These are photos from an event sponsored by Audi last night to kick off Golden Globes week. The awards season is upon us, and unlike Kaiser it’s not my cup of tea. I find a lot of these events kind of tedious, and I bet that some of these celebrities feel the same way. The fashion there was kind of a mixed bag. Some women treated it like the actual Golden Globes and wore gowns that seemed over the top. Other dresses were more fancy cocktail party-style, which seemed to be what was called for.

Anne Heche was haughty cray-cray in this long shiny bright crimson and matte purple Ferragamo gown. I really hope this contrasting colorblocking trend is on the way out. Heche just heralded its demise.

Heche’s Hung co-star (although it’s been canceled, boo!) Thomas Jane didn’t even bother and just wore jeans, sneakers, a sweater and a baseball cap.

Viola Davis ruled the red carpet in this metallic scoop neck dress with contrasting silver bands at the waist and hemline. Her hair and styling are amazing. This look is spot on for this event.

Julie Benz was lovely in a tight silver sequin cap sleeve v-neck dress. I’m thinking she needs a belt or something to complete the dress, and those gold shoes are a little much with the metallic theme. Still, she looks hot and I love her hair and makeup.

Julie Bowen rocked this really striking web-look Naeem Khan dress. Her look might be a little too formal for this event but I just love that gown. That’s something I would want to wear over and over again and I feel like she should have saved it for a bigger event. It would have been perfect for the Globes.

Zoe Saldana is doing the knock-kneed hands on hip pose here. I actually love her asymmetrical hemline dress and find the silver collar striking. It works with those shoes too. I’m including a close up photo of her face as she looked different to me in the full length pose. She’s maintaining her Botox at current levels, though.

Joel McHale and his wife are so cute together! They look like brother and sister they’re so similarly attractive. The fact that he’s been happily married for over 15 years makes him hotter to me.

I wondered why this woman Alexandra Breckenridge looked familiar. She’s the hot younger version of the maid on American Horror Story! I’m including her just because she wore this daring but somewhat trashy tight and very short red dress. She looks like she’s going clubbing, not to an event.

Rachel Hunter was also a little trashy-looking in this black satin dress. I don’t like dresses made from just that single fabric, they look more like nightgowns.

This chick Erin Richards is on “Being Human” and I honestly didn’t know who she was until I IMDB’d her. I just have to include her for these insane shoes, which look like a grade school student’s Native American craft project. They’re ugly but somehow fascinating. I think I would wear them once just to see what people had to say.

Ellen Degeneres has been extremely tight-lipped regarding the demise of her relationship with actress Anne Heche. It was fairly obvious after the breakup that Ellen was basically crushed- but she didn’t give much more information on it than that. But now that she has a new book deal to write her memoir, it looks like Ellen might just spill the beans on her three years with the formerly gay Anne.

Ellen Degeneres is using a tell-all memoir to get the last laugh in her infamous split with Anne Heche.

The Emmy-winning comic recently inked a publishing deal for a new book, and insiders say the gloves are coming off!

“Ellen’s always taken the high road when it comes to divulging secrets about her years with Anne,” a publishing insider told The National Enquirer. “But now she’s ready to spill all the details.”

The 52-year-old talk-show queen – who has been married to gorgeous actress Portia de Rossi for two years – had a three-year romance with Anne, 41, in the late 90s. The “Men in Trees” star dumped Ellen and married a cameraman.

A few days after the split, Anne had a bizarre meltdown after taking the drug Ecstasy. She was found wandering outside Fresno, Calif. half-naked and shouting strange obscenities.

“When they split, Ellen bit her tongue and really did not publicly comment on her years with Anne,” the source said.

“But she’s finally prepared to tell the world how Anne used her as a Hollywood stepping stone. She’s got no problems talking about Anne’s bizarre behavior, her drug use, and the way she used men to make Ellen jealous. Ellen is using this book to settle an old score. Anne broke her heart.”

[From National Enquirer, print edition, July 5, 2010]

Heche has publicly commented on the breakup with Ellen. She once said she “changed her mind” about being gay and “closed that door.” I’m not sure that’s how it works, but if that was her thought process on the whole three-year relationship, then no wonder Ellen was so hurt. But do I believe she still dwells on it? Heck, no. She’s married to another woman, and they seem very happy. My guess is, Ellen is writing a memoir and there will be a chapter or two on Anne in the book- but I don’t think Ellen would dedicate an entire book to an ex-girlfriend. I don’t think her wife would like that too much. I know I wouldn’t.

