suzy: March 2007 Archives
Just like last month, Tracy and I will be debating some of the things we disagreed on this month. Read our back and forth, then tell us what you think. First up? Avril Lavigne...
Suzy: Worse than last month's obsessive love of Will Smith, this time it was your love of Avril "the Spitter" Lavigne. You love her? Really? Personally, I think she should be banished from the music world for mispronouncing rock legend David Bowie's name when she read the Grammy nominations. Then again, it's not like she's truly a musician... she's more of a lip-syncing little troll.
Tracy: Give me break! In a world of pop music tartlets, Avril is one chick who has her head on straight. She does what she wants and makes no apologies -- I find that admirable. She's managed to have a successful career without slutting around Hollywood and is, spitting aside, a strong role model for young girls.
Suzy: Check out this lovely collection of photos -- all pics of that twit totally intoxicated. Boozing, nuzzling other girls, flipping the bird, falling over... I don't know who your role models are, but I seriously question how this untalented urchin can make your list.
Tracy: She an of-age girl hanging with her friends - and in not one of those photos is her cooter uncovered. But I guess it's hard for you to see clearly when you spend all your time in the convent, Sister Suzy.
Suzy: Yes, my child, I do. And I spend most of my time praying that you'll come to your senses about Avril.
Somewhere Chili is boiling!
Usher -- who famously romanced and then cheated on TLC's Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas -- is settling down. According to his spokesperson, the singer/actor/dimple-er is engaged to his girlfriend, stylist Tameka Foster.
Usher tells MTV that he could be walking down the aisle before the end of the year.
Just don't let Chili find out the whens and wheres.
Celebrity Usher's engagement with our Celebrity Matchmaker: Star Engagement Rings game
Seriously, I'm on the phone with my cable company right now. I need to see much more of this Irish lad.
More: Watch the first two episodes on Showtime's official site
Play with Jonathan in Celebrity Matchmaker: Irish Eyes
I just love how she's posing under the Golden Arches. I mean -- do you think the Bentley driving, fur loving diva actually slums at McDs? Ha! I bet she's never even heard of the Dollar Value Menu.
"He thought I was becoming a Jedi."-- Bono to reporters on his son's disappointment that he became a knight of the British empire... not an official member of the Star Wars crew
Anyway, here's the cover of the seventh and final Harry Potter book called Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which will be released July 21.
I kinda wish the cover was one of those nudie pictures of Daniel Radcliffe from that play he's doing. Way more exciting.
"The weekend's difficulties were brought on by a reaction to an imbalance in medications used to treat my bipolar disorder... Scott was simply trying to help calm me down. I want to make it very clear that he did not hurt me in any way. For lack of a better expression, I was unstable and just lost it."-- Mary Weiland, who torched hubby Scott Weiland's clothes over the weekend and vandalized a hotel room
Which "Beverly Hills, 90210" alum is supplementing a moribund acting career with a thriving business as a pot dealer?
My guess is that it's Vincent Young (Noah)... or the older guy who played Nat. No wonder the Peach Pit was such a popular place! What do you think?
Former soccer superstar Mia Hamm and her baseball playing hubby, Nomar Garciaparra of the LA Dodgers, are the proud parents of twin daughters. They girls arrived earlier today.
"Both babies are healthy," said a spokesman for the Dodgers.
No word on what they were named.
Plus: For the latest on Tinseltown's littlest stars, check out our new Celebrity Kiddies Corner for photos, games and more.
Is anybody still in Oprah's Book Club? I admit that I've never participated -- I'm too busy reading celeb magazines, Beatles books and trashy tell-alls -- but I know some of you buggers out there are all about the Ops, so I'm passing along her latest selection...
According to Amazon.com, the "profoundly dark" book -- The Road written by Cormac McCarthy -- is a "post-apocalyptic masterpiece" and one of the best books of the year.
Wonder if this book will spark the same phenomena as The Secret. O so has the golden touch.
Another day, another celebrity arrest.
While Fergie was probably off getting her butt flossed by Josh Duhamel, her Black Eyed Peas bandmate Taboo was being arrested for driving under the influence after a collision. The 31-year-old hip-hopper, whose real name is Jaime Luis Gomez, was taken into custody yesterday morning after a car crash 20 miles outside of Hell A.
