Emmy-winning comedienne Kathy Griffin has been tapped to host on new celebrity dance competition on ABC.
Griffin, 48, has signed on to helm Let’s Dance, a new series which while premiere immediately after the Nov. 23 finale of Dancing With The Stars, TheWrap.com has learned. The new series will feature celebrity contestants reenacting their famous routines from past music videos, movies, and musicals on a live weekly dance-off that will run for just five episodes. “The competition will be hot — and hilarious — as teams of celebrities pay comedic homage to famous dances while competing for a $250,000 grand prize for their favorite charity,” according to a statement from ABC Tuesday. “The show will include single dancers, duos and groups, all competing against each other to wow a panel of judges and viewers across America who will be voting each week leading up to the series finale.”
The panel of judges and celebrity participants will be announced sometime in the next few weeks.
Kate Gosselin and Kathy Griffin both brought humor to The View on Friday, as the controversial reality mom praised the Emmy-winning comedienne’s recent parody of her during an appearance on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live last Wednesday.
“I caught myself cracking up out loud,” Kate said of Kathy’s spoof in a trailer for the mock biopic Kate Is Enough. “You’re awesome.”
Fresh off her rumored ban from the daytime gabfest, Kathy walked out showing off her new book, Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin, which is number one on The New York Times non-fiction list.
Kate Gosselin will come face-to-face with one of her harshest critics on The View later this week.
We can hardly wait!
The reality-starring Octomom will confront comedienne Kathy Griffin on The View Friday, following Griffin’s recent media blitz on the Gosselin, her estranged husband Jon, and the family’s TLC reality series Jon & Kate Plus 8, The Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Official Book Club Selection writer Kathy Griffin couldn’t leave the Kimmel stage last night without giving the spitfire star of TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8 the parody treatment. The fiery redhead teamed up with Star Trek actor George Takei to poke fun at The Gosselins — reality royality turned tabloid trash — in the spoof trailer for a fictional biopic entitled Kate Is Enough: The Kate Gosselin Story.
Comedienne Kathy Griffin can’t get enough of talking about her brief affair with funnyman Jack Black — which she speaks about in her new book, Official Book Club Selection.
“One time, I spent the night at Jack’s place. I got up the next morning to take a shower so I could leave. When I got out, I couldn’t find anything to dry myself with. ‘Jack, where are the towels?’ I yelled out. He said, ‘Um, I just have one that I use for a bathmat and a towel. So it’s the one on the floor.’ Totally gross. That reminds me of some of the hookups I had in college,” the Emmy-winning star of Bravo’s My Life On The D-List told The NY Post’s PageSix Tuesday.
Emmy-winning spitfire Kathy Griffin reveals her lifelong struggle with body image and the perils of growing up with an older brother who would later become a pedophile on the pages of her new memoir, Official Book Club Selection.
Speaking of The Gosselins, Jimmy Kimmel has recruited fiery redhead Kathy Griffin and legendary Star Trek actor George Takei for a new parody entitled Kate Is Enough: The Kate Gosselin Story.
The skit is a trailer for a fictional biopic about TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8, and features the Emmy-winning star of Bravo’s My Life On The D-List as Kate and Takei as her estranged husband Jon.
In promo pics released by ABC on Friday, Kathy shows off a spot-on impersonation of the original Octomom — right down to her signature spiky blonde haircut. In one of the photos, Kathy, in character as Kate, catches George, as Jon, in an embrace with a cheerleader.
Check out the full clip on Jimmy Kimmel Live next Wed., Sept. 9 @ 12:05 AM on ABC.
Levi Johnston, the 19-year-old baby daddy of political daughter Bristol Palin, accompanied comedienne Kathy Griffin to the 2009 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
The couple held hands as they walked down the red carpet at the event, hosted by The Jonas Brothers.
“She’s beautiful and funny,” Levi said of his decision to accompany the 48-year-old redhead to tonight’s show. “She’s the star of the night.”
“Miley, try to top this!” Kathy added.
The 2009 Teen Choice Awards, honoring the year’s biggest achievements in music, movies, sports, television, fashion and more, as voted by teens, will air Monday, August 10 on FOX.
With newly surfaced footage of Michael Jackson’s fiery Pepsi commercial making headlines, Emmy-winning comedienne Kathy Griffin is revealing a surprising connection to the late King of Pop.
