Uncle Jesse and Aunt Becky Reunited

How great is this picture!?! PageSix.com caught the Full House alums leaving a party together in Beverly Hills Thursday night. (link) While The Blot never needs much of an excuse to post about Uncle Jesse, I thought this mini-reunion photo was too good not to share. Now we just need to get John Stamos to hook Lori Laughlin up with a cameo on ER next season for a legit prime time Full House reunion!

Heath Ledger Found Dead In His NYC Apartment

Heath Ledger, the Oscar nominated Australian actor, was found dead today at 3:35 PM ET in his downtown Manhattan residence. The NYPD is stating that the death is possibly drug related. Ledger, best known for his work in A Knight’s Tale, Monster’s Ball, and Brokeback Mountain, was 28 and is survived by his 2 year old daughter Matilda with fellow actress Michelle Williams (Dawson’s Creek, Brokeback Mountain). (link, link)

Initially, the New York Times was reporting that the apartment Ledger was found dead in was owned by fellow celebrity Mary Kate Olsen, but that Heath had been living there. That erroneous report has since been denied by Olsen’s publicist. (link) For more details on how his death was discovered please click here, here or here.

Here are some interesting quotes from an AP article appearing on USA Today.com:

Curiosity about Ledger's final performance will likely stoke further interest in the summer blockbuster. Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan said this month that Ledger's Joker would be wildly different from Nicholson's. "It was a very great challenge for Heath," Nolan said. "He's extremely original, extremely frightening, tremendously edgy. A very young character, a very anarchic presence that taps into a lot of our basic fears and panic."

Ledger told The New York Times in a November interview that he "stressed out a little too much" during the Dylan film and had trouble sleeping while portraying the Joker, whom he called a "psychopathic, mass-murdering, schizophrenic clown with zero empathy."

"Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night," Ledger told the newspaper. "I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going." He said he took two Ambien pills, which worked for only an hour, the paper said. (link)

What a sad, sad loss. I’m at a loss for words considering I’ve blogged so much about Ledger and his upcoming role as The Joker in The Dark Knight the past few months. He was a very talented actor and still had a long, distinguished career ahead of him. I have always enjoyed his work and was really looking forward to his latest performance. I really hope his death is not drug related, but as we’ve seen too many times before, for some reason drugs and young performers seem to go hand in hand. It's such a shame too, because we’ve already lost so many talented young artists to drugs and it doesn’t seem to be letting up any time soon. As details leak out, I’ll update this post with more information.

Matt Roloff Found Not Guilty

Last Thursday Matt Roloff, patriarch of the Roloff family made famous by their four seasons on the The Learning Channel (TLC) television show Little People, Big World, was found not guilty of drunken driving by a Washington County judge. (link) The judge had to take over the much publicized trial of Roloff, local celebrity and owner of Roloff Farms, after finding jury misconduct. According to a report by The Oregonian, “jurors disobeyed [the Judge’s] order not to look up anything about the case.” (link) Evidently it was exposed that jurors went to the internet to find out additional information beyond what was submitted in the case.

For those of you not familiar with the show or the case, Little People, Big World follows the daily lives of the six member Roloff family who live on a 30+ acre pumpkin farm outside of Portland, Oregon and are gradually transforming the land into an adventure land type theme park with giant tree houses and other play sets being constructed on the property. (link) Matt and his wife Amy have four children, twins Zach and Jeremy (16), Molly (13) and Jacob (9). What makes the show unique is that Matt, Amy and Zack have the condition dwarfism while the Roloff’s other three children are average height. Matt and Amy attempt to “dispel stereotypes of dwarfism and show a wholesome, loving environment” by inviting the audience to view their everyday lives. (link)


As for the case, Roloff was “was stopped shortly before midnight June 19 on a rural Washington County road after a sheriff's deputy followed his van leaving a bar and weaving over the lane lines. Roloff testified…that he had one beer at home the night he was arrested, only dropped off a friend in the Rock Creek Cafe & Pub parking lot and was not drunk. He said he was tired from a cross-country RV trip that was taped for the show and had trouble driving his wife's van because her pedal extensions fit differently than his.” (link)

I for one hate hearing stories of drunken driving and believe after reading The Oregonian article that more likely than not Roloff was driving while intoxicated. If I’m wrong and Roloff is innocent, then I’m very glad he was acquitted. But “the judge found Roloff guilty of refusing to take the breath test and not staying in his lane of travel, and fined him $742 for the violations and $103 in court fees.” (link) Also, because of “Oregon's 'implied consent' law, Roloff's driver's license was suspended for three years because he refused to take a breath test after his June arrest and had gone through a previous drunken-driving diversion program within the past five years. Even though he was found not guilty in the current case, Roloff cannot get his license back any sooner.” (link) All of these items combined make me very skeptical of whether Roloff was actually drunk that night. In the end, if he was driving while intoxicated that evening then he got very lucky and I hope he has finally learned a lesson from this public battering of his image. Regardless of guilt or innocence, his reputation has taken a big hit. Unfortunately, it’s nothing another season of Little People, Big World can’t clean up for him.

