Jon And Kate Investigated For Labor Law Violation; Angelina Injured On Set

• The Pennsylvania Department of Labor is investigating whether Jon and Kate Plus 8 is complying with child labor laws. A spokeswoman for the department says there was a complaint, but a TLC rep says: "TLC fully complies with all applicable laws and regulations..."

• "Jon & Kate Plus 8 is no exception. For an extended period of time, we have been engaged in cooperative discussions and supplied all requested information to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor. We will continue to engage the appropriate officials and meet any standards or regulations that are applicable to TLC productions." [TMZ]
• Star harassed Jon Gosselin's mother at her home in Pennsylvania. She said, "I don't think [Jon] will ever be portrayed fairly... It's always twisted." [Star]
• At a progress report hearing today, a judge said Redmond O'Neal is "responding well" to drug treatment. [The Daily Mail]
• Angelina Jolie was injured today on the set of Salt and taken to the hospital. She got a nick between her eyes and bled a bit but she will be fine. [TMZ]
• Angelina was only taken to the hospital as a precaution because she bumped her head and got a scratch. She's already resumed filming. [People]
• Britney Spears is being sued for running over photographer Rick Mendoza when she was pulling out of a parking lot in 2007. He says Brit's people, who are also defendants, "should have known...Britney was not in the mental, emotional and/or physical condition to operate the subject motor vehicle in a safe and reasonable manner." A video of the incident show Brit only ran over his foot after honking repeatedly as paparazzi circled her car. Plus, she gets upset and Mendoza says he's fine. [TMZ]
• Britney Spears filmed an ad for Logo's NewNowNext Awards that spoofs her perfume ads. In the ad for the fake fragrance she says, "Mo. One spray and the gays will run your way." Logo executive producer Christopher Willey says, "She's having fun with her gay audience, because she's an official gay icon." [Perez Hilton]
• Anna Wintour talked with Rihanna at the Met Gala and said she wanted her for the cover of Vogue. A source says, "Anna told her Vogue absolutely loves her and really wanted to work with her. Rihanna was ecstatic." But now that nude photos which may or may not be Rihanna have surface, Wintour won't return her calls. [ONTD]
• Eve has taken Tweeted an attack on Chris Brown. She says, "He's guilty until proven innocent, and no man should ever raise a hand to a woman. I'm so sick of people kissin' his ass." She added: "a clip of him saying he isnt a monster...yeh motherfucker u are. let him or any other man come to me with power fists..id fuck him up.." She wrote that Rihanna is "beautiful and talented" and deserves better. "finally,no we dont no wat happened that night, all i no, is seein rihannas beautiful face bruised and upset..thats enuff 4 me," she said. [Star]
• Karen Sala, a Canadian woman who claims to have known Keanu Reeves since childhood, says she wants him to provide DNA samples to prove he is the father of her children and pay $150,000 per month in child support, plus $3 million. By the way, the kids are 20 and 25 years old. [Perez Hilton]
• As mentioned in Midweek Madnesss, Spencer Pratt used to be called "the King of Weed," before he went to rehab for pot and prescription medication. He still dabbles, but he's lost his crown. [Star]
• Mel Gibson's pregnant girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is suing a web hosting company that bought the site OksanaGrigorieva.com. She says they are cyber squatting and put false information up to make it look like her official site. [TMZ]
• You can watch the trailer for Toy Story 3 here: [Perez Hilton]
• Adam Lambert responded to Clay Aiken blogging that his voice makes his ears want to bleed. Lambert said: "I don't know Clay. I'm glad he's getting headlines now though, because he wasn't before. If he wants to ride my coattails about it, good for him." [Perez Hilton]
• On The View today when American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi was asked about Adam Lambert's sexuality, she said, I don't think that Adam was ever in [the closet]." [People]
• Roger Moore, who took over the role of James Bond after Sean Connery, said, "Looking at Sean, I realize how damn good he was. I can't believe I had the ego, when I took over, to think I could replace him." He says his Bond was lighter than Connery's because, "I couldn't be the tough Bond that Sean was." [Reuters]
• Candy Spelling wrote on the Huffington Post that reporters shouldn't have published headlines reading "Candy Spelling: Tori's Actions Killed My Husband Aaron Spelling," because all she actually said was Tori Spelling's abandonment cost Aaron Spelling his will to live. She writes, "I didn't intend to create headlines. I was asked a question about my daughter not speaking with my family, and I answered truthfully. My husband was very ill, and he had stopped eating and taking liquids. He called Tori on a daily basis, and never stopped asking if Tori had returned his call. We had to say no every day." [The Huffington Post]
