On Air with Ryan Seacrest 2009-02-19
First up in the sleaze was the suit filed by Britney Spears’ former manager for defamation, breach of contract and assault.
Ryan said he had watched a rerun of Beverly Hills 90210 and Ellen K asked if he had the box set on DVD. Ryan denied this, saying he’d watched on SoapNet, but said he did have the Will and Grace box set :) Apparently while just flipping past he noticed that Brian Austin Green has the biggest compound name ever … hmmm Ryan’s picked up on these people who are known by their full names before. He then went on to say that Dennis always calls him ‘Ryan Seacrest’ even when he calls the house or something. Face it Ryan [Seacrest], yours is not a name; it’s a brand.
It seems Austin isn’t Bryan Austin Green’s real middle name anyway. They were talking about how difficult it is launching TV shows, comparing something like American Idol with its huge audience participation with things like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, and also how well sci-fi does in the Friday night slot. Is that because sci-fi fans don’t date? Ryan did his usual digging into Brian’s personal life and his plans to marry his long-time fiancé, and Brian talked about buying his son a LEGO Death Star and the time it takes to build these things. Someone tell the kid to forget StarWars, LEGO Mindstorm is where it’s at. Allegedly ;-) Ryan also explained how he deals with paps camping outside his house: “That’s why I always drive out at the right angle and the right light for my driveway.” Funny dude.
Ryan said that the American Idol judges had compared Alexis Grace to Kelly Clarkson at the same stage of the competition and explained that Tatiana was really distracting with messing with her hair or gyrating every time he looked at her, which prompted Ellen to ask if she’s stable:
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Watching the video, Ryan looks as though he could use some sleep … is that why he wasn’t on the ‘snuggies’ photo? If he snuggled down for even a minute this week he’d totally crash?
Other sleaze included a list of famous girls who are fighting for Taylor Swift to be their best friend: Kellie Pickler, Miley Cyrus and Selina Gomez. Ryan said when he, Simon and Randy have a disagreement they settle it in The Octagon. That I’d like to see!
Today’s update on the Chris Brown/Rihanna case talked about the charges that may be brought against Chris Brown including felony battery, domestic battery and even the possibility of attempted murder.
Ryan talked to the first three American Idol contestants to make it through to the final twelve. Alexis Grace said she was feeling happy and relieved and couldn’t wait to go home and see her family and celebrate. Michael Sarver said that 27 years of life came to that one moment, and Danny Gokey said he was happy to be there and grateful. Ryan asked what they do between now and the live shows. Danny said they have a list of things to do including filming and getting ready for the next songs, and hopefully some sleep.
Apparently the hug is back (I didn’t know it had gone anywhere, but I guess it’s different in Europe). Ryan thinks greeting a female is easier because you can just go for a kiss on the cheek but thought there were too many options for greeting other guys: hand shake, high five, fist bump, full hug, etc, and wanted to standardise on just one option. Ryan explained how he greets guys in the business world, but it didn’t come across on radio … we got the right hand shake but where’s the left hand going? We need video!
Ahead of the Oscars this weekend, Ben Lyons was talking about who’s up for awards and Ryan said that he’d enjoyed Vicky Christina Barcelona.
