<![CDATA[Gawker: blind item]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: blind item]]> http://gawker.com/tag/blinditem http://gawker.com/tag/blinditem <![CDATA[Lights Go Out on Nobu Boss]]> Taylor Lautner is a lucky werewolf, K-Hud & A-Rod at it like bunnies, Alicia Silverstone puts Craig Ferguson's lights out, Real Housewives torture their children, and Shakira's hips want to lie down and push a baby out. So much gossip!


Kate Hudson and A-Rod are still having sex all the time because they like it. New Yorkers agree that this is better than your mythical magic underpants. [Us Weekly]


Taylor Swift
and Selena Gomez are two talented and beautiful young ladies who once had the bad taste to date a couple of Jonas Bros. Now that they're older and wiser, they've moved on to better and yummier pastures by capturing themselves a pretty young werewolf by the name of Taylor Lautner (he plays would-be toddler-lover Jacob in the Twilight series). However, Taylor S. and Selena still enjoy a friendship cemented in frozen yogurt! This is against the Hollywood Code of Conduct, which sternly and clearly states that if you have a uterus and have once been in a relationship with a man-type organism, then you must loathe and despise his new girlfriend while you live your life out as a lonely and miserable tabloid queen. Tsk. Kids these days are a scandal. [Lainey Gossip]

Donal Logue
once pretended to drive cabs on MTV and everybody loved him. Now Rainn Wilson dresses up like Donal Logue and pretends to drive cabs on some ad and says he got the idea from HBO's Taxicab Confessions. Donal Logue has called him out for violating the Fuglies' Code of Honor. [CDAN]

Richie Notar took a break from girdling the globe and noticed he was flying over Kansas. This freaked him out so much, the crew had to handcuff him to his seat. So then he amused himself by making obscene hand gestures at somebody's mother. He must be a joy to work for if this is the way he behaves in his sleep. [Page Six]

Ta-Nehisi Coates puts Malcolm Gladwell and the New York Times together to ruin football for you forever. [Ta-Nehisi Coates]

Shakira
,the world's sexiest keychain, is a self-described die-hard feminist. It is therefore shocking that she is willing to "let her body go" in order to become a mother. Oh, boo! What kind of feminist allows herself to become a breeder? [Celebitchy]

Barbie's deadbeat boyfriend Ken grew up overnight and is now Dateline bait. Warning: Think twice before you click on that link because subject is capable of raping you with his eyes. [The Awl]

A Real Housewife of Someplace You Don't Plan to Visit thinks Suri Cruise and her million dollar wardrobe are a bit meh. She prefers something more "hip". If you look carefully at this terrifying photograph you will notice that the wee pink beastie perched on her lap is indeed a child and yes, she looks nothing like Suri Cruise. Which is good because she needs to save her million dollars for therapy. [Dlisted]

Mandatory Gosselip Update: Are you male? Well, then listen up: the word "tantrum" is now reserved for the exclusive use of females, just like "purse" and "boobs". If you must throw tantrums, then kindly restrain yourself to "mantrums". Thanks! [Dlisted]

Blind Item: The mystifying tale of Adam Pounce-Prick and Miss Priss. Customary bonus points awarded to the person who can decode Ted-speak. [The Awful Truth]

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<![CDATA[Which Sleazy Actor Disgusted Jennifer Love Hewitt On A Date?]]> Yesterday on the Tonight Show, Jay gossiped with J. LoHew about an actor who has sleazy first-date tendencies. He whispered the guy's name, and Jennifer said he was sleazy with her, too! Who was it!?

The actor apparently showed up to an actress' house on the first date, and, after she opened the door, he asked if they could just have sex immediately, because he had to get up early the next day. When Leno told Jennifer who it was, she said that she went out with that guy, too, and he was equally gross with her.

Reviewing the list of celebrities (known celebrities, that is) that Jennifer Love Hewitt has dated, there were three actors who fit the bill:

  • Wilmer Valderrama
  • Stephen Dorff
  • John Cusack

Valderrama is a known womanizer, Dorff seems like he would be ballsy enough to make such requests, and Cusack, rumored to be a real grump, would probably be annoyed by having to go through the rigmarole of actually sitting through dinner and boring conversation to get to the sex when he knew he had an early call the next day.

