Celebitchy: July 02, 2006 - July 08, 2006 Archives

Jul
07

Paris Hilton crotch shot (NSFW)

Paris Hilton says that her dumb public personae is all a put-on, and that she invented herself for the cameras:

"The Simple Life is a reality show," she said, "and people might assume it's real. But it's fake. All reality shows are fake basically. When you have a camera on you, you are not going to act yourself.

"So before I started the show I thought I'd make a character like the movies Legally Blonde and Clueless mixed together... The public think they know me but they really don't."

Paris doesn't have the brains to be Elle Woods or Cher Horowitz, and she's flattering herself if she thinks people perceive her as fashionably ditzy but smart and well organized.

Paris also says she's uh, naturally shy, but that she has to live it up when she's out at an event because she's getting paid to be there.

Here is some evidence that Paris is either really forgetful, not shy at all, or a bit of both. She went commando in a red polka-dot dress recently. NSFW

Thanks to James at BlogNYC for finding the pics.

Have a great weekend everyone! Sorry posting was light today. I got a lot of spam from crazed Marissa Cooper fans. Blame them.

Update: Upon further close inspection, it looks like Paris was wearing underwear, but that they were the tiny string bikini type and were pushed to the side.

Posted to Nude | Paris Hilton | Photos | Sluts

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Jul
07

High Res photos of Lindsay Lohan clutching her breasts in GQ

As if Lindsay needs more publicity, she now graces the cover of the August issue of GQ and appears in a porny spread inside. I read the part of the article about her that's viewable in these images, and it seems like more of the same crap about Lindsay and her life in the tabloids. The author probably comes to the conclusion that she's a smart businesswoman who's destined to go places.

The thing that gets me is that the quotes and this spread look like Playboy. You know how Playboy and Penthouse always make up crap for the models to say, like how they think their best friend is hot or how they arranged a threesome with their boyfriend? It's like these quotes are made up by GQ to make the over-the-top pictures seem even more slutty. Maybe that's how GQ always does it, though.

This week Lindsay is bedding a guy who runs a suggestively-named chain of taco joints, and is changing her bikini three times a day. As she says in the GQ article "really - who cares?"

In one of the quotes she insists her breasts are real: "I like my body and my breasts. And no, they're not fake." She could skirt the question or admit to surgery she's obviously had, but instead she wants to volunteer lies. We don't care, Lindsay, you're already damaged goods so a little boob job isn't going to harm your image.

Pictures [via]

Posted to Lindsay Lohan | Magazines | Photos | Sexy | Sluts

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Jul
07

Nicole Kidman's wedding memorabilia on eBay

No one placed a bid on the package of memorabilia from the Nicole Kidman-Keith Urban wedding last weekend. The Australian seller wanted over $3,700 USD for the items, which look fancy but not too exciting:

A once only special offer of mementos from the Nicole Kidman-Keith Urban wedding on Sunday 25th June, 2006.

On offer are:
1. Engraved Tiffany travelling clock
2. Book of Ceremonies
3. Menu
4. Boxed slice of wedding cake

With no more than 100 of these presented to guests at the wedding, this is a very special and rare offering, sure to increase in value over the years.

The auction ended July 3rd with 0 bids, but that may just be due to the fact that it hasn't been publicized yet. Someone is surely stupid or crazed enough to pay almost 4k for that stuff.

The seller has a positive feedback rating of 14, and has only bought, not sold, items in the past. In the past 30 days they've bid on L'oreal lipgloss and bought a Thomas the Tank engine print, so they're likely a mom that could use the cash. I would guess it's someone who worked at the reception.

If you'd like a piece of the Kidman-Urban wedding you still have a chance. The wedding booklet is up for auction by another less-reputable seller at a more reasonable starting bid of $260 USD. The auction ends in about a week.

Here are the pictures of the stuff from eBay as well as some candids of Nicole and Keith celebrating the 4th of July. [via]

Posted to Keith Urban | Nicole Kidman | Weddings

Jul
07

Shannon Doherty to co-host "The View": What could go wrong?

Shannon Doherty will appear as a guest co-host on the asanine roundtable women's talk show, "The View." The otherwise forgettable show made headlines with the high-profile exit of cohost and former fatty Star Jones last week. Jones royally pissed off Barbara Walters by blabbing that she was leaving two days before the announcement was planned. She also told People Magazine that she felt like she was fired, since her contract wasn't renewed. Now that Doherty is going to step in temporarily, we can all commence forgetting about Star:

Former BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 star SHANNEN DOHERTY will fill-in as a co-host on US talk show THE VIEW later this month (JUL06). The actress joins a growing list of guest co-hosts sitting in after the abrupt departure of STAR JONES REYNOLDS last week (27JUN06), after her contract was not renewed. Doherty's new reality show BREAKING UP WITH SHANNEN DOHERTY, premieres on the US Oxygen network next month (AUG06). She will join forces with people in relationship peril who want to get out of bad relationships, but can't seem to do it on their own. Doherty will guest co-host The View on 31 July and 1 August (06). Also scheduled to sit in as co-hosts are AMERICAN IDOL runner-up KATHARINE MCPHEE, DANCING WITH THE STARS winner KELLY MONACO and judge CARRIE ANN INABA. A permanent replacement for Jones Reynolds is expected to be named in the autumn (06).

Doherty seems like a good choice to fill in for Star on a trial basis, since she's also generally considered a bitch with no career prospects. I think the last thing I saw her in was "Scare Tactics" on the SciFi channel. (I really enjoyed that show actually. It was one of the more inventive and entertaining reality shows.) She is also starting a new reality show on the Oxygen network in which she gives advice to people who are breaking up with their romantic partners.

Singer Brandy is slated to guest host on The View tomorrow and People wonders if she could replace Star. For now all the guest hosts are auditioning and it seems like it will be a while before a replacement is announced.

Meanwhile Star Jones has a new job. She has a mere one-week hosting job on the rather boring "Househunters" on HGTV. I've seen that show about four times and it always turns out the same. I'd like to see a couple not find the perfect bungalow for once and just decide to stay in their current house.

Here is Shannon Doherty at various events looking smug as usual. [via] She is shown with her former "Charmed" co-star, Holly Marie Combs.

Posted to Photos | Shannon Doherty | Television

Jul
06

"Jen and Vince are not Engaged" Links

I am off to enjoy the rest of the day. It looks like I will post filler stuff next Wednesday through Friday, but a girl has to go on vacation sometime.

