• Reason # 343 why you know we're in a recession: International megastar Britney Spears has been reduced to driving around in a Mitsubishi. (TMZ)
• A bachelor no more! DeAnna Pappas castoff Jesse Csincsak is finally ready to unveil (read: show off) his brand new lady love. (IKYDK)
• Seeing Ashlee Simpson in handcuffs makes us feel like the world is safe again. (Usmagazine.com)
• Instead of Samantha Who?, you might wanna start asking Samantha Where? As in, where did Christina Applegate's show disappear to in ABC's new Bachelor-centric lineup? (E! Online)
• Sarah Jessica Parker insists that she and hubby Matthew Broderick are still happily married. (People)
• 90210's Shenae Grimes admits she "dreams" about Luke Perry. Not bad, considering when he was a hearthrob, she was still in diapers. (E! Online)
• Apparently, big stars don't always translate into big ratings (**except when your name is Oprah). Jennifer Aniston's episode of 30 Rock was the sitcom's lowest rated show this season. (E! Online)
• Rosie O'Donnell says she'd love to share a brewsky with Sarah Palin! But that doesn't mean O'Donnell wanted Palin anywhere near the Oval Office. "If [John] McCain won," says the former View cohost, "I would be in the depression unit of the ICU." (Usmagazine.com)
• MADE coach-turned-Bachelorette ex Jesse Csincsak says he and DeAnna Pappas are still friends despite the whole not-getting-married thing. But for now, he's taking things "one day at a time." (OK!)
• Holly Madison on stepping on her sugar daddy/employer Hugh Hefner with creepy magician/boyfriend Criss Angel: "I thought I'd be fired!" (Scandalist)
• Rumor has it Eliot Spitzer's callgirl, Ashley Dupre, may have had an on-camera heart-to-heart with Diane Sawyer. Hope she wasn't charging ABC by the hour! (Gawker)
Okay, so everybody knows that former MADE man Jesse Csincsak found love (and instant reality tv fame!) with The Bachelorette's DeAnna Pappas, but what, you ask, have all the other erstwhile coaches been up to lately? Well, lucky for you, we're kicking off a brand new feature called "Coaches Corner" to address that very question.
So, who's up first? That would be Rabbi Darkside, who you'll remember from the episode where weepy high-schooler Linnea (eventually) learned how to beatbox. Re-live the magic by re-watching the episode here then check back next week, when Darkside delivers the first-ever video installment of Coaches Corner: a lesson in Hip-Hop 101.
++ Meanwhile, check out what the beat-boxing Rabbi had to say for himself in this exclusive blog entry, after the jump. (Note: Apparently, "turntablism" is a word!)
Beaming Bachelorette, DeAnna Pappas, showed up with her man and former MTV MADE coach, Jesse Csincsak, to Tuesday night's taping of ABDC... only one day after announcing to the world they're in love, engaged, and having a VERY hard time keeping their hands off of one another (see video).
While they haven't made up their minds yet about which Season 2 crew they're rooting for, they both claim JabbaWockeeZ as an all-time favorite. A couple after our own heart.
Hear Jesse's tips for taking the title... and getting the girl.
I've always had a soft spot in my heart reserved for MADE, the long-running MTV program that unfolds like an extended one-hour version of the classic movie makeover montage. And now, it appears that one of our own has undergone a major metamorphosis on the primetime stage.
In a surprise victory, former MADE coach, Jesse Csincsak (last seen teaching uncoordinated popular girl, Tara, how to snowboard) won the heart of former singleton DeAnna Pappas on last night's season finale of The Bachelorette. The boarder beat out the heavily favored dad-slash-exec Jason Mesnick to get the girl in the final rose ceremony. Congratulations, Jesse! You just got MADE....into an overnight tv heartthrob.
++ Wanna see more of Jesse before he won big on The Bachelorette? Re-watch his MADE episode right here, and then check out this bonus interview footage of the future ladies' man.
