Here are new photos of Brad and Angelina leaving La Dolce Vida last night – God, I hate that blouse on Angelina. Why does she insist on wearing colors like that? Yuck. Anyway, Over the weekend, The New York Post ran an exclusive excerpt from Ian Halperin’s book Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It comes out today, so all of the H8ers can stand in line at Borders. As many know, I feel very strongly that this guy is a hack, a fraud, and simply a sh-tty entertainment journalist. The Huffington Post already detailed some of the errors in Halperin’s reporting, but since people love (or love to hate) all things Brangelina, I bring you some highlights from Halperin’s book, provided lovingly by the NY Post. The complete excerpt is here, and these are the basics:

Sex brought Brad and Angelina together: It was the electrifying love-making that brought Brangelina together, says Halperin. “Brad had never had such incredible sex,” Halperin says. “My sources say that they sometimes spent 18 to 20 hours a day in bed. But sex eventually wears off.”

Brad has gone downhill in the relationship: Now, Halperin claims, the couple “argues like cats and dogs — everything from politics to clothes the kids wear and Brad’s ‘atrocious habit,’ which includes pot smoking and alcohol. I talked to several people in Brad’s family who wished they’d break up today. They’re scared for Brad’s safety and his well-being,” he says.

Brangelina’s fights: A limo driver who drove Brangelina frequently witnessed them “going at it in the back seat” twice and saw a “U-turn” in their relationship in 2007. “I was more worried about his safety than hers,” the driver says. “She really flew off the handle, threatening him and lashing out at him. I can’t imagine how anyone would want to be with her every day, no matter how sexy she is. She has a temper like a cobra.”

A woman who worked with Brad on Troy, before he even met Angelina, claims: “There are apparently screaming matches, usually with her doing the screaming. Nobody really witnesses that part of it — they just see him leaving in a huff. But then he ends up coming back again, and nobody knows what happened to bring him back.”

Brad could have cheated on Angelina: The most persistent story that crops up time and again involves Pitt and a beautiful Sudanese model, Amma, whom he met at a benefit for Darfur at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. He was seen with her at least one more time. Jolie has allegedly accused Pitt of cheating on her on more than one occasion, which is one of the reported sources of tension between the two, Halperin writes.

Jennifer Aniston get paranoid when she’s high: Another tension is Pitt’s pot use, the book states. According to a well-known Hollywood journalist, “[Pitt and Aniston] spent much of their married life stoned. But whereas he was chilled out, she could get pretty paranoid.”

Angelina will blame Brad’s drug use when they split: A woman who works for an industry publication says his drug use will give Jolie an easy way to explain their split, when it inevitably happens: “They’ll be split within 18 months, probably sooner,” she told Halperin. “And here’s how it’s going to play out. They’re going to split amicably, work out some kind of arrangement with the kids, and everything will be very civilized. Then you’re going to see unidentified friends leak stories how Angelina couldn’t put up with Brad’s partying and drinking and his pot smoking. She’s worried about the kids, and she’s afraid it’s not the right environment for them. Maybe he’ll even take part of the blame and go along with that.

Angelina is the devil: Halperin claims that Pitt’s biggest problem with Jolie is her controlling nature. “She won’t let [Pitt] out of the house alone,” he said. “She’s very guarded about him. I don’t think she’s evil, but she’s manipulative, deceiving and cunning.”

Jennifer Aniston miscarried twice while married to Brad: She was thought to be pregnant twice during her marriage — both times ending in miscarriage, in 2003 and 2004, according to Halperin. Pitt and Aniston even built a dream nursery at their Beverly Hills mansion. She had already designated a large, light-filled space in the corner of the couple’s Beverly Hills mansion as a nursery for their expected baby, Halperin writes. Aniston supervised its transformation from beginning to end during the extensive renovation process. “It wasn’t just a room where you’d stick a crib and a mobile,” a contractor said. “It was quite elaborate, and she had very specific ideas about it. They never decorated it as I saw, though,” explained the contractor. “We’re talking 2003. Maybe they were waiting to know whether the baby would be a boy or a girl.”

