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November 2008
Amy Winehouse meets with divorce lawyer
The junkie diva, 25, who is in a London clinic following a seizure, asked her dad Mitch to organize the meeting. Amy is being treated after a phone bust-up with her husband.
Druggie Blake continued to make angry calls to her after she was kept in hospital for tests. The Sun revealed on Tuesday that Amy went on a drink and drugs binge sparked by the screaming match.
Blake then ranted over the phone at cab driver Mitch for “obstructing” their relationship. But pals say Amy wanted to end the marriage and then asked her dad to bring divorce lawyers to hospital for a meeting.
Blake, 26 — out on early release — failed to get a cut in his 27-month sentence for attacking a pub landlord and perverting justice.
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Cruise family spends T-day with Beckhams
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes must be thankful for Victoria and David Beckham: the two families celebrated turkey day together in New York City.
Wearing sky-high heels, Victoria joined her husband and sons, Brooklyn, 9, Romeo, 6, and Cruz, 3, as they went to the Big Apple Circus with Cruise, Holmes (in suede boots, jeans and a navy pea coat) and their children, Suri, 2, and Connor, 13, and Isabella, 15. (They even made a Starbucks run along the way!)
The powerhouse families then took a tour of Central Park, complete with a horse and carriage ride through the city. It wasn’t their only outing this week. On Wednesday, they took in a meal at the Italian eatery Il Cantinori and the Beckhams watched Holmes’ performance in All My Sons on Broadway.
The Cruises and the Beckhams are longtime pals. Cruise and Holmes even threw them a lavish welcoming bash when they moved to Los Angeles last year.
In December’s British GQ, Beckham said he has a ball chilling with the Cruise clan.
“We just go round and watch a film,” he said. “It’s not a big deal, it’s just popping round to watch a film or to mess around and play with the kids.” He denied reports that Cruise tried to convert him to Scientology.
“Tom is a big believer in Scientology, but he’s never pushed anything on to us about it, and he never will do,” he said. “Friends don’t do that.”
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Michael Phelps’ girlfriend meets the family
Michael Phelps has taken another lap with his girlfriend — a big one. She’s spending Thanksgiving in Baltimore with him and his family.
The Olympic champ has been dating Las Vegas cocktail waitress Caroline “Caz” Pal, 26, for about two months. The two met after his record-setting performance in Beijing last summer.
“She’s there [in Maryland] meeting his family for the first time,” a source close to Pal tells People.
Along with dating Pal, a waitress at the Palms Casino Resort’s Moon Nightclub, Phelps is spending time in Vegas working on his poker game. Sources say he’s hoping to participate in the 2009 World Series of Poker. He recently made it to the final table of the Caesars Palace Poker Classic.
“It was fun!” he said after the tournament. “It’s just like a game that I could become better at and use some of my competitiveness at the poker table.”
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Mariah plays coy about pregnancy rumor
On her talk show today (11/26), Ellen DeGeneres put Mariah Carey in the hot seat over rumors that she and husband Nick Cannon are expecting their first child.
“People are saying that you’re pregnant,” DeGeneres says.
“No, that’s OK,” Carey coyly replies.
Telling her she doesn’t have to answer, DeGeneres then tries to get Carey to take a sip of champagne. But Carey tells her it’s “just fattening. That’s not champagne. You can’t have it on TV.
“I can’t believe you did this to me, Ellen,” she later adds. “This is peer pressure.”
DeGeneres then tells her, “let’s toast to you not being pregnant.” Replies Carey, “Oh, my goodness! I can’t believe her! Why would we toast to that? How about to the future?”
Carey pretends to drink the champagne as she adds, “It’s too early for me. I only drink after 3 p.m.!”
“You’re pregnant,” DeGeneres flat-out tells her.
“I didn’t say that. No, no, no. My mother would be at home, like on the computer, like what are you talking about?” Carey replies. “We will let you know when we’re going to have a family.”
Meanwhile, Carey also explains how she and Cannon did not consummate their relationship before tying the knot “We were intimate, but we weren’t completely intimate in the biblical sense,” Carey said.
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A-Rod NOT ditching family for Madonna
Whatever.
We posted that A-Rod WAS ditching his family for Madonna, so now we’re posting that he’s NOT ditching his family for Madonna on this most American of holidays, Thanksgiving.
Here’s the latest:
Alex Rodriguez will be spending Thanksgiving with his wife, Cynthia, and their two kids — not Madonna, despite reports.
A source close to the Yankee slugger — who split from his wife this summer after Us Weekly reported he’d been making late-night visits to Madonna’s NYC apartment — tells Usmagazine.com: “It’s not true. I spoke to her this morning. He’s going to be with Cynthia and her entire family for Thanksgiving, and this has been planned for months,” the insider adds. “It’s quite a big celebration.” That should be, well, awkward.
“They have a large family get together every year,” the source tells Us. “It was always his intention to go to the family get together with her family, and it includes a whole array of relatives.”
Plus, “he’s not even in New York,” where Madonna lives, the insider adds.
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A-Rod’s ex livid over his Turkeyday ditch
The NY Post picked up an “Access Hollywood” report of Madonna and Alex Rodriguez’s Thanksgiving plans together. The story comes from A-Rod’s ex Cynthia Rodriguez.
The Yankee slugger, who ditched his wife of six years, Cynthia, after becoming besotted with Madonna, is a “soul-less” man who is “abandoning” his kids on Thanksgiving for his lover, according to what Cynthia is telling friends.
“Access Hollywood” reports that Cynthia, who’s in the final stages of her divorce from A-Rod, wrote an e-mail to a confidant noting: “My 6-foot-3, 220-pound soul-less, soon-to-be ex-husband is abandoning his kids on Thanksgiving to be with Madonna … She called and he ran on her command back to New York City … Gross!”
Instead of ushering in the holidays in Miami with his children, Natasha, 4, and Ella, 1, A-Rod, 33, is hosting a dinner at his Manhattan apartment for Madonna, 50, and her kids, Lourdes, Rocco and David, and manager Guy Oseary.
The friend of Cynthia said A-Rod’s furious ex described Madonna in “not so nice terms” in the e-mail. To add insult to injury, after Rodriguez left Miami at Madonna’s beck and call, his lawyer called Cynthia and wanted her to sign the couple’s divorce settlement.
Also in the NY Post, Liz Smith defends her friend Madonna while slamming Guy:
Guy Ritchie gets about $70 million. He is not walking away “without a penny.” Please! He was no poor boy picked up from nowhere; so now he has to be compensated to support the life to which he has become accustomed. Guy Ritchie had a name and considerable cash when he and Madonna married. He’s earning about $4 million right now for directing “Sherlock Holmes.” But once you taste the really high life, you hold on if you can.
If not to the woman, at least to her money.
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Amy Winehouse’s husband loses appeal
A British court rejected an appeal by the husband of singer Amy Winehouse against his sentence for assault and obstructing justice. Blake Fielder-Civil was sentenced in July to 27 months in prison for beating up pub manager James King and then offering him a bribe to keep quiet about it. Fielder-Civil, who had spent nine months in jail awaiting trial, was released earlier this month on condition he live at a drug rehabilitation center.
