Oh dear.

Whilst the big “will she/won’t she?” question looms over the MTV Video Music Awards like an overdose hangs over Pete Doherty, one thing is certain - she will, at the very least, be there.  And to promote the fact that one of the world’s biggest stars will be strutting her way back into the limelight at the event, MTV have commissioned a bunch of adverts featuring Britney and the host of their year’s festivities, Russell Brand.

They’re nothing to write home about (despite the HILARITY of having a big elephant in the room with Britney), but it is good to see Britney stringing coherent sentences together, laughing and looking polished and ready.  As to whether she’ll make the big comeback performance on the night?  My guess would be a yes, but then again, Britney has not been even vaguley predictable for a good long time.

And if that wasn’t proof enough that “Brand Britney” (very clever Russell ;) ) is back in action and running on full, the PR campaign takes off Friday when OK! Magazine will publish the first interview and photoshoot with Britney Spears in many, many long months.

 

Just over a year ago, Britney Spears made headlines around the world when she experienced an embarrassing meltdown at an OK! photo shoot, ruining thousands of dollars of designer clothing and doing further damage to a once brilliant career that had already been tarnished by late-night pantyless parties with Paris Hilton, multiple trips to rehab and the infamous public head-shaving incident.

Now, in an exclusive interview with OK!, the pop superstar is finally going on the record to talk openly about her kids, her parents and her career.

In addition to the exclusive photos and interview with Britney, her father Jamie Spears, who has been helping to guide his daughter back to a normal life, speaks openly to OK! about his relationship with Britney and his feelings about her ex-husband Kevin Federline.

Check back with OKmagazine.com on Wednesday morning for your first, revealing look at OK!’s interview with Hollywood’s most controversial superstar.

 

Miss Audrina Patridge, star of MTV’s ‘reality’ show “The Hills” now has her own website, complete with biography which states:

Born the eldest of four children in Downey, California, Audrina has always aspired to become an actress in Hollywood, and as soon as she turned 18, she signed with a small management company in LA. She honed her craft by participating in drama classes and private acting lessons, taking a job at Quixote Studios as she waited for her big break. Living a stone’s throw away from the MTV production of “The Hills”, Audrina was spotted sunbathing by the pool and asked by a producer if she would like to join the cast. She happily accepted her role as the dear friend of Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag in what was sure to be the beginning of her enticing career. 

Oh dear, poor MTV.  In other news, Audrina uses Dermalogica for the glowing complexion, and La Mer for that silky body.  Remember kids, beauty costs.

Well Sesame Street is still going, and taking tips from Apple it would seem, who recently used popstar Feist’s song “1, 2, 3, 4″ in an iPod ad.  A song which counts to 4?  Sounds like an episode of Sesame Street!!  See Feist at work counting “penguins at the door” and other such wonders:

The song works on more levels than you’d ever have imagined, huh?

Remember The Osbournes? Not the nuts family who have done such wonderous deeds as presenting The Brits, but the TV reality show that broke the mould and presented us Ozzy, Sharon, Kelly and Jack for the first time?  That was a good bit of television wasn’t it?

Since the MTV show ended, the family have each gone their own way and done their own things, growing and maturing in the spotlight.  Kelly has gone from spoilt brat with a season pass to the hair salon to London fashionista and part-time popstar/television presenter.  Jack has gone from overweight loser to adrenaline junkie and health freak.  Ozzy has gone from a shaking, mumbling advert for not touching drugs, to… erm, a shaking, mumbling advert for not touching drugs.  And Sharon has gone from the woman who controlled it all to television’s queen bitch!

So it seems about time for the matured Osbournes to make their television return as a four piece and bring outrageousness back to prime time.  This time, they are not doing a reality show (and when even the likes of Hulk Hogan have had their own, who can blame them), but a modern day variety show.  The new Osbournes show will be a mixture of music, sketches, chat and gameshow elements.  Something not unlike “The Friday Night Project”, “The Charlotte Church” show or “The Lily Allen Show”.  The show will ultimately be based around the family - and whilst it will be scripted, it will aim to show the family as we know them best, including Jack and Kelly’s sibling rivalry and Ozzy’s utter confusion at everything that is going on around him.

Personally, I think it’s a great idea and cannot wait to see the results.  The Osbournes are a much missed element from our TV screens.  The show will kick-off it’s 6 part run with a Christmas special.  Elements to expect include:

• Ozzy squinting to read the autocue and saying the wrong lines.
• Kelly tripping over something and going arse over tit.
• Sharon making a joke that no-one finds funny and then putting on a silly voice.
• Some kind of small rat like dog wondering around the set.
• Everything descending into chaos for a good portion of the show.

“Summer Heights” is a mock documentary in “The Office” style, which takes it’s comedy tips from the amazing “Kath and Kim” (look at moooooiiiiiii). The genius of it is that it focuses on three main characters: Ja’mie King - a high achieving private school girl who is on a transfer program to the public Summer Heights; Mr. G - a camp and enthusiastic drama teacher; and Jonah - the school misfit.  All three of the main characters are played by the genius actor Chris Lilley.

Like you would expect from any series in which a grown man plays a teenage girl, this show is completely mad and unbelievable. Yet at the same time, it’s stories of school culture seem very familiar to me!  So without further ado, meet…

Mr. G

Ja’mie:

And Jonah:

School these days, don’t wanna go to school these days…

Ok, you’ve probably heard this by now, but incase you haven’t, here’s the news: Following the enormous success of the “Sex And The City” movie, a big screen adaptation of “Friends” is now said to be in the works.  Apparantly Jennifer Aniston, being the most famous and successful of the bunch, was the outsider.  But having seen what the Sex film has done for Sarah Jessica Parker’s bank balance, inspite of her rapidly aging face, Aniston is sold.

One word: EURGHGHGH!

“Sex and the City” worked as  a film, because the series was shot like a series of mini-movies.  High fashion and meticulous set-dressing, film like direction and a great mix of comedy and drama.  Transforming the series, comfortably, into a film didn’t take too much word - the film is just an extended episode with some added glitter.  ”Friends” was a sitcom, shot with an audience and with an audience perspective.  Would a film be shot in the same way?  Would they leave in the canned laughter?  Will it be a bit like sitting through a DVD marathon of “Friends”.

“Friends” was probably the best loved comedy series of the 90’s/00’s, but even at the end it was beginning to drag.  It was great to see the 20-something’s grow up, get married, have kids and build their lives, but by the time they come back, we will have been out of the picture for atleast 6 or 7 years.  Do we really need to see these people get middle-management jobs to pay their suburban mortgages?  Sure, it will make alot of money because people will be curious to see the lives of the characters they followed so closesly, but will it tarnish the memory?