April 2007 Archives
So I'm all into lists lately.
So many of you weighed in on who you think should be named the most annoying T.V. personality, I found another list we can talk about/add to.
Ebay did a survey that asked, "Which celebrity's closet would you most want to raid?" -- the answers will shock you!
1. Oprah Winfrey
2. Bill Gates
3. Jay Leno
4. Tiger Woods
5. Jennifer Aniston
Bill Gates? Unless he hides his money in his closet I have no interest in going anywhere near it. Really Ebay's whole list is mind-blowing, except for Jennifer Aniston, but then I thought about who is actually taking the surveys on Ebay; my dad, probably the weird guy in my town who owns the tackle shop, etc...
Here's my personal list:
Sarah Jessica Parker (you know she has all those SATC shoes)
Jennifer Aniston (simple yet stylish)
Lisa Rinna (cute T-shirts and what-not)
Sarah Michelle Gellar ( always looks put together)
Reese Witherspoon (the new one)
Madonna (she's Madonna!)
Now you go!


Keri, who married earlier this year, is promoting her new movie Waitress, which premieres on Wednesday. Her baby will make his or her debut this summer.

So I must report that my embarrassing moment of joining The Killers fan club to score tickets for Saturday night's sold out show at Madison Square Garden paid off ridiculously well. My tickets kicked ass -- standing on the floor, front and center, directly in front of the stage. Right in front of Brandon Flowers. I'm talking feet away. I could see him sweat. I could see him smile.
And the place was packed. The last time I saw so many people at the Garden was U2's last tour. I had paid about $150 for my seats and, compared to the Killers tix, they were a mile away from where I was on Saturday. The guys in the band must have been tripping that they sold out the Garden. They should be. Pretty cool.
Their opening act was cool too -- a band dubbed the Japanese Beatles -- called the Silver Beats. All covers. And the frontman (Japanese John) looked just like Lennon. I'm a Beatles freak, so it was yet another Suzy All-Star Night.
I was so covered in the confetti that showered down over the stage that I kept finding it all day Sunday. The party just kept coming.


Sure enough, Fox news is reporting that Elisabeth will be announcing this morning on the show that she and her football hubby, Tim, will welcome a new baby this fall. The very cute, very conservative voice of the show, who is reportedly about three months along, has been open about wanting to give their daughter, Grace, 2, a sibling.
The pregnancy means the expectant mommy will most likely be out on maternity leave right around the time the show premieres in the fall. As things stand now, that leaves only Joy Behar and Barbara Walters as regulars, and Babs is only there a few times a week.
Just change the name to The Joy Behar Show and be done with it.

The New York Post is saying that loud-mouth comedienne Roseanne Barr is the leading contender to fill Rosie O'Donnell's spot on The View.
"She's a piece of work, she's a character, she says what's on her mind and she's funny," said a source close to the show about Roseanne. "They're missing strong personalities on that show, and that's what they're going to need if they want to keep it going," another ABC staffer said.
During an appearance on Larry King last week, Roseanne was vague about her future plans."I'm not looking for the job," she said at one point. "Well, I want $10 million, like Rosie," she later joked. She also never came right out and said she wouldn't take the gig if offered.
Ro's rep says she hasn't been approached by the show.
Other contenders mentioned as possible replacements -- Joan Rivers (God help us), Whoopi Goldberg (could be decent), Kathie Lee Gifford (NO MORE CODY AND CASSIDY, EVER!) and Connie Chung (Boring!).
Roseanne does seems like the best fit out of these options, but I think they should keep looking.
Oh, and Babs, I'm available.
Okay, so who's surprised that Leonardo Dicaprio likes to date models? Nobody, right? Leo had a nice long relationship with Victoria's Secret model Gisele, and has most recently been dodging engagment/baby rumors with current steady, Bar Refaeli.
But Bar wasn't the model on his arm late Friday night at Marquee. Onlookers say that James Blunt's ex Petra Nemcova and Leo were quite the cozy twosome at the club. 
"He looked like he was all over her," says a witness."They were together from before 12:30 to around 2:30. He was holding her waist and touching her arm. Also, he was smoking up a storm - chain-smoking, almost."
The spy felt the need to express that, although the pals were, ahem, friendly, nothing indicated that Leo was messing around behind Bar's back.
Uh-huh. Then why tell the story at all, big mouth?
Lindsay Lohan -- practical joker or cunning thief?
Perez Hilton is reporting that Lindsay's good pal Kelly Osbourne had her purse stolen at a GQ party Saturday night and Kelly's friends are saying that Lindsay herself swiped the bag!
"Kelly is so upset and angry," says Kelly's bud. "We're all almost certain that Lindsay stole the purse or threw it in a garbage bin. She thinks doing sh-t like that is funny!"
They say Kelly is offering a reward for the return of her belongings, but we're pretty sure that's not why Lindsay took it.
Britney's meltdown may have been the best thing that has happened to her since her catholic school girl uniform.
Page six is reporting that two top magazines are vying for a "Britney Makeover" cover to go with the story of her new family feud. Allure is said to be in talks with the rejuvenated pop star to scoop the tell-all story that will surely sell trillions of copies. A rep for the mag said, "We would love to have Britney, but nothing is scheduled yet."
They had better step on it because Vanity Fair is hot on their heels, also trying to snatch up Brit.
Expect the cover to grace your supermarket check-out lines right around November, when Brit's new album is set to drop.
Former Top Ten finalist Jessica Sierra was busted on felony battery and drug charges early Sunday in Tampa, when she clocked a guy over the head with a heavy glass. The victim suffered a cut over his eye. Cops then found a small amount of cocaine while searching Jess.
The 2005 AI crooner was released Sunday afternoon on $11,500 bail.
I'm smelling an American Idol Bad Girls porn at any moment.

