August 02, 2007
--Melanie Brown, aka "Scary Spice," and her lawyer Gloria Allred stepped out for a press conference on Wednesday accusing Eddie Murphy of not doing "the right thing" in regard to Brown's baby. Allred, who claims that Murphy "has not paid one penny of child support" for the former couple's daughter, said she plans to ask the court to award child support and "to decide what is reasonable." Allred said she's filed a paternity suit against Murphy to legally establish that he is the father of their nearly 4-month-old daughter, Angel Iris Murphy Brown. "We've had communication with his attorney, and now we're moving forward," she said, adding that the papers are sealed because they concern a child. "Murphy was promising to do the right thing, but to date he has not done the right thing," said Allred. "Mr. Murphy can have all the babies he chooses to have, but his responsibility needs to be to his own children. [Brown] is seeking sole physical and legal custody." (Was a press conference really necessary? I mean, we know he's a dog. I think this just makes her look desperate).
--Marc Anthony's wife, Jennifer Lopez, and his ex-wife, Dayanara Torres, appear together on the cover of September's People en Español - and he's none too pleased about it. The two Latina lovelies, shown with actress Adamari Torres and singer Lucero, didn't pose together, and the photo is a composite. But they're all smiles and certainly look buddy-buddy for the feature on the best-dressed women in Hispanic culture. Our source says, "The current and the ex side by side? Marc's camp is not happy." Anthony's rep didn't respond, but a People flack said, "Marc has great taste in stylish women."
--Backstreet's back, alright?
--Chris O'Donnell and his wife Caroline Fentress are preparing to add yet another child to their ever-growing brood – their fifth. On the Today show on Wednesday, the actor was asked about his four children. "Another on the way," he replied, before high-fiving Today cohost Ann Curry. He added, jokingly, "Yeah, we're just starting to figure out how it works. I think I know why this is happening, but we're really excited about it." The 37-year-old actor married Fentress, a schoolteacher, in 1997. Their four other children are Lily, 7, Chip, 6, Charlie, 4, and Finley, 16 months.
--Whoopi Goldberg will bring no celebrity feuds with her when she joins "The View," at least none that she's aware of. "Who knows?" she told The Associated Press. "Anybody could say, 'I don't like her.' That's OK. I just won't come to your home." That already sets Goldberg apart from her predecessor. "The View," putting Rosie O'Donnell in its rear-view mirror, officially introduced Goldberg to the show's audience as its moderator on Wednesday. She'll start full time the day after Labor Day. (I think she'll be good).
--Check out Beyonce carrying the new Louis Vuitton Tribute Bag. It too can be yours for a mere $42,000. Yeah, that's not a typo.
--If you use the word "bling" these days, you're unhip and totally out of style, according to Kanye West. The hip-hop star tells Complex magazine: "Only white people and older black people say 'bling' now. If a white person uses slang too early, then that makes them look like a wigger. But if black people use slang too late, then it makes them look like a wigger." (He is such an idiot. Every time he opens his trap, I dislike him more).
--Pete Doherty dishes on what it was like dating Kate Moss.
--Tensions between Lauren Conrad and Heidi Montag got so bad on the second season of "The Hills" that MTV has been struggling to get the girls together to promote the third season. "Lauren and Heidi refused to even be in the same room as each other," said a Hollywood insider. "They hate each other so much. In the photos on MTV's site for the third season, they had to Photoshop Heidi in because they wouldn't even take a picture together." A rep for MTV had "no comment." (Team Lauren!)
--The Hoff sports one of the gayest shirts I've ever seen...
Random Thought of the Day:
Current random obsessions: diet cranberry juice; Ojon hair products (you can order them from Sephora); test driving new cars; scorning my friends who keep sending me "fresh out of the womb" baby pictures (I mean, seriously--wipe the damn thing off first and wrap it up before you send me a picture. I like you, but I just don't need to see your gooey child). 
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, August 01, 2007
--Nicole Richie finally fesses up that she's 4-months pregs with Joel Madden's kid. (How long ago did I report this?)
--Scarlett Johansson has laughed off claims she will play porn star Jenna Jameson in a Hollywood biopic. Jameson herself prompted reports at the Comic Con convention in San Diego, California in July, when she said of the actress' performance in Lost In Translation, "I remember thinking to myself, this girl has such a sexuality without even really trying to be sexy. I was like, 'This girl could play me.' I love her. She's amazing. She's smart, she's funny. ... She's stunning. I don't want someone who's going to go in there and be like bouncing around. I want someone who can bring some depth." But Johansson knows nothing of the film project - based on Jameson's book How to Make Love Like A Porn Star - which is to be titled Heartbreaker. Her representative tells People.com, "Scarlett has never seen a script nor been approached about this project. She also has no interest in playing this role."
--Former child star Gary Coleman was cited for disorderly conduct after witnesses said they saw him in a heated argument with a woman in a parking lot. Coleman, 39, and the woman were in his vehicle discussing their relationship Friday night when two people saw him hit the steering wheel with his hands, Capt. Cliff Argyle said. "Mr. Coleman was very excited and loud. ... At one point he exited his vehicle, waving his arms, yelling and screaming," Argyle said. "Vehicles were unable to exit the parking lot because of Mr. Coleman's actions."
--American Idol star Corey Clark has been arrested on drug charges and an outstanding warrant in North Little Rock, Arizona. The R&B singer, who infamously claimed he had an affair with the reality TV show's judge Paula Abdul, was taken into police custody on charges of possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on July 30. A warrant had been issued for Clark's arrest after he failed to turn up at an Arizona hearing following a 2006 arrest for trespassing and violating a court order. Clark, who was disqualified from American Idol in 2003 when he failed to reveal a previous arrest, is being held at Pulaski County jail ahead of a scheduled court appearance on Tuesday. (This guy's a real winner).
--Callers to a morning radio show said they were embarrassed and angry that a female fan groped Tim McGraw after his concert at the Cajundome last weekend. The woman grabbed McGraw in the crotch area at the close of his set Saturday as the 40-year-old country singer walked between the barricade and the stage to greet fans. McGraw's wife, Faith Hill, who also performed on the Soul2Soul tour stop, berated the woman from the stage, calling her actions disrespectful. "Someone needs to teach you some class, my friend," Hill said. (You go, Faith).
--Pulitzer prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler sent out an e-mail yesterday announcing that his wife had dumped him for billionaire Ted Turner. "Put down your cup of coffee or you might spill it," Butler, 62, wrote to his graduate students and fellow professors at Florida State University in Tallahassee. "Elizabeth is leaving me for Ted Turner." Elizabeth is Butler's wife of 12 years, Elizabeth Dewberry, 44, an author in her own right, who might be attracted to Turner, 68, because the media mogul resembles the grandfather who molested her as a child, Butler writes in the shocking e-mail.
--Lindsay Lohan may have one loyal person on her payroll after all - her bodyguard, Jaz. A source tells The Post's Marianne Garvey that the troubled starlet's ever-present guard and driver, Jazman Bennett, has been fielding offers of up to $500,000 from magazines and news outlets in the U.S. and London, but has turned down every one. He's known for being loyal and protective - unlike Lohan's former bodyguard, Lee Weaver, who sold her out to News of the World, saying he "lost count of the times I thought she was overdosing."
--Adrian Grenier becomes more and more like his "Entourage" character every day. Last Saturday, the curly-haired cutie was holed up in the VIP section of Star Room in East Hampton, when a fellow patron noticed "the room started getting really packed. Adrian was a little freaked out because these girls were, like, mobbing him." Page Six learned the club forgot to put security on the back door, which led to a deck with its own set of stairs. "The girls were going around, climbing up the stairs, and sneaking in," said the onlooker. Guards caught on and removed the frenzied females. (Where the heck was Turtle?)
--They are both really cute.
Random Thought of the Day:
I started a new job on Monday, my lovelies, so bear with me in terms of sporadic posting. I'll do my best to not let it interfere for my constant quest to bring you the Hollywood dirt. XOXO!
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July 25, 2007
--The troubled saga of Lindsay Lohan took another turn early Tuesday when police booked her for investigation of drunken driving and cocaine possession after a frightened woman dialed 911 to report being chased by Lohan's SUV. Less than two weeks out of rehab, with another drunken-driving case pending, Lohan had a blood-alcohol level of between 0.12 and 0.13 percent when police found her about 1:30 a.m., Sgt. Shane Talbot said. She is now heading back to rehab. (I love how she's now saying the coke wasn't hers. Good one).
