Gawker: Gossip Roundup

Blake Lively Pissed At Seventeen By Proxy

Ryan Tate — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:28:07 EDT

Gossip Girl's Blake Lively — woops, sorry, her people, since she refuses to even look at it or something — is/are supposedly pissed at Seventeen over how she looks on the cover, because it looks nothing like her (too distinctive/memorable? Not bland enough??). They love her Vanity Fair and Cosmo covers, though. [Post]
Lawyers for the wife of Yankees star Alex Rodriguez say Madonna contributed to the break-up of the Rodriguez's marriage, without going so far as to say Madonna and Alex Rodriguez had sex. They don't really need to prove that, since Rodriguez allegedly had many other affairs. Madonna, you'll recall, has denied any affair, as well as her alleged impending divorce from Guy Ritchie. It's possible they just had some kind of weird Kabbalah thing going on. [Sun]
The Times ran a story on the University of Pennsylvania controversially naming a building after former Page Six editor Claudia Cohen, so now Page Six claims Cohen's many friends "are furious" over the item, and the gossip section is calling the Times story a "smear," since that's the official, empty News Corp. countercharge of the week. [Post]
Sam Ronson gave Lindsay Lohan a $22,000 ring for her 22nd birthday, because she loves her THAT MUCH. [Showbiz Spy]
Drew Barrymore broke up with her boyfriend Justin Long, the "Mac" character in those obnoxious Apple Mac vs. PC ads. [People]
HBO is suing Boston club promoters who, by pretending to be execs at the cable network, got competitors to shut down their Sex And The City parties. Sadly, it's too late for the rest of us to take notes on these innovative, SATC-deflating tactics. [Post]
Sad Broadway scion Eric Nederlander is not only on his way to his second speedy divorce but also owes $220,000 in back taxes and faces his third lien since 2002. [Post]

Billion-Dollar Babies In Love

Ryan Tate — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:27:10 EDT

The daughter of former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, Courtenay, is dating the heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, Casey. Semel used to date Lindsay Lohan, Johnson used to date a dude, until he was "snatched" away by her aunt. [P6]
Guy Ritchie was seen repeatedly drinking alone in his pub, listening to a folk guitarist, so everyone assumed his divorce with Madonna was about to finally happen. There was something about her kissing Gwyneth Paltrow. Then the pop starlet issued a big massive denial of the divorce, and her affair with A-Rod, and everything. No one's really sure whether to believe her.
Eliot Spitzer hooker Ashley Alexandra Dupre is no longer suing Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis for distributing racy footage shot when she was 17. It is time to "focus on the positive" ways to exploit being a famous call girl. [Post]
A former staffer for celebrity TV chef Rachael Ray said he was harassed for being anorexic. OK, so I suppose there is at least one bad reason to decline to eat Rachael Ray's food. [Post]
Once-pregnant transexual man Thomas Beatie gave birth to a healthy baby girl without a c-section. [ABC News]
There are threats of a Friends movie. Sex And The City is, of course, responsible for this travesty. [P6]

Naomi's Downunder Sees Population Increase

mr.guyball — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:39 EDT

Naomi Watts is pregnant with her second baby with Liev Schreiber. As she is Australian, we assume she will carry the child in her pouch. [US Magazine]

Bisexual rights advocate Tila Tequila got shot down on her own show's finale last night. Tila picked the girl, Kristi, who then declared that she's not sure if she's really in to girls. Isn't that how most female bisexual relationships work? [People.com]

Tatum O'Neal pled guilty to a disorderly conduct charge stemming from her drug arrest. She was fined $95 and barred from refering to herself as "Academy Award Winner" for 90 days. [Reuters]

Brad takes Shiloh and Zahara to visit Angie in the hospital. [The Daily Mail]

Christie Brinkley faces off against her husband and the 18 year old homewrecker. I guess she should have looked for a downtown man. [Star]

Lindsey Lohan and Samantha Ronson's hobbies include buying sex toys and keeping thin. Having things in common strengthens a relationship.[Star]

