June 2006 Archives

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I couldn't make it to the Pirates of the Caribbean screening the other night (bummer!), so I asked my friend Dorothy to let me know what she thought of it. Here's her little review. Thanks, Dar!

Ahoy, mateys! As a fan of the original, I've been excitedly awaiting Pirates of the Caribbean 2 knowing that it had to be good because with pirates and Depp, what could go wrong? The answer is absolutely nothing. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Dead Man's Chest is exactly what a summer blockbuster should be. It's filled with action (stunningly choreographed sword fights),adventure (sea battles, cannibal island), romance (by the end, you'll know why Keira Knightly is the luckiest girl in Hollywood), humor (sometimes slapsticky, but always done with a sly wink at the camera) and thrills (the Kraken, looking much better than it did in 1981's Clash Of The Titans). My companion Craig wasn't digging the supernatural elements of the movie, but to me, the fantasy/mythological elements make the story much more interesting. The plot can be a little convoluted, but the basic story is about a debt that Captain Jack needs to pay back to Davy Jones (brilliant British actor Bill Nighy), the squid-like king of the seas. Jack, of course, wants leverage to get out of his payment so he sets out to find both a key and the chest it opens, which contains something Davy Jones really needs. Suddenly Jack, Will and the deliciously scruffy former Commodore Norrington (Jack Davenport) all race to get the chest, each man with his own agenda, while Davy Jones and his ship, The Flying Dutchman, are hot on their heels. Children under 8 might be scared by Davy Jones' crew, made up of men who chose to serve Jones and so begin to look like sea creatures, rather than drown, but adults will appreciate the CGI makeup that transforms the crew in a way that's more Gollum than Jar Jar Binks. From the opening scene to the explosive, cliffhanger endings (there's a lot of shockers in the last 15 minutes), Pirates 2 is pure fun from start to finish. It's a movie that pirates and landlubbers alike will love. So make sure you all go see it on July 7, and stay until the credits run to catch an extra fun scene, savvy?

E_AngelinaBrad3_136.jpgSo the mystery of Brangelina's missing baby shower photos have been solved. Who's to blame? Her brother.

James Haven was in Namibia with his sis and snapped some photos at her baby shower. Fast-forward two weeks, he's back in the States and his camera is on the blink. He takes it to Best Buy and because it's under warranty, he asked them to ship it off to get fixed... without removing his memory card!

The camera is shipped to a camera shop in Connecticut, where a Joe Camera Guy starts fixing the cam... and notices that there are photos -- of Angelina Jolie -- on it. Jackpot!

Joe Camera Guy tries to sell the photos -- he has a coworker as a coconspirator at this point -- by sending out this email:

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am contacting you because I have recently acquired some digital photos (450 pictures). On this memory stick are personal photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt and their children. These photos are in thier [sic] home and on vacation, are good quality and are close up. I am contacting you...to see what these photos may be worth.

The photos could be worth... jail time. The police seized his computer and they're turning the case over to the Los Angeles DA's office.

Nice try, guy.

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  • Who believes that Ashlee Simpson was offered $4 mill to pose in Playboy? If the Brangelina baby photos netted $4.1 million, I'm gonna guess Ashlee Simpson nude would be in the $100,000 to $200,000 range. Who wants to see that?
  • Is it just me or is this whole Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy thing just too bizarro?
  • I think I killed the Rita Cosby show by being on it. It's going off the air in July.
  • Poor Courteney Cox Arquette. While playing with little Coco in the water, her little one innocently tugged on Mommy's bikini top... and flashed the paparazzi.
  • Yikes! What did Melanie Griffith do to Antonio Banderas
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  • Now here's one you'd never expect: Paris Hilton is a homewrecker.

  • This one so better not be true or else I'm going to fight her... Jennifer Aniston to Vince: You're losing your hair!

