November 2007 Archives
You can now forget you ever heard the name Riley Giles.
Lindsay Lohan's rehab distraction of a boyfriend has ridden his set of coattails as far as they are going to take him. According to People.com (hi, Suzy!), Lindsay and Riley broke up just after he went home with the starlet for Thanksgiving.
"They're over – they've broken up," a source blabbed. "She is concentrating on her life and her career," another pal said.
Interestingly enough, Lindsay was out and about the other night with sometimes boy toy and Paris Hilton ex Stavros Niarchos. Hmmm...
Was Conan O'Brien afraid his staff would leave him for David Letterman?
Maybe -- or he's just a good guy, like Dave. The talk show host has decided to pay the 80 people on his staff, now that the NBC checks have run out and the writers are still on strike. The network was paying the Late Night with Conan O'Brien non-writers through the end of the month, which is today, but nobody is going to starve, as Conan will be picking up the tab for the foreseeable future. This comes just a few weeks after David Letterman promised it would be a merry Christmas for his peeps, offering to pay their salaries at least through the end of the year.
Those late night guys -- what sweeties.
Have any experience editing videos or short films? No?
Who cares? It's for a Britney Spears video!!
Even though Brit has already shot a music video for her next single, "Piece of Me," the Britster is teaming up with MTV to launch a contest called "Britney Spears Wants Piece of You," to let her fans try to make something better.
MTV will release previously recorded footage of Brit (I wonder if the VMAs will make it in) and contestants will have to create a three-and-a-half minute music video out of it.
Get your entries in by Dec. 14. when MTV, Jive Records and Britney will decide who reigns supreme. The winning video will appear on TRL on Dec. 20.
Let your creative juices flow and try and impress Britney. How hard could that be -- she married Kevin Federline?
List time!
I hope Reese Witherspoon pays for at least some of her dates with Jake Gyllenhaal, as the mom of two has just been named the highest paid female actress by the Hollywood Reporter. In their new "Women in Entertainment: Power 100" issue, Reese, who rakes in $15-$20 million per flick, just beat out Angelina Jolie who makes almost as much, Cameron Diaz, who averages $15 mil, followed by Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellwegger.
By the way, these are just averages -- Cam reportedly made $30 million for the third Shrek!
These ladies have cash!
I'd love to be able to tell you that Kat and Josh were getting hammered in celebration of their upcoming nuptials (they plan to wed right around Christmas), but the couple was actually throwing back shots of wheatgrass and ginger at a local health store in Los Feliz, Ca.
Looking for a little honeymoon love potion, are we?
I was actually just wondering where Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's adopted kids, Connor and Isabella, are. We sometimes see Tom and Katie Holmes at one of their soccer games, but that's rare, and I can't remember the last time I saw Nicole with them.
Maybe that's why Nicole told the UK’s GMTV, “My kids don’t call me mommy, they don’t even call me mom. They call me Nicole, which I hate and tell them off for it."
The actress, who recently bought land to build on in Tennessee, with country crooner hubby Keith Urban, also says that her kids don't particularly love the idea. “When children are teenagers, they have a say in where they want to be," she said. "Los Angeles is a big draw, and I’m looking to get a place there so we can share more,” she says.
That would be nice. But, it doesn't look like that's happening right away. Nicole has said that she's planning on hitting the road with Keith, on his upcoming tour, because she just can't stand to be away from him. "I'm just not willing to give up my life with my man anymore."
Okay, so if Nicole's on the road with Keith, and Tom, Katie and Suri are traveling all over the world, who is taking care of the kids? Nannies? All the time? That makes me mad.
If you somehow find yourself dating Paul McCartney (it could happen), sources say you can expect to look hot and smell sweet.
According to Page Six, Paul has a habit of buying his gal pals lingerie and perfume -- which is lovely -- except that he gets everyone he is dating the same thing. "He has a ritual. He buys the same thing. He's been buying a bottle of perfume and lingerie for so long, it's predictable," said an insider. "He gives it to them even before they get dinner. He's done it with everyone he's been with."
Paul has reportedly gifted both businesswoman and "close friend" Nancy Shevell and newest flame, Rosanna Arquette, with the loot.
Come on, Paul, you can do so much better than that. You are a ladies man! A Beatle! Use some imagination.
Julia Roberts must have been talking to good pal George Clooney about confronting the over-aggressive paparazzi, because the pretty woman took a page from George's book and made a photographer pull over -- so she could yell at him!
Love it!