--Vanessa Minnillo credits boyfriend Nick Lachey with helping her overcome the embarrassment of leaked pictures of her cavorting with Lindsay Lohan. Pictures of Minnillo and Lohan playing with knives and pulling at each others' tops at New York club Bungalow in June last year were leaked onto the internet last month. And Minnillo says she only got through the ordeal with the support of Lachey, whom she has been dating for a year. She says, "It was a tough time. I want people to see me for who I am. When a photo like that gets more press than you do it's sad. Nick said to me: 'This is one bad chapter in a book of your life.' It was a period of seconds, over a year ago. Yes of course, it was bad judgment. I was embarrassed."
--Comic Drew Carey was tapped Monday to replace silver-haired legend Bob Barker on the CBS daytime game show "The Price is Right." Carey confirmed the deal during a taping of the "Late Show" with David Letterman.
--OK! magazine's editors have chosen not to sanitize a "heartbreaking" interview with Britney Spears, during which she wiped her fried chicken-grease-covered hands on a $274 dress, picked up her puppy's poop with a $6,700 Zac Posen gown , and expressed fears her ceiling was about to collapse. Editor-in-Chief Sarah Ivens insists the interview, which will appear in the upcoming issue of OK! will leave readers "shocked and sad." Insiders tell Tmz.com Spears had a "total meltdown" during the interview and accompanying photo shoot, refusing professional make-up and hair help and insisting her untrained friends style her. Sources tell the website Spears was "completely out of it" and "erratic" during the shoot, and took "frequent bathroom breaks" without closing the door, Tmz.com reports, "She was also completely paranoid during the entire interview, fearing at one point the ceiling was about to cave in on her." OK! says in the issue hitting stands today. (Mother of the mother effing year right here)
--BET's provocatively titled "Hot Ghetto Mess," which drew sharp criticism and overshadowed the rest of the cable channel's new schedule, is getting an upbeat new name. "We Got to Do Better" is the title the series will have when it debuts Wednesday, BET spokeswoman Jeanine Liburd told The Associated Press on Monday. "We've decided to change the name because we want to highlight the show's real intent, which is to offer social commentary in a context that sparks dialogue, debate, and most importantly, change," BET said in a statement. (Umm...)
--"They don't exist anymore. Why? Don't ask me. I haven't met anyone I wanted to spend an evening with, much less a life with/" "Frankly, the only men I've been interested in these past 20 years, that I thought attractive, were married, and there weren't many of them. They had wives, and I can't deal with that - although both my husbands [Humphrey Bogart and Jason Robards] were married when I met them. It's weird, isn't it?" As for sex, she adds, "Sex? I don't even remember the word." --Lauren Bacall, on the lack of intelligent and witty men. (God, they don't make classy female stars like this anymore).
--Luke Wilson had to change his cellphone number this weekend, thanks to an annoying prank by his pal Johnny Knoxville. The "Jackass" star found out Wilson was going to hang out at the Polaroid Beach House in Malibu for the Boost Mobile party Saturday and hired a plane to hover above the place with a banner that read: "Luke Wilson's phone number 3105000082." Apparently, it was his real number. It's now out of service. But Wilson decided not to hang at the beach, probably because he had to deal with all the annoying calls.
--"It's kind of hard for me as the mom, I'm with Cole probably 99.9 percent of the time – to open a magazine or read a newspaper article with Matt saying, 'Oh, I love being a dad. I love changing diapers. I love doing this.' I'm like, Wait, what?" "It's been hard when I'm doing all the work, but he gets all the credit." --Brynn Cameron, mother of Matt Leinart's child
--Pregs? Those sure are kind of mom pant-ish.
Random Thought of the Day:
We need to start thinking of some classy females in Hollywood to hover around. Classy AND smart. Like Bacall, Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, etc. Ok, let's start the list...I'll go first: Ummm...Laura Linney, Julianne Moore, Dame Judy, Helen Mirren, Anne Hathaway, ok...drawing a blank...jury's out on ScarJo, but she'd probably be in here for now, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Meryl Streep, Sela Ward, Marg Helgenberger, Mariska Hargitay, ok...you think of some! See, there ARE a few out there!
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July 23, 2007
--Becks made his big U.S. debut. And, the stars came out to watch: Katie Holmes, Eva Longoria, Mary-Kate Olsen, and Jennifer Love Hewitt showed up to watch David Beckham's American soccer debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
--Rarely seen home movies from the personal collections of Hollywood legends like Alfred Hitchcock and Steve McQueen are to air as part of a one-night film festival in Hollywood. The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences will present Hollywood Home Movies: Treasures From The Academy Film Archive next month. A spokeswoman for the event says, "Hollywood Home Movies will feature excerpts of at-home, on-vacation and behind-the-scenes set activities captured by stars and directors from Hollywood's Golden Age." The short film festival will also feature vintage news footage about the construction of Los Angeles City Hall in 1926 and a documentary about Hollywood Boulevard, shot in 1947.
--Evangelist Tammy Faye Messner died on Friday morning of inoperable cancer, CNN's Larry King announced on Saturday night, after her family asked him to personally make the delayed statement. She was 65. Messner had appeared as a guest on Larry King Live on Thursday, looking frighteningly thin, revealing that she could no longer swallow food and had dwindled down to a mere 65 lbs.
--The United States will have a female president next year - on the Fox TV series "24." Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor when the show about the exploits of counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) returns in January for its seventh season, the network announced Sunday. Jones' term will coincide with Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid, but Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori said fiction and real-world politics will not intersect. "It's a dramatic decision. ... The president is a very important piece of '24," Liguori told The Associated Press. "We've had a broad array of presidents on the show; why not a female president?" (I wonder how much the producers, writers, etc. contributed to HRC's campaign...)
--Stephanie Tanner got married. (For the second time). Looks like she got her some fake cans as well.
--Rocker Jon Bon Jovi is threatening legal action against the makers of energy drink Mijovi - because he thinks the beverage bears too much similarity to his own name. Marcos Carrington launched the coffee-based product in 2004 and claims he was inspired to name the drink Mijovi after his girlfriend Jovita. But the singer is demanding Carrington change the product label - which is also marketed using the slogans "itsmijovi" and "itsmilife" - or face a court battle. In a recent letter to Carrington, Bon Jovi's lawyer Peter Laird says, "As you should be aware, one of Bon Jovi's most popular songs is entitled 'It's My Life.' We hereby demand that you immediately cease and desist all further use of the name Mijovi and 'It's My Life.'" Carrington has since agreed to stop the use of "itsmilife" in his marketing campaigns, but protests: "It is just unfair. (itsmilife) means it's my jovial life. It is unfair because Mijovi has nothing to do with Bon Jovi."
--Erin Moran, who played Joanie Cunningham on "Happy Days," would be more famous today if it weren't for her mother. The actress tells retrocrush.com she was up for the pea-soup-hurling lead in "The Exorcist," but "my mom said 'you're not going to do this whether you get it or not.' . . . [My parents] were real strict. I went to a Catholic school for eight years." The part went to Linda Blair.
--Paula is a nutbag.
--Hollywood couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have convinced themselves they are "normal." In an interview with Latina magazine, Anthony confesses to filming some "highly charged scenes" for the film he stars in with Lopez, "El Cantante." "All my actor friends warned us, saying, 'Those abusive husband-and-wife scenes are gonna be difficult.' It almost scared me into quitting. With those scenes, we'd end up exhausted. But driving home, we'd just look at each other and say, 'We are so normal.' "
--Hanging out with Lauren Conrad can be hazardous to your health. The sexy star of "The Hills" was playing tackle football at a Malibu beach barbecue thrown by Brody Jenner, the model-son of Olympic great Bruce Jenner and actress Linda Thompson, when "Lauren tackled him too hard and broke his finger. He had to be rushed to the hospital," our spy said. Not one to be a party pooper, Jenner returned to his bash a few hours later "with his hand in a cast, yelled 'I need a beer!' and was handed a Rolling Rock, which he chugged in under a minute."
