I hope everyone remembers the now in-famous story about Peaches Geldof, a dude named Ben, heroin, vomit, Scientology, lemons, sex, photos and erection pills. A few weeks ago a dude named Ben wrote – on the site Reddit – about his craziest one night stand with one Peaches Geldof. The story fascinated gossip watchers, Geldof haters, Eli Roth apologists (Roth is currently dating Peaches) and Xenu-disciples on both sides of the Atlantic. Peaches’ rep immediately denied the parts of the story about Xenu, vomiting and heroin, but was quiet about everything else. Still, the damage was done, and Peaches lost one of her modeling contracts and took a big hit in the media.

Now Peaches current boyfriend Eli Roth would like us all to know something – that the dude Peaches banged is a poison douche fallen from the douche tree. Eli wrote an “open letter” on MySpace to Ben’s mother, a woman named Meredith Bluett-Mills. Eli is basically calling out Ben’s mom for raising such an a-hole. Dude… pot, kettle. Here’s the epic letter, in all of its glory:

A letter to Meredith Bluett-Mills, mother of “thatcoolguyben.”
April 2nd, 2010
To: Meredith Bluett-Mills
From: Eli Roth
Re: Your son Ben

Dear Meredith,
You don’t know me, but my name is Eli Roth, and I am the boyfriend of a young woman named Peaches Geldof. Her name might ring a bell, as your son Ben recently wrote a sick, hurtful story about her that is now causing tremendous damage. If you do know Peaches, like many in America you probably know her from the gossip blogs as the daughter of Sir Bob Geldof. However, in the United Kingdom people have been reading her newspaper columns and magazine articles since the time she began writing professionally at age 13. If you lived in England you’d also know her as not just a television presenter and fashion model, but you might have seen one of her three documentaries that aired on British television, the first of which she produced when she was 15 years old. I realize this might be difficult for you to comprehend, as your 23 year old son Ben wasexpelled from Drew University and so far as I can tell makes a living as an “artist”, but Peaches accomplished all of this before the age of 21. Perhaps a need for attention at any cost drove Ben to write such a destructive story, but upon closer examination, I believe there is something much darker at work with your son…..

Your son Ben appears to have a deeply troubled past with women, as internet searches show he was accused of holding a girl hostage at knifepoint in a dorm room, and was then later was accused of witness tampering in the ensuing trial. Whether you choose to believe it or not, your son Ben is a liar. There are photos of Ben drunk with Peaches, and he concocted a racy story which involved them using heroin. I know you are quite familiar with how young adults can be irresponsible when alcohol is involved, as your son Jacob, who is the same age as Peaches, was once arrested for public drunkenness (see #3148). Ben posted his heroin-fueled sex story on a message board and then posted topless photos of them together as “proof,” and instantly his story was everywhere.

At first Peaches and I thought nothing of the posting – the story was simply too preposterous. Your son’s fairy tale culminates with him dazed and vomiting in a sauna at the Scientology Celebrity center, a place notoriously so high security that no non-member would ever be admitted and left alone, let alone a strung out one. But look closely at the specifics of your son’s story: he did not pick a drug associated with sex like ecstasy or cocaine, he chose heroin. Why? Because not only has Peaches openly talked about drug use in her past, her mother tragically died from a heroin overdose when Peaches was young. Ben’s story becomes much more salacious if he paints Peaches as heading down a similar path. Peaches does not have a squeaky clean image by any means, in fact, she’s known for being brutally honest and open about her past mistakes in life. But she has also worked hard to grow up and overcome her troubled past, and is now drug free. Your son took details from Peaches teenage tabloid stories to make the story more believable, no matter how contrary they are to who she is today. Ben used the most painful events from someone’s past to make himself famous, and it worked. It’s sociopathic.

Imagine if I had a photo of Ben with a knife next to a girl and after some internet research posted a story that he had held yet another girl hostage at knifepoint? What if there were new photos of your son Jacob drunk and someone made up a story about how he was drunk in public again, and the press painted him as an alcoholic? Peaches has worked hard to put her mistakes behind her and show she has grown up, and was doing quite well until this insane story came along, and the British press spun it into front page news. Peaches lawyer immediately came out with a statement categorically denying the heroin accusations, but it was too late, your son had already done the damage.

