
- The law firm of Trope & Trope is trying to drop Britney Spears as a client, citing a breakdown in communication. The attorneys had been representing Brit in her child-custody battle against ex-husband Kevin Federline; her previous team of lawyers quit in the fall. Brit needs representation! Any takers? [Page Six]
- By the by, Brit didn't show up for a deposition yesterday — for the fifth time. [TMZ]
- Lindsay Lohan's been asking friends for money? We've heard this one before, which makes us inclined to believe it's true. Plus: The quit-smoking lozenge people whose product she carries around deny they're paying her, but they are. Huh. [Gatecrasher]
- Meanwhile, Dina Lohan is so pissed that LL's ex Riley Giles sold his story to a UK tabloid that she called his mother and accused her of poor parenting. Hello, pot? This is the kettle. You're black. [Gatecrasher]
- Madonna is on vacation in India this week: She is touring Rajasthan and celebrated the new year in a village near Jodhpur with hubby Guy Ritchie, her kids and a couple of friends. Expect sitar on her next track. [Times Of India]
- "I was always a little bit afraid of men." — Diane Keaton, whom the jerks at the NY Post dare to call a "spinster." [Page Six]
- Did Joshua "Pacey" Jackson pull a diva move on New Year's Eve, trying to boot a table full of people so that he and Diane Kruger could be alone? [Page Six]
- Blind item! "Which still-young-but-past-his-prime TV star has been trying to ditch his actress fiancee? He already made her terminate a pregnancy when she was just 17." [Gatecrasher]
- Time flies! Elisabeth Hasselbeck is returning to the view on Monday, sigh. [People]
- MTV has ordered another season of A Shot At Love With Tila Tequila. Let the bisexual games begin! [People]
- Beyoncé beat Kanye West at Connect Four nine times in a row. Pretty sneaky, sis! [Just Jared]
- Volleyball star Gabrielle Reece and surfer Laird Hamilton gave birth to a son on New Year's Day; the kid is not named Beach, as one might assume. It's Brody Jo Hamilton. [People]
- When Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes go out, he has his security people hand $100 bills to anyone who helps him and wife — even if it's just a dude opening a door. Classy! [MSNBC]
- Russell Crowe is heading the anti-gambling movement in Australia; protesting against video poker machines. Are you not entertained?! [Reuters]
- Two of The Spice Girls are admitting they had bulimia at the height of their success. And Posh isn't one of them! [Mirror]













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What the hell kind of name is Brody, anyway? Is is short for Brotenkhamen?
Didn't Madge already do the India sitar thing? She's running out of reinventions.
Blind item, dare I say Milo (is that his name?) and Hayden
And wasn't Ginger the one with the eating disorder? I think she admitted that way back when.
@biscuitdoughjones: I was thinking more like Brodtholomew
Ok Brit. Here's the plan. Ditch the pink 'Candy' wigs. Pretend Starbucks doesn't exist. MOVE OUT OF BEVERLY HILLS. Let K-Fed have the kids while you get your life back on track. Hire a trainer again. Bust out with an awesome comeback tour (where you actually dance). Win back the hearts of all. Rub all your money in K-Feds face and snag the kid back. Ok?
Btw.. I'm charging $2,309,865.00 for all that legal advice.
Britney doesn't need legal help, she needs psychiatric help. I'm surprised Federline didn't stay married to her so he could have her committed.
@kgibbs: it says actress fiancee. milo and hayden have only just been outed as a couple. i don't think they're engaged.
@kgibbs: I think I remember from the Behind the Music that Sporty said she had an ED during the Spice Hey-Day.
Dina Lohan, if you're wondering why that Mother-of-the-Year award hasn't showed up... well...
Diane Keaton is an excellent actress and far from a spinster.
I refuse to believe that about Joshua Jackson. Not my Pacey.
How many times can you skip a deposition before they start coming for you?
That quote by Diane Keaton breaks my fucking heart. I love you so much, Annie Hall!
So Tila Tequila is not still with the person she picked this season? Can these reality dating show people at least pretend to be together for a while before the next season starts?
@spectatertot: ah right, I think I read that wrong
@soleil-moon-pie: who did she end up picking?
@hellonos: I love her for responding to a question on why she never married, "no one ever asked." Simple and final.
Did Chad Michael Murray ever marry that extra he was engaged to? Maybe him for the blind?
Isn't it kind of fun to think of Beyonce and Kanye in a high intensity Connect Four showdown?
@soleil-moon-pie: Tila could have avoided all this if she'd just picked Dani... whatever, I'm totally psyched for Domenico's new spin-off, That's Amore! It's going to be amazing.
@kgibbs: I don't know, I was afraid that my eyes might catch herpes if I watched that show for too long.
@kgibbs: Greasy Bear Bobby with the no-personality. My heart breaks for Dani.