The Bitch Is Back

mr.guyball — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:07:25 EDT

The new 90210 just got a whole lot better because Shannon "My Career Will Never Die" Doherty is in talks to play Brenda Walsh. Oh Hells Yeah. [Perez Hilton]

David Beckham's fish oil supplements give him bad breath, but he's contractually obliged to take them. I think I can ignore some funky breath when dealing with the hottest human being on the planet. [Hollyscoop]

Angelina Jolie has checked into a hospital in France for scheduled rest before the birth of the twins. She has not popped yet, to our knowledge. [Reuters]

Adrianne Curry is jumping in to the all-girl-celebrity-meat slugfest. She's joined Jessica Simpson's pro-brisket camp. [Hollyscoop]

Kate took Lance to visit the Goldie. [People.com]

Spencer Pratt apologized to Mary Kate for trash talking about her after her appearance on Letterman. Apologize!?! Truly, Spencer will do anything for press. [Hollyscoop]

Lauren Conrad Is Less Stupid And Inane Than You've Been Led To Believe

mr.guyball — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:59:55 EDT

A reporter from Glamour had to spend time with Lauren Conrad and says she's "shockingly well spoken" and shy. Is everything we know about The Hills a lie? Is Lo Bosworth not a shrill manipulating shrew? [Glamour]

Victoria Beckham confirms she dated Corey Haim in 1995, but says "We didn't have sex or anything... In actual fact, he didn't seem to want to try. The most we did was kiss." [Now Magazine]

Jason Lee was spotted in line to get a marriage license. Jason and his girlfriend Ceren are expecting a child in the fall. [TMZ]

Britney's looking for a home in a quieter part of LA. Unfortunately, once she moves there, it will no longer be quiet, and we can only assume the constant crush of paps will devastate her neighbors' real estate values. Try Encino! [ET Online]

Jeffrey Tambor has confirmed that there will be an Arrested Development movie. Maybe, finally, Lucille Bluth will get a son who will finish his cottage cheese. [HollywoodInsider]

Pete Wentz is talking about kissing boys again. "When I said that I make out with dudes, there was a slight sense of sexual rebellion in that. I probably even made it a bigger deal than it was." He needs to give up on these homoerotic fantasies and focus on designing hooded sweatshirts and applying eyeliner. [P6]

Guy Ritchie has actually arrived in the same city as Madonna. No word on whether being in the same time zone has helped to heal the growing rift in their marriage. [People.com]

Michael Lohan has taken a DNA test to determine whether he's the father of a 13 year old Idaho girl. There is another! [Star]

Uma Thurman Prepares for Respectable, Passionless Third Marriage

mr.guyball — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:49:32 EDT

Uma Thurman, tired of the smell and nanny banging of being married to a celebrity, gets engaged to a nice, boring financier who dated Elle Macpherson.[US Magazine]
- David Archuleta says he's never kissed a girl and wishes he were Sarah Bareilles. It's sweet, huh?[P6]
- Rikki Rockett of Poison says some guy is dressing up like him and raping women in Mississippi. [TMZ]
- Guy Ritchie's mom says the divorce rumors are "rubbish" [Hollyscoop]

Clinton-Oprah Cold War In London

Ryan Tate — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:14:32 EDT

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]

No Escape To Italy For Anne Hathaway Ex

Ryan Tate — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:41:47 EDT

Anne Hathaway's Italian ex-boyfriend, accused con-man Rafaello Follieri, originally had planned a big spontaneous "vacation" to Italy for his "birthday" Wednesday, but of course he's in jail now, so no "dining patio, huge cellar of expensive wines, pricey pastas and locally caught seafood" for him. [Post]
A recent memorial service at Pat and William F. Buckley Jr.'s former home turned into a brokerage pitch to buy the place. That did not go over well. Ed Koch left quickly. "I felt like we were props in a real estate event," someone remotely affiliated with National Review said. [Times]
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch screened a film he is distributing about how large companies, including Nestlé, are privatizing water supplies in the U.S. and around the world. It turns out Nestlé was a sponsor of the film festival where the screening was held. Their rep "stormed out." [P6]
Ben Affleck is reporting for Nightline in the Congo. Which is great, just please don't turn into Sean Penn. [OK!]
Ha: Nelson Mandela personally uninvited Naomi Campbell from appearing on stage at his 90th birthday party after the supermodel was sentenced for assault on two police officers, who she had supposedly also called "honkeys." Also, Campbell reportedly wore a baseball cap with Mandela's prisoner number on it when she was arrested. [Showbiz Spy]

