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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Camille Grammer Discusses Her Sexless, Cuddle-Free Marriage to Kelsey

In a candid interview on 'The Joy Behar Show,' Camille Grammer opened up about the end of her marriage to Kelsey. The soon-to-be divorcee claimed the two had not been intimate for over two years prior to their separation.

"I think we had a really good run of it. We were together for 14 years... What went wrong? I don't know. We didn't agree politically on everything," she laughed.

Joy then asked Camille about her "sexless" marriage to Kelsey, something she mentioned on 'The View' earlier in the day Monday.

"We tried, we just didn't mesh sexually," she admitted. "We weren't intimate, no."

The talk show host asked Camille who was to blame for the lack of chemistry in the boudoir, to which the 42-year-old former Playmate responded, "It could be both.... But (it was) more on his end."

Camille said she misses intimacy, and considers it "a really important part of a marriage."

"I love cuddling, (but) we didn't even do that. He was too busy watching 'Fox News.' He didn't even want to cuddle," she said.

The reality TV starlet has said she does believe she can find love again, but right now she's focused on raising her two children and finalizing her divorce with the 'Frasier' star.


Saturday, January 29, 2011

'Facts of Life' Actress Geri Jewell Comes Out, Discusses Her Cerebral Palsy

Geri Jewell, who is most famous for her role on 'The Facts of Life,' has written an inspiring new memoir, 'I'm Walking As Straight As I Can.' In the book, she opens up about the struggles of living with cerebral palsy and, for the first time, admits to being gay, Broadway World reports.

In her memoir, out April 1, Jewell reveals the discrimination she faced in Hollywood and her fear of revealing her "true sexual identity." The journey continues as she examines the struggles that almost ended her life, including tax problems, a broken marriage and drug addiction.

The actress and comedian made TV history on Dec. 24, 1980, becaming the first person with a disability to appear in a recurring role on primetime television, when she starred as cousin Geri on 'The Facts of Life.'



She has also appeared in the Emmy Award-winning television movie 'Two of a Kind,' '21 Jump Street,' 'The Young and the Restless' and, most recently, HBO's 'Deadwood' from 2003 to 2006.

Jewell has been the recipient of many awards, including the 1992 Founders Award, the 2005 Independent Living Legacy Award and the 2006 National Rehabilitation Hospital Victory Award.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

'Glee' Creator Ryan Murphy Says 'F**k You' to Kings of Leon, Discusses Show's Future

When 'Glee' returns Feb. 6 to Fox, it does so following television's biggest lead-in, the Super Bowl. The Hollywood Reporter spoke with 'Glee' creator Ryan Murphy, who says the upcoming episode's tagline-- "A big night of passes, fumbles and personal fouls-- is appreciated by both "adults and children: subversive but where the double entendres go over the heads of 8-year-olds."

Murphy gets almost all credit for the show's music choices. He says his only formula for considering the three to five songs that might appear in an episode is that they have to "offer something for everybody." The show pays a fee to the artist's label for the use of their song, although some, such as Eminem's 'Lose Yourself,' are too "jaw-droppingly expensive" to use.

Kings of Leon turned down an offer from 'Glee', and refused to license their music to the hit musical show. "F*** you, Kings of Leon," Murphy said heatedly. "They're self-centered a** holes, and they missed the big picture. They missed that a 7-year-old kid can see someone close to their age singing a Kings of Leon song, which will maybe make them want to join a glee club or pick up a musical instrument. It's like, OK, hate on arts education. You can make fun of 'Glee' all you want, but at its heart, what we really do is turn kids on to music."

The band's frontman Caleb Followill told THR, "This whole 'Glee' thing is a shock to us. It's gotten out of hand. At the time of the request, we hadn't even seen the show... This was never meant as a slap in the face to 'Glee' or to music education or to fans of the show. We're not sure where the anger is coming from."

Murphy admitted the show hasn't been without controversy, and addressed the racy GQ magazine spread that raised a lot of eyebrows. "I must be so liberal and out of touch because when I first saw that cover, I said to Gwyneth Paltrow, who was with me on set, 'Oh, Lea looks so pretty.' She said something like, 'Get ready.' It didn't cross my mind there would be this big controversy.... but I never judge the actors because I know they all felt bad about it," he said. "And I think all parties involved learned a lesson about how parents look to the show as something inspirational and aspirational. We all realized that we have to be a little more careful when it comes to sexuality."

With Murphy's contract up at the end of season 5 and the McKinley High School students due to graduate at some point, there is an end in sight to 'Glee' as we now know it. But Murphy is working to ensure 'Glee's' longevity by constantly introducing new characters and plot twists.

"Chord Overstreet was new and really caught on this season," Murphy said. "And Darren Criss has become one of our biggest recording stars ever. Next year, we'll add two to four new people and every year as the show continues. I won't be doing it forever--or past my agreement. Then it will become somebody else's dilemma."

Adele Discusses The Inspirational ‘Never Been Kissed’ And How She Met Ryan Tedder

Adele gave several comical anecdotes while sitting down for a track-by-track video rundown of her new album 21, which was released in the UK this week and is due out in the States on February 22. In particular, she talked about the song “One And Only,” which, Adele points out, is about a male friend she hasn’t been romantically involved with but is convinced she’ll marry one day.

“When I wrote the middle eight—it’s really cheesy,” she laughs. “The night before I wrote the middle eight I watched Never Been Kissed, with Drew Barrymore in it.” Uh oh.

The 22-year-old British songstress went on to explain how she got inspiration from the high school-themed 1999 romantic comedy.

“You know at the end when she describes being kissed as the whole world slows down and goes in slow motion, everything else goes blurry… I kind of see it like that,” she says in the song-by-song preview video. “Whenever I hear the bridge it really is sort of like that, and it’s quite epic. I mean, I don’t think Never Been Kissed is a particularly epic movie…”

Hey—speak for yourself, lady!



Adele also discussed how she came to work with Ryan Tedder on 21 track “Turning Tables” after a chance meeting.

“The Grammys in 2009—we were both staying in the same hotel,” she says. “I got in the elevator with about a hundred heart balloons. Then Ryan got in as well and all he could hear is my cackle, which I think has become a bit infamous. And he was kind of searching through the balloons to find me, and we were like, ‘Amazing. We’ve definitely got to work together now’.”

Back in December 2009, Ryan Tedder talked to us about collaborating with the UK songstress. “I’m working with Adele right now, who’s inspiring me like crazy. I hadn’t written a song in about a month, literally, until yesterday. The less I write, the better the songs are.”