TMZ.com has the video of Julia honking her horn like a maniac, then getting out, walking up to the driver's side window of the paparazzo's car and demanding he quit it. Julia, who had her two-year-old twins, Hazel and Phinnaeus, in the car with her, told the cameraman, "Listen, you can turn your video camera off. You're at a school where children go. Turn it off."
The best part of the video is how nervous the guy is. As he's pulling over, and Julia is storming the car, you can here him fretting and breathing nervously. He obviously knows she's one tough cookie. I have to say, though, both Julia and George were fairly polite in their demands. No bad words, no threats, just simply telling the paps to stop endangering the people around them. Love 'em.
Not really? Well, you'd better brush up on Brad's naked body parts, because you won't be seeing them again. Unless you're Angelina Jolie, of course.
Brad told a BBC reporter that his stripping down days are dunzo. "I don't want to be embarrassed when my kids get old enough to see my films," he said. "I can't see any more nude scenes [in my career.]" Actually, Brad says you probably won't be seeing him that much in movies (even clothed!) from now on. "I figure I've got very few films left," he said. "Who knows how many I'll get to do now, so I want to do something I'm interested in. Otherwise, I don't want to bother. I think it's a younger person's game."
Who would have thought?
Don't worry, though. A new strapping young man is bound to be walking into our lives any day now -- and hopefully he'll be getting naked.
The couple welcomed Alabama Gypsy Rose Jennings (that's some name!) into the world on Wednesday night. The little girl weighed in at 8lbs., 3oz.
Cannolis all around!
For more expectant stars, check out our Celebrity Baby Tracker.
Mrs. Tom Cruise debuted her new hairdo -- a sleek bob with heavy bangs -- at the Bambi awards in Germany last night.
So, what do you think? Is Katie's new 'do and do or a don't? Tell me.
It's looking worse and worse for the Hogan family.
Hulk Hogan's son, Nick Hogan, was driving around 100 mph during the August car crash which seriously injured his friend John Graziano, police records show. Barrett Lawrance was a passenger in the other car that was racing against Nick that fateful night. He admitted to police that they were driving at the high speeds and that "this is how [Nick and pals] always drive."
Nick's attorney denies that his client was driving at that speed, as Nick, who had a breath-alcohol level of .02 or higher after the crash, told police he was traveling 30 or 40 mph and did not know what road he was traveling on or what direction.
Earlier in the day Nick was photographed partying on a boat with his friends and his dad. To make matters worse, Hulk reportedly bought $78 in beer and ice at a liquor store before the boat trip, making it look like he may have given alcohol to his son, who's underage, that day.
So bad.
Remember the other day when I suggested that Paris get knocked up, like BFF Nicole Richie, so she can change her life and clean up her act like Nic seems to have done? Well, I think Paris might be considering my advice. The heiress told People.com, at the Nissan Live Sets One Year Anniversary Party, that she, too, wants to have a baby, so that her kid can hang with Nicole's kid.
"Nicole and I have been playing together since we were two years old," she said. "I was just telling her, 'I want a baby so that our babies can play together.'"
Paris, if you're reading this, NOOOOO! I was only kidding. I kid a lot on this blog. Ha, ha. Just joking. Totally joking. Not serious. DO NOT get pregnant. Believe me, taking care of a kid is a lot harder than shuffling those dogs around. Wait it out.
P.S. Those sunglasses you wore in China? Awful.
A day after In Touch proudly displayed their "scoop" that Britney Spears is pregnant with her former flame J.R. Rotem's baby, the would-be daddy says the story is bunk.
"There is absolutely no truth to this," the producer told People.com.
Yeah, we know. But J.R. is certainly getting a lot of attention all of a sudden. Isn't that interesting?
It's been like an hour since Britney Spears has done something a tad bit wacky, so this story about her stripping off her underwear, in the middle of a porn shop, seems right on time.
According to Us Weekly, Brit visited the very naughty Hustler Store in West Hollywood late one night, a few weeks ago. She reportedly picked up a bunch of panties and headed to the fitting rooms, when the store employees "told her they don't allow people to try on underwear."
Um, eww.
"She was really upset," said a store source. "She looked out of it. There was nothing going on behind her eyes."
Britney then threw a fit, and took off her own underwear (apparently she was wearing some) and tried on a pair of "Barely Legal' boyshorts -- right in the middle of the store, while 15 other customers looked on.
"The employees kept saying 'Don't change out here!" one witness said. "She's just like, 'Well, I couldn't take them in the fitting room!' It was like dealing with a child."
"The staff told her she had to pay, and she rolled her eyes, but paid with a credit card," the source said.
The kicker? "On her way out, she went up to a mannequin, snatched the wig off the head, and stole it!"
