Are Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn back together? Our gossipy selves sure hope so. The National Enquirer is absolutely sure of it, and they’ve done some Pulitzer-level reporting (as far as tabloids go).

Note by Celebitchy: “When I first read this headline I thought it must be one of those bullshit made up articles that’s all too common in the gossip magazines. Those articles are usually based on little more than insider quotes and a chance meeting and awkward conversation. With Jen and Vince, though, the Enquirer has dates, times and places of multiple romantic dinners and meet-ups that took place between the former co-stars in the past two months. I really believe they’re back together.”

Instead of vague generalizations, the Enquirer notes:

During a late-night date at The Terrace on Nov. 30, Jen walked in at 10 p.m. with a woman and two men. They took a table, an Vince came in alone five minutes later. “Jennifer lit up in a delighted smile,” revealed a fellow diner. “She was obviously thrilled to see Vince. Jen was cute in a black shirt and jeans and very little makeup. Her hair is shorter these days, just brushing her shoulders. Vince was in a button-down shirt and gray sweater. They had a leisurely dinner, with Jen giggling quietly at Vince’s jokes.” Added the eyewitness: “At first, Jen was reserved. But as she relaxed, she suddenly darted around the table, sat in Vince’s lap and gave him a big kiss. Her friends left, and she climbed into Vince’s car with him, smiling and waving as they pulled out.”

[From the National Enquirer, Dec. 24, 2007 print edition]

They go on to give several more dates, times, and locations of sightings. It’s hard to explain why sometimes we think a story is true. Sometimes you just want a story to be true because it’d be awesome [JayBird hangs head sheepishly… Tara Reid with crazy stomach bolts… no excuse], and sometimes you know it’s just total bull. But when tabloids actually back stories up with dates and locations, it definitely adds to the credibility.

If the pair are together, I really hope Vince’s head has cleared up since last time. Reasonable people will disagree, but it always seemed to me that he didn’t really appreciate Jennifer. I don’t want to agree with a lot of people who said, “He’s bloated, he’s got a receding hairline, she can do better,” etc. BUT he seemed to be like, “I’m with Jennifer Aniston, whatever. I’m going to blow her off all the time and never acknowledge we’re even in a relationship.” I had more of a problem with that, than with her being too good for him. But the media also portrayed Jennifer as desperate to get married and always pestering Vince about it. Who knows if that was the truth, or just what people assume was likely. I really don’t believe that she’s as baby crazy and marriage desperate as everyone seems to think. Either way, I kind of hope they’re back together, and maybe the time and space has given them some clarity and they can find some happiness now.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Jen and Vince in “The Breakup.” Header image is an old one of Vince and Jennifer, because there were hardly any photos of them together when they were dating before.

Jodie Foster has long been silent on her sexual orientation. It didn’t seem to bother people until the last couple of years, when there has been an intense scrutiny placed on the sexual orientation of stars. It seems that the people who won’t talk about their orientation get a lot more press than those that come out. The attention paid to Foster’s orientation seemed to swell when she got pregnant with her son Charles ten years ago but refused to talk about the father or the conception. People talked a bit before then, but that seemed to be when it really became water cooler conversation. Foster has steadfastly refused to talk about her private life. However it’s long been assumed that her friend Cydney Bernard is also her lover. And after fourteen years together, it seems Foster may have finally acknowledged Bernard… in a way.

Jodie Foster has finally come out as a lesbian to pay tribute to her girlfriend of 14 years… after winning an award at a Women in Entertainment breakfast, she broke her taboo to thank “my beautiful Cydney”. Her emotional speech brought tears to the eyes of some of her audience at the Beverly Hills Hotel, revealing a vulnerable side to a star who has long resisted calls from gay rights activists to clarify her personal life. Miss Foster, 44, a double Oscar winner, praised her film producer partner Cydney Bernard “who sticks with me through all the rotten and the bliss”.

Accepting the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, she offered an insight into the insecurities that haunt her. “I feel fragile, unsure, struggling to figure it all out, trying to get there even though I’m not sure where there is,” she said.

Last night Kathy Belge, of the website Lesbian Life, said: “I never thought I’d see this day. Perhaps it was because her children are getting older and she didn’t want them to think there was anything wrong with being gay. Perhaps she was simply sick and tired of life in the closet. Whatever her reasons, we are pleased that Jodie found the courage to be true to herself.”

