CBS TO HALT PRODUCTION ON TWO AND A HALF MEN FOR THE SEASON!
CharlieSheen just didn’t know how to shut his mouth yesterday. During two interviews, one on radio, one with TMZ, Sheen ranted against Chuck Lorre, the creator of his hit series Two and a Half Men, and it didn’t go unnoticed. During the radio interview, Sheen called Lorre a “clown” and joked that his real name is “Chaim Levine.” (His name is actually Charles Michael Levine). “I embarrassed him in front of his children and the world by healing at a pace that this un-evolved mind cannot process,” says Sheen. “I’ve spent, I think, close to the last decade, I don’t know, effortlessly and magically converted your tin cans into pure gold. And the gratitude I get is this charlatan chose not to do his job, which is to write.” And if that wasn’t enough, in an interview with TMZ, Charlie called Lorre, “a stupid, stupid little man and a p—-y punk that I never want to be like,” adding “That’s me being polite.” Well, not long after both interviews, CBS and Warner Bros TV announced that they have halted production on the comedy for the remainder of the season. Before the interview, Charlie had been due to go back to work next week.
Charlie Sheen won’t get paid for the episodes that he had yet to shoot. The actor was making a reported $1.2 million per episode, making him the highest-paid TV actor, thanks to a new contract he signed in May. The shutdown also means that the rest of the cast and crew are unlikely to receive their paychecks as well.
MORE FROM CHARLIE’S BIZARRE INTERVIEW
In addition to Lorre, Charlie blasted Alcoholics Anonymous during his radio interview, saying he’s better beating his addictions on his own. “Newsflash, I’m special,” said Charlie. “The only thing I’m addicted to right now is winning,” insisting that he is clean and sober. He added about his ability to get clean, “My success rate is 100%.” As for AA, Charlie ranted, “I was shackled and oppressed by the cult of AA for 22 years. I finally extracted myself from their troll hole and started living my life the way I want to live it. It’s vintage, outdated and stupid and it’s followed by STUPID people.” He then added: “I hate them violently. They will come at me.” He also said, “Debate me on AA right now. I have a disease? Bulls**t. I cured it right now with my mind.” At times during the interview, Charlie seemed to just ramble on, saying things like, “There’s a new sheriff, and he has an army of assassins,” and “my motto now is either you love or you hate and you must do so violently. I don’t live in the middle anymore. That’s where you get embarrassed. If you love with violence and you hate with violence there is nothing that can be questioned.” He also called Thomas Jefferson a “p***y.”
SURVEILLANCE TAPE WON‘T HELP LINDSAY
Things sure aren’t looking good for Lindsay Lohan. A law enforcement source close to her grand theft case tells Radaronline that surveillance footage from the incident clearly shows Lindsay’s male friend distracting the jewelry store’s owner while Lindsay swipes the necklace. The surveillance video is expected to be used if Lindsay’s case goes to trial. Said the source, “This simply wasn’t a case of miscommunication of a necklace being loaned and not returned, as Lindsay has claimed.” In other Lindsay news…sources close to the actress say she’s worried she’ll start doing drugs again if she’s sent back to jail. “I’m not sure if she can survive this,” a source tells Popeater. “She is so terrified and frightened that we all fear her addictions will kick in again to help her numb the fear.”
DAVID ARQUETTE TALKS ABOUT HIS ADDICTION
David Arquette was on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday for his first post-rehab interview and he revealed that he had his first drink when he was just a kid. “I must have been four-years-old,” he tells Winfrey. “I was down in the basement with my dad and beer was there and I just grabbed it and drank it…It’s one of my earliest memories.” He adds, “I seriously started drinking probably when I was about 12.” And it wasn’t only booze. Arquette said, “I stole pot from my father when I was eight years old.” The Scream star explained that he decided to check himself into rehab this past January after his sister Patricia Arquette and estranged wife Courteney Cox staged an intervention. “I came back from Miami and I had taken a nap. I woke up and Patricia and Courteney were at my bed,” he recalls. “Courteney had a cup of coffee. I was like, ‘What are you two doing here together?’ I already knew.” As for whether he and Courteney will ever get back together, Arquette explained, “I want her to be happy. If me being the best person I can be doesn’t make her happy in a partner, in who she needs, whatever she’s looking for, that’s still to be answered.” He adds, “I’d love for it to work out.”
SHARON STONE TAKES OUT RESTRAINING ORDER
Sharon Stone yesterday obtained a restraining order against Bradly Gooden, an “obsessed mentally unstable delusional person,” who broke into Stone’s Los Angeles home. According to documents, Gooden claims to be the son of Hillary Clinton and says he wrote The King’s Speech when he was only 2. He reportedly broke into Stone’s home on February 11th, where he was discovered by police. He told officers that he believed his mother, Clinton, bought the house from Stone as a gift for him. Cops placed him on a three day psychiatric hold, but he was “undeterred from returning to the property.” The restraining order prohibits Gooden from going within 100 yards of Stone or her children.
CHELSEA‘S HUSBAND ON VERGE OF BREAKDOWN!
Chelsea Clinton and her hubby Marc Mezvinsky have been making it a point to be seen together in public to shoot down rumors that their marriage is on the rocks, but The National Enquirer is sticking by its story. In fact, the tab claims things are so bad, Marc is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. “There’s fear Marc is headed to a mental hospital,” a source tells the tab. “In public, Chelsea is taking Marc everywhere in an effort to show everybody that they’re happy together, but behind the scenes he’s depressed.” Sources claim Marc has been having a hard time dealing with the Clintons’ desire for him to cut ties with his father Ed, who served time in prison for fraud.
FOX ANNOUNCES X-FACTOR AUDITIONS
Fox yesterday announced the audition cities for Simon Cowell’s latest talent show The X Factor. Cowell’s search for the next superstar begins Sunday, March 27th at Los Angeles Sports Arena, and will also hit Miami, New Jersey, Seattle, Chicago and Dallas. Unlike Idol, where wannabes audition in front of judges only, X Factor singers will have to perform in front of an audience of thousands. Click here for more information on the upcoming auditions. http://thexfactor.blogs.fox.com/
FOX CONFIRMS ONLINE IDOL VOTING
As rumored Wednesday, Fox officially announced yesterday that they will start allowing online voting for American Idol. Beginning immediately after the first performance show on Tuesday, March 1st, fans can go to http://www.americanidol.com/ to cast their vote for their favorite singer. They will be required to log on using their Facebook account, and will then be directed to the American Idol voting page, which will feature the name and photo of each of the current contestants. Fans may cast up to 50 total online votes for a performance.
DIAZ LOVES PORN
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Cameron Diaz sure goes out of her way to make the public think she’s a dirty gal. Last year the Charlie’s Angels star made headlines when she told a magazine that she’s “always traveling for c**k,” and in a new interview, she opens up about her fondness for adult films. “I love porn!,” she said, according to Hollyscoop. “You know what I love about hotels? How discreet they are. I love that they always give you that little thing at the bottom – ‘Your room will be charged the same as any other room, no titles will be used.’ It’s great.”
TONYA HARDING WELCOMES BABYBOY
Former figure skater Tonya Harding is a mom. Harding, who became famous after her ex-husband and bodyguard hired a man to injure her competitor Nancy Kerrigan, gave birth to a baby boy Saturday in Washington State. So far there’s no word on the child’s name.
NUDE PHOTOS OF TEEN MOM!
Teen MomAmber Portwood isn’t ashamed of her body. The 20-year-old, who faces charges of domestic battery for beating up her baby daddy, recently posed for some naked photos at a friend’s home. “Amber fancies herself an old-fashioned pin-up girl,” an insider tells RadarOnline.com. “She posed the way she thought a pin-up would.” But Amber isn’t about to show the world everything. She strategically angled her body so she wouldn’t expose her private parts. Portwood is not happy that the photos have reached the internet. “I’m devastated that these pictures were stolen from my phone and sold by someone I trusted,” she told MTV in a statement. “It makes me sad that anyone would do this, and I’m horrified that something so private is being shared publicly.”
REGIS’S REGRETS
Regis Philbin may be having second thoughts about quitting his daytime talk show. A source tells Popeater that the host, “quit without thinking it through,” and “now he’s regretting it.” Seems Regis decided to leave Live with Regis and Kelly because he was upset about contract negotiations, but now that he realizes he’ll soon be out of a steady gig, he’s panicking. “He’s 79, and everyone knows TV is a young person’s game. What was he thinking?,” said a source. “I’m sure he looked at how the public has welcomed back Kathie Lee [Gifford, his old co-star] on Today and assumed they would do the same for him. But as of now, he hasn’t had any great offers.”
