Jon Hamm's not-so-private parts are reportedly causing quite the stir on the "Mad Men" set. According to the New York Daily News' Confidenti@l, an AMC Network insider says the allegedly well-endowed actor was kindly instructed by a staffer to please wear underwear while shooting his scenes.
“This season takes place in the 1960s, where the pants are very tight and leave little to the imagination,” the source tells Confidentia@l. “Jon’s impressive anatomy is so distracting that they politely insisted on underwear.”
The insider even adds that during Seasons 1 and 2 of the show, the marketing team had to Photoshop a lot of the promotional posters, billboards and ad campaigns considering Hamm's "impressive anatomy" was making an impressive showing. “His privates are the inside joke,” says the source, who adds that Hamm “knows what he’s got.” As is now public knowledge, the 42-year-old actor doesn't mind going commando. He's been pictured stepping out clearly not wearing underwear multiple times.
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“Imagine how distracting that would be on the side of a bus or building,” the insider laughs. “When the promotional pictures came back the first few seasons, we had to work with them. Everyone was concerned about too much Christina Hendricks boob, but it’s Jon that has the most to show. It’s a good problem to have.”
Still, Hamm's rep calls these claims outrageous, telling the Daily News, “It is ridiculous and not really funny at all. I’d appreciate you taking the high road and not resorting to something childish like this that’s been blogged about 1,000 times.”
The woman Tiki Barber allegedly left his pregnant wife for was their children’s babysitter, according to new reports. Sources claim Traci Lynn Johnson often watched the Barbers’ two children.
Barber announced his divorce from Ginny Cha, who is 8 months pregnant with twins, earlier this week. According to insiders, the former NFL star, 35, dumped Cha for 23-year-old Johnson, a former intern at NBC. No other details on the alleged affair were available.
"After 11 years of marriage, Ginny and I have decided to separate," Barber, a Today Show correspondent said in a statement. "This decision was a painful one, but we are moving forward amicably and will continue to work together to raise our children with the love and dedication they have always known."
Neither Barber nor Cha has commented on the mistress allegations.
The newly brunette Grey's Anatomy star caught her dress strap after it broke while she was accepting the Female Star of the Year award at the ShoWest convention in Las Vegas last week, according to E! News.
The show's emcee, Billy Bush, swooped in and held Heigl's strap in place as she finished her speech. Heigl later secured the strap with a safety pin. In non-fashion emergency news, the actress said that her new dark 'do is for her role as a young female bounty hunter in the movie adaptation of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum book series.
"She's a very specific kind of girl, and I didn't want to disappoint the fans because I know what it's like when your favorite book gets made into a movie and it's not what you had hoped," Heigl told E! prior to her strap snap. "I wanted to go out there and show the fans I'm committed to Stephanie."
In case you missed the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, or, if you saw the issue and wanted to know more about the models and the locations. This blog post is for you!
Below, we've posted selected model interviews that allow you to get to know the ladies behind the beautiful swimsuits a little more in depth. Oh, and there's terrific video showing the fantastic exotic locations as well. Enjoy your in-depth look at this iconic publication...
The California Highway Patrol has released the 911 tape of a San Diego driver whose 2008 Toyota Prius began accelerating uncontrollably on Interstate 8 Monday. The 26-minute tape records a dispatcher trying to help James Sikes bring his car under control as it revs over 90 miles per hour – and then the sounds of sirens as a patrol car catches up to Sikes and helps him bring the car to a stop.
California Highway Patrol officer Todd Neibert talks about helping driver James Sikes with his runaway Toyota Prius at a news conference held Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in El Cajon, Calif. Sikes, 61, was driving east on Interstate 8 near Lake Jennings Park Road at 1:30 p.m. when he tried to pass a slower car, according to the California Highway Patrol's account of the incident. Sikes then noticed that the Prius seemed to be accelerating on its own. Sikes attempted to bring the car under control himself, and then called 911.
The 911 tape starts with the operator asking Sikes if he has an emergency. "My car won't slow down," answers Sikes. After telling the operator where he is and what kind of car he's operating, he again tells the operator, "My accelerator is stuck. Yeah, I pulled it back, I tried pulling it back, pulling it back, but it's stuck."
Toyota With 'Stuck' Accelerator Hits 94 MPH, Driver Rescued by California Highway PatrolToyota Slams Sudden Acceleration Research of Auto ExpertMore from Brian Ross and the Investigative TeamAs Sikes would later explain during a press conference, he held on to his steering wheel and tried to pull the accelerator pedal back with his right hand. "I thought it was maybe stuck," he said. "Somehow the pedal was stuck. But it wasn't stuck on anything that was visible."
The Prius had reached more than 80 miles per hour when the operator told Sikes she was notifying a highway patrol officer. Sikes can then be heard saying, "A truck" and "S__t." Sikes said later that he had to avoid several big rigs during the incident.
The operator asks Sikes to check his floor mats and to try to put the car into neutral, and to press down on the brakes for five seconds. Sikes, who has sounded fairly calm, throughout the incident, starts to moan as these various measures fail.
The big question wasn't which movie was going to take home Best Picture at the Oscars, it was who was going to show up in Avatar makeup! And Ben Stiller did not disappoint with his creepy Na'vi impression.
Stiller made an impressive attempt at emulating the Na'vi language, although his true triumph was getting the Oscars crowd to laugh at a Hitler joke.
Perhaps the final slap in the face was that the movie he was mocking wasn't even nominated for the award he was presenting. Star Trek took the prize for best makeup - so here's to a Klingon Stiller next year.
Massive rogue waves struck the cruise ship Louis Majesty in the Mediterranean on Wednesday killing two and injuring more than a dozen passengers. The waves, at least 25 feet in height, broke windows and flooded cabins on the ship carrying 2,000 people.
The Louis Majesty was traveling from Barcelona to Genoa on the last day of a 10-day cruise of the western Mediterranean when the waves struck. Reports indicate that three massive waves broke windshields on the front of the ship and sent water over the decks. Two deaths were reported as a result of the waves and both died at the scene. The victims were a 52-year-old Italian man and a 69-year-old German man from North Rhine Westphalia. Fourteen injuries were reported, most minor and none life-threatening. Two of those had serious injuries including a 62-year-old woman who broke both of her legs.
Passenger Claude Cremex of Marseille, France told the Associated Press, “It was spectacular. A lot of water came in. Many cabins were flooded.” Data from an automated buoy near where the accident occurred
shows the massive wave heights. Exactly where the accident occurred was still unclear. Most reports said the ship was sailing near the French Mediterranean port of Marseille but others placed it off the coast of Cabo de San Sebastian, Spain near Palafrugell.
Reports are that there were high winds in the area the ship was traveling through and automated buoy data indicates significant wave action at the time. A buoy operated by Meteo France in the area recorded waves to 21 feet high and winds in excess of 40 mph. The 680 foot ship is owned and operated by Louis Cruises and had 1,350 passengers and 580 crew members on board at the time of the accident. The nearly 41,000 ton ship is “the most stylish and biggest ship in the fleet” according to Louis Cruises.