At the conclusion of season 4 of Little People, Big World, TLC announced that season 5 will focus on Matt’s drunken driving arrest, the subsequent trial and its verdict. Tune in sometime in 2008 for the newest seasons of Little People, Big World to find out more!

Reese Witherspoon Refuses Sex Scene With Vince Vaughn

Cinematical is reporting that things are not all hunky-dory on the set of the upcoming holiday romantic comedy Four Christmases starring Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn. According to the report the movie’s stars are at each other’s throats and have been feuding for a while. Evidently it all began with both actors upset over the other’s approach to movie making, “Witherspoon didn't like the fact that Vaughn would show up to the set unprepared, laid-back and ready to improv (after a long night at the bar), while Vaughn seemed pissed that Witherspoon refuses to lighten up and go with the flow.” (link) Now things on the Four Christmases set have gotten even worse and Reese is now refusing to perform a scripted sex scene between her character and Vaughn’s. (link) According to Cinematical, a spy from the set is reporting that “Reese has an issue with the scripted love scene. It is meant to be a funny, American Pie-style romp, full of bumps and laughs, but Reese is of such a prude, she thinks it's just too much.” (link)

The Blot will tell you what’s too much for him, the fact that Reese Witherspoon can’t get over herself. I don’t know what Vince Vaughn is like in person, but I can tell you what he’s like on screen…pure comedy gold. It’s been a long time since the man made a bad film, probably since he tried to go all serious actor on us and made the horrific Psycho remake and those two kinda boring movies with Joaquin Phoenix, Clay Pigeons and Return To Paradise. Can any of our readers tell me what the last two movies Reese Witherspoon has made? If not it’s ok, you like most of America never saw them. They were Penelope with Christina Ricci and James McAvoy and Rendition with her new beau Jake Gyllenhaal. It just seems like Vaughn’s style connects with the American public while Reese is in sort of a career rut. So my advice to her is to try and go with the flow more and pull out a winner because your career could use the rebound. You can’t live off Legally Blonde and Walk The Line forever.

For those interested, Four Christmases centers around Witherspoon and Vaughn’s married couple running “the Christmas Day gauntlet as they strain to visit their divorced parents’ four separate households.” (link) Four Christmases is directed by Seth Gordon (King of Kong) and also stars Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Dwight Yoakam, Mary Steenburgen, Jon Favreau and Tim McGraw. (link)

Olsen Twins and Uncle Jesse Hit The Town

There is just something about this Page Six report that makes The Blot feel really uncomfortable.


The thought of Danny Tanner and Uncle Jesse out on the town drinking with sweet little Michelle doesn't freak me out near as much as the thought of Bob Saget, one of the dirtiest comedians around, and John Stamos (ER) going out to party with two girls, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, they've known since they were babies.

Jessica Alba Is What!?!

According to a People.com exclusive, Jessica Alba, 26, is pregnant. The Blot knows at least one special reader who is going to be very upset with this news. Now all those years spent watching Dark Angel over and over again on DVD and sitting through dreck like Good Luck Chuck and Awake won’t pay off in that long distance romance he was hoping for.



Alba and her boyfriend Cash Warren, 28, met on the set of The Fantastic Four, a movie so bad I still can’t figure out how it warranted a sequel. Alba stared in the movie while Warren was a director’s assistant. This does give hope to director’s assistants around the globe that they too can woo a big time Hollywood starlet, impregnate her and live off her fame (and fortune) for years to come. Not that that’s what Warren is doing of course, I’m sure they’re very in love, but I’m assuming the thought is now running through the heads of director’s assistants everywhere. Reese Witherspoon beware!

The Thin Red Line Between News and Gossip

The Blot had a request a few weeks back for more posts about “rumors” as one particular reader put it. I’m assuming the Russian Space Station (as she is commonly referred to) meant gossip, but since The Blot won’t go that low here’s some recent headlines that caught my attention and maybe fall somewhere in between News, Gossip and pointless Ramblings by me.

1. Buffy No More?

Us Weekly is reporting that Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar has legally changed her name. I know this is a shocker for many because who doesn’t love the three name moniker? I tried to pull it off but “The Blot Says…” just doesn’t roll off the tongue like “The Blot” does. The story is that for her and hubby Freddie Prinze, Jr.’s fifth wedding anniversary, SMG had her last name officially changed to Prinze. No word on whether or not Gellar will use Prinze professionally or stick with her signature three part name. (Zap2it.com) Gellar’s latest movie Southland Tales, written and directed by Donnie Darko’s Richard Kelly and also staring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Seann William Scott and Justin Timberlake arrived in select theaters this past weekend.