MTV ANNOUNCES NEW AWARDS SHOW
They’ve got their Movie Awards and the Video Music Awards, and now MTV is adding a third awards show to their repertoire. The network announced yesterday the creation of the O Music Awards (OMAs), which will honor digital music. But the network failed to explain what the “O” actually stands for, saying they wanted viewers to be able to interpret it on their own. According to the network, the OMAs will “honor the migration of music to the digital space, and celebrate the art, artistry and technology of digital music.” The OMAs will take place Thursday, April 28th.
TV TIDBITS:
● The Unusuals’Adam Goldberg will star in the Robert DeNiro-produced drama Rookies. The CBS pilot revolves around the personal and professional lives of six new NYPD cops. Leelee Sobieski also stars in the project.
● Fox has renewed Gordon Ramsay’sHell’s Kitchen for two more seasons, according to EW.com. Production on seasons 9 and 10 will begin shooting back-to-back starting in April.
● TBS has cancelled the fraternity comedy Glory Daze after only one season.
● IFC has ordered a second season of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, starring David Cross.
MISCELLANEOUS MOVIE NEWS:
● Kim Kardashian is reportedly in the running for a role in a movie. According to Usmgazine.com, the 30-year-old reality star is up for a part in an upcoming film about John Gotti, which would star John Travolta as the late New York mafia don. Kim would play Kim Gotti, John Gotti’s daughter-in-law.
● Here’s even more proof that Hollywood doesn’t have any new ideas. Deadline.com reports that Warner Bros. is planning to remake the Kevin Costner/Whitney Houston flick The Bodyguard. In addition, Paramount has hired a writer to pen a remake of the 1991 comedy Soapdish. The original starred Sally Field, Whoopi Goldberg and Robert Downey, Jr. and followed the behind-the-scenes goings on of a popular soap opera.
● Former Prison Break star Peter Stormare will join Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton and Famke Janssen in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. He’ll play the evil town sheriff Berringer.
Eminem joins Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga in the one million club on You Tube.
Here are the Top 10 artsits with the most number of views on YouTube.
1.) Justin Bieber: 1.3 billion
2.) Lady Gaga: 1.2 billion
3.) Eminem: 1 billion
4.) Rihanna: 979 million
5.) Shakira: 680 million
6.) Britney Spears: 669 million
7.) The Black Eyed Peas: 641 million
8.) Michael Jackson: 632 million
9.) The Jonas Brothers: 561 million
10.) Soulja Boy: 537 million
MILEY CYRUS WINS INSPIRATION AWARD?!
Who says Miley Cyrus is a bad influence? I mean, aside from everybody in the universe plus her own dad? On Friday, Miley was celebrated by a group called the Global Action Youth Leadership. They even gave her an inspiration award. And, it was presented to her by Hilary Duff, so you know it’s legit. When she accepted the award, Cyrus had a message of inspiration for children around the world. It was basically this: Ignore your parents. Cyrus said, “I want kids to do something they love. Not something that seems like a chore because someone tells them that that’s the right thing to do, or what their parents want, or what’s important to people around them, but what’s on their heart.”
To be fair, Miley was being honored for some actual, good charity work she does, like helping to feed hungry children.
CHARLIE OFFERS TO BUY HOMES FOR BOTH HIS EXES!
Charlie Sheen may not want to be married to his ex-wives anymore, but he still wants them close. A source tells Radar that Sheen wants both Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller to move into Mullholland Estates, his gated community, and is willing to buy them homes there. And a source close to Brooke says she just may do it. The insider claims Brooke, who lives in Los Feliz with the couple’s twin boys, is “planning on taking Charlie up on his very generous offer. Brooke thinks its a great idea because Charlie can see their twin sons on a daily basis. It’s much easier for Charlie to visit the twins if he is neighbors with Brooke.” The source adds, “she feels it would be so much healthier for the boys if they didn’t have to make the sometimes long trip over to their dad’s house.” There’s no word on whether Denise plans to make the move as well.
OMG!!! JUSTIN BIEBER CUTS HIS HAIR!
Pop star Justin Bieber has cut his hair. As proof, he posted a picture of his new hairdo on Twitter. Click here to see.
DATING I AM NUMBER FOUR CO-STARS SPLIT
Things are not going well for I Am Number Four co-stars Dianna Agron and Alex Pettyfer. Not only did their movie tank at the box office over the weekend, sources tell Usmagazine.com that the pair recently broke up. According to an insider, Agron moved out of the home they shared last week. Just last month, the duo denied rumors that they were engaged, and Pettyfer told Ellen DeGeneres about his girlfriend, “She’s an amazing woman and she’s got this old school, classic movie star elegance to her. She’s amazing.”
PARIS AND BEAU GO RING SHOPPING?!
Paris Hilton recently revealed that she was sure she and boyfriend Cy Waits were going to get engaged, and it looks like that may be happening pretty soon. People reports that Paris and Cy were spotted at a New York jewelry store last week and they were checking out rings. “They shopped for engagement rings,” the source says. “They were really cute together. Paris was making comments about the rings and joking that her ring has to be at least 24 carats.” But Paris’ rep denies they were in the market for an engagement ring, explaining, “The couple were shopping in New York looking for something special for Paris’s 30th birthday.”
GLEE’S MATTHEW MORRISON DATING OLIVIA MUNN
Looks like Glee’sMatthew Morrison may have found a new girlfriend. The actor was spotted Sunday enjoying a New York Rangers game with Perfect Couples star Olivia Munn. Sources tell People magazine that during the game they were seen kissing, snuggling and holding hands.
BRITNEY NETS HALF A MILLION IN NEW MUSIC VIDEO
Britney Spears netted half a million dollars from product placements in her new music video, according to a US report.
A celebrity news blog claims companies paid the pop princess a combined total of $500,000 to feature their items in the Hold It Against Me vid.
The four and a half minute video, which premiered last week, shows Britney appearing on a Sony television screen and putting on an eyeshadow made by cosmetic firm Make Up For Ever.
It also shows the singer sitting in front of a computer, browsing the Plenty Of Fish dating website, and spraying herself with a bottle of perfume.
A close-up of the bottle reveals that it is her own Radiance fragrance, which was released last year.
PlentyOfFish.com reportedly shelled out $200,000 for the lucrative promo spot and it is not the first time it has appeared in a music video.
The dating website also shows up in the video for Telephone – Lady Gaga’s hit single featuring Beyonce Knowles.
Gaga’s music vid was also littered with other products including Wonder Bread, Miracle Whip, Diet Coke cans, a Polaroid camera and a Virgin mobile phone.
LINDSAY LANDS AN ACTING GIG
Lindsay Lohan may finally be headed back to work. A producer named Nathan Folks tells Radaronline that he’s hired Lindsay to star in his film Escaping the Game, a drama which will shoot in the United States and Spain. Folks said the movie is about celebrities who can’t take the fame and fake their own deaths and create a life for themselves on a remote island. Lindsay will play an investigator looking into their disappearances.
A NEW MAN FOR MARY-KATE
Mary-Kate Olsen is dating again. The 24-year-old, who split from boyfriend-of-two-years Nate Lowman last February, is dating shoe designer Seth Campbell, according to Usmagazine.com. “Their relationship is fairly new,” a source tells the site. They were spotted at a New York nightclub on February 16th, celebrating a mutual friend’s birthday. Witnesses say they were seen making out at a corner table. “They’ve been able to have a few dates on the down low,” claims the insider. “He’s a downtown kind of guy, likes to party every now and then.”
NICOLE OPENS UP ABOUT FERTILITY ISSUES
Nicole Kidman revealed on Australia’s 60 Minutes over the weekend that she and hubby Keith Urban decided to have a baby via surrogate after going through, “a roller coaster ride with fertility.” “Anyone that’s been in the place of wanting another child or wanting a child knows the disappointment, the pain and the loss that you go through trying and struggling with fertility,” she said. “Fertility is such a big thing, and it’s not something I’ve ever run away from talking about.” After the birth of her daughter Sunday, now 2, the couple realized that Nicole getting pregnant again may not be an option. “We were in a place of desperately wanting another child,” she says. “This opportunity arose for us, and I couldn’t get pregnant.” And now with the addition of baby Faith, the couple couldn’t be happier. “Children are children – you’ll die for your children,” she says. “And when you feel that as parent – that’s the unconditional love.”
PIERS MORGAN TO INTERVIEW LARRY KING
CNN has announced that Larry King will be a guest on Piers Morgan’s show later this week. Just last week, King criticized his CNN replacement, saying that Morgan, “may have been oversold” to American audiences. “He was going to be dangerous. He was going to be water cooler talk,” said King. “He’s good. He’s not that dangerous.” Said Morgan about the upcoming interview, “I can’t think of many people I’d rather interview than Larry King, and I’m sure people will be fascinated by the dynamic between us, for obvious reasons.”