Two Court of Appeal judges turned down an appeal against the sentence. Judge Christopher Pitchford encouraged Fielder-Civil to continue his drug treatment, saying it was only if “these attempts are successful that he has a worthwhile future.”
Fielder-Civil, 26, said after the hearing that he was “disappointed but not really surprised.” Winehouse and Fielder-Civil married in Miami in May 2007, but he was arrested six months later.
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Baldwin, Hayek start mutual love society
Alec Baldwin is ga-ga over Salma Hayek, a recent guest star on “30 Rock.” What took him so long?
“She was literally the most fabulous woman that I’ve ever worked with,” Baldwin said. At Sunday night’s CNN “Heroes” tribute award show, Hayek was quick to return the praise.
“We had such a great time!” she said. “I love Alec to death. He energizes me … because he’s so talented. He really, truly inspires me.”
The 42-year-old Hayek — who has a one-year-old daughter Valentina Paloma and has been cozying up to her billionaire ex in real life — arrived at the event in a jaw-droppingly low-cut turquoise dress and a black pashmina. “This is the gift that Alec gave me,” she said of the wrap, “just for being his girlfriend for five episodes. I feel like he’s coming with me tonight!”
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Gordon Ramsay’s a cheat, Brit tabloid says
TV chef Gordon Ramsay is cheating on his devoted wife Tana, according to News of the World, a British tabloid that published a pretty detailed report.
The F-Word star — who revels in his family man image — began his affair with blonde Sarah Symonds seven years ago, said the paper. This week they met for sex at a London hotel. Hours earlier, she made a trip to Soho and bought legal sex drugs for their tryst.
Ramsay had a 75-minute tryst with his blonde mistress three days ago at a London hotel. Just hours earlier he had sent lover Symonds to London’s Soho to buy the sex drug amyl nitrate.
The liaison was the latest in an affair spanning seven years which flies in the face of his carefully constructed family man image.
The 42-year-old chef has become a multi-millionaire promoting “Brand Ramsay” as a loving husband and father of four. During the time he has been sleeping with Symonds, he has made numerous claims about his fidelity to his devoted wife of 12 years Tana, 33. He has described her as “the only woman who can turn me on … Tana is my wife, my lover and the person I want in my bed and in my arms every night.”
In 2006 Ramsay was voted Celebrity Father Of The Year and in 2007 the Ramsays were named Celebrity Family Of The Year. Fans are used to seeing his children, aged from five to nine, appearing on his TV shows and in magazine interviews.
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Madonna’s doing fine, thanks for asking
Madonna is doing her best to get through her split from husband Guy Ritchie — with a little help from ex-husband Sean Penn, according to a source close to the singer.
“It’s a sad situation, but she’s not heartbroken,” says the source, who saw the 50-year-old icon hours before a London court granted the couple a preliminary “quickie divorce” on Friday, Nov. 21. “She’s handling it well.”
Madonna is focusing on her work and her children to keep her mind off the end of her nearly eight-year marriage to Ritchie, says the source. “She’s got a very busy life.”
Also helping her through the tough time is her ex-husband. The singer and Penn were spotted having drinks at the Greenwich Hotel in Manhattan on Wednesday night. “They have a nice rapport,” says the source. “There’s nothing romantic there. They’re just good friends.”
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Travis Barker files suit over plane crash
Musician Travis Barker sued companies linked to a plane that crashed in South Carolina, injuring him and killing four people, two of whom were his friends. The former Blink-182 drummer sued the plane’s owners, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., and an airplane maintenance company, on Friday, Nov. 21, seeking more than $25,000 in damages.
Barker’s suit claims the companies improperly operated and maintained the Learjet that overshot a runway and burst into flames on Sept. 19 in South Carolina. The crash killed the two pilots — Sarah Lemmon, 31, and co-pilot James Bland, 52 — Barker’s assistant, Chris Baker, and Barker’s bodyguard, Charles Monroe Still Jr.
Barker is seeking damages for pain and suffering, disfigurement, loss of earnings, and medical and legal expenses. Still’s mother, Thelma Martin Still, joined Barker in the lawsuit and is suing the companies for damages including grief and sorrow, funeral expenses and loss of earnings.
Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were both injured in the crash. The pair had performed together the night of the crash and were flying back to Los Angeles.
The lawsuit alleges that the Learjet was “defective” and faults the plane’s pilots, claiming they were improperly trained and should have tried to take off rather than continue down the runway. The jet was owned by Global Exec Aviation, a Long Beach, Calif.-based charter company.
Along with Global Exec, others named in the lawsuit are Goodyear; Toronto-based Bombardier Inc., which the suit claims was responsible for maintaining the aircraft; and two charter firms that brokered the flight, Clay Lacy Aviation Inc. and Inter Travel and Services Inc.
In a statement, Goodyear spokesman Ed Markey said it was “unfortunate” the suit was filed before the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation was finalized.
“While the tires may have been involved, it is too early to speculate on a cause,” said Markey. “The performance of the tire is dependent on how the tire was used, if it was properly maintained and whether it was damaged before the accident.”
Messages left for Global Exec Aviation and Bombardier were not returned Friday.
Aviation authorities have said cockpit recordings indicated the jet’s crew thought a tire had blown during takeoff. NTSB officials have said pieces of tire were recovered about 2,800 feet from where the plane started its takeoff down the 8,600-foot runway.
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Michelle Williams tears up over Heath
Michelle Williams has started doing publicity for her upcoming independent film “Wendy and Lucy” and broke into tears during a Newsweek interview when the subject of her ex-fiance Heath Ledger, dad to daughter Matilda, came up.
Here’s an excerpt:
Williams is jovial and chatty, until the conversation turns to Heath. You can see it’s still difficult for her to talk about him, and she hasn’t done so publicly until now. The first time Ledger’s name comes up, she bursts into tears. “It’s so sad,” Williams says. When she’s asked about how she’s been doing in the past year, she’s silent for a very long time. “I guess it’s always changing,” she says. There’s another pause. “What else can I say?” Her voice is breathy and fragile, and she takes a few gulps of air. “I just wake up each day in a slightly different place—grief is like a moving river, so that’s what I mean by ‘it’s always changing’.” She stops again. “It’s a strange thing to say”—her words unravel slowly, her eyes tear up—“because I’m at heart an optimistic person, but I would say in some ways it just gets worse. It’s just that the more time that passes, the more you miss someone. In some ways it gets worse. That’s what I would say.”
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Nicollette Sheridan + David Spade = ???
Nicollette Sheridan had a special guest at her party to ring in turning 45 — a possible new beau in David Spade.
Celebrating her birthday at new L.A. hot spot Luau with Desperate Housewives costars Felicity Huffman, onscreen husband Neal McDonough and Kyle MacLachlan, the newly single Sheridan at first played it coy with her man of the evening.
“They arrived separately and even started dinner at different booths,” says an onlooker. It was a familiar scene: The duo were spotted a couple of weeks ago at the restaurant’s opening, where they spent the night in deep conversation. This time, though, things got a little more intimate. “They cuddled and kissed,” says an onlooker. “They were full-on making out in a booth.”