    Plus: You know how celebrities always drop bombs on the Friday nights or Saturday mornings of long holiday weekends? (Nick and Jess split, Gwen Stefani and Angelina both scheduled their c-sections for holiday weekends.) Anyway, who do you think will announce big news this weekend? Think someone will get married? Make predictions below.

  • E_StarJonesReynolds_136.jpgSo Star Jones isn't going to let this thing with Barbara Walters die. Last night she was on Larry King bitching about it. This morning she was on the Today Show telling her very good friend Al Roker about how she was done wrong. Did I mention they're really good friends? She must have mentioned that at least 5 times.

    Anyway, there's really nothing new. She was fired. She says she has a new show in the works or something. And she also kinda sorta confirmed that she had gastric bypass -- finally. Though Starlet just wouldn't come out and say YES! I HAD IT! Here's what she did say:

    KING: You're saying you always said there was surgery?

    REYNOLDS: I've always said that there was a medical -- I mean look at me for goodness sake. I've been...

    KING: So where was the impression given that you did this on a diet?

    REYNOLDS: I have no idea why anybody would suggest that that's the statement that I've made. I actually have always said it was a medical intervention always.

    This whole Star/Babs drama was fun this week -- there's nothing else to watch on TV these days... except Rescue Me, which is my new favorite show and I have to blog about that later. But back to Star, I'm tired of her. Now I want her to go away. Buh-bye.

    Hi guys,
    I'm going to be a little late getting you your dirt tomorrow morning because I'm going to be on the radio dishing about the celebs from 8 to 10. If you want to see if I'll be in your area, click on the extended entry for the various stations and times. Otherwise, expect your Daily Blabber gossip fix to start at about 11am on Friday morning.
    Till then--
    Suzy

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    Here's a little end-of-the-day roundup...

  • Oh, no she didn't: Rosie O'Donnell says Star Jones thinks she's Beyonce.

  • Movin' on: Denise Richards sells her house, kids and moves on to make a life after Charlie. Just kidding about the kids part.

  • Extreme makeover: Winona Ryder dresses like she's Jennifer Garner in Alias. Got that?
  • Super jackpot: Superman Returns is already beating the hell outta The Devil Wears Prada. It earned $21 million... yesterday. Now Brandon Routh can buy that convertible he's had his eye on.
  • Stop, thief: Seeing as Brad Pitt is like the most photographed celebrity in the world -- along with Angelina Jolie -- you'd have to be a real idiot to try and steal his identity. But it happened.

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    I love how the most random people in Hollywood get into it -- like Jeremy Piven & Stephen Dorff, Diddy and Lindsay Lohan. The world just isn't biggest enough for all those plus-size egos. Anyway, the latest celebrity smackdown took place between two very unlikely characters: Tommy Lee and Las Vegas star Josh Duhamel.

    According to the NY Daily News, one of their spies saw the fellas get into a "pushing match" at Janice Dickinson's weekly party at Hollywood hotspot Bella. While the boys were having words, the name of Josh's gal pal -- Fergie of Black Eyed Peas fame -- came up. However another source says Josh was banging on the bathroom door -- while Tommy was in it -- so Tommy came out and punched him in the face.

    Either way, that Tommy Lee better not have left a mark on perfect Josh's face -- or he'll have me to answer to.

    Meanwhile, who knew that Janice Dickinson has a "weekly party" that's a big ole Hollywood event? I would think people would try to avoid her as much as possible -- I mean, the only thing that ever comes out of her mouth is: "I'm the world's first supermodel." She can't be the most stimulating conversationalist, right?


    It's hot outside... and I'm so concerned for all the pretty Hollywood faces. Do you think they'll start melting away?

    This week's Blabber video topic: Celebrity plastic surgery. And I really had some fun poking fun at all those surgically enhanced stars -- like Ashlee Simpson, Meg Ryan, Lisa Rinna and others.

    So check out the latest Daily Blabber video blog, then tell me what you think. Who looks the best after their nips and tucks? The worst? Who needs to stay at least 50 feet away from the plastic surgeon's office? Talk back.

