Per earlier post from Celebitchy, you know Angelina’s brother, James Haven Voight spilled it to the media earlier this week.

The “TV kiss” was the last time I remember hearing or seeing anything about Angelina’s brother. The last time he was in the news it was for french kissing his sister (or not) on national TV.
James Haven isn’t in the news very often but when he does talk to the press the stuff that comes out of his mouth is amazing. Celebitchy covered a lot of the recent interview with the UK’s Daily Mail but I just couldn’t resist the “childhood trauma” portion of the story.
Reason that James Haven did the interview was to defend his sister from some of the media criticism as and give details on their dysfunctional childhood and because he probably needed cash.

One of their major childhood hardships? Neither Angelina nor James could afford a car.

He explains: “One of the saddest things in my life happened when I was 16, which is when you can get your permit to drive in LA. I did not have a car in High School and neither did Angelina.

“Try to imagine. You go to Beverly Hills High, one of the wealthiest High Schools in the nation. Even the cheapest car that anyone has is brand new. All my friends are well off. I have a movie-star father and no car.”

Are you crying yet? Get the Kleenex because there’s more.

“It was debilitating. I did not to go to the prom [the social highlight of an American high school career] because I felt uncomfortable that Dad would have to drive me. It’s an embarrassing thing.”

I can only hope that adopting kids and being with Brad will make up for the lack of teen transportation. Cry me a river. Away from James Haven.

In a new interview in Parade Magazine, Halle Berry speaks candidly about considering suicide after her difficult failed first marriage to baseball player David Justice. She said she sat in her car with the gas on and was thinking about letting the carbon monoxide kill her, but realized that she didn’t want her mother to find her that way and thought it would be selfish to go through with it.

“I was sitting in my car, and I knew the gas was coming, when I had an image of my mother finding me,” she says.

“She sacrificed so much for her children, and to end my life would be an incredibly selfish thing to do. It was all about a relationship. My sense of worth was so low,” Berry said.

“I promised myself I would never be a coward again.”

Berry describes her second marriage, to singer
Eric Benet, as “really horrific.” “We were in sex rehab after one year. I wish I had left then, but I was putting everyone’s needs before mine,” she says.

Berry goes on to say that she now has the goal of motherhood in mind and that it’s a “different chapter” in her life. She has said in the past that if it doesn’t happen for her naturally she will adopt a child.

That’s really brave of her to talk about considering suicide. When you hear about celebrities facing severe depression it’s kind of reassuring to know that it’s nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone has hard times in life that we get through somehow.

Berry is appearing in the upcoming thriller Perfect Stranger with Bruce Willis.

Update: Thanks to ONTD for this excerpt from a December, 2002 Vogue interview with Halle, in which she went into more detail about her suicide attempt:

“The day in 1997 their divorce was final, Halle tried to commit suicide. “I didn’t slit my wrists,” she tells me. “I went into the garage and took my two dogs with me. I would never shoot my brains out. I thought, I’ll just lie down and go to sleep. I’ll sit in the car and I’ll asphyxiate myself. I had a bottle of wine. Car on, garage door shut. I was just going to…as I cried my eyes out…not wake up. Somewhere in that half-hour, the only thing that stopped me…because I was really ready to go, I was ready…is that I thought about my mother. All I ever wanted to do was to be the good girl, and how disappointing would this be? How much would this kill her and hurt her?”

Here she is at the Perfect Stranger photocall in Madrid on 3/27. I love how she looks annoyed while she’s bending over, like she’s giving the obligatory cleavage shot, but isn’t happy about it. Pictures [via]

According to the gossip rags, Owen Wilson and Kate Hudson’s relationship is on shaky ground. People were saying that the two blonde cuties were ready to bring their relationship to the next public level when they were seen bike riding and going on outings together in Australia, where Kate is filming Fool’s Gold with Matthew McConaughey. It looks like they’re going through a rough patch or a cooling-off period, though, as Wilson is back in LA and sources say he’s partying it up with the ladies. He also went on a Hawaiian vacation without Hudson.

In Touch speculates that Owen’s absence has ld Kate to get close to Matthew McConaughey on the set of their new film.

Just when it seemed as if if Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson were getting serious, things have started to fall apart, and insiders are blaming Owen. Over the past few weeks, the 38-year-old has been seen out with an ex in LA, participated in a seedy bar brawl with longtime pal Woody Harrelson and went on a jaunt to Hawaii - without Kate.

According to insiders, Kate, 27, has found a strong shoulder to cry on: Matthew McConaughey’s. Kate’s troublesome romance has drawn her and Matthew, 37, together.

[From In Touch print edition, April 2, 2007, via Sammie's Effluvia.]