- Jen and Vince are not engaged after dating for over a year. We just aren't comfortable with that. [Mollygood]
- Kate Moss is dating Pete Doherty's friend, Anthony Rossomando, the guitarist for the group Dirty Pretty Things. [Celebguru]
- Kate Moss snorts cocaine, earns more [yeeeah]
- The Suri Cruise mystery makes the cover of Us Weekly [I'm not obsessed]
- Jordan is a marketing genius [A Socialite's Life]
- Jessica Simpson spotted with Dane Cook again. [smart]
- Lindsay Lohan's breast implant scar [OMG Blog]
- Lindsay Lohan in August 2006 GQ Magazine [The Bastardly]
- Jake Gyllenhaal has a hairy chest [Barbie Martini]
- Photos of a drunk David Hasselhoff getting kicked out of Wimbeldon [The Wade Blogs]

Posted to Links

Jul
06

NO ONE has seen Suri Cruise

This baby just does not exist or something is wrong with it. People claim that Cruise is holding Suri back because of his wacko cult religion, Scientology, or because he didn't get enough cash for the photos, but there hasn't even been a bundle photographed. Now his celebrity friends claim to have never seen the mystery spawn, either:

BABY Suri Cruise isn't just playing hide-and-seek with the public. Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have yet to show off their spawn to fellow Scientologists John Travolta, Kelly Preston and Lisa Marie Presley. Even good pals Will and Jada Pinkett Smith supposedly have not met the newborn despite repeated calls to Cruise, reports Us Weekly. "Every time, it's a different excuse: He's busy or Kate's not feeling well," said a source. "[The Smiths] think it's so weird."

Even if they wanted to shield the baby from the negative influence of the media or whatever, we still would have seen Katie or a nanny/Scientology handler out walking with a stroller or holding a covered bundle.

Katie even went to her parent's house in Ohio at the end of May, and there were no photographs of the supposed baby.

All we have to vouch for Suri's existence is a report from an "eyewitness" who saw a bundle from very far away.

Readers of Celebrity Baby Blog came up with several plausible theories to explain the Suri mystery:

that the pregnancy was faked and Suri was adopted

that Katie was pregnant before she and Tom hooked up, and that she gave birth earlier and the latter part of the pregnancy was faked

that though she conceived while with Tom, he is not the genetic father and Suri looks nothing like him

that Suri has some kind of unattractive physical attribute that Tom and/or Katie do not want made public

that Tom has paid off the paparazzi not to take her photo

that Suri has not yet been outside of Tom's estate (the most likely reason in my opinion), with some people thinking that Child Protective Services should be called (!!!)

WTF is going on? They better procure a baby that sort of looks like them fast, because this is turning into one of the biggest Hollywood scandals ever.

Header image is an original illustration by the Grumpy Old Indian Man. Images of Tom Cruise from late June. [via]

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Jul
06

Avril Lavigne to get married this weekend?

Avril Lavigne must have had a tame bachelorette party because her fiance, Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley, attended too. They celebrated on June 30th in LA:

AVRIL LAVIGNE celebrated her last days of being single by inviting her fiance, SUM 41 singer DERYCK WHIBLEY, to join her for her bachelorette bash on 30 June (06). The 21-year-old COMPLICATED singer received two sets of black 2Belles panties embroidered with 'The Mrs' in hot pink, plus a posh bra, panty and camisole set from lingerie company Cherish. According to an eyewitness, "She was excited, but a little embarrassed." After opening her presents, Lavigne donned a veil with devil horns and the couple and 20 pals dined at hip Los Angeles restaurant Koi. The group then moved on to celebrity nightclub Lobby where they partied alongside JESSICA ALBA and NICKY HILTON. The couple have yet to announce their official wedding date.

Speculation is rampant that Lavigne and Whibley will marry this weekend, with reports that they have already notified friends and family:

Etalk reports that a California ceremony is imminent for the punk princess and the Sum 41 front man.

Friends and family of the pair were reportedly notified days ago of the plan and told to book their tickets immediately for Santa Barbara, where the Canadian rockers have a house together.

Earlier reports had suggested the wedding would take place Aug. 26, but media scrutiny apparently spurred the couple to move up the date.

This could definitely be true, because Lavigne was said to want a summer wedding, and to be planning for children right away.

It is uncertain whether Lavigne is already pregnant. We spotted a bump on the slender singer in several recent pictures, but in these photos from the end of June it doesn't seem to have grown enough to substantiate pregnancy rumors.

Here is Avril at her bachelorette party outside of Koi and at Hyde nightclub on 6/25. Pictures from Hollywood's Best and originally from Alavigne.com.br.

Posted to Avril Lavigne | Babies | Photos | Weddings

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Jul
06

Survivor winner shoots a puppy, and is producing reality hunting show

2002 "Survivor: Thailand" winner Brian Heidik, 38, shot a defenseless puppy with a bow and arrow after coming home drunk at 3:30 in the morning. When his estranged wife asked him about it, he said he was "tired of stupid dogs on my back porch." Luckily for the puppy, Heidik is a bad shot:

At about 3AM, his wife called to report that he was outside and that he had shot a puppy that was on his property with an arrow and planned to shoot another one," Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan Copeland told The Associated Press.

The puppy, a 3-4 month old tan-and-black shepherd-hound mix, was reportedly shot below the rib cage but not seriously injured. Local animal control officers are scheduled to return both puppies to Jeff McCloud, a neighbor, on Thursday morning.

When sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene, Heidik, a 38-year-old former porn actor who was living in the Los Angeles area when he appeared on Survivor, allegedly attempted to flee in his car but was quickly caught and transported back to the Douglasville, GA home that he and his family had moved to in November 2004.

After Heidik was apprehended, Charmaine Heidik, a 34-year-old former porn actress and Playboy bunny who was charged with spousal abuse for punching Heidik back in November 2002, told the deputies that in addition to shooting the puppy, he had also hit her approximately ten days earlier on June 23. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Charmaine Heidik told police that Heidik "had grabbed her by the face and pushed her down, bruising her forehead and elbow." Unspecified "evidence in the home" also reportedly supported the charge. The couple's son was also present in the home at the time of Heidik's arrest.

According to Charmaine Heidik, the puppy shooting followed a night in which Heidik had been out drinking with "buddies." After going to bed earlier in the night, she awoke to the sounds of a yelping dog at 3:30AM. Upon wandering out to the house's back porch, she saw Heidik holding the bow and arrow. "He just shoots the dog right in front of me," Charmaine Heidik told the Journal-Constitution. "I am tired of stupid dogs on my back porch," Heidik then allegedly remarked to her.

Heidik's defense was that he mistook the 3 month-old dog for a coyote that had killed two of his five year-old son's pet ducks.

Heidik appeared in several soft-core porn films before his "Survivor" win and says he is now producing a reality hunting show. He can't shoot or recognize prey, so it will either be a very bad or very entertaining series.

Heidik's wife says that he's never really adjusted to life post-Survivor and that he thinks he's "invincible."

The couple has several domestic battery incidents, with both Heidik and his wife alledging they were hit by the other. They are legally separated but have not yet filed for divorce.

Posted to Brian Heidik | Pets | SmartSmartSmart | Television

Jul
06

Ashley Judd reveals her lousy treatment for depression

In this month's issue of Glamour, Ashley Judd did her duty as a B-list celebrity and revealed potentially embarassing details about her personal life. She said that she underwent in-patient treatment for depression after succumbing to pressure from employees at the facility that was treating her sister, country star Winona Judd, for a food addiction:

Ashley Judd says she spent 47 days in a Texas treatment facility for depression and other emotional problems, in an interview in Glamour magazine.