Angelina employs nannies: Jolie and Pitt employ a “multicultural” team of nannies to care for their young brood, Halperin writes. In fact, the children often spend more time with those nannies than they do with their parents, who spend weeks at a time shooting films and on goodwill trips, sometimes with a child or two in tow but never with all of them. A hotel employee at the Dorchester Hotel in London once overheard 3-year-old Shiloh refer to one of her nannies as “Mommy,” Halperin writes. The employee also observed celebrity efforts to broadcast an image of a happy family. “There’s sometimes as much of a production involved in avoiding the wrong shot as there is in making a movie,” she confided. “Stars will never allow the nanny to be photographed with their kids. . . Sometimes you’ll even have the nanny crouched down in the back seat of a car. It’s quite comical.”

[From Page Six]

Halperin was also interviewed by PopEater to promote his book, and he even did the interview with bedazzled glasses on. God, this guy is a tool. The full interview is here, but once again, I just want to do the highlights – here are some of the best/worst quotes from Halperin:

“Each era sort of has this one golden couple, and that’s what Brad and Angie are now. I respect them now immensely. I think the book is sympathetic, I’ll say that. The media, some say it’s a hatchet-job, but I really balanced it in a sense that I don’t think she’s evil, but she’s definitely manipulative but she’s definitely scheming. She’s an amazing deflector of criticism in the press. She knows how to do amazing spin doctoring. She’s also a very talented artist who’s lasted well over 10 years in showbiz, which is my barometer for respecting anyone in the media. Anyone who lasts 10-15 years plus, I take my hat off to them.”

“I spoke to people who worked on ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith,’ and they said there was fireworks between them from the first day of shooting. I think Angie had a plan to get Brad. She knew he was the most desirable man in Hollywood.”

“When I was undercover as a paparazzi at the Chateau Miraval in 2006 when she was giving birth to the twins, I was able to befriend several people working for them. Everyone was at the hospital at Nice while Angie was in there, but I stayed behind.”

[From PopEater]

And that’s where I’ve got to end it. With that last quote, where Halperin can’t even get a basic timeline correct. It wasn’t 2006, it was 2008. Angelina was pregnant with twins in 2008, and she and Brad didn’t begin renting the Chateau until 2007, so what the f-ck is up with the 2006 reference? I could go on and on about this a-hole’s f-cked up work, but I won’t. This a-hole doesn’t deserve the added attention.

Brad and Angelina photographed last night leaving La Dolce Vida in Los Angeles. Credit: Bauer-Griffin. Also seen at the Inglourious Basterds premiere on August 10, 2009, at the Cannes Film Festival May 20, 2009 and at the Oscars on February 22. Credit: WENN

You may have heard the rumor that Michael Lohan, via Twitter, was threatening to kill himself. Rest assured, the esteemed Lohan family patriarch is alive and well, and assures various concerned media outlets that there’s someone out there on Twitter pretending to be him. Considering how out-of-this-world on-the-ball the Dina Lohan fake Twitterer was, it’s no surprise someone eventually pretended to be Michael. Really, the only surprising thing is that it took so long. Nonetheless, Michael is alive and well. Depending on your definition of “well.”

Michael Lohan doesn’t exactly have a history of verbal restraint, so when a Twitter account named @themichaellohan began writing snippets about family drama and wanting to jump off of the Brooklyn Bridge, entertainment bloggers across the Web figured it was the real deal. Thankfully, it seems the Tweets — like the one that read: “fiance just left me. my family hates me, i spent Thanksgiving with my mom i just cant do any of this any more” — were all bogus, and the father of Lindsay Lohan is still with us. All the Details After the Jump >>

Word of the alleged suicide pleas began to spread on Sunday evening, with sites like Gawker.com and AllieIsWired all jumping on the story. In the Tweets, which have since been erased from the Twitter page, “Lohan” said: “death of father put me in a black hole IDK what to do” and that he was “heading to the brooklyn bridge.” He even sent one to Lindsay’s Twitter account, writing: “@lindsaylohan, love you b ye.” To see all of the now-vanished Tweets, visit AllieIsWired.