Your son did not just post a false drug story on a message board. He took a bright, intelligent, incredibly creative young writer and damaged her ability to work until people forget about this or dismiss it as nonsense. Not only has your son’s horrible lies now painted Peaches as “dangerous” to many who would potentially hire her, but companies like Ultimo Underwear are using this “scandal” as a reason to fire Peaches by saying that she is not a role model for young girls. And for what? Some psychotic story your son made up that people were all too ready to believe because it fell in line with stories from the past. Stories your son clearly read before he made up that post. He knew exactly what he was writing, the details were far too calculated. And that made it all the more destructive. These stories also send a dangerous message to anyone who has ever made a mistake, that no matter how you change someone can make up a sick story about you and everyone will revert to the worst image of your past.

The instantaneous connectivity of the internet spread this venom to newspapers all over the world, so now I am hoping this letter reaches you through the same medium. The night Ben posted the photos a mutual acquaintance called him and asked him to take down the photos and the story, and Ben’s response was “F-ck off,” so clearly he was not bothered by what he did at the time. Hopefully someone will notify you through by your Facebook page, your son Jacob’s Facebook page, through your daughter Gabriella at Tulane, your twitter page, Jacob’s twitter page, or one of your Twitter followers, and my words will ultimately reach you. I would send a copy to your at your Palo Alto address that I got from Jacob’s arrest on the internet, but I don’t know if you reside at that residence anymore.

I would even ask the blogs and newspapers who were more than happy to run rampant with Ben’s insane story to reprint my letter in its entirety in the hopes you see it. Maybe by examining the person your son hurt, he would attempt to be more like Peaches and become an artist beyond hanging himself from meat hooks. Ben writes such creative fiction, he could ask Peaches how she got her book deal. Or perhaps like Peaches he could write for newspapers and magazines published around the globe, although even that’s getting difficult for Peaches now that your son has painted her as trouble with a hurtful story fabricated around details from a painful past.

I hope you or your other children can help Ben realize the damage he has caused to (yet another?) young woman, and teach him how to behave like a human being. Although considering Ben’s past history and recent actions, your record as a mother appears spotty at best. Perhaps you are the source of his anger, in which case I hope you both are able to find happiness without damaging other people’s lives.

Sincerely,
Eli Roth
Los Angeles, California

[Eli Roth’s open letter, courtesy of Gawker]

Jesus. That’s a long way to travel for a piece of heroin-soaked ass, Eli. I mean, sure, I kind of like that Eli is the kind of guy who will defend his girlfriend. But there is so much to this that is just gross – like, Eli put hyperlinks into his “open letter” so that people can call, e-mail and/or harass Ben’s family (I’m not going to publish that stuff, but you can find it on Gawker). Like, Eli is a 37-year-old defending his 21-year-old girlfriend, PEACHES GELDOF. Who, let’s face it, isn’t some vestal virgin who was taken advantage of by some big, scary monster. She got high and/or drunk had f-cked a dude she barely knew, and he told. Maybe he lied about parts of it (probably), but at the end of the day, it’s two dudes fighting about PEACHES GELDOF.

Also, this dude Ben has already responded to Eli’s “open letter”. I hate to admit it, but Ben seems to have a better sense of humor and a better attitude than Eli. Ben first comment was simply “The Bear Jew hates me ” posted on Reddit. And then this:

I’m glad to be back on Reddit and these comments are out of control in the best way possible. I never said I considered Eli Roth’s statement harassment, I actually find it quite amusing, as does my mom. I did in the heat of the moment write a letter back to him that could be either public or private, but I’m sleeping on it before I send it and I want time to edit it before I come out just bashing some guy. I will eventually challenge this dude to a cage match, which chances are I will lose, but f-ck it, how often do you get the chance to challenge the Bear Jew to a cage match after he tattletales to your mom. Chances are never. Also eventually I’ll do an AMA on this, but will definitely wait for this to cool down. Lastly, does anyone on Reddit know anything in depth on IP and copyright laws? I’ve received a ton of messages with people saying things about my story and pics getting picked up without me or Reddit being credited. How should I go about handling this, if in any way at all? Feel free to post here or message me privately. All in all I find this pretty funny, all this spawning from one quick post on Reddit when I was bored and erupting into possible fights with the Bear Jew. Proof that when someone tells your t-ts or GTFO you should always provide the t-ts.

