I Love Blind Items ! #1

[Meg]

I actually thought it was Lindsay Lohan. I know like every blind item could be made about her since girl has a lot of issues, but being told off made me think of the time that was it sumner redstone issued that public note and i think behind the scenes she humiliated him or something. Anyway.

 

[Alexandra8715]

aaah I thought this thread had died out I havent been here in so long! got some catching up to do...

 

[swizzlekiss0125]

carrie underwood makes a lot of sense

 

[canuckcutie]

Yeah Lindsay may be a pain in the *** but she does have some successful movies under her belt and she hardly qualifies as a newbie.

I don't have much of a clue but Carrie could be it. I have read stuff about her being a diva. Country music is notoriously tight knit - look at how they treated the Dixie Chicks - and they don't take well to people trash talking or acting above their station. Plus Carrie has dropped a hell of a lot of weight since she finished IDOL which would fit with the fat jibes.

 

[xmodel citizen]

^ I thought the same thing about the weight! And yes, Hollywood is far from tight-knit. There's bitchery and backstabbing 24/7. And unlike Hollywood, many of the most successful acts have been around for years. Some of the most successful women are not teens or in their early 20s, but rather have children, families and have been working in the industry for many, many years.

 

[xmodel citizen]

Oh yeah, I also found this story about Carrie Underwood at ONTD. Ew, she has no reason to be such a cocky b*tch!

My friend works as a DJ at a country radio station. She recently told me the following story about her encounter with Carrie Underwood. Names and identifying details have been removed to protect the innocent, but it has not been edited otherwise! That means no bitching about spelling, punctuation, etc.. My friend is one of the nicest people I've ever known. So I feel bad that she had such a letdown.



"Yeah, just real arrogant and like she couldn't be bothered talking to anyone. And the part that most pissed me off was that it was at a convention for the St. Jude Children's Hospital... which is called Country Cares for St. Jude Kids. The biggest & best country stations in each market hold a Radio-Thon once a year and raise money for St. Jude.... and in January (or Feb., I can't remember) of each year, each station sends like 2 people down to Memphis for this convention to gear up for the Thon.

So when you are in Memphis (that's where the hospital is) you tour the hospital, you meet some of the little patients (soooo heartbreaking, yet so inspiring...it was a very tough day that day!) and then you also have a bunch of country singers/groups down there who are endorsing the hospital and the Thon efforts and they cut station liners for each station. For example, "Hey this is Carrie Underwood. Please call now and Become a Partner in Hope for the St. Jude Radiothon on (name of radio station)." That way each station has personalized ones you can play those during the Thon.

So anyhow, they do that and then they perform some concerts and stuff and it's just a thing that gets country music and the radio stations all geared up to make the Thons the most money they can. But it's a HUGE DEAL!! And the convention lasts like 4 or 5 days....so it's a lot going on... but very fun too.

So, before you go down, they don't tell you which artists will be there... it's kinda part of the excitement to see who are the main people each year. Well, we get down there and find out that Carrie is one of them, which I am thrilled about (at the time) because I loved her! Among others were Rodney Atkins, Josh Turner, Little Big Town, Trent Tomlinson, Hal Ketchum, Trent Willmon, Eric Church, Rhett Akins, Ashley Monroe, Alabama, etc. So other big names and then up and comers, too.

Well, the day they were cutting liners- there are so many stations and so many artists, that you split your station (both people) and split the artists so you can get as many different ones as you can. So the girl I was with was our News Director and she is like, "You definitely have to get Carrie's because I know how much you like her" and then we just kinda split the rest.

So I get to Carrie's booth, and I remain like a radio professional, not like a crazed fan... and I say something like, "Oh Hi Carrie, I'm Jane from the (radio station) morning show... Thanks so much for doing this, blah, blah, blah". She mutters something back, rips the liner sheet out of my hand, and looks up like she has something better to do, and says, "Ready?"

So I get my recorder turned on, and now I'm pissed. So I snap, "Whenever you are". She reads the liners through (not sh*tty, but not with much emphasis, and it's like you know, you are trying to encourage people to call in and donate money for these dying children...could you maybe pretend to be a little heartfelt?? )

She gets done reading the liners...LOOKS PAST ME up to the next person from a station also from Wisconsin and says, "Next." Are you kidding me???? Next? No, good luck to your station. No, thanks for doing this. No, thanks for playing my music even though I just broke onto the country scene and you don't have to play my songs. No.... I get a Next. Ugh, you little snot. I mean, think about this: you are dealing with people who can just as easily not play your music if they don't want to and then your career goes down the toilet.... so you would think she would have been at least polite.