My immediate guess is Valderrama, but the name that Jay says is really short and it sounds like it has an "s" toward the end. So John Cusack it is!

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<![CDATA[Which Gossip Is Sleeping With a Cable Network Head and a Popular TV Actor?]]> Christmas came early! Someone sent us a scandalous, original blind item just now. And, of course, we'd like to share it with you. After the jump read a tale of gossip and infidelity.

Which talking-head gossip is sleeping with the married boss of her cable net to win more airtime? Her beau apparently found out, moved out and now they're both blabbing the tale all over the place. She is also said to be sleeping with a television actor from a popular-ish spin-off series. Hint: It's not Liz Smith.

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<![CDATA[Washed-up Hollywood star going to wrong parties]]> Blind items are the gossip world's equivalent of the mathematical puzzles that keep engineers entertained. Try your hand! They're easier than a Rubik's Cube. CNET News reporter Caroline McCarthy has posed the following one:
Which well-educated Hollywood C-lister has gotten quite the reputation for chasing tail at media and dot-com parties on both coasts in addition to the usual entertainment industry circuit? This has been going on for a while, but it’s only recently begun to turn him into a punchline. And trust me, this fellow should know already that you don’t want to be a punchline among people who write them for a living. Not to mention the fact that gossip about his left-of-center bedroom interests is starting to get out.

Show off your algorithms in the comments. Include this curiosity: Why would a supposedly "well-educated" actor try to pick up women at tech parties?

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<![CDATA[Blind-Item Guessing Game]]> Which well-known gay literary agent (and popular sperm donor to the ladies who need some) is famous in some circles for posting solicitations for his own "sperm donors" (and skiiers!) via Craigslist?

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<![CDATA[What Vogue "Super Model" Is Suing Over Nude Photos?]]> Nude supermodel photo scandal lawsuit alert! An anonymous model has filed suit in Miami against Egotastic.com and Splash photo agency for taking pictures of her sunbathing in her birthday suit (NAKED) in her own backyard—"as is often done by professional models to avoid tan lines." Invasion of privacy and emotional distress! But who is this mysterious, super-beautiful plaintiff? She helpfully includes several clues [UPDATE: the case may already be cracked!]:

She says she was protected by "a wooden fence approximately five feet tall" in her yard, but the defendants nevertheless trespassed to photograph and expose her unclothed body to the wilds of the internet. For shame!

We couldn't find any definitive candidates while digging around Egotastic. The closest Miami shots appear to be Helena Christensen (but she was at the beach with her boyfriend) or Brooke Hogan (but she's not nude, or a supermodel). So who is it? Guesses about this matter of legal import in the comments.

UPDATE: Elsa Benitez?

[Courthouse News]

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<![CDATA[Which Political Blogger Wants A Casual Encounter in Denver?]]> Hah. He's 40 (40-year-old blogger! sad!), 5'11", and "went to one of those selective East Coast schools." Always important when looking for anonymous tail in a strange town! Guesses? We honestly don't even want to hazard one. (If Doree's list is representative, Craigslist Denver seems to be crawling with dudes looking to "pleasure" those hot lady Obama voters.) [Craigslist via NYO]]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5042744&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Which Publisher Bedded Edwards' Mistress?]]> "Rush & Molloy" today ask: "What publisher and man-about-town may have had a liaison with Rielle Hunter, the woman who had an affair with John Edwards and a relationship with his pal Jay McInerney? He's told friends they were 'in bed for a week.'" That's a liaison? We call it a hangover (or a stay-cation!), but let's not split hairs. Who is it? Nick Denton? John Peter Zenger?

Is Men's Health publisher Jack Essig a man-about-town? Actually how great would it be if it was Jared Kushner! In bed with a week with the acid-damaged Donna Rice. He's probably not her type, though. Former presidential candidate Steve Forbes would be a similarly amusing choice.

Maybe it's Bob Guccione, Jr? After Ann Coulter and Candace Bushnell, we know he likes insane blondes. And they've got to make Rielle look low-maintenance, right?