Here's an, um, interesting shot of Britney walking out of the Millennium Dance Studio yesterday with her entourage. Of course her getup caught my eye and I've been wondering all afternoon just who inspired Brit's look.


I don't look too horrific, so I'm passing along the link to this week's gossip week in review. Topics? Hugh Grant's bean toss, Rosie & Donald and, of course, Miss Britney.
Let's have some fun.
Netscape created a list of the Top Ten Most Annoying TV Personalities. Here's how they ranked their faves:
10 - William Shatner
9 - Billy Bush
8 - David Hasselhoff
7 - Rosie O’Donnell
6 - Donald Trump
5 - Kathy Griffin
4 - Nancy Grace
3 - Ryan Seacrest
2 - Joan Rivers
And the number one most annoying person on your idiot box is...
Bill O' Reilly
Not all of the people I would choose, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Here's who I think they missed:
Rachael Ray (How many times a day can you hear Yum-O!)
Bernie Mac (don't know why, he makes me crazy)
Paula Abdul (do you really need an explanation?)
Any of those judges (Judy, Hatchett, etc.)
That kid on the McCormick's commercial who says, "Pepper, Madam" (seriously hate him)
Who makes you want to bash in your screen?

I guess those Scientologists really stick together.
Tom Cruise's friend and fellow Scientologist, Jenna Elfman, tells People that Tom and Katie really do have a good marriage.
"Honestly, they're happy," Jenna said at the Healthy Child Healthy World benefit in Santa Monica on Thursday. "They have a great life and they love each other. For some reason, the media cannot experience that. They must put in things other than the simplicity of it." 
The Dharma and Greg star insisted that the recent reports of Katie being trapped and controlled by Tom are way off.
"It's totally irrelevant, because it's so absolutely not that," Jenna said. "It's hard to give a detailed explanation on something that's simple. Honestly, do any of you have a great boyfriend or girlfriend? It's not a big deal, right? You have fun hanging out, and you like talking and sharing your ideas. It's exciting. That's their relationship."
I want to believe that, Dharma, really I do.
So when Beyonce tooted her own freakin' horn again about how cool the digital editing is in her new video, and how she and Shakira look so similar, she can barley tell which dancing hair ball is her, I almost lost my mind.
"For the video, they put us in a room together for about two hours and we just came up with the choreography and played off the fact we look similar," B yapped. "It was really cool because I don't even know who is who sometimes - even I get confused!"
WHATEVER.
Not that I'm this crazy Shakira-lover, but Beyonce even thinking she looks as good as Shakira belly dancing, irks the life out of me.
Maybe I'm just being cranky on this dreary Friday morning, but that girl is on my last nerve.

He's hot, no?
And I bet you can even yell "You totally brought sexy back, Justin!" without getting any eye-rolling from him.
Sometimes it's not so great to be married to a movie star.
Sandra Bullock's husband, motorcycle man Jesse James, was attacked by a woman obsessed with his wife. Cops say that Sandy and Jesse's kid looked on as Marcia Valentine "attempted 3 or 4 times to run Jesse James over with her silver Mercedes" Sunday night.
Not very congenial.
Jesse was not hurt, as he was never struck by the car during the alleged incident.
When the cops arrived on the scene, the crazy lady had already fled, but after an "intense manhunt", officers found her early Monday morning and took her into custody. She is being held on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
A rep for Sandy and Jesse said, "The incident did occur. Both Jesse James and Sandra Bullock are fine and it is now in the hands of the authorities."
Are Star Jones and Meredith Vieira secretly doing a jig and high-fiving now that Rosie has decided to leave The View?
Nope. Well, not in public, anyway. The former co-hosts of the gab-fest told Access Hollywood that they were both shocked by Rosie's announcement that she's moving on, but had nothing but words of encouragement for Ro and the show they used to call home.
"I actually was surprised," Meredith said. "I heard rumblings in the past that she may not stay beyond the one year. The show has done so incredibly well and it's revitalized itself and she's put a lot of great energy into it. And it appears that she's having a really good time and I thought probably she would stay on. I don't know exactly what happened. I take her on her word that they couldn't reach an agreement on the contracts, and as she says, 'It's showbiz. That happens.'" The Today co-host added, "She will do great and The View will do great. I spent nine years there and the people in front of the cameras and behind-the-scenes are phenomenal at what they do and they will be fine."
And there was no moustache-twirling by Star, either.
"I actually found out on the plane. I was flying in yesterday and my seatmate said, 'Did you hear that Rosie is leaving The View?' I had no idea and when I landed, of course, I found out that she announced it." Star added, "I wish her the very best in what she is doing next as I do for all the ladies over there, and I know whatever they do next is going to be great."
So it's all love-love. BORING!
The View had better get a fiery replacement for Rosie or they'll be dead in the water in no time.