[From PopEater]

I’ve got to say, while suicide is never ever funny, it is especially awful that the fake Twitterer sent that message to Lindsay’s real Twitter account. While Michael Lohan is fun to mock, at no point was this particular form of mockery funny or in any way appropriate. But can you imagine if you were Lindsay and you got that Tweet? That is so over the line, and maybe one of the few times I’ve ever had any empathy for Lohans.

Michael wrote to Shabooty.com:

This is not not not me. I do not have and never had a twitter and twitters corp office confirms that. My lawyers r investigating

[From Shabooty]

So that’s that. Looking for an appropriate way to mock a Lohan? How about Shoe-Han?

Screencap thanks to Allie Is Wired. Here’s Michael with former BFF Jon Gosselin playing with their man toys in Reading, PA on October 11th. Images thanks to INF Photo.

Rihanna is quoted as telling German Magazine Bravo that she’s looking for a guy who’s well hung. She supposedly said “He has to be good in bed and the size matters. You know what I mean?” She also allegedly went on about how she sizes a guy up by checking out his package first. It doesn’t sound like something Rihanna would say, and the quotes are too good to be true. They’re funny as hell and sound like something a parody website would make up. I can’t find the article on Bravo’s website and I’ll try and pick it up this weekend to see if I can verify the quotes. (I’m in Germany. If any of our German readers have seen the article and can verify the quotes, please let us know.) It’s worth noting that Gala, a German celebrity magazine similar to Hello!, is running the quotes. It’s possible they got them from the same dubious source as everyone else, though. The translation is accurate based on the quotes in Gala, according to my German husband.

This is all pretty amusing, but I honestly don’t think she said this. We’ll see:

Rihanna has revealed she is on the hunt for a new man – but he has to have a big ”toy” and it has to be fun.

Rihanna wants a man with a big pen*s.

The ‘Umbrella’ singer – who has been single since Chris Brown assaulted her in February – is ready to date again but isn’t interested in suitors who don’t measure up in the bedroom.

When asked what a guy needed to impress her, she quipped to German magazine Bravo: “He has to be good in bed and the size matters. You know what I mean? The inner beauty counts as well, but without a toy it doesn’t make it fun. Right now I don’t want to have a serious relationship, I want to have fun.”
Although she is on the look-out for a guy, Rihanna is careful about who she gives her number to.

She said: “I love flirting at the moment. I’m single and I’m enjoying my freedom. But I don´t give my phone number out that often. But if I’m dating, I check the boy from the top to the bottom.”

One guy Rihanna has her eye is ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ actor Jesse Williams – who plays her love interest in the video for ‘Russian Roulette’.

The 21-year-old star revealed: “Jesse, who’s in my music video for ‘Russian Roulette’, is soooo hot!”

[From Contact Music]

I’m in the “motion of the ocean” camp, but only to a point. There’s too small and too big, but anything in the average spectrum is usually fine and more than average is a nice surprise. Again, chances are really high that these quotes were a joke and someone is misinterpreting them. If not, Rihanna is pretty foolish to spill to some random magazine that she likes a man who is packing. (As an only mildly related aside, is anyone else annoyed that Hung won’t be coming back on HBO until the summer of next year? I love that show.)

Rihanna also recently admitted in a radio interview that she sometimes misses Chris Brown when she’s reminded of their relationship. She said she doesn’t turn off Chris’ music when it comes on the radio and added “I like his music.” She’s not haunted by his memory, though. “I’ve gotten over it, but there’s definitely constant reminders. A lot of it is listening to the radio and songs coming on.” As for the rumors that she’s dating Tristan Wilds from 90210, she said “I don’t even have his number.” She said he came over to a house party she threw and that’s it. When asked if she’s open to dating now, Rihanna answered “No, I’m a very flirty girl though. I don’t think I have a lot of time for a commitment right now. Or the energy.” She probably has the energy for some hot encounters, but I doubt she said that she vets guys by their size and performance. Or else why would she have been with Chris Brown for so long?