Anne Hathaway Almost Bought A House With Follieri

Ryan Tate — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:55:40 EDT

Sad Anne Hathaway had been shopping for homes with her scummy Italian boyfriend Rafaello Follieri right before the movie starlet finally realized she had to dump the loser. She told InStyle, for next month's issue: "If we get a house as opposed to an apartment, the first two floors will be a bit more traditional for him to be able to receive people, and the top two floors will be whatever I want." [P6]
Socialite Tinsley Mortimer's Gossip Girl cameo was in an all-white party scene. Apparently "it was like a virginal reference not a reference to Puffy." [Observer]
Like Sean Avery, tennis star Anna Kournikova would like to work for Anna Wintour at Vogue. Unlike Avery, she made the mistake of putting the editrix at number FIVE on her list of the 10 people she'd most like to work for, post-tennis. [P6]
The corporate infighting over Madonna's $120 million Live Nation has already begun. Looks like there may be layoffs. [Post]
Rapper DMX may lose a townhouse because he didn't promote a line of "urban doggie wear" as promised. The dog-gear company hooked up with DMX after hearing his gravelly voice in public service announcements he made about pets. It turns out DMX was ordered to make those ads after being found guilty of cruelty to his own 14 pit bulls. [Post]
Heather Locklear checked into rehab for athlete's foot or something. Seriously, though: For "psychological treatment." Everyone is pulling this "rehab-but-not-for-drugs" stunt now. What does rehab even MEAN any more? [OK!]
Stable for several months now, Britney Spears finally gets to have her kids over for sleepovers again. [TMZ]

Ex-Hooker Thanks You For Touching Her

Ryan Tate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:15:20 EDT

Ashley Dupre, call girl to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, thanked her MySpace fans "for taking the time to send me a bit of strength and inspiration... your words have touched me." She thanked her detractors for making "me push myself and want it even more." [MySpace]
Corey Feldman fought with old buddy and fellow child star Corey Haim on a reality show, and it emerged both had been molested at kids. Feldman felt the need to clarify that pop singer Michael Jackson was not the molester.
A handwriting expert is suing Bryant Gumbel for allegedly smearing him on HBO's Real Sports. [Post]
British singer Boy George really wanted to put on a special show for the New York sanitation workers with whom he performed community service, but he was denied a visa to enter the country, on account of an upcoming trial for allegedly imprisoning a male escort. [Post]
British author Ian McEwan said he despises "Islamism" because it oppresses gays and women. [Times]
Michelle Williams, mother of deceased actor Heath Ledger's child, is worried Ledger's mother and father will blow through the money in his estate before the child is 18 and able to claim any. [P6]
Clearly trying to seed a sequel to his 1986 laugh riot The Money Pit, actor Tom Hanks keeps insisting his mansion in Sun Valley was poorly constructed. His latest appeal for legal intervention was rejected by a California court Friday. [P6]
The 13-year-old daughter of billionaire Revlon chief Ron Perelman asked for a protection order against her mom and Perelman's ex-wife Patricia Duff. [Post]
Singer Stevie Nicks said everyone should buy records and in turn save the music business and in turn "bring peace to our earth." [R&M]