"I needed help," the 38-year-old actress tells the magazine in its August issue. "I was in so much pain."

Judd, the daughter of country music star Naomi Judd, says she entered the Shades of Hope Treatment Center in Buffalo Gap in February for "codependence in my relationships; depression, blaming, raging, numbing, denying and minimizing my feelings."

"But because my addictions were behavioral, not chemical, I wouldn't have known to seek treatment. At Shades of Hope, my behaviors were treated like addictions. And those behaviors were killing me spiritually, the same as someone who is sitting on a corner with a bottle in a brown paper bag."

Judd says she was visiting her sister, singer Wynonna Judd, who was being treated for food addictions.

"When (the counselors) approached me about treatment, they said, `No one ever does an intervention on people like you. You look too good; you're too smart and together. But you (and Wynonna) come from the same family so you come from the same wound.' No one had ever validated my pain before. It was so profound," she says.

We all have issues that could benefit from therapy, and I enjoyed nice outpatient visits with a kind woman who usually took my side when I told stories about my lousy ex-boyfriend. It sounds like Judd was brainwashed, though. Listen to how she explains "therapy:"
"My behaviors were treated like addictions. And those behaviors were killing me spiritually, the same as someone who is sitting on a corner with a bottle in a brown paper bag."

This sounds like a bullshit, oversimplified way to view one's issues. There are lots of different schools of thought and accompanying therapies that can be effective, but treating everything like an addiction is not something I learned about in grad school. It's based on the Alcoholics Anonymous model of dependency, which may be a semi-effective, albeit controversial, way to treat addictions, but is not a really constructive way to work through one's emotional issues.

If it worked for Judd that's great, but treating one's emotional problems under the umbrella of addiction can be woefully inadequate and ineffective.

I attended a few years of graduate school for psychology before ending up in IT just before the Internet boom, so I sort of know what I'm talking about. My preferred form of therapy is cognitive behavioral, which helps change your outlook by systematically changing your behaviors. The most famous cognitive therapist is Albert Ellis, and the most practical book I've read on the subject is "Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy" by David Burns, which I would highly recommend if you're a bit depressed or having trouble getting out of a slump. (If you're depressed, get help from a therapist and/or go on medication. There's no shame in it.)

It sounds like Ashley Judd got convinced by the staff at her sister's facility that it would be great if she checked in. They probably realized how good it would be for their PR if they were able to "treat" two of the sort-of-famous Judd sisters.

Here is Ashley Judd at a Cartier party in early June with Selma Hayek, and at the Indianapolis 500 celebration in late May with her husband, Scottish racecar driver Dario Franchitti. Judd, 38, has been married to Franchitti, 33, since 1999. The couple divides their time between Tennessee and Scotland.

Posted to Addictions | Ashley Judd | Emotional | Endorsements

Jul
06

"Kate Bosworth needs an intervention" Links

- Kate Bosworth needs an intervention [BlogNYC]
- Life and Style Magazine paid for Lindsay Lohan's birthday [Wizbang Pop]
- Did Lindsay Lohan get her boobies back or were they never gone in the first place? [The Bastardly]
- Candy Spelling honors her recently departed husband by selling his mansion for $150 million [Mollygood]
- The disco ball in Madonna's stage show is based on a Kabbalah UFO. Yes, they have UFOs too. [WWTDD]
- David Hasselhoff got kicked out of Wimbeldon for being too drunk [Hate on]
- Jordan's video update: Cameron Diaz plans to get fat! [Jordan is your Homeboy]
- Us Weekly fears that the setup behind the Seacrest-Hatcher fake kiss will get out [Jossip]
- Kevin Federline says he realized Papazoa was terrible and he, uh did it to make the rest of his music seem good in comparison [Tabloid Whore]
- Jessica Alba in a bikini [Just Jared]
- Jessica Biel in a bikini [Faded Youth]
- Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo: busted again [Popsugar]
- Kenneth Lay dies right before he goes to jail. It should work like the Senate and his wife should step in for him. [Popbytes]

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Jul
05

Mischa Barton has a foul mouth

Mischa Barton's limo was too big to maneuver around some tight curves in London, so the the driver had the former "O.C." star get out and walk a little bit to get to the UK premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3." She was accompanied by British talk show hosts Alan Carr and Justin Lee Collins of Channel 4's "Friday Night Project."

Collins said he loved Barton's foul mouth and had a great time with the 20 year-old actress:

The TV star spent all of Monday (03.07.06) with the former 'O.C.' star filming segments for his Channel 4 show 'The Friday Night Project' - and even escorted the stunning actress to the London premiere of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'.

Collins has now revealed she has a filthy mouth.
He told BANG Showbiz: "She has a wicked sense of humour. She's really cheeky.
"I was quite shocked to be honest because she looks all sweet and lovely but she would come out with certain things and I would just be stunned. "She's one hell of a girl. She's wicked and I love her."

Britain's Mirror also reports that Barton said she didn't "give a s*** where Paris is" when someone told her that she just missed Paris Hilton's visit to the UK. That's not surprising since the two have fought in the press before.

Here is Barton getting in her limo and at the "Pirates" premiere. Her dress is too short and the jeweled top and cap sleeves are just odd. Barton is seen with talk show host Justin Lee Collins and has not moved on from Cisco Adler to another shockingly unsuitable suitor.

Posted to Mischa Barton | Photos | Premieres

Jul
05

National Enquirer's 50 Best and Worst Beach Bodies

I really enjoy reading these gossip rags now that I'm in the states for my vacation.

Here's one of my guilty pleasures, The National Enquirer. Reader Millie says it's one of the trashier rags, but maybe that's why I like it so much! I also totally believe a lot of what they write, and my guillibitiy is undoubtedly a big factor in my willingness to reprint most of the crap I read about celebrities.

Here's a recap of the pictures, below. They're spot on with most of them, except for Mimi. They use an old fat picture of Mariah Carey and say she's got one of the best beach bodies. Maybe she's better looking now, but they didn't even bother to photoshop it to make her look thinner. Also, Pierce Brosnan's wife might be heavy, but she's an attractive woman otherwise and it seems kind of cruel to use a picture from the back. Kudos to Brosnan for defending his wife and not trading her in for a younger model.

