Ted Danson: My Wife Has a 'Sick Kind of Love' for Will Ferrell, Kirstie Alley Will Do 'Great' on 'DWTS'

Ted Danson is currently enjoying a major career revival with genius turns in not one but three award-winning shows -- 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' 'Damages' and 'Bored to Death.' The 'Cheers' star is also a longtime committed and vocal activist for ocean preservation, and in his just-released book 'Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them,' Danson details the damage man has done to the seas and what can be done to save them.

Danson tells PopEater that being a celebrity in the early 1980s was "not very different from being a 5-year-old in a room full of adults. Everyone is focused on you ... I needed to focus on something outside myself." Thankfully for us, that something was cleaning up our polluted oceans. He also shared with us his thoughts on how 'Cheers' co-star Kirstie Alley will fair on 'Dancing With the Stars,' how "green" he really is and his wife's "sick" relationship with Will Ferrell.

How green are you?
I'm greenish. I am always slightly embarrassed when it comes to us and what we're doing. We drive hybrids, we eat pretty good local. We're pretty good about what fish we eat. Carbon footprint is probably the biggest thing.

My big beef is with celebrities who preach being green and then take private jets.
Oh, I wish I had that dilemma.

So you don't take private jets?
No, but I have in my day. It would now be a conscious moral choice. We shouldn't be taking them.

So someone offers you a seat on a private jet to Martha's Vineyard...
I would leap at the opportunity and then probably somehow pull myself back from the brink.

So would you step on and then get off?
Can I look at the interior, please? I am not Ed Begley Jr. He is my hero. He walks the walk. I tend to sometimes talk more talk than walk.

This book is the real deal.
It really is the real deal. Everyone worked very hard to put it together, and I think it came out great.

How did you become interested in ocean conservation?
My father was an archeologist, and I grew up in a scientific community. Even though I was busy playing with my friends, I think something sunk in a little bit about stewardship. Flash forward to the 'Cheers' years and paying me a lot of money and feeling like, now I better become responsible. That all coincided with moving into a neighborhood that was in the middle of a fight to keep Occidental Petroleum from drilling 60 oil wells right along the beach in Santa Monica. And the fellow who was leading it and I became great friends. We succeeded in defeating their attempt, and out of a kind of naivete, I thought he and I will start this ocean advocacy group. And low and behold, it actually turned into a really respected staff of people in DC and LA. Then, about 10 years ago, it merged into Oceana, which is now the largest single ocean advocacy group.

So it kind of started off innocently, and I think because I'd been surrounded by it and couldn't change my mind and go, "OK, I'll see you later," I'd created an organization. I've been lucky enough to hang out with some incredibly bright scientists who dedicate their lives to this cause. I'm the guy who stands in front of the tent and says, "Thank you for watching 'Cheers.' Please come inside and listen to these amazing scientists."

Ever feel a little dumb talking to the scientists?
A little dumb? Oh my God, I sweated through this whole book. I felt like it was Sunday night and I had not written my college paper. As soon as I declared I was going to write it and I had a lot of help, I felt like, now I have to be the expert and I'm not. I'm an actor who knows a lot about oceans.

Ever get depressed by the enormity of the task?
Hopefully we've created a book that is solution-oriented. Yes, we spend time saying this is what is going on, and yes, we are literally at a tipping point for our oceans where we could conceivably fish them out commercially if we continue to do the damaging, wasteful kinds of fishing that we do. That's not going to happen, and here's why the world needs to do this, this and this, and you as an individual need to do this and this.

My wife [Oscar-winning actress Mary Steenburgen] said the most important think you can do is to tell people to go to the ocean, play in the water and then have a great fish dinner and remember how much you love the oceans and why, so you come from a place of joy, because if you come from a place of "Oh my God, this is overwhelming," you will not do anything, or you'll feel lousy doing it. So I truly believe you need a light heart.

Did you realize you were the butt of a lot of the jokes on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'?
No, I didn't. One season, I was the butt of the whole season, and I had no idea. He [Larry David] was doing a scene with Lucy Lawless, and they were talking in the street and they see me, and my job is to walk by them and say, "Hey," and they say, "Hi." I got to my mark sooner than I should have and overheard them saying, "Oh God, I hate him he's such an a**hole" on camera, and I thought, "What?"

He's my friend. This year, standing in our guesthouse in Martha's Vineyard, where he stayed for free for like two months, he informed us that we were not going to be part of the next season. I said, "If that's true then I'm going to get on every show I can and tell them that you are a has-been and my manager tells me not to go on his show because it's peaked and it's on the way down so please quote me."