Anne Heche had a truly cringe-worthy appearance on David Letterman last month in which she talked repeated smack about the ex husband and father of her child, Coley Laffoon. Heche came across as unhinged and bitter. She complained about how Laffoon was inviting her to watch him play soccer and said that that all he did for a living was go out to the mailbox and collect her checks. Lafoon issued a whiny statement in response in which he made it clear that he had a job as a real estate agent and said “I wish Anne Heche could see that public bullying isn’t good for the soul or positive for her child. It’s mean.”

Heche and Laffoon will have to work together to successfully co-parent their son, Homer, and judging from the way they’re talking smack about each other in public you can bet they don’t get along behind closed doors. TMZ reports that they’ve been court-ordered to hire a “parenting coordinator” to coach them, and that “parenting coordinator” charges $375 – an hour! I would think that $75 an hour is a little steep. That’s outrageous, but the person does have their work cut out for them that’s for sure:

It’s possibly the worst job in the world — some poor woman has been ordered to get in the middle of the nasty war between Anne Heche and her ex-husband Coleman Laffoon … to teach them how to parent.

After Heche famously blasted her “lazy ass” ex on Letterman, the former couple agreed to get a “parenting plan coordinator” — a highly paid court-ordered chaperone — who will help them play nice for the sake of their son, Homer.

The coordinator will make $375 per-hour to do the following things:

– Coach the parents on effective co-parenting
– Help the parents make joint parenting decisions
– Resolve disputes between the parents concerning the court-ordered parenting plan

Both Anne and Coley signed off on the deal — which will remain in effect until May 1, 2011.

Good luck, parenting lady.

[From TMZ]

Over a year and a half worth of parenting counseling at $375 an hour! If they only see the person once a week for an hour that’s $1,500 a month! Maybe Anne is making good money in her typecast role as the crazy ex wife on Hung. Am I out of touch because I don’t live in LA and have no clue about billing rates? I thought that most lawyers didn’t even make $375 an hour. I would say that’s steep even if the damn Supernanny was coming over. Maybe I’ll start training to be a parenting expert. Screw that – it’s not worth the money to have to deal with that level of dysfunction.

Coley Laffoon and Anne Heche are shown out together in happier times on 2/13/02. Credit: Fame Pictures

Earlier this morning, CB did some great, intensive coverage of Anne Heche’s appearance on The Late Show last night. Anne was… well, crazy. Let’s go with that. She called her ex-husband Coley Laffoon a “lazy ass” and said that she waited to have a baby with James Tupper, the man she began “dating” when she was still married to Coley, “until I met a man that deserved having a baby. And I met James Tupper and I just thought he was such a wonderful dad to Homer that he deserved one of his own, you know?” She claimed that all Coley did for a living was “go out to the mailbox and he opens up the little mailbox door and goes, ‘Oh! I got a check from Anne! Oh! I got a check from Anne! Yay!” CB said it best by calling Heche a “nasty, bitter, borderline functional person who would like nothing more than to publicly malign her ex husband.” Well done.

Now Anne’s ex Coley is responding. I know I should be on this guy’s side because Anne is such a bitter, ridiculous, whackadoodle headcase, but Coley’s statement to Us Weekly made me laugh. He sounds like a tool. He whines about how he just came home “from showing two different clients two different condominiums” and he basically calls Anne a big meanie and a bully. Giggle. They’re like children.

Anne Heche’s ex Coley Laffoon is firing back after she called him a “lazy ass” on Wednesday’s Late Show With David Letterman.

“After coming home from showing two different clients two different condominiums, I was disturbed to see Anne taking out her personal frustration on the father of her child on national television,” Laffoon, 35, an employee with Los Angeles real estate company Hilton & Hyland, tells Usmagazine.com in an exclusive statement.

On Letterman, Heche, 40, complained about the $3,700 per month in child support she gives Laffoon for their 7-year-old son, Homer.

“He goes out to the mailbox and he opens up the little mailbox door and goes, ‘Oh! I got a check from Anne! Oh! I got a check from Anne! Yay!’” she sardonically told Letterman.

Laffoon, who filed for divorce in February 2007 after five years of marriage, also responded on his Facebook page, writing: “I wish Anne Heche could see that public bullying isn’t good for the soul or positive for her child. It’s mean.”

[From Us Weekly]

Dude… chuckle… okay, he needs to hire a publicist, because that’s a terrible statement. If Coley had wanted to come across as sympathetic, he could (and should) have said something like, “It’s unfortunate that Anne felt the need to belittle me, but I won’t do the same. I will always love and respect her as the mother of our child, and I hope in he future she will show me more respect.” If he wanted to come across as hardcore, he should have just issued this statement: “Bitch is crazy. I’m filing for sole custody as we speak.” Why don’t these people ever ask me for help? I’m here to serve you, Coley!

