Ireland Baldwin continues to post adorable adorable photos of herself on her Instagram account, which sort of makes up for the slightly disturbing twerking videos she posted to Vine last week. She’s only 17 years old, but like most teens (and tweens) these days, Ireland is extremely adept at navigating social media, and she should feel very fortunate that her dad most likely is not a social media staple. After all, Alec deleted his own Twitter account after live tweeting the process of getting kicked off a flight for playing Words with Friends. That was a fun memory, wasn’t it?

Anyway, Ireland has her own Tumblr blog too, and she’s taken it upon herself to discuss criticisms about her own looks that she’s (unfortunately) witnessed on the internet. If you’ll recall, Ireland seems fairly well adjusted for a child of a showbiz couple who is preparing to launch her own modelling career. In the essay, she does seem remarkably well spoken for a member of the generation that has trouble grasping even the most basic grammar and puntuation skills, and Ireland urges the public to stop thinking of her solely in terms of her famous parents and (most importantly) as the “rude, thoughtless little pig” who found herself at the receiving end of her father’s notoriously furious voice mail all those years ago. The full essay can be found here, but here are some excerpts:

: “Of course I get those comments about how I am too fat to model, how I am not model material, how I am an unattractive girl, how I am too tall, etc. I understand. I don’t look as glamourous as Rosie Huntington Whitely when leaving the gym. I’m actually really sweaty. Like really sweaty. I understand that I am not a size .008. What I don’t fully understand, is what is the good in commenting on a photo of a 17 year old girl and calling her fat, ugly, etc? Is that helping you in some way? I’m confused. I know girls tend to have nasty things to say about other girls and judging the looks of other girls is only human of us all, but putting that out there is hateful and unhealthy. If you don’t have a complimentary thing to say about someone, keep it to yourself. I am not just talking about comments on photos of myself. I see hateful comments everywhere. It’s bad energy being put out there! Personally, I try to see the beauty in everyone. It’s there. Every girl out there has a beautiful feature. I even see the beauty in the people who send me hateful replies! I apologize to some of you that my decision to try modeling is bothering you so much. I wanted to get a feel for it. This opportunity arose, so I took it.”

On Kim Basinger: “I also get compared to my Mom quite a bit and this is where I bridge into the point of this whole post. I AM NOT MY PARENTS. My mom is one of the most beautiful woman in the world. She is 5’9, I am 6’2. She is petite and fragile, and I am fit and…. more to love tehe. I have a booty, she has a thigh gap. As she emerged from her teen years, she developed an angular face and striking cheekbones. I am still a teen making my way out of my awkward phase. I am still trying to figure this whole thing out. How to work my angles…how to smile without looking like I am posing for my 3rd grade yearbook photo…how to iron my clothing before a red carpet event…how to walk without falling. I am still learning. Of course I look somewhat like my own Mom… but let’s not forget people….I also have a Dad too, so genetically speaking, I wasn’t built to look like my Mom’s identical twin!”

On Alec Baldwin: “Just like almost all of you, my Dad has made some mistakes in the past. He has spoken out of place, he has let his temper get the best of him, and he has reacted towards things in ways he shouldn’t have. I get hateful replies and threats regarding mistakes of my Dad’s past. This isn’t fair. I had nothing to do with anything that happened back then, so I don’t fully understand why I am being targeted. More importantly, my Dad has moved on. He recognized that he needed to change, so he made changes. He is now healthy, happily married with a baby on the way. He moved on, so why can’t you? I have entered the social media world and the entertainment business to make a name for myself. Like I have also mentioned on my Twitter page, I am not seeking fame by association. I do not want to be simply know as a model. I am proud to be my parent’s daughter, but I don’t want to forever be known as “that rude thoughtless little pig” or “Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger’s kid.”

