Four For Friday

This week I got a 4am call from someone I had not seen in about a year and a half and she was just chatty chatty at 4am. I am not chatty chatty at 4am and tried to hang up about 10 times. She would have none of that and kept talking until there was no chance of falling back asleep. At that point she hung up. Well, she has a long history on this site, and was the subject of one of the very first long blind items. I think it is time we had another look at Vixen.

November 2006

This item is extremely juicy, but also very long. I was going to make it two separate small, blind items, but decided to combine them and just make one big one. Also, I think someone needs to come up with some definitions for A List - D List celebrities.

To set the stage here, this all takes place in Malibu so look up which celebs live there and that will give you a head start. We have a vixen who is mid to late 30's who might have been A list for about five minutes.Faded teen starlet who hit it big on tv, but now is strictly movies (when she can get them) who tries to stay in the mix but really lives well beyond her means, especially considering her lack of work and lack of marriages. As far as I know she has not been married.

Along comes her neighbor, a nice 16 year old boy with a typical surfer look (my client), but a dad who made it very big in the music business as a producer and has been married and lived with multiple women many of whom are very well known actresses.

16 year old boy gets arrested for possession of cocaine and dad wonders where kid got it as dad has been clean for a very long time. It turns out it was given to him by Vixen the neighbor lady who has introduced Surfer Boy to the wonders of the white powder and has also introduced him to other intimate activities. Surfer Boy thinks he is in love of course and dad is pissed to say the least. Surfer Boy starts discussing things he has seen at the house which explain how Vixen has managed such a nice place to live on a little amount of film and tv work and no live in or former husbands around. It seems that everyone in this little neighborhood knew to come to Vixen for all their pharmaceutical needs and Surfer Boy has not only seen who was coming in and out each day, but also how often and how much they were buying.

Surfer Boy originally told the police he got the coke from a friend and would not give up the name. It was not until he and dad came to my office that the whole story comes out. This is a no brainer and we call the DA and Vixen is arrested. If you look hard enough you will find the arrest in the newspaper. Surfer Boy makes a deal and is shipped off to New York to be with his mom and away from Vixen. Meanwhile Vixen is so far up the pipeline that she cuts her own deal of which I am not familiar with the details. I do know that within 48 hours of her deal the Mexican police acting with DEA officers made a sweep in the LA area and on the California/Mexico border.

The VERY interesting thing about this is that Vixen kept very good records and also paid taxes on her earnings. The records have some very interesting names and it is those names that helped her stay out of the public eye during this, EXCEPT for the actual arrest. The people Vixen was supplying were not only celebrities who often paid with funds from their employers, but also maids, drivers, bodyguards, etc. and Vixen knew who each was buying for.

Surfer Boy escaped from New York (wasn't that a movie?) and actually was found the next day at Vixen's house (next door to dad--well I never said he was smart) Vixen's corruption sexually of the boy was never made an issue, but dad made it an issue at that time so Vixen found a new toy and Surfer Boy went back to NY with a broken heart where he has subsequently (within the past couple of months) been photographed with a VERY A list female but with no idea of how it came to be. They should have read it here first.

Random Photos Part One

Anthony Bourdain gets the top spot today. I like him a lot, but his position probably has more to do with the fact that I just watched all of Season 6 of No Reservations this week and so he in my consciousness.
Apparently someone said something bad about Brad Pitt.
The McCord sisters multiply like the Duggar's.
Speaking of Brad Pitt. This is him in France, but I am assuming he is wearing underpants. I know, but it is Friday and I am drinking. These things are terribly funny to me right now.
Do you get the feeling that Chris Messina and Sam Rockwell just got flashed?
And this is just a candid of Clive Owen. No photoshopping. The guy looks damn good.
Jennifer Aniston being the good sport she is agreed to test the woman's eyewear prescription.
I too spend long hours as a child listening to the sounds of the ocean in old cans of vegetables.
Jennifer Lopez is in Rome for her clothing collection Yamamay. For some reason I thought that was a Michael McDonald song, but I could be wrong.
It actually looks like Jude Law is reading the program before he signs it.
Notice the woman taking a picture of Piven spread open.
Kelly Clarkson - New York
Kevin McFederline is filming a reality show in Vegas.
Kings Of Leon - New York
Katie Lee Joel is not unattractive. But there comes a point when you are dating her that you would probably say to yourself, "she had sex with Billy Joel." I don't even think Viagra would work at that point.
Mischa Barton in New York.
Mario Lopez with a bunch of toys for kids. It looks like he even got Chris Brown one.
Two wonderful women. Martha Stewart and Nora Ephron.
Apparently when you roll with Peter Andre you roll in all black.
This seems pretty much barely there.
But Pamela can even make it less clothing. At this point I think it is only laws that are keeping her from going entirely naked at all times.
"Bueller? Bueller?"
I'm going to see this movie. I can't help it. I want to.
Scarlett J doing her own tribute to Little House On The Prairie.
The Tucci would get best dressed if not for Mr. Owen above.
I love Sela Ward. I don't love those jeans. It looks like Dolly Parton's closet exploded.
Tyne Daly bringing back the pink leather tie. Do you remember when Cagney & Lacey was the s**t?
Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift do their reenactment of what Jessica Simpson's birthday party may have been like.
About as unkempt as you are ever likely to see Victoria Beckham.

Your Turn

I know what it is like to be hot. Even in the middle of winter in Alaska I would probably be sweating. Sweat and a big man are two things that go hand in hand. I know that much of the country has had some world record type heat. It is this last week of July and first week of August that you retreat to your air conditioning and pool if you are lucky enough to have one and don't plan on emerging until the cool, crisp sounds of fall. Oh, and by the way I saw a store already had out Halloween stuff. Seriously. Anyway, bad store behavior is not my point here. I was thinking about pools and lakes and other bodies of water and want to know one very simple question. Skinny dipping. Yes or No? Have you done it? Would you do it? Where did you do it? Did anything bite you?

Real Housewives Gets Real Ugly

On most reality shows there is a clause in the contract which says that if you physically attack anyone then you are gone. There is just too much liability for the producers to let the aggressor stay on the program. You can yell and scream and have sex with as many people as you want, but please, no hitting. It is after all against the law.

Well, Bravo must have some different rules for their Housewives because two of them got into a huge fight. Just in time for the new season of RHOA, Nene and Kim got into a fight. According to Entertainment Tonight, "Kim was going to shoot a scene for "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and got into an argument with NeNe. While they were fighting, NeNe started to point her fingers in Kim's face. The report claims that when witnesses tried to break them up, NeNe grabbed [Kim] by the neck and tried to choke her out."

Kim then drove herself to the police station and filed a report. I am sure that in her car she had a camera crew with her and that another stayed behind to show NeNe's reaction and I have no doubts that in the upcoming weeks Bravo will promote the heck out of this incident in order to get more of you to watch.

The report says that the police were unable to find NeNe when they went looking for her. Umm, did you try and look for the woman being trailed by a camera crew? Did you ask the camera crew with Kim if they were in contact with the other camera crew? This doesn't sound that hard.

Who Knew There Was A Mattress Domino World Record?

The things you can learn on the internet never ceases to amaze me. Earlier this week a mattress company in the UK set the world record for mattress dominoes. They set up 41 mattresses which all took a tumble. The great thing about the video is that each mattress has a person attached. Most seem prepared for the mattress to knock into them, but there are others where you can see they were really unprepared and they go flying. It also has a great ending. And it the best part is it has no Chris Brown music. Bonus.

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which skinny singer's eating disorder has got so bad that she's bought a butter knife which, she tells pals, she uses to make herself sick?

Jason Statham & Kristin Cavallari - WTF?

With the exception of Bank Job which I just can't seem to get excited about, I really love all Jason Statham movies. They aren't going to make you think, there is always action and the acting doesn't usually make you cringe. I also happen to know that most women find him somewhat attractive. Must be the accent. Oh, sure it could be the body, but I prefer to think of it as the accent and that way when I sit in the basement at night practicing my British accent I know it is for something useful and has possibilities. His body isn't going to happen for me. Ever.

So, it was surprising to see in US Weekly that Jason was spotted making out and with Kristin in the corner of some party. I mean someone from The Hills? Really? You would think he could do a whole lot better. Kristin isn't ugly but she is on The Hills. Come on.

Apparently the relationship isn't serious and was described as a hookup. The source also said it was going to happen again. At that point it isn't a hookup. At that point it is a booty call and the next thing you know he is on a very special episode of The Hills and she is in Transporter 4 and the whole thing just turns into a circus.

