We love to look at high school pictures of celebrities to see if they revealed “star quality” early on – or if they were late bloomers. Kirstie Alley was already quite beautiful when she was 16 (she looked a bit like Meg Ryan) but obviously didn’t know what to do with her very thick wavy hair so she cut it in a bowl cut. Or maybe she was aiming at the unfortunately popular “Dorothy Hamill wedge” cut. Either way it was a waste of Kirstie’s abundant hair.
No one was more shocked than Kendra Wilkinson when her performance on “Dancing with the Stars” turned out to be lukewarm. She was the odds-on FAVORITE at the start of this season due to her age, looks, and athletic ability. When 60 year old Kirstie Alley outscored the Playboy model, everyone was surprised. Competitive Kendra said she was “nervous” and now she’s rehearsing like a mad woman, determined to show her stuff. This will be quite a competition because Kendra has all the Playmates and Playboy associates voting for her, while Kirstie has all the Scientologists voting for her. We’re guessing that being a Scientologist will pay off for Kirstie.
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Kirstie Alley took time off from dancing to open her Organic Liaison store on Vermont Avenue in LA but she managed to get the whole neighborhood riled up. Vermont was blocked off for Kirstie’s loud street party – the music could be heard 3 blocks away. What she DIDN’T do was invite any of her neighbors or other shop owners who were inconvenienced and angry. Of course she DID invite plenty of Scientologists. The diet foods store is located not far from the massive Scientology complex in the neighborhood. (The cult bought what used to be a huge hospital and all the surrounding buildings for their headquarters. (taxfree!) Looks to us like dieting another sneaky way to lure and convert people, like their so-called drug rehabs.
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Insiders say that “Dancing With The Stars” contestant Kirstie Alley is exhausted from long and rigorous rehearsals directed by her stern taskmaster/partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Maks is a serious competitor and wants to WIN, so he’s using every trick to motivate Kirstie. Telling her she danced “like a grandma” didn’t work. Kirstie is not accustomed to being bossed around, so this could be a turbulent pairing. Apparently her feet are already hurting so much she’s going barefoot.
Kirstie Alley’s “Organic Liaison” Scientology diet plan apparently didn’t work for her, so she’s hoping to knock off the pounds while rehearsing for “Dancing with the Stars.” Fortunately she has a big strong dance partner, Maxsim Chermovsky, to push her around the floor. We’re thinking this might actually work for her because Maxsim can teach her the art of self-discipline. Not much chance of Maxsim romancing his partner this season…..
We’re not sure that Kirstie Alley looks thirty pounds thinner like she claims, but she IS utilizing that old visual trick of hanging out with people bigger than she is. Kirstie and her Chubby Buddy workout partner, Jim, took a yoga class together. She should be highly motivated to get thin these days: nobody will buy Kirstie’s weight loss product, Organic Liaison, if she doesn’t lose weight herself.
Kirstie Alley admits she has some quirky ways to deceive herself into feeling better about her size. She took a liking to a floor length Liz Lange dress sold at Target for $29.99 and bought it in several colors. She was able to fit into a reasonably small size and that was delightful, but she was only fooling herself – because Liz Lange is a MATERNITY line! Kirstie has a sense of humor about it and the situation will probably appear on her new A&E reality series Kirstie Alley’s Big Life.
Granted, Jessica Simpson looks “natural” in the hair and make-up department, but her unfortunate outfit at JFK reminds us of something Kirstie Alley would wear! The big long drab dress and loose print top are matronly at best – especially for someone with a show called “The Price of Beauty.”
Kirstie Alley has declared WAR on the paparazzi that she claims are staked out in front of her house day and night. (All this, despite the fact that she’s busy drumming up publicity for her new series “Kirstie Alley’s Big Life.”) Kirstie hired a private investigator (a Scientologist, we presume) to get their license plates, and check into their backgrounds, hoping for dirt. She turned in one snapper to the police when it was discovered that he was a sex offender. Illegal immigrants, consider yourself warned!
The Kirstie Alley backlash has begun. LA Times TV critic Mary McNamara is fed up with Kirstie and has had “enough of her complaining, fawning assistants, and tricked-out gym.” She says things have changed since Kirstie’s show “Fat Actress” – “it’s a recession now and obesity is considered a medical epidemic.” In other words, it’s not so funny to see Kirstie sitting on her ample rear in her fancy gym in her mansion, screaming like a fishwife for her personal assistant. And complaining about the tabloids when you’re launching a reality show is “just plain stupid.” The critic has little empathy for the self-centered, spoiled actress and would rather see Kirstie lose weight while doing volunteer work in Haiti or some such place. “Losing weight does not make you a better person – just a thinner person.”