Best Beach Bodies, Women:
Beyonce Knowles, 24
Elizabeth Hurley. 41
Jessica Alba, 25
Mariah Carey, 36
Jennifer Aniston, 37
Lisa Rinna, 43
Carmen Electra, 34
Eva Longoria, 31
Cameron Diaz, 33
Scarlet Johansson, 21
Pam Anderson, 39
Michelle Rodriguez, 27

Worst Women:
Keely Shaye Smith (Pierce Brosnan's wife), 42
Princess Caroline, 49
Kristen Johnston (from "Third Rock"), 38
Aida Turturro (from "The Sopranos"), 43
Martha Stewart, 64
Chelsea Clinton, 26
Queen Latifah, 36
Star Jones, 44
Goldie Hawn, 60

Best Beach Bodies, Men:
LL Cool J, 38
Brad Pitt, 42
Matthew McConaughey, 36 (not so much anymore)
Ty Pennington, 41
Jude Law, 33

Worst Men:
Gerard Depardieu, 57
David Spade, 41
Sean Penn, 45
Ric Ocasek, 57
Ted Kennedy, 74
Michael Douglas, 61
Chris Noth, 51

Cellulite Hall of Fame:
Demi Moore, 43
Jerry Hall, 60
Donatella Versace, 51
Britney Spears, 24
Iman, 50

Best Baby Bellies:
Madonna, 47
Gwyneth Paltrow, 38
Helen Hunt, 43
Kelly Ripa, 35
Britney Spears, 24

Bikini Bloopers and Strange:
Jessica Alba scratching her ass
Paris Hilton scratching her crotch
Kirsten Dunst loosing her top
Goldie Hawn with a face mask and topless suit
Nicolette Sheridan's top goes to the side
Charlotte Church tries to hold onto her top

I'll be leaving the US next Tuesday and will be away from the computer for nearly a week I'm sorry to say. I'll make an official announcement and will do my best to fill in the gaps while I'm gone but things may be quiet around here if I don't find a guest writer. (If you'd like to write for the blog - please e-mail me at info [at] celebitchy.com. You don't need a lot of technical knowledge. It would help if you're familiar with Movable Type, although it's easy and I can teach you.) I'm going to the French countryside, but since I already live in Europe I can't get all pretentious about it.

Here are the pictures. I just photographed the magazine and realize they're not the best quality.

Posted to Magazines | Photos

Jul
05

Matthew McConaughey's fat!

Matthew McConaughey has been letting himself go since his split with Penelope Cruz. He was photographed with a bit of a beer belly at a party he threw on the 4th of July:

MOVIE hunk MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY has got a bit chunky – it looks like he has been getting over his split from PENELOPE CRUZ by sinking a few lagers.

The normally ripped star showed off his expanding beer belly during an Independence Day party with his pals.

He held the bash at his Malibu mansion.

NATALIE PORTMAN and JAKE GYLLENHAAL – who are rumoured to be more than just friends – were among the guests to see Matt’s new look. But I have to say he carries the Homer Simpson look well . . .

Yeah, Matt still looks hot with a few extra pounds. He looks like he needs to suck his stomach in. He can whip himself back into stinky shape if he needs to. A few laps around the trailer park should do it.

Update: Matt doesn't look quite as fat when he's taking a jog on the beach. (inset picture via People Magazine)

Here's his ex, Penelope Cruz, out with a friend in Beverly Hills on 6/28. You don't see a lot of paparrazi pictures of her and she doesn't look like she minds being photographed. [via]

Posted to Breakups | Matthew McConaughey | Penelope Cruz | Weight Gain

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Jul
05

Lindsay Lohan says her boobs are real and she never tried cocaine

Lindsay's full of shit lately. Her boobs look like two basketballs stuffed under her skin, but she has attributed their strange shape and quick growth to natural causes. This latest quote is undoubtedly made up, because there's no source listed and it's worded like a typical Brit would phrase it, but it's not beneath us to repeat it or attribute it to her. She said something like this before, but it's impossible to google since all the keywords are kind of dirty:

Stunning Lindsay, who only turned 20 on Sunday, said: "Skinny's not attractive. I've learnt that."

Peering inside her vest she added: "I like having my breasts in there - naturally, I add! The papers said I had implants, then when I was really flat-chested they said I was anorexic and had had them taken out.

"Truth is I have got my boobs back because I've got healthier again and I'm so happy."

[via]

It's probably not true that she actually said that this time around unless someone changed the quote to sound British, but in an interview with The Mirror she did deny every trying cocaine, and credited her druggie dad for her abstinence:

"I've never tried cocaine," Lindsay says. "I've seen my father. I've seen how it messes with families and f***s your life up. If I hadn't witnessed that, I may have gone a different route. I don't know. But I've seen how it tore my parents apart."

Lohan also admits that she was too thin and wasn't eating right, and said she turned her health around by exercising. She says she parties a lot but that "it's nothing too decadent and probably not half as wild as what goes on at university fraternity parties." It's good that she's no longer in denial about her body at least.

Here she is in various beach shots this week.

Thanks to Hollywoods Best, Egotastic, and Mollygood for the photos. x17online also points out her freckled butt.

Posted to Arrogant | Drugs | Lindsay Lohan | Photos

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Jul
05

Pirates of the Caribbean wax figures

The Pirates of the Caribbean exhibit was unveiled at Madame Tussauds in London today. The wax artists are quite skilled at male characters as Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp's waxworks look eerily close to the real thing. Keira Knightley's wax figure looks like a female impersonator, though. Maybe that's why they tried to hide her underneath some falling hair.

People are speculating that Keira Knightley's live-in relationship with fellow actor Rupert Friend won't last long. He complained about his girlfriend having to kiss her hot costars in "Pirates" and said that she's hardly ever home. Keira admitted to working too hard, and says that she needs to take time off, but not because of Rupert:

Keira, whose previous relationship with Calvin Klein model Jamie Dornan ended because he couldn't handle her fame, confessed: "I know I've been like a workaholic and I really don't have time for much. I want to spend more time with my friends and family."

She added that she "definitely" had no plans to get married just yet. And when asked if she was going to take more time off to spend with Rupert, she replied: "I'm going to take time off because of myself mainly, not because of him. Let's see how things go there. I'm working on two new movies, that's what I'm concerned about now."

Not that Pride And Prejudice actor Rupert would call what she does "work". When we asked about Keira's performance in Pirates, he grunted: "It must have been a hard job kissing Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom. I'm sure she hated every minute of it!" Then he moaned to us: "She hardly ever comes home to me."

It doesn't sound like Keira and Rupert are doing too well if they speak so poorly of each other to the press.

Here are the wax figures of Keira, Johnny and Orlando.

Posted to Johnny Depp | Keira Knightley | Orlando Bloom | Photos | Relationship trouble

Jul
05

Britney and Kevin are not doing another Chaotic

There were reports that Britney was planning a "Chaotic 2" to further pound her stardom into the ground, but that was yet another piece of fake news embellished by the British tabloids. They always put some bit of UK slang in there to give it away.

"I know that things are fine, but this show will put paid to those rumors finally."

Perez Hilton called Britney's rep, who denied that Britney was dumb enough to make another "Chaotic". Plus Kevin would have to be around long enough to make the film.

Just like the rumor that Britney was going to give birth in Namibia, this originated with the satirical site "Postcards from the Pug Bus" and was picked up as real news, with fake quotes added for good measure, by the tabloids.

Here is K-Fed shopping for junk food on July 3rd. He looks awful. It was so much nicer to check out pictures of cutie Perry Taylor. [via] Oh - the gossip rags are reporting that Sean Preston was calling manny Perry "Da Da" and that's part of the reason why K-Fed had him canned.