Michael Cera Becomes Famous - Dumps His Girlfriend

Michael Cera has dumped his long time girlfriend Charlyne Yi because, well he is an actor and wants to have sex like Russell Brand. According to Star, Michael got tired of only dating his girlfriend of three years and wanted to play the field. "He's been with her since before he was superfamous, and now all these girls fawn over him. He's itching to date other people."

Well if he dates too many people he will probably start itching, and it won't be pleasant. He also needs to realize that he plays one character and one character only and so his fame is going to be very fleeting. There are only so many possibilities for someone of his range. What he really needs to be doing instead of screwing over someone who is loyal to him and gave him a charity date when he wasn't famous is be loyal to the people over at Arrested Development who also were with him before he became famous.

Loyalty just goes out the window in this town when you get famous. It sucks but there isn't anything I am going to be able to do about it except call people out when they do something. Charlyne is said to be crushed. What makes this even more painful is they are doing a press tour for Paper Heart which is a movie they did together.

MC Hammer's Cousin Arrested On Rape Charge

I don't watch the MC Hammer show on A&E. Hell, I didn't even know MC Hammer had a reality show at all. I think there should just be some master list of all celebrities who have been in or on a reality show. I realize it would include just about every celebrity and their relatives, but someone in the universe must have the time to compile such a list.

Well on Hammer's show he apparently features his cousin Bigg Marv. Don't ask me why he spells big with two gg's, but I am sure it must be something he picked up from Snoop Dogg. Well, Bigg Marv started flirting with someone he met on Twitter and the next thing you know Bigg Marv is being accused of raping the woman.

A police officer in Livermore, CA said the woman was attacked after she spurned Bigg Marv's advances. Hammer of course thinks the charges are completely false and blames it all on Bigg Marv being famous. On his own Twitter page, Hammer wrote,

"We're standing by him. (Marv) Welcome to Fame Cousin Marv. We're praying for you.

"Thanks for your Prayers for Bigg Marv. He's a good guy, he has not been exposed to the 'World of Fame' where you become 'The Prey.'"

Marv is the prey? What about the woman involved here? You don't think she felt like prey? Where is her support? Just because some guy is famous he can't have committed a rape? I am not rushing to judgment or anything but I think Hammer could have shown a little more respect towards the woman and not just simply blamed all of this on fame. Hammer's statement has made it a certainty I won't ever be watching his show.

Mariah Carey Is An Alcoholic

One of the problems with having a war of words with Eminem is that he is used to insulting people for a living and can come up with more stuff to make you look bad every few minutes. For Mariah Carey to make someone look bad she has to wake up at around 10 in her Cinderella carriage(yes, she has one), summon Nick from his bunk bed in the next room, have her staff carry her to her office and then finally let the day begin.

When Mariah decided to get back at Eminem by dressing as him in her most recent video it set off something she probably wishes she could stop. Plus, Nick is probably whining like a kid wondering why Eminem has dirty voice mails and naked pictures of Mariah. Can you hear him whining?

Oh, and Eminem also says Mariah is an alcoholic. I can see that. I have no doubts that Mariah drinks champagne non-stop each day. Oh, and then switches to Red Bulls and vodkas later in the day. Below are some of the lyrics from Eminem's new song. Notice the part about the voicemails. He says that he has some from right before she flipped her top. That was when she did the whole MTV thing and Glitter came out and she took a rest. Those would be interesting to hear.

"Only reason I dissed you in the first place is because you denied seeing me. Now I'm p***ed off. I'm obsessed now. Oh gee, is that supposed to be me in the video with the goatee?

"B***h, shut the f**k up before I put all them phone calls out you made to my house. How many times you fly to my house? Still trying to count. Better shut your lying mouth if you don't want Nick finding out. You probably think since it's been so long if I had something on you I woulda did it by now. On the contrary, Mary Poppins, I'm mixing our studio session down and sending it to mastering to make it loud. Enough dirt on you to murder you. Mariah, it ever occur to you that I still have pictures?

"Call my bluff and I'll release every f***ing thing I got including the voicemails right before you flipped your top.

"It cuts like a (knife) when I tell ya get a (life). But I'm movin' on with mine. Nick, is that your wife. Well tell her to shut her mouth then I'll leave her alone. If she don't then I'm just gonna keep goin."

The Jessica Simpson Stories Just Don't Stop

Well the good news is this story has absolutely nothing to do with Tony Romo. The bad news is that four consecutive days of Jessica Simpson stories probably sets a record. She should get dumped more often. Not only does the world feel somewhat sympathetic towards her, she hasn't received this much publicity since her farmer fruit tour. That is my term for any type of fair that incorporates a fruit. The so and so Peach Festival or something like that. Oh, and one of the other requirements is there has to be a Miss Peach Festival and she has to be 18 and the daughter of either a farmer or the car dealer in town who agreed to loan out cars for the parade featuring his daughter.

Anyway, the NY Post is reporting that on Jessica's new television show called The Price Of Beauty that she is taking price to a whole new level. Apparently she managed to talk VH-1 into giving her a budget of $25,000 an episode for hair and makeup. That is a monstrous amount of money for a low budget cable travel show. I would say 99% of the people involved in the show will make less than the hair and makeup person. The Post says VH-1 is pissed. Hey they are the ones who signed the contracts. As for Jessica's people, they say, "A budget was approved when the deal was made. All parties were satisfied."

When a spokesperson says all parties were satisfied it means they are laughing their asses off while the other side fires someone.

Daily Mirror Story On Britney Spears Doesn't Have Any Truth In It

There is a story in The Mirror today which is a heartwarming tale of a daughter who loves her dad and as a thank you gift buys him his very own restaurant. In this case the father/daughter is Britney Spears and her dad. The only problem about this story is that it couldn't happen.

The article says, "Britney just wanted to give him something useful as a sign of her appreciation. After all their ups and downs she knows he's always got her best interests at heart."

Britney is currently under the care of a conservator who happens to be her dad. When Britney wants any money, dad has to give it to her. Her father has to account to the court for any moneys he gives her. Britney has no money of her own. None. It is like a child who is dependent on allowance and the tooth fairy to make ends meet. Imagine that same toothless allowance dependent child buying a restaurant for their dad. Yeah, it couldn't happen. Even if Britney said she wanted to buy it for him, he would be the one writing the check and then going to the court and explaining to them that he spent all this money on himself because his daughter who needs financial and physical control wanted to buy it for him. Uh huh. That should go over really well. "No, your honor, she wanted me to spend $1M on myself."

It was a touching story though. Just don't let Britney near the place. Do you remember Nyla?

Ted C Blind Item

What a mess Terry Tush-Trade feels overwhelmed by right now, both professionally and personally.

If only someone could shake Terry's well-coiffed little head and say it's all OK, you've got the world before you, fans are quivering at your gorgeous toes—you have nothing to worry about, sweet stuff!

But Terry just doesn't see it that way, not at all. Result: The good-looking Twilight franchise performer is sinking further and further into checking out, via booze and drugs, nothing too heavy right now, but we all know where that getting-high road leads, right?

Dammit, get it together, Tush-Trade, before it's too late! Pressure to perform for Summit in top-capacity isn't the only thing troubling TTT. As we told you before, Terr-bear's got a little lovin' secret (actually not so secret) that's already creating pressure for the beauty. Not to mention affairs of the heart from both sexes pulling TTT strongly.

And now, to add to that very Toothy Tile-esque endeavor, Terry's getting piles more directions from Summit on how to act, what to say, what not to say, don't go there, don't wink this, don't utter that—Terry's goin' nutso in the process!

Therefore, Tush-Trade's mode of response has become increasingly...

Soaked in the 80-proof stuff, not to mention smoking this and popping that, just to keep it together.

Oh, if only everybody concerned (mainly you, Summit, you chastising corporate spoilsports) would let Terry be the natural bisexual lover Tush-Trade was born as. I mean, certainly didn't hurt Angelina Jolie any, right? She finally chose a mate to settle down with, once she was allowed to romp and roam on whichever mattress she chose.

And good for her! It's one of the things we admire about Jolie, that she never hid her sexuality, something Terry's dying to do, as well.

But Terry keeps getting told, "Pull that one, and you're on the next train to Rachelle Lefevre-ville." And we all know where that is: totally the wrong side of the career tracks...for now, at least.

Fight back, Terry and Rachelle, you can both change the world!

It Ain't: Rachelle Lefevre, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke

Today's Blind Items

This B-/C+ movie and sometime television actress was at a recent party. Not a big deal. She was drinking shots at the party. Again, not a big deal probably but it depends who you ask. She then proceeded to start taking body shots off other women. Then, just when you didn't think she could drink anymore, she started doing lines of coke off males or females on any part of their body they put it on. God I love this town.