Decked out in a sequined gold frock, the birthday girl sipped on lychee martinis throughout the night and giddily enjoyed a specialty cake that read “Happy Birthday Princessa.” Adds the onlooker, “David winked at her and stood by her side while she blew out her candles.”
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Name expert weighs in on Bronx Mowgli
A baby name expert is weighing in on Bronx Mowgli, the newborn son of Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz.
“I’d say that in the world of unusual or bizarre baby names, this is the biggest double whammy since Moxie CrimeFighter [daughter of magician Penn Jillette] and Pilot Inspektor [son of actor Jason Lee],” Linda Rosenkrantz, co-author of The Baby Name Bible (and online baby guide Nameberry.com) tells Usmagazine.com.
So where does Bronx come from?
“Bronx — named after early Dutch settler Jonas Bronck — follows in the footsteps of that other NYC borough, Brooklyn, but is not likely to set off a baby name fad as Brooklyn has,” Rosenkrantz adds.
(Victoria and David Beckham named their nine-year-old son Brooklyn after the area of NYC in which he was conceived.)
Brooklyn is more popular than Bronx because it “has a soft, feminine sound — in fact it’s No. 57 on the girls’ popularity list and seen by some parents as the combination of two female names, Brooke and Lynn,” Rosenkrantz says.
“Bronx has a much harsher, grittier sound, and the nickname Bronxie has something of a negative feel,” adds the expert.
But Bronx “follows the tradition started by the Jolie-Pitts of x-ending boys’ names, such in Maddox, Pax and Knox … and the trend for ‘place names’ like Kingston and Paris,” Rosenkrantz points out.
What about the babe’s middle-name, Mowgli?
The name, Mowgli, “was created by Rudyard Kipling for his Jungle Book stories, best remembered by most people via the spunky 10-year-old boy brought up by wolves in the 1967 Disney animated version.
“Even though in the stories Mowgli was said to mean ‘frog,’ it was actually made up by the author and has no real meaning,” she adds.
Overall, the Wentzs may have gone with the moniker because “obviously they’re into Disney big time!” Rosenkrantz says.
“Just weeks ago, the mother-to-be was given a Winnie the Pooh-themed baby shower,” Rosenkrantz says. “Prior to that, the couple were married in an Alice in Wonderland-themed ceremony.”
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Jessica Simpson loves baby Bronx!
Jessica Simpson couldn’t be happier about her sister’s new baby, Bronx Mowgli.
“Bronx is beyond precious,” Jessica, 28, tells Usmagazine.com in a statement. “I’m over the moon with joy. Life is a beautiful miracle. Ashlee and Pete and healthy, happy and enjoying every moment.”
Bronx Mowgli Wentz — who weighs in at 7 lbs, 11 oz, and is 20.5 inches long — was born late Thursday night, Nov. 22.
“Proud new parents Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz welcomed new son, Bronx Mowgli Wentz, late this evening,” a rep for the couple told Us Friday morning. “(They) thank everyone for their well wishes!”
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Jodie Sweetin splits from hubbie
Former Full House star and new mom Jodie Sweetin is splitting with her husband.
Sweetin, 26, filed papers in Orange County, Calif., for legal separation from Cody Herpin, 31, whom the actress had once called a “blessing” who helped turn around her life after years of methamphetamine addiction. The couple became parents of daughter Zoie in April.
“I was dumbfounded,” Herpin told People magazine, adding that Sweetin left their home and took their 7-month-old girl. “Over this past month something has been different. I’m concerned about our daughter and I just want (Zoie) home.”
Sweetin’s agent, Stella Alex, says the actress is “absolutely clean” and that the couple have “come to this path in their life and she felt like this is the way she had to go. Jodie says it’s unfortunate but it’s just what has to happen right now. No more detail, only because she says she doesn’t want to be disrespectful to him.”
The pair were married in July 2007 and recently announced they were working on a reality show together.
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Julianne Hough hangs up her dancing shoes
After four seasons, two mirror-ball trophies and plenty of bragging rights, Julianne Hough has announced that she’s done — at least for a while.
“I’m not gonna be back next season,” the “Dancing with the Stars” pro told Ryan Seacrest Thursday. “I really, really want to focus on the music and, ya know, be taken seriously a little bit. And I think it’s hard to be on [Dancing] and be singing.” The news comes two days after Hough, 20, who just released a Christmas album at Target stores, and her season seven partner Cody Linley were eliminated on Tuesday night’s show.
The Hannah Montana star “kinda had an idea that we were gonna go home,” Hough added. “He was just emotional.”
It’s been a roller-coaster of emotions for Hough as well, who underwent appendectomy surgery in October and was nursed back to health by boyfriend of five months, country crooner Chuck Wicks. When asked by Seacrest, “Are you in love,” Hough said, “Yeah, I am” and giggled.
“We met at the Brad Paisley tour in January,” she said. “The whole crew, Brad, everybody was trying to get us together. [But] we were hanging out before that!”
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Suri Cruise tops “10 Hottest Tots” list
Suri Cruise is the most popular kid on the playground.
The 2-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes tops Forbes.com’s second annual list of “Hollywood’s 10 Hottest Tots.”
Forbes.com, which ranked celebrity children 5 years old and younger based on media attention and their parents’ popularity, said Suri — known for her stylish outfits and haircut — popped up in more news articles and blogs than her peers.
Three of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s six children made the list: Shiloh Jolie-Pitt, 2, is in second place after coming in first last year; Zahara Jolie-Pitt, 3, is in third place; and Pax Jolie-Pitt, 4, is fourth on the list.
Rounding out the top 10: Sam Alexis Woods, daughter of Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin; Cruz Beckham, son of David and Victoria Beckham; Matilda Rose Ledger, daughter of Michelle Williams and the late Heath Ledger; David Banda, son of Madonna and Guy Ritchie; Sean Preston Federline, son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline; and Sam Sheen, daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen.
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Katt Williams “erratic,” under doctor’s care
Comedian and actor Katt Williams is under the care of a doctor after police in Sumter, S.C., where Williams has relatives, were called regarding his “suspicious behavior,” according to a report by TheItem.com in Sumter.
The report quoted Sumter Police Department Maj. Perry Herod as confirming that police responded to a call about Williams on Friday morning at the Mount Vernon Inn.
“And officers did talk with him, and then my understanding is he went on his own to Tuomey Hospital,” Herod said. The hospital would not provide any information on whether Williams was treated there.
MTV.com posted this statement from Williams’ spokesperson Yvette Shearer: “Following an arduous 300 shows and an 18-month touring schedule that left him incredibly fatigued, Katt, a veteran of MTV’s ‘Wild ‘N Out,’ felt compelled to be with his family in an effort to deal with his stress. While doing so, he is under a doctor’s care.”
Speculation that Williams’ behavior had become erratic intensified last month after he didn’t show for a scheduled appearance as host of the BET Hip-Hop Awards at the Atlanta Civic Center. Atlanta rapper T-Pain, who wound up filling in for Williams, said on the red carpet — and on the show — that he was called at 4 a.m. the morning of the show with the request to be Williams’ replacement.