Posted to Britney Spears | Fake News | Kevin Federline | Photos | Relationship trouble

Jul
05

Keira Knightley denies being anorexic

People should dress to fit their body type and not try to deny that they're super-thin or carrying a few extra pounds. We call it a muffin top when chubby chicks try to wear tight jeans and short tops, and we need a suitable nickname for thin women showing off their concave chests. I was going to write something about Keira's "dead woman's chest," but figured that would be too cliche. Something about pancakes would be suitable, but it's not about flat chests as much as sunken sternums.

knightley wore a gold Gucci dress with a non-existent neckline to the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in London that highlighted her skeletal frame. She was absolutely shocked that people think she might be anorexic and said that oh, anorexia runs in her family but of course she doesn't have that problem:

"I've got a lot of experience with anorexia — my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it," Knightley said. "I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't."

She said she was surprised by any suggestion that she had an eating disorder.

"(The press) said to me yesterday `How does it feel to be called anorexic?' and I had no idea that I was," Knightley said. "I'm not saying there aren't people in the film industry that suffer from it, because I am sure that there are. But I'm quite sure I don't have it."

She handled the question well by saying that she's glad she helped stir up interest in the issue and that it's good that people are talking about it.

She's obviously in denial that she's so thin, and shouldn't be showing off her tiny body. Kate Bosworth must realize how she looks because she wore a tight but flattering dress to the "Superman Returns" premiere and didn't look like the stick that she is.

Knightley has tried to play off her thinness by saying that she doesn't diet or exercise and that she admires curves on women. She said in an interview with Elle magazine that she eats "bowls" of pasta and drinks plenty of wine:

"I'm trying to go 'Fuck it' and have bowls of pasta or whatever makes me happy. I haven't been to the gym since January and I'm drinking about half a bottle of wine a night. Fuck it, you've got one life - live it."

Knightley went on to admire the curves of other actresses like Scarlett Johansson whose body is about a million miles away from Knightley’s slender frame and who she was photographed with nude for the front cover of Vanity Fair.

She added: "That kind of decadent flesh is absolutely beautiful. How sexy is that on a woman?"

"We had such a laugh. Scarlett's a sweetheart. I'm not completely comfortable with my body but I just thought, 'Fuck it'."

It is was true that Knightley is eating "bowls" of pasta it would show on her frame. It's also very telling that she says she's not comfortable with herself, and calls Johansson's hot body "decadent flesh." Johansson is fit with curves and is not chubby at all. If Knightley thought Johansson looked good she would call her hot or curvy but instead she uses a description that is more suited to a side of beef. She obviously has problems with normal-looking women and isn't going to gain weight until she faces reality.

Here are some candids of Knightley in London on 7/2, at a "Pirates of the Caribbean" photocall with Orlando Bloom and at the UK premiere on 7/3. [via]

Jul
05

Hilary Swank says her ex, Chad Lowe, is an addict!

It looks like Vanity Fair's strategy of denying stars the cover unless they dish lots of dirt has worked, because Hilary Swank blabs in an upcoming interview with the magazine that her ex, Chad Lowe, is an addict! She says he's been sober for three years, but that his battle with substance abuse caused a serious rift in the relationship that they couldn't repair.

The beautiful tomboy tells Vanity Fair she was shocked to learn about Lowe's addiction problem.

"I knew something was happening but I didn't know what" Swank tells Vanity Fair in the August editions set to hit newsstands today.

"When I found out, it was such a shock because I never thought he'd keep something from me. And yet, on another level, it was a confirmation of something I was feeling that was keeping us from being completely solid.

"He's sober now. I don't want to make it seem like that's the sole reason; there were other factors. But that just kind of blew it open. It made me look at things a lot deeper. That's when you realize it's not going to work."

Lowe, 38, and his managers could not be immediately reached for comment yesterday.

Although Lowe's struggle touched off their marriage's downhill slide, Swank said she's proud of her soon-to-be ex's three years of sobriety.

Vanity Fair does not detail the actor's substance of choice.

"It's an enormous obstacle to overcome, and he's doing it. He's living a sober life," said Swank, who married Lowe in 1997. "I know how difficult it is, and I'm really proud of his sobriety."

The actress says she had to stay with Lowe when his substance abuse came to light.

"When I found out, I wanted to be there," she explains. "I knew it was the most important time of his life. That's when he needed me most."

It sounds like once Chad beat whatever drugs he was on things were never the same between them and it was impossible to overcome.

This happened to a friend of mine who was with her husband for over ten years. He got addicted to Oxycontin for back pain and completely changed. He became uncommunicative and withdrawn. They had a big blowout and ended up getting divorced. He has a new girlfriend and is still addicted to painkillers.

For an actress with two Oscars Hilary Swank doesn't get a lot of attention in the press. This revelation will make people interested in her for a week or two. She's sporty, down to earth, and normal and people don't think that's particularly exciting. She should follow this up by going shopping on Rodeo Drive and having dinner at The Ivy with a hot new guy.

In the upcoming interview, Hilary addresses the problems between her high=profile Hollywood career and her soon-to-be ex-husband's lack of prospects, saying, "I think that any frustration for him stemmed from the lack of opportunities in his own career."

Swank, 32, says she's wary of the dating scene, "I thought of it - of that whole world - I can't imagine it! I can't imagine going out right now and trying to find someone else to be with."

Relationship guru John Gray recommends that men and women do the opposite of their natural instincts when trying to recover from a breakup. Women should start dating right away while men should take time to nurse their wounds instead of jumping into another relationship. Maybe Hilary should take a page from Charlie Sheen and start looking online.

Here is Hilary in new ads from Clavin Klein and at a party for the perfume giant Guerlain, which she also represents, on 6/14. [via]

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Jul
04

"Celebrities in bikinis for 4th of July" Links

- Rachel Hunter shows off her breast implant scar while swimming (NSFW) [I'm not obsessed]
- Terry Hatcher in a bikini is not so ugly [yeeah]
- Lindsay Lohan bikini pictures [Egotastic]
- Pamela Anderson bikini pictures [Hollywood Tuna]
- Four year-old boy pageant winner flips off crowd, loses title of "Little Mr. Apricot" [Wizbang Pop]
- Are the British sore losers or just hooligans? [The Bastardly]
- Lindsay Lohan says she's "never tried cocaine." Didn't she hint to Vanity Fair that she did? [A Socialite's Life]
- Mischa Barton, Nicole Richie, and Rachel Bilson party with the Fonz's daughter [MollyGood]
- Toni Braxton manages to perform with her clothes on. [Juicy News]
- K-Fed stocks up on junk food for 4th of July [DListed]
- Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and Violet [Bricks and Stones]
- Jolie-Pitt-Stefani-Rossdale celebrity play date [Faded Youth]
- People scream for Bobbie Brown to get offstage at the Essence Music Festival [Concrete Loop]
- Holiday firework don'ts [CityRag]
- Pictures of 'Lil Kim's first day of freedom. Now she's on 30-day house arrest. [Crunk and Disorderly]
- Lesbian inmate claims to have been "close friends" with 'Lil Kim in prison [Media Take Out]

Here are recent high res photos of Lindsay Lohan and Pamela Anderson in bikinis. [via] Have a great 4th of July!