--Hey, kids, stay away from porn! That's the word from Ron Jeremy, who has shot a bizarre public service ad intended to keep children from viewing XXX videos. According to avn.com, the minute-long ad for a Christian group features the Hedgehog and his sidekick, a doll named "Pete the Porno Puppet," warning: "Don't watch porn 'til you're over 18 years of age. It's for adults only."
Random Thought of the Day:
I try to drink low fat AND low carb when I go to Starbucks. Other than a nonfat latte or a nonfat, sugar-free vanilla latte, what else can I get there? I'm starting to get bored, and I want to change it up occasionally! Please advise.
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July 15, 2007
I'm sorry that I was moderately M.I.A. last week, but I was in L.A. from Wednesday - Friday at a conference for work.
On Wednesday, I arrived relatively early (L.A. time) to LAX. My co-worker and I took a cab to our hotel, The Millenium Biltmore, in downtown L.A. This is where the conference was being held, and we got a decent group rate, so I didn't have a say in what hotel to stay at, but I have to say, this was a very cool place.
The hotel was a historic landmark, and has been home to presidents, kings and Hollywood celebrities since it opened in 1923. The interior of the hotel was just gorgeous--Italian-Renaissance architecture with ornate columns and vivid frescoes. It had a very European feel to it. The Biltmore was once home to the Academy Awards, and the hotel's Crystal Ballroom is where the Oscar statuette was first created.
There was a hallway that had huge pictures of some of the grand parties that were held in the ballroom--including the Academy Awards. They reminded me of that picture in The Shining that you eventually see Jack in. Ha. I was waiting to turn the corner and see the creepy twins!
Wednesday afternoon, my co-worker and I took the subway to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was fun to see all the stars, but I have to say, it was a bit disappointing to see what shops the stars were in front of. I expected cute clothing stores, places to eat, etc. They were all tacky Hollywood-ish crap, and as well as a wide assortment of places to buy sex toys. It was a bit disconcerting to see Bing Crosby's star outside of a place I could purchase handcuffs and vibrators. But, oh well.
As we walked along, I saw one of the many Church of Scientology buildings, the Kodak Theater, and Grauman's Chinese Theater. The ESPY's were being filmed that night, so they had the street blocked off in front of the Kodak for the ESPY red carpet. Very cool.
That evening we had a reception with the folks from the conference. I crashed pretty early that night since my flight that morning left Indy at 7 a.m.
The next day (Thursday) I had conference sessions all day. I bolted immediately from the last session to run up to my room to change, and then head out to Beverly Hills to shop. I hopped in a cab and asked the cabbie to take me to Robertson Blvd. to shop (where you can find a lot of the fun boutiques like Kitson, the Ivy restaurant, etc.). My cabbie said, "You want shop? I take you to Galleria." I said, "No. I don't want to go to there. I want to go to Robertson." He said, "Ok. I take you there." I nodded. I started looking down at email on my Blackberry for awhile. When I looked up, we were on the freeway--in rush hour! Now, I don't know L.A. at all, so I figured I ought to just roll with it. Maybe you needed to get on the free way to get to Beverly Hills. Well, 40 minutes later, he pulls up to a mall--the Galleria in GLENDALE! I looked around and saw a J.C. effing Penney. What the hell?
I said, "This is NOT Robertson Blvd." He started getting loud and said, "I take you to mall to shop." This time I got louder and said, "No! Take me to Robertson Boulevard and Third immediately!" He looked pissed beyond belief, but I certainly didn't travel across the U.S. to shop at a damn mall.
I finally arrived (another 40 minutes later) and informed him I was not paying the $75 cab fare because he screwed up. He knocked $25 off of it, and while I still didn't think I owed that much, I wanted to be done with him.
I walked in and out of all the shops. It was a blast. Bought a cute top at Kitson--designed by Sally Hershberger and also purchased by Mary Kate and Ashley, Rachel Bilson, and Jennifer Aniston. Here is a pic:
7 p.m. rolled around, and it was time to meet up with my old friend, Brandon. I've known him for years (grew up in Vincennes with me). He and I sang together, were in musicals, together, etc. He works out in L.A. at the Beverly Wilshire (more on that place later in the posting) as a concierge and does the acting thing as well.
He picked me up and we went to a bar called Social Hollywood to have a drink. It was a very cool place. A little dark, though. Ha. I had a Pomegranate Martini that was quite yummy. We had to scoot because we had 8:30 dinner reservations at Mr. Chow. On the way to dinner we passed the infamous In 'n Out Burger where Paris was going the night she got pulled over.
Now, if you haven't heard of Mr. Chow, you live in a hole. Ok, just kidding--but you clearly don't follow celebrity gossip. It's one of the "it" places in Hollywood, and you can almost always see a celebrity or two there. We pulled up, and paparazzi were standing out front. They lifted up their cameras when we got out of the car, but looked utterly disappointed when they saw little old me. 
The paparazzi look as disgusting and dirty as they do in the magazines.
We were 7 minutes late for our reservation, so they gave our table away. So annoying, but what do you do? Luckily, since Brandon is a concierge, he knew the hostess, and she said she'd get us in as soon as she could. We stood around and talked, grabbed a drink, etc. We were standing near the door, and all of the sudden, right next to us was Star Jones and her hubby, Al. She looked lovely in a blouse and khaki pencil skirt. And yes, she is just as slender as she appears. However, her head looks humongous on that tiny body. Very disproportionate. As she was leaving, she looked to who I assume was her publicist, and said, "So, I'm just going straight to the car. No talking or waving." Ha.
We finally got seated. It was an action-packed place. Very loud; people seated on top of one another, etc. We took a look at the menu--everything sounded yummy--and so we opted for the fixed price deal. $58 and they brought you a variety of options. It ended up being PERFECT. The food was sooooo good!
During dinner, I looked up, and two tables away being seated was Naomi Watts, Leiv Schreiber, and some random. She was in an adorable white blouse and looking very pregnant; he was in an orange hoodie. They laughed over dinner, ate some chicken-type deal on a stick, and just seemed like run of the mill people. She's as cute in person as she appears.
A bit later, Rosario Dawson walked by and went to the upstairs part of the restaurant. She's stunning in person, and has flawless skin. She came down about 40 minutes later and left.
We wrapped up dinner and walked down the street to the hotel where Brandon works, the Beverly Wilshire. All I have to say is, "WOW." This place was amazing. Bran gave me the tour, I saw the pool, the cabanas w/ plasma screens in them, the amazing spa, the ginormous floral arrangements EVERYWHERE, etc. Unfortunately, the hotel was completely sold out, so I couldn't see a room. Probably a good thing, as I most likely would have gotten drool all over the place.
As we were walking around, we were walking across the driveway in between the hotel's two buildings, and Brandon leaned over to me and said, "I'm pretty sure that guy over there is Usher." And, sho nuff, it WAS. He had a cap on so it was hard to see, but I could tell it was definitely him when I he walked right by me. He had a huge Louis Vuitton backpack on.
Oh, what a night! It was great to see my old friend--and to have some celebrity sightings. Oh, and to have a fabulous meal in the process!
Friday morning I had more sessions for the conference, and then it was time to head to LAX to fly home. I kind of hoped to spot someone fun in the airport, but no dice. As I was walking to my plane, I figured my celeb sightings were over. HOWEVER, little did I know someone was waiting to be spotted on the plane back to Indy in first class. No, it wasn't Peyton. It was none other than super-mooch, porn star himself, Kato Kalin. HA! He was sitting in first class with his horrendously frosted hair and sunglasses. I just shook my head and headed back to my seat.
For a conference, this certainly had its up moments!
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July 09, 2007
--Eva and Tony got hitched. Looks like her dress was amazing!
--Toni Collette is preggers. (And, I also learned she's in a band and performed at Live Earth over the weekend.)
--American Idol runner-up Clay Aiken has reportedly been involved in an air-rage bust-up on a flight from Los Angeles to Tulsa, Oklahoma on Saturday. Aiken fought with a woman after his foot was resting on her armrest and she gave him a "minor shove" according to reports. When the plane landed, passengers were held at Tulsa International Airport until they were interviewed by FBI agents. FBI Special Agent Gary Johnson has confirmed there was an altercation between a male and female passenger, but refused to confirm Aiken was involved. No arrests were made. The singer hinted of the incident at his gig at Tulsa's Brady Theater on Saturday, telling fans he had been beaten up by a girl - but his representative has yet to confirm the incident took place.