Here are Coley and Anne during happier times in 2005. Images thanks to Fame Pictures .

There are all sorts of things wrong with Anne Heche’s interview on David Letterman last night, and I’ll mention a few that stick out. Overall she just seems like a nasty, bitter, borderline functional person who would like nothing more than to publicly malign her ex husband, Coley Laffoon. Heche probably has some good reasons for disliking Laffoon. Laffoon lambasted her mothering skills during their 2007 divorce, but she in turn slung the dirt on him, claiming he had an addiction to online porn. Heche ended up paying a divorce settlement of $275,000 along with $3,700 in monthly child support, reduced from the $15,000 a month she was originally ordered to pay when she was working at the time.

Says she waited to have second child until she met someone worthy
Heche hooked up with her also-married “Men In Trees” co-star, James Tupper, in late 2006/early 2007. Anne had then five year-old son Homer with husband Laffoon, and James also had a child with his wife, according to reports at the time. (It’s hard to verify that Tupper had a child with his ex wife as she’s been admirably quiet about the affair, but reports in early 2007 said he had a kid at home when he was sneaking around with Heche on set. Some stories about the birth of Anne and James’ baby this year, Atlas, claimed it was James’ first child. People Magazine and US Weekly did not make this claim however.)

Anne admitted in an interview last year that she was cheating on her husband when she hooked up with Tupper.

“Well I had to wait [to have Atlas, now 5 months] until I met a man that deserved having a baby. And I met James Tupper and I just thought he was such a wonderful dad to Homer that he deserved one of his own, you know?”

Let’s assume that Tupper didn’t already have a kid when she met him as that’s hard to verify. (He may have a step child, which could explain the conflicting stories.) There’s another offensive level to that statement, which also implies that her last husband didn’t deserve a child. How is her son with Laffoon, Homer, 7, going to feel when he gets older and reads some of the things his mom said about his dad? It’s like she’s saying his father didn’t deserve a child and that Homer was a mistake. Given this woman’s issues, this is going to be the least of that kid’s concerns though.

Calls her ex husband lazy, says she doesn’t want to see him and that all he does is collect checks
Anne then went on to malign Laffoon, telling Letterman that her ex was a “lazy ass,” that the “newest and greatest event of his life” was coaching soccer, and that all he did for a living was go out to the mailbox and collect her checks. By Lafoon’s account, he gave up his job as a cameraman to care for their son, Homer, so that Heche could work. Laffoon claimed during their divorce that he was the primary caregiver to Homer since the boy was an infant. That means that this woman is talking repeated smack about father of her child who she cheated on at work when he was at home taking care of their son. How would she be perceived if she was a man complaining about the same thing?

Heche also detailed how Laffoon had invited her her to see his soccer games on Thursdays and Saturdays, which was likely his way of extending an olive branch after their acrimonious divorce. She went on to sneer that of course she didn’t want to see him – they were divorced.

“He wants me to come and watch him run around in his little white shorts playing soccer… Honestly, I don’t want to come to rehearsal and watch you run around in your tight shorts like trying to pretend that you know how to play soccer… I divorced you! No, I don’t want to hang around with you Thursdays and Saturdays and maybe on Sunday.”

Tells David Letterman repeatedly that his decision to get married was a mistake
Anne tried to goad Letterman into telling her that married life was miserable, and newlywed Dave played along a little, deadpanning that it was “everything I hoped it would be.”

“Congratulations” she sniped. “I warned you. I said it last time I was here. ‘Do not go there. Don’t get married…’”

Dave explained “I found that I have more time now, because I’m not dating.”

Anne then got all condescending and smiled broadly, shaking her head. “I’m sorry for you, Dave.”

No, Anne, we’re sorry for you. You clearly have hate and negativity oozing out of your pores like someone taking a sauna after eating too much garlic.

It got worse after that, it really did. Anne’s crazy came shining through and she went off on several manic rants. While talking about her childhood in New Jersey she called her father lazy, and said that the $100 a week she brought in acting at the age of 12 was more than her dad had ever made. “He was a lazy… it’s over in my life though. I have a wonderful guy who has a wonderful job.”

Anne was promoting her role on the HBO series “Hung,” in which she plays the ex wife of a male prostitute. Why anyone is still willing to hire this insane woman is beyond me. She sure plays bitter ex wife well, though, and I’ll have to check out this show to see if she’s as typecast as I think she is.