Wait, shit, it's Felix Dennis, isn't it?

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<![CDATA[Blind Item: Which Assistant-Dating Dance Show 'Staffer' Wants You to Watch His/Her Peacock?]]> An eagle-eyed, Craigslist-scavenging informant today points us to a compelling career opportunity for the ambitious dreamer in you: A "high-ranking staffer on a hit dance reality show" is in dire need of a new assistant after the last one apparently agreed to assist him (or her, we suppose) full-time in bed:

"After several great years together my last assistant and I have decided to date, thus making a professional relationship a conflict of interest. Be aware that this could be a temporary position if things do not work out between the two of us. All the standard prerequisites apply, positive attitude, promptness, attention to detail, good hygiene and strong fashion sense a MUST."

More gratifying household chores responsibilities — and your guesses as to the aid-boffing boss's identity — follow after the jump.

Of course you'll be expected to perform all the usual call-rolling, filing and calendar coordination duties, but the ideal candidate will have additional tolerance for an even wider range of soul-coarsening degradation:

Other duties that may be asked of you from time to time are:
Personal shopping (i.e. belts)
Cooking- experience with liquidarian preparation preferred but not required
Pet management (I live in a ranch style home in the Hollywood hills so hope you like horses, dogs, and a prize winning show peacock) may be asked of you from time to time but not part of your regular duties

So! We have a belt-wearing liquidarian with a handsome peacock (unless that slyly refers to either an NBC dance show we don't yet know about or... well, never mind). That should be easy enough to suss, right? Help us help you.

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<![CDATA["You Pussy": How to Handle Interview Requests On the Internet]]> Hey, which puppy-pic-loving novelist and newly minted blogger/defender of the Internet called a former Gawker mascot a "pussy" multiple times in response to a request for an interview?

Excerpt:

"And you, pal, are a load of shit, even if your young acolytes who don't know any better don't know it. But you know it, and I know it. What I didn't know until I received this simpering, schizophrenic email is that you are also a pussy. I mean, I suspected it, and you obviously knew it all along, but now I know for sure. You pussy."

Another possible response: "No thanks." Or: ignore bloggers. They'll lose interest and move on to the next person to call them a "pussy" or at least give a fun quote!

Related: How Not to Storm Off the Internet In a Huff


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<![CDATA[Which Actor Picked Up the Tab for an Entire Restaurant?]]> We've got several gay dudes today, one very generous actor, and thankfully no rape. Seriously though, there is probably at least one "which actor is gayyyyyy" blind item every day. Is Hollywood that homo, or are we just talking about the same few actors all the time? Decide for yourselves after the jump.

1) "What two hunky actors are refraining from any public displays of affection now that spies on their set are suggesting they're more than friends?" [NYDN]

2) "Who's the Hollywood heart-throb who refuses sex with gorgeous women, but still dates them so he can pretend he's straight?" [Mirror]

3) "This must have happened about six months ago now. Chicago. In one corner you have a B list actor. Married. For now. A list name recognition. How about A+ name recognition. Anyway, our actor was in town doing some press, making some friends, drinking a little bit. He shouldn't, but he does. So, our actor befriended a few of the waitresses at this particular establishment. One of them came up to him and was talking about how some guy had ordered Cristal or something for his girlfriend for their six month anniversary or something and he then realized he had left his wallet at home. Our actor told the waitress to say that the manager had picked up the bill and our actor paid it. Our actor had such a good time doing that nice thing that he decided to pick up every tab in the place that night. He didn't announce it or scream it because then everyone would have just ordered and ordered. Instead, he spoke with the manager and as each person settled their bill they were told it was on the house and thanks for being such a good customer when instead each tab was actually paid for by the actor. Final bill? About $10,000. Plus tip. He is always a good tipper." [CDaN]

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<![CDATA[Which Actor Trolls The Web, Looking For Underage Thrills?]]> It's so very hot. And sticky. And gross. Please don't make me type more than a few words about today's blind items. A lesbian pop star, a gay actor, a four-way casting couch, a cheating politician, and more are waiting for you after the jump. Enjoy. Please also leave donations for the Buy Richard an Air Conditioner Fund.

