Category: Kristen Johnston
More Celebrities Attending Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2010
My goodness! Fashion Week is wiping me OUT. I actually caught a cold, am completely run down and had to MISS THE MTV MUSIC AWARDS BECAUSE OF IT. I just couldn't do it - and I wish I kept the award show in mind when I did this week's schedule because I'm absolutely regretting the decision right now.
Fashion Week is a lot of waiting, and pushing, and waiting and... waiting. Even if you have a show every hour, you have to check into each event and then wait for the show to start (which is NEVER on time). The crowds are wild and pushy and not everything is next to the main tent which means lots of cab rides and rushing. My word!
Last year I was sponsored by Oral B, so I never waited for anything. There was no line for me. I had a VIP badge and walked around wherever I wanted. This year is VERY VERY DIFFERENT! LOLOLOLOL!
A friend of mine calls it the "Fashion Week Flu" because all the bloggers end up getting it. I just came down with it earlier than expected.
Celebs obviously don't have to deal with this! Celebrities like Anna Wintour, Alessandra Ambrosio, Tim Gunn, Rachel McAdams, Kelly Rowland, Mena Suvari, Tori Spelling, Lizzie Grubman, and Kristen Johnston either get in from a back door or are whisked right through the crowd. Lucky! Lucky! That's how it is when you have pull right?
Ugly Betty Replaces Paula Abdul With Kristen Johnston Over A Private Jet
Oh Paula!
Looks like 'Ugly Betty' has hired '3rd Rock' Emmy winner Kristen Johnston to replace Paula Abdul because the former 'American Idol' judge requested ridiculous demands during negotiations and wouldn't budge with her terms. Turns out that Paula was looking to have a private jet transport her to and from work and the 'Ugly Betty' team thought the request was absurd.
Kristen will now play Helen, the office temp role that has become more than a guest spot. The show promises it will be recurring.
Kristen joked about the replacement:
“I’ve always considered myself a poor man’s Paula Abdul,” Johnston says with a laugh. She describes her Betty character as “Amanda in 10 years. She’s still trying to get into the right clubs, wearing tight dresses… tragic. I think (Helen) sees herself as Samantha from ‘Sex and the City.’ Except, of course, she’s a temp.”
Johnston will first appear in the second half of “Betty’s” two-hour premiere on Oct. 9.
What do you think? Did Paula make the right decision? Is she playing hard ball with the wrong people?
Kristen Johnston Poses For Peta
Kristen Johnston is the latest celebrity to go nude to prove a point for Peta. The actress is featured in this new campaign against the use of horses in Central Park for tourists.
"I was blown away by how these horses live, or actually I should say, don’t live. The horses go from this horrible job, where they’re pulling people through the streets of Manhattan all day, to this tiny jail cell in this building that’s like a cramped parking garage.
"I’d say to tourists considering coming to New York, there’s so much amazing stuff to do here. But please do something else. Go ice-skating, see a show, go shopping. I hope within the next year that there are no more horse-drawn carriages."
The new campaign comes as New York City council member Dan Garodnick aims to phase out horse-drawn carriages in a new bill.
He proposes that eco-friendly "horseless carriages" - replicas of the classic Ford Model T - will replace the outdated horse-drawn carriages. I think that's a great idea!!
