Tom Cruise’s rep is kept busy denying frequent rumors about the cult-loving couple. He says “To our knowledge, Katie is not pregnant.”

Mollygood spotted a pretty pominent bump on Katie while she was out shopping wirh Cruise’s daughter. She’s either pregnant or has poor taste in form-fitting clothing.

Meanwhile there was this crazy rumor that Victoria Beckham was being tipped to play an alien bride in a big screen adaptation of the Scientology belief system called “The Thetan.” Cruises reps have denied this is true, and the story is obviously false on first reading:

Victoria Beckham is reportedly set to star in Tom Cruise’s new Scientology film. The Spice Girl has apparently been lined up to play an alien bride in The Thetan - based on the bizarre sci-fi cult, which believes in alien life forms.

Victoria is said to be “thrilled” about getting her big Hollywood break. A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Victoria is really hoping to make a go of it in Hollywood. This could be the perfect start for her, with good pal Tom Cruise in charge.”

The 32-year-old - who made her first attempt at acting in the 1997 Spice Girls movie Spice World - will play the bride of an alien leader called a thetan, which Scientologists claim is an immortal spiritual being, present in all humans.

Cruise - who is bankrolling the project himself after it was rejected by all the major film studios - is said to have picked Victoria for the role after being impressed by her “comic
genius”

Commentor Sprynkles points out on the Gossip Rocks bulletin board that the Scientologists go to great lengths to keep their belief system private. They charge quite a bit of money before they reveal to inductees their belief that thetans, or the ghosts of people killed in a giant volcano, haunt all of us, causing our psychological problems. They would never make a movie like this, but it’s quite a funny thought.

Katie Holmes, who may or may not be pregnant, had her 28th birthday on Monday.

Tom Cruise was photographed looking at a new $380k plane in LA. There’s no work whether he bought it. Pictures from FlynetOnline.

iFilm has top ten lists of the best and worst movie trailers of 2006. The best trailer is said to be for Martin Scorsese’s The Departed featuring Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Wahlberg, and Jack Nicholson. Other great trailers include A Scanner Darkly, An Inconvenient Truth, and Casino Royale.

Here’s the trailer for The Departed. It’s fast-paced, cool, and makes you want to see the film:

They say the worst trailer is for a movie I’ve yet to hear of called Epic Movie, which is listed as “A spoof on all epic movies and more written by two of the six writers of Scary Movie.” It does look really dumb and about twice as long as it needs to be:

Other crap trailers include Jessica Simpson’s snorefest Employee of the Month, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, and Basic Instinct 2.

- Tara Conner, Miss USA, is not going to be stripped of her crown since it’s not that controversial to do cocaine and sleep with girls considering Britney and Paris [Agent Bedhead]
- Paris Hilton is taking acting classes [CelebWarship]
- Larry King is Scrooge [CityRag]
- Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy go ice skating [I'm Not Obsessed]
- The Bastardly lady of the day is Canadian and arguably hot [Bastardly]
- Lauren Bacall is still a force to be reckoned with [Socialite's Life]
- The Good German with George Clooney and Kate Blanchett is too arty for most people [Pajiba]
- Four Christmas presents of the apocalypse [Celebritology]
- Victoria Beckham as an alien bride [popbytes]
- Sienna Miller’s vodka diet [Egotastic]
- Who has a better fat ass: Coco or Vida Guerra? [Derek Hail]
- Ivanka Trump looks faker than ever [Celebslam]
- Uma Thurman and Colin Firth on the set of The Accidental Husband [Gabsmash]
- Josh Hartnett needs an eyebrow wax [Mollygood]
- Christmas with Colonel Sanders [Haute Gossip]
- Britney Spears tries to upstage some strippers, gets thrown off the stage twice [The Blemish]
- Sharon Stone and Christian Slater? [Glitterati]
- Scary Spice is a demon in bed according to some personal trainer she slept with [Rhymes with Snitch]
- Twins expound on celebrity gossip [Evil Beet]
- Aaron Carter is taken [yeeeah]
- Nicole Richie won’t host a New Year’s Eve party she was scheduled to do [Hollyscoop]
- How is Julia Stiles so pretty yet so fug at the same time? [ICYDK]
- Santa has to lose weight [Celeb-Diet]
- Vincent Gallo still thinks he can get paid for sex [Spank Cheeks]

They’re probably frantically editing this movie, which would explain why the trailer seems kind of played out, but I’ll go see it definitely. There might even be a little green baby. Shrek the Third will be out next summer.