1)"Which star of a new TV hit has Hollywood scrambling to the pharmacy? He's spreading herpes around town like wildfire." [NYP]

2) "Which gorgeous socialite has a secret side to her sex life? While she's often on the arm of a guy at social functions, we hear she prefers to go home with a lady." [NYP]

3) "Which hit TV show's cast members are as bad in real life as the characters in the plotline? At a recent party, two of the hot actors held up the bathroom line while cutting their own lines in the stalls." [NYP]

4) "Which scoundrel politician has been carrying on an affair with a married socialite heiress for the past year, according to Miami dinner-party gossip?" [NYDN]

5) "Which attractive female pop star who claims to have a boyfriend is more into the ladies? Her aides are terrified the truth is about to emerge." [Mirror]

6) "What foreign born actor who is a regular on a hit network drama and is filming a top popcorn flick right now uses a social networking site to hit on underage females?" [CDaN]

7) "Has anyone else noticed how this A list actor spends as much time apart from his C list girlfriend as possible. Sure they take photos together and they definitely do have a relationship, but it doesn't change the fact that he would rather spend time with his male significant other. (Not Jake G)" [CDaN]

8) "This walk on actress wanted to be on another episode of a hit cable drama. She took her case to the male stars of the show and asked for their help. She got another episode, but only after she took on three of the stars simultaneously. To their credit, a few of the stars said no and didn't take part." [CDaN]

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<![CDATA[ One of the juicier blind items off the transom...]]> One of the juicier blind items off the transom lately involves an A-list actress, a bold-faced female mag editor, and unkempt pubic hair. Asks the NY Daily News, "Which female A-lister's Sapphic relationship with a top editrix came to a crashing halt when the wordsmith saw her 'wildly' unkempt nether regions?" While memories of former Jane editor-in-chief Jane Pratt's claims that she dabbled in the Land of Lesbianism with Drew Barrymore delightfully resurface in our minds, Pratt is now a full-time radio chick. Recently departed Interview EIC Ingrid Sischy (not so delightfully) is another possibility, but somehow we can't see her gasping at the sight of an imperfect wax, considering her signature Bob Dylan-esque 'do. We leave it up to you, our faithful readers, to out the thwarted thespian in need of a pronto Brazilian in the comments. [NYDN]

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<![CDATA[This Week In Tabloids: Britney May Have Been Brutalized; Angelina Doesn't Want Aniston At Her Wedding]]> Another Wednesday, another Midweek Madness! The covers of the weeklies are all over the place today; one for Britney, one for Heidi Montag, one for the Cruise clan and two for Angie and Brad. Rape (!) rumors, wedding arguments, Scientology and betrayal; it's all here. With the help of Intern Sharon, we take a deep breath and inhale the toxic vapors emanating from In Touch, OK!, Us, Life & Style, and Star. How badly do this week's tabloids stink? Find out, after the jump.







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"I Was Betrayed By Spencer." Look, we could not care less about these people, but it's our duty to report on this crap: Basically, Spencer maybe cheated on Heidi but Heidi says, "Spencer and I may differ on what it means to cheat." Spencer agrees: "We have different interpretations of cheating." Yawn. Also inside: "From K-Fed To Well-Fed" Kevin Federline has put on "daddy weight" and has a paunch now. Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are having "late-night trysts" in Miami. Lastly: Mary-Kate and Ashley are "writing" a book called Influence about designers and artists who have inspired them. The book will have pictures. "Exclusive" pictures.
Grade: F (hot, overflowing Porta Potty)

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"Secret Baby Vows." Angelina might be living in Texas when she gives birth; she'll be based there while Brad shoots a film. She likes small towns because she can buy a slice of pizza without being harassed. Maddox thinks "Mallory" and "Joe" are good baby names. Oddly, there's nothing really about "vows," despite what the cover claims. Also inside: Lauren Conrad will write a tell-all book exposing Hollywood's social scene, and drop details about Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Heidi Montag and Kristin Cavallari. The producers of Chicago want both Nicole Richie and Paris to be in the show, because they think those kids sell tickets. Cynthia Nixon on her relationship with her partner: "I'm in love with her because she's her. If she were a man, would I be in love with her? I don't know." The top 10 "Stylish Couples" include Heidi Klum and Seal, and the Beckhams (Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher come in at No. 1). Lastly: Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson are seeing each other again but her friends worry about his drinking and chronic depression.
Grade: D- (decomposing roadkill skunk)

