So the wedding went off without a hitch (this time at least). The third time is definitely the charm for Usher and Tameka Foster. Next we get to gossip about the pregnancy, along with subtle (and not so subtle) digs about Tameka’s jaw line and hint of an Adam’s apple. Usher was interviewed on “Ellen” today, and talked a bit about the wedding. Ellen’s not exactly known for her hard-hitting interview style, so she lobbed a few jokes his way but didn’t get all up in Usher’s grill about the wedding cancellation hoopla. And I expect Ellen to get up in people’s grills. Usher said that he and Tameka don’t know the baby’s sex, but he hopes it’ll be a boy.

“Usher Raymond’s baby may not be due until this winter, but the singer already has high expectations for his unborn child. The singer told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres that he hopes that his baby will be a boy. In the season premiere episode set to air on September 4, Usher, 28, talked fatherhood and also joked about his recent on-off nuptials with his stylist Tameka Foster, 37. Interview excerpts below:

Ellen: “Last time you were here, you were single. You said you wanted a lady that you could take from the Waffle House to the White House. You found her.”

Usher: “I did. I found someone that I’m very, very happy to call my wife.”

Ellen: “Is it a boy or a girl?”

Usher: “I don’t know. I want it to be a boy.”

Ellen: “Now, you’re going to have a girl and she’s going to see this tape and say, “Daddy, why don’t you love me?” You better save some for some therapy. But you’re going to love her if it’s a little girl.”

Usher: “Yeah.”

Ellen: “You want a boy, why? So you can play sports with him?”

Usher: “I think every man wants a son. He’s own little own doll. If it’s a boy, I’m going to name him Usher. I’m hoping to name him that. I’ve been playing with a few names. I’m the fourth. Usher Raymond the fourth. I just want to pass the name on. Maybe I’ll change the middle name.”

Ellen: “What about if it’s a girl? Have any names? What about Usherette?”

Usher: “I thought you would’ve suggested Ellen first.”

Ellen: “Well, that’s the obvious. I’m just saying as second choice. Usherette? Or what about ‘Boo’?”

[From Us Weekly]

I’m pretty sure that, no matter what the gender, if it’s got half of Tameka’s DNA that baby is guaranteed to at least LOOK like a boy. I give this couple 2 years, max. And I’m only saying that much time so I don’t get yelled at in the comments. Whatever went on before the marriage - that led to the wedding being canceled a few hours before the event – has got to be significant. There’s no way whatever it was could be resolved within a week. And no woman I know would be willing to get married in a lawyer’s office at the last minute, unless they had something up their sleeve. I know there’s the whole “Tameka was in prison” thing, and the “threatening to kill her half-sister for ratting her out to the National Enquirer” thing. It’s completely my own conjecture, but I think their issues are just the general “Tameka is batshit crazy” thing and “Tameka is really a dude named Tyrone in disguise” thing. And a guy can get over a lot of things, but finding out his lady is a dude is not one of them.

Sean Combs/Puff Daddy/Puffy/P. Diddy’s White Party is hardcore. It’s considered one of the absolute most important “seen and be seen” Hamptons parties thrown on Labor Day weekend. As the always humble Puffy noted, “’ “It’s a party that has legendary status. It’s hard to throw a party that lives up to its legend.’” Thanks for keeping yourself in check and not getting too carried away with your own awesomeness. The basic (and unbreakable) rule of the white party is that everyone must be dressed in head-to-toe white. This is not a guideline, this is a hardcore rule, and Puffy has spotters at the front door making sure no one is trying to sneak in wearing eggshell or cream. Call them cream puffies. It’s absolutely ridiculous, but I guess you could argue that there is so little formality left in the world that a little, mixed with a healthy dose of pretension, won’t kill anyone.

“White was the dress code at a star-saturated party thrown by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs at his Long Island home, and the dress code was strictly enforced. The hip-hop mogul’s annual White Party, which he has held in St. Tropez in recent years, featured a white carpet to go along with the white dress code.

