Weekly Thanks

Once again it is time to thank everyone for a great week. I want to thank all of the readers who have sent in photos. I promise I will get to all of them before the big July 4th reveal day. Thanks to everyone who contributed FFF material and for all the story ideas and tips. Thanks for another great week of comments as well. All of you make me laugh. I want to also thank Gustavo for his report from the AFI red carpet. I didn't know how anonymous he wanted to be after calling Eric McCormack a dick, but apparently he is all for plugs and so you can read his reporting every week at OC Weekly and check him out on the radio every Tuesday at 4pm Pacific time on KPFK 90.7. I'm assuming you can listen to it online.

I also want to thank all of the readers once again who deign to advertise on the site. With photo licensing fees getting out of control, every little bit helps. If you want to see any of the summer tours and need great tickets, check out Ticket Liquidators. Also, the A to D list needs your help and input so help her out by going over to the site and contributing. If you are interested in fashion or shopping you really need to check out Second City Style. After you have spent a fortune shopping you might have a panic attack and so Panic Away is a great program to help you out. Travelatime has great deals and bargains for all your summer vacation needs while Dragon Search Marketing is perfect if you have a site that needs to be seen all over the world.

I hope everyone has a great weekend, and that you stay safe and come back again next week. Don't get drunk this weekend and go back to work wearing a Kate Gosselin haircut, but if you do or see someone who has, make sure you take a picture!!! All of you are the greatest!!

Full Frontal Friday

It's Flag Day this weekend in the States, and there is nothing that says flags and poles quite like another edition of Full Frontal Friday starring Andy Roddick. Enjoy.

Four For Friday - With Kindness & Bad Drug Behavior

#1 - Some good news for this formerly B+ movie actress and now a C. It appears she is off the drugs and even her husband appears clean. The bad news is he can't get a job and so has been hired by the producers as her personal makeup artist for the movie she is filming right now. I can't believe she got another movie.

#2 & 3- Bad Drug Behavior - This former B list television actress was on a hit initial show and now has said goodbye to that and has dropped to a quick C. Anyway, she is known for her love of meth and at a wrap party at the end of the season, our actress decided that she was going to drive her B- list aging comic co-star's SUV through a garage door at the party. A closed garage door. After she had crashed through the door and dented the wall of the kitchen someone asked her why she had done it, and she said just because it was something she had always wanted to do. Nice.

#4 - Kindness - This A list actress who used to be the highest paid actress in Hollywood donated her entire paycheck from a recent movie to four different charities. It was the largest donation any of the four charities had ever received.

Random Photos Part One - With Reader Photos

Betty White has a new show. Password Of Love. No, not really, but it would be cool.
The Twilight picture of the day is Ashley Greene.
OK, one more, but it doesn't really count because Kristen Stewart is on the set of The Runaways. She kind of looks like Joan. Sometimes when I talk to Joan through the site I get an answer so, let's ask what she thinks of Kristen playing her and the whole idea of the movie.
Black Eyed Peas - New York
The effervescent Emily Deschanel.
And George Clooney on a scooter.
Ginnifer Goodwin does her version of a toga, complete with Greek columns.
Gretchen Rossi is going to sell off this bike which was given to her by her deceased fiance'. I don't care what she does with it because it is a gift, BUT, she doesn't have to make a public spectacle of it.
Halle Berry in Shanghai.
Helen Mirren and Dominic Cooper heating up the stage.
Once a week I know Kelly Ripa at least takes one bite of food because every Friday the producers make her cook, and taste.
Lori Loughlin in Monte Carlo.
Lionel Richie - New York
The odd pairing of the day goes to Pete Wentz and Kevin Bacon.
For the first time ever the Verne Award of the day is a tie. Sharing the honor is Rosie.
And Bobby Trendy.
Reader Photo #1
Reader Photo #2
Reese Witherspoon sells out and starts selling her own line of perfume. Traitor.
Star Jones just looks like a clay figurine that has been stretched since her surgery.
The glowing Sofia Milos.
I still watch Wings and I still love Tim Daly.
Tyrese Gibson is our Transformers photo of the day.
Tricia Helfer was in the photos yesterday but when you look as good as she does in this outfit you get to be in on consecutive days.
The Rock, his ex and their child. I love when people get along.
The randomness of the day. Prince Albert, having been let out of his can is about to get tongued by Kate Walsh while Jamie Kennedy screams out that he found the bar.
The thing about dating Terri Seymour is you are always going to think about Simon and that isn't a pleasant thought.
The Ting Tings - Isle Of Wight

AFI Tribute To Michael Douglas - Gustavo Hits The Red Carpet

The American Film Institute gave its 37th Life Achievement Award to Michael Douglas last night. I want to thank Mitchell Squires and Wendy Coto of TV Land and MTV respectively. They are amazing and always come through. You need to be watching all of the TV Land shows you can find so Mitchell and company keep letting us hit these red carpets. You can see the entire AFI Award ceremony on TV Land on July 19th, but here is an account of the red carpet last night that I think you will really love.

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I'm an investigative reporter by trade, not a star f**ker. I know more about evil pedophile priests in Southern California than I do the latest fashion or films. So what the hell was I doing at the red carpet for the AFI Michael Douglas love-fest at the Sony Studios lot on Thursday?

Having a date night with my chica, for one. She's an avid reader of Crazy Days and Nights, and won the contest to be this blog's correspondent to the event (I must admit I enjoy the blind items—the man has his sources!). But as someone who's more used to hurling tough questions at scoundrels than love letters at starlets, I viewed the red carpet as an opportunity to see my papparazzi brethren in action.

Following, then, is notes, quotes, and observations from the event:

*There were at least 50 photographers, 20 camera operators, five bloggers and assorted print and radio media. For movie stars! The political wonk in me doesn't get it. If all those "reporters" focused their vigor on exposing corruption instead of yelling at movie stars to pose, public corruption would be as extinct as polio.

*Photographers were at the front of the red carpet; bloggers, last. If I were a photographer, I'd lie on my application and say I'm a blogger. While arrivals had to deal with a den of screaming hyenas (a cliché, yes, but the howls they emitted! More than 100 feet away, we could hear "KATHLEENMICHAELKATHERINEGODKNOWSWHOELSE!"), us at the end could get the stars alone. The only problem was that the special's handlers by that point were ushering the stars away. Still, the end: hidden secret.
*We were told the stars would start arriving at 5:30 in the afternoon, but the first A-list name didn't start walking until 5:54: film critic Leonard Maltin. I was impressed that people still knew who he was. I was even more impressed that he patiently walked down the line, talking to everyone and always maintaining his easy grin. By the time he got to me, I only had one question: was Michael Douglas more influential as a producer or an actor? "Both," he said. "When you win an Oscar like he did for Wall Street, that shows your talent as an actor. But when you produce One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, that shows he's done pretty well, too." Total class act, and my girlfriend LOVED his Jimmy Durante lapel pin. Do people know who Jimmy Durante is?

*Kathleen Turner was nice but had some type of insect—an ant? Gnat? Fly?—on her chest for looooong periods of time. She was nice, if a bit saucy.

*What the hell was former Los Angeles Lakers coach Pat Riley doing there? Other than both of them looking similar, I had no clue. Riley didn't acknowledge any reporter.

*The main guy from Will and Grace was a dick; Jessie Metcalfe, very nice.
*Hugh Hefner looks OLD. He had three handlers in addition to three blonds and seemed as if he didn't know what the hell was going on. You know it's bad when Kirk Douglas—who suffered a stroke that still impairs his speaking ability and is 10 years older than Hef—looked WAY better. Kirk, by the way, though 93, walked strongly and spoke to everyone. Great guy, and inspiring.

*People who sneaked in to not face reporters: Matthew McConaughey, Jack Nicholson and Danny DeVito to name a few

*Sorry I didn't get more quotes, but what could I ask people? Michael Douglas this-and-that? The only Michael Douglas films I've ever seen is the Romancing the Stone ones! The only real interviews I did were political, which leads to...

*Benicio del Toro. The guy reeked of arrogance from a mile away, grinning behind sunglasses. The only thing I know about del Toro is that he's Puerto Rican, so I asked him what did he think about the nomination of fellow boricua Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the Supreme Court. "Excellent, excellent," he snickered while turning around to speak with another reporter. Note to people: never ignore an investigative reporter, as they won't stop until they either get an answer or fight trying.

I decided to go even more political. "Puerto Rico: independence, commonwealth, or state?" I asked. He stopped. "What's your plan?" he shot back.

"I asked you—answer the question," I responded, peppering in some Puerto Rican slang to soften him up. It didn't work.

"What's your plan?" he yelled again. A handler was trying to guide him to safer terrain, but he tried to get closer.

"You're Puerto Rican; I'm Mexican." I said.

"Gimme a plan! Gimme a plan!" he started rambling before finally walking away.

COWARD. For someone who's expressed undying love for the commie Che Guevara, for del Toro to not take a stance on his homeland's limbo nature is weak.
*At least Warren Beatty had fun with my cajoling. I tried to ask him if he thought California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger ruined it for politicians who wanted to run for actor office one day. "I can't talk about Arnold," Beatty responded with a grin. Then, his wife Annette Bening, jumped in. "I think you meant ACTORS who want to run for POLITICS," she said in a sweet manner. Bening could've been a bitch defending her man, but she was an absolute lady. Kudos to the both of them.

*Tobey Maguire posed for the cameras, then ran off not wanting to face question. Wimp.

*What happened to Melanie Griffith's Working Girl curves? She's super-skinny now. Most people thought she was The Cougar from TV Land as she ran by.

*Michael Douglas was one of the last stars, was trying to answer all questions, but kept getting shepherded out of the red carpet by the AFI people. I asked him the only question that mattered to me: "Your hair is so great; I'm 30 and balding. What tips can you give me to keep my hair?" He laughed a sincere laugh and said, "Look at my father. He's 92!"

