Trashtastic British reality star and entrepreneur Katie Price launched her line of women’s lingerie at George at ASDA today. She used regular women to model the clothing, and chose them from among her fan club, asking women to write in for a chance:

She said: “I decided that I wanted girls from my fan club to model [the range] with me in front of the press so I got them to write in and then I chose six girls.”

While the 29-year-old’s cleavage appeared more than generous in her black lace trimmed bra, she recently underwent a breast reduction during a visit to LA in December.

Still, Katie, who has three children, Harvey, 5, Junior, two, and Princess Tiaamii, nine months, plans to go back for yet another cosmetic procedure on her breasts to have them made even smaller.

[From The Daily Mail]

Everyone is saying that she chose these women to make herself look better, and that could be partially the case. She also managed to get a lot more publicity by using normal-sized and plus-sized models along with showing that her bras and panties are made for all sizes. At least one commentor on Oh No They Didn’t noted that it’s hard to find bras if you’re large-breasted. I don’t have that particular problem, but it could be an issue she’s trying to address by showing women who are stacked wearing her new bras.

It is refreshing to see regular-sized women promoting lingerie, even if it does seem slightly exploitive in the case of the very heavy model. Katie Price is all about exploiting herself for profit, and in her case she might call it empowering. If that word is even in her vocabulary.

I know that couples out there have pet names for each other, like ‘Muffin’ or ‘Honey’ and even ‘Schmoopy’. But who knew couples actually gave each other names like ‘Fred’? Well, at least one celebrity couple has done it: Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, and now they want us all to know about it.

Celebrity couple Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman once kept their pet names for each other secret.

Now they want the world to know that they call each other “Hank” and “Evie” - so they are using the names to make millions by selling clothing under the Hank Evie label.

In the latest in an avalanche of celebrity label ranges the country music crooner has trademarked the phrase in both Australia and the US, a move that allows the pair to start selling everything from belt buckles to clothing, shoes, bags, boxer shorts and pyjamas.

Until now the only items sold under the label were concert T-shirts, but few knew it was owned by Urban and was based on the couple’s noms de plume.

Urban recently revealed during a pre-concert fan question-and-answer session that in the early days of their relationship Kidman referred to him as Hank, and he to her as Evie. It remains unknown why they chose these names.

Sydney Morning Herald

How is revealing that Nic and Keith have pet names going to help shift sales of t-shirts? It kind of grosses me out - pet names are not my thing. Actually, given the high end range of gear that Nicole Kidman already promotes, like Chanel No 5 and whoever she’s wearing to a red carpet event, I’m a little surprised she’s endorsing her hubby’s dull duds.

On the subject of pet names, maybe that’s how Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin came to name their daughter Apple. They thought it was cute, and they have similar food based pet names for each other. Obviously they forgot the golden rule of pet names - they are always hideously embarrassing, and never to be used in mixed company if you don’t want to cause the gag reflex in those around you.

Nicole Kidman is still not showing much of a baby bump, in the pictures taken of her and Keith at the Australian open. She is reportedly due in July.

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban are shown at the Australian open on January 21.

The level of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s snobbery has just been elevated. The two are practically making a bio pic in a new HBO series about humanitarian workers helping the needy. Their aim is to explore the seedy political underbelly of working in a international aid organization. Jolie is no stranger to countries ravaged by warlords and political regimes. Brad gets to tag along this time too. Both members of the power couple share the title of executive producer with Scott Burns.

“Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are making their first joint producing effort with an HBO series about aid workers.

The untitled drama will explore the behind-the scenes politics of an international aid organization, and chronicle the lives of humanitarian workers assigned to dangerous zones and the needy people they assist.

Jolie and Pitt will serve as executive producers, along with Scott Burns, who will write the pilot. Burns co-wrote “The Bourne Ultimatum” and was a producer of “An Inconvenient Truth.”