[From the Daily Mail]

I’m a big believer in people’s right to choose how/when/if they disclose their sexual orientation. If Jodie wants to keep it to herself, that’s her business. The only way in which that would bother me is if she felt she HAD to keep it a secret, whether for her career, for her audience, or because she felt ashamed. Though I’m not necessarily her biggest fan, Sharon Osbourne once gave a speech at a gay pride event and talked about her kids’ attributes. She noted, “My only regret is that none of my children are gay.” And while she was trying to be funny, she wasn’t being sarcastic. I liked the attitude that being gay wasn’t just something to deal with, but just another one of a person’s many attributes. I hope that if Jodie Foster ever wants to come out completely, she will. She’s well respected not just as an actress but as a person, and could do a lot of good.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Jodie Foster and Cydney Bernard are shown out in Berlin at the aftershow party for the German Premiere of Flightplan on 10/12/05, thanks to WENN.

The National Enquirer is claiming that Katie Holmes feels predictably stifled in her relationship with Tom Cruise and that she refused to change her last name to his on request. They also say she’s been “extremely happy” and doesn’t want out of the marriage, but is starting to rebel against the demands placed on her. I guess these are all details that could be gathered from over-analyzing her heel height and fashion choices at recent events, but the part about the name change sounds true to me:

The Enquirer has learned Katie exploded just before the couple’s first anniversary on November 18 because she felt like there were too many demands being placed on her…

“I am so tired of being told what to wear, what to say, what to eat and even what to think. I can’t stand it anymore,” Katie said during her tantrum. [To a friend who supposedly offered her a place to stay while Tom was away.]

But she has made it clear that she and Tom have no intention of splitting, and insiders say her angry words were part of the normal growing pains of a new marriage.

One issue that has frustrated Katie is Tom’s suggestions that she use his last name, said the source.

Katie said: “Tom wants me to take his name. I can’t tell you how many times we’ve argued about this. He won’t stop.”

The source revealed that Katie has told Tom several times she will not use Cruise as her “stage” name.

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, December 17, 2007]

While Katie may not be taking Tom’s last name, the story about how he re-named her Kate might be true. The Huffington Post has a copy of Katie and Tom’s Christmas card, as seen in US Weekly, and Katie signed it “Kate.” It features a burgundy ribbon and also is sent out in Isabella, Connor, and Suri’s name.

Tom, Katie and Suri are shown out in London in Hyde Park on 12/4/07, thanks to WENN.

Jack Nicholson is one of those actors whose appeal I’ve never been able to understand. I think it’s the eyebrows – he has very evil eyebrows. And the sneer. Regardless, the rest of the world seems to think he’s awesome, with the exception of Anjelica Huston. The two were together for fifteen years, until Jack cheated on her in 1989 with actress Rebecca Broussard – who he got pregnant.

I was in a quandary,” Jack quietly explains to PARADE’s Dotson Rader. “I knew having a child was a boon to my life, but I was in a wonderful relationship with Anjelica. It was as good as it gets. I immediately told her what was up, and she made the decision for us.” The public presumed that Nicholson had dumped Huston for Broussard, a younger woman. The truth is the opposite. “Anjelica’s first response was, ‘You have to support this woman,’ ” Nicholson says. “Her second response was to come down to my job and beat the hell out of me. She really beat me up, I tell you. Anjelica can punch! Meanwhile, Rebecca didn’t want me to separate from Anjelica. Well, they both have good taste,” he says laughing.

[From the Huffington Post]

It takes a pretty big man to admit he got beaten up by a woman. Not that I blame her. Physical violence I never okay, but I can understand the anger. Aside from beating the crap out of Jack, it sounds like Huston handled that news in a fairly mature way – she told him to leave and support the mother of his child. Not a lot of women could be so big. Can’t blame her for wanting to hit, though.

Jack also gave an interesting analysis of women. It’s either nonsensical or over my head.

“These issues between men and women are not psychological. Look, remember what a gland is. Most of these are glandular issues. A gland is what allows that mother to lift that truck off a child. Whatever intelligent design is, it’s not going to leave the continuation of the human species up to fashion-crazy, flitting mentalities. It’s in those glands. The infatuation cycle of 18 months hasn’t changed a lot since the monkeys. Look at the numbers. Eighteen months is nine months doubled. A woman’s entire system is set so that when you’re having that procreative act with a woman, you’re dealing with a being whose actual cycle is nine months. It doesn’t have to do with her brain. It has to do with her entire bodily system, which is there to overcome the brain. We don’t legislate this stuff. We don’t out-think it. You cannot change these fundamental things that we are as human beings–but you can adjust to it.”

