The Entertation Index: November 18

Ads, Pop-up — The Associated Press hits on a topic rapidly running amuck on today’s television: the pop-up ad. You’ve all seen these, which leap onto the screen during your favorite television. Now the AP writes about the DON’T MISS TNT’S THE CLOSER — NEW EPISODES MONDAYS AT 9/8 CENTRAL  because of the phenomenon.

Link: A Growing TV Cover-Up: Obnoxious Pop-Up Promos (AP)

Causes, Celebrity — While high-and-mighty actors like Matt Damon and Bono take on things like stupid world hunger, some celebs are stepping up to take on things that really matter — like Madonna, who’s saving Romanian gypsies, Jimmy Buffett saving Manatees and Jenny Garth fighting the war against bad breath. It should be pointed out, once again, that The Brown Tweed Society will not stop until we find a cure for phantom limb syndrome.

Link: Save the Frogs! Surprising Celeb Causes (PopEater)

Cyrus, Miley — The teenage pop superstar told an Ohio radio station that she has never seen Twilight, nor will she ever see the films. “I grew up a product of the Disney corporation,” she allegedly said. “I’ve been around vampires my entire life.”

Link: Miley Cyrus Not a “Twilight” Fan (EW)

Eastwood, Clint — The Oscar-winning actor and director told GQ Magazine that  ”the guys who won World War II and that whole generation have disappeared, and now we have a bunch of teenage twits.” Eastwood allegedly then ordered the interviewer to get off his lawn and went back inside to continue arranging his pills into the weekly pill holder while he watched NCIS and drank a malt.

Link: Clint Eastwood Says America is Becoming More “Juvenile” (NY Daily News)

Michael Hall, Anthony – Former Vacation, Sixteen Candles and Breakfast Club star Anthony Michael Hall is the subject of a restraining order issued by his ex-girlfriend, who claims the actor has been stalking her and “tried to knock down her door.” Hall’s girlfriend indicated to police that she would have secured the restraining order earlier, but like the rest of America, she didn’t remember his name.

Link: “Breakfast Club” Star Accused of Stalking (DigitalSpy)

Pratt, Spencer — Pratt, along with wife Heidi Montag Spencer, are currently promoting hitting the publicity stump to tout a recently-released book they co-wrote entitled “How to Be Famous.” The book claims to detail all the things Speidi did to reach clebrity status.  This could only mean, I assume, that all pages are blank.

Link: Speidi Writes a Book. Book Makes a Perfect Coaster (Socialite Life)