“‘This party is up there with the top three that I’ve thrown,’ Combs said. ‘It’s a party that has legendary status. It’s hard to throw a party that lives up to its legend.’ Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes, Donna Karan, Ashley Olsen, Star Jones and Tommy Lee were among the guests. But those who failed to abide by the dress code found themselves told to change, including the wife of Billy Joel, Katie Lee. She had gone to the party dressed in a shade of cream, but that did not win over Combs’ fashion police. Turned away, she opted to go home.

“Combs wore white sneakers with silver detailing, a white shirt and pants and a gold medallion.”

[From Newsday]

Oooh oooh, so it’s okay for Puffy to wear silver and gold, but poor Billy Joel’s wife can’t wear cream? Hypocrite. At least she went home without attending the party – that means the odds of Billy Joel driving her home drunk went down by 30 percent. Puffy also made an unnamed guest change out of his cream pants and into a pair of Puffy’s white pants – in the street!

“P Diddy reportedly forced a male guest strip at one of his high prestige parties last week…because he apparently didn’t follow dress code, a very strict rule in the Diddy household. The hip hop mogal [sic] was hosting one of his annual parties, this time the ‘White Party’, and the guest was wearing ‘cream’ trousers. Ooooo! He had to replace them, obviously, with one of P Diddy’s white trousers from his wardrobe. According to British newspaper The Sun, the rapper’s security guards refused the man entry to the mansion until he replaced his garments with some Diddy approved white ones.”

[From Showbiz Spy]

So much for being a gracious host. The guy is a bit of a control freak, to say the least. I remember reading some article a million years ago about Puffy’s first White Party, and the invitations actually stated that ladies were to be waxed, including their bikini areas. Let’s hope he didn’t have guards checking that, too.

Picture note by Celebitchy Diddy is shown with his children children Big Christian, Little Quincy, and Justin Combs at the White Party on 9/2, thanks to WENN.

Britney’s hosting gig at Vegas Club LAX might have gone off without a hitch despite earlier reports that she wasn’t planning to go, but she’s not going to escape controversy any time soon. This week’s National Enquirer is set to report that, along with all the other parenting mishaps she’s been criticized for, she actually left her infant boys alone at home while she went out with her new boyfriend, Criss Angel.

Britney called a nanny service to watch her sons, but she took off before the person got to her place, leaving the boys alone and screaming in their cribs for an hour. She says there was a housekeeper there to watch them, but they were crying hysterically and no one was with them when the nanny finally arrived.

Kevin found out and wanted to take the children from her immediately, but his lawyer advised him to use it as ammunition in his custody battle.

Kevin had left the children - Sean, 23 months, and Jayden, 11 months - with Britney to go to North Caroline to work on a TV Show. But on Friday night, Aug. 24, the singer realized that she needed someone to watch her babies so she could visit Criss in Los Vegas.

Revealed a close source: “She waited till the kids were sleepy and called a service to send a nanny.”

Unbelievably, the source claims that Britney left at least an hour before the nanny arrived. According to the source, the nanny got to the home and was shocked to find “two screaming babies in their cribs.”

The service tried to reach both K-Fed and Britney, says the insider. The source says that Kevin was reached by his lawyer - and went through the roof. And according to the insider, the nanny agency lodged a complaint with Children’s Protective Services.

“Britney says a housekeeper was at the home with the sleeping babies when she left, says the source, “but the nanny says when she arrived no one was watching the boys.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, September 10, 2007]

It’s not like the nanny let herself into the house and the two kids were there, so there was probably a cleaning person or some other help there, as Britney claimed. Still, if no one took responsibility for watching the boys until the nanny came, Britney should be held responsible.

Most of the other complaints against her involve poor parenting skills that are not good for kids, but are certainly not neglect. Forgetting to brush their teeth, not putting them on a good schedule, feeding them junk food and yelling are not in the realm of child abuse or neglect as long as the kids are safe. I never really bought the “booze in the baby bottles” story, and kind of assumed that wasn’t true.

If this latest news is accurate - that Britney actually left them alone for at least an hour - she needs to get reduced and/or supervised custody of the children. That’s ridiculous, and if she didn’t have someone there who could watch them she simply should have waited. At the very least that’s careless, and in a worst case scenario it’s neglect and her children might have harmed themselves.