    E_StarJones3_136.jpgDon't think for a minute that the nasty-nasty between Star Jones and Barbara Walters is over.

    Yesterday, Babs opened the show by quipping: "And then there were three." From there, she launched into a two-minute explanation about why Star wasn't there. Here's a snippet:

    "We gave her time to look for another job and hoped that she would announce it on this program and leave with dignity," said Walters, confirming Jones Reynolds' contract for a 10th season had not been renewed. "But Star made another choice."

    Did you think Star would let that go? Hell to the no, folks.

    In an interview with the NY Daily News, Star defended herself, saying she was disappointed she was no longer welcome on the set of The View.

    Star on Barbara's comments: "For Barbara to say she felt betrayed is the height of hypocrisy."

    E_BarbaraWaltersRosie_136.jpgOn Rosie O'Donnell being hired: "Rosie had attacked me on every single evening entertainment program. Barbara used that week to call her and invite her to be part of a show that I helped launch nine years ago."

    On being fired: "Barbara did not call me herself. After nine years, she didn't call me. They told me my contract would not be renewed because my approval rating had gone down. ... I was like, whoa! I came to work every day. I held my head up. I operated in grace and dignity. I knew since April but I still came to work."

    Meanwhile, a source at The View told the NY Daily News that the staff was glad to see Star leave, saying: "Star has very effectively alienated everybody on the show."

    While I eagerly await Barbara's rebuttal, he'res my opinion on the whole thing: Star's approval rating must have gone down. Between the free stuff she was scoring on air for her wedding, endless jabber about Al and refusing to admit to the gastric bypass, she was tres annoying. And there have been rumors -- for years -- that she's a pain in the heinie to work with. So it was her time to go. She made her dramatic exit -- and is getting lots of headlines for it. And this press is definitely helping Barbara and The View. Now it's time for Star to move on to something else... like staying home and driving her husband crazy for a little while. And I predict that in six months she'll be back in our face one again.

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    Law & Order: SVU star Mariska Hargitay has a big baby boy.

    According to Us Weekly -- which must pay reporters to troll all the L.A. hospitals 24/7, which would totally piss me off if I was famous and in labor -- gave birth to a baby boy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The baby father is Mariska's husband, actor Peter Hermann.

    The baby weighed in at a whopping 10 lbs., 9 oz. and arrived via -- drum roll, please -- C-section. The C-section is one of the hottest trends in Hollywood right now. In recent months, Angelina Jolie and Gwen Stefani have also had C-sections. But Mariska's baby was a week past his due date -- and clearly a big boy.

    For more on the Hollywood baby boom, check out our Celebrity Baby Tracker and try our About-to-Pop Star Pregnancy Quiz.

    Hey guys,

    It's Lindsey. I know Suzy told you all that she was going to be making another TV appearance tonight, but the segment has unfortunately been cancelled. Your gossip/Suzy-fix will just have to wait until tomorrow when you can catch her -- and the latest gossip -- on the Daily Blabber Video. Trust me, it's worth the wait!

    Cheers!
    Lindsey

    E_BritneyPregnant_136.jpgFor a girl who wants to be left alone, Britney sure is lovin' the limelight.

    Last week, she sold photos and an interview to OK! magazine for a reported $300,000. This week, she's on the cover of the upcoming Bazaar, showing off her new black tresses. And did I mention that she's naked? Oh, yeah -- that too.

    You must, must check out photos from Bazaar here.

    And seriously, ole girl needs to quit complaining that her celebrity is ruining her life. She very clearly loves it every little breast-exposing minute of it.

    E_MichaelJackson_136.jpgBuh-bye, Bahrain. Hello, Europe.

    Michael Jackson has fired his business managers, hired a NY firm to keep an eye on his financial affairs and he's moving to Europe.

    Jacko has been calling Bahrain home since he was acquitted of child molestation charges about a year ago. He will still maintain a home there, but he's moving to Europe fulltime to focus on his music career -- or lack thereof.