Anne Heche is shown outside The Late Show on 8/26/09. Credit: Diane Cohen/Fame Pictures

Anne Heche, 39, and James Tupper, 43, had their first child together over the weekend, a son they named Atlas. Anne also has a 7 year-old son, Homer, with her ex-husband, Coley Laffoon. Anne and Coley had an acrimonious divorce, with accusations flying on both sides. Their divorce was finalized earlier this week with Anne ordered to pay an over half million settlement.

Anne Heche and beau James Tupper welcomed their first child together over the weekend, her rep confirms to Usmagazine.com.

Atlas Heche Tupper weighed in at six pounds, 12 ounces, the rep adds.

Heche finalized her divorce from ex Coley Laffoon — the father of her 7-year-old son, Homer — earlier this week.

“Homer is very excited to be a big brother,” a source tells Us.

Heche exclusively confirmed she was pregnant to Usmagazine.com in December. “They are thrilled,” her rep told Us then.

She and Tupper first met in 2006 on the set of their short-lived ABC drama Men In Trees while Heche was still wed to Laffoon.

[From US Weekly]

The names Homer and Atlas both come from Greek mythology, with Homer attributed as the author of epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey and Atlas a Greek God who held up the heavens. Homer and Atlas are odd baby names, but there are worse, particularly among celebrity families. Considering that this is Anne Heche we’re talking about she could have picked something much more stigmatizing. Congratulations to Anne and James.

Anne Heche and James Tupper are shown on 1/17/09. Credit: WENN.com

Anne Heche was legally divorced from her ex-husband Corey Laffoon last June, but they failed to agree on custody and property issues. Laffoon initially asked for $33,000 a month in child support. He was awarded almost $15,000 a month, but Anne couldn’t pay this due to the actors strike. It was reduced further to $3,700 a month when Anne returned to Los Angeles to live after her ABC show Men in Trees was canceled. Laffoon claimed he was making just $6,000 a year before he quit his job as a videographer to care for Homer.

Two years after they first filed for divorce, a property and custody agreement has been made. Heche will pay Laffoon over a half million dollar settlement and he will also receive 1/2 of their community property.

According to the Los Angeles Superior Court documents:

• The pair will share 50-50 physical and legal custody of son, Homer, 7.

• Heche agreed to pay Laffoon a $515,000 lump sum cash payment. He’ll also get half of all their community property, including more than $700,000 worth of stocks and other assets.

• Heche keeps her multimillion-dollar home in Vancouver, B.C.

• Laffoon waived his right to claim any spousal support.

People

Anne has been said to be eager to end her marriage once and for all pending the birth of her son with co-star James Tupper. She was reportedly desperate for them both to be divorced by the time their son is born. If Anne is so concerned about social conventions she might have thought about not dating her co-star while they were both still married, and not getting pregnant while they were still divorcing. There have been no reports of his divorce being finalized, but he’s still got a few months. The new baby is due late May-early June.

Anne Heche is shown out at Sundance with James Tupper on 1/17/09. Credit: WENN

It has been almost two years since Anne Heche and her co-star/boyfriend/baby-daddy James Tupper left their respective spouses and children for each other. Now she’s pregnant with their child, a boy, and wants to get married before he’s born. James Tupper is a little hesitant, if only because of the small issue that he is still married to his estranged wife.

They went public with their romance in 2007, after Heche filed for divorce from her then-husband, Coley Laffoon, the father of her 6-year-old son Homer.

And now the actress is eager for Tupper to finalize his split from Katherine Mayfield, almost two years after he filed a petition for divorce.

A source tells Star magazine, “Anne has told him that it’s gone on long enough. She wants it finished.

“She doesn’t want to give birth to their son while his father is married to another woman. She knows how hard it is to get through a divorce, because she’s done it herself. But she can’t understand why it’s taking James so long to get his act together.”

San Francisco Chronicle

James might actually be deliberately avoiding ending his marriage. Anne was in a lesbian relationship before ‘changing her mind’ as she puts it, and she also has an alter ego ‘Celestia’ who is an alien. Or talks to aliens. Or wants to be an alien. Who can understand a word that comes out of that woman’s mouth? It’s kind of surprising they’ve lasted this long.

Anne Heche and James Tupper are shown out in Sundance on 1/17/09. Credit: WENN

Brad Pitt is shown on 1/27/08; Anne Heche on 6/7/07. Credit: PRPhotos

This week’s tabloids have stories of two celebrities who are into holding seances and channeling spirits. One is unsurprising, but another is a celebrity you wouldn’t expect to be into that sort of thing. According to the National Enquirer, Anne Heche is friends with a seer who claims to contact the dead and Heche has been holding seances to talk to her departed relatives. If Star Magazine is to be believed, Brad Pitt also thinks he’s communing with the dead and is into “deep-trance spirit channeling.” I would bet that Pitt is only doing meditative practices when he can find the time and that Star is twisting it into something else. Either that or Star is trying to promote the documentary they’re name-dropping:

Pals say [Anne Heche] is hosting seances to contact long-dead relatives…

“Anne recently became friends with this New Age seer who sold her a psychic trip about connecting with ancestors going back to the 15th century,” said the pal.