It’s not too much of a stretch to say that Hudson and McConaughey are chummy on the set of their film, and I would doubt that’s more than conjecture on In Touch’s part.

Star magazine has Owen partying with other women in Hawaii and say he was seen dancing with a hot chick at a bar in LA. They’re not sure he’s playing the bachelor though, and say it might not have been him or something:

[Owen] was photographed with a stunning blonde on a March 12 stopover in Maui, Hawaii… But Star can report that the blonde was with Owen, 38, and another guy friend. “Owen knew the girl and guy through Woody [Harrelson]. Owen was staying at Woody’s place in Hawaii, so that’s their connection,” a source tells Star.

There was another Owen sighting in L.A. later that night; this time he was spotted dancing “very, very closely” with a “gorgeous brunette,” says another source. But a friend counters that it’s a case of mistaken identity: “Owen doesn’t dance! Ever!”

[From Star Magazine print edition, April 2, 2007, via Sammie's Effluvia.]

Maybe Owen is just hanging out with his friends and travelling like normal while Kate is wrapping up her work on Australia’s gold coast. It seems like that movie with Matthew McConaughey has been filming forever.

It would be nice to see these two settle down, but it must be hard with their jet-setting schedules.

The Star article mentioned that Owen was staying at Woody Harrelson’s Hawaiin home around March 12th. Harrelson majorly embarassed Wilson when they were out together in California on March 3rd. Woody punched out a bouncer for telling him not to leave a bar with a glass of wine, and Owen apologized repeatedly, saying he was sorry he brought him. I wonder if Harrelson invited Wilson to Hawaii in an attempt to make it up to him.

Update: Here’s why Fool’s Gold is taking so long to shoot: deadly jellyfish! [Thanks to RadarOnline for the tip.]

The third installment in the fabulous Bourne series starring Matt Damon is out this summer according to the latest trailer. IMDB lists it as being in production, with a release date of September 6, 2007. Will Jason Bourne get revenge on the US government for making him their pawn and killing the only woman he’s ever loved? I’ll be sure to find out when it comes out, the movies aren’t that close to the books from what I’ve heard so you can’t tell ahead of time.

And here are some movie stills that we’ve put up before.
Thanks to ONTD for the heads up about the trailer.

17 year-old actress Hayden Panettiere seems to be all over the place. I don’t know who she is, really, apart from the fact that she plays a cheerleader on that Heroes show and seems to be at every event. It turns out that we’re going to see even more of her annoying cuteness as she’s going to release an album. Someone is pouring money into her unique brand of wholesomeness, and we’re about to be hit in the face with it:

Heroes star Hayden Panettiere is set to become the latest actress to chase her pop chart dreams - the pretty blonde, 17, is recording tracks for her debut album, which will be released in August.

Panettiere isn’t as innocent as she seems. I remember seeing pictures of her out partying with Paris Hilton back when she was just 16. Is she wearing a Tony Pony here?

Panettiere is starring in the upcoming family drama Fireflies in the Garden with Willem Dafoe. Shooting begins next week in Austin, so maybe we won’t see as many pictures of the ubiquitous half-pint while she’s away.

Here’s her myspace. Her album must have been pushed back as her myspace says it’s coming out this spring.

And here are pictures of the perky teen actress out at various events this month and outside of Mr. Chow. She also hit Koi recently. I’m not really that interested in her, but I may not have a choice soon.

Randy Jones, the cowboy from 70s supergroup The Village People gave an interview to The Enquirer in which he named the male celebrities who set off his gaydar. He says he doesn’t see why they don’t come out of the closet at this point as it’s no longer a liability to be gay in Hollywood.

He lists off the usual suspects: Clay Aiken, John Travolta, Kenny Chesney… and Simon Cowell. He says Simon’s unique brand of bitchiness is a sure sign of a raging queen.

“Times have changed. I think actors and singers should realize that they can still be successful even if they are openly homosexual,” Jones told The Enquirer in an exclusive interview.

“In my opinion, Simon Cowell is the biggest queen on TV. To me, he gives off a ‘bi/gay’ vibe and tends to carry on with bitchy, campy commentary. I know a lot of gay men and Simon seems to me like a ‘gay wannabe.’”

[From The National Enquirer print edition, April 2, 2007]

Jones goes on to say that Kenny Chesney and Clay Aiken shouldn’t deny that they’re gay if they really are. He said they should be proud of their orientation and that they won’t lose fans if they come out of the closet.

He also said “I knew John [Travolta] in the 70s when he was great-looking, hotter than hot, buff Hollywood stud. Now he’s a big fat lady - at least in the movies!”

While The Village People are known as a gay icon group not all of the members are/were gay. The Lead singer Victor Willis, who was both the police officer and sailor, was married to Phylicia Rashad of The Cosby Show from 1978 to 1980.