    "He is very serious about his music," said his mouthpiece Raymone K. Bain. "When you are a creative person and the creative juices are flowing again and you're about to embark on new projects, you want to make sure your organization is running smoothly."

    Sure -- whatever. Right now, Jacko is in Ireland, but it's uncertain which country he will settle in.

    I predict he'll decide to call Italy home. After all, they have quite a fabulous selection of "Jesus juice" there. No matter where he goes, I suggest all Europeans should lock up their children... immediately.

    On The View yesterday, which I was lucky enough to catch because I was home sick, Star Jones Reynolds announced that she's following Meredith Vieira's lead and she's quitting the show. But after her abrupt announcement – which was a surprise to Barbara Walters and the other cohosts – the truth surfaced that she was actually fired.

    Here's what happened: Before the show, Star told People magazine that ABC had given her her walking papers. So while Star was breaking the news about her departure live on The View, People.com ran her interview in which she claimed she was canned.

    "What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the tenth season," she told People exclusively. "I feel like I was fired." She adds that she got the news just days before reports surfaced that Rosie O'Donnell – one of her most vocal critics – would be joining the View in the fall.

    Barbara Walters wasn't happy about Star's surprise announcement or that People ran the story during the telecast. After the show, Babs struck back, telling the AP that Star betrayed her.

    "I love Star and I was trying to do everything I possibly could -- up until this morning, when I was betrayed -- to protect her," Walters said.

    Barbara said ABC really fired Star because research indicated Star's weight loss and constant jabbering about her husband, Al Reynolds, was a turn off to viewers.

    "We tried to talk them out of it," Walters said, "and we tried to give Star time to redeem herself in the eyes of the audience, and the research just kept getting worse… I would have loved for Star to have left and not said `I was fired,' and not make it look like the program was somehow being cruel to her."

    Star said she would be leaving the show in mid-July, but expect her departure to be sooner… like today. People.com reports that after yesterday's show, ABC asked Star not to return. So TiVo the show today because there's sure to be more drama if Star is suddenly gone.

    My boss Beth – who is one of my backup Blabbers -- had a baby girl in early May and is off on maternity leave. Well, it seems like she just can't leave her work behind. Spiderman 3 -- with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst -- is filming her Brooklyn 'hood, so she and Sadie hit the set to bring us some Blab-worthy photos.

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    Beth says that having a cute baby is like having an all-access pass. "They'll let you do anything," Beth laughs. "Note the slate and the big movie camera. That's the real thing, the main shooting camera. You'd think they'd be busy or something."

    E_LindsayLohan2_136.jpgThis is from NY-er Lauren...

    Last Thursday, I was just leaving New York hot spot Plum when Lindsay Lohan walked through the door for some late-night fun. For such a fashionista, I was surprised to see her dressed in a gold sequined bolero (so last year!) a red tank and jeans. I, of course, did a total 180 and followed La Lohan like it was my job. After walking straight to the VIP section and finding that it was all full, Linds moved on to oversee the crowd from the DJ booth. She apparently grew bored after a few minutes and was escorted from the club, accompanied by 2 friends, who hopped in to an Escalade waiting outside.

    This comes from Jeff -- via his fiancée -- who was in Chicago last week on business...

    Jeff was staying at the Four Seasons in downtown Chicago this week for work and he called to tell me that both Brooke Shields and Debra Messing were at his hotel -- very dressed up for an event.

    Not to be outdone, Jeff's brother had a star sighting as well, but in NYC...

    Spotted: Mandy Moore with friends at Chinatown Brasserie Saturday night. And her friends knew the people at the table next to them, introductions all around. My table was going "Is that her? Naw, that's not her" and then I heard "And Mandy, this is..."

    Did Tori Spelling really reunite with her father, Aaron, before he passed away?

