Former Miss Alabama Finds Instant Fame; Are Psy`s 15 Minutes Nearly Up?
HAMMER: Now, on SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, "Geico`s 15 Minutes of Fame."</s>WEBB: I`m flattered at all the attention and, you know, I`m humbled.</s>HAMMER: Alabama beauty queen Katherine Webb is enjoying her 15 minutes of fame, speaking out this morning about her instant football fame on "The Today Show." Webb really stole the show at Monday`s college football championship game just cheering on her boyfriend, Alabama quarterback A.J. McCarron. Webb`s beauty and the constant attention it got from ESPN commentators, literally made her an overnight star. She`s gone from just a few hundred Twitter followers before the game to more than 200 thousand the last time we checked tonight and still counting. That`s amazing. We learned today that Donald Trump wants her to judge the Miss USA pageant that he holds. Plus, her mom just revealed today that designers now want Katherine to wear their clothes. The former Miss Alabama USA told "The Today Show" this morning that, while she`s flattered by all the attention, it`s all a bit too much.</s>WEBB: You know, I`m honestly really shocked that it really took off like that, and, you know, I think that we need to draw back our attention to who the real winners are, and that`s, you know, the Alabama football team. They spent so long getting ready for the season, and they won their second back-to-back national championship, and that`s such an accomplishment.</s>HAMMER: Well, Brent is right. She is beautiful. I`m not going to sit here and go, "Wow, can you see that?" Back with us from Washington, pop culture expert April Woodard. In New York tonight, Rachel Zalis, who`s the editor of "New You" magazine. But ladies, it is pretty amazing when you think about it. Donald Trump, designers, Twitter followers. I mean, if you`d mentioned Katherine Webb`s name just a couple of days ago, the reaction would have been, "Huh? Katherine who?" Rachel, is this a case of 15 minutes of fame, or are you like me and think, if played right, this can really last?</s>ZALIS: This is a huge score for her. I mean, definitely much bigger than Notre Dame at that game. And I mean, nobody gets this level of insta-fame unless you sleep with a politician. So I think that like this is definitely something she can take and run with. I mean, she`s beautiful. She`s getting amazing offers. If she plays it smart, she can, you know, parlay this into something.</s>HAMMER: April, what do you think? Fifteen minutes of fame or possibly some more?</s>WOODARD: Definitely some more if it`s left to Donald Trump, it will be a half hour of fame because he`s jumping on the bandwagon after she`s popular. But I just think that, if she`s incredibly beautiful, I think that she can really roll with it, and her brand has just gone up. I mean, you think about the Twitterverse, she`s like 190,000 fans now and followers. So I think she should take these offers and run.</s>HAMMER: Hopefully, she will get some good people surrounding her. Because we all know that that can go south pretty quickly if you end up with the wrong people. But she seems lovely. And while Katherine Webb is at the beginning of her 15 minutes of fame. There are a lot of people out there who are wondering if Korean pop star Psy is perhaps at the end of his.</s>BETTY WHITE, ACTRESS: Psy, put your glasses on.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, Psy!</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, Psy</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Oh, Psy</s>HAMMER: OK. Well, there it is again. Psy once again breaking out his monster hit, "Gangnam Style." This happened last night on Betty White`s hit show on NBC, "Off Their Rockers." He`s doing the dance with Betty and her elderly pals there. It`s funny. It`s cute, isn`t it? Marks approximately the 10,000th time we`ve seen him do that dance on TV. April, how much longer can Psy ride this "Gangnam Style" wave? WOODARD" Tick, tick, tick. It`s really kind of ending. I mean, I like the dance, and it`s always fun to do. You know, there`s a remix coming out, so maybe he`ll last maybe 20 minutes. But it`s coming to a close. That`s my opinion.</s>HAMMER: Yes. We`ve seen it before, haven`t we? What do you think, Rachel? Is this going to continue for him? Does he need to do something else really, really soon in order to continue his 15 minutes?</s>ZALIS: Well, I certainly think he`s going to get a lot of press for this company. He`s doing the Super Bowl ad for, which is the wonderful pistachios. I mean, he was the biggest pop cultural phenomenon in the last year, and so this is definitely a way to prolong that by being at the biggest American football event, you know, ever.</s>HAMMER: And the truth is I still have to say -- this happened over the holidays. Any time this song would go on wherever I happened to be, people would break out into the dance. They apparently still love it, and his YouTube hits, they just keep on coming.</s>ZALIS: Let`s do it.</s>WOODARD: Do it.</s>HAMMER: No, no. Please don`t. Rachel, April, thank you so much. We`re going to get back to extending Katherine Webb`s 15 minutes of fame, by the way, in just a bit, because she didn`t just talk with "The Today Show" this morning. She also spoke with this guy. It`s Ralphie Aversa. She spoke with him on his radio show on WPLJ in New York City. And wait until you hear what she told him. Ralphie is right here with us in just a few minutes. It`s a must-see headline-making "SHOWBIZ Newsmaker" interview. And we have another incredible SHOWBIZ Countdown. Can`t wait to get to this tonight. It`s the top five buzz-making stories that are breaking right now. The Kim effect, the bold new claim from one of the world`s top fashion designers that -- listen to this -- Kim Kardashian has more selling power than Duchess Catherine. Is it really true, though? And will Kim K. beat out Jennifer Lawrence`s new war? Well, "The Hunger Games" star is about to go to battle with a very powerful new enemy. I`m going to tell you who, and I`ll reveal which buzz-making story will top our SHOWBIZ Countdown. This is SBT, SHOWBIZ TONIGHT, on HLN.