Jezebel
- Britney Spears and Kevin Federline both went to their first Parenting Without Conflict session yesterday. They learned "polite requests," cooperative parenting and communication skills. Sounds like fun — and a step in the right direction! They're both due in court Friday for a "progress review." [People]
- The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, says, "I would love to talk to Britney. I really feel sorry for her. I want to tell her, 'It's OK'." Dontcha think Britney would probably be all, "Who the hell are you?" [Daily Mail]
- More fakeness on The Hills: Lauren Conrad rolls her eyes when people try to talk to her and the cameras are off. Plus — she went on a date, and when she was reflecting on it "afterward" she'd changed her hair and nail polish. No one thinks it's real, yet no one can stop watching. It's like wrestling. (With cell phones and skinny jeans.) [Gatecrasher, 3rd item]
- Former *NSync member Lance Bass says his new book will sell more copies than rapper 50 Cent's new book (launched on the same day) because "he doesn't have any relationships with guys in that book. And I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any space training, either." Uh, Lance has a point. [Gatecrasher]
- OMG Not so blind item: "Which Hollywood faux-mance is being cranked up higher as their film sinks at the box office?" [Gatecrasher, last item]
- Did magician David Copperfield offer a woman $2 million to drop her rape charge? Did he invite her to a "party" at his mansion in the Bahamas? When she got there, did she find it was a party of two? A pal says that night, he forced himself on her. "She told me she fought back," the friend says. "But she said that just seemed to turn him on more." [Rush & Molloy]
- A source says Christina Aguilera is expecting twins. Double trouble! [Rush & Molloy]
- Paul McCartney's estranged wife Heather Mills wants Reese Witherspoon to portray her in the movie of her life. We're trying to picture Reese with a faux leg... [Page Six]
- Fox may do a spinoff of Prison Break called Prison Break: Cherry Hill — set at a women's prison! No "gonna make you my bitch" jokes, please. [The Hollywood Reporter]
- Amy Winehouse has pledged to give up drinking... before a gig. She gave a sober performance in Amsterdam "and gave her best show of the tour yet." Atta girl! [The Sun]
- Maria Shriver is done with TV news, a decision she made after the media circus surrounding the death of Anna Nicole Smith. "It was then that I knew that the TV news business had changed and so had I," she says. We liked her better before she married the Governator. [Yahoo News]
- The hit single "Umbrella" was originally done for Mary J. Blige, but she was too busy. But she thinks Rihanna did a great job: "I was so glad that she caught it and knocked it out of the park, and it's still one of my favorite songs to date." [MTV News]
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not so blind item = gyllenspoon. that is all.
Blind Item: GyllenSpoonBeard!
I want to combine the Brit & K-Fed items with the Lance Bass item: Parental counseling in spaaaace!! And then getting shot a buncha times. In da club. Outta da closet. Whitestrips for the children...
Where's my coffee?
No, no, no, Reese! Don't do Heather! Noooo!
Mad props to Mary J. I love me some of that woman, and not only is she awesomely talented, but she's got class. Woohoo!
And, am I the only one who wants to read "Out of Sync"? Was I the only one who was obsessed with *NSYNC? Will I be the only one reading "Out of Sync" in a back corner table at Barnes N Noble praying that no one will see what I'm reading while secretly enjoying every moment of it?
Oh, and The Hills is far more vicious than wrestling. LOVE IT.
I can't believe Hollywood would play with our feelings regarding Jake and Reese! They've never done something like that before!
@samiamiamsam: I hope she's, at least, getting some sex out of it. I'm still holding onto the belief that Jake is bi.
i thought there was a britney ban? mary j blige is awesome..
Damn that umbrella song. Damn it!
Also, what's the song they use as the theme for The Hills? I had the show on as I was fancyin' up this morning and I can't get the song out of my head! (Though I secretly sorta LOVE it and much prefer it to that damn umbrella song. Damn it!)
Blind Item: I thought it was JLo and Skeletor.
I saw Donnie Darko the other day and it occurred to me that Jake Gyllenhaal looks like a slightly butch baby dyke. He's cute but he barely looks like a guy.
I didn't even know that Gyllenspoon had a movie out. Oops.
@leMaldeTete: "unwritten" (i think that's what it's called) by natasha bedingfield. that song is infectious...and now it's stuck in my head too :-)
i can't see mary j. doing the umbrella thing. it's too corny for her. @foree: she is awesome. on top model... she was so great with heather and def. not as annoyed as some celebs are when people get goofy around them. love her!
Jeese!
Nothing against Heather - she definitely held her own, fake leg and all, on the Dancing show - but why is there a movie being made of her life? And Hollywood wonders why all of its movies tank. Um, I'm gonna guess that it has to do with greenlighting movies about people like Heather Mills.
This sounds more along the lines of a Lifetime/movie-of-the-week. Which we can all agree the only logical choice to play Heather would be Tori Spelling, of course. She is freshly nipped and tucked and all.
@cannotedit: "she's just mary, just mary, just mary.."
Should have Brit and K-Fed learned to be parents BEFORE they brought these poor victims into the world?
