Spring Break
Pop Culture
by Shelly Shore
Staff Writer
Arts | 5/19/09
Posted online at 12:59 AM EST on 8/25/09
My goodness, Brandeis! What a fun summer we've had. The sun has been shining; the birds have been singing. We've swum! We've hiked! We've camped! We've interned!
And while we were at it, Hollywood went crazy!
Just in case you've been out having a life this summer, here's a brief recap of the most scandalous highlights of the past few months:
Jon and Kate Gosselin divorced! Not quite as depressing as Michael Jackson dying, but a surprising number of people set quite a store by the reality show couple. The Gosselins filed for divorce in late June, paving the way for tabloid drama extraordinaire-affairs, separation rumors, oh-my-goodness-what-will-happen-to-the-children, etc. Jon and Kate, however, have been surprisingly classy about the entire thing-most of the comments have come from friends and family trying to make a quick buck rather than the couple themselves, but there is still no word on what's going to happen to the show come next season.
Sex tapes, sex tapes, sex tapes! Well, not exactly, but there was a good deal of risqué material released this summer. Paris Hilton had a series of raunchy photos accidentally posted to her Twitter-well, we're assuming it was an accident. With Paris, we never really know, do we? Twilight's Ashley Greene had a photo scandal of her own when three pictures of the actress in various states of nudity leaked online. And speaking of anatomy, Grey's Anatomy's Eric Dane lived up to his Dr. McSteamy nickname when a sex tape featuring the actor, his wife Rebecca Gayheart and another woman in some compromising positions spread like wildfire on the Internet. Fans have flocked to both Ashley and Eric in support. Fans of Paris have learned to expect this sort of thing and mostly just shook their heads in amusement.
There was plenty more action this summer and not nearly enough space to recap it here. If the summer's any indication, though, this fall is already set to be jam-packed with celebrity goodies.
And while we were at it, Hollywood went crazy!
Just in case you've been out having a life this summer, here's a brief recap of the most scandalous highlights of the past few months:
Jon and Kate Gosselin divorced! Not quite as depressing as Michael Jackson dying, but a surprising number of people set quite a store by the reality show couple. The Gosselins filed for divorce in late June, paving the way for tabloid drama extraordinaire-affairs, separation rumors, oh-my-goodness-what-will-happen-to-the-children, etc. Jon and Kate, however, have been surprisingly classy about the entire thing-most of the comments have come from friends and family trying to make a quick buck rather than the couple themselves, but there is still no word on what's going to happen to the show come next season.
Sex tapes, sex tapes, sex tapes! Well, not exactly, but there was a good deal of risqué material released this summer. Paris Hilton had a series of raunchy photos accidentally posted to her Twitter-well, we're assuming it was an accident. With Paris, we never really know, do we? Twilight's Ashley Greene had a photo scandal of her own when three pictures of the actress in various states of nudity leaked online. And speaking of anatomy, Grey's Anatomy's Eric Dane lived up to his Dr. McSteamy nickname when a sex tape featuring the actor, his wife Rebecca Gayheart and another woman in some compromising positions spread like wildfire on the Internet. Fans have flocked to both Ashley and Eric in support. Fans of Paris have learned to expect this sort of thing and mostly just shook their heads in amusement.
There was plenty more action this summer and not nearly enough space to recap it here. If the summer's any indication, though, this fall is already set to be jam-packed with celebrity goodies.
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