That no-show led to a wild assortment of rumors — that Williams had lost the opportunity to host the show in a break-dance contest with T-Pain; that he had disappeared after a fight with his girlfriend; that he had been arrested. No one apparently ever confirmed any of the rumors.
The Atlanta episode was among a series of missed shows and rumors of bizarre behavior regarding Williams.
TheItem.com quoted Sumter attorney Garryl Deas as saying that Williams came to his office after his encounter with police. “He just said that he doesn’t trust anyone anymore,” Deas told TheItem.com. He said he thought everyone has turned against him. He wasn’t really coherent.”
According to TheItem.com, Deas said Williams complained about rumors that Williams had vanished — because of his failure to make some engagements — and especially about a persistent rumor that he had been killed in a plane crash.
Deas told TheItem.com that Williams’ family was seeking an order from a probate judge to force Williams to have a mental evaluation. Sumter Probate Judge Dale Atkinson, however, said neither he nor any of his staff issued a pickup order for anyone by the name of Katt Williams.
Earlier this month, Williams was arrested on a gun possession charge. Williams was born in Cincinnati and raised in Dayton.
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Scarlett dishes on girl kisses, Lindsay’s hate
The new issue of Allure is all about Scarlett, who is by turns flattered and confused . First, Ms. Johansson says she has no idea why Lindsay Lohan seems to hate her.
“I really don’t know that person. I only met her, like, three times,” she said. It’s been widely reported that Lohan wrote a vulgar comment about Johansson on a New York City bathroom stall, like 2 1/2 years ago. “That’s what I heard,” Johansson says of the incident. “I don’t know what the motivation was behind that. I remember it was something really vulgar—I mean, shockingly so, like, ‘Whoa, what, who are you?’ ”
On a nicer note, Johansson is pleased to learn that Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” song was written about her.
“I had no idea [about the song]; I should get a cut!” Johansson says. “That’s flattering, but my lips are kind of taken.” Johansson recently married actor Ryan Reynolds, but she doesn’t want to reveal too much about their relationship and how they met.
“Nobody knows,” she says. “It’s private. It’s our story.”
As is, she said, the story behind the tattoo on her forearm. “It’s kind of personal,” the star says. “It’s a sunrise, and it makes me happy when I look at it.”
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Locklear’s DUI drugs, not alcohol
Prosecutors in Santa Barbara have charged Heather Locklear with misdemeanor driving under the influence, citing prescription drugs. The California Highway Patrol said the actress showed “obvious impairment” when an officer noticed her car parked on a highway and blocking a lane in Montecito in September, but that alcohol was ruled out.
She was tested for drugs at a police station and released.
Locklear, whose TV credits include “Dynasty” and “Melrose Place,” divorced from Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora last year and sought treatment for anxiety and depression in June.
Locklear is scheduled for arraignment on Jan. 26.
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“Bachelor’s” Delgado arrested — again!
Mary Delgado, The Bachelor season six winner, was arrested and charged with public intoxication, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in Del Rio, Texas, on Saturday night, TMZ.com reported.
According to TMZ, Delgado was asked to leave Lorina’s Cantina, but refused, saying it was her “constitutional right” to remain at the bar as long she wanted. Law enforcement was called to the scene and she was taken into custody. Police told TMZ.com that Delgado became “loud and belligerent” while being transported to jail, and kicked the radio inside the squad car.
Delgado was released from the Val Verde Country Correctional Facility after her fiance Byron Velvick posted bond, TMZ reported.
This isn’t Delgado’s first brush with the law. She was taken into custody on a battery charge just after midnight on November 21, 2007, after punching Velvick in the mouth (charges were later dropped).
“We’re going day by day, on our own time,” the pro fisherman saud in March. “You weather through stuff, work harder, and you come to a better understanding if the love is real.”
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Ashlee may induce labor any second
We’ve been wondering what’s been going on — this is a pregnancy that’s lasting forever. But the end may be in sight: Ashlee Simpson-Wentz is so eager to finally give birth that she may induce labor, her sister Jessica Simpson says.
“They’re going to have to. It’s already developing really quick,” Jessica said at a taping of the The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
Ashlee — described by husband Pete Wentz more than two weeks ago as due at any moment — has already tried other ways to begin labor.
“Different foot massages and stuff,” Jessica told DeGeneres in the show airing Wednesday. “I don’t know. I think she’s really just jumping around trying everything right now.”
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Justin brings sexy back to SNL — sort of
Justin Timberlake showed up and took over Saturday Night Live on the Nov. 15 show starring Paul Rudd, appearing on Weekend Update and in a skit with musical guest Beyonce.
For Timberlake’s Weekend Update appearance opposite anchor Seth Meyers — in which the singer revealed his idea of a perfect episode, hosted by himself — he launched into a few bars of “SexyBack,” and told viewers he’d occupy his time during commercial breaks by “texting Jessica,” referring to girlfriend Jessica Biel.
Later, Timberlake donned a leotard and black pumps to dance backup for musical guest Beyonce. BUT apparently Beyonce’s folks have taken the video off the market — it’s not on NBC’s site and the link is no longer valid. So, here’s Justin, describing what his show would be like, if he could make it.
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Sam Ronson strikes back at animal activist
After being pelted with a flour bomb for wearing what appeared to be fur, Lindsay Lohan got public support from an angry Samantha Ronson.
“The girl who threw [the flour] acted like an animal herself,” Ronson, 30, says on her MySpace blog. “I take that back, it’s an insult to animals to group her in with them, my dog is FAR more civilized than that person.”
She adds: “I think there are plenty of families that could have used that flour for a meal. Nice job, lady.”
A member of People for the Ethical Treatment Animals threw the powder at Lohan, 22, as she arrived at Paris’s VIP Room Theater in the early hours of Saturday with Ronson. The nightclub’s owner helped Lohan dust off her blue sequined dress and the apparent black fur stole that sparked the activists’ ire before she posed on the red carpet.
“It’s a pity that some groups feel the need to assault people as opposed to fighting with words,” Ronson writes. “Whenever I feel the need to vent about something that feels unfair to me I reach for my computer, I don’t run out of the house with abusive intentions. I don’t expect everyone to react the same way, but I do expect people to respect each other.”
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He said/she said in Jonas-Swift’s breakup
Joe Jonas is tired of hearing about how he’s a bad boyfriend, so he’s taking to the Internet to defend himself.
The 19-year-old Jonas Brother has gotten an avalanche of negative publicity after former girlfriend and fellow multiplatinum singer Taylor Swift dished about their recent breakup, which she says came in a 27-second phone call. She also was quoted as saying that he dumped her after meeting actress Camilla Belle. The revelations have been hot topics on the blogs and have muddied his reputation as a clean-cut, upstanding heartthrob.
So, in a posting on the MySpace.com celebrity blog page, the singer sought to give his side of the split, though he didn’t mention the 18-year-old country star by name. (It had also been posted to the Jonas Brothers’ own MySpace page but had been removed by Friday afternoon.)
