American Idol Reject Faces Legal Action

Legal woes hit American Idol, particularly American Idol reject Josiah Leming.

Leming, the homeless singer-former Idol contestant who got axed shortly before the top 24 round, is facing legal action, also from Idol, in the form of threats to block the release of his upcoming album due in January. The legal action against Leming cites violation to terms of agreement.

Like the other contestants, Leming signed a strict contract that only allowed him to sign with the Sony/BMG, the show's hand-picked label. Rather, he signed with Warner Bros. earlier this year. He cites his dream for his terminally-ill mother to hear his music while she is still alive, which is understandable.

While there are terms to agree to on a contract, I sincerely hope Leming gets to release his album while his mother is still alive to share the joy of it with him.

Joaquin Phoenix Retires

At the tender age of 34, Joaquin Phoenix of Walk the Line fame has decided to retire from movies and become a musician.

After filming Two Lovers, his final film co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw, Phoenix will be pursuing music, a passion of his since learning how to play guitar for the role of Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. "It's Casey [Affleck]'s time now," he stated when explaining his retirement.

Casey Affleck, brother-in-law of Phoenix, confirms the statement, saying that Phoenix is indeed working on an album.

Two Lovers is slated for release on February 13, 2009.

LiLo Cut from Ugly Betty

Lindsay Lohan's run on Ugly Betty has been cut from six episodes to four. According to a high-level insider, producers do not plan to have her back for future episodes, and she's getting cut out of the episodes she has already filmed.

The reason: diva behavior, perhaps, says many sources. (Diva behavior — or, rather, rumors of it — has gone around Hollywood like the common cold quite lately.) On set, LiLo would show up on set with a large entourage, smoke like a chimney, mess up her dressing room to the point where it had to be repainted, refuse to go on set until the series's leading lady America Ferrara showed, and cut pictures of herself out of tabloids to make herself a scrapbook — perhaps a souvenir chronicling her experience in Hollywood? One source also states that, when America switched roles and pulled down LiLo's pants rather than LiLo pulling down her pants as per the episode "Granny Pants," she didn't wear any underwear.

Another, and probably more likely, reason is creative differences. According to another source, LiLo seemed rather interested in playing herself than playing the character she was cast to play. Last I checked, when you take on a guest-star role, play the guest-star role unless you get approval to play yourself. But what do I know? I'm not a Hollywood insider or an actress... yet.

However, on the flip side, LiLo seemed to have a great time on set and managed to make at least a decent impression on Ferrara, as Ferrara's rep stated that she enjoyed having Lohan on the show. She also managed to get a gracious official statement from the producers of the series, stating that she did a good job and they enjoyed having her on the show.

Time and future updates will only tell...

School can really keep you busy.

I came upon here and saw that I hadn't posted anything in a month. Granted, I haven't gotten many visitors, but I've been so busy with school that I just kind of pushed this aside if you know what I mean.

I shall resume with hopefully a few posts.