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My friend Josh got hooked up with passes to the premiere of Sony/Columbia’s Spider-Man 3. Of course I jumped at the chance to go, even though it is in QUEENS! (Peter Parker is from Queens lol)

We trekked over on the R train, along with what seems like a migration of New York entertainment industry folks. I mean normally we would never be caught dead leaving the island of Manhattan for anything! lol

When we got there it was hectic. I mean there were spectators, paparazzi, plus what seems like a thousand guests all having the same “do you know who I am?” attitude. We were happy to roll through red-carpet-VIP-style, pretending we were real celebrities as MTV’s Gideon Yago and others waited in line.

Then as we were walking in, the security asked us to check in our CELLPHONE and CAMERA!! Bummer, no bootlegging movie clips using my camera phone. Nor could I take a picture with Tobey and the rest of the cast as they walked around the hall mingling with the guests. But they did offer us free drinks and popcorn

The movie was intense. Two and half hours long. It ties in all the story lines and loose ends from the previous two installments, while introducing 2 new villans as well as like 3 different love triangles… wheew!

It’s a little cheesy at times, and we learned that Spider-Man loves America (you’ll understand what I mean towards the end right before he jumps into battle with the Sand-Man and the Venom). Go see the movie on Friday when it comes out! It’ll be a fun time as long as you don’t try to judge it like at the Oscars.

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Will Farrell is on top of the world, with his new movie Blades of Glory heating up the box office and all. You would think this guy has not a worry in the world… until you watch this video clip of his confrontation with his landlord…

It’s hilarious. Enjoy!

So after a very controversial year at the View, Rosie O’Donnell has announced that she will be leaving the show in June, supposedly because her and ABC couldn’t reach an agreement on her contract extension. She negotiated for another year while ABC wanted a three-year extension. Plus inside source has said that “there had also been a wide difference between the salary she was seeking and what the network was willing to pay.”

It seems for now The Donald has won the battle. Back in December, Rosie and Trump had a very publicized feud (see the full chronology in my previous post). The View’s executive producer Barbara Walters has said on the program earlier today that having Rosie on the show for the last year has been “exciting, fun-filled, and provocative.”

So did Rosie get fired or did she quit? Who cares?! But it’s kinda sad that she use to be so cool and funny on her own show - before she came out. Now she just seems like an angry lesbian that hates everyone and attacks everyone on the show. Not Hot.

Sanjaya Malakar has to be one of the most odd phenomenon on Fox’s hot show American Idol. He’s not talented (he knows it himself), in fact, he’s known for how UNTALENTED he is. Yet for some odd reason he has had crazy staying power week after week. America keeps voting for him. Howard Stern even has a campaign trying to get everyone to vote for him just so Howard can prove what a joke the show really is.

It all came to a crashing end last night, as Sanjaya got vote off. Good riddance! He’s been NOT HOT for so long, he’s not even lukewarm anymore (as P Diddy would put it if he were to be asked on the topic lol)

Here’s the video of the moment of judgment… click to view the video

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Drew Carey has a new pilot for CBS.  It’s a Game Show called “The Power of Ten“.  It’s a little bit like Who Wants to be a Millionaire and a little bit like Deal or No Deal.  In fact it’s produced by the same executive producer for Millionaire and Who’s Line.

We were invited to the taping for the pilot episodes earlier today.  Contestants compete against each other on a variety of survey questions ranging from “What percentage of people think Global Warming is not real?” to “What percentage of people doesn’t wear underwear?”  The contestants have to correctly estimate how the American public answer in the survey, locking in a “percentage”.  And in the final rounds, after eliminating the opponent, Drew Carey asks the finalist a series of 5 questions, which ranges in value of $1000 up to $10 million if you can correctly guess what the American public says in the survey!!