[From Ireland Baldwin on Tumblr]

Ireland makes excellent points about body image and how the internet tends to bring out the worst in those who love to pick apart a woman’s looks. She also seems very wise to the fact that it was inevitable for her to receive such criticism when she started modelling, and I hope she doesn’t give in and let it really get to her one day. People can be really terrible to each other sometimes for no reason but to tear each other down.

As for Ireland’s wish to be considered completely apart from her parents, well, I do wish her luck. Sadly, she will probably always be accused of getting into the modelling industry due to nepotism, but the truth is that she appears to have the pose-worthy traits of a model even if she is still very green. Also, this isn’t the first time she’s defended her father, and it probably won’t be the last, but I can definitely see why she’d like to stop being referred to in the same sentence as “rude, thoughtless little pig.” After all, she should have never been called that stuff by her dad in the first place, and it’s not her fault that that phone call went viral.

Photos courtesy of Instagram

NBC persists in its late-night shakeup after last week’s official announcement that Jay Leno was retiring (again) and handing the reins of the “Tonight Show” to Jimmy Fallon. This bit of news has been followed up with the rumor that Seth Meyers might replace Fallon, and of course, nobody knows who would replace Seth on “SNL.” Not that it matters — I don’t know a single cast current “SNL” cast member’s name except Meyers.

Another development in this sudden burst of reprogramming is a bit of a surprise. Alec Baldwin is supposedly in the running to replace Carson Daly in the “Last Call” time slot. Yes, that’s the same Alec Baldwin who can barely control his rage at any slight provocation, and he would be interviewing other celebrities. Could this actually work? It sounds almost genius:

A well-known name is the latest to surface in the populated field of late night television hosts: Alec Baldwin. The Emmy-winning actor is in the mix for a spot in NBC’s late-night lineup, one executive involved in the network’s program planning said. The executive asked not to be identified because the talks were still in initial stages.

The most likely landing place for a show hosted by Mr. Baldwin would be in the latest of NBC’s entries, the show now called “Last Call.” That half-hour interview program currently stars Carson Daly. Mr. Daly is also the host of NBC’s biggest show, “The Voice.”

NBC is in the midst of what looks like a complete overhaul of its late-night lineup. Last week, the network confirmed that Jimmy Fallon, now host of NBC’s “Late Night,” would be taking over the “Tonight” from Jay Leno when he steps down next February. The show will move from Los Angeles to New York with Mr. Fallon as star.

After that move was announced, speculation immediately began about who might succeed Mr. Fallon at the “Late Night” show. Now the mutual interest between Mr. Baldwin and NBC about opening a late-night spot for the actor could result in three new late-night hosts for NBC.

Mr. Baldwin ended his much-praised run as a star on this NBC comedy “30 Rock” this season. He twice won the Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy for his work as Jack Donaghy.

Mr. Baldwin has also been long regarded one of the best guests on late-night television shows. And he has won critical praise for a podcast series he created with WNYC radio in New York, called “Here’s The Thing.” In the series, Mr. Baldwin has interviewed a wide range of guests, including David Letterman, Billy Joel, Kristen Wiig, Chris Rock, Lena Dunham, and the Indianapolis Colts quarterback, Andrew Luck.

The advantage of hosting a similar show for television would be that Mr. Baldwin could record several interviews in a single day and leave his schedule open to perform as an actor, either in movies or potentially another television comedy.

[From New ork Times' Media Decoder blog]

Deadline notes that Alec was signed to a two-year overall deal with NBC after he left “30 Rock,” so the network is bound to do something with him to fulfill this contract. Might as well be this project? The thing is … I don’t know if Alec would be down with a show that airs at 1:35 am.

Still, the network could definitely do worse than Alec. People may be incredibly wary of his rage monster ways, but he’s never been anything but a consummate professional in the workplace. I’d really like to see him bring out Shia “Email Leaker” LaBeouf as his first guest, and they could talk about what it really means “to be a man.” That would be rich.

