I don’t really like jumping on the “Jennifer Aniston is so desperate/needy/pathetic/insecure” train. People seem to either love her or think she’s an absolute wreck, and apparently I’m one of only 12 people that are in between. All that said, everyone has moments of irrationality… and Jen had a pretty public one the other night. While backstage at boyfriend John Mayer’s Hard Rock Calling gig in London’s Hyde Park, Aniston spied Kimberly Stewart hanging out. Kim’s the daughter of Rod Stewart and is generally known for… um… hanging out.

According to the Mirror, Aniston ordered Kim banished from the backstage area – and Kim refused to listen.

John clearly has a bit of history with the model as all hell broke loose when clingy Jen spotted 28-year-old Kim backstage while John was warming up. Ever the gent, John tried to defuse the situation by getting his security to boot out Kim. And as the bouncers chased after Kim, Jen, 39, eyeballed her rival to warn her off John.

Our spy says: “Jennifer spotted Kimberly and asked John what she was doing there. John and Kim know each other from clubbing in LA, but Jennifer doesn’t want anyone around who reminds her that he used to be a player.”

But Kim wasn’t giving up without a fight… Ten minutes after being told to leave, she was on the side of the stage, waving at John and cheekily catching Jennifer’s eye while she was taking photos of her fella. We hear: “She had been told twice by security that she would be removed but she stood there bold as brass. Jennifer was on the opposite side of the stage and John felt like piggy-in-the-middle. He saw the tension and told his bouncers to get rid of her at all costs.

“Kim was pulled off the stage and escorted through the Hard Rock VIP tent with a face like thunder, shouting: ‘Why doesn’t he want me here? Is this because of her?’ “She totally embarrassed herself, but Jen looked relieved.”

[From the Mirror]

Wow. I don’t think anyone came out of that situation looking good. Aniston looks jealous and crazy, Stewart looks like a pathetic moron for sticking around until she was forced about by security, and Mayer looks whipped. Although frankly, that’s not really the worst situation for him to be in, considering the way he seems to use and go through women.

The whole thing about Jen not wanted to be “reminded” about what a player John used to be does cause a bit of worry. It makes it sound like she thinks she’s tamed him. I don’t think any woman should believe that about John Mayer. I swear to God if I’d been married to the guy for 60 years, I’d still be a little worried. Given his history, I understand Jen’s paranoia.

Here’s John Mayer performing live at ‘Hard Rock Calling’ in Hyde Park, London on June 28th. Gotta love that performing face. Photographer: Daniela D’Amato. Header photo of Jennifer at LAX airport on June 21st; Photographer: Craig Williams. Kimberly Stewart at the Glamour Women Of The Year Awards in London on June 3rd; Photographer: Vince Maher. Images thanks to WENN.

Jennifer Aniston has flown to the UK to be with her new boyfriend John Mayer while he’s on tour. Mayer performs in Birmingham tomorrow and has four more dates in the UK this week before he’s scheduled to start his US tour in July. Bang! showbiz reports that Aniston was seen arriving at Heathrow airport this morning.

Aniston, 39, has introduced Mayer, 30, to her former costar and best friend Courteney Cox and her husband, David Arquette. The two had dinner at Courteney and David’s house early this month and were also spotted out at a restaurant with them. Aniston and Mayer went public with their relationship at an event on June 12. They took a private jet to Mexico the next day and enjoyed a vacation at Joe Francis’ estate in Punta Mita.

Another sign that they’re getting serious is the fact that she supposedly introduced him to her dad, according to Star Magazine. Star also says that Aniston accidentally proposed to Mayer, so take this for what is is. They do have an actual date for the meeting, which makes it seem like it could be true:

Former Days of Our Lives star John Aniston, 74, suffered a heart attack in the summer of 2006 and “Jen worried about her dad and likes to check in,” a source explains. And during a June 1 visit, she brought her new man. “They had a pleasant time. They talked about music. Jen was happy with the results - she said her dad really liked John.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, June 30, 2008]

And here’s the bs part where Jen proposed to John by mistake:

“Things have been going so amazingly well between Jen and John, she just feels like it’s right,” an insider reveals. “They’re already saying ‘I love you,’ to each other.”