Sean Avery Raiding The Wrong Closets At Vogue

Nick Denton — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:31:05 EDT

Hockey star and Vogue intern Sean Avery showed up to a concert "dressed head to toe in black with a black newsboy cap... he looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo video." [P6]
Cynthia Nixon said she so did not have a boob job, as the Post reported. The breast cancer survivor and Sex And The City star just visited a hospital oncology department for a checkup. [R&M]
Britney Spears watched her 17-year-old sister give birth, and then had to take a long airplane flight back to Los Angeles, and then some paprazzo almost got in a fight with her bodyguard, so she totally cried.
Reality TV sexpot Tila Tequila supposedly got a Manhattan apartment broker to kiss her husband's ex wife. The ex wife also flashed Tila Tequila? And there was boob nuzzling? I guess if you're obscure, this is what you have to do to get into Page Six. [P6]
Jennifer Lopez's entourage supposedly numbers eight people, including two guards with visibly-holstered guns. They reportedly demanded that a clothing boutique be sealed, while J. Lo was shopping, and that the actress/singer get a 50 percent discount. What's insane is that her twins' entourage is both larger and more surly. [P6]
For Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party, there will be medics on standby. Not for Mandela but for barely-able-to-stand performer/drug addict Amy Winehouse. She had to overcome so much to make it to the show. Sniffle. [Mirror]

Cop-Punch Reporter Wants Dignity Back

Ryan Tate — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:44:21 EDT

Cop-slugging reporter Alycia Lane sued her former employer, saying the Philly TV station pushed her into an embarassing Dr. Phil interview, as though there is any other kind. [AP]
Someone wrote an entire song about the night he, then a bartender, punched a rude Russell Crowe in the face. Crowe's flack artfully said Crowe may not "know anything about" the incident, except that it's not true. Convincing. [P6]
Mike Myers is supposedly some sort of tyrant who demands that Late Night With Conan O'Brien interns fetch him Twizzlers, raspberry seltzer and soy milk. That's a joke, right? You can't be a non-child-star tyrant with that list of demands. [P6]
Toby Young doesn't think his former Vanity Fair boss Graydon Carter will give any magazine love to Young's Carter-slamming movie. [YoungManhattanite via P6]
Town & Country magazine just loves this little place in Ireland run by a kiddie porn collector. [P6]
Britney Spears's 17-year-old sister Jamie-Lynn gave birth to a baby girl, Maddie Briann, not via c-section, in case you were wondering.
The issue of Vanity Fair with 15-year-old Miley Cyrus' scandalous photo shoot is hot in prisons acorss the country, so Cyrus has been deluged with thousands of, uh, supportive letters. According to HollyScoop, "that's what ya get for posing half naked." Yes, she deserves to be hounded by horny felons. [HollyScoop]
Katie Holmes sent a $2,000 "congrats-on-getting-knocked-up-ps-help-I'm-being-held-prisoner" gift basket to her husband Tom Cruise's ex-wife, Nicole Kidman. [OK!]

Sheen Slur May Offend Veteran Best Man

Ryan Tate — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:37:33 EDT

Charlie Sheen is sorry to black people for calling his ex-wife Denise Richards a "f—king n—--r." He's especially sorry to "Tony Todd, an African-American, who was my best man at my first two weddings." Ha! Richards, with whom Sheen has been bitterly feuding, doesn't get an apology, and can presumably just "f—king" deal. [Us]
Yesterday, everyone was worried fashiongay Andre Leon Talley would ruin Michelle Obama by putting her in a bolero jacket or some other atrocious thing. He hasn't done that yet. Instead, the Vogue editor-at-large introduced the would-be first lady at a fashion-industry fundraiser while he was wearing "a kind of turban that recalled the much-discussed costume [Barack Obama] once wore in Somalia." No one should have a problem with Obama hanging out with what looks like a gay muslim, even an elitist gay fashion muslim in New York, so obviously no one, anywhere, will. [R&M]
Not only did Anne Hathaway break up with her scuzzy Italian boyfriend, she also moved out. Yay! But what's this business about dinner at Cipriani? [P6]
Relentlessly cranky novelist Tom Wolfe demanded to know why a developer insinuated he was anti-Semitic. OK, this time he might have a legitimate reason to be cranky. [P6]
Broadway and former TV star Mario Lopez is being named People's "Hottest Bachelor," but he's still totally getting evicted from his Broadway theater to make way for Katie Holmes. The guy's biceps can't catch a break.
Supposedly Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt just bought a $10,000 stash of guns, including "two Benelli semiautomatic M4 tactical shotguns, two Wilson close quarter combat .45-caliber pistols and one Scout semiautomatic rifle." Suddenly, I'm kind of interested in seeing them in front of some reality television cameras again. Near other reality television stars. While drunk and angry. [The Superficial]
So sad: Freeloading music critics get free drinks, but no free food, at a listening party. They stormed out in a huff, logically. [P6]
The mother of 50 Cent's 11-year-old son claims the rapper burned down her Long Island mansion. He claims she totally monitors his cell-phone conversations with the son. Call it a draw? [R&M]