Update: Thanks to reader Arvedia for confirming that Bravo does have this interview and that Rihanna is quoted accurately! Her comment is below.

Rihanna is shown at LAX yesterday. Credit: WENN.com

The Daily Mail is running a story that originated in British rag Grazia that sounds completely fabricated. They claims that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston met up for an hour in Brad’s hotel suite in NY about two weeks ago. Brad, who allegedly met up with Jen while he was in NY to speak at the Clinton Global Initiative, was said to be “unloading his emotional baggage” on her. How many times have we heard b.s. variations of this same story? At least they could change it up a little:

It comes amid reports that Brad and Jennifer are in regular phone contact and – if true – their latest encounter marks their second private meeting together in the Big Apple this year.

A source told Grazia that Jennifer agreed to visit Brad in his suite at the Essex House hotel, next to Central Park.

‘She arrived at his hotel suite a matter of hours after they had spoken. Brad was unloading his emotional baggage on Jen, which isn’t exactly fair considering their history.’

But the source added: ‘She was quick to tell him she wanted no part in his break-up with Angelina.’
At first she was reported to be reluctant to meet with her former husband.

But the magazine alleges Brad got his mother Jane – who is famously still close to Jen – to persuade her to meet with him and give some advice.

It comes amid claims that his four-year relationship with Angelina has hit the rocks.

[From The Daily Mail]

I’m sure if Brad and Jen had some secret meeting that only one random British source would pick it up. This story is recycled trash. In June, Star Magazine ran a story that Brad and Jen had a two hour meeting in a NY hotel, which was promptly denied by the hotel in question. This follows a questionable story in In Touch in May in which it was claimed that they drove around NY for an hour in an SUV.

Whenever there’s a lack of photos of Brad and Angelina together the tabloids run stories that they’re having problems. Then we hear that Brad is unloading all his new emotional baggage on his ex wife. I’m surprised that Grazia didn’t claim that Aniston was telling Brad all about her pregnancy. This is creative fiction. We just saw photos of Brad and Angelina with their twins after they took a joint charity trip to visit refugees in Syria. There are also recent photos of them out grocery shopping in France with their two older girls. I doubt anyone knows more about these two than their respective romantic histories and whatever they say in interviews.

Oh and the tabloids also speculate on Brad and Angelina based on their appearance. Brad has been looking really scruffy lately so he must be boozing and having problems at home, right? Not so much. That very unkempt beard is for a role.

The National Enquirer is claiming that Jennifer Aniston is dating a “longtime friend,” film producer Scott Stuber, 40. The Enquirer has a couple of photos of Aniston and Scott looking like either very good friends or a little bit more, along with the news that Stuber recently separated from his wife. According to the Enquirer, Aniston and Stuber didn’t start a romance until well after he was separated and it’s not like a homewrecking situation at all. All of that sounds plausible, but then they kind of give the story away as creative fiction by claiming that Aniston was compelled to break it off with Gerard Butler because he refused to deny the fake quotes that were circulating in which someone falsely quoted him as admitting he’d been with men. The Enquirer had enough circumstantial evidence to make this new relationship seem possible, but then they had to go and ruin it with this Gerard Butler “gay scandal” nonsense. It could be true that the fake article bothered Aniston, but she hardly pays attention to the Internet from what she’s said and I doubt that’s something that would bother her that much.

Jennifer Aniston has traded in hunky movie star BF Gerard Butler for a handsome movie studio exec she’s known for years.

The Friends beauty, 40, has moved on to a new romance with film producer Scott Stuber, 40, in the wake of a gay scandal involving Butler, sources say.

“Jen is into Scott in a big way, and she’s distancing herself from Gerard,” a close friend told The ENQUIRER.

“Jen began stressing out over Gerard’s history as a womanizer, and then she began hearing crazy rumors about his sexuality. In the end, she figured Gerard was just too much drama.”