And during a recent romantic stroll on the beach in Malibu, “the words ‘I want to marry you’ just tumbled out of Jen’s mouth,” the source adds! But the impromptu proposal was met with an uncomfortable silence. “Unfortunately for Jen,” the source explains, “John doesn’t share her desire to get married so quickly!”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, June 30, 2008]

I know that’s not true, but it’s such a good fake story that I couldn’t resist repeating it.

Jennifer Aniston is shown at LAX yesterday, thanks to WENN.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer were seen out to dinner last night at the Waverly Inn in NY. While they avoided being photographed together, they knew what they were doing by having dinner there. It’s just about the only restaurant in that city where the paparazzi keep a constant vigil. Considering how many other high-end places there are to eat in NY you know they’re doing it for the publicity. Wasn’t it enough for them to stage those poolside shots? Are they just crazy about each other and stupidly sharing it with the world or do they really want to milk it for all it’s worth?

Aniston and Mayer flew on a private plane from Miami to Orlando on Saturday, where he performed. People Magazine notes that they were seen kissing backstage. They then jaunted to New York to continue their PDA publicity tour.

First, it was dinner at the Waverly Inn, where the couple was joined by three other people in a quiet dinner near the back garden. Mayer’s animated stories kept Aniston laughing as the group sipped white wine and ate a leisurely dinner. At one point, Aniston rubbed Mayer’s neck as the couple spoke quietly to each other.

After dinner, it was on to Hudson Bar and Books, where the group stayed for more than an hour, sipping champagne. Mayer and Aniston weren’t shy about showing their affection for each other – kissing, hugging and posing for photos together. When music started playing, Mayer did a lighthearted – and goofy – little dance.

[From People.com]

Eeewww. It’s one thing to be happy in a new relationship, but keep it a little quiet if you’re famous. If you get caught that’s one thing, but it’s stupid to flaunt it. There is going to be more of a backlash against these two than Affleck and J.Lo unless they quickly cut it out. Watch them crash and burn in a few weeks, with Mayer bitching on his blog in his pseudo-intellectual way about how it’s the gossip rags’ fault and that all his relationships are doomed. They’re going to the Waverly Inn, for goodness sake. How lame and obvious.

Thanks to WENN for these photos from last night.

Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer’s new romance hasn’t been thwarted by his rumored dalliance with a blond at a bar. The two good looking famous people were photographed poolside at the Mandarian Oriental in Miami yesterday. Aniston put her arm around Mayer in the pool and they were seen cuddling on the lounge chairs afterwards. Just Jared notes that they had a workout session together just prior to this and were cooling down.

Mayer performed last night at the wrap party for Aniston’s film Marley and Me, in which she stars with Owen Wilson. According to In Touch, the party was rescheduled to accommodate Mayer’s performance:

After filming for three months in Miami, Jennifer Aniston has big plans for the wrap party of Marley & Me, including a special performance by her new man, John Mayer! In Touch can reveal that the celebration will take place at Nikki Beach in Coconut Grove on May 10, where the sexy rocker will perform at least three songs. According to an insider, the party was originally supposed to take place on May 9. “Everything was changed at the last minute so John could do this for her. He’s crazy about Jen.” The pair have fast-tracked their romance and the insider says, “It’s hot and heavy but in that very cool way.” The insider on the set adds, “John isn’t going to hide his adoration and he’s telling everyone what a cool chick Jen is.” Looks like this relationship is anything but a wrap!

[From In Touch]

Mayer handled the big tabloid hoorah over their first photographs together extremely well, saying “This is me living my life and a guy with a really powerful lens and I don’t fault him. There are much worse problems in the world. Everything’s cool!” These two are really growing on me and I’m actually rooting for them.

Mayer has a new video on Funny or Die in which he makes fun of his douchebag persona. He’s wearing a tracksuit in the clip and acting full of himself. At one point he’s talking to some music producers about song concepts and says “How about something everybody can relate to, like when you’re f’ing one supermodel and the other ones jealous?”

The guy is not my favorite person and I don’t get him, but he’s not as bad I thought he was. Maybe Aniston is mellowing him out. Or maybe they have, like habits together, that help them mellow out. Nudge nudge.

Thanks to Splash News for these photos.

Katherine Heigl might be the first of the Grey’s Anatomy core cast to move permanently into film, following her success in Knocked Up and 27 Dresses.

A source close to the actress said: “She’s working really long hours and is ready to move on. She’s a smart one.

“She saw what can happen with someone like Jennifer Aniston, who was crazy successful on TV, but can’t seem to carry a film, and she tested the waters early.”

