The Toast - 5.29.09 - Jon And Kate Plus 8 Drama And Susan Boyle Backlash

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Jon and Kate Gosselin are dangerously close to divorce and the two showed their disdain for each other on the premiere episode of Jon and Kate Plus 8 season five. The episode surely has its place in awkward television history, but the latest news comes from Jon's sister who's telling everyone the show's as scripted as they come.

Susan Boyle has owned this season of Britain's Got Talent, but that's not enough to impress Lily Allen. The UK pop star laid into Susan via Twitter this week, effectively saying she's overrated and can't carry a tune.

Mere days after dissing American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert for his earbleed-inducing singing, Clay Aiken sort of apologized to Adam on his website. Nobody read the apology though, because Clay's site is subscription-based and...seriously, c'mon.

Star Gazing

Though he's known as the poster boy for religious fanaticism, Mel Gibson admitted to Jay Leno that his mistress has a bun in the oven courtesy of Mel's sperm. The news comes on the heels of the actor's costly divorce from his first wife, Robyn...a man of God indeed.

Miami rapper Pitbull has now made it known he's not big on sharing the stage with fans. A video circling the Net shows the rapper pulling a fan on stage and feeding him a fist after the concertgoer tossed money in Pitbull's face. That said, in this economy, anyone throwing money away probably deserves a punch or two.

Chris Brown has surfaced via an amateur video that shows the singer/woman choker telling his "real fans" he's "not a monster" and telling the "haters" that "they just been haters." Mr. Brown then proceeds to put on one of those hats with a propeller on it and lick his shoe for an hour.

Reel World

You know that age-old wish we all have of wanting to tie thousands of balloons to ourselves and fly to every corner of the globe? Well, Disney Pixar brings the dream that much closer with Up, an animated flick about an elderly balloon salesman looking for a grand finale of an adventure.

If bowel movement-inducing fear is more your thing, check out Drag Me to Hell. The horror film follows bank employee Christine Lohman as she attempts to rid herself of a curse some mean old lady threw her way.

Rounding out the week's films is The Brothers Bloom, a thriller about two bros looking to scam an eccentric heiress out of her cash. As one might predict, a love story works its way into the plot to complicate matters.

Even more awaits, but I'm kinda tired of typing, so why not just watch the video and pass it to a bud/budette?

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