Here's the scenario: The New York Daily News outed Tyra for "dine and dashing" when she was recently out to eat with Russell Simmons and his two daughters. But Tyra said on her talk show that she didn't realize that she d&ded until she read it in the paper.
"We're getting up and I'm like, 'Russell, I got it [the check],' and I'm opening up my wallet and [he said], `No Tyra, I got it...'" Tyra explained on her show. "We leave and I read the damn Daily News and they're saying that I'm cheap and I didn't pay the bill."
So Tyra showed up -- trailed by cameras galore -- and made good on her word to pay up... along with a $100 tip for her waiter.
As for Russell, Tyra said: "I couldn't even find his butt... He didn't think I paid, he said he was gonna pay and he didn't... It's embarrassing."
But, more importantly, do you think Tyra's wearing Spanx in these photos? I'm now obsessed with her undergarments.

This is gettting ridiculous.
First Snoop Dog was forced to cancel his performance with Diddy in the United Kingdom, and now the rapper is being kept out of Australia, where he was scheduled to partially host MTV's Australian Video Music Awards.
Australian Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews says, "The reality is in relation to this man, that he was given a warning the last time [he was in Australia], he has a whole string of convictions, and, just two weeks ago I was told he was convicted on a number of charges again and sentenced to three years' imprisonment on two, and three years' imprisonment on another, with five years' probation and a suspended sentence. He has been denied entry into the United Kingdom because he was caught with others causing affray at Heathrow Airport. He doesn't seem the sort of bloke we want in this country."
I just find it crazy that this is who they are banning from their country. Don't they have bigger fish to fry. Aren't tons of people Down Under smoking the ganja? Snoop is hardly a threat to national security -- let him do his thing and he'll be on his way.
What's so hard about calling a cab? Or hiring a driver when you're rich?
Rapper/actress Eve was arrested early this morning on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing her car on Hollywood Boulevard.
Eve's gold Maserati hit the center divider on the street, totalling the front of the car. TMZ was at the scene of the accident and reports that the police arrived and put a "visibly upset" Eve in handcuffs. There were, reportedly, two other passengers in the car.
Not that anyone should ever drive under the influence, for any reason, but you certainly shouldn't take the chance in a gold Maserati. Take my taxi advice, or if you're trying to fly under the radar, get a royal blue Malibu.
The paparazzi has pushed another Hollywood star over the edge.
Hugh Grant was arrested Wednesday night and questioned by police in London, after a photographer accused the actor of attacking him with a tub of baked beans.
Yes, I said baked beans.
Photographer Ian Whittaker told the Daily Star that Hugh went nuts on him, kicking him, before tossing the plastic container of legumes his way.
The actor's lawyer admitted the an incident had occurred and was under investigation. Hugh was freed on bail and ordered to return in May.
This just confirms what I always thought anyway -- Hugh has got some set of beans on him.
Can you imagine Prince, or The Man Formerly Known as Prince, or that weird symbol guy, making fun of somebody else?
I guess if he was going to pick anyone to mock, Paris Hilton would be the best choice.
According to Us Weekly, Par was in the audience for Prince's performance at Club 3121 in Las Vegas last week, when Prince invited the heiress on stage to belt out a tune with him. Obviously Paris was stoked to be called upon by the star, and to be in front of an audience, but when she got on stage Prince handed her a mic and said "“Let’s see if she can really sing."
Well, Paris wouldn't stand for such humiliation and stormed off the stage, said the source, leaving the club just two songs later.
Paris' rep said it never happened and Prince's people had no comment, but it's so true. And I am loving this new feud. I hope to see these two in a celebrity death match. I'm pretty sure Paris could take Prince. What do you think?
“Like, without cigarettes, I would be doing heroin, probably, on a daily basis.”--- Nicole Richie's pinnacle of health boyfriend, Good Charlotte's Joel Madden, to Blender
Alec Baldwin is the man most in need of damage control right now, so the controversial dad taped a segment scheduled to air on The View this Friday.
According to People, Alec's appearance included an "emotional apology" for the out of control message he left on daughter Ireland's voicemail.
"Obviously calling your child a pig or anything else is improper and inappropriate and I apologize to my daughter for that," Alec said on the show. "There's nothing wrong with being frustrated or angry about the situation," he added. "It's the way you do it, and as people often do in this world, I took it out on the wrong person."
Alec also insisted his tirade was an isolated incident. "In my own case, with this message, I had never done this before in my life," he said.
Alec told the ladies at The View that he asked NBC to release him from his contract for 30 Rock because he doesn't want the show or its cast and crew to be negatively affected by him. "If I never acted again I couldn't care less," he told the audience. "I would like to devote myself to the cause of parental alienation." He says his in the process of writing a book about the subject.
I'll be watching on Friday to see how Alec comes off, and I'm a big pushover, so I'm sure I'll feel bad for him. But I can't help but keep in mind that the man is an actor -- and a good one at that.

On of my spies saw the America's Next Top Model diva buying Spanx at Bloomingdales over the weekend. But not just one pair of the body slimmers that Oprah swears by. Tyra was seen buying 15 pairs of Spanx.
Not sure if she's was shopping for the WNBA or her Top Models or herself, but she was most definitely loading up.