Your Turn

With all of the cheesy dating shows in the news this week because of Bret Michaels and Ray-J, it got to me thinking of cheesy pick-up lines and those awkward moments you can only find at a bar when you everyone is drunk. What I am looking for today is the worst pick-up lines you have used or had used on you. We have done a worst date Your Turn before, but I think everyone always enjoys hearing those and there are lots of people who probably didn't share before. Any good bar pickup stories? Like you are married now or were?

Betty White Plays Beer Pong With Jimmy Fallon

I think the headline says it all.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which very married actor had a flirtatious folly with a gay hairdresser?

Paul Shaffer Turned Down Role As George Costanza

I'm shocked. Has anyone ever heard this story before? According to the NY Daily News, in his new book, Paul Shaffer, who is the band director for David Letterman says he was offered the role of George Costanza before it was offered to Jason Alexander.

The way Paul remembers it is that Jerry Seinfeld called Paul and said, “There’s no audition ... You’ve got the part. Just call us back!”

Paul never called back because he was too busy doing other things. I'm trying to imagine Paul Shaffer as George. I mean they kind of look similar, but Paul has that kind of loungy kind of thing going. A little oily, where Jason has that irritating know it all kind of quality, but not oily. Has anyone ever heard this before? I don't think the show would have made it with Paul. It would have had a different kind of feel.

Madonna Can't Be Bothered To Pick Up Mercy From Africa

The government of Malawi made it's decision. The judges got what they wanted and probably the family of Mercy got what they wanted and so now Madonna gets what she wanted. Another kid. Madonna won the ruling in Malawi yesterday and so you would expect her to be overjoyed with the news and rush to Malawi and pick up her new daughter.

You would be wrong. Madonna doesn't have time for that kind of stuff. She is going to send a private jet for Mercy and either Madonna's lawyer or the director of her Malawi charity is going to make sure Mercy gets on the plane ok to head back to NY.

Can you imagine? If I were the Malawi government and saw that this person who wanted to adopt a kid so much isn't even going to come to the country to pick her up I would cancel the whole thing immediately. If she can't make the effort for this then when will she ever make the effort in the future? Kneepads reports on this like it is the most natural damn thing in the world. Tell me all of you who have adopted international children. Did you just have someone put them on a plane and meet them at the airport? Hell no. What kind of parent would you be if you did that? So why does People or US or any of the other magazines allow Madonna to get away with it? Are they afraid of her? Does she have pictures of them having sex with Sandra Bernhard?

You make the effort even though you don't have the money Madonna has. Are you telling me that Madonna can't spare 36 hours of her life for this kid? She can't find the time to fly there and back? If she can't find the time then why on earth do any of us expect she will later? The government of Malawi should realize that all they have done is sell a child to the person who could offer their country the most money. I hope they are proud.

This Is Why Celebrities Suck - I'm Talking To You Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus called into a radio station this morning in Tampa Bay, Florida. She called in as apart of a press tour of radio stations because she wants them to play her song on the radio and promote her concert tour and whatever else she can think of to promote. When the radio station does this Miley makes a ton of money and the radio station doesn't really make any because instead of selling commercial time they are giving free ones to Miley. The object is that their listenership will increase and so down the road at some point the station will make more money. Obviously though it is the performers who come way out ahead. To make things even worse when you have someone who is controlled like Miley is the radio announcers are only allowed to ask pre-approved questions and only discuss pre-approved topics. Why is that? To make sure that nothing ruins the image and to make sure the performer gets the chance to plug as many things as possible in the time in which they are on the air.

In this audio clip, the host asks Miley if she was aware that he was only allowed to ask her certain questions? Miley didn't say much of anything. The host then said, that he thinks some questions should be answered, and they should. If you don't want to answer certain questions then just stay at home and give interviews to Kneepads. Why is it that you as a performer think you can control the questions and make the rules? You can't expect to take and take and take and not give anything back in return. The problem is there are too many stations and too many morning shows (Ryan Seacrest, Good Morning America, Today Show) who let it happen and are willing to never make a wave and sacrifice any kind of credibility.

When I first heard the clip I thought the host was going to ask a really tough question or ask her about the revealing photos she is always taking and that he was going to do something so outrageous that he deserved the hangup he got from Miley. Instead he asked if she had ever received an actual apology from Jamie Foxx. That is all he asked and as soon as he asked it, Miley hung up on him. F**k that. You can't pick and choose. I hope that every single radio station from now on asks her that question. They won't of course. They will all be afraid of ticking off a 16 year old girl and Disney. Losers. Step up and ask a question. If everyone asks a responsible question then they won't be able to play the game anymore. Don't ask Idiotic questions, but questions that are newsworthy and should be addressed. When they are answered then give a plug.

You have two choices here. The entire interview before hangup was about 5 minutes long which you can listen to here. I will warn you it is painful and Miley is extra annoying. The relevant portion is about 45 seconds and for that you can click here.

Jon & Kate Have Some Competition - Six More Kids To Be Exploited

Usually you only see kids exploited one or two at a time so this whole multiple thing is really allowing kids to be exploited at a much faster rate which in this economy is probably a good thing. I mean, the only way this economy is going to get back on its feet is on the backs of our sextuplets and septuplets and octuplets. To show that they are willing to do their part for the exploitation of kids for the economy, WE TV is set to air Raising Sextuplets which as you may have guessed from the title is about raising sextuplets.

It involves the Masche's who I guess were the subject of some special back in 2007 when their sextuplets were born. Anyway, they say they are different from Jon & Kate and have learned from their mistakes. They also say they will quit the show if any of the kids doesn't want to do it anymore. Once you have wiped the tears away from your eyes from laughing so hard, they also said they don't want to think of the series as a paycheck. Laughing again?

Why else would you do the series then? You want to show the world what it is like to live with six kids? I think we all have a pretty good idea of what it is like thank you. I hate when people lie to themselves. They are for sure already counting the money and wondering what they have to do to get on the cover of Kneepads. I am already predicting that by this time next year there will be more families with multiples than ever before. They will all want the opportunity to make money and 99% of them won't. I bet there are hundreds of sextuplet births next year as people try and cash in. That is the problem with these shows. Sure, all these kids are getting exploited, but think about parents who only have kids for the money or possibility of a television show. When they don't get one or only four or five of their children are born alive as opposed to the 8 they were hoping for, what kind of life do you think those kids are going to have?

Lil Wayne Is A Graduate Of The K-Fed School Of Contraception

Lil Wayne is going to have a busy year. In addition to getting married to the singer Nivea (pictured above) he is also going to have a baby with her so that is really good news. For someone. It also seems that Wayne is going to have a baby with model Lauren London who is also due this year, but unlike Nivea isn't going to marry Wayne. Oh, and of course Wayne still has two kids with the woman he just got out of a relationship with last year. Well he got out of it with her eight months ago after she gave birth to his son which happened two years after the couple had been divorced.

Later this year of course is the felony drug trial where he was charged with four different felonies in an arrest last year in Arizona. I believe he was charged with possession of narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and possession of drug paraphernalia. The good news is that Lil Wayne has finally beat his addiction to grape cough medicine laced with codeine, so that's a positive.

I wonder if the expecting mothers will have a baby shower together or separately? I'm just wondering if he could go for the trifecta and get one more woman pregnant at the same time and still marry Nivea.

Maybe Tameka Foster Isn't Alive After All

Remember that story In Touch ran yesterday saying that someone had filed divorce papers in the Tameka Foster/Usher marriage? Yeah, well it turns out that no one has which means that Tameka, may in fact, not be alive after all.

According to TMZ they went through every courthouse and there were no divorce filings from Usher or Tameka which means of course that In Touch got it wrong. It happens, but we should have known something was up when they didn't say which party filed for divorce. I can't imagine Tameka filing for divorce, because for one I am not sure she is actually alive. I want to see photos.

TMZ also says they have sources who spoke to Tameka who had no idea about any divorce, but had not been able to get Usher on the phone for a few days. OK, again, no definitive proof that Tameka is alive. It is a source and not Tameka directly. In fact, if she were dead it would explain her not being able to speak to Usher the past few days, and why she couldn't speak directly to TMZ. If she is alive then the marriage is over. You can't be married and have two kids and have cell phones and assistants and not get to speak to each other if you really care. It just doesn't happen. So, IF she is alive and IF she hasn't spoken to him in a few days, then I would say the marriage is over. It would be an official split.

Heidi Montag Getting Naked For Playboy - Tastefully

Yesterday when I heard the news that Heidi Montag had actually posed naked for Playboy and was going to appear in the September issue I cracked a little smile. No, not at the thought of seeing her naked, but for the fact that this is the end. I can't believe she already played the Playboy card. The Playboy card is when you are on your last gasp of celebrity and need it to keep going or you are so far gone that the only way to return to the collective conscience is to get naked.

The only thing that worries me is that she might have only gone topless. "There is nudity. It's tasteful – she had a lot of fun with it." The source saying nudity though instead of topless kind of gives me a little hope. See, here is the thing. If you only pose topless than you get another chance at Playboy. Hello Aubrey O'Day. If you get completely naked then the only thing left is soft porn which is where she is headed. I'm shocked they pulled a Playboy before The Hills had run its course. Maybe they thought she would never get a higher offer than she did now. Not that Heidi will ever see any of the money. Somehow I think Spencer controls the money in the family and is another reason he really wanted to marry her. Now he gets half of her Playboy money even though he isn't the one getting naked.

So, because she posed for Playboy now it means that when The Hills ends and it will end, so will Heidi. She has nothing left to do which is why I can't believe she didn't wait until after the show ended. Spencer will be around because I have a feeling he is going to go through a series of Heidi's over the next few years.

