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Britney Spears' gorgeous bodyguard and sometimes manny, 28 year-old Naval Academy graduate Perry Taylor, has been removed from his close position with the troubled pop star and is now working security detail on a daily as-needed basis. He was helpful, attractive, and friendly, and K-Fed is said to have asked Britney to fire him after he heard about how Perry was changing Sean Preston's diapers and serving as Britney's unofficial nanny:
Obviously K-Fed is still feeding his friends quotes to give to the rags, because the source was careful to say that he wasn't jealous or anything. Oh of course not. We've never seen Kevin wearing a Baby Bjorn, but Perry donned the baby carrier with pride and a cute button smile.
People were unsure about Perry's identity at first, initially confusing him with Britney's record producer, J.R. Rotem, with whom he bears a resemblance. Perry's identity soon came out, though, and he became an Internet and press phenomenon.
Perry was touted as the reason behind Britney's cleaned-up appearance in the absence of K-Fed, and people speculated that she was having an affair. Perry's mom put those rumors to rest by telling the press that her son had a hot live-in girlfriend.
Everyone from the NY Times to U.S. News and World report discussed the merits of male nannys, or the "manny." We couldn't get enough of Perry.
Then, last week, Britney was seen out alone and with new jet-black hair after her "Dateline" debacle. It seemed the rumors of Kevin's dissatisfaction with being upstaged by the help were true, and that Britney had obeyed her do-nothing husband and got rid of the best thing that happened to her since the birth of her baby.
We haven't seen the last of Perry Taylor, though. We hope that Angelina is watching this young guy's rise to fame, and will hire him to soften up the image of her security force while lending an extra set of hands to care for Shiloh and Zahara.
Thanks to Kylie on MySpace for reminding me about Perry.
Here are pictures of helpful Perry during his employment with Britney. He's been seen buying flowers for Britney, and he even holds the car door open for her.
Paris Hilton appeared on a German TV show yesterday wearing a custom-made soccer jersey with "Hilton" written on the back. She said she thought Germany's soccer player Lukas Podolski was "hot," but Podolski is from Poland and just plays for Germany.
Host Stefan Raab: "So, you like Lukas Pudolski?"
Paris: "I don't know him, I just think he's really good looking. He's an amazing player."
Stefan Raab: "First he comes from Poland, but then he comes from Cologne. You're single at the moment? Maybe I can arrange something between you and Lukas Podolski. Wouldn't it be nice? Paris Podolski?"
Paris, laughing: "I wish them luck on Friday."
Here's the clip, courtesy of The Wade Blogs:
Paris next directed an on-stage soccer tournament with blindfolded players shouting "Harder Harder! Kick it forward hard! Kick it in!" You can watch that segment here.
The Wade Blogs points out that Paris has been saying she wants to get with various soccer players as she promotes her album in Europe. Some of her quotes in the British press are rather suspect, though:
(excerpt) “I think Lukas is the sexiest man on the pitch. I would really like to meet him." In fact, she claims her life right now is all about soccer — and cooking. She enthused: “I am a keen football fan. And I can cook really well — although you wouldn’t think it to look at me.” Paris admitted she is keen to become a mum once she has found the right fella. She explained: “He needs to be honourable and make me laugh. I want a baby within the next five years.”
Pitch.. keen.. come on! There is no way our bubbly blonde uses English colloquialisms in her everyday vernacular. The above excerpt had to be penned by PR flack/hack. We sincerely doubt Paris has ever heard the word "keen" (in fact we'd bet the only keen she's ever heard are the Brit band named Keane). Next thing they are going to tell us is that Paris is burning to replace "That's hot" with her knew turn of phrase "That's keen."
Now that Paris has almost ruined the careers of quarterback Matt Leinart and hockey player Jose Theodore the sports world is interested in her. ESPN's Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon debated Paris' love life on their show "Pardon the Interruption" this week:
Wilbon went on to predict that Paris would be linked to 27 athletes by the end of the decade.
It does look like Paris is fixated on athletes, although some are bound to take their teammates advice like Matt Leinart and stay far away from the herpes-laden heiress.
Paris said earlier in this German interview "I think German guys are really hot." I can attest to that, since my husband is German. If the German game of the World Cup wasn't on now I might have asked him to translate some of the German in that video.
Germany is now playing Argentina in the World Cup, and Argentina is unfortunately up by one goal. Lukas Podolski got a yellow card four minutes into the game.
Update Germany won in nail-biting penalty kick overtime!
Here is Paris promoting her CD in Cologne on June 27th. She wearing those dumb yellow shoes with the giant bows again. [via]
Coco Cox pulled her mom's top down while they were swimming. Courtney seems to think it's funny, and these pictures are pretty cute. My husband appreciated them too.
Jennifer Aniston sent Courteney Cox a bizarre present for her 42nd birthday on June 15th - a transexual performer that looked like her character Rachel Green from "Friends":
So - as described above Aniston thought up a gift to surprise Cox Arquette on her big day.
Aniston reportedly said, "I made it up to her by sending a tranny impersonator of Rachel. He can cheer anyone up."
Too bad there aren't any pictures of the tranny with Courteney. That would have been much better than Tori Spelling and her tranny inpersonator.
Courteney has a great beach body and hasn't succumbed to the super-thin look of some celebrity mothers. There's a picture of her power walking with weights in the latest Us Weekly.
Pictures from Egotastic via Mollygood.
Nicole Richie was supposedly back with DJ AM for the third time, and was seen getting lunch with him at In-and-Out burger on June 20th. It's hard to keep up, though. Us Weekly says:
Richie is playing the delicate game of trying to stay fuck-buddies with her ex to minimize the breakup pain, but keeping her options open. She was spotted with unlikely beau Matt Dillion at Hollywood hotspot Chateau Marmot last week:
Even if Dillion only spent five minutes with Richie, that's plenty of time for a meaningful relationship to develop. Both Busta Rhymes and Kevin Smith's pal Jason Mewes claim to have had quickies with the tiny socialite.
Richie and Dillon make an unlikely couple, but Dillon seems like a good guy who's mature enough to commit at least. Maybe something will come of it.
Dillon will next star in the comedy "You, Me and Dupree" as Kate Hudson's husband. Owen Wilson plays an unwelcome houseguest.
Here is Richie at the opening of Club Social Hollywood on 6/27. Matt Dillon is shown with director Brett Ratner at a party for the president of the Dominican Republic on 6/23, and at the Dolce & Gabbana party where he hooked up with Nicole Richie on 6/22. He is also seen with his brother, Kevin, at the "Entourage" Season Three New York Premiere after party on 6/7. Only the first picture of Richie is high resolution.
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Charlize Theron was given the "Spirit of Independence" award at the LA film festival yesterday. Theron says that it's a misconception that you're typecast once you do indie films and can't make the transition to blockbuster movies. That's probably true if you're a statuesque blonde with great talent, but not if you're a short fat character actor:
"What we love about her is she's made interesting choices," Dawn Hudson of Film Independent, the non-profit body behind the annual festival...
Her next role is as a heroin-addicted single mother in The Ice at the Bottom of the World, to be directed by British film-maker Sir Alan Parker.
"I think the biggest misconception about independent film-making is that if you do those movies you'll always be thought of as that kind of actor," Theron said.
"It's not true. If anything, I hope to have that kind of career, where you can go back and forth and do different things."
With an academy award and a new serious role in the works, Theron doesn't have to worry much about her career.
The Spirit of Independence Awards were presented by Virginia Madsen and Jimmy Smits and also honored directors Steve Collins and Amy Berg.
Here is Charlize at the Spirit of Independence awards with the Target dog, and her boyfriend, actor Stuart Townsend. Her left hand is not visible in these pictures, so we can't see if she's wearing that wedding ring again.
Tori Spelling's relationship with her mother is so bad that she didn't learn about her father television producer Aaron's death until after it hit the media - and she read a consolation e-mail from a friend:
Then, during dinner, came the heartbreaking news, received in the inbox of her BlackBerry: "A friend of mine had seen a TV report and e-mailed me, 'I'm so sorry. I just heard your father died.' And I was in total shock."
