I’ve given up feeling at all sorry for Demi Moore and am instead kind of baffled. She keeps pushing this “hot” image when it’s clear that she’s frail and feeling understandably hurt after her husband so publicly cheated on her. As Kaiser has mentioned, Demi should be trying to present an image of a “confident, capable woman of means and maturity,” only she’s not that person and she’s going to go hunting for another dude to make her feel hot again. Her PR people are going to tell us about it too. The last we heard about 49 year-old Demi’s lovelife she was spotted out with a 26 year-old model/personal trainer. I was hoping the guy was just training Demi, but she was seen going to his car outside a Rite Aid, which proves nothing I guess. Well now Demi has been linked to some idiot musician of indeterminate age, with a source claiming that she’s “getting very close to him” and that he “wants to get her to record a track with him.” The “source” also touts how “hot” Demi is, which we’ve heard many times before from anonymous “sources” who spot her out and note how “hot” she is.

Has Demi Moore moved on to a hot new cub?

That’s the word in music circles, where the soon-to-be ex-Mrs. Kutcher is rumored to be texting up a storm with hot Canadian musician Ricky J.

“Demi and Ricky have been getting very flirty recently,” a source close to the situation tells RadarOnline.com. “Ricky thinks she’s really hot, and Demi seems to be loving the attention.”

Ricky, best known for his hit single, No Means No, is currently in Los Angeles and working on getting a date with the 49-year-old gorgeous actress, and not just for social reasons.

“Ricky wants to get her to record a track with him,” the source says. “Demi has actually got a great voice, and it helps that she is super, super hot too!”

[From Radar Online]

Here’s what I’m hoping is the origin of this story: this terrible rapper “Ricky J” wants some publicity and is releasing this completely fake story to Radar Online about a non-existent texting relationship with Demi Moore. The reason I think it’s a fake story is because Ricky J. is old enough not to be a “cub” to Demi, but instead they use an old photo of him and never mention how old he is. Given J.Lo’s latest boyfriend, I wouldn’t be surprised if Demi likes this guy, though. She’s gone through some rough times and she needs someone to tell her she’s “hot” and “gorgeous.” Just getting the press to repeat it over and over isn’t enough for her.

Look at the video for this douche’s “hit single”, “No Means No,” it’s incredibly bad. Commenters are calling it the “date rape national anthem.” This song came out in 2001 and he looks at least 20, so he’s at least 30 something now. That’s an improvement for Demi.

After I wrote all that I found these photos of the guy out on 1-14-12. He definitely looks mid to late 30s. Here’s a link to his website where I found his latest cheesy as hell video, “Waitin 4 You.” (Below.) 10 to one that someone comes here within a few hours to defend the guy and write about how awesome he is.

Demi is shown at a Cinema for Peace event with Rumer on 1-14-12. Credit: WENN.com. Ricky J photos credit: PRPhotos

Star Magazine has an inset story on their cover this week all about Sandra Bullock’s $20 million defamation lawsuit against her scumbag ex, Jesse James, for talking smack about her publicly. However, the story just says that Sandra could file a suit against Jesse if she were so inclined and that she could make it for around $20 million, according to some expert Star found. They only go so far as to quote a vague “source” who claims Sandra is considering it. My favorite part of this story is where Star speculates that Sandra won’t sue Jesse, also as they’ve speculated, because Jesse could potentially have some awesome dirt on her that he would bring out during a lawsuit. Isn’t this what we’ve heard all along? Like how can Sandy, “America’s Sweetheart,” have married a douchey neo-Nazi and still have kept her pristine public image? However, I think that Jesse was so butt hurt by getting rejected after cheating on Sandra that he would have already spilled Sandra’s secrets if he had any. Here’s more of Star’s story:

One month after shocking accounts of her husband’s wild cheating drove Sandra Bullock to file for divorce in April 2010, an emotional and repentant Jesse James appeared on Nightline and claimed, “I still have hopes of saving some sort of relationship with Sandy.”

Now it seems those sentiments were hollow, because the words Jesse has used over the last year to publicly describe his life with Sandra have been dipped in venom.

