Pet Rock: The Pop Culture Blog

I saw this online and I just had to share this with our Pet Rock readers. Princess Chunk was found waddling around Voorhees, N.J., and picked by the local animal shelter. This pleasantly plump kitty will be up for adoption if no one comes forward to reclaim her.

Not for nuthin', but someone should pick up this fat cat and turn her into a cash cow. She could be the next spokes-animal for "Jenny Craig" or even a diet version of Meow Mix. Cha-ching!

Photo credit: AP

Is Eva Mendes too hot for TV? Apparently so! The sexy Latina actress -- allegedly fresh out of "rehab" -- has a starring role in a new Calvin Klein fragrance commercial, but most U.S. broadcast networks have opted not to show the steamy perfume ad.

Eva Mendes photos

In the commercial for CK's Secret Obsession, Eva is featured rolling around naked on an unmade bed. "Between love and madness lies obsession," Eva says in a lustful tone. "Love...madness. It's my secret." So, what's the problem? Well, the actress starts to caress her breasts and then -- ooops! -- a little nipple action flashes on the screen. The whole scene proved a little too titillating for TV execs. [Watch uncensored commercial.]

The U.S. ban on the perfume ad is not surprising to the folks at Calvin Klein. "We believe the commercial is exceptional and hits the mark for Secret Obsession," Tom Murry, president and chief operating officer of Calvin Klein Inc., told the New York Daily News. "We are anticipating a very successful global launch."

Don't worry guys, you'll still get to see plenty of Eva in an edited version of the CK perfume commercial, and she's also appearing in print ads for Calvin Klein underwear.

More coverage: Easing your Eva Mendes nipple-gate concerns

If you haven't yet seen any of the first three episodes of "Live Through This" on Fuse TV, dude, you're missing out on some good stuff.

It fills the void left when VH1 ran out of rock stars who were rich and famous then lost it all to heroin, cocaine or alcohol only to get rich and famous again to document on "Behind the Music." Although this show is slightly different in its approach, if you were hooked on "Behind the Music," you'll get just as hooked with "Live Through This."

The first three episodes were on Britney Spears, Amy Winehouse and my personal fave, Nikki Sixx. "Live Through This: Kanye West" premieres Aug. 9 at 11 p.m. of Fuse TV (Ch. 56 on Cablevision). Definitely check it out, or at least set your DVR now. (Besides, you never know what Kanye West is going to say on camera.)

Here's a little snippet from the show, thanks to our good friends over there at Fuse.

Back before he played multiple characters in every movie, Eddie Murphy was a brilliant stand-up comedian and sketch artist.

Old School Tuesday salutes Eddie with this old SNL clip.

No joke, people, I'm fired up for the return of "Beverly Hills 90210" to television. OK, sure, I just admitted that in public, but lucky for me, we've only had about 20,000 readers to Pet Rock today.

Even with Kelly Taylor and Brenda Walsh coming back, I know the show won't be as good as it was growing up, but that's because I'm just as old as the gang from West Beverly (not in real life, those dudes were like 40 when they starred in the show). The new crop of kiddies watching the new crop of 90210ers will no doubt enjoy it.

But for us old folks, we're not too old to stop having fun. So here's a little old school "Beverly Hills 90210" trivia quiz for you. I went 8-for-10.

• Photos: Where are the '90210' cast members now?
• Map: '90210' hot spots

On today's episode of "The Wendy Williams Show" on Fox, she and Omarosa got a little testy with one another. Fox couldn't get the video out fast enough as the network tries to turn Wendy into a national daytime talk show host.

If you've ever listened to Wendy's radio show, you know she'll say whatever she wants. This interview, which may or may not have been staged just to draw interest, gets heated early and then again around the 4-minute mark. Sadly, there was no "When keeping it real goes wrong" moment.

The view here is that this was scripted drama. It felt a little too staged. Fox wants to make a big splash and Omarosa was pitching her new book "The Bitch Switch." I may be wrong, I may be right. Who really knows? Who really cares?

Watch the video and make your own call.

Tuesday morning update: Turns out Wendy Williams had more things to say Monday night about Omarosa.