So maybe I shouldn't have said anything, but I looked at the guy who was coming up next, and said, "Good Luck with that." And I mean, he didn't hear our exchange, so he probably didn't understand what I meant, but I was mad.

So we get done for the day with the liner cutting and everyone else was GREAT, but I am still pretty mad (and more so disappointed that she is such a nasty person and 3 hours ago I wanted to be her best friend) and so I am telling the news director the story over dinner. Well, at our table, sits 2 people from a Minnesota station... and their afternoon drive girl says-- Well check this out, it wasn't just you--
Here she was in the elevator the night before with Carrie in the hotel that we all stayed in (The Peabody...the one with the ducks that march!!...you have got to go there at least once!....so ok...) and so they are riding up and she says to Carrie: "Hey Carrie, yeah, we're playing your new song (which at this time was Don't Forget To...) and I really hope it goes #1 for you...blah, blah, blah" (And mind you now, their station in Minnesota is like BIG MARKET radio) So, the little snot that she is, turns (and again, no thanks for playing it...no thanks for helping to make my 1st song do so well....no...) and says, "It already IS #1" and turns her back to again stare at the elevator buttons. Well, well, well... you little hoity toity beotch!

So yeah, I am not at all a fan. And what's funny is that (probably the only time in my life) I agree with Joan Rivers. She recently came out and said that all the fame has went to Carrie's head waaaay to quickly and that she was a stuck up little brat. CAN I GET AN AHEM ON THAT!

So that's the story....
Everyone else that I've met has been wonderful, but not her.....and it's disappointing."

Plus there was that whole Faith Hill incident. Bad Carrie! Politeness is very important in the South

 

[zembla]

I think a lot of people in country music are jealous of Carrie, just keepin' it real. The girl has had a sh*tload of success...her debut album is close to going 6x platinum...so I imagine alot of women in the induistry who had to work 10 times harder are lookin at her with a shifty eye.

I think the blind item is her only because Lainey has had items in the past about Carrie being bitchy...so who knows. She does come off uber-professional also so it's a tough call...I won't hold that radio incident against her because those DJ's always wants the star to be their friend even though they just have a job to do...

 

[xmodel citizen]

^ That's not the only rumours/stories about her. She is supposedly a very big b*tch. It's funny how the real superstars of the industry, who have been around for years and years manage to act politely and have some common courtesy. Anyone who has ever been to the South knows that it IS a very big deal. Kids there are raised to say please, thank you, sir and ma'am. And come on, she may have sold millions of albums but someone like Martina McBride has been selling platinum albums for years, charting in the top 10 of both the country AND pop charts. Major country artists like Martina, Tim McGraw,Faith Hill and Kenny Chesney are by no means broke or unpopular compared to Carrie but they still manage to be kind and polite.

And like Lainey said, when you're burning bridges within such a tight-knit industry, your "freshman glow" isn't going to last long. It's gonna be a lot tougher to sell albums when your label and fellow artists turn against you. Compare her to other artists like Miranda Lambert who have serious talent and you'll see that she's nothing but prefab.

 

[swizzlekiss0125]

what was the "faith hill incident," xmodel citizen, if you don't mind my asking?

 

[Nemova]

what was the "faith hill incident," xmodel citizen, if you don't mind my asking?

 

[xmodel citizen]

^^ Oh, Carrie won the "Best Female Artist" award or something like that at the CMAs, beating out a bunch of older, more established women. The camera panned to Faith Hill who did this "what?" move and it cause some sort of controversy. I dunno, I thought it was a joke at the time, but maybe Carrie called her old and fat so who knows.


EDIT: Haha, you beat me to it! Whatevs

 

[Harumi]

nemova, I can't see anything. Please somebody explain what it was all about.

 

[xmodel citizen]

^ Now?

 

[zembla]

The fact is that they will just have to deal with Carrie...country made all of her singles #1's...so they created the monster. LOL

Chris Daughtry is another former AI that supposedly developed a big ego and Taylor Hicks.