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"At Home With The Cruises." The weirdly PhotoShopped cover features Suri magically suspended between her parents. The power of Xenu! Right now the Cruise family is living in a four bedroom apartment in the Scientology Celebrity Centre in L.A. while they await $15 million in renovations on their home to be done. But they're down-to-earth! Katie runs around the house in sweat pants and gym socks and answers the phone. Wow. Also inside: Angelina Jolie wants to take Maddox to Cambodia because he's been asking questions about his homeland. Benji Madden's friends don't approve of him dating Paris Hilton, shocker. Britney Spears has dumped Adnan Ghalib: After finding text messages from his wife on his iPhone, Brit spat on him and told him to get out. Nicky Hilton's dropped a ton of weight* but her boyfriend thinks she looks hot; he did date Mary-Kate Olsen. Lastly: Jessica Biel gave Justin Timberlake an ultimatum, saying "It's either me or Kate [Hudson]," claims an insider.
Grade: D (four-day-old unrefrigerated dead fish)

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"Angie & Brad's Blow-Up Over Wedding." Brangelina got into a screaming match and went to separate bedrooms, slamming doors, because Brad wants a big wedding in New Orleans and Angie doesn't. Oh, and Brad's mom invited Jen. Whatever. Also inside: Did Rumer Willis have a boob job? Jennifer Aniston thinks her new boyfriend Jason Lewis is better than Brad Pitt because Brad was "always looking in the mirror and talking about his hair," a source says. Jason's more wash 'n go! Is new mom Salma Hayek jealous of Nicole Richie's post-baby weight loss? She was overheard at an event saying,"I have to think about what I can wear. It's not like I'm Nicole Richie!" Um, Salma? Nicole is not normal. FYI. Blind item! "What superstar celebrity who appears to have it all is about to get her own private island? Her generous husband is shopping for a tropical paradise to give her for an upcoming milestone birthday?" Plus: Mariah Carey is in such great shape! "I've been working with this fabulous woman who is my trainer, my water aerobics teacher, and my chef," she says. In Paris, Mary-Kate seemed "cozy" with notorious druggie Lapo Elkann, but then again, she does like bad boys (Nate Lowman, Max Snow, Stavros Niarchos, Heath Ledger). Matt Lauer could get divorced and it could cost him half of his $50 million fortune. [Uh, he's worth fifty million??? -Ed.] Meanwhile his wife, Annette has lost weight; she's 100 lbs. and 5'8". WTF. Star claims that Britney dumped Adnan because he met a swag bag girl in an Oscar gift suite, asked for her number and then spent five nights in a row at her house. He told her that being with Britney had become unbearable because she's so crazy. Also! A doctor (who, of course, does not treat Britney) says she looks pregnant, judging from a photo. Lastly: T.R. Knight, 34, has a "teen sweetheart"! His boyfriend Mark Cornelson is 19. They look cute together!
Grade: D+ (vomit)

