Hot Shot - Ed Westwick of Gossip Girl

by Peter Lang

Our hot shot for the day is one for the ladies. Yes it's none other than Edward Westwick from the hit TV series Gossip Girl.

For those who don't know Ed plays Chuck Bass in the series and he's a bit of a ladies man both on and off the screen it seems.

He is currently dating his co-star Jessica Szohr, so for now ladies, he's off the market, for now.

Next for Mr Westwick is the role of Heathcliff alongside Gemma Arterton in Diretor Peter Webber's adaption of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, release date expected to be in mid 2010.

Until then, Gossip Girl fans, you can enjoy him weekly on the little screen for some time to come.

Hot Shot! Blake Lively from Gossip Girl on those rumours

by Peter Lang

Twenty-two year-old beauty Blake Lively, who stars as Serena van der Woodsen on Gossip Girl is this week’s Extra Source Hot Shot of the Week.
The lovely and talented Blake Lively has denied to the media on many occasions that there is in-fighting and bitchy-ness amongst the cast on the set. She has been quoted as saying: “The media is always trying to pit us against each other," she said in an interview, "I guess because it’s just not interesting to say, ‘Everyone gets along; everybody just works 18-hour days and goes home to sleep.’ That’s not fun to read, I guess.”[
The truth is probably a mixture of what’s been quoted by Ms Lively and the rumours we hear.
Currently Lively is dating her Gossip Girl co-star and former childhood classmate Penn Badgley and the two are reported to be very happy together.
Blake Lively everyone, our sexy hot-shot of the week!

Hulk Hogan to take on WWE

by Peter Lang

He may be 56 years-old and past his true prime but my favourite all time wrestler and legendary Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan is about to stir things up big time at TNA Wrestling when he takes the helm as the company’s General Manager on January 1st.
This story is compiled from many sources including wrestlingrevealed.com and numerous wrestling podcasts I’ve heard talk about the subject since Hogan signed for TNA in late October but the key things to come out of Hogan’s interviews are;
1) He intends to try and sign free agent Rob Van Dam who now says he is open to offers from both WWE and TNA. He also plans to sign other former WWE stars like Mr Kennedy and possibly even Umaga.
2) His plan is to let the wrestlers take more charge of their matches and not have writers script the whole thing. Where this leaves head TNA writer Vince Russo is anyone’s guess. The two don’t get along and it appears as if Russo’s days with the company are numbered.
3) Hogan also intends to launch a Monday night TNA show directly against WWE’s Raw program. Whether this will be moving the current TNA Impact show or creating a totally new one is anyone’s guess.
As in the mid to late 90s when Hogan moved to WCW and turned the wrestling world on its head by beating WWE for several years in the ratings, Hogan is promising more of the same with TNA.
At the moment, WWE is way ahead of TNA in ratings but if Hogan has his way, which I believe he will, that gap may close sooner rather than later.
Get ready folks, after several years in the doldrums, the wrestling world is about to get a whole lot more interesting.

Stan Walker Wins Australian Idol

by Nathan Taylor
Stan Walker has won the 7th series of Australian Idol defeating Hayley Warner at the Sydney Opera House tonight.
In what was a terrible year for Australian Idol...I'm referring to the talent, ratings and judges... the Finale was a great spectacle as always and the right winner won on the night.
I'm sure the two Idol finalists will have careers in the music industry, whether that is a short or long career, a successful or an unsuccessful career or a career winning ARIA's or a career singing Christmas carols.
Australian Idol looks like it will return in 2010 in a new format.
Congrats Stan!!

