A Romanian film on a small budget, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, has won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The Palme d’Or went to director Cristian Mongiu whose film told the story of a Romanian girl seeking an abortion during the Communist era.

In his acceptance speech, Mongui said “It’s a little bit like a fairy tale to be here. One year ago we hadn’t any idea for the project. Six months ago we didn’t have any money.”

He called his win “Good news for the small film from the small country,” and said it showed “You don’t necessarily need a big budget and a lot of stars for a story to which a lot of people will listen.”

4 Months beat out big budget Hollywood fare like Death Proof, Zodiac, and We Own the Night.

Other winners included runner-up, the Japanese film Mogari No Mori (The Mourning Forest), a movie about a young nurse at a retirement home who tries to protect an Alzheimer’s patient who searches for his wife’s grave in the forest. Director Naomi Kawase is one of only a few woman to win a director’s prize at Cannes. The grand prize has gone to a female director just once in 60 years.

Best director went to American Julian Schnabel for the French film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, which is based on the story of a magazine editor was was paralyzed by stroke and learned to write by blinking his eyelids into an assistive device.

Gus Van Sant got a special 60th anniversay prize for Paranoid Park, a movie about a young skateboarder who accidentally causes a death. The film was cast through MySpace.

Best actress was awarded to South Korea’s Jeon Do-yeon for Secret Sunshine, and best actor was Russia’s Konstantin Lavronenko for The Banishment.

Best screenplay went to The Edge of Heaven, by Turkish-German director Fatih Aki.

The Palme d’Or was presented by Jane Fonda, who was surprised with her own career Palme d’Or, which was only the fourth time a career award was given in the festival’s 60 year history.

Thanks to Photorazzi for most of these pictures.

The National Enquirer reports that Posh and Becks’ Beverly Hills neighbors are annoyed that the famous Brits want to put a huge wall around their estate in the once-quiet neighborhood. They’re said to be circling a petition that asks the city to deny the Beckham’s request for the tall wall, which they say will ruin the charm on the quiet street:

Victoria Beckham… is off to a roaring start, infuriating BevHills neighbors with a petition asking the city permission to erect a high, fort-like wall that would encircle their newly purchased estate! Raging that a walled compound will ruin the charm of their open, tree-shaded street, neighbors are waging a Fight Fort Beckham campaign, collecting signatures for a petition they’ll submit to town fathers.

[From The National Enquirer print edition, Mike Walker's column, June 4, 2007]

The article doesn’t give a reason for the wall, but I bet the Beckhams are planning it in an attempt to keep paparazzi at bay. It seems like they’re going to piss off their neighbors no matter what they do, because there will be vans and cars blocking the street if photographers can get clear shots of them. Then again, if the Beckhams aren’t that popular in the states maybe all the hoopla will die down and their neighbors won’t have much to worry about. Once that crappy reality show comes out we’ll see how popular Becks and Posh are in America.

I just wanted an excuse to publish these pictures of David Beckham playing soccer for Real Madrid vs. Deportivo on Saturday. Real Madrid beat visiting Deportivo La Coruna 3-1 on Saturday to retain the lead of the Spanish league with two rounds remaining. (That’s a verbatim copy and paste from the linked source, China Post.) Thanks to Photorazzi for these pics.

Nicole Richie showed what INFDaily, the agency that took these pictures, called a “healthy little pot belly” while out shopping in LA yesterday for BBQ supplies with Mischa Barton and her sister, Hania. When I saw these pictures I thought “Wow, Nicole sure looks pregnant.” She has the belly in all of the pictures where you can see it, and it’s not just a slouchy trick of the wind.

She’s normally very skinny and I don’t want to bash a girl for gaining some essential very much needed weight, but would she also get a little psuedo baby bump like that? I’m not sure. She looks like she’s in the early stages of pregnancy to me.

My husband says she just has that bloated tummy that people who don’t eat for a long time get, while my mother-in-law, who we’re visiting for the holiday, says she would be carrying higher up. I thought she was right, but then I found a picture of a seven weeks pregnant woman from her blog and she had a lower tummy just like Nicole’s. (In case you were wondering the pregnant tummy woman had a healthy baby named Michael - link has automatic music - in February.)

Nicole is said to have broken up with Joel Madden recently. Is she pregnant with his baby too? Is that why she detoxed for a few days in rehab and disappeared? She still might go to jail for her second DUI. This would make for interesting gossip if it’s true.