The strange truth, says Tori, is that she had not received a call from anyone in her family before the death was made public. Her sorrow quickly turned to anger. "My first thought was, I can't believe my mom didn't call me!"
Tori is fighting with her mom, Candy, and hasn't spoken to her for months. She wanted to make fun of her mom's eBay hobby in her VH1 faux reality show, so NoTORIous, but her mom got pissed and refused to go along with it. Loni Anderson had to play her mom on the series.
Tori says that she did see her dad on June 11th, and that she believes he held on until he was able to see her, and then was able to slip quietly away.
When I read that Tori thought she somehow gave her dad permission to die, I thought that was arrogant of her. Then I asked a couple of people about it and they had similar stories of loved ones waiting to see someone before they died. This is all too sad to think about, so let's move on to trashing Tori.
It's not surprising that her family isn't pleased with her. She left her first husband, writer Charlie Shanian, after barely a year of marriage and a $1 million wedding at her father's estate. She was cheating on the guy with actor Dean McDermott, who was also married with a wife and kids at home. She married McDermott in a private ceremony in Fiji on May 7 with none of her family present.
Tori attended her dad's funeral on June 25th, but her mom issued a statement about Aaron's death the day before only on behalf of herself and Randy. Tori's name was left off in a deliberate snub.
The US Weekly article speculates that Tori's mom may be having an affair with "Beverly Hills businessman Mark Nathansan." Of course Tori blabbed about this to the rag, but then she tries to take the high road by saying "My mom's behavior simply made me uncomfortable to be around my family."
Tori's mom is completely outraged by accusations in the cover story on this week's Us, and issued another statement condemning Tori for her big mouth:
Everyone deals with grief in a different way, and since Tori chose not to be here at that time, we believe she is having a harder time dealing with that loss. We understand how difficult it might have been for her to be here, and, perhaps, more difficult for her after she arrived. Aaron loved both his children with all his heart, and he understood how hard it was for her.
We hope Aaron will be remembered with reverence and spirit for the monumental legacy he has left and not for the petty and tabloid headlines which have marred his articles of remembrance. We have mourned our great loss as a family and will continue to do so as that is what Aaron deserved."
Tori's father Aaron was known for conspicuous consumption and has the largest mansion in all of California. Her mother is characterized by Us as "an ex-model with a penchant for furs, diamonds and doll-collecting."
No details of Aaron Spelling's will have been made public yet, but Tori must be expecting to get a large chunk of her father's fortune or she wouldn't be so bold as to sell her story so soon after her father's death.
Tori is rumored to be pregnant, which might explain the terrible outfit she wore to the Linea Pelle 20th Anniversary Party in LA on 6/12.
Pictures [via]
- Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman on their honeymoon. She doesn't look pregnant [Bricks and Stones]
- We posted the pictures of Mena Suvari pumping gas, but The Bastardly captioned them like only they can [The Bastardly]
- Paris Hilton brings her monkey, tiger and ferrets to Vegas for the weekend, soon realizes that it's not fun to travel with a menagerie [MollyGood]
- Josh Duhamel and Tommy Lee's luscious fight club action [Tabloid Whore]
- Angelina Jolie's brother sent his camera out for repairs. Two guys in Connecticut got really lucky or really unlucky depending on your perspective. [Wizbang Pop]
- Marcia Cross wedding photos [I'm not obsessed]
- A glass of wine at Social Hollywood costs as much two bottles at the gas 'n sip [La.com]
- Kate Bosworth and Brandon Routh on Total Request Live [PopSugar]
- Jessica Alba loves free stuff [Hollywood Tuna]
- Nicole Richie has some In 'n Out [The Superficial]
- Kate Hudson pole dances for her lucky husband [Derek Hail]
- Agent Provocateur makes nursing bras? Who knew. [The Chic Mommy]
- Jessica Alba has the luckiest dog in the world [Egotastic]
Having failed to convert Britney Spears to Kabbalah, Madonna is trying to bring Lindsay Lohan into the fold. Lohan is in need of some spiritual guidance in between all of her exhausting bed hopping, and
admitted to being interested in the cult back in March:
Now that Lohan has stuck her little toe into the expensive Kabbalah tap water, Madonna has renamed her in an attempt to prime her for full-on indoctrination:
People who stay in cults are so gullible. (There's no shame in getting caught up in a cult or being born into one. Staying active in one for years by your own will and trying to convert other people is another thing.) Madonna may think she's the queen of pop music, but she's giving all her cash to some shysters in exchange for their bubble-gum insight and a sense of superiority. It may feed her smug attitude, but maybe she'll realize at some point what's going on and feel like the fool she is.
If you don't think Kabbalah is a cult, read cult expert Rick Ross' articles on it. Kabbalah and its founder, Philip Berg, have ruined lives and ripped off thousands of people. Lohan is about to be next. She loves spending money, and she's about to get a chance to throw some down the dark hole of manufactured spiritual enlightenment.
Here's a link to a good overview of the characteristics and techniques of cults. It's not just about losing money. A lot of families, friends, and personal identities get washed out too.
Here is Madonna with her daughter, Lourdes, in NY on 6/27, [via] and Lindsay Lohan at the opening of club Social Hollywood also on 6/27. [via]
Madonna is wearing blue slippers in these pics, and she's not wearing her wedding ring.
I was right that Britney dyed her own hair black. I said at the time "Britney probably popped into the local CVS to make her own decision to dye her hair this jet black color." This weeks Us Weekly details Britney's rash decision to go black:
Inset pictures in the article say that "Spears called Oscar Blandi Salon's colorist, Christopher Cillione, on June 29, but he was fully booked," and that Spears "plans to go back to her natural color, light brown, after she has the baby."
There are several things I don't believe about this article. The first is that Britney called her doctor to ask if it was ok. Who does that? She is said to be overly concerned after all the problems with SP, and this could be true, but I doubt it. The second is that she used some kind of temporary "vegetable dye" color as is reported by her publicist. If that was true, she would have gone back to blonde for the Bazaar photo shoot. It's also not true that she had blonde extensions added for the Bazaar shoot, because we have the pictures and her hair is completely black.
In Touch asks if Britney's trying to copy Angelina with her new hair color:
Britney's hair does look better black and in a bob, but you can tell it's a DIY job and not professionally done. It's one blah color and lacks the slight variations and highlights a stylist could add that would make it look more natural. She needs to get it fixed in a month or so and add some subtle darker highlights.
Check out celebrity hairstyle how-tos at Beauty Riot.
Christina Aguilera is such a diva. Not only does she arrive hours late for most every scheduled interview, she also refuses to look interviewers in the eye. She insists that the room is darkly lit and sits facing the other way while she answers questions:
Now with the release of her new album she's learned a new trick. During promo interviews she's refused to look at any journalist. Instead, the diva insists that the interview, for which she's usually two to four hours late, takes place in a dimly lit room, where she sits and stares in the other direction completely to the journalists while they ask, and she answers, questions.
If this is true it's ridiculous and Aguilera deserves a serious career slump for being so arrogant. Maybe she'll learn when she's older that she's no better than anyone else and that you have to be kind to people - especially the press - if you want a good reputation.
Maybe kids will soften Aguilera's outlook - although she predictably doesn't seem to want any because they would interfere with the amount of time she has available to apply makeup. She's vague on the issue of children and gives a diplomatic answer to make it seem like not completely uninterested in them:
Notice that she doesn't say she'll start thinking of having a family, she gives an answer that's even more removed from that - "we'll start venturing into the mindframe of starting" a family. That means no way does she want kids at this point.
She has also called her new album "Back to Basics" her "child" and that it's like having twins:
It is not the first time Christina has compared her new record to having a baby.
Earlier this year, the pop beauty said making her new album was the same as being pregnant - twice.