If Bruce Willis Doesn't Really Own This Wine Bar, I'm Leaving Right Now

Ryan Tate — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:06:07 EDT

Republican-leaning movie star Bruce Willis opened a yuppie-friendly wine bar in the East Village, which prompted protests from neighborhood lefties and counterprotests from the Young Republicans. Turns out? He's not a partner in the bar, he just lent his name as a favor. Because, you know, wine, action movie star Bruce Willis — the connection is obvious. Plus he totally made those wine cooler commercials in the 80s. [Observer]
Premium seats for Broadway's All My Sons will sell for $251, as opposed to the usual $100, because of sudden surge in the popularity of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller. Ha ha, just kidding, it's because the play features Katie Holmes, the middling movie star married to insane cultist Tom Cruise. The market works! [E!]
The threesome involving Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem takes up less than 20 seconds of Woody Allen's new movie, according to Allen, but the marketing department is going to milk those precious seconds for all they are worth, starting with the poster.
OMG a fashiongay is going to ruin the Obama campaign! "Some Dems fear that in the months ahead, [Andre Leon] Talley, a huge fan of Oscar de la Renta, will steer Michelle into a Bolero jacket or an outfit even more ill-advised." Yes, a big public fight about which expensive outfits Michelle Obama should wear is just what Barack "Elite" Obama needs right now. [P6]
Miley Cyrus' dad, country music star Bill Ray Cyrus, revealed that he left the Vanity Fair photo shoot before Annie Leibovitz took the infamous picture of his daughter in a bed sheet. "Stuff happens. That's life... It's not a mistake to me." [Daily Star]
Here's a picture of Kate Moss flashing her boobs in Turkey and setting back Islamic/Western relations 20 more years. [Sun]
Ashey Olsen went public with her dalliance with movie star Justin Bartha, then proceeded to get way too cutesy: "Told they had a reserved love seat in the theater, Olsen affectionately rubbed Bartha's back and giggled, 'That sounds good!'" Awww... barf.
Matthew McConaughey's wife is pregnant, so he went "surfing" in Nicaragua alone, which of course means mostly carousing in bars. He denies hitting on various women, but admits to losing his left flip-flop, and even offers a reward, which is JUST bizarre enough to make you forget about the cheating. Smarter than he looks. [R&M]
Police have been searching for Sam Israel, a hedge funder they think faked his own suicide just before starting a 20-year-prison sentence. But it turns out he thinks he can time travel, so the Post wonders if he "FLED TO THE PAST?"
If her friends weren't here, Naomi Campbell would totally stab you! And then come back the next day to apologize! And then try to put the incident behind her! [Showbiz Spy]
Britney Spears is selling her house, which means the paprazzi will leave and broke neighbor Ed McMahon may finally be able to sell his place. Spears will be destroying property values in Encino next. [E!]