Random Photos Part One

Chris Isaak - Newport, Rhode Island
Amy Adams has some really well defined calves.
A lot of movies have been made if you combine the careers of Ang Lee and Meryl Streep.
No pole and no dad. Brooke Hogan seems sad.
That whole Travel Channel blind I ran has kind of ruined the Bridget love I had.
The ridiculously good looking couple of the day photo goes to Brent & Tamara Zachary.
A first time appearance for Chelsea Handler.
I haven't seen Cory Kennedy in ages. Here she is with Alfie Allen.
And let the paychecks commence.
And mama is there to make sure she gets the checks made out to her.
Something doesn't look quite right about Chloe Sevigny. Brooke Shields looks like she is feeling no pain.
One of the funniest people around is Demetri Martin. I know you have probably never heard of him but he is hilarious.
Emile Hirsch - "Umm, sure I guess I will pose with a flower."
Liev Schreiber - "Umm, no I won't be posing with flowers." He might have thrown in an F bomb or two with that.
Vanessa Carlton - "Sure, I will pose with a flower. I would walk 1,000 miles to pose with a flower."
I think this is Claire Danes actually being funny. It works. It made me laugh.
Green Day - Washington DC
It's checking up on baby time. Jessica Alba.
The twins.
A first time ever picture of Denise's kids smiling.
And the best looking baby of the bunch.
Graham Norton and "guest."
I'm guessing Kellan Lutz burped. Whatever it is, Nikki Reed is dying.
Speaking of babies. Follow me with this. Here is Mandy Moore.
Here is Mandy Moore with Camila Alves, Ciara and a ringless Rachel Bilson. Rachel cracks me up. Someone calls her out on not wearing her ring and then for two or three days she wears it and makes sure everyone sees it and then goes back to not wearing it. Anyway, I lost my train of thought. Oh yeah. Mandy and babies.
Look at the look on Ciara's face and the guy. Plus you have a pregnant Camila. This is not a how are you, nice to meet you expression. Could this be Mandy telling Ciara she is pregnant?
Michelle Rodriguez has lost a lot of weight.
Penelope Cruz. It's ok, but not spectacular.
Someone tried to give Paul a Merlot.
The Specials - Melbourne
Vin Diesel looking like a tool.

Gwyneth Paltrow Opens Her Mouth - Not Ever A Good Idea

I honestly get the feeling that Gwyneth Paltrow tries and tries, but there is something that prevents her from thinking that she is equal to everyone else in the world. Last night she was at a charity event and People asked her about GOOP. That is really all you need to do. Ask her about GOOP and just shut up because she will do the rest of the damage all by herself.

Why does she do it? "It’s just nice to share what you have. And I have all this great information. It’s just a gift. People want me to do all this other stuff. But right now, I just really love doing the site. I love thinking about the letters, what I’m going to write about, what kind of information we can put in there.”

Yes, she has all this great information, and guess what? She is the only one who has it. It's a gift. None of us will ever be lucky enough to know it all unless she shares it with us.

In her most delusional quote of the night she was asked about discussing her personal life on the site. “I never address that side of me there,” she insisted. “It is really a place to disseminate good information.”

Uh huh. And what about all those blind items and digs she gets in under the guise of a piece of advice? I guess it is ok that she trashes other people or discusses them, but there will be no talk about her allowed on the site. Nice.

Sometimes The Justice System Makes No Sense

Jani Lane, formerly of Warrant and Celebrity Fit Club pleaded no contest to his DUI charge from back in June. As part of the deal he made with prosecutors to get his hit and run charge dismissed, he is going to have to spend two days in jail, 36 months probation, 3 months of alcohol classes and spend 30 days picking up trash on the side of the road. That all seems like a fair penalty for a DUI. I am ok with that. This is the part that makes absolutely no sense to me. Jani was also ordered to pay $395 in court costs and fines. Great. No problem. However if he chooses not to pay the $395 he can spend an additional 13 days in jail. So, if Jani doesn't have $395 to pay to the County of Los Angeles, they are willing to spend $100 a day for 13 days to house him and feed him and spend $1300 and willing to give up the $395 they were charging him. Imagine as this scenario is multiplied 100 times every day and you can see there is something terribly wrong with the way the courts have decided to do business. I don't understand why you can't set up payment arrangements or something. I don't care if the person only pays $10 a month for the three years they are on probation, it is better than the current procedure. No wonder we don't have any money in this state.

Woman Who Had 13 Babies Taken Away For Neglect Is Pregnant Again

Theresa Winters is 36 years old. She is currently pregnant with her 14th child. You are probably asking yourself how come she doesn't have a reality show. Well, the reason is that all of her previous 13 children have been taken away from her because of neglect. It all started back when she was 19 years old. She gave birth and within 2 years the baby had been taken away from her. She then tried again and social services came and got the second.

So, the next time she got pregnant she switched men, but it hasn't mattered. The next 11 were also taken away. Now though she is pregnant for a 14th time and really wants to keep this one.

She says that although she still chain smokes, she really has calmed down and will be a great mom.

We feel like social services are treating us like murderers when we haven't done anything.

"All we want to do is to be a family and to look after our children. It's very upsetting. We want help from social services but they won't help us."

The couple can't keep the kids because of "concerns about severe neglect, lack of parenting ability and the consequent risk to any child in their care."

Three of her kids have been born with a rare birth defect and one of those died.

Theresa's sister was asked about her reaction to all these pregnancies and said, "Whenever I have asked her why she keeps getting pregnant when she knows the baby will be taken off her she says, I don't give a s*** - I just want the Government to pay for them. It's pure spite. As long as she is not allowed to keep a child her attitude seems to be that she will get her own back by making the authorities pay to look after them and bring them up. She has told me she will only stop getting pregnant the day they stop taking a baby off her."

While Sienna Is Away Balthazar Reconciles With His Wife

At this point I have no idea what is going on with the whole Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty thing. Honestly I don't really care enough to do much more than post a photo in Random Photos, but this stopped me in my tracks. The picture is of Balthazar and his wife Rosetta Millington. No kids, just the two of them hiking alone. They both seem pretty happy.

So, last year at this time, Balthazar and Sienna were doing the disrespect the wife thing in Italy. Getting naked and having sex everywhere while the wife and kids were a few miles away. Sienna and Balthazar come back to LA get in a huge fight and we don't really see much of them anymore. Two months ago Sienna and Balthazar were photographed in Italy with his family and everyone says they are back on and great. On that Australian radio show last week, Sienna gets pissed at the host for asking but does say things are good between the couple. And now this.

So, are Balthazar and his wife friends? Will Sienna dump him if he gets divorced? Is she jumping the bones of Dennis Quaid as we speak? Will seeing pictures of the happy couple together make Sienna mad with lust? Does anyone think GI Joe might not even be the number one movie the week it is released? Who decided to cast a Wayans brother (Damon excluded) in an action movie?

Kanye West Is All Class

Now that Michael Jackson is dead and hopefully will soon be buried and not a way for Joe Jackson to make a buck, Kanye West feels like it is time that a new King Of Pop be named and he figures no one would be better for it than him. He told Scrape TV,

"There's nobody who can match me in sales and in respect so it only makes sense for me to take over Michael's crown and become the new King. First there was Elvis [Presley], then there was Michael, now in the 21st century it's Kanye's time to rule. I have nothing but respect for Michael but someone needs to pick up where he left off and there's nobody better than me to do that. I am the new King of Pop."

Wow, I really don't know how he ever gets his head inside a room. The whole King Of Pop thing isn't like a President. When one dies we don't have to name a successor the next day or anything. The world of pop doesn't go into a tailspin and the economies of the world come crashing down just because there is no one to hold the title of King Of Pop.

Kanye supposedly asked the Jackson family for their blessing of his new title. "Yeah, sorry to hear about your kid, dad, brother, or whatever. Listen, now that Michael is dead, we are going to need a new King Of Pop and face it I am better than Michael anyway and so I want your blessing to be the King Of Pop. Could you sign these for me please? I will throw in a couple of free copies of my CD. Thanks."

So He Killed Himself With A Purse Strap?

I am really confused. A coroner in Brazil has ruled that the death of former boxing champ Arturo Gatti was actually a suicide. It turns out that his former stripper wife Amanda Rodrigues didn't kill him with her purse strap while he was passed out drunk but that he somehow managed to kill himself on her purse strap while passed out drunk. A court in Brazil has ordered that she be released. No one has explained how when he killed himself that he managed to stab himself in the back of a head with a steak knife and how that blood ended up on the purse strap.

It is expected she will reunited with their 10 month old son sometime tonight. He had been in the hotel also when the suicide occurred. Can 10 month old children pick up steak knives and stab daddy in the back of the head while sleeping. Yeah, that is probably what happened.

