Will Gov. Blagojevich be convicted of selling Barack Obama’s Senate Seat? Will Sarah Palin appear on Oprah’s talk show? These questions and more are tackled during the latest edition of PredictoTV. Watch it now!
Rick Stengel, the managing editor of Time Magazine, was on the Today show this morning trying might hard to pretend that Barack Obama wouldn’t necessarily be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year for 2008. But he was convincing as…oh, let’s say Jennifer Aniston insisting she’s moved on from the Brangelina mess.
C’mon, can there be any doubt about which person had the biggest impact on the world these past 365 days? Is winning some gold medals or doing great sketch comedy more important than being the first African-American president in the United States history?
The Predicto Mobile community agrees: 88% predicted that Barack Obama be Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2008.
And if Obama isn’t chosen, I call FAIL on Time Mag. Just because Obama’s the expected choice doesn’t mean you should try to be “unconventional” and pick the guy who designed the Olympics’ opening ceremonies. (Yup, he’s an actual candidate.)
Yes, what we’ve all realized for quite some time has now been confirmed by the All-Powerful O herself. After looking pretty svelte for the past few years, Oprah’s gained 40 pounds since 2006 and now weighs 200 lbs. The only reason this is a news story is that Oprah is talking about it in the latest issue of her magazine.
It’s strange that for all that Oprah’s accomplished in her life–her media empire, her influential Book Club, the all-girls school she founded in South Africa–everyone, including Miss Winfrey herself, is still talking about her body. Maybe it’s because most weight loss stories have a “Before” picture (obese, frowning, wearing sweats) and an “After” picture (skinny, smiling, wearing bikini).
But Oprah has yo-yoed from Before to After to Before to After to Before yet again without any end in sight. Combine that with the fact that she’s beamed into our living rooms everyday via her talk show, its no wonder America has become almost as obsessed with her weight as she is.
The Predicto Mobile community has faith she’ll be an “After” once more–70% predict that Oprah will lose the 40 pounds she recently admitted to gaining by April 2009.
I think Oprah should give herself a break. Even if she’s unable to lose the weight, she can still wear fabulous, expensive clothes no matter her size. And be besties with the President of the United States. And be the most wealthy and powerful woman in the world. I think all these things would take the sting off of not being able to squeeze into a bikini, at least a little.
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The Golden Globe nominations will be announced this Thursday, and one person Miss Predicto is sure will be watching in anticipation is Brad Pitt. Maybe you’ve heard about this new movie he has out, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? He ages backwards–he starts out as a wrinkled old baby, and as the years pass he gets younger and younger looking.
If only we could all age that way, right? No? Just moi?
Anyway, this is the first time in a LONG time that Brad has a chance to win Best Actor honors for one of his roles. In fact, it might be has last time. Brad is awesomely cute–but that’s his problem. It’s hard in Hollywood to be considered both beefcake and serious thespian. His pal and fellow Sexiest Man Alive George Clooney won an Oscar by putting on fifty pounds and mangy beard for Syriana.
Basically to win a prestigious acting award, you got to ugly yourself up. (Other examples of beautiful Oscar winners getting ugly : Charlize Theron as the monstrous-looking serial killer in Monster; Nicole Kidman and her huge prosthetic nose as Virginia Woolf in The Hours.) Why else would Brad portray a elderly-looking teenager? (See pic at left.)
Brad’s problem is that he’s best known for being beautiful, and even old age makeup can’t really hide that. Plus, no one cares about his movie career anymore, especially in comparison to his tabloid-heaven relationship with Angelina Jolie.
Brad’s only won one major award, a Golden Globe for playing a crazy, spastic (but still cute!) mental patient in 12 Monkeys back in 1996. So will his attempt at uglying himself up get him another Golden Globe nomination? The Predicto Mobile community thinks so: 81% voted that Brad Pitt will be nominated for Golden Globe for best actor on 12/11.
Good luck Brad! And if you get nominate for a Globe, who knows, maybe you’ll get nominated for an Oscar too!
