gossip roundup
- Ann Coulter's mouth was literally wired shut. Though the "leggy reactionary" can't talk, it's safe to assume she'd blame liberals. [P6]
- Paris Hilton was booed in a bar, because everyone collectively decided it is now time to viciously tear the starlet down. Just to make sure the last vestiges of dignity were truly eradicated, Hilton tried to win back ex Benji Madden, on the radio.
- Paul McCartney again creepily offered to serenade Michelle Obama. [Sun]
- Jermy Irons will learn to play the Irish fiddle in one of the most adorable and doomed reality shows ever devised. [Daily Star]
- Now that the actresses have all signed on to a second Sex And The City movie, all that's left is for a team of writers to work feverishly to write a non-depressing movie about how these women are STILL ordering cosmos and talking about dating. [Daily Star]
- Suri Cruise loves the paparazzi, and Tom Cruise knows it. [Daily Mail]
silly
Yesterday
Forbes named
Katie Holmes' and
Tom Cruise's 2-year-old daughter Suri, a child made of moonbeams and space rock,
Hollywood's Hottest Tot. Not in a gross sexy way, but in a she-commands-a-lot-of-attention way. It's true! And she's gotten rather haughty and big of head about it lately. Why just look at the accompanying photograph. Click for larger.
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just imagine
So, have you heard that Jaden Smith, son of mega movie star Will, is going to be
the next Karate Kid? Yeah, they're rebooting that old franchise—about street tough kids getting lessons in fightin' and thinkin' from mystical Asians—as a star vehicle for the kiddie. Sure, he's already starred (with Pa) in
The Pursuit of Happy[sic]
ness and has a role in the upcoming
The Day The Earth Stood Still. But, the savvy tyke he is, Jaden's booked himself in the update of an iconic role that can shake off the simple title of "Will Smith's Kid." Now he'll be, well, "that new Karate Kid." He's not the first celeb spawn to go into the industry, and he won't be the last teetering into the fray to ditch associations with their famous folks. So who's next?? Who will be the next children of celebrities to hurl themselves in front of the camera in search of non-genetic fame? We'll take a look at some other famey babies after the jump and cast them in ideal (read: fake) break-out roles!
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gossip roundup
- Maria Bartiromo and Erin Burnett of CNBC insist they aren't backbiting rivals. The business network said the Post created the rivalry from thin air. The Post said someone at CNBC "leaked" word of the supposed feud for free publicity and now everyone on the inside is trying to figure out who the leaker was. Which is believable, because it's not like they have anything better to do right now. [P6]
- Lindsay Lohan is dressing up as Sarah Palin for Halloween. Sam Ronson might be Todd. [Daily News]
- Sad Suri Cruise longs for friends her age, supposedly. [P6]
- Does fashion photographer Bruce Weber regret caring for a 91-year-old woman now that he's not been named executor of her estate or paid the $80,000 he said he's owed? The whole situation is so far from the young gay utopia of an Abercrombie catalog. [P6]
- Mark Wahlberg thought Saturday Night Live's impersonation of him was stupid and not as good as Tina Fey's Sarah Palin impression. But that doesn't matter because he hasn't watched the show in years anyway. In fact, uh, forget what he said about Tina Fey, he doesn't even know who that is, or what sketches she' s been in. [LA Rag Mag]
- The Sun thinks Leonardo DiCaprio is getting fat: "Hunk To Chunk." [Sun]
- Sandra Bernhard on Madonna: "I saw her at the gym, and I thought it was Dyan Cannon - all straggly and [bleep]." [P6]
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[I'm sorry, but I can't help it. These photos, of Katie Holmes and her daughter by Tom Cruise Suri playing in Central Park, have been on every photo agency and I can't help but like them. Sue me. I ruined Gawker already, what more can I do. Image via Splash]
gossip roundup
- Carrie Fisher so totally did have take a ride in Harrison Ford's Millennium Falcon during the filming of the Star Wars movies. Fisher: "Once I left the room and came back and he was in the closet not wearing a lot of clothes." The Sun headlined their story, "Carrie: I gave Ford Obi-Wan." [Sun]
- Uma Thurman's stalker, a sometime mental patient, once wrote the actress, "My hands should be on your body at all times." Also: "Butter... chocolate... mouth... twitch... seduce." The stalker fixated on Thurman after elderly film star Carol Channing "broke my heart in the early nineties." Thurman took up "stress smoking" amid the stalking, her dresser said in court. Thurman is expected to testify as early as today. [Post]
- Lauren Conrad of the Hills is dating a 22-year-old minor-league baseball player named Doug Reinhardt, whose sister Carey appeared on Laguna Beach with Conrad in season two. TV host Ryan Seacrest finds him boring. [OhNoTheyDidn't]
- Mel Gibson gets to act in a movie again, for the first time since yelling at police about Jews while drunk. He'll play a heroic police investigator. Who uncovers a conspiracy to fleece society by a conniving, powerful elite. Good to see he's moved on. [Reuters]
- Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer didn't just have dessert after lunch. They had "dessert" after lunch. [Sun]
- Basketcase singer Amy Winehouse might get to sing the theme song for an upcoming James Bond movie. [LAT]
- Singer Britney Spears' perfume took in $84 million last year, because crazy smells delicious. [E!]
- Spears is going to be on that one show again. [Sun]
gawker stalker
"
Katie Holmes and
Suri Cruise: At Mood Fabrics — 37th and 7th — looking at upholstery fabric. So tall and elegant. Suri is a little cutie pie!" [Manhattan sighting of
Tom Cruise's wife and child. She's in town to promote her new movie, Mad Money. Hope the talk shows have properly coordinated green-room traffic. It would be embarrassing, but oh so awesome, if Cruise's actress wife ran into his unauthorized biographer, Andrew Morton, who's also on the talk-show circuit.]
gossip
Was legendary investment banker Felix Rohatyn's Lazard lifestyle one of hookers, Shirley Maclaine and Jackie Onassis? Did bankers used to (heh, "used to") sleep with all the gals in the office? [NYDN]
Page Six would like you to remember that they ran a blind item on Paula Zahn's divorce three weeks ago. Also, in typical fashion, Howard Rubenstein represents both Paula and her soon to be ex, Richard Cohen. Oh great plan. [NYP]
Speaking of—is anybody crisis-managing Paris Hilton? Or is her life not considered a crisis? Last time out it was a Dan Klores project—what with the SNL appearance to defuse the sex tape—but no more. [NYP]
Even that nice little gnome Ed Koch hates Rudy Giuliani! America, how many warnings must you have? [NYP]
Suri Cruise maintains a weekly hair appointment, naturist lifestyle. [NYDN]
Henry the Intern is now the heartthrob of Silicon Alley. Mmrow! We had him first! [NYO]
new yorker
A tipster forwards an email sent to
New Yorker readers—some sort of bastard child cross-promotion with
Conde Nast Traveler and HGTV—offering them the chance to win a "VIP Getaway" to the Rose Bowl, including $10,000 in cash. This offer raises several important questions, chief among them being, when was the last time you think a
New Yorker reader watched the Rose Bowl, let alone wanted to go to it? Then again, this is the same marketing department that assumed
New Yorker readers were
dying for the latest Suri Cruise news.
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