JESSE JAMES TO PUBLISH MEMOIR
Somebody out there actually believes the public wants to know more about Sandra Bullock’s cheating ex-hubby Jesse James. It was announced yesterday that James, 41, has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books to publish his memoir. The book, American Outlaw, will be released later this year.
POLICE INVESTIGATING DEAD BABY AT OPRAH’S SCHOOL!
Police in Johannesburg, South Africa have reportedly opened an investigation to decide whether to file charges after a newborn baby was found dead at Oprah Winfrey’s girls’ school. According to authorities, a 17-year old student gave birth at the school last Friday, and was taken to the hospital after she began bleeding excessively. The baby was found in a plastic bag. The name of the student was not released.
ANGELINA ENGAGEMENT FAKE!
It wasn’t a coincidence that Jersey Shore’sAngelina Pivarnick got engaged on the red carpet during New York’s Fashion Week. According to Radaronline, the entire engagement is a publicity stunt. A source close to Angelina’s fiancé Dave Kovacs says he wants to be famous, and believes that Angelina will be invited back to the MTV show, and as her fiancé, he’ll be able to be on it as well. In fact, Radar got a hold of a text Kovacs sent to Angelina just hours after he proposed, in which she calls her “a bad evil person.” The source adds that in addition to Kovacs, Angelina is seeing a firefighter from Staten Island named Ivan, and on the day of her engagement, she posted photos of her and Ivan together on Twitter.
EMINEM SURPASSES ONE BILLION VIEWS ON YOU TUBE
Eminem joins Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga in the one million club on You Tube.
Here are the Top 10 artsits with the most number of views on YouTube.
1.) Justin Bieber: 1.3 billion
2.) Lady Gaga: 1.2 billion
3.) Eminem: 1 billion
4.) Rihanna: 979 million
5.) Shakira: 680 million
6.) Britney Spears: 669 million
7.) The Black Eyed Peas: 641 million
8.) Michael Jackson: 632 million
9.) The Jonas Brothers: 561 million
10.) Soulja Boy: 537 million
MILEY CYRUS WINS INSPIRATION AWARD?!
Who says Miley Cyrus is a bad influence? I mean, aside from everybody in the universe plus her own dad? On Friday, Miley was celebrated by a group called the Global Action Youth Leadership. They even gave her an inspiration award. And, it was presented to her by Hilary Duff, so you know it’s legit. When she accepted the award, Cyrus had a message of inspiration for children around the world. It was basically this: Ignore your parents. Cyrus said, “I want kids to do something they love. Not something that seems like a chore because someone tells them that that’s the right thing to do, or what their parents want, or what’s important to people around them, but what’s on their heart.”
To be fair, Miley was being honored for some actual, good charity work she does, like helping to feed hungry children.
CHARLIE OFFERS TO BUY HOMES FOR BOTH HIS EXES!
Charlie Sheen may not want to be married to his ex-wives anymore, but he still wants them close. A source tells Radar that Sheen wants both Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller to move into Mullholland Estates, his gated community, and is willing to buy them homes there. And a source close to Brooke says she just may do it. The insider claims Brooke, who lives in Los Feliz with the couple’s twin boys, is “planning on taking Charlie up on his very generous offer. Brooke thinks its a great idea because Charlie can see their twin sons on a daily basis. It’s much easier for Charlie to visit the twins if he is neighbors with Brooke.” The source adds, “she feels it would be so much healthier for the boys if they didn’t have to make the sometimes long trip over to their dad’s house.” There’s no word on whether Denise plans to make the move as well.
OMG!!! JUSTIN BIEBER CUTS HIS HAIR!
Pop star Justin Bieber has cut his hair. As proof, he posted a picture of his new hairdo on Twitter. Click here to see.
DATING I AM NUMBER FOUR CO-STARS SPLIT
Things are not going well for I Am Number Four co-stars Dianna Agron and Alex Pettyfer. Not only did their movie tank at the box office over the weekend, sources tell Usmagazine.com that the pair recently broke up. According to an insider, Agron moved out of the home they shared last week. Just last month, the duo denied rumors that they were engaged, and Pettyfer told Ellen DeGeneres about his girlfriend, “She’s an amazing woman and she’s got this old school, classic movie star elegance to her. She’s amazing.”
PARIS AND BEAU GO RING SHOPPING?!
Paris Hilton recently revealed that she was sure she and boyfriend Cy Waits were going to get engaged, and it looks like that may be happening pretty soon. People reports that Paris and Cy were spotted at a New York jewelry store last week and they were checking out rings. “They shopped for engagement rings,” the source says. “They were really cute together. Paris was making comments about the rings and joking that her ring has to be at least 24 carats.” But Paris’ rep denies they were in the market for an engagement ring, explaining, “The couple were shopping in New York looking for something special for Paris’s 30th birthday.”
GLEE’S MATTHEW MORRISON DATING OLIVIA MUNN
Looks like Glee’sMatthew Morrison may have found a new girlfriend. The actor was spotted Sunday enjoying a New York Rangers game with Perfect Couples star Olivia Munn. Sources tell People magazine that during the game they were seen kissing, snuggling and holding hands.
BRITNEY NETS HALF A MILLION IN NEW MUSIC VIDEO
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The four and a half minute video, which premiered last week, shows Britney appearing on a Sony television screen and putting on an eyeshadow made by cosmetic firm Make Up For Ever.
It also shows the singer sitting in front of a computer, browsing the Plenty Of Fish dating website, and spraying herself with a bottle of perfume.
A close-up of the bottle reveals that it is her own Radiance fragrance, which was released last year.
PlentyOfFish.com reportedly shelled out $200,000 for the lucrative promo spot and it is not the first time it has appeared in a music video.
The dating website also shows up in the video for Telephone – Lady Gaga's hit single featuring Beyonce Knowles.
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A celebrity news blog claims companies paid the pop princess a combined total of $500,000 to feature their items in the Hold It Against Me vid.
The four and a half minute video, which premiered last week, shows Britney appearing on a Sony television screen and putting on an eyeshadow made by cosmetic firm Make Up For Ever.
It also shows the singer sitting in front of a computer, browsing the Plenty Of Fish dating website, and spraying herself with a bottle of perfume.
A close-up of the bottle reveals that it is her own Radiance fragrance, which was released last year.
PlentyOfFish.com reportedly shelled out $200,000 for the lucrative promo spot and it is not the first time it has appeared in a music video.
The dating website also shows up in the video for Telephone – Lady Gaga’s hit single featuring Beyonce Knowles.
Gaga’s music vid was also littered with other products including Wonder Bread, Miracle Whip, Diet Coke cans, a Polaroid camera and a Virgin mobile phone.
LINDSAY LANDS AN ACTING GIG
Lindsay Lohan may finally be headed back to work. A producer named Nathan Folks tells Radaronline that he’s hired Lindsay to star in his film Escaping the Game, a drama which will shoot in the United States and Spain. Folks said the movie is about celebrities who can’t take the fame and fake their own deaths and create a life for themselves on a remote island. Lindsay will play an investigator looking into their disappearances.
A NEW MAN FOR MARY-KATE
Mary-Kate Olsen is dating again. The 24-year-old, who split from boyfriend-of-two-years Nate Lowman last February, is dating shoe designer Seth Campbell, according to Usmagazine.com. “Their relationship is fairly new,” a source tells the site. They were spotted at a New York nightclub on February 16th, celebrating a mutual friend’s birthday. Witnesses say they were seen making out at a corner table. “They’ve been able to have a few dates on the down low,” claims the insider. “He’s a downtown kind of guy, likes to party every now and then.”
NICOLE OPENS UP ABOUT FERTILITY ISSUES
Nicole Kidman revealed on Australia’s 60 Minutes over the weekend that she and hubby Keith Urban decided to have a baby via surrogate after going through, “a roller coaster ride with fertility.” “Anyone that’s been in the place of wanting another child or wanting a child knows the disappointment, the pain and the loss that you go through trying and struggling with fertility,” she said. “Fertility is such a big thing, and it’s not something I’ve ever run away from talking about.” After the birth of her daughter Sunday, now 2, the couple realized that Nicole getting pregnant again may not be an option. “We were in a place of desperately wanting another child,” she says. “This opportunity arose for us, and I couldn’t get pregnant.” And now with the addition of baby Faith, the couple couldn’t be happier. “Children are children – you’ll die for your children,” she says. “And when you feel that as parent – that’s the unconditional love.”