Tuesday update: Uh oh, here's part 2 of the verbal scuffle.

Hard to believe there was a time when only girls could admire and respect Justin Timberlake.

Since the NSync thing ended and he went solo, JT has done no wrong.

• He's making hit records, ones that are actually good, not just that sell/download well.

• He's been linked to nearly every hot Hollywood chick there is, and most of them are older.

• He's the only guy we know of to be with Britney Spears in her prime.

• He's getting into the acting thing and he's pretty good at it.

• He's awesome as a host on "Saturday Night Live." (Bring it on in to Omeletville!)

• He impersonated Prince at the Golden Globes when accepting an award on his behalf.

• He introduced Madonna at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

• He killed as host of the ESPYs on Sunday night.

And now, on Monday morning, comes word that a federal appeals court overturned the $550,000 fine the FCC dropped on CBS for Janet Jackson's famous "wardrobe malfunction."

What does this mean for JT? Well, it means he can rip a girl's clothing off, expose her breasts to the world on national television -- in primetime, no less! -- and all parties walk away scotfree. That is magic powers, my friends.

Calling all fans of reality TV, comedian-actor-singer Jamie Foxx is the executive producer of a new show called "From G's to Gents" set to air on MTV on July 15th.

This show is built just like the other reality shows, but in this case more than a dozen street thugs (most likely actors) are living together in a posh mansion where they must learn the keys to becoming classy and successful gentlemen.

Fonzworth Bentley, the former umbrella-holder for hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, will be on hand to help orchestrate the transformation of these men. The winner will take home $100,000 as the grand prize.

Check out a couple of the promo clips and tell me what you think. Are you going to watch the series?

Photo credit: AP

We empathize and sympathize with Christie Brinkley as all the details of her philandering husband and her failed marriage get plastered all over the Internet, newspapers, blogs, television shows and the yet-to-be-released updated iPhone.

No doubt it sucks to get put on blast like that, especially with something as personal as a divorce case. That's not just tabloid gossip that you can laugh off or have your rep fire off a can-of-corn denial. But such is the high price of fame and celebrity in this country, for better or worse.

And since the sick parts of our souls gain nourishment from such publicized celebrity scandals, is there any doubt that a television movie is not far off? This has Lifetime Television "Christie Brinkley, The Story of One Strong Woman Who Staves Off Public Embarrassment from her Philandering Husband" written all over it.

With that in mind, we offer those brave potential producers and directors our casting suggestions.

Christie Brinkley, played by Denise Richards
   
Should be pretty easy for her to get to "that place" actors speak of when it comes to this character.

Peter Cook, played by Jack Wagner
   
He played such a delicious derelict dirtbag husband on "Melrose Place."

Diana Bianchi, played by Minka Kelly
   
Young, hot and brunette. What else do you need?

Robert Cohen, played by Martin Scorsese
   
Seriously, just look at these two pictures

Alexa Joel, played by Miley Cyrus
   
Although a small role, it could be the one that helps Miley break out of the tween pop star funk she's stuck in.

Billy Joel, played by Ray Abruzzo
   
"Little Carmine" could definitely handle this, especially if we're talking old school Billy. Such good hair on both.

-- La Monica

(Photos from AP, Getty Images, Newsday)

Not since the Mickey Mouse Club (Britney, Justin, Christina) has one show contributed so much to pop culture. Of course there are the obvious contributions: Audrina, Lauren, Whitney, Speidi, the upcoming spin-off “Bromance,” Audrina (yes, I know I already said that) and a chance to watch the exploits of potentially the dumbest girl to ever grace the screen, Lo. (New season starts Aug. 18)

Seriously, just watch. She is always so confused.

Aside from all of that, “The Hills” continuously sports one of the best soundtracks of any show on TV. The latest success story from that exposure should be Carolina Liar.

I first noticed the band after their song "Show Me What I’m Looking For" was on an episode last season. Later I heard "I’m Not Over" on Sirius, thanks Demos, and I was blown away.