Ted C Blind Item

Princess Powder-Puff has had quite the rocky existence for the past couple of years. Besides being a sizeable tabloid target, Princess P. has had some career setbacks, too. Maybe that's because everyone around Pee uses her for something. And whatever goodies those fake pals are gaining, it's never in PPP's best interest, for sure.

See, Puff hardly has any real buds. Sad, but very true.

Now, don't feel too bad for the babe, 'cause with her money she could easily be getting help if she wanted it. Instead, Triple-Pee resorts to seeking a different kinda aid from those around her.

Like drugs. The hard stuff, babes. Like what ruins major divas' careers before the whole global tabloid world's eyes. Powder-Puff is scrounging for a fix and isn't being too subtle about it, in whatever town she happens to be touring through. And what's Pee's great idea so nobody finds out? She's asking her crew members left and right for them to score something, anything, for her.

Genius.

Yikes, this is definitely gonna make PPP's comeback 10 times harder. Just more trainwreckishly delish for us to watch, that's all.

Oh, you all do know Princess isn't used to performing sober, don't you? It's something she absolutely hates doing, and it's definitely showing—the few times she agrees to be forced into such a desultory state.

So sad, too, 'cause Pee used to have it all. Boys, hits, good-girl fame—the works.

And it ain't: Nicole Scherzinger, Nadine Coyle, Christina Aguilara

Today's Blind Items

What aging but not really old Academy Award winner/nominee A list actor recently had a heart attack and passed out but refused to go the hospital. Instead, he had his doctor come to the house and hired a nurse to watch over him for a few days. He even went to a sporting event three days after it happened.

Random Photos Part One - With Reader Photos

The top spot today goes to some definite randomness. In the middle i Alan Cumming who is not stranger to the top spot actually and the women in the picture is Monica Lewinsky who is very rarely photographed in public.
The man and legend who never ages, Tom Ford. Here he is with his new cologne "Bois Marocain." Uh huh. C'est ce qu'elle a dit.
Do you even have a guess? It is a-ha. I know, they look pretty young don't they? They must have been like 12 when they recorded Take On Me.
Billy Zane gets the dressed dressed of the day which is tough when you are going up against Tom Ford. Not that Billy has been up against Tom Ford, but you get my point.
Cartier has brand new charity love bracelets!! Someone call Jennifer Love Hewitt.
From what I understand Carrie Underwood actually hit the ball pretty well in this softball game last night.
Now I know why Victoria did the whole look at my breasts thing yesterday. It is because David's new Armani pictures which look exactly like all the other ones were being released today.


It's Duff McKagan and his "guest."
She seems to be groping him right there on the carpet.
Call me when she actually eats one.
She watches
and serves
and holds, but she never even pretended to take a bite the entire time.
Eva Mendes does the whole Jennifer Lopez half closed eye thing.
I had to post this. Evan Rachel Wood and she is smiling. Holy crap.
A first time appearance for Eric Szmanda and his Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation shirt.
Fergie & Rihanna
Heather Locklear and Jack Wagner who looks really rough.
Josh Duhamel out in Rome doing more Transformers premieres.
Jon Hamm on the set of Mad Men.
The one and only Johnny Marr
Oh, another one and only, this time, Mark Knopfler. I believe Money For Nothing is still the all-time #1 MTV video. The fact it mentions MTV in it probably plays no part whatsoever in that decision or that Sting is the one mentioning it.
Kristin Davis has this same look in every picture ever taken of her.
The Lady Gaga picture was pretty popular yesterday so here is another from the same set, but this time from head on.
The one Ronson I actually enjoy.
Today is music day for sure. The guys from New Order.
Reader Photo #1
Reader Photo #2 and yes, she is talking to Gavin Newsom.
Yes, I know. Sorry I didn't post this yesterday. Phil Spector in all his glory.
The Twilight photo of the day.
Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton - East Rutherford, NJ
Tricia Helfer for all of you Battlestar Galactica fans.
This is the Smith Family Christmas card from two years ago. They live here in the US. They sent their card to family and friends. About a month ago one of the people who got the card was walking down the street in Prague and saw this picture being used as an advertisement for a national store chain. The power of the internet.

Chastity Bono Becoming A Man

Howard Bragman who is Chastity (now Chaz) Bono's publicist told TMZ today that Chaz started the process of becoming a man earlier this year.

"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," confirmed Bono's publicist, Howard Bragman.

"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago.

We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time."

Well, no why would he do interviews now? That makes no monetary sense. My guess is though there are film crews with Chaz and they will attempt to sell it as a reality show and that I'm sure after the process is complete there will be a huge round of interviews and magazine covers as well which would make some money.

Lane Garrison & Kristin Chenoweth Together Again

At this point I will settle for any news that is not about the 20 people that seem to make up 90% of the gossip stories in Hollywood and so will even fall for the seemingly fake story of Lane Garrison and Kristin Chenoweth reigniting as a couple. I love the adjectives tabloids use. They are much better at it than I am.

According to Star, Kristin wrote her ex-boyfriend Lane the entire time he was in prison. I can actually see her doing that because she is an incredibly nice person. Well when Lane got out and after he spent his mandatory time at Pimpa Joe's house, he went and thanked Kristin in person and then wham it was the whole love thing and it is like they were never apart and they can't wait for the future and they never want to be apart again and they only had eyes for each other and no one else exists and their past fights have been forgotten. Have I missed any cliches because I can throw out some more. Oh, I missed the best one. The reason we haven't seen Lane and Kristin in public yet?

"They're not taking it public until they're sure it's going to work. Whatever happens, they'll always be friends." I love that cliche.

Brad & Jen Didn't Have Secret Meeting

Does anyone really care anymore? I mean Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have been divorced for years now and yet the tabloids keep trying to put them back together. I notice they don't put them back together when Jen has a boyfriend because they can focus on that. As soon as she is single again though then it is all about how she and Brad hooked up again. Why? Because it sells magazines. Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon see each other all of the damn time but you don't see front page tabloid reports about how the two met and how they text and call each other, and they actually do!!

Why should Brad and Jen be any different from any other couple that split up? Why should they want to see each other? The latest report came from Star who put them on the cover and said they hooked up at some rooftop bar. Today Jennifer's publicist and probably the same guy who planted the story denied it ever happened. He said it was a complete fabrication. But you know what? They don't care. It was Jen on the cover of another magazine and now she can keep her price quote for movies high and so everyone gets paid and is happy.

We always complain about Hollywood not making new movies and instead just recycling the same storylines and the remaking the same movies from years ago and often doing it several times. It seems the tabloids don't really have any imagination either, but I don't blame them and I don't blame Hollywood for the movies. I hate them both for it, but I don't blame them. If we stop seeing the remakes and giving them money and if we stop making Jennifer Aniston covers the best selling covers then they will stop writing the stories. Until then, they are in a business and the business is remakes and recycling.

Tameka Foster Is Alive - Probably

Tameka Foster is apparently alive. Maybe. Divorce papers were filed in Atlanta this morning, but I don't know who did the filing. In Touch has a report about the filing but doesn't actually say who did it. If it is Tameka then presumably she signed them which would indicate she is alive. Not necessarily alive and well, but alive. I know many of you didn't sleep last night wondering how she was doing. Hopefully this can put your mind to rest and tonight you can just worry yourself to death about how Paris Hilton is managing to cope without her future husband Doug Reinhardt by her side and if she gave Ronaldo the gift that keeps on giving last night when they hooked up after he spent over $20,000 on booze. I'm still not sure that would be enough to keep him from hating himself for eternity when he wakes up next to her. Shudder.

Ben Widdicombe Blind Items

Which unsavoury former model turned actor-rapper has been Tweeting about feeding drugs to his dog?

Tony Romo Gives The Most Boring Interview Ever

I don't think Entertainment Tonight will be checking in with Tony Romo anytime soon for another interview. The guy is like an artificial vanilla milkshake. At least if it was real there might be some lumps in the blandness but no such luck here.

ET of course wanted dirt and what they got instead was this. Their dream date is a bite to eat and watching a football game. This was THEIR dream date, not his.

How does Jessica feel about football? "She loves the game. It's exciting for both of us," Romo says. "I've found someone that I get to hang out with and who wants to see our team do well." I have a feeling she will love whatever sport her next boyfriend plays as well.

This thing was more of the same and I can't write anymore about it. Instead I want to show you the funniest Tony Romo thing I have ever seen. I wish I could do this kind of thing on the computer. You can click it to keep making it bigger and read everything or click here. It comes courtesy of Hogs Haven.

No More Ick! Nast! For Jon Gosselin - He Has Someone New

I think before I talk about the new 23 year old Jon Gosselin is dating we need to take a moment to not only thank Deanna Hummel's brother for the phrase Ick! Nast!, but lets not also forget the reporter who actually wrote it down. How easy would it have been to change those couple of words into words that actually were in the English language. Although maybe ick is. But you get the point. I am going to miss Jon having sex with Deanna simply because I think her brother would have provided us with years of entertainment. I think he should make a very special appearance on Jon & Kate and try to sell Kate the mattress and blankets from his sister's bed.

So, now Jon is dating a woman who is the daughter of Kate's plastic surgeon. Nice huh? Kate is getting her tummy tuck in the back and Jon is making moves on the doctor's daughter. You really have to work to be that creepy. While Kate was on vacation earlier this month with the kids, Jon was having his own little vacation with Hailey Glassman (she is the one on the left with the gun in the picture). Please let her have a brother.

Anyway, Radar has a video of them meeting at a restaurant just like LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian only with less hand licking and finger sucking.

Bret Michaels Is A Cry Baby

Bret Michaels is quite possibly the biggest wuss on the planet. While most guys would be trying to hide from the glorious 11 seconds of footage that is Bret Michaels getting smacked in the head, Bret has decided to whine, cry and have his publicist basically say Bret is going to sue. What an ass.