PIERS MORGAN TO INTERVIEW LARRY KING
CNN has announced that Larry King will be a guest on Piers Morgan’s show later this week. Just last week, King criticized his CNN replacement, saying that Morgan, “may have been oversold” to American audiences. “He was going to be dangerous. He was going to be water cooler talk,” said King. “He’s good. He’s not that dangerous.” Said Morgan about the upcoming interview, “I can’t think of many people I’d rather interview than Larry King, and I’m sure people will be fascinated by the dynamic between us, for obvious reasons.”
JESSE JAMES TO PUBLISH MEMOIR
Somebody out there actually believes the public wants to know more about Sandra Bullock’s cheating ex-hubby Jesse James. It was announced yesterday that James, 41, has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster’s Gallery Books to publish his memoir. The book, American Outlaw, will be released later this year.
POLICE INVESTIGATING DEAD BABY AT OPRAH’S SCHOOL!
Police in Johannesburg, South Africa have reportedly opened an investigation to decide whether to file charges after a newborn baby was found dead at Oprah Winfrey’s girls’ school. According to authorities, a 17-year old student gave birth at the school last Friday, and was taken to the hospital after she began bleeding excessively. The baby was found in a plastic bag. The name of the student was not released.
ANGELINA ENGAGEMENT FAKE!
It wasn’t a coincidence that Jersey Shore’sAngelina Pivarnick got engaged on the red carpet during New York’s Fashion Week. According to Radaronline, the entire engagement is a publicity stunt. A source close to Angelina’s fiancé Dave Kovacs says he wants to be famous, and believes that Angelina will be invited back to the MTV show, and as her fiancé, he’ll be able to be on it as well. In fact, Radar got a hold of a text Kovacs sent to Angelina just hours after he proposed, in which she calls her “a bad evil person.” The source adds that in addition to Kovacs, Angelina is seeing a firefighter from Staten Island named Ivan, and on the day of her engagement, she posted photos of her and Ivan together on Twitter.
It’s no secret that the Kardashian Klan makes a boatload of money. In fact, the Hollywood Reporter says that they actually earned a whopping $65 million in 2010. So how did they earn so much dough? Well, in addition to their many E! shows, the family charges for just about everything. Just a few of the fees they received include: $7,500 for staged photos of Kourtney and boyfriend Scott Disick on vacation; Kim Kardashian gets paid $25,000 to tweet about products, and she gets anywhere from $100,000 to $1 million for personal appearances; and an exclusive story about Kourtney’s pregnancy, including photos, earned them $300,000, while an exclusive about Khloe and Lamar Odom’s wedding went for the same price. And if that’s not crazy enough, later this year the family will open Kardashian Khaos at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, which will stock every product the family currently endorses, as well as items made specifically for the store. The casino will also have room keys with the girls’ images, mini-bars stocked with Kardashian-branded water and slot machines with pictures of the sisters.
….and by the way, is Kourtney engaged?!
Kourtney Kardashian says she isn’t engaged to boyfriend and her baby daddy, Scott Disick. Several tabloids reported that the two were engaged earlier this week. But the reality star went on Twitter to shoot down the rumor. A source close to the couple also said they are not engaged.
NO CHARGES FOR OKSANA…YET
We’re going to have to wait a little longer to find out if the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office will file extortion charges against Oksana Grigorieva. Oksana’s ex Mel Gibson has accused her of threatening to release incriminating audio tapes if he didn’t pay her. (They were released anyway.) The L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. turned over its report on the extortion investigation Wednesday, and sources say the D.A. won’t make a decision about charging Oksana this week because the file is complicated and he wants to take his time to digest it.
OKSANA TURNED DOWN $18 MILLION
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times got a hold of documents that reveal just what happened behind-the-scenes at the beginning of the whole Mel/Oksana scandal. In February, 2009, Mel told Oksana she needed a lawyer because he was planning to add their baby Lucia to his estate. According to the paper, at the time, Oksana was “not entitled to any of the actor’s fortune under the terms of a 2009 cohabitation agreement that said she would get only a year’s free rent in a Sherman Oaks home Gibson owned and a Dodge Charger if they split.” That’s when Oksana, who by then had incriminating tapes and photos, assembled a team of lawyers and asked Mel for $20 million. Mel offered her $16 mil, and they were about to settle for $18 mil, with the baby getting $11 mil and Oksana getting more than $5 mil plus a Steinway piano, when Oksana backed out claiming she was coerced into signing the agreement. While the entire thing was playing out, Mel was still sending Oksana texts that sounded like he wanted her back. “You don’t call. You don’t accept my invitation to come. You hand tapes around & jeopardize us all,” he texted Grigorieva on the day she was offered $18 million settlement. She replied by saying, “I wouldn’t have played ur messages if u were keeping ur word.”
MILEY MAD AT DAD!
Miley Cyrus is not happy about her dad’s recent comments in GQ magazine. In the article, Billy Ray Cyrus bashed the Disney show that made Miley famous, saying that Hannah Montana destroyed his family. “To say Miley is angry is an understatement,” a source tells Popeater. “She is furious that her own flesh and blood would make a private matter so public. Who does he think he is, Michael Lohan?” Insiders say Miley thinks her dad’s actions are “unforgivable.” “This isn’t what a father does,” said the source. “He never said a bad word about Hannah Montana all those years it made millions for the family and now that Miley has turned 18 and is making her own decisions he does this.”
WATSON SNUBBED AT AWARDS SHOW
Harry Potter star Emma Watson received the Elle Style Icon award on Monday, but quite embarrassingly, the woman presenting her the honor had no idea who she was. Designer Vivienne Westwood was chosen to give the award and admitted that she was a bit “out of the loop” when it came to Watson. Westwood said, “I was supposed to welcome and to announce the winner of the Style Icon — which I’m going to do — and I was given this text about a woman and how amazing she is …But I didn’t know who she was.” Westwood later explained that she “never watches television,” and goes to movies, “maybe once a year,” but when she was finally told who Watson was, she said, “oh, she’s really lovely, of course I’ll do it.” The whole incident didn’t seem to bother Watson at all, and she could be seen laughing throughout Westwood’s speech.
TWO AND A HALF MEN TO RESUME FEBRUARY 28TH
Looks like Charlie Sheen will be going back to work soon. Sources tell the Hollywood Reporter that Two and a Half Men will resume production February 28th, although they will produce only four of the season’s eight remaining episodes.
ANOTHER SKINS CONTROVERSY
MTV’s controversial show Skins is in hot water again, this time for a racy photo shoot that appeared in Elle magazine. The spread showed members of the cast posing in sexy lingerie, angering the Parents Television Council, who have already been critical of the series. The organization’s director, Melissa Henson, calls the photos “worse” than the racy GleeGQ shots, adding, “With this, even though the poses are less provocative, the fact that they have these underage girls wearing lingerie is troubling. It does contribute to the problem we’re seeing increasingly, sexualizing young girls.” But the mag is defending the photos. “Innerwear as outerwear has been a trend for decades, and (Elle magazine’s creative director) Joe Zee’s point was to make what the actors wear on their show more fashion, less vulgar,” Elle editor-in-chief, Robbie Myers, said in a statement to EW.com. “The content of Skins is infinitely more racy than anything we’d have them do. And we had the blessing of their parents: they were at the shoot.”
NATALIE EXPECTING A BOY
Life & Style magazine is reporting that pregnant Oscar nominee Natalie Portman and fiancé Benjamin Millepied are expecting a baby boy. “They’ve only told a very small group of family members and friends that they’re expecting a son,” said a source. “They are so excited. Benjamin can’t wait to be a father.”
CLOONEY’S GIRLFRIEND DOESN’T WANT KIDS
Guess we won’t be seeing any mini-George Clooneys running around anytime soon. Clooney’s girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis has revealed that she doesn’t plan on having kids. “[Getting pregnant has] never been an objective for me,” Canalis tells the Italian edition of Cosmopolitan. “My maternal desires are fully satisfied with my dogs.” So, why does Canalis prefer her “American boyfriend,” to the men in her native Italy? “Italian men find it really hard to say, ‘I love you,'” she says. “In summary, American men are more open from an emotional standpoint.”
PARIS TO MARRY BEAU?
Paris Hilton’s love life finally seems to be going well. In an interview yesterday, the 30-year-old opened up about her relationship with Cy Waits. “It’s really serious and I’m so happy,” she said. “He is an incredible person and I’m so lucky. Things have never been better in my life. I’m in a great place.” When asked if she thought Waits was going to propose, Paris replied, “I’m sure. Yeah. We love each other very much so we will see what happens.”