[From the Huffington Post]

Okay… I’m kind of confused about my glands right now. I wonder what glands Jack is referring to. I have strep throat right now and my lymph glands are swollen – do you think that could factor into my ability to lift a truck off a child right now, if I needed to? Would that make it easier or harder? I’m confused. I was trying to figure out what the hell Jack was talking about, and if he literally meant glands or was using it for some kind of a metaphor that I just can’t understand because it’s three in the morning. Based on the gland thing, Jack Nicholson is either a total moron or incredibly profound.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Anjelica Huston at the Oceana Salutes Former Vice President Al Gore event on October 6th. Header of Jack at designer daughter Jennifer Nicholson’s show at fashion week on March 22. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Talk about a good day for little Rotherham, England. The old steel-making town to the north of London got a visit – and a concert – from Dolly Parton who was there to open her Dollywood Foundation’s “Imagination Library” in the town. Dolly’s foundation has created these libraries all over the U.S. in an attempt to get books into pre-school homes. But Dolly created quite the controversy with some of her comments while she was in the town.

Country superstar Dolly Parton breezed into Rotherham to bring a touch of “showbiz sparkle” to the old steel town. As she opened a children’s library, the Nine to Five superstar dropped a tantalizing hint that she enjoyed an open marriage with her husband Carl Dean.

Miss Parton, 61, claimed it was “very good for both of us” if she or her spouse cheated on each other. And she also admitted she looked like a “hooker” and admired the way prostitutes dressed when she was a teenager.

When asked if her marriage of 41 years was open, Miss Parton replied: “If we cheat we don’t know it, so if we do cheat, it’s very good for both us. I don’t want to know it, if he’s cheating on me. If I’m cheating on him, he wouldn’t want to know it. And if we do, if that’s what’s making it work, then that’s fine too.”

[From the Daily Mail]

You know, even I have to admit that nothing warms the hearts of preschoolers more than talk of hookers and open marriages. They’re likely to pour Dolly a bourbon on the rocks, light a cigar and tell her the story of some of their rockier relationships too. Then they joke and laugh, and the kids head on over to the Imagination Library to learn the fun of potty training. What the hell Dolly? Can we talk about the right time and place? That was your only freaking purpose in visiting this town. Little kids! You’re supposed to pique their imaginations not spike their nightmares.

I will cut her a bit of a break because she had a few good quips during the audience question and answer session. Not sure if it makes up for talking to toddlers about your sexual dalliances, but that’s just me.

Most of her is aged 61 now, with a couple of notable exceptions, and she’s still got the voice that made her so popular.

She is also shamelessly down to earth. What would she like people to say about her in 100 years’ time, some weeks one asked.

“Don’t she look good for her age,” said Dolly.

Was she offended by the dumb blonde jokes?

“Why would I be offended?’ she said. ‘I know I ain’t dumb, and we all know I ain’t blonde.”

[From the Daily Mail]

Alright, we get it, you’re an adorable saucy old minx. Something tells me if you’re still around in a hundred years like your plan, you’ll be shacked up with one of the now-toddlers in the audience. Points for your charitable cause and all, but next time let’s have a chat about the execution first.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Dolly Parton is shown at the Thanksgiving Day Parade in NY on 11/22/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

Either Ryan finally accepted the Reese and Jake relationship or he’s using the jealousy tactic. Ryan eand rumored mistress Abbie Cornish were spotted and photographed kissing and embracing. Ryan is normally fiercely private about his personal life, but failed to hide his recent reunited love.

Ryan Phillippe was spotted getting cozy with ex-wife look alike/co-star, Abbie Cornish. The blonde actress was famously known as the reason one of our favorite celebrity couples split. They have laid low for a long time, but clearly there is still something going on with Ryan and Abbie.

[Popsugar]

If you remember accurately… Abbie was the rumored mistress that tore Reese and Ryan apart. He and Abbie had several romantic interludes while filming “Stop Loss” together. They were reportedly spotted making out in a sushi restaurant by several witnesses. After some photographic evidence surfaced of the affair, Reese reportedly confronted Ryan who then admitted to the extramarital activities thus causing the divorce.

It was also just a few weeks ago that he told “Man About Town” that he was ready kill himself over the divorce. Apparently he is over the temptation of suicide thanks to the help of “the other woman.” Abbie and Ava, Reese and Ryan’s daughter, were also photographed shopping for a Christmas wreath together sans Phillippe.