However, Heigl - who made headlines when negotiations for her contract renewal on the show were made public 15 months ago - may be locked into her contract and will have to continue starring as Dr Isobel Stevens.

The source added to Us Weekly magazine: “I don’t think she’ll be able to get out of it.”

New Zealand Herald

Katherine Heigl is pretty smart, looking at establishing a movie career as well as a television career. Of course, two comedies is not exactly a stellar movie career – dare I suggest that she is not warned by Jennifer Aniston’s career, but rather trying to emulate it. Jen starred in quite a few successful films, and proved beyond a doubt she can act in The Good Girl, but still never had a real film career. She was always Rachael from friends, and with re-runs she probably always will be. I wouldn’t give up a paying job in television just yet, Katherine.

And unlike the character of Izzie, most of us liked Rachael, and we were happy when she ended up with Ross. I for one, and I know I’m not alone, don’t like Izzie. She’s annoying, and a bit stupid, and is dating a married man, and his wife is her boss. She has calmed down in the last season though.

I suspect that the Grey’s Anatomy producers wouldn’t be sorry to get rid of Katherine – in the past she has badmouthed their plotline as being a ratings ploy, and also criticized the Knocked Up writers for making her character a ‘shrew’.

Katherine Heigl is shown outside a restaurant on 4/18/08, thanks to Splash News.

Maybe I’ve been doing this too long- but I don’t believe for a millisecond that the so-called romance between singer/amateur douchebag John Mayer and actress/professional victim Jennifer Aniston is the real deal. Maybe it’s because it came completely out of nowhere, while both of them were linked to at least one other person, and the usually private Aniston is suddenly being photographed with Mayer all over the frickin’ place. It’s so completely out of character for a woman who doesn’t even walk to her car after leaving a restaurant with friends without her bag in front of her face to hide from the paps. Anyway, everyone is talking about this “relationship,” so, mission accomplished, guys.

Although they’ve kept their relationship quiet, In Touch has learned that John Mayer is crazy about Jennifer Aniston. He flew to Miami on April 23 and checked into the Four Seasons hotel, but insiders say that he spent virtually no time there during his visit — opting instead to hang out in the $3,000-a-night presidential suite at the Mandarin Oriental, where Jen has been staying while shooting the movie Marley & Me. And the two were inseparable over the long weekend. When asked how he was doing, after spending four days with his new love, John smiled. “My weekend was good,” he told In Touch exclusively.

[From In Touch]

After a long weekend of lounging and laughing in Miami, Jennifer Aniston stayed behind to film her movie while John Mayer returned to New York.

“They already miss each other,” says a source close to Mayer.

Adds another source, also close to the singer: “It’s very real. They’ve been seeing each other for a few weeks now.”

Aniston, 39, and Mayer, 30, were first seen together publicly last Friday when they had an intimate lunch at Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink in the Miami Design District. Later in the day, the two were seen at Casa Tua on South Beach.

Aniston remained in Florida to shoot Marley & Me with Owen Wilson, hanging around a hotel with her gal pals. Mayer went home to New York, hitting the club Butter with buddy Josh Groban on Monday, then joining a friend for a meal at Il Mulina on Tuesday.

[From People]

Ooh - he told In Touch exclusively that his weekend was good — it MUST be love! Whatever. Sorry, People; not buying it. John has a proven history of putting his skeezy moves on young, ditzy starlets- what could he possibly have to offer a strong, smart, more famous woman like Aniston? Even in those supposedly hot photos of them on the beach, she looks incredibly bored. I see zero chemistry. Here’s my theory: Jen and John (ugh, that sounds way too cute) are working on a project together - maybe his next crappy music video or something. I think the “sources” in the article were actually referring to Mayer and Josh Groban missing each other. Because that makes more sense to me. Also, Josh Groban’s music sucks even more than John Mayer’s.

John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston were spotted out together a third time after having apparently having lunch and dinner and spending the night together at Aniston’s hotel on Friday in South Beach, Miami. OK! Magazine reports that they were seen having dinner on Sunday, so maybe we can assume that they spent the weekend together and that those are the times they were seen out.