Luckily, according to the source, the new Mr. Right – her longtime friend Scott, who produced both The Break-Up and her new film Love Happens – has been right under her nose.

“Jen and Scott have known each other for years. They have a great working relationship and now that’s blossoming into romance,” said the source.

The two have been business associates for years, and though Jennifer has raved about their amazing chemistry, their love lives never fell into sync.

Sparks flew as far back as March 2007 when Jennifer and Scott flirted at a birthday party for Jennifer’s ex-boyfriend, Vince Vaughn.

They were also photographed holding hands in January 2008 on the Vancouver set of Love Happens.

But when Scott’s seven-month marriage to Star Trek actress Rachel Nichols ended in February 2009, Jen was caught up in her ill-fated romance with John Mayer.

“Scott has been a steady friend and confidante to Jen for years – and now the timing is finally right for more,” said the source.

[From The National Enquirer's website]

In the print version, they explain that the “gay scandal” is the fake interview and quote their source as saying “It embarrassed Jen that Gerard refused to debunk the interview as a hoax and was so nonchalant about the bogus claims.”

The Enquirer is dead on with a lot of breaking news, but they aren’t immune to using the same techniques as other tabloids in order to move copies. If Aniston is involved in a romance with a guy she’s known for years – good for her! Maybe this will work out. The guy does have a questionable record, though, as Wikipedia notes he was just married last July. That means that his marriage lasted all of seven months. I’m not convinced, though, as this story sounds too juicy to be true – “Gay scandal causes Aniston to break it off with Butler and take up with hunky just-separated producer!”

I think Aniston just hugs and holds hands and is generally a touchy-feely person with both her friends and colleagues. Then the tabloids say she’s dating whoever she’s photographed with if he happens to be single. Look at how she hugged on Owen Wilson at the Marley & Me premiere, and had her arm around Aaron Eckhart at the Love Happens premiere. When we see her out with this new guy, then I’ll believe it. I’m still not sure if she ever had a fling with Gerard Butler, and we’ll probably never know either way. Good for her for trying to keep some things secret. The tabloids will make it up if there’s even a small amount to go on, though.

Scott Stuber and his estranged wife, Rachel Nichols, are shown below

The NY Post is running a story that is sure to provide tabloid fodder for months to come: Jennifer Aniston cried on set! Over a scene that reminded her of her ex – Brad Pitt! You know, the one that ran off with the skinny temptress? If this is even partially true, I feel for Aniston – not because she had a temporary moment of weakness or because she could somehow be still affected by memories of her ex, but because she’s going to be mocked for this one incident ceaselessly. Her rep says this never happened, but you know how it goes – once the information is out there it will get repeated and become part of the “poor Jen” mantra.

Jennifer Aniston burst into tears in her trailer while filming in New York — telling an assistant that a scene “reminded her of Brad Pitt,” a source said.

The unlucky-in-love actress was late coming out of her trailer while filming “The Bounty” with Gerard Butler a few weeks ago. The source tells Page Six that when an assistant went to fetch Aniston, she was in tears, and said, “I need a moment. This scene reminds me of Brad and me.”

Aniston pulled herself together and managed to put on a smile when she eventually emerged from her trailer. The insider added, “While she enjoyed flirting with Gerard on set and put a brave face on every day, privately she is still very fragile.”

Since Pitt dumped her back in 2005, Aniston has been involved with Vince Vaughn, Paul Sculfor and John Mayer. Describing how she had come to terms with her single-girl label, she told Elle’s September issue, “If I’m the emblem for ‘this is what it looks like to be the lonely girl getting on with her life,’ so be it.”

Aniston’s spokesman, Stephen Huvane, says the story about her crying in the trailer is “ridiculous . . . it never happened.”