--Brandon Walsh is now a daddy of a baby girl!
--Add Ivanka Trump's name to the growing list of candidates to replace Rosie O'Donnell and Star Jones on "The View." The National Enquirer reports that Barbara Walters wants to hire the "hottie with brains" to stick it to Paris Hilton and her parents for their shabby treatment of her when they were trying to sell the Paris post-prison interview. But sources say Walters is still sore at Donald Trump for calling her a liar during his feud with O'Donnell and will never hire a Trump. "It ain't gonna happen," said one insider. Still in the running: Gale King, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Griffin and another longshot, Mario Cantone.
--It's official (and reported here awhile back): Nicole Richie has a bun in the oven!
Random Thought of the Day:
Did anyone watch Live Earth? Did anyone care? I listened here and there, and I have one thing to say: Fergie can't effing sing. She was TERRIBLE live. Just horrendous. I know we all need to take it seriously, but did anyone else think those little suggestion tidbits in between acts were ridiculous? Sorry, granola-lovers: I flush the toilet. I don't bring my own thermos into Starbucks in order to cut down on the amount of cups they use. I saw one that advocated snuggling up to that special someone instead of having the heat on in the winter. Ummm...rrrrriiiiigggghhhhtttt. Truly, I'm not trying to be evil--I know it's a problem we need to address, but I guess I thought my assistance would come along the lines of recycling and buying a hybrid car.
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July 06, 2007
I really liked the concepts of Big Brother and Survivor when they first came out ... but dammit, they need to end. I can't believe they're doing another Big Brother now.
Discuss.
(Thanks for the RTOTD submission, Iceman!)
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July 05, 2007
--Christina Aguilera is working on converting "Come On Over Baby" into a lullaby. E! News confirmed Tuesday that the five-time Grammy winner and hubby Jordan Bratman are expecting their first child together. This will be baby number one for both. There was no immediate comment from a publicist for the couple.
--Nick Lachey is stunned by the furor surrounding raunchy photos of the pop star holidaying with his girlfriend Vanessa Minnillo, declaring, "Where's the scandal?" The singer and MTV presenter were photographed having sex in a hot tub in a private villa near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and their lawyer has issued a warning to media outlets demanding they refrain from publishing the images. Lachey tells America's OK! magazine, "Where's the scandal? I was in Mexico with my girlfriend of a year, celebrating our anniversary on a private vacation. It's not like I was caught with a Mexican hooker. We've all gone out and had a few too many and done something stupid. We've all made mistakes. This is the girl that I love. It's tough to see someone you care about be unfairly judged. It's hard for me as a man to see my girl go through that." Minnillo adds, "It was embarrassing. But we did nothing wrong. I felt personally violated. If I was being disrespectful I would (have) expected to be punished, but I wasn't. It's wrong." The couple's lawyer Marty Singer says, "The photos that were taken of our clients by a Mexican photographer violated Mexican law and were a clear invasion of privacy, and we have threatened to take legal action against third parties who publish the photos."
--Johnny Knoxville has filed for divorce from his wife of 12 years. The "Jackass" star, whose birth name is Philip John Clapp, cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for ending his marriage to Melanie Lynn Clapp, according to documents filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Knoxville, 36, is seeking joint custody of their 11-year-old daughter, Madison. The couple separated in July 2006.
--Drew Barrymore and funnyman Zach Braff have sparked rumors they're Hollywood's new hot couple after they were spotted "making out" in a New York club. Barrymore, who has been romantically linked to moviemaker Spike Jonze since splitting from longtime boyfriend Fabrizio Moretti, made no secret of her affections for Scrubs star Braff when the two met up at Beauty Bar nightclub on Saturday. A reveler tells the New York Post, "Zach Braff and Drew Barrymore arrived and danced the night away... There was a lot of making out."
--Will Nicole Richie have to serve jail time while pregnant? Rumor has it she's approaching 6 months...
--The wife of comedian Wayne Brady has filed for divorce. Mandie Brady cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for ending their marriage, according to court documents filed Monday inLos Angeles Superior Court. She is seeking joint legal and physical custody of their 4-year-old daughter, Maile. The couple wed in 1999, but separated in April 2006, the papers said.
--Canadian punk princess Avril Lavigne, repeatedly dogged by accusations she doesn't write her own songs, is now being dragged into a legal battle to prove she penned her chart-topping hit "Girlfriend." A pair of U.S. songwriters allege her contagious single sounds suspiciously like a song called "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend," released by the Rubinoos in 1979. The American song features the upbeat chorus: "Hey, hey, you, you, I wanna be your boyfriend," much like Lavigne's boppy refrain, which declares: "Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend."
-- "Some things are important for the world to know . . . like how long I shower. Seriously. I take a three-minute shower . . . I even brush-wash - brush my teeth while I shower." --Jennifer Aniston, on how dedicated she is to the environment.
--After 10 long years of sticking by Sean Combs, the music impresario's baby mama and longtime girlfriend, Kim Porter, has finally had enough. Sources inside Combs' camp told Page Six that Porter moved out of his apartment here and she isn't going back. Porter has already bought a posh pad in Beverly Hills for her and her four children - three of whom, Christian, 10, and twins D'Lila and Jessie, 7 months, are Diddy's. "She is focusing on her career as a model and actress and raising her children," our source said. "They are the best of friends, but they just can't be together right now." Rumors of a rift between the two started circulating earlier this year when, right after the December birth of the twins, Combs stayed out almost every night till the wee hours of the morning partying with Sienna Miller. The two once stayed out so late partying at her hotel room that they even caught breakfast together in the morning. The friendship between Combs and Miller was rekindled last weekend when he went to London to perform in the Princess Diana Memorial Concert at Wembley Arena. According to Britain's Daily Mirror, Combs went to the concert after-party at a club called Paper, but "didn't look too happy to be there . . . until [Miller] arrived . . . For seemingly the first time all night, he started to enjoy himself . . . he ordered six burly bouncers to form a ring around the couple. And one unlucky reveler who accidentally strayed too close to the pair at Paper . . . was manhandled out of the way by their heavies."
Random Thought of the Day:
Brace yourselves, ladies....the Sex and the City movie is...a...GO! All 4 of the ladies have signed, and shooting will be begin in September!
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July 03, 2007
I have an early meeting today, so I don't have time to blog. However, I met some girlfriends out for drinks and appetizers last night here, and discovered a great summer wine that I normally wouldn't order.
I'm usually not a Sauvignon Blanc fan (frankly, I prefer red wine over white, overall). But, my friend Mindy ordered a Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, let me have a sip, and I loved it! It's perfect for summer. It's light. It's dry (although not as dry as a chardonnay). It's not sweet (I loathe sweet wines like riesling or basically anything that comes from Oliver Winery--bleck! I'm getting nauseated just thinking about that stuff!!!). It has a great, crisp, citrus-y aftertaste. If you're a wine person, it's from New Zealand. And, at $13/bottle, you can't go wrong.
A must for your 4th of July cookout!
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July 02, 2007
--The estranged wife of Mindfreak star Criss Angel is suing for divorce, saying that the illusionist had an affair with Cameron Diaz and hasn't shared any of his millions in earnings. According to the New York Post, Joanne Sarantakos of Long Island, N.Y., is accusing Angel, her husband of five years, of mental cruelty and abandonment. "We're naming Cameron Diaz as his lover," her lawyer Dominic Barbara reportedly told the Nassau County court, where Angel and Sarantakos faced off on Friday. "We will subpoena her as soon as she comes back to New York." Barbara also told the court that Angel kept his wife a "secret" to further his career. (Guess I assumed that when I read they were hooking up that he wasn't married!)
--Lindsay Lohan's lawyer have angrily blasted the police for "selling stories", after the actress' toxicology tests following her drink driving arrest were leaked online. A report published on entertainment site Tmz.com shows Lohan had cocaine and "nearly twice the legal limit" of alcohol in her blood when she crashed her Mercedes in Beverly Hills, California on May 26. Following her arrest, Lohan checked into Promises rehabilitation centre in Malibu, California, where she currently is still seeking treatment. After police sources told Tmz.com the alleged results of the toxicology tests, the star's attorney issued an angry comment. Lawyer Blair Berk tells the New York Daily News, "This is an ongoing investigation. It is shameful that law enforcement would be selling stories, let alone unverified ones." Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles District Attorney, says, "Our office has not received the final toxicology reports - only preliminary results - and the police have not formally filed a case yet."