'Cougar' Courtney Cox Hot Shot!

by Peter Lang

It seems the naughties (2000s) is the era of the ‘cougar’or translated, sexy women over 40.
Today’s Hot Shot is indeed one of Hollywood’s hottest cougars. Her name, Courtney Cox, who believe it or not is actually 45 years-old.
Wow…is all I’ll say. Many thought that after ‘Friends’ ended its successful run back in 2004 that the cast would struggle to find success and while that’s somewhat true for a few of them, others like Jennifer Aniston and now Courtney Cox have gone from strength-to-strength since the series folded.
Cox is currently starring in the ABC hit TV series Cougar Town about a recently divorced woman who re-enters the dating game filled with younger men while living and trying to raise her 17-year-old son.
The series is a huge hit in the US and is currently averaging around seven million viewers a week after the first episode pulled in an audience of over 11 million.
Each week viewers get to see the lovely Ms Cox in her underwear (a lot) as all the teenage boys in the street fantasize about the town’s hottest new mom.
Well, we here at the Extra Source are more than happy to feature a gorgeous 45 year-old as our ‘Hot Shot of the Week’. After all, beauty knows no age limits.
Growl!

GOSSIP GIRL - the movie?

by Peter Lang

Following the huge world-wide success of the Sex in the City movie comes strong buzz out of Hollywood that the popular Gossip Girl hit TV series could end up on the big screen sooner rather than later.
The Gossip (no pun intended) out of Hollywood is that a Gossip Girl movie could come out as early as December 2010 while the series is still hot.
Others say a silver screen debut is years away and not even a possibility until the show finishes its run on the small screen first.
However only a few months ago, mtv.com broke the news that it was a distinct possibility even quoting two of the biggest stars on the show Jessica Szohr and Leighton Meester who both went on record about their thoughts of making Gossip Girl for the big screen.
"We've been asked that a lot," Jessica Szohr grinned. "I'm in."
"A 'Gossip Girl' movie could be compared to a Sex in the City-type of movie," agreed Leighton Meester, "I think that would be kind of hot."
"You never know," Szohr added. "It went from books to a TV show — so they might as well just check off the list and make it a film too."
Some say all this hype about a possible Gossip Girl movie is all about keeping the TV series in the spotlight and the ratings high. Others say it’s only a matter of time.
I guess in this case only time will tell.

Stay tuned.

Harry Potter takes on Twilight on the Simpsons

by Nathan Taylor

The two biggest movie franchises of our time are about to take on the biggest television show in history. Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is lending his voice in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons next season... but that's not all.

The episode will be part of the traditional Halloween episodes known as the 'Treehouse of Horror' series and the part of the episode Radcliffe appears in is during a Twilight parody.

Radcliffe will play Edmund (as opposed to Edward) a boy vampire who Lisa falls in love with. But unfortunately the fathers of the two love birds Homer and Edmund's dad Dracula don't approve of the union and endeavour to stop it!

This sounds like a great idea and is the first time Twilight has been parodied anywhere, so all fans of the BIG 3 and yes I'm sure there's lots of you, look out for this one next Halloween!

Hulk Hogan bashed in Sydney

by Nathan Taylor

Because a wrestling star is involved you would think this is fake... but apparently it's very real.

Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan who's currently in Sydney touring his Hulkamania stage show has been bashed during a press conference by fellow wrestler Ric Flair.

As you can see in this photo (courtesy Daily Telegraph) Hogan was badly injured after the bloody brawl which sent the room at Star City Casino into chaos.

Journalists at the press conference narrowly missed being hit tables thrown by Flair in what looked like a stunt, but when Hogan was down on the ground with blood pouring out of his head things started to seem real and many people attended were confused.

I guess we'll never know if the incident was a set-up or genuine but it makes me want to see his Hulkamania tour even more!

ROVE quits TV

by Nathan Taylor

Last night Rove McManus made the shock announcement to the world that his TV show ROVE was ending after ten years... but hang on a sec...The Extra Source predicted this weeks ago! See the link here

While I must admit it is somewhat sad that he is leaving, it is definitely due as his star power has plummeted over the past couple of years and now he can't even crack the 1 million mark in the ratings.

I used to enjoy ROVE from 2000 - 2006, but when he decided to add too many unfunny sidekicks and his jokes got a lot cruder I decided to go the other way and become a real 'Rove Hater'.

Rove provided Australian television with alot of funny moments like What The...? and Flick your Switch but the new direction the show was heading in didn't really excite anyone.

An interesting fact I'd like to mention is:

In 1999 Hey Hey ended and ROVE begun.
In 2009 ROVE ended and Hey Hey begun again.

