Archive for September 14th, 2009

“Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” star Patrick Swayze died Monday, passing away after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The 57-year-old actor died in Los Angeles Monday. He is survived by his wife, brother and mother. Swayze, who had notable roles in “The Outsiders” and “North and South,” truly broke out with a starring turn in... »

Initially scheduled for the premiere of “The Jay Leno Show” to perform “Run This Town” with Jay-Z and Rihanna, Kanye West naturally took time to comment on the Taylor Swift incident during the NBC talk show. “Yeah, it’s been extremely difficult. I just…just dealing with the fact that I hurt someone or took anything away,... »

Though Kanye West’s interruption during Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech effectively upstaged host Russell Brand and his edgy brand of humor, the British comedian was not willing to join the celebrity community in crucifying West. “We’re all people; these things are a bit silly. Calm down, no one died, it’s all right,” said... »

Though neither Jay-Z nor Lady Gaga received one of the absolute top awards at Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, both benefited greatly from their live performances on the show. At press time, Jay-Z’s show-closing “Empire State of Mind (featuring Alicia Keys)” had surged all the way up to third on the iTunes chart. It... »

PWInsider reported this afternoon that one of WWE’s top executives has departed the company. According to the report, as of last week, Carl DeMarco is no longer with WWE. DeMarco had long served as the head of WWE’s Canada decision. All that was confirmed regarding the departure was that DeMarco made the personal call to... »

WWE heads to Toronto for its first post-Breaking Point edition of RAW. With RAW hailing from her billed hometown, Trish Stratus has been tapped to guest host the affair. Also on RAW is a “career-altering announcement” from Batista and a bout between Shawn Michaels and Ted DiBiase. »

Entertainment news and gossip readers have been unable to escape coverage of the Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident at the MTV Video Music Awards, and the celebrity Twitter/bloging sphere has been a particularly concentrated area of Kanye West discussion. Katy Perry, who Taylor Swift praised in a Twitter update prior to Sunday’s show, jumped quickly to... »

Twelve hours later and Kanye West’s MTV Video Music Awards outburst remains the talk of the town in all facets of entertainment. Joining colleague Gregory Helms in discussing the incident, which saw Kanye West interrupt Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech to declare Beyonce the more deserving nominee, WWE Unified Tag Champion Chris Jericho... »

Nothing was able to overshadow the Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, but that did not mean there was a shortage of actresses, musicians and other female celebrities who did not work their hardest to look good at the event. From Swift to Beyonce to Hayley Williams to... »

– WWE Superstar Gregory “Hurricane” Helms has been Tweeting his thoughts on Sunday’s MTV Video Music Awards, and he was quite pointed in his evaluation of the Kanye West-Taylor Swift incident. “And Kanye is an idiot at least but more than likely just a blazing racist,” wrote Helms after viewing West interrupt Taylor Swift, who... »

Kanye West has become notorious for his candid comments–particularly at awards shows. But his outburst at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, which involved him interrupting Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech to put over Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” as the more deserving video, was nothing if not shocking. As West grabbed the microphone... »