[From Ben’s posting to Reddit, courtesy of Gawker]

Bear Jew: O. Ben the Heroin, Lemons and Xenu fantasist: 2 (one point for the story that started everything, and one point for being so “whatever” about Eli’s hissy fit). Here are those photos of Ben and Peaches during their one-night stand:

This story contains adult themes and is not for under-18. LOTS of sex and drug talk.

This story is now going mainstream, as Gawker, Dlisted and The Daily Mail have all picked it up. The whole thing started on a Reddit forum about “WTF one-night-stand stories,” and a dude who goes by Thatcoolguyben told a story about Peaches Geldof, Thanksgiving, heroin, and the Church of Scientology center. And the dude had the photos to prove it - at least the part about the sex. There are no photos proving the Xenu. Here’s his story:

Last Thanksgiving I was staying at a friends house for a few days before a trip to South America. I’d been spending most the time on the couch for the three days I was at the house. My friend lived with her boyfriend and one other girl who was “recording” her “album.” I would occasionally see this girl leaving early in the morning and coming back late at night while I was on the couch.

On my final day at the house, Thanksgiving day, the girl returns at about 2:30am (Thanksgiving festivities would start in a few hours.) I’d kicked back a few beers already and was having fun sitting watching TV. She comes in and pauses for a moment looking at me. She says “have you been living here the whole time I have?” I laughed and thought this question strange, she was showing how oblivious she was to the world. I said that I had only been at the house for 2 days.

She sits next to me and we begin talking about tattoos, which both of us have a good amount of. She had a cute English accent and wasn’t bad looking at all. The tattoo discussion leads to us deciding we should get each others names tattooed on each other.

At 3am I grab my friends car keys, and head out. We drive all over Hollywood looking for a tattoo parlor, with no luck. While driving around we get on the topic of drugs. At this point in my life I was very into all drugs, as was she. She told me she had a bit of heroin she brought with her from the UK and asked me if I was game. I was so the hunt began.

We drove all around LA looking for the supplies we needed. We drove to various pharmacies looking for needles and cotton. We finally found one, which as a look back on would be a funny sight. A well dressed guy and girl walk in an 4am looking for a 10 pack of diabetic syringes. We get them and begin the drive home. On the way back she mentions this is heroin base, meaning we need to dissolve this in lemon (I guess this is a British thing, I never have seen this in my years in NYC.)

We stop at a Dennys, asking them for a stack of lemons. Once again we got strange looks but it worked. We get back to the house, where I was promptly yelled at for stealing my friends car, and getting warned what I was about to get myself into. Once all the commotion settles down, we go to the girls room and rig up. At about 5am I was high as a kite and we start to watch a movie. Things get hot and heavy and before I know it we’re naked. I go down on her while we’re still having odd conversations about mutual friends and past hookups. I was too high to get hard and she knew it. After blowing me for a few minutes she asks if I was ok. I tell her I’m to high to get it up. I then immediately remember I’d packed a Cialis in my bag. I run out of the room, bring it back, and pop it in front of her. She laughs as we continue to have a naked dance party on her bed. I finally feel the blood rush to my member and the action begins. We did it every way possible, and for a young girl she sure knew how to work it.

This is where things get weird. Close to 8am she starts saying how someone was coming to pick her up. We’d continued to use all night so I was quite foggy about the happenings. I faintly remember her asking me for a ride and me driving her somewhere. I awoke at about 1pm in a sauna, throwing up all over the place. I started freaking out. I look around and see her on an exercise machine outside the room, looking in about the same shape as me. I get out of the room and people come past me cleaning the puke like it was nothing to them. I’m standing in the room groggy, in a speedo, and confused as hell. I look around and read some stuff realizing I’m in the Celebrity Scientology Center in LA. This girl ended up being a hardcore Scientologist and a D-List celebrity, and we were doing a process called Purif. I showered, got my clothes on, got her, and drove back to my friends, nodding out and puking the whole way.