Jessica Simpson & Tony Romo Latest

There are a few Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo stories out there so thought I would just bring them all into one nice easy place to get them. Not easy like Russell Brand easy, but easy as in convenient. Did you hear those rumors that Kenny Chesney and Jessica Simpson were flirting just a few days before the big breakup? Yeah, I didn't hear about them either, but Kenny wants you to know they aren't true and that he would never flirt with a buddy's girlfriend. I think Kenny just wanted to be in the news and figured this would be a good way to do it.

The woman that Tony Romo supposedly cheated with or went to Jessica Simpson concerts with or sent sextexts to isn't really dating him or whatever it is they were doing. This of course comes from the father of the woman so I'm sure he knows exactly who his daughter is dating and has dated in the past and probably is also convinced she is chaste and never goes beyond first base. If someone can figure out exactly what Tony and this woman were supposed to be doing that caused the breakup I would like to know. To me it just sounds like they chatted on the phone and sent flirty texts. That is a really broad description.

Oh, Native American groups are pissed at Jessica because when she was asked if she was going to get the $100K boat back from Tony that she gave him for his birthday she said she wasn't an Indian giver. For why this is bad, see Seinfeld.

All People Will Remember Is Mel Gibson Attacked Someone

Late last night and early this morning the internet was alive with the news that Mel Gibson had beaten some pap guy up who had tried to take his picture inside Playhouse last night. I mean there was Mel with his pregnant girlfriend inside a nightclub possibly enjoying a beverage or two and a pap is there trying to get a picture and being told no by security three times before Mel finally beats the crap out of him.

Five minutes later he presents himself to a cop and claims Mel attacked him and ripped his shirt and he wants to file charges. That is what everyone read about this morning, but at least the part about Mel attacking the guy isn't even true.

Nope. The guy made it up. Oh he is a pap and he was told no three times. At that point though he was asked to leave and that was it. According to TMZ the police are not even going to talk to Mel about the incident. Now I dislike Mel Gibson as much as the rest of you but I also believe that this kind of setup job is awful and I hope the guy gets charged with making a false police report. Martha Stewart went to jail for a year for lying to the FBI so this guy should at least have to spend a night in jail.

The thing is no one will remember that Mel didn't do anything wrong this time. They will just remember that he beat up some guy in a club. To summon up the sympathy factor try and imagine if someone did this to Jason Bateman. It is hard to feel anything for Mel, but I only trash someone when they deserve it and he doesn't for this.

Did Kim Kardashian Pay Off A Tabloid?

As I said earlier this week, it was pretty obvious that Reggie Bush was the one who dumped Kim Kardashian, but she is the one who called everyone and released her version of events which when you read all her past quotes as recently as two days earlier is ridiculous. Anyway, one of my favorite columnists over at the Chicago Sun Times talks about how Reggie cheated which we all knew, but something I had not heard before is that Kim was so desperate to stay with Reggie that she paid off a tabloid when one of Reggie's conquests had sold her story to said tabloid. When you are paying off a tabloid or making some other deal to make sure your boyfriend doesn't look bad when he has done the same action repeatedly, then you have some serious issues.

She should be grateful he broke up with her and not sad. If some guy treats you like crap and disrespects you by cheating you on repeatedly and you enable that behavior by your actions, you should feel fortunate he walked away and has given you a chance to find someone who won't do that to you and for you to start over and break that cycle.

Another American Idol Is Rigged Story

Usually I write an American Idol is rigged story somewhere during the season, but this time it is even before Paula Abdul finds out if she is going to be back sipping whatever it is she drinks each week. This time the allegation comes from Ju'Not Joyner, a contestant on the 8th season, who besides having an interesting first name says that the show is decided by producers and not by the public.

I don't really buy that once it gets to the television audience voting portion of the show, but I have no problems believing it prior to that point. If you are a producer and someone is causing trouble, it is pretty easy to just drop the person causing trouble and move on to someone who will play the game and do as they are told.

Ju'Not who says he caused trouble claims he was not invited to the wild card round because he had questioned producers about the fairness of his contract, or as he called at a "slavetract."

"I definitely believed that affected my time on the show. They didn't like the fact that I wouldn't sign 'just anything' and that other contestants were coming asking me questions. So I think they ousted me the first chance they could get...Even if I didn't get in on votes...how did I not get picked for the Wild Card show when I received comments from the 'judges' that were better than most of the contestants who were picked for the Wild Card show?"

He also says he refused to let the show talk about his background or how he came to be on the show and where he came from. The guy admits he was a pain in the ass. I don't blame the producers for getting rid of him. I don't think that is being rigged. I think that is just we don't need someone causing trouble all season long.

Today's Blind Items

This C+ list movie actress set to launch herself into the big-time with an upcoming popcorn flick complained of food poisoning after a recent meal. It is quite likely the longest case of it ever as it has been going on for almost a week. The real reason she is sick? Withdrawal from heroin. She can't get it where she is traveling.

Random Photos Part One

Eddie Izzard gets the top spot today. He just started a 1,100 mile run over the next six weeks for charity. He is doing it despite the fact he only began running four weeks ago. His plan is to run 30 miles per day. I'm guessing there will be lots of walking, but I think it is incredible he is willing to take six weeks out of his life to do this. Pretty remarkable.
I can't remember the last time I saw Amy Irving on a red carpet.
Ashley Olsen is turning into the crank old lady down the street. Apparently a movie was filming on her block and she wasn't too happy about the noise. I think it is more likely that she just hasn't had a movie in so long and was jealous.
I hope Bai Ling wears this to the first Christmas she spends as Nicole Richie's step-mom.
Not the best picture I have ever seen of Brad Pitt. Do you get the feeling he isn't really thrilled with Inglourious Basterds and is just going through the motions? I will say that at least he is going through the motions and not just abandoning it.
Claire Danes was at the same premiere as Hugh Dancy but,
for some reason they didn't take any photos together.
Common and Queen Latifah on the set of their new movie. I saw Common a couple of weeks ago and he was in a suit and the guy looked absolutely perfect. He is a good looking guy.
Dave Annable and Joe Pesci.
It's Dingo. Now I can finally use the line, "The Dingo ate my baby." Or in this case hid it under a really atrocious scarf. Or ate it. I think either would be appropriate here.
The lovely Diane Kruger.
Doves - Sydney
Is that? Could it be? It is. It's Duncan Sheik. He looks to be breathing just fine.
And then the motorcycle tipped over and she broke her foot forcing George Clooney to spend an extra year with her.
This isn't what it looks like, but I would say their freak levels are on par that they would be a great match.
Gilles Marini but this time he is wearing clothes.
It didn't stop Denise Richards from trying to get them off though.
Guy Ritchie and 18 year old twins.
Jon Hamm just because well it is Jon Hamm and Mad Men is one hell of a show.
I never get the point of the, "hey look at my breasts" outfits. This time on January Jones.
If it is summer it must be time for Jack Nicholson pictures and his man boobs.
I will lay odds they are bigger than hers. Just saying.
Jessica Simpson last night at a party for her dad's new act. Jessica got a $10K ring for showing up. She looks good. Maybe I will buy that OK! Magazine.
It wouldn't be a random photos without at least one real housewife. This time it is Kelly Bensimon.
I find this picture very disturbing and not in a good way.
Our Lady Peace - Hollywood
Russell Brand filming the sequel to Forgetting Sarah Marshall.
What happens when guys try and get a "Kate"
Ryan Phillippe about to light up with Ludacris.
My favorite photo of the day.
Happy 16th birthday to Taylor Momsen.
Will she make it to 17?
Benjamin Bratt and Talisa Soto still going strong.
And Benjamin obviously still likes what he sees.
Verne did the thumbs up. I will admit that Red Bull cola is good though.

Is Rehab A Hospital?

The Daily Mirror caught my attention this morning because they had the following headline: "Mischa Barton out of rehab and heading back to work." Not that I know everything but I read enough and hear enough that it kind of shocked me that I hadn't heard she was in rehab. I mean everyone assumes she had this three day coke bender and that is what finally pushed her into the hospital but no one said anything about rehab. I must read more. Well it turns out that it is only a headline and that The Mirror is referring to the hospital itself as rehab, like as in rehabilitation clinic for your mental issues as opposed to what everyone else in the world would construe rehab to mean when taken in the sense of a Mischa Barton article.

In fact, the entire article is just six lines long and takes up less space than the headline. It worked. They got me to click and to read.

