Salma Hayek’s Rack Destroys America’s Concentration

“I was staring at her boobs the whole time.� — America Ferrera, on why she couldn’t turn down the lead role offered by Ugly Betty executive producer Salma Hayek [E!]

“How they screw with you is that you’ll put down [in your rider] ‘homemade chicken noodle soup.’ I go to a show, and I go to my chicken noodle soup, and they’ve given me Progresso. I go to the production manager and say, ‘[This is] Progresso soup.’ He goes, ‘How do you know?’ I go, ‘Joe, I eat chicken noodle soup! I know chicken noodle soup!’� —Meat Loaf, who won’t settle for minestrone, either [VH1’s Tour Survival Guide]

“Until he finished the paper to my satisfaction, there was to be no television, no going to play basketball, no friends over.� —Kanye West’s mom, Donda, on the consequences of teenage Kanye bringing porn into the house. His punishment was writing a research paper titled “The Impact of Watching X-rated Movies on a Teen-age Boy.� [NYP]

“Britain has the fattest teenagers in Europe … Doctors warn that if we don’t tackle this problem, generations of kids face a drastic reduction in the quality and longevity of their lives.� —TV Producer Bridget Sneyd, whose new BBC3 reality series Fat Kids Can’t Hunt sends ten teenagers to the Australian outback to learn about aboriginal hunting and gathering [MSNBC]

“It looked like she lip-synched her way through the whole thing.� —Britney Spears fan Morgan Segall, on the singer’s secret comeback show, which some audience members paid $125 to see [Yahoo]
—Lindsey Thomas