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Ben Folds' indie cred disappears on The Sing-Off
It's always disheartening when you see musical heroes of your teens and twenties face the reality of the current state of the music biz, because the results are never pretty. Sting songs become credit card commercials. Prince goes on American Idol. Billy Corgan dates Jessica Simpson. Before you know it, you find yourself rocking out to "No New Tale to Tell" by Love and Rockets as it plays in the produce section of the ShopRite, wondering what happened to your youth.This is how I felt when I saw Ben Folds at the judges' table in NBC's The Sing-Off last night. Ben Folds Five's first two albums were among my favorites of the mid-'90s; they combined piano power pop with a snarky edge to make very funny, singable music. I played those CDs over and over again. So what was he doing judging these a cappella show choirs, looking like a shorter version of Rainn Wilson?
Nick Lachey to Host NBC's 'The Sing-Off'
Remember the short-lived series 'Don't Forget the Lyrics'? How about 'The Singing Bee,' hosted by 'N Sync alum Joey Fatone?Well, here comes one even shorter: According to PEOPLE, Nick Lachey will host the NBC series 'The Sing Off,' a four-night event in which eight groups of people will compete using only their voices.
"It's just them naked on stage," Nick Lachey said of his new gig.
Note to The Next Mrs. Bonaduce: Don't do it!
You'd think that celebrity couples would start getting the picture after a while. Don't do a reality show! It's just the death knell of any marriage, and I think you can probably name a few obituaries in that category: Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey, Hulk and Linda Hogan, and Danny and Gretchen Bonaduce, to name a few. PopEater is reporting that the Bonaduce's divorce is a done deal, and he has to shell out $16K a month in spousal and child support. Guess how he's going to earn the cash -- a dating reality show called The Next Mrs. Bonaduce!
Now, what girl in her right mind would participate in such a fiasco? I mean, I have to admit that I watched his show, Breaking Bonaduce, a few times, and was weirdly transfixed to his train wreck of a life.
High School Musical is hitting the beach
So, if you're a High School Musical fan and if you live in New York, New Jersey, or California, you're in luck. To promote the new reality series, High School Musical: Get in the Picture, ABC is hitting beaches on both coasts with free ice cream, games and prizes. The promotional tour will begin this weekend and continue all month leading up to the premiere of the series. The show, hosted by Nick Lachey, will feature talented teens from all over the U.S. as they compete for a chance to be in the next High School Musical. As if anything to do with High School Musical needed any more promotion...
The schedule for the tour is after the jump. High School Musical: Get in the Picture premieres on Sunday, July 20th from 8-9 p.m. on ABC.
ABC betting on Nick Lachey and High School Musical
Are you still trying to figure out what to do when all of your favorite programs leave the air for the summer? I was thinking about maybe going outside. I'm told it's nice. ABC has other plans for our eyeballs though. They've signed up Nick Lachey to host a new reality show (I know... boo reality) based on the hit Disney franchise, High School Musical.
At the moment the show is called High School Musical: Summer Session, but apparently that isn't official. Casting calls kick off this weekend, with a premiere set for June 20th. The network is obviously hoping to cash in on some of the success their sibling Disney has seen with the movies. I wouldn't be surprised to see Disney sweetheart Miley Cyrus guesting on the show to bring in her throngs of fans.
Talk Talk: Adam Sandler, Denis Leary, Sienna Miller
Charlie Rose: sports columnist Sally Jenkins - The Daily Show: Michael Moore (repeat)
- The Colbert Report: Doug Bailey (repeat)
- The Late Show With David Letterman: Sienna Miller, Michael Cera, and Interpol
- Jay Leno: Adam Sandler, Nikki Blonsky, and Silverchair
- Jimmy Kimmel Live: Nick Lachey and Reggie Bush
- Tavis Smiley: Luke Wilson and Marina Nemat (repeat)
- Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Denis Leary, Patton Oswalt, and Against Me
- The Late, Late Show With Craig Ferguson: Kara Cooney and Geoff Keith
- Last Call With Carson Daly: Joss Stone and David deRothschild
Nick and Jessica are legally single again
Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson finally made it legal . . . their divorce, that is. Papers filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last Friday make the singer/actors legally single once again. Officially, they now retain the status of "single, unmarried persons," according to the documents.
Nick and Jessica's fifteen minutes of fame began when they starred in the MTV reality show Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica. That newlywed feeling ended around Thanksgiving 2005, when the couple announced their separation. One month later Simpson filed for divorce after three years of marriage with Lachey and thousands of pages of tabloid speculation.
Since then, Simpson has appeared with Miss Piggy in a series of Pizza Hut commercials and jumped on the infomercial bandwagon to promote Proactiv skin cream. Meanwhile, Lachey released a CD back in May entitled What's Left of Me, in which he sings about the couple's painful breakup.