Those poor kids. They are the real victims in all this. Somewhere out there a family therapist is strumming his fingers in anticipation of the hours of therapy this will require. I just hope that Reese is being comforted in the shirtless embrace of Jake.

Note by Celebitchy: Popsugar has the photos of Ryan and Abbie. Header image is of Ryan at the Edinburgh film festival on 8/23/07, thanks to WENN.

Oh greatest of sadnesses: Lindsay Lohan is single once again. Though Michael Lohan had called every major (and minor) news organization to report on his happy Thanksgiving with Lindsay and mentioned her lovely relationship with Riley Giles, it turns out the pair broke up right after the holiday. You know, a really big turkey dinner can do that to the best of us. You’re sitting there uncomfortably full, and you turn to Lindsay Lohan and realize she’s tanned to the exact same color of the turkey, and if she keeps doing that for a few more years her skin will have the same consistency. And suddenly, the fame and money doesn’t seem worth it, and you’re on the next flight back to Utah. But not before you make room for some pie. Because your turkey stomach may be full, but your sweet stomach still had a pie-shaped hole that needs to be filled. Am I projecting here?

Lindsay Lohan and Riley Giles, the 25-year-old snowboarder she met while seeking treatment at Utah’s Cirque Lodge, have ended their relationship, sources confirm to PEOPLE. “They’re over – they’ve broken up,” a source says. “They split after Thanksgiving weekend.” Adds another source: “She is concentrating on her life and her career.”

Lohan, 21, checked out of the exclusive Cirque Lodge on Oct. 5. She had been there since August. (The breakup was first reported by E! News.) A week after his daughter had left Cirque Lodge, Lindsay’s father, Michael Lohan, told PEOPLE about Giles: “He’s a great, great kid. If you met him, you’d like him.”

[From People]

People also mentions that Lindsay is heading back to the studio to record her second album. I’m not sure if that’s really the best way to further your career, considering how poorly the first album did. Though she’s actually got a decent voice – it’s not nearly as embarrassing as Paris Hilton or Nicole Richie singing.

On the career front, Lindsay is gearing up to head back to the studio to record an album for Universal Music Group’s Motown label, to be released next year. (She had previously recorded with the parent company’s Casablanca label.)

A label source tells PEOPLE that Lohan “is expected to start recording within the next two weeks.” In addition, Lohan is gearing up for a scheduled cameo on ABC’s Ugly Betty. Says her rep: “As we left it, she was in talks to do an arc on Ugly Betty, which she is a huge fan of. She’s hoping that the [writers'] strike ends soon. She’d love to get back to work.”

[From People]

Though a few reports of Lindsay trying to drink came in when she first left rehab, it seems that she’s actually been on the straight and narrow for the most part. Though her parents are world-class idiots, she’s reconnected with her father and remains close to her mother. The worst thing that’s been confirmed is spending too much time in the tanning booth. Hopefully she’ll stay out of random guys’ beds for a while and settle into her life for a bit.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here Lindsay shopping at American Apparel in Los Angeles yesterday. Images thanks to WENN.

I think I’m one of the only people around that isn’t skeptical about Jake Gyllenhaal’s sexuality; but then again I’m adorably naive that way. Just because he hangs out with a lot of men? Don’t most guys have a lot of guy friends? Okay he does have an affinity for bicycle shorts, but it’s not like he wears them to dinner or anything. That I know of. I don’t think their romance is manufactured, but I do find it odd that they appeared to go to great lengths to hide it, and then all of a sudden went public when their movie came out. Massively coincidental, but whatever. From what’s reported about Reese and Jake, they both seem like pretty similar personalities: nice if a bit “Type A.”

Jake supposedly really wants to be a dad and loves Reese’s kids. During those initial rumblings of a relationship several months ago, I remember reading that he was actually being a bit too parental towards Reese’s kids. But they seem to have established some sort of relationship that works: the two of them took her kids trick or treating last night, and seem to have a cute (almost too cute) relationship with her kids.

Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon had another PDA-packed public date Wednesday, taking Witherspoon’s two children, Ava, 8, and Deacon, 4, trick or treating in L.A.’s Brentwood neighborhood. Witherspoon, 31, dressed as a witch; Gyllenhaal, 26, an ape. “They were holding hands and swinging them in the air as they walked around the neighborhood,” adds a witness, who says Gyllenhaal often lifted up his gorilla mask to smooch his Rendition co-star. “Reese was laughing at everything Jake was saying.”