Needless to say when I got back my friend and her boyfriend were pissed. I had “ruined” Thanksgiving. I sluggishly passed the day along and at 11pm went to LAX and flew to South America. Not until days later when I looked through my camera of the pictures of that night did I fully realize everything.

TL;DR: Did heroin, f-cked a minor celebrity, woke up in a Scientology center, ruined Thanksgiving, left the country.

[From Reddit via Gawker]

Gawker also did a list of reasons why this is probably the truth, or close to being true. First of all, the photos. This chick is Peaches, I’m like 98% sure. Second reason: Peaches has gone on record discussing the Church of Scientology and her positive feelings for Xenu. Also, Gawker is pretty sure that Peaches was working on her “album” last November. Ugh. I think this guy’s telling the truth about everything too. Jesus. I mean, that’s like the worst walk of shame ever… from the Scientology Center back to your friend’s house. I thought I had some bad stories.

Also, well done Eli Roth. You’ve scored yourself a real winner there.

UPDATE: Apparently Peaches Geldof has a representative (that poor bastard) and he (she?) is denying parts of the above story. Apparently, Peaches admits to posing for the nude photos (duh, but it would be funny if she tried denying it), but Peaches (through her rep) denies the parts of the story about heroin and Xenu. But what about the lemons, Peaches? You can read the whole sordid denial at Gawker, but the basic gist seems to be that Peaches thinks we’ll buy that she got drunk and let a dude photograph her naked, and that’s it. No heroin, no Xenu, and still a question mark for the lemons.

Photos courtesy of Gawker, additional NSFW photos here.

Gerard Butler and Madonna have known each other for several years, ever since Gerard worked with Guy Ritchie on RocknRolla, back when Guy and Madge were still together. Gerry even told a story about Madge giving him a B-12 shot in the ass, and they even hung out together in Brazil a few weeks ago. So, they’re friendly. Which is why I’m not sure if I buy this report from Hollywood Life. They’re claiming that Madge and Gerry “were all over each other” at a post-Oscar bash. Ugh. Apparently, Madge was “putting on the full-court press, totally charming him” (I can believe that) and Gerry was “loving the attention” (I can believe that too). Damn it, this might be true!

Move over, Jen. There’s another hot blond who may want your man!

Madonna and Gerard Butler would certainly make quite the pair – as they’re both famously sexy flirts. These two perfect matches found each other last night – and spent Oscar night getting down at Madonna’s afterparty, according to someone who was there.

Gerard attended a private bash that Madge, Demi Moore and producer Guy Oseary threw in the Hollywood Hills March 7 – and despite the very late hour, the action was steamy, we’re told. Madonna and Gerard were “all over each other,” one eyewitness tells HollywoodLife.com. “She was putting on the full-court press, totally charming him – and even challenged him to a dance-off! They were grinding in the middle of the room real close and then Demi joined in. It was hot! Gerard was loving the attention.”

After their sexy dance display, Madonna, 52, and Gerard, 40, huddled in a corner – but alas, she left alone.

Well, thank God Jen Aniston wasn’t there to witness THAT display, we say. The 41-year-old Bounty Hunter star was probably doubly glad she didn’t hit the party, given that another of her exes was there. No, not Brad Pitt – but Bradley Cooper, who tore up the dance floor with his girlfriend, Renee Zellweger.

“They were so cute,” adds our eyewitness. “After they got off the dance floor they ran to take their picture together in a photo booth.”

[From Hollywood Life]

See, I’ll buy that Madge wanted to hit that. And I’ll buy that Gerry is such a man-slut that he would literally f-ck any woman if she “stroked his ego” (“ego” = taint). But I will hold my line (“the line” = Gerry’s wang) and say that Madge isn’t even close to being Gerry’s type. He’ll bang anything that moves, but he prefers younger, darker, less scary-faced.