Organic Food Not Healthier Than Regular Food

To me food is food. I will eat anything that anyone puts in front of me and I don't really care if it is organic or not organic. There is a study that was published today in The American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition. The study was actually conducted by the London School Of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the British government. I guess they looked at 162 scientific papers published over the past 50 years which discussed this topic and found out that despite the claims made and the higher costs associated with organic foods that it has the same nutritional value of regular food.

"A small number of differences in nutrient content were found to exist between organically and conventionally produced foodstuffs, but these are unlikely to be of any public health relevance," said Alan Dangour, one of the report's authors.

I don't have any reason not to believe the study, but here is the one thing I think they are missing from all this. If you get people thinking about organic it makes them read a label. When people read a label I think it makes them more self aware of what they are eating. So, even though there might not be a difference between an organic chocolate chip cookie and a regular one, maybe someone looked at the label and discovered how much sugar is in both of them and said, how about an apple instead.

The organic food market is worth $48 billion a year so I am sure there will be some other studies that come out that say it is the greatest for you.

Hello Rush Hour 4

Are they up to number four now in the Rush Hour franchise? I really can't keep up and I am too lazy to go look. Oh, for those of you who really love the series there haven't been any announcements or anything like that. I just feel like it is a pretty safe bet that one will be coming. Jackie Chan is doing that whole Karate Kid remake thing right now. After that I'm guessing that chances are good he will be open to it.

Oh, and I know Chris Tucker will be open to it. It seems Chris owes the state of California about $3.4M. For that amount he could have had his very own Michael Jackson funeral. Was he at the funeral? I'm guessing that instead of paying the $3.4M out of money he already has, that instead Chris would prefer to spend two months making another Rush Hour movie and then pay the government. Plus he could again take the next four years off until another Rush Hour movie.

Bai Ling Could Be Nicole Richie's Step Mom

I think the headline says it all. Of course getting married to Lionel Richie is a lot further down the road than just having dinner with him in Santa Monica the other night. This has got to be one of the strangest pairings since, wow, I don't know last week when Jon Gosselin and Michael Lohan shared a dinner together. Oh, sure, I know what you are saying it isn't the same thing. But how do you know that Michael Lohan didn't sing Endless Love to Jon like Lionel sang it to Bai? Hell, as much as I love the thought of Bai Ling being Nicole Richie's step mom I would much rather see Michael & Jon head to one of those New England states that allow same sex marriages and have Jon be the step father of Lindsay and Ali. They can have an entire reality show based on Lindsay and Ali babysitting the 8 kids while Michael and Jon cuddle on the couch and discuss the best way to exploit them all. They then cackle like Dr. Evil and throw darts at life size replicas of Dina and Kate. It's genius.

Another Reason Kate Is Smarter - She Buys & Jon Rents

I am not sure what the rule of thumb is when you are finding a place to have sex with your boyfriend or girlfriend while you are already married. I am sure there are some schools of thought out there that a hotel is always best. It can be a convenient place for sure and there is help with the cleaning up after, but it can also feel cheap and tawdry much like an afternoon with Paris.

Jon Gosselin decided that the best way for him to have sex with all the people who have debased themselves enough to have sex with a man who has supped with Michael Lohan is by spending $5000 a month for a Manhattan condo. Sure, it is pricey, but if you think about the fact a hotel in Manhattan could run you $400 a night he only needs to have sex for 12 nights to break even. Not including tips to the hotel workers and his date for the evening.

Kate Gosselin on the other hand decided that she was going to buy her love nest. Besides being just a block from the office of her bodyguard which makes nooners much easier, I think it will also be a place where he can retreat to after his wife leaves him. As a bonus for Kate since she will own the place she can make her bodyguard feel like he is worthless and kick him out when he no longer pleases her.

This is why I just prefer Cinemax.

Another Lohan Has Been Sucked Into The Vortex - Dina Found Another Kid To Exploit

I'm not going to lie to any of you. I watched every episode of the Dina Lohan reality show. You know the one where they holed up in The Palms hotel and Ali recorded some music and played the diva while Dina pretended like she had a roster full of talent and had play dates with her son Cody. To me, the only decent people on the show were Dina's mother and Cody. Cody seems like a nice, normal teenage kid who went to school and did what he was supposed to and had none of the traits that make the rest of the family so miserable.

He was fine until Dina put him on a television show. Dina did. No one else put him on there. He was 13 and she thought it would probably make the show more interesting and last longer and put money in her pocket. Well, now I guess Cody has caught the fame bug and he and Ali are getting paid to DJ at 100 cell phone stores across the country. They are going to be known as DJ AC.

It is some promotion for Z-Com wireless stores so make sure you don't buy any of their products or services. It seems to me that Dina is thinking more of herself and her management fee here than her kids. Is she so desperate to make a buck that she is sending her two kids out across the country so they can help shill products at a wireless store? How is this going to help their future? Did she see Sam and all the money she makes as a DJ? Did she think that her kids could play records and that she could take 15% from each of them as opposed to just Ali? Hell, they don't need school and if she keeps them on the road long enough Dina could make some serious money.

Ryan Reynolds & Scarlett Johansson Trouble

I would have never seen this coming. A world class diva and his wife having marital problems? Who would have thunk it. According to Fox News, Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson are having lots of fights and arguments and the marriage isn't even a year old. Which one of the couple threw the hissy fit last year right before they got married? I think it was Ryan. I think it stems from the fact that he is very insecure and has an assistant with him at all times who carries a full length mirror so Ryan can look at himself as he walks down the street.

Apparently the latest argument the couple had caused Ryan to not travel to Comic-Con with his bride. She went for Iron Man 2, and Ryan was supposed to go for Green Lantern. Not Green Hornet. That I think is going to be some movie with Seth Rogen where he smokes a lot of pot with his stoner friends and calls himself the Green Hornet.

The executives at Warner Brothers were not amused that the star of their movie was absent from the Green Lantern panel. This is what you get though when you hire Ryan Reynolds. I love him in movies and think he is a good looking guy, but he is the biggest pain in the ass to work with in a town filled with big pains in the ass. Can you imagine being married to him? I can't imagine that's fun.

How long do we want to give the marriage? Will they make it through the holiday season? They probably will because I wouldn't put it past Ryan to stay just to see what he gets for Christmas. It is saying a whole lot when Scarlett J isn't the diva of the family.

The Most Ridiculous Story Of The Week - Jessica Simpson's Revenge Diet

There is nothing a tabloid that loves more than a breakup followed by the woman in the relationship getting photographed exercising. Instant diet cover. The latest example of this is OK! Magazine which talks about Jessica's revenge diet and how she has already lost ten pounds in ten days. But wait, there's more. If you buy the issue or at least can take notes at the checkout stand fast enough you can find out the exercise plan she used and her simple and easy diet.

Considering that OK! didn't actually interview Jessica for the story I find it fascinating they were able to obtain her diet and know that she has in fact lost ten pounds in ten days. Then of course, I could picture Pimpa Joe yelling at Jessica to get on the scale while he has a writer from the magazine on the phone.

Pimpa - "Jessica get on the scale. You have to lose ten pounds for me to get my money."
Jessica - "I have lost 9 pounds."
Pimpa - "Well take off your clothes and get naked. Here, let me help. I want that money. I can go buy a speedboat just like the one you bought Tony and then we can go fishing together and he can be my best friend and he will let me manage him."

I love the line on the cover which says, "Her sexy body is back." The translation is that ten pounds ago she was a fat hag who lost her boyfriend. What kind of message is that sending to anyone? It gets worse inside. In the interview with the "source," there is a quote about why Jessica is losing the weight. “She doesn’t want to give anyone more reason to not take her seriously." Umm, so the source is saying that people who weigh ten pounds more than Jessica are not taken seriously or that we as the general public don't take her seriously because she weighed ten pounds more? We don't take her seriously because she blew off her tour this last summer and didn't try and improve. She made horrible movies but thought she was great in them, and she wanted to throw herself a Barbie birthday party for her 29th birthday. I don't think any of those things had anything to do with her weight and it really ticks me off that weight is supposed to be the determining factor in everything you do.

Pimpa Joe - (to the writer) "Hang on a second will you. I need to put the phone down. I can't get her bra off with one hand."

NY Daily News Blind Item

Which hard-partying rockette has so few friends that she calls up her publicist for lengthy four-hour chats every day?

Today's Blind Items

Short, but sweet. What former A list talk show host just had his doctor give him his first prescription for Viagra?

Random Photos Part One

Meryl Streep gets the top spot today. Very top spot worthy.
This premiere of her new movie with Meryl was the first time I had seen Amy Adams on a red carpet in a very long time. Still engaged and not married. I'm thinking it needs to happen quickly or it isn't going to happen.
Sunglasses at night is a great song. The look? Not so much.
It's just wax. An odd pose and place to put Bruce Springsteen, but just wax. I love the casino poster right behind him. I think this is actually at some gas station in New Jersey.
We have a winner in the big hair contest. Please no more entries. I think no one is going to be able to beat Camilla.
Lots of captions to choose from on this one.

