FIGURES
Focus on her body of work, not her body.
Actress Keira Knightley is fed up with the media’s obsession with her looks.
According to Reuters, during a news conference in Venice to promote her film “Atonement,” the actress was questioned about her weight and figure.
“We actually had a bet going. I was like, ‘Come on, how many times either anorexia or something about my body are going to come up,” Knightley said referring to the cast and crew of her film.
While the actress is often scrutinized for her very slim figure, Keira says, “I think what I want to keep it about is the work, that’s all I’m interested in.”
Springing a leak
Kanye’s new album is on the loose.
On the Internet, that is. Leaked versions of “Graduation,” which drops Sept. 11, were available online Friday. Late Thursday night, RedEye heard a track played on a Chicago radio station. The DJ said he planned to play the leaked tracks until the station got a cease and desist order.
Redeyechicago.com columnist Twista feels Kanye’s pain. In his column Friday, he said, “Sometimes an album leak can help an artist, but sometimes it can hurt an artist too. It really depends on the artist and what kind of fan base the artist has.”
“At the end of the day, leaking an album is stealing,” Twista said. “Album leaks are definitely a reason why hip-hop sales are going down right now.”
A Kramer moment
The managing partner of an Ohio comedy club is saying that working with Andy Dick is definitely unfunny.
Dick, who performed at the FunnyBone Comedy Club last weekend, committed a series of odd acts, including groping club customers, escorting women into the men’s bathroom and urinating on the floor, the Funny Bone’s David Stroupe told the AP.
The comedian’s antics didn’t end there, according to Stroupe, who told the AP that a driver who was supposed to take Dick to the airport, couldn’t find him because he was across town being cited for urinating on a sidewalk.
A Franklin County Municipal court employee confirmed to the AP that Dick is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
Brit bit
Britney Spears? Normal?
That’s how T-Pain, who teamed up with the pop tart in the recording studio a few months ago, described her in an interview with MTV.
“She came in there, shook my hand and went right into the booth,” he told MTV. “She was smiling the whole time. In an hour we had a song.”
The “Buy You a Drank” singer told MTV he and Brit knocked out three songs. The songs may or may not appear on her new still-untitled album, which People magazine reported Friday was set to drop Nov. 13.
T-Pain’s only complaint? That the paparazzi camped outside the studio showed no interest in him. “I was like, ‘What about me? I got hits,” he said.
Fear and clothing
People were packed wall to wall to watch Chris Brown sing on “The Today Show” on Friday morning, but his performance is not what will be remembered.
As the star exited the stage, he removed his jacket and tossed it into a sea of screaming fans. Not surprisingly, a melee ensued over the coveted article.
Hosts Al Roker and Matt Lauer could be seen trying to break it up from the stage, but security had to be called to control the situation. Lauer ended the segment by saying, “We learned a little lesson here this morning. We do not throw pieces of clothing into the audience.”
THE DIGIT
$50,000
The amount K-Fed’s lawyer wants from Britney Spears to cover some of her ex-husband’s legal expenses, according to The Associated Press. Attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan said Federline’s spousal support of $20,000 a month ends in November.
