Can I admit something, just at the start? I’m sick AGAIN. I had some horrendous flu for two awful weeks just after Thanksgiving, and then I got better, and now I’m sick yet again. It feels like the same damn flu too – it sucks. Anyway, these photos of Prince Harry in Berlin several days ago made me feel a little bit better. The woman he’s standing with is an actress named Sophia Thomalla. She’s 21 years old, and from the look of her IMDB page, she’s mainly a German television actress. Anyway, they’re standing there, together, awkwardly, for the “A Heart for Children” gala event in Berlin over the weekend – we didn‘t have these photos on Monday, unfortunately. Because these photos of the young actress and the ginger prince are amazing.
I love Harry’s flirting style. In some of the photos, it seems like he’s trying really hard not to look at her. And when he does look at her, it’s like he’s trying not to stare at the buffet of tits and legs on display. Poor Harry! You know he really just wanted to buy her vagina a drink and nail her in the coat closet.
Harry: “By the way, there’s nothing ‘spare’ about these royal jewels.”
Harry: “Sprechen Sie Sex?”
Harry: “Imagine what I’m going to do with this tongue. Do you see it? Picture it!”
Harry: “Wow, that sounds really dirty in German! Now translate ‘motorboat’ please.”
Harry: “The coat closet it is! I’ll meet you there in five minutes!”
I’m sorry I didn’t get to this lovely Jake Gyllenhaal video before (below), because it is adorable. It’s Jake, promoting The Prince of Persia in Russia, and having a lot of fun of with Russian chicas. This totally looks like blackmarket spy footage, which makes me think that at least one of the girls Jake was partying with was a hooker, but nothing dirty happens. The boy just loves to dance and sing along to Marvin Gaye. Ain’t nothing wrong with that:
Adorable, right? But isn’t he dating Isabel Lucas? Maybe that was just a fling, because he’s not really acting like a dude with a girlfriend. Then again, he’s not making out with any of these girls… but he is flirting his ass off. I didn’t know he had it in him.
Meanwhile, Jake gave an extensive interview to the Philippines’ newspaper The Inquirer, and there are some really great quotes from the piece. The full article is here, and here are some highlights:
On interviews: “I love my work and care about it. But I’m beginning to have a great sense of humor about it because I just don’t feel like there’s any need to take it all that seriously.”
On shaping up for the role: “It was a really long, arduous process. It was total devotion. It was so hard to get paid to exercise. There’s nothing harder. First, I grew the hair which was, again, really hard. It tried my patience. It’s painful to grow out your hair. It was really about two simple things: Shampooing and then conditioning. Not the two-in-one kind. You start with the shampoo which really works out the biceps. If you rub vigorously, then the triceps are worked out with conditioning. A lot more bathing involved, actually. Three to four hours in the shower of vigorously rubbing all over defines the abs and pectoral muscles. Eventually, you just become the Prince of Persia. Also, drinking bath water is always a nice way of keeping yourself hydrated while you’re bathing and training to get the Prince of Persia physique.”
On the accent: “From the very beginning, Mike Newell would say to me, ‘You know my dear boy, you should just speak in the accent. Do not be afraid. Just talk to all the actors and enjoy yourself.’ I was like, ‘Oh Jesus.’ I was so nervous. I was working on the accent for about three months with a dialect coach because I knew how much scrutiny I would get. I had been watching ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ over and over again. And by the way, Bridget Jones was a main influence in my training regimen. I was going after that physique. My accent was really a mixture of Gwyneth Paltrow in ‘Sliding Doors’ and Renee Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary.’ Gwyneth in ‘Sliding’…influenced the hair, too.”
Filming in the sand: “It’s so strange. Like I read the script and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’ll do it.’ And then I show up in the desert and I am like, ‘How the hell did I not know that we were shooting in the desert for four months?’ I’m pretty familiar with sand – it’s in my DNA now. If I have children one day, they will be born made of sand… Sand gets in everywhere, like my mother used to say. I had a lot of sand in my schlitz.”
Filming in Morocco: “People talk about how hot it is in the desert. We shot in the desert in Morocco which is beautiful. If the audience responded to this movie and we have to do another one, I would gladly do it. I just thought this seems like great fun. It was really that simple.” Then he quipped, “You’re like, ‘Aha, I bet. You liar.’ But no.”
I totally have doubts whether The Prince of Persia will end up being a hit movie. Can Jake Gyllenhaal convincingly pull off the cartoon-ish action hero? Eh. He seems more suited for the anti-hero, the sympathetic dramatic lead, or even a comedic lead. We’ll see how audiences respond to Jake in a skirt-and-sandals, sand-filled action film.