    A Canadian based gossip columnist named Shinan Govani thinks Tori's claims that she made nice with her father are as outrageous as a Melrose Place plotline. According to Shinan, Tori spent all last week in Toronto doing press for her reality show -- and hanging at Starbucks, a bar called Betty's and the Four Seasons. She was up north until at least Friday afternoon... and her father passed away on Friday night.

    Poor Tori can't get a break, right? The girl's dad dies and she's still the subject of vicious gossip. That said, I'm not sold on the whole picture-perfect reconciliation thing either. What can I say -- I'm a skeptic.

    You guys seemed to like the Johnny Depp eye candy... so you'll dig these 12 sexy foreign superstars...

    Hollywood is as American as apple pie. Or is it? Truth is we can't take credit for all the talent in Tinseltown. In fact, some of our hottest leading men carry passports from far-flung locales. Turns out that these actors are so talented they can seduce us with their flawless American accents — or their sexy foreign ones — depending on the role. And though we'll always pledge allegiance to our homegrown American boys, every once in a while we need to fish in international waters and catch ourselves an international man of mystery. Check out our picks for the hottest imports...

    I don't think I ever need a reason for a Johnny Depp post, but I do have one. Yesterday was the premiere of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at Disneyland. Johnny was there and even rode the Pirates ride that they have at the park. After, he examined the faux Jack Sparrow animatronic that is part of the ride. The film opens nationwide July 7.

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    E_StarJones2_136.jpgThe twinkle is out of Star Jones Reynold's star. As rumored, she's leaving The View.

    Access Hollywood broke the news that The View's resident big mouth (no, not Joy Behar – the other one) will announce her departure from the daytime chat fest this week. She will be departing the show in July.

    So what does that mean? Basically, there will be no smackdown between Star and new cohost Rosie O'Donnell, who joins the show in September.

    After Star mysteriously lost a ton of weight -- which amounted to about the size of Elisabeth Hasselbeck – Rosie blasted her for not 'fessing up to having gastric bypass surgery. Rosie felt that as a former fattie, Star owed it to their tribe to come clean. (Her words, not mine.) Star responded by saying… pretty much nothing. So the tension between the ladies promised for some good TV when Rosie moved in.

    So the bottom line here is that suddenly The View was going to be must-see with these two pit bulls on the air together… but now it's back to snoozeville. And Babs better not even think about hiring Kathie Lee Gifford to replace Star. One washed-up former chat queen is enough.

    Update: Star just confirmed on The View that she's leaving. She'll be on the show until mid-July.

    E_AxlRose_136.jpgGuns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose continues his anger management tour.

    The plastic surgery lover was cuffed and stuffed in Stockholm early this morning after allegedly biting a security guard in the leg outside his hotel.

    No surprise that Axl was drunk when he started arguing with a woman in the lobby of the Berns Hotel at about 8am. A security guard stepped in and that's when the brawling started. When police arrived, they restrained Axl, who was "too intoxicated to be questioned right away."

    This is just one of many incidents in which the bad boy rocker got physical with someone. He's been accused of being abusive toward a range of people, from his ex-wife Erin Everly to fashionista Tommy Hilfiger.

    Methinks he takes his whole bad boy rocker thing a little too seriously. After all, he's like 60 now or something, right? Time to give it a rest.

    E_NaomiCampbell_136.jpgIn other celebrity smackdown news, Naomi Campbell is being accused of assault and batteryagain. Yet another one of Naomi's maids says the temperamental supermodel caused her personal injuries.

    Gaby Gibson asks for "actual, compensatory and punitive" damages in court papers she filed earlier this week. She also accuses Nasty Campbell of employment discrimination and causing personal injuries. The papers don't detail the specific incidents, but Gaby told the NY Post in April that model hit her, called her names and threatened to have her arrested – all over a pair of jeans.

    Don't mistake this with Naomi's other "jeans assault." La Campbell is due in court today to answer charges for allegedly hitting Ana Scolavino in the back of the head with a cell phone after accusing her of stealing jeans.

    Maybe Axl and Naomi should hook up… and just beat the crap out of each other all day long.