We are all well aware that Melanie B. believes Eddie Murphy is the father of her new baby girl, Angel, but did you know that she's still in love with the jerk? This news comes from Mel's best friend, Christa Parker, who told Closer magazine that Scary is "desperate to rekindle their romance."
Christa also gave some insight in to how Melanie and Eddie's relationship turned sour. The two had a huge fight after Eddie refused to accompany Mel to a doctor's appointment, and then told her she wasn't invited to attend a black-tie function with him. Mel packed her things and moved her stuff out of his mansion, where she was spending most of her time, thinking the separation would send Eddie running back to her.
Not so. Soon after, Eddie showed up at the Dreamgirls premiere with new girlfriend, Tracey Edmonds, on his arm. Ouch.
But you can't help who you love, I guess. Christa says, "Mel admitted to me she would always love Eddie. Even after the way he has treated her and snubbed his own daughter, I think Mel would still take him back. Mel was upset that Eddie didn't get in touch, she obviously still feels something. But she loves her daughter and is determined to make the best of things, with or without Eddie in her life."
I don't know about you, but I would hope my best friend wouldn't be spilling my business around town. Oh yeah, and Christa also told the paper that she and Mel had a fling of their own! Mel's compadre said that the singer seduced her after a night of drinking, shortly after they met.
This wasn't the first lesbian relationship for Mel, who had been dating a female film executive in 2004. At the time Mel said "people can call me lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual, but I know who's in my bed and that's it - I have huge libido and a great sex life."
But who cares, right? Mel likes the ladies a bit and Eddie likes the transvestite hookers. To each his own.
As expected, Angelina Jolie has filed legal papers to change the name of her newly adopted son to Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt.
So why didn't she just give the kid the surname Jolie-Pitt in the first place? Good question, my Blabber-ers. Vietnam has strict rules about couples who aren't married adopting children together. So Angie adopted Pax as a single parent -- and now that she's back in the US, she's making Brad the "Brad Dad."
The prom queen is graduating!
Vanessa Minnillo told People that she's leaving MTV's Total Request Live. This move isn't a total shock -- rumors that this was happening circulated around the time Vanessa took the "next step" with her boyfriend, Nick Lachey, moving in together recently.
"I had my four years there like high school or college," Vanessa told the mag. "I'm ready for the next chapter – what it is, I have no idea. [But] I don't want to be 48 saying, 'Hey kids, now it's Sean Preston Spears's video.' "
Coming up next for Ness? A limited-edition makeup line for Flirt! Cosmetics and a cameo in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. In other words, we haven't seen the last of her... whether or not that's a good thing.
As Tracy predicted earlier, Rosie O'Donnell confirmed her departure from The View in the first two minutes of today's show. She laughed that it was being considered "Breaking News" by CNN, saying:
"I've decided that we couldn't come to terms with my deal with ABC, so next year, I'm not going to be on The View. However, I will be coming back and guest-hosting. I will be doing one-hour specials on autism and depression and stuff that I'm interested in. I'm just not going to be doing the everyday thing because you know, they wanted me three years, I wanted one year... and it just didn't work, and that's showbiz.. I'm not going away, I'm just not going to be here everyday."
Head over to TV Cocktail to read what Barbara Walters had to say about Rosie's announcement, and vote for whether you'll keep watching the show. Vote now!
Drew Barrymore!!!!
Our girl Drew has been voted into the coveted spot of People Magazine's Most Beautiful and is gracing the cover of their 2007 Beautiiful People issue. Her response to the honor? "[It] made my peacock feathers shine in the golden-hour light and extend to the heavens."
Okay, then!
Drew tells the mag that she feels the most gorg when she has just pumped some iron. "Right after I've worked out and I'm sweating all over the place and my face is two different colors of white and red and my hair is half wet, half dry and I look like I'm about to have a heart attack. I feel like I've changed the shape of my body temporarily into something more flexible and strong."
Great choice, People. Drew is beautiful from the inside out!

The cover story is all about Katie's life in the Cruise jail, where Tom has reportedly ordered Kate to take "mommy classes taught by Scientologists," so she'll be able to raise Suri in accordance with the robots and their laws.
Make sure you tune in to The View today.
TMZ says this is the day Rosie O'Donnell will announce that she will not be returning for another season of the ladies gabfest. People at the website has spoken with "multiple industry people who say the word is spreading and the info emanated from inside the show itself."
If Rosie does admit to parting ways with the show today, she will most probably finish out the season with Barbara Walters and the others.
There's no denying that Rosie's stay on The View has been controversial. I mean the woman has had a feud with half of America, but I think she was really able to breathe new life into a show that was stale and boring. And though she was really opinionated most of the time, I admired the fact that she wasn't afraid to speak her mind and stick to her guns.
I may be in the minority, but I'll miss Rosie's big mouth.
Run, Brit, run!
Rush and Malloy are reporting that creepy father of the year, Joe Simpson, daddy to Jessica and Trashlee, is interested in becoming Britney's new manager! While Brit just had a big public falling out with her own pop, the word on the street is that Joe wants to swoop in and take his place. 
Sources say Joe tried to get a meeting with Britney this past weekend, but Jessica's rep denies it.
Yes, Joe has managed to steer his girls clear of the drugged up rehab scene so far, but that man is just icky. He obviously has an affinity for buxom blondes, and is just a tad too affectionate when it comes to his daughters. Can you imagine what he'll be like with someone not related to him?
Not that this is anything new, but apparently Katie Holmes' friends continue to worry about her. They say Tom is "meddling, controlling and won't let her out of his sight."
And it looks like the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Tom's mother is also always on Katie's case, chiming in on what she's wearing with, "Isn't that too revealing for a wife and mother?" She reportedly watches what Katie feeds Suri, makes sure Katie doesn't eat anything good, saying nobody loves a fat wife, and tattles everything back to Tom.
Since Katie started filming her new flick, Mad Money, Tom and his mom are around 24/7. Star rag says Tom didn't like the location of the company's opening party, then he didn't like the people invited, then he didn't like sitting with others, then he didn't like dining without his own personal entourage, then he didn't like going at all.
Remember my Sleeping With the Enemy reference? Tom's probably organizing the canned goods as we speak.

