It seems that Reese Witherspoon wasn’t the one responsible for canning her sex scene with Vince Vaughn on the set of their new film Four Christmases. Vince wasn’t keen to do the scene either.

It had previously been reported Reese was refusing to film a bedroom romp with the Wedding Crashers star in their new movie Four Christmases, but an insider has revealed it was Vince who was against the scene.

The on set source said: “Vince is a producer on the movie and made sure that there was no sex scene between them in the film. She and Vince are professionals, but they both said no!”

The 37-year-old actor also approved most of the script, which tells the story of a couple whose divorced parents do not get on, so decide to celebrate Christmas separately with each of them.

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Given that Vince and Reese haven’t been getting along on set, I’d guess the scene was dropped because there is nothing worse than a lame sex scene between two people who have no chemistry at all. I suspect this film is going to suck if Vince and Reece aren’t getting along. Remember how Mr and Mrs Smith was a bit of a lame story, but it was saved by Brad and Ange’s chemistry? Well, a movie can be ruined by a lack of chemistry too.

Vince denies the rumors in a new interview with Parade magazine.Which means nothing really, because there is no way you’d do an interview saying what a bitch your co-star is, then go to work with them the next day.

On Reese Witherspoon:
Now you’re doing a film with Reese Witherspoon, and there’s been a lot of tabloid gossip that you guys have been mad at each other.

“I think there were stories that we were clashing on the set. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I adore her. She’s not only a great actress, she’s very funny. We’ve been having a really good time. You predicted that the press would say that we were dating, but they went the other way and said we’re fighting. The two of us get along great.”

On his family:
Is it more than a coincidence that you and your sisters all have names that begin with “v”?

“My dad’s name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, VV. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we’d be VV’s, too. But, then when you start getting pets’ names that start with a ‘v,’ it’s a little embarrassing. When you are Vince Vaughn, and you go out to scream for ‘Viking’ the dog to come home, that’s a little much. Then, Mom started looking in a dictionary for names and we ended up with a female Chihuahua, named Vanadis after some mythological goddess. So Victoria, Valerie and Vince were out playing with Vanadis. When I finally got a dog, I named him Rowdy. I had to break the chain.”

On Jennifer Aniston:
“I have such a great friendship with Jennifer. Really. I still talk to her constantly. I have a real, genuine connection with Jen. And I have a real appreciation of her. That continues to this day. In regular life, people date, and sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn’t. We get more attention because we’re more known. I always try to keep my relationships quiet and my work at the forefront. I haven’t been someone to go and talk about those things, because that’s not what I want to be known for.”

Parade and Perez Hilton

The whole family is named with V names, including the pets? How many years of therapy will that result in?

I wonder if it is Vince’s comment about how great his relationship with Jennifer Aniston is what sparked this story, saying that Jen is pregnant with a baby that could possibly be fathered by Vince. Jen’s publicist has denied the claims, but this would hardly be the first time a publicist has denied pregnancy claims then later admitted that there is actually a bun in the oven.

I’m not inclined to believe that Jen is pregnant with Vince’s baby, because there is no way you’d procreate with Vince when you’re dating Jason Lewis. No. Way. Ever. Have you seen those abs?

Picture note by Celebitchy: Reese Witherspoon is shown on 10/10/07 at the Rendition premiere. Vince Vaughn is shown at the premiere of Fred Claus on 11/5/07, thanks to PRPhotos.

I can’t really blame Reese Witherspoon for not getting along with Vince Vaughn on the set of their new film “Four Christmases.” He just looks like a bloated sack of potatoes to me. Sure there’s all sorts of body types from slim to thick, but he just has that dirty, lazy, slothful look to him. Something tells me Vince considers showering more than once a week optional.

The pair (Reese especially) have been getting a lot of bad press for their fighting on the set. They definitely have two opposite personalities. Reese is very “Type A” (in fact that’s the name of her production company) whereas Vince is very… whatever type lay around and fart all day is. Now several media outlets are reporting that Reese won’t do a sex scene with Vince, and Vince (who is one of the film’s producers) is refusing to change the scene.

Reese Witherspoon is refusing to film a sex scene with Vince Vaughn. The pair have reportedly been clashing constantly on the set of romantic comedy ‘Four Christmases’ and now Reese is refusing to roll around naked with Vince.

An on-set source told the New York Post newspaper: “Reese has an issue with the scripted love scene. It is meant to be a funny, ‘American Pie’-style romp, full of bumps and laughs, but Reese is such a prude, she thinks it’s just too much.”