Seriously, I can't even deal with her.
Get your minds out of the gutter! Lindsay has been ordered to have the deposition for her car-crash related case recorded, despite the objections of her lawyers. A member of LiLo's legal team tried to ban the cameras, saying that the footage would just end up as tabloid fodder.
"If a single picture of Ms. Lohan can sell for thousands of dollars, a videotape of the deposition will undoubtedly sell for tens of thousands of dollars, or more," her lawyer wrote in the motion. He claimed that the real purpose of videotaping the proceeding was to "annoy Ms. Lohan and to attempt to gain a litigation advantage by causing her concern about the embarrassment of such a videotape."
The judge wasn't having it and ordered the Dec. 3 deposition to include the rolling cameras. Action!
Ooooh, TMZ is so on that.
Us Weekly is reporting that The Ghost Whisperer star's boyfriend, Ross McCall, proposed last week, with an antique engagement ring that has been in his family for over 100 years. Jen, of course, accepted. The couple is currently celebrating on vacation in Hawaii.
Good for Jennifer. She's one of the nicest girls around. Have you ever not seen her smiling or laughing or making fun of herself? Nope -- she's totally down-to-earth and real -- and that's so rare these days, especially for someone who has been in the business as long as she has.
Congrats!
Here's the item from Page Six:
"Joe and Tony have been friendly for a while. Joe is a huge Dallas Cowboy fan, and Tony has always had a crush on her - he even said on his Web site like a year ago that it was his dream to date her. Jessica has been in Nashville and Dallas recording her new country album. When Tony found out, he called Joe and said, 'I know she's not dating anyone right now, can I take her out for a drink at least?' Jessica said it was OK for Joe to give Tony her number and they hit it off. They've been dating for a couple of weeks now, and Jessica is so happy. She's been texting everyone about how great he is." The lovebirds are so into each other that Romo joined the Simpsons in Waco, Texas, for Thanksgiving. A rep for Simpson declined to comment on her personal life but said, "She is happily recording her country album.""
It sounds to me that, if Joe and Tony could go out, they would. But, for now, Jess will have to do. About five minutes ago Tony was dating Sophia Bush, and five minutes before that, it was Carrie Underwood, so the countdown is on...
Although thrilled by their impending bundle of joy, Christina tells the mag that she and husband, Jordan Bratman, didn't exactly expect things to move so quickly.
"We were planning on starting to try after the [Nov. 2006-May 2007 Back to Basics] tour. And so, I had gone off the Pill to prepare my body, because I didn't know how much time it would take," she revealed. "You've heard it takes some time – except with Power Egg and Super Sperm here," she joked. "I'm like, Oh, my God, can you believe it just happened?"
As for Paris Hilton letting the baby news out of the bag at a party the singer hosted, by calling her "the most beautiful pregnant woman in the world," the mom-to-be has no hard feelings. "Because I hadn't said anything, people thought I was trying to keep it this big, bad secret, and that's not the case at all. I just wasn't commenting. I'm not being like, 'Hey, everybody, I'm pregnant!' I'm not that girl."
Looks like that's changed...
Well, Britney had her minions get on that rumor in a hurry, and her faithful sidekick as of late, Sam Lufti, quickly text messaged Ryan Seacrest's morning radio show to shoot down the talk.
"It's BS," he wrote. "Don't know who made it up. J.R. doesn't even know what's up. It's fake. Completely fake."
Good grief! Could you imagine?
When I saw this picture of John I actually screamed. I thought, "Did he (heaven forbid) die and someone forgot to tell me?" That boy is way too pale for my blood. Okay, I'll admit that I might be a bit tanorexic, and even though I know it's bad for me, tend to hit a tanning bed every now and then. But it's just so that I don't wind up scaring the neighbors -- like John would surely do.
Against a bed, John? Look into a spray tan. Please. Now.
Photo: X17online.com
Drew's latest honey, Justin Long, is totally into her, as well, which is cool. He actually took the actress home to meet his parents! The duo spent the Thanksgiving holiday with his fam in Connecticut, then, on Friday, they hung out a nearby brewery, where they dove deep into some massive PDAs.
"They started out in the bar area and then moved to a booth, where they sat next to each other and kissed and hugged," one spy told People. "Drew and Justin were adorable," another witness said.
Maybe Justin is "The One"?
Have you missed seeing Carson Daly on your late-night travels?
Me neither, but he's going back to work anyway. According to NBC, Carson, who is not a member of the Writer's Guild, will resume taping his talk show, Last Call with Carson Daly, next week, even though the writer's strike has yet to be settled. Contract talks between the writers and producers resumed Monday, so, hopefully, something good will happen soon.