Mean Huffington Won't Even Praise Russert's Ties Or Whatever

Ryan Tate — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:52:26 EDT

Observers note that Arianna Huffington waited several days to personally blog anything about the death of Tim Russert of Meet The Press, who she often criticized. Then when she did say something, she didn't really praise the man. Not even faint praise! Dammit, Arianna, the public DEMANDS DISINGENUOUS EULOGIES! [R&M]
Condé Nast is accused of stiffing the widow of advertising rainmaker Steve Florio by not handing over her husband's full severance, insurance and benefits. [P6]
"Oh, hey, you know what would be romantic, clingy Jennifer Aniston?" "What, manorexic John Mayer?" "A stay at the Mexico vacation home of Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis, who served jail time for filming naked underaged girls! He just asks that we not disturb any evidence!" "Yaaay!" (Sorry, it's a lot better with the puppets.)
This picture of movie Harry Potter is seriously the most frightening thing I've seen all night. Oh, also, he's buying a butt exerciser for some kind of Broadway role (picture does not involve his butt). [R&M]
Britney Spears took a topless swim at a tops-optional Las Vegas pool lounge. None of the paparazzi got any shots, except of Spears in a skimpy outfit, and now Spears is said to be hawking her own topless photos from the swim. Or, well, technically her father runs her business affairs now by court order so... Ew.
Lindsay Lohan has been "amazing" on the set of her movie, which means she's not getting drunk or high or passing out or committing felonies during working hours. Well, sure, but it's summertime. There aren't any nice coats lying around to steal. [People]
Denise Richards admits to having 10 dogs. Sure they're on a ranch, but... why? "I am not sure why there is so much drama about how many animals I have," she said. Also: after she split with Charlie Sheen, Richards totally stole Heather Locklear's man, while they were friends. But on her reality show, she says they totally weren't friends any more, for three months. [P6]

Simple Explanation For Obama-Johansson Emails

Ryan Tate — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:15:11 EDT

Maybe Barack Obama surprised Scarlett Johansson with a bunch of long emails because her brother, Hunter, works for him. Uh, sure. [P6]
Richard Dreyfuss had a close encounter of the strip club kind. For "several hours." Or just maybe it was some other balding, white-haired, older white guy in a strip club. But what are the odds of that? [P6]
That big $2 million performance Amy Winehouse snagged? The one for the Russian oligarch? She landed in Russia drunk/high and stumbled down the carpet two hours late. Then she flashed the audience. So it's not clear what the source who says "she still put on a terrific show" means, exactly. [R&M]
The marriage of Madonna and Guy Ritchie has entered the "Kabbalah Marriage Counseling" phase. [Fametastic]
Apparently 50 Cent finds naked girls waiting for him in his hotel room closets. He throws them out because "I don't want no [beep] that costs $50." Wow, no wonder all the businessmen are always so happy in those Holiday Inn Express ads. [P6]
Naomi Campbell settled with a Slovakian housekeeper who said she was abused and mocked by Campbell for her language skills. As though any housekeeper who could read or hear things in English would ever take a job with Naomi Campbell. [Showbiz Spy]
Singer Lance Bass' ex-boyfriends hooked up with each other, and the Post finds this touching, because it is a big supporter of gay unions. [P6]

Elizabeth Hurley Inspires Wife's Jealous Novel

Ryan Tate — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:00:31 EDT

Denis Leary's wife, Ann, has for years been secretly not cool with the comedian having dining, hanging out with and getting diet and exercise makeovers from his knockout friend Elizabeth Hurley, so she sadly channeled her frustrations into a thinly-veiled "novel." Something tells me Denis, in a similar situation, would have just cussed and yelled about it for an hour or so until the situation somehow resolved itself. Not that there's anything wrong with different "communication styles." [R&M]
Another source agrees with actor Rupert Everett that Madonna's husband Guy Richie is homophobic. "At their wedding, [Madonna's gay brother] Chris made a joke about Guy being gay. That set the tone for their relationship." [R&M]
Naomi Campbell had considerable trouble staying upright outside a nightclub at 3 am, but her spokesman said she was just "pretending to fall." The best headline, of course, is from the Sun: "Stupormodel." They are so getting a cell-phone beating.
John Mayer is hanging out at Jennifer Aniston's house, and the couple are finding his annoying need for control dovetails nicely with her neediness.
Fashion bigwigs Calvin Klein, Andre Leon Talley and Anna Wintour are hosting a big fundraiser for Barack Obama, while Barabara Streisand is now offering to do basically whatever the Democratic presidential candidate wants.
But can we really trust all these creative New York types to choose our next president? According to the totally objective Post, this one showbiz Obama supporter, comedian Robert Klein, was talking to an innocent conservative and tried to bludgeon him into voting for Obama because Obama's "a Harvard guy." The McCain supporter calmly tried to explain how Obama is a closet Marxist, but Klein got all shrill and liberal on him, because he's a tone-deaf elitist, Obama supporters suck so much The End.