The series has been a passion project for Jolie since she did the 2003 feature “Beyond Borders,” a drama about disaster-relief workers in war-torn countries.

It marks Jolie’s return to HBO 10 years after her breakthrough starring role in the cable network’s biopic “Gia,” which earned her a Golden Globe.

Pitt already is in business with HBO. Along with Edward Norton, he is executive producing the HBO/National Geographic miniseries “Undaunted Courage,” now in development. The 10-hour miniseries, based on the book by Stephen F. Ambrose, retraces the legendary journey across the Western U.S. by explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the early 1800s.

Jolie most recently starred in the feature “A Mighty Heart,” about the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Pitt was a producer on “Heart.”

[From Reuters]

Jolie has dragged the entire family around the world on goodwill missions due to her Ambassador status for the United Nations’ refugee agency. The Jolie-Pitts spent last Thanksgiving in Vietnam and trips to Cambodia replace visits to Disney World. This may be the first joint film production effort, but they have a year old foundation that support organizations that have received millions of dollars. The Jolie-Pitt foundation favors Doctors Without Borders and Global Action for Children.

Angelina is all about the less fortunate and the touchy subject dramatics. While I am not discouraging her good-doing, I just really wish to see her step outside the box. Maybe let her hair down and do a guest star appearance on “Family Guy” or become one of the plucky interns on “Grey’s Anatomy” for an episode or two.

Note by Celebitchy: Please welcome our new writer, Cara. She’s into fashion and gossip and has written for some of our favorite blogs including Socialite’s Life, I’m Not Obsessed and Glitterati. Helen had her baby this weekend and may be out of commission for a while.

Angelina Jolie is shown on the set of The Changeling on 10/20/07, thanks to Splash News.

Beyonce’s father/Svengali Mathew Knowles is launching a line of hip-hop inspired toys for tots called Baby Jamz.

The venture offers a chance for children to combine their love of music with the ability to learn while reciting popular nursery rhymes, according to the Music World president and CEO, who revealed that Baby Jamz was inspired by his [Matthew Knowles’] grandson Juelz.

“Baby Jamz allows children to have toys that they can identify with and enjoy,” Knowles said in a statement. “Many children love music and dancing to Hip-Hop, so we have creatively combined great toys with the Hip-Hop versions of popular nursery rhymes.””

[From Hip Hop Elements]

All of the songs will be sung by Beyonce’s younger sister Solange, who’s son Juelz inspired the project. Juelz will also be the spokesbaby/model for the line of toys, appearing in the ads, packaging, and website for Baby Jamz. Matthew Knowles is also the creator of Kids Rap Radio. Apparently he’s a pioneer in creating child-friendly music. Who knew? Not that Beyonce’s stuff is ever offensive, but I really wouldn’t be a fan of my (hypothetical) kids singing “Bootylicious.” Okay that’s a lie; it would be funny as sin. That would be the problem, I’d tell them not to do that while laughing my butt off.

I think this is a very cool idea, but I’m wary of celebrity-created items. It doesn’t seem like many of them are actually created or designed by the celebrities themselves, they simply lend their name to the product. Didn’t that used to be called “celebrity endorsed?” The products are pretty cute, with musical cell phones and dance pads. Considering how much I hate my cell phone, I’m already thinking about switching. Plus this one will sound sorta like Beyonce!

Header image from AOL BlackVoices.

Putting the Cooties back into their brand name - Coty announced that part time model and full time Pete Doherty-enabler Kate Moss will be joining up with them to put out her own line of signature fragrances.

According to Coty, the first fragrance for Moss will capture her unique style and deepen her universal appeal. “As a one-of-a-kind modern beauty icon, Kate Moss carries clout and credibility among photographers, fashion designers and the beauty industry. This has made her a leading beauty face of the new millennium, said Bernd Beetz, CEO, Coty Inc. “There is no one better to embody a new fragrance than Kate, who epitomizes the look and feel of today’s fashionistas. We are very excited about this fragrance collaboration and look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.”

via Oh No They Didnt

Poor Bernd Beetz …named after an overcooked winter vegetable and also unable to recognize the difference between the last millennium and this one. Clout and credibility are clearly the new fading charm and unconvincing saleability.