 

[xmodel citizen]

^ But the thing is, "country" did not make her! American Idol made her. If it wasn't for AI, no one would know who she was. I think that's the whole point of the "hasn't paid her dues" thing. She goes on a reality TV show, wins it and suddenly she's better than people who've dedicated themselves to the industry for 20+ years? Come on, just because she was on AI doesn't mean she's suddenly the best singer ever. Her 6 million can't exactly compare with say, Garth Brooks Same goes for Chris, Taylor, Clay, et al. come on, being on AI doesn't mean you're suddenly the greatest artist/celebrity of all time! It's sad because I'm not a big country fan but I like Carrie's music. Too bad she's such a b*tch.

 

[zembla]

^ But the thing is, "country" did not make her! American Idol made her. If it wasn't for AI, no one would know who she was. I think that's the whole point of the "hasn't paid her dues" thing. She goes on a reality TV show, wins it and suddenly she's better than people who've dedicated themselves to the industry for 20+ years? Come on, just because she was on AI doesn't mean she's suddenly the best singer ever. Her 6 million can't exactly compare with say, Garth Brooks Same goes for Chris, Taylor, Clay, et al. come on, being on AI doesn't mean you're suddenly the greatest artist/celebrity of all time! It's sad because I'm not a big country fan but I like Carrie's music. Too bad she's such a b*tch.

Well Carrie is one of the few Idol winners to actually still give props to AI...she even thanked them in her Grammy speech. So I give her credit for that...but she always came of kind of cold to me even before she sold a ton of albums.

And I agree that country didn't make her but they certainly got behind her in a big way. They could've dissed her because she came off a reality show but they made her #1...it's hard for me to diss Carrie completely because I always think she comes off really classy in her interviews and does appreciate AI and her fans. But she clearly got sucked into the Hollywood scene with the dramatic weight loss, diva stories, a new boyfriend every week...she's become a tabloid fixture...

 

[xmodel citizen]

Here's another one. Golf metaphors are so sexy!

Easter Sunday is supposed to be a time spent with family. OK, so I guess if you have the time and inclination you could maybe get in a round of golf. This married A list movie actor told his wife he needed to relax and so was going out to Palm Springs to play some golf. He showed up at the golf course. He went inside the pro-shop and gave the head pro a few hundred dollars and said that if his wife called to tell her that the actor was out on the course and no cell phones are allowed there. Then he was to call the actor's cell phone and tell him the wife called. The actor then left the pro shop with a woman who was not dressed to play golf and drove away. Now it's possible this twosome played golf somewhere else, but I think he was trying to put his ball into another cup if you know what I mean. **Note to other actors who try this. Spread the $$ around to all the staff at the shop so they don't go blabbing away.**

And another. Any ideas?

So, this B list movie actor from a Top 20 2006 movie is A list to all of his fans except in one regard. Our actor has the most annoying girlfriend on the face of the earth. Seems this actor and girlfriend are regulars at a juice bar chain on S. Beverly. Well the girlfriend is just kind of obnoxious when she is with our actor, but it's a different story when she comes in alone. When she comes in alone, she's always on her cell phone, name dropping until there are no more names to drop. She talks about this party and that party and shopping she did and is going to do. She also orders drinks that aren't even on the menu but hushes the counter staff with a hand when they try and explain and goes back to her phone call. When she FINALLY gets off the phone and they tell her they don't have that drink, she does the "Don't you know who my boyfriend is?" Yes, they know who your boyfriend is, and they like him. What they don't like is you or the way you back up the line, your obnoxious laugh, your fake hair and breasts and the fact that you have no life.

crazy days and nights

 

[Nemova]

nemova, I can't see anything. Please somebody explain what it was all about.

Sorry, I really don't know why the video isn't working.

 

[Alexandra8715]

Basically when they read out the winner of the prize, they had cameras on all the nominees. They read out Carrie Underwood and as it happened Faith Hill must have presumed that she had won as she lifted her arms up in a 'thank you' type way, but then when she realised they had called out Carrie's name she went 'WHAT?!?!' and looked real pissed and really shocked. Pretty hilarious.

 

[swizzlekiss0125]

thanks for explaining everyone!