--The four-year romance between British model Sophie Dahl and Dan Baker Jr. is over, and her friendship with Mick Jagger might be to blame. London's Mail on Sunday reports the 6-foot blonde had been living with Baker, 29, a perennial NYU student and son of a top plastic surgeon, in his NoHo loft. Dahl, who dated Jagger before she met Baker, "stayed in touch with Jagger, irritating Dan," the paper said. "Meanwhile, Dan's lack of a high-powered career had begun to grate on Sophie." A friend of Dahl's said, "She is in a very sad place. She and Dan have split and it is permanent."
--Paris Hilton has been accused of lying to talk show host Larry King during her post-prison interview, by saying she has never taken drugs. Speaking just a day after she was released from jail in California after serving a 23-day sentence for violating her probation, the heiress told King on Wednesday she had never been addicted or taken drugs. But TheSmokingGun.com has video footage of Hilton talking about "smoking pot", taking magic mushrooms and a clip it claims show Hilton "smoking hash in an Amsterdam coffee shop". She is also filmed discussing smuggling drugs from The Netherlands to the US. In one segment her sister Nicky asks Paris "do you have herb?" Paris replies, "Yeah, the best pot. You wanna smoke pot? I have the best pot. I have the best pot." Paris - who is filming at the time - then says to a friend, "Dude, we're smoking pot if you guys want to smoke." (I watched the interview live and when she said that, I think you could hear my screaming all the way to NYC.)
--Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is diversifying, airing her Dirty Laundry in Nevada as she makes plans for a legal brothel for women. Dirty Laundry is a 24-hour, coin-operated laundry -- 13 washers and 14 dryers -- the one-time leader of a high-priced ring of call girls to the stars is opening at a shopping center in Pahrump, west of Las Vegas. Fleiss, who has become an avid collector of parrots and macaws since moving to Pahrump, said she decided to open the laundromat after the death of one of her pets, a macaw named Dalton.
--American soprano Beverly Sills is critically ill with cancer, her manager has confirmed. Reports emerged on Thursday, the 78-year-old opera star was gravely ill at a New York City hospital. Sills' manager Edger Vincent says, "It's grave. This whole matter of this discovery of cancer has been just about four weeks now. Up until that she had no idea." La Traviata star Sills was initially admitted to hospital when she broke a rib during a fall at home. The New York City-born singer, resigned her post as chairwoman of the city's Metropolitan Opera two years ago, citing health and family reasons. Sills was one of America's best-known opera stars in the 1960s and 1970s, before going on to manage the New York City Opera and the Metropolitan Opera. (Very sad. She is amazing).
--Over the weekend, 7-Eleven Inc. turned a dozen stores into Kwik-E-Marts, the fictional convenience stores of “The Simpsons” fame, in the latest example of marketers making life imitate art. Those stores and most of the 6,000-plus other 7-Elevens in North America will sell items that until now existed only on television: Buzz Cola, KrustyO’s cereal and Squishees, the slushy drink knockoff of Slurpees. It’s all part of a campaign to hype the July 27 opening of “The Simpsons Movie,” the big-screen debut for the long-running television cartoon, which loves to lampoon 7-Eleven as a store that sells all kinds of unhealthy snacks and is run by a man with a thick Indian accent.
--Admirers of author Jack Kerouac celebrated the 50th anniversary of "On the Road" with a marathon reading of the novel. Fans and some close friends of the late author took turns reading his most famous novel aloud at Naropa University in Boulder on Saturday. About 150 people listened to the cover-to-cover reading, which took 12 hours and kicked off the university's inaugural Kerouac Festival. One of the most popular books ever written by an American, "On the Road" tells the story of Kerouac and a friend he calls Dean Moriarity as they travel the country, including a visit to Denver that the city celebrates with a tour that traces his steps. The stream-of-consciousness novel helped generate the Beat Generation.
--Corey Haim and Corey Feldman will star in a new reality show called The Two Coreys. It premieres July 29 on A&E.
--Pink-haired, punk-rocking Kelly Osbourne has found love, according to sources close to the reality TV star. Osbourne is playing house with boyfriend Jarrod Gorbel, lead singer of indie Brooklyn band The Honorary Title. "She just moved in with him in Brooklyn," said our source. Friends say Osbourne, who's now shooting "Simple Life 3" with Kimberly Stewart, "is head over heels" for her boy of two months. They were recently spotted dining with Osbourne's friend Jonathan Cheban at Uncle Jack's Steakhouse on Ninth Avenue.
--Three days after Britney Spears handed her mother a reportedly upsetting letter, Lynne Spears is holding out hope to mend their rift. "Everything is going to be fine," she said while shopping in Kentwood, La. "I've got a strong family, and everything is going to be fine." Spears, who was picking up groceries at a local store on Sunday, also said that "hopefully" daughter Britney will make it to a family cookout in their hometown for the Fourth of July holiday. Meanwhile, Britney Spears was spending her weekend in L.A., going out Friday night with girlfriends to club Les Deux but appearing subdued as she chatted and bounced to music. On Sunday she spoke to reporters about her mother outside Sushi House Unico in Bel Air, where she had dined alone on edamame and coffee. "I'm praying for her right now. [I hope] she gets all the help she needs," Spears said.
Random Thought of the Day:
Ok, did any of you actually go out and get an iPhone? Are you having all the problems everyone else is having? I heard that they are on Ebay going for as much as $3K! Insane!
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June 28, 2007
--It's official: Usher is going to be a daddy. Just a week after his fiancée hinted that babies could be in their future, the pop star and Tameka Foster have announced that they're expecting their first child together, due in the fall.
--World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has withdrawn its support for dead wrestler Chris Benoit, after it emerged he murdered his wife and seven-year-old son before killing himself. The organization, which broadcast a tribute to the star on Monday Night Raw following news of his death, has vowed "not to mention" Benoit on the wrestling show - and will instead support those affected by the tragedy. WWE boss Vince McMahon said, "Last night on 'Monday Night Raw,' the WWE presented a special tribute show, recognizing the career of Chris Benoit. However, now some 26 hours later, the facts of this horrific tragedy are now apparent. Therefore, other than my comments, there will be no mention of Mr. Benoit tonight. On the contrary, tonight's show will be dedicated to everyone who has been affected by this terrible incident. This evening marks the first step of the healing process. Tonight, the WWE performers will do what they do better than anyone else in the world - entertain you."
--Designer Liz Claiborne, whose name has adorned career-women's fashions since the 1970s, has died, her company announced Wednesday. She was 78. Claiborne had been battling cancer and died at New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Tuesday, her assistant tells Reuters.
--"Live Free or Die Hard" star Bruce Willis sure knows how to live it up in New York. At the after-party for his movie premiere Friday night, at Spotlive Live in Times Square, Willis was spotted "flirting and leaving with a gorgeous young blonde." Our spy said he picked her up "right in front of [his 18-year-old daughter] Rumer Willis." On Sunday, the bald bachelor held court with a table of "20-something models" while celebrating Petra Nemcova's birthday at the Gramercy Park Hotel - again with his daughter looking on. (Go Bruce!)
--Click here to watch Shar Jackson prove she isn't pregs. (She is seriously so pathetic...)
--Star MagazineÂ’s website poses an interesting question: Who should play Hugh Hefner, the ladies man of all ladies men, in the upcoming Hef biopic that Brett Ratner is directing? (Hmmm...that's a tough one. The movie deals a lot with young Hef, so I'm thinking maybe Billy Crudup. What do you guys think?)
--"I've been a little immature." --Paris Hilton
--Anyone hoping to see Britney Spears perform at Cyndi Lauper's True Colors tour at L.A.'s Greek Theater on Saturday will be sorely disappointed. Spears' choreographer, Misha Gabriel, told People magazine she would hit the stage with Lauper, Rosie O'Donnell, Erasure, Debbie Harry and The MisShapes. But a source told Page Six, "There's no way. Britney said she would only dance or lip-sync - and to be on stage with Cyndi, you have to actually perform. It's not happening now." (Good for Cyndi. I just love her--and her music!)