Blind item is totes Chad Michael Murray. He is young but past-his-prime (aka- 15 mins are so up). Also, he's engaged to a 19 year-old who he met while she was an underage extra on One Tree Hill.
You might remember that he was married to co-star Sophia Bush for a whopping 5 months.
I'm depressed that I know that.
@Leiakat: oh good call on Chad Michael Murray. Such a tool.
@Leiakat: I was thinking Chad Michael Murray too.
@athertonmerriweather: My thoughts exactly! I'd be too scared not to show up once, let alone five times.
And, Diane Keaton KICKS ASS!
@jerseylicious: In a way, I'm just happy that in the next Tila show, she can't pull that "tearfully running after the one you let get away while that one song they used to play on 'Scrubs' swells in the background" shit again.
@MissMal: Good call! I've hated him ever since he screwed over my Sophia!
Diane Keaton peaked. Watching the trailer for Because I Said So was the most god awful thing I've ever seen.
@soleil-moon-pie: haha so did I, this is why I watched it in small doses, wearing protective eye goggles.
@biscuitdoughjones: wow, I thought fo' sho it would have been Dani
The Spice Girls bulimia story doesn't mention Posh because it's about the members who *no longer have* eating disorders.
And anyone who wonders where Lilo got her winning, crazyass personality need only look at Mommy Dearest. With friends like Dina, you don't need enemies.
@DorothyZbornak: Do you think he started screaming "Give a black man a chance!" after losing? Then awkwardly realized who he was playing against?
When is the Britney self-destruction train going to come to a screeching halt? Is she going to have to run out of money?
@NefariousNewt:
"I'm surprised Federline didn't stay married to her so he could have her committed."
Well, she dumped him, so not like he had much of a choice.
@others...
Tila Tequila? NOT REALLY BI. Not surprising she choose the dude at the end. That show makes me fucking ill.
@DorothyZbornak: I imagine it with the lighting and music from when Who Wants To Be Millionare was in it's day.
Rajasthan is known for a popular and tasty drink called Bhang that is made with milk, cardamom, cinammon, almonds, and WEED. It is like a Space Shake in Amsterdam x 1000. Indians consider it a sacred drink with spiritual connections and it's hugely popular and very much accepted, especially in the North. Anyone want to guess how many of the Ciccone-Richie clan are slurpin' those down right now?
@DorothyZbornak: It's funny to picture Beyonce, Kanye, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Ludacris hanging out playing board games while Lindsay Lohan, Mischa Barton and Paris Hilton are these white girls going out shooting up, snorting coke, drinking, making sex tapes. What will Bill O'Reilly say?
Jeepers, Beyonce. I know you're a Diva, but couldn't you let the dude who's mom just died win at least once?
@: I agree that some of the more recent Diane Keaton stuff is, well, atrocious. However, rather than believe she has peaked, I prefer to put it down to there not being many good roles out there for women her age, or women of any freaking age for that matter.
@stoprobbers: That sounds fucking awesome. I want one now.
@thevagrantweed: I think this might have been a response to my comment, and while I agree that there are limited roles out there for women her age, I just keep thinking, "But Meryl makes it happen..." Then again, she's Meryl Streep. I just feel sad knowing that Diane starred in a movie with Mandy Moore, who probably thinks Diane's greatest role was in The First Wives Club.
@stoprobbers:
I could use one of those right now.
@athertonmerriweather: Well O'Reilly did just learn that we can eat in a civilized manner, don't push him too hard.
Also the only pics Kanye posted on his blog are of the one game where he was victorious. On a serious note, it's nice to see him smile again.
Dani is too good for Tila Tequila. I hope she finds real love not on TV.
Diane Keaton is a fantastic actress who needs a good script for a change. Diablo Cody, can you help her out please? Someone give this amazing woman something aside from neurotic rants and unfunny physical gags! Please?
Connect Four is one of those things that makes life worth living.
Maybe I'll take one for the team. Maybe I'll try and get myself into a relationship with Britney just so I can perform Jezebel's bidding upon her.
Well, and the money.
But Dodai, Dina Lohan can't be black, she's the white Oprah, 'member?
@kgibbs: Exactly! Totes awesome.
@athertonmerriweather: It would probably make his big fat head explode just to think about it.
PS the best is Speed Connect Four, the faster you go, the more chances you fuck up.
@MissMal: Nice one. It's him for sure. I hate that douche with his beady little eyes. That's right, I just made fun of his appearance. Come and get me!!!!
@thevagrantweed: I'm just so glad to see an adult woman cast as a romantic lead, that I'll forgive a lot of the scripts.
If I got $100 bill from Tom Cruise, I'd kindly give it right back to him. Yeah, I could buy a new pair of shoes with it. But how condescending!
@Lymed: But if I was in a job that gets tips and this was an appropriate tip, then heck yeah. I'm all for the $100 tips to waitstaff, doormen, valets, and coatchecks.
I heart Diane Keaton.
A few years ago, you