And, as it turns out, Madge might be interested in someone other than Gerry too (and Jesus Luz, for that matter). There were several reports circulating yesterday that Madge has her eye on model Adam Senn. We last heard from Senn when he was loosely associated with Lindsay Lohan in December. Anyway, Madge and Adam are the “faces” of D&G’s newest ad campaigns, and most people think Madge was just showing off her latest business associate rather than her latest boy-toy. But you never know.

Back to Gerry for a second – when I was looking for cute photos of him yesterday, I found these two hilarious ones of him with George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis in one (in which Gerry looks like an a-hole), and Barbara Streisand, who looks like she could eat him up. They were seated next to each other at the Governor’s Ball!

Last week, Us Weekly announced that Mary-Kate Olsen broke up with her boyfriend, hipster artist Nate Lowman. Nate and MK had been dating for something like a year, but the way Us Weekly reported the split, it sounded like MK had been done with Nate for a while. Anyway, that hasn’t stopped the tabloids from reporting that MK has been “devastated” post-split, but that she’s rallying quite well with a string of hookups. Last week, the rumor was that MK and Josh Hartnett had something going on. This week? MK plus Samantha Ronson equals true love.

Mary-Kate Olsen hasn’t been lonely since breaking up with artist Nate Lowman! She was seen making out with Josh Hartnett in public – but behind closed doors, it’s Lindsay Lohan’s ex Samantha Ronson, 32, who’s been getting close to the twin, 23, an insider tells Star.

“Mary-Kate thinks Sam is very cool, and Sam thinks likewise.”

The two, whose flirty relationship raised eyebrows in 2008, had an especially memorable evening after Sam’s sister Charlotte’s fashion show in NYC on Feb. 12, adds the insider.

“Mary-Kate was incredibly upset about ending it with Nate, but now she’s getting over it.”

[Star Magazine, print edition, March 15, 2010 issue]

Eh. I think MK and Sam are probably just close friends, honestly. There’s even a photo of them hanging out at some point over the last few years. But how great would it be – purely from a gossipy crack drama view – if MK and Sam actually started dating? I mean, Lindsay Lohan would seriously go crazy. The crack tweeting would go wild, and there would be crack drama every night as Lindsay showed up (or, “stalked”) Sam and MK to various clubs around the world. Which makes me think that this may be too good to be true.

Little miss sneer Avril Lavigne is finding love after the end of her marriage to fellow Canadian rocker Deryck Whimbley. According to E! Online, Lavigne has been seeing reality star Brody Jenner. Jenner is the son of former Olympian Bruce Jenner from “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and had a couple of reality shows of his own. He was last dating 2008 Playmate of the Year Jayde Nicole.

Is Jenner a step up from Handy Manny Wilmer Valderrama, Brandon Davis, and/or a random rich boy? I would say that he’s more of a lateral move for Lavigne.

Avril Lavigne and Brody Jenner might be Hollywood’s hottest new hookup.
Sources tell E! News that 25-year-old Lavigne and the Hills star have been seeing each other quietly over the last couple weeks.

“They’re hooking up,” an insider said, “but they’re keeping it low-key.”

Not so low-key that they haven’t been seen in public, however. The pair, who both became single late last year, were first spotted at dinner at Koi on Feb. 4. According to a restaurant source, the “Sk8ter Boi” warbler and 26-year-old hunk left together in the same car and drove to club Voyeur.

They were last seen out again on Thursday, back at Voyeur, where they partied all night.

“You can tell they’re into each other and both like to have a good time,” another source says. “They’re cute together.”

[From E! Online]

This won’t last, but at least we won’t be subjected to photos of the two posing at Las Vegas events. There are sure to be the obligatory photos of Lavigne stumbling out of a club drunk while Jenner holds her up, though. Hopefully she’s grown out of the phase where she spits on photographers trying to get her picture.

Avril Lavigne is shown on 9/14/09. Brody Jenner is shown on 11/5/09. Credit: WENN.com

Cameron Diaz and baseball playboy Alex Rodriguez were spotted dirty dancing at a Superbowl party in Miami yesterday. Both OK! Magazine and E! Online are carrying this story, along with the photo above of Cameron and A-Rod posing at the party with Cam’s co-star Tom Cruise and his wife, Katie Holmes.