WTF would she know about having kids or being pregnant? That's so fucking snotty. Once Aguilera realizes she wants kids - when she's over 35 and her clock is ticking - she won't be able to get pregnant because she couldn't be bothered when she was fertile.
Here she is leaving her New York City hotel on 6/22 [via] and outside of MTV's Total Request Live on 6/21.
Mena Suvari is content to wear the really tight pants in her relationship and is pumping gas while her younger boyfriend, breakdancer Mike Carrasco, looks on. Carrasco hails from Las Vegas, is four years younger than Suvari, 27, and met her in February of this year. Suvari is divorcing German cinematographer Robert Brinkman, 44, after six years of marriage.
Pictures [via]
I usually ignore this chick Jodie Marsh, because she's just some British slut who is only famous because she wears outfits like these. I always confuse her with Jordan, but she's two steps down from Jordan. It's hard to pass up these photos, though. She would look over the top at a porn convention, but she was attending the charity premiere of "Just My Luck" in London in this getup.
Marsh is also shown with the band McFly, which has a single out joking about Lohan's affair McFly's drummer Harry Judd, making it rather funny that they're at the opening of Lohan's crappy movie. Lohan says she never got with Judd, but Judd says she must have a short memory.
I showed these pictures to my dad. (I'm visiting my family in the states.) He thinks she's desperate and said "how would you like to pet those puppies?"
Sorry for all the semi-nude female celebrities today. I'm in a hurry and am filling up on pictures rather than leave you with fewer posts brimming with my bad insight.
Teri Hatcher doesn't have delusions of grandeur like Eva Longwhoria. She says that "Desperate Housewives" is her "dream job" and that she isn't trying to make the move to the big screen:
She says, "Apparently there was a rumor going around about me wanting to leave 'Desperate Housewives' to do movies. It's not true. I had to laugh because 'Desperate Housewives' is my dream job. I couldn't have a better-suited role for me to play.
"I work with people I like and respect. I have a seven-minute commute. I have plenty of time to spend with my daughter. And it's as steady a job as Hollywood can offer. Why would I mess with any of that?"
It's pretty smart of her to realize where her bread and butter come from.
She looks like she ditching the anorexic look that is so last season and has gained a few essential pounds. It's hip to be fat now, and stars like Victoria Beckham are in denial.
Pictures [via]
Yesterday I mentioned the US Weekly article about Britney's consultation with her christian life coach, and how she has taken Kevin back. The article makes it seem as if it's this glorious reunion and that everything will be fine in their troubled relationship after the vacation photo op they took. This is in complete contrast to other reports we read that had Britney and Kevin sleeping in separate hotel rooms and avoiding each other on that same trip.
According to the source, the fresh start stems from a four-hour conversation encouraged by Spears' newly aquired Christian life coach, which took place shortly before the Lauer interview (taped June 9.) One hot topic: the sharing and selling of personal details about the couple to tabloid reporters by Federline's intimates. "Kevin acknowledged that he blabbed info to his friends, claiming it was harmless and he had no idea they would talk," says the source. "He promised never to do it again."
Kevin also promised to spend four to five hours each day with Sean Preston to give Britney a break. Now that Perry's gone he better take up some of the slack.
This glowing report of their renewed love must be one Kevin's peeps giving good news to the rags for once after Britney told Kevin to stop feeding his friends stories to sell to the press. There's no way everything is fine in their relationship or that their misguided love with conquer all.
Britney may dress trashy, but she lives in more style then the majority of the planet will experience in its lifetime. It's kind of incongruous to see Britney in a tie-dye and Kevin in camo pants in a private jet, and it reminds us how privileged these people are, and why we make fun of them in the first place. These pictures are from Breatheheavy.com, and are said to be "stolen from Britney's private album" by Us Weekly.
You probably heard about Barbara Walters saying that Star made a surprise announcement that she was leaving "The View," and that she trumped her opportunity to do it "with dignity". She knew that she was leaving "for months" and just decided to blurt it out on the show and piss everyone off. Well now Star's not coming back, and the old ladies who live in Florida and make up the bulk of "The Views" audience will rejoice, along with all the rest of us who never watch that piece of crap show but still make fun of it.
Here's Barbara dissing Star:
And contrary to previous reports, Star has nothing lined up for her next gig at all. Maybe she'll go back to being a lawyer. Or she can go for the quick cash and become a spokesperson for the latest junky exercise equipment they're touting on late night infomercials.
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Pamela Anderson is on an European tour to raise money and awareness for animal rights and AIDS. She appeared at Stella McCartney's boutique in London yesterday to speak out for PETA against fur. Anderson held a party and awards show for celebrities who have worked with PETA. Gillian Anderson and Sadie Frost, Jude Law's ex, were in attendance. She promised that if she raised enough money for PETA she would strip naked in the shop window, and she didn't dissapoint - except for the thong.
"I'm here to hopefully raise a lot of money and if we raise enough I'll strip naked in the shop window.
Frost added: "I've always been an animal lover. People should be made aware of all the issues. Some people think that the whole wearing fur thing is glamorous but you can look good without it. Hopefully people will stop wearing it.”
Redknapp also showed her support for PETA saying: "It's something I feel very strongly about. If you can put a fur jacket on you should be able to watch the animal being slaughtered so I'm really behind Peta's work.”
I do eat meat but I feel the same way about fur. I would like to talk smack to people wearing fur, but the only people I see wearing it are really old ladies who don't seem to know better.
Along with Beyonce and J.Lo, another "celebrity" who wears fur with false pride is Sharon Stone. PETA would attack her, but she's such a has-been that she's under their radar.
Here is Anderson in the shop window of Stella McCartney's London boutique on 6/28 [via] and in Greece for MAC's AIDS fund on 6/26. [via]
What's wrong with Anderson's left arm? She has red marks on it that don't look healthy. Is that related to hepatitis or just a weird bruise?
The poster of these pictures from Greece at Saving Face, dexterangelo7, notes that they're an "amazing comparison of airbrushed vs. real life pam."
Paris Hilton went along with a dumb radio prank iniated by some British DJs. They called up a Glasgow Hilton and had her ask for a family discount:
The prank was aired on the Real Radio Breakfast Show this morning.
During the call, Paris was asked by reservations clerk Kevin whether she had a corporate rate at the hotel.
She was offered a standard queen room for £170 but asked if she could have a discount.
The sexy star was told by the employee: "There is no discount I can initiate, I’m afraid."
When she said: "Yes you can", he replied: "That is the cheapest rate I have available to me."
Paris then informed the clerk that she will get her manager to call back.
That's stupid, but it isn't as rude as some of the other crap that radio DJs pull on air. It seems rather harmless.
It does bring up the mind-boggling issue of celebrities thinking they can get stuff heavily discounted and for free. Since when did making lots of money just for showing up entitle celebrities to get things free too? Of course they are great billboards, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't have to pay for stuff like the rest of us.
Here is Paris arriving at Radio One for her interview on 6/26. When are those terrible bug-eyed sunglasses going to out of fashion? [
- Video of Beyonce and Jay-Z's performance at the BET Awards [Just Jared]
- BET Awards: Arrivals [Faded Youth]
- Performances at the BET Awards [Concrete Loop]
- Beyonce wears fingerless gloves too [Mollygood]
- Hottie from "Flavor of Love" at the BET Awards [DListed]
- Jordan is your Homeboy now has video updates, and he's hot! [Jordan is your Homeboy]
- Cap't Jack Sparrow is Bi [WWTDD]
- Scarlet Johansson and Woody Allen do NY [Glitterati]
- Woody Allen says Scarlet Johansson is "sexually overwhelming." eww [Egotastic]
- Brad tells Angelina: no more kids for now [popbytes]
- Star Jones doesn't have another job lined up after all [BlogNYC]
- Barbara Walters says that Star Jones' announcement that she's leaving was a betrayal and a surprise [Wizbang Pop]
- The Bastardly lady of the day is stacked [The Bastardly]
- Tom Cruise makes cheap babies [Derek Hail]
- Paris Hilton goes out in her undies [yeeeah]
- Britney Spears is like Ursula from "Little Mermaid" [Cityrag]
- Emilie de Ravin (Claire from "Lost") gets married [I'm not obsessed]
The lead story in The National Enquirer has Brad and Angelina fighting over the fact that Brad doesn't get any alone time with the gorgeous mother of new baby and two adopted kids. Brad supposedly wanted to have a private lunch with Angelina, but she deferred in favor of watching the kids. She certainly has enough kids to take care of:
Hands-on mom Angelina is completely consumed with baby Shiloh Nouvel and her two other young children, and that has changed the nature of her day-to-day relationship with Brad.