Everyone went crazy after the show saying Bret had broken his nose and lost teeth and blah blah blah. He suffered some contusions. I have suffered worse than that beating myself with a stick while watching his show and begging for the sweet release of death. I don't go around the next day and blame Bret for my pain, or sue him for his bad acting.

Bret is also pissed that the Tony Awards didn't apologize to him for his injuries. The only reason her got injured is because he wouldn't leave the stage. He kept waiting for applause that wasn't coming and walked right into the prop.

If you get a chance you have to read this statement (it's a .pdf file) from the publicist. She makes it sound like Bret is a superhero.

So you have Bret on the floor and possibly dying and above him is a half-ton of stage prop and according to the publicist, "continued to descend even though Michaels remained underneath it. Witnesses state the singer moved himself out of the way just moments before the prop touched down." That took superhuman effort no doubt. I'm not sure why you needed witnesses to say what Bret did. Couldn't Bret have just said, I had to get out of the way.

Why does it even matter? Why does a publicist have to spend two full pages talking about Bret running into a prop? If he sues, then he is the biggest ass on the planet and I hope that every person who ever attends any Poison show in the future who even gets a scratch or a bruise or bad chicken sues the hell out of him. Sue him. Every single one of you sue him. He got some cuts and scratches. What the hell kind of "rock star" sues over crap like that? Did he f**king cry backstage and ask for his teddy bear too?

If he sues for cuts and scratches than so should you. He isn't better than you. If his cuts and scratches are worth money than yours should be too.

Oh, and here is the best part of this whole damn statement from the publicist. "I feel had this incident happened to Liza Minnelli, Dolly Parton or Elton John the Tonys would have at least issued a letter of concern."

You know what? They probably would have. But you know why? Because they are all talented and living legends and you are were in a really bad band in the 80's and on an even worse television show. I believe all three of the above performers have Academy Awards and Tony Awards and Grammy Awards while you once got an award from the stripper in season one for a free massage.

The Ridiculous Katie Holmes Story Of The Week

I'm guessing Life & Style have been wanting to use the picture above of Katie Holmes for awhile now and so they came up with a headline that says, "Life & Style exclusive: Katie to dance for America!"

Of course it is exclusive because it is the funniest bunch of crap I have read since the official split of Brangelina. Life & Style says they have discovered the reason Katie keeps going to a dance studio all the time. Want to know what they discovered? Here it is word for word.

"Life & Style has learned exclusively that Katie is in serious talks to make a special performance on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance! "She's met with judge and producer Nigel Lythgoe and everyone hopes she appears on this season or next season of the show," a show insider tells Life & Style. Here's to hoping that all her practice pays off!"

OK, so from the headline it would appear that Katie is going to dance for America and so you would get all excited and maybe if you were at the checkout counter you would buy the magazine because you didn't have time to read the entire article because the people behind you in line are grumbling that you need to start unloading your groceries.

I hate these kinds of stories because it isn't even speculation. It is just people putting together words that appear to say something but actually don't. Katie is in serious talks with who? It doesn't say. Is she in serious talks with Suri? Do they hash this out back and forth every morning while mommy pretends she loves her life?

Katie has met with Nigel. But it doesn't say she has met him in relation to this show or this premise. It just says she has met him. Well, yeah. Didn't Katie go to American Idol? I'm sure she has met Nigel several times over the years. She has also probably met Simon, but it doesn't mean she is going to audition for American Idol now does it?

Everyone hopes she appears on the show this season or next season? Well the reason you said she was rehearsing every day was to be on this show so are you saying that she is going to have to rehearse every day for another year before she will come on? I thought she was in serious talks so why would she wait a year before she goes on the show? You will also notice that they don't actually say she is going to dance on the show. They talk about her dancing and the headline says dancing, but what insiders are really hoping for is that she will make a special appearance on the show. Like the special appearance she made on Idol where she sat in the audience?

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which up-and-coming film star was smoking an alien substance out in the open at a recent NYC party?

Today's Blind Items

This Real Housewife was asked to leave a recent high profile charity event because of inappropriate behavior. She got really drunk and kept thinking she was at Mardi Gras and people were throwing her beads.

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What's not to love about Anna Paquin? She gets the top spot for doing great work, keeping a low profile and keeping her Oscar in her closet so people don't have to comment on it. Definitely deserving of the top spot. Plus True Blood is a great show.
More of the cast from True Blood. From L to R - Ryan Kwanten, Alexander Skarsgard & Sam Trammell
And one more for good measure. Anna's real life boyfriend Stephen Moyer.
The funny thing is Alec Baldwin has one of these in his house too for when he talks.
And then Ann Curry showed off all her pictures with Brad Pitt.
One of my favorite people in the world, B.D. Wong.
At this point, I think Seth Meyers and Ben Stiller are in fact the same person.
Cameron Diaz doing some press for My Sister's Keeper.
I wonder how often Daisy Lowe and Gavin Rossdale actually speak to each other.
You really don't see this kind of outfit other than at ugly sweater Christmas parties.
Fonseca - Los Angeles
Easy
Not so easy.
Kathy Griffin twice in a week is probably too much.
Lady Gaga without any makeup.
I have never really seen anyone pose at a press conference like this.
Shia's mugshot quality photo is the more normal way to pose.
Melissa Gilbert signs her new book.
Patrick Dempsey getting set to race in Paris.
The Princess is cheating in the synchronized hand clapping. You are not supposed to have to look.
Reader Photo #1
And Reader Photo #2
I always post Howard Stern, so I figure Robin Quivers could use some love.
Sonic Youth - New York
I'm guessing Teri Hatcher's face is permanently locked in this position.
The most work safe photo I could find of Victoria Beckham today. She was obviously in need of some publicity and knew exactly what she was doing.
Meanwhile on the other side of town her husband actually does hide his breasts.

Shia LaBeouf Just Gets Freakier - Watched Parents Having Sex

So, for those of you who thought Shia LaBeouf was just being innocent and a sweet kid when he called his mom the sexiest woman he knows, you might want to rethink that whole thing. In an interview with Parade, Shia says that the source of his humor and who he is was defined by "seeing my parents have sex, smoke weed, my mom being naked ... [and] twisted R-rated humor."

OK. Yeah. It is one thing to maybe catch a glimpse of your mom naked when you are like 2. From what Shia described in his earlier interview with Playboy, his mom still walks around naked in front of him. The fact that he remembers seeing his parents having sex sex is something no kid ever wants to see, but he doesn't just say it happened once. I get the feeling this was kind of like a regular thing for him to see. That just isn't right.

He also admits to being so insecure that when he is riding his bike on the side of the road he will sometimes stop until someone recognizes him. Oh, and he also says he is an alcoholic and has no idea why. I will say this about Shia. He doesn't mess around with giving some kind of bland answers. The guy tells you what is on his mind whether you like it or not. I am also kind of surprised that the very vanilla Parade Magazine is going to publish the interview.

He Was Just Copying Borat & John Mayer

So, in Ohio yesterday this 41 year old guy was arrested and charged with five counts of public indecency for wearing this one piece bathing suit in public and allegedly exposing himelf. He was wearing a bra stuffed with extra swimsuits in the cups. He was also charged with menacing because people felt threatened by him. Well, sure I would feel threatened too. Look at that color on him. It's horrible and he could use a wax.

I'm guessing he is a big fan of Sacha Baron Cohen and can't wait until Bruno opens in theatres.

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The Problems With The "Of Love" Shows On VH-1

I noticed today that Cocktail from Ray J's show called "Compete With Other Women To Have Sex With Ray-J And Make Your Parents Proud" shared with the world that she and Ray-J are no longer together. Then, in what must be considered one of the greatest coincidences of all time, VH-1 announced a second season of Ray-J's show. Wow, how fortunate is that for VH-1 and Ray-J? I'm stunned.

I thought for sure that someone named Cocktail could for sure settle down with a player and sex tape trafficker of the caliber of Ray-J. I figured by now they would be married and be about to have a baby. Speaking of babies. Congratulations Kendra Wilkinson!! I guess it turns out it she did get the new boobs I commented on but they were natural enhancements.

Anyway, this is the problem with Have Sex With Bret Michaels, Have Sex With Flava Flav and Have Sex With Ray-J. There is no incentive for any of the male stars to stay with the stripper they pick. If they stay with the stripper then they don't get a second season of the show. They miss out on money and publicity and having sex with women that a Fortune 500 company provides them. If they stay with their chosen person they end up sitting in front of the television and watching some other almost/formerly/semi-kind of famous having sex and getting paid for it. Hey, isn't that prostitution?

They just will not give that up and so no matter how much they pretend and no matter what they say at the end of the season when they pick someone, it is all a lie.

Cocktail admitted as much in what she wrote today. "As for the tour we just did and ‘acting’ like we were together, it comes with the show."

NY Post Blind Item

WHICH married Chicago billionaire has a girlfriend in New York and plans for a romantic getaway in Montauk this weekend? Friends say the other woman isn't even attractive.

Is Tameka Foster Alive?

As far as I know Tameka Foster has not been photographed in public since before she went off to Brazil and her plastic surgery that nearly resulted in her death. Usher has been everywhere with his kids and alone, but still no Tameka Foster. Now, the NY Post is suggesting that perhaps Usher has given up on Tameka Foster and is dating someone new. That someone new is Grace Miguel (pictured above with LA Reid - and this time it really is Grace) who works at Def Jam. She and Usher have been photographed together all over LA and Malibu and were even photographed entering a hotel together. The hotel was the Sunset Marquis so I'm guessing they were there for something other than sex since there is a lot to do there, but it is still juicy.

Has anyone seen her picture at all since she got back? Does she just stay inside all of the time? What happened to her down in Brazil? Even when they were going through issues previously she would still show up all the time at events with him, so at this point I am just curious as to whether she looks the same or she is just in hiding because she is embarrassed that Usher is dating someone else while married with two kids and a wife who nearly died six months ago having surgery to probably make her try to look better for her husband. That would be the making someone feel guilty about it approach. Usher might have a different take on it.