The band features singer Buck Wolf, who grew up in Carolina, traveled to L.A. to make it in music but later found himself in Europe working with Max Martin. Martin was a mildly successful glam-rocker in Europe and later went one to write a little song call “Baby One More Time.” He has also worked with the Beastie Boys and Kelly Clarkson.

Don’t let that confuse you. Carolina Liar, powered by the vulnerable Wolf, is more Killers meets Augustana. The album "Coming to Terms" has many radio friendly jams including all the songs from "The Hills."

It is the first entire album I’ve purchased on iTuunes in the past three years. Totally worth it.

Check out their latest video here:

Sad about the fact that there is no good TV on in the summer? Still stunned by the new Olive Garden commercial that claims their chefs have a school in Tuscany (Seriously!)? Or if you are just looking to spice up your evening drinking, we here at Pet Rock have a new game for you.

The Denise Richards drinking game is simple, and anyone can play (provided you are over 21 and have no life). Here is how it works:

Step 1: Watch her show (I know, bear with me, you won’t remember it anyway).
Step 2: Any time she says “mom” take a drink.
Step 3: Any time she references "Richie" or "Charlie" chug for 5 seconds.
Bonus: Do a shot anytime she mentions "Wild Things" or the fact that she was in Playboy.

Warning: This game will get you seriously drunk in about 5 minutes. In case you haven’t been watching (but we know you all are) Denise's mother passed away recently from cancer. While that is terribly sad, she does tend to talk about it with every sentence on her new reality show.

In last week's episode, which was all about her mother, I lost count after 27 “my mom” references in a span of 5 minutes. When she is not talking about her mother, she is teaching her nephew about why she was in Playboy or explaining to people that she was in 'Wild Things.'

So, drink up and wait for the new season of 'Entourage' in September.

The Jonas Brothers rule the teen/tween world these days. Their new Disney movie "Camp Rock" debuts at 8 p.m. Friday, June 20 on the Disney Channel.

While I'm not knowledgeable about the Jonas Brothers' music, I can predict (along with the rest of America) that this movie will be this summer's "High School Musical" in terms of success and placement in the pop culture pantheon.

Have a look at the trailer below. Then help Mitchie save the next Campfire jam. It's more fun than the trailer. And you get to rescue a cowbell (sorry, no Christopher Walken sightings in this game, as far as I can tell.)

I’ll admit it. I’m watching “It’s Complicated” with Denise Richards. Why? I have no idea. Aside from Richards being the girl who kissed Neve Campbell in ‘Wild Things,’ I couldn’t tell you anything about her … at least about her career.

I knew she was married to Charlie Sheen and that there was some drama between her, Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora, but none of that explains why I’m watching.
I usually blame these events on my wife. She does control the remote, but I am oddly drawn to this show. I think it is because I can’t tell if she is crazy, or normal. Let’s look at the evidence.

In the crazy corner we have these facts:

Before I go on a tirade about "Gossip Girl," I want to put out there that I fully realize a few things:

1. I am too old to be watching "Gossip Girl." I graduated from high school a decade ago, yet I'm still caught up in the lives of NYC's fictitious prep-schoolers. Such is life.
2. I'm a little late to this post. The finale was Monday, I know. But it's still on my mind, that's how disappointed I was...

Which brings me to the finale.

I was ready to have my mind blown. I figured with the gay storyline, evil Georgina, the Blair and Chuck love/hate relationship, the MURDER (not really) that Serena committed... the writers would have saved something really juicy for the finale. And then they didn't.

All of the plotlines were wrapped up and tied in nice pretty pink bows. Rufus and Lily (parents of Dan and Serena) slept together the night before her wedding to rich and conniving Bart (Chuck's dad) ... but their night of love meant nothing. She still got married, they remain friends. BORING.

Dan didn't sleep with Georgina, who got sent away to boot camp, but still broke up with Serena after a long wistful dance. Total set-up for him getting with Vanessa (who wore a hideous dress) and Serena getting with Nate. Again, totally boring.

Blair and Chuck made out on the dance floor and then were scheduled to set out on a vacation when, unbeknownst to her, Chuck ditched her for a blond chick (Lydia Hearst, looking absolutely bony and lifeless). Boring, again.