Photos courtesy of WENN

For absolutely no reason at all, Shia LaBeouf appeared on the “Late Show with David Letterman” on Monday evening. Actually, there is a reason it happened — officially, to promote The Company You Keep (the movie where he looks like a hipster Unabomber) in limited release — but it really seems like Shia merely stopped by to talk with Dave about his ongoing feud with Alec Baldwin. I’ll let that settle in for just a moment.

To recap, Shia is still trying to recover from his failure to execute a Broadway debut alongside Alec and Tom Sturridge in Orphans. Shia left the play after he and Alec clashed, and Shia ended up being the first one to punch a hole in a door backstage. Shia was quickly replaced by Ben Foster, and Shia didn’t know how to handle his first professional failure. To be certain, Shia’s been acting like an immature dweeb and biting the proverbial hand for the past few years with no repercussions. He even gets into bar fights and then Bob Redford merely slaps him on the back on set the next day. Now Shia has actually failed at a job that has quickly moved on without him, and the dude just can’t handle it.

Hence Shia’s need to post a plagiarized apology letter to Alec online, and his inability to stop publishing private email conversations between himself and co-workers just to make himself (in his eyes) look good. Then he started posting not-so-cryptic summary dismissals of theater as an art form, and Alec once again managed to look like the good guy in this fight by refusing to engage Shia other than to say Shia has no experience to judge in this matter. That had to kill Shia, so he tried to make himself look like a big man last week by purchasing a $127 orchestra ticket to a preview performance (and posting photo proof) of Orphans, and now he’s visited Letterman to make his case.

Naturally, Letterman gave a wonderfully stitled lead in to this interview and basically let Shia destroy himself in front of the audience. Letterman provided some leading questions to get Shia to admit that he was fired (and didn’t quit, which was the assumption that Shia let ride until now). Quite amusingly, Dave also suggested that it could have been Alec (who is Dave’s real-life friend) who told the producers to fire Shia, and Shia just let that one slide too (“I think that might’ve been what happened) either because he was too dumbfounded to deny it or because it really happened. Who knows?

Shia went on to describe why he and Alec clashed during production of the play — because they’re both so “passionate and impulsive.” He further dug that hole by adding, “Me and Alec had tension as men, not as artists,” which was met with awkward giggles from the audience. LOL. Then Shia delivered a weak attempt at reconciliation: “Alec, I think you’re awesome, man. That’s it.” Here’s a video clip if you want to witness this tragic douchery for yourself:

For what it’s worth, Shia also talked about why he’s walking around in a boot after hurting his foot. That part isn’t so interesting, but here’s a clip anyway:

After Shia bid farewell to Dave Letterman, he headed towards the The Company You Keep NYC premiere. Ireland Baldwin was at the premiere too! Alec needn’t worry about Shia putting his moves on Ireland, since he’s already taken, and I’m sure Ireland will manage just fine without breaking off a piece of that hipster douche.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

Everyone seemed to enjoy my last Ireland Baldwin post, so here’s another one. In addition to being on the cusp of graduating from high school (I think? She’s 17!), and in addition to recently acquiring modeling representation, Ireland also has herself a little boyfriend. He’s 18 years old and his name is Slater Trout. I’m including photos of Slater in this post – all of the pics are from Ireland’s Tumblr or her Instagram. Slater is totally cute and photogenic, and yeah… I would have been into him when I was 17 years old too. Star Magazine claims he is a – wait for it – “pro paddleboarder”. I’m sorry but… seriously? Is it really something in which one can be a “professional”? Is this the career in which someone says, “Yes. Paddleboarding. I want to do that professionally”? Anyway, Slater is a pro paddleboarder and he’s 18 and he lives in Hawaii, I guess. And Ireland’s dad is Alec Baldwin. Alec is an anger-bear and he does not want this pro-paddleboarder anywhere near his daughter.

Father knows best? Alec Baldwin is a protective papa bear when it comes to daughter Ireland’s dating life, and friends say he hates the fact that she has a boyfriend.