PARKER STILL UP FOR MORE SEX
Although Sex and the City 2 was a bomb, Sarah Jessica Parker hasn’t completely given up on the franchise. “I would go back,” she told the L.A. Times. “I think there’s one more story to tell. I know there is … Maybe in five years, you know?” There were recently rumors that Blake Lively had been cast to play Carrie in a Sex prequel (they were denied); something Parker doesn’t want to see happen at all. “I was like, Wha-a-a-a-t?” she said. “I don’t begrudge any 21-year-old the opportunity to tell their stories. They prove to us on an everyday basis that they’re interesting. Even their narcissism is interesting. Even their inertia is interesting. Even their tonal speech patterns are interesting. But I don’t think we can pretend to go back. It’s creating two histories.”
CIBRIAN’S EX STARTS A CATFIGHT ON TWITTER WITH RIMES!
Eddie Cibrian’s ex Brandi Glanville has decided to publicly air her problems with his new fiancée, LeAnn Rimes. Glanville recently posted a series of rants on Twitter after LeAnn apparently offered to sing at Eddie’s son’s school. “I told Eddie to please tell you that I think it is highly inappropriate for you to sing in my sons class on Friday,” Glanville wrote. “Boundries!!” She later wrote, “It’s Mason’s week share his family with the class. it isn’t ur place. Let Eddie read a script. You are not his parent. RESPECT!” LeAnn didn’t really respond to Glanville’s ramblings, although she did allude to the tweets, writing, “I have asked once and would hope my fans would please respect my wishes…please do not retweet me anyone else’s drama.”
TV TIDBITS:
● Glee stars Mark Salling and Amber Riley will perform in front of President Barak Obama as part of the PBS special The Motown Sound: In Performance at the White House. Others performing at the event include: Jamie Foxx, Sheryl Crow, Nick Jonas, John Legend, Smokey Robinson, Seal and Jordin Sparks. The performance will be taped Thursday, February 24th and air Tuesday, March 1st.
● Chicago Hope’sChristine Lahti is coming back to TV, starring in the CBS drama pilot The Doctor. She’ll play a mother who reconnects with her adult children when she joins the family medical practice.
● Lost’sMichael Emerson will star in the CBS pilot Person of Interest, which is being executive produced by his old boss, Lost creator J. J. Abrams. Emerson will play a billionaire who works alongside an ex-CIA agent to stop violent crime. (Can we suggest Terry O’Quinn, a.k.a. John Locke, to play the agent?)
● Model, designer and author India Hicks, who was one of Princess Diana’s bridesmaids, has been hired by TLC to dish about Diana’s wedding to Prince Charles. Secrets of a Royal Bridesmaid will air April 24th, five days before Prince William marries Kate Middleton. Hicks, who is Prince William’s cousin, is also expected to talk about the Prince’s April 29th wedding at Westminster Abbey.
● Glee’sMike O’Malley will star in the new Fox comedy pilot Family Album, where he’ll play a former jock attempting to bond with his family.
● Former ER star Maria Bello is in final talks to star in NBC’s drama pilot Prime Suspect, based on the successful British series that starred Helen Mirren. She’ll play a strong female detective who has to prove herself in a tough New York precinct dominated by men.
MISCELLANEOUS MOVIE NEWS:
● Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will team up once again for the new film The Wolf of Wall Street. The project will be based on Jordan Belfort’s memoir, recounting his alcohol and drug-fueled days working on Wall Street in the 90s. It eventually led to Belfort serving federal prison time for stock market manipulation. This will be the fifth project for DiCaprio and Scorsese. They previously worked together on Gangs of New York, The Departed, The Aviator and Shutter Island.
● She’s Out of My League’sAlice Eve has joined the cast of Men In Black 3. Eve, last seen playing Charlotte’s nanny in Sex and the City 2, will play the younger version of MIB Agency head Olivia. The older version will be played by Emma Thompson. The film’s plot has Will Smith’s Agent J forced to travel back in time to team up with the young Agent K (Josh Brolin) to save the world.
Here’s an abbreviated version of the HOT 975 Gossip Blog for today:
DEETS ON BRITNEY SPEARS $29 MIL MANSION
Word has it, Britney Spears has purchased a new 29 million dollar home in Hidden Hills, Calif., and hidden, it is.The mansion has 10 bedrooms, 12 baths, and features a ballroom, and the 3-acre property has multiple hot tubs and waterfalls. It is also within a private gated village with it’s own supermarket, restaurants, and of course a Starbucks.
And don’t forget, Britney’s new video for “Hold It Against Me” premiere at 8:55 tonight on MTV, right before a new episode of Jersey Shore.
JESSICA ALBA PREGGERS WITH 2ND CHILD
Jessica Alba’s daughter Honor Marie is gonna be a big sister. Jessica made an announcement about it on her Facebook page: It’s been a while since I’ve been on FB & I thought I’d drop by to let you all in on some exciting news>Honor is going to be a Big Sister! Cash and I are thrilled and wanted to share the news directly with you so you didn’t hear about it somewhere else. I appreciated all of the love and support you all gave me during my first pregnancy and will definitely appreciate it again this time around. Have a great day! Jess…
EXCERPTS FROM JUSTIN BIEBER’S INTERVIEW IN ROLLING STONE
Justin Bieber is on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in which he gives his thoughts on sex, politics, and other hot button issues. On sex before marriage:” I don’t think you should have sex with anyone unless you love them. I think you should just wait for the person you’re…in love with.” On being Canadian:“You guys are evil. Canada’s the best country in the world. We go to the doctor and we don’t need to worry about paying him, but here, your whole life, you’re broke because of medical bills. My bodyguard’s baby was premature, and now he has to pay for it. In Canada, if your baby’s premature, he stays in the hospital as long as he needs to, and then you go home.”
IF CHARLIE SHEEN LEAVES TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE SHOW IS OVER!
Sources say Charlie Sheen controls the fate of his hit show, Two and a Half Men, and if he leaves, the show is over. There has been a conflict with Sheen and the show’s creator, Chuck Lorre, and if the actor decides to leave the show will be cancelled. Lorre took a shot at the actor at the end of Monday’s show using his so-called ‘vanity card’ – a quick graphic containing Lorre’s personal rant that’s only on the screen for a few seconds at most.
Lorre says he would be pissed if Sheen outlives him because he takes good care of himself and doesn’t do drugs or have crazy, reckless sex with strangers.
IS THE CYRUS FAMILY UNDER ATTACK BY SATAN?!
Billy Ray Cyrus, told GQ he is scared for daughter Miley’s future in the spotlight. He says Hannah Montana destroyed his family, and he fears that 18-year-old Miley could possibly end up meeting the same tragic fate as Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain and Anna Nicole Smith.
Billy Ray says, “Every time something happened in Miley’s career, every time the train went off the track, if you will, Vanity Fair, pole-dancing, whatever scandal it was her people, or as they say in today’s news, her handlers, every time they’d put me ‘Somebody’s shooting at Miley! Put the old man up there!’ Well, I took it, because I’m her daddy, and that’s what daddies do. ‘Okay, nail me to the cross, I’ll take it.’ ”
Now the 49-year-old father of six said he realized “they used me every time.” He eventually reached his breaking point, choosing not to attend Miley’s 18th birthday party last year. He explains, “You know why I didn’t go? Because they were having it in a bar. It was wrong. It was for 21-years-old and up. Once again all them people, they all wanted me to fly out so that then when all the bad press came they could say, ‘Daddy endorsed this stuff’. If I would have went out there I would have been right in the middle of all this stuff that’s going on right now with the bong. They’d be hanging it on my ass. I had the common sense, I said, ‘This whole thing’s falling apart up there and they just want to blame all of this stuff on you again.’ I’m staying out of it.”
Billy Ray’s GQ interview with conducted in his home in Tennessee, days after Miley’s bong video leaked. In her own recent interview with Marie Claire, Miley apologized for disappointing her fans with the drug incident, but added that it’s “normal” to be “imperfect” at her age. Billy Ray also admitted in the GQ interview, “There’s no doubt I did stuff when I was a teenager that I’m sure could have turned out horribly. I’ve done some stupid crap, I do stupid crap. We all do. But it’s different when you sit back and you see it happening to your little girl. I feel like I got to try. It’s my daughter and, some of these handlers are perhaps more interested in handling Miley’s money than her safety and her career,” something that leaves him “scared for her.”
Billy Ray went on to discuss how fame ultimately cut short the lives of Jackson, Cobain and Smith, which has made him all the more eager to help his daughter navigate through life in the spotlight. When he looks back on Miley’s rapid rise to fame through “Hannah Montana,” on which they both starred, he said he sees how “the business was driving a wedge between us.” “It destroyed my family. I’ll tell you right now the damn show destroyed my family. He wishes they never agreed to do the Disney Channel show. Billy Ray adds, “I’d take it back in a second. For my family to be here and just be everybody okay, safe and sound and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. Heck, yeah. I’d erase it all in a second if I could.”