She always seemed like a yokel to me, but more like a clueless “country” (her own term to explain not using a car seat, not an adjective I would use in this case otherwise) mom than a neglectful bi-polar drunk slut mom. Now I’m not so sure.

Britney is shown in the header image at the opening of club LAX in Vegas with her new boyfriend, magician Criss Angel. Cameron Diaz really dodged a bullet with that one.

The fertile womb/abundant adoption papers that are Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may be simmering again (do wombs simmer?) – Pitt has publicly confirmed that the pair is ready and looking to add on to their already plentiful brood. This confirms much speculation that the two were looking to adopt another child – though there’s also been speculation that Brad wants another biological baby. Probably not the best idea, considering Angelina appeared to actually lose weight when she was pregnant with Shiloh. But nonetheless, the bounty that is Brangelina will soon be growing, whether through nature or extensive legal documents and financial wranglings.

“Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie are ready for another child, the actor said Sunday as he was promoting his new film. Pitt and Jolie, with children in tow, were in Venice to talk about his film on Western outlaw Jesse James. The movie is competing for the top Golden Lion award at the city’s film festival. Pitt and Jolie already have four children including a 15-month-old girl, Shiloh, born to the couple. Jolie has also adopted three children close in age from Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam. Asked by Italian state TV whether they were ready for a fifth, Pitt replied: ‘Yeah we’re ready.’

He did not indicate whether they planned another biological child or if they would adopt. Earlier on Sunday, Pitt told a news conference fatherhood was fun and good for his work, though he’s not getting much sleep. ‘It’s the most fun I’ve ever had and also the biggest pain … I’ve ever experienced,’ he said when asked what it was like to become a family with four children in a short space of time. ‘I love it and can’t recommend it any more highly - although sleep is nonexistent.’ Having four small children ‘makes me much more efficient because when I work, I really have to focus. I know I’ve less time to get things done. Actually, I’m quite pleased by it,’ said Pitt.”

[From the Washington Post]

Brad Pitt admitting that raising four children is the biggest pain he’s ever experienced makes me seriously question whether or not I should ever be a parent. I mean this is a guy who used to date Gwyneth Paltrow – and he’s saying having kids is worse. That makes you think. Seriously though, I admire anyone who publicly admits that being a parent is hard and a big pain sometimes. I think it makes parents everywhere feel a little less guilty that they aren’t in love with the job 100% of the time. And Brad Pitt has 8 nannies on retainer in 98% of the countries around the world. True story. (And by true I mean I randomly picked some numbers and said it was true). My point being that he can afford the best childcare around, and he’s still exhausted. But it must be worth it if he wants to add on – and let’s be honest; Brangelina adding on another kid is not the same thing as you or I popping one out. He probably has a person who’s sole duty is to powder the kids’ butts on the diaper assembly line they must have.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Brad and Angelina are shown at The Assassination of Jesse James screening at the 33rd American Film Festival of Deauville, France, this weekend. Images thanks to Splash News.

Rihanna recently opened up to Atlanta Peach Magazine about the fact that she revealed in an interview a short while ago that her father was once a crack addict, but kicked the habit. She said she hasn’t really talked to him about it, and gave a very good response that answered the question without being too revealing.

On Her Relationship With Her Father

“I am actually embarassed by that. I don’t like speaking about it because I am not proud of it. But it is something that helped make me who I am today. Now people know that I am not perfect and that I had real conflicts. My dad is not pleased, because he is embarassed. We still have not sat and had a conversation about it.”

[From Atlanta Peach Magazine via Bossip]

Not only has the successful pop singer not spoken to her dad recently, it doesn’t seem like she’s helping him out financially either. The guy is selling clothing out of the back of his car back in their native Barbados.

These exclusive Enquirer photos show the entertainer’s down-and-out dad trying to eke out a living. Rihanna, 19, a former beauty pageant winner in Barbados, has said in interviews that she witnessed her father, Ronald Fenty, struggle with a crack cocaine addiction while she was growing up.

While Ronald reportedly has beaten his drug problem, he’s still clearly struggling with poverty. “Ronald is trying to make ends meet by selling clothes and perfumes and lotions out of his car,” said a friend of his in Barbados.