Tension between the new parents exploded recently over frustration about not being able to spend time alone.
Brad was hoping for a romantic lunch with Angelina but their schedules didn't allow it and the situation quickly turned into a fight.
"Even though they have nannies, Angelina is focused full time on the kids," said a source. "If one of them cries at 3 a.m., she's by their side. Angie is operating on very minimal sleep and it's magnified by the couple's issues.
Lack of alone time has caused the couple to fight bitterly and when Brad realized he couldn't have Angelina to himself he blew up.
"He ralied at Angelina, but she was busy tending to Shiloh.
"Brad stormed out - going on a long motorcycle trip for the rest of the day to blow off steam. And Angelina collapsed in tears.
"She's been dealing with so much - the new baby, a sick mother, a relocation to Malibu - that she just lost it."
The article then rehashes Angelina's fight with Brad when he went out in London one night when she was sick. A "family friend" also claims that Angelina is having trouble breastfeeding little Shiloh, and that she feels guilty that she may have to supplement with formula. She is also said to feel guilt over the fact that she wasn't able to have a natural birth.
Plus Brad is still smoking, and Angelina may be "fed up" with his nasty habit.
This all sounds like normal stuff that happens with a growing family, and The Enquirer seems to be making more out of it than warranted.
Who knows how bad their fight was? Maybe Brad just wanted to get out of the house and didn't storm out after all.
He did go out on his bike, though, because there were pictures all over the place. It's easy enough to draw conclusions based on that.
They were said to be having trouble back in Paris in the loud and dirty neighborhood they rented an apartment in, and Brad was supposedly sleeping on the couch because pregnant Angelina needed the space in bed to herself.
If all of this is true, it seems pretty normal considering all the stress they must be under with the new baby and the move. Even with a lot of help, it's still a lot of work.
Charlize Theron wore what looked like an engagement and a wedding ring on her left hand to the grand opening of club Social Hollywood last night, June 27. She was accompanied by her boyfriend, Irish actor Stuart Townsend. We spotted an engagement ring on Theron's left hand in late April when she was photographed attending a basketball game with Townsend. There was a rumor shortly afterward that they were planning a secret wedding in Savannah, GA, but nothing seems to have come of that.
There's no ring on Townsend's left hand, but this still looks suspicious. Whatever the story, Theron is trying to tell us something. Celebrities don't just wear rings on their left ring finger to openings without having an ulterior motive.
This is kind of an exclusive, because as far as we know we're the first blog to cry wolf about Theron's rings.
Pictures [via]
I bought The National Enquirer partially due to the headline "Nicole's Miscarriage Secret: The heartbreak behind her wedding." The headline makes it seem as if Nicole was pregnant, as everyone has been speculating, but lost the baby right before her wedding to Keith Urban - just like Brenda on "Six Feet Under." This wasn't the case at all.
All the Enquirer did was recycle the old story of Nicole's miscarriages during her marriage to half-pint Tom Cruise and present it as some big exclusive that caused her pain during her nuptuals. This is a cheap trick to sell papers, and it worked:
The Oscar-winning actress is now terrified that she won't be able to bear a child for new husband Keith, say sources.
"Nicole must be haunted by the miscarriage she suffered after first husband Tom Cruise walked out on her," a source revealed.
"She also apparently suffered an ectopic pregnancy in the past and has dealt with a series of medical issues.
I think losing two pregnancies weighs heavily on Nicole's mind. And now that she's almost 40, her chances of carrying a child to term are less then they were when she was younger."
How is that news? We already knew Nicole had a miscarriage, and someone speculating that it bothers her does not make the story an exclusive. It's also deceptive of the Enquirer to market it this way.
It may be a new revelation that Nicole had a second miscarriage, though. The "insider" says she had the ectopic pregnancy right before she married Tom in 1990.
That's sad for Nicole, but it's ancient history. Nicole is supposedly worried if she can carry a baby now, but who knows if that's true. She may or may not be pregnant, and we'll just have to wait it out and see.
The Enquirer did have one redeeming feature in the deceptive article - an inset featuring Nicole's men throughout the years. Did you know she dated rapper Q-tip? I didn't.
Here is a picture of the article as well as some high res pictures of Nicole and Keith in the lobby of their hotel the day after their wedding. They are carrying a present for Keith's father, as it was his birthday. The happy couple is now honeymooning in Tahiti. [via]
This week's National Enquirer has Jen and Vince "on the rocks" and fighting over the fake engagement ring Jen wore to the London premiere of "The Break Up." She had it on her left hand, and gushed about the ring's details to the press. Vince got pissed off and Jen put the ring on her right hand to appease him. Jen and Vince stayed away from each other all night, and a source says they were both in a bad mood and looked sad. We've heard this story before.
When British journalist Leigh Purves asked Vince if he and Jennifer planned to marry, he barked: "Talk to our people."
Said Purved: "I'd noticed Jennifer was wearing a ring on her wedding finder. I asked her about it and, looking very coy, she told me: 'It's a 9.5-carat canary diamond ring by Suzy Fabricant. Nice, isn't it?'
"I told her it was gorgeous, but before Jennifer could say anymore I noticed Vince moving in with a face like thunder."
Witnesses say Vince, 36, took 37 year-old Jennifer by the arm and marched her off into a corner.
"Vince gave Jennifer a real tongue-lashing. I overheard him using the words 'cheap' and trick,'" a source told the Enquirer. "Vince was talking in loud whispers. He kept repearing , 'Don't, Don't.'
"Jennifer looked hurt. She pulled the ring off and slipped it on her right hand."
At the premiere after party, they sat separately and left separately. They even had different suites in their hotel. From her quotes, she doesn't sound happy about their relationship:
It sounds like she doesn't care if the cherry is there or not, and as if she's trying to justify their stormy relationship.
US Weekly claims to have "The Truth about Jen & Vince" and refutes the rumors that she's engaged and/or pregnant while making it seem like their relationship is fine. They use the one picture of them having dinner together in France and say that she's moving to Chicago as proof of their solid relationship. They quote a source saying "Both of them are so happy, They are an amazing couple."
We doubt that everything is fine, because neither of them seems happy or is willing to admit much about the other to the press. They've been together for two years. Isn't that long enough to go public with their relationship?
Here are pictures we took of the stories in question. Hopefully they're legible. There are also two pictures of Jen leaving "The Break Up" after party in London on 6/14. [via]
Cameron Diaz didn't really slip a nip - she removed her top entirely, most likely with the full knowledge that the paparrazi were nearby to photograph it all. She is seen frolicking with Drew Barrymore on the beach at Harbour Island in the Bahamas. The National Enquirer has more photographs of Cameron and Drew and six of their girlfriends on the beach. Those pictures are probably from a different day, as Drew is wearing a black bathing suit, and she's seen with a blue top and striped bottoms in the nipple slip pictures. [via]
Are Cameron and Justin over? Sources say he's been dating Lauren Popeil, the daughter of head Ronco honcho and spray-on-hair inventor Ron Popeil. Cameron and Justin were photographed at the airport together leaving for London on June 25th, but they stood far apart. That may not mean much, because who is thrilled to be at the airport? (Although I would be a lot happier about it if I was getting on a private jet.)
