The 2011 Gaulie Awards: Celebrities certainly earned these end-of-year awards – phillyBurbs.com : Lou Gaul: cameron diaz, bad teacher, mila kunis, justin timberlake, star trek
As 2011 yawns and 2012 dawns, it’s time to bestow special awardson celebrities who made the right or wrong moves during the past 12months.
And the winners — or losers — are:
THE BASEBALL TAKES SECOND PLACE AWARD
To: Cameron Diaz, who visited Europe to promoteher edgy comedy “Bad Teacher” and told Britain’s News of the Worldthat “sex is my favorite sport.”
THE WHO’S YOUR DADDY AWARD
To: Elisabetta Canalis, 33, who, after breakingup with her longtime boyfriend, 50-year-old George Clooney, toldthe media that “between us, there was more of a father-daughterrelationship.”
THE FIRST SPECIAL SALUTE AWARD
To: Mila Kunis, the 28-year-old actress whoagreed to accompany Sgt. Scott Moore to a ball honoring his MarineCorps unit in Greenville, N.C. Bravo!
THE SECOND SPECIAL SALUTE AWARD
To: Justin Timberlake, the 30-year-oldsinger-actor who accompanied Cpl. Kelsey De Santis, a combatinstructor, to a Marine Corps ball in Richmond, Va. Bravo!
THE BETTER LATE THAN NEVER AWARD
To: Kiss bassist Gene Simmons, who marriedactress and former Playmate Shannon Tweed, his girlfriend of 28years.
THE I AM NOT SPOCK AWARD
To: Nichelle Nichols, who went on to play Lt.Uhura in the late Gene Roddenberry’s groundbreaking series “StarTrek.” In “Trek Nation,” a Science Channel TV special, Nicholsrecalled how she was asked to read for the role of Spock, whicheventually went to Leonard Nimoy.
THE FORCE ISN’T WITH HIM AWARD
To: William Shatner, who played Capt. Kirk onthe TV and big-screen versions of “Star Trek.” In a YouTubeinterview, the 80-year-old actor claimed his series was superior toGeorge Lucas’ “Star Wars,” saying: “ ‘Star Trek’ had relationshipsand conflict among the relationships, and stories that involvedhumanity and philosophical questions. ‘Star Wars’ was specialeffects.”
THEY’RE REAL AND THEY’RE SPECTACULAR AWARD
To: “Mad Men” favorite Christina Hendricks, whotold Britain’s Daily Mail: “It’s so bizarre that peopleare constantly asking if my breasts are real or fake. They’re soobviously real that anyone who’s ever seen or touched a breastwould know.”
To: Shirley MacLaine, the 78-year-old actresswho told columnist Cindy Adams: “Men my own age can’t keep up. Ineed one 15 years younger. They’re more flexible.”
THE LEFT AT THE ALTAR AWARD
To: Hugh Hefner, the 85-year-old Playboymagazine publisher whose 25-year-old fiancée, Crystal Harris,dropped him five days before their June wedding. “I’m not turned onby Hef, sorry,” Harris told Howard Stern. “I’ve never seen Hefnaked.”
THE ‘PLANE’ STUPID AWARD
To: Alec Baldwin, who in early December wasbooted from an American Airlines flight in Los Angeles for refusingto turn off his iPhone despite pleas from the flight crew.
THE THROWING THE BOOK AT ’EM AWARD
To: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who signed withSimon & Schuster to write a memoir, tentatively titled “TotalRecall: My Unbelievably True Life Story” and set for release inOctober. According to the website Boomer Health & Lifestyle,the book looks at his childhood in Austria, his rise to stardom viabodybuilding and the movies, his political success and his splitfrom Maria Shriver.
To: Jessica Chastain, a 30-year-old actress whoappeared in seven motion pictures set for release in 2011. They are“The Tree of Life” with Brad Pitt, “The Debt” with Helen Mirren,“The Help” with Viola Davis, “Take Shelter” with Michael Shannon,“Coriolanus” with Ralph Fiennes (who also directed), “Wilde Salome”with Al Pacino (who also directed) and “Texas Killing Fields” withSam Worthington.
THE WEDDING BELLS BUCKS AWARD
To: Kim Kardashian, who pocketed $17.9 millionon her nuptials with fiancé Kris Humphries. In just 72 days, themarriage crumbled. No word yet on whether the wedding gifts werereturned.
Lou Gaul: 609-871-8055; email, lgaul@phillyBurbs.com
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