1. Hey, at least they will know his face when they arrest him.
2. The New York police must be very proud.
3. Chris Brown graduates to cop beatings.
4. This time Chris Brown thought he would beat two women instead of one just to keep his skills sharp.
Carey Hart is finally back from Australia.
I think Mischa Barton and Cisco Adler need to get back together. She seemed fairly normal back then. Speaking of Mischa, she is out of the hospital and supposed to report for work on Friday in New York. I just think 12 hour shooting days are not really what she needs to be doing right now.
Ever wanted to see Chris Kattan's dad? Well now you have. Yes, his dad is Kip King.
Then Cloris Leachman joined them and it was game on.
This is during filming for their new movie, but if this is how it was when they were a couple, I know why they are just friends.
Dave Matthews was on Letterman last night. 24 hours later he is still playing his first song.
I feel like this picture of Eric Bana should be used on a poster for a cop movie or something.
Fabolus and behind him his buddy Marvolus. Oh, wait that might be Ne-Braska. My bad.
Nooooo. I love Giada, but there will be no thumbs up in pictures.
I am on some kind of Jane Lynch love fest lately. I am trying to watch everything she has done.
In case you didn't get enough of Kevin earlier, lets look at this picture. On the far left is another Federline. It is his brother Chris. In the middle is Victoria Prince who obviously takes care of herself and looks good. How long do you think Kevin would remain with her if she say, umm looked like Kevin?
Kim Kardashian playing the I am on the phone game, so please don't ask me why Reggie Bush dumped me. Oh, and it was definitely him. Despite all his cheating it was still he who did the breaking up.
At least it isn't real, because you really don't want names spelled incorrectly. I tell you this from personal experience and an anniversary present that went horribly wrong. "How could you not know how to spell my name after three years of marriage?" she asked. "Umm, i before e except after c."
Leighton Meester and Ed Westwick on the set of Gossip Girl.
Nothing like a scandalous divorce to get the paps following you. Before two months ago when did you ever see LeAnn Rimes in pap photos?
Pitch a perfect game like Mark Buehrle and get your picture taken on the streets of New York.
Matthew Settle looks, well, unsettled.
Paul Teutal seems to have his massive dog well under control.
And Tom Gold just is out of control and very Richard Simmons-ish.
Mary Lynn Rajskub looks very lovely.
Holy F**k. You have got to be f**king kidding me. Apparently there is at least one more Cyrus kid and another Jonas brother hanging around.
Funny, when I go to the grocery store I have yet to see someone dressed like Suzanne Shaw.
I keep thinking there must be something funny in this picture, but I can't get it.
If Verne keeps drinking beer though he can just be the joke all on his own.

Blaaaaaaaake Makes Some Bucks Then Heads Back To Prison

Blaaaaaaaake was sent back to prison today for failing a drug test. No doubt he procured some of the funds necessary for those drugs from selling more stories about his relationship with Amy Winehouse. I'm actually surprised he didn't have a book already to go when he filed for divorce but maybe he prefers just selling stories when he needs the money.

In his latest interview he claims that when at a party in New York with Amy, that Kate Moss told Amy to get a $10 bill from Kate's purse so they could do lines of coke. When Amy opened the purse she found two grams of coke and took them without Kate ever knowing.

"We did some in the toilets and had sex, but we did the rest in front of everyone."

That is a lovely image isn't it? Amy and Blaaake having sex in a bathroom. I'm surprised they were willing to stop using drugs long enough to have sex, but it could also be Blaaaake trying to make all of us think he is great in bed or something, because he brings up sex and drugs again.

"We had a bottle of pink champagne and had sex and were lying on the bed talking. I’d been smoking heroin on my own before that but never in front of her. I got a bit for myself and she looked at me and said, "can I have some?" I was out of my mind on drugs and I said, "of course". She inhaled the heroin and then just sat back, smiled, and her eyes went a bit funny. She said, "I can see why you take this". Amy took to heroin like a duck to water."

Kate Moss surprisingly enough refused to comment on the story.

I Knew Blue M&M's Were Good For Something

All those years of eating M&M's and never thinking they were good for anything except that wonderful chocolaty goodness with the satisfying crunch. It turns out though that Blue M&M's are actually good for more than that. Scientists at the University Of Rochester have discovered that the dye used to make blue M&M's blue can possibly heal spinal injuries in humans.

According to The Daily Telegraph, the compound Brilliant Blue G blocks a chemical that kills healthy spinal cord cells around the damaged area. BBG not only reduced the size of the lesion but also improved the recovery of motor skills, the rodent tests showed.

Those treated with BBG were later able to walk, although with a limp. Rats that did not receive the BBG solution never regained the ability to walk.

The idea is that as long as an iv of this BBG is given within 15 minutes of the injury, someone may be able to recover from severe spinal injuries. The downside? Your skin turns bright blue for awhile. You know what? If it can save me from a severe spinal injury I am willing to be a shade of blue for awhile.

Taylor Momsen Gives Good Quote

Say what you will about Taylor Momsen and I will say a lot. She resembles my vision of death and looks about 20 years older than she actually is. Combine that with the strangest "illness" of 2008 and you pretty much have a mess on your hands. She does however give some great quotes in an interview, especially for a 16 year old.

She is in next month's Teen Vogue and judging by the quotes they ended up using from her, I'm guessing there were many. many more that were probably unprintable. I would love to see the transcript from the actual interview.

"I live a very adult life. What am I going to do, hang out with high school kids? I just can't relate to what they talk about – it seems so petty." Taylor graduated from high school two years early. I think that she was in the middle of those exams when she had that "illness" last year. She does live an adult life. There is no 16 year old I have seen who goes out more with adults than she does. She isn't sneaking into clubs with a fake i.d., she is going to places where no one is younger than 30.

In the interview she says that she has had "lots of relationships." Normally when I hear a 16 year old say that I say, that is sweet, but I think she actually means it like you know, umm an adult would say it. Think not? How about this. "I would eat a boy my age alive."

To me that seems like perhaps she has been around the block a time or two or even the whole neighborhood. Not in a sexual way. I'm not saying that about her. I just think that she definitely has way more life experience than I had previously thought and seems very self assured.

Oh, and about her new look. "I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a pretty girl. I saw a Joan Jett photo and I went for that look. I know people were a little, um, taken aback. But it wasn't me that changed – it was just that I decided to start being myself."

She is winning points with me. Still looks like death though.

Scariest Publicist Statement. Ever.

Yesterday I posted about and linked to that great Daily Mail article which detailed the grief John Travolta is having about the death of his son and speculated that he would be leaving Scientology, albeit quietly.

Well a few short hours after that came one of the scariest press releases I have read.

"There's no change in the relationship between the Church of Scientology and John. He is a member and it's as it was, now and forever."

That whole formality thing of the it's as it was is freaky enough but throwing in that part about now and forever just kind of stamps some finality about this whole thing. Once you are in, you are in. As much as I dislike lots of religions, I don't think there would be this kind of statement about them. It made me shiver the first time I read it. It makes me even feel more sorry for John. I mean he made his own bed in Scientology and I wouldn't be surprised if some people have contributed a whole bunch of money based on his advocacy of it, but still, they made their own decisions, and I hope they would be able to leave if they wanted, now and forever.

Miley Cyrus To Play Batgirl

That sound. Did you hear it? That was Heath Ledger rolling over in his grave. Not exactly the world's greatest authority when it comes to news, The Globe is reporting that Miley Cyrus auditioned for the part of Batgirl in the upcoming Batman movie. I sure as hell hope it was just some guy at the Globe who was irritated because he was out of Percocet and decided to make us all feel irritated at the world as well. Can you imagine Miley Cyrus in any kind of Batman movie?

"Hi ya'll did you see that bad guy? Wow. Makes me want to write a song. Want to hear it? Here it goes."

How did the audition go? "She was sort of hopping around the room and had even written some dialogue for herself," an insider told The Globe. "The problem is, some people aren't really convinced Miley has the acting chops to pull it off." OK, the writer was definitely drunk. I mean who uses the word chops other than when describing cuts of meat from the lamb and pork family. Oh, and veal, but I try and stay away from that.

Gary Oldman is on board for the next movie and hopefully Miley and Billy Ray won't be.