It turns out deluded views of reality and a complete inability to sense which way the wind is blowing make Coty McCooties Inc. and Burnt Parsnips the perfect match for ol’ Mossy:

“For me, Coty is the ideal partner to create my own scent,” commented Moss. “I’ve been delighted to work with Coty over the years and am pleased to collaborate with them on my first fragrance.”

The yet-to-be named fragrance is set for launch in autumn 2007 throughout Europe, the Middle East and Australia with subsequent plans to extend to the United States, Canada and Latin America. The line will include eau de toilette, eau de perfume and ancillary products.

The anticipation fairly burns as the imagination fairly boggles:

A grotty fragrance that opens with fresh and mouth-watering notes of dirty weekend dishes, hypodermics and unwashed hair. The very Mossy heart note is composed of flip flops, ferret teeth and bad judgement, followed with a woody and sweet end note of shambles, babies and libertines.

Suggestions for the Fragrance’s name should keep the Internet busy for days.

Now that I’ve done a little research, I’m convinced that Joe Francis is behind ParisExposed.com, which is currently out of commission. The domain was registered in 2003, and even if it was sold or whatever, who buys an existing domain when they can create a new one that’s just as catchy? Francis mentioned the site several times on Howard Stern, and the wording on Joe’s Girl’s Gone Wild website is suspiciously similar to mailings sent out to Paris Exposed Subscribers.

The captions to the photos on the Paris Exposed site were written by someone who does a pretty good job of identifying the people and circumstances in the photos. It’s easily obtained information, and the people are moderately famous, but it seems to me like they had at least some insider information.

Regardless I have some more of Paris’ journals and stuff that I may as well publish before it’s even older news than it is now. I’ve included some of the captions so you can see what I mean.

People are wondering where the outrage is over Paris’ racial slurs in both her sex video (which I’m like the only person who hasn’t seen) and the videos available on the Paris Exposed site. Despite the fact that Paris is sometimes naked and doing drugs, let me tell you that it’s really hard to sit through an entire Paris Hilton home video. They’re also poorly organized on the site, which is down now anyway. There are so many videos there that I was loathe to tackle them. I tried to make UrbanDK do it, but he had some clever excuse.

The racial slur video is up at CelebWarship.

Here are some other paris videos from the site.

There’s news that Nicole and Paris are no longer paparazzi targets. They’re so over-exposed that their stock has plummeted.

Everyone was up in arms over the fact that Diddy’s coat line was marketed as imitation rabbit fur, but has a label claiming it’s “real raccoon.” What’s even worse is that the coats were made with raccoon dog hair.

Diddy did exactly the right thing and apologized, said he didn’t know about it, and pulled the coats from the stores. He also vowed never to use fur in his clothing line again. That’s not a real titilating story, I know, but since I was ripping on him initially I should print his apology:

Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has issued an apology to animal rights activists over the use of real fur in his Sean John clothing range — insisting he didn’t realize it was genuine animal skin.

The star came under fire from the Humane Society Of The United States earlier this month after it was discovered the hood lining of a “faux fur” Sean John jacket was made from the skin of raccoon dogs.

But Combs has apologized to HSUS and has vowed never to use real fur again, insisting department store Macy’s remove the offending garment from sale.

He says, “I was unaware of the nature of this material, but as soon as we were alerted, the garments were pulled off the Macy’s floor and Web site.

“I have instructed our licensee to cease the production of any garment using this material immediately.”

Diddy and his longterm partner, Kim Porter, had twin girls on December 21. Christina Aguilera is said to have sent them a gift basket worth thousands with plenty of stuff their kids surely don’t need.

