It’s really hard not to make fun of Rumer Willis. I mean it is so freaking easy. Anytime a famous male celebrity produces a female offspring that looks exactly like him, it takes an unnatural amount of restraint not to make fun of the girl’s appearance. Same problem with Brooke Hogan. With both Rumer and Brooke, it’s like their mothers didn’t even exist. Somehow their dad’s hatched them and slapped a wig on their heads and shoved them out into the world, forever to be mocked for their strong jaw lines.

But Rumer claims that her problems aren’t because of her prominent, unformed chin or odd head-to-facial-features ratio. No, her problems are all because of her name.

Rumer Willis used to hate her name. The daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis tells this Sunday’s Page Six Magazine that when she was 12, she realized she “got screwed.” “My sisters, Scout and Talullah, had cute nicknames,” she says. “When I was 12 and had crushes on guys, I’d put my first name with their last name, but it never sounded right. Rumer Depp? Nope. In school, kids would sing, ‘Rumer, Rumer with a big hairy tumor.’ ” She also says she was shocked to be named one of People’s 100 Most Beautiful People this year: “After being compared to Jay Leno for so long, you don’t think of yourself in that way.”

[From the New York Post]

I’d never thought of the tumor angle. I’ve been more focused on her potato-like shape. As much as people mock her looks, I’d kind of naively hoped that Rumer was unaware of the jokes. Supposedly she’s still got quite the attitude about her, so I thought somehow she’d shunned the internet or her parents had installed some kind of blocking chip.

Rumer also says she’s aware of the rumors that she’s a lesbian – and that while she isn’t gay, the gossip doesn’t bother her.

Rumer Willis is happy to let gossips spread false rumors she is gay, because it gives her something to laugh about. The single actress, who is the daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, insists she is most definitely not a lesbian, but isn’t threatened by the suggestions she prefers girls to boys.

She tells the forthcoming issue of Page Six magazine, “If people call me a lesbian because I have short hair and I wear jeans instead of dresses, then by all means run with it. I think it’s hilarious. I like guys.”

[From Starpulse]

If that’s all it takes to be a lesbian then I know at least 30 more girls who are gay then I thought. Appearance-wise I don’t think Rumer does herself any favors with the short hair – again it emphasizes the jaw line and her unnaturally similar appearance to her father. But she seems to think it works for her and is happy – and appears to do a good job of ignoring the negative gossip. More power to her. Or some hash browns. Whichever.

Here’s Rumer shopping at Planet Blue in Malibu on August 2nd. Images thanks to Fame.

Bruce Willis and Demi Moore’s oldest daughter Rumer Willis, 19, has a great body but she’s often made fun of for her facial features, which - to put it lightly - are prominent. JayBird mentioned everyone’s proclivity to pick on Rumer’s appearance when she covered a story about Rumer’s potential hookup with Josh Hartnett in February. She said “I try not to make fun of Rumer Willis too much, because everyone does it, and she can only help how she looks so much. She’s the spitting image of her father, and that face shape works a little better on a man than a woman. There’s nothing she can do about her jaw, it is what it is.”

Rumer knows she’s not a cookie cutter beauty, but she says she’s happy with herself and “that’s all that matters.” She shared her thoughts on beauty with In Touch and she sounds mature and level-headed about it:

“There’s so much pressure to look a certain way, and I don’t fit the convention. But it’s okay if you’re not the perfect picture…

“Everyone can feel out of place, but it’s not about whether you’re popular or nerdy. As long as you’re comfortable with yourself, and your friends and family love you, that’s all that matters…

“I’m really fortunate and wouldn’t be the same person if my parents hadn’t worked [out their divorce amicably] and if Ashton hadn’t been so wonderful.”

[From In Touch, print edition, July 21, 2008]

You can’t fault the girl for that and she doesn’t even mention the nastiness some of us online, including us, have lobbed at her square jaw. She’s like “whatever, I’m happy.” She has also removed her really bad-looking hair extensions and that helps a lot. She’s richer than we’ll probably ever be and she’s working what she has. Life is good for Rumer, egg-shaped head or not.