I think Simon Cowell is straight, but he does have the bitchy thing down to a tee, the guy’s got a point.

Baby madness nearly a year behind her, Katie Holmes is making the brave move to try and kickstart her career. She’s had lots of publicity … has more name recognition than ever, but not much recent work … unless towering over her leathery chimp sidekick Posh Beckham counts as work, or scribbling escape plans on bits of paper in her corner of Fortress Cruise. That last bit is of course just a rumor … most scientists believe she is well enmeshed in Celebrity Stockholm Syndrome and has long since begun identifying with her captors: and that’s a long list of captors – ol’ TC hisself, the press, la paparazzi, Scientologists, guarunteed A- list fame, a (just under) ten years marriage contract, high-end rhinoplasty, The Beckhams, the tabloids, nightmares of Dawson Creek Reunions, etc etc … I mean if the world is your captor — aren’t you essentially free in a globe sized prison?

Katie has some more specific ideas … she wants to get her kit off in a new flick … and jump start the career with a nice bit of the never-fails nudie show. Mr. Tom he ain’t so happy.-
Rumorficial reports

Katie is going to Shreveport , La with her 10-month-old daughter to film her next movie, Mad Money. Sources say that she planned this to “break free from her controlling husband Tom Cruise.” In order to control his wife he is planning to go with her to Shreveport and will be on the set every day.

The reason why Tom wants to attend the set is to interfere with the nude scene that Katie has with a young co-star Adam Rothenberg in her new move. He already talked with producers of the movie and told them why the movie would be better without the nude scene. However, industry sources say that the nude scene could really boost Katie’s career as an actor. Although, due to the low budget of the move Tom will have the last word since he has a lot of money and connections.

Such unfortunate decision on his part could jeopardize their relationship, because Katie is trying to continue her slowed down acting carrier and she is very persistent about it, sources say.

Of course it’s the ultimate sign of how deeply ingrained Cruise backlash has become that everyone now roots for Katie Holmes to make a break for the hills. That’s a movie we’d all like to see:

The Scene: An abandoned California landscape just outside the L. Ron Hubbard Center for Theta Beta BooYakka Studies

Over the edge of a hill we see a beautiful young mother, scrambling desperately, adorable baby clasped to her heaving bosom. The baby is oddly calm, with a Japanese toupee perched oddly, yet attractively, on its little head.
[We hear the growing thwock thwock thwock of what is perhaps helicopters just off screen]

Suddenly in the foreground the Battlefield Earth Ships rocket into sight. Our heroine reels backwards.

Cut to inside the spaceships: Two evil Psychlo Warlords in full Battlefield Earth, nail fungus Rasta gear. They cackle Scientologically as they steer the ship

Travolta : Don’t Worry Tom … Kelly tried to escape in the early days — but as all can see — her career and spirit have been crushed under my constant supervision …

Cruise: (under his breath) …and under your fatty pork cracklings chin

Fade to Black …

Coming to Theaters Summer 2007

Putting the prat back in Pratt … and giving it a girlish twist (and even a slap and a tickle for added effect) — Jane Pratt - who really did brighten up the teen magazine landscape with her Jane magazine back in the 90s - is taking the low road with some Howard Stern inspired revelations. Jane Magazine … we hardly knew ye … whou would have thought it would come to this.

You really can’t top the Us magazine rhymeage that they broke the story with :

Jane Pratt, the former editor of Jane magazine, claims she got it on like Donkey Kong with actress Drew Barrymore. Pratt — who was a frequent guest on Howard Stern’s show back in the day — recently announced on her new radio show, “One of my dreams is to return to Howard’s show and tell him the truth about Drew Barrymore and me.”

She says that years ago, Stern asked her on-air if she had ever had sex with a woman. At the time, she answered “yes,” but then demurred when he asked if it was someone famous.
“It was someone famous,” she confessed on her show. “I did have sex with Drew Barrymore.”

No word on when the event took place (perhaps in Drew’s “f–king nudist bird” years), although Barrymore did appear on the cover of the debut issue of Jane back in 1997. A rep for Barrymore had no comment.

It seems an oddly press whorish move for Pratt who always had a rather classy, chirpy profile and persona … but perhaps moving into orbit of Stern and Sirius strips any and all of that off a person. I mean who dreams of a return engagement to Howard Sterns show … isnt it pretty much the a gladiatorial challenge for your self-esteem — if you make it off that show humiliated but with tatters of your self-respect still visible you’ve achieved a personal best.

And speaking of Personal Best — was this a May-December Girl on Girl Romance - a la Mariel Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly in the movie of the same title … let’s hope so. I guess we’ll have to keep tuning into Pratt’s show to find out more locker room details. I wonder if that was the point all along. Us Magazine seems to think so too

Either way, Pratt is presumably no longer making it with ladies, famous or otherwise. She now has a four-year-old daughter with her longtime boyfriend.