As Ava (also in witch wardrobe) and Deacon (dressed as a super hero) ran up to every door for treats, “Reese and Jake waited on the sidewalk and flirted,” the onlooker tells Usmagazine.com. They even started to act like a pair of giddy kids themselves. “Jake tapped Reese on the butt and then she hit him back — they began running a circle hitting each other!” the witness says. “Then Jake picked Reese up off her feet and she screamed.”

Gyllenhaal seemed to play it cool during his first public outing with Witherspoon’s children. “Jake ran up to Deacon with the gorilla mask and pretended to scare him!” the onlooker says. “Deacon laughed.” He also had a few scares for Witherspoon. Adds the witness, “Sometimes he came up from behind and nuzzled his big hairy mask into her neck.”

[From US Weekly]

Ahh, I remember the first time a guy came up from behind me and nuzzled his big hairy… wait, no. Never mind. It’ll be interesting to see if this all pans out. The story seems a little contrived, but it’s hard to tell if that’s just due to the “family friendly” writing style, or if it really was a little hackneyed. They do seem a little too perfectly arranged, but people have said that about both of them seperately for years, so it makes sense that it would apply to them as a couple, too.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Reese on “Ellen” last week where she showed a picture of her Halloween costume from last year. Images thanks to Splash Photos.

I hope this the last time I will be delving into Angelina’s tender feelings on Brad and Jen. It is fast becoming a story line that should be on “Days of Our Lives.” I suggest Dr. Phil coming in and medicate them all. Regardless, Angelina Jolie made a “solemn promise” to make nice with Jen.

“Angelina Jolie made a solemn promise to her partner, Brad Pitt, that she would reach out to his ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, and try to make things right. Despite declaring in an interview last year that she would welcome a face-to-face sit-down with Jen, Angelina couldn’t bear even talking to Jen – and she never intended to actually contact her, a cover story from Star Magazine claims this week.”

[Star Magazine Via National Ledger]

Among the unmended rift between Jolie and Aniston, Brad reportedly also is super pissed that Angie isn’t making good on her child rearing promises. Mr. Pitt thinks the kids should have a home. One home that is somewhere safe and stable. Since being taken in, Maddox has had 15 different “homes.”

Meanwhile, Jen is bouncing back and forth between another Vince Vaughn break up-make up after being spotted with Orlando Bloom. Jen and Vince may not be back together, but the are now said to be “friends with benefits.” But you know how things go in Hollywood…if two people share an elevator one day, the next day one will be pregnant with the other person’s love child and have developed an overnight addiction to meth.

I do have one question when it comes to Brad, Angie and Jen. While Jolie accepted his advances…why is all the blame being put on Angie? Shouldn’t Brad be the one who should be undertaking the “making things right” job as well? I mean he was the slut that fell into Jolie’s poofy lips trap here. Thoughts anyone? (I know, I know. It has been a slow day. Pray for some juciy Halloween antics!)

Picture note by Celebitchy: Angelina Jolie is shown on the set of The Changeling on 10/24/07 in LA thanks to SplashNews.

I hope you enjoyed my football pun in the title because that is all I’ve got when it comes to sport related humor. I am as familiar with football as Peter Doherty is familiar with a shower. The celeb-fueled story involves the adorable Carrie Underwood and former flame Tony Romo of the Cowboys. The two called in quits recently and have already moved on. Carrie admitted that she knew her relationship with the quarterback was “doomed” from the start. Football came first and people started blaming poor performances on his focus on the beautiful Ms. Underwood.

Underwood says, “He is about football… I don’t think he’s at the point in his life where he would be willing to sacrifice football. He hated so much that people thought he was paying more attention to me and that was causing him to not do so well.”

[Starpulse]

Translation, “I was becoming the Yoko Ono of the NFL.” While Carrie moved on with Chace Crawford of “Gossip Girl,” Tony has a new lady in his life, Sophia Bush of “One Tree Hill.” Both shows are on the CW. Sophia was dating Jon Foster in August, but that doesn’t seem to matter as things between Sophia and Romo are rumored to be getting serious. Meanwhile, Carrie and Chace have made a dinner public a few days ago. The new twosome had dinner at Justin Timberlake’s restaurant “Southern Hospitality.” The date was report to last “well into the next morning.” Do celebs do the walk of shame?

Picture note by Celebitchy: Carrie Underwood is shown performing on Good Morning America on 10/23/07. Chace Crawford is shown on on 9/20/06 at the Teen Vogue Young Hollywood Party. Thanks to PRPhotos.