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Hello! Magazine has the details:

Jul
03

Uma Thurman on the beach with her boyfriend

Uma Thurman vacationed in St. Tropez with her boyfriend, hotelier André Balazs.

Passions are running high in Saint Tropez where Uma Thurman is showing all the signs that her two-year on-off relationship with Andre Balazs is back on. The pair have been holidaying in the celebrity hangout, and the chemistry between them was on show for all to see.

Andre Balazs wraps a protective arm around his love of two years, Uma Thurman, on a break in Saint Tropez. The couple split in March but now look to be rekindling their relationship.

Uma's big boobs are probably real, because they're drooping convincingly.

Thurman has asked Hollywood not to write her off because she's getting older, and says that actors get better with age.

Pictures [via]

Thanks to yeeeah for alerting me to these pics.

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Jul
03

David Beckham quits as England's World Cup Captain

David Beckham announced his resignation as England's captain after England lost their chances at the cup by losing to Portugal in penalty kick overtime 3-1 on Saturday.

"Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further, and both myself and all the players regret that, and I hurt... I hurt by that more than people realize"

Here is Beckham crying after his World Cup dreams were shattered:

And here he is announcing his resignation as World Cup captain:

Beckham is said to have made the decision after a heart-to-heart phone call with his wife, Victoria, who has supported him on the sidelines by losing even more weight and wearing skimpy outfits:

DAVID Beckham decided to step down as England captain yesterday after an emotional heart-to-heart phone call from wife Victoria.

Posh, 32, and seven-year-old son Brooklyn both wept after seeing Becks limp off the pitch at Gelsenkirchen in tears.

She tried to console him in mobile phone calls as she was ferried from the stadium to the wives and girlfriends’ hotel in Baden-Baden.

Becks finally sat down in his hotel room to compose his resignation statement in the early hours of yesterday after he and Victoria agreed that he should resign.

An England insider said last night: “A lot of raw emotion poured out during their talks on the phone. It’s a decision Becks could never have made without Victoria — they made it together.

“He wanted to bow out as a World Cup winner but it just didn’t turn out that way and they agreed it was time to take a new direction together.

“It was a mature decision which will take the pressure off the whole family.” Beckham, 31, fought back tears and his voice cracked with emotion as he read out his handwritten speech.

In it, he said he had lived the dream and was “extremely proud” to have worn the captain’s armband.
Real Madrid star Becks was helped away by FA minders after reading out his 110-second statement.

Chelsea skipper John Terry is now set to become England’s new captain.
His first game in charge will be the friendly against Greece at Old Trafford on August 16.

Here are pictures of Victoria Beckham crying after England lost on Saturday. [via] she is also seen arriving at the soccer stadium on 6/20 and outside of a restaurant in Stahlbad. Germany on 6/14. There are also some pics of her at a game with Cheryl Tweedy on 6/15. [via]

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Jul
03

Ashlee Simpson to represent... Victoria's Secret!

A little plastic surgery can go a long way. It turns out that it was a rumor that Ashlee Simpson was offered $4 million to pose for Playboy and turned it down. It's stranger than fiction, though, that Ashlee is going to be the new face of the Victoria's Secret "pink" line. She is also moving in with her boyfriend and guitarist for her band, Braxton Olita:

West Coast spies say she's selling her Encino home to move in with boyfriend Braxton Olita. (Young Braxton, who plays guitar in her shows, has also graduated from sleeping in the band tour bus to bedding down in Ashley's own private coach, I hear.)

She ought to be able to afford some flashy new digs. It will soon be announced that the 21-year-old will front the campaign for Victoria's Secret's new line, Pink. She beat out finalist Kelly Clarkson to become the face (and hips and legs and … well, everything else) of the new line of younger, "cuter" lingerie.

Finally, anyone with a ticket to her sold-out concert at the Borgata tonight is in for a special treat: Plans are afoot for her big sis, Jessica, to join her onstage for a "surprise" duet.

I could see her getting naked, but someone is paying her to model lingerie? That's too much. Everyone is saying that she's hot now that she looks just like Jessica, but she's still an ugly little girl to me.

Ashlee started her U.S. tour last month, and little girls in Chuck Taylors are eagerly awaiting her arrival in their city. She told concert-goers in Washington, DC that "It's OK not to be perfect":

"The biggest lesson I've learned this year is it's okay to not be perfect," Ashlee Simpson told a crush of young girls who came to see her at the Warner Theatre on Friday night.

Wait a minute -- is that an old speech left over from the great lip-syncing debacle of 2004? It's likely, since Ash's 2006 has been more about striving for bland cookie-cutter perfection than accepting perceived flaws -- as evidenced by her alleged nose job.

It might be ok not to be perfect, but she must have learned that lesson too late to take back her plastic surgery.

Here is Ashlee in July's Marie Claire and in Elle UK. [via]

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Jul
03

Nicole Kidman did invite Tom Cruise to her wedding

Australian gossip rags are reporting that Nicole Kidman did invite her ex, Tom Cruise, to her wedding with Keith Urban last weekend. He didn't attend, but sent his regards. His two adopted children with Kidman did attend:

The 39-year-old star apparently invited Tom and present squeeze Katie Holmes – who have a daughter Suri - to the wedding in her native Sydney, Australia.

Oz tabloids claim to have seen copies of the invite, which would have followed the correct wedding/ex-partner etiquette if Cruise and Holmes were unavailable to attend.

While Cruise and Kidman's adopted children from their marriage, Isabelle and Connor, were both at last Sunday's ceremony, the Mission: Impossible star was nowhere to be seen, but a source told the Sunday Mirror that the actor sent his best wishes instead.

"Tom wished Nicole all the best and was pleased all the troubles between them were over. He also said how much he hoped she finds joy," a friend told the paper.

Earlier reports that Tom sent Nicole a picture of Suri for her 39th birthday with the message "a very nappy birthday" were false, and were undoubtedly made up in England, where most of the fake gossip originates and nappy is a common colloquialism for diaper. Nicole was also said to have wished "mother and baby well" after the birth of Suri, but that turned out to be made up, too. It could be true that Tom sent his regards after the wedding, but we'll probably never know.

Nicole and Keith are back in Nashville after departing their honeymoon in Tahiti on Saturday. They left at night to avoid photographers, and boarded a jetboat to a chartered flight, which took them to the Island nation's capital, where they caught a private jet home. Their honeymoon was probably not as peaceful as they were hoping, considering that Eva Longoria and Tony Parker crashed their resort.

Nicole is no longer on pregnancy watch after she was photographed looking super-fit in a bikini. Both she and Keith are headed back to work:

The Oscar-winning actress, who is rarely seen in anything revealing, was photographed in a turquoise and white bikini showing off an amazingly toned abdomen, putting to rest any rumours she was pregnant.

The celebrity couple are set to get straight back to work - Urban kicks off the first show of his tour in Ontario, Canada on July 13 and Kidman is due to start filming her next movie, The Lady From Shanghai.