Will Susan Lucci leave All My Children? Is Mariah Carey pregnant? These questions and more are tackled during the latest edition of PredictoTV. Watch it now!
Miss Predicto is not really familiar with the Jonas Brothers’ music. She thinks she might have heard their song about a lovebug once, but other than that, totally clueless. Plus, she only recently figured out that Joe Jonas is the one with straight hair and perfect eyebrows, but still can’t tell Nick and Kevin apart most of the time.
Of course, your humble blogger is in the minority, because the JoBros are the most beloved boy band since The Backstreet Boys. Who also were nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy way back in 1999 (they lost though).
Let me tell you Jonas Brothers, the Best New Artist category is not one you necessarily want to win. Sure, past winners have included superstar acts like The Beatles, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys. Not a bad sort to be associated with.
But winning can also be a career killer. Lauryn Hill, Toni Braxton, and Paula Cole were as uber-popular as you are when they won the Best New Artist Grammys. But as VH-1 would say, where are they now? (Suburban mother/recluse, Dancing with Stars contestant, and who the heck knows.)
And because it just has to be said: professional lip-synchers Milli Vanilli won the award too.
The PredictoMobile community thinks you’re a shoo-in though: 68% predicted that the Jonas Brothers will win the Grammy for Best New Artist. So Nick, Kevin and Joe, if somehow lose the Grammy on February 8th, don’t sweat it. It might just mean you guys are going to have a long and productive career!
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Ugh. Heidi and Spencer. Miss Predicto tries her best to ignore their existence, but when Heidi’s own mom starts disparaging the couple…well even I’m forced to pay attention.
So the gruesome twosome made headlines during Thanksgiving weekend when they announced they had eloped. It seems that Speidi are trying to get their own spinoff show, so they upped the ante by eloping to Cabo San Lucas and inviting only their closest friends (i.e. the tabloid photographers and The Hills camera crew).
Why they think people will care more about them now that they are fake married is anyone’s guess. But! Mama Montag’s reaction is what makes this story interesting, especially since she chose to vent her frustration to her daughter’s favorite celeb weekly, Us Magazine.
And she’s AWESOME. You can tell she hates Spencer as much as the rest of us. She’s so dumbstruck that her daughter is with this moron that she says, “It wouldn’t surprise me if he had her drugged.” Yikes!
Heidi’s mom also think the couple’s “marriage” won’t last beyond six months. As for the PredictoMobile community, 53% voted that Heidi and Spencer will split up before Valentine’s Day 2009.
Miss Predicto’s fingers are crossed, because she just can’t bear to come across pictures like this anymore.
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That was probably the most memorable quote from Britney’s MTV special, “For the Record.” Poor Brit’s eyes welled with tears as she admitted how trapped and bored she’s been lately. And can’t you see why, what with that crazy crush of paparazzi that swarms her at all hours?
Britney’s heart doesn’t quite seem to be in show business anymore, if you go by her halfhearted, sorta lazy performances on the British show X Factorand her birthday appearance on Good Morning America. (C’mon Brit, you’re no Ashlee Simpson: there is no excuse to still be lip-syncing after all these years!)
Maybe she’ll be cheered up by the fact that her new album Circus is getting a ton of media attention and even some good reviews. It seems almost certain that it will debut at the top of the Billboard charts, but how many records will she actually sell?
68% of the Predicto Mobile community believe that Britney Spears sell more than 300,000 copies of Circus in its debut week.
If Britney’s latest album is a success, then she will definitely be this year’s comeback queen. Hopefully this means that Britney will ditch Cheetos, Red Bull and paparazzo boyfriends for good, and be able to actually enjoy her stardom for once!
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Even Matt Lauer and Meredith Viera couldn’t hide their skepticism.
Yes, what we’ve all realized for quite some time has now been confirmed by the All-Powerful O herself. After looking pretty svelte for the past few years, 
If only we could all age that way, right? No? Just moi?
Of course, your humble blogger is in the minority, because the JoBros are the most beloved boy band since The Backstreet Boys. Who also were nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy way back in 1999 (they lost though).
