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Clinton-Oprah Cold War In London
- In the spirit of racial harmony, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Clinton ignored each other at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party. They used to be very close, apparently. Until, presumably, Oprah went and supported a certain black man for president. Either that or he just didn't want to be near her in that outfit (pictured). [P6]
- The new conspiracy theory about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, who gave birth already according to a fairly unbeliveable Entertainment Tonight report a couple of weeks ago, is that the infants were born premature and are being "secretly cared for in a French hospital." Also, Jolie is wearing a prosthetic tummy to keep the secret going. [R&M]
- A socialite says she was warned away from arrested Anne Hathaway ex Rafaello Follieri's charitable foundation and that he flaked on sending documents to her charity. But what really burns her is that he didn't bring Hathaway to this one charity invite, even though she was invited and everything. [P6]
- The Post doesn't think CBS' chief PR executive should be publishing a book about slacking off on the job called "Executricks: Or How to Retire While You're Still Working." [Post]
- Bill Murray has completed his nasty divorce battle. Mom gets custody, he gets visitation. [Daily Star]
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Kate Moss Just Wanted To Powder Her Nose, Jerks
- Kate Moss stormed out of a party at Milk Studios in Chelsea because they wouldn't let her bring three friends into the bathroom, citing a "strict one-person-at-a-time policy." [P6]
- Supermodel and beat-down artist Naomi Campbell had surgery to allow her to have children, since she believes children will fix her life by forcing her to "calm down." As long as they aren't, you know, whiny incompetents like all those assistants she attacked. [Showbiz Spy]
- Not only did Anne Hathaway have a sinus infection when she kissed fellow actor Steve Carrell for a movie, she also had pink eye, and now he probably has it, too. [Oh No They Didn't]
- Uma Thurman's stalker is supposed to be in Maryland after narrowly avoiding a jail sentence, but instead he's handing around in New York, near the courthouse, in the same clothes he had on during the trial. It's over, buddy. Let it go. [Entertainment Tonight]
- Jennifer Aniston had dinner in Los Angeles with a mystery man, so there was speculation the movie star split from singer John Mayer, but it also emerged he's driving her car, so probably they're still together.
- Actress Jessica Alba gave birth to daughter Honor Marie. [Sun]
- Oh, look, it's seven skanks competing to be Paris Hilton's new "best friend," all hoochied up in front of a club in Las Vegas. [Sun]
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are determined to spend more on their baby nursery than fellow celebrity-twin parents J. Lo and Marc Anthony. So far, the price tag is north of $140,000. But where are the dedicated baby guards? The hermetically-sealed climate control? The Scientologist consultants? [R&M]
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Tabloid Editors Insane From Brangelina Pressure
The birth of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's twins is, for celebrity tabloid editors and producers, like a presidential election night, the Superbowl and a moon landing all rolled into one, and the incredible pressure is destroying them one at a time. Bonnie Fuller was an early victim, losing all grip on reality at the end of March, when the magazine she then ran, Star, described a New Orleans wedding between the power couple that never took place. Then, earlier this month, Entertainment Tonight reported that Jolie had given birth to the twins in France, a story that was swiftly denied by reps for the couple and that is raising questions about the show's standards (apparently it was like the New Yorker of celebrity journalism). Now, Fuller's replacement at Star is also messing up the Brangelina story, cropping a month-old photo to make it look like Jolie "collapsed" in the south of France: More »
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Oprah At Obama's Beck And Call
- Oprah Winfrey said Barack Obama's victory made her do "the happy dance all day." And she's totally ready to piss off more viewers by campaigning for him again. [Showbiz Spy]
- After giving her new allies at the Post an exclusive rundown on her recent drug bust and visit to Alcoholics Anonymous, Tatum O'Neal clams up to the Daily News. On AA: "Well, it's anonymous. I'd prefer to keep it that way!" [R&M]
- The big Calvin Klein/Eva Mendes party above Heath Ledger's apartment was broken up by the building's owners. [TMZ]
- The young Republicans are fighting to save poor Bruce Willis from some dirty hippies. Or as the Post oh-so-clevery calls them, "slacktivists." [P6]
- Even though Sharon Stone apologized once, already, for saying China's recent earthquake was the result of bad karma from Chinese rule in Tibet, she still has been banned from the Shanghai International Film Festival. So she tried apologizing a second time.