"You are sorry later, that's what I would tell them," Stevie tells Blender Magazine. "If I had gotten it together a little more, I would have had a better career. I would have made a couple more great albums." She adds, "I'm more worried about Britney than Lindsay, because I think Lind say is a serious actress."
Take note girls, this is one lady who knows what she's talking about.

"You've got a man who's madly in love with his daughter who lives on the other side of the coast, who doesn't get to see her very much. It's wrong to speak to your daughter like that. I would never talk to my daughter like that, but his daughter lives with Kim and we have no idea what goes on behind closed doors. People lose it, forgive him. Don't throw stones when you live in a glass house -- we are not here to judge and criticize what other people do."-- Paul McCartney's biggest problem, Heather Mills, weighs in on the Alec Baldwin controversy... and makes me laugh
While Eddie Murphy takes a wait and see approach as to whether or not Melanie Brown's baby daughter is of his seed, the former Spice Girl is plowing ahead with her paternity claim.
Earlier today, Melanie's peeps issued a statement saying that her daughter, who was born April 3, was given Eddie's surname. The girl's name is Angel Iris Murphy Brown.
According to the release, the name was inspired by a number of things.
"Angel, as she was my little angel through my pregnancy. Iris, as it's my grandma's name, Murphy because he's the dad, and Brown, because I'm the Mum!"
She sounds pretty convinced, Eddie. What cha gonna do now?
Well, your daughters will be safe for at least the next 23 days.
Girls Gone Wild sleaze bag, Joe Francis, was sentenced to 35 days in jail after pleading guilty to contempt charges stemming from failed negotiations over a case involving seven women who claimed they were victimized by the loser and his cameras. Joe will be fined $5,010 and will serve 23 more days (he's already done 12) in a Florida jail.
After he does the Federal time, he'll then have to deal with state officials, who plan to arrest the dummy for possession of drugs and cash while he was in lockup.
After Alec Baldwin bawled out his daughter for not answering her phone, Ireland's mother has something to say. Kim Basinger is asking her ex to get some help and "finally address his unstable and irrational behavior," according to a statement from her rep.
"Everybody is always asking why this custody battle has been going on for so many years and now they have the answer," says the statement, released Monday. "The issue is not about Kim or the alleged alienation that Alec constantly refers to. It is about his ongoing aggressive behavior."
According to popular belief, Kim's rep says the actress "did not release the voicemail," but adds the message "was not sealed under a court order." Alec's attorneys had claimed the voicemail was in fact kept in a sealed court file, and leaked by his ex's people.
"Kim's sincerest wish is for him to finally address his unstable and irrational behavior so he, at some point, can potentially create a relationship with his daughter," says her rep's statement. "Until then, Kim will continue to protect and safeguard her child's well-being as any parent would."
And by "protect" she means hire a big-ass bodyguard "in response to the media attention on her daughter in order to allow Ireland to maintain her regular routine and activities uninterrupted," the statement says.
Right. That poor girl will not be able to do anything "regular and uninterrupted' for years, thanks to her idiot parents.
"I was brought up on Guns 'N Roses, the Les Miserables soundtrack and anything my mother listened to. But it's harder to find great music these days. We have Amy Winehouse now, I guess, and Bono. But still our biggest bands back home are crap."-- Kirsten Dunst's thoughts to the Mirror U.K. on America's music scene
Nice. Way to support your homeland, Benedict Arnold.
I'll admit it -- I love The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. Loved the books, loved the movie, loved the cast. I specifically loved America Ferrara playing Carmen, the sassy and sensitive one of the group, whose one crying scene in the movie absolutely broke my heart and made me fall head over heels for her. And this was way before she ever put that poncho on.
Now the producers of The Pants are exercising their rights to bring back all four girls for the sequel, which I have been waiting for. But it seems America the Beautiful is not so happy about having to do the second film. The Hollywood Reporter is saying she is being "forced" to reprise her role in the female-bonding flick.
Though her rep had no comment, I choose not to believe this story. Maybe I'm in denial but I, admittedly, have watched the "extras" on the DVD and those girls had the time of their lives doing that movie. I so wanted to be one of them. I'd like to think America would jump at the chance to hang with her girls again, especially since The Pants 2 is scheduled to start filming in June, during her Ugly Betty hiatus.
You listen here, America. You'll zip up those pants and you'll like it, you hear?
I really think we should start reporting on who doesn't go to rehab, but for the time being here's one more for all of you who are keeping a list.
The Tudors star, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, has checked himself into a facility, reports People. "After a non-stop succession of filming Jonathan Rhys Meyers has entered an alcohol-treatment program," rep Meredith O'Sullivan says. "He felt a break was needed to maintain his recovery."
Jon kept busy doing the flick Match Point with ScarJo, play the King in The Tudors, and just recently finished filming August Rush with Keri Russell and Robin Williams. But his rep promises, "Jonathan plans to resume his schedule following completion."
Rehab is obviously the new place to party.