Here are lower resolution pictures of Nicole and Keith on their honeymoon, and some higher resolution candids of them back in Nashville. [via]

Jul
03

"Lil' Kim gets her freedom" Links

- Lil' Kim is getting out of jail just in time for 4th of July [popbytes]
- Brandy taking Star Jones' place? [Concrete Loop]
- David Hasselhoff was injured in the hand or maybe the arm in a freak "shaving" accident [Mollygood]
- Co-editor gets fired at Gawker 'cause they want to be "mainstream" Maybe I'll be able to read it now since it was too high-brow for me before. [Jossip]
- Lindsay Lohan celebrates her 20th birthday [PopSugar]
- 2006 World Cup Babes [The Bastardly]
- Rush Limbaugh and Mary-Lynn Rajskub?! [Tabloid Whore]
- Celebrity Photoshop with Ashanti, Beyonce and Halle Berry [Faded Youth]
- Freddie Prinze Jr. took a crap in Matthew Lillard's trailer for a laugh [DListed]
- Victoria Beckham walks her bra. [Hollywood Tuna]
- Rachel Weisz looks fabulous [I'm not obsessed]
- High class madam says that Time Warner CFO Wayne Pace was one of her biggest clients [Blog NYC]

Here are a bunch of pictures of 'Lil Kim at various events in honor of her early release from jail today. Thanks to Hollywood's Best for these photos.

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Jul
03

Woody Harrelson makes it obvious that he's cheating on his wife

TMZ has a big story and video of Woody Harrelson choking one of their photographers, but when you watch the video he only grabs the guy by the neck and talks to him in his face, and it doesn't like like he's trying to strangle him.

The photographer had "neck lacerations" that look serious, though, and are clearly finger marks. It's pretty convincing that Harrelson was forceful, and he'll probably get sued.

Here's my bad transcript of the tape:

Woody is seen with a blonde, brunette, and a guy. Then he's walking down the street with a brunette near him. He approaches the cameraman, and the camera is turned to the side so you can't see him.
"Turn it off, Turn it off, I'm asking you to turn it off."
"All I'm doing is my job."
"Will you stop doing it, please?"
"... Come on, man"
"I've asked you to stop. Are you going to stop?"
"Not when you ask me like that."
"I asked you politely... turn it off"
"No."
Scuffle ensues. (You have to click the link to the right for "Camera 2" if you want to see the alleged choking.)

TMZ says that the injured paparrazo tried to flag down a cop but that the officers ignored his complaint and just drove off. They went to the station and filed a criminal complaint and an invesitgation is underway:

LAPD Detective John Padilla told TMZ the investigation is ongoing and "We're going to present it to the D.A.'s office" as early as today. Padilla added, "With the tapes and all, it's pretty good evidence." Padilla said vandalism and assault and battery charges could be filed against Harrelson.

This is incredibly dumb of Woody, because he obviously got pissed getting videotaped and photographed while out with a brunette who wasn't his wife. He was seen with several women kind of walking together at first and should have played it off like it wasn't a big deal. He's cheating, though, or else why would he get so upset?

Danny Glover similarly hit a photographer in late April when he was photographed out with a woman who was not his wife.

No one cares about Danny Glover or Woody Harrelson and unless their wives are super sleuths they're not going to get their hands on some random paparrazi photos of their semi-famous husbands out with other women. Add some rage and violence to the mix, though, and they're sure to find out.

Harrelson's wife, Laura Louie just had his third daughter on 6/3. They live on the Hawaain island of Maui, and now she's going to realize what he gets up to when he's in Hollywood.

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Jul
02

Star Jones' career is totally over

Star Jones just can't stop opening her big mouth. She screwed herself out of a chance to exit The View gracefully by blabbing that she's leaving on air, and then telling People that she was fired. She should have taken producers' advice to "make up a story" about why she's no longer going to annoy the old ladies who watch The View with her shrinking presence. Instead she behaved as arrogantly as she always does and managed to royally piss off Barbara Walters.

Word is that she has almost no chance of getting another job in television now that she's poured gasoline over all her rickety bridges.

Shari Anne Brill, director of programming at Carat USA, said Jones Reynolds' 15 minutes of fame could be over after she unexpectedly announced her departure during a live broadcast.

"If she didn't have something in the works, that would be an extremely bad career move," explained Brill. "You don't diss your boss. That's a serious bridge to burn."

Especially when your boss is TV legend Walters.

One insider said Reynolds Jones is widely regarded as "unemployable" because of her reputation as a diva.

"Are people going to want to buy the trouble?" he said. "I don't think so.

"She has won some of the audience with her wounded doe act, but in a year's time they won't even remember who she is."

Another TV source shared doubts about the 44-year-old's future.

"Star has meetings scheduled on both coasts with possible employers," she said. "The blast of publicity over her firing will produce a lot of offers - or none at all.

"Some TV executives might be concerned that Star is not a team player."

Here's Star on The Today Show. She tries to compare herself to people screwed by big corporations like Enron or Tyco, but she's totally full of shit. She also says she made the announcement she was leaving on Tuesday instead of Thursday because of the "nastiness" in the media.

That's part 1 of 2. The second part is here.

She better get television coverage when she can, because she's talk show poison now.

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Jul
02

Britney says "My pictures were stolen too! Really!"

Britney Spears claims the glowing happy pictures that came out in US Weekly of her posing with Kevin were, like, totally stolen. She's said to be "evaluating legal options" against the magazine. You know that Britney released the photos herself after her "Dateline" debacle, and is just saying that to make it seem like they're really stolen:

Britney Spears has said she is "outraged and saddened" after holiday photos of her family were published in a US magazine.

Her record label Jive said the photos were stolen and that Spears and husband Kevin Federline were "evaluating all of their legal options".

The statement said the photos were stolen by "an unknown perpetrator" and printed by Us Weekly magazine without the couple's "knowledge or consent".

We seriously doubt this is true because the pictures are all cute and seem to come at a time when she needs good publicity and wants to make it seem as if everything is fine in her marriage. It's also seems like too much of a coincidence when compared with the recently leaked Brangelina baby shower pics.

Reader Missy notes that Britney and Kevin may look happy and privileged in these pictures taken on a private jet, but that Kevin is suspiciously hiding his ring finger. Someone must have "forgotten" to wear their wedding ring.

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Jul
02

Camera repair guys who leaked Brangelina pics didn't do anything illegal

You've undoubtedly heard about the Brangelina baby shower pics that were released to a few blogs and media outlets with the promise of 450 more. It turns out that Angelina's kissing brother, James Haven, took his camera to BestBuy in LA but forgot to remove the memory card. BestBuy outsourced the job to Precision Camera in Enfield, Connecticut, where two guys thought they hit the jackpot. They might have, if they would have been smart enough to take basic precautions like using a proxy server and an anonymous e-mail address. Instead they used an easily traceable account and the feds raided their place of employment and one of their homes to recover the pictures. They probably would have been caught anyway, but it might have taken a couple of extra days.

They dodged a legal bullet since it was determined they didn't do anything illegal:

“It’s something that happened at work. I don’t really have much to say,” Beckwith told the Herald last night.