Lainey's Gossip comments on the photos, after saying in an earlier post that they were really over, and that Cameron was getting to "clingy" for Justin:
Here are JT and his clingy Cam on their way to London for his new video shoot, a song called Sexyback.
Maybe Cameron gave Justin a little time off while she partied with a bunch of her friends in the Caribbean, and that was enough for him.
Airport pictures [via]
Britney was set to do a pregnant semi-nude Harper's Bazaar spread just like Demi Moore, but she pulled it. Someone sent the airbrushed pictures to BritneySpy.com, and now they're all over. Why did Britney pull the pictures? She probably was advised against it by her "christian life coach," who is also said to be behind Britney and Kevin's recent reconciliation.
Now that I'm in the states I have the mixed blessing of being able to read the tabloids, and will report on Us Weekly's glowing coverage of Kevin and Britney's reunion shortly.
In the mean time, here are Britney's Harper's Bazaar photos. They're trashy, but that's just how she comes off anyway. Add a shag rug and pose her nude and you just magnify that quality. Also, Sean Preston is cute and all, but doesn't he have any other expression? He always seems to look the same. Maybe that's how he copes.
Thanks to Just Jared for these photos.
Brad Pitt's reveals that he's an adoring father in an upcoming Newsweek interview. He also makes it clear that he and Angelina plan to adopt again:
He told Newsweek magazine being a father had made him more of an activist on issues such as child poverty.
"Whether you have them or adopt them, they're all blood," Pitt said of his brood. "And the funniest people I've ever met."
The 42-year-old added: "I look at Zahara and imagine what her life could have been.
"You want to grab as many of these kids in your arms as you can.
"They need our help, and we should be doing more."
He sounds a lot like Angelina, and he should credit her with his activism, but at least she was a good influence on him. He would be probably be bitching about the rabbits in his front yard if he was still with Aniston.
Here are pictures of Pitt's lovely modernist home from the July, 2006 issue of Elle Decoration courtesy of Just Jared. His interest in saving the world may be due to Angelina, but his love of architecture is entirely his own, and the man has excellent taste.
In news that's not surprising to anyone, Star Jones Reynolds tells People magazine that her contract was not renewed for her tenth season on the annoying women's talkshow, "The View," and that she she "feels" like she was fired. If they didn't renew your contract, you were fired, Star.
She announced this morning on the show that she will be leaving at the end of the season. Oh boo hoo:
"That's shocking to me," interrupted Joy Behar, prompting Jones Reynolds to link hands with her cohosts.
Thanking the show's creator, Barbara Walters, "for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime," Jones Reynolds concluded by saying, "I'm not sure what the future holds, but I'm absolutely sure who holds the future."
After some discussion, Walters said, "It is a new chapter for Star. It will be a new chapter for The View in the fall."
So why is Jones Reynolds leaving? Contrary to speculation that she's unhappy about the upcoming addition of Rosie O'Donnell – one of her most vocal critics – to the show this fall, she reveals exclusively in this week's PEOPLE magazine that the departure was not her choice.
"What you don't know is that my contract was not renewed for the tenth season," she tells PEOPLE. "I feel like I was fired." She adds that she was told her contract wouldn't be renewed just days before news leaked that O'Donnell would be joining The View.
People promises to have more on the story, including Star dishing on Rosie O'Donnel's "hurtful" comments about her. O'Donnel said it was strange that Star would admit to breast lift surgery, but not own up to gastric bypass surgery that is largely rumored to have been the cause of her massive weight loss. She has also brought attention to the elephant in the room - Jones' husband Al, who always played for the other team before he hooked up with the then-huge talk show host.
Rosie O'Donnel was handpicked by Barbara Walters for a cohost gig in what was interpreted as a bid to force Jones out. Unfortunately, Jones is said to have "signed a lucrative deal with another television outlet." Who would be dumb enough to hire her?
Does anyone watch this piece of crap "The View" anymore? I have seen clips online that are so annoying I can barely sit through a couple of minutes, not to mention a whole hour. I asked my mother if anyone she knew watches it, and she knows of two people. Her 67 year-old friend who holidays in Boca watches it, but she has a high tolerance for talk shows. The other woman is over 80, also lives in Florida, and only has basic cable.
Here's a clip of Sandra Bernhardt and her nastiness vs. Star Jones and her nastiness. That little stupid conservative chick from Survivor tries to get in an ill-informed political argument with Bernhardt, and Star tries to cut to commercial. People said it was a "catfight," but it was more like an annoying argument.
Here's Star Jones and her husband, Al, at The Apollo Theatre 2006 Spring Gala on 6/19.
You may have seen these pictures already, but they're just so cute we couldn't resist publishing them. Here are Gwen Stefan and her husband Gavin Rossdale out with their newborn, Kingston. Stefani and Kingston are seen watching Rossdale play tennis on 6/17 and out walking on 6/24.
Gwen Stefani is going to star in a remake of Tennessee Williams' "Baby Doll," which was originally released as a film in 1956:
According to Moviehole.net, the movie is about a beautiful young woman who promises her husband, who is an unsuccessful businessman, that their marriage will be consummated a year after their wedding.
The woman's husband, who wants badly to make love to her and launch his business into success, decides to set his enemy's plant on fire.
After his enemy's plant is nothing but ashes leftover from the blazing fire, the enemy has no choice but to use the gorgeous woman's husband's plant for cotton production, but things begin to go all wrong once he's introduced to 'Baby Doll'.
Stefani seems like a good choice to play a vampy retro character, and it's sure to be a juicy role.
Here is the cute family on 6/17 and 6/24.
People are saying that Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze are living apart and may be ready to divorce. Gellar is currently working on the film "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" while Prinze is starring in an ABC series, "Freddie." Prinze's TV work is said to be tearing the couple apart:
The pair have been besieged by reports the show in "tearing them apart" and are on the verge of splitting since Prinze signed up to his new sitcom last year.
A source told the New York Daily News that, "Ever since he started that show Freddie things were over."
It has also been widely reported that they have been living apart in recent weeks.
The couple's representative, Leslie Sloane Zelnick, has vehemently denied the rumors, insisting the couple is still, "completely together."
Zelnick also added that they'll be spending the weekend together at Zelnick's house in Connecticut.
It's rather suspect that their publicist is saying they're coming over to her house at the weekend. That seems like an afterthought, and something she may have come up with while on the phone with the Daily News.
It's unknown whether they're actually having trouble, but Gellar is on baby watch since Cannes. We thought she looked pregnant at the film festival, as she was wearing ill-fitting gowns and held her hand over her stomach on the red carpet.
Reader Millie e-mailed me to say that she's still wearing loose tops on the set of her new film, and that she does look pregnant. Loose outfits are the style now, though, and it may not mean anything. Take a look at these pictures from "A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing" and see for yourself. [via]
Prinze, 30, and Gellar, 29, have been married since 2002. We'll have to wait and see if their marriage is in trouble and/or if they're having a baby.
X17 loves to point out Britney's foibles, and their latest blog post tries to rile everyone up with a picture of Britney in the back of her Escalade holding Sean Preston. We don't see the car taking off with Sean Preston in Britney's lap, but it's implied.
Britney probably does all sorts of things that put her baby in danger, and maybe she's only caught a fraction of the time. Now that she's got a bad record, though, people are blaming her for things she hasn't even done. What do you think?
Like we said, we may not have seen everything – but this is what we saw. What do you see here?
Commentors are pretty annoyed that X17 doesn't bother to show Britney put Sean in his carseat, but did she do it? You can see the seat in the back.
Here are some more pictures from the series. You can see clearer unwatermarked versions in our image gallery from yesterday.
Yahoo! has the official Snakes on a Plane trailer in Quicktime and Windows Media format.
Here's a slightly different version of the trailer that someone recorded in the movie theatre
"Snakes on a Plane" (warning: site has music) asks the question "What if you were trapped on a 747 full of deadly snakes?" and stars Samuel L. Jackson. It opens August 18th.