And his latest thinly veiled broad-side against her — when he sneeringly referred to how he had “married some Hollywood actress… I’m not what I became,” during a recent appearance on the reality series American Chopper: The Build-Off — could end up hurting him where it hurts the most: in his wallet!

An insider tells Star magazine that while Sandra, 47, “has consistently taken the high road by never talking about Jesse since their split, I don’t expect her to play the shrinking violet forever if his jabs have secretly been causing her emotional distress.”

And she has a powerful weapon at her disposal to strike back. Sources tell Star she could hit Jesse, 42, with a defamation suit, with one legal expert telling Star that “asking for $20 million in damages would not be out of the realm of possibility…”

Sandra “has every right to initiate a defamation lawsuit against her ex husband if she believes that any of the public statements he’s made about her have been defamatory,” noted NYC defamation lawyer Richard Ancowitz tells Star…

“I imagine that even the prospect of legal action would lead his lawyer to counsel Mr. James to keep his thoughts about Ms. Bullock to himself…”

“If Jesse keeps revealing personal information about Sandra, she could also stop him by suing for invasion of privacy,” Aaron Morris, a defamation attorney… tells Star…

Though Sandra’s rep denies that she is considering legal action, the legal source adds that she could also “go after Jesse for breach of contract if they had signed confidentiality agreements as part of their divorce.”

There is a possible consequence that could keep Sandra from taking action, the legal source tells Star. “It could open the door the defendant to disclose more embarrassing personal information as a defense against the claims. That information would then become public in the court record.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 26, 2011 and via OK!]

This “lawsuit” is as much a figment of Star’s imagination as Jennifer Aniston’s pregnancy with twins, but it’s still fun to speculate about. You know that Sandra is just actively ignoring this guy and he keeps throwing jabs at her hoping to get some kind of response. She’s not going to say a thing about him and that hurts his widdle ego more than anything.

Sandra has been doing the press rounds for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, in which she plays the widow of a 9-11 victim. She’s only in the film for about 20 minutes, and the lead is the young boy who plays her son, Thomas Horn. She has a new interview on The Today Show in which she talks about her personal experience with the September 11 attacks (sad) and about hearing the last messages that victims left their families (double sad). Families shared the messages from their loved ones to help with research for the film, and Sandra called those “an incredible gift.” She does have a fun rapport with Matt Lauer and gives him crap throughout the interview, but it’s not enough to lighten the mood. Watching the press for this film just gives me the impression that it’s not going to do well at the box office given the subject matter. It may get some nods at awards time, though, especially for Horn.

These photos are from the 12-15 premiere of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and also feature Thomas Horn and Tom Hanks. Credit: WENN.com

On Monday, a few outlets reported that Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper had gone on a “second” date, and the collective response was a “meh.” Their “first” date was denied by to People as just a business meeting, and the breathless details of their second date just sounded like a publicist’s plant, particularly Lopez’s publicist. It was all about how desirable Lopez was and how Cooper was chasing after her. Well the tabloids have more of the same this week, with the Lopez/Cooper pairing taking the cover of US magazine. It sounds ridiculous to me and unlikely. I just don’t see Cooper as either going after Lopez, or being particularly interesting or suave while he does it. He comes across as more vanilla than charismatic, except when he speaks French, I’ll give him that.

Here’s more from OK! because US didn’t put their story online yet. Someone is trying to make their ex jealous:

When Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper dined at high-end eatery Per Se in NYC last month, they insisted it was, to quote The Godfather, “strictly business.” Guess that depends on how you define “business”: In the wee hours of Oct. 15, the pair was seen in Bradley’s Mercedes — and sources confirm the Hangover star was driving J.Lo home to her Calabasas, Calif., estate after a steamy weekend at his Venice Beach pad.

“They were singing to the radio,” an eyewitness tells OK!, “laughing having a good time, like they’ve been hooking up for a while. They were so relaxed and natural”

Indeed, sources close to J.Lo, 42, and Bradley, 36, say a romance is heating up.

“They have tremendous chemistry, and Bradley’s totally smitten with her,” an insider tells OK!. Adds another, “They can’t keep their hands off each other.”