And for those who believe Billy Ray’s concern is really about whether his daughter will continue to be a cash cow, he offered to set the record straight. ”I’ve never made a dime off of Miley. You got a lot of people have made percentages off of her. I’m proud to say to this day I’ve never made one commissioned dollar, or dime, off of my daughter.” Billy Ray didn’t place all the blame on those currently in Miley’s life. He says, ”Somewhere along this journey, both mine and Miley’s faith has been shaken. That saddens me the most.” His family is now being ruined by Satan. Billy Ray says, “No doubt. There’s no doubt about it.”
Billy Ray also held himself partially responsible for his daughter’s behavior. “How many interviews did I give and say, ‘You know what’s important between me and Miley is I try to be a friend to my kids’? I said it a lot. And sometimes I would even read other parents might say, ‘You don’t need to be a friend, you need to be a parent.’ Well, I’m the first guy to say to them right now, you were right. I should have been a better parent. I should have said, ‘Enough is enough – it’s getting dangerous and somebody’s going to get hurt’. I should have, but I didn’t. Honestly, I didn’t know the ball was out of bounds until it was way up in the stands somewhere.”
SEE THE “LEAKED” COCA COLA RECIPE
This American Life” found in the archives of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution what we thought was under lock and key, armed guard, and state-of-the-art security vault with robot doberman guard dogs: the secret recipe for Coca-Cola. From the Wise Brothers Media Complete Cheat Sheet:
Supposedly, this is the secret recipe for Coca-Cola
The main syrup:
– Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP. (- ‘USP’ stands for United States Pharmacopeia . . . they set standards for the preparation of medicine.)
– Citric acid: 3 ounces
– Caffeine: 1 ounce
– Sugar: 30 (–30 what? The quantity on that one remains a mystery.)
– Water: 2.5 gallons
– Lime juice: 2 pints, one quart
– Vanilla: 1 ounce
– Caramel: 1.5 ounce or more, for color
The secret “7X” flavor . . . Every five gallons of syrup gets two ounces of flavor.
– Alcohol: 8 ounces
– Orange oil: 20 drops
– Lemon oil: 30 drops
– Nutmeg oil: 10 drops
– Coriander: 5 drops
– Neroli: 10 drops
-Cinnamon: 10 drops
A MILLI VANILLI MOVIE IN THE WORKS?!
A film based on the rise and fall of Milli Vanilli is in the works. Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan became superstars in the 1980s until they were outted as lip-synchers. They were forced to return a Grammy award, and eventually, Pilatus turned to drugs. A German director, Florian Gallenberger will take on a big screen biopic about the pair.
MADONNA A BIG FAN OF GAGA’S “BORN THIS WAY”
Lady Gaga just off of a recent appearance on The Jay Leno Show admitted that she is a huge fan of Madonna and it appears the feeling is mutual from Pop Legend Madonna.
Lady Gaga went on to tell Jay Leno: “There is really no one that is a more adoring and a loving Madonna fan than me. I am the hugest fan, personally and professionally.
Well, the good news is that I got an email from her people and her, sending me their love and complete support on behalf of the single.”
As always, Lady Gaga shocked the music world when she performed her new hit single BORN THIS WAY at the Grammy Awards this past Sunday and hatched out of an egg on stage.
The track took the No.1 spot in France, Germany, America and Britain amongst others within just a few hours of being released. RSR congratulates Lady Gaga.
LILO COMING TO LETTERMAN
CBS says Lindsay Lohan will present the Top Ten List on Thursday’s “Late Show with David Letterman.”
The troubled actress will present the Top Ten List live via satellite from Los Angeles, CBS announced Tuesday. It marks her fifth appearance on the New York-based show, which she last visited in May 2007.
Lohan’s problems have regularly put her in the news, most recently thanks to felony charges for the alleged theft of a $2,500 necklace from a jewelry store.
Meanwhile, her travails have been a source of humor for Letterman. Last week he read the Top Ten Signs that “Lohan is out of control.” They included: “Friends worry that her shoplifting is getting in the way of her drinking.”
“Late Show” airs weeknights on CBS at 11:35 p.m. Eastern time.
Britney Spears went on Twitter to chat with her fans last week. She even gave some details on her new album, “Femme Fatale”. Britney wrote: “I would describe it as moody, edgy pop with A LOT of energy. I co-wrote a couple of songs. I think it’s some of the best work I have ever done. There are a few mid-tempos that could be considered ballads. I have a lot of history with Max Martin and DoctorLuke so it’s always fun to collaborate with them. They make such incredible music. I’m so excited and I can’t wait for you guys to hear it. I think it’s some of the best work I have ever done! Just want to say that I really love you guys and can’t thank you enough for the support throughout my entire career.”
When asked if she’ll have any duets on the album, she wrote: “You’ll just have to wait and see.”
She also shared plans to tour and meet with her fans. She wrote: “I’m doing a lot of promo. There will be some major announcements in the next few days. I’m thinking about the tour right now and I would love to visit a lot of places I didn’t get to go to on my last tour.”
When one fan asked about her thoughts on Lady Gaga and global warming, she laughed it off and wrote: “Does anyone think global warming is a good thing. I love Lady Gaga. I think she’s a really interesting artist.”
As for being compared to Madonna, Britney wrote: “It’s so flattering! I really LOVE Madonna and she has been a huge inspiration for me.”
ASHLEE SIMPSON & PETE WENTZ DIVORC: PETE DOESN’T WANT ONE!
The consensus among the various anonymous sources is that Ashlee Simpson dumped Pete Wentz, and he does not want to get divorced. And now, we’re hearing that Pete is so upset he’s been crying. A source says, “Pete has been crying a lot to her about this. He is crushed, and does not want it to be over.”
The source adds, “Ashlee is done, she loves him, but she’s ready to move on. They married really young and have grown apart, she just wants to focus on her child and her career.”
Although they filed divorce papers last week, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz had lunch together on the most romantic day of the year — along with their son Bronx, 2.
As documented in photos at X17online, the singer-actress, 26, and the rocker, 31, shared a midday meal on Valentine’s Day with their little boy at the Beverly Hills Hotel Polo Lounge; the casually-dressed family of three arrived and departed together in the same car.
No word yet on whether the couple are reconsidering their decision to split. After embarking on a relationship in late 2006, they married in May 2008 and welcomed their son that fall. In last Wednesday’s statement following their divorce announcement, they said that Bronx’s “happiness and well-being remains our number-one priority.”
CHRISTINA AGUILERA DIVORCE FINAL!!
Christina Aguilera and husband Jordan Bratman have reached financial and custody agreements and will be officially divorced in six months. Details weren’t disclosed but we assume they’ve worked out their living arrangements. Jordan had refused to move out of their house, even though Christina’s new man, Matt Rutler, was basically living there.
The only thing we know for sure is that Christina and Jordan will share custody of their 3-year-old son Max.
LADY GAGA HAS MADONNA’S BLESSING FOR “BORN THIS WAY”
Lady Gaga has responded to the accusations that her new song “Born This Way” rips off Madonna’s song “Express Yourself,“ which came out in 1989. Last night, she told Jay Leno, “There is really no one that is a more adoring and loving Madonna fan than me. I am the hugest fan personally and professionally.”
Madonna never commented on this publicly, but someone did post a video of Madonna performing “Express Yourself” on her official YouTube page the day the “controversy” broke out. But Lady Gaga said she heard from her and Madonna is cool with it. Gaga said, “Well, the good news is that I got an e-mail from her people and her, sending me their love and complete support on behalf of the single and if the queen says it shall be, then it shall be.”
JUSTIN BEIBER ON HIS GRAMMY LOSS
Perhaps the most shocking moment of Sunday night’s Grammys, not counting Lady Gaga’s weird egg birth, was when Justin Bieber was rejected for what seems to be the first time in his life. Justin was nominated for two awards and in one of the categories, “Best New Artist” he was a heavy favorite. But in the end, he lost out to a jazz musician named Esperanza Spalding, who plays the upright bass.
Justin took the defeat with class, telling MTV, “I’m not going to lie, I was disappointed. But, you know, I’m gonna come back next year and we’ll take a few home.” Esperanza was “surprised” to hear her name, too. Spalding said “I really didn’t think it was going to be me. It was so unexpected, that’s the truth.”
