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Jenny McCarthy, Jim Carrey split Twitter-style

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:55:00 +0000

Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy have taken to Twitter to announce their breakup.

The two actors each tweeted Tuesday that they have ended their relationship after five years. Publicists for Carrey and McCarthy confirmed the split.

The 48-year-old Carrey says on the social networking Web site that he wishes her "the very best!"

The 37-year-old McCarthy tweeted that she "will always keep Jim as a leading man in my heart."

Both say they were grateful for the time they spent together.

McCarthy also tweeted that she would remain involved in his adult daughter's life.

Jenny McCarthy vs. Jenny McCarthy

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:05:00 +0000

It can be hard to sort out your own opinions. Just ask Jenny McCarthy, who can't quite seem to keep her rhetoric about autism and vaccines straight, often in the span of one interview.

On the concept of vaccines:

"I think vaccines are one of the greatest things ever invented."
From Cookie, 2009

"She has backed off of her most heated rhetoric saying she is now not against all vaccines ..."
From Time, 2010

On the other hand:

"Time magazine's article on the autism debate reports that the experts are certain 'vaccines don't cause autism; they don't injure children; they are the pillar of modern public health.' I say, 'that's a lie and we're sick of it.'"
From Huffington Post, 2010 (after the 2010 Time piece)

Amanda Peet gets her shot on

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:45:00 +0000

Ever since Jenny McCarthy appeared on "Oprah" last September blaming her son's autism on vaccines, I've wondered when another celebrity mom would speak up to defend immunizations. Enter actress Amanda Peet, who costars with David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in "The X Files: I Want to Believe," which debuts later this month. The mother of 18-month-old Frances, Peet is now a spokeswoman for Every Child by Two, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting vaccines founded by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter.

Oops, she’s sorta modest!

Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:06:00 +0000

So much for Britney Spears' promise to keep her personal life out of the news. She does have a movie to promote, you know.

Turns out Spears' top isn't the only thing she insists she'd as soon keep under wraps if left to her own devices. She's got a whole roster of her own body parts she's not too fond of.

Such as?

"I don't like my fingernails, I don't like my feet, I don't like my nose ... and I don't like to go on!" she tells the London Mirror.

But there is one thing she doesn't mind.

"I DO like my lips," she says. "I like my lips because my boyfriend says he likes my lips."

The admiration, it seems, is mutual.

"We're just like magnets when we get together in a room," the pop princess says of beau Justin Timberlake. "He's a good kisser, too."

Sounds like they're right 'N Sync ...

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And they're excited about the kid, too

"We are thrilled to bring a bundle of love into our family."

-- Jenny McCarthy, announcing that she and husband John Asher expect their first baby in June.

Blue Glow

Mon, 08 May 2000 16:00:00 +0000

Series

On Ally McBeal (9 p.m., Fox), Ally's Internet swain is not the man she thought he was. Ray thinks Debra's in a bad mood because of PMS on Everybody Loves Raymond (9 p.m., CBS). Unless PMS means "pesky Marie syndrome," he's way off. The American Experience (check local listings, PBS) profiles the Yankee Clipper in "Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life." Isabel, Michael and Tess race to rescue Max, who has been captured by government agents, on Roswell (9 p.m., WB). John Ritter plays a priest accused of committing murder during an exorcism on Family Law (10 p.m., CBS).

Specials

Blue Glow

Tue, 08 Feb 2000 17:00:00 +0000

Series

On Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB), Riley and Maggie Walsh allow Buffy to witness the inner workings of the Initiative, but our heroine doesn't like what she sees. Nova (check local times, PBS) continues "Secrets of Lost Empires," in which present-day historians and engineers try to duplicate the technological and structural wonders of the ancient world. JAG (8 p.m., CBS) celebrates its 100th episode (somehow, you missed the other 99) with a two-parter filmed on location in Australia. Grace begins dating Will's therapist on Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC). Dharma becomes spiritual advisor to Lyle Lovett and k.d. lang on Dharma and Greg (9 p.m., ABC). Diane is pressured by a task-force investigator to reveal what she knows about the arrest of Jill's ex-husband on NYPD Blue (10 p.m., ABC). The Tom Green Show (10 p.m., MTV) kicks off season No. 3.

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Specials

Tonight's highbrow sweeps special from Fox: Banned in America: The World's Sexiest Commercials 2 (8 p.m., Fox). Carmen Electra hosts.