“I work at Precision and hopefully I’ll still work there tomorrow,” said Beckwith, a stocky man in his early 20s with tribal tattoos on his shoulders and arms. “They questioned people at work.”

Pressed for more details, Beckwith said, “You’ll have to talk to Bill about that,” referring to Keyes. Westfield cops and Secret Service agents from Boston, working at the request of LAPD detectives and the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office, raided Keyes’ home Tuesday night and recovered the images, which have been returned to Pitt and Jolie, sources said.

“We were looking for the memory stick from the camera. We got it. We got the pictures. We got everything,” a law enforcement source said.

Westfield police said the men violated no Massachusetts laws but may be charged in California, which has anti-paparazzi measures on the books.

What I want to know is why the secret service got involved in a stupid celebrity photo leak case. How much taypayer money did that cost?

The two guyswho leaked the pictures, Bill Keyes, 36, and Adam Beckwith, 20 something, may not be arrested or charged, but Brangelina's lawyers are out for blood and they're going to get them to pay. Hopefully they'll get some decent pro bono support and will be able to avoid being sued.

Here are the Brangelina baby shower pics.

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Jul
02

J.Lo's ex claims she does voodoo on people

J.Lo's first ex husband, Ojani Noa, is unable to publish a tell-all book about their relationship now that Lopez won a case against him publishing the book. He signed a confidentiality agreement with Lopez in late 2005 as part of his settlement payout for a breach of contract lawsuit against her. Noa claimed that Lopez had him unfairly fired from his manager position at her Pasadena restaurant, Madre's.

In April Noa told Lopez's attorneys that he'd put the book out unless she paid him a cool $5 million. Of course the diva wasn't having that and sued him in an attempt to block the book, which is said to have juicy details like J.Lo cheating on P.Diddy in 1999 with Marc Anthony. Unfortunately J.Lo was successful and we won't be able to get our hands on the novel, but one detail did come out: Noa claims Lopez does Santeria on her enemies to get back at them:

During a June 5 deposition, Noa, who was married to Lopez for about 11 months, gave an indication of the kind of material Lopez does not want published. Responding to a question from the actress's attorney, Noa (who remained friendly with his ex following their split) testified that Lopez "was doing voodoo when we weren't married. She was doing bad things to a lot of people when we were friends. And I knew all this time, because we did personally, me and her, to this particular lady." Noa added that Lopez did voodoo and "all this religious bullshit" to former lovers, including Sean "Puffy" Combs. The purported voodoo practices apparently stem from Lopez's religious devotion and the influence over her by a "Madrina," which is often described as a spiritual mentor for Santeria practitioners. Asked in a June 1 deposition why he thought he could keep selling stories about Lopez despite signing the six-figure settlement agreement, Noa said, "I mean, I live a free country. No? I can express myself. I can talk and say whatever I want to. No?"

I believe this, because Lopez was said to have consulted a Santeria advisor at the time of her upcoming wedding to Ben Affleck. The voodoo guru told her to call it off:

Jennifer Lopez is said to seek spiritual advice from Santerian priestess Merle Gonzalez, who has admitted the two are friends. She reportedly told Lopez to call off her wedding to Ben Affleck.

Santeria fuses Roman Catholic beliefs with traditional West African religions. It's preserved by an oral tradition and rituals involve animal sacrifice, dancing, chanting and magic spells. Animals,usually chickens, are sacrificed to bring good luck and forgiveness of sins, and to please the saints.

That's pretty funny and we hope more dirt gets released on Lopez even though the book was blocked. If she's gullible enough to believe in voodoo, maybe Lea Remini will successfully convert her to Scientology.

Here she is in the videoshoot for "I'm gonna be alright," which was released in 2002. [via]

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Jul
02

If Naomi Watts is pregnant she's not very far along

Naomi Watts, 37, is now on pregnancy watch, and it's largely due to the loose tops and ill-fitting dresses she's worn out to recent events. She's been on pregnancy watch since wearing two different frilly dresses with tummy coverage to the Oscars. We were even declaring her pregnant after she wore a poncho to the Tribeca film festival in late April.

Then we saw some high-res photos of Naomi in a sheer, but loose top in mid-May. You could see her stomach through it and it was flat.

Watts may just be wearing loose tops because they're in style. Reese Witherspoon was called pregnant after she was seen in some loose clothing and it turns out that wasn't true at all.

Watts has made some comments that she'd like to start a family, though, and Australian reports have her pregnant already:

King Kong star Naomi Watts is expecting her first baby, according to media reports in Australia.

The actress was in Sydney, Australia, last weekend attending best pal Nicole Kidman's wedding to country star Keith Urban.

Rumours circulated after the stylish star was seen wearing a series of baggy garments and photographed leaving a Brentwood, California, fertility clinic.

Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper reports it was the second time Watts had been spotted visiting the clinic and that she was "sporting a definite glow" when she attended the Shakespeare in the Park gala in New York City's Central Park with beau Liev Schreiber on Thursday.

Watts was also seen visiting Chinese herbalist and fertility expert Lily Liu in Australia, who is renowned for her work assisting women who want to become pregnant.

The star recently admitted she was desperate for children, but was worried it might be too late to conceive: "I wish it could have happened a little bit sooner. I have wanted a family since I was 19."

If she is pregnant it's very soon along. She was photographed playing tennis on June 18th. Her top was pulling up and she did not have a stomach, although it's a little hard to tell. She was seen at the MacBeth In The Park 2006 Summer Benefit on June 28th in an empire-waist dress, which surely helped feed the rumors.

We really doubt it's true, although we hope it happens soon for her and Liev if they are indeed trying.

Here is Naomi in the photos we mentioned. She is seen with her boyfriend of over a year, actor Liev Schreiber, 38, and with Jessica Lang. Reader Millie let me know that Lang was not gracious about the latest remake of "King Kong" after having starred in the other remake from 1976. She said she wouldn't be seeing Peter Jackson's version of "King Kong" and considered it too commercial.

Pictures [via]

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Jul
02

Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's divorce is final

We weren't holding our breath, but we were kind of hoping Nick and Jessica would get back together. Jessica wore her wedding ring around her neck for a while, and Nick told Rolling Stone that he still loved his wife of two years, but ultimately Jessica's immaturity and Nick's wild oats won out and now the two are officially divorced. The divorce was made final on June 30. No word yet as to the settlement amount. Jessica's dad tried to low-ball Nick into accepting a $1.5 million settlement, while Nick is said to have asked for a more realistic $8 million that he lowered to $5 million.

Nick is dating MTV VJ Vanessa Minnillo while Jessica may be with her co-star in the upcoming film "Employee of the Month," comedian Dane Cook. Cook was involved with someone else at the time of filming, but is now single and said to be getting cosy with Jessica.

This is sad news for Nick and Jessica fans, and should serve as a warning to all women who try to hold out before marriage and then get married young because they can't wait.

Here is Jessica in NY on 6/28. She's wearing the deadly long jeans/platform sandals combo that caused Britney's near baby-drop. Nick Lachey is shown performing a private concert for Q-100 listeners on 6/29.

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