OK! also says that “friends” of Mayer’s are warning Aniston that he is a charmer who hits it and quits it, and that she should watch out for herself, because he has a history of making girls swoon over him and then pulling away. He is said to have been relentless in pursuing Jessica Simpson, but to have quickly grown tired of her:

But the 39-year-old actress may want to be cautious about this potential beau. Friends of the 30-year-old Grammy-winner say he has a long track record for leaving women heartbroken. “Girls fall for him hard because he’s charming,” one friend tells OK!, “but he has a reputation for crushing the girls he’s with.”

Jessica Simpson and actresses Minka Kelly and Jennifer Love Hewitt are just a few women who have been wooed by John.

“He came on so strong at first,” a pal of Jessica reveals to OK!. “He wanted to be with her every moment. When he wasn’t physically with her, he was texting her — but all of a sudden, he got bored and stopped returning her calls.”

[From OK! Magazine]

John Mayer is arguably attractive. He’s not my type, but a lot of women like the dark brooding type and he’s certainly a talented musician. What I want to know is how anyone can stand being around him for an extended period of time. He seems like such a self-absorbed talker that he would bug the shit out of even the most patient women. Still, Mayer must have something that these beautiful successful women find attractive.

In an excruciatingly long interview with Best Life Magazine, Mayer revealed that he worries about what the girl of his dreams “thinks when she reads about me in US Weekly.” Jennifer Aniston also has a whole public persona invented and perpetuated by the tabloids, and they must be able to relate to each other incredibly well on that issue. Perhaps Mayer is a better listener than you would assume, and it’s possible Aniston is willing to listen to him ad nauseum, because they have a lot in common. Maybe they’ll find some solace in each other and last as a couple. You can sort of see them working despite Mayer’s history.

Jennifer Aniston is shown in a new ad for Smartwater, thanks to Splash. John Mayer is shown at Scleroderma Research Foundation’s Cool Comedy event on 4/16/08, thanks to WENN.

Jennifer Aniston is not dating Orlando Bloom. This should be a relief for Orlando’s girlfriend and Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr.

OK! reports the new couple has been pals since Bloom was cast alongside Aniston’s ex-husband Brad Pitt in 2003 movie “Troy,” and that the actress has held a longtime crush on the 31-year-old Brit.

In its new issue, the publication quotes eyewitnesses who claim the pair “only had eyes for each other” at an Epidermolysis Bullosa Medical Research Foundation fundraiser last month.

A source tells OK!, “They were like heat-seeking missiles.”

But Aniston’s representative has dismissed claims of a romance, insisting, “Orlando is a friend. They both have the same manager and sometimes will be at the same place.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Of course, Jennifer Aniston’s publicist Stephen Huvane hasn’t always been completely honest in his statements. Although I believe that Jennifer Aniston isn’t dating Orlando Bloom, because who has a crush for five years? These are some of Stephen’s classic denials.

BRAD AND JEN ARE NOT ENGAGED
After Jen and then-boyfriend Brad Pitt took the stage during a Sting concert in November 1999 and Jen flashed a big diamond ring on her left ring finger, Huvane told the media: “She has a ring, but it’s not an engagement ring.” He continued to deny any engagement until the couple married July 29, 2000.

BRAD AND JEN ARE OK
Two weeks before Brad and Jen announced their separation on January 7, 2005, Huvane told Us: “They are looking forward to spending the holidays with each other. There is no split. They are fine.”

JEN AND VINCE ARE NOT DATING
When pictures of Vince and Jen cuddling on the set of The Break-Up surfaced in July 2005, and rumors circulated that the costars were dating offscreen, Huvane denied the coupling to the New York Post: “There is no romantic interest. Vince is a good friend of Jennifer’s. I think the tabloids are so eager to see her with someone romantically that they just make these false assumptions.”

Us Weekly

Of course, he might not actually be privy to all the inner workings of his client’s lives. While some might argue that is his job, maybe he just calls them periodically and asks what they’re up to. When they give the universal response of ‘Not much’, he just lets it slide.

Jen also has a very tiny co-star on her new film Marley and Me – named Shiloh, but it’s not that Shiloh:

Jennifer Aniston’s infant co-star in new movie Marley and Me is a seven-month-old baby named Shiloh Yapp, named after Aniston’s ex-husband Brad Pitt’s daughter with his new partner Angelina Jolie.

Contact Music

Do people name their kids after Hollywood celebrity babies? Are you telling me at pre-schools across the globe dozens of Apples fraternize with Moses and Harlow?

Marley and Me features, Jennifer, baby Shiloh, a dog as Marley and Owen Wilson, who also isn’t dating Jen.