“I never cheated on a girlfriend. It might make someone feel better to assume or imply I have been unfaithful but it is simply not true,” he said. “Maybe there were reasons for a breakup. Maybe the heart moved on. Perhaps feelings changed. I am truly saddened that anything would potentially cause you to think less of me.”
As for the quick phone call, he said: “I called to discuss feelings with the other person. Those feelings were obviously not well received. I did not end the conversation. Someone else did. Phone calls can only last as long as the person on the other end of the line is willing to talk. A phone call can be pretty short when someone else ends the call. The only difference in this conversation was that I shared something the other person did not want to hear. “
Jonas said he has tried to call Swift since then and gotten no response.
He said he wishes the best for “the other person but could not sit back any longer and leave our fans with a wrong impression of the truth. Hope this helps enlighten a little.”
Swift has said Jonas inspired at least one heartbreak song on her new CD, “Fearless,” and in a recent interview with The Associated Press, she said: “If you don’t want me to write about the things that you do, then don’t do bad things for me to write about!”
But in response to Jonas’ online posting, her publicist, Paula Erickson, simply said Friday night: “Taylor has moved on.” And so, obviously, has Joe — he took a sweet Mexican vacation with the aforementioned Camilla Belle.
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Sherri Saum lands role on HBO drama
Kettering’s Sherri Saum (1993 Fairmont High School grad), now a successful actress in Los Angeles, is heading back to New York — she’s been cast in a regular role as a psychiatric patient on HBO’s “In Treatment.” The drama stars Gabriel Byrne as a psychoanalyst; the second season is scheduled to begin sometime in 2009.
Saum, maybe best known for her role in the late ’90s “Sunset Beach,” recently had a recurring role in FX’s “Rescue Me.” Her husband, Kamar de los Reyes, recently won an ALMA award for “outstanding performance performance in a daytime drama” — the ALMAs honor Hispanic performers and promote positive images of Hispanics in entertainment. De los Reyes appears on ABC’s “One Life to Live.”
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Cocky Kanye West slams Justin Timberlake
Kanye West has never been one for modesty: “I realize that my place and position in history is that I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice,” West, 31, says in a new interview with the Associated Press.
“It’s me settling into that position of just really accepting that it’s one thing to say you want to do it, and it’s another thing to really end up being like Michael Jordan,” he added.
The Grammy-Award winning rapper also slams Justin Timberlake, saying he missed his chance to be a music MVP. “There were people who had the potential to do it but they went on vacation, so when Justin went on vacation I made albums,” West said. “And it just came out to be that.”
(Timberlake’s released his last album FutureSex/LoveSounds in 2006. West dropped a CD last year, and his newest disc, 808s and Heartbreak, hits stores Nov. 24.)
On a more sober note, West admitted he’s been struggling since the Nov. 2007 death of his mother, Donda. “I’m just going through balancing that. And I always used to have that support system, you know,” he said. “My mom would be there; no matter what, she was there before everything.”
“We were together for like 30 years,” he added. And you know now when I’m on that stage and I look out and I say, ‘What am I going to do with the rest of my life?’ Like when does a real life start? Because I have sacrificed real life to be a celebrity and to give this art to people, which is great. It is great that I was able to do that, I’m not trying to shun that in any way, but it’s definitely a Catch-22, and it’s bittersweet.”
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‘Pregnant Man’ is pregnant again
There was plenty about Barbara Walters’s interview with the controversial “pregnant man” Thomas Beatie that “floored her” — but what really got her?
He’s pregnant again!
“I looked at him and I said, ‘Are you pregnant again?” Walters revealed on The View Thursday when promoting her special “What Is a Man, What Is a Woman? Journey of a Pregnant Man.”
“The baby will be born in June,” she confirmed, adding, “I’m speechless.”
Beatie is in his first trimester and tells Walters that he did not resume taking testosterone after his daughter Susan’s birth (in June 2008) so he could have another baby. Beatie’s wife, Nancy, is unable to have children because she had a hysterectomy.
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SNL adds two new on-air female comics
The Comic’s Comic is reporting that Lorne Michaels has figured out how to replace Amy Poehler on Saturday Night Live — and it’s taking two: Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins. They should make their debuts this Saturday night, a show already begging to be an awesome blossom of funny and fierce thanks to host Paul Rudd and musical guest Beyonce.
Abby Elliott (pictured at left) is 21, and if the Internets are to be believed, the daughter of the illustriously eccentric Chris Elliott (and granddaughter of the Bob in Bob & Ray), so that already makes her a welcome addition to SNL. She has voiced “hipster girl” on a couple of episodes of King of the Hill. She also was among the sketch comedy players of The Midnight Show at the UCB Theatre in Los Angeles, and has a couple of 2006 videos on the YouTube displaying her abilities to channel Kirsten Dunst and Angelina Jolie.
Michaela Watkins is already on primetime, as “Lucy” on The New Adventures of Old Christine. Watkins also comes from the main company of The Groundlings in Los Angeles, which has sent many past alums on to stardom at SNL.
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Obsessed Paula Abdul fan commits suicide
A woman described as being obsessed with Paula Abdul has been found dead after apparently killing herself in a car parked outside the American Idol judge’s hillside home.
“I am deeply shocked and saddened by what transpired yesterday,” Abdul told E! News. “My heart and prayers go out to her family.”
Los Angeles police officers found the body around 6 p.m. Tuesday in the 3800 block of Beverly Ridge Drive in Sherman Oaks. The cause of death appears to be a suicide, and the body has been transported to the county coroner for autopsy. Authorities have not released the name of the 30-year-old woman, but say she seemed to be fixated on the “Forever Your Girl” singer.
“She has a history of mental illness,” Capt. Ross Bonfiglio of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Dept. tells E! News.
Family members in Thousand Oaks, Calif., reported the woman missing Tuesday around 3 p.m., Bonfiglio says.
The family member that called in the report, which was not a 911 call but rather a regular call to the sheriff’s department, said the woman hadn’t been seen since 11 p.m. Monday night. The family member also expressed concern that the woman might possibly overdose.
Ventura County officials, aware of the woman’s interest in Abdul, then informed their counterparts in Los Angeles.
While she had no prior arrests, her family did ask the LAPD and L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. to locate her after she went missing in January. Bonfiglio says the family was concerned at the time that she might try to harm herself.
While the victim has not yet been identified, People confirms that the vehicle in which the body was found is registered to Paula Goodspeed, an auditioner and avowed Abdul fan from the fifth season of American Idol. Public records show Abdul owns a home near the site where the body was found.
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Adam Sandler, wife, have Baby Girl No. 2
Adam Sandler is still breeding. Sandler, 42, and his wife Jackie, 34, had their second child on Nov. 2, a girl they named Sunny Madeline. They’re already parents to another daughter, 2-year-old Sadie.
Of being a dad, Sandler has said, “It’s a lot of fun. You know what is surprising? That the kid looks through me. The kid… there’s no focus… Every time I think the kid likes me I’m like, ‘Oh, she’s staring at my forehead right now.’”