Wake me up when David Letterman goes back to work.
Gimme an "A"!
No, no, Angelina Jolie wasn't nominated for that kind of spirit award, silly. Brad Pitt's love snagged a best actress 2008 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination, for her role as Mariane Pearl, in the flick A Mighty Heart. The film itself, which Brad produced, was nominated for best picture.
The winners will be announced February 23 at a luncheon in Santa Monica, where, I'm sure, we'll get some new, good PDA shots of Brangelina. Can't wait!
I'm not sure if this is good news or bad news.
I guess if you had tickets to see Amy Winehouse and, by some chance, were going to get a coherent performance out of the constantly out-of-it singer, then it's disappointing that she has canceled all her remaining 2007 tour dates. But it's more likely that you would have caught Amy perform in some sort of crazy haze, where she walks off the stage mid-concert -- so take the refund and be happy.
"I can't give it my all onstage without my Blake," the "Rehab" singer wrote on her Web site, of her recently jailed hubby. "I'm so sorry but I don't want to do the shows half-heartedly; I love singing. My husband is everything to me and without him it's just not the same."
Amy's record label would like you to believe that her doctor ordered the end of the tour. "The rigours involved in touring and the intense emotional strain that Amy has been under in recent weeks have taken their toll," they said in a statement. "In the interests of her health and well-being, Amy has been ordered to take complete rest and deal with her health issues."
Amy's husband, Blake Civil-Fielder was arrested earlier this month for allegedly trying to manipulate a witness in his upcoming assault trial and was denied bail. Amy needs to concentrate on visiting him in the slammer and hiding a nail file or two in the gigantic jungle she calls her hair.
Racecar driver Helio Castroneves driver and partner Julianne Hough danced their way to victory on last night's season finale of Dancing With the Stars. Marie Osmond (thankfully) came in third, with "Scary Spice", Melanie Brown, taking the runner up spot.
For a play-by-play of last night's star-studded finale, check out the complete recap at TV Cocktail.
According to sources for People, superstar Usher and his new wife, Tameka Foster, welcomed a baby boy on Monday night.
Reps were not immediately available for comment, but one insider says Usher was right there with his wife at an Atlanta hospital, and the threesome are expected to head home on Wednesday.
We'll keep you posted on any new details...
Update: Usher's rep has confirmed the birth of Usher Raymond V! The baby boy weighed in at 7lbs., 9oz.
"We are so happy and proud of our beautiful son," the couple said in a statement. "What a blessing!"
Congrats!
"I got to hold something for when I get older, I can't have everything happen all in one year," Nicole told Access Hollywood's Billy Bush.
She is, of course, talking about the fact that she and Joel fell in love and are expecting their first child together early next year. Nicole says that the experience of being pregnant has given her a new appreciation for parenting, which is why she has grown closer to bother her biological mother and her famous dad, Lionel Richie.
"When I found out that I was pregnant there was just something inside of me that felt a responsibility to mend any issues that I've had with my parents in the past, because, listen, I've put them through a lot."
Nic says her dad is bubbling over with excitement about the impending birth of his grandchild. "It's all he talks about, actually. Of course, a father's first reaction, he was quiet and didn't really know what to think and I just said, 'Okay, so that's the news, so call me tomorrow,' because I like to give him a day whenever I give him news. He called me the next day and he was so excited and now he just doesn't stop. He has all these names that he's ready for the baby to call him, in substitute of 'grandpa,' because he doesn't like 'grandpa.'"
And though some were saying Lionel would have grandson to teach his smooth moves, Nicole says she and Joel do not know the sex of their baby -- even though it the suspense is killing her. "I like to know everything," she says, "If [Joel] wasn't at every doctor's appointment, I probably would have found out by now just behind his back and not told him."
Nicole sounds so normal and healthy, I'm thinking that maybe Paris Hilton should get knocked up.
Details magazine has named Kevin Federline as one of the most influential men under 45. They even put him on the cover. Yes, Britney Spears's ex takes the No.7 spot, along with Anna Nicole Smith's baby daddy, Larry Birkhead, as the "Good Father."
"To be a father is… everything. It shows me how little I am,” Kev told the mag.
As for his acting career, Kevin says he'd like to branch out and really flex those acting muscles. “I’d actually like to play somebody other than a bad guy or an ass."
Insert giggle here.
On another funny note, is it a coincidence that the article "Are You Turning Your Kid Into a Douchebag?" is in the same issue?