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Apparently Canadian politeness does have its limits. Just a few days ago, actor Billy Bob Thornton and his band the Boxmasters were touring the country with legend Willie Nelson. The band has since pulled out of the tour, after audiences reacted negatively following Thornton’s testy interview on a Canadian radio show.

Thornton refused to answer host Jian Ghomeshi’s questions because he had the nerve to mention his Oscar-winning acting and screenwriting career. (Hey Billy, at least he didn’t bring up your history as a creepy asshole.) BBT wouldn’t answer simple questions and ended the interview by refusing to play with his band, who performed an instrumental without him. It seems BBT doesn’t want to be seen as your typical actor-turned-musician, but as a spoiled diva.

The next day the band played Toronto and was received with a collective ”Boo! Hiss!” from the crowd. BBT forgot that a country sometimes listens to its radio shows and reads entertainment news. Soon after, a message appeared on Willie Nelson’s official website, announcing that the Boxmasters were pulling out of the Canadian tour. 

See the astonishingly ass-y interview here.

Amy Winehouse was spotted sans beehive today, out and about with a friend in her neighborhood in Barnet, London, where she reportedly moved for a quieter lifestyle. It’s almost normal behavior: stepping out in the daylight for a casual stroll with a pal, but the singer had to pull some bizarre poses to liven things up. Winehouse was no doubt surrounded on all sides by paparazzi, and it seems those flashing cameras bring out the animal in her. In several shots she’s shown grabbing her crotch in a gesture that says either, “Suck it, paps” or “I’ve gotta wee real real bad!”

That’s right, ANTM fans, Tyra Banks’ popular series has been packaged into a book. Fierce Guide to Life: The Ultimate Source of Beauty, Fashion, and Model Behavior will be released April 7th to coincide with the show’s 12th season. (Good God that’s a lot of seasons!) Fierce’s author, J.E. Bright, has made a career out of book adaptations of movies and TV shows. Bright has written “junior novels” based on movies like Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and Ice Age. Fierce Guide will appear not in Beauty/Grooming, then, but in the kids’ non-fiction section of your nearby Barnes & Noble.

 Judging the book from its cover (which is what ANTM is all about), Fierce Guide is lame even from a 4th grader’s perspective. It features a shot of the Cycle 5 gals, pre-makeover. Yeah, that was a good season, featuring lesbian Kim and drunk Lisa, but it’s not exactly up-to-date. The content of the book is less than fierce too, giving advice to pre-teens who want to model. It covers Tyra-isms like smiling with your eyes, as well as diet and exercise tips and makeup how-to’s.

Here’s an excerpt from the section about body hair: “Yes, you’re secretly a hairy beast. While there is no medical or hygienic reason to get rid of your body hair, the current standards of beauty absolutely require you to remove all hair from your armpits, legs and face for a smooth, youthful look. It’s a regular chore that every model must handle. If you’re going to be modeling a bathing suit or lingerie, you will definitely need to groom your bikini line.” Sounds like the book includes coupons for My First Gillette Razor. Next up: an ANTM boardgame. Now that might be fun.

Six Degrees of Paris Hilton, by Mark Ebner, is a book that comes out in February. It aims to expose the even-sleazier-than-we-thought private lives of “the new Hollywood.” It features profiles of a crew of D-listers and sleazeballs, including Tara Reid, Simon Rex, Joe Francis, and of course, Paris Hilton. Ebner depicts the heiress as a pot-smoking racist who was complicit in the leaking of her infamous sex tape with Rick Solomon. The book alleges that as long as she saw some $, Hilton was fine with One Night in Paris going public.

In fact, it seems she enjoyed being filmed to a creepy extent. Ebner describes some “secret” tapes that Hilton took of herself, and they show her making out with boyfriends Nick Carter and Jason Shaw, smoking pot, and cracking racist jokes with greasy oil heir Brandon Davis. She even films herself at her grandmother’s funeral, more intent on capturing herself on video than on the eulogy.

Yesterday I wrote a post dedicated to the evils of Megan Hauserman, a reality TV villain most recently seen in Rock of Love: Charm School. Today I found this clip of the show’s reunion special, which aired last Sunday. Megan always upped her game, becoming extra-obnoxious in Sharon’s presence, and during the reunion she’s in full antagonism mode. Drunk and in her teeny bikini, she insults Osbourne’s husband Ozzy and brings out the wrath of Sharon. (Hadn’t she seen Ozzy’s Behind the Music? Sharon’s tough as nails.) Like any lady, Mrs. O. has thought of the possibility that she will lose her cool and planned accordingly. She retaliates by dousing Megan with a sticky-looking pink drink that’s been hidden behind her chair. Megan squirms like a melting Barbie before being carted off-stage by security. 

Hauserman filed a police report after the taping, alleging that Osbourne grabbed her hair and scratched her. Really though, when you walk around practically naked, you’re asking for some scrapes and scratches! The world has sharp edges, idiot! I don’t care if you’re on a reality show, think about hygiene. Maybe no one wants to sit on the couch your bare ass touched! Sorry about that, Megan really does bring out the worst in human nature. Anyhoo, enjoy your Jerry Springer moment of the day.

That’s right ladies, everybody’s favorite substance-abusing, firecrotch-flaunting former child star is now officially single. Danny Bonaduce’s wife Gretchen filed for divorce back in ’07 , around the time of VH1’s Breaking Bonaduce, a reality show chronicling the star’s struggle with addiction and basically everything else in his life too. According to CNN, the former Partridge is now officially a single man. He and Gretchen will share custody of their two kids, and Danny will pay $16,000 a month in child support. Ouch. Don’t worry though, the Duce always packs a back-up plan. Divorce papers describe his idea for an upcoming reality show called The Next Mrs. Bonaduce. I know, you probably just threw up a little.