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Jennifer calls Angelina “uncool”
In the December issue of Vogue, Jennifer Aniston opens up about Angelina Jolie — and then some.
When first asked about Jolie, Aniston asked the reporter, Jonathan Van Meter, to turn off the tape recorder for a moment. She did, however, want to go on the record about one thing: She said she was bothered that Jolie felt the need to recount a detailed timeline of exactly how she fell in love with Brad Pitt on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith. (Pitt was still married to Aniston at the time).
“There was stuff printed there that was definitely from a time when I was unaware that it was happening,” Aniston said. “I felt those details were a little inappropriate to discuss.”
Aniston then shook her head in disbelief.
“That stuff about how she couldn’t wait to get to work every day? That was really uncool,” Aniston said.
There’s more:
BRAD PITT
Asked if she ever speaks to Pitt, Aniston said that they have exchanged “a few very kind hellos … and congratulations on your babies.”
She stressed that the two “had an amicable split … The marriage didn’t work out.”
JOHN MAYER
As for her romance with notorious womanizer John Mayer, Aniston (who said she still wants children) said, “People need to mind their own business! Did you ever think Claudia Schiffer and David Copperfield made sense?”
“Love just shows up.”
When Mayer bragged about dumping her, Aniston said, “Trust me, you’ll never see that happen again from that man.”
HER MOTHER
Aniston also said she and her mother Nancy are in the middle of a slow reconciliation that began after she split from Pitt.
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Will Smith’s son to star in new “Karate Kid”
Variety reports that Will Smith’s son, Jaden, 10, has swung a tailor-made deal to star in a remake of “Karate Kid.” Dad Will is one of the producers — and was Jaden’s co-star in his feature debut, “The Pursuit of Happyness.”
The film will shoot next year in Beijing and other cities, borrowing elements of the original plot, wherein a bullied youth learns to stand up for himself with the help of an eccentric mentor. The younger Smith, who next stars in “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” is a martial arts practitioner.
Smith has three children: Son Trey from a first marriage and daughter Willow and Jaden with wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Michelle Williams’ dad faces tax charges
Michelle Williams’ father, a prominent stock market trader, has agreed to return to the United States to face tax evasion charges.
Larry Williams has been fighting extradition since he was arrested by Australian police in 2006 after flying to Sydney for a speaking tour in Australia and New Zealand. He has been free on bail.
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service wants to question the 65-year-old Virgin Islands resident about a possible $1.5 million in unpaid taxes from book royalties and earnings related to international seminars he conducted between 1990 and 2001.
“I will fight this and win,” Williams said before sheriffs escorted him from court. “I will be back — I have a lot of friends here in Australia.”
Michelle Williams received an Oscar nomination as best supporting actress for her performance in the 2005 film “Brokeback Mountain,” playing the wife of Heath Ledger’s character. Ledger, who died from an accidental prescription drug overdose in January, is the father of her 3-year-old daughter Matilda Rose, Larry Williams’ granddaughter.
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Brit’s son released from hospital, doing fine
Britney Spears’ two-year-old son Jayden is out of hospital and back with his family, according to a post on the singer’s Web site.
“A source close to the Spears family has told us that Britney and family have left the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center,” says the update. “Jayden is fine.”
Spears was photographed outside the facility Monday evening, cradling her youngest son as they entered a waiting SUV. The boy was hospitalized overnight after suffering a “terrible allergic reaction” to something he ingested.
The health scare came in the midst of a family vacation in Louisiana. It is Spears’ first trip out of California with the boys since she lost custody early this year.
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Naked pix of Cheetah Girl show up online
Here’s another life lesson, boys and girls — mainly girls.
Naked photos of Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon, reportedly intended for her boyfriend, have appeared online. Bailon, is ‘absolutely distraught’ over the scandal, her rep says, but is still touring the country with the other two Cheetah Girls.
“It’s not a scenario where she purposedly leaked the photos for attention,” Bailon’s rep Jonathan Jaxson told the New York Daily News. “We’re pursuing legal action.”
The Daily News reported Monday that Bailon’s laptop was taken from her luggage cart at JFK International Airport last week and was recovered from someone who asked for $1,000.
Bailon’s family got her computer back while Bailon went to a meeting with MTV, but they didn’t get the person’s identification, the newspaper reports. “They didn’t really want to question it further,” Jaxson is quoted saying.
Another Disney star, Vanessa Hudgens of High School Musical fame, had leaked nude photos of her appear on the Internet in 2007.
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Britney’s boy hospitalized, will be OK
The youngest son of Britney Spears and Kevin Federline has been hospitalized for some kind of reaction but was expected to be discharged soon.
Two-year-old Jayden James was admitted to the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center on Sunday after having “a reaction to something he ingested,” a representative for Spears’ family said in a statement. He is expected to be discharged on Tuesday, the statement said, signing off with “Get well soon, Jayden!”
The hospital is near Spears’ home in Kentwood, La., where she was reportedly staying with family. Figures it would happen on her watch. Spears and ex-husband Federline are also parents to 3-year-old Sean Preston.
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From Will to Patrick, here are our favorites
Who do you love?
According to Parade magazine, the following movie stars, in the following order, are our favorites.
- Will Smith
- Tom Hanks
- Reese Witherspoon
- George Clooney
- Meryl Street
- Brad Pitt
- Julia Roberts
- Johnny Depp
- Jennifer Aniston
- Patrick Dempsey
Who doesn’t belong? Who’s got the best hair? Who got left off, and why are their six men and just four women? We want to know what YOU think. No, seriously, we do. Don’t be shy. Check out the photo gallery and tell me what you think.
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Lindsay Lohan: I’m not gay, could be bi
Lindsay Lohan insists that she isn’t a lesbian and barely cops to being bisexual — but admits that she’s dating a “wonderful” woman with whom she’s madly in love, according to a new interview.
“I think it’s pretty obvious who I’m seeing,” Lohan told Harper’s Bazaar magazine. Nonetheless, she pointedly refused to name her lady love, LA DJ Samantha Ronson. When asked if she considered herself a bisexual, Lohan answered, “Maybe. Yeah.” But she was adamant that she wasn’t a lesbian, giving an emphatic, “No,” when asked.
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Kidman to play groundbreaking tranny
Nicole Kidman as the world’s first post-op transsexual, married to Charlize Theron? OK, sure. The Australian actress will star in and produce “The Danish Girl,” based on the true story of Danish artists Einar and Greta Wegener, whose marriage took a sharp left turn after Einar (Kidman) stood in for a female model that Greta (Theron) was set to paint.
When their portraits become wildly popular in 1920s Copenhagen, Greta encouraged her husband to adopt the female guise. What began as a harmless game led Einer to a metamorphosis and landmark 1931 operation that shocked the world and threatened their love.
Anand Tucker (“Shopgirl”) is attached to direct the feature, adapted by writer Lucinda Coxon (“Wild Target”) from David Ebershoff’s 2000 Viking bestseller. His debut novel of the same name is a fictionalized account of the Wegeners’ true story.
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Britney’s new project is TOP SECRET!