Oh, and other plotlines ... Jenny will work in fashion for Blair's mom (her at-home sewing has served her well) and Rufus hits the road with his band.

Thankfully, "Gossip Girl" is heading to the Hamptons this summer to shoot next season, back in September with 24 episodes. Stay tuned.

Oh, and if anyone out there has tips on their Hamptons whereabouts, send them my way. Yes, I will be following the cast and crew to the East End ... I have a video camera and I'm not afraid to use it.

Sneak peek time! Whet your appetite with a little video preview of L.C., Audrina and the next season of "The Hills" which premieres Aug. 18, compliments of E!

There once was a time when puppets ruled the world. If you were a kid growing up in the 80s, you know what I mean ...

We learned several life lessons from watching Sesame Street and the Muppets, including how to count to 100 (The Count), share cookies (Cookie Monster), how to stay positive and enjoy rainbows (Kermit the Frog).

But it was Fraggle Rock that reached out to young viewers on a deeper level, offering amusing yet educational episodes on prejudice, social conflict and other complex issues in a happy place known as Fraggle Rock.

Just this week, Variety reported that the series will be turned into a live-action musical film with a mix of human characters and Fraggle Rock puppets. I can't wait to see it!

In the meantime, check out the intro to my fave childhood show:

It was a fairly week season 3 finale of "The Hills" on MTV last night. Although, the house in the Beverly Hills that MTV used for the show afterparty looked fairly insane on television.

After a double viewing of the finale, Pet Rock is left with one question (OK, maybe more than one, but they're all about one topic). Does Heidi Montag not watch her own show? Doesn't she know that punting away a great career move for a questionable dude comes with bad "Hills" karma?

Of course, this all happened a few months ago and we only see 25 minutes of their lives each week, so who knows what really went on. But, in terms of the show, throwing away a shot at developing the next Vegas hot spot won't look good as a bulletpoint on the resume.

Oh, well, guess that why there's going to be a Season 4. It debuts Aug. 18.

- La Monica

After her cameo -- a successful one in the eyes of Pet Rock -- last month on "How I Met Your Mother," Britney Spears returns as Abby the secretary on the May 12 episode. Watch the clip and enjoy.

I’m not exactly sure who handles casting at ‘The Real World,’ but they should get a raise, an Emmy and any other accolade you can give a casting director. This year’s show features the best, most disturbed, cast of all-time.

There is a stripper, a former meth-addict and someone with an arrest warrant issued for them. Oh, that’s all the SAME PERSON! It just gets better from there.

You also have Joey, a roid-raging alcoholic who has a problem with drugs. Ratings GOLD! There is also a S
outhern girl who is a total racist and doesn’t even know it and then perhaps the best cast member of all time in Greg, the winner of this year’s viewer’s choice for roommates, he doesn’t even care that he is on the show. It is awesome.

In this week’s episode, Joey gets drunk, destroys the house, threatens all his roommates, cries and then gets sent to rehab with Dr. Drew from ‘Loveline.’ Only in Hollywood.

In case you missed it, here is what you need to know about each cast member:

Joey: Alcoholic and avid weightlifter now in rehab for addiction to everything. Cries a lot.

Kimberly: Made famous for saying things like ‘let’s not get all ghetto.’ Resident racist is clueless.

Dave: So far the most normal of the bunch.

Sarah: Good girl recently admitted an eating disorder. Destined to cheat on boyfriend soon.

Will: Wedding DJ trying to make it in Hollywood. Seems like a good guy.

Brianna: Stripper recently returned home after a bench warrant was issued for a fight she had with her boyfriend in Philadelphia

Greg: Viewers choice refers to people as ‘peasants’ and women as ‘associates.’ Greatest cast member of all-time!

While star turns in the hits like ‘Rat Race,’ ‘Eddie,’ and ‘It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie,’ may have made you forget that our favorite center-square, Whoopi Goldberg, was once a decent actress (see ‘Ghost’ and ‘Clara’s Heart’), there is nothing in her career path to show that she would ever make a good singer.