J.Lo, of course, recently split with husband Marc Anthony, 43, while Bradley broke up with his last serious girlfriend, Renée Zellweger, 42, in March. “Jennifer is so different from Renée,” the insider adds. “But Bradley loves exotic, dark women — and loves that she’s powerful and strong-willed.”

But as American Idol co-judge Steven Tyler points out, there’s more to J.Lo than a swaggering glam diva. “Behind all that,” Steven tells OK!, “she’s very sweet.”

For her part, J.Lo seems equally taken with the affable, blue-eyed Bradley.

“Jennifer says with him, she can tick off all the boxes,” the insider notes. “He’s sensitive, handsome and intelligent. Plus, he dotes on her and has incredible charm. For the first time in years, Jennifer feels appreciated and listened to.”

Meanwhile, Marc — father of the their twins Max and Emme, 3 — is not pleased to see J.Lo’s social life picking up.

“He’s holding out hope that they’ll get back together,” a source tells OK!. “He’s hurt and jealous and hopes Bradley will just be a brief fling.”

Maybe Marc shouldn’t hold his breath.

“The passion between Jennifer and Bradley is so strong,” the insider notes. “She’s telling people he’s definitely long-term boyfriend material.”

[From OK! Magazine, received via e-mail]

Last night I watched Entertainment Tonight, because I’m trying to branch out my media diet like switching tater tots for french fries, and they had a whole segment on Lopez. They covered her new Latin reality talent search show with Marc, the bulk of it filmed before their breakup, along with helping promote her new bedding line for Kohls. I keep seeing commercials with this woman, and she’s just all over the place. Someone wants her to “happen” again, and they’re doing a decent job at it, in my opinion. This romance with Bradley Cooper is ridiculous though, whether it is or isn’t happening. They don’t seem like the other’s “type” at all, but it could be a rebound thing for Lopez. She’s milking it for all it’s worth too.

In a new interview during a promotional appearance for Kohl’s, Lopez played coy about her potential romance. She said “As a mom, and having children, right now they’re my first priority. And because of them, I wouldn’t ever comment on anything until I’m in a serious relationship again. It would just be confusing for them and it would be unfair. And so at the end of the day, it’s about them.” Translation: my publicist will do the dirty work for me while I try to fuel speculation.

Also, how “secret” is Lopez’s romance with Cooper considering that just about every outlet has been reporting the details?

Photo credit: WENN.com

With that title I don’t mean to say that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant again, but that OK! is calling her pregnant again when that might not be the case. Their last “Jennifer Aniston is pregnant” cover, or at least the last one that we bothered to talk about, was in March of this year. At that time I did a composite of OK! Magazine covers declaring Aniston pregnant, and there were three others that I could find from 2010 and 2009. It’s been a whole six months since we ran that story, so I may as well include those older covers here again. They range in veracity from deliberately misleading to entirely made up, and include keywords like “exclusive,” “confirmed” and “revealed.” At least in this case they’re admitting pretty much on the cover (above) that the story is based on photo assumptions. They could be right too, as a lot of you have been wondering the same thing. I doubt it, though. Here’s more.

Living in NYC with Justin Theroux, Jennifer Aniston can’t stop smiling – and seems to be showing a bump

As fall begins chilling the New York City air, freshly minted Manhattanite Jennifer Aniston has swapped her tank tops for jackets, scarves and peacoats as she walks hand in hand — while smiling ear to ear — with beau Justin Theroux along the winding streets of their West Village neighborhood. But outerwear can’t cover up an obvious change in her svelte physique — a curvier, more buxom shape — and the suggestion of a bulge around the belly.

And so tongues are wagging: Is Jen pregnant at 42?

“She hasn’t announced it, but all of her friends seem to think it’s finally happened,” an insider tells OK!. “Whenever anyone hints around the question, Jen gets really giggly and shy. It certainly has all of her friends buzzing, and Jen seems to be loving it!”

If Jen is with child, it wouldn’t be surprising. As one close pal notes, she and Justin share a desire to start a family “immediately.”

“Jen would be an adoring mother,” her best friend, Kristen Hahn (a bridesmaid at Jen’s wedding to Brad Pitt) tells OK!.