We didn’t have power at my in-laws house today due to construction on their block, so I’ll have to do this link post and step out. We’re travelling today and tomorrow to visit relatives in the states for the Holidays. I hope to be around a bit before Christmas, but it will be tight. If I don’t see you, have a great holiday and thanks so much for helping the site grow.

- Happy Holidays from the Vicodin Elf [Gallery of the Absurd]
- Kim Cattrall has confirmed that there’s going to be a Sex and The City movie [Starpulse]
- Eminem and Kim Mather’s second divorce is final [Glitterati]
- Jennifer Aniston is crying during yoga to get over all of Brangelina’s recent press [CelebWarship]
- Britney’s one-time hookup JR Rotem was seen out with Bai Ling [Socialite's Life]
- Lara Flynn Boyle got married [I'm Not Obsessed]
- 50 Years of Playboy centerfolds (NSFW) [Metamorfse Digital]
- Adriana Lima vs. Kelly Brook: a bikini matchup [Bastardly]
- Don’t waste your time seeing Eragon [Pajiba]
- Martha Stewart told Howard Stern she has a $1200 vibrator [Agent Bedhead]
- Katie Holmes and her step-children do charity work [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
- Katie Holmes goes Christmas shopping in giant bug glasses [Celebrity Puke]
- Patricia Heaton snoops through her son’s e-mails and text messages [Haute Gossip]
- Pink wants people to boycott Australian wool [CelebGuru]
- Harry Potter is old [ICYDK]
- Cameron Diaz is not cute any more [CityRag]
- Rihanna visits sick kids for Christmas [yeeeah]
- Cate Blanchett is pushing the envelope a little with her fashion and style [PopSugar]

I stepped away from the computer to spend an inordinate amount of time travelling and returned to find another semi-scandal on The View over Rosie’s big mouth. Rosie took the opportunity to cut down and mock Donald Trump after he granted clemency to Miss USA Tara Conner. It seems like the continuation of a long-standing grudge she’s had with the real estate mogul and reality TV star. Rosie said that The Donald wasn’t one to judge anyone’s morals considering that he’s traded in two wives for younger models.

Trump wasted no time issuing a response in which he pointed out repeatedly how fat and disgusting Rosie is, and noted that she’s had it out for him since he publically talked about her failed talk show and magazine. Trump says he’s considering sue her, most likely over her claims that he’s not a self-made man and that he’s a “snake oil salesman.” He said that she’s pretty lucky to have such a hot girlfriend and that he’d send someone over to snatch her away from Rosie.

He had a point with the disgusting thing, but the debate is edging to the lowest common denominator now that both of these clowns are threatening each other. Sure Rosie is heavy, but it’s lame to make someone’s weight the center of your argument. He should have stuck to the facts and not made himself look just as bad by putting her down and saying he’s going to snatch her partner.

Trump also claims that Barbara Walters dislikes Rosie, and recommends that she fire her. I don’t think Rosie’s going to get the boot from The View any time soon. Ratings are up since she joined since everyone is watching to see what crazy shit she’ll spew next.

Here’s Trump’s rebutal to Rosie:

And here’s her response to his response. All she does is point out her girlfriend in the audience and sneer.
It would be nice if this shit would end here, but we’ll be hearing about it well into next year.

Thanks to Best Week Ever for linking these videos.

After seeing some of the Britney pics from the LA Lakers game, I just have to know. Who in the hell is dressing Britney and could someone please tell her to at least button up her shirt!