Compare Rumer’s statements saying she’s happy and content not being a standard beauty with Katie Holmes saying she’s always going to battle her thighs. One of them is more traditionally “pretty,” but the other sounds more content with herself and not so worried about what other people think.

Rumer is shown on 6/17/08 at the Chrystal and Lucy Awards. Credit: WENN/Fayes Vision. She is also shown on 6/12/08 at a boutique opening. Credit: Kavi/WENN.

Young celebrities Rumer Willis, Pete Wentz, Wilmer Valderamma, Kristin Cavallari, Christina Milian, Josie Maran, and Corbin Bleu are starring in new ads for Op clothing, in a line that will only be available at Walmart stores.

Does that look like Rumer Willis at all to you in the header? That’s one of the official photos, and unless someone told me I never would have guessed it was her. It could be the, uh, angle of the photo, but her face just doesn’t look the same.

Here’s part of the press release along with some behind the scenes photos from the OP Website.

The campaign has a classic Op feel with the celebrities hanging out at the beach, at a ghost-town ranch and hitting the “OPen Road” in a vintage VW bus. Bringing back Op’s signature heritage pieces from the 70s, but with a younger, hipper flair, the seven celebrities showcase the collection in a
variety of upbeat, light-hearted scenes. They form a human pyramid, ride bikes and skateboards and play in the surf. The on-set chemistry was infectious and all relished in their roles as California kids on a road trip, even riding in one trailer from set to set.

Rumer Willis stated, “When you think of LA and the classic surfer beach vibe, you think of Op. The Op collection does a great job representing that lifestyle.”

Pete Wentz stated, “Everyone can wear Op and its cool. Fashion should make you comfortable and that is what Op does.”

In addition to the campaign, the celebrities will host a launch party in California later this spring and make personal appearances on behalf of the brand.

[PRNewsWire via Gossip Rocks]

It’s not a bad idea to make a young celebrity soup and have them all represent a clothing line. I’m surprised Op is still around, though. I remember wearing those graphic t-shirts in eighth grade.

And as for Wilmer Valderrama, it’s nice to see that his career is about on par with Rumer Willis. He hasn’t done much since he told Howard Stern all the dirt on his female partners. He’s had a few crappy films, and is also the voice of preschooler favorite “Handy Manny” on the Disney Channel. He also has his own clothing line, Calavena, which he claims is designed to help men emphasize their chests and hide their asses. It is no longer carried at Kitson.

I find secret celebrity hookups endlessly fascinating. Especially when it’s a hookup that seems really random, like when Cher admitted that she and Tom Cruise dated for “about a minute” in the eighties. Josh Hartnett was last linked to Kirsten Dunst, when the two were spotted making out at a club at the Sundance Film Festival. Which of course makes sense, because it’s not like they could go somewhere private or afford to get a room or anything. A short time later Kirsten checked herself into rehab, which just goes to show that nothing good can come from making out with Josh Hartnett. As Kirsten appears to be otherwise occupied, Josh has quickly moved on to a new make out buddy – Rumer Willis.

When we heard Josh Hartnett was getting intimate with a certain celebuspawn, we thought it could only be a rumor… Rumer Willis that is! After making out publicly with Kirsten Dunst, 25, during the Sundance Film Festival, Josh, 29, decided to make “friends” with Rumer, 19, at NYC hot spot the Beatrice Inn on January 29th. “Josh and Rumer were hanging out all night,” says a source at the Beatrice. “They seemed to be getting pretty cozy, and then they left together.”

[From the National Enquirer, print edition, February 18, 2008]

Josh Hartnett has… “interesting” taste in women. Definitely not your run-of-the-mill Hollywood bombshell type. Though that could also be said to his credit. I try not to make fun of Rumer Willis too much, because everyone does it, and she can only help how she looks so much. She’s the spitting image of her father, and that face shape works a little better on a man than a woman. There’s nothing she can do about her jaw, it is what it is. And to her credit, it doesn’t seem like she lets it get to her.