Nicole also visited with Paris Hilton over the Memorial Day weekend, and was seen out going to her house on Saturday.

Update: Most of the commentors are saying that’s the type of belly you get when you don’t eat and can no longer digest food properly.

Thanks to INFDaily for these images.

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Holy Weight Watchers, what the hell happened to John Travolta?

The picture above was taken while he was on vacation in Hawaii, after he had feasted on fries, extra mayo, and a tortilla. Mmmm, the heart attack meal for champions.

If that’s what he eats all the time, no wonder he has moobs. Whatever happened to the toned physique he had in Grease and Saturday Night Fever? There’s no way that Sandy would hit that now.

And is is just me, or am I the only one to notice that his wife Kelly Preston is actually grimacing while John chews his food with his trap open? Don’t worry Kelly, if I saw John’s “see food” it would put me off my food, too.

That picture of him eating like a Wild Hog is so gross. Considering Tom Cruise has found nifty mommy classes for Katie, I’m pretty sure he can find a etiquette courses at Scientology HQ for John to attend.

Richie Sambora is said to be desperate to reconcile with his ex-wife, Heather Locklear, after his split with Denise Richards. While I always assumed that Sambora wanted to live the single rock star life and that he was responsible for the breakup with Denise Richards, both The Enquirer and Star this week says that Richards dumped him. She was said to be fed up with his drinking following the loss of his father to cancer recently.

Richie is even said to have smashed his car through the gate at his house while driving drunk:

Richie Sambora… is begging ex-wife Heather Locklear to take him back, The Enquirer has learned exclusively.

What’s more, the real reason Denise ended it with Richie is because of his excessive drinking - brought on by grief surrounding his father’s death.

Richie’s life spiraled out of control during the 18 months he was with Denise, who called it quits with the 47-year-old rocker because of his emotional problems and heavy drinking, according to her friends. In February, the troubled rocker smashed his car through the closed gate leading to his lake island home while intoxicated, the Enquirer learned…

“Now that he’s at his lowest, all he can do is try to get them [Heather Locklear and daughter Ava, 9] back. Richie calls Heather in tears, begging her to give their marriage another try.”

[From The National Enquirer print edition, June 4, 2007]

There’s no way Heather is about to give Richie another chance, the article claims. Heather is said to have been very upset that Richie didn’t invite her or their daughter Ava, 9, to his father’s funeral. Denise Richards was there, but little Ava never got a chance to say goodbye to her grandfather.

Heather is also said to be daing her “Melrose Place” co-star Jack Wagner, and they sure make an attractive couple.

While The Enquirer says that Denise dumped Richie because he was drinking too much, Star lays the blame on Richie not being able to commit to another marriage right away.

This isn’t the first time Richie Sambora is said to have begged Heather Locklear to reconcile after the dissolution of their 11 year marriage. Back in August, 2006 there was a story that he was still in love with her and sent her a bouquet of roses worth $500.

When I first saw these pictures in the Daily Mail, I thought someone was having a laugh. I mean, surely the crazy bitch must be joking walking around with wet patches on her dress.

I mean, did Britney learn nothing from the Fergie peeing on herself fiasco? It’s not like people aren’t going to notice shit like that, you know? All I know is that I really hope it was caused by her not drying herself properly after going for a swim, instead of her being so stank that she sweat her nether regions up. Eew, I feel dirty just looking at it.

Britney, honey, please follow Simon’s advice. Also, please hire a fucking stylist, for the love of Jeebus! Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves was nowhere to be found on the catwalk this year, so don’t even pretend like you can pull the look off. Finally, go home and bathe yourself in a big tub of Sure. We don’t want to smell you before you actually show up at your place, love.

Naomie Harris may play the scary-looking gold-toothed voodoo priestess in Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3, but she’s predictably hot in everyday life. She’s said to have captured the heart of the fictional Davy Jones as well as her co-star, Orlando Bloom.

Star Magazine says Naomie has been a real friend to Orlando during his breakups with Kate Bosworth and Penelope Cruz, and that Orlando wants to turn it into something more. Naomie would be interested in that, they speculate, since she seemed really into Orlando while they were working together:

Orlando Bloom - who was linked to Penelope Cruz until a month ago, when she was rumored to be seeing Josh Hartnett - is finding comfort in his Pirates of the Caribeean: At World’s End co-star, Naomie Harris, 30. As friends definitely - and maybe even as something more, pals tell Star!

