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).

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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.

As a child of the 1980’s I can’t wait for the new Indiana Jones movies – Remember when Steven Spielberg was the greatest movie director ever? E.T., Jurassic Park, Close Encounters of The Third Kind, The Colour Purple…That’s how you get your name above the title people!

He’s back, and directing a forth Indiana Jones film. Harrison Ford is still going to be playing Indiana again, and everyone on the set has had to sign a confidentiality agreement – but some people just don’t know when to keep their mouth shut.

But Tyler Nelson - cast as a “dancing Russian soldier” - gave an interview to his hometown newspaper, the Edmond Sun in Oklahoma, in which he revealed that:

* Indy, played once again by Harrison Ford, and the Soviet army are both searching for a priceless skull made of crystal in the jungles of South America.

* The Russians take Indy hostage and then blackmail him by threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and mother of his son, Marion Ravenwood, portrayed by Karen Allen. Cast as the son is Shia LaBeouf.

* Cate Blanchett plays an evil Russian who grills Indy. “I saw Harrison Ford strapped to a chair and being interrogated,” Nelson told the paper.

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The title of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull is as yet unconfirmed. It has mostly been referred to as Indiana Jones 4.

Oh, and what happens to you when you void your confidentiality agreement and get on the bad side of Spielberg? First, he cuts your scene from the movie. The big scene in question for Nelson is when he dances to balalaika folk music when Indy is captured.

In the words of Spielberg’s rep, Martin Levy, “Who knows whether that particular person will ever work in this town again?”

The forth Indiana Jones movie hits cinemas in May.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Pictures and wallpaper from the upcoming Indiana Jones film thanks to AllMoviePhoto.com. Pictured are Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen and Harrison Ford on set. Shia needs to get rid of that facial hair because it detracts from his cute look.

Jessica Simpson must not be used to singing to a house full of bigwigs. She choked up during a performance at the Kennedy Center Honors and left the stage abruptly at the end in the middle of her number. She sang Dolly Parton’s “Nine to Five” with Dolly in attendance. Once she came back on afterwards it was clear she had been crying:

Singer-actress Jessica Simpson was in tears last night after flubbing a song she was performing during the Kennedy Center Honors.

Simpson was on stage to sing Nine to Five as part of the tribute to Dolly Parton, one of the evening’s five honorees. Simpson ended her performance abrupty with the words “so nervous” and quickly exited the stage. The stunned audience remained silent, giving her no applause.

Simpson appeared to be crying when she and other singers in the tribute returned to the stage.

CBS will broadcast the show Dec. 26 at 9 p.m.

In addition to Parton, the evening’s other honorees were movie director Steven Spielberg, singer Smokey Robinson, composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and conductor Zubin Mehta.

Here are pictures from the night in question. Who wouldn’t be intimidated performing Dolly Parton’s number right in front of her. I heard that Dick Cheney gave her a little sneer too.

Pictures from Hollywood’s Best.

Tom Cruise was said to be on Spielberg’s bad side after diverting promotion from “War of the Worlds” to his own crazy cult battle against the pharmaceuticals he so desperately needs. It turns out there’s yet another reason for Spielberg to be pissed at Cruise: Scientologists showed up to protest the very psychiatrist Spielberg lauded to Cruise in a personal conversation:

Meanwhile Cruise might be dropped by his studio, Paramount. MI3 didn’t overwhelm at the box office, and Spielberg’s Dreamworks is now owned by Paramount, making Tom’s relationship with Spielberg even more important.

Cruise showed up at the Chicago film festival’s tribute to Spielberg in an attempt to make up with the director and salvage his tanking career.

It was also rumored that Cruise went to Spielberg’s office a month ago with non-existent baby Suri to do a personal photo session with Spielberg. This is obviously untrue, and Spielberg’s spokesperson says that the question of the pictures existing “will never be answered.”

People say Spielberg looked uncomfortable with Cruise at the film festival tribute, and you can see the photos below.

Cruise’s involvement with Scientology has only hindered his career and damaged his relationships with key players. Either he’s too brainwashed to get out now, or the cult has such powerful secrets against him that he will never try.

Maybe we’ll all find out what’s going on, or at least be entertained by more juicy gossip, when Andrew Morton’s tell-all Cruise biography comes out.

Here are pictures of Cruise with Spielberg at the film festival that we published earlier.