Just to make you feel better about heading off to work today, here’s the Top Five (in each category) Highest Paid TV Stars according to Hollyscoop.
Drama actors:
Hugh Laurie (House) $400,000+
Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) $395,000 (each)
David Caruso (CSI: Miami) $375,000
Marg Helgenberger (CSI) $375,000
Laurence Fishburne (CSI) $350,000
Talk show hosts:
Oprah Winfrey $315 million
Judge Judy Sheindlin $45 million
David Letterman (The Late Show) $28 million
Jay Leno (The Tonight Show) $25 million
Conan O’Brien (The Conan O’Brien Show) $10 million
Reality:
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) $15 million
Joel McHale (The Soup) $2 million
Piers Morgan (America’s Got Talent) $2 million
Kate Gosselin (Kate Plus Eight) $250,000 per episode
Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (Jersey Shore) $30,000 per episode
Comedy actors:
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 million
Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) $550,000
Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) $400,000
Tina Fey (30 Rock) $350,000
Jeremy Piven (Entourage) $350,000
News:
Matt Lauer (Today) $16 million +
Katie Couric (CBS) $15 million
Bill O’Reilly (Fox News) $10 million
Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) $7 million
Wolf Blitzer (CNN) $3 million
In an effort to garner some ratings for two shows no one really cares about, Kate Gosselin and her brood went good old fashioned camping with the Palin’s. As you would expect, the trip quickly turned into a disaster. The National Enquirer reports that Kate had no interest in fishing, hunting or panning for gold because it was raining. When they handed her a bucket with a toilet seat on top, Kate said, ‘What the hell am I going to do with this!’ Then she burst into tears and started moaning that she wanted to leave. Kate eventually ditched the Palins, who spent the night in their tents. TLC will air the trip on November 14th.
This reminds me of my favorite camping story. My girlfriend at the time and I were going to meet my roommate Alex and his girlfriend at a campground for a weekend of boating, fishing and roughing it. Alex had decided to take a few days off of work and head up early. When Amy and I showed up on Friday afternoon, we found that they had scoped out the site and set up their tent in a perfect spot. Our campsite sloped downhill and ended in a little grassy spot surrounded by trees. You guessed it, Alex’s tent was pitched on the nice, soft grass, leaving us up on top of the hill – and the rocks. Aside from a bit of a rough night sleep, this being before air mattresses were so common, we embarked on a fun day. That afternoon, as we were getting back to the campsite, it started to sprinkle a little. Alex grabbed a deck of cards and we passed the time playing Sheeps-head with the girls in my tent. AS we were playing, we noticed the rain starting to come down a bit harder… and a bit harder. Pretty soon we were waiting through a pretty nasty storm.
When the storm cleared, we come out of the tent to survey the scene. Alex went down to his tent, where he found everything floating in about a foot and a half of water. We quickly packed all of our wet stuff up and headed back to the city. Amy and I chuckled all the way about Alex’s prime choice of tent locations.
Showbiz Spy claims that George Clooney has a binky!
The Hollywood heartthrob, 48, apparently won’t travel anywhere without his favorite cashmere blanket.
“We had to lay it on top of his sheets when we turned down his bed each day,” said an employee at the Kahala Hotel in Honolulu, where George shot his new film The Descendants.
“It was pretty funny, because it looked a lot like a security blanket. George left it in his room by mistake when he checked out and we were asked to send it to his next address. He obviously can’t sleep without it.”
I, for one, see no problem with this! It’s perfectly natural to want to bring a little something comfortable from home with you when you’re on the road. George travels a lot. Unlike a pacifier or a teddy bear, a favorite blanket is something you can keep your whole life. I have one! It’s an afghan that was knitted for me by one of my grandmother’s best friends. I’ve had it over 30 years… and slept under it last night.
Don’t judge. 
Today the news broke about Jesse James (Monster Garage) allegedly cheating on his wife, Academy Award winning actress Sandra Bullock. First of all… IDIOT!
But here’s where I have a problem. This “mistress”, Michelle McGee, who carried on this relationship for 11 weeks, is being labeled as a victim. Same thing with all of Tiger Woods’ liaisons. This makes me crazy! I don’t condone the behavior of either of these men. There is no excuse for being unfaithful. But why does the blame stop there? Both of these men are high profile personalities, whose wives were well known. I see Joslyn James crying on TV, and Gloria Allred looking to sue people and I’m thinking WTF? You KNEW what you were getting into and guess what? You DID it ANYWAY! How in the world does that qualify you as a victim?
This “Bombshell” McGee sent Jesse James a Facebook friend request because she wanted to do modeling for his business. Sure, he’s a moron who deserves what he’s got coming to him, but her website has had millions of hits today and her pictures are on every gossip website. She’s gotten more publicity in the last 8 hours than she has in her entire career. So those who think these guys are sleaze balls aren’t wrong, but let’s reserve a little of that animosity for the home wrecking ‘victims’ who know these men are married and pursue them anyway.