Josh Hartnett has really gotten the reputation of being a bit of a cad. I remember when he first became famous, there was this big deal made of the fact that he was still with his high school girlfriend. Since then it seems like he’s gone through a woman a month. Josh, when girls go into rehab right after hooking up with you (and their friends note that they were in a “really dark place”) you might want to start making out in a place with a little more privacy. Maybe a bathroom stall like the rest of us.

Rumor Willis is to be Miss Golden Globe 2008. Now, I must confess to never having heard of this title, but I can tell you there is no pageant involved. Rather, you need to be the spawn of at least one famous parent. Son or daughter is okay, and I guess not married, given the title is Miss if you’re female. Seems to be a prize which you don’t have to do very much to actually win, just be born, but if you aren’t born to the right parents you are out of the draw.

So what does Rumor’s participation in the event involve? Handing out those pointy golden trophies to the winners, and looking glamorous while doing it of course.

Maintaining the tradition of having a child of Hollywood royalty in charge of handing out the prize at hand, Rumer Willis was named Miss Golden Globe 2008 on Wednesday by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Willis, the 19-year-old daughter of two-time Globe nominee Demi Moore and four-time nominee – and winner for the TV series Moonlighting – Bruce Willis, follows in the footsteps of such illustrious names as 2007’s presenter Lorraine Nicholson (Jack’s pride), 2004’s Lily Costner (Kevin’s kid) and 1995’s John Clark Gable (son of Clark).

People

Rumer’s previous red carpet appearances may have only been due her famous parents, while this time she’s got an actual job at an awards ceremony… as a result of her famous parents.

Sadly for Rumor, who has her own developing acting career, she’s obviously not going to be nominated for any awards this year if she’s Miss Golden Globe.

Here’s a list of the previous Golden Globe trophy presenters, including a young Melanie Griffith.

Globes will be broadcast 13th January, and Steven Spielberg will be awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his “outstanding contribution to entertainment”.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Rumer Willis is shown on 11/7/07 at the DKNY Delicious Fragrance Launch Party in NY. Thanks to WENN and PRPhotos for these pictures.

Today in delusional celebrities: Rumer Willis thinks she’s famous. And her fame is a big responsibility. According to her. The girl best known for looking a lot more like her father than her mother dropped out of college last year and has since become an actress. I think when your parents are Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, you can in fact become an actress in under six months time. None of Rumor’s movies have come out yet, so calling herself an actress is a bit of a stretch. But the Moore/Willis clan has always been known for their hubris. So far it seems Rumer is still most famous for being the kid of someone famous – not exactly time to phone the editors at People to tell them your tips for handling fame. But common sense never got in the way of self-promotion.

Rumer Willis is ready to accept the ’round-the-clock responsibility of being famous. Presented over the weekend with a Rumer Willis Polly Pocket Doll – which she helped auction off for $5,500 to charity – at the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation’s annual Dream Halloween benefit in Santa Monica, Calif., the 19-year-old (and eldest) daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, joked, “I feel like I’m really famous now.”

But when it really comes to the fame game, Willis – who has become a gossip-blog fixture in recent months – tells PEOPLE, “Before I started working, I would have said, ‘You know, it’s not really fair, because I didn’t choose this.’ But when you decide to be a part of this profession and put yourself out there, then you kind of have to accept what it is.” Willis says that her famous parents – including stepdad Ashton Kutcher – aren’t worried about her, even though being a celebrity means having a very public life. “I think they know that I’ve had great role models,” she said.

Still, notoriety does offer its obstacles. “It’s a 24-hour job,” she says. “It doesn’t matter if you are going out to a restaurant – you have to be aware of what you are doing and how you look and how you are presenting yourself, because most of the time people never get to know you.” But at its heart, she says of celebrity, “Being famous isn’t going to parties … it’s about being able to use the power that we all have to kind of give back.”

[From People]

Giving back? When was the last time that family was known to give anything back? I haven’t really heard one way or the other about Bruce, but for the last fifteen years I’ve heard how completely rude Demi Moore is to fans and people in general. There’ve been reports of her snapping at customers in restaurants who she thought were looking at her (God forbid). The kids are supposedly spoiled and rude too, though I’ve heard Ashton is remarkably polite. If so, it must be pretty embarrassing to be seen with this clan. I’m guessing all the middle-aged sex and Demi’s great knees make up for it though.

