Thursday, February 26, 2009

Salma Hayek Got Hitched on Valentine's Day

Salma Hayek Got Hitched on Valentine's Day

First comes love, then comes baby, then comes marriage... She of the saintly breastfeeding was apparently made an honest woman this Valentine's Day, marrying jillionaire (and baby-daddy) Francois-Henri Pinault. What's the deal with the tacky, cliche nuptials? People is reporting that Hayek, 42, and Pinault, 46, were married on Saturday in the City Hall of the Sixth Arrondissement in central Paris. The couple have a stormy relationship, and were supposed to have been broken up in August of last year. The couple share a daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault in July 2007, so perhaps the reconciliation and subsequent marriage was for her sake. In any case, we hope that the Pinault-Hayeks are happy in their new marriage. And that Salma continues her humanitarian feeding program...




Jennifer Hudson's Super Bowl Performance: Her First Since Her Mother, Brother Were Killed

TAMPA, Fla. — One was a 12-minute party, the other a 2-minute proclamation. Bruce Springsteen and Jennifer Hudson used the Super Bowl stage for two very different performances Sunday night: he proved he's still The Boss with an electric halftime show, while Hudson showed she's ready to return to the spotlight after the slayings of three family members. Springsteen and his E Street Band had turned down numerous invitations to play the halftime show, declining the high-profile time slot because it was a bit beneath them. Read more: Jennifer Hudson First Performance Since Relatives Killed, Jennifer Hudson's Performance at Super Bowl, First Performance Since Mother Killed, Jennifer Hudson's First Performance Since Murders, Jennifer Hudson Super Bowl, Faith Hill Lip-Synched, Jennifer Hudson Lip-Synched, Entertainment News




Ashlee Simpson 'disgusted'

Jessica Simpson's sister is outraged by media scrutiny of her sibling's weight.




Someone Foolishly Knocks Elisabeth Hasselbeck Up Again

We don't know what's worse - the recession or the thought of Elisabeth Hasselbeck's terrifyingly fertile uterus. OK, it's definitely the uterus thing. Because Elisabeth Hasselbeck from The View is pregnant again. We've lost count of how many children Hasselbeck has now, but we think it's about a million - almost enough to entirely repopulated the planet with billions of tiny shrill indignant right-wing nutsacks. Apparently Elisabeth Hasselbeck didn't even realise she was pregnant, putting her stresses down to 'election fever'. We know the feeling - we once thought we were pregnant, but it was actually just Elisabeth Hasselbeck's voice giving us tit-ache.




Phelps' image goes up in smoke (Yahoo! Sports)

Michael Phelps' suspension does little more than save face for the group that delivered it.




Jessica Alba Calls TMZ, Bill O'Reilly the Stupid Ones

Jessica Alba is disappointed in all of us for paying attention to her during what she blogs is "perhaps the most salient time in our country's history." (Don't worry, Jess, we're more disappointed in ourselves than you'll ever know.) She's speaking, of course about the "a-hole" episode, when Jessica




The Buzz Turns One

by Mike Krumboltz You say it's your birthday? Well, it's our birthday, too. That's right, Yahoo! Buzz is one year old. To commemorate the occasion, we took a look back at four people who made our venture a success. It was hard to pick just a handful of individuals to focus on. After all, this was a year that gave us Sarah Palin, the election of Barack Obama, and Michael Phelps' domination at the summer Olympics. Oh, what the heck, we'll just go with those... Sarah Palin The folksy Alaskan exploded onto the scene when Senator McCain picked her to be his running mate. Even now, months after the pair lost the election to President Obama and Vice President Biden, Caribou Barbie still looms large in the Buzz. Two of the Buzz Log's biggest hits: Our recap of Sarah Palin's convention speech in which she uttered the infamous pit bull with lipstick line, and the speculation that she'll make a run for the presidency in 2012 (paging Tina Fey!). Bottom line, if an article mentioned Sarah Palin, her children, her glasses, her love of moose burgers, or her subsidized wardrobe, odds are it was buzzed early and often. Barack Obama At times it may have seemed like Yahoo! Buzz was dominated by the new president. That's because it was. Indeed, everything he did and said tended to get buzzed. When Mr. Obama got a new limousine, we wrote about it. When his daughters captured the attention of the world, the clicks came fast and furious. When he mentioned a new puppy for his two girls during his victory speech, it was one of the most talked about stories of the year. And when he shed his shirt for an excursion to the beach, our post drew nearly 20,000 buzzes. Somehow we doubt a shirtless Jimmy Carter would have drawn the same reaction. Michael Phelps Amid all the hubbub over Michael Phelps' recent flap with the law, it's easy to forget that this past summer the guy could literally do no wrong (at least in the swimming pool). He competed in eight different events and won gold medals in all of 'em. Some of the most popular stories had to do with his dedicated and emotional mom, who rooted for her son as only a mother can. Also popular -- a Yahoo! Sports story on Michael's father, who was conspicuously absent from the stands. You Thanks to you, Yahoo! Buzz has become the Web's best place to get the scoop on what's happening on everything from presidential politics to scandal-ridden swimmers. We'd like to thank all of you for reading, commenting, and buzzing up your favorite stories. Here's to a great (and very buzzy) sophomore year!




'Idol' judge fires back

Kara DioGuardi says she's "hurt" by Paula Abdul's criticism of the new "American Idol" format.