Expect Rove's next role to be either a stay at home dad (once his wife gets pregnant that is) or co-hosting Sydney's Nova breakfast in 2010 with his mate Peter Helliar and Merrick Watts.

Hot Shots of Jennifer Love Hewitt

By Peter Lang

It’s hard to believe our hot shot for the day is 30 years-old Jennifer Love Hewitt. The gorgeous and sexy Hewitt is enjoying huge success on the small screen as The Ghost Whisperer but today’s double-shot of Ms Hewitt shows her on the right, from a few years ago when the sultry actress posed semi-nude in a very tasteful photo shoot and on the left in her current role as Melinda Gordon, a young woman who can talk with ghosts.
It seems like only yesterday when Hewitt made her debut on the 90’s hit series Party of Five as Sara Reeves at the tender age of 16. She became an instant star and went on to also play a lead role in two I Know What You Did Last Summer movies.
Fans of The Ghost Whisperer will be pleased to hear the show has been renewed for the 2010 season.
Anyway, enjoy our Double Hot Shot for the Day, the wonderful Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Jennifer Morrison sexy shot & she’s set to quit - see the video!

By Peter Lang

The Lady of the House, the gorgeous Jennifer Morrison, who plays Dr Allison Cameron on the hit TV Show House, has confirmed on The Bonnie Hunt Show that she will quit the series at the end of the current season.
The popular actress revealed the news when Bonnie asked her "So you're done with House?" and Jen replied: "I am, as far as I know, yes."
However this statement flies in the face of the show’s producers who keep spruiking to the media that they intend to bring her back next season in numerous guest spots?
The show definitely won’t be the same without the sultry actress, who once admitted to having a crush on House (Hugh Laurie) during one of the early episodes of the show.
She’s also been engaged to fellow House actor Jesse Spencer (Dr Chase) in real life before the two broke it off in 2007.
Perhaps, once she finally gets away from House, she may just find…true love.
See the video of the announcement right here. Click to play.

A Gossip Girl Hot Pic & threesome!!

by Peter Lang

Here at the Extra Source we just want to spice things up a little and help our loyal readers get through the rest of the week.
‘Hump Day’ - as we also like to call 'Wednesday' here Down Under, is the middle of the week and to celebrate we’d like to present a very sexy and seductive picture of gorgeous 23 year-old actress Leighton Meester.
Meester plays the popular character of Blair Waldorf in the hit TV series Gossip Girl which only yesterday in the US achieved a 20% increase in viewers from last week: 2.4 million viewers versus 1.95 million, per Nielsen stats. It was the CW Network’s most-watched Monday of the season.
The episode which achieved such a high rating was the much talked about and hyped ‘Threesome’ episode which turned out to be no more explicit than three people (Penn Badgley, Jessica Szhor and Hilary Duff) NOT kissing at the same time.

So all those fans expecting some extra sizzle would have been slightly disappointed.
Back to the wonderful Leighton Meester and you can keep up to date with her personal life by following her tweets on Twitter.
Tweet tweet…I say and thank you for helping us all get through the rest of the week!

Vampire Diaries hot new star - 9 things about Nina

Compiled by Peter Lang

1) Dobrev was born in Sofis, Bulgaria.
2) She moved to Canada at the age of two.
3) Dobrev attended the Dean Armstrong Acting school in her early teens.
4) Her early films included Fugitive Pieces, Away from Her and Never Cry Werewolf.
5) Nina starred in Degrassi: The Next Generation TV series from 2006-09.
6) Dobrev had a small role in the blockbuster Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
7) She won the role Elena Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries TV show in 2009.
8) Dobrev states that she has read the first three Vampire Diaries novels and has been told by producers not to read any more.
9) Nina admits to loving the Twilight series and having a crush on Edward Cullen before anyone else in the world!

BONES turns 100 - SPOILER ALERT!