[From NY Post]

Here’s what I think happened – Aniston started crying over something at work, probably because she was damn exhausted and upset at something completely non-Brad related. Actors regularly work 12-16 hour days and I know that the one time I worked a 12 hour shift on my feet I was practically crying afterwards. Little things can set you off when you’re worn out. Someone heard that she was teary-eyed and the story got repeated and eventually it became “Jen cried over Brad!” I do feel like saying “poor Jen,” but it’s more because it doesn’t matter what she does, it’s all about Brad all the time.

I’m trying to think of something Aniston could do that would help bring the collective tabloid focus away from her “lonely girl” status. Maybe she could cut her trademark hair into a cute bob – like one of those cuts that angles down toward the face. If she did that though, it would be “Jen tries to escape her past with fresh start,” or “Jen cuts off hair in desperate move to smite Angelina’s long tresses!” Did you see that funny video on Aniston’s tabloid life from The Soup that we posted yesterday?

Jennifer Aniston is shown at the premiere of Love Happens on 9/15/09. She does not have a “bump.” Credit: Fame Pictures

It’s Wednesday so we’re being blessed with the covers of the upcoming weekly tabloids. OK! Magazine is making the spurious claim on this week’s cover that Jennifer Aniston is pregnant. This all seems to be based on a small “bump” she was sporting at the premiere of her new movie, Love Happens. The thing is, Aniston sometimes gets this very minor “pooch” when she’s gained a tiny bit of weight, and it doesn’t necessarily mean she’s pregnant. I can remember at least three separate instances when she gained 5 pounds (max) and outlets, including us, were quick to call her pregnant. This time, Fox News called her belly “sexy” in a kind of condescending way, and then tried to make it sound like they were complimenting her by declaring that “Real bodies are back in!”

OK Magazine takes that a step further by declaring that Aniston is pregnant. We have a Life and Style cover from 2006 and a Star Magazine cover from early 2008, below, that pretty much say the same thing using the same kind of photos. If this is somehow true, congratulations to Aniston, but I doubt that OK! has anything more to go on than some red carpet photos.

Jennifer Aniston has never hid the fact that her biological clock is a-ticking and who could blame her: She turned 40 in February and most of her Hollywood pals — like Courteney Cox and Sheryl Crow — are already mothers, a role she’s ready to embrace.

“I feel [motherhood is] in my future and I’m on the verge of it in some way,” the Love Happens star has said in recent months. “I want to have children. That’s my plan.”

And at least one Aniston insiders tells OK! that becoming a parent has quickly become a high priority for the actress, who has scheduled several months off before starting her next project in 2010.

“Jen’s made no secret of the fact she wants to get pregnant,” says the source. “Now, with nothing on her schedule for a while, she can relax and address the priorities that matter most — and motherhood is right at the top of her list.

“She wants to have a baby soon,” adds the insider. “And has set her heart on getting pregnant before her 41st birthday.”

For the complete story on Jen’s baby plans, including her plans for picking the baby daddy and how she’s reconciling with her own estranged mother — pick up the new issue of OK! — on sale everywhere Thursday!

[From OK! Magazine]

OK! is really turning into Star Magazine lately. It’s like Life & Style and In Touch have more integrity. I found this really funny segment from The Soup making fun of the tabloid coverage of Jennifer Aniston’s love life. This made me laugh out loud several times. The “pregnancy” angle from OK! is just a small variation on the ceaseless broken record we’ve been hearing from the tabloids on Aniston for years. It isn’t even an original one. Note to Aniston: never hold your hand over your stomach – ever.

Thanks to Laxmobster at Gossip Rocks for posting this video!

Lady Gaga reveals something at 1:10 into the video

The “Lady Gaga is a hermaphrodite” rumors have been around since late last year, and they’re mostly based on a very obviously fabricated “blog entry” in which Gaga supposedly admits she has both male and female parts. Those fake quotes originated on an unknown celebrity blog last December and were never on any of Lady Gaga’s official sites. Lady Gaga never wrote anything that confirms that she’s a hermaphrodite, but some people believed it as she’s often photographed in small catsuits and tight leotards that sometimes push out in that critical area when she squats down, as those type of outfits often do. Here’s a good explanation of how that “blog entry” by Gaga is faked. The fake blog entry includes a signature that she she has never used, and also has ridiculous wording including “I have both a poon and a peener.”