In Touch
"Britney's Darkest Secret." The story is mostly speculation about how Britney believes she was sexually abused when she was younger, according to a "source." She was surrounded by adults for most of her childhood. She refers to herself in the third person, using the name "Baby," like, "Baby's getting better. Baby was sad but now she's happy." So she could have some sort of repressed memory due to trauma. Or not. Moving on: Madonna and Guy Ritchie are living "separate lives." Guy's father, John, tells the magazine "They're not spending any time together." Benji Madden and Paris Hilton "bonded over Harlow" when they both went to visit Nicole, Joel and the baby. Paris' mom Kathy is "overjoyed" that Benji is a gentleman and not some trust-fund baby, a source says. Hookups: Lauren Conrad is having a secret romance with Brothers & Sisters hottie David Annable. He is so cute! Cameron Diaz was seen having a quiet dinner date with Sean "Diddy" Combs in West Hollywood. Kirsten Dunst has a rehab romance with a fellow patient and "sits on his lap while smoking cigarettes." Lindsay Lohan is the "roommate from hell" and a "slob" which is why Courtenay Semel moved out. Avril Lavigne is pregnant; she was seen with her hand on her tummy while shopping in Beverly Hills. Rihanna won't admit she's dating Chris Brown even though they were seen snogging in Paris. Lukas Haas is moving in with buddy Leonardo DiCaprio, but not paying rent. Katie Holmes is "obsessed" with being skinny: She's eating very small amounts of food, starting to look ill and is underweight at 5'9" and 110 lbs. Kate Hudson is totally not pregnant, as her skimpy bikini pix show. Last: Colin Farrell drives an $11,000 Ford Bronco he bought on the Internet.
Grade: C- (bad breath)

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<![CDATA[This Week In Tabloids: Britney's Secret Wedding, Angelina's Crazy Trip]]> Every Wednesday, we do Midweek Madness, the game in which we weather the storm of celebrity tabloids, looking for a ray of sunshine...or at least a good bit of gossip. This week, Britney Spears and Angelina Jolie both "win" 2 covers; the last cover is dominated by poor, mournful Michelle Williams. Intern Sharon donned her parka and snow boots to help us scrape the "news" from In Touch, Star, Us, Life & Style and OK!; details after the jump.







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"Angie's Joy, Jen's Pain." Intern Sharon didn't even read the whole cover story because she's so sick of Angelina vs. Jennifer crap. But she sums the article up thusly: "Jennifer is 'upset' by the fact that 'she'll never bear Brad's babies.' Ugh!" There are, however, two pages of "Silver Foxes": Tim Gunn, Harrison Ford, Anderson Cooper and George Clooney. Yay! Also inside: During a photo shoot, Kim Kardashian ate a cheeseburger, a taco, a bite of a hot dog, a bite of KFC and two doughnuts. For lunch. Jaime Lynn Spears picked up 5 lbs. of crawfish for her baby daddy's dinner. She also likes to go to Sonic and order cheesecake bites dipped in barbecue sauce. Dannielynn Birkhead's eye condition is called strabismus, and she's getting surgery in early March. Does anyone know if that is connected to fetal alcohol syndrome?
Grade: D (hail)

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"This Is Crazy!" Angelina took a 19 hour flight to Iraq — alone! She also traveled outside of the country's green zone. OMG. She spent most of her time talking to soldiers, and went on the trip in order to highlight the fact that 60% of Iraqi refugees are younger than 12. Intern Sharon says, "She should adopt one!" Also inside: Madonna's party for Malawi raised $5.5 million. Did Britney "lose" $60 million? She's being audited and her parents think Sam Lutfi was using her cash to pay his rent. Plus private planes, hotel rooms, shopping and an entourage don't come cheap. Right now her dad is giving her $60 a day, and if she needs more she has to explain why. Meanwhile, sis Jamie Lynn was seen in a Louisiana Wal-Mart looking depressed. Also: Fergie spent $30,000 in 2 hours at Calvin Klein in NYC; Sam Lufti was at Paris Hilton's birthday party and didn't leave her side all night; the Olsen twins go out, but they don't party out of happiness... they have trust issues and blah blah blah. Heidi Montag is turning to choreographer Shane Sparks for dance-move assistance. He plans on helping her by combining the styles of Britney, Beyoncé, Ciara and Chris Brown.
Grade: D+ (sleet)

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"Michelle's Final Goodbye." One of the first things you see when you open the magazine is a picture of John Mayer in a Borat-style lime green swim contraption*, which is great, since the cover story is so damn sad. Many of the details of Heath's funeral are here: Michelle broke down while reading Shakespeare's Sonnet 18, which begins, "Shall I compare thee to summer's day." Then she and the other mourners walked into the ocean, where they slapped the water and yelled Heath's name like they wanted him to hear. Also inside: Upon checking into a NYC hotel, Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham was pissed no paparazzi had followed her. "Where are the photographers? I want them alerted that I'm here!" she reportedly said. She also had lunch at Michael's and her date was late — Posh was seen sitting alone at her table fiddling with her BlackBerry and twitching in her seat for half an hour. The nerve of some people! Plus: After reading comments from people who hated her music video, Heidi Montag says, "I cried myself to sleep. I'm just a 21-year-old from a small town in Colorado trying to follow her dreams." Spencer Pratt says, "I don't think I need to defend it, it's a piece of art." Also a piece of art: The surely staged photo accompanying this article, which features Heidi sitting on a curb, holding her CD and weeping as Spencer ardently kisses her head. Lastly, Britney is making "baby steps" on the road to recovery, and her mom says she sees glimpses of her daughter coming back. Yet she continues to speak in a British accent! But Brit has no credit cards and no cash right now; she's basically grounded.
Grade: C (rain)

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"I Don't Want My Kids Back." Britney's been talking to her first husband, Jason Alexander. He claims Brit says she wants to see her boys, but doesn't want to be a full-time mom. She feels like she can always have other kids later on. (!!!!) Also inside: While Angelina was in Iraq, she wasn't scared at all — though she did wear a bullet-proof vest and have a security team of 10... the security cost of visit reportedly ran up to $100,000. Michael Lohan tells the magazine that daughter Lindsay has been on Oxycodone, Adderall, Xanax and Ambien, "But most young people shouldn't be on some of these medications. Instead, they should get spiritual guidance and exercise." Meanwhile, Lindsay was seen swapping numbers with Josh Hartnett at NYC hotspot Beatrice Inn. Lastly: Jason Biggs' fiancée is pregnant;Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland was upset that her solo CD didn't do as well as she'd hoped (But! She got a boob job); while the writers' strike was on, a lot of stars went off their diets — "they soften up when they're not working," the mag says. Yet they are all still very thin!
Grade: C+ (flurries)

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"Married In Mexico!" Britney and Adnan Ghalib had a quickie wedding back on January 9, but it's taken everyone this long to figure it out! When Britney accused her mom of sleeping witih her husband, it wasn't Kevin she was talking about — her "hubby" is Adnan. Since the elopement took place four days after she was rushed to the hospital and declared 5150, there's no telling what her mental state was during the nuptials. Plus: Adnan gets free Ed Hardy clothing on the condition that he wears it when he's with Britney (and gets photographed in it). Also inside: Knocked-up Jessica Alba says, "Every couple of hours, I turn into Satan if I don't eat something." Josh Hartnett and Helena Christensen were seen hanging all over each other; they're clinging to each other for comfort after Heath's death. Madonna probably had an eye and eyebrow lift, as well as Botox and fat injected into her face, since her eyes look different, her forehead has no lines and she's got apple-cheeks. Blind item! "Which hot TV star who is dating an award-winning singer likes to play while the cat is away? The actor has been busy making the round during NYC's fashion week trying to score with lots of ladies." Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are all named as co-hosts of a pre-Oscar benefit in Beverly Hills on February 23. "Brad is prepared for a knock-down, drag-out fight," claims a source. Another insider says: "If Jen is nice, Angie will be nice. If Jen is mean, Angie will let her have it." Jamie Lynn Spears is known for "drinking to get wrecked." She even drank mouthwash. Residents of Kentwood, LA are spilling all her business: "I know for a fact that [baby daddy] Casey was not her first," says one. "There were at least two others." Plus! JLS was at a party recently and made out with the host. The guy asked if she'd broken up with Casey, to which Jamie Lynn reportedly replied, "I'm pregnant. I can have have sex with anyone I want. I can't get pregnant again." When that guy ran away, JLS left with some other dude, who told everyone the next day that yeah, they had sex. But now she's going to move out of her mom's house an into a double-wide trailer. "That's how we do it in Louisiana," says a source. Kirsten Dunst is a drunk, maybe because, growing up, she always had to please her mom, her acting coaches or directors and not herself. Sigh. Heath Ledger had Oxycodone in his system when he died, but there was no bottle of those pills found in the apartment. Did Mary-Kate's bodyguard arrive before the police and remove it? "The person who provided Heath those drugs can be held responsible and possibly be charged with manslaughter," says a former medical examiner. Lastly: Kirstie Alley is "lonelier than ever and packing on the pounds again"; iIn a will-they-or-won't-they wedding story that's 6 pages long, Angelina and Brad may have a Buddhist ceremony; Jessica Alba is pressuring Cash to set a date; Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts will get hitched in Australia before the end of the year; and it doesn't look good for Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo: "All they do is fight."
Grade: B (blizzard with schools & offices closed)

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<![CDATA[From The Mailbag]]> gaybeach2.png "WHICH legendary american tv producer of late night comedy is been constantly seen walking back and forth at St Barth's Saline gay beach right around sundown?" Sic, sic, etc.

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<![CDATA[Who's The Wicked Mommy?]]> OMG! Juicy blind item. Which celebrity mother is making the other mommies paranoid? This question appears in the column of Dr. Joyce Brothers today: "Dear Dr. Brothers, I am up against a rather delicate situation as a new parent at a nursery school, and I've decided to ask your opinion... My child is an adorable little boy (yes, I know it's not proper to brag, but it is true), and in his rather upscale school, he has been asked for a play date with a little boy who is there mostly because of his very famous mom, a film actress. She wants my child to go over to her house for some reason (she says he is so cute). But I'm afraid she just wants to use my son, and the whole thing feels almost abusive to me. What do you think?" C'mon ladies, who is the shady lady trying to lure little boys to her gingerbread house? [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

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<![CDATA[Which SF politico needs to study American history?]]>

Council member: I heard you need my John Doe on something.
Clerk: I need your signature on some documents.
Council member: Yeah, my John Doe.
Clerk, laughing: You mean your John Hancock — John Doe is an anonymous dead body. [Council member looks puzzled.] John Hancock has the biggest signature on the Declaration of Independence — that's where the term comes from.
Council member: Oh.

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San Francisco, California

This exchange was posted today on Overheard in the Office, a once-clever repository of quips and comebacks which has transformed into a vault of urban legends forwarded by people still using AOL. Still, this "council member" piqued our curiosity. We suspect the submitter meant our city's Board of Supervisors. So which San Francisco supervisor mixed up his or her Hancocks and Does? Well, in order to answer that, you'll need to know who the hell these people are. Here's a primer:

There are eleven members of the Board of Supervisors. It includes three women, three guys with unfortunate facial hair, one guy who looks like a network TV anchorman, and one bald fat fellow. No longer included is former supervisor Ed Jew (who, by the way, is Asian, and not, to my knowledge, Jewish), elected to represent the Sunset district while, a pending case alleges, he was secretly living in Burlingame, a suburb near the airport. None of these people, to my knowledge, had an affair with god-mayor Gavin Newsom while married to his campaign manager.

Other than that? Not much to write home about. They're San Francisco supervisors. The only thing they've done that has influenced tech is kill the citywide Wi-Fi deal. For my money, any of these boneheads could be the culprit. Why does the smartest city on the planet have the dumbest people running it?

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<![CDATA[CEO pisses on own grave]]> Piss on thisThis is the craziest thing we've heard in a while. And we at Valleywag hear some crazy things. Which Silicon Valley founder was ousted as CEO after an incident where he stumbled into work blind drunk, unbuckled, and peed on the carpet? What makes this tip more outrageous is the claim that he probably would have gotten away with a slap on the wrist, if not for the presence of a visitor. Specifically, a less-than-amused female marketer from Intel, there to talk ad sponsorships. That slipup provided the board with the excuse it needed to oust him. Any guesses who it was?

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<![CDATA[Google's adulterer supervision]]> CEO Eric Schmidt, in carrying on with women he's not married to, has apparently set the tone for the rest of the Google C-suite. We hear that another top executive, although he has a stunningly beautiful wife, is seeing another Google employee on the side, putting his marriage in jeopardy. Anyone care to venture a guess who it is? Leave a comment or send in a tip.]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=292356&view=rss&microfeed=true