With the sixth series of the hit TV show Bones now confirmed for 2010, fans have now turned their attention to the upcoming 100th episode due to screen early in the new year.
Bones fan forums are full of spoilers speculating what the episode might be about.
For those who don’t know, Bones is based on forensics and police procedures and each episode focuses on an FBI case file concerning a mystery involving human remains.
Enter the forensic anthropology team of Dr Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to solve the case and save the day.
Like any good drama, the show also focuses on the ‘romantic’ mismatched tension between its two stars which has been ongoing since the series started.
Fans of Booth and Brennan have been wondering for five years now just how this mismatched pair actually met, well EW.com Ausiello Files has confirmed that for the show’s 100th episode, 'Bones' will take viewers back to the very first meeting between Booth and Brennan.
The show’s Executive producer Stephen Nathan has been quoted as saying; "Events will conspire to make them come out of the case hating each other and vowing that they will never work together again."
Considering how important the chemistry between Bones and Booth is to the show’s ongoing success, it will be interesting to see how this dynamic first manifested itself and why?
It's believed that the 100th episode will also look at the beginnings of Angela's friendship with Brennan.
100 episodes already, ahhh….it seems like only yesterday that it all began.
Story compiled by Peter Lang

6ix interesting facts about SUPERNATURAL

Supernatural, the TV drama horror series phenomena is now well into its fifth season in the US and a bonafide hit all around the world making stars of both Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles who play brothers Sam and Dean Winchester respectively.
The two demon and ‘all things paranormal’ hunters have come across plenty of scary stuff over their five years on air and it appears as if the series is destined for a sixth season in 2010 with TV execs happy with the show’s continuing high ratings.
Literally hundreds of thousands of stories have been written about the show over the years so it’s hard to find something new to talk about.
So thanks to telebisyon.net, here’s a collection of interesting facts about Supernatural, the show that’s dared to go where no supernatural show has gone before.
Fact 1) The pilot was filmed in California but the series is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia.
2) Former executive producer Kim Manners died of lung cancer during season four.
3) For a short time, Dean's cell number was a real phone number, with actor Jensen Ackles reading the message: "This is Dean Winchester. If this is an emergency, leave a message.” In case any viewer actually called it…which they did.
4) Like another popular sci-fi show Lost, Supernatural does not have an opening credit sequence or theme music, only a title card, generally following a brief recap of previous episodes.
5) Dean's trademark black 1967 Chevy Impala, passed down to him by his father, has been prominently featured on the series.
6) The website featured in the episode "Hell House" is a real website set up by the show's producers.
Go on look it up if you don’t believe us.
Story compiled by Peter Lang

Hot Shot Sunday - The Vampire Diaries

The hottest show in the world at the moment is The Vampire Diaries based on the novels of the same name by L. J Smith.
The series began in the US in early September and has already been extended beyond its initial 13 episode run to a full 22 episodes due to its average audience of over four million per show.
It's also made big stars of its three main characters Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert, Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore and Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore (pictured above).
In Australia it airs on Monday nights on the free digital channel GO! while in the US it's raking up some big numbers on the CW Network every Thursday night.
It's nowhere near at the level of Twilight yet in terms of teen vampire popularity but if the series and its teen stars continue to grow in stature as they have over the last few months, don't be surprised if talks of a big budget movie begin to resonate through the corridors of Hollywood real soon.

Smallville producer talks of a 10th series!

Smallville, the TV series which tells the story of a young Clark Kent growing up into a man, one day, ‘Superman’, is currently on the verge of renewal for a mammoth 10th season.
Series nine is not even at the halfway point in the US but EW.com has just reported that the show's executive producer Kelly Souders is keen on a 10th year despite the fact that ratings have dropped slightly in the US due to a change in timeslot for the hit series to Friday nights.
“I think the word still isn’t out there that we’re on Friday nights. So if people keep tuning in and telling their friends about it, I think [a 10th season] is quite likely,”the producer has been quoted as saying.
Souders also hinted that if a 10th season was made it would most likely be the last and could finally see actor Tom Welling, who has played Clark Kent in the show for nine years, don the Superman costume in the series finale.
It’s not certain whether the revelation would occur in the first episode of the 10th season, somewhere in the middle or right at the very end.
My money would be at the very end. Go out with a bang I say.
It’s something fans have been waiting for and every episode of the series so far has seen Welling wear some sort of combination of blue, yellow or red in his attire.
And although he plays the title character of Clark Kent (aka Superman),Welling has admitted in numerous interviews that he is not a fan of the Superman comic books.
In Australia, the series airs on FOX 8.
Compiled by Peter Lang

Miley Cyrus named worst celebrity influence

by Nathan Taylor

I was surprised to hear today that Miley Cyrus was voted the Worst Celebrity Influence of 2009 and what makes this more crazy is that it was voted by her teenage fans.