“It’s kind of sad that his daughter is raking in millions as a world famous singer while her dad is still hustling to make a buck.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, September 10, 2007]

Rihanna is now said to be dating up-and-coming Transformers star Shia LaBeouf and has been seen out on several dates with him. They have at least one thing in common, because Shia has said in interviews that his dad was a drug addict and dealer too. Shia and Rihanna have said similar things about their father’s battles with drugs:

Shia on his dad:

“I got to grow up in a situation where drugs were demonic. To watch your dad go through heroin withdrawl is something that would keep you from doing any of that yourself…”

[From Star Magazine print edition, March 7, 2007]

Rihanna on her dad:

“I just knew that my mom and dad would always argue when there was a foil paper with an ashtray. He would just go into the bathroom all the time. I didn’t know what it was… [But] he knew that to get closer to [his kids], he had to cut that out. And he did.”

[Interview with Giant Magazine via SOHH.com]

Shia’s dad left his mother when he was just five. When Shia was 12 he needed a guardian on the set of a Disney series he was filming and asked his then-sober father to step in, at which point they reconciled. Shia and his dad now have a great relationship.

Maybe Shia will be a good influence on Rihanna, and can show her that it’s possible to have a relationship with a parent who was once drug addict. If Rihanna is afraid to give her dad a handout she might give him a job instead, like Shia did.

Rihanna is shown at a video shoot in Santa Monica. Thanks to Bossip. Everyone is saying she looks like Beyonce in the Irreplaceable video. (The scene is about 2:30 minutes into the video.) The header image is a scan from The Enquirer.

In 2005, Lindsay Lohan is said to have shocked her accountants by running up a million dollar bill at the Chateau Marmont hotel where she was staying. (And ultimately got kicked out of for her rampant partying.) Despite getting comped a lot of clothes, shoes, and purses, and stealing tens of thousands worth of clothing from her friends, she also spent $1 million shopping for crap she probably only wore once that same year.

It’s no surprise, then, that the woman who blew all her cash on clothes and drugs is now begging acquaintances for money. Lohan is said to ask just about everyone to give her $10k.

Lohan’s mom Dina has cut her off from her money after her latest DUI, but I bet she’s squandered most of her earnings on frivolous things anyway.

Lindsay, 21, resorted to begging, the sources, say, because her manager mom, Dina, has temporarily cut her off from what’s left of the fortune she made starring in hit films like Mean Girls and Freaky Friday.

“Dina must think Lohan is a serious addict, and she’s afraid if she gives her even $20, she’ll run out and buy drugs and booze,” says an insider close tot he family…

“Lindsay wants money - what she calls ‘cake’ - now,” says a source. She’s even asked guys she’s only met two or three times to hand over $10,000. That’s what she always asks for: 10K.”

Among the celebs Lindsay’s tried to hit up are 50 Cent and Music producer Damon Dash, the source reveals.

She’s also turned to former flames Steve-O, That 70’s Show’s Wilmer Valderamma and British Model Calum Best. She keeps getting turned down, but one music industry insider confesses that he did fall victim to her charms.

“When Lindsay asked me, after her second arrest, I kind of laughed because she’s a big movie star, right? Why does she need money from me?” the industry insider asks. “She explained her money was ‘tied up.’ She wasn’t even nice about it. She said ‘I’m good for it, I’ll make a huge comeback. I am, after all, the most famous person on the planet right now!’”

[From Star Magazine, print edition, September 10, 2007]

Steve-O? I saw was was supposed to be that guy’s apartment on Cribs once and it’s doubtful he has that kind of cash. Either that or he’s saving it all and just enjoys living like a college student.

It sounds like typical Lindsay to say “I’m the most famous person on the planet.” People aren’t even that interested in her anymore, she’s fading fast. If she can’t get money from random acquaintances, she still has one means to make a quick buck. She’s said to be arranging photo opportunities from rehab. Once the veneer on her fame has completely rubbed off she’ll be standing on street corners clutching a Voss water bottle, talking about how famous she is in that old lady voice of hers and screaming about how the world is just waiting for her. I’d give her a dollar.