The psychic claims she can see the dead and talk to them, and Anne now believes she has a long-lost sister whom she hopes to contact through the medium, said the souce.

“Anne’s held at least four seances with close friends and believes her link to the past will help her pave the way for a smoother future,” the source said.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 15, 2008]

Pitt is said to be into a more individual form of contacting spirits – deep trance channeling. Star does get the first part of the story right as Brad has talked in interviews recently about his quest for meaning:

[Brad Pitt] is “having sort of a midlife crisis,” a source tells Star. “He’s asking the big questions, like ‘What do I want to do with the rest of my life?’” Brad is turning to spiritual leaders, including the Dalai Lama, for advice. He’s also taken up deep-trance spirit channeling, trying to commune with ghosts, after watching the documentary Tuning In: Spirit Channelers in America. Angelina Jolie is trying to be supportive but is now worried that Brad may become obsessed. Says the source, “He’s looking for a script about channeling, but Angie’s afraid that if he tries to bring it into the mainstream, people will really think he’s gone off the deep end.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 15, 2008]

I highly doubt that Pitt is into this, but there are some compelling aspects to it and it’s different than a typical seance. The deep spirit channelers in that film that Pitt supposedly watched claim they’re channeling these evolved bengs that have messages of hope and understanding for mankind. Some, like Lee Carroll, have meditation exercises that help you relax and receive messages from what they claim is a divine source. It’s not something I believe but the themes of hope and personal enlightenment these channelers are touting are universal. You can learn more about it by viewing a few videos on YouTube, linked below. Some of the people seem somewhat sincere and others seem full of it.

It seems strange and rather bogus to me, but people get into this and it does provide a kind of guidance and belief system that is not unlike religion or self help in general. I’ve had friends that believed in stuff like this and I’m not one to judge. All that said, this is Star Magazine reporting this blurb and it seems suspicious that they’re mentioning a certain documentary. It could be the last time we’re hearing “Pitt” and “Spirit Channeling” together – at least until this rumor dies down on the Internet in about ten days.

Here’s more about “deep spirit channeling.” Some of these videos are kind of amusing, especially when you check out the expressions on these people’s faces as they “channel.”

- Trailer for Tuning In: Spirit Channelers in America
- Darryl Anka channeling Bashar, talks about “Abundance” and living in the moment
- A deep spirit channeling meditation that is similar to other guided meditations.
- Lee Carroll channels Kryon.
- This guy was not featured in the documentary I just couldn’t pass this up. Bart Smit channels Dr. Williams.
- Esther Hicks channels Veronica. She wasn’t featured in the documentary either.

Anne Heche, 39, is pregnant by her former Men in Trees costar, James Tupper, 43. Tupper and Heche met on the set of the now-canceled ABC show in 2006 when they were both married to other partners. They divorced their respective partners in order to be together, with Heche’s spring 2007 divorce garnering plenty of press as accusations were flung by both sides.

Anne’s ex husband, Coley Laffoon, alleged that she was not a proper caregiver to their now six year old son, Homer, and that she was unable to meet his basic needs. Anne and her ex were granted 50/50 custody of the boy, who now must fly from LA to Vancouver to visit his mother on weekends twice a month.

It looks like Heche will have a chance to screw up another child considering that she’s pregnant again. I’m surprised she’s still with Tupper and despite this supposedly happy news I don’t see them lasting. They both cheated on their partners to hook up together and there have been stories of them arguing loudly in public.

Heche and Tupper are said to be considering marriage, but there’s the still the issue of Heche’s divorce from her first husband, which isn’t quite settled yet. Heche may also have to curtail her lifestyle if she wants to bring another child into the world. In May she claimed she could no longer afford to pay child support of nearly $15,000 a month to her ex because she couldn’t find work. According to IMDB, Heche does have one film coming out, a “sex comedy” called Spread with Ashton Kutcher, and Tupper is working on a film as well. Now that their prospects have improved, it’s as good a time as any to have a child.

Anne Heche and James Tupper are shown out shopping in Beverly Hills with Homer on 10/24/08. They are also shown at the Race to End MS on 5/2/08. Credit: WENN