this video (thanks to x17online) of what happened when The Bieber tried to leave The Grove!


Kyle Massey & Lacey Schwimmer Rock The Grove With Their Dance Moves – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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Animated. Playful. Hilarious. Talented. Those are the four adjectives I would use to describe Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer, known as Team Schmurgles on Dancing with the Stars.
Kyle and Lacey were at The Grove to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra. Kyle told Mario that he has absolutely no previous dance experience except for “The Jerk.” But thanked Lacey for changing him from “flab to fab!”
Lacey said there are six teams left on DWTS, and said out of those six teams there are three teams they call “Team Underdogs.” Team Underdogs are the teams with Kyle, Bristol Palin and Rick Fox.
Watch the full Extra interview next week!

In the meantime, watch Lacey show Mario how to dance!




And, watch Kyle and Lacey answer fans’ questions and watch the dance move Kyle invented:





How adorable are Lacey’s shoes?!

Lacey Schwimmer and me 🙂








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Animated. Playful. Hilarious. Talented. Those are the four adjectives I would use to describe Kyle Massey and Lacey Schwimmer, known as Team Schmurgles on Dancing with the Stars.

Kyle and Lacey were at The Grove to speak with Mario Lopez of Extra.  Kyle told Mario that he has absolutely no previous dance experience except for “The Jerk.”  But thanked Lacey for changing him from “flab to fab!”

Lacey said there are six teams left on DWTS, and said out of those six teams there are three teams they call “Team Underdogs,” teams with Kyle, Bristol Palin and Rick Fox.

Watch the full Extra interview next week!


In the meantime, watch Lacey show Mario how to dance!



And, watch Kyle and Lacey answer fans’ questions and watch the dance move Kyle invented:

How cute are Lacey’s shoes?

Lacy Schimmer and me 🙂

Stevie Wonder Surprises Fans At The Grove – EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS & VIDEO

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If you want to randomly run into a celebrity, you should start with no other place than The Grove in Los Angeles.

Every day, bigger and bigger stars are accidentally found roaming the beautiful outdoor shopping attraction.

Take today for example, I was walking around and all of the sudden, ran smack into one of the biggest musicians of all time: Stevie Wonder.

Extra TV broadcasts their shows from The Grove, and Mario Lopez was there as well and just as starstruck running into Stevie Wonder as I was. Check out the video: