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Sep 3
'08
Jeremy Piven won’t emcee Fashion Rocks because of his diva behavior

Jeremy Piven must have one of the worst reputations in Hollywood. You never hear anyone even say something as nice as “He’s the male Paris Hilton.” Brandon Davis throws up when someone says his name. The vilest creatures consider this guy too low to talk about. Though John Mayer gives him props.

Piven used to star on Ellen DeGeneres’ sitcom as a balding nerd. Though he looks pretty much the exact same – just 15 years older – somehow he got a part on Entourage which instantly made him cool. Apparently it’s something about saying the F-word a lot. Now the Pivs drops by the coolest parties, nails the hottest chicks, and shits crab cakes or something highfalutin like that. And he knows it.

Last year Piven hosted VH1’s Fashion Rocks. Instead of being grateful anyone even knows who he is – I don’t understand how any semi-logical person could think otherwise – Piven seemed to expect the models and the rock stars to kiss his ass, and he was well-nigh pissed when it didn’t happen. So this year he’s been asked to please stay the hell home.

DON’T ever expect to see “Entourage” star Jeremy Piven back at “Fashion Rocks,” the Condé Nast-sponsored concert that celebrates Fashion Week. Last year, production insiders say Piven, who hosted the show, was a “nightmare,” insisting on a separate green room and rewriting the script up until the last minute. “And it wasn’t even funny,” the source said. This year, Fashion Rocks decided to go with “a more trustworthy and mature host, Denis Leary, who also has a background in stand-up and could make the necessary transitions onstage,” we’re told. The show - featuring Beyoncé, the Black Eyed Peas, Chris Brown, Rihanna and Justin Timberlake - will tape Friday and air on CBS Sept. 9. A rep for Piven said, “Not true. He had his own room, just like everyone else, and came in a week early to work on the script as expected.”

[From Page Six]

That’s funny. Because I saw about half an hour of last year’s show and the only joke of Piven’s I laughed at was the one where he got everyone to think he was cool and sexy and relevant and should somehow be part of the show. I’m not saying Fashion Rocks is anything epic. But if rolling through a Dairy Queen’s drive-thru was considered epic, I’d say it’d still be a bit too much for Jeremy Piven.

Here’s Jeremy Piven on Saturday. Images thanks to Fame.

Posted in Diva, Jeremy Piven

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Aug 18
'08
Tyra Banks ignores her audience; keeps them waiting 2 hours

Tyra Banks’ blatant narcissistic personality disorder rages on, according to Page Six. They more politely call it “diva behavior” but I think it’s pretty clear Tyra is walking a fine line between total bitch and complete personality disorder. Tyra is continuing to annoy the living daylights out of her guests and audience with her blatant “it’s all about me” behavior.

Tyra Banks’ diva behavior has reached ridiculous new heights. The model/talk-show hostess kept her “Tyra Banks Show” audience waiting for nearly two hours at her West 26th Street studio Tuesday during a taping of “Celebrating Black Models, Past, Present and Future,” while she stood backstage giggling, snacking and chatting with the crew.

“You could hear her going on and on because she was standing right behind the stage curtain,” said one audience member. “She’s talking and talking. Meanwhile, you have the entire audience waiting almost two hours for the taping to start.” And our spy said when Banks finally did take her seat onstage, she had a bad attitude. “She leaves us waiting, and everyone is sitting there complaining, and then she comes out and doesn’t say a word about it. She didn’t even say hello, she got right into her script,” said our source. “She acted so cold towards everyone. She’s a phony.”

Another audience member told Page Six the crowd was full of aspiring models who were dragged into the street by Banks for a shoot after she’d interviewed Beverly Johnson, Veronica Webb, Chanel Iman and Tameka Jacobs. All along, “Tyra kept saying, ‘When I was a model,’ and would hardly let them talk,” said our spy. “It was all about her, as usual.”

Banks then led the whole audience outside onto the street for the show’s ending. “Cops had it closed off, and Tyra had bodyguards,” laughed our spy. “She had the audience prance down the street and then release black balloons. Some were whining that it was so bad for the environment.

[From Page Six]

I’m sure there are a lot of celebrities that are full of themselves –in fact you could argue that it might be a necessary trait in order to be successful in show business. But Tyra manages to take it to completely unheard of levels. There is no bad behavior the woman can’t legitimize to suit herself and nothing she won’t do to further her career. Even something that seems like it’s not that big a deal – like the balloons – shows how it’s all about her. I can think of dozens of other dramatic looking things she could have had the models do – but what does the earth matter if Tyra’s not happy when she’s on it?

Here’s Tyra with models Jessica White, Selita Ebanks, Pat Cleveland, Toccara Jones, Veronica Webb, Chanel Iman, Beverly Johnson, Noemie Lenoir and Stacey McKenzie for ‘The Tyra Banks Show’ “Celebrates the First All Black Model Issue of Vogue Italia” – along with the infamous balloons – in New York on Tuesday. Photographer: Patricia Schlein. Images thanks to WENN.

Posted in Diva, Models, Tyra Banks

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Jun 22
'08
Mike Myers is a diva with a side of bitch

Oooo, it seems Mike Myers happy-go-lucky reputation has caught up to his ego. “The Love Guru” is opening in theaters and is reportedly painful to watch. Critics are unapologetically ripping the movie apart with bad reviews. Despite a decent level of star power present in the film, you can’t buy class. To add insult to injury the notoriously funny Myers is said to be a demanding diva. After making an appearance on Conan O’Brien’s show the workers backstage felt the wrath of his “crazy” requests.

The comic made an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” Wednesday to promote ‘‘The Love Guru,’ but he drove backstage staffers bonkers while he waited to go on. ‘He sent a team of interns on a wild goose chase for Silk nondairy creamer, Twizzlers and raspberry seltzer,’ said our witness. ‘Then he sent one of the interns back out to get him a new drink when he realized his seltzer was not the brand he requested.’”

[New York Post]

The casting for the film was even all about Mike and his demands. In order to score a role in the film you had to either be a good friend or have a friend that is tight with Myers. Jessica Alba and Ben Kingsley were both cast thanks to a “mutual friend.” Justin Timberlake and Verne Troyer had worked with the “Austin Powers’ creator before. Del Close was a former teacher (who was mentioned in the interview done with Sports Illustrated for some unknown reason being that passed away 1999. Thanks guys!). He also sent out the script to some Hollywood BFF’s to score some more star power.

Myers: “It was the same with Austin Powers. I sent a script out to Steven Spielberg, Tom Cruise, Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito, John Travolta and Gwyneth Paltrow and they all said yes and all arrived on the same day. It was an embarrassment of riches.”

[Sports Illustrated]

Hmmmm. Other than Danny DeVito and Spielberg, the set could have collapsed and I wouldn’t miss any of them. Although there would probably be a Scientology uprising at the loss of their commander and his lieutenant. Who would Xenu phone home to?

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Mike Myers at the premiere of ‘The Love Guru’ held at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles on June 11th. I was really confused about what he was doing with Mariska Hargitay. Apparently there’s some joke in the movie about her name – I think it’s that it’s magical or something. But there’s no way in hell I’d subject myself to watching it in order to find out. Images thanks to WENN.

Posted in Diva, Mike Myers, Movies

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May 18
'08
Scarlett Johansson misses out on Cannes due to outlandish demands

I always saw Scarlett Johansson as very glamorous – yet very down to earth – sort of starlet. To hear her in interviews, she seems intelligent and appears to have depth rarely seen by celebrities her age. But apparently those qualities don’t preclude her from being a diva. She made such exorbitant demands of her accommodations at Cannes that the studio promoting her film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” was unable to foot the bill. Scarlett chose to stay home rather than compromise.

Scarlett Johansson was left at home in New York after a film studio refused to pay for the star’s bloated demands to attend the Cannes Film Festival to launch Woody Allen’s latest movie. The French branch of Warner Brothers Films, distributers of Vicky Cristina Barcelona in France, had spent weeks negotiating with Johansson’s representatives about flying her to Cannes.

They were willing, and happy, to pay for flights, hotel, provide a limousine, arrange for designers to show her gowns and for her to share hair and make-up designers with costars [Penelope] Cruz and [Rebecca] Hall. However, Johansson demanded her own exclusive make-up consultant at a cost of 5,000 Euros a day, which was felt a tad too much for a four day trip where looking after the star’s tresses and powdering her nose would cost a total of 20,000 Euros.

Then there was the problem over an hotel. The film’s director and his leading ladies were delighted to be staying in the centre of Cannes to make it easier for them to attend screenings, public events and to do interviews for TV and press. Johansson wanted to be at an hotel way out in the sticks, some 25 to 30 miles away.

“It was crazy. Penelope and Rebecca were going to be working very hard and it wasn’t acceptable that Scarlett would be having to come in from that distance every day, most likely turning up late and it would have thrown schedules into a lot of confusion. Also, I think, while Woody’s terribly fond of Scarlett, he was a little upset that she wasn’t being a team player”, an executive connected to the film told the Daily Mail.

[From the Daily Mail]

Keep in mind the source is the Daily Mail, and they enjoy putting a particularly pessimistic and critical spin on any story they can. Yet Scarlett wasn’t at Cannes, even though she’s widely been reported to be Woody Allen’s newest muse. That’s quite the slap in the face to him. The film did get rave reviews, and many said it was a return to form for Allen. However she has agreed to do the traditional press and promotion for the film in the U.S.

Hopefully Scarlett won’t be demanding makeup artists that cost $10,000 a day for the press junket. Woody Allen famously said Scarlett wore too much makeup. Maybe he could send her some Maybelline and tell her to suck it up.

Here’s the rest of the cast of - ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ at the film’s Cannes premiere yesterday. Header of Scarlett at Elle’s ‘Women in Hollywood’ 14th annual event on 10.15.08. Images thanks to WENN.

Posted in Cannes, Diva, Money, Movies, Penelope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Woody ALlen

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Feb 13
'08
Aretha Franklin is pissed at Beyonce for calling Tina Turner “The Queen”

Apparently the saying “once a diva, always a diva” really is true. Okay I don’t know that that’s actually a saying, but based on some Grammy awards behavior, it should be. Not only did singer Natalie Cole go off on Amy Winehouse for winning five awards, which she called “undeserved,” but now Aretha Franklin has gone off on Beyonce Knowles for calling Tina Turner “The Queen.” Apparently Aretha is “The Queen” and to call anyone else such a royal term is absolute heresy.

When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles’ intro to Tina Turner at Sunday’s Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, “the queen.”

“I am not sure of whose toes I may have stepped on or whose ego I may have bruised between the Grammy writers and Beyonce,” Franklin said in a statement issued by her publicist. “However, I dismissed it as a cheap shot for controversy.”

[From the AP]

Um, Aretha, this is the biggest deal in your world, not the world. No one else noticed. Come on, issuing a press release? Doesn’t that make you the one who’s trying to stir up controversy? I think everyone was way too busy focusing on your outfit, which was about five inches south of where the rest of us would have liked it.

I don’t know Beyonce, but instinct tells me she didn’t actually write the little into speech. The sentence in question was, “Ladies and gentlemen. Stand on your feet and give it up for the queen.” While Aretha has long been known as the Queen of Soul, Beyonce just called Tina Turner the queen. She could have meant the queen of cheesy fries for all any of us know. I don’t think it’s anything to get into a major statement-issuing tizzy over. I’m pretty sure that these king and queen titles we give to musicians aren’t actual designations of royalty or anything. They’re just fun honorifics. Besides, if you keep freaking out like that, you’re going to get a completely different nickname, and it won’t be nearly as flattering.

Here’s Aretha Franklin at the Musicares Person of the Year Benefit on February 8th. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Posted in Aretha Franklin, Beyonce, Diva

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Oct 24
'07
Nicole Kidman hints at trouble in her marriage, is a diva on set

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At first I thought that Nicole Kidman must have slipped when she said in a recent interview that she never says she’s happy in her marriage “because interviews are done in advance and you never know where something’s going.” She hinted that she hides a lot, saying that “People’s lives together are complicated and beautiful and that’s what they should stay. They’re very quiet. Complicatedly quiet.”

That’s a weird way of answering a simple question if you’re happy. If you’re happy in your relationship, or a good enough fibber, you might say “Yes, we’re enjoying the first year of our marriage despite some minor setbacks, which managed to bring us closer.” There, now rub your hands together and change the subject to your latest project.

So while I initially thought that Kidman revealed more than intended in that statement, it sounds like she’s trying to prepare the public for something that she suspects might happen but isn’t decided yet. Of course she quickly backtracked afterwards, sounding like a publicist, so it’s hard to tell what her intentions are:

Asked in the November issue of Interview magazine if she is happy with husband Keith Urban, Kidman replies, “I don’t ever say that. Partly because interviews are done in advance and you never know where something’s going. People’s lives together are complicated and beautiful and that’s what they should stay. They’re very quiet. Complicatedly quiet. They don’t need to be broadcast.”

She goes on to clarify: “My husband and I are committed to each other and deeply in love. That’s how I would put it. We’re working on staying in that place, and hopefully we will for the rest of our lives.”

[From People.com]

In the interview in which Kidman made that statement she was talking to the author of The Hours, Michael Cunningham. It’s possible they had a better rapport than is typical or that they were being particularly analytical in the conversation and she was caught off guard.

Star Magazine
has a story this week about how Nicole Kidman is pissing off the crew on the set of the film she’s currently working on, Australia. Star is known for its diva stories, so this is most likely exaggerated, but Kidman is said to act dismissive and rude to people, to never be satisfied with her hair and makeup, and to be super picky about the food she eats.

According to one insider, they all refer to Nicole as “Prima Donna” behind her back because of the alarmingly dismissive way she treats everyone. Everyone, that is, except her husband, country singer Keith Urban.

“Her behavior is seriously Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” says the insider. “When Keith’s on the set, Nicole is nice and as sweet as pie. But once he leaves, she becomes angry and yells at the crew when she doesn’t get what she wants or if they’re running behind…”

On one memorable occasion, she felt the shrimp and risotto prepared for her was not as hot as it should be - and she made her thoughts very clear!”

“She was yelling at the craft services people, asking them how she could be expected to eat this food at this temperature…”

Nicole also takes issue with the way the makeup artists make her look. Most of the time, she hates it, says the insider. “She has them redo it constantly. She’ll hold up production because she’ll want her makeup done over and over again.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, October 29, 2007]

But Nicole changes a lot when Keith is around, the article claims. She is said to act super nice, giggling and holding hands with him when he shows up on set. “People wonder if Keith has any idea how miserable she can really be,” the source says. Maybe they’re both miserable in the relationship and that’s why Nicole is so grumpy all the time, trying to make up for it by being super nice to Keith. She might realize that it’s not working no matter how hard she tries, and she’s providing some vague but revealing quotes for the press to use in the event of their breakup.

Nicole Kidman is shown on 10/7/07 at the NY Film Festival premiere of Margot at the Wedding, thanks to PRPhotos.
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Posted in Diva, Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Relationship trouble

Written by Celebitchy         See post for comments
Sep 21
'07
Jennifer Lopez is a bad daughter and is demanding


Jennifer Lopez’s list of requirements before she stays in a hotel room are much more detailed and demanding than Mandy Moore’s concert rider. (Although I make more demands on my husband in an average day than Moore asks for on tour.) Lopez wants everything just so before she’ll stay in a hotel and The Daily Mail is there with the details.

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lopez2.jpg [From The Daily Mail]

Now that I read this list I think I know where that non baby-bump came from. (She is not fat at all, in fact I’m about the same size as she is, I just dislike her and wanted to be snarky.)

Coors lite? Who drinks that swill? I guess J.Lo or one of her people must. That’s some crappy beer.

I also want to know why she needs a toaster and condiments when she’s not even asking for bread or meat. Is she going to supply her own bread and meat when she’s making all those other demands? They’re perishables, but she’s asking for fruit and as long as she’s listing requirements she may as well cover everything.

There’s also another story about J.Lo’s mom, Guadalupe, saying that her daughter never tells her anything and that she has no idea if she’s pregnant or not(I never would have covered this stupid hotel rider story if there wasn’t something else to report about J.Lo today.) The NY Daily News sent a reporter to her mom’s house, and she was pretty upfront about not talking to her daughter:

This week, when In Touch Weekly reported that Jennifer and hubby Marc Anthony were expecting, the Daily News’ Ethan Rouen traveled to Guadalupe’s home in Westchester to check the story with her.

The couple has been trying for years to give her a grandchild - but Guadalupe sounded almost indifferent to the prospect.

“I didn’t hear about it,” she said coolly.” You know more than I do. I don’t talk to her very often. I don’t see her often.”

Guadalupe said she is “very busy here taking care of my sister,” who was at Guadalupe’s house at the time.” [Jennifer is] very busy doing what she does.”

[From The NY Daily News]

Maybe she’s just one of those blunt people. I know plenty of moms who would talk smack about their busy daughters if they didn’t hear from them for a while. It might not mean that their relationship is bad, just that her mother is mad that she’s not more in touch.

The Daily News quotes J.Lo as saying in a 2005 interview “My mum’s tough. I don’t want to get into that because it’s a little personal and she gets angry with me when I say things. But, you know, she loves me a lot, so no one’s good enough.”

They speculate that Guadalupe might not like Lopez’s current husband, Marc Anthony, but it could go deeper than that.

Really, with Lopez travelling around the world keeping everything at 80 degrees and just perfect, how could she have time for her mom?

Lopez and Marc Anthony are shown in London yesterday. Thanks to PRPhotos for these pictures.

Posted in Diva, Family, Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony

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Sep 21
'07
Eva Longoria has a shrine to herself, wants to be friends with “the gays”

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Eva Longoria, whose husband of less than three months has been suspiciously absent ever since her garish wedding, has an entire room in her home dedicated to her achievements. Not only has she collected and displayed every magazine cover she’s appeared on, something that is understandable and might be motivated more by pride than all-consuming vanity, she’s had them blown up to poster size. To compliment the Eva-themed decor she’s put out Desperate Housewives promotional pamphlets all around the room.

What’s more is that Eva is said to spend ten minutes a day just cleaning her 5 carat engagement ring:

Just call her “Me-va!” Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria is so into herself, she’s dedicated an entire room in the home she shares with hubby Tony Parker to her favorite actress - Eva Longoria! “It’s like a shrine to herself,” a source tells Star. “She showcases all her accomplishments over the years in her L.A. mansion’s screening room.” The star has put up poster-sized blowups of all her magazine covers on the walls and laid out Desperate Housewives promo materials everywhere…

“You won’t see that girl leaving her house looking like a mess,” another insider confides. “She takes it ver seriously and spends 30 minutes every day figuring out what outfit to wear. She’s kind of high school that way.” Eva even “grooms” her enormous 5-carat engagement ring her 25-year-old husband gave her. “she spends 10 minutes cleaning it every day with special solutions she ordered,” says the source. “It’s an obsessive ritual.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, September 24, 2007]

Some people were calling bullshit on the “Beyonce is a Diva” story that we covered yesterday, which was also in this issue of Star Magazine. Maybe they decided to work the female celebrity diva angle last week, an threw Eva Longoria in there for good measure. I bet this is true though, you know that pint-sized girl is always talking about how great she is and bragging that she’s moving on to better things in life. Well she definitely landed a rich guy and managed to do it without a prenup. If her movie career doesn’t take off she can always divorce the sucker.

Eva Longoria was recently talking about the new gay male couple that is moving into Wisteria Lane and joining the cast of Desperate Housewives. She says that Teri Hatcher’s character, Susan, fights with them, but she wants her character, Gabrielle, to be BFF with them and have them help her with hair and fashion choices:

Eva says, “I am really excited about the gay neighbours, it is about time. I am surprised we haven’t had them before. They’re my neighbours and I haven’t really interacted with them too much. I would love to see that in the script. Gabrielle should be friends with the gays.”

The 32-year-old star also revealed Bob and Lee don’t get on with Teri Hatcher’s character Susan. She added, “They have a lot with Teri Hatcher — they are like, catty with her and they don’t like her and it is so fun.”

[From Times of India]

Oh Eva, if anyone could be more of a diva than stereotypical gay characters , it’s you.

Eva Longoria is shown at the Emmys on 9/16/07. Thanks to PR Photos.
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Posted in Diva, Eva Longoria

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Sep 20
'07
Beyonce is a big diva


Details of Beyonce’s backstage behavior make her seem like a demanding diva who thinks she’s above the masses. She insists that none of the local staff look at her or talk to her while she’s on tour, and people are even instructed to get the hell out of her way if she’s coming.

Her backstage demands involve white linen draped over everything, including the floor, which her people smooth out for her after she walks on it. She treats her crew to the finest gourmet cuisine while making the people from the venue eat subs, and she’s said to be super rude and demanding.

“All the local staff were instructed by Beyonce’s people not to look at her, speak to her or approach her,” the source tells Star. “The staff were actually told before the show that if Beyonce was coming down the hall, you were to find an unlocked room and immediately go into it, out of her presence… no one could remember diva behavior this bad before!”

Beyonce’s people have also demanded that most of the backstage area be covered with what appeared to be white linen, says the source, who adds: “It was all over the walls and the furniture in her dressing room. It was even spread out on the backstage walkway like a ‘red carpet’ for Beyonce - and one of her people even had to smooth out the wrinkles after she passed by!”

While everything possible was being done for her, Beyonce and her people didn’t seem to be in a giving mood themselves, said the source. “Most acts will share their catered gourmet food with the backstage staff - but that wasn’t the case this time. So while Beyonce and her crew lunched on lobster tail and filet mignon, each of the local staff had to make do with a three-inch subway sandwich, an apple and a bottle of water!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, September 24, 2007]

I’ve heard before that Beyonce insists on white linen over everything, but the fact that she’s rude and doesn’t like people talking or looking at her is news to me. The article also includes a story about how she snapped at a wardrobe person for a scuff on her shoe saying “You ain’t gonna make me roll like that!”