--In a video on Spin.com, Amy Winehouse, 23, is seen posing for photographer Terry Richardson while scratching on her exposed midriff with a shard of a broken mirror. In another clip, her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, whom she wed in May, asks her, "How do you think the shoot's going, Baby?" "Really well, Baby," she replies sarcastically. "What did you think about the broken glass?" he asks. In a childlike voice, Winehouse replies, "I wrote 'I love Blake' on my tummy." She lifts her shirt to bare her stomach, although the cuts are not visible on the video. "It's just chicken scratch," she says, as she and Fielder-Civil laugh.
Random Thought of the Day:
What the eff was Beyonce thinking? Is this an ode to R2D2?
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June 27, 2007
--Paris loves TMZ.
--Jessica Simpson is launching a new bikini line. The busty pop star/actress will reportedly debut the swimsuit next month during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Miami Beach, Florida. A Simpson insider tells In Touch Weekly the swimwear line features skimpy designs and more modest one-piece suits. The singer, who helped design the outfits, is so invested in the new line she is personally selecting the models who will show off the stylish suits on the catwalk. The beachwear is the latest venture for enterprising Simpson, who also boasts a skincare empire, hair extension project and a shoe and clothing line.
--NBC has recruited N Sync and "Dancing With The Stars" veteran Joey Fatone to host "The Singing Bee." The network initially announced "The Singing Bee" for a nebulous fall premiere date. That premiere was bumped up to July 10 when FOX attempted to premiere a copy-cat competition show, "Don't Forget the Lyrics!" on July 11. On both shows, contestants will engage in a karaoke-style sing-off. They'll begin by singing along to familiar songs with the words in front of them, but when the lyrics vanish, the contestants have to complete the verses perfectly. Wayne Brady will host FOX's version.
--Ok, so who is getting an iPhone? They are hella expensive (but, look pretty cool!).
--The new face of Nintendo is . . . Nicole Kidman? Nintendo has announced that the star plans to appear in its new "pan-European campaign" for the company's new 60-day Brain Training series. Kidman, 40, said, "I love the concept that Nintendo is reaching out to new audiences with their self-improvement products . . . I've quickly found that training my brain is a great way to keep my mind feeling young."
--Weeds stars Mary-Louise Parker and Jeffrey Dean Morgan have split up after a brief romance. Parker and Morgan, who play husband and wife on the hit show, started dating late last year. However, Morgan admits his relationship with his co-star is over. He says, "I am a single guy. I look for somebody with a sense of humor, someone that laughs at my bad jokes, and wants to have fun in life. That's kind of the key." (But, they each go by 3 names!)
--In another pathetic attempt to be relevant, Rosie dresses up her daughter, Vivi. Who needs frilly dresses when you can put your kid in their very own bullet strap?
--Competitive eating mainstay Takeru “Tsunami” Kobayashi may withdraw from this year’s July 4th hot dog eating contest at Coney Island because, as he put it, “My jaw refused to fight anymore.” He's been diagnosed with arthritis of the jaw. (Um, serves him right!)
--Is there a beef between Madonna and Janet Jackson? Madge was chummy with fellow singer Shakira at Butter Monday night (our spy said they showed up "hand in hand") and was spotted dancing on banquettes with Demi Moore, Ashton Kutcher and Penelope Cruz. But Jackson was holed up a few booths down and, "She was not invited to join Madonna's crew," said an onlooker, who told us the table drank "seven bottles of champagne and a ton of beer."
--Kim KardashianÂ’s badonkadonk continues to grow.
--Nancy Grace married and pregs with twins? (That's just ewww...the whole things sounds pretty random to me.)
--What's the first thing Paris did when she got home? Got her hair did, of course. Hilton, 26, who was released at 12:01 a.m. from Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Facility, had a 9:30 at-home appointment this morning with DreamCatchers Hair Extensions. And just what was Hilton getting? "Full length, 20 inches of extensions....blonde, of course," the DreamCatchers said.
Random Thought of the Day:
I was at the gym last night, and it's a gym that has a flat screen TV on each aerobic machine. Well, I was looking around while I was on the treadmill, and the guy next to me was watching a pilates show. I thought that was a little weird since he was running on a treadmill, yet watching women do pilates. The other thing that was creepy is that he had this grin on his face. Overall, I was grossed out.
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June 26, 2007
Paris Hilton has been released from jail.
(I know you all can sleep, now...)
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June 22, 2007
(Sitting here now w/ "Things That Make You Go Hmmm" in my head).
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June 21, 2007
--Paris pens a letter from prison. (Wow. It totally looks like a 6th grader wrote that).
--Horror movie mogul Wes Craven is suing funnyman Pauly Shore over a landslide at his Hollywood home. The Nightmare On Elm Street filmmaker claims Shore failed to maintain his garden, which backs onto Craven's property, and the star's inactivity led to a landslide. In papers filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and obtained by Tmz.com, Craven states, "water from the Shore Property intruded and infiltrated the Craven Property causing a slope failure/landslide." Craven claims the neighborhood disaster took place last December, adding he "will continue to suffer severe emotional distress and anxiety." The director is seeking unspecified damages.
--Jeff Gordon and his Belgian model-actress wife, Ingrid Vandebosch, welcomed a daughter on Wednesday, the NASCAR driver announced on his Web site. Ella Sofia Gordon, the couple's first child, was born at 9:09 a.m. in New York and weighed 7 lbs, 1 oz.
--Revered British actor Jim Broadbent has joined the cast of the upcoming fourth Indiana Jones movie. The Moulin Rouge star will join fellow Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and fellow Brits John Hurt and Ray Winstone in the much-anticipated action film. Production on the film, which reunites director Steven Spielberg, executive producer George Lucas and Ford as the adventurer, began on Monday. The movie is scheduled for release next summer. Broadbent won the 2001 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Iris, the same year he also appeared in Moulin Rouge and Bridget Jones's Diary.
--She might not even be a free woman yet, but Paris Hilton has at least one standing offer once she’s out of jail — just ask Hugh Hefner. “Access Hollywood” caught up with the Playboy icon in the French Riviera last week, as he and his three girlfriends — Holly Madison, Bridget Marquardt, and Kendra Wilkinson — promoted their E! show, “The Girls Next Door,” at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. And while Hefner enjoyed the sights and sounds of the sunny hotspot, he took some time to share his thoughts on the incarcerated heiress. Would Hefner welcome the idea of Paris posing in Playboy once she’s released from jail? “Well, that’s a standing offer,” he replied, without missing a beat. “I think the problem quite frankly is mama. Mama doesn’t want her to pose.”
--Capt. Kirk is jealous of Mr. Spock. William Shatner, the stoic commander of the Starship Enterprise on "Star Trek," is said to be furious with the producers of "Star Trek XI" because they offered Leonard Nimoy, Kirk's lovable Vulcan sidekick, a cameo role but didn't give him one. Shatner "is very upset," said an insider, "and has been lobbying for a role." The film, to be directed by "Lost" producer and director J.J. Abrams, is to start shooting later this year.
--"I just think, you know, saying heÂ’s a greedy bastard would be giving him too much credit." -- Justin Timberlake, on his former manager, Lou Pearlman
--Click here to check out "AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies - 10th Anniversary Edition. (Citizne Kane is still #1, but there are lots of shifts and new additions (and, thus, several who got bumped)).
--Mandy Moore is fighting back against the famous guys who took advantage of her. Music insiders told Page Six the song "Looking Forward to Looking Back" on her "Wild Hope" album is about her "toxic" ex-boyfriend, Zach Braff. "There are references to his Hollywood Hills home in the song," said one tipster. "We all assume it was about Zach, he was such a cheater."
--No love for Paris from her neighbors.
--Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have revealed that son Jack once bedded jailbird Paris Hilton. Ozzy said: “Paris was always hanging around our house. I’m not sure if she was a friend of Kelly or Amy — which one was it, Sharon?” Sharon looked a bit sheepish and stumbled over her words as she replied: “She was Jack’s, erm, friend.” Ozzy’s jaw dropped and he exclaimed: “He didn’t shag her, did he? Well done, my son!” (Wow. She really will do anyone).