According to UsMagazine.com, Vince Vaughn recently spent the night at ex-girlfriend Jennifer Aniston's home. Neither of them is talking about their sleepover, but we are! Take a minute to tell me:
Do you want Jen and Vince to reunite?
Spill it below!

But perhaps I am narrow-minded in my thinking and you all will be lining up for next week's Tribeca Film Festival, where they will be showing The Business of Being Born, a movie about just that.
Ricki Lake. Giving Birth. In a bathtub.
"I am naked at 195 pounds giving birth in my own bathtub," the actress told the Huffington Post. "It can't get any more intimate than that!"
You said it, Ricki.
Feel free to (choke, gag) get your tickets now.
Is there anyone in Hollywood who likes Lindsay Lohan?
I mean, if good girl Keira Knightly has a problem with you, something's got to be up!
The two ladies have had a falling out since Linds dropped out of Keira's new film, The Best Time of Our Lives. According to sources on the set, Lindsay changed her mind about doing the film just days before they were scheduled to start filming.
Adding fuel to the fire, Keira's mom, Sharman Macdonald, wrote the screenplay and Keira was supposedly instrumental in getting Lindsay the part. The movie had great buzz, primarily because the script contained a lesbian love scene for Keira and Lindsay.
Maybe that's why Keira's so mad?
Amy Winehouse may or may not have made the right move when she accepted a proposal from her boyfriend, Blake Fielder Civil.
Why so pessimistic, you say? Well, it seems as if Amy and Blake dated a few years ago but broke up when Amy found out her boy had a little side dish. After they split Amy dated chef Alex Claire, but she wound up back in Blake's arms and now they plan to get married.
"He proposed at home a few days ago," Winehouse told the Sun newspaper, "and I took a day to finally agree. Obviously we are both young and it is frightening. But it is the right thing to do. That is why I agreed."
Such excitement! Don't hurt yourself doing back flips, Amy.
Nope, this is not an old story and it's not about Pam.
Tommy Lee tried to stick it to his nemesis, Kid Rock, once again this weekend when he attempted to get with Kid's new girlfriend, May Anderson. May and Tommy were attending the Victoria Secret's party at Tao Beach in Las Vegas when Tommy made his move.
"He was desperately trying to talk to May," said one onlooker. "Tommy even sent members of his entourage over to ask her to join him at his table."
Luckily for Kid, May refused the invitation and hung out with her model friends instead.
Come on, Tommy! Give the Kid a break. You'll always have Pam, isn't that enough?
"And my boobs are completely out of control. When my milk comes in, I'm going to be able to feed a small village."-- a very pregnant Jaime Pressly to Redbook

It's totally worth a laugh on this lazy Friday. Dude needs help.

In the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar, TrAsh says:
“I loved how I looked. I’m not an insecure person, nor was I before. It’s a personal choice. I believe if somebody chooses to do plastic surgery, it [should be] for yourself, not for anyone else.”
We've been waiting eight months for a comment and that's the best she could do? She's such a schnoz -- oops, I mean snooze.


"I was very sexual in kindergarten. I was a member of a group called the Kissy Girls. I created a game where I'd kiss the boys and give them all cooties. Then we'd make out and we'd take our clothes off. I got in trouble a lot."-- Angelina Jolie to OK! U.K.
Angie needs to make up her mind on what image she is going for. Does she want to be compared to Mother Theresa or Slutty McSlutterson?
What is it with fathers and daughters in Hollywood these days? From Angelina to Lindsay, and just recently Ireland and, now, Britney, there is just no love lost between these girls and their dads.
Britney's dad, Jamie Spears, is siding with Brit's former manager, Larry Rudolph, after the starlet blamed him for forcing her to go to rehab and ruining her image.
Jamie sent this email to Page Six, defending Larry's actions-- which caused Brit to fire him last week:
"When Larry Rudolph talked Britney into going into rehab, he was doing what her mother, father and team of professionals with over 100 years of experience knew needed to be done. She was out of control. Larry was the one chosen by the team to roll up his sleeves and deliver the message, to help save her life."The Spears family would like to publicly apologize to Larry for our daughter's statements about him over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, she blames him and her family for where she is at today with her kids and career. Larry has always been there for Britney. For this, we will forever be grateful to him."
Brit fired back, via her rep:
"I am praying for my father. We have never had a good relationship. It's sad that all the men that have been in my life do not know how to accept a real woman's love. I am concentrating on my work and my life right now."
Oh, the drama! Can't we all just get along?
I'm sure Paris thinks James Blunt's annoying song ,"You're Beautiful", was written for her, which is the only explanation for why she would be making out with him on Wednesday night.
Rush and Malloy say Paris and James met up at hot club Teddy's and engaged in some serious PDA, before leaving together.
"They were all over each other," a source said. "They both ended up back at Paris' house," joined by her sister, Nicky, and Nicky's boyfriend, David Katzenberg.
Is she done with Josh Henderson? That might be a record.