It’s clear that Britney is dumber than a box of rocks. She’s nice but we agree that she’s not the sharpest tool in the shed.

For the love of God, isn’t there somebody in her family or her “posse” that can tell her to button up her shirt before she leaves home?

I’m not approaching the “button up” issue from a moral perspective. I am simply stating a fact from a pure PR standpoint. For the sake of any future career and more important for the custody of her kids—someone just button her top.

If she won’t stay away from the bars, you all just have to make sure Brit is dressed when she leaves the house. Who is with me on this one? Do I need to fly in do it myself?

Thanks to Splash News for the photo.

Update by Celebitchy: Britney even got asked to put on some clothes and get off the stage at a strip club.

Everyone was saying the Josh Hartnett looked like crap after he was seen out at an event last week in need of a brow wax and some hair pomade. Page Six reported that his low-key relationship with sexy smartie Scarlet Johansson seemed to be doing ok after they were spotted making out. Now Page Six is reporting that he was seen making out with gorgeous Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen at a club on Saturday Night:

WE may have jumped the gun yesterday when we announced Josh Hartnett was back with on-again, off-again girlfriend Scarlett Johansson. They were seen making out last week, but apparently they are taking Johansson’s “open relationship” policy seriously. Hartnett was spotted at Spotted Pig sucking face with supermodel Gisele Bundchen Saturday night. “They were all over each other,” said the spy. Reps for Harnett didn’t return calls, and a rep for Bundchen would not comment.

Bundchen was known as Leonardo Dicaprio’s longterm girlfriend until they broke it off in the fall of 2005. She was linked with surfer Kelly Slater shortly afterwards, but they are said to have split in July of this year.

Hartnett and Johansson have not had a very stable relationship. They have been rumored to have broken up several times, Johansson has said that she’s no fan of monogamy, and Hartnet was seen out with an unknown brunette while he was filming in Australia.

I doubt that Josh and Gisele will last. He does seem like the intelligent type like DiCaprio, but he doesn’t strike me as a guy who could hold Gisele’s interests.

Scarlet and Josh are like Sienna and Jude and will probably keep running back to each other when they’re both single. At least they have the sense not to talk about it.

Here are some outtakes from Gisele Bunchen’s photoshoots. I have no idea how old they are. They were found on SuperiorPics.

Grumpy Old Indian Man made this clever and kind of sad original holiday card for us. Grumpy Old Indian Man will be adding a periodical (probably weekly) celebrity comic strip to the site in the new year. We look forward to his creative and funny take on the gossip.

It used to be that fashion magazines counseled sternly and menacingly against wearing sandals or pumps with an ankle strap. “It interrupts the line of the leg!” “It creates instant cankles!” “It ruins a long, lean look!” To be perfectly honest, a fear of ankle straps threw its dark shadow onto my footwear shopping expeditions for several years.

Fast forward to 2006. Style “rules” are a little more lax than they once were (for example, “avoid anything worn in the 1980s” used to be a pretty firm one, but we all know what happened there), and the ankle strap appears to be making a comeback. A few wardrobe tips to keep in mind if you purchase a pair:

- This is a look best pulled off by those with slim calves. If yours are more robust, recall that no outfit has ever been ruined by a nice pump.

- A thin ankle strap is more forgiving than a thick one (only very tall and lanky Gisele Bundchen types should attempt an ankle “cuff”, as pictured here on Mischa Barton).

- More women can wear an open-toe shoe with an ankle strap (a la Beyoncé here) than a closed-toe one, so when it doubt, go for the shoe that lets you show off your pedicure.

- Do not wear opaque tights. Too many blocks of solid color; not enough “leg” feeling.

- Do not wear a skirt that hits lower than mid-thigh.

- Do not wear anything remotely frumpy as a top or jacket (ankle straps can quickly turn a conservative jacket into a horror of dowdiness).

To see several ankle strap “don’ts” in action at once, take a look at this shot of actress Marg Helgenberger at the premiere of Blood Diamond. Yep, that about sums it up.