It’s a really good concept, and Drew is a lot of fun.  I keep sticking my head in the camera shots since I was sitting right behind him haha. Hope it airs and we can all see how stupid I look! lol

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There’s a new club in town called Runway, and we were asked to host the Grand Opening night. Guess who else came by and hosted the party? Non-other than Ashlee Simpson! Above are some pictures of Ashlee leaving the Ritz Carlton on her way to the club, and here’s also a video by TMZ showing Ashlee entering the club, escorted in by my favorite club manager Eugene.

Finally! One of the artist I’ve managed has a HUGE billboard in the middle of Time Square! Click on the image and check it out! Jaime is in the lower row, smack dead center in purple. What can I say but “HOTT!!” Now I just need to get one of my artist to win a Grammy and I’d be completely happy.

If you have no idea what I’m talking about, read my previous post about my artist Jaime being on the Search for the Next Pussycat Doll show.

R&B’s new rising star Ne-Yo came to New York and recorded a special intimate performance (for a lucky audience of 20) for MTV earlier this afternoon. He performed 5 songs, two from the last album, and three from his new upcoming album, including the new single “Because of You“.

(Click to see the video for “Because of You“)

We have the exclusive footage and pictures (shot on a cellphone cam!). Check them out and enjoy these exclusive previews before the real show comes out on MTV in a few weeks in time for his new album release on May 1.

(Click to see the video for “So Sick“)

(Click to see the video for “Time“)

BTW, Ne-Yo was seen wearing the same Prada blue-and-red sneakers that I had on!

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There’s a new show on the CW called Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll. And guess who’s on there? My favorite artist that I’ve ever managed - Jaime!!

I met Jaime at MTV and signed her to our management company K2 Entertainment since she was 17. We had a lot of synergy and a lot of momentum in the company back then. I was just newly free after just finished working on getting Dream’s single from their 2nd album onto MTV. We have this amazing Asian American singer girl that has a voice that can blow Christina Aguilera out of the water; we have a Soul/Rock singer guy that’s like a white version of James Brown and Lenny Kravitz combined; we have a rocker girl that’s can destroy Avril Lavigne…

And then there’s Jaime. She’s my favorite one out of everyone I’ve worked with. She has so much soul and texture and warmth in her voice. And she’s a genuinely nice person to work with or to hang out with. She’s from Philly so mom got her an apartment in the city to record with us and I was her manager, her friend, her big brother all in one. I still have some really awesome un-released recordings with her, including songs for a Christmas album lol.

So she went on the Pussycat Doll show (a little out of her norm, since she always said she’d never want to be in a group before). And she’s one of the better singers and dancers on the show, and the most drama-free (other than getting a stomach virus and puking in the first show lol) But Robin Antin, the creator and judge on the show keeps saying to her that she has a confidence problem and she needs to be more confident, and they keep showing whatever clips they have for that. It was getting a little ridiculous. I mena just because they can’t find any good reason to kick her off the show (since she has no drama, she probably doesn’t make for “good TV”). I feel like they really just forced this steroetypical “not confident” B.S. on Jaime for the show. Out of all the years I’ve worked with her, and all the A-list producers and people working at MTV and media, NOBODY has EVER said Jaime lacks confidence!

Well she’s better off not on the show anyway. I mean The Pussycat Dolls? Come on! To say that dancing in your underwear and singing “Don’t Cha wish your girlfriend was a Freak like me” is a bit of a stretch of “Women Empowerment”.

Next week Jaime should be back in New York after her interviews in LA. I think we are going to do an exclusive interview for her on my other site Kiwibox.com and maybe I’ll find some old music clips to embarass her a bit lol. For now here’s an interview from the CW.

It’s Saturday.  It’s The Plumm.  And It’s my friend Gen’s birthday party!!

Chris Noth (Mr. Big from Sex and The City) is one of the celebrity owners of The Plumm (along with Joey Mcintyre and Damon Dash lol)

So my birthday gift to Gen (lol not that I arranged it or anything, it just happened!) was like a 4 way make-out session with Mr. Big and two other of our girlfriends (one of which is my best friend Amy, um hmm)

So since it’s all in the same family, we are going to cut Mr. Big a little slack and not post any incriminating pictures up lol.

Wild nights at The Plumm!