The 17-year-old aspiring model has been dating pro paddleboarder Slater Trout, 18, since last year – and Alec isn’t happy.

“Alec thought it was a little crush that would end quickly, but it’s been going on for months… he thinks Ireland is too young for a serious boyfriend and has been begging her to break up with him.”

Adding to the drama is Alec’s ex, Kim Basinger, who has taken their daughter on two trips to Hawaii to visit Slater.

“Alec and Kim are on OK terms,” says the insider. “But he still thinks Kim acts more like a friend than a mom.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition]

When you’re a teenage girl, you still need your mom to be your mom. But in your 20s, the mother-daughter relationship can morph into something more like a deep friendship. From the way Ireland has spoken about her mom, I think she and Kim are simply really tight, and sometimes it’s mother-daughter and sometimes it’s BFFs, and maybe that’s okay. Ireland does seem to have that whole “growing up too fast” thing, but how much of that is just from being raised in LA and New York and having two famous parents? And how much of that is simply generational? Ireland seems to have a much more exciting and “adult” life than I had at her age.

Anyway, I think it’s perfectly appropriate for Ireland to have her first big romance at her age, and I like that the guy is only a few months older than her too. And Alex really isn’t the one to dictate anything to anyone about romance – hand to God, his much-younger trophy wife is a golddigger and this marriage is going to end SO badly.

Photos courtesy of Ireland’s Tumblr & Instagram.

Shia LaBeouf and Alec Baldwin’s bitchfight rages forth in a wonderful display of dual douchetasticness. To recap, both men were signed (along with Tom Sturridge) to star in an upcoming Broadway play, Orphans, but then Shia broke down (interestingly enough, before Alec) during early rehearsals and punched a backstage door before quitting the show. Then Shia decided to (for unknown reasons) apologize to Alec Baldwin, but he made the mistake of plagiarizing his apology and then posting it to Twitter for all to see. In response, Alec decided to take the high road by declaring to Shia “I don’t have an unkind word to say about you. You have my word.”

Well … that was before Shia started posting everyone’s personal conversations with him on the internet, and it turns out that Alec does have a few unkind things to say about Shia, but it’s not like Shia didn’t ask for it because Shia just couldn’t help but to stir things up even more by tweeting, “Theater caters not to the great but to the brash. acting is not for gentlemen, or bureaucratic-academics, what they do is antiart.”

Hmm. Where to start? Well, the great John Malkovich would beg to differ with his opinion: “A movie is like a line drawing, but a theater performance is like a painting.” Alec also has a few words to add (via Vulture) in regards to Shia’s summary dismissal of theater actors:

“I can tell you that, in all honesty, I don’t think he’s in a good position to be giving interpretations of what the theater is and what the theater isn’t. I mean, he was never in the theater. He came into a rehearsal room for six or seven days and, uh – you know, sometimes film actors – I mean, there are people who are film actors who have a great legacy in the theater. Some of the greatest movie stars had really serious theater careers and still do. And many film actors, though, who are purely film actors, they’re kind of like celebrity chefs, you know what I mean? You hand them the ingredients, and they whip it up, and they cook it, and they put it on a plate, and they want a round of applause. In the theater, we don’t just cook the food and serve it. You go out in the garden and you plant the seeds and you grow it. You know, it’s a really very, very long, slow, deliberate – it’s the opposite of film acting. It’s a much more intensive and kind of thoughtful process. And there are people who that’s just not their thing. So for those people who I think it’s not their thing, I’m not really interested in their opinion of it. But thanks.”

[From Vulture]

As much as it pains me to admit, Alec makes a great deal of sense in his assessment of Shia as a theater neophyte who knows not of what he speaks. In response to Alec’s response (this is getting good, right?), Shia has decided to upload screenshots of yet more email conversations. This time, he’s posting emails from Orphans director Daniel Sullivan that enthusiastically bestow praise Shia even before rehearsals began. And of course, Sullivan just had to say that Shia would probably be more prepared than Alec … because Shia was likely thought to be a great catch (his Broadway debut!) before everything fell apart. At this point, Shia just needs to shut his mouth. Nothing good can come of this, but if Shia disappears for a few months, perhaps everyone will forget about it.