Despite being an Oscar winner and a more highly-paid Hollywood star, Reese is unlikely to win the argument as Vince is one of the film’s producers. The 37-year-old actor also oversaw much of the script writing, about a couple whose divorced parents do not get on, so they decide to celebrate Christmas separately with each of them. It has previously been reported Reese, 31, has been unhappy with Vince’s behavior on set. While she is keen to work hard and film on schedule, he allegedly turns up to work hung-over, forgets his lines and is constantly fooling about on set.

[From Hip Hop Elements]

I don’t think Reese is a prude, she’s probably just afraid of the food in Vince Vaughn’s teeth, the random twigs in his hair, and the bramble in his bellybutton. I wouldn’t be running towards that either. Considering Vince oversaw a lot of the script writing, you just know he was rooting for a sex scene. That was before he met Reese, and learned of her obvious distaste for him. Either he gets off on women hating him, or they’re locked in a power struggle. I’m guessing it’s a little bit of both. Maybe he should try a little of the old Vince Vaughn charm… you know, from back in the day when he had charm. “Swingers” style. Try a little showering. Maybe washing of the underwear. And then see where that gets him.

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.

Ah, the old fuck buddy relationship. You have an ex that you’re not quite romantically compatible with but the sex was great, so you fall back into old comfortable patterns when you both happen to be single. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work, but I always ended up getting starry-eyed and sappy the few times I tried that, and had to force myself to go hang out with my girlfriends and forget about whichever guy I was using to tide me over until Mr. Right popped up. Sometimes it’s better than not getting laid, as long as you can keep the baggage out of it and realize that if the guy didn’t come through for you the first few times, he’s not going to change.

Star Magazine claims that Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn are hooking up again through a series of secret trysts that they’ve managed to hide from the public. There does seem to be a small amount of real evidence to back this up, in that these two were seen out to dinner together. The secret hotel hookups, I’m not so sure about:

Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn may have officially ended their relationship nearly a year ago, but behind the scenes, their connection is better than ever. The stars have been meeting in secret to enjoy lusty romps in the sack – which explains the still scorching chemistry they displayed when they recently dined together at the Beverly Hill Hotel bar Nineteen 12.

Vince initiated the sexy get togethers after the couple split, a friend of the stars reveals, “after making booty calls to Jen whenever he had been out drinking and felt lonely. Jen was totally opposed to it at first, because she wanted a clean break, but she eventually came around. Jen figures that they were always great friends, and they always had great sex, so why not.” Adds an insider, “she likes keeping him at arm’s length, that way they only have good times and laugh.”

“They go to unbelievable lengths to keep their steamy meetings secret. Usually it’s Vince who will come over to her house late at night. But they have also had a number of secret encounters in hotels that were incredibly hot. Sometimes they won’t leave the hotel room for days, only opening the door for room service.”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, November 5, 2007]

They spend days holed up in hotel rooms together, huh? I’m so sure if that was true, this would be the first we’ve heard about it. It sounds to me like they had dinner together and that’s about it, but they could be hitting the sheets again. If there’s any truth to this story, Star credits Aniston for handling it like a fuck buddy should. They say “There are no rules and no strings attached” to their relationship. But continuing to see Vaughn could be hurting Aniston’s chances of finding a real partner. Star warns that “As long as she has Vince on the back burner, Jen doesn’t seem to have her eyes focused on someone new.”

It was a damn slow news week, and when Jen and Vince have dinner together, Star doesn’t consider it that much of a leap to declare that they’ve been having enough enough lengthy sex sessions to rival Sting and Diddy’s boasted prowess.

Thanks so much to a reader for typing in this article. (She would rather not be credited by name, but I cannot thank her enough.)

Header image is an old one of Vince and Jennifer, because there were hardly any photos of them together when they were supposedly dating and there certainly aren’t any recent ones.

The word on the street is that Vanessa Williams has snagged herself a new man. The new man in question is Vince Vaughn. The two have reportedly been stealth dating to avoid press.

“According to one of our most trusted Hollywood snitches, Vanessa and Vince have been sneaking around Los Angeles together - all in an attempt to avoid the paparazzi. The insider tells, “Vanessa’s really trying to keep this a secret … She feels that the press helped ruin her relationship with Rick [Fox], so she’s trying to keep what she has with Vince private.”