Ms. Spears, 26, released four exclusive photos on her new celebrity MySpace page of auditions for male dancers for the new project “in anticipation of next month’s Circus.”
The new page launched today (11/10) and features pictures from Spears’ wins at this year’s Video Music Awards and a video of the director’s cut her Circus single “Womanizer.”
Spears recently took the stage at a Madonna concert in Los Angeles. She also is planning her own concert tour next year.
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Britney to spend Thanksgiving in Europe
Britney Spears will be eating her turkey with non-Americans, performing on the French show “Star Academy” the day after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28. She and sons Sean Preston and Jayden James went to visit Kentwood, Louisiana (her hometown) on Friday, Nov. 7, so maybe she did her family thing then.
Things seem to be going well for our Brit: She wowed the crowd Thursday at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium when she joined Madonna on stage to perform “Human Nature” and her sixth album, Circus, comes out soon — Dec. 2 — her 27th birthday.
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Sienna Miller, Balthazar Getty split
Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty have broken up.
“I’m single at the moment, and I’m completely happy with that,” she told US Weekly magazine. “It’s nice not to have a relationship that the press constantly want to scrutinize and discuss. I’m cool with being on my own.”
Miller and Getty’s romance first made headlines in July when Getty, 33 — who was married at the time — was photographed kissing a topless Miller, 26, on a boat in Italy. (Miller later sued two British newspapers and a photo agency for breach of privacy for publishing the steamy shots.)
On July 21, Getty, who stars in “Brothers & Sisters,” announced that he and wife Rosetta (with whom he has four children) were separated.
“In light of the fact that many pictures have surfaced in print and on the Internet which has caused myself and my family great embarrassment, I felt it necessary to at least acknowledge publicly that yes indeed my wife and I have separated and I will not be commenting any further,” he said.
In August, Miller’s home in North London was vandalized with the word “slut.” Around the time, her mother defended the relationship and called for an end to the “feeding frenzy” surrounding the scandal.
“You can’t understand how a woman seeing a man who has been separated from his wife for months can cause such a scandal,” she told the U.K.’s Daily Express. “It’s awful, I can’t tell you. You wonder when it’s all going to stop.”
Apparently, right around now.
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Evan Rachel Wood, Marilyn Manson breakup news
Evan Rachel Wood is sick of the false reports circulating about why she and Marilyn Manson broke up.
“Manson and I both decided to take some time apart so we could concentrate on work. Someone used that opportunity to kick us while we were down and sell a completely false story,” the actress, 21, explains in a statement exclusively to People magazine.
Stories of the couple splitting in a bitter fight over Wood’s brother Ira, who had been living with the pair, getting kicked out of the guest house by Manson, 39, started popping up this week.
“Manson owns the house he lives in. My brother has never stayed there and the person that said such horrible things about Manson being ‘controlling’ and ‘emotionally abusive’ is certainly no source ‘close’ to me,” Woods says. “Manson has been by my side and taken care of me through the best and worst times. I love him as a person and as an artist. I will always be proud to have been a part of that.
“If any more attacks are made on us, it is the act of a desperate, selfish person, who is angry to no longer be a part of my life. No further comment will be made and we request our privacy at this time.”
Manson and Wood began dating in December 2006.
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Katt Williams arrested in New York
Comedian Katt Williams was arrested on weapons charges in midtown Manhattan after police say they pulled him over for driving a car without license plates.
The 35-year-old performer — who was born in Cincinnati and raised in Dayton — was released on bail Thursday in time to make it to his show at Carnegie Hall. He told the audience that he “just got out of jail.”
Police say a handgun was found in Williams’ car after he was stopped for the alleged traffic violation.
Williams is best known for his role in the movie “Friday After Next” and for his appearances in rap videos. He also voices “A Pimp Named Slickback” in “The Boondocks” animated television series. He last came home in April 2007, performing at the Nutter Center on his “Pimp Chronicles 2” tour, the second highest grossing comedy act in the nation that year, according to Billboard.
In May 2008, U.S. Marshals found a Dayton man wanted in a drug-related shooting hiding at Williams’ California home. Robert McGhee, arrested for allegedly shooting and paralyzing a man during a drug deal gone bad, was described at the time as Williams’ distant cousin — Williams was not implicated in that incident, and later issued a statement that he and McGhee are not related at all.
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Christina Applegate plans surgery on b-day
Christina Applegate says fighting breast cancer “sucks,” but you shouldn’t feel sorry for her. “I still have quite a process until this is done,” the actress told TV Guide. “Yes, it’s hard. It sucks. But I’m not a victim.”
She will undergo reconstructive surgery near her 37th birthday, at the end of November. She had a double mastectomy in July.
Applegate — a workaholic who clocks 14 to 16 hour days on “Samantha Who” — changed her outlook on life after her spring diagnosis.
“I started looking for a beach house the day I found out I had this little disease,” she says. “You just kind of go, ‘What are you waiting for to get the things that you want and the things you dream of?’
“I don’t own tomorrow or yesterday — today is all I’ve got,” she adds. “And if I don’t make today good, then I’m only gonna’ be p—ssed off tomorrow!”
Applegate has also taken time for herself to grieve. Just weeks before having both her breasts removed this summer, two of her cats died and her ex-boyfriend, Lee Grivas, was found dead of an apparent drug overdose.
“To be honest, I think that was even more difficult and more painful than anything else,” she says of Grivas’ death. “It still is a lot of the time.”
She draws from her recent painful experiences for her day job as a sitcom star.
“I think I’m bringing a lot of me now to Sam, just in the sense of, ‘This too shall pass,’ you know?” she says.
Adds executive producer Don Todd: “She hasn’t missed a beat.
“Even though I think she’s probably suffering quite a bit physically, and obviously the emotional stuff comes and goes. It’s just not in her to let what she’s [going through] affect the work. She has that ability to shut it down like a guillotine falling.
Applegate’s co-star, Jean Smart, agrees.
“Christina’s a trouper with a capital T…I feel very maternal towards her,” she says. “Very often, I tell her, ‘We don’t need you sitting off camera for this scene. Why don’t you go to your dressing room and put your feet up?’ She won’t do it.”
Applegate, a co-executive producer on the show, says she’s slowly learning to chill out.
“I’m very much a push-through-it kind of gal,” she says. “But now I don’t. I speak up for myself a lot. If I feel tired, I ask for the time that I need… I’m living such a different like than I did before.”
The actress, currently linked to 39-year-old rocker Martyn Lenoble, says she feels responsible for bringing awareness to breast cancer through her celebrity.
“I think I have a bigger responsibility now, and it’s a welcome one… I love making people laugh,” she said on “Good Morning America” in July. “But if I can make them think and be proactive in their life, that’s way more important.”
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More news on “Grey’s” lesbian drama
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Patrick Dempsey went on “Ellen,” talking about the surprise firing of Brooke Smith, one half of the show’s new lesbian relationship:
“ABC actually sends me over what I should [say] …,” he told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show Wednesday.
So what’s the official spin?
“ABC’s response … is that [I] should say: ‘We’ve had a great time working with her and that the conclusion of her [character] has been orgasmic’ — I’m sorry, I’m dyslexic! — ‘organic’ ending to the story line.’ “
Some have argued that Smith was axed because of her character’s developing relationship with Dr. Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez).