Also Shia, stop posting private email conversations!

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN

Hmm. If you couldn’t tell from the above photo, I’m sort of torn on how to best illustrate this latest Shia LaBeouf post. Most of the candid paparazzi photos of this guy have him looking utterly grungy and completely unwashed, so I opted for some photos of Shia at the Berlin film festival premiere of The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. Then I decided that if he was facing away from the camera, that was even better. I’m not disgusted by Shia’s looks when he cleans himself up, but he’s got such a terrible attitude that gazing at him is a real turnoff. We’ll get to the forward-facing photos in just a moment, so prepare yourself.

To recap yesterday’s weirdness, we covered the story of Shia “quitting” his big time Broadway debut, Orphans, after he threw a hissy fit and punched a hole in a backstage door. For whatever reason, Shia has endured the aftermath of his discontent by posting private emails on the situation to his Twitter account, and the most amusing thing about Shia’s departure is that he managed to go all ragey before Alec Baldwin, who is a notorious rage monster. Indeed, it seems that Shia’s departure from Orphans had to do with a personality clash between him and Alec. According to one particular email posted by Shia, a producer revealed, “You’re one hell of an actor. Alec is who he is. you are who you are. you two are incompatible.” For what it’s worth, Shia also tweeted this email containing an apology poem of sorts to Alec, which was all well and good except that he plagiarized all but the first and last lines from Tom Chiarella’s essay, “How To Be A Man,” for Esquire magazine. How charming:

A man is good at his job. Not his work, not his avocation, not his hobby. Not his career. His job. It doesn’t matter what his job is, because if a man doesn’t like his job, he gets a new one.

A man can look you up and down and figure some things out. Before you say a word, he makes you. From your suitcase, from your watch, from your posture. A man infers.

A man owns up. That’s why Mark McGwire is not a man. A man grasps his mistakes. He lays claim to who he is, and what he was, whether he likes them or not.

Some mistakes, though, he lets pass if no one notices. Like dropping the steak in the dirt.

He does not rely on rationalizations or explanations. He doesn’t winnow, winnow, winnow until truths can be humbly categorized, or intellectualized, until behavior can be written off with an explanation.

A man knows his tools and how to use them — just the ones he needs. Knows which saw is for what, how to find the stud, when to use galvanized nails.

A man does not know everything. He doesn’t try. He likes what other men know.

A man can tell you he was wrong. That he did wrong. That he planned to. He can tell you when he is lost. He can apologize, even if sometimes it’s just to put an end to the bickering.

[From Esquire]

Beyond the douchiness of Shia blatantly lifting Esquire’s essay, does anyone else find it incredibly self-destructive that Shia is posting self-serving emails between himself and his (former) colleagues? I mean, he even posted Tom Sturridge’s confused “Wha?” message about this mess. Besides the fact that Shia is a whiny baby (and not a “man” as he seems to believe), he’s also airing emails that other people figured would be entirely confidential. That’s pretty unprofessional to say the least.

Shia also posted Alec’s response to his plagarized apology, which is below and included, “I don’t have an unkind word to say about you. You have my word.” So there’s that, I guess. This is such drama between boys. Oh, and Shia’s already been replaced by Ben Foster. Good plan.

Photos courtesy of WENN

Here are some photos of Shia LaBeouf and his semi-new girlfriend, Mia Goth, way back in December. We never got around to publishing these pictures because, well, it’s Shia LaBeouf. He’s not exactly of the “would you hit it?” variety. Anyway, Mia is also Shia’s co-star in Lars Von Trier’s upcoming film, N-mphomaniac, which is the movie where Shia says that he does actual sex onscreen. You know I’ll just have to gross myself out by watching that movie.