Naturally, Justin’s fans went absolutely ballistic online after watching their golden boy being wronged like this, but Justin later attempted to calm the storm. In a series of Twitter messages, he said, “It was a great night. I got to perform at the Grammys with my mentor, Usher and I feel like we did u guys proud.” ”As for the awards, of course I wanted to win. It’s been and still is a dream to win a Grammy. Was I upset, yes. But I was happy for Esperanza also.” “Someone said to me tonight it’s not your successes that define you but your failures. I lost, but I don’t plan on this being my last chance. I do this because I love it, and I do it for my family, friends and fans who support me. I was grateful for the honor, and this is just the beginning.”
Bieber hadn’t met Esperanza before the ceremony. But afterwards, he congratulated her backstage, and shook her hand. Meanwhile, Kanye West shared his apparent disagreement with Bieber’s loss on Twitter, but he kept himself in check. Kanye said, “Damn, I can’t find the words to explain how I feel about the Best New Artist award. Don’t wanna say the wrong thing. #PROUDOFJUSTIN.” And Game also chimed in on Twitter, but he was pulling for Drake to win, not Justin. In between joints, he said, “Drake ain’t win Best New Artist? Exactly why I’m kool on awards.”
CHARLIE SHEEN SAYS SOBRIETY “BORES” HIM
Charlie Sheen said that sobriety “bores” him and that he may revert to substance abuse.
In a call to DirecTV/Fox Sports Radio’s “The Dan Patrick Show,” Sheen said “I was sober for five years a long time ago and was just bored out of my tree,” he said during the rambling 28-minute phone interview with “It’s inauthentic — it’s not who I am. I didn’t drink for 12 years and, man, that first one [drink], Dan. Wow.”
The star of “Two and a Half Men” laughed off the ethics clause in his TV contract.
“Yeah, blah, blah, nitpick, nitpick,” he said. “I haven’t read it, but I don’t think it covers ‘Let us totally dominate and interfere with your personal life.'”
Sheen also said he was ready to work after less than two weeks of rehab. “Check it. It’s like, I heal really quickly. But I unravel pretty quickly. So get me right now, guys,” he said, referring to the show’s producers.
But these were just the latest in a series of bizarre statements. Sheen turned up at a practice for UCLA’s baseball team on Thursday and told players there, “Don’t do crack. Drink chocolate milk.”
“There were rumors that I’ve had problems with crack, so it just came out of me like poetry,” Sheen said of the statement on Dan Patrick’s show. “I said stay off the crack, and I still think that’s pretty good advice, unless you can manage it socially. If you can manage it socially, then go for it, but not a lot of people can, you know?”
Lady Antebellum were among the winners at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards. The band’s “Need You Now” scored two of the night’s biggest awards, winning for Song Of The Year and for Record Of The Year.
For Record of the Year, Lady A beat out “Nothin’ on You” from B.o.B. & Bruno Mars, “Love the Way You Lie” from Eminem & Rihanna, “F**k You” from Cee Lo Green and “Empire State of Mind” from Jay-Z & Alicia Keys.
Arcade Fire grabbed the other major award of the night, winning the Album Of The Year honor for their The Suburbs.
The list of 2011 Grammy Award winners is as follows:
Album Of The Year
The Suburbs – Arcade Fire
Record Of The Year
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Best Rap Album
Recovery – Eminem
Best New Artist
Esperanza Spalding
Song Of The Year
Need You Now – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum)
Best Country Album
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Best Pop Vocal Album
The Fame Monster – Lady Gaga
Best Rock Album
The Resistance – Muse
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
Hey, Soul Sister (Live) – Train
Best Female Country Vocal Performance
The House That Built Me – Miranda Lambert
CHARLIE SHEEN TO BE A FATHER AGAIN?!?
Charlie Sheen got a text message from his porn star friend Kacey Jordan, saying she’s pregnant, but she doesn’t think it’s his baby. The porn star texted Sheen: “Charlie I’m sorry how things turned out. I want u to know something before it hits the press… I’m pregnant and I don’t believe its yours.” Sources say the actor used protection, but Kacey says both of them were so out of it she’s not sure if it did the trick.
The source adds that Kacey plans to terminate the pregnancy in the next few days. Charlie Sheen doesn’t have a “morals clause” in his contract with CBS. That means, he cannot be fired from Two and a Half Men for his crazy antics (doing drugs, hiring hookers, etc.) A morals clause in his contract would allow Warner Bros. to fire him if he engaged in improper conduct that reflected badly on the show. TMZ reports, Charlie is telling everyone, “That’s my personal life. My contract protects me. They can’t fire me.”
MILEY CYRUS SET TO HOST SNL
Miley Cyrus will is host Saturday Night Live for the first time on March 5th. She will not be singing that night. Apparently, the Strokes will be the musical guests; so they say on their Twitter account. No word yet if Miley will join SNL cast member Vanessa Bayer in her “The Miley Cyrus Show” sketch. In the skit, Vanessa plays Miley and Jason Sudeikis plays her dad Billy Ray.
BRAVO EXEC CALLED HEIDI MONTAG “TRASH”!
Bravo network exec, Andy Cohen, called Heidi Montag “trash,” after Montag and her husband, Spencer Pratt claimed they were in talks to join the next season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Montag even tweeted, “Watch out Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, here comes Heidi!” The Bravo exec said he’d rather stab knives in his own eyes than see her on the network. A friend of Montag said his rant shows his lack of self-awareness and self-control.
CBS CANCELS PAULA ABDUL’S “LIVE TO DANCE”
Live To Dance is not the show Paula Abdul hoped it would be. Ratings started off okay but they nose dived, and the finale had only 4.8 million viewers. Insiders say CBS is pulling the plug on season 2. Now that Paula’s unemployed, will Simon Cowell offer her a place on X Factor?
LET’S KICK OFF YOUR FRIDAY WITH YOUR DAILY “LINDSAY” WITH NO LESS THAN 5 STORIES!
LINDSAY OFFERED TO TAKE LIE DETECTOR TEST!
Lindsay Lohan swears she didn’t steal that $2,500 necklace, and she even offered to take a lie detector test to prove her innocence. Unfortunately for the actress, prosecutors shot down her offer because they didn’t consider polygraphs scientifically sound. Sources say that even though Lindsay says she’s not guilty, her legal team is desperately trying to strike a plea deal because Lindsay is terrified of being locked up. Word is, Lindsay is willing to plead guilty provided she doesn’t have to go to prison, but prosecutors want her to serve some time behind bars so the two sides are at an impasse. Linds’ lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley confirmed the rumors, telling CNN, “Ms. Lohan maintains her innocence, and now that I’ve seen the police reports, I believe the case is entirely defensible. Having said that, we will entertain a discussion concerning a plea if it means no jail so that she can move forward with her recovery and her career.”
LINDSAY TWEETS THAT SHE DOESN’T STEAL
Lindsay took to Twitter yesterday to release her first official statement about the incident. “I would never steal, in case people are wondering,” she posted, later adding, “In case people are wondering, I was not raised to lie, cheat, or steal.” (Um, does she think we don’t know who her parents are?) She concluded by writing, “Also, what i wear to court shouldnt be front page news. it’s just absurd. god bless xox.”
WHY LINDSAY COULD GET OFF
Insiders are claiming that if the Lindsay Lohan case goes to trial, Lindsay may have a good shot at beating the rap. TMZ reports that the owners of Kamofie & Company, who claim Lindsay stole the $2,500 necklace, have been inconsistent with their story. First they told cops Lindsay had been to the store three times looking at the necklace before taking it, but later they changed their story and said Lindsay wasn’t looking at the necklace, but at a ring. Then the owner claimed video showed that when he was talking to Lindsay’s male friend, the actress could be seen taking the necklace off her neck and putting it in her Chanel bag. A day later, the owner said Lindsay walked out of the store with the necklace around her neck. But according to the official police report, Lindsay tried on several items that day, but continued to wear the necklace in question the entire time. At one point she tried to negotiate down a price for a ring, but the store owner wouldn’t budge. She accepted defeat, but told the owner she’d be back the next day. She then left the store, still wearing the $2,500 necklace. The owner says he noticed the necklace was missing, but figured Lindsay took it by mistake and would bring it back the next day, but she never returned.
IT’S NOT THE FIRST TIME LINDSAY TRIED TO TAKE JEWELRY!
TMZ claims that four days before Lindsay allegedly took that $2,500 necklace, she almost walked out of the same store with a diamond earring. According to the police report, on January 18th, Lindsay came into Kamofie & Company and tried on a pair of 18-karat gold white diamond earrings. Lindsay removed one of the earrings and left the other one on as she shopped in the store. She was still wearing the remaining earring (which just happened to be covered by her hair) when she left, but a clerk stopped her before she could get away. Some people think this could actually help Lindsay’s case, because when she went to leave the store she absentmindedly left her own, more expensive, earrings on the counter. People close to Lindsay say this is a perfect example of how scatterbrained she can be.