Last night he was released with a citation for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, possession of a prescribed medication without a prescription and driving under the influence.
Move to New York, people! You can partake... and cab it home.
You know -- the whole thing makes me want to eat a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. And it's nearing Easter, so they have the ones shaped like Easter eggs that are oh so festive...
I have to stop getting to work so early these days -- I'm starving by 10 am!
The country singer's world came crashing down earlier today when her husband/mate/other half was arrested on three counts of aggravated sexual battery against a minor under the age of 13.
Yes, I said under the age of 13.
D.R. Roach, who has been in rehab for drug and alcohol abuse since February, is now in police custody in Taylor County, Texas. He's being held on $750,000 bond.
And don't think Wynonna will be all Tammy Wynette, singing "Stand By Your Man." She's already kicked him to the curb, filing for divorce earlier today.
"I am obviously devastated," Wynonna said in a statement to Entertainment Tonight. "Our family will pull together, begin the healing process and hopefully -- by the Grace of God -- become stronger. We will move forward with our faith, family and our friends to find resolution to this difficult situation."
Maybe she should consult Mary Weiland as to how to seek revenge? Just a thought.
"They split in February," a source close to James told People. "It's very amicable."
News of the split broke as James has recently been seen out and about with Miss Lindsay Lohan. One club hopper, who recently saw them out in LA, told People that they "were never affectionate, but they did seem flirty, standing right next to each other, and constantly talking."
Ordinarily, I'd ask y'all who you think James should date next, but let's be honest... Who the hell cares?
Scott Weiland's wife, Mary, was arrested for torching her husband's clothes outside their Toluca Lake home over the weekend. The blazing was preceded by a nasty brawl at a fancy schmancy hotel that left two rooms vandalized.
Mary Weiland was booked for investigation of felony arson vandalism after destroying $10,000 worth of her husband's threads. Officers on the scene found the designer duds smoldering in a trash can. Earlier in the evening, the po-po were called to the Graciela Hotel after the Weilands got into a fight that left two rooms in disarray.
"Both rooms had damage and items scattered, broken plates and things. It was looking definitely like items were deliberately destroyed," said a police spokesperson, who added that the amount of damage exceeded $400. "She is a suspect in the vandalism. He is not."
This whole story gives me flashback of Waiting to Exhale -- when Angela Bassett took her cheating husband's clothes and gave them a bonfire-themed going-away party. That will forever be one of the greatest movie scenes ever. I bet Mary agrees.
Click on the jump for Scott's statement on Velvet Revolver's official Website...
According to Us, these are the drugs that were found in Anna Nicole Smith's system when she died. And I grumble at having to take my one asthma pill every day!
The Baywatch chick I can see. But Courtney Love, who looks like Hedda Nussbaum with her latest facelift? And I dig Amy Winehouse (how long have I been quoting "Rehab"?), but between the booze and eyeliner assault, girl is a hot mess.
Somewhere Demi Moore is having a nice chuckle. She landed the handsome boy toy while Bruce is still supping on leftovers.
I love the way she says gorg!
Now if only she'd ditch the fug, crackhead boyfriend...
Pot to Kettle: You're black!
Contact Music is reporting that Dina Lohan (Lindsay's madre) chastised Lynne Spears (Britney's madre) for her mothering skills. Specifically, Dina -- who clearly wants to be a star herself -- said that Lynne should have spoken out publicly in defense of Britney when Brit had her meltdown.
"I don't know her mom," Dina reportedly said. "But I love this kid, and I feel so badly for her because I'm a mom. The girl is a beautiful kid. She married some guy just to get out of the limelight. Cut her some slack... Her mother, I'm surprised she didn't come forward. I'm not gonna sit back and go, 'You're gonna trash my kid?' If my daughter was in high school, I would be at the principal's office. Hello?"
Right, Dina would speak out publicly for Lindsay... because the lady never shuts up! Every night she's out on the town, riding her daughter's coattails. She's been pimping out her kids since they were in diapers, using them as her meal ticket -- specifically, to pay those plastic surgery bills. She's even in some magazine right now and told the interviewer that if she was an ugly stage mom, she wouldn't catch as much flack from the media. What a "don't hate me because I'm beautiful" thing to say. Ugh the ego!