At the moment, however, Shia’s career has hit reverse. You know how he was supposed to be abandoning mainstream movies in favor of being an indie king? Well, a Broadway debut was also part of that plan because Shia wanted to build up some serious acting cred. It was a decent plan, and he managed to land a respectable play, Orphans, which will also star Alec Baldwin and Tom Sturridge. Sadly, Shia’s plans for onstage glory have been cut short due to what Playbill calls “creative differences.” As in, Shia got angry, punched a backstage door, and quit that bitch. Playbill doesn’t mention the true reason for Shia’s departure, but Shia admits as much via his Twitter account, in which he posts an “I’m sorry” email that reads, “I’m a child / don’t mind me” to one of the producers of the play. Here’s the sugarcoated Playbill postmortem:

The producers of the Broadway debut of Lyle Kessler’s Orphans announced Feb. 20 that film star Shia LaBeouf has departed the upcoming production “due to creative differences.” The play would have marked the actor’s Broadway bow.

An announcement on the replacement for the role of Treat will be made shortly.

The three-person drama, starring Alec Baldwin and Tom Sturridge, will begin previews March 19 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, with an official opening scheduled for April 7. Daniel Sullivan directs.

In the play, according to press notes, “two orphaned brothers are living in a decrepit North Philadelphia row house. Treat, the eldest, supports his damaged younger sibling Phillip (Sturridge) by petty thievery, and makes the house a virtual prison for the seemingly simple-minded Phillip. One night he kidnaps a rich older man, Harold (Baldwin), who turns out to have his own motives and becomes the father figure the boys have always yearned for.”

Orphans premiered in 1983 at The Matrix Theatre in Los Angeles where it won the Drama-Logue Award. Following its 1985 engagement at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, the play had a successful run at New York’s Westside Arts Theatre and was subsequently produced in London. A film version was also produced.

[From Playbill]

Is anyone else surprised that Shia is the one who “quit” this play after resorting to violent measures to express his frustration? I mean, this could have easily been Alec Baldwin, whose well-documented rage monster incidents persist to this day. Maybe Shia and Alec aren’t so different from each other — after all, Shia has his fair share of bar fights. The difference? At least Alec knows how to suck it up and be a professional while he’s getting paid.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet

Just be forewarned – this story includes some racial slurs and lots and lots of RAGE-MONSTER. So you know how Alec Baldwin hates the paparazzi and how he never misses an opportunity to throw a fit whenever he’s been photographed out in public? Is that fair to him? I don’t even know. I think there are some photographers who go too far, of course, and many paparazzi these days seem to take the TMZ route of staying out of a celebrity’s direct physical path but tossing too-friendly, too-personal questions at the celebrity as they’re walking. Most celebrities know the game by now so they either ignore the photographer or they lightly engage, tossing off a one-liner and then walking away. But that seems to be impossible for Alec Baldwin.

Alec’s wife Hilaria Thomas is pregnant and she’s just been sued by one of her yoga clients. When Alec was approached in NY yesterday, one of the NY Post’s reporters asked him about the lawsuit involving his wife. The result? Alec did not physically assault the reporter, I think… oh, wait, he grabbed her arm. Nevermind. But he allegedly threatened to “choke” the reporter to death, and then he allegedly threw out some racial slurs for good measure. Because of course. Here’s the NY Post’s version of events:

Actor Alec Baldwin allegedly called a black Post photographer a racial epithet, a “crackhead” and a “drug dealer” during a confrontation on an East Village street yesterday morning, prompting police to intervene. Baldwin had first been approached by a Post reporter while walking his dogs outside his East 10th Street pad at around 10:50 a.m. He was asked for comment on a lawsuit against his wife, Hilaria, involving her work as a yoga instructor.