“When Orlando went through his breakup with Kate [Bosworth], Naomie was right there as a supportive friend,” says a pal. “Then, after Penelope dumped him, Naomie was there again as a shoulder to lean on. She scored points with Orlando by being his friend first. He admitted recently that he’s interested in more than a friendship with Naomie.”

It helps that Naomie, who “followed the [British cutie] around like a smitten schoolgirl” while playing the voodoo woman Tia Dalma in the third installed of the Pirates franchise, is based in London, his hometown. She has no interest in pursuing the Hollywood scene, say [sic] the source.

[From Star Magazine print edition, June 4, 2007]

Orlando Bloom recently talked about how difficult it is for him to date. He said he finds “the whole dating thing very hard actually,” He also said “I am a romantic and I like the idea of being in love, of thinking about that person all day long.”

Bloom is looking to start a family one day, and says he’d like to “live more of a real existence, instead of being all over the place.” It seems like that goes along with the movie star territory and that a family doesn’t necessarily ground you.

Maybe it took Bloom a while to warm up to Harris, considering how she looked most of the time while he was working with her.

Promises rehab in Malibu did such a great job with Britney Spears that Lohan hopes it will help her hold on to her career, too. In Touch reports that she was due to check in yesterday afternoon to the celebrity treatment center, which focuses on the 12 steps of AA and teaching life skills to their clientele:

Lindsay is due to check into Promises in Malibu this afternoon (LA-time) In Touch has learned. That is the facility that Britney Spears entered after shaving her head.

The Georgia Rule star’s decision contrasts starkly from her behavior just last night at Teddy’s nightclub. Insiders say Lindsay was partying as hard as ever at a 944 Magazine party and kept insisting she didn’t care about the consequences of her arrest when cocaine was discovered in her wrecked Mercedes convertible.

Early Monday morning Lohan was seen slumped over in a car after a hard night at Teddy’s nighclub. Samantha Ronson was driving thankfully. She who was also in the car - at Lohan’s insistence - on Saturday morning when Lohan careened off the road and into a tree, resulting in her DUI arrest.

There’s also a picture in that set of Lohan keeled over on her knees and being assisted by someone, but if she was puking there would probably be pictures of it afterwards.

CBS News quotes an expert as saying that Lohan will probably get off with some kind of community service as it was her first DUI as no one was hurt. While she did leave the scene, she didn’t try and remove her car. She could also claim that she had a drink before she went to the hospital and after she crashed her car. This might be far-fetched, but however she can invalidate the breathalyzer and blood test results will work in her favor.

Meanwhile Lohan is still getting work. There’s an article in Variety that says she’s joining Rosario Dawson, Channing Tatum, Shirley MacLaine and Olympia Dukakia in the “grandma gang” comedy, Poor Things.

Lohan is also due to record an album this year, which she calls “urban pop.” Maybe she should focus on getting semi-sober first.

Here are pictures of Lohan out at the Ivy on 5/24. [via]

Jessica Simpson and John Mayer were seen arguing on their balcony at an exclusive resort in Cabo San Lucas. How convenient that they were outside and a paparrazo was on hand to capture the moment for the glossies.

Jessica Simpson and John Mayer try to re-kindle their romance on a getaway to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico but things did not go according to plan. These EXCLUSIVE photos show John and Jess having a fight on the balcony of their $2,400 dollar-a-night ocean-front Villa. John holds Jess’s dog Daisy while the couple has an obviously emotional talk. Afterwards Jess holds her head in her hands in tears. Looks like this may spell the end for Johnica…

[From Flynet Online]

While I remain skeptical of these pictures, Jessica does seem to be visibly upset. Maybe she’s heartbroken that her fake romance has ended, or she could have just had a genuine argument with John that was caught by an enterprising photographer.

The National Enquirer runs a story this week that says it was Jessica who dumped John, not the other way around, because she was sick of him telling her what to do. John wanted to keep their relationship private, they claim, while Jessica was annoyed and thought he didn’t want to be seen with her. He also told her to keep a low profile and asked that she not be seen out partying while he was out having a great time with his friends. Jessica couldn’t stand being told what to do all the time and she’s the one who ended it, according to the Enquirer.

Star runs a story this week titled: “Jessica and John they’re sooo on” with the same details you’ve already heard about how John was out at Jessica’s hotel post-breakup. No wonder Jessica and John decided to end it for good in semi-public.