Your career has been chugging along quite nicely as of late.
I love 'Bored to Death.' It's a dream come true. It's injected a little life. That and 'Damages,' and begrudgingly I'll say 'Curb your Enthusiasm.' I'll begrudgingly admit that Larry David turned my career around.

How do you think Kirstie Alley will do on 'Dancing With the Stars'?
She's a great dancer. She'll do great.

Is the Museum of Natural History your favorite place to visit?
No. I grew up cleaning cases at my father's museum. He was the director of the Museum of Northern Arizona, and one of the first jobs I had was to wash off fingerprints on all the glass cases. When I get into a museum, I get a little antsy. I love them, but I don't have the staying power.

Do you have fingerprints marks on mirrors at home?
Yes! Mary can always tell when I'm a little bit emotional because I start cleaning like mad. I clean, I sweep, I vacuum.

You know your wife is pretty fabulous.
Oh God, I know. Thank you.

Are you worried that there's something going on between her and Will Ferrell. They do an awful lot of movies together.
Let me just put this in the hopper -- every movie that makes a crap load of money she's been in. I think they may be doing 'Stepbrothers 2.'

You can tell me if anything is going on between them.
Yes, there is, but it's very sick. It's a sick kind of love. You know what? They are probably two of the most trustworthy individuals on the planet. It's kind of fun to joke about them.

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Avril In A Great Place With Ex-Hubby

AVRIL IN A GREAT PLACE WITH EX-HUBBY
Avril Lavigne is in a ''great place'' with ex-husband Deryck Whibley.

Avril Lavigne and Deryck Whibley The "What The Hell" singer split from the Sum 41 star in 2010 after four years of marriage and despite their break-up, Avril insists the pair will always be very close.

She said: "We're very good friends. He's family to me. We both respect and care for each other very much. We're in a great place."

Avril and Deryck worked with each other on her new album "Goodbye Lullaby" and as well as being good friends, she still has a lot of respect for his work.

She told The Sunday Times Magazine: "I have a lot of respect for him as an artist. He's one of the most talented people I know. He did an awesome job on my album."

As well as having a close relationship with her ex, Avril - who is now dating reality TV star Brody Jenner - feels a connection with her fans.

The 26-year-old star said: "I have saved every single fan letter I've ever had mailed to me. When I talk to fans at after-shows or at meet-and-greets, I've had them cry and say how much my songs meant to them, and how it helps them in a hard time."

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Katie Price with huge cleavage and short dress had great time at Elton John party

Katie Price showed “heavy weapons” at a charity party at Elton John and once again all convinced that the recent divorce from Alex Reid is not hit her hard. Starlet with huge cleavage and short dress had great fun, although it has recently claimed that she was depressed because she broke up another marriage.

Except that she had a problem with Alex, who did not want to move from her home, Jordan clashed with another ex-husband, Peter Andre. He is angry at her because she did not say that their common daughter burned in a sauna. However, Jordan is obviously at a party at the legendary musician has decided to forget all the problems and focus on performing well. With regard to the clothing combination that she is chosen, perhaps it is Katie on the quest for a third husband.

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Nine Great Moments in Women Beating Men at Sports

When you’re a boy, few things are worse than losing to a girl at sports. When you’re a man, the feeling doesn’t really change unless the sport is somehow sex-based. But, the times they are a-changin. Women can do stuff now, like vote and drive automobiles. It’s time guys get used to this, and desensitize themselves to losing to women.

We’re here to help, with the definitive list of girls kicking man-ass in sports.

9. Golf – Jenny Suh Wins Virginia State Championship

Before Michelle Wie hoodwinked all the sports talking heads into thinking she could play in a men’s tournament and not blow, Jenny Suh actually put up by winning the Virginia Group AAA Boys Golf Championship back in 2002.

A bit of a fuss was made over Suh teeing off from the women’s tee box instead of the men’s, and therefore only having to cover 80% of the distance the rest of the field had to cover. Whether that’s a distinct advantage is definitely debatable, but what was she supposed to do? Rules are rules, right? Crazy rules are the only thing separating golf from a more dangerous (and probably awesome) version of hockey.

8. More Golf – Alexis Thompson Wins TPC Eagle Trace

Alexis gets the nod over Jenny in the battle of the man-crushing girl golfers because TPC Eagle Trace was a pro tournament, and her girl tee boxes covered 94% of the distance covered by the rest of the 76-man field, as opposed to 80%.