Cyrus is without a doubt Disney's hottest star mostly thanks to her Hannah Montana TV show, movie and CDs.

Over the past few years raunchy photos have been released of the 17 year old and she also did a nice little pole-dancing routine during a performance on a teen awards show, but apart from that I think she is still a good role model to her young fans.

Perhaps her fans can't handle her growing up and breaking out of that Disney mould. Its also been confirmed that her series Hannah Montana will end next year.

Years ago Hilary Duff left Disney and is now doing more grown up roles and her music has become more adult oriented.

And even more recently Vanessa Hudgens of Disney's High School Musical fame who also copped alot of criticism for releasing naked photos of herself has finally broken away from Disney and in her next movie role she is playing a prostitute.

These child stars have to grow up sometime and as long as she lays of the drugs or crime path like other child stars in the past I think she is doing quite well thanks to the great family she has behind her.

Just for the record Britney Spears and Kanye West came in second and third respectively in the poll... Are those kids nuts??

Funniest Quotes by Paris Hilton & Jessica Simpson

We here at the Extra Source like to think we have a sense of humour and this is why this story had to be told.
Here are some un/intentionally funny quotes by two of Tinsel town’s favourite starlets, Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson.
To prove we’re not sexist, next week, we’ll do a story which highlights some of the funniest male celebrity quotes ever made.
Until then, enjoy this one, all the quotes were found and compiled from a much longer story by The Sun newspaper in London.
1) Paris Hilton talking to press about the US chain store: "Wal-Mart... do they like make walls there?"
2) Jessica Simpson on Newlyweds: “Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken by the Sea.'
3) Paris Hilton on her technique on the red carpet: "I don't really think, I just walk."
4) Jessica Simpson on her first day at high school: "A teacher asked us if anybody knew the names of the continents. I was sooo excited. I was like, Damn it! It's my first day of 7th grade, I'm in junior high and I know this answer. So I raised my hand, I was the first one, and I said A-E-I-O-U!" (which are vowels)
5)Jessica Simpson when offered buffalo wings: "Sorry I don't eat buffalo."
6) Paris Hilton on her title: "I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that."
Abdee Abdee That's All Folks!

How much is your favourite Hills star worth?

by Nathan Taylor

If your reading this your either up on The Hills or your not! For the people who aren't this is pretty much all you need to know.

The Hills is an MTV reality TV show which premiered in 2006 and is now up to its 6th season. It follows the lives of several young (beautiful) people living in Los Angeles.

Okay so your familiar?... Good! Now I thought it would be interesting to go through just how much these reality stars get paid per episode... and lets just say it's quite a nice pay packet. All earnings are in US Dollars.

So starting from left to right on the photo above Spencer Pratt who's married to Heidi earns $65,000 per ep and Heidi earns almost double her husband with $100,000 per ep.

The third from the left is Audrina Patridge who also earns a nice crisp $100,000 per ep to put towards her daily shopping spree.

Fourth from the left and in the middle is the girl responsible for the show, Lauren Conrad, who was the star of The Hills until she left last season. She used to make the most receiving $125,000 per ep. The rumour was Lauren asked for it to be written into her contract that she receives more money than the rest of the cast.

Second from the right is Brody Jenner who was once Spencer's best friend and also is a serial dater by hooking up with the almost the whole female cast. He only earns $45,000 per ep.

On the far right we have Lo Bosworth who's Lauren's best friend from school and she too makes $100,000 per episode.

And finally the new star of the show after her enemy Lauren left last season is Kristin Cavallari (not pictured) who earns $90,000 an episode, but expect her salary to go up when she finds out how much the other girls are making.