Picture note by Jaybird: Here’s Rumer at the 14th Annual Dream Halloween Fundraiser for the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation on October 27th. Image thanks to PR Photos.

Some days, I sit around and think to myself, “Man, I wish it were 1987. Kindergarten was awesome, my world was simple, and people had deliberately ugly hair.” The nostalgia would run pretty deep, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw the above picture of Rumor Willis. The celbuspawn of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis gets teased a lot for her looks, which I’m trying to rise above. I try my best not to call fat people fat or ugly people ugly. If you’re gorgeous, I might call you a troll, or if you’re tall I might call you shorty, because it’s clearly not true and you know I’m joking. So this credo makes it a little hard for me to figure out what to say about the above photograph, except that Rumor Willis clearly thinks 1987 had it going on.

“Rumer Willis liked the wig she’s been wearing in her latest movie so much that she had her hair dyed platinum blonde for real. Showing off the ‘do at Thursday’s opening of the James Perse store in Beverly Hills, the 19-year-old daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis and stepdad Ashton Kutcher told PEOPLE that her new look jolted her folks, as well as her siblings, Scout, 16, and Tallulah, 13.

“‘I came home and my parents were really shocked when I walked in the house,’ she says. ‘My sisters looked at me like, ‘What? Your hair!’ But everyone, my parents, loved it.’ That was a relief. The makeover – by Tracey Cunningham at the Neil George Salon in Beverly Hills (‘She’s amazing’, Willis says) – required seven hours to complete.

“‘Honestly, it just took a long time. I got there at like 1 [p.m.], and I didn’t leave until 8 p.m. I have really dark hair, so it took a long time, but it didn’t really hurt,’ she says. ;I got the idea because the movie I just finished, I was wearing a blonde wig, so I saw myself like that. And I just went for it.’

“The movie comedy, ‘I Know What Boys Like,’ was previously called ‘House Bunny.’ Says Willis: ‘I always find that whenever I’m doing something big in my life, I want to change the hair.’”

[From People]

Rumor’s been rocking the short look for a while. Due to her… [holds insults back] unique jaw structure, I think she looked better with longer hair. It de-emphasized the round and yet pointiness of the jaw. I generally think everyone looks best when they stick with some shade of their natural color. It just goes better with most people’s coloring. But to each his own… I want credit for all the restraint I just showed.

Rumer Willis, who is apparently an actor as opposed to just famous offspring, is multi-talented. Or so she says. Maybe she’s just unsure of what she wants to do with her future.

In addition to acting you can expect Willis to have her own diverse career that includes photography, music and maybe even a fashion line.

“I love a lot of different things,” said the actress who turns 19 on Thursday. “I really like acting, I really like music and I love photography. In a perfect world I could do all three. In the future, I would love to do an album. I have been singing since I was really little which not a lot of people know about so it’s one of those fun, personal things.”

People

I wonder if this means her new movie isn’t very good, and she’s already gearing up for a quick profession change?

She also explains those pictures in the space age dunce cap and back brace.

“That picture was taken from a photo shoot we did for the movie for a calendar in the film that shows [the sorority girls] going too far,” Willis told People Saturday during an Art of Elysium benefit held at the French Connection Beach House in Malibu. “Somebody happened to take a picture and leak it. It is what it is.”

Well, I didn’t say the explanation was a good one.

Rumer was caught up in a drugs bust when police raided the hotel room she was partying in with members of her film’s production crew.

Rumer, whose mother is Demi Moore, was one of four people in a room at the La Quinta hotel when a member of her new film’s production crew was arrested for possession of marijuana.

The man, named as Christopher Henry, is the ‘key grip’ on independent film From Within, which stars Rumer and is currently shooting in Aberdeen.

Police had reportedly been called to the hotel after other guests complained about the noise.

Police chief Randy Rudy said: “What I was told by my officer was that Rumer was in the periphery and was not related to this arrest in any way.”

Stuff

Only four people in the room, yet Rumer wasn’t involved? I guess they weren’t smoking the pot at the time, since it’s only polite to share.

Header pic from Egotastic via DListed.