In pot calling the kettle black news, Courtney Love has felt in necessary to state the obvious: she’s letting us all know that “’Amy

Winehouse is the biggest drug user in music.’” She also felt it important to let the world know that the sky is blue unless it’s filled with clouds, then it’s white or a fluffy grey. When it rains, you get wet, and humans breathe air. Thanks for letting us know. Who the fuck does she think she is? First she was calling out all the thin women in Hollywood anorexics and bulimics (this from the woman who lost an estimated 40 pounds in three or four months) and now one of the most infamous drug users of all time is pointing fingers at someone else? I want to know what she’s on, because I’d love to get my hands on whatever could raise my self-esteem to such delusional levels.

“According to U.K. paper The Sun, Courtney Love claims, ‘Amy [Winehouse] does more drugs than anyone I’ve ever known.’ The friend of troubled star Owen Wilson reportedly went on to tell a pal, ‘I’ve been with lots of people when they’ve taken coke, including stars like Lindsay Lohan and Kate Moss, but I’ve never seen anyone take as much coke as Amy. Even I wasn’t that bad.’ Though Winehouse is slated to perform at today’s Mercury Prize ceremony in England, she has canceled her entire fall tour and an appearance at this coming weekend’s MTV Video Music Awards after checking into a hospital mid-August for ‘health issues.’”

[From Rolling Stone]

Since Rolling Stone printed it, I would think it’s possible Courtney Love actually said this… although they’re quoting The Sun, so who the hell knows. Courtney Love isn’t exactly known for her diplomacy, and she isn’t dripping with intelligence either, but you’d think she’d have just enough common sense not to open herself up to such criticism for being a hypocrite. Though there were those (undisputed) eating disorder remarks, so who the hell knows. Though they have completely different musical styles, I still think Amy Winehouse has a lot more talent than Courtney Love. She’s still most famous for being Kurt Cobain’s widow… well it’s sort of a tie between that and being a major delusional druggie. I’m going to assume time and age have mellowed her and she didn’t really say those things – or she’s on so many of her own drugs that she couldn’t help herself.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Courtney Love at the 2007 Coachella Festival in California on 4/29/2007. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Remember a few weeks ago, when Bill Murray was given a DUI citation for driving a golf cart drunk? Well he’s finally spoken out and explained himself, and it turns out it’s all because he’s a good samaritan bus driver type who just can’t let friends walk home or call a cab – so logically, why NOT borrow your hotel’s “for display only” golf cart and drive all over Stockholm?

“Bill Murray says he was just dropping people after a party when he was stopped in downtown Stockholm driving a golf cart. The police ‘asked me to come over and they assumed that I was drunk and I explained to them that I was a golfer,’ Murray told reporters Monday at the Venice Film Festival, where he appeared before the premiere of his new film The Darjeeling Limited, which also stars Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson.

The star of 1980’s Caddyshack said he was in Stockholm last month to play in a pro-am golf tournament, and hitched a ride to a post-event party in a golf cart. When no one wanted to drive home, he volunteered. ‘I ended up stopping and dropping people off on the way like a bus. I had about six people in the thing and I dropped them off one at a time.’ He said police called him over as he was dropping the last couple off at a 7-Eleven, adding ‘I didn’t know they had 7-Elevens in Stockholm.’ Swedish police took a blood test after the actor refused a breath test. He could face drunken driving charges.

It’s not illegal to drive a golf cart through downtown Stockholm, just unsual [sic].”

Apparently he’d had one or two drinks – though driving with much of anything in your system is illegal in Sweden. They have a zero-tolerance approach, which appears to apply to golf carts as well. Murray’s blood alcohol results from the blood test haven’t been released yet, so we’ll see if he ends up getting in trouble or not. I don’t know how I know this, but I’m pretty sure that gopher from “Caddyshack” was behind this somehow.

Picture note by JayBird: Header image of Bill Murray at the 2004 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Morton’s in Beverly Hills. Images thanks to PR Photos.