Beyonce puts on an great performance, and she actually sings, not that it’s an adequate excuse for being so uptight and demanding about everything. At least she’s talented and it’s pulling the diva act without something to back it up.

I wonder if I’d get a sense of entitlement if I had tens of thousands of people screaming adoringly at me in venues all around the world. Of course I would. For me that level of fame would involve a personal sushi chef who was also skilled in the art of hibachi cooking. I love when they make those volcano things on the grill right in front of you. I would let the plebians look me in eye and talk to me though. I mean, I would have invested so much in my face by that point.

Beyonce was seen out with new hair yesterday. The snotty singer now has a dark black weave instead of a light brown one. She is pictured leaving the party for the launch of Diddy’s new perfume “Unforgivable Woman.” Thanks to Splash News for the pic.

Posted in Beyonce, Diva

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Aug 27
'07
Oprah kicks a bridal party out of their hotel

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I’m generally alright with Oprah. I don’t think she’s the next coming of Christ like a lot of people do, but she’s cool enough. She’s done some good, and used her money and power to try to influence people in a positive way. And after her show hit a major scandalous steak for several years, she turned it around to the point where it’s not even recognizable from the trash it used to be. But Oprah can be a bit of a diva, and seems to have a “What Oprah wants, Oprah gets” mindset. She’s thrown her support behind Barack Obama for the upcoming US presidential elections, and is hosting a fundraiser for him on September 8th at her $64 million compound in Santa Barbara, California. For some reason she couldn’t host the guests at her home (I don’t care if she invited half the county, you’d think she’d have room somewhere in a $64 million compound) and wanted to put them up at the San Ysidro Ranch nearby. Well the ranch was booked for a wedding, which wasn’t to Oprah’s liking. Apparently Oprah and her people have been calling the bride and trying to strong arm them into moving or giving up their rooms. The bride, who is an attorney, supposedly refused to give in.

“The talk-show queen is holding a star-studded fund-raiser for presidential wannabe Barack Obama on Sept. 8 at her $64 million estate near Santa Barbara, Calif., and she wanted out-of-town guests to be able to stay at the nearby San Ysidro Ranch. But - horrors - it was booked for a wedding that weekend. ‘Due to the proximity to and the cachet of the ranch to Oprah Winfrey’s estate, Oprah’s people have been calling the bride to either move or vacate some of the rooms to accommodate her guest list,’ our source snitched. ‘The bride, an attorney, is not budging.’

“Well, she may have budged a bit.

“San Ysidro Ranch Manager Marco Perry denied that Winfrey’s people had talked to the bride but said, ‘The wedding party did cancel a few rooms - but we didn’t charge them a cancellation fee because there was such a demand for the rooms that weekend.’ Winfrey’s representative at her production company, Harpo Inc., insisted that no calls to the bride were made.

“In any event, the fund-raiser for Obama will have some strict rules. No cameras will be allowed in, and there will be heavy security to make sure it’s enforced. Nor will guests be able to enter Oprah’s house. Instead, they’ll be dining alfresco on blankets under tents. And to avoid a mass crush of limos, they must park at a ‘greeting center’ eight miles away and take a shuttle bus to Winfrey’s estate.

Among the famous Obama supporters expected are George Clooney, Halle Berry, Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.”

[From Page Six]

Well it sounds like they somehow got the bridal party moved. I hope Oprah paid off the bride herself instead of the hotel, so she’d at least be compensated for her trouble. I love the line about the bride not budging… oh but she did give in. Remember a few years ago when Oprah randomly “surprised” some people at their weddings by showing up? I think it was the basis for “Wedding Crashers.” I remember her proudly airing the footage on her show, and showing everyone how she graced the couple and their wedding with her presence. But a lot of people pointed out that Oprah also stole focus from the couple on their special day, and without their advance knowledge or permission. If Oprah showed up at my wedding I’d kick her in the shins and tell her to get the hell out. Unless she offered me one of her famous free vacations. Then we could talk. I’m guessing that’s what happened with this bride too.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Oprah when she was honored by the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity with a Humanitarian award in May. Header image at the 2007 CFDA Fashion Awards in June.
Images thanks to PR Photos.

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Posted in Diva, Oprah, Politics, Weddings

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