Beyonce Is Lazy, Hates The Environment And Has Way Too Much Money

In one of the greatest LA movies of all time, LA Story, there is a classic scene in which Steve Martin goes to see his friend. She lives about two houses down from him. Instead of walking to see her though, he gets in his car and drives the 100 or so feet. I never thought I would see someone actually do that in person. I was wrong.

Take a look at this picture from The Daily Mail. Yesterday Beyonce was at her hotel and wanted to go to the store across the street. Everyone on this planet including world leaders and even Oprah would have walked across the street. Not Beyonce though. Nope. Instead Beyonce and her bodyguards and two cars went up the street five feet, and then made a u-turn and parked in front of the store.
Now you could say that maybe they were planning on going somewhere else and then she changed her mind and so they made a u-turn. That would be believable except for the fact they did the same exact procedure when they left the store. Prior to leaving her hotel, her two SUV's idled outside the hotel for about 20 minutes and then while she was in the store they idled for about 20 minutes.

I understand Beyonce thinks she is better than any human being on the planet. I understand she is trying to be the biggest diva on the planet, but this is beyond any kind of ridiculous that anyone could dream up. I'm surprised she didn't make them carry her from her hotel room down to the car and then again when she got out in front of the store. I'm also surprised they didn't carry her around the store while she shopped all the while bowing at her feet.

At what point in your life do you get like this? Even Mariah and Aretha Franklin would have walked.

Hugh Grant Goes Nuts - In A Kicking Kind Of Way

I will be the first to admit that some paps go out of their way to antagonize celebrities in order to get a reaction which will sell better or make more money. That doesn't appear to be the case here. A TMZ cameraman was trying to talk to Hugh Grant as he left The Waverly Inn last night in New York. Hugh seemed to be joking with the pap and called into question whether the pap had actually ever had sex. It seemed very good natured and then without warning Hugh decided to try and kick the guy in the groin. It isn't the first time Hugh has kicked out at photographers and he seems to have a very short temper when it comes to any kind of attempts to film him in public.

Michael Jackson Shows Are Iffy At Best

Remember the outrage last month when Michael Jackson postponed his first ten concert dates. Well, according to Arthur Phoenix who used to be the publicist for The Jackson 5 and still represents Tito. Whoo hoo, that is huge. I could retire if I represented Tito. How much does he make every year? Anyway, Arthur says he would be shocked if Michael performs any shows and won't come close to performing anything close to 50 shows. He says the family agrees with him. He doesn't actually say what family though. The report from WENN just says family members. From all we know it could be Arthur's wife who said it and not a Jackson family member.

Arthur says, "I just don't see it happening. I think there were 10 shows planned and then ticket sales were overwhelming and another 40 concerts were added.
"But Michael is not mentally, physically or spiritually ready for these shows. There's something missing in his soul. He's like Mike Tyson - it's over!
"There are family members who feel the same way but they're afraid to speak."

Why would they be afraid to speak? They are pretty vocal about things when they want to be and my guess is they are all hoping for that one last Jackson 5 paycheck to see them through the rest of their lives.

I think Arthur is actually right, but it doesn't make the story any better or more believable. My theory is that Michael will make a deal to have a world tour and will get all his money upfront. I think that deal will be finalized about the time Michael finishes maybe show number ten in London and then he will fall mysteriously ill and the whole thing will fall apart.

I'm Confused - Myleene Klass Gets Stuck To A Bed

When I first read this story yesterday I shared it with some people and then for the rest of the day everyone kept coming up with theories as to how this could have occurred. No one could really come up with a great answer, but maybe you can.

The awful co-host of I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here is Myleene Klass. Well, two nights ago she was in her hotel room and according to The Sun she started spraying herself down with bug spray. At some point the spray on her body or extra spray reacted with the varnish on the hotel bed and Myleene became stuck to the bed. The varnish and bug spray turned into some kind of superglue making it necessary for Myleene to be peeled from the bed slowly.

The article and source are very clear about the being peeled from the bed slowly. Now, presumably she was alone. I say this only because people do not usually liberally apply bug spray to themselves prior to sex unless you are of course dating Paris, Lindsay, Brandon Davis, or Daniel Baldwin. OK, so he is in Costa Rica and that is a cheap shot. She isn't sleeping with him is she? Would she? Anyway, if you get under sheets or blankets, then only your arms would be exposed. At what point do they get stuck to the bed? Everyone kept trying to come up with explanations how you could get stuck to the bed. The only part generally exposed is the headboard so maybe she tied herself to it or was holding on to it. If anyone has any kind of explanation how this could occur I would love to hear it.

Jessica Alba Is A Selfish Liar

I am sure that over the next few paragraphs there will be some very choice words I can think of to describe Jessica Alba, but most of them are not suitable for publication. I have never seen someone so blatantly throw people under a bus and then drive again over them in criss cross patterns to make sure they are willingly down.

Then after the they have been thrown under the bus, Jessica comes out and does the woe is me crap and plays some kind of helpless victim card.

Yesterday I posted the bit about Jessica being in Oklahoma City and how she vandalized the town all in order to save the Great White shark. Now that the police are interested and there is talk of a crime having been committed, Jessica plays the innocent card and says she had no idea what was going on. Her statement from her publicist was pretty strong, but unlucky for her and lucky for us there are pictures of her committing the crime and she doesn't look especially like she is being victimized. I think she had these grand notions there would be headlines all over the world praising her wildlife ways and commending her for taking a stand against the Great White shark haters in Oklahoma City.

Instead, she is more humiliated than the producers watching a movie in which they paid her money to act.

Jessica said,

"I got involved in something I should have had no part of. I realize that I should have used better judgment and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign."
Sure, spontaneous. There Jessica was sitting at an IHOP in Oklahoma City and in came a couple of people. They sat down and started flirting with Jessica and asked her if she would like to help them put up some environmental posters. That is spontaneous. Flying from LA and doing this late at night is not exactly spontaneous. I'm also guessing if she had got praised for the cause, her response would not have been that she regretted or was ill-advised.

To me it seems like she is saying this was all last minute. She was basically kidnapped and forced to do this against her will and she should be let go and the people who were with her are the evil ones and should be in trouble. Turns out my little imaginary conversation between Jessica and Honor is actually coming true. When your name is Jessica Alba you don't get into trouble for vandalizing. You blame it on others and then go home to your money pit of a husband who you deserve and who I hope bankrupts you soon.

Daniel Giersch Is Getting Good At This Media Thing

The soon to be ex-husband of Kelly Rutherford is getting good at getting his point of view out to the media. A few months ago, Kelly and her publicists would say whatever they wanted and I don't think Daniel knew quite what to do. Not anymore. First of all the guy reads gossip sites, so despite the fact he looks like your creepy cousin who was "never quite right," at least he has gossip.

It turns out he didn't miss the birth of his daughter on purpose. It turns out that despite an agreement he and Kelly had, Kelly chose to ignore that agreement and gave birth herself. The first Daniel knew that he had a daughter was when he read about it on the internet.

OK, so yesterday was bash Daniel day and now it is Kelly's turn to be hammered. If you don't want the father of your baby to be at the birth, that is obviously your choice, but I would think you could show them a little respect and contact them and let them know they have a baby daughter alive and healthy and not have them read about it on the internet where he is getting trashed for not being at the birth. All that does is show that Kelly is vindictive and cares about herself more than her child. So, when the baby gets older and sees this then Kelly can come up with some story similar to the one the publicist tried to spin and which makes no sense.

Kelly had a natural birth, but her publicist said, "The doctors advised that no one be in the birthing room; [Daniel] was notified when [Helena] was born and was immediately invited to come see her." Well according to Daniel, and I believe him actually, he didn't find out until way after the baby was born, and it was probably by him making contact with Kelly. Further, I would really love to know when during a natural child birth which was reported to have no complications yesterday, why the doctor would keep out the father of the baby.

So, now that each of them has been taken to task on successive days, I hope they get their act together at least for the sakes of their now two children they have together.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which music man brings along three necessities on all his tours: men in tight shorts, muscular food servers and Persian rugs?

Today's Blind Items

This Academy Award winner/nominee A list movie actor is also a big music fan. Not so much of other music, but primarily of his own. He also has a huge ego. On a recent movie he was shooting he had it written into his contract that once a week a certain number of crew members had to show up in his hotel suite and listen to our actor play his guitar and the songs he was writing. Most of the songs were about himself and things he had accomplished in his life. Needless to say the crew hated him with a passion. Instead of going home to their families, once a week they had to go to a hotel suite for a few hours and listen to the bag of wind go on and on about great he was. In song.