Kevin Federline Killed Santa Claus

Kevin Federline has turned into a real life Scott Calvin. I don't know if last Christmas Kevin surprised Santa and now he has to fulfill the Santa Clause or what but he is certainly acting like it. Every week it looks like he has gained a few more pounds. Isn't his girlfriend some kind of athlete? Like a pro athlete or something? I would think he would be a little embarrassed at himself at this point. This picture was taken last weekend at a celebrity X Games type competition. No surprise here but Kevin didn't feel like actually participating in any athletic events. Instead he just sat in a tent, chain smoked and drank screwdrivers. I would tell the guy to quit smoking but I fear the weight he would add if he did.

I know he is an opportunistic guy so I am hoping the lure of money might make him lose some weight. He seems like personable enough guy so you would think Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers would scoop him up. All of those programs always hire women spokespeople. As a man who is fat and notices things I can assure you there are lots of guys out there like me who are scale challenged. This would be a good time for them to go after guys and also allow Kevin to pick up a couple of bucks for himself for doing something more than just watching his own kids.

Reality Shows Move To The Second Degree

When Dina Lohan got a reality show I asked myself if we had got to the point where we had run out of ideas on reality shows that we now had to move on and find interesting siblings and parents of celebrities to fill up reality time space. The only relative reality show I am willing to entertain at this point are Denise Richards' sister and her family or the Ick! Nast! guy. Other than that I really don't want to watch a relative of a celebrity become a celebrity and then it would move to the neighbor and then it would turn into some Slacker thing where people just walked past another reality star and then we decided to stay with them and follow their life. That actually wouldn't be half bad now that I think about it. You wouldn't know what you would get each week. Is it a guy who just works and goes home and plays with his Wii or is it a woman who is a doctor and has to operate on gun shot victims that week. If even the producers didn't know who they were following that would be kind of fun.

Anyway, the reason I bring all of this up is that Tobey Maguire's mom is getting her own reality show. Called Growing Up Maguire it will follow Tobey's mom and his brother Weston around as she protects her son from the "downside of the entertainment industry." Simple, keep out Lindsay and Paris. Next show please.

Kiptyn Locke Is The New Bachelor - Oh And Jillian & Ed Won Or Whatever They Do On The Show

As I remind you at the end of every Bachelorette/Bachelor season I don't watch the show. I do have enough friends who watch both of them religiously that I know it is best not to call at certain hours. It is also one of those shows that they seem to watch live rather than DVR because they enjoy talking about it while they are watching it to the point where I am not sure they actually listen to any of the show.

Anyway, for those of you who are like me who don't watch it, Jillian Harris won. I don't know much about Jillian except for the fact that in Canada they call her the Olympics pimp because of her constant plugging of the Olympics in Vancouver next year. Hey she loves her country and as a bonus someone probably paid her for her it so it's a win/win.

The only thing I know about Ed Swiderski is that he left the show apparently at one point in the season, came back because he was desperate for Jillian and then couldn't, umm, get to full strength on their fantasy date. Wait until after they have been married a few years. I can't imagine having the entire country know you couldn't get it up.

It turns out that one of the guys Jillian rejected was Kiptyn Locke. Well he doesn't have to feel too bad because I heard he is the new Bachelor. So, even though Jillian turned him down he will get to choose from a bunch of women and will achieve his own 15 minutes of fame.

Daily Mirror Blind Item

Which Brit star's sordid past appears to be finally catching up with her? She was left redfaced after fans recognised her during a recent visit to her local STI clinic...

Today's Blind Items

This B+/A- movie actor had a great relationship with his C list movie actress co-star on one of his recent movies. It didn't lead to anything romantic for them, but the actress did invite her sister to the set. Well one thing led to the other and the next thing you know the sister of the C list actress was pregnant. When our actor found out, he dumped the sister and is saying the child isn't his. It made for a VERY tense time between the actress and the actor on their recent promotional tour.

Random Photos Part One

Camilla getting a little handsy with Prince Charles.
The next thing you know he is doing his "I'm Too Sexy" walk at polo matches.
Speaking of sexy. Hello Anna Friel.
And I will give all of you Alexander Skarsgard in return.
Or any of the True Blood cast.
I have to say that for a 35 year old Brooke Hogan doesn't look that bad. Oh, wait. It turns out she is 21. Never mind what I said before.
Blake Lively gearing up for her challenge to Rachel McAdams world record in the high heel run.
Speaking of Rachel here she is with Cameron Diaz.
Since I know many of you love Dr. Who, here is David Tennant.
And again John Barrowman with another Ed Hardy shirt. He must go to the $1 store frequently.
I think there needs to be more Damian Lewis in movies.
And less digging for gold by Gerard Butler.
Hill Harper signing copies of his new book.
Joshua Jackson just signing.
"No, I swear Jamie. You can be my little sailor and everyone will think it is cute,"
At what point do you just say enough to plastic surgery?
Jeffrey Ross with his girlfriend.
Lily Allen showing off her new jewelry line.
Little Boots - Leeds
Disturbing to say the least.
A two ton sand sculpture in Berlin of the Jackson's.
One of my favorite photos of the day is Mila Kunis and Jason Bateman.
I think Maureen McCormick has been doing way more than just kissing bottles of vodka.
Neve Campbell in London this week.
How about some Nathan Fillion?
Rachel Leigh Cook was at the same party as Maureen McCormick but managed to avoid being photographed kissing vodka bottles.
Scarlett J at Comic-Con promoting Iron Man 2.
Sienna Miller and her fashion designer sister. Yet she still let Sienna walk out the door in that.
The random photo of the day. Steven Adler, Billy Gibbons, Steven Tyler and Mark Hudson at Slash's birthday party.
And there is Slash along with Perla.

Bethenny Frankel And Her Fake Engagement

It seems that the new show of former Real Housewife Bethenny Frankel might be stretching the boundaries of what is reality. According to Fox News, Bethenny isn't really engaged Jason Hoppy and he really isn't a real estate broker either. In preparation for the start of her show, The Skinny & The City, Bethenny got engaged. It was rumored that the season would follow her as she traveled the country selling her book and making wedding preparations.

Of course if you are going to make preparations to get married it really helps if you actually have someone with whom you are going to get married. It turns out that although Jason lives in New York he isn't registered to sell real estate there or in any other state in the country. His actual profession? Medical sales rep/personal trainer. To me that sounds like a guy selling supplements out of the back of his car trunk while he tells people they should be working out 3 times a week to gain the maximum amount of girth from his products.

None of this really matters. I'm pretty sure by now that people have got the memo that reality doesn't necessarily mean real or close to real or anything approaching real life. It is what it is and if you are entertained by it then watch it. I will say though that it is best to not buy your supplements from a trainer who is selling you pills from his car.

Isn't Candy Doing To Tori What Tori Is Doing To Her Kids?

Over the weekend Candy Spelling sent an e-mail to TMZ. In the e-mail she slammed Tori Spelling for using her children as reality show props. She also called Tori middle aged which I found very funny for some reason.

"MIDDLE-AGED REALITY SHOW STARS (LIKE MY DAUGHTER),"

"A big party wasn't how I envisioned meeting my granddaughter for the first time; but, hey, this is Hollywood, and my grandchildren have become reality show props, too. At the time I emailed 'yes,' I didn't realize I was being set up for a two-[part episode], even though it was clear I was being invited to be part of a segment for my daughter's reality show. I decided my first meeting with my granddaughter should be on home video, not primetime cable; so I e-mailed that I would not be attending."

But by sending this e-mail to TMZ isn't Candy Spelling using the fame of her daughter to increase her own fame? Isn't she exploiting Tori? She knows that by sending this e-mail that she would get some publicity and sell a few more books and create more conflict and drama. She is doing it at the expense of Tori and her grandchildren. This invite thing is old news but she is bringing it back to the surface just so she can get a little bit more out of it and really drive a nail into the relationship she has with her daughter.

"My husband taught me that the plots have to be fresh and updated. The same old whining gets tired after a while. Enough complaining about what may or may not have happened during first grade or YMCA camp, or what vegetable you were forced to endure, especially when you are privileged enough to be on TV and get paid for it... Life isn't just a show. Make your own season finale without creating conflicts you will regret later."

I love how Candy reminds the world she was married to Aaron Spelling and thus we should take what she is saying about television seriously. I love people who name drop their dead relatives as if this somehow gives them some kind of magical knowledge the rest of us don't have. As for regretting conflicts in the future I think that ship has pretty much sailed. This relationship is just one big conflict and I don't see it going away anytime soon. I actually think Candy is a little jealous of Tori and the fact that Tori was able to turn her career around. When she started the show she didn't have kids and so the exploitation of them didn't come until later seasons. I think I am going to have to be on Team Tori for this one. Won't happen often, but this time I am.