Firecrotch Senior needs to get her life in order before she goes after poor Lynne Spears, who is never on the red carpet, bar hopping, pathetically throwing herself at Hollywood actors or giving interviews about her daughter's drug use. It's just really sad.
How delicious is ginger haired Ruby Sweetheart Maguire, the daughter of Tobey and his fiancée Jen Meyer?
Mom is getting the little one shopping early -- they were snapped leaving trendy Fred Segal in L.A. I'm sure Rubes picked up some fancy shmancy new designer baby duds. Good thing daddy has a new movie coming out. Cha-ching.
There's a lot of smack talking about Bridget Moynahan, who's expecting her first child -- with ex-boyfriend Tom Brady -- later this year. People who comment here at the Blabber insist that the Six Degrees star tried to "trap" the football player and got pregnant to try and "save" their relationship. While I'm typically down for a celeb trash talk, that sounds a little too Sami Brady from Days of Our Lives for me. I like to think that a classy chick like Bridget wouldn't resort to an overused soap opera plot device in real life.
I could be wrong.
Anyway, Bridget taped an appearance on Martha Stewart -- that will air Monday -- and People.com has a sneak peek. Here's what she said about the bun...
"This week [it'll be] five months," said the Six Degrees actress, 35, who announced in February that she's expecting her first child with her ex-boyfriend, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady."Five months pregnant!" Stewart said. "Are you excited about being a mom?"
"I am. I'm a little nervous, 'cause I haven't done it before," said Moynahan. "But, you know, I have little nephews, and it's always nice to spend time with them, especially around the holidays."
I say power to the girl for doing the single mom thing. I could never do it.
More: Read all about Tom, Bridget and Gisele in the Celebrity Baby Scandals slide show.
But there is a silver lining: A judge has finally ordered a paternity test for Anna Nicole's six-month-old-daughter.
No word on when the test will be conducted, but at this rate Dannielynn will have posed for Playboy, married a rich guy and visited rehab by the time the results are in.
Poor Katie! But as the expression goes -- you made your bed, now lie in it... but be sure to use protection so that you don't have to carry anymore of his alien babies.
I'm sorry but you can't tell me that American Idol's Paula Abdul isn't on something. I'm not faulting the lady -- have at those prescription pills if that's your thing. But don't embarrass yourself by talking to David Letterman about how you've *never ever done drugs* when you are clearly following Anna Nicole Smith's "vitamin" regime.
Just calling a spade a spade.
Ah -- how cute.
According to UsMagazine.com, Angelina left the following thank you note at the Vietnamese orphanage where she adopted her hew son Pax:
"Thank you for taking such wonderful care of my son. He has been with you for years. I'm sure he will miss your beautiful caring staff as much as you will miss him."
I'm totally Brangelina obsessed again. Hooked!
That's what she told the Ho Chi Ming City Law newspaper during an interview about her new son Pax.
"I will stay at home to help Pax adjust to his new life," Angie said. "I have four children and caring for them is the most important thing for me at the moment. I am very proud and happy to be their mother."
As far as the flashbulbs the kiddie is going to face, Angie said: "Photographs and press coverage will make him upset. I'm very worried about that. I would like to say I'm sorry for bringing this into Pax's life."
But photogs be damned. The mom of four says it's way more important that the little fella has a family. "Everyone would agree that children need to have a family. I have the ability to help children fulfill that desire. Why should I say no?"
What do you think? Should Brangelina put the breaks on new adoptions for a while? Should they continue? Talk back.
Britney's Website is still being revamped, but in this in between period you can send the wacky Britster well wishes during her stay in rehab. On the landing page of the site it says: Click here to send your thoughts and inspirations to Britney!
Well, here's a thought, courtesy of my multitalented coworker Kim: Britney looks like Bat Boy with that turtle waxed head.
Lindsey and I were just discussing Angelina Jolie's new Vietnamese son because -- let's face it -- all we do is talk about celebrity gobbledegook all day.