Anne Hathaway Gives The Gift Of Her Music

Ryan Tate — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:28:58 EDT

Anne Hathaway made a CD of her own songs for her slimy Italian boyfriend's birthday. "I've done things for him I never thought I could do for anyone." [Showbiz Spy]
The French guy who climbed the Times building the other day would like a congratulatory handshake from New York's technocrat mayor, never imagining he is a cyborg without a human soul. [Post]
Boy George will play a free concert in Brooklyn for New York sanitation workers Aug. 17. He did community service with them over five days in 2006 and apparently has kept in touch. [Post]
Katie Holmes may have to end her Broadway run after three months because she may be pregnant, or about to become pregnant, with Tom Cruise's baby. And you've got to start the auditing early. Like, pre-natal early. [Showbiz Spy]
So it turns out Tatum O'Neal was drinking an iced, non-alcoholic beverage the other day, not white wine as People.com had it. Called it!
Everyone's been giving the British police hell for letting basketcase singer Amy Winehouse abuse illegal drugs in front of basically the entire world, but it turns out the bobbies actually had a brilliant strategy: Bide their time, then arrest Winehouse's dealers, surely the richest criminals in the entire country ever. Way to shore up your budget! [Daily Star]
Winehouse is notorious for missing concert dates, but now she's scheduled to play for an oligarch in Russia for $2 million, and something tells me the Russian oligarchs have ways of making junkie divas keep their appointments. [P6]
Remember how the Associated Press was going to start collecting "high-quality," journalistically-kosher celebrity dirt? It turns out Hollywood gossip is a bit harder to nail down than AP thought. The news wire must be SHOCKED to learn that sources — like the neighbor who told AP Paul Newman had cancer — change their stories at the drop of a hat.
Historical figure and LA police beat-down victim Rodney King will appear on Celebrity Rehab. [AP]

Press Hungry For Tatum O'Neal Relapse

Ryan Tate — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:20:26 EDT

Tatum O'Neal, recently busted for buying cocaine, is now attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. But Showbiz Spy reported the actress was spotted with "what looked like white wine" at a New York ballet gala. Showbiz Spy attributed the sighting to People.com, but any mention of the wine has been scrubbed from the People.com report. We found this picture of the event from Getty Images — totally looks like iced tea. Click the thumbnail for a larger shot.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is in a fight with Sarah Jessica Parker over who recognized who outside the Bloomberg Building, and which one of them bummed a cigarette. Dignified. [P6, NYM]
Michael Madsen, the actor from Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill, fought so loudly with his wife in a London hotel room that police were summoned. He ended up leaving in an ambulance with "cuts and bruises." [R&M]
Tricia Walsh-Smith, famous for ranting at her estranged, rich husband on YouTube, is now raging at her videographer. [P6]
NBC is supposedly close to paying $2 million for footage of Farrah Fawcett being treated for anal cancer. [P6]
Mariah Carey? Greedy about wedding gifts. [P6]