American Idol Singer's Killer Arrested

Over the weekend I was really sad to see that Alexis Cohen had been killed by a hit and run driver in New Jersey. Although I didn't watch American Idol I had seen the YouTube clips of Alexis and thought she was hilarious. Anyone who yells at Simon and stands up to him and then comes back the next year for more is wroth applauding.

Over the weekend, Cohen was allegedly struck by Daniel Bark who was charged with reckless driving and manslaughter charges. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted.

Alexis' body was found at around 4am and she was pronounced dead a few hours later. Bark had taken off but was arrested about 12 hours later. It's amazing the police found him so quickly. I am wondering if he had his license plate fall off when he hit her or what. Since Alexis wasn't discovered until after the fact, someone must have provided some tip or something.

Here is the YouTube clip of Alexis.

Exploiting Your Kids For $250 A Day

Yes, she is back in the news. Octomom Nadya Suleman finally signed that long awaited reality television deal and in the process signed up all her kids for good measure. Over the next three years each of her children will earn $250 a day for 71 days of filming for a grand total of $250,000 for the 14 of them.

On Friday, Octomom's lawyer filed the contracts with the court which need the approval of a judge. The court papers don't say how much Nadya will get for her participation but I bet it is way more than her kids are getting. I mean why would they need money for anything right? Besides $250 a day should buy them an hour of therapy so they can look forward to 71 days of basically free therapy as a result of their mom exploiting them.

One could be very cynical about this whole thing and divide the 250,000 by 3 years which is about 80,000 a year and then divide that by 14 which is about 6,000 and then further divide that by 365 days in a year which works out to about $17 a day.

You know it must just burn her that Jon & Kate get $75K an episode and she probably won't be getting anywhere near that.

John Travolta Leaving Scientology?

It isn't often that I find an article that is just full of juice and a really good read, but over the weekend, The Daily Mail had a great article about John Travolta and an interview with Rick Ross who thinks John Travolta might be leaving the Church Of Scientology.

"There have been strong rumors coming out of Scientology that John Travolta is disappointed that the religion was not able to help his son more. It's led him to question his faith."

Ross goes on to say that Travolta is really upset that the church wants him to spend time on an e-meter machine because they want to see if Travolta or any member of his family might have been negative influences on Jett and whether those negative influences caused him to die.

Yeah, that would pretty much tick me off too. Ross says that if Travolta leaves the church he will do so quietly and that he probably wouldn't speak out about them because of the information they would use against him. The Mail then goes into great detail about all of the homosexual rumors that have ever dogged Travolta and it is a very in depth and even had some information I didn't know. One of the rumors was from a Time Magazine article who are not known for printing untruths. That article was an interview with a former member of the church who said, "that the Church's leader, David Miscavige, had repeatedly joked about Travolta's promiscuous homosexual behavior".

If you have the time today I really suggest you read the whole article. It is really, really good.

Gosselins, Gosling & Guns

You know until the whole story broke six months ago with Jon Gosselin in the car with Deanna Hummel and the whole Ick! Nast! thing, this was a fairly sedate situation. It was just a television show with two parents and six kids. A harmless enough thing which got media attention only when they were actively seeking it at the start of a new season. The next thing you know, Jon is having sex with a teacher and the whole world becomes all Gosselin all the time.

This weekend I think they reached their peak. It is all going to be downhill from here. It has to. There is nothing to keep it going. There is no more oxygen. It was the perfect storm of gossip land. Upon learning that Jon Gosselin, Michael Lohan and Jill Zarin from Real Housewives were all together, one of my friends said their life was complete. There could be no better gossip story.

This weekend saw Michael Lohan get trashed by an anonymous source who seemed to know exactly to the penny how much Michael owed in child support and how many months behind on his payments he was. Hello Dina Lohan. Dina, or as she is calling herself now, a source seemed to feel that instead of focusing on Jon's career and trying to be his manager that he should instead focus on his own kids. Well, I think he would but since their careers are in the toilet he is trying to find new kids to exploit.

I sometimes wish they would all change their name to Gosling. It would be so much easier and that way we could all speculate how exactly they are related to Ryan. I think it would class things up a bit. I mean right now there isn't anything classy about any of this except over on Kate's side. I'm just waiting for the pictures of Jon snorting coke off some stripper's breast while Michael Lohan looks admiringly at a stripper who looks just like Ali.

Jon says he is single but at the same time also says that his heart belongs to Hailey Glassman and he does all of this while also being in a "relationship with Kate Major and it's private." Meanwhile Kate is supposedly selling her story for $3,000. That is ridiculous. The Enquirer will pay you $500 for practically anything so whoever came up with this $3000 number is way off. She didn't quit her job for $3000. She is not jumping off this gravy train.

So the loser in all of this besides Jon's kids who will have years of internet time in front of them to stare at what their dad did instead of hanging out with them is Hailey Glassman. Two weeks ago she was in the south of France chain smoking with Jon and rubbing shoulders with people on a yacht. Now it looks like it is back to holding guns to people's heads and selling coke to make ends meet. I somehow doubt we have seen the last of Hailey Glassman. Never cross a woman who likes guns. Has he never seen Blues Brothers?

Jessica Simpson Isn't Hurting For Money

Have you ever had that time in your life where you are searching the couch cushions for money so you can afford to put a gallon of gas in your car until payday? Maybe you called in sick because you didn't have the gas to get to work. Somehow I don't think Jessica Simpson is having too many of those moments.

US Weekly wrote some story about how Tony Romo told the people at his gated community in Dallas to make sure Jessica didn't get anywhere near his house. Whatever. I didn't really care about that part of the story or the fact that she asked him for an engagement ring all the time was what drove him away. Meh.

The fascinating part of the story to me was that Jessica paid $19,000 to ship 37 boxes from Tony's house in Dallas to her home in LA. Lets talk about that for a second. If you make $9 an hour you make less than $19,000 a year and she had no qualms about spending that much money to ship 37 boxes. That is like $500 a box. How much did these things weigh? Did she need them there that day? She could have chartered a private jet for less than that from Dallas to LA. When you make enough money that you don't even blink at spending $19,000 to ship 37 boxes then I can take you off the money is running out list in my mind.

I'm guessing that if Lindsay Lohan wanted to move 37 boxes of stuff she took from other people she would throw it in a U-Haul and drive the 1500 miles.

LeAnn Rimes Says She Is The One Who Had Her Heart Broken

At a concert in Utah over the weekend, LeAnn Rimes took the offensive in a public relations battle she is the only one playing. She told the crowd gathered for her concert, "It is inevitable that sometimes in a relationship, you will have your heart broken. Sometimes you don't do anything, but sometimes you want revenge. Sometimes you don't, and that's when you just leave it in God's hands and know that He will take care of it."

So, lets break this down shall we? The first part is supposed to evoke sympathy and say that Dean Sheremet was the one who did the heart breaking and not LeAnn. For good measure, LeAnn even wore her wedding ring while performing. She wore it despite the fact that it was her people who announced the couple had separated. The fact they separated almost a year ago and she is still wearing her ring shows you how disingenuous that is.

To further pound home the point that any cheating she did was because of Dean she mentions revenge and how she didn't do anything wrong at all but was just getting back at Dean, and then throws in a dash of religion to tell the Utah crowd that she is still a good girl despite the fact that she seems to get photographed with a new guy every week, used a third party's house to have sex with a married man with children, while she herself was still married.

Of course Dean can't do very much about all of this. He has kept pretty quiet and I am sure that whatever agreement he and LeAnn have, he is getting paid a lot of money to stay very, very quiet.

Ryan O'Neal Gets Nothing In Farrah's Will

Shortly after learning she had cancer, Farrah Fawcett wrote a will leaving everything to her son Redmond and also some to her alma mater, but absolutely nothing to Ryan O'Neal. I was kind of surprised that Farrah only had about $5M in her estate. I know she hasn't worked that much over the past few years and obviously spent a lot on her medical treatments but I expected it to be higher. It is kind of awful that someone like Paris is probably worth two to three times what Farrah was worth not even counting the hotel money.

According to the Daily Mail, Farrah has put her money into a Trust which will be doled out very sparingly to Redmond. He will get a monthly allowance and the Trustees will buy him a house, but he isn't getting it all at once for a drug fueled weekend. Instead he will just have to wait each month for his allowance, or if Ryan is willing to pay.

Ryan says he wants to help Redmond. "I loved her so very, very much. Redmond is in the fight of his life but is doing well. I will do everything that is in my power to honor her memory and to protect our son."

Yeah, well I guess that means the father son meth parties will have to be curtailed, unless of course he sends them into overdrive. If Redmond were to die without a will than Ryan O'Neal would get all Redmond's money. Just saying.