Jennifer Aniston is shown on set with Owen Wilson on 4/1/08, thanks to Splash News.

The cover story on the latest National Enquirer is about Jennifer Aniston’s quest to adopt a baby. They say she already has the adoption process underway for a baby boy and “has been telling pals she’ll be bringing home a newly adopted son by Christmas.” Although this could just be wishful thinking on someone’s part, the Enquirer has enough supporting details to suggest this story is true. Aniston is said to have ordered renovations on her home that include a nursery, and she already has a name picked out for the boy:

The 39-year-old “Friends” beauty has shifted Operation Baby into high gear - building a $300,000 nursery, buying baby clothes and telling pals she’ll be bringing home a newly adopted son by Christmas…

And although Jennifer has at least three more films in various stages of preproduction, “her free time is devoted to finding the perfect little boy,” says her friend.

“Jen picked a name for her son from her Greek roots. She decided to name him Alexander - which means defender of men.

“She jokes that he’ll grow up to be the best divorce attorney in Hollywood…”

The Enquirer has learned the actress already has met with architects to begin further renovations on her fabulous $15 million Beverly Hills home.

“She scrapped a planned office and is instead converting the space into a first-floor nursery for her baby.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, April 14, 2008]

The Enquirer says that Aniston’s good friend Sheryl Crow, who adopted a baby boy as a single mom, was a large influence in her decision to chose adoption. They also say that despite Aniston’s busy career she thinks the time is now and plans to have help and bring the baby on set with her.

As for the story that Aniston suffered a miscarriage during her marriage to Brad, that isn’t backed up by much information and may or may not be true:

“During Jen’s marriage to Brad she suffered a heartbreaking miscarriage,” the friend continued. “Although she was able to pick up the pieces and move on, Jen has never forgotten how close she was to fulfilling her lifelong dream - becoming a mother.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, April 14, 2008]

The article goes on to quote the same “insider” as saying that “Jen is happy for [her ex husband] Brad, but she thinks how he’s gone about building a family is weird. She believes he and Angelina have expanded their family way too fast.”

We’ll have to see if any of this is true and if Aniston is actually adopting. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard this rumor, and it doesn’t sound likely to me given her work schedule. She just started her own production company and has a lot of projects coming up. Her career does offer more flexibility and ability to be with her baby than most working mothers, and more power to her if she’s made the decision to adopt.

Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson are shown on set on 4/1/08, thanks to Splash News.

Jennifer Aniston is said to be writing a tell-all book, where she spills the beans on what really happened at the end of her marriage. Or at least it will share her side of the story.

Jennifer Aniston will write about Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in a new book, say reports.

The Friends star is going to speak out about the breakdown of her marriage to Pitt and about his current relationship with Jolie, claims the Daily Star.

A source said: “This book could ruin Angelina and Brad. Jen will prove that the pen really is mightier than the sword.”

Digital Spy

This story was shot down last year when Star Magazine ran a “Jennifer Aniston’s $5 Million Tell All” cover story in which it came out that they had photoshopped a catalogue she was carrying to make it look like a manuscript.

The wheels of the Brangelina rumor mill just keep on turning, and here’s the latest from In Touch magazine. It’s the same story we’ve heard before that Angelina Jolie is expecting twins, except now they’re claiming it’s a boy and a girl.

The couple has yet to confirm the baby news, even though Jolie’s ever-growing belly suggests she’s with child, and their publicist is offering a firm “no comment” on the latest reports.

According to In Touch, Jolie was overheard cooing about her unborn babies on the set of Pitt’s new movie, Tree of Life, in Texas, telling one pal the little ones are “kicking and moving.”

A source tells the publication Jolie and Pitt were overjoyed when they heard they’d be having twins after a visit to their obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Jason Rothbart last week.

News Channel 9

I’m over the whole Angelina Jolie has another baby thing. The rumors are not going to get confirmed until the end of the pregnancy anyway so they may as well quit making up stories about it.

Some other speculation on the pregnancy is that Brad and Ange will be naming the girl twin Mallory at the request of Maddox, and that the pregnancy is the result of fertility treatment. At this point, like the Jennifer Aniston tell-all book, it all sounds made up.

Note by Celebitchy: Jennifer Aniston is shown on set in Miami on 3/17/08, thanks to Splash News. Angelina Jolie is shown at the Independent Spirit Awards on 2/23/08.