    E_JohnCusack_136.jpgCongratulations to John Cusack. Despite spending more and more of his time out of the spotlight, '80s dreamboat is still hot enough to attract the crazies.

    On Friday, the star of collectable flicks like Say Anything and Better Off Dead -- $2 dollars, $2 dollars – filed for a temporary restraining order again an L.A. woman who he says has been showing "unusual interest in him."

    E! Online says that a 32-year-old transient named Emily Leatherman is accused of "stalking, throwing long letters of interest over [his] fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside, making unannounced visits to offices of people [he works] with in an attempt to meet with [him] and listing [his] address as her own during a recent address."

    "Mail addressed to her has been arriving at my residence without my permission," John stated. "I have never met this person." While the 39-year-old actor (who turns 40 on Wednesday) wrote that Leatherman has not committed or threatened any violence against him, she has, he said, caused emotional distress to him and vowed to hurt herself if he did not agree to meet with her.

    John wants her to stay the hell away – well, at least 500 feet -- from his home, place of business and his wheels.

    For now nutty Emily will have to settle for getting her John fix on the big screen. He's recently wrapped Grace Is Gone and has two other films – 1408 and The Martian Child – in the can.

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    Buff, black and beanied, Madonna was spotted in NYC with her eldest child, Lourdes, on Sunday. The gals are in town for mama Madonna's tour, which hits Madison Square Garden for a few shows, beginning on Wednesday.

    Now if you were writing the caption for this photo, what would you put? Get creative below.

    E_PatriciaArquetteThomas_13.jpgDid anyone see visions of Patricia Arquette getting married last weekend?

    While other brides Nicole Kidman and Marcia Cross distracted the paparazzi, Medium star Patricia quietly married her longtime boyfriend, actor Thomas Jane, over the weekend in Venice, Italy.

    "It was a small, intimate celebration with close family," Patricia's spokesperson told People.com.

    This is the second marriage for both Patricia and Thomas, who became engaged in 2002 and have a 3-year-old daughter named Harlow. Thomas was previously hitched to actress Aysha Hauer; Patricia was married to Nic Cage. Patricia also has a 17-year-old son, Enzo, from a previous relationship.

    No word on whether or not Courteney Cox and David Arquette were there with Coco, but they probably were. The Arquettes are a close-knit showbiz family, who are frequently seen together.

    And here's hoping "the forces" keep this marriage together longer than Patricia's Nic fiasco. They were married for just nine months in 1995 before secretly separating, but for some reason they still made public appearances following their split. Their divorce was later finalized in 2001, so that oddball Nic could marry Lisa Marie Presley for an equally short – and bizarre – stint. Lisa Marie also got married – for the fourth time -- this year.

    Here's hoping Patricia has better luck with husband number two.

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  • Despite reports, Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz are reportedly still together... for now. In other news, Britney is treated for heartbreak.
  • Jude Law is an elf. Nice shoes, bud.
  • Grab a hankie for this one… Kevin Richardson has announced he's leaving the Backstreet Boys. Seriously – they're still together? I thought they broke up in 2001.
  • Babies, babies: Elvis Costello and Diana Krall are expecting. So is supermodel Linda Evangelista. No word on who fathered her little one.
  • Jessica Simpson's new best friend is... Cher?!?!

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    As anticipated, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban got hitched yesterday in a traditional Catholic ceremony at Cardinal Cerretti Memorial Chapel in St. Patrick’s Estate in Manly, Australia.
    “We just want to thank everyone in Australia and around the world who have sent us their warm wishes,” the couple said in a statement following the ceremony.

    The all-candlelight ceremony took place at sundown and Nicole arrived in a Rolls Royce –- with her dad (above) -– wearing a strapless Balenciaga dress. A second car followed carrying Nic's bridal party, which consisted of her sister, Antonia, her daughter, Isabella, and Antonia's daughter, Lucia. Keith's groomsmen were his brother, Shane Urban, and friends Marcus Holden and Peter Clarke. Nic's son Connor was there, but was not a groomsman.