This movie looks awesome, and I've been completely influenced by all the buzz. Try to market something to me, and I won't listen, but get all the blogs to carry it and I'm sold. "Snakes on a Plane" has taken advantage of all the Internet hype, and even offers a "Snakes" theme for your MySpace.
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Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams were snapped at "Bubby's" restaurant in Tribeca last week. Ledger said he wanted some time off from filming to be a stay at home dad to eight month-old Matilda. It looks like he has been enjoying his role by not bothering to shave or bathe.
Ledger and Williams are scheduled to begin working on the weird "I'm Not There" Bob Dylan biopic this summer. The film will feature different actors and actresses playing the singer throughout his life. Cate Blanchett, Christian Bale, Julianne Moore and Richard Gere will join them in the film.
Reader Phyllis of HeathHeathens.com was not happy with our characterization of Ledger as a crybaby after his father revealed that he hightailed it out of Australia when the paparrazi squirted him with water on the red carpet. Ledger was composed at the time, but was said to have broken down and cried afterwards and asked his father to sell his Australian home. It turns out that Ledger was harassed by the paparrazi beyond what is allowable in the states, and that photographers delighted in tormenting him. People were camped out in his backyard and held a press conference on his front lawn. Phyllis says that Ledger probably never spat at the paparrazi as reported, and that he moved out of Australia after months of enduring constant monitoring. She says that "Heath is a very gentle and private person. He doesn't have an ego."
Heath always came off as aloof and cool to me, but maybe that's a defense mechanism. I finally saw "Brokeback Mountain" and have to say that he's a superb actor, and that it was one of the best films I've ever seen. Like Heath, I cried like a baby at the end.
Here are Heath and Michelle looking cute and cuddly at lunch. [via]
- Diddy and Selma Blair are not a couple - Diddy was with Kim Porter and just ran into Selma on the beach. [I'm not Obsessed]
- John Mayer is a racist asshole [Mollygood]
- Rachel Bilson and her one pose [The Bastardly]
- Google News says its their policy not to include blogs in news searches [Cult News]
- Victoria Beckham lost 6 pounds she couldn't afford for the World Cup [Hollywood Rag]
- Keira Knightley in a see-through bikini [Hollywood Tuna]
- Kayne West left a bunch of porn behind at a photoshoot [yeeeah]
- Jessica Alba and Cash Warren must not be broken up after all [CityRag]
- Tom Cruise takes the bullet train in Tokyo to promote MI3 [Socialite's Life]
- Which Harry Potter characters will be worm meat? [DListed]
- Petra Nemcova gives James Blunt the best sex ever. Why is she even with that dork? [Egotastic]
- Gwen Stefani and baby Kingston in a rasta skull cap [PopSugar]
- Insert your own name in Jessica Simpson's first single - courtesy of some idiotic marketers. [Blog NYC]
- Why Busta Rhymes really hates gay people [Concrete Loop]
- Brittany Murphy is a botox and collagen nightmare. [The Chic Mommy]
Britney is planning to sue 8 different tabloids for reporting that her marriage is in trouble, but she's not going to do it from the states, where celebrities are considered public personalities and are fair game by law - she's filed suit in Ireland, where her chances of winning are much higher:
Spears is to sue the National Enquirer, based in Florida, for reports that her marriage to Kevin Federline was at an end. She is also suing seven other US and British publications that repeated the claims.
Foreign claimants have long been attracted to London because of the strict libel laws, but Belfast offers the prospect of high payouts, faster justice and lower costs.
Paul Tweed, senior partner at Johnson’s solicitors, who has been instructed by Spears, said he was also being consulted by Houston, Paula Abdul, the singer, and Steve Bing, film producer and father of Liz Hurley’s son Damian...
One law firm, which represents American celebrities suing in London, said: “They come to the UK because it is a good place to sue. In the US there is a public figure defence which means that if you have celebrity status you can’t sue anybody in America unless you can show that they acted from malice.”
Paul Tweed, senior partner at Johnson’s solicitors, who has been instructed by Spears, said he was also being consulted by Houston, Paula Abdul, the singer, and Steve Bing, film producer and father of Liz Hurley’s son Damian.
Belfast has similar libel laws to England, but waiting lists are shorter and the costs can be 75% lower. Many cases go to juries, which make higher awards. In one Belfast case Barney Eastwood, the boxing promoter, received an award of £450,000, the highest in Irish legal history.
If an American publication does not have assets in Britain, Tweed sues distributors and website hosts. He is currently taking action against Yahoo!
It doesn't seem fair that celebrities can just file suit from England or Ireland in order to get around US libel laws, but major corporations avoid paying taxes by incorporating overseas. Exploiting tax and legal loopholes is just one of the ways that people hold onto their undeserved millions.
Here is Britney with Sean Preston and her mom and sister outside of Nobu. K-Fed was there, too, but is not pictured. There was supposedly a paparrazi fight as photographers jockied for pictures of the pregnant star. TMZ has a video of it, with people saying "back off" and swearing, but it doesn't seem as exciting as they make it out to be. We were hoping for some punches and hair-pulling.
Pictures and tabloid story [via]
Jay-Z performed his whole first album, "Reasonable Doubt," at Radio City Music Hall last night to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its release. Other artists joining him on stage included Sauce Money, Foxy Brown and Memphis Bleek. The Roots' Amir Questlove, The Illadelphonics, and The Hustler's Symphony Orchestra made up his band.
Jay-Z's girlfriend, Beyonce, joined him for the last song, "Can't Knock The Hustle," which was originally a duet with Mary J. Blige.
Jay-Z announced his international tour, which will kick off this fall. He also hasn't ruled out another album after declaring his retirement in 2003:
"There's a lot of places I haven't been," explained Jay-Z. "They've heard my music but they've never really seen me perform live. ... This really makes me wanna go out and perform. I'm looking forward to going overseas."
While fans stateside won't likely see another Jay-Z performance for a while, they may get a chance to her some new music in the future. Though Jay-Z vowed 2003's "The Black Album" would be his goodbye to the recorded rap game, his recent concert appearances (he staged a major show last year and has made cameos with performers like The Roots) and his guest appearances on tracks like girlfriend Beyonce's new song have industry insiders rumbling that a new Hova album may be on the horizon.
Jay-Z does have a new album coming out. Starch blabbed that he's working with Jigga on a new release:
According to the Rolling Stone the rap legend has returned to the studio even though he announced his retirement three years ago.
The new album will feature appearances from Kanye West, Scott Starch and Dr Dre who’ve all been recording tracks with him.
Starch said of the new material: “I’m working with Jay-Z on his new album. (It’s) the first time we ever really worked together. We got some fire.”
It looks like Jay-Z is recording an album after all. It also seems like he's still going strong with Beyonce despite the breakup rumors. They had a public fight at a basketball game as reported by Page Six and Beyonce was said to be jealous of Jay-Z's relationship with singer Rhianna. A story last week had the two breaking up due to hectic schedules and Jay-Z's inability to commit.
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Predictably enough, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's legal team have sent out notices to several blogs to pull the baby shower pictures that capture their clients in private moments. The digital card with the photos was stolen, they say. They never sent notice to us, but TMZ is a higher-profile site and was threatened with a lawsuit:
This letter is to provide you with notice that the Stolen Photos are copyright protected, to which my clients own right and title thereto. Any unauthorized publication, reproduction or dissemination of the Stolen Photos constitutes an infringement of my clients' copyrights in violation of the U.S. Copyright Act, Title 17 of the United States Code Section 101, et seq., and exposes you, and anyone else acting in concert with you, to civil liability, damages, injunctive relief and reimbursement of all attorneys' fees and costs incurred by my clients in connection with any copyright infringement action. Furthermore, if any monies are paid for the purchase of the Stolen Photos, you will be engaged in the purchase of stolen property.