Although Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees may have called it quits with former girlfriend Kate Hudson, the baseball pro was caught getting pretty cozy with Cameron Diaz at the CAA Party in Miami on Saturday.

Pre-partying for today’s Super Bowl with friends Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at the W Hotel, Cameron seemed to be having a blast with A-Rod as the two danced the night away.

“They were having a great time,” a partygoer tells OK! while Cameron was, “grinding on A-Rod.”

According to the partygoer, a tipsy Cameron was being very, “fun and flirty,” with the Yankee player sitting on the couch beside her as she, “was dancing by herself and then turning into [Alex] some.”

Meanwhile Tom and Kate snuggled at their table as Cameron was also spotted in between the two chatting when she wasn’t hanging out with the baseball star.

“Katie and Cameron were getting along great,” the witness tells OK!.

Jessica Alba, Carrie Underwood, and Alex’s team mate Derek Jeter, rumored to possibly be engaged to Minka Kelly, were also on hand at the soiree.

[From OK! Magazine]

My first thought was that Cameron Diaz and Kate Hudson are always dating the same guys. I assumed there were more than just Justin Timberlake, who Kate has been linked to recently and in the past without much firm evidence. Cameron of course dated Justin for years. That’s it though, except for a rumor about John Mayer and Kate. This latest hookup probably just reveals how small Hollywood is more than how Cameron and Kate swap guys. There’s a better case to be made for Cameron and Jennifer Aniston dating the same men.

I get the feeling that Cameron doesn’t really care that A-Rod is a player who is sleeping with random women, his ex Madonna, and anyone else that will have him. She’s having fun and was probably incredibly sh*tfaced. You know, despite how (arguably) attractive both Diaz and A-Rod are, that’s one coupling I’d rather not imagine. There are only so many faces both parties can make before a hookup turns from comic to gross.

I don’t really believe this story, but I thought it was a juicy little piece of gossip, and I guess it could possibly happen, maybe. It might be devastating to the Twihards and the Orly-loonies, though. The basic gist is that Orlando Bloom (longtime boyfriend of Miranda Kerr) and Kristen Stewart (Bella & Edward 4 EVA) were flirting up a storm while both stars were at the Sundance Film Festival. Apparently, their hands touched and there was “explosive chemistry”. Or, you know, static electricity from all the wool.

Orlando Bloom didn’t look like he was missing girlfriend Miranda Kerr, who was in St. Bart’s, while flirting shamelessly with Kristen Stewart at Sundance.

On Jan. 24 – the night Kristen’s movie, The Runaways, premiered – Kristen, 19, and her friends were at House of Hype bar celebrating, says a friend. “Orlando came over to congratulate her, and the chemistry was explosive!”

Kristen and Orlando, 33, moved to a private table, where they were very touchy-feely.

“Orlando grabbed her hand, and she was touching his chest. Things were intense.”

An hour later, Orlando left the bar, and Kristen followed minutes later. “They hooked up that night at a condo Kristen rented. She said it was wild, and she’d live to go it again!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, February 15, 2010]

Oh, for the love of God. First of all, I don’t buy that Orlando would cheat on Miranda Kerr. I think he adores her, and I think that he’s totally whipped. Second of all, I don’t think Kristen Stewart would have him. She’s too hardcore, and she’s already spent so much whipping Robert Pattinson into shape, and she doesn’t want to start in with another woman’s whipped guy. Here’s what I think happened: Orly went to the premiere of The Runaways, and he stopped by Kristen’s table after the premiere to tell her how much he liked it. She muttered something while glowering, then spat out “Thanks, dude.” Orlando was slightly embarrassed that someone so “cool” wasn’t really interested, and he went on his merry way. Truth!

Oh, yeah. And Gossip Cop debunked this. For what it’s worth.