7. Tennis – Billie Jean King Beats Bobby Riggs

This one was billed as “The Battle of the Sexes,” and the once-and-for-all throw down that would prove irrefutably that girls ruled, and boys drooled. Sure, King was 26 years old at the time, and Riggs was closer to 126, but no matter.  Winning is winning, and the fact that Riggs was a legendary chauvinist asshole leading up to this match after he’d already beaten female British player Margaret Court several months prior made King’s straight sets victory (6-4, 6-3, 6-3) all the more sweeter. A decade later, King would complete the Amazonian circle by coming out of the closet and admitting she’d rather bone other chicks.

6. Horse Racing – Julie Krone Wins 1993 Belmont Stakes

The 1993 Belmont Stakes wasn’t Julie Krone’s first win as a jockey, but it was by far her biggest. Before her, no woman had ever ridden a horse that had won any leg of The Triple Crown.

And being a jockey is tough—tougher than anyone realizes considering jockeys have to keep up with weight regulations that were established about 100 years ago when the average grown man was probably too short to ride a modern-day roller coaster. That means a lot of puking, fasting, and ex-lax. It’s possible though that—depending on how popular Krone was in high school—she was already familiar with an extreme weight loss regimen.

5. Wrestling – Michaela Hutchison Wins Alaskan State Wrestling Title

Chris Rock put it best: Alaska is basically The Road Warrior…with snow. This implies that Sarah Palin ain’t got shit on the real women of Alaska—women like Michaela Hutchison. Michaela won the final of the 103 lb weight class her sophomore year, in 2006, competing against all guys—the first girl in the history of high school sports to do so.

Even more impressive was the way her opponents pretended to be devastated after being groped and manhandled by a girl for free.

4. Bowling – Kelly Kulick Wins PBA Tour Title

ESPN columnist Rick Reilly made a huge noise about this one a year ago, and with pretty good reason. Technically, Kulick winning the PBA Tournament of Champions last year was the first time in the modern history of ball-based sports that a woman had beaten an entire field of top-level professional athletes.

Granted, it’s still bowling, so calling all the dudes she beat top-level professional athletes is like calling the staff at The Smoking Jacket top-level professional bounty hunters. We mostly just do it for the free pepper spray.

3. Eating – Sonya Thomas Eats More Wings than Joey Chesnut

Before Takeru Kobayashi, the prevailing wisdom was that only fat dudes would win eating contests. After Kobayashi, that wisdom shifted to only dudes would win eating contests. Not because of any physical gender bias, but because it just didn’t seem likely that women would ever be into a contest determined by who could gain the most weight in a matter of minutes.

It’s unlikely Sonya Thomas will start a gender revolution for beating Joey Chesnut in the 2010 Buffalo Wing Eating Contest, but beating Joey Chesnut at any eating-related competition at this point is like out-blackouting Bob Uecker.

Nearly impossible.

2. Army – Sherri Gallagher Wins U.S. Best Warrior Competition

Though it’s probably not even as cool as the Top Gun competition—what with the greasy sand volleyball and homoerotic locker-room stare downs— the Best Warrior Competition is no joke, either. Contestants are judged on events like hand-to-hand competition, night firing and weapons familiarization to determine the best soldier in the U.S.

Gallagher, considered one of the best long-rifle shooters in the country, beat out 11 other dudes to be the first woman to win the title of America’s biggest swinging Rambo-dick since the competition’s inception in 2001. Thus far, her victory has done little to change America’s policy on barring women from certain combat missions, so we guess it’s up to her to present Bin Laden’s nuts before Congress to get them to stop being such player-haters.

1. Baseball – Jackie Mitchell Strikes Out Murderer’s Row

In 1931, the dynasty-mode New York Yankees played an exhibition game against the minor-league Chattanooga Lookouts, who featured a 17-year-old pitcher by the name of Jackie Mitchell. Jackie was a girl, but was taught the game from a very young age by her father. When she entered the contest in the first inning, she struck out Babe Ruth on four pitches, which caused him to vow to never bat against a woman again. She only needed three for the next guy—Lou Gehrig, whom we presume was more gracious.

Rather than inspire the second wave of the Women’s Movement right then and there, Mitchell’s contract was voided only days after by then-commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who subsequently declared women unfit to play baseball, saying that it was “too strenuous.”

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