“She would have boundaries, but the adoration would be big, big, big.” And solid, unpretentious Justin seems like excellent daddy material. “He’s a really good guy,” the friend says. “He makes Jen really happy and brings out the best in her. Justin’s down to earth and doesn’t handle fake people or situations. And he isn’t put off by Jen’s fame. He loves her and everything about her, and that includes that his life is now public.”

Also public are the couple’s displays of affection — unusual for Jen. She was never the clingy, hand-holding type, but with Justin she’s as demonstrative and dreamy-eyed as a sophomore dating the star quarterback.

“She’s glowing; every time you ask how she’s doing, she gets a schoolgirl smile and laughs,” another good friend tells OK!. “She hasn’t been this happy in a long, long time. You can really see what a difference Justin has made in her.

Aniston moved to New York, she’s in a new relationship, and she’s eating out a lot. Her routine is probably different, and maybe she doesn’t have time to work out like she used to. She looks fabulous as always, but she may have gained a little weight that we can barely notice, it happens. Those comments from Aniston’s BFF Kristen Hahn about what a great mother she would be came out over a week ago, and I’m pretty sure she was asked that question directly. It’s not like Hahn is the source for this article or anything. That said, I would love to see Aniston have a baby. I know it sounds cheesy, but she seems solid in her relationship and I think she would make a good mom. She’s always said she wants kids too, so I would bet she’s happily trying. Plus it was like a month ago that US ran their “Jennifer Aniston: Baby Countdown” cover story. That sounded to me like it was from her publicist. This story, not so much.

And here are some of the older OK covers calling Aniston pregnant.

March 21, 2011 “A Baby On My Own”

July 5, 2010: “Yes! I am Having a Baby”

April 19, 2010 “Confirmed: Finally, a Baby for Jen!”

October 5, 2009 “Exclusive: Pregnant at 40!”

9/26/11. Not looking pregnant at all.

9/28/11. Totally normal stomach. She needs a bra though.

9/30/11. Covered up a little, but still not looking pregnant to me.

Photo credit: Diane Cohen/Fame Pictures and Pacific Coast News

It’s hard to keep up with all the stories about Kim Kardashian’s show wedding, but I’ll make a half assed attempt by going through our in-no-way exhaustive archives. Actually, now that I’m looking at the stories it’s quite simple and follows a pattern that mimics the typical tabloid cycle of a “celebrity” relationship, except it goes by in days instead of months and years. 1) Kim and Kris got married, 2) Then they had a blissful honeymoon, 3) Then they were rumored to be having relationship trouble, 4) Now they’re rumored to be pregnant. This will play out with a pregnancy, if possible, a baby for Kim and Kris, then additional relationship trouble, Kris cheating, a divorce and a series of stories about triumphant single mom Kim. Given the timeline so far, I guess we can expect this all to happen in the next two months, biology be damned. The kid will be about five by then but it won’t even be 2012 yet.

So here’s part of OK’s story that Kim is pregnant. She’s not and this is just speculative, like so many other OK fake pregnancy stories in the past that I can’t be bothered to recap. (OK, here’s a highlights post on the ones they’ve done of Jennifer Aniston, since I’m anal like that.)

Kim Kardashian has a lot going on: She’s newly married to Kris Humphries and still figuring out how to be a Mrs.; she’s adjusting to a new town after moving to NYC; and now, there may be another big change. “Kim said she’s late,” a pal tells OK!. “She was supposed to get her period and didn’t.” OK! has the scoop in this week’s new issue, on sale everywhere Thursday!

It’s a welcome development for the star.

“Kim always thought she’d have several kids by age 30, so in her mind she’s behind schedule.” says an insider.

In fact, says the source, Kim is doing tons of stuff that makes those around her wonder if she already has a secret. “Kim’s been going through all the K names,” says the insider. “She even has a baby-name book and looks up the meaning of each one.”

But that’s not all. OK! also noticed a few of the other reasons why everyone thinks Kim has baby on the way.

[From OK!]