--Is Christina Aguilera pregs? According to Page Six, "She's been telling friends. She has to be three months now, because she's announcing it." (Hmmm...I'm not buying this one yet).
Random Thought of the Day:
If you haven't heard of Paul Potts yet, you will. Watch this clip of Britain's Got Talent--you won't believe your ears!
(I think he's since won the entire thing, but don't quote me on that)...
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June 18, 2007
--Skating with Celebrities star Kristy Swanson was arrested late Saturday night for allegedly assaulting the ex-wife of her companion and former skating partner, Lloyd Eisler. "I had to go the police station where I had an appointment at 9 p.m. to begin the process of being arrested," she confirms. Swanson was released on $500 (Canadian) bail. Officers escorted her into the police station in Kingston, Ontario, after Eisler's ex, Marcia O'Brien, filed a complaint against Swanson. Swanson, 37, claims she was attacked by O'Brien in front of Eisler and O'Brien's children. The actress's rep, Michael Sands, says Swanson plans to press charges against O'Brien, saying that police took photographs of her back and other parts of her upper extremities to document the injuries. Eisler, 44, a former world champion pairs skater, and Swanson, who starred in the big-screen version of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, met in 2006 while filming the FOX reality series, and their romance created a scandal in the skating community when Eisler left his pregnant wife for her. The pair welcomed a baby boy in February.
--Nicole Kidman celebrated her 40th birthday on the beach in Sydney, Australia on Saturday with a party thrown by her friends. With husband Keith Urban expected to join the actress for her actual birthday date on Wednesday, it was left to family and friends to help star celebrate her last weekend as a 30-something on Bondi Beach. It was largely an all-girl's affair as Kidman's sister Antonia and their mom Janelle invited 30 of the star's closest pals from Australia and Hollywood to join them at Bondi Icebergs for a pre-birthday dinner. And Kidman, who will also celebrate the first anniversary of her marriage to Urban later this summer, certainly isn't feeling sore about hitting 40. In a recent interview, she said, "It feels just right. I don't feel what I thought that wretched age was going to be like. I have done a lot of things and it has been full up to this point, especially the past few years, so I am grateful for that."
--Jon Cryer of Two and a Half Men married entertainment reporter Lisa Joyner in Mexico on Saturday. The ceremony took place at the Chapel at Pueblo Bonito Sunset Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, with a reception at a private residence. The bride wore an A-line Empire waist Monique Lhuillier gown with ivory lace over champagne satin.
--Nicole Richie has ignited reports she is to wed boyfriend Joel Madden after she was spotted at a Hollywood party wearing a large diamond sparkler on her ring finger. Richie has so far refused to confirm or deny recent reports of a rumored pregnancy, prompted by pictures of the skinny star with a bloated belly. And now the Good Charlotte rocker - who accompanied Richie to the YSL Pool Party at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Thursday night - appears to have proposed to his lover. An eyewitness tells the New York Post's gossip column Page Six, "It was one big rock surrounded by more diamonds. (Madden was) overly attentive to her - keeping his arm around her all night - and repeatedly asked her if she was OK."
--Singer Rod Stewart has wed for the third time. The 62-year-old rocker said "I do" early Saturday with model Penny Lancaster, 36, his girlfriend of about seven years, in a small town just outside the Italian Riviera resort of Portofino. The ceremony took place at the 17th century Villa Durazzo in the town of Santa Margherita. Mariagrazia Benazzi, the town hall official who celebrated the wedding in lieu of the mayor, says the only people present were the bride, the groom and two witnesses.
--Busta Rhymes must be upset at getting older. The rapper celebrated his 35th birthday last weekend at Suite in Miami where, spies told The Post's Marianne Garvey, "he acted miserable and no one in his entourage spoke to him all night. Busta just stood in a corner alone with his bodyguard. When one of the waitresses brought him a bottle of Cristal with a lit sparkler sticking out of the cork, he claimed he never wanted it and ordered her to send it back." Rhymes then complained that he wasn't paying for the liquor and spent the rest of the night mouthing the words to his own songs that the deejay played for him.
--Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62. Ferre was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The hospital, in a statement authorized by Ferre's family, said he died Sunday night. Condolences from Italy's top designers poured in as word of his death spread - just days before the menswear spring-summer 2008 collections were to get under way in Milan later this week. Giorgio Armani, perhaps the king of the "Made in Italy" world to which Ferre also belonged, said he had long admired Ferre's artistic and intellectual work. "When I think of Gianfranco Ferre, the idea that comes immediately to mind is the dignity, the calm, the sense of responsibility that he brought to his work," Armani said, according to the ANSA news agency.
--Bob Barker and Ellen Degeneres dominated Friday's Daytime Emmy Awards.
--Iceman had a serious celebrity sighting on Friday. "Brad Pitt was just outside my building with his kids ... eating at that Mars 2112 restaurant and surrounded by a hundred paparazzi." Thanks for the scoop, Ice!
--Eva Longoria's wedding to Tony Parker is fast approaching, and her mane man, Ken Paves, has told the tiny housewife he'll do her hair for free as a gift. Also offering his service free of charge is Longoria's famed stylist, Robert Verdi. Meanwhile, some of Longoria's pals are worried about Parker. "He is just not gracious," one of them said. "He puts himself ahead of her. He always orders at restaurants before her and is rude to waiters. We just don't have a good feeling about him."
--Candy Spelling clearly has too much time on her hands. As if penning a letter to Joe Francis wasn't enough, she's now felt the need to write Britney:
Dear Britney:
You made me do it. I didn't plan to write another letter now. I took two weeks off from TMZ.com because I didn't feel strongly about what anyone was doing -- or else I couldn't decide which side to believe.
You've driven me back to my laptop to ask why, if you have to slither in and out of cars, do clumsy imitations of gymnasts and wear clothes that are just too tight, trashy or skimpy, do you have to pose in front of photographers all the time? We've seen the body parts, poses and clumsy attention-seeking tricks before. You're wearing out your welcome. Some people never can turn away from a train wreck, so who can blame the photographers for waiting for your next one? Do you really want captions such as TMZ's own "Victim of Pap Smear" and "Does Britney Change Clothes for Cash" to be your legacy? You can do much better.
Unlike some others who are famous for being famous, you initially earned the fame and respect you achieved. You were a giant star, a Mouseketeer, a singer whose song titles became part of everyone's vocabulary. You made some missteps. We all do. But, when you become more famous for hideous, irresponsible actions than accomplishments, it's time to step back and figure out where you want your life to go. So many young girls still see you as a role model. Give those kids a reason to look up to you. They're probably even tired of the endless speculation about what undergarments you may or may not be wearing. I know their parents would like you to move on and get dressed. Even the school uniform was more dignified.
You're doing all right with the wigs. I know the paparazzi have a bounty on your (wigless) head. I think it's great that you have a variety of wigs (some very stylish) when you go out in public. If you do feel you need to show how your hair is growing back, at least make a deal with a photographer to sell the photo and donate the money to charity. Do you know what a statement that would make?
Enough with the sorry grabs for attention. Deep down, especially for your sons, people want you to succeed. You can always get attention if you need it. Visit someone famous in jail and attract a zillion photographers if you're that addicted to fame. Americans like winners. We like those stories about what people do with second chances. How about a moratorium on train wrecks and some time out for paying back the fans who helped you succeed?
Best,
Candy Spelling
Random Thought of the Day:
Have any of you seen "Notes on a Scandel" with Dame Judy and Cate Blanchett? I watched it over the weekend (I know, I know...I'm a little behind in my movie watching since it was up for Oscars this past February). I would highly recommend it. The acting was just fantastic. And the writing is edgy and intelligent. It reminded me a little of a Hitchcock movie in that you were walking a fine line in wondering whether Dame Judy's character was just a little neurotic and lonely, or a pure-bred psychopath! Good stuff!
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June 14, 2007
--Katie got herself a new 'do. I like it, although she clearly doesn't know how to fix it properly, she at least is starting to look her age. Anyone else think it has an uncanny resemblance to Posh's new haircut? Hmmm...
--Dan Aykroyd is expanding his alcohol empire by putting his name to a new $11 million winery in Canada. The actor, who made a small fortune by introducing Patron tequila to his native Canada, is one of the investors behind The Dan Aykroyd Winery, which will be located near the town of Lincoln, Ontario. At a news conference to announce the venture yesterday, the actor revealed the vineyard's lodge will showcase souvenirs from his movies. He said, "This is really a dream... I never thought that a line of wines would be a possibility." Construction begins later this year and should be completed in time for the 2008 growing season. The winery will be all green, featuring solar panels and environmental water management systems.
