Fussy fashionista Mr. Blackwell has unleashed his "Worst Dressed List" for 2002, and his latest critical spitefest makes Joan Rivers look downright sweet. He calls Meg Ryan a "swap-meet fashion wreck." Scantily-clad celebs also take a hard hit this year: Shakira is labeled "overwrought and underdressed" in "Madonna's old clothes," while Christina Aguilera's "bimbo bombs wouldn't cover a gnat." And as for Kelly Osbourne, she's pegged a "fright-wigged baby doll" in "Ozzy's hand-me-downs." Well, &!$# you!
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Nielsen estimates that 18.6 million viewers watched the premiere of Fox's limited-run reality series Joe Millionaire on Monday. It was the network's best Monday night performance since 1995... Susan Sarandon has reportedly expressed interest in playing Bette Davis in an upcoming A&E biopic about the screen icon... Gary Oldman is in talks to play wizard Sirius Black in the third Harry Potter flick, Prisoner of Azkaban... Madonna has agreed to serve as a presenter at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, airing Jan. 19 on NBC.
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An Appalachian advocacy group is blasting CBS's upcoming reality show The Real Beverly Hillbillies. The Kentucky-based Center for Rural Strategies took out ads in several major newspapers Tuesday criticizing the series for mocking "low-income rural folks." The show — which places a rural family in a Beverly Hills mansion — is slated to debut sometime in the spring or summer.
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After six years of foreplay, Sex and the City is about to climax. HBO announced Tuesday that the Emmy-winning comedy's upcoming two-part sixth season will be its last. Twenty more episodes of Sex will be shot, twelve of which will begin airing in June, with the remaining eight running in early 2004. In other HBO news, the network has renewed The Wire for a second season and production on the third season of Six Feet Under is currently underway. Additionally, HBO will premiere its new David Milch-produced Western Deadwood in 2004.
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Avril Lavigne committed a major gaffe at Tuesday's Grammy nominations announcement. While reading off the nominees for best male rock vocal performance, the 18-year-old Canadian crooner mispronounced David Bowie's name. Instead of calling the veteran rocker Bowie (like doughy), she referred to him as Bowie (like Howie). "I knew that was going to happen," Lavigne later told The Associated Press. "I knew I was going to pronounce someone's name wrong." Raphael Saadiq we could understand, but David Bowie?!?! For a list of the major nominees, click here.
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Sitcom star Bernie Mac has signed on to play a former baseball player lured out of retirement in the Disney comedy Mr. 3000, Variety reports. Mac's character returns to the game when three of his past base hits are disallowed, dropping him below the 3,000-hit plateau.
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Guitarist Kevin MacMichael — the '80s rocker who co-founded Cutting Crew with singer Nick Van Eede — has died of lung cancer at 51. They're best known for their Grammy-nominated hit single "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" back in 1987. And a damn fine song it was.
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Farscape fans, take heart: The Sci Fi Channel is as upset over the show's untimely demise as you. "We never wanted to cancel it," Sci Fi president Bonnie Hammer tells TV Guide Online. "[But] the ratings had softened, and it was getting increasingly expensive to produce. We just couldn't make the financial deal." For the complete story, including Hammer's thoughts on a Farscape TV movie, click here.
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