If Kim was pregnant she wouldn’t be going with low budget OK!, she would sell that exclusive, and a bunch of disgusting details about how pukey she’s feeling and how her bowel movements have changed, to either People or US if they would meet her price. This is the girl who sold photos of her engagement. She is a hustler of the highest order.

That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s pregnant. That’s the next step for her and she’s talked about babies enough times.

Here’s Kim out in New York last night. What THE HELL is she wearing? Pleather pants complete with camel tow, a bra with a fringed dickie over it and a loose draped jacket. She looks more ridiculous than is even usual for her. Even the chick next to her with the pink ‘fro can’t stand Kim’s look.

With Kris on 9/12. She looks like a sex doll here.

Photo credit: Pacific Coast News, WENN.com

Last week’s In Touch reported that Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock had sort-of moved in together, which I believe is possible. At least Ryan was said to have moved some things into Sandra’s Austin home and to be living with her in both L.A. and Austin “until he figures out a permanent situation.” They seem like they’re getting serious, or at least Sandra is, and they’ve been seen out together several times. We’ve heard rumors that they’re talking about adopting a baby, and now Star is reporting that they’re already planning to marry. I think that both of them are gun shy after their failed marriages, and I doubt this is even partially true. Here’s Hollywood Life’s report:

Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock are ready to take their relationship to the next level and get married, according to Star magazine!

Star reports that during their Wyoming vacation, Ryan brought up the subject of marriage.

“Ryan told her he was ready to tie the knot whenever she wants,” a source told the magazine. “And after seeing how quickly she’s bonded with baby Louis, she decided she’s ready to pull the trigger, too. So they started discussing the logistics of pulling off a low-key, barefoot wedding that would reflect their laid-back lifestyle.”

The wedding will be small with only 25 guests, Sandra’s son Louis will be the best man the pair will feed the party with BBQ from Sandra’s favorite restaurant in Austin.

[From Hollywood Life]

Yeah, Sandra had a horrible experience with her last marriage and Ryan is loving being single. I can see him being ready for a commitment, maybe, but not being ready to walk down the aisle again.

All of this sounds a little ridiculous when you consider that Ryan was just spotted out in New York over the weekend with none other than serial dater and his co-star whose boobs he loved to grab, Olivia Wilde. They looked annoyed to be papped together, and their reps claim they’re just friends and don’t have a relationship. Sure, just like Sandra and Ryan are “just friends.” It could be the case, though. Either way, this wedding story is bunk, but you know that I would freaking love for it to be true. My brain has been addled by way too many romcoms.

Jennifer Lopez and Bradley Cooper were spotted out on a “romantic date” over the weekend, and it seems like all the big outlets, the ones that get their stories straight from the publicists, were running the details. First we had TMZ reporting it like they heard it from a source (J.Lo’s people) and then US Weekly ran the story and made it sound like Cooper was chasing after J.Lo. Their “source” claims “It was a date.. [he] has been after her for ages – calling her for a while.” Then after that, People Magazine claimed it was strictly business, not personal, and that they were “in discussions regarding a project.”

So what’s going on? It seemed like some kind of pre-arranged PR stunt at first, and like both J.Lo and Cooper’s people were complicit in it. He’s been linked to enough high profile women to make it seem suspect, and like his people are trying to sell us a ladies’ man image that doesn’t mesh with reality. (I don’t think he plays for the other team, but a lot of you do. I just think he’s kind of bland and metrosexual.) Then the People article happened and it sounded like both parties weren’t on the same page. Well Popeater/Huffpo’s gossip guy, Rob Shuter, claims that J.Lo set Cooper up by inviting him to a business dinner and then leaking the details like they were on a date. That sounds totally likely, and as Shuter reports she did the same thing to Ralph Fiennes when they were filming Maid in Manhattan.

Bradley Cooper was shocked after a private dinner with Jennifer Lopez was leaked to the press as a romantic date, but he isn’t the first or the last celebrity who will fall into the diva’s trap — just ask “Schindler’s List” actor, Ralph Fiennes.

In 2002, Lopez had a casual dinner with Fiennes, around the time they were filming “Maid in Manhattan” together, only to find pictures from their joint meal splashed all over the New York Post saying ‘deny this.’ Fiennes later went on to say, “I had dinner with her and her producer and her manager who’s in the background of the shot as well. That didn’t upset me because it was just so not true and so badly set up.”