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John Woo gets the top spot today. The guy has made some truly great movies. Plus, he has had to work with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage more than once so, you get valuable bonus points for that.
The only reason Mariah Carey and Prince didn't claim the top spot is that Prince scares me. He looks like some kind of odd combination of Sammie Davis Jr and Mrs Roper right now. The guy seriously needs to eat some food.
Apparently Bai Ling has decided to keep going with this new way of dressing for her. I continue to be impressed.
How rare is it when someone captures the egg on film right before it hits the person? This isn't a politics thing, it is a picture thing.
Evan Rachel Wood and Shane Lewis together on consecutive nights. This should be an interesting relationship.
Emma Watson for Burberry. Didn't even recognize her did you?
Fergie finally met someone who can talk about herself even more than she does. Fergie, meet Kate Hudson.
Does any one remember if January Jones has ever had a fashion disaster?
Speaking of disasters. The love bracelets look nice though don't they?
Jason Lewis is not a bad looking guy and I love that suit.
Pretty Woman was named the best movie ever in a UK poll over the weekend.
Jerry Seinfeld - New York
I can't believe James Tupper and Anne Heche are still together. Any day now I expect to read some story where he compares her to Satan.
I believe that James Russo is telling Kate Bosworth that he took all the free stuff he could get his hands on, but can't find anymore.
Kristin Chenoweth always seems like she is in a good mood. Oh yeah, I would be too if I made several million dollars a year.
So is Kelly Lynch just wearing a white t-shirt and a jacket? Seriously?
Congratulations to Kyra Sedgwick who got a star on the Walk Of Fame.
Kim & James Taylor - New York
Larry David standing in front of his own picture which is missing his face. It's like Back To The Future.
Megan Mullally makes a rare appearance in the photos. She never goes out.
You really need to click on this photo of Megan Fox to see it up close and personal. Maybe it is just the expression on her face, but she is well on her way down the road known as Teri Hatcher Street.
From L to R we have Mary McCartney, Simon Aboud (author), Paul McCartney and Stella McCartney.
One of my favorite actors/comedians is Michael Rappaport.
Nicole Kidman walking the streets of New York.
Paul Rodriguez looks just like his dad.
Rosanna Arquette in something I guess she thought looked good. I mean you don't go out of the house saying,"oh, I hope they make fun of me for this."
Reader Photo #1
Reader Photo #2 who just so happens to be having a birthday today. So, happy birthday, and yes, it is Slash across the table from her.
I never recognize Sadie Frost. She could walk in my office right now and say, "I slept with Jude Law," and I still wouldn't have a clue.
This is Sandy Koufax. Unfortunately for Johnny Drama, he still looks really good.
Speaking of looking good. Shia looks good in this and now that he ditched the green tie. It is kind of like Britney's pink wig. It shows up everywhere.
The animal thief and Nicollette Sheridan. He looks oily doesn't he? They are a good match.
I love Shawn Pyfrom's shirt, but on me it would look like I was a walking picnic table.

Happy Birthday Johnny Depp

Today is Johnny Depp's 46th birthday. He has consistently been one of the most popular celebrities on the site, and so I feel it is only fair that he get more than just a random photo today in honor of his birthday. So, here you are, Mr. Johnny Depp.

Billy Ray Cyrus Will Be Devastated

If the reports are true, and I'm not sure I really care if they are or not, Miley Cyrus and Justin Gaston have split. Oh, it's an official split. I love that phrase. It is almost as good as "everyday people." Actually you could almost take that whole Enquirer article from last week and do the whole thing all over again with Miley and Justin. Apparently since Justin has decided not to go hang out on a movie set with Miley while she shoots a movie they have split. Umm, why does he have to go? If the guy wants to model or do whatever he does to earn pocket money, then let him. For the rest of his life is he going to have to follow Miley and be there while she is working on a set? Yes, it is a split. She is working.

Now granted, I am much more likely to believe they are splitting rather than Brangelina simply because Miley is 16 and Justin is 28 or whatever. Oh, ok. He is 20. My bad. Whatever. I at least would not be shocked if they split. I am sure Billy Ray Cyrus will be crushed that he won't have anyone to spot him when he is working out or to help him get his Lindsay Lohan tanning cream on in all the places Billy can't quite reach.

Miley's people didn't have anything to say about the whole thing, but then again, not saying anything means lots more stories so you might as well leave it out there.

Travis Barker & Shanna Moakler Fight Of The Day

I think part of the problem in the Travis Barker/Shanna Moakler marriage is they spend way too much time thinking of new ways to use the internet to trash each other. If they put as much energy into their relationship and kids as they do to find new ways to let the world know why the other sucks so bad, maybe their relationship would be decent. OK, that probably is too much to hope for, but one can always hope.

In the latest round of fighting, Travis decided he wanted to take a shot at the mother of his children. He did so via a Twitter because, what good is it trashing your wife unless you can let the world in on your loathing.

"Kids are not to be used as weapons. Deadbeat moms that sleep all day, seeking money, attention like 2 do so. Just hurts the kids in the end."

That was his first blast of the day and what he is forgetting is that he has now told his kids that he considers their mom to be a deadbeat who is lazy and wants nothing more than attention. I'm not sure that doesn't hurt your kids in the end, but hey, Travis knows best right?

Apparently he still had another 140 characters in him because he followed up with that message with this one a short time later.

"Giving birth 2 a child doesn't make u a good mom. Taking care of them, loving them, waking up with them, spending time with them does."

Much better message, but still, do you think you should be trashing your wife and the mother of your kids online in front of millions of people? I have said this before, but what on earth are those kids seeing everyday at home? People who hate each other this much online must be a real piece of work when they are actually together.

Jessica Alba Talks To Honor Marie About Wildlife Conservation

As you may or may not have known, Jessica Alba is passionate about her love of Great White sharks and she took that love last week to Oklahoma City where the population of Great Whites has shrunk to zero except when the 80's band comes to town once or twice a year. Now, I love Oklahoma. I love any state that has a speed limit sign which starts with a 7 and ends in a 5 and that isn't kilometers an hour we are talking about there. As much as I love Oklahoma it seems an odd spot for Jessica Alba and some animal rights guy to make a stand on Great Whites. The only thing I can think of is that this was kind of like their test run before heading for Broadway. This was their screening of a movie before the premiere. This was their dress rehearsal, oh you get it. Anyway, this is how I imagined a conversation with Jessica and her daughter Honor when Jessica got back from Oklahoma City. Assuming of course that Honor could actually talk.

Honor: Hi mommy. Why is dad such an a-hole?
Jessica: Never mind that for right now. It has to do with mommy being rich.
Honor:Did you bring me a present?
Jessica: Of course. Here you go.
Honor:What is it?
Jessica:It's called an armadillo. There are lots of them in Oklahoma.
Honor: Is that why you were there? To see armadillos?
Jessica:No sweetie I was there to save Great Whites.
Honor:You mean the band that had hits like "Once Bitten Twice Shy?"
Jessica: No, silly. Great White Sharks. Like Jaws.
Honor: Oh, are there lots of Great White sharks in Oklahoma?
Jessica: Umm, no there aren't any.
Honor: Are there lost of people there who kill Great White sharks?
Jessica: Umm, no there aren't any.
Honor: Are there lots of people there who want to kill Great White sharks?
Jessica: Umm, no there aren't any.
Honor:Is it on the beach?
Jessica:Umm, no it isn't.
Honor: So why were you there?
Jessica:Because I wanted to tell them all about how the Great White is endangered.
Honor:Oh, so did you give speeches?
Jessica:No
Honor:Did you go on tv?
Jessica:No
Honor:What did you do?
Jessica:I put up big posters all over town.
Honor:Isn't that vandalism?
Jessica:Only if you aren't Jessica Alba. Now lets go see if daddy did his chores and mommy will give him his allowance.

Gordon Ramsay Ticks Off Australia

I think the last time an entertainer managed to piss off a country so bad would have been when Sacha Baron Cohen ticked off Kazakhstan. Gordon Ramsay has gone way further though. Gordon Ramsay has managed to piss off Australia to such an extent that the Prime Minister of Australia started insulting Gordon.

I really can't even begin to describe what happened because I don't have the time, but I do have links (which have some great pictures and quotes) and videos. The highlights are that Gordon was on a morning show to do some cooking. While there he insulted the crew of the show, told the female weather person she should rub olive oil on her nipples when running, and was ticked off the female host of the show didn't fall for his advances.

That is just the tip of the iceberg though. All weekend long, Gordon hosted a food show at this fair and had pictures of a pig superimposed on a naked woman on all fours and called her Tracy Grimshaw. He also had other pictures of pigs which he referred to as her and bad mouthed her constantly.

After a weekend of getting slammed like this, Tracy took to the airwaves and let Gordon have it and talked smack about the way he treats women and his wife and how they are nothing but objects to him and that he considers all women lesbians if they don't sleep with him.

At some point yesterday Gordon threatened legal action and then the Prime Minister of Australia got involved and called Gordon a lowlife. I would be surprised if he ever is allowed in Australia again.

Gerard Butler Will Have Sex With Anyone - Kelly Bensimon Included

I know many of you think Gerard Butler is the sexiest thing since the Speedo, but I wonder if there is a certain tipping point where your choices of who you are willing to be with kind of pushes you off the sexy ladder and puts you on the Scott Baio/Wilmer Valderrama ladder instead. In his latest attempt to prove that he can get any D lister, The NY Daily News says that Gerard spent much of a recent party getting close to Kelly Bensimon of Housewives NY. At one point, Gerard went to go speak to Dan Abrams and left Kelly alone.

According to a source Kelly said, “I don’t want Dan to say anything bad about me to Gerard!” Umm, and what does Dan know about you that is so bad Kelly? I think she thinks there might be a chance for a future. I think Gerard probably has something else in mind instead.

Later in the night Kelly apparently had to leave before Gerard, but he was heard talking to her on the phone and asking where she went and where she was at that moment. So, do they make a good couple? Does Gerard sleep with anything that walks? Do they necessarily have to walk for him to sleep with them? Forget about keeping any kind of secret with Kelly. If she had sex with Gerard Butler you can rest assure that she called Bethenny immediately after. She will mention it in every episode of the next season and remind everyone how she and Gerard are close. The fact that he never called her again would be irrelevant.

Madonna Gets Mercy - Lawyer Persuades Two Judges

Without actually saying this was some kind of bribe, I really don't know how to describe what happened. Apparently Madonna's lawyer, Alan Chinula has convinced two of the three appeal judges to let Madonna adopt Mercy. Alan also says the third is just about to agree. How in the hell do you know if a judge is about to agree to something? The only way you know they are about to agree to something is if you did something to make them want to agree. I'm sure Alan's legal arguments were great, but I have never heard of a system where you go to work on judges one on one to make sure you get your way. I don't want to know what went on. Well, actually I do want to know what went on. I just don't want to speculate about how you get judges to agree with you one at a time and know they are going to agree with you and can predict when they are about to agree with you.