The “30 Rock’’ star grabbed the reporter, Tara Palmeri, by her arm and told her, “I want you to choke to death,” Palmeri told police, for whom she played an audiotape of the conversation. He then called G.N. Miller — a decorated retired detective with the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau and a staff photographer for The Post — a “coon, a drug dealer,’’ Miller’s police statement said. At one point, Miller showed Baldwin ID to prove he’s a retired NYPD cop, which Baldwin dismissed as “fake.” Cops were called, and Miller, 56, and Baldwin, 54, both filed harassment claims against each other.

Minutes later, Baldwin ranted on Twitter.

“Thank u 2 NYPD officers who came to my home 2day so that I could file a formal complaint against NY Post “photographer’’ who assaulted me,’’ he tweeted. In another post, Baldwin referred to Miller, for unknown reasons, as “Ralston,” writing, “Moments after I tweet about the Post, Ralston, the ex-crackhead ‘photographer’ shows up at my door w 1 of Murdoch’s nieces in tow.” He added, “Ralston claims he’s ex NYPD!! That can’t be!!! Ex NYPD don’t become crackhead, ex jailhouse paparazzi!”

The actor eventually removed most of the posts.

Miller also said the actor bumped him in the chest during their tete-a-tete, although Baldwin told cops the photographer “pushed into him,’’ according to the actor’s complaint. Baldwin said he “asked [Miller] to keep his distance,’’ the complaint said. But Miller said Baldwin was the one getting “too aggressive,’’ so he showed him his retired-cop ID.

Baldwin called the ID a “fake’’ and added Miller was a “crackhead” and a “drug dealer” who “just got out of jail,” Miller said. Baldwin also made “disparaging remarks’’ about Miller’s mother, the photographer said. As oblivious pedestrians walked by, Baldwin told him to “suck my d–k,” Miller said.

Baldwin also walked up to random people — including a dad pushing his child in a stroller — and told them Miller was an ex-con and drug dealer, Miller said.

“He was saying some serious racist stuff,” Miller said. “He said some choice words about my mother, and he was telling people in the street that I’m a drug dealer. He could have said a lot of other stuff. But he used all of the stereotypes associated with black people.”

Miller worked for the NYPD for nearly 15 years, spending most of his time in narcotics. Although both men made police reports, it’s a case of he said-he said because the incident did not happen in the presence of a police officer. Neither police complaint will go any further, except in possible civil action.

Baldwin’s spokesman, Matthew Hiltzik, called Miller’s accusations “completely false.’’

Baldwin, through Hiltzik, denied making the racist remarks, adding, “That’s one of the most outrageous things I’ve heard in my life.’’

But Baldwin has a history of making inappropriate comments to photographers. Last June, the day before his wedding, Baldwin shouted to a black photographer on the street, “You gotta back up there Rodney.” The photographer’s name wasn’t Rodney.

[From the NY Post]

You can read TMZ’s coverage here – it doesn’t seem like they have any new or different information. While I think that the NY Post especially can get overly butthurt about people saying nasty things about their employees, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if Alec Baldwin had said all of that crap and then some. He has a hair-trigger temper, he has rage issues and he’s a mess. I guess we should be thankful that this incident didn’t devolve into a fistfight, maybe. Here’s a question: does Alec get along with ANY of the NY papers? Last year he had a fatwa against the New York Daily News and this year he’s back to having a hate-on for the Post. My guess is that he despises the Wall Street Journal too (because Rupert Murdoch owns that too). So what does he have left? The New York Times? The Observer?

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Last night, I was already making plans to write about Penelope Cruz’s pregnancy confirmation (we already knew she was pregnant) and Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas’s pregnancy confirmation (we knew that one too), but then as I was glancing through Page Six this morning, I was floored by some completely new pregnancy/baby information. First shock: Steve Martin is 67 years old (VAMPIRE!!) and married. Second shock: Steve Martin’s wife was pregnant. Third shock: Steve Martin’s wife managed to conceal her pregnancy AND birth and we’re only finding out right now that Steve has become a father for the first time at the age of 67.