“It was a business dinner that’s all,” a media insider tells me of Cooper and Lopez’s “romantic” evening. “They went to Per Se, which is an amazing low key restaurant in New York and the next thing you know it’s in the papers. No one who eats in that restaurant is calling in tips to gossip sites. Most of the people that go there are so rich they wouldn’t couldn’t care less about actors. They are more impressed by business players than Hollywood types.”

[From Huffington Post]

I totally remember those photos of J.Lo and Ralph Fiennes hugging goodbye on the street after having dinner. They looked like friends being nice to each other, not like they were on a date. That was back in 2002 when paparazzi weren’t as common so I can believe that Lopez set Fiennes up, especially since he seems to have said as much. As for Shuter’s story, he could be basing it on People’s report that it was business-only and the fact that the restaurant is generally low-key. He might not have an actual source, is what I’m saying. I believe it, though. Lopez is pulling some tricks to keep her name in the press and to make her ex husband jealous.

TMZ is reporting that Jennifer Lopez was spotted out on a date with none other than serial dater Bradley Cooper. The way they phrase this makes it sound like they heard it from a “source” (aka a publicist) trying to get the news out. It’s hard to remember all the women that Bradley Cooper has allegedly dated. Of course he was in a long term relationship with Renee Zellweger, but since splitting with her earlier this year he’s been linked with his sort-of ex, Jennifer Aniston, he seems to have dated Olivia Wilde, and we heard rumors about possible flings with Zoe Saldana and Jessica Biel. I’m probably forgetting someone in there.

Anyway Bradley was seen out in NY having a romantic dinner with Jennifer Lopez. There’s no doubt that it wasn’t a group situation or something like that, and it sounds like a temporary match made in publicist heaven.

Jennifer Lopez might be moving on from hubby Marc Anthony in a big way — because last night she went out on a date with Bradley Cooper … TMZ has learned.

We’re told the two hit up Per Se, a restaurant located at Columbus Circle in New York City. We’re told the dinner was “romantic” and was just the two of them.

[From TMZ]

In no way does Lopez seem like Cooper’s type at all, especially if he was almost ready to settle down with Zellweger. Renee is shy, humble and kind and has talked about how she hates fame. (Although she definitely seems to be warming up to it recently.) J.Lo is basically a flashy “look at me” famewhore and a diva. Still, there are plenty of men who don’t seem to have a type. If Cooper really is the ladies’ man that his people would have us believe, I could see him willingly going on a date or two with Lopez. They seem like such a mismatch to me though. This is Lopez wanting to make her ex jealous, and Cooper’s people wanting to keep his name in the press. They’ve been trying to make him happen since he was first linked to Jennifer Aniston in 2007. Judging from the success of Limitless, it seems to have worked.

Here’s Bradley Cooper at the US Open final yesterday with actor/director Ron Rifkin and Ron’s wife, Iva. He’s shown in the header on 9/6/11 at the GQ Men of the Year awards. What’s up with that hair? Credit: Fame. J.Lo is shown on 7/9/11. Credit: WENN.com

Sandra Bullock already has a baby, but that didn’t stop OK! Magazine from trying to move copies by making it sound like she’s going to have another one with her maybe-lover, Ryan Reynolds. In the article, the “insider” quotes just suggest that she could have a baby with Ryan if she wanted to and that medical intervention could help. Last week, Star claimed that Ryan was considering adopting Sandra’s current baby, Louis, whom she adopted early last year, and that they were also considering adopting another child together. So this just sounds like more fan fiction in that vein. I guess Sandra Bullock covers sell. You know that they don’t have any “insider” feeding them personal information about Bullock. She proved that when she dropped the adoption news bombshell at a time when her husband’s serial cheating scandal had been the biggest gossip story for months.

“Sandy would love nothing more than to give Louis a brother or sister,” a source close to the affable actor tells OK!. “And Ryan could be her ticket to having a child of her own!…

“Sandra is certainly not too old to try for a baby – especially with help from a fertility doctor,” says the source. “Can you even imagine how cute a child would be with Sandra as the mom and Ryan as the dad?”