LINDSAY TO OPEN HER OWN BOUTIQUES
If Lindsay Lohan skates on her grand theft charge, sources say she wants to open her own boutiques. According to Radaronline, Lindsay and her mom Dina are making plans to open two stores, one in Venice Beach, California and one in New York’s SoHo neighborhood. The stores will reportedly sell clothing and jewelry (hopefully not stolen). “Both Dina and Lindsay love the fashion industry and are excited to do this together,” a close family friend told Radaronline.com.
PETE WENTZ DIDN’T WANT DIVORCE
Sources close to Pete Wentz say it wasn’t his decision to get a divorce. Insiders tell TMZ that Pete tried talking wife Ashlee Simpson out of filing the papers, but Ashlee wanted out of the marriage and no amount of talking would change her mind. In fact, Pete was so blindsided by the divorce, sources tell Radar he already had plans to surprise Ashlee for Valentine’s Day. Sources tell Radar that Ashlee was “fed up” with Pete’s constant touring, which was a source of many of their arguments. Said a source, “Since she gave birth to Bronx she hated him being away from home and wanted him to stop the band life and work more on producing music, so he could be around to concentrate more on being a husband and father.
KELSEY GRAMMER OFFICIALLY DIVORCED
It’s official – Kelsey and Camille Grammer are divorced. A judge in Los Angeles signed off on the couple’s divorce decree yesterday, leaving Kelsey free to marry fiancée Kayte Walsh at the end of the month. Kelsey and Camille are expected to work out their property settlement at a later date. “I have a great many mixed feelings about today–I’m sad for what was, yet excited about the road ahead,” said Camille in a statement. “I’m grateful to my family and friends who have stood by me through this time— I will never forget their love and support. What I most hope is that Kelsey and I can improve our communications and truly co-parent our two wonderful children; and I wish Kelsey and Kate love and happiness in their new marriage.”
CHARLIE TO BE SINGLE IN SIX MONTHS
Charlie Sheen is one step closer to being single. Sheen and wife Brooke Mueller filed final divorce papers in L.A. County Superior Court Thursday, which means they will be officially on the market by May 2nd. Under California law, a divorce decree isn’t granted until six months after the papers are filed. TMZ reports that according to the settlement, Charlie and Brooke will share custody of their twin sons, although Brooke gets primary physical custody. Brooke will get $55,000 a month in child support, which, the documents state can never be less than the amount Charlie pays Denise Richards for their two daughters.
SCARLETT JOHANSSON DATING SEAN PENN?
Scarlett Johansson has been linked to yet another new man. According to Us Weekly, Ryan Reynolds’ soon-to-be-ex is reportedly seeing Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn, who is 24 years her senior. Sources say the pair’s fling began in early January, when she was staying at the Chateau Marmont in L.A. “Their first hook up was in Scarlett’s bungalow,” said the insider. Scarlett allegedly reached out to Sean when she was thinking about traveling to Haiti with the charity organization Oxfam. Since Sean has been living there, the insider claims, “she turned to him for advice.” Scarlett didn’t end up going, but, she did develop feelings for the actor. Said the insider, “Scarlett’s smitten with him.” A rep for Johansson says the story is “not true at all.”
NO JENNIFER/ANGELINA FEUD
The press loves to perpetuate the Jennifer Aniston/Angelina Jolie feud, but Perez Hilton reports that Aniston really isn’t holding a grudge against the woman who stole her husband. Perez said he had a conversation with the former Friends star last year, in which she told him, “look, that was so long ago, and we’ve moved on and we’re all adults.” Aniston then added, “I still talk to Brad (Pitt) and everything’s fine.”
A NEW MAN FOR SIENNA?!
Only days after announcing the end of her relationship with Jude Law, sources say Sienna Miller may have already found a new man. The Mirror claims that Miller has “grown close” to British actor Joe Armstrong, her co-star in the upcoming West End production of Flare Path. But insiders insist that nothing romantic is going on (yet). “Her colleagues have been brilliant,” said a source. “She gets on really well with Joe in particular and they’ve been hanging out a bit outside of the theater. But neither Jude or Sienna are ready to rush into a new relationship.”
BRAD WOMACK DENIES HE PROPOSED TO EX
BachelorBrad Womack is denying his ex-girlfriend’s claim that he proposed to her just before going on the ABC dating show. Laurel Kagay, Womack’s on and off squeeze for eight years, told Us Weekly that Womack proposed to her on more than one occasion, the most recent time being this past summer. Appearing on Lopez Tonight, Womack said, “I can 100 percent tell you I did not actually ask this woman to marry me.” He adds, “I want to take the high road because this particular woman I cared for very much at one time. I’ve learned really quickly, this experience can breed nothing but negativity, along with all of the positive.”
KATHY GRIFFIN COMING TO BROADWAY
Kathy Griffin is taking her stand-up routine to Broadway, and she couldn’t be more clear about what she hopes to get out of the production, titling it Kathy Griffin Wants A Tony. The show will premiere March 11th at the Belasco Theater and run for eight performances.
SECURITY GUARD KILLED ON NCIS SET
Production on the CBS series NCIS was suspended Wednesday after a security guard working for the show was killed in a freak accident. The drama was shooting on location in Santa Clarita, CA, when a driver of a van lost control of his vehicle and ran over the guard. The 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at the hospital.
STUNTWOMAN INJURED ON FX SHOW
JUSTIFIED
A stuntwoman on the set of FX’s Justified was severely injured during production last week. Initial reports said that a 30-year-old woman was struck in a “low speed collision” and hit her head on concrete, but E! reports that she wasn’t hit by a car, and simply slipped and fell, hitting her head. She was transported to a nearby hospital and is said to be doing well.
TV TIDBITS
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● EW.com reports that Jack Black will once again host Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. This will be Black’s third time hosting the telecast, which airs April 2nd. This year’s nominees include Miley Cyrus, who’s up for three awards; Justin Bieber, who is up for two and Taylor Swift, who is also up for two. Click here for a complete list of nominees.
● Twin sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry will star in a new reality show for the Style Network. The network has ordered six episodes of Tia and Tamera Take 2, which will follow the former child stars in their new stages of life, as Tia goes through her first pregnancy and Tamera plans her wedding.
● Lost’sHenry Ian Cusick has joined the cast of Shonda Rhimes’ new ABC pilot. The yet-to-be-titled series revolves around professional fixer Olivia Price (Kerry Washington) and her dysfunctional staff. Cusick will play a handsome and brilliant litigator who works for Olivia.
● Former Desperate Housewives star Jesse Metcalfe will join the cast of TNT’s Dallas reboot. He’ll play Bobby and Pam Ewing’s adopted son Christopher, who clashes with his cousin John Ross (Josh Henderson), over the Ewing dynasty.
● My Boys’Kyle Howard will star in the ABC comedy pilot Smothered. The series revolves around a young couple who find themselves smothered by two very different sets of parents.
● Amanda Peet is in talks to star in the NBC pilot Bent, a comedy about a recently divorced mom who finds herself attracted to the contractor she hires to redo her kitchen.
● Minnie Driver is in talks to join the NBC pilot Free Agents, about co-workers at a Hollywood talent agency.
● The Hangover’sBradley Cooper will star in The Words, a drama about a writer who steals another man’s work and must face the consequences.
● Former ER star Goran Visnjic has joined the cast of David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He’ll play Dragan Armansky, the CEO of a security firm that employs Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). His character appears in all three of the Stieg Larsson books.
● Oscar nominee Annette Bening will join Morgan Freeman in the Rob Reiner-directed drama The Third Act. The film tells the story of a formerly famous western writer (Freeman) attempting to rediscover his talent in a small rural town. Bening will play the mother of a young girl who is inspired by the writer.
● Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller Memento is coming back to theaters for one night only. On February 17th, in honor of the film’s 10th anniversary, Memento will screen in 11 theaters in the U.S. and Canada. The screenings will be followed by a never-before-seen interview with Nolan, which was recorded February 4th in Los Angeles. In addition, a 10th anniversary special edition Blu-ray version of Memento will be available in stores February 22nd.
● Willow Smith will star in a remake of the musical Annie and she’s already set her sights on who she wants to play her Daddy Warbucks. Willow recently told Access Hollywood that she has asked her father Will Smith, who’s producing the film, to get Brad Pitt to play the role of the billionaire who adopts the young orphan. Meanwhile, Deadline.com reports that Glee creator Ryan Murphy is Sony’s top choice to direct the new version of the Broadway musical.
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