Poor Jessica Simpson. We haven’t thrown a pity party for her in a while, but I just found a good enough reason for one. The National Enquirer is reporting (in Mike Walker’s gossip column) that no fewer than three of Jessica’s friends have admitted that Tony Romo hit on them and kissed them… while Tony and Jessica were still together. Oh… poor Jess. Apparently, it was like Tony’s “thing” to hit on all of Jess’s friends at parties – but it doesn’t sound any of them slept with Tony. Maybe they just kissed and drunkenly groped each other? Ew. That could not have been pleasant.
Girlfriends trying to “comfort” JESSICA SIMPSON post-breakup helpfully divulged that dog TONY ROMO hit on not one…not two…but THREE of them while he and Jess were still together!
One friend told her: “We were at a party when you were out of town and I ran into Tony. We were friendly, just talking. But the more he drank, the more friendly he got. Finally, he said, ‘You know, you and I should get together – Jessica doesn’t need to find out!’”
Others said Tony would get “all grabby and kissy-face,” but they’d push him away.
The girls never told Jessica, knowing she’d “kill the messenger…or confront Tony, who’d swear the girls were hitting on him, and a stupid war would start,” said the friend.
“This is tearing Jessica apart. Every guy she’s been with lately, like JOHN MAYER and Tony, have had womanizing issues. She’s picking ‘em worse, not better.”
I was totally in love with a guy like this once. I mean, this guy was like my soul mate (in my mind) but he had a thing about flirting with my friends, and he even crossed the line with one of my roommates. It totally sucked – it destroyed both the friendship and the quasi-relationship I had with the guy. It’s devastating enough when a guy cheats on you – but when it’s with one of your friends, the anger and betrayal is intense. I tend to think Jessica already has horrible friends (just because good girlfriends would have told her to act differently a long time ago), but this should be Jess’s dealbreaker for friendship. Yes, Tony was a douche for cheating and trying to cheat… but good girlfriends don’t keep quiet about that stuff, and they definitely don’t kiss your boyfriend. They all need to go too.
Jessica and Tony are shown on 4/11/09. Credit: PRJ/Fame Pictures
Rihanna definitely appears to be moving on from Chris Brown. And it seems like she’s not letting that whole tragic debacle mess with her social life. She’s been out on the town a lot lately, and was spotted flirting with Wilmer Valderrama last Wednesday. This past Wednesday she hit up Nobu in New York City, where she flirted with Brody Jenner.
RIHANNA is on the rebound after her alleged beating at Chris Brown’s hands. The songstress was spotted at Nobu Wednesday night “smiling and flirting” with a group of guys, including Brody Jenner. “She was there having dinner. Her blond, female security guard was there the whole time,” said our spy. “Every time RIHANNA would go to the bathroom, the guard would go with her. Every time someone came to the table, the bodyguard would stand up. She was like a female James Bond.” After the meal, Rihanna joined Jenner’s group. “She looked relaxed and happy, like Chris Brown was totally in the past.”
Good for Rihanna. I think part of her is just enjoying being single again – she’s definitely socializing and flirting a lot. Yesterday she was in L.A., where she had a private table at Delux (and two bodyguards). She spent the evening flirting with Frankie Delgado, and even gave him a “type” of lap dance.
“Snuggling” and “Nuzzling”, Rihanna was getting close and flirty with Bromance star Frankie Delgado at a private table at Delux Thursday night. The Umbrella star’s table was flanked by two big burley bodyguards, keeping other party goers at bay. A source on the scene tells RadarOnline.com, “Rihanna was all over Frankie Delgado!”
“She was snuggling with him on her couch and the two were all about each other,” the source explains, “Rihanna gave Frankie a lap type dance when Destiny’s Child’s song ‘Bug-A-Boo’ started playing.” No chance for a Chris Brown / Frankie D. bromance anymore! Frankie went right for the skirt, “he kept pulling at Rihanna’s white dress and she giggled, playfully pushing him away and then hugging him!”
Apparantly [sic], Rihanna was downing Belvedere vodka screwdrivers and Redbull and vodka, and “looked like she was having a blast.”
It’s nice to hear that Rihanna’s having a good time and not letting all the terrible Chris Brown stuff ruin what should be a fun time in her life. I can’t say much for her taste in men. There’s Brown (evil), Wilmer Valderrama (disgusting), Brody Jenner (The Hills skeeze), and Frankie Delgado (Jenner’s supposed BFF – and they’re both co-producers of Bromance). She certainly could be choosing better. But it’s good to see her out and about, and hopefully she’ll let herself enjoy being single for a while before she gets into another relationship.
