[IMG:L]These 10 people were so annoying this summer that they rendered Lindsay, Britney and Paris almost tolerable!
Jon and Kate Gosselin
One thing was surer than the sun this summer: Jon and Kate would make the headlines on a daily, oftentimes hourly, basis. Whether it was the separation, the fight, the rumors, the talk-show appearances (video below) or the beer belly (on Jon), news of the couple’s every move was reported and consumed with equal frequency, and even those of us who had no interest in the utterly unfascinating couple were hard-pressed to find a Gosselin-free haven. Best of luck to those kids — aka the Plus 8 … remember them? — who may very well be worse off than the Jackson kids.
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Turns out Michael Jackson’s death was just the career jumpstart his dad needed! In the two-plus months since the King of Pop passed away, Joe — the same guy Michael repeatedly claimed emotionally and physically abused him as a child — hasn’t missed a single publicity op, be it to chime in on his long-estranged son’s life or plug his new hip-hop project (quite the chatterbox at the BET Awards three days after MJ’s death). But, hey, everyone mourns differently.
KEEP READING: We Love the Show, Just Not Its Star
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Like most people, we spent much of the summer glued to the TV on Sunday nights for HBO’s True Blood — but it wasn’t for Paquin and her unbecoming lip snarl, that’s for sure. The actress, who won a Golden Globe for her performance in season 1, has done an about-face in season 2, turning protagonist Sookie into an overstrung distraction — and turning many die-hard fans of the True Blood books against her. We’re still watching the show, of course, but not without cringing at the shrill of Paquin’s wretched Southern accent. And wishing her blood be fully drained to death.
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Doug Reinhardt
Who is this guy? A baseball player? A Hills also-ran? Well, Paris Hilton’s on/off boyfriend/leech du jour is apparently both. All that really matters, however, is that Reinhardt is extremely annoying, because he just so happened to latch on to Paris at a time when there were tons of red-carpet events for her to attend. (And what in God’s name were they doing at the Cannes premiere of Inglourious Basterds?) Bored, Paris dumped him via her publicist earlier this summer but is back together with the doofus (again, out of boredom, we think) – and he actually agreed to a Paris reunion despite the public dumping. C’mon, dude, she’s not gonna make a sequel to 1 Night in Paris, so just get out of her light and move on.
KEEP READING: The Whiner o’ the Summer
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In case her movie The Ugly Truth wasn’t nuisance enough this summer, Heigl threw in some of her trademark public whining for good measure. She was due, though — after all, it had been over a year since she bashed the writers of the show (Grey’s Anatomy) that shot her to stardom and even longer since she criticized the movie (Knocked Up) that shot her to the A-list. Heigl was back at it again on The Late Show July 20 (video below), when she bemoaned the long hours she had to put in on her hit TV show … reportedly to help accommodate her Ugly Truth promotional tour. Your move, Grey’s writers.
KEEP READING: The Publicity Stunts Didn’t Pay Off …
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Borat: brilliant, one of a kind, hilarious and surprisingly insightful. But Bruno? Eh, not so much. And good Lord, those publicity stunts leading up to the movie’s release — they should’ve stopped with Bruno landing on Eminem’s face at the MTV Movie Awards (nicely executed, though, and well-acted). We never thought we could tire of Cohen’s elaborate, envelope-pushing antics, but this summer changed our minds. VERY wise decision in retiring your Ali G Show characters, Sacha.
KEEP READING: The Sad State of the Music Industry
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It’s official: Good music isn’t what sells albums; it’s all about dressing like an alien, making provocative comments and being embroiled in constant controversy (the latest being the hermaphrodite saga; video that started it all below). Gotta hand it to GaGa — she’s lasted much longer than her deserved 15 minutes. But nobody in the entertainment world is getting older faster, and once she completely exhausts her shock repertoire, the music won’t be enough to save her — even with Perez Hilton’s endorsements.
KEEP READING: Bad Filmmaker With an Even Worse Name!
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He had the dream gig and produced one hell of a buzz-building trailer for Terminator Salvation, but McG’s finished product was even worse than Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, which he and the cast subtly mocked almost every time they were interviewed. While Christian Bale’s flat performance as John Connor didn’t help, this cheesy, tension-free mess was McG’s doing. Still making bad movies, and still under the worst name in showbiz.
KEEP READING: Another Exploiter of MJ’s Death?
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She seemingly turned Michael Jackson’s Staples Center memorial into an audition — and casting directors ate it up! Shields, who went on to admit that she hadn’t seen Jackson in 16 years, fought back the waterworks while remembering her “little prince” at the July service, and she soon after landed her biggest movie role in ages. Coincidence or just another person benefiting from the King of Pop’s passing? Either way, the speech (video below) was just a tad soap-operatic.
KEEP READING: Even Her Absence from the Big Screen Has Been Irritating
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We were anything but annoyed by Biel’s decision to disrobe for the straight-to-DVD Powder Blue, but the months-long anticipatory fuss that led up to the few stills from the movie was, in fact, quite annoying — and unnecessary. In Jessica’s other summer movie, the almost-straight-to-DVD Easy Virtue, she couldn’t have stood out more alongside proper British thesps Ben Barnes, Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas. So … in other words, her agent and the Easy Virtue casting director should probably be fired. Off screen, the gossip she and boyfriend Justin Timberlake court on a daily basis continues to be even more irritating — plus, it wasn’t long ago that Biel acknowledged and actually complained about her beauty. Poor thing.