- Brad Pitt bought a $300,000 table and $175-per-square-foot rug — not despite the fact that he has twin babies on the way, but because he has twin babies on the way. Between the new ones and Jolie's 47 other children, the new furniture should be covered in crayons and bodily fluids within a week. But, given the provenance of the children, maybe it will actually increase in value. [P6]
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Sane Lindsay Lohan Keeps Distance From Crazy Family
- Lindsay Lohan's mom Dina faces "immediate arrest and imprisonment" if she doesn't show up in court this morning on charges she gets drunk in front of her kids, 11 and 14, and the she missed 15 of 29 court-ordered visitations, and showed up to one inebriated. Ex-husband Michael Lohan also threw in to the court filing that Dina is sometimes mean to her puppy — putting it in a kennel instead of letting Michael watch it — because he knows that will piss people off more than the child abuse or whatever. [R&M]
- Meanwhile, Lohan is way too classy to be on her mother's reality show, and also too busy flashing her panties at the MTV movie awards in a desperate attempt to look like Marilyn Monroe. Tila Tequila wants Lohan to come out of the closet, because think of the moneymaking opportunities.
- Tom Cruise likes to invite big powerful Hollywood men for a ride in the cockpit of his airplane. But only once they've memorized a sufficient number of homoerotic lines from Top Gun. [TMZ]
- Jennifer Aniston's friend Courteney Cox has a husband who is eight years younger, so Aniston introduced Cox to her new boyfriend, John Mayer, who is nine years younger. In case it wasn't totally obvious she was trying to show off, Aniston also wore one of those tops where you can totally see her boobs.
- Naomi Campbell reminded everyone that if Yves Saint Laurent had not gotten her onto the cover of French Vogue in the 1990s, she couldn't have have squander her massive opportunity to become a role model to girls worldwide. [Showbiz Spy]
- Angelina Jolie comes to the same conclusion as much of the moviegoing public, declaring of husband Brad Pitt: "I don't see him as an actor." [E!]
- Robert Downey Junior refused to post for a picture with Office and Get Smart star Steve Carell: "Whoa, whoa, whoa, what are you doing, cross-promoting?" [R&M]
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Angelina Jolie's Secret $15 Million Birth?
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's unborn twins are worshiped by the entertainment press as a sort of double celebrity messiah. Bidding for exclusive first pictures has reportedly reached $15 million and is poised to rise further. So it was with no small measure of elation Friday that Entertainment Tonight delivered news that the twins had just been born in the south of France, a big scoop. But People and Us Weekly soon reported denials from reps for the couple. Brad Pitt attended a Grand Prix event across the border in Italy, which would be an odd decision for a new father. The celebrified Associated Press, which obtained a denial from Pitt's manager, asked, "Was Entertainment Tonight punk'd?" Maybe not. Maybe it is the victim of a MASSIVE ANGELINA JOLIE CONSPIRACY. More »
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Movie Rights to Godless Ayn Rand Novel Acquired From Catholics
Vice chairman of Lionsgate Michael Burns' mission to grab the screen rights of me-first philosopher Ayn Rand's libertarian soap opera of a novel Atlas Shrugged ended at a strange place: his Catholic Church. As Burns tells it in an interview this week, he was leaving mass one Sunday when he ran into Ray producers Howard and Karen Baldwin, telling them, "I heard you have the rights to Atlas Shrugged and I'd like to talk to you about that because that is truly one of my favorite books." As all good Rand acolytes know, the stern founder of the philosophy of Objectivism wasn't a huge fan of God or the Catholic Church, once informing the late devout editor of National Review William F. Buckley, "But you are too smart to believe in God!" Burns, who says he attended Rand's funeral in 1982, is all too aware of his heresy, adding, "Ayn Rand's probably rolling over in her grave to think that happened in a Catholic church." Forget about rolling over, Michael. She might be assembling an army of the undead to take care of yo' ass. More »
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American Idol Does Things For People and For Themselves
So American Idol's "Idol Gives Back" charity masturbathon aired last night. If you didn't watch it, it means you hate Africa. And children. Many, many important celebrities showed up to do their part. Bono traveled to Africa to speak with people affected by the AIDS pandemic and bloomed beautifully into twee little Irishman. Robin Williams continued to plunge comedy's toilet with his Oscar. Teri Hatcher warbled her way through that trashy Carrie Underwood song about cheatin'. Brad Pitt got touched by an adorable little stagehand. Oh, and millions and millions of dollars were raised for charities around the world. So I guess that's good! More »
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Heath Ledger's Australian Love Child
- Heath Ledger may have a love child in Australia, the late actor's uncle said, which would mean he has two children. Isn't that straight out of Lost? I mean, except for the part about Heath fathering the child while 17 and still in grammar school with a woman eight years older who already had a boyfriend. [Daily Telegraph via HollyScoop]
- Cracked-out singer Amy Winehouse has been writing and playing songs for her next album even while battling addiction and her skin condition. Also, while her husband sits in jail. "It is very, very dark." [Sun]
- Woops: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie did not get married in Vegas, as reported in Star. Perez Hiton described Star's retraction as "shoving their baby cock between their legs." Eeww. This is why I should never read Perez Hilton before trying to sleep. [Perez]
- It sounds like Britney Spears did not end up presenting during the Kids' Choice Awards as rumored. Actor Orlando Bloom seemed less than thrilled to get slimed.
- Kiefer Sutherland of 24 wants to direct a music video for British band "the Feeling." It's high time rock videos added some torture scenes. [Sun]
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Us Calls Bullshit on Star!
Star overlord Bonnie Fuller is getting her ass kicked this morning. "Online reports that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt tied the knot in New Orleans Saturday are 'complete and total bulls—t,' a source tells Us. 'Bottom line, they aren't even in New Orleans.'"
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Brangelina Married! No it's Not!
The poor, poor bastards Star magazine spent Saturday evening furiously shoving out their scoop that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie had gotten married in New Orleans yesterday. It was "an intimate wedding ceremony in the couple's adopted city" editor-in-chief and horrible person Bonnie Fuller's scribes report. And that got the kids at People magazine crazy! A couple hours later, they had tracked down a "source" who declared "There was no wedding." Then Star got slammed with The People's Elbow when the rag claimed that Brangelina wasn't even in New Orleans yesterday! More »
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Scary Amy Winehouse Going Away For A While, Again
- Amy Winehouse will be airlifted away from her crack and into rehab, possibly in Israel or South Africa. A doctor told the Sun the singer's skin damage is common among crack addicts. [Sun]
- Brad Pitt is ninth cousin to Barack Obama while the movie star's wife Angelina Jolie is ninth cousin to Obama presidential rival Hillary Clinton. Also, Obama is distant cousins with George W. Bush and somehow linked to Confederate general Robert E. Lee and Dick Cheney. [OK!]
- Unlike everyone else in Los Angeles, Britney Spears actually becomes more sane when behind the wheel of a car, so Daddy Jamie is letting the singer tool around her gated community. While driving, Britney is contemplating plans for her own dance studio. [OK!]
- An Olsen twin slummed it at a Lower East Side dive. Page Six asked its drunken source which Olsen twin it was: "I think it was the fat one." Apparently that's Mary-Kate. [P6]
- Actress Pamela Anderson annulled her fairy tale eight-week Vegas marriage. [BBC]
- Former Saturday Night Live player Jimmy Fallon: Preggers! [TMZ]
- Singer Sheryl Crow a little too overeager about collaborating with Fleetwood Mac. Stevie Nicks does that to people. [Billboard]
- Heather Mills still on about former hubby and ex-Beatle Paul McCartney's hidden piles of money. [Daily Mail]
- Deceased actor Heath Ledger's estate worth somewhere between $145,000 and $60 million. Thanks, TMZ.
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Serene Britney Spears Doesn't Know Why You Keep Offering Advice
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The Mystery Of Shirtlessness
What is it about super high fashion magazines that convinces straight male actors to remove their shirts? The latest victim is Ryan Phillippe [Photo via Just Jared], who poses pensively in the new W Magazine, staring out a window with his nipples exposed, hands held abreast as if squeezing two imaginary Big Gulp cups. The same type of thing happened to Brad Pitt in Italian Vogue when he was promoting "Troy" several years ago (examples after the jump). These aren't the kinds of shots you see in GQ, or Esquire, or Shotgun News. Is it a desire to appeal to fashionable women? Or fashionable men? Or some secret spell that only rarefied fashion photographers can cast? What about the ridicule one should inevitable suffer from one's male friends over this? As a fellow straight man, I have no answers here. More »
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Brave Britney Spears Nearly Forgotten Amid Your Stupid Election Or Whatever
- Britney Spears is in a padded room, deemed by a court-appointed lawyer too crazy to understand her own case, but the judge wants to check with a doctor to be extra sure she's mentally unfit because apparently he doesn't have access to television, print media, the Internet, radio or anyone who has consumed any news whatsoever at any point in the past two years.
- For the two weeks Spears is in the hospital, her dad retains control of her lawyers, medical situation and fast-dwindling supply of money, but she's bravely fighting to put all that in the hands of this buddy of her hanger-on who can't contact her due to a perfectly innocent restraining order.
- Meanwhile, Jennifer Aniston heroically endures Angelina Jolie's pregnancy by Brad Pitt, even though Jolie is clearly trying to humiliate her though brazen fertility. [ShowbizSpy]
- Married Daniel Baldwin is "inappropriate" with an adult film star, checks out of rehab, and Dr. Drew is the only one especially worried about all this. [ET]
- People Magazine travels to Australia to discover the shocking truth: Heath "Ledger's father Kim and other relatives appeared solemn and tired" after burying their son and taking a 20-hour flight home. [People]
- Paris Hilton going on The L Word, doesn't know "what kind of character I'll be playing" since her dramatic range allows for so many options. [Parade via GaySocialites]
- Ashton Kutcher and Bruce Willis have a weird relationship. Surprising. [P6]
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Paparazzi Basically Doing Whatever Illegal Ish They Want
Tonight it was Brad Pitt's housekeeper calling the cops after a paparazzo blocked the star's driveway with his car; yesterday brought footage of the disturbing-but-not-technically-illegal hounding of Eva Longoria at an LA hair salon; Monday Britney called the cops to "contain" the paparazzi swarming all up in her driveway. Aggressive hordes of paps are nothing new but why the pronounced viciousness so far this year? Declining returns on the once-daunting Britney Spears economy? Pap desperation to meet ballooning subprime mortgage payments, what?
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Jolie So Very Pregnant
- Angelina Jolie wore this hideous Hermès dress to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, even though they're the new Oscars, and so now everyone thinks she's pregnant. [LA Times, Mail]
- Chris Booker is standing by his homophobic, cop-punching girlfriend Alycia Lane and maybe moving to a part of New York without "dyke bitches." [P6]
- Daily Show anchors just free associating their material now. [NYM]
- Russell Crowe really, really wants to hang out with Australian surfers. [Gatecrasher]
- Mary-Kate Olsen drowning her sorrows in tongue. [Radar]