In addition, under the circumstances that the Stolen Photos were taken, namely, at private and personal events on private property, my clients had a reasonable expectation of enjoying total privacy. The publication of the photos would therefore constitute a unlawful invasion and violation of my clients' right of privacy and would also be an unauthorized commercial appropriation of their names, likenesses and personas.
Anyone who publishes, disseminates, displays or otherwise exploits the Stolen Photos will be liable for substantial compensatory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief. If you publish or disseminate and of the Stolen Photos, our clients will take further legal action to protect their rights, including by the filing of a lawsuit seeking compensatory and punitive damages, statutory damages for copyright violations, and attorneys' fees.
We'll take 'em down shortly, but as much as people like Angelina and Brad - they're too heavy handed with legal and security tactics. This is the cost of fame. If you don't like it, then don't try to fight it with all your might and just stop making movies. You could be gracious about it and play it up for what it's worth, but no, you have to fight every picture tooth and nail.
I understand not wanting someone to publish all 450 pictures, but making a huge fuss and threatening bloggers for publishing three of the pictures is ridiculous.
It's like the music industry acting all indignant that people are copying digital music. It's the nature of the medium, and that's how these things work. Digital files spread - get over it, and use it to your advantage.
Angelina decided to close down an entire country to give birth. What gives her that right? Namibia's National Society for Human Rights claims that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are acting like "Colonial Overlords" and that they have no right to use an entire government to shield themselves from the paparrazi. The NSHR said "To shut down a national border so she can give birth in peace is a massive abuse of power."
To shut down a bunch of websites so people can't see your cute baby shower pictures is also a massive abuse of power. It's not on the same scale, but they're abusive. Fans made them popular and fans pay for their luxurious lifestyle. Just because they do some charity work doesn't mean that they don't have to play the game.
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Selma Blair just announced that she's divorcing her husband of two years, Ahmet Zappa. Yesterday she was photographed at a beach in Malibu with P. Diddy, so it looks like she's moving on in style. She could do worse than to hook up with the hip-hop mogul. Hopefully she gets a Brazilian once a week, because Diddy doesn't like his ladies hairy.
Diddy is working on another reality show after the failure of his "Cooking with Celebrities" series. He will be coaching young women he's picked for an all-girl band in latest season of "Making the Band."
Here are the pictures of the two together. Thanks toI'm not obsessed for pointing this out. Pictures from Hollywood's Best.
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 premiered at Disneyland in Anaheim, California on June 24th. The film draws inspiration from the ride of the same name at the Disney theme parks. Pissed off fans and press waited nearly 6 hours at Disneyland for a chance to see the stars, who were gone all too quickly:
But by 7:30, the fans out on the carpet were getting hungry and hoarse, children began whimpering and even the seasoned press was turning surly.
“We’ve been standing here 5 hours and we’ve not seen a single lead actor from the film,” groused a KTLA reporter. “This is insane. Why would they make us stand out here this long?” Even a befuddled German reporter asked, “Is this normal?..."
At 8:15 p.m., frenzied screaming came from the carpet entrance. Down the line, cameramen on step ladders reported seeing Depp, Knightley and Bloom’s heads. The actors are posing for photos, zig-zagging down the carpet, talking to TV crews, then running over to shake hands and sign autographs for fans. That’s why it’s taking so long.
But it's getting late, almost 9 p.m., and the very real fear is that the film's stars will be yanked away by publicists and taken into the party so the film can begin...
Desperate reporters, sensing doom, start to break ranks. Mutinuous USA Today, People and Us Weekly scribes climb over the metal bars and run down the carpet to try to talk to Depp, who is surrounded by Disney pubs, his personal pub, Robin Baum, and roughly two dozen black-suited security guards, wearing headsets.
”If you have movie tickets, go in and take your seats,” warns a stern guard. We’re taking him in. The movie has to start!”
The carpet has become a mob scene. Guards are getting nervous. Reporters are pleading with publicists. Cameras keep flashing. Fans are screaming, "Joooohnnnyyy!" Suddenly the situation implodes as the guards surround Depp and rush their celebrity charge down the carpet.
Reporters and cameramen have to run ahead of the Depp Delta Force, as if trying to outrun a molten lava flow. “Keep moving! Keep moving! Keep moving!,” the guards shout.
Just a few frenzied minutes later and it’s all over. Depp is gone. After waiting for six hours, disgruntled reporters pack up and leave. And countless disappointed fans only got a split-second glimpse of Depp’s fedora.
That's annoying that people were made to wait so long. Disneyland didn't plan it correctly and should not have told people to show up so early.
"Pirates of the Caribbean 2" opens on July 7th.
Here are pictures from the premiere of Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp, and Orlando Bloom. I really like Keira's dress and think it's a good choice for the premiere of this semi-spooky film. Also shown are Christina Applegate, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Stacy Keibler, Daisy Fuentes and the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger. [via]
A lot of the crap that happens on movie sets would be a fireable, sueable offense in any office anywhere. Celebrities tell stories about their co-stars messing around and sexually harassing them during filming, and although they try to play it off, they're saying these things because they want people to know what they went through.
Case in point: Anne Hathaway. She was totally harassed by Stanley Tucci on the set of "The Devil Wears Prada." She says Tucci elbowed her in the chest repeatedly and she had to tell him to stop. The asshole didn't just do it once, he did it again and again and it was painful and probably embarassing to her:
The 'Devil Wears Prada' actress revealed her cheeky colleague would repeatedly elbow her in the chest to demonstrate his fondness of her assets.
She said: "He would just smack me in my boob and elbow me.
"It really hurt, so, after about the fourth time, I finally said, 'Stanley, can you please stay away from my t**s?'"
However, the curvaceous brunette insists Tucci wasn't deterred by her request.
She added: "He got really flustered and said, 'What do you expect? You're flinging those melons around like its harvest season'."
What an asshole! I would kill the guy - after I sued him for sexual harassment. I'm serious, there's no way I would tolerate being treated like that by a coworker.
There shouldn't be different rules for performers and office workers - when you're on the job, you're not supposed to grab people. Tucci should know better.
Sure some of the sexual harassment guidelines are a bit strict, and some people like to talk smack, but sexual jokes and comments - if they're not directed at someone or threatening - are much different than elbowing someone in the chest and telling them they're "flinging their melons" around.
Stanley Tucci does not have a fabulous career, and he does not deserve one if this is how he treats women.
Another actor who probably deserves his career slump is Ben Affleck. Director Kevin Smith said Affleck engaged in the bizarre practice of sneaking up behind him while he was sitting and putting his balls on Smith's bare neck while they were working. Christina Applegate also said that Ben put his "junk" on a suitcase during filming for "Surviving Christmas." Maybe now that he's a father he'll keep his "junk" in his pants where it belongs.
Here is Hathaway outside Nobu restaurant on 6/12 with her boyfriend, real estate developer Raffaello Follieri. She is also seen in InStyle Magazine, and in one candid at "The Devil Wears Prada" after party on 6/19.
Paris Hilton saw a bunch of paparrazi camped outside a boutique next to where she was shopping in Beverly Hills. She asked her friend to loudly call for her and tried to make a grand exit to get all the photographers to pay attention to her. Only one guy came over to get some pictures, and then quickly left. All the other paparrazi totally ignored the talentless diva:
There are so many pictures of Paris that they're worth a lot less than rare candids of Jennifer Lopez. We've been ignoring Paris Hilton too. (Except for Friday, when it was a slow news day.) The girl gets around and like Britney, she's cheap.
While Paris was in London for the 02 Wireless Festival she get miffed at the idea of getting her high heels muddy and asked for transportation around the event. A little buggy came to pick her up, and she got all pissy about how slow it was and tried to bribe the driver to make it go faster:
Unable to bear even a smudge of mud on her perfect (but not very sensible) Manolo Blahniks organisers arranged for a golf cart to whizz Hilton around.
However, the speed of the cart was not to her liking and she was soon attempting to bribe the driver with a bag of cash she had on her person.