No, I’m not talking about her latest single (although I definitely could be), but about her latest fashion/beauty project. Coty has enlisted Gwen Stefani to create a series of L.A.M.B. scents, the first of which will be released in fall 2007. Stefani says Eau de Gwen #1 will be “broad, classic, and timeless, but from there, I can get more specific with my next one.”

Somehow I completely trust Gwen’s ability to create fun, unique fragrances. She may get a bit weird with her musical endeavours, and have strange taste in hairstyles from time to time, but her L.A.M.B. line is always on point (check out this amazing dress to see what I mean.) If nothing else, we know her scents will come in cute bottles.

Kevin Federline is reportedly in talks with online gambling site BetUs.com to distribute the Britney Spears sex tape online for $29.99 a download. BetUs members will get to download it for free:

BetUS.com executives announced that they are in the midst of negotiations with singer/dancer Kevin Federline’s manager, Brian Bunnin of I.C.M., for the rights to the Britney Spears/Kevin Federline four-hour “sex tape” which is said to make “One Night in Paris” look like a children’s cartoon.

The popular online sportsbook, which counts over a hundred thousand members in the United States alone, was catapulted to head of the bidding line due to direct contact with “K-Fed’s” camp, and negotiations for an exclusive online distribution deal are in the works.

Financial arrangements of the deal could not be made available pending final approval by BetUS.com investors; however, BetUS.com believes that with the popularity of Britney, she will out-sell Paris two times over.

“After the Paris tape dropped and became a huge hit, you would think Britney would have gotten rid of the tape,” said BetUS.com spokesperson, Christopher Bennett. “Wasn’t this the same girl who not too long ago came out and said she was a virgin? I wonder how many tapes she’s made? We could have a series.”

BetUS.com intends to offer the video free-of-charge to their customers. Non BetUS.com customers will have to pay $29.95 for the right to rip the video onto their own hard drives or video devices.

This story was on another gambling website, and there does not seem to be a press release or any information about it on the BetUs.com website. I e-mailed the PR team at BetUs to confirm this story, but did not get a response yet. I will update this post if they get back to me.

Given all the details about the gambling site, it seems like it could be true - or it could have originated with a fake press release using a real company to add legitimacy to the claims. A lot of fake stories about dead celebrities originate with press releases, and since I can’t find this on the BetUs website I don’t believe it yet.

This Christopher Bennet person is real spokesperson for BetUs, but I wouldn’t put it past someone to make up quotes. We’ll have to see what they say about it.

Thanks to poponthepop for linking this.

Ear-biting former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson is going to work in Heidi Fleiss’ male brothel in Nevada. Prostitution is legal in Nevada outside of the city of Las Vegas, and is monitored by state agencies. Fleiss says Tyson will be her “big stalllion.” *shudder*

Former boxing champion Mike Tyson is to become a male escort after agreeing to work at legendary Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss’ new legalized brothel for women. Fleiss bought 60 acres of land in Nevada, and his work is scheduled to begin on Heidi’s Stud Farm.

She has high hopes for Tyson, once heavyweight champion of the world - despite the fact he is a convicted rapist.

She says, “I told him, ‘You’re going to be my big stallion.’ It’s every man’s fear that their girlfriend will go for Mike Tyson.”

Tyson, 40, adds, “I don’t care what any man says, it’s every man’s dream to please every woman - and get paid for it.”

Tyson was convicted of raping an 18 year-old beauty contestant 15 years ago, and served three years out of a six year sentence in prison. He bit Evander Holyfield on both his ears during a 1997 boxing match and was disqualified. He also spent nine months in jail in 1999 for beating up two people after a car accident.

Tyson declared bankruptcy in 2003 and said in a recent interview that he was considering going into the porn business to make ends meet.

Who in their right mind would pay this guy to fuck them?

Heidi Fleiss is the process of applying for a license for her stud farm, and is now accepting applications from elgible male prostitutes.