Spin Class Grunter Rides Through The Pain

Ryan Tate — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:53:14 EDT

Having lost his criminal case, famed spin-class grunter Stuart Sugarman sued Christopher Carter, who manhandled his stationary bike, in civil court. He also sued his gym, Equinox. [Daily News]
Rum scion Anton Bacardi owes alimony in New Jersey, but it's unclear if authorities will be able to track him down, since he's often in Dubai and supposedly friends with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. [Post]
Wait, Katie Couric was dancing with Jimmy Fallon? [P6]
Mary-Kate Olsen tried to get into an SUV but did a Lindsay Lohan-style drunk fall instead. There's video. [LA Rag Mag]
Bill Murray's wife accused him of being an abusive sex addict. The actor is now accusing her of being a child-abusing drunkard, and has a police report to prove it. [P6]
Actress Tori Spelling gave birth to daughter Stella Doreen McDermott. Her other child, Liam, is one year old. [OK!]
Brandon Davis continues to be a mooching greaseball, but this time in the Hamptons. Yay for seasonal gossip! [P6]

Kate Moss Just Wanted To Powder Her Nose, Jerks

Ryan Tate — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:35:35 EDT

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]

Victoria Gotti Unimpressed With Your Debt-Collection Tactics

Ryan Tate — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:11:09 EDT

Victoria Gotti didn't realize she was getting a $70,000 memoir advance to dish dirt on her mobster dad John. Or maybe she did, but she never thought HarperCollins would have the stones to demand it back. [Post]
Woody Allen concedes there are threesomes and lesbian scenes in his movie involving Penelope Cruz and Scarlett Johansson and, but explains they constitute "not even 20 seconds of sex." So... about 75 cents per second at the multiplex? Sold. (Oh, the guy: Javier Bardem.) [Showbiz Spy]
Lindsay Lohan's girlfriend Samantha Ronson posted a MySpace picture of the couple kissing, then thought better of it and removed the picture. [Perez Hilton]
Someone found an insurance company insane enough to cover Lohan's forthcoming movie, Labor Pains, a romantic comedy that will fix Lohan's life forever. [R&M]
Still under a spell cast by Vanity Fair mystic Annie Leibovitz, normally chaste 15-year-old Miley Cyrus hooked up with her 22-year-old backup ancer "Marshall." And there are a couple of pictures. [ThinkFashion]
Heather Mills, yelling in a New York penthouse about puppy mills and feeling a little victimized herself: "I haven't been up for 24 hours and flew here from London to be ignored!" [P6]
Designed Tommy Hilfiger is going to be in some sort of Bravo special. [P6]
Meadow Soprano is moving to LA for some TV work. [OK!]

Oprah At Obama's Beck And Call

Ryan Tate — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:50:33 EDT

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]

Graydon Carter's Delicate Sensibilities Offended

Ryan Tate — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:57:00 EDT

Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter blasts back at Clinton: "The responses from the former president and his camp are very saddening in their own ways. Characteristic, but nevertheless shocking." [Observer]
Released from jail, Tatum O'Neal goes straight to an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. PR experts say the actress' career should be fine, if she acknowledges her mistake, for example by going to an AA meeting. [Post]
The New York City Landmarks Commission tells Robert De Niro that it would be a shame if something were to happen to the top floor of his pretty little hotel, seeing as how it's disrespecting the zoning code and all. The actor would like his extra floor legalized, because he's a wiseguy over here. [Rush & Molloy]
Sharon Bush, ex-wife of presidential brother Neil Bush, only snagged $30,000 per year in alimony and child support, and only for four years. She is planning a tell-all book about her ex-husband's philandering, but only once W. is out of office. Apparently she didn't want to, you know, embarrass the president at this critical, lame-duck juncture in his administration. [P6]
The one time you trade your royalties for a $2,300 flat fee, the movie becomes a hit. Writers don't win. [P6]
Eva Mendes will launch a Calvin Klein perfume in the building where Heath Ledger died. It's called "Secret Obsession." Wow. [P6]
Jay Leno will get to see lots of "gayest looks" at a group gay and lesbian wedding in West Hollywood. [E!]
Ethan Hawke applied for a license to marry his pregnant former nanny, from when he was married to Uma Thurman. [P6]
Jennifer Aniston's ex, model Paul Sculfor, is now dating John Mayer's ex, Cameron Diaz. Aniston and Mayer are, of course, dating one another, and also frequently reassuring themselves they are the prettier of the two couples. [Sun]