• Kim Kardashian told The Sun: "I definitely want to get married again, that's the best part of life - finding that person you can be with forever and have a really good relationship with ... I've been through a marriage and divorce and I don't want to do that again, I'm definitely more cautious and I'll make sure I don't jump into anything too quickly this time." The paper thinks this is good news for British men because she also said she likes accents. Too bad she's already engaged. [The Sun]
• '80s rapper Tone Loc collapsed during a concert in Florida. He was complaining about the humidity earlier in the evening, and may have a history of seizures. [Perez Hilton]
• Chace Crawford's Gossip Girl costar Connor Paolo said he'll dance well in Footloose "Chace has got a lot of upper body stuff going on. He raises the roof a lot," said Paolo adding, "Come on, anything Chace does will work for him." [People]
• Blake Lively, whose Gossip Girl character lives in the penthouse of the Palace Hotel, says, "I don't know if I could live in a hotel. I need a kitchen because I love to cook, but I love the Palace Hotel so much! I had my 21st birthday here. It was a black tie formal, and I had it downstairs in the Madison Room. It's one of my favorite hotels in the city by far." [Observer]
• Though Liam Gallagher has always hated Blur, he said of their comeback, "I'm right into the Blur reunion, 'cos it'll finish off the Kaiser Chiefs and put them to bed...There's nothing worse than a s*** Blur. And at least the original s*** Blur are back to finish off all these other s*** Blurs." [The Sun]
• Christian Bale says his father is the driving force behind his career. "He was very adamant that the greatest thing to be fearful of in life was being boring and being bored," said Bale. [The Telegraph]
• Ozzy Osbourne is suing Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi who claimed sole ownership of the band's name in a filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Osbourne says 50 percent of the name and the profits are his. []
• British glamour model Katie Pierce walked the runway for the first time since her split with Peter Andre. She was modeling a neon pink cropped t-shirt and hotpants, which is part of her equestrian clothing line. [Mirror]
• Jane Fonda posted on her website about her 1970 mug shot photo. She writes that she had been on a college speaking tour protesting the Vietnam war, and when she was returning from a college in Canada, "at the Cleveland airport all my luggage was seized and gone through. They discovered a large bag containing little plastic envelopes marked (in red nail polish) ‘B', ‘L', ‘D'–signifying breakfast, lunch and dinner- that contained the vitamins I took with each meal. They confiscated that as well as my address book (which was photocopied) and arrested me for drug smuggling. I told them what they were but they said they were getting orders from the White House–that would be the Nixon White House. I think they hoped this "scandal" would cause the college speeches to be canceled and ruin my respectability. I was handcuffed and put in the Cleveland Jail, which is when the mug shot was taken. (I had just finished filming "Klute" so, yes, it was the Klute haircut)." [JaneFonda.com]
• Susan Boyle is staying at a "safe house" as she prepares for Saturday's Britain's Got Talent final because she is feeling too much media pressure. Judge Piers Morgan said, "She had a rocky moment a couple of days ago when she woke up and saw some very negative headlines and suddenly felt the pressure of world attention. You have to remember this is someone who has gone from complete anonymity to global stardom in the space of six weeks. It's understandable. People should give her a bit of slack. She's 24 hours from the biggest day of her life and she's starting to feel the heat." [BBC
• Edie Falco says starring in Showtime's Nurse Jackie is different than working on The Sopranos because, "My work stuff doesn't have the same intense desperation it used to have, and now that the desperation is gone, it's more about doing the work because I love to do it, not because it's the only thing that matters to me." As for the show's success, she says, "If people respond, great. If not, onto the next thing. I'd be sad, but that's life." [Newsweek]
• Apparently Fergie sent Alanis Morrisette a butt-shaped cake after she did a cover of "My Humps." Newsweek wants to know if Alanis ate it. She says: "I had every intention of eating it, but then I had this party at my house and all my friends were putting their fingers between the cheeks, taking pictures with it. So after everyone had touched it, the butt wasn't very sanitary." [Newsweek]
• Kanye West writes on his blog that the version of his video for Paranoid that leaked to the internet isn't the final cut. He says, "IT HURTS ME TO SEE THE OLD AND VERY WRONG VERSION OF THE PARANOID VIDEO GET LEAKED ALL OVER THE NET WHILE I WAS ON AN 11 HR FLIGHT AND COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING WHEN THIS STUFF HAPPENS BECAUSE I REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PRODUCT AND SINCE VIDEOS NEVER GET PLAYED ANY WAY YOU MIGHT AS WELL TWEAK THEM AND MAKE THEM AS SPECIAL AS POSSIBLE. THE VERSION THAT GOT LEAKED FROM THE CAMERA PHONE LAST WEEK IS AT LEAST A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FINAL PRODUCT. THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT BUT THAT VIDEO WAS NOT UP TO MY STANDARDS." [Perez Hilton]

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