She proved that on yesterday’s ‘View’ when she jumped in on ‘Higher Love’ with Steve Winwood. My bet is he never goes back and that there were thousands of cats lined up outside after the show.

Check it out on the web site for ‘The View’ under ‘Whoopi’s duet.

Arguably the greatest host of "Saturday Night Live" ever (all due respect to Steve Martin, Christopher Walken, John Goodman and Justin Timberlake), Alec Baldwin gets another moment in the sun Tuesday night (April 29) at 8:30 p.m.

NBC has put together the Best of Alec Baldwin on "SNL," which will no doubt leave us paralyzed from laughter for 90 minutes or so.

Legendary skits such as Canteen Boy, Pete Schweddy's balls and my favorite, Baldwin as an elf re-enacting his "Glengarry Glen Ross" speech, no doubt will make the cut tonight. With any luck, a few Dr. Burner and Dr. Zinger skits, too.

Just to get you in the mood, watch the video below.

- La Monica

Popular New York disc jockey Wendy Williams is getting her own TV show.

Starting July, Williams will appear every day on Fox affiliates in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Detroit every day for an hour known as "The Wendy Williams Show."

Williams will broadcast from New York, where she's hosted a radio show for 15 years. Her show will dive into the entertainment world and tackle topics such as celebrity gossip and news events, as well as interviews and fashion. Williams will also be dishing out advice to audience members and viewers on issues such as sex, relationships, money and dating.

Talk show veteran Rob Dauber will serve as executive producer of “The Wendy Williams Show” along with Williams and her husband-manager, Kevin Hunter. Dauber has worked with Martha Stewart, Oprah Winfrey and Commack native Rosie O’Donnell.

The show will air for a six-week trial beginning July 14.

I've only heard Williams' radio show a few times, but I do know what's on TV nowadays ... might be worth a shot.

What do Canada, Alan Thicke, former pop-sensation Tiffany and James Van Der Beek all have in common? Yes, they are all things no one cares about anymore. However, they are also all featured in the new Robin Sparkles video "Sandcastles in the Sand."

The folks at "How I Met Your Mother" may just have another hit on their hands.

Watch the video here

"The Colbert Report" had a few special visitors on Thursday night's episode on location in Philadelphia. Watch the clips and see who will get the famous "Colbert bump" in the polls.

Note: You may or may not have to sit through a commercial first. We apologize for that, but it's beyond our control

Hillary fixes Colbert's technical difficulties.

Barack Obama on the big screen.

John Edwards

Read the story from political reporter Glenn Thrush.

The good people of this Internet space have spoken. OK, more like clicked their mouse button, but they voted nonetheless.

And the winner of Sitcom Madness is . . . "The Honeymooners."

With an easy 558-490 win over "All in the Family," Ralph Kramden and company took home the subjective title of greatest sitcom of all-time. Below are some clips from the show. Thanks to all who played along.

View the complete bracket

Here we go, folks. It's the championship round. From 64 to 2 shows. Who will Sitcom Madness? Who knows, but this 64-show tournament has taken on an old-school feel.

The Matchup: "All in the Family" vs. "The Honeymooners."

The Bracket: View the updated bracket

The Voting Schedule: Poll open from 12 p.m. April 7 to noon April 9.

We'll announce the big winner and celebrate at 12:30 p.m.

Jerry Seinfeld was so distraught about the early returns from the polls in the Elite 8, that he flipped his 1967 Fiat in East Hampton this past Saturday.

He's OK, but his sitcom, the No. 1 seed in the Art Vandelay bracket, didn't do as well in Sitcom Madness. "Seinfeld" got smoked by No. 2 All in the Family, setting a trend as the three remaining top seeds fell in the Elite 8.

Ralph Kramden hopped in his "Honeymooners" bus and drove right over those six "Friends" at the coffee shop. "Lucy" whined her way past the troops in "M*A*S*H*" and everyone seems to love Raymond instead of that Simpson family that hasn't aged a bit in nearly 20 years.

The Voting Schedule

Final Four: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. April 3 to noon April 7.
Championship: Poll open from 12:15 p.m. April 7 to noon April 9.

We'll announce the big winner and celebrate at 12:30 p.m.

