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Carrey Explains Creepy Vid; Kathy Griffin Posts Her Own

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:25:30 CDT

Jim Carrey’s love video to Emma Stone wasn’t creepy, he explained on Twitter yesterday, because it was “a comedy routine.” However, that tweet continues, “the funniest part is that everything i said is tru,” and he continued, "People often ask me if i'm being funny or serious. The answer is...

Bachmann Security Tangles With Reporters

Mark Russell — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:00:00 CDT

Michele Bachmann's presidential campaign is brash and boisterous—and increasingly rough with the reporters covering it, reports Politico . In less than two months, there have been at least five incidents reporters have called unusually hostile, including a Norwegian reporter who says an aide threatened to break his arm. Bachmann's campaign...

Sarah Palin: Kathy Griffin Is a 'Has-Been'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 08:26:18 CST

Kathy Griffin has been known to take a few swipes at the Palin family , and Mama Grizzly isn’t taking that sitting down. Asked how she feels about Griffin’s upcoming stint on Glee (rumor has it Griffin will play a Tea Party-type character inspired by Palin, Politico reports), the former Alaska...

Scott Brown to Kathy Griffin: Lay Off My Daughters

John Johnson — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:45:55 CDT

Scott Brown is fuming at comedian Kathy Griffin over a crack she made on TV about his two daughters being "prostitutes." (See video here .) The Massachusetts senator (who embarrassed the girls during his victory speech by joking they were "available") fired off an angry statement to Griffin and the...

14 Scandalous Celeb Memoir Revelations

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:30:00 CDT

Demi Moore is writing a memoir, but until it comes out, we can only imagine what scandalous secrets it will reveal. In the meantime, The Frisky offers up 14 other memoirs that divulged some juicy info: Carrie Fisher : In Wishful Drinking , we found out that her mom got her a...

Kathy Griffin to Televise Pap Smear

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:51:00 CDT

Perhaps inspired by Tyra Banks’ televised colonic , Kathy Griffin will display her lady parts to the world by way of a televised pap smear. The comedian is saying “Suck it to Cancer,” according to her press release, and wants to show women “how easy it is to get this done....

Kathy Griffin Swipes at Palin in Alaska Show

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:00:00 CST

Comedian Kathy Griffin brought her Life on the D-List show to Sarah Palin's backyard yesterday, skewering the former Alaska governor at a raucous show in Anchorage. Griffin was escorted onstage by Playgirl model and Palin babydaddy Levi Johnston, who was in a "serious, committed relationship," er, publicity stunt, last year...

Top 10 Plastic Surgery Addicts

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:37:00 CST

Heidi Montag recently admitted—just in time to promote the release of her album, what a coincidence!—that she is addicted to plastic surgery. But Heidi’s not the only celeb who’s gone under the knife more than a few times. Kate Torgovnick rounds up the top 10, on The Frisky...

CNN Dumps Kathy Griffin

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:30:22 CST

After dropping the F-bomb, asking for a “bump” of cocaine, and theorizing on Anderson Cooper’s masturbation habits on New Year’s Eve, Kathy Griffin has finally gotten herself banned from CNN...or has she? “She was a total embarrassment,” a CNN insider tells PopEater . “Even Anderson thinks it's time to say...