2. Acclaimed Filmmaker Kevin Smith Finds His Leads



Variety is reporting that The Blot’s favorite writer/director and creator of all things ViewAskew (Clerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma) Kevin Smith has cast the lead roles in his new film Zack & Miri Make A Porno. The role of Zack will be played by newly christened comedy super star Seth Rogen (Knocked Up, Superbad, 40-Year-Old Virgin) and the role of Miri will be played by Elizabeth Banks (Invincible, 40-Year-Old Virgin). Smith hasn’t had much success with movies not centered in the ViewAskew universe, i.e. Jersey Girl, but hopefully this film will be able to showcase Smith’s unique style of writing and comedy genius. (Link)

3. Japan wants Panettiere…and not for a celebrity appearance.

When The Blot saw this one the first thing I thought was “What?” Evidently Heroes’ star Hayden Panettiere traveled to Japan and joined a group of Americans and Australians to protest the slaughter of Dolphins and Whales by Japanese fisherman. (Link) I’m guessing they knew they were breaking some laws because the article says they hightailed it out of Japan as soon as the protest was over. Now Japan has a warrant out for Panettiere. Normally I’d side with Panettiere and against animal cruelty but if it means getting rid of the cheerleader’s horrible storyline in Heroes this year maybe we should extradite her. HAHA, The Blot’s just kidding…but only because Heroes has gotten so much better in the last few weeks.

4. Celebrity Apprentice Contestants Announced

I, like most of America, used to love The Apprentice. Then sometime after the second season and before the end of the third season the show lost its allure. I’m not sure why exactly, it could be any number of reasons…whether I just got tired of Donald Trump, or the contestants just weren’t as appealing, or (and I think this might be the real reason) the show just got played out and was no longer original. Then again it could be because the competitions seemed to just be rehashed and the product placement became unbearable. Regardless when I heard there was going to be a celebrity edition my interest got piqued again. That is until the lineup came out.


You know a show has hit rock bottom when it’s draining the Reality TV landscape for contestants. At one time The Apprentice was on top of the Neilson ratings…that time has definitely passed us by. I don’t know if this counts as “celebrity” in your book, but bringing back first season contestant/Surreal Life cast member Omarosa just doesn’t cut it. Stephen Baldwin is kind of a name, but after seeing him embarrass himself on Celebrity Mole for a few seasons his allure is pretty tarnished too. About the only person I’m excited to see compete is former heavyweight boxing champ Lennox Lewis, who always came across as a pretty bright guy. If you’d like to read through the full list of contestants, which includes the likes of Kiss front man Gene Simmons (who also has his own reality TV show, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, on A&E) and Olympic gold medalist softball pitcher Jennie Finch, you can check out the Yahoo article here.

Thanks to Whitney at Pop Candy for a few of these headlines...you can find headlines like these every week day at USA Today's Pop Candy blog.

Headlines That Baffle The Blot

1. Lance Armstrong & Ashley Olsen’s Latest N.Y. Hookup (Link)

Many of The Blot’s fans know that I have, for many years now, had a great admiration for the Olsen Twins’ work. The Blot has tried to support them through thick and thin…the rumors of anorexia, drug use, excessive partying, etc. The Blot’s support has never waned. Until now that is. This is just gross. Maybe it’s all in my head, but the thought of LiveStrong Lance with little Michelle Tanner gives me the heebie jeebies.


2. Reid Has No Plans to Leave Eagles Despite Judge’s Criticism (Link)

Is Andy Reid, head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, the only one who doesn’t get it? Given the judge may have been out of line with some of the things he said and maybe he didn't know the whole story, but still, these two kids of Reid’s seem pretty out of control and I have to think his credibility with his players is at an all time low. If a player was caught dealing drugs, brandishing weapons, driving under the influence and smuggling drugs into prison I’m pretty sure they would be banned from the NFL for life. Obviously it wasn’t Coach Reid committing these offenses but I have to imagine it is taking its toll on him, the team and the entire organization. The best thing he can do is take a temporary leave of absence to help his children and let the Eagles try to find their way through their already tumultuous season.

3. Sources say Alex Rodriguez was looking for a $350 Million Dollar Deal from the Yankees (Link)

Say what!?! Is this guy kidding? A-Rod is good, no wait he’s great. On second thought he is absolutely amazing. But no way, no how is this guy worth $350 Million Dollars. I’d feel better giving that much to a stud pitcher. At least a pitcher, in theory, can win a game on his own. A-Rod is still the player who has brought a cloud of losing with him to every team he’s been on since leaving Seattle. He should try winning a championship before talking about those staggering kinds of numbers. That contract would have been the most ridiculous American sports contract in the history of sports contracts. Besides, A-Rod definitely doesn't need to give the general public another reason to dislike him.

4. Music Label EMI Will Crack Down On Artists (Link)


While it’s probably a good thing one of the big music labels has finally decided to clean house and try to right its sinking ship, I would file this headline under “Too Little, Too Late.” It’s great that EMI wants to crack down on advances and crack down on artists they view as not pulling their own weight, but much of the blame and outrageousness of how artists are paid and dealt with can be attributed right back to the record labels. No other industry is handled as horribly as the music industry and these same labels had no problem doing it this way for decades. Of course back then the labels used these same business practices to routinely screw over their talent and make millions off them in the process. Now that albums don’t sell as well the artists are to blame? Seems to me there is still a demand for good music, just not what the music labels are trying to sell.