While the NCAA tournament has its Final Four full of No. 1 seeds for the first time in its history, Sitcom Madness will not experience a similar fate.

After teetering on the edge in the first two rounds, The Cosby Show finally fell victim to the madness, losing out to No. 4 The Simpsons in the Hillman College bracket.

In the Fun Bobby bracket, No. 3 The Honeymooners figured out how to stop the juggernaut that was No. 2 Cheers. Cheers trailed by 10 votes on Saturday afternoon, but then Sam "Mayday" Malone entered the game and The Honeymooners teed off and won by 105 votes.

As for the rest of the brackets, chalk, chalk and chalk.

The Voting Schedule

Elite Eight: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 31 to noon April 3.
Final Four: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. April 3 to noon April 7.
Championship: Poll open from 12:15 p.m. April 7 to noon April 9.

We'll announce the big winner and celebrate at 12:30 p.m.

OK, folks, now the maddening part of Sitcom Madness really comes into play. We're down to the Sweet 16 in our tournament to determine the greatest television sitcom of all-time.

The chalk made it through the second round for the most part, with only No. 6 The Wonder Years pulling off a big upset over No. 3 The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Again, top-seeded The Cosby Show struggled to advance in the Hillman College bracket, needing a buzzer-beater to beat No. 8 Gilligan's Island by 20 votes.

The Voting Schedule

Sweet Sixteen: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 27 to noon March 31.
Elite Eight: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 31 to noon April 3.
Final Four: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. April 3 to noon April 7.
Championship: Poll open from 12:15 p.m. April 7 to noon April 9.

We'll announce the big winner and celebrate at 12:30 p.m.

The Voting Booth

With only 16 shows left and eight "games" total to be played in the regional semifinals, we made it easier for you to vote and put all the battles into one poll. So start voting now in the Sweet 16 round of Sitcom Madness!

Britney Spears photos

Here's the official Pet Rock stance on the matter: Britney Spears was looking mad fly on the show. We're talking "Crossroads" hot. MTV VMAs hot. I'm just saying.

See clips from the Britney Show cameos here and more here.

- Mark La Monica

In what is sure to be the most talked-about TV cameo next week, here are two short clips of Britney Spears on "How I Met Your Mother." The show airs Monday, March 24 at 8 p.m. on CBS.

And if you need more of a Britney fix today, click into our Britney Spears section.

Pet Rock, like the rest of you, grew up watching television and continues to do so in our slightly later years.

So when Big Bank Hank suggested we do a 64-show tournament to determine television's best sitcom, the only question was "How the heck do we narrow down the field?"

Well, the bubble burst on about 25 shows, but such is life. This is Sitcom Madness, where there's no mercy for the marginally funny shows. Bring the funny or get off the air.

We know we've angered some folks with our field of 64, but again, such is life when you attempt these massive tournaments. Unlike the real March Madness, there's no consolation NIT tournament for TV shows. We call that "Canceled because of low ratings." The field of 64 considered all 30-minute sitcoms from across all eras. We go all the way back to "The Honeymooners" and stay current with "How I Met Your Mother."

You may be partial to the shows you grew up watching, which is fine with us. But the beauty of Sitcom Madness is that people of all ages grew up watching TV shows, including people right now who see "30 Rock" and "Entourage" as the best television can offer. Embrace all walks of life, we say here at Pet Rock.

Here's how Sitcom Madness works: We've got 64 shows and one giant bracket, just like the NCAA March Madness tournament. In each round of Sitcom Madness, you'll have a few days to vote as many times as you like for your favorite show. Pretty basic stuff. The real excitement here is seeing which shows advance. There are some extremely tough battles in the first round.

The four brackets are named after random characters, concepts and/or recurring themes from the bracket's No. 1 seed. Here's the breakdown:

Seinfeld is the No. 1 seed in the Art Vandelay bracket.
The Cosby Show is the No. 1 seed in the Hillman College bracket.
M*A*S*H* is the No. 1 seed in the 4077th bracket
Friends is the No. 1 seed in the Fun Bobby bracket.

