HOLLYWOOD DIRT OVERFLOW (10-23-09)

STILL TOGETHER


It doesn't look like JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE and JESSICA BIEL are breaking up anytime soon. They've been spending the week together in Vancouver. (--Here are some pics . . .)

DID RIHANNA STEAL THE COVER ART OF HER NEW SINGLE . . . FROM AN OLD PRO WRESTLING COMPILATION CD???

If you haven't seen the artwork for RIHANNA'S new single, "Russian Roulette" . . . it's pretty wild. It features her topless, but with barbed wire tightly wrapped around her whole body. She's also sporting an unexplainable hairdo.

Well, she's being accused . . . at least semi-seriously, I guess . . . of stealing that idea from an Extreme Championship Wrestling compilation disc that came out in 1998.

That CD cover features an ECW wrestler named THE SANDMAN, who's also covered in barbed wire. And like Rihanna, he also has his right arm above his head. (--You can compare Rihanna's art to the ECW CD cover, here. . .)

--Former ECW boss PAUL HEYMAN tells Britain's "Sun" tabloid, quote, "It's pretty obvious this was copied from, or at least extremely inspired by the ECW album cover. From the barbed wire and the right arm up in the air to the blood dripping off the logo.

"Hey, I don't blame them. If you're going to copy someone, copy from the best. By the way, Rihanna . . . you're welcome!" (--I doubt Rihanna's artistic team was drawing this up while holding a copy of the ECW CD . . . but the similarities are pretty funny.)


BON JOVI ON THE ROAD

Yesterday, BON JOVI announced plans for a two-year world tour called The Circle World Tour. Their new album, "The Circle", comes out on November 10th.

The tour will kick off February 19th in Seattle and run through July 30th in Chicago. As expected, it'll include a pair of "kickoff concerts" at New Jersey's new Meadowlands Stadium on May 26th and 27th. (--You can find all the dates, here . . .) http://www.bonjovi.com/tour


THE 10 SEXIEST TOMBOYS:

A website you haven't necessarily heard of called Nerve has put together a list of the 10 Sexiest Tomboys. Some of them are movie and TV characters, and some are real women. --And Nerve has decided that THE sexiest Tomboy is Watts, from the 1987 romantic comedy "Some Kind of Wonderful". (--She was played by MARY STUART MASTERSON.)

--Here's the Top 10 . . .
#1.) Watts from "Some Kind of Wonderful" . . . played by MARY STUART MASTERSON.#2.) Jess Bharma and Jules Paxton from "Bend It Like Beckham" . . . played by PARMINDER NAGRA and KEIRA KNIGHTLEY.#3.) Starbuck from (the new) "Battlestar Galactica" . . . played by KATEE SACKHOFF.#4.) JOAN JETT.#5.) (Soccer minx) MIA HAMM.#6.) Darlene Conner from "Roseanne" . . . played by SARA GILBERT.#7.) ELLEN PAGE. (--She's the cute little spinner from "Juno" . . . as if you didn't know. She's a little more tomboyish in her new roller derby flick "Whip It".)#8.) Lindsay Weir from "Freaks & Geeks" . . . played by LINDA CARDELLINI. (--And if that wasn't enough to cement her tomboy status, Linda went on to play Velma in the first two "Scooby-Doo" movies.)#9.) Jo Polniaczek from "The Facts of Life" . . . played by NANCY MCKEON.#10.) Kaylee Frye from "Firefly" . . . played by JEWEL STAITE.(--You can see pictures of all these tomboys . . . and read up on them . . . here . . .)http://entertainment.nerve.com/2009/10/22/the-ten-sexiest-tomboys/

OLD-SCHOOL COMEDIAN SOUPY SALES HAS DIED:

Old-school comedian SOUPY SALES . . . whose trademark was getting hit in the face with pies . . . died yesterday at the age of 83. His manager said he'd been battling various health problems over the years, and entered hospice care last week.

Soupy is probably best remembered by people who are still alive for his appearances on '70s and '80s game shows like "Match Game", "Hollywood Squares" and the various incarnations of DICK CLARK'S "Pyramid".

(--Here's a clip of Soupy on "The $10,000 Pyramid" . . .)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UEnRyA4NFs

(--And here's a tribute clip that includes ALICE COOPER getting a pie to the face on "The Soupy Sales Show" back in 1979. Alice gets it at the 1:31 mark . . .)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT5TKTt5BeA


RUMORS OF ANOTHER "STAR WARS" TRILOGY HAVE POPPED UP . . . BUT THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN DENIED:

There's talk all over the World Wide Web of Geekiness that the fabled THIRD "STAR WARS" TRILOGY is actually in the works. And it'll be in 3D. And the "news" supposedly came from a source inside Lucasfilm.

So far we've seen NO EVIDENCE that this is even remotely true. And a Lucasfilm rep says, quote, "We do not have any 'Star Wars' theatrical movies planned." --Obviously, we'll keep you posted.

(--Back in the days of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, we were told that there would be NINE movies in the series . . . three trilogies. And the original trilogy from the '70s and '80s would comprise the MIDDLE of the story.)

But around the time George Lucas started working on the second trilogy, the third trilogy mysteriously disappeared. The official line since then has been that we get SIX "Star Wars" movies, and that's it.


LIL WAYNE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO A GUN CHARGE . . . AND HE'S PROBABLY LOOKING AT A YEAR IN PRISON:

LIL WAYNE settled his weapons case yesterday . . . and he's going to jail. Wayne agreed to plead GUILTY to a felony count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. In exchange, he accepted a one-year prison sentence.

He previously had pleaded not guilty to more serious charges of weapons possession and possession of a loaded weapon.

Back in 2007, New York police boarded Wayne's tour bus following a concert. The cops claimed they smelled pot . . . but in their search, they found a loaded .40-caliber pistol. Later, DNA evidence reportedly linked the gun to Lil Wayne.

Just so you know, the cops DID discover some weed on the bus . . . and arrested another unnamed man for possession of marijuana. --The trial was set to begin in January. If he'd been convicted of the original charges, he was looking at between three-and-a-half and 15 years in the clink.

He'll remain free on a previous bond of $30,000 . . . although he had to give up his passport. --Technically, Wayne won't be sentenced until February, but it sounds like the one-year sentence is definite . . . although with good behavior, it'll likely end up being something in the neighborhood of eight to 10 months.

Wayne has yet to issue a comment on the plea. As he was exiting the courthouse, reporters were asking him all kinds of questions . . . but his only response was, quote, "What's up?" --All that being said . . . Lil Wayne is still not straight with the legal system. He's still facing felony drug possession and weapons charges from another tour bus raid. This one happened in Arizona last year.

Authorities there allegedly found 105 grams of marijuana . . . 29 grams of cocaine . . . 41 grams of ecstasy . . . various drug paraphernalia and a handgun. --Wayne has pleaded not guilty to the Arizona charges . . . and his trial in that case is scheduled to begin in March. (--At this point, I sure hope Wayne has cleaned that bus up . . . and put a sign on the side proclaiming it to be "felony-free since 2008.")