Love On The D-List: Kathy Griffin And The Old Spice Guy Might Be Dating

In case you were getting tired of hearing about A-listers like Jennifer Aniston and James Franco all the time, enjoy a little gossip from the lower rungs of the Hollywood ladder. Rumor has it that Kathy Griffin and the Old Spice Guy Isaiah Mustafa are dating. “They are not boyfriend/girlfriend but they are definitely spending time together and getting to know each other,” a source confirms to US Magazine after the two were seen acting flirty at the Costume Designers Guild Awards on Tuesday. At least Kathy and Isaiah have a lot in common: a love of Mustafa’s abs, superb comedic timing, a love of Mustafa’s arms…

Isaiah also allegedly visited Griffin on the set of Glee, where the comedian was shooting a guest spot. Now we understand why Mustafa denied Neve Campbell in December. “Thanks Valentine!…” Griffin tweeted Valentine’s Day with a photo of red roses, but didn’t specify which brawny spokesman they came from. Look, we know that Mustafa is build like Michelangelo’s David while Kathy was last seen dating Steve Wozniak, but the fact that we didn’t see this coming is exactly what makes us think it might be true. When Griffin was dating Levi Johnston for My Life On The D-List, you’d couldn’t turn a corner in L.A. without seeing those two holding hands and mugging for the camera. Kathy and Isaiah might not get enough love from the rest of industry; let’s see if they can find that love…in each other. And in Mustafa’s abs.

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Oscars Cut James Franco’s Burlesque Song From Program, Ruin Oscars

Seriously, why can’t the Academy just let James Franco be great? According to James’ twitter account, Franco recorded Cher’s Burlesque song only to have it yanked from Sunday’s show. “They pulled this from the oscar show. damn it,” Franco tweeted last night, linking to a clip of Franco singing Cher’s epic “You Haven’t Seen The Last Of Me.” Considering the bigwigs upstairs clearly hired an unpredictable Franco to do wacky bits like this, we can’t imagine why they’d want to stifle his creative genius so close to the production. Ugh, now all this fan fiction we wrote about James Franco transforming into Cher and performing at the Oscars just makes us look like idiots. Just idiots.
While it’s often hard to tell when James is joking vs. what’s a serious endeavor (see also: Franco’s mustache, Franco’s career over the last 12 months, etc), but from the sound of his earnest attempts at belting, Franco seems to be legitimately trying. That makes us like the song even more, given the fact that Franco knows he can’t sing. “I’m crap at . . .I’m not the best dancer. I’m not the best singer, either,” James revealed to The Guardian. As for as we’re concerned, the Academy might as well cut out the glorious moose knuckle from the inevitable Black Swan parody, or pull the plug on the giant garbage flume Franco and Anne Hathaway will undoubtedly ride to a fiery death ala Toy Story 3. Sometimes we wonder if the Oscars really want to be great after all. We honestly do.

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