Do not diss on the original Fergie, she rocks - period!
@spectatertot: Thank you! (hope you aren't driven mad by it :)
Prison Break: Cherry Hill? Now I can claim a Prison Break show for each one of the metro areas I can claim residency in. I'm hoping for lots of nasty Jersey girls.
I just want to jump on the Mary J. bandwagon. Love her, love her, love her.
@vivresavie17: the old city jersey girls who date the guys who dont wear coats in the dead of winter...would be funny to see them in prison.
I heard a Mandy Moore cover of "Umbrella" a few weeks ago, and I actually didn't mind it. It was slower and very moody, it was kind of a cool twist on it. I can't help it, in spite of myself I just keep liking Mandy Moore. And "Umbrella." And I want to see Lance start feuding with 50 Kanye-style. Clearly, man-on-man action and space travel trumps whatever the hell 50's writing about. Go Lance!
@Foree- haha! Yeah! "Fuckin' skanks!"
If 50's book does not outsell Lance Bass, does that mean he will quit the bookwritin' business?
@vivresavie17: omg, i loved the youtube vid you linked, i died!!! if i lived in philly we would have to hang out and poke fun at everyone!
I just wanted to point out that there is a Paparazzi shot of Brit before her parenting class with the prescription drug Provigil clearly poking out of her bag. After a quick Wiki search I found that it's an incredibly strong upper that is used for narcoleptics but has experimentally used for help with people with cocaine/amphetamine addiction. It's also called a "smart drug." Maybe she needed it for all that parental learnin' y'all!
We'd have to drink Heinekens and jager bombs, fuckin' shower in that shit.
@whynotshesaid: slightly butch baby dyke = LOL
@vivresavie17: Lance is tots the new Kanye! Hey R. Kelly, listen up -- I see a Trapped in the Closet parts 27-35 coming out of this!
@Kataroo_Kangaroo: Hahaha, I'll be at a cafe table at B&N too, spilling my strawberries and cream Frappachino on the cover and dashing out before anybody can make me pay for it.
@cannotedit: I know - I can't imagine Mary J. Blige doing that song and I'm just really glad they passed that shitbomb to someone with marginal talent.
@Kataroo_Kangaroo: That's what I did with The Truth About Diamonds, anyway!
@spinlizzy: You read that! I SO wanted to read that! It feels good to know I'm not alone..
@Mollyboo: Excellent job! Now if you can maybe do some investigating into that faux romance, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
@BiscuitDoughJones: Nicole Richie actually snagged herself a damn good ghostwriter for it and it reads really snarky with pleny of not-so-thinly-veiled digs at Paris--very enjoyable, and I would definitely recommend!
@Mollyboo: My brother (who has MS) was prescribed Provigil for energy. That shit will keep you UP. However I think Brit has neither MS nor narcolepsy.
@Kataroo_Kangaroo: I don't remember the name of it, but it looks like they took "Proof of Life", scrambled the countries around, inserted Jake and Reese and ran with it, right down to the real life "romance" between the leads.
@Mollyboo: That is some investigative reporting! That is the best thing I've read about Britney in weeks -- illuminating!!
Bravo, Mollyboo!
Christina Aguilera with twins? I'm now wondering which doc in Ho'wood is the in vitro specialist to the stars and can I please take a peek at the non-disclosure agreement this person had to sign? Has to be a dooozy!
@Mando323: Yeah I heard it's like no joke upper and that they use it in the military to stay up for days on end.
I betcha some wild and crazy MD prescribed it for her coke addiction.
I actually saw the picture on ONTD but this [en.wikipedia.org] is where I found all the juicy details!
Dear Heather Mills: There won't be a movie about your life.
Dear The Hills: I love you. More Lo. More Whitney. Less Speidi.
Dear Briney: Bless your heart.
Dear Sarah Ferguson: I love you.
@Trixie from Toronto: I actually saw the pic on ONTD but found all the juicy details here [en.wikipedia.org] !
@Kataroo_Kangaroo: Um, I'm totally going to be doing the same as you with the Lance Bass book. Except not until winter break, when I can hide it behind the counter with me at the bookstore I'll be working at.
What I don't get is how she keeps passing the drug tests. In rehab -- clean. Now on the outside -- clean! How many days do you have to abstain from coke or meth to get a clean drug test?
The Gyllenspoon movie is called "Rendition." It is about her Egyptian husband who gets taken to a concentration camp over sees b/c the US thinks he is Al Quida. Jake plays a CIA dude.
@badmutha: And it's actually pretty good even though it got shitty reviews. I am surprised it isn't doing better, but I think its political message might be more than people are willing to think about.
Meryl Streep and Peter Saarsgard are great in it ... they have one very memorable scene together.
@Trixie from Toronto: Well if she's legitimitely prescribed it...
@Trixie from Toronto: I don't know about meth (wait - she is on METH?) but coke takes like 2 days or something, if they do a urine test. I think...
@Jerseylicious: Mandy Moore is awesome! I saw her perform Umbrella live and it was sooooo good. Do not be ashamed of the Mandy love.