    "Nicole cried all the way to the church in the car and then she cried all during the ceremony and had to wipe her eyes under the veil," a guest told People. "It was the most emotional and beautiful ceremony. Nicole looked ethereal with her veil floating, like a vision in white... Keith cried when he looked at her.

    "It was so intense," the guest said. "When her veil was lifted, he moved right in and he grabbed her and kissed her. It was a long, passionate kiss. [Then] everything went from being quiet and elegant and intense to really loud, like we were suddenly at a soccer game. There was screaming and hollering and such excitement.

    "But when Nicole and Keith looked at each other it was like they were the only two people in the room. They are so deeply in love. It was the most incredible wedding."

    The reception also took place at St. Patrick's and guests included Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Rupert Murdoch. Hugh was also part of the entertainment – both he and Crowded House's Neil Finn performed at the reception. The reception had a "passion" theme with red carnations hanging from huge chandeliers and red roses on the tables.

    The happy couple will reportedly be honeymooning in the South Pacific.

    Find out how Nicole and Keith met, fell in love -- and all that jazz –- in a new Nicole Kidman & Keith Urban celebrity couple timeline.

    More:

  • People.com: Nicole & Keith Say 'I Do'

  • Us Exclusive: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban Marry
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    There were no evil twins or back-from-the-dead spouses to put a crimp in Marcia Cross's wedding plans.

    Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross and stockbroker Tom Mahoney got hitched on Saturday at the Church of Our Savior Episcopal Parish in San Gabriel, California. It was the first marriage for both.

    In front of about 200 guests -– including her Desperate costars Eva Longoria and Felicity Huffman – Marcia walked down the aisle in a Reem Acra dress to the song "Only Love Remains," which was sung by her sister Ellen Cross. Marcia carried a bouquet of white peonies and white roses.

    Instead of bridesmaids, Marcia had a maid of honor – her other sister Susan Hett – and seven flower girls, who were the children of her closest friends. Her nephew Jared Hett was the ring bearer and Tom's BFF Ed McClaren was the best man.

    "It was a beautiful ceremony," a rep for Marcia told People.com. "They're very happy."

    The reception took place in two ballrooms at the Ritz Carlton in Pasadena.

    Marcia and Tom were first seen out and about together in March 2005, when they went on a skiing trip together to Deer Valley, Utah. They've been engaged for the last 10 months.

    The only thing of note to really mention is that Terri Hatcher wasn't there… adding more cred to the rumors that that costars dislike each other.

    More: Us Exclusive: Desperate Housewives’ Marcia Cross Gets Married

  • People.com: Marcia Cross Gets Married

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    I told you on Friday that Britney had an extreme makeover. Well, here's a photo to prove it. Over the weekend she was at Nobu in Malibu (one of her faves) with baby Sean P., her mother and her "husband" Kevin Federline. What do you think of her new 'do? Let me know if you think it's hot... or not. As I told you, I love it. Beats the rat's nest.

    It's always a FUN and a real THRILL to write about deaths. Um, not really. But it has to be done, so here goes…

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    Aaron Spelling: The TV uberproducer who brought us faves like Beverly Hills, 90210, 7th Heaven and Melrose Place passed away at his Beverly Hills mansion on Friday following complications from a stroke. He is survived by his wife, Candy, daughter, Tori and son, Randy. He was 83.

    Tori had a falling out with her parents when she had an affair with her now husband, Dean McDermott. (Her parents dropped a couple mil on her wedding to Charlie Shanian a year earlier.) But Tori says that she was able to make peace with her father before he died.

    "I'm grateful I recently had the opportunity to reconcile with my father and most grateful we had the chance to tell each other we loved one another before he passed away," Tori told People. "It's a true blessing to have had a parent that loved me unconditionally. He had a heart as big as his talent and today, along with many others, I mourn his loss. He was a great man and even better father."

