Charles Barkley Reveals The Key to Beating Obama at Basketball: He Always Goes Left
"I'm an old fat guy now, but I'd kick his ass," said Barkley, a personal friend of Obama's, in response to whether or not he'd win in a game of one-on-one. Apparently, Barack Obama has a tendency to play one-handed.
Charles Barkley Gives LeBron James a Verbal Beatdown
LeBron James received quite the critique on last night's Late Show! Former NBA star/current blowhard Charles Barkley and David Letterman got real when speaking out about James' controversial switch from Cleveland to Miami. Check the clip to get the dirt.
Charles Barkley Talks LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and the Playoffs on The Tonight Show
Charles Barkley, whose blunt hilarity always delivers, is one of the most entertaining late-night talk show guests. Tonight, Barkley sat with Jay Leno to discuss LeBron James' future, Kobe Bryant's fashion faux pas, and the NBA playoffs. Video highlights inside.
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Jon Stewart takes on Jim Cramer (again), Charles Barkley demonstrates the shake weight, Stephen Colbert's convinced himself of an Iceland-conspiracy, and we celebrate our ten favorite TV moments that involve smoking the greens stuff.
Charles Barkley Uses the Shake Weight
TNT's NBA coverage dissolved into a pit of giggles as Charles Barkley expertly handled the Shake Weight. We love that the basketball legend managed to maintain a look of baffled naivety throughout (almost) the entire ordeal.
Ashton and Demi Want to Have Babies
She has to costar in a movie with Miley Cyrus first, though. Did Amy Winehouse's boobs spring another leak? Jersey Shore gets banned from clubs. Wizard of Oz's coroner munchkin dies. Saturday's gossip roundup defies belief.
Johnny Weir Suggests Charles Barkley "Sit and Look Pretty"
On The Tonight Show, fun was had with the size disparity between the guests, Johnny Weir and Charles Barkley. When Charles can't fit on the couch like Johnny, the skater's suggestion: "Just sit there and look pretty".
Taco Bell Comes to its Senses and Caters to Fat People Again
The delicate balance is restored. Who wants to live in a world where Taco Bell is telling us they can make us skinny?
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Piers Morgan is a creep, The Dana Carvey Show is reborn, Charles Barkley impersonates Alicia Keys, Lindsay Lohan shows her charitable side, and we take a look at the lessons to be learned from The Late Shift.
Charles Barkley As Alicia Keys in Hilarious SNL Rehearsal Footage
Charles Barkley hosted SNL last weekend and actually got some favorable reviews (Ken Tucker called it "one of the more likable editions of the show in recent months"). Also funny? This rehearsal footage, in which Barkley impersonates Alicia Keys.
Avatar, Snowed Out, Still Makes $73 Million
How much money do you think "Avatar" would have made if it didn't snow a million inches this weekend? $1 billion? $300 trillion? Stupid snow. What does God have against James Cameron besides the fact he's sort of a douche?
The Mighty Fist of Kelly Killoren Bensimon
• If you're out shopping and you find yourself facing off against Kelly Killoren Bensimon for the last dress in your size, let her have it: The former model and Real Housewives star was arrested and charged with third-degree assault last week after punching her 30-year-old boyfriend in the face, leaving him with a…
Kimora's Secret Wedding, Eliot Spitzer's Kinky Side
• Kimora Lee Simmons and Djimon Hounsou are married. Sort of. The couple reportedly traveled to Africa last summer to tie the knot in a secret ceremony, but the marriage isn't valid in the US since Kimora was still married to Russell Simmons at the time. But Djimon went shopping for an engagement ring last week, so…
Jen's Big Move, More Drama from the Oscar Parties
• Get the welcome wagon ready: Jennifer Aniston may be moving to New York soon, both to be closer to John Mayer and because she's filming her next two movies here. [Fox 411]
• A bunch of people who attended Madonna, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's Oscars party at Guy Oseary's house ended up leaving early and heading…
Happy Birthday
Ivana Trump turns 60 today. Anderson Cooper's mother, heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, is 85. Cindy Crawford is 43. Sidney Poitier turns 82. Coach president Reed Krakoff is 45. Grace Hightower De Niro is turning 56. Knicks guard Stephon Marbury is 32. Patty Hearst is turning 55. Architect Deborah Berke is turning 55.…
Celebrities, Socialites Turn to Violence
• It's getting ugly between Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony: Star reports that the couple have gotten "physical" and there's been lots of "pushing and shoving," and Lopez has even gone running back to Diddy for help. [Star]
• Heiress Casey Johnson's new short hairdo? It's because she got into a vicious brawl with…
Piven's Got a New Girl
• Jeremy Piven's latest conquest? A 23-year-old model/bottle waitress at Mansion named Ashley Chontos, who was the first to respond to Piven's late-night text appeal ("Come to my room—whoever responds first gets me for the night") and who, you'll be happy to hear, is standing by her man, even though he's in Bangkok…
Time Inc. Pulls Back, Fox News Apologizes
♦ Details on the layoffs and management changes at Time Inc. [NYP]
♦ More on the demise of Maer Roshan's Radar and its God-awful TMZ-like reincarnation. [NYO, HuffPo]
♦ Fox News has apologized for putting a racist and anti-Semite on the air. [MM]
♦ Noted media expert (and former basketball player) Charles…
Fox News Flacks Attack Really Big Man!
Oh Fox News PR machine, how we've missed your vicious personal attacks on anyone speaking ill of the Mothership! It's been literally months since one of Roger Ailes' specially trained attack flacks unloaded against a reporter or a PR person or anybody else for the crime of calling Fox News a den of writhing right-wing…