Last night when word first broke that Angie had taken custody of the boy, UsMagazine.com reported that his name is Pak. Cute, I thought. Dig it. Fast forward to today when People.com gets confirmation that Angie has the boy... but that his name is Pax.
Suddenly, I'm not so happy and here's why: Every day for the last two weeks Lindsey and I have been going across the street from our office to Pax for lunch. Make your own salads in fact. So Angie's cute new son shares the name of our salad place?
Tres distressing... though much better than McDonalds Jolie-Pitt, Cafe Metro Jolie-Pitt or Pret a Manger Jolie-Pitt for sure.
Plus: Vote on more plastics in our new Celebrity Plastic Surgery gallery.
According to Us Weekly, Angelina successfully completed the adoption process for her new addition. The actress and her son Maddox, 5, picked up the 3-year-old boy at the Tam Binh orphanage in the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam at 9am local time. He's been residing there since 2003.
What's the little fella's name? Pham Quang Sang... though he will be renamed Pax Thien Jolie. Then, when he's back in the US and Brad officially adopts him, it will be Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt.
So don't expect to see Pak Pitt on U.S. soil just yet. Angelina has to stay in Vietnam for a couple days, where she will meet with U.S. officials who will review the adoption and issue Pax a passport. If all goes well, Angie could bring the boy home by the weekend.
According to local reporters, Pax is healthy, friendly and a bit shy. He also loves to play soccer.
Well, he'll have plenty of playmates back at home with Maddox, Zahara, 2, and little Shiloh, 10 months.
More: Evolution of Brangelina photo slide show
Tyra -- over here! Tyraaaaa!! Will you pose for a photo?
Last year -- 
when I was there with TV Cocktail's Sarah Mac (pictured) -- I got a great shot of Kate Walsh from Grey's Anatomy. She was late to the show and had to rush inside before the telecast began. But before she did, she turned, paused for a nanosecond and posed for me. I was tres psyched. Yay, Addison!
The 2007 Daytime Emmy nominations were announced earlier today. Check 'em out after the jump.
The show has been pushed back this year -- so look for it to air live from the Kodak Theater on June 15 on CBS.
Either she's expecting... or she's playing it up to make the public think she is. But what do you think?
Kate has two new movies this month -- Shooter (with Marky Mark) and Full of It -- and she's also got her very own Gap ad (above) that's on the back of all the celebrity weeklies at this moment. Later this year she'll be showing off her acting chops once again in Transsiberian, with Sir Ben Kingsley and Woody Harrelson.
So keep your eye on this chickadee -- whose famous family owns both the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers -- you'll be seeing a lot more of her.
I must say that I like reading these train wreck stories though. I feel way better about the state of affairs in "Suzy Land" when Britney is trying to impale strangers with a golf umbrella. Maybe to kick things up, I'll try some of her action heroine moves on the next rainy day with my Totes... though carrying an umbrella in Manhattan is dangerous enough (a zillion spokes coming at cha!) without simultaneously swinging it Jackie Chan style.
Back to the crazies, we have a new slide show on Celebrity Meltdowns that I think you'll like. Lots of fun photos of celebrities foaming at the mouth and such. Nothing better.
Tori Spelling gave birth to her first child earlier today in Los Angeles. The little guy weighed in at 6lbs., 6oz.
"They're all really happy and everybody's resting now," their rep told People. "Tori and the baby are healthy."
The baby's middle name is obviously a tribute to Tori's late father, TV producer Aaron Spelling, who died in June.
The big baby shocker is the fact that Tori's estranged mom -- Candy -- visited with her daughter at the hospital after Tori gave birth. Mother and daughter haven't been talking for over a year.
Access Hollywood caught up with Tori's brother, Randy, who gave the scoop on the reconciliation.
"They've been communicating back and forth," Randy revealed. "I know my mom is there with her right now. She's been with her all morning... I think when you're family, you have your ups and downs, but hopefully you all come back together. And I'm sure the baby just makes that happen quicker."
Happy times... at least for a day.
My whole life it's been all about the nicknames. My mom came up with my given name, Suzanne, but nobody ever calls me that... except teachers and customer service reps at utility companies. Hi Suzanne, this is Cablevision... We're sending someone out to investigate the problem.