Owen Wilson is improving and getting better everyday, according to his friend, director Wes Anderson. Anderson was at the Venice Film Festival this week promoting his latest film with Wilson, “The Darjeeling Limited.” The two go way back - Wilson’s been in a number of Anderson’s films, and they were roommates in college. Wilson wasn’t able to attend the festival, as he’s been at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center the last week after his suicide attempt. He’s back home now and being watched under 24/7 care. Anderson says that Wilson’s spirits have lifted enough to crack some jokes and make people laugh – and any progress is good.

“Just one week after being admitted to the hospital following an apparent suicide attempt, Owen Wilson is back home and “doing very well,” according to friends.

“While the actor has canceled all immediate public appearances, including what was expected to be a high-profile screening of The Darjeeling Limited at the Venice Film Festival this week, his director on the project, Wes Anderson, did show up to the festival and spoke publicly about his collaborator and longtime friend—the two were college roommates—for the first time since Wilson’s hospitalization.

“‘We all miss having him here very much. Obviously, he has been through a lot this week,’ Anderson told reporters on the Lido Monday. ‘I can tell you he has been doing very well—he has been making us laugh.

“‘When he’s ready, he’s going to speak for himself much better than any of us could. He has a very good way with words.’”

[From E! News]

Owen Wilson seems to have a pretty tight-knit family, and as long as he has good people around him that will love him and not judge him, then he’s got a good support system and that can make all the difference in his recovery. I hope he conquers whatever sadness is in his heart.

In related news, “The Darjeeling Limited” isn’t getting the greatest reviews. A lot of viewers are saying that it comes across as trite or hackneyed – though to be fair, appreciating Wes Anderson’s movies requires a very specific kind of humor, so it’s hard to say if the reviewers just don’t get that, or if the movie really is bad. After previewing the movie at the Venice Film Festival, Reuters called it a “tortuous train ride” and noted “The film is overly pleased with itself, and the characters are way too self-absorbed. There’s never a man-eating tiger around when you need one.” I think it’ll probably be like most of Wes Anderson’s movies – you either get it or you don’t, and you love it or you hate it, and there’s no in between. Hopefully Owen’s not reading the reviews and just focusing on getting better.

Picture note by JayBird: Here’s Owen Wilson at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards. Images thanks to PR Photos.

- Matt Damon in Mexico promoting Bourne Ultimatum. It’s finally playing in our city in Switzerland this weekend, we’ve waited so long! [PopSugar]
- Pictures of Owen Wilson returning home [CelebWarship]
- Nicole Kidman opens up about one of her miscarriages I’m Not Obsessed]
- Kim Kardashian says there was no pissing in her sex video and by reminding us of it she is trying to remain in the press [DListed]
- Macy Gray is coming out with her own clothing line [Bossip]
- The Nines is like a mediocre made for TV movie [Pajiba]
- Jerry Lewis says the other F word on a live telethon [Celebslam]
- Name that upskirt [yeeeah]
- Whose ass is that? [Bastardly]
- Adrien Brody at the Venice Film Festival [ICYDK]
- Pam Anderson licking some guys face (site NSFW) [Drunken Stepfather]
- Kate Moss finds a better boyfriend [Hollywood Rag]
- David Schwimmer says he wouldn’t do a Friends reunion [Seriously? OMG! WTF?]
- Snoop Dogg says Amy Winehouse can stay at his house [Agent Bedhead]
- Note to Kelly Osbourne: quit talking about the vagina flashers. That’s last year’s news. [The Blemish]
- Matt Dillon’s nose job [CityRag]
- Scientology faces criminal charges for fraud and extortion and general evilness [Crazy Days and Nights]
- Hot Charlize Theron photoshoot [The Grumpiest]
- Evan Rachel Wood to be nekkid in next movie [CelebNewsWire]
- Lohan’s mom’s boyfriend defends himself to Page Six [Evil Beet]
- Claudia Schiffer Claims Supermodels are Extinct [Derek Hail]
- Cindy Crawford takes her kids to the fair [Celebrity Baby Scoop]
- Pictures from Kate Walsh’s wedding [Socialite's Life]
- Heath Ledger at the Venice film festival [Just Jared]
- More Anne Hathaway bikini pictures [Egotastic]
- Deranged fan grabs Brad Pitt [Best Week Ever]