Now, “She’s found the perfect person and she can’t wait to expand her family with him,” a friend tells OK!

Of course, the 34-year-old Ryan has something to say about that. And by all accounts, it’s “When do we start?” One of four brothers, he’s definitely a family guy.

“The main reason Ryan and his ex-wife Scarlett Johansson split was because he was desperate to have kids and she was eager to concentrate more on her career,” Ryan’s friend tells OK!

[From OK!, print edition, September 19, 2011]

It goes on, but you get the picture. I know a lot of you don’t like Ryan Reynolds, but I do and I’m hoping that this romance with Bullock is real and that these two have a long relationship. I get that people think they’re just good friends or that this is a publicity stunt, but it’s verifiable that they’ve been spending a lot of time together. They’re probably not at the stage where they’re talking co-adoption or anything. For as much as Reynolds is said to have played the field post-split with Scarlett, I get the impression that he’s a faithful one-woman type of guy and is looking to settle down. Things could be more serious between him and Sandra than we assume from the outside.

These photos are from The Change-Up premiere on 8/1/11, except for the last one, that’s from 5/31/09. (Credit: WENN.com)

I get that you guys think that I’m jumping to spurious conclusions or whatever by assuming that Aniston’s rep plants or at least signs off on a lot of these stories about her. When that junk is in US Weekly, though, it makes me wonder. They’ve run a ton of very in depth Aniston-friendly stories lately. US has even been touting the Aniston-camp version of the timeline of her relationship with Justin Theroux too, and at least at one point was trying to smooth over those homewrecking rumors that his ex girlfriend mom’s pretty much confirmed.

So two weeks ago US ran a cover story about how Aniston and Theroux were trying for a baby. That must have been a good seller for them because they have a very similar story this week about Jen’s Baby Countdown. It’s kind of ridiculous to me, but it’s standard tabloid fare. Here’s a little of US’ story.

Jennifer Aniston – in attendance [at an anniversary party for Ellen and Portia] “wasn’t drinking alcohol,” says one partygoer of the star, who is usually spotted at parties clutching a cocktail. “And she looked pregnant. People were noticing and talking about it like it was a fact.”

If the actress has her way, it will be soon. After six years of broken relationships, the star knows she’s found The One…

“She has been telling those close to her that this is the year she’s going to get pregnant,” says a friend of the 42-year-old actress…

“The plan is to get pregnant this summer, said the friend…”

“[Theroux] is 100 percent on board – the last few months they have been in baby-making mode.”

[From US Weekly, print edition, September 5, 2011]

Then they go on to give circumstantial evidence that Jen is either pregnant or really close to being pregnant. She slept late on her Hawaiian vacation, she skipped breakfast once “because just the thought of food turned her stomach,” and she quit smoking and drinking. Plus she’s supposedly gained a little weight. Then the article mentioned that she’s moving into a new home with Theroux in L.A. that they just bought. It’s all very Aniston-friendly and touts how great and perfect her relationship is.

Life & Style has another Aniston pregnancy story. They’re claiming “It’s Twins!” Only as Jezebel explains, the real article is all about how Aniston wants to get pregnant with twins. Typical, and very familiar.

In March I did a recap of past Aniston fake pregnancy cover stories, so given the latest rumors I would recommend that you revisit those for some sh*ts and giggles. (I would include them here but with the other two recent tabloid covers it could get confusing.) The Aniston pregancy rumors go way back, and she’s been pregnant or adopting or rumored to be pregnant ever since the triangle started.

So is this US Weekly thing a kind of nod to those covers, like an acknowledgement that the rumors only help Aniston’s career? She’ll tell you in interviews how much she wants kids, so I think the answer is “yes.” There are a couple of other possibilities. Either US is making this story up because Aniston pregnancy covers sell or she really is pregnant and her people are trying to prepare us. That would be a shocker after all the years of tabloids crying wolf.

Tabloid covers via Jezebel Other photos from 7/20/11 at the UK Horrible Bosses premiere. Credit: WENN.com