Susan Sarandon's Ping-Pong Boy Pitches Ping-Pong Reality Show

Susan Sarandon's (rumored!) boytoy and (actual!) business partner, Jonathan Bricklin, is shopping around a reality TV show based around SPiN, the weird upscale ping pong club the two are partners in along with the prince of Madagascar.
Penelope Cruz Gets a Booty Call
Penelope Cruz is in Pirates of the Carribean. (Sorry for the pun.) Susan Sarandon is typecast as a matriarch. Spider-Man will be in 3-D. Ellen DeGeneres is back. Alice In Wonderland angers Britons. Almost too much trade to roundup!
A Sneak Peek at NBC's Star-Studded Reality Show: Who Do You Think You Are?
NBC's new new show will follow around celebrities as they discover their true family history. Sarah Jessica Parker, Matthew Broderick, Spike Lee, Brooke Shields, Emmit Smith, and Susan Sarandon will each star in their own episode. The trailer, inside.
Is This the End of Brangelina?
• Are Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie splitting up? That's what Britain's News of the World reported over the weekend, suggesting the (unmarried) couple has been meeting with their lawyers in LA to divide up their assets. Whether any of this is true or it's just another rumor is unclear. According to a source that…
Models Playing Ping Pong at Susan Sarandon's Club Will Save Haiti
What are you doing now? We're watching live streaming video of models playing ping pong at SPiN, the Manhattan ping pong club co-owned by Susan Sarandon and her rumored boytoy, Jonathan Bricklin. Yep, supermodels are playing ping pong for Haiti.
Lady Gaga Collapses; Stars Step Up
• Lady Gaga collapsed in her dressing room last night just before she was set to perform at Purdue University. Paramedics were called and she reported she was "feeling dizzy and having trouble breathing," and the concert had to be canceled. But she's okay today and has since apologized to her "little monsters"…
Tiger Woods Goes to Rehab; Beyonce Takes a Break
• Those rumors about Tiger Woods in rehab have returned. According to People, Woods checked into a sex rehab clinic around New Year's and will be there until "Valentine's Day or thereabouts." (Perfect timing!) As for his estranged wife, Elin Nordegren, she's moved into a new home that's just a couple of miles from…
Are You Sure Susan Sarandon Isn't Schtupping the Ping Pong Kid?
Adrian thinks Susan Sarandon left Tim Robbins for Ping Pong Entrepreneur Jonathan Bricklin.. Susan Sarandon says she didn't. Adrian thinks there's truth in her SNL Digital Short. Sarandon's Mom is even surprised. But...this NYT feature strikes a fairly suspicious note.
Gwynnie's Fender Bender; The Casey Case Continues
• Gwyneth Paltrow got into a minor car crash on the icy streets of London the other day. Don't worry—she wasn't hurt fine—although she may want to reconsider that all-juice "fast" she started at the beginning of the new year. [DM]
• The little girl that Casey Johnson adopted a few years ago, Ava, will be raised by…
Casey Johnson's Death; Beyonce's St. Barts Debacle
• What caused the death of troubled socialite and heiress Casey Johnson, who was discovered dead in her LA home yesterday? It's too soon to say since toxicology results are pending, although at least one tabloid is suggesting prescription pills may have been involved. In a bizarre twist to the story, Johnson's…
Susan Sarandon's Mom Just As Shocked As You
Lloyd Grove reports that Susan Sarandon's mom was surprised to learn of her daughter's split with Tim Robbins, and that, according to mom, Susan has not since hooked up with the her ping-pong friend Jonathan Bricklin. Also:
Charlie & Brooke Reconcile; Rosie's New Romance
• You heard that Charlie Sheen was arrested on Christmas Day for threatening to kill his wife Brooke Mueller with a knife, right? Forget all about it, please. Really. According to Mueller, it was just "one bad night," she and Sheen really "love each other," and they're going to work out all their issues on their…
Charlie Sheen's Wife Wants to Drop Restraining Order Because 'Love' Is a Crazy, Terrible Thing
As the Sheen-Mueller cycle of violence rounds another bend, we have no choice but to end the year depressingly. Tracy Morgan buys lube, Kate Hudson goes "psycho," Jonases contemplate break-up. Should auld gossip be forgot: Thursday gossip lang syne.
Gaga Considers Susan Boyle Duet, Using 'Different Styles' as Euphemism for 'Too Ugly'
Lady Gaga L-O-V-E-S SuBo but worries about the Hairy Angel diluting her brand. Madonna messes up a Malawian orphanage. Sarandon robs the cradle. Mark Wahlberg bitches about his neighbors the Beckhams. Wednesday gossip, fresh 'n' juicy.
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
There's that fable, "The Lion and the Mouse," where a hungry lion spares a mouse, and the mouse eventually repays him by freeing him from a trap. Tim Robbins saved some guy's life and was repaid with this Gawker Stalker.
Susan Sarandon's (Possibly) Prophetic SNL Appearance
Whether or not Susan Sarandon is hooking up with 31 year-old Ping Pong boy Jonathan Bricklin, she's clearly OK with the image of a cradle-robbing cougar. Remember that SNL spoof Mothers Day music video, "Motherlover?"
Sarandon and Robbins Split; Mary J. Blige Unleashes
• One of Hollywood's longest-lasting relationships is over: After 23 years and two sons, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins announced yesterday that they've called it quits. One possible reason for the split: It seems Sarandon may have been having an affair with one of the owners of Spin, the "ping pong social club"…