In 2008, we heard plenty of stories about how Jamie Lynn Spears’ baby daddy and fiance, Casey Aldridge, was fooling around with other women behind her back. Multiple women spoke to the tabloids with stories about how Aldridge was wooing them while Spears was either pregnant with Aldridge’s baby or had just given birth to their daughter Maddie, now one and a half. Then there were the inevitable stories that Jamie Lynn had kicked Casey out and called off the wedding, followed by a cover story with Casey and Jamie Lynn in OK! titled “I’m No Cheater.” Both of them were just teens at the time, so it wasn’t surprising that Casey was fooling around.

Casey and Jamie Lynn seemed to reunite for a while, although there were stories last summer that they were calling off their engagement and breaking up. The last time they were spotted together was in November at a Broadway show in NY. It looks like Jamie Lynn has put all the drama behind her and has moved on, though. Star Magazine reports that Jamie Lynn, 18, is dating a 28 year-old businessman from nearby Louisiana. She currently lives in Mississippi with Maddie:

A source tells Star exclusively that Jamie Lynn, 18, has moved on to 28-year-old James Watson, a well-to-do Louisiana businessman.

“They first met nearly a year ago, and their friendship turned to romance as they grew closer,” said the source. “They started dating last December. I don’t think James cares at all about who she is; they really seem to like each other.”

James owns a company called Advanced Multimedia Partners. “He installs communication equipment and high-definition TVs for large corporations,” the source tells Star. “James enjoys making money – and he enjoys spending it too. He’s always throwing money around at the bars, buying drinks for everyone.”

But you won’t find Jamie Lynn in James’ company at the local watering holes, says the source. “They try to keep their distance when they’re out in public.” But they’re joined at the hip whenever they go to their buddies’ house parties in Hammond or in her hometown of Kentwood.

[From Star Magazine, print edition, February 15, 2010]

Star goes on to say that Jamie Lynn is thinking about moving to LA to restart her acting career. She starred on Nickelodeon show Zoey 101 before her much-publicized teen pregnancy. Apart from doing the rounds to show off her cute baby, we haven’t heard much from Jamie Lynn. There was news that she was planning a country music career but not much seems to have come of that. I tend to think that she’s happy to live a low key life in Mississippi and isn’t about to re-enter the spotlight. We’ll see, though.

UPDATE BY KAISER: Us Weekly is now confirming that Jamie-Lynn and Casey have broken up. They don’t have a confirmation of it from JLS’s rep or anything, they’re just reporting it as “confirmed”.

My hatred for John Mayer grows by the day. After spending several weeks firmly in the “Are they dating? For real?” category, it looks like Taylor Swift and John Mayer are closer than ever to confirming. And by “confirming” I do mean “Mayer couldn’t be discreet if his life depended on it.” In Touch Weekly has an exclusive “source” who claims that not only are Mayer and Swift dating, but that this 32-year-old King of Douches is putting his dirty, douchey mitts on Taylor. They’ve “hooked up” and Taylor spent the night in Mayer’s hotel room. Son of a…!

While HollywoodLife.com is reporting that John Mayer is dating Taylor Swift, In Touch can exclusively reveal that John told a friend that he and Taylor hooked up when they were both in Nashville, Tenn., on January 24.

According to a source, the couple met up several times, in public and private, and were first seen getting cozy in a recording studio. “She was sitting on John’s lap, her arms were around him, and she was talking in his ear,” says the source. “They were acting like teenagers.”

That night, John, 32, and Taylor, 20, dined at the restaurant Cabana and were joined by friends afterward. The couple left alone and went back to The Hermitage Hotel, where they arrived in the loading dock to avoid being spotted and were escorted to John’s suite, the source claims. Both of their reps deny the story.

But the source claims, “Taylor spent the night and enjoyed mid-morning room service before leaving his suite the next day.”

Though the source says that Taylor “adores” John, it seems the womanizer is up to his old ways, involving yet another starlet in boosting his career. When asked by a friend how his night with Taylor went, John laughed, and boasted, “How do you think it went?”

[From In Touch Weekly]

I totally believe this happened. I think Swifty is a sweet girl with horrible taste in men. And, you know, she’s 20 years old and she’s been living in her girlish fame bubble for several years, and perhaps that’s why she thinks John Mayer is “cool” or “hot” or “not King of the Douches”. I really hoped Swifty had a better head on her shoulders and would be able to see through Mayer’s bullsh-t, but I don’t think so.