On Sunday, the Malawi Supreme Court is expected to announce she can adopt Mercy. I guess they were shown enough reasons, (ahem), that Madonna is no longer subject to the residency laws for adoption. It is going to have to be something unique to Madonna or else every other person in the world who wants to adopt a baby will come to Malawi and take advantage of the loophole. I think the Madonna rule will be that if you spend a million dollars in the country, then they consider you a resident. If some of that million goes to some deserving people and family members than, that is all the better. So, basically if you have enough money you can go buy a kid and ignore the laws and do whatever you want. Yay rich people!!

Britney Spears For $3.00

No, you can't actually buy Britney for $3.00. At least I don't think you can. Last weekend though you could see her show for $3 though. How many of you paid hundreds and hundreds of dollars to see Britney Spears this year? How many of you shelled out $150 for VIP seats? Well, if you are in London you could have got those VIP seats for as little as $3.00 over the weekend. Yep. It turns out there were going to be a slew of empty seats in London for her shows over the weekend. The fact that no one was interested in buying VIP seats was going to be painfully obvious so the promoter decided to let a website handle selling the majority of the seats on the floor. What had been selling for $150 was sold on the website for $3.00. Even at $3.00, the concert was barely a sell-out.

I know the reviews from London were awful over the weekend at least from critics. It seems to me though that in the US and Canada at least, people were more than willing to pay huge prices to see her so I'm wondering what is different. I think it may have to do with the fact it is music festival season in the UK and so people would rather spend $100 and get to see 30 bands who are actually playing music and singing to one performer who sounds the same as if you had been listening to it in your iPod. I know people love Britney's show, and I am sure it is great, but when it goes head to head against a festival it is really tough to win that.

Kelly Rutherford Gives Birth Alone

I know that Kelly Rutherford and Daniel Giersch are getting divorced, but it is not the fault of their new baby girl. Yesterday Kelly gave birth and dad was a no show. Why? Does this mean he will be a no show for the entire life of the child? I think you need to be a man, or if it is Kelly's fault than she needs to grow up and do what is right for the child. Oh sure, the girl won't remember who was there when she was born or not, but she will be able to find out later and she is going to ask where her dad was and why the hell he wasn't there.

Dad's miss births everyday, all the time all over the world. Generally moms are there. I was trying to be funny and then I thought of Sarah Jessica Parker and her new twins. Is she considered the mom? If she isn't there, then I guess the mom wouldn't be there. Anyway, I can't imagine why Daniel would miss the birth. I'm pretty sure he must have had a good idea when it was going to happen.

If they can't come together for the birth of a child then I really have my doubts as to the way they are going to be able to bring up either child in the future.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which dreamy-eyed actor is embarrassed to admit he’s hooking up with a hard-partying starlet?

Today's Blind Items

I think when I reveal this one to you, you will gain a much deeper appreciation of what I am going through as I think of a good way to write this item and also trying to get all of the mental images out of my head. I literally just shivered. Anyway, what we have here is a marriage that didn't last long, but oh what a wedding it was. Everyone was there to see this couple getting married. The divorce was just as spectacular. The husband is a celebrity both in North America and in Europe. The wife is a permanent A list entertainer. She will always be A list. Anyway, contrary to everything you would think to be true, this couple did have sex on a fairly regular basis. In fact, the story goes they had sex every day and sometimes twice a day. The only catch to the whole thing was that the husband has OCD in a very serious way and he insisted that his wife remove the sheets from the bed after the deed and throw them away to never be used again. He wouldn't touch sheets either new or not and wouldn't allow anyone other than his wife to touch them or make the bed.

The Waving Goat

I meant to include this in the photos, but I forgot. Oh well, it isn't like a waving goat doesn't deserve his very own post anyway. The story goes that the goat learned to wave because school kids would keep visiting him and wave hello and goodbye and so he learned it. Apparently now the other goats have started to pick up on it as well and soon the whole damn farm will be waving goodbye and telling Charlotte what to weave to help out Wilbur.

Random Photos Part One - With Reader Photos

I picked Anne Hathaway and John Stamos for the top spot just because I thought it would be interesting if they actually were a couple. I think they would definitely get the attention of the tabloids for sure.
Coming in a close second was Billy Crystal. He was going to get the top spot, but then I decided I couldn't give the top spot to someone who obviously had not seen direct sunlight in years.
Bar Refaeli and a wall of cameras. It also appears she may be getting a dirty look from the woman next on the carpet.
Cheryl Hines wins the best mother/daughter photo of the day.
Immediately after this photo, Drew Barrymore had to catch a plane and go film Deadliest Catch 5. That is the only way I can explain her outfit. I guess eh could be a cranberry farmer.
Most of the time pictures will be captioned David Charvet and his daughter or whatever. This one didn't say that, but I'm guessing David didn't borrow her or anything.
There is just not enough Daisy Fuentes on this site.
Danielle Fishel getting as many photos out there that don't have her holding up a sign in a police station.
Has anyone ever seen Lola smile? On the show? In pictures? I'm sure she must, but I have yet to see it.
Elephant Man- East Rutherford, NJ
Evan Rachel Wood and her new guy, Shane West.
Ed Westwick channeling his inner Robert Wagner. If they make a Hart to Hart movie this is your lead right here.
To me Isabel Lucas is prettier than Megan Fox, but in Transformers it's all about Megan Fox. The interpreter next to Isabel has a list of questions and they all say either, "How was it working with Megan Fox, " or, "When is Megan Fox coming out to be interviewed?"
Jane's Addiction - Wantagh, New York
Josh Duhamel stifling a burp.
You don't really notice the horrible effects of tanning cream until you see it next to a normal color shade.
It's been awhile since I had a Jake and Reese picture.
One of my favorites. Jamie Pressly
This is the first time I have ever seen Joe Pesci's daughter.
Kellan Lutz for the mandatory Twilight photo of the day.
Katharine McPhee for the washed up former Idol photo of the day.
And Lauren Graham, because, well it's Lauren and Lauren always gets in the photos. I feel like maybe she should have worn this for St. Patrick's Day though.
Michael Bay and Shia's Olive Garden tie makes a comeback.
Nothing says Disney charity event like Miley Cyrus in thigh high leather boots.
The always looking good, Michael Clarke Duncan.
Megan Fox showing off leg so someone will notice her.
Mark Wahlberg and his farmer's tan.
More polo. This time Prince Harry and William playing at the same time.
Rosario Dawson looking like she is having lots of fun.
Reader Photo #1
Reader Photo #2
I think everyone forgets that Ramon Rodriguez is in Transformers also.
Rumer Willis and her smoking dress. Not smoking hot. Smoking.
The staged picture of the day goes to Slade and Gretchen who win the award about once a week.
Did you ever see Inspector Gadget? I think Tyrese has seen it way too many times.
Vanessa Lemon Jello and Nick at the same event as
Ashlee Simpson. Interesting. Donald Faison was there also but I don't know if CaCee was there.

Autumn Reeser Got Married - A Month Ago

These kinds of wedding announcements are kind of sad. An actress who used to be on The OC every week is reduced to begging People Magazine to share some details of her wedding. People obliged probably as a favor to a publicist, but the news is hardly even news anymore. Autumn Reeser and her new husband Jesse Warren got married on May 9th. They have probably already been on their honeymoon, had a bunch of fights and are headed to marriage counseling. At least that is how quick it was in Old School. Couldn't help it. Couldn't get out to see Hangover this weekend so watched something else by the director. Did you see that Hangover actually won for the weekend? It won by about $300,000 so I'm guessing the studio went out and bought several thousand tickets just so they could say they beat Up!. It's not a bad investment really.

Anyway, I will say that People did a great job of doing what they do best. Even if Autumn isn't really a star anymore they did give her the full on kiss ass treatment which is kind of nice of them and if she gets back to the top I am sure People will be rewarded.

More Tori & Candy Drama

Why can't either Candy or Tori Spelling just pick up the damn phone and call each other? You know why? Because then there wouldn't be any drama both of these women love the drama and the special kind of attention that goes with drama. In the latest episode, Tori incited Candy to come to Stella's first birthday party. According to Tori's people (read Dean), Candy knew that the Oxygen people would be there and even had the photo releases sent over to Candy's house a week in advance. At some point, Candy decided she wanted to make sure she wouldn't be on camera and Tori agreed.

Now, according to Candy's people (read butler), Candy found out that Oxygen was going to be there filming and all she really wanted was a private meeting with her daughter and granddaughter and that wasn't going to be possible with all of the cameras around. She wanted to meet Steel and see Tori but because Tori insisted on having the cameras there it just wasn't going to happen.

Meanwhile, Tori was sitting by the front door all day waiting for her mom to show up because no one told her mom wasn't coming. It turns out mom sent and e-mail about an hour before the party, but Tori didn't see it until after the party.

This thing is just all for show right now. They both know they could end it in a second but the drama and the fighting and the attention keep them going and going and going.

Jeremy Piven's Mass Text Worked

Do you remember back in January when Britney Spears was having a birthday party or something and Jeremy Piven sent out a mass text to women which said the first person to text him back got to have sex with him that night in his hotel room. Everyone talked about the text, but now there are names being dropped of who actually took him up on his offer. In an interview with Steppin' Out Magazine, model Saskia Neillsen said she got that message from Jeremy Piven and ignored it. However, she also says that another model named Ashley Chontos (pictured above) rushed right over to Jeremy's hotel room. "[Ashley] hooked up with Jeremy that night. I believe she f**ked him and tried to turn it into a career." Apparently there is no love lost between the two models and according to Saskia, Ashley will sleep with anyone to advance her career. Meanwhile Saskia says that Jeremy has texted her as much as 15 times a day and she never responds because she isn't interested in being a "star f**ker."

Whatever. It is one thing to throw a competitor under a bus, but I hate when people think they are so great and look down their noses at everyone else. What is the point of that? Just go to work, do your job, and there is no need to tell the world how great you are or that you don't sleep with people to get ahead. The people who matter will know. The rest of the world doesn't really care.