The Voting Schedule

First round: Polls close at noon Monday, March 24.
Second round: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 24 to noon March 27.
Sweet Sixteen: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 27 to noon March 31.
Elite Eight: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. March 31 to noon April 3.
Final Four: Polls open from 12:15 p.m. April 3 to noon April 7.
Championship: Poll open from 12:15 p.m. April 7 to noon April 9.

We'll announce the big winner and celebrate at 12:30 p.m.

The Voting Booth

• Vote: The Art Vandelay Bracket
• Vote: The Hillman College Bracket
• Vote: The 4077th Bracket
• Vote: The Fun Bobby Bracket

'Dancing With the Stars' made its return this week and we met a whole new crew of C- and D-list celebrities hoping to fox trot and samba their careers out of the trash.

Monday night, the guys took to the dance floor and TV and radio show host Adam Carolla danced his heart out with partner Julianne Hough. Did anyone hear what I heard at the end of their routine? It was Adam allegedly calling Carrie Ann the B-word after getting a poor rating on their dance performance.

What gives? This guy is a professional comedian and that's all he could come up with? I really thought he'd be more clever in his response. Looks like the TV censors missed it as well because I distinctly heard him spew the B-word at her.

Dancing With the Stars photos

On Wednesday's Howard Stern Show, Adam admits saying the B-word. "I said the word b*tch came out of my mouth, but it wasn't directed toward her. It was more like 'aint that a b*tch.'" Click here to watch the video on TMZ.com.

Looks like he's trying to generate buzz for his cheesey new movie "The Hammer." Adam complained in his annoying whiney voice to Howard Stern about how hard it is to juggle hours of dance practice, raise his twins, and do his radio show. Here's his ideal scenario: "What I would like to do is make it through a few weeks, get some publicity for the movie, meet everybody and then after three weeks it's enough," he said.

Good luck Julianne, your partner is a real "winner."

-- Corris Little

Few figures in pop culture these days are as polarizing as Ryan Seacrest. People either love or hate the new king of cross media.

Regardless of where you are in the debate, he is a multi-platform media mogul. From hosting duties on "American Idol" and "E! News Daily" to his work on the red carpet for E! at the big awards shows, from his executive producer role on "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" (Kim Kardashian is smokin' hot; I'm just saying) to his radio show on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. Seacrest cashes checks the way people drink coffee in the morning.

After watching 12 minutes of "American Idol" on Tuesday night (bringing my grand total to 14 minutes in seven seasons), I've got a new theory on Mr. Seacrest. He may appear schmoey on TV to some people, but I believe that when he's just hanging out without a camera or microphone nearby, he hammers everyone he acts nice to when on the air. My guess is that if you're partying with him at a bar and the gloves are down, it's a free-for-all of derision and making fun of people.

To be clear, I've never met him. Nor do I have any knowledge to base this on. It's just a theory.

- Mark La Monica

Janet Jackson got sick this week and had to bail on her musical appearance on "Saturday Night Live" this week. That's probably not going to help her album sales for "Discipline," which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard with a shockingly unexcited 181,000 units sold.

NBC announced Wednesday that Long Island fave Mariah Carey will replace her on this week's show, hosted by Jonah Hill.

Have a looksee at her latest video for "Touch My Body." Can someone please explain to me why she keeps the robe open with some random computer fix-it guy in her home? Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about it. Just curious.

- Mark La Monica

We're huuuuuuuge fans of Lauren Conrad here at Pet Rock and we're not ashamed to admit it.

Nor are we alone in our support of LC, what with "The Hills" being the highest rated show ever on MTV. By the way, "The Hills" returns to MTV on March 24.

In the meantime, LC made her Fashion Week debut at Smashbox Studios in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Seeing how we know you love Miss Conrad as much as we do, we put together a little photo gallery for you to enjoy. Click the pic above and have some fun. (Sorry, no Heidi-Spencer pix.)

- Mark La Monica

Lifetime finally figured out how to get men to watch (or DVR) its programming without the aid of a significant other forcing the issue.

It's a fairly simple formula, really. Take Alyssa Milano, who more than 20 years into her career is still smoking hot, make her a mobster and then mix in a little Sonny Corleone. Voila! See, fellas, you know you're interested now.