So is this just a case of name-Drewping? Of course, this juicy announcement of 90s she-sex agreeably coincides with the debut of Pratt’s new Sirius Satellite Radio show …

- Jellyfish scare brings Matthew McConaughey back to the states. He looks like he should have gone to Amsterdam to hang with Snoop [PopSugar]
- Snoop had to cancel his tour of Britain, so he went to Amsterdam instead [Rhymes with Snitch]
- The gossip blogosphere report [Fafarazzi]
- Howard K. Stern filed a motion to delay DNA testing so he can keep his scary clutches on little Dannielynn [Socialite's Life]
- Little superstar Gloria does the Bollywood little person shuffle [Totally Crap]
- Dolly Parton fantasizes about having sex with Keith Urban as a tranny [DListed]
- JLo and pet Skeletor trying to sell some albums [Bastardly]
- Courtney Love still looking skinny, this time in a one piece [I'm Not Obsessed]
- Diddy claims to have had sex for 30 hours straight [IDLYITW]
- The Tudors on Showtime tries to hard to be cool, just ends up being boring [Pajiba]
- The Donald is probably going to have to shave his head bald from losing a wrestling bet [Metadish]
- Did Natalie Portman get with Jude Law? [Derek Hail]
- George Clooney says he didn’t leak the I heart huckabees fight videos that have been floating around [Lifeline Live]
- The starving for Sanjaya chick is still alive [Art of Television]
- Beyonce’s leaked “Pussycat” video is pretty cheesy [Crunk and Disorderly]
- Jessica Biel half-naked in the upcoming Adam Sandler comedy [Egotastic]
- Is Michelle Williams too thin? [The Skinny Website]
- Pax and Zahara on the cover of German Gala [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
- E! Networks threaten bloggers for helping promote The Simple Life by sending letters ridden with grammatical errors [Evil Beet]
- Brandy was seen out at that new age bookstore again, and she wasn’t driving [Concrete Loop]
- Blades of Glory premiere [Glitterati]
- Olsen Twins to get doublemint nose jobs? [CelebNewsWire]
- A woman claims to have Chris Rock’s love chilld. He’s 13 and suffers from seizures. [Bossip]
- Kate Beckinsale will her underwear hanging out of her sweatpants [Drunken Stepfather]
- Adrian Grenier has recycled blue jean insulation in his home [ecorazzi]
- Bam Margera has a giant portrait in his garage of Lane Bass posing in his astronaut uniform and standing in front of a space shuttle [CelebWarship]
- Elton John wa seen at an S&smp;M party with a very hot tall African American guy. Was he cheating? [Celebslam]
- Clever mirror ads [The Grumpiest]
- New Star Wars stamps [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]
-Mel Gibson banned a beer named Braveheart, 72 year-old brewer says it was named after the king, not the movie [The Blemish]
- Jessica Alba and Cash Warren are still together [ICYDK]
- Posh Embarks On Operation Unilateral Covert Boobies [Agent Bedhead]
- Bono got knighted [Mollygood]

I put up the Courtney Love posed bikini pictures that she must have made a mint for, and received a really kind cease and desist from Splash Photos. I’m not being sarcastic, the people who work there are always nice and say they enjoy reading my blog. I would buy their photos if I could afford it, so visit the sponsors if you can.

Here are the full bathing suit photos from Flynet that I’m allowed to post. Courtney Love says she’s lost 44 pounds and she must have done it super-quickly since she was looking chub to me the last time I saw her at Paris Hilton’s birthday party in that stolen couture fringed number.

Supposedly Love wrote on her website that she “lost 44 pounds with 6 more maybe 11 more to go.” She looks like she can’t afford to lose more weight unless she removes some silicone, but isn’t that the way it always goes when you lose weight? It’s never quite enough. I have to take People magazines word that she wrote that, because I went through her site and it’s such a mess that I couldn’t find her blog. Or maybe People got confused and didn’t really read that on her site. I heard that her diary book is full of all sorts of disorganized crap like that too.

Her rep attributed Courtney’s weight loss to a macrobiotic diet of fish and vegetables that sounds low-carb, and work outs that included yoga. She is seen smoking cigarettes in those pictures, so it’s kind of ironic that she was on a super-healthy diet. (Now that I live in Europe where so many people smoke I realize it’s culturally-influenced. Despite the fact that it’s so damn unhealthy and stinky I can see how people get addicted if all of their friends do it and it’s permitted in public places.)

Courtney doesn’t look as super-skinny in this weird cut-out one piece. She’s wearing too much jewelry and just looks like a mess.