Former Miss Hawaii Is A Thief

Last month, a former Miss Hawaii, Susan Shaw was indicted on 122 different counts ranging from identity and credit card theft to money laundering and forgery. She had stolen the identities of about 11 people and racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent credit card charges. If that wasn't bad enough, now comes word there could be 30 or 40 more victims and she was leading a double life. In Hawaii she was married and had two young kids. In California she had a live in boyfriend. Neither house knew about the other.

This is where it gets really crazy. The boyfriend in Manhattan Beach had no idea that Susan was stealing identities and had no idea there were up to 30 stolen identities found at the house he shared with her. Uh huh.

Meanwhile back in Hawaii, Susan's husband and father to her two toddler children said he could never figure out why she traveled so much, or to where, and how she got the money to travel and to buy all of these designer items. Seriously? Who here wants to believe that?

Your wife disappears to countries all over the world and you never bother to ask why or how? You just say, "have fun." Don't worry about me or the kids. He never asked if she had a job or where the money came from? If his story is true, then how stupid is this guy? If your significant other started doing that how long would it take you to confront them about it? 30 seconds, a minute? This went on for years and years and the guy never asked?

NY Post Blind Items

WHICH once prominent magazine writer/TV interviewer now appears in elegant homes wearing men's clothes and a fedora? Sighed one jaded observer, "These days, becoming a lesbian is a career move"

WHICH sexy leading man, known for his wandering eye, recently hooked up with a pouty songstress? The raven-haired rocker is a big change from his usual choice of supermodels

WHICH actor is on hiatus due to a drug relapse? He claimed he needed time off because of the heartbreak of his public split, but he's actually headed to rehab.

Tila Tequila Is Desperate To Stay Relevant

When the clock hits 14:59 and counting, you can see the desperation in people who know there time is about over. Tila Tequila made the most of her 15 minutes and probably got a few minutes more than she should have. There is nothing left for her now and she knows it and so she is trying to stay relevant and noticed by going crazy on Twitter and starting her own rumors that she knows will attract attention.

Most of the time when someone starts spreading rumors for someone they are a friend or an employee. It is done for attention and then the celebrity comes in and clears up the rumors and if they are lucky gets a few paragraphs in a weekly tabloid and maybe a quick plug for a project on which they are working.

Apparently Tila Tequila doesn't have any friends so the whole spreading rumors thing becomes much more awkward. About a month ago you may remember that Tila tweeted or MySpaced or did something where she announced she was pregnant. She even tried to make it a blind item by saying it was an A lister who had made her pregnant. First of all, you have to remember that a Tila Tequila A lister is probably someone who just has a job. Well, after she announced she was pregnant people were congratulating her and wondering if it was scientifically possible. You know, the usual.

Well, after a few days the story went away because no one really cares and no one would really notice if she dropped off the face of the earth and disappeared back to wherever VH-1 keeps all of their reality stars until they are needed.

So, Tila decided she needed to once again take to the internet to talk about her pregnancy and this is what she had to say.

So I don't usually like to address rumors cuz all it does is start up more drama, and as you can all clearly see in all of my video's, I am a very fun-loving, happy, and drama-free type of girl. However lately the rumors have been piling up and I just felt the need to clear up the rumors for all of my fans because I care about you and want you to know the truth! First of all....the PREGNANCY rumors....the point is...maybe I was pregnant, or maybe I wasn't pregnant. I think that is something very personal but I'm going to clear that up now and say that I am not currently pregnant. So there you go! Let's move on now! NEXT!

Umm. Tila. What rumors? You are the one who said you were pregnant. So, what she is saying is that she lied to everyone? I know she qualifies the whole thing about currently being pregnant. I have no doubts at all that at some point in her life Tila was pregnant, so I can see why she says that. If pregnancy is such a personal thing then why did she announce it to the whole world? And honestly, I don't think the rumors ever piled up. I just think she didn't have anything to talk about and so came back to the one thing that got her some press. Oh, and there was the fake home invasion too. That was good. I think next she needs to have some kind of life threatening disease and then get healed by Florence Henderson. It can be a very special VH-1 episode.

David Carradine Killed By Secret Society

I don't understand why David Carradine's family is going through all of this. Mark Geragos, the lawyer who also represents Chris Brown was hired by the Carradine family to go around spinning the cause of David's death. Well, he got on Larry King and is now claiming that David was killed because the 72 year old man was investigating for trying to expose secret Kung Fu underworld groups and was getting close to discovering something.

Apparently the groups were so outraged that he was going to expose him that they assassinated him. Uh huh. Whenever I watch ninja movies this is the way they always kill the true enemies. The fight scenes are fake and they don't really use kung fu to kill people. Nope. What they do is tie them up in a closet and hang them. See the reason you never see that method of killing in the movies is because it is a secret. Seriously. And you can find clues to how they do it in the floor of the Louvre. Yep.

This is getting out of hand. Not only is it making a mockery of David's life but they are also saying that the government of Thailand doesn't know what it is doing. The family wants the FBI to get involved. The only thing that will do is make it a federal agency who agrees with what is already known. I love how they are going to hire their own doctor to do a separate autopsy. I can already tell you what he will say. He will say that the cause of death is suspicious or some kind of nonsense like that. He is getting paid by people who want him to say that so he will. He won't come out and say it is murder because it most likely isn't. Instead he will make the family happy and cause conspiracy theorists to wonder for years if he was killed by Chinese Triads.

I say let the man rest in peace.

Next Stop Nigeria - Madonna's Adoption Cruise

In the summer you see so many celebrities who charter yachts or sponge of the super rich who actually have a career or at least parents who did, and it made me think that Madonna needs a yacht. First of all I don't think I have ever seen her on any yacht and have never seen her in a bikini or anywhere even exposed to the sun actually. I remember one time when she was filming Swept Away she was in a bikini but I think that was for the movie and had no bearing on the fact that in real life she is not a beach person. Hmmm.

Anyway, there are reports today from News Of The World that Madonna is interested in now adopting a child from Nigeria and that she already has her eye on some little girl. Uh huh. Is someone just running through these orphanages trying to find a baby for Madonna and then hoping to collect a finder's fee? What I think Madonna should do is get in the yacht and just sail up and down the coast of Africa, until she either finds a country that will let her adopt a child or she gets kidnapped by Somali pirates and realizes that no one really wants to pay the ransom for her and spends the rest of her days performing at karaoke night in Mogadishu.

Bret Michaels & Heidi Montag Are Not Dead

I couldn't decide what story I thought was more ridiculous this weekend. For much of the weekend I really thought the whole Heidi Montag going to the hospital was the most ridiculous, but then last night I started seeing all these headlines that screamed out, Bret Michaels Injured At The Tony Awards!!! Huge banner headlines like the guy was on life support or something. Everywhere you looked the top story was Bret getting injured. Umm, the guy hit his face on a wall or some scenery and didn't even break a nose or any bone and went out to a bunch of parties last night. When I watched the video below I was more concerned with the tornado watch you can see in the corner of the screen. Bret Michaels strutting and hitting his face just doesn't seem to reach the same level of concern.

Do you know how many times I run into crap everyday at home and work? You don't see huge banner headlines when that happens. When you saw all the headlines and saw Bret Michaels was injured you thought it was serious didn't you? That is the problem sometimes with gossip. People always want to create some drama and so will make something out of literally nothing.

Speaking of nothing, the whole Heidi and Spencer thing made me sick. If I am NBC I just pull this whole damn thing off the air. I write a check to the charities involved for $1M and just throw on old reruns of Alf. Why the hell not? People would watch it out of curiosity and everyone in Ben Silverman's office could stop popping Tums every few seconds.

The problem with this show is: they picked Speidi; are in Costa Rica; ITV and NBC are not communicating well; and every contestant and staffer has a cell phone. So, then you have people calling their people who are calling TMZ who reports something and the gets a statement from NBC contradicting something, but ITV who are the producers have a different statement and all it really comes down to is the fact that Heidi and Spencer should be dropped off 120 miles off the coast of Costa Rica on Isla Nublar and let them fend for themselves. The two of them have basically destroyed the entire summer schedule of a network. It is like one of those movies where some hapless person pulls a plug or does something wrong, and you feel sorry for them. Not here. Here I would bring out the full power and might of GE and crush Speidi like bugs.

Pete Doherty Turns British Airways Into A Crack House

Everytime I fly the flight attendants always make the announcement that tampering with the smoke detectors in the bathrooms on board is illegal and will subject you to a fine. Apparently Pete Doherty thought, "hey I won't smoke, but they didn't say anything about shooting myself up in the bathroom." Unable to control himself on the very short flight from London to Geneva, Pete decided to get up about half way through the flight and spent the remainder of the flight in the bathroom.

After not answering the knocks at the door by flight attendants, they finally managed to get the door open where they found Pete passed out on a toilet seat with a dirty needle right next to him. The flight attendants then carried Pete back to his economy class seat. Oh, economy. See Pete this is what happens when you break up with your bank. The next thing you know you are flying in coach and shooting up cheap heroin in airplane bathrooms.

Pete was arrested when the plane landed, but instead of deporting Pete, the Swiss thought he was a great guy and decided to just fine him and let him play his concert. Excuse me? Seriously? What do you think would happen to any of us if we did something like that? A fine? They can't be serious. It wasn't pot he was shooting into his veins. Does Pete have dirt on every single judge in Europe? When he was a male escort, who exactly did he sleep with which gives him this immunity form all things unpleasant in the judicial system?

Pete says he has been clean for about a year. I say that if you can't even make it through a fairly quick flight, you have been not clean for quite some time. You don't just decide that the place to start shooting up again is in the bathroom of a plane.

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which heartthrob actor nearly cried bloody murder when he couldn’t get into a private lounge?