Alec Baldwin had to say something after the irate message to his daughter was leaked to the media. Here's his statement to Access Hollywood via his publicist:
"In the best interest of the child, Alec will do what the mother is pathologically incapable of doing ... keeping his mouth shut and obeying the court order. The mother and her lawyer leaked this sealed material in violation of a court order. Although Alec acknowledges that he should have used different language in parenting his child, everyone who knows him privately knows what he has been put through for the past six years."
Don't care what you've "been put through" Alec -- she's a kid!

In the recording, Alec goes offon Ireland, calling her "a thoughtless little pig," after she failed to pick up her scheduled phone call from her father. "Once again, I have made an ass of myself trying to get to a phone," adding, "you have insulted me for the last time."
He continued to berate her and then insult her mom, Kim Basinger. "I don't give a damn that you're 12-years-old or 11-years-old, or a child, or that your mother is a thoughtless pain in the ass who doesn't care about what you do," he screamed. "You've made me feel like s**t."
It just gets worse, as he promised to "straighten her ass out" when he meets up with her in L.A. for a scheduled visit on Friday.
TMZ learned that on Wednesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner Maren Nelson heard the tape and temporarily suspended Baldwin's visitation rights. A hearing is set for May 4, where the judge could permanently keep Alec from his daughter.
Look, I'm a total believer in the need for "tough love" when it is necessary, but this is going overboard. He was screaming at her like she was an incompetent peon that worked for him.
I'm literally nauseous from listening to this.

It's funny -- at this point I'm kinda like: Whoopie -- a photo of Kate and Owen together. Who cares? They're dating. It's not a secret. They're not doing anything crazy -- like slathering each other with butterscotch or something. Stop stalking them already.
I'm sorta bored to tears with them actually. Hopefully photographers will start to feel the same way.

This video clip doesn't want to make me buy her single, it makes me laugh.
Though there's an appearance by Milo Ventimiglia, who is one of the Heroes. Hope he wore waterproof pants when she was sitting on top of him.
The hot topic portion of the show -- which is really the part I watch -- is great. I feel like I'm listening to conversations that my smart, politically knowledgeable friends would have... though there's really no Elisabeth Hasselbeck sitting at our table. Like her or not, Rosie O'Donnell is smart and makes excellent points. And I used to feel bad for Elisabeth, but girl holds her own. Every day she has done her homework and gives Rosie a good argument. I'm pretty surprised, though I guess I shouldn't be because she is a Survivor after all.
Anyway, on Monday's show Barbara Walters and Rosie mentioned something Donald Trump sent to them that day that sparked their feud again. But Babs told Rosie not to talk about it on the air. Well Page Six is reporting that the Donald sent Babs the bustier and "giant pair of panties" that Rosie wore in her movie flop Exit to Eden. It was enclosed in a glass case and the D sent it to Bab's office at ABC in NYC.
"I sent it to Barbara to hang in her office," Donald later told Page Six. "It was funny, except that it was really gross. It's disgusting. I feel sorry for [Rosie's] wife. It can't be pleasant."
At this point, I just think he's being a jerk. What do you think?
Ladies of the R&B world mourned when word got out that hottie Usher was engaged to stylist Tameka Foster.
Now the Daily News is reporting that there might be a little hip-hopper on the way for the betrothed twosome. Though Tamkea denied having a bun in the oven to friends last week, two other sources close to Usher told the paper that she is, indeed, with child.
Maybe her denial comes because of the whispers that the baby could belong to Tameka's ex-hubby and not Usher. Whoops.
Look, the mystery is easily solved. If the baby is born with a top hat and killer abs all's well.
Have you guys seen Sleeping With the Enemy? Where Julia Roberts runs away from that creepy controlling husband? She fakes her death, changes her look, her name and hides away in this little Southern town, in a house with a wrap-around porch that I was always jealous of.
Anyway, since Katie Holmes has moved down to Shreveport -- and out from her hubby's death grip -- to start filming her new movie, reports are surfacing that Kat has been getting in touch with old friends, who she hasn't spoken to since hooking up with Tom. Life and Style is reporting that Tom's Kat is reconnecting with people from her old life and even secretly talking to Catholic priests!
Katie called former best bud, Meghann Birie. “She wanted to talk to someone not in Camp Cruise,” a friend told the mag. “Katie told Meghann she can’t believe she abandoned her old life.”
The source also says that the actress has invited her parents to visit her on the movie set. “She’s trying to make amends with her family."
This whole story just makes me think of the Julia Roberts flick. I can see Katie falling for a down-home Shreveport teacher and wanting to run away, back to her roots. Then Tom would come to get her and all hell would break loose. For those of you who haven't seen the movie, I won't ruin it for you, but the ending is chilling.
If you're Brad and Angelina there is always going to be a tabloid story that you're breaking up. The couple's reps have decided that this would be a good time to put rumors to rest about any trouble in their relationship.
"They are together and very happy,” Angie's manager told Us Weekly.
While Star and Life and Style were telling a different story, Brad's manager said she gave a statement to the tabs that they chose to conveniently ignore.
"I responded to those two tabloids with the correct information and they choose not to run it. There is absolutely no trial separation." she said. "As a matter of fact, Brad and the kids are travelling to Prague to be with Angelina while she films her movie. Then they are both going to Cannes to promote Oceans 13 and A Mighty Heart. After that, the whole family is going to Los Angeles for the premiere of Oceans 13 and then to New York for the premiere of a Mighty Heart."
Okay, fine, great. I'm sure we'll just have to hear the same thing three million times more before they actually do breakup.
Love her or hate her you have to be thrilled with Lisa Rinna's new gig.
The Dancing With the Stars alum and boutique owner will replace Joan and Melissa Rivers as TV Guide channel's red carpet host for all the big Hollywood events, starting with the Emmys in the Fall.
I've never been a huge Lisa fan, but I'm so happy to not have to look -- or listen -- to Joan and Melissa anymore. They are old, tired, plastic-faced whiners, and the last time I watched Joan doing a hosting gig, she got half the the people's names wrong and had no idea what they were nominated for. It was a complete train wreck.
All of a sudden I'm Lisa's biggest supporter. Congrats, girl! Knock 'em dead!
In this morning's most surprising news, crazy Naomi said this at the Cipriani Wall Street Concert Series Tuesday night:
"I invite you all to please put your phones away - off the table - so I can't get to them."
Huh! She made a funny! Who knew?
Tracy and I are debating again. The topic this time? Larry Birkhead selling photos of his reunion with Dannielynn to OK! magazine...
Suzy: Let's talk about Larry Birkhead. How predictable that Malibu Ken is on the cover of OK! He's had the kid for a week and already he's making major bucks off of her.
Tracy: Maybe after all the speculation about who the real daddy was Larry's just thrilled and wanting the world to know it. I think he deserves a little love after all he's been through.
Suzy: He does deserve a little love... but does he deserve a big, fat paycheck? If it was merely about love, then he would have posed for People or Us Weekly, the celebrity weeklies that don't pay for their stories. OK! dropped a reported $3 million for Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher's wedding photos -- and they're a pretty lame couple! You know that Papa Larry got about $5 mill... and he's currently figuring out how he's gonna spend it.
Tracy: You're so cynical. Maybe Dannielynn will have the most fantastic nursery ever and her backyard will be like Disneyland -- and then she'll still have money to go to an Ivy league school. Let's wait and see how it all goes down before we jump to conclusions, this could just be a severe case of daddy's little girl syndrome.
Suzy: Or maybe she'll be raised by nannies while daddy chases after fake boobied women and she'll grow up to be daddy's little screwed up girl. At this point it looks like it could go either way.