Run, children, run! Jessica Simpson wants to adopt
In hindsight, I guess we should have seen something like
this coming after her fantastic Pizza Hut promotion with Miss Piggy. Sigh.
After trying out singing, acting and marriage, 25-year-old Jessica Simpson is trying something else out . . .adoption. According to her publicist Ms. Simpson, who recently filed for divorce from actor/singer Nick Lachey, is considering adopting a child. Nothing has been finalized yet, but Jessica would like to adopt children before she has some on her own.
What? Isn't it usually the reverse unless there's some medical condition?
What seems to be the impetus for this decision is Simpson's choice of role models -- Angelina Jolie. Jessica says Jolie has done remarkable things to promote and increase international adoption. Then again, Jolie married Billy Bob Thorton and wore a vial of his blood around his next to signify their love.
Nick Lachey lands lead in CW pilot
I look forward to the day when news
articles about Nick Lachey stop linking him to Jessica Simpson. I bet he feels the same. In the meantime, Nick
Lachey has been cast as the lead in new sitcom pilot for The CW called, SheSaid/HeSaid. Lachey will play a
bachelor named Colin who lives in New York (where else?). The rest of the cast is still being lined up for the pilot
shoot, which begins in April.Nick Lachey seeking spousal support
Nick Lachey filed papers on friday in response to
Jessica's Dec. 16th divorce filing, reserving the right to request spousal support. Jessica's divorce filing requested
that she not be required to provide support but she's going to need a lawyer who can do some fancy footwork because
they didn't sign a prenuptial agreement. Her success is obviously based very much on the success of their show,
Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica on MTV. Jessica made more than $30 million last year.Sweeps stunts are tame in February
November sweeps stunts brought us stormtroopers on The
Apprentice, a live debate on The West Wing, a dead chick on Lost and Medium in 3-D. Why
are February ratings so tame? One word: Olympics.NBC is expected to kick some television tail when it covers the Olympics every single night from February 10-26. Going into this month, the networks are touting some pretty uninteresting guest stars on the shows that need a boost. And that's about it. Oh, there is also going to be some sh*t going down on The O.C., but you don't want the spoilers, do you?
Here are some highlights for February sweeps, which began yesterday and run through March 1:
Teen 'Malcolm' star buys Simpson-Lachey pad
When you're 19 years old and you can afford to blow $3.75 million on a house - the house
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey lived in, and where the gloriousness that was The Newlyweds was filmed - life
must feel pretty sweet. Justin Berfield, who plays the bullying
middle son on Malcolm in the Middle, bought the Simpson-Lachey house for an undisclosed sum. The house was
listed for $3.75 million.
I remember seeing Frankie Muniz, who plays Malcolm, on The Tonight Show several years ago, when he was 15 - he was talking to Jay Leno about his car collection, and Leno (along with me and all the other hard-working schmucks out there) was marveling that this kid who couldn't even drive yet was collecting these very spendy cars. Now another Malcolm kid buys a mansion. Geez, I guess I should've pursued that whole "land a part in a popular sitcom" path when I was a kid.
Simpson-Lachey house up for sale
Hey, want to take a piece of the Nick and Jessica break-up with you? Well, now you can! The Newlyweds
house (the one that they used for their MTV reality series) is now up for sale for a cool $3.5 million. It's got five
bedrooms, 6,500 sq. feet, a pool, music studio, a screening room, and the lingering smell of Jessica Simpson's gas. So
if you've got a couple million in pocket-change to fork over, have at it...Aniston gives thanks
For a while, the nastiest mess in Hollywood was the Aniston-Pitt-Jolie triangle, but
then Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey popped up and said, "Hey! We can't stand each other so we're getting a
divorce!" (or something along the lines of that). The press, who had a field day (months, really) with Aniston's
ruined love life, started chasing after Simpson and Lachey. Aniston reportedly said,
"I'm just grateful to poor Jessica Simpson for taking some of the heat off me."Wow. Aniston makes it sound like Simpson purposely gave up her dignity (or what was left of it) to distract the press. Yes, Jen, Jessica ruined her own marriage just so you could have a break from the extra cameras pressed against the window of Fred Segal. Send a thankful muffin basket to her and shop in peace.
Nick & Jessica: it's getting ugly
What is it about these two that makes everybody (myself included) go nuts? For months before
their official announcement that they are getting a
divorce, the tabloids were constantly declaring their marriage to be over. And now, a month later, it's still front
page fodder. Maybe it's the fact that Nick and Jessica's publicists seem to be holding divorce proceedings in the court
of public opinion. A recent poll by People magazine has Jess's approval rating (she has an approval rating?) way down.
71% of People readers think the break-up is Jessica's fault and 76% of Star readers agree. In response to that news,
Jessica's publicist has reportedly been calling newspapers and spreading nasty rumors about Nick's cheating and his
hiring of a new manager to help him get some of Jessica's assets.Here's a quick rundown of all the other Nick and Jessica stories out there since the big announcement:
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