Grey’s Anatomy’s creator, Shonda Rhimes, previously released a statement insisting that “Brooke Smith was obviously not fired for playing a lesbian.”
“Thursday night (that’s tonight!) is her last show, which is too bad she has been great character,” McDreamy continues. “I don’t know what happened with that story line. They decided not to continue it for some reason.”
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Wanna see Gwen Paltrow’s underwear?
Click here.
Gwyneth, 36, arrived at the premier of “Two Lovers” in Paris Tuesday night wearing a lace dress that nicely highlighted the white underwear she was wearing underneath.
According to one who’s seen the movie, she shows a boob — sans white bra — in the movie.
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Celebs react (happily!) to Obama win
Celebrities from around the world went on the record about Obama’s historic win.
“I’m so excited right now,” Ethan Hawke said at Comedy Central’s blast. “I got up at 7:20 this morning, and I voted for Barack. I haven’t had this much optimism in a long time. Tonight is historic!”…
Amber Lee Ettinger, also known as Obama Girl, burst into tears at the barelypolitical.com party at Haven when her man was named the new president of the United States. “This is the day I’ve been waiting for,” she said.
Jessica Alba, “I was surprised that McCain brought race into his speech. I guess he was trying to bring people together.”
“30 Rock” star Jack McBrayer was smiling, and not because he’d won a political tee. Summing it up, the funnyman said, “We’re all winners tonight.”
More: Oprah: “There are not even words to talk about what this night means. It’s one of the greatest moments I could ever imagine. That’s how great it is.” Madonna: “I’m so f—ing happy right now” Lindsay Lohan: “YES WE CAN.” Samantha Ronson: “YES WE DID!!” Kanye West: “HI MOM, OBAMA WON!” (His mom passed away about a year ago.) Usher: “Isn’t this incredible news? Man, this is incredible. It’s so incredible to see that this historical thing has happened.”
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Kate Winslet angry about airbrush rumors
Just a day after Kate Winslet revealed in a Vanity Fair interview that she still feels like the “fat kid,” critics in England are saying she still is.
But she’s not having it: “Kate is furious at suggestions that her body has been airbrushed,” her rep fired off in a comment to People magazine.
The Sun ponders on its front page whether “that magic airbrush has been at work again” and the Daily Telegraph got a digital retouching expert to analyze the photos. But the closest scrutiny comes from the Daily Mail, which engaged a professional airbrush artist to perform an autopsy on Winslet, who was shot wearing heels, black stockings and nothing else.
“She is in terrific shape and what you see is how she looks or she would never have agreed to pose for those shots,” adds her rep.
Why the British furor over the 33-year-old mom-of-two? In early 2003 Britain’s GQ magazine — a stablemate of Vanity Fair — ran digitally “slimmed” photos of Winslet that drew much criticism. Within days Winslet apologized.
“I just didn’t want people to think I was a hypocrite and that I’d suddenly lost 30 lbs. or whatever,” she said at the time. “So I just came out and said, ‘Look, I don’t look like that.’ I’m not mad at the magazine, but I have no intention of looking like that.”
Winslet’s rep does admit that minor tweaks were done to the actress for the photoshoot but insists the work was confined to skin shades only. “The only retouching was the usual work on skin tone that happens in every glamour shoot.”
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Brooke Smith leaves ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Is it some kind of lesbian backlash?
Brooke Smith, who joined the cast last season as the outspoken and brash Dr. Hahn, ends her run this Thursday on the ABC hit. On last week’s episode, Dr. Hahn made a weepy declaration that she was a lesbian after her bond with Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) quickly moved into relationship territory.
EW.com’s Michael Ausiello reported Monday that the relationship’s fast clip may have factored in the decision to dump Smith. But show creator Shonda Rhimes denied the allegation in a statement to Usmagazine.com.
“Brooke Smith was obviously not fired for playing a lesbian. Clearly it’s not an issue as we have a lesbian character on the show — Calliope Torres,” she said. “Sara Ramirez is an incredible comedic and dramatic actress and we wanted to be able to play up her magic. Unfortunately, we did not find that the magic and chemistry with Brooke’s character would sustain in the long run. The impact of the Callie/Erica relationship will be felt and played out in a story for Callie. I believe it belittles the relationship to simply replace Erica with ‘another lesbian.’ If you’ll remember, Cristina mourned the loss of Burke for a full season.”
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Joaquin quits acting! OK? Really! It’s true!
Joaquin Phoenix is reiterating his claims that he is finished with acting. To make his point clear, the eccentric star scrawled the words “Good Bye” — but not in that order — in black ink across his knuckles at Saturday’s Los Angeles premiere of his film, Two Lovers.
Phoenix, 34, made headlines last week when he declared his retirement from being an actor. “I think it’s just moving on,” he added Saturday in an interview with the Associated Press. “It’s rediscovering something else.”
Phoenix, who was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of country legend Johnny Cash in 2005’s Walk the Line, says he now plans to focus on a music career.
“It’s like greener pastures, you know what I mean?” Phoenix said Saturday. “And so, I’m just going to try and like, I’ll just be doing the other thing … Hopefully, I will emotionally impact you with that, as well.”
Bye! Good.
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McCain shares SNL stage with Fey’s Palin
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Simon Cowell dumped by longtime girlfriend
Simon Cowell and longtime girlfriend Terri Seymour have split.
“Terri phoned Simon and finished it in September, about six weeks ago,” says Cowell’s rep, Max Clifford. “They are going to remain close friends. Simon thinks the world of Terri and that isn’t going to change. He also understands her reason for ending it.”
The couple were together for six years. Seymour, 34, first met Cowell, 48, when she was 18, but the couple didn’t begin dating until she interviewed him for a show in 2002.
“In the past Terri has said that she wants kids but that just isn’t Simon,” added Clifford. “Nobody else is involved, certainly not on Simon’s side.”
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First peek at Britney’s new album cover
Here lies the cover of the Britney Spears’ sixth studio album, which boasts the No. 1 single “Womanizer” as its first track and will almost certainly help the reinvigorated songstress start her 27th year off right when it drops Dec. 2 amid birthday wishes and intense scrutiny.
And with song titles like “Lace and Leather” and “Kill the Lights,” it appears as if the video for “Womanizer” barely scratched the surface of the kind of sexcapades Britney’s all up into now.
Coming on the heels of the record-breaking, chart-topping single — which gave Spears the biggest digital debut of any female artist since Nielsen SoundScan started keeping track — Zomba Label Group has revealed that Circus’ title track will be the next single released to whet your appetite for the main event. Check out the complete track list and decide whether you’re planning to partake in Brit’s big-top adventure:
- “Womanizer”
- “Circus”
- “Out From Under”
- “Kill The Lights”
- “Shattered Glass”
- “If U Seek Amy”
- “Unusual You”
- “Blur”
- “Mmm Papi”
- “Mannequin”
- “Lace and Leather”
- “My Baby” Bonus Track:
- “Radar”
