Hayden Panettiere's publicist was very adamant at the Vans Custom Culture Contest Finale in Manhattan on Thursday night that her client not be asked any personal questions (i.e. about her possibly dating New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez). Thankfully Panettiere had no such compunction and was happy to address the Sanchez rumors, which sprung up after the two were spotted grabbing lunch ...

We should never doubt that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are excellent operators when it comes to using their personal lives to push their pet projects. Pitt's recent exclusive confession to USA Weekend that he and Jolie are finally considering marriage (after a half decade of saying they won't wed until gay marriage is legal) comes at the incredibly opportune time that his passion project, ...

The latest iteration of 'The Bachelorette' is in full swing, and as we've watched the newest parade of men competing for Philadelphia dentist Ashley Hebert's heart (and for the opportunity to be a famous engaged couple for at least two months), we couldn't help but notice the guys chosen for 'The Bachelorette' are successful in ways the ladies who compete on 'The Bachelor' are not. This isn't ...

And we thought picking beefs for publicity was so 1997. Apparently Chelsea Handler believes otherwise since, while promoting her latest book, 'Lies Chelsea Handler Told Me,' Handler revealed to Hamptons Magazine her disdain for the king of beefin', one Sean "Diddy" Combs. "P. Diddy was the only one I was like, 'Get away from me.' He's so late all the time -- maybe he won't show up in the ...

'Glee' star Lea Michele is a big time animal rights activist. She previously joined former 'Baywatch' babe (and fellow animal lover) Pamela Anderson in the fight to end horse carriage rides in NYC, and her latest battle is trying to convince the National Institute of Health to save 14 chimps being experimented on in a San Antonio Laboratory. One of the chimps, Cammy, was actually removed from a ...

When we learned Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer prize-winning novel 'A Visit From the Goon Squad' had been optioned for an HBO series we here at PopEater scratched our heads. 'Goon Squad' is a wonderful but complicated book that spans about six decades and hops around in the heads of many different characters. But if anyone could do it, it's HBO. We asked author Jennifer Egan, who is hosting the ...

The Kardashian klan moves awfully fast. Blink and you might miss another quickie engagement and wedding. On the heels of Kim's engagement news this morning, sources close to the family tell me TV execs are already talking how to spin Kim Kardashian's impending wedding to Kris Humphries into yet another gold rush. One of the options is to start a new spin-off show, starting now, that would ...