A source told the Sun: “Paris wasn’t best pleased with the buggy. She had an amazing look on her face when the little buggy trundled up to give her a lift.
“She told the driver in no uncertain terms he had to get a move on because she didn’t want to miss James Blunt.
“She said she had cash if he could get a shift on – but there was nothing he could do.”
Luckily Paris made it in time to see Blunt and spent the rest of the weekend partying with him and his model girlfriend, Petra Nemcova.
God forbid she should miss James Blunt performing. He doesn't sound the same in every song or anything.
Here she is with ridiculous fake eyelashes that look like they're going to scratch her cornea outside of Boujis nightclub in London last night. She changes her look a lot, and sometimes she's successful and looks decent. Most of the time she looks like a poor imitation of real celebrity, in this case Jessica Simpson.
Everyone thought it was amazing how gorgeous a cleaned-up K-Fed looked when the pictures from his Item Magazine spread came out. He kind of looked like a used car salesman to me. (If you still think he's cute, just check out these pictures of him lounging around the pool with his gut hanging out during his PR vacation with Britney.)
K-Fed is the new face of the Blue Marlin Clothing Company's Five Star Vintage Clothing Line. Guess they don't mind having their brand associated with a guy whose only claim to fame is fathering lots of children and starring in the cringe-worthy "Chaotic".
Christina Aguilera has made another dig at Britney's husband, K-Fed, saying that her husband is reliable and "isn't trying to put out an album" or be in the spotlight:
Aguilera felt the need to bring everyone's attention to the fact that Britney was not at the MTV Music Awards this year. She said something about wanting to chat with her, but she was really highlighting how hot she still is, while Britney has let herself go and is focusing on her role as a neglectful mother. Aguilera called Britney's wedding to K-Fed two years ago "pathetic" at the time, and she was unfortunately right.
Some of these pictures of K-Fed's Item Magazine shoot you've seen before, but many are new. If K-Fed can clean up, maybe Britney can, too.
Pictures [via]
The new Jessica Simpson song, "A Public Affair" is so strikingly similar to Madonna's "Holiday" that it's surprising it's not a remake. TMZ has both songs available for a comparison:
From the synth-pop beat to the jangly guitars in the beginning, to the eight-note motifs in the verses to the choruses that begin on an A and the use of the same key (B-minor), the two songs are so similar that, in a highly unscientific poll, every person to whom TMZ played "A Public Affair" identified it as "Holiday." Will Jellybean Benitez (who produced the original) be getting royalties for this?
TMZ called a rep for Madonna, but as of yet our calls have not been returned. As for Jessica, her rep tells TMZ "It is a fun summer single and comparing to retro Madonna is flattering!"
My husband thought it was "Holiday" when he heard the Jessica Simpson song, and it's amazing that someone thought they could get away with such a blatant rip off. I'm not blaming Jessica because she probably just does what people tell her to do.
Maybe Simpson's producers will pull the song or choose another to use as the first single off her new album.
She is in dire need of advice and has been letting her best friend and hairdresser Ken spend too much time on Eva Longoria's hair. The poor girl has major roots in these pictures at the launch of the Sidekick 3 on 6/20. She's also wearing an unflattering dress, and if she was still married someone (probably us) would be calling her pregnant.
Pictures [via]
Britney released a clip of a new song on her website called "Rebellion." It looks like it was up briefly and was removed, because BreatheHeavy.com says it was the second update and was under her poem, but it's no longer available.
The lyrics reveal the fact that she's pissed off at the paparrazi and press and thinks that she can make a noun into a verb by repeating it a lot. On her site before the download link she wrote "This is for everyone who thinks they know me... I forgive you."
Download a 50 second clip of Rebellion (mp3)
It's got a wannabe hip-hop vibe and it's pretty good.
Be wary of others
The ones closest to you (oh)
The poison they feed you
And the voodoo that they do
But in rebellion
There's a sparkle of truth
Don't just stand there
Do what you got to do
You'll find it in rebellion
You'll finally start breathing
They're not believing what they're seeing
'Cause you're rebellion
You'll find it so compelling
With everyone yelling
'Cause your soul, you're not selling
'Cause you're rebellion
You're not selling your soul, Britney, just some crappy pictures that no one wants. It's also clear that you're pissed off at Kevin, because he's slowly poisoning you. We get it.
You think you're rebellion by dyeing your hair black, don't you?
Lyrics and Britney mp3 from BreatheHeavy.com.
Posted to Britney Spears | Kevin Federline | Music | Relationship trouble
Britney Spears realized what a trashy loser people thought she was after her horrendous "Dateline" interview, in which she refused help from her publicists and didn't even have a hairdresser or makeup artist help her get ready. The pregnant singer chewed gum the whole time and bawled her eyes out when questioned about the parparrazi. She seemed arrogant and defensive and looked cheap in a super-short outfit.
Once Britney heard how poorly the interview was received she tried to do damage control by having professional portraits done. She shopped the pictures around to gossip mags at the sky-high price of $200,000. Britney called the gossip rags "trash" in her interview, and they showed her who was the trashy one by refusing to buy the pictures.
The only magazine willing to carry Britney's "classy" pictures and an interview was OK! Magazine - and they snatched them up at the bargain basement price of $5,000. When asked about the story and cheap photos, OK! said "Who doesn't love a discount?"
Britney, you're the discount. Get your ass in gear and get some media training.
Header photo from FadedYouth.
Posted to Britney Spears | SmartSmartSmart
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were married in a candlelit Catholic ceremony in Sydney on Sunday:
Guests at the black-tie event included Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman, Naomi Watts and Rupert Murdoch.
Kidman's wedding party consisted of her sister Antonia, who was her maid of honor, and daughter Isabella, 13, who was her bridesmaid. Antonia's daughter, Lucia, was a flower girl. On the groom's side were Urban's brother Shane, who served as best man, and longtime buddy Marlon Holden, who produced Urban's first solo album in 1991.
Kidman wore a dress by Nicolas Ghesquiere for Balenciaga. Her father, Antony, walked her down the aisle under the dramatic glow of a spotlight. She kept her veil on throughout the ceremony, only lifting it when it came time to say the (very traditional) vows.
Nicole cried all the way to the church in the car and then she cried all during the ceremony and had to wipe her eyes under the veil," a guest tells PEOPLE. "It was the most emotional and beautiful ceremony. Nicole looked ethereal with her veil floating, like a vision in white. ... Keith cried when he looked at her.
"It was so intense," the guest says. "When her veil was lifted, he moved right in and he grabbed her and kissed her. It was a long, passionate kiss. (Then) everything went from being quiet and elegant and intense to really loud, like we were suddenly at a soccer game. There was screaming and hollering and such excitement.
"But when Nicole and Keith looked at each other it was like they were the only two people in the room. They are so deeply in love. It was the most incredible wedding."
In lieu of gifts, guests were asked to donate to the Sydney Children's Hospital.
Both Jackman and Crowded House's Neil Finn performed at the reception, which had a "passion" theme and red color scheme – including red carnations hanging from huge chandeliers and red roses on the tables.
Either the rumors were untrue or Keith decided at the last minute not to perform at the reception, because it was said that he was planning to serenade Nicole.
It sounds lovely and quite romantic. Best wishes to Keith and Nicole.
Here are pictures from the wedding, including a high-res version of the official wedding photo and one high-res of Nicole in the car outside the wedding [via]. The other wedding photos are medium-sized. The other high-res photos are of Nicole on the day before the wedding outside her parents' house.
Thanks to Millie for pointing out the other two pictures leaked from Angelina Jolie's baby shower. [via] People are saying that it's crappy of one of their friends to shop the pictures around, but that it's likely that they're stolen. One commentor on DListed notes that there's a rumor that one of Brad's bodyguards is behind it.
The photo of Angelina and Zahara on the beach is lovely, and it's nice to see Brad and Angelina laughing and looking like they're having a good time.
We'll have to wait and see where these photos turn up and who gets threatened with a lawsuit. It's sure to be big news come Monday.
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