--Frankie Abernathy, the punk rock-adoring former "Real World: San Diego" housemate whose struggle with cystic fibrosis helped to further raise national awareness about the chronic lung disease, died Saturday evening in her mother Abbie Hunter's Shorewood, Wisconsin, home. An official cause of death has yet to be determined; Abernathy was 25. (I remember that she was sick from time to time, but I never realized she had CF).
--There will be a remake of Lawrence Kasdan's 1983 film The Big Chill, reports Variety. The movie will likely be retitled, but the original script by Kasdan and Barbara Benedek will be used as a template; the storyline will be contemporized and the cast will be African American. Regina King will be part of the ensemble, and she will produce with her sister, Reina King, and Will Packer (Stomp the Yard). (This movie is a classic. No remakes.)
--Openly gay rocker Rufus Wainwright discussed the advantages of staying closeted in an interview in Spin magazine. "If they stay in the closet, they're going to make a lot more money. I go to the same gym as Anderson Cooper. When I look at him lifting those 5-pound weights, it makes me think, 'He's just trying to live his life and be all that he can be.' But he still goes to the gayest gym in New York."
--Basketball star LeBron James and his girlfriend Savannah Brinson welcomed their second son, Bryce Maximus James, on Thursday. The 8-lb, 6-oz baby was born a 12:51 a.m. in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. The couple also have 2-year-old LeBron Jr. James, 22, a forward for the Cleveland Cavaliers, is in the thick of the NBA Finals, with his team trailing the San Antonio Spurs three-games-to-none in the best-of-seven series.
--Britney Spears is asking her fans to help name her upcoming album – and one of her suggestions is a joke about Lindsay Lohan. Her official Web site says, "Britney is asking her most die-hard fans for some assistance in order to name her upcoming album." The first of five possible titles is about the rehabbing Lohan: "Omg is Like Lindsay Lohan Like Okay Like." Spears, who herself recently left rehab, says the other possibilities are: "What if the Joke is on You," "Down boy," "Integrity" and "Dignity." Members of her fan club can then vote by clicking on the screen. (Like, seriously?)
--Jennifer Aniston is planning to adopt a baby, according to reports. The actress has allegedly begun filling out the required paperwork with the adoption agency which dealt with Sheryl Crow's adoption of baby Wyatt last month, according to OK! magazine. An adoption agency source tells the publication, "The process has 100 per cent started," and the New York Daily News reports friends of the star have confirmed Aniston's plans. A friend tells the newspaper, "She is happier and more excited than she has ever been in her life." Another pal adds Aniston had been considering adoption for a long time: "Jen has been thinking about adopting for a while. But after seeing Sheryl and her son, Wyatt, together, Jen didn't know why she was still waiting." Aniston is currently dating 36-year-old British model Paul Sculfor - who has allegedly moved into her new Beverly Hills, California, home.
--Jake Gyllenhaal is deciding whether he'll attempt to climb a peak even more treacherous than Brokeback Mountain – Broadway. The Oscar nominee, 26, is mulling over the starring role in the political stage drama Farragut North, to open this fall. Gyllenhaal would play an idealistic communications director for an unorthodox presidential candidate said to be based on 2004 Democratic candidate Howard Dean. The play's title refers to the Washington, D.C., metro stop located near the offices of several lobbyists.
--Shar Jackson is denying recent reports that she is pregnant with Kevin Federline’s child. In fact, she is not pregnant at all. "It is not even remotely true,” Jackson’s rep tells Usmagazine.com. Federline's rep also insists the rumors are "not true." The erroneous story originated in this week’s Star magazine, which reported that Jackson, 30, is six weeks along with Federline’s child.
--Trump's Tramps?
Random Thought of the Day:
Today's "Random Thought" is a bit of trivia for you. Did you know that the man who appeared in the final scene of "The Sopranos" as the menacing truck driver at the diner, Patrick Connolly, is the uncle of none other than Entourage star, Kevin Connolly. Wow. I guess he's Kevin's version of Drama. Ha!
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June 13, 2007
Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
Ok, who else is totally bummed? I loved me some Mr. Wizard.
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, June 11, 2007
Click here for a run-down of the Tony winners. No big surprise that "Spring Awakening" and "Coast of Utopia" swept most of the categories. Unless you're a theater dork like myself, you may not have heard of most of the winners. David Hyde Pierce of "Frasier" fame won Best Lead Actor in a Musical for "Curtains", which frankly, was a surprise. Billy Crudup won Best Featured Actor in a Play for "The Coast of Utopia." And, another name you all might know: "Coast's" orchestration was done by Duncan Sheik.
But, the real drama of the night came during the series finale of "The Sopranos." A few thoughts:
1) Loved the cat. Even though Adriana wasn't alive like I was hoping, there was still a little of her in the cat, as it constantly stared at Christopher's picture.
2) Um, screamed out loud when the SUV ran over Phil. And then, like the sick, twisted girl that I am, I rewound it for me and my crew over watching.
3) I was on the edge of my seat thinking Pauley was going to sell Tony out.
4) What was with the random vajayjay sighting? I mean, it wasn't even pertinent to the plot!
5) Ok, the ending. Now, I'll admit, at first, I was like, "ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?" But, the more I stewed on it, chatted with others, read some message boards, etc., the more I think it was brilliant. You don't know who is walking in to the diner, you don't know if any of the suspicious looking fellows in the place are about to whack him, and you just have to keep on "believin."
One of the most interesting perspectives I heard was this one that Iceman found on the message boards:
"Tony is dead. Gunshot to the head. Everything went blank. He didn't even see it coming. The camera focusing on Meadow was from Tony's point of view...he was shot as he watching her come in. Think back to the flashback in the 2nd to last episode of Tony sitting on Bobby's boat....they talk about getting shot in the head, and they both agree that you don't even hear anything....everything goes blank!"
Hmmm...is that what Chase wanted us to gather from the long, dark pause?
And, regardless of whether you liked it or not, Chase is a genius because that episode is ALL anyone is talking about today.
Goodbye, Tony. I'll miss you and the gang. (Especially you, Sil). I won't stop believin'.
UPDATE: This was just sent to me by various people:
--The guy who went into the bathroom was credited as Phil Leotardo's brother.
--The trucker was robbed by Christopher in season 2 (Chris killed his brother in the robbery).
--The black guys were the group that tried to kill Tony in an earlier season, but failed (shot his ear).
--The boy scouts were in the train store when Bobby was shot.
--There was reference in an earlier episode that Tony's father was killed in a diner (I can't verify that one...anyone?)
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June 07, 2007
Paris Hilton is already out of jail!!!
The deal was sealed Wednesday, and Hilton made her exit early Thursday morning, TMZ reported.
She was originally sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating probation after a drunken-driving rap, but that was reduced to 23. She served a total of three days.
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. ET to discuss why Hilton was released early.
UPDATE 11:35 a.m.: Due to an undisclosed "medical condition," Paris Hilton has been reassigned from jail to her home, where she will wear an electronic monitoring device. "She was not released, she was reassigned," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. spokesperson Steve Whitmore said at a press conference Thursday. She has been fitted with an ankle bracelet and must remain confined to her home for 40 days.
UPDATE Friday at noon: House arrest for Paris Hilton? What a joke. So far she's ordered cupcakes, had tons of her friends over, and taken naps!!! Sign me up for THAT any day!
UPDATE Friday, 3:56 p.m.: Paris Hilton is headed back to jail. She was taken from court screaming and crying after Judge Michael T. Sauer ordered her to return to jail to serve the remainder of her entire 45-day sentence on Friday. "It's not right!" Hilton, 26, shouted as deputies approached her in the courtroom. She also called out to her mother in the audience: "Mom!" Kathy Hilton, accompanied by Paris's father Rick, answered: "Honey!" Check out the pic:
As a swarm of media watched, Hilton parted ways with her parents, and her mother told reporters: "It is what it is and it's in God's hands now." (Oh come on...it's in God's hands now? She didn't get cancer! Cut the dramatics!!!)
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