[Media Take-Out]

Vince was also spotted out and about with Jennifer Aniston again. Also, a few nights ago he enjoyed the company of a group of ladies that couldn’t keep their hands off of him. However, Vanessa is rumored to be a steady date for Vaughn as they have been reportedly seen out and about in LA. There may only be a 7 year difference between the two, but the rumored couple alert may ruin their private rendezvous.

Note by Celebitchy: The source is Media Take Out, which is pretty notorious for making up shit wholesale, so I doubt this is true. Plus, can you imagine Vince Vaughn being able to land Vanessa Williams? It doesn’t seem likely to me.

Vince Vaughn is shown at the CMJ Festival on 10/19/07 with Justin Long. Vanessa Williams is shown at the Primetime Emmy awards on 9/16/07. Thanks to PRPhotos.

Forbes.com just released an analysis of who gives movies studios the most bang for their buck. I was kind of surprised, but it turns out the best investment is Matt Damon. In a way it makes sense: those “It” actors and actresses command such huge paychecks, that investment-wise, it’s hard to get the same return. For every dollar that Matt Damon is paid for a film, the movie returned $29. Pretty good deal.

“According to Forbes’ first-ever list of Ultimate Star Payback, the movie stars who deliver the best bang for the buck aren’t the industry’s top earners. Matt Damon, the soft-spoken leading man in box office winner The Bourne Ultimatum, turns out to be Hollywood’s best investment. For every dollar Damon got paid for his last three roles, his films returned $29 of gross income. And, surprisingly, former ‘Friends’ star Jennifer Aniston is Hollywood’s most profitable actress, despite duds like ‘Rumor Has It.’ For ever dollar the former Mrs. Pitt was paid for her last three major roles, her films on average returned $17 of gross income.”

[From Forbes.com]

Second place for actors went to Brad Pitt, and third place was a tie between Johnny Depp and Vince Vaughn. Vince Vaughn is the biggest surprise to me. It must be because he makes about $34 a film, so if the film makes $43,000 you’ve got a pretty good deal. Vaughn’s rate is actually about a million a film, a relative bargain in Hollywood terms. Forbes points out that his last three movies “’The Break-Up,’ ‘Wedding Crashers,’ ‘Dodgeball’–have been box office bonanzas relative to their low production costs. (At $52 million, The Break-Up’s budget was roughly 20% of “Pirates of the Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest.).” The big budget actors like Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise and Will Smith only averaged about $12 in gross income per salary dollar.

The actor who gave the worst return, dollar for dollar? Russell Crowe. Forbes points out that his “standing in Hollywood has shrunk since he scored back-to-back consecutive Oscar nods for ‘The Insider’ (1999), ‘Gladiator’ (2000) and ‘A Beautiful Mind’ (2001). Crowe’s last three films earned on average just $5 in gross income for every dollar spent on the star. His most recent, last year’s ‘A Good Year,’ was made for $35 million, almost one-third of which went to Crowe’s salary. The film earned only $40 million in worldwide box office, making it a huge disappointment for Fox, which produced and distributed it.” Logically, it seems like the opposite should be true. Who would ever have guessed that getting three Oscar nominations in three years could be bad for your career?

You know who is not a good investment? Lindsay Lohan. For some reason Forbes doesn’t even bother mentioning this. Probably because it’s so obvious it doesn’t need stating. Ironically, I bet this report will raise Matt Damon’s salary, thus making him less of a great deal. Oh well. He’s still a good actor, and fun to look at.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Matt Damon yesterday at the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. Header image of Matt and his wife Luciana Bozan Barroso from the “The Bourne Ultimatum” Los Angeles Premiere. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Reese Witherspoon is going to be the new global face of Avon. She is, according to their press release, going to be the brands first ever ‘Global Ambassador’.

“Our partnership with Reese represents a breakthrough moment for our company — and comes just months after the launch of our successful Hello Tomorrow campaign, which signaled a true evolution for the Avon brand,” said Geralyn Breig, Senior Vice President and Global Brand resident, Avon Products, Inc. “This is the first time we have had celebrity representation on all three dimensions of our business — our philanthropic initiatives, our brand, and the Avon Representative — and we are incredibly excited to have someone of Reese’s talent and stature add her voice to Avon’s message to help bring it to the world.”

The Avon Foundation and Ms. Witherspoon will partner in raising awareness for the Foundation’s programs in the areas of breast cancer, domestic violence and emergency relief. The Avon Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity founded in 1955 with the mission of championing the health and well being of women globally through its philanthropic efforts.