My mom was actually pretty disappointed that I was never known as Suzanne ("It's such a beautiful name," she sighs... regularly), but my sisters and dad came up with lots of nicknames for me -- Suzy, Sue, Suey, Suz -- and they stuck. And while I love the name Suzanne -- and secretly wish that was the name I went by -- it just doesn't feel like "me." It feels fancy -- and I'm pretty much a no frills girl. (Note the "pretty much" part.) In fact, anytime someone calls me Suzanne I cringe a little... flashbacks to the first day of school when the teacher would go over the class list and I would shyly interrupt to request that they call me Suzy instead.
Celebrities are all about the nicknames as well -- and not just abbreviations of names... though there are those too. (Cameron = Cami, Beyonce = Bee, Sandra = Sandy, etc.) Did you know that Johnny Depp nicknamed himself Mr. Stench? And which Hollywood heartthrob -- who I don't think is all that, btw -- is called the Butterscotch Stallion for his habits in bed?
In this week's Daily Blabber video, I'm blabbing about celebrity nicknames of course. So check it out, then tell me what you think.
Cure kiddie alert!
The Sopranos star Edie Falco and her son, Anderson, hit a Mardi Gras party at F.A.O. Schwarz in NYC on Saturday. I'm not a "huggy squeezy other people's kids" type, but this little boy is pretty hard to resist.
For more celebrity kiddie pics, check out Star Snapshots.
The first is Angelina Jolie talking to Newsweek about being superfamous, saving the world and her new life in New Orleans. I can't resist a good Angie interview... even if it is all about refugees and stuff.
Even better, Kate Moss finally gave an interview (she never, ever does them) to British Vogue -- it's timed with the release of her clothing line at the UK store Topshop. Here are some highlights of the interview in which she talks about her four-year-old daughter, her baby daddy Jefferson Hack and current beau crackhead Pete Doherty:
On becoming a mom: "I felt like, now I've got a partner in crime. I'm never going to have to be on my own again."
On who Lila resembles: "She's a Mini-Me. I think she looks like her dad (Jefferson Hack), but there are some bits of me. Pete said the other day, 'Jefferson really looks like you, I'm thinking of asking him out.' "
On her daughter being a fashionista: "She comes in at bedtime and says, 'Mummy, do you think this is a good look?' and then she has a fashion crisis. I say, 'You will wear what I tell you,' but she says she's the adult of the bedroom. Now we lay the clothes out before she goes to bed but then she goes, 'Mum, I need options.' When we were doing Versace [the recent ad campaign], we all had kids and they came along, like Christy [Turlington]'s little baby and Carolyn [Murphy]'s little boy, and Lila and Donatella struck up a friendship. They put a weave in her hair and she had this long blonde hair down to her waist, and she was going like" – Moss tosses her hair back, vamp-style – "and I was like, oh ... my ... god."
On what Lila said upon meeting Brit princesses Beatrice and Eugenie: "'How come if you are princesses you don't have tiaras and a pink dress?'"
The day after Anna Nicole Smith died, I heard a really bad rumor -- that Daniel fathered Dannielynn. The story was that Anna knew the paternity test was going to expose that her son fathered her daughter (ick!), so she killed herself instead.
It was a horrible rumor and the lady just died, so I filed it away and pretty much forgot about it... till today when I saw this headline on Gawker.com:
Was Daniel Really Dannielynn's Daddy?
Now I don't have any answers for you on this one. But, damn, is that an interesting theory or what? Sick, but interesting.
Why am I so hung up on the fact that John Mayer and Jessica Simpson are a couple? Despite the slew of cutesy pictures, like this one taken earlier today in Rome, I just don't believe it's "true romance." They just look so mismatched to me. She's Tanned Barbie to his Casper the Unfriendly Ghost. He's a musician... she's a manufactured pop princess. There seems to be some depth to him (a wee little bit)... and she has proudly made a career off her ditziness.
Whenever I see them together I can't help but think they're one staged public canoodling session away from calling the whole thing off.
But y'all know I can be Little Miss Cynical. So what do you think?