If this was on TNT or TBS or USA or Spike this Saturday night at 9 p.m., you know you'd watch it before going out.

- Mark La Monica

It's about damn time!

The "Saturday Night Live" Web site on NBC.com has finally joined the Internet age and started making its video clips embeddable and shareable. Now, instead of digging for links on their site and sending them around to your friends, you can just cut and paste some code into your blog.

Just how big a move is this for an entity that was among the best at putting in copyright claims on YouTube? Huge! Huge enough for NBC to run a promo during "SNL" this past weekend. Perhaps there's hope for this network now.

To celebrate, I've embedded three clips below:

1) The Christian Siriano/Project Runway spoof from this past week, the show's funniest from this weekend, played by Amy Poehler.

2) The Sinatra Group, one of Phil Hartman's best skits.

3) Natalie Portman's digital short, among the 3 best ever on "SNL."

The Christian Siriano/Project Runway spoof

The Sinatra Group

Natalie Portman's digital short

This might just be the most ridiculously funny video spoof in the history of ridiculously funny video spoofs.

OK, the story goes like this:

Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have been dating for a longtime. On Jimmy Kimmel Live in late January, Sarah debuted her music video about how she's sleeping with Matt Damon. One catch: She chose a different verb. And Matt Damon starred in the video. Watching him dance is almost as funny as the video.

On Sunday night's post-Oscar Kimmel show, Kimmel fired back with his video about how he's sleeping with Ben Affleck. Again, he chose a different verb. And this time around, Kimmel flaunted his clout by getting a ton of celebs to play along, including Brad Pitt posing as a delivery man and Joan Jett, Robin Williams, Cameron Diaz, Don Cheadle, Pete Wentz, Huey Lewis and others with a sort of "We Are the World" spoof.

It's quite genius. I'd love to embed the videos here, but given the frequent bleeping, I'm fairly certain I'd get bleeping canned. So the links are listed below. Note: All the cursing is bleeped out, but the tone is adult. Proceed at your own discretion. Another note: It's 11 minutes of pure hilarity.

• Sarah Silverman and Matt Damon video
• Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck video

- Mark La Monica

We here at Pet Rock are glad we're not advertising executives who have to sit in their board rooms this morning and explain to their bosses and shareholders how and why they wasted at least $3 million on Super Bowl commercials.

Most of them were whack this year. Some were extremely whack this year. Two earned a Pet Rock chuckle (Shaq the jockey for Vitamin Water and Naomi Campbell with the reptiles dancing to "Thriller" for LifeWater). Two earned a full-on Pet Rock laugh (the mouse beating up the guy with the Doritos, and the Bud Light roadies disguised as cheese and bread).

Otherwise, they were more boring than the first three quarters of the game.

There were a few ads that suggested we visit their Web site for more. So I did. Here goes:

Thrillicious.com (SOBE LifeWater): In terms of advancing the cause of the commercial, this one wins. They offered a few more videos that helped tell the story of this commercial. Quite amusing stuff. Here's a company that just earned a new customer, at least for now. Plus, Naomi Campbell is smoking hot. I'm just sayin'.

Mytalkingstain.com (Tide): Don't bother, unless you've already filmed a spoof of a movie scene.

GoDaddy.com: Their marketing gimmick of Danica Patrick's exposure was pretty lame. Here's hoping that Fox nixed the "commercial they wanted to air" because it was dumb, not because it was inappropriate.

Watch all the Super Bowl XLII commercials below, then vote for your favorite.

Hooray, hooray! The SAG Awards went off as scheduled. After that Golden Globe debacle, we finally get to see famous people accept statues and say thank you!

The real appeal of these award shows, however, are seeing the insane presenter pairings put together by the show's producers. They're meant to illicit a reaction from the people watching at home, and the sought-after reaction is "Wow! What kind of drugs were they doing in that planning meeting when they paired those two together?"

Well, here we go with Pet Rock's 12 presenter pairings we'd like to see at the Oscars (or at any other upcoming award show):

1) Tony Sirico and