“I am very excited to be partnering with Avon. Avon is more than an iconic world class beauty leader — it is a company that is known the world over as a crusader for women’s causes,” said Ms. Witherspoon. “I am truly impressed by how Avon has been able to effect real change in the
communities in which it does business, and by how committed the company is to providing economic and personal fulfillment to women all over the world. I feel a great responsibility in my own life to give back to society. Now, as the Honorary Chairman of the Avon Foundation, I am proud to be joining in the great philanthropic work that is already underway.”

PR Newswire

Oh, she is so perfect to be an Avon Lady. I never really believed glamourpuss Salma Hayek used Avon products – even though there’s nothing wrong with them at all – but I could definitely see Reese Witherspoon using them. She’s such a mum. I wish she was my mum – I’d borrow her clothes!

Reese is also reportedly seeing Jake Gyllenhaal again/still, and has signed onto star in a movie with Vince Vaughan. It’s titled ‘Four Christmases’ and is a comedy about a couple trying to visit their four sets of divorced parents at Christmas. Obviously for the characters in the film, they weren’t interested in my solution to that problem – moving overseas away from the divorcees! Then again, that scenario is hardly open to hilarious incidents in a movie format.

Thanks to WENN for these photos.

Now that the world clearly no longer cares, Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn have each confirmed their doubtful relationship. Last week British newspapers printed a picture of Vaughn kissing a “mystery blonde” in London, where he’s filming. Everyone had heard several different versions of the couple’s breakup and maybe long-over engagement at that point, and no one seemed to really give a shit if Vince cheated since they refused to acknowledge their relationship in the first place.

Aniston made a surprising announcement on “Oprah” yesterday that she’s still with Vaughn, while Vaughn’s lawyer made a statement that he didn’t cheat on his ol’ buddy Jen and that they’re still bumping uglies:

On Oprah yesterday, Aniston said: “Oh no, no,” when asked if she was “broken up,” with presumably Vince.

These half-worded statements are a big step forward for the supposed couple, who only spoke of each other as friends.

Vince famously refused to acknowledge his relationship with Jennifer at any point up until now. On “Oprah” in May he said Jennifer’s “one of my favorite people,” and on David Letterman at that same time he said “I’m not saying we are or aren’t a couple. I think she’s great, but I just don’t discuss whether we are.”

These two costars wouldn’t even pose on the red carpet together as is common at premieres. There are also scant few candids of the two together.

It’s just a coincidence that “The Break Up” is out on DVD today, right?

I don’t believe this is true for one minute, but there’s a rumor that Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston are now an item, and that Aniston recently broke up with Vaughn when he didn’t want to talk about where their relationship was going. Maybe Aniston and Perry hung out together once, but it sounds like Life and Style is making up quotes from a “friend”:

If Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston were seen walking on the beach with their arms around each other where are the pictures? Usually these quotes are made up based on pictures and whatever the writer of the article wants to believe about a celebrity relationship. It doesn’t seem true to me at all, but it would be really juicy and surprising news. It seems like Matthew Perry has more sense than to get involved with Aniston, though. (Go ahead and bash, Team Aniston, I enjoy the debate.)

Here are some pictures of Vince Vaughn at London’s Heathrow airport. [via] He’s such a catch, some other woman will be lucky to have him.

Vince and Jen were engaged for three hours yesterday, and everyone was tentatively happy for gloomy Aniston. Not even a well-Photoshopped magazine cover with a fake headline can get these two together publically, because they denied the rumor almost as soon as it was out. But - hold your horses - Jennifer’s publicist is known for his baldfaced lies, so this could possibly be true!

When Jen and Vince go out of their way to avoid each other publically, and Vince is completely unable to acknowledge the relationship, it makes it obvious that he’s unwilling to commit.

If US Weekly is right and there is an actual engagement, it seems like a last-ditch effort by Vince to keep Jen. He strikes me as the type of guy you can never pin down who would only ask Jen to marry him if he had no other options. My last boyfriend before I met my husband was like that. I dealt with his indecision for two years before that lousy relationship finally bit the dust. You can’t get blood out of a stone, and a man won’t change for you. Instead of trying to get a pet or focusing on other things, you should trade those type of guys in for a better model.

This doesn’t make sense though, because aren’t they supposed to be planning a huge wedding now? If they just got engaged at this point - and even if they didn’t, logic dictates that all the wedding stories are false. People don’t plan weddings before they’re engaged.