It’s something someone wrote and posted onto the Starr Trash blog on Blogspot.com. Every other reference to this “entry” points only to the unsourced, unlinked “blog entry” on Starr Trash.

Even the signature, “L8d Gaga <3>” is a complete fabrication. That’s not something she uses on her blog.

In other words, the “I have a penis blog entry” is completely made-up, and anyone believing it has been totally had.

And they should really stop and reconsider why they are accepting things as fact just because some random anonymous person on the internet said it’s true. Chances are there’s a ton of s*** they think is true that’s complete fiction. It’s no wonder so many people have such a warped, distorted view of reality – they don’t even care enough to attempt to separate fact from fiction. They just accept anything they want to believe without question.

[From The Forum Site, comment #44]

This story is getting new mileage out of the fact that video has emerged of Gaga’s performance at the Glastonbury festival in England two weeks ago in which her dress lifts up slightly to show what could possibly be male parts hanging out. It’s at 1:10 into the video above. It’s hard to tell what we’re seeing exactly – it could be some panties that are bunched up, it could be something prosthetic that Gaga is using for publicity – remember this is the woman who donned a suit of Kermit the Frogs and had sparklers coming out of her boobs on stage – or it could be the real deal. I would bet that Gaga is more than aware of these hermaphrodite rumors and is putting us on. She knows how to use her outfits to get publicity – her whole career is based on it.

Lady Gaga is shown in performances and candids throughout July, 2009. Credit: WENN.com

News of the World ran an explosive supposed interview with Michael Jackson’s first second wife, Debbie Rowe, this weekend. Rowe allegedly told the British tabloid that she intended to relinquish all custody rights to her two children with Michael, Michael Joseph Jackson Jr., 11, and Paris Michael Katherine Jackson, 10. The interview also had Rowe claiming that she was inseminated like one of the horses on her farm, and that she didn’t want to see that at all. “I don’t want these children in my life. My children are my animals now.”

The entire interview was fabricated, though, claims Rowe’s attorney, and News of the World has completely removed the article from their website, suggesting that they may fear a lawsuit over it:

Headlines abound suggest a British tabloid claimed that Debbie Rowe, surrogate mother to Michael Jackson’s two children, said the singer wasn’t the father of his proposed children–and that she had no interest in obtaining custody of the kids.

Rowe’s attorney, Marta Almli. exclusively tells RadarOnline.com, “The interview did not occur. The article is a complete fabrication.”

Rowe was married to Michael and had two children with the pop star. She reportedly has never had a relationship with the children.

Almli said she was unable, at this point, to answer any further questions about actions Rowe would be taking in regards to the children.

[From Radar Online thanks to Oxa for the tip]

So does this mean that Rowe might fight for custody of her two older children by Michael? She did try to give up all legal rights to them, but due to a technicality she’s still legally their mother and could potentially gain custody and all of the hefty child support that would come from Jackson’s estate. In February, 2008 she gave a supposedly legitimate interview to the Daily Mail in which she claimed that her animals were her “babies” and cried over the fact that she couldn’t have more children with Michael. It’s likely that News of the World made up all of their quotes based on that older interview, and it did bear a certain resemblance to it – with some dramatic language and more salacious details thrown in for effect. It was all too revealing to be true, though, and now Jackson’s two older children may be involved in a custody battle between their grandparents and their biological mother, who they’ve never known. A lot of people are waiting to see if Rowe issues a statement regarding custody and what her next move might be.

US Magazine reports that the Jacksons will go to court next Monday to “protect their rights to custody of Michael Jackson’s three children.”

Debbie Rowe has issued a statement through her attorney that reads, in part, that her “only thoughts at this time have been regarding the devastating loss Michael’s family has suffered.” Her attorney had no idea whether she would seek custody and asked that the family “be spared such harmful, sensationalist speculation and that they be able to say goodbye to their loved one in peace.”