Steve Martin’s become a first-time dad at 67, Page Six has exclusively learned. The “It’s Complicated” star and his wife, Anne Stringfield, 41, welcomed a child in December and have been spotted nearby their LA home with the bundle of joy.

“They’ve had a baby, and how they kept it a secret nobody knows,” a source said. “Steve’s very private.”

The source added, “They are thrilled. They worked hard to have the baby.”

The couple married in 2007 at Martin’s home in a surprise ceremony where guests, including Tom Hanks and Diane Keaton were told it was a party.

Martin, meanwhile, has written of his own dad: “My father’s attitude toward my show-business accomplishments was critical. After my first appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ . . . he wrote a bad review of me in the newsletter of the Newport Board of Realtors where he was president.”

But Martin wrote in 2008, years after his father died, “In his death, my father . . . did something he could not do in life. He brought our family together.” A rep for Martin declined to comment.

[From Page Six]

Well, congrats and mazel tov and all of that. Steve always has been incredibly, crazily private so I guess I shouldn’t be so shocked that he managed to keep his wife’s pregnancy and birth such a secret. As for the ages… CB was like “well, at least she’s not 30!” But I think an age difference of 26 years is still kind of… interesting? Let’s go with “interesting”. I hope Elton John sends Steve some roses – now Elton isn’t going to be the oldest dad at the playground.

As for the other pregnancy confirmations – go here to read Hilaria Thomas’s confirmation. We knew she was knocked up already, but it’s still nice they confirmed it. Alec Baldwin is going to be a father again… let’s hope this time goes better. Alec is 54 years old – Hilaria is 28 (side-eye). And Penelope Cruz confirmed her second pregnancy to Hola Mag too. Penelope is 38 years old –Javier Bardem is 43 years old.

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Not that this is some super-genius move on my part, but I called every part of this story. Months ago, I said that Hilaria Thomas would “solidify” her position as Alec Baldwin’s new wife by getting knocked up soon, and then two nights ago, I emailed CB and told her that Hilaria looked pregnant in these new photos of her talking to Extra (the pics where she’s wearing green). I do tend to think that Hilaria might be a pushy little golddigger, much in the vein of Kelsey Grammer’s latest wife, and a baby is such of a big part of the long con. Anyway, In Touch Weekly has an “exclusive” claiming that Hilaria is totally knocked up.

There’s a baby Baldwin on the way! In Touch can exclusively reveal that Alec Baldwin and his yoga instructor wife, Hilaria Thomas, are expecting a baby.

“Hilaria has told only really close friends and family she is pregnant, only a close circle she trusts,” a good friend of Hilaria’s tells In Touch.

The pair, who began dating in 2011, wed in June 2012 in New York City. Last year, the 30 Rock actor, 54, admitted to television personality Piers Morgan that more kids were definitely in the cards for him since meeting Hilaria.

“Have I thought about having more kids? Oh sure, that would be great, that would be heaven, that would be fantastic,” he said. And apparently he’s just as thrilled about the news now that it’s happened.

“They are both so excited and Alec is so in love with her,” Hilaria’s friend gushes. “She says she is so in love with Alec and he tells all her friends that she is the best thing that has ever happened to him.”

Recent photos of the fitness instructor have hinted at her pregnancy, as her stomach has been showing the slightest hint of a baby bump.

“[Hilaria] has not said much to anyone as far as how far along she is,” our insider says. “She is so healthy and a yoga freak, so everyone could tell right away something was different.”

[From In Touch Weekly]

Yeah, she really does look pregnant in the green dress photos, but what’s weird is those pics were taken only one day after the SAGs (the red dress pics) where she really didn’t look knocked up at all. So… this isn’t a solid confirmation. YET! But I feel pretty confident that she’s preggo and I feel pretty confident that at some point in the baby’s first months in this world, the baby’s father is going to tell the baby to go f—k himself. Because the baby’s father is a rage-monster. Anyway, congrats Hilaria and Alec! Hope this one isn’t a rude, vile little pig like his last kid.

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