Thank You, Sandra Bullock; Most Provocative Celebrity of the Week
HAMMER: The big reveal now as SHOWBIZ TONIGHT names the most provocative celebrity of the week. The nominees - Shannon Price for reportedly selling Gary Coleman`s deathbed photos and claiming they`re still married. Lindsay Lohan for her SCRAM-wearing, jail-avoiding alcohol drama. And Lady Gaga nominated for her shockilicious(ph) antics, everything, from her over-the-top music video to her double middle finger salute at New York Mets game. That`s where she stripped down to a black studded bra and panties. Welcome back to SHOWBIZ TONIGHT. I`m A.J. Hammer in New York. And we`re going to name the most provocative celebrity of the week in just a moment. You do not want to miss it. But first, just in today - Thanks, Sandra. Jesse James ex-wife is now publicly thanking Jesse`s soon-to-be ex-wife, Sandra Bullock, in a brand-new interview today. Janine Lindemulder expressed her appreciation to Sandra for taking such good care of Lindemulder`s seven-year-old daughter, Sunny, while Lindemulder was in the clink. With me right now, in New York, is Shira Lazar who is a digital correspondent for "CBSNews.com." Also, in New York, Brian Balthazar. Brian is an editor with "PopGoesTheWeek.com." So Jesse James` ex-wife, Janine Lindemulder, was feeling some Sandra Bullock love after a judge granted Lindemulder visitation rights with the daughter that Lindemulder had with Jesse James. Are you following along now? I`ve got to tell you, I was actually pleasantly surprised by what she said here. Watch this.</s>LINDEMULDER: I`m still very grateful. She did a wonderful job and I`m forever indebted.</s>HAMMER: This is a woman that Sandra Bullock was going head to head with not that long ago, Shira. But she seems sincere to me. Do you think she was?</s>SHIRA LAZAR, DIGITAL CORRESPONDENT, "CBSNEWS.COM": Well, she wasn`t in court when she said that, so who knows? But at this point, she needs to be grateful. She needs to look good. I mean, this is someone who everyone pretty much hates. I mean, when all of the bloggers talk horribly online and obviously, the public. She`s, you know, been in porn, a halfway house. So she needs to say something good at this point. I mean, Sandra, to everyone at this point, is America`s sweetheart.</s>HAMMER: Yes.</s>LAZAR: So she did say something good. It would have looked really bad for her,</s>A.J. -  HAMMER: Yes. Let`s hope that what she is saying is backed up by some real feelings.</s>LAZAR: Exactly.</s>HAMMER: But it does make me wonder if, you know, maybe Sandra Bullock and Jesse`s porn star ex might just become friends after all because they do have this little girl Sunny`s best interest at heart. I know both of them do. Brian, what do you think? Is that such a farfetched idea?</s>BRIAN BALTHAZAR, EDITOR, "POPGOESTHEWEEK.COM": I will jump out of a triple box if that happens. I think - I would be pretty surprised, because, you know, Sandra is doing anything she can to stay away from the tabloid element of the story. So I think she will do whatever she has to do to keep it civil. She`s not going to be going to Rodeo Drive with her.</s>HAMMER: Yes.</s>BALTHAZAR: She`s not going to sit over coffee publicly. She`s just going to do the bare minimum.</s>HAMMER: All right. Shari, are you jumping out of the triple box, too, if that happens?</s>LAZAR: Yes. I mean, I just don`t want to see any more exes. I`m sick of the exes. Enough of them.</s>HAMMER: And Chris, take her out of the triple box. There you go. All right. You`re safe now. Well, neither Jesse James nor Sandra Bullock made the cut to be named SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s most provocative celebrity of the week. But I`ve got to tell you, it was tough. This week`s celebrities certainly gave us a lot of, shall we say, outrageous shenanigans to consider. I want you to check out our three nominees, not the three people in the box. All right. It`s Shannon Price for reportedly selling Gary Coleman`s deathbed photo and her claim that they`re still married even though they`re divorced. Lindsay Lohan for her SCRAM-wearing, jail- avoiding alcohol drama. And then, Lady Gaga - it`s the week for her. Her over-the-top music video came out. Her double middle-finger salute at the Mets game where she stripped down to her black-studded bra and panties. Brian, back in the triple box, who do you think deserves the esteemed title of SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s most provocative celebrity of the week? Who is it?</s>BALTHAZAR: I`ve got to eliminate Gaga. Being surprised by her acting crazy is like being surprised by Richard Simmons being flamboyant. Lindsay Lohan is more of the same. So I`m going with Shannon Price, posing for a, you know, new profile photo with your husband on his deathbed is just over the top and fighting for money you don`t even know he has. It`s just crazy.</s>HAMMER: All right. Well, let`s move right to it. It is time now to reveal SHOWBIZ TONIGHT`s most provocative celebrity of the week. For that, I need a drum roll, please. It is Shannon Price. Yes, Shannon got it. She, of course, reportedly sold Gary Coleman`s deathbed photo to a tabloid. I just think it doesn`t get more disgusting than that. She made the bombshell claim today that even though they are divorced, she is Gary Coleman`s common law wife, and her legal move now, of course, to become the heir to his estate. Shira, do you agree that the Price is right?</s>LAZAR: I mean, come on. This provocative course of the week - she`s milking her 15 seconds of fame and it`s so sad to see in such a tragic way. I mean - and now this reality show coming up in 2008 - you know, he said, "All she wanted was money." So surprise, surprise. It shouldn`t be that big of a surprise that she`s doing all of this. It`s just really tragic and it`s sad and disgusting to see as a public.</s>HAMMER: Yes. And what`s sad and disgusting to me - and Brian, I`m certain you agree, it doesn`t appear that this is going to stop any time soon. And Gary continues to be betrayed after he`s gone.</s>BALTHAZAR: Yes. People wanted his money in life from the very beginning and they want it in death. And it`s really, really tragic.</s>HAMMER: Shira, we did have a couple of write-in votes. One for Sandra Bullock because she is so strong in showing how good she`s doing. Should we have considered that?</s>LAZAR: Yes, she appeared at the MTV Movie Awards, kissing Scarlett Johansson this past week, so she`s definitely made herself more provocative. But people still love her, so it`s a good provocative.</s>HAMMER: All right. Shira Lazar, Brian Balthazar, I thank you both. Well, if there`s one thing I`ve learned working in this business all of these years - always assume your microphone is on, OK? Because otherwise, you could end up in a story about the most outrageous open- mike bloopers.</s>HAYEK: Oh, my god! Get the snake! Somebody do something. No.</s>HAMMER: It is time now for the "SHOWBIZ News Ticker" - more stories from the SHOWBIZ TONIGHT newsroom making news today.</s>TEXT: Tori Spelling`s husband, Dean McDermott says he and Tori want to have another baby. Star Jones to write a novel based on a "View"-like show. And now, HLN`s salute to Dads, Father`s Day, is coming up, of course. And we`ve been asking the stars what their fathers mean to them. Today, "Get Him to the Greek" star, Jonah Hill -</s>JONAH HILL, ACTOR: Happy Father`s Day, Dad. I love you. More than anything, you will always be my best friend. I would be nothing without you. I love you. Happy Father`s Day.</s>HAMMER: Very nice, Jonah. 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