THG Week in Review: May 13-19, 2012
Welcome to THG's Week in Review! Below, our staffers look back at the stories, stars and scandals that made the last seven days some of the craziest ALL MONTH.
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Now, a rundown of the week that was at The Hollywood Gossip:
- Queen of Disco Donna Summer died at the age of 63.
- Fellow music great Chuck Brown also passed, at 75.
- Mitchell Guist of Swamp People fame passed away.
- As did Mary Kennedy, estranged wife of RFK, Jr.
- Did Justin Bieber break up with Selena Gomez? He may have.
- Two backed off, but one new John Travolta accuser emerged.
- There's a (self) Tyson Beckford sex tape on the way soon.
- Lady Gaga was banned in Indonesia for some reason.
- Is Miley Cyrus too thin?
- Teen Mom's Jenelle Evans and Gary Head are engaged somehow.
- Should Rob and Kristen star in the 50 Shades of Grey film?
- What about Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder from TVD?
- Nominations for the Teen Choice Awards 2012 are out.
- Aubrey O'Day got canned on Celebrity Apprentice.
- The Bachelorette spoilers hint at an interesting summer to come.
- The Khloe and Lamar season finale was quite an emotional one.
- Aimee Copeland will survive her fight with flesh-eating bacteria.
- Torika Watters, Miss Fiji, is losing her crown due to her age.
- Phillip Phillips will battle Jessica Sanchez for the Idol crown.
- Jay-Z came out in support of President Obama and gay marriage.
- Kim Kardashian and Kanye West came out and ... kissed a lot.
- The Trayvon Martin autopsy report raised additional debate.
- Amber Portwood was jailed, again, for violating probation.
- You can check her out in the Teen Mom trailer (below):
What was the highlight of the week for you? Did we leave anything out?
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Phillip Phillips vs. Jessica Sanchez: Who Will Win?
We're down to two on American Idol. The final two. Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez.
One is a young white male who is easy on the eyes and plays the guitar. In other words: the same exact pedigree as the last four winners.
The other has a beautiful voice and hasn't been afraid all year long of tacking such major artists as Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey. She's responsible for the single most memorable American Idol performance of the season.
Either would be a worthy champion. Only one will wear the crown next Thursday night.
Who do you want it to be?
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Chace Crawford Talks Gossip Girl…the Movie?!
Gossip Girl is coming to an end.
As fans of the Fox series know, the show's upcoming sixth season will be its last.
But as the show's stars gear up to say sayonara to...
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Perez Reviews: Hands On A Hardbody The Musical
Hands On A Hardbody is Broadway-ready! And it was a special treat to see the new musical, based on the cult documentary, at the lovely La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego. A theater with leg room in the rows! You never get that in NYC!
We went into the show expecting to see a satire, along the lines of Book Of Mormon or Avenue Q. The documentary, after all, is about a group of colorful Texans that try and win a "hard body" truck by seeing who can win a contest to keep their hand on it for as long as possible.
The show could have gone in the direction of camp or mockery, but - instead - we were so pleased to see it be a bittersweet tale of humanity. People doing and trying and hoping and believing. A show with great laughs but also sincerity. It's a show with so much heart!
And at the center of the show's heart are three standout performances from Keala Settle, Hunter Foster and Connie Ray.
Keale Settle easily gives one of THE BEST performances we have ever seen in the theater! And we see lots and lots and lots of shows!!!
This woman was not acting. She was being! Settle so effortlessly embodied her character. She brought an infectious sense of warmth and and passion! And her voice? Wow!
She was a revelation and stole the show!
Hunter was sooooooo good too! That Foster family is just so damn talented!
Hunter played the show's antagonist, but he did it in such a way that his character was so damn likeable. You should have been rooting against him but you were rooting for! He played the arc of his character so beautifully! At the end of the show... just wow!
The man is amazing!
And the mom from The Torkelsons!!! Carly Rae!!! She was giving us some Meryl Streep fierceness!!! We just wish she had a song!
Speaking of songs, the music was written by Trey Anastasio. Yes, the dude from Phish! He and the show's lyricist, Amanda Green, did a fabulous and well-rounded job!
There are some truly beautiful and outstanding musical theater songs, pop songs and country songs in the show!
Kudos to book writer Doug Wright and director Neil Pepe, who both did a great job. Especially great were the many inventive ways they used the truck and made the show feel not claustrophobic.
Hands On A Hard Body is hard not to love and good for your body!
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