What was really behind the breakup of Prince William and Kate Middleton? Us Weekly's cover story depicts the problems in their royal relationship, saying that Kate wanted to get married and the prince just wasn't ready.
“Kate wanted an assurance that there was going to be a future for them, and William wasn’t ready to give that,” says a Middleton source. “His family advised him not to rush into things, and so in the end, he couldn’t give her what she wanted.”
Lots more juice in the new issue - pick it up.
Will Ferrell might be the most hilarious man on Earth.
Check out this short Will made, starring himself and a two-year-old, who plays a potty-mouthed, drunk of a landlord.
The little girl is Pearl McKay, daughter of Will's friend and collaborator, Adam McKay. Adam is the culprit responsible for, along with Will, such classics as Anchorman and Taladega Nights.
This video is so funny and cute and I so don't care that this little girl kisses her grandmother with that mouth.

Ok! scored the first photos of Larry Birkhead as the proud papa of Anna Nicole's baby girl. And before you go saying that Larry is using that baby to make money for himself, we're told all the proceeds from the photos will be put in a trust for Dannielynn.
'Cause she'll need the money, right?
Paula Abdul really, really wants to be a diva, but the public is just not having it.
American Idol's "nice" judge tried to get preferential treatment on a recent Southwest flight from San Jose to Burbank, but encountered a problem when she was told there was no first class section on the plane.
“She asked to be let on the plane and seated first,” a witness told Star. When Paula was told that only young children, people with disabilities and the elderly were allowed to board early, she reportedly declared, “But I’m famous! I need to go on first!”
The best part of the story, though, is when fellow passengers called Paula out for her actions. "You’re no Sanjaya! You have to board like everyone else," one reportedly yelled, to which everyone around them laughed and laughed.
That is funny! The only thing better would be if I had said that myself.
I know you are all just as surprised as I am that banks and schools are actually open today on this momentous occasion.
Yes, Suri Cruise is the big "one" today and the Daily News says the kitten plans to party it up with her robot parents, Tom and Katie, in Shreveport, Louisiana, where Kat is filming her first new movie, Mad Money, since becoming a Stepford wife.
"She is already down there, and Tom and Suri will be flying in," says the paper.
Wooohoooo! This might be the first kid's birthday party where the clown isn't the scariest one in attendance.
Lindsay Lohan needs to stop everything for a while -- drinking, dancing, talking..
Page Six has this item today, all about Lindsay's latest crazy rant to Allure magazine:
Lindsay Lohan says she takes on the role of protector to her friends and family. "When my friends and family are around me I feel like they're safe . . . When my friends have left me - I've just seen everything collapse. They're not safe without me," the starlet eerily told the magazine. Lohan also discussed her quick stint in rehab, explaining that she doesn't plan to stop going out to clubs and partying and declaring, "That's my life!" She also compared herself to Marilyn Monroe and claimed to be shocked she ended up needing treatment: "It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said I would die before I went to rehab." After clearly stating her plans to continue club-hopping and to keep her friends close for their protection, the conflicted party girl adds, "Everybody's tired of hearing things about me and them . . . I think it's just better for me to lie low and get better."
Um, what?
I think the loony bin should be Lindsay's destination this Saturday night. Maybe she can find one with a dance floor...