Blue Glow

Fri, 07 Jan 2000 17:00:00 +0000

Series

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (10 p.m. Fri., NBC) moves to the old "Homicide" time slot with a grim episode about a waitress (guest Tracy Pollan) struggling with the aftermath of rape. Dick Clark hosts the new game show Winning Lines (8 p.m. Sat., CBS), based on a British series that was created by the team that gave us "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire." Yes, the prize here is also one meel-ion dollars. Biography (8 p.m. EST/9 PST. Sat., A&E) presents a new profile of George Washington. Jonathan Winters is the guest on Uncomfortably Close with Michael McKean (9:30 p.m. Sat., Comedy Central). Jamie Foxx hosts Saturday Night Live (11:30 p.m. Sat., NBC), with music from Blink 182. Bobby cheats on an essay writing assignment on King of the Hill (7:30 p.m. Sun., Fox). Heather Locklear provides the voice of his teacher. Yet another new game show, Twenty One (8 p.m. Sun., NBC) debuts. Actually, it's a remake of the old game show that was tainted in the '50s quiz show scandal. Maury Povich hosts. The new sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (8:30 p.m. Sun., Fox) introduces a precocious kid (Frankie Muniz) and his very weird parents (Jane Kaczmarek and Bryan Cranston). On The X-Files (9 p.m. Sun., Fox), Scully has an unpleasant reunion with the necrophiliac she put away a couple seasons back. Not one to sit idly by while Dick and Maury try to steal his thunder, Regis Philbin returns for another stint on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (9 p.m. Sun., ABC), which settles in for a regular thrice-weekly run. Jay "Dennis the Menace" North is the subject of a new True Hollywood Story (9 p.m. Sun., E!). On the two-hour season premiere of La Femme Nikita (9 p.m. Sun., USA), Michael tries to figure out if Nikita has really been brainwashed to forget their affair or if she's just a really good actress.

Blue Glow

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 17:00:00 +0000

Series

On Buffy the Vampire Slayer (8 p.m., WB), casual remarks become true when one of Willow's spells gets out of hand, resulting in Buffy preparing to marry Spike and Giles going blind. And on Angel (9 p.m., WB), Glenn Quinn's stint as sidekick Doyle comes to a heroic end. No word yet on his replacement. Grace inadvertently opens up a new career avenue for Will on Will & Grace (9 p.m., NBC). Maxine is even crankier than usual when Gillian, Vincent and an abandoned baby all take up residence with her on Judging Amy (10 p.m., CBS). Frontline (check local times, PBS) presents "Fat," a look at obesity in the U.S. and elsewhere around the world. Just what you want to watch as you're eating your way through the holidays, right?

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Specials

Barbara Walters: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 1999 (10 p.m., ABC) includes interviews with Gov. Jesse Ventura, Ricky Martin, Susan Lucci , Monica Lewinsky and other fascinating people, and unveils Baba's top-secret pick for No. 1.

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Pop chart

Tue, 21 Sep 1999 16:00:00 +0000

Who is the hot celebrity du jour, you may wonder? Look no further than the Lycos 50, where you'll discover that buxom comedian Jenny McCarthy is currently beating Latin crooner Ricky Martin; Martin is falling fast but still beating out nymphette rocker Christina Aguilera; and all of the above are trailing TV starlets Alyssa Milano and Jennifer Love Hewitt. But the enduring Pamela Anderson has them all beat. Thank God for youth and breast implants (and removal).

"The Lycos 50 with Fritz Holznagel," which launched last Wednesday, surveys the search engine's lists of most-searched terms, compiling charts and commentary on the popularity of various items. The result is an amusing -- and occasionally surprising -- barometer of pop culture, trends, hot news and seasonal quirks. Or, as Holznagel himself explains, "We are interested in the rising and falling of the public consciousness."

Take last week's Top 50 list as an example: Maybe it makes sense that Pokemon and Britney Spears (popular trading card game and teen chanteuse, respectively) would dominate the top two positions, but who would have guessed that Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova would have rocketed up to No. 29? And why are more people searching for "frogs" than "the Bible"? (Could it have something to do with dissection season beginning in high school biology classes around the world?)

From liposuction to labiaplasty

Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:00:00 +0000

Modern technology, eager surgeons and consumer demand have conspired to create breasts that defy gravity, noses sculpted to pug perfection and thighs that have been sucked svelte. In 1996, more than 100,000 American women and men had liposuction; 90,000 women had breast implants or reductions; and 50,000 had face lifts. As TV starlet Jenny McCarthy, who got breast implants when she was 18, writes in her new memoir, "Isn't that the American dream? To purchase fine new breasts on credit?"

Salon recently spoke with Elizabeth Haiken, author of "Venus Envy: A History of Cosmetic Surgery" (Johns Hopkins University Press) about surgery junkies, feminism and -- hold your breath -- labiaplasty.

Are there any areas of the body where people have not elected to have plastic surgery?

There really is nothing, as far as I know, that hasn't been done. I came across an article during my research about a labiaplasty! Before crotch shots were published nobody was interested in this, but now everyone knows what labia are supposed to look like. Even though this is not something that millions of women are doing, the fact that it exists was proof to me that nothing has been left untouched.

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Media Circus

Thu, 21 Aug 1997 19:00:00 +0000

so I read in the paper that the National Geographic, that stolid, anachronistic remnant from our imperialist past, is about to go commercial in a big way. Oh, sure, the magazine has already made a few baby steps into the new media world -- it does, after all, have its own Web site. But with the magazine slipping from the hands of its founding family at last, eager upstarts at the society want to stride even more boldly into the next century -- launching cable ventures and feature films and even more elaborate CD-ROMs, making deals with Columbia Tristar and Rupert Murdoch, selling stuffed animals and T-shirts in Disney-style stores. And the magazine itself is scheduled to get snappier as well, with shorter articles and less emphasis on ivory tower arcana. The company's new president, Reg Murphy, tells the New York Times he's "the least scholarly person you know."
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