Source: Star Snapshots
As Trace told you earlier, Johnny Depp's seven-year-old daughter, Lily Rose, is ill and has been hospitalized for at least a week. But, according to the actor's rep, the girl has taken a turn for the better.
"We are happy to report that their daughter is doing much better," Johnny's rep said in a statement. "The family greatly appreciates the continued support and respect of their privacy."
So keep up sending those good wishes -- they seem to be working!
Someone needs to tell Tom Brady to wrap that rascal!
According to the rumor mill, the New England Patriots QB may have two babies on the way. Not sure how true this is -- I'm pretty skeptical -- but rumor has it that his new girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen, is also pregnant with his child. Two months along. She's supposedly told friends and family.
As you already know, Tom's last girlfriend, actress Bridget Moynahan, is about four months pregnant with his kid. Tom and Bridget broke up in December and he took up with the supermodel shortly after.
Methinks one of the big condom companies needs to sign the NFLer. Maybe a $5 million dollar endorsement deal with Trojan -- and a free supply of condoms -- will get the guy to finally try using protection. Or not.
There's a big story circulating right now that Winona Ryder overdosed on sleeping pills and died. None of the big news sites are reporting it, so assume it's just a bad rumor like Will Ferrell "dying" in a paragliding accident or Tom Hanks "kicking it" while making a movie in New Zealand.
As in -- I don't think this is Anna Nicole real, but we shall see.
Thanks to the folks at UsMagazine.com for causing me to toss my half-eaten salad into the trash.
They posted a photo of Josh Duhamel picking his girlfriend Fergie's wedgie.
On the plus side, the girl has a nice tush... she just needs to work on that whole wetting herself problem.
While Rosie O'Donnell and the women of The View continue to generate major buzz, Star Jones has been banished to the world of cable television.
The former View cohost -- who practiced law before becoming a talking head -- has finally gotten herself a job. She will host a daily show on Court TV that is expected to launch this summer. The show will connect the worlds of "law, politics and entertainment."
Sounds thrilling.
I'm going to go home tonight and try to program my DVR in advance. Or not. The truth is, I'll take big mouth Rosie over Star any day of the week. She tells it like it is... and isn't trying to fill her purse with as many freebies as she can.
According to reports, Zach Braff has been putting the moves on some of Hollywood's biggest stars... and the Scrubs star keeps getting rejected! He is said to have pursued Jessica Simpson last summer (she didn't like him), Drew Barrymore in early February (she considers him a friend) and Jennifer Aniston at an Oscar party (she blew him off). Which brings me to this very important question:
I just picked up the new Us and one of the headlines caught my eye:
Ryan & Ashlee: Did They Hook Up?
The article says that Trashlee Simpson and Ryan Phillippe met for the first time at the nightclub Les Deux on March 3. But by the end of the night, they knew each other really well. One source says they spent an hour alone in a VIP area and came downstairs "giggling." They are said to have met up at an afterparty and then Ryan spent the night at Ashlee's Bev 9-er manse.
However, another source says that Ryan was really wasted that night and was seeing flirting with a blonde... but it wasn't Ashlee.
So for now it remains a mystery. And I think he could do better than that Plastic anyway.
I think not.
But that's exactly what a chick named Linda Ransom (!) did, and now she's been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from him, his home, his workplace and his vehicle.
Maybe she too read the rumors about the manhood situation and just couldn't resist. I sorta would like to know if all that is true... or if it's just Hollywood hype.
"We sat a few rows behind her," Natalie says. "She was wearing a black dress with a silverish/metallic jacket that had an Asian design... like a bird or something. She had a huge diamond necklace on -- not a real diamond though I don't think. It was a very large piece. Her hair looked fresh and fluffy. When we were leaving, we walked out with Shane McMahon (son of the wrestling guy who has the bet with Donald Trump). I wish he and Joan would have wrestled each other."
Thanks, Nat.
Speaking of Joan, Tracy did a new feature on celebrity plastic surgery that I bet you guys are going to love. It has before and after photos of the biggest nip/tuckers and polls for you to rate if they looked better before or after going under the knife. So check that.
What do you think?
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