    Patsy Ramsey: The mother of JonBenet Ramsey lost her long battle against cancer. She died in Atlanta on Saturday. The former Miss West Virginia made headlines when her tiny beauty queen daughter, JonBenet, was murdered in their home on the day after Christmas. The case remains unsolved, but both Patsy and her husband, John, were investigated. Patsy was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1993, was treated and lived a cancer-free life for 9 years. Three years ago the cancer came back. She was 49.

    E. Pierce Marshall: I know you're probably like: Who the hell is E. Pierce Marshall? I'll tell ya. This is the guy who's been feuding with Anna Nicole Smith over his father's oil fortune. Pierce -- the son of J. Howard Marshall (aka the old guy who married Anna Nicole) – died suddenly on Tuesday in the Dallas area as a result of a brief infection.

    In 1994, Pierce's 88-year-old father married the former Playboy Playmate. When Howard died the following year, he left his fortune to Anna Nicole. Pierce had been fighting with the buxom blonde ever since to prevent her from getting his dad's money. No word on how his death impacts the case, which will be heard again after the Supreme Court recently granted Anna another trial.

    After getting ridiculed for appearing on national television looking like a cross between Tammy Faye Baker and Anna Nicole Smith, Ms. Britney Spears has undergone an extreme makeover. Check out her new dark tresses right here from her recent visit to New York.

    I love it. What do you think? Weigh in below.

    E_NicoleKidman4_136.jpgHell has officially frozen over.

    For the first time in over two years, Nicole Kidman has been spotted with her children. Nic was spotted with Isabella and Connor Cruise in Sydney, where she plans to get married this weekend.

    Nicole and her ex-husband, Tom Cruise, must have one heck of an interesting custody arrangement. The children live with him in L.A., where they are home schooled and take classes at the Scientology Centre daily. They are involved in all kinds of sporting activities – and Tom, usually with gal pal Katie Holmes, is always on the sidelines at all the games. As I said, Nicole hasn't been seen publicly with the children in over two years, prompting speculation that she signed over full custody to her ex. Even during Christmas and Thanksgiving last year, Nicole was in Nashville with her parents and her fiancé Keith Urban and the kids were with Tom and Katie in L.A.

    E_TomCruiseIsabella_136.jpgI still think that Nicole signed over full custody to her crazy couch-jumping ex. They were probably just allowed to go to her wedding because it was a special event and it would look bad if they weren't there. Besides, Tom is in Tokyo right now jumping up and down like a lunatic promoting M:I:3.

    I tell ya -- Tom Cruise must have something really good on Nicole. Nude pictures? Lesbian dalliance? Sex change? I don't know what the heck it could be. He divorced her out of the blue... and took the kids. There's something way suspicious about that whole arrangement.

    Plus: Nicole & Keith prenup details -- joint custody of any children, $600,000 a year to Keith for every year they're together, etc. And Page six also reports that Renee Zellweger and Kenny Chesney may be dating again!

    E_AngelinaMaddox2_136.jpgDon't mess with Maddox.

    A paparazzo was given the cuffs yesterday when he was found hiding in the bushes outside Maddox Jolie-Pitt's daycare center. Photog Cliff Brewer was arrested for trespassing on Thursday morning after staff members at the Pacific Coast Highway preschool facility saw him and made a citizen's arrest. The guy was booked on a misdemeanor trespassing charge and released on $1,000 bail.

    "School officials and myself feel that some of these paparazzi are like predators who will recklessly take and sell photos of innocent children for money," Rich Malchar, Brad Pitt's head of security, said in a statement.

    I'm glad little Mad is okay because he's my favorite celebrity kiddie ever. He's so cool with his Ramones t-shirts and such. And I love that Brad and Angelina send their kid to daycare. They have so much money that they could have 5 nannies per kid, yet he goes to play in the dirty sandbox with other kids. They're trying to make him a wee bit normal... even though he's only four and has his own paparazzi stalkers.