Would you like further confirmation of their relationship? The National Enquirer reports that Swifty’s mom is trying to pry her away from Mayer. Good luck with that, mom. Seriously:

Taylor’s mom Andrea made her disapproval of John Mayer clear, say sources.

“Andres pulled John aside and told him point blank to back off,” and insider says. “She said a friendship was fine, but there was no way he’d get close enough to Taylor to break her heart if she had anything to say about it.”

Andrea is concerned about Mayer’s reputation as a partier, womanizer, and pot smoker. But despite her concerns, Mayer and Swift continue to go on dates in Los Angeles and Nashville. It was at the Crossroads taping in Nashville that Andrea pulled Mayer aside again.

“Right after John performed Andrea pulled him aside and basically told him to keep his hands off her daughter… she’s all for music collaborations, but she couldn’t get past his baggage.”

And according to the source, John didn’t put up a fight.

“All John could do was to offer Andrea a compliment on raising a lovely daughter… he said he understood completely, and it was his honor enough to call Taylor his friend.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, February 15, 2010]

Of course Mayer “didn’t put up a fight”. He either A) Had already slept with Taylor and gotten what he wanted and was preparing to dump her or B) was fully prepared to pay lip service to Taylor’s mom, then go to Taylor and use her mother’s words to create the image of a man who just can’t keep away from the woman he loves, no matter what anyone says. My opinion: Mayer is a manipulative psychopath. Mama Swifty needs to lock up Taylor until she comes to her senses.

On Tuesday, we had a little preview from Lainey Gossip about Star Magazine’s shocking hookup allegation. The hookup? Gerard Butler and Reese Witherspoon. Scandal! Considering no one else is really running with this alleged hookup, and because it’s Star Magazine, and because it’s Gerard “I’ll Bone Anything” Butler and Reese “Prim & Proper” Witherspoon, I was very wary. But, still, it’s fun gossip, and I’d like to think that Reese does have a side of herself that’s fun-loving and willing to bang a dirty Scotsman. In any case, Star Magazine put their story online, and it’s pretty funny. Star leaves the vague impression that Gerard is Reese’s shamef-ck. As in, “I’ll let you bone me, but please don’t tell anyone about it, okay?” Which I can totally picture Reese saying:

Reese Witherspoon has been having a little fun with Hollywood’s playboy du jour, Gerard Butler.

“Reese’s friends are giggling about her secretly meeting up with Gerard. She thinks he’s superhot!” a friend of the actress told Star. “Reese is just having a good time with him. They’ve hung out a few times, mostly at his place in L.A.”

The two showed an interest in each other after producers at New Line Cinema approached them a few months ago to read scripts together for a new movie. “New Line thought Reese and Gerard would make a hot on-screen couple,” said the friend.

“They got very chatty while reading the scripts, and there was noticeable chemistry. After that reading, they started talking and hanging out.”

They most recently met up on Jan. 22 at an after party for the Hope for Haiti Now fund-raiser at L.A.’s Sunset Tower Hotel. But the friend says that Reese, 33, isn’t looking for anything serious with the 40-year-old actor, especially since she still cares for ex-boyfriend Jake Gyllenhaal.

“Reese doesn’t want to hurt Jake’s feelings and doesn’t want him to know about her and Gerard. She’s not interested in taking it a step further with Gerard — and that’s how she wants to keep it.”

[From Star Magazine]

Now, Reese and Gerard might be sort of hot in real life, but I have to smack the producer who wants to put them together for a film. What the hell? Reese does not work well with guys who smell bad. Or look like they smell bad. Need I remind Hollywood producers what happened when they paired Vince Vaughn with Reese? They fought constantly, refused to touch each other, and Vince couldn’t even “act” his way through doing the publicity rounds with Reese when the film was released. But maybe the producers are counting on Gerard’s charm offensive. Remember how well he got along with Katherine Heigl? And she’s another tight-ass, but she adored The Butler. Meh. It could work.