Jennifer Aniston is thought to be dating tousled hair up-and-coming actor Bradley Cooper. They were spotted out at a romantic dinner in New York last week. People Magazine confirmed their date with a piece about how they were both dog lovers and should get along well. In May, Cooper denied dating his co-star Aniston, saying he’d only met her three times but that his mom enjoyed reading about his fictional romance in the tabloids. The two were first linked way back in August, 2007 before they started shooting He’s Just Not That Into You. Stories in the celebrity press make it seem like things are moving along nicely for them after they got acquainted doing press for their film.

Many of you were skeptical of Cooper and Aniston’s supposed new romance and said it had the whiff of a publicity stunt. Now People Magazine has a strange piece on Cooper that makes him out to be an all-around great catch. It reads like something his manager would put out to raise his profile. He cooks, speaks French, and is a college graduate who loves his adopted dogs. What a man:

The hot star of this summer’s breakout comedy The Hangover is catching the eye of just about everyone in Hollywood, including Jennifer Aniston, who went on a date with actor on June 18. But there’s more to Cooper than just good looks and a sense of humor. Here are five things you need to know about the rising star:

1. He likes a down-to-earth woman: The actor recently took Jennifer Aniston on a late-night date, has been previously linked to Cameron Diaz and was briefly married to actress Jennifer Esposito. As for what quality he looks for in a partner, he has said: “Give me an authentic woman, and I’m happy.”

2. He has two rescue dogs: “I have two beautiful dogs that I cherish. Samson is a 14-year-old German short hair pointer and Charlotte is a 6 or 7 year-old Chow Retriever mix. They are both rescue dogs and they are the best … I’m sort of a hybrid of both my dogs. Samson is stoic and makes me earn it and Charlotte loves me undyingly. They’re my kids.”

3. He graduated from Georgetown University: “I loved the college experience of studying. I was very grateful to be there … I applied out of high school and I didn’t get in, and then I applied as a transfer and got in,” says the actor who graduated from the school’s honors English program in 1997. “I felt honored to be there, so I worked my ass off. The whole time I was there I thought I wasn’t smart enough so I felt like I had to.”

4. He is fluent in French: “When I was a kid, I remember watching Chariots of Fire. And French is the official language of the Olympics. So there’s a scene where a guy was speaking French and I thought, ‘Man, that sounds so cool. I want to learn French.’ ”

5. He’s a master in the kitchen: “I seriously love to cook … My grandmother was an amazing cook. As a kid I used to help her make handmade pasta, Cavatelli and Ravioli. It was one of my favorite things to do. I love the idea of making whatever is in the fridge into something.”

[From People]

What the hell is that? Maybe People runs these type of stories in their magazine with the “sexiest men alive” issues, but this is over the top. I was willing to believe that Aniston was legitimately moving on after her relationship with John Mayer predictably crashed and burned, but it looks like someone’s publicist got a little too greedy. Way to be obvious – first confirm the date to People Magazine and then run a fluff piece about what a great guy your client is. If this is a real romance for these two, and it’s doubtful, it looks like Cooper and his people are milking the situation for as much PR as possible. They way it’s going down makes it all look staged, though. I usually don’t think that way but it’s hard to come to any other conclusion when you read crap like this. The question is – is Aniston complicit in this or is she getting duped?

Why would People run of profile of Bradley Cooper like this? I can’t see them calling up his manager and asking a bunch of personal questions about him to reach some rosy conclusion. The two authors credited with the article, Lisa Ingrassia and Paul Chi, have plenty of other stories on People’s website that seem like regular celebrity coverage. It’s of course possible that there’s a natural interest in Cooper since he’s been connected with Aniston but instinct tells me there’s more to it than that. This is just too strange.

Jennifer Aniston is shown shooting her film Bounty Hunter in Atlantic City yesterday. Credit: Pacific Coast News. Bradley Cooper is shown on 6/2, 6/4 and 6/15/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures