Happy Birthday
Liza Minnelli's creepy ex, concert promoter David Gest, turns 56 today. Sportswriter Mike Lupica is turning 57. Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is 76. Comedian Mort Sahl is 82. Model Laetitia Casta turns 31. Actor James Haven, the son of Jon Voight and brother of Angelina Jolie, is 36. Arizona Cardinals…
For the Record: Liza Minnelli Did Not Give David Gest Herpes
British newspapers keep saying that David Gest, the probably-gay producer and ex-husband of vodka bottle-tossing harridan Liza Minnelli, has herpes. And it's just not true! (Or so says Gest). The peculiar, face-stretched fellow has never had the disease and certainly never said that crazy old Liza with a Z (singer,…
Which Recent Makeout Session Tops List Of Legendary Stomach-Turning Celebrity Hookups?
We rarely like to take a mental walk down memory lane when it comes to the Most Nauseating Celebrity Hookups of all time, but news of the latest addition has unfortunately led us to revisit the grotesque list. We’ve already seen Liza Minelli and Phantom Of The Plastic Surgery Ward David Gest exchange saliva, Star…
Liza Minnelli Causes Headaches Via Intercourse, Not Via Beatdowns
A little more on Liza's victory: Botox receptacle David Gest had his lawsuit versus ex-wife Liza Minnelli thrown out yesterday, and really, all you need to know is this:
David Gest Does Have That Much Jam
Everything in this Post piece on David Gest is comical in its own particular way, starting with opening line "Sorry, boys - David Gest isn't gay." (Even casting aside the obvious objection to the statement, what boys are we supposed to be sorry for?) But what particularly caught our eye wasn't the "revelation" that…
Gossip Roundup: All the World's a Changing Table
• Yesterday, we watched Britney cry to Matt Lauer that celebrities "are people, too!" Today, we learn that she changed her baby's diaper on the FLOOR next to a cash register at Victoria's Secret. This pretty much clears up any confusion about whether or not Britney's a person — she's not even a primate. Where the hell…
Gossip roundup
· Katie Couric, who will be hosting "The Tonight Show" on May 12, has been making impossible demands on the staff and was angry when her choice of guestsBen and J-Lo together and/or the entire cast of Friendsdeclined to do the show. [Page Six]
· Sightings: "David Gest getting peevish at a P.J. Clarke's waiter who…
Nice things about people
As mentioned earlier, we've decided to change our corporate motto from "if you can't say anything nice about people, start your own weblog" to "everyone is happy, pretty, and smart in their own special way." I know the similarity is confusing, as the differences are quite subtle. On that note"Random Nice Things About…
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David Gest
David Gest forced a VH1 assistant to stick her head in the oven, according to a legal filing by VH1. (If I had to work for Gest, I don't think anyone would have to force me to stick my head in an oven, but I digress...) Gest also had VH1 fly his personal hairstylist in from LA and demanded that the hairstylist be…
Apologies and non-apologies
NYT writer Joyce Purnick says it's the season for making apologies, and points out a few people that notably haven'tKissinger, for a rather convincing and long-running impersonation of the Prince of Darkness; the head of the MTA, for telling the mayor to "shut up,"introducing the "kindergarten sandbox" phase of the…
Already-miserable people forced to endure Gest & Minelli
Michael Musto reports that homeless people at the Rescue Mission were recently subjected to David Gest and Liza Minelli, who (bless their little black hearts) were serving soup in front of a camera crew that we're sure "just happened" to be there.
La Dolce Musto [Village Voice]
Jack Osbourne on David Gest
Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy: "[David Gest] is a f -in' psycho. You know his deal, right? He was the biggest Judy Garland memorabilia collector. And then he gets the daughter. He gets the biggest prize out of the lot."
They said what? [Moviefone]

