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Girls Gone Wild's resident jerkass Joe Francis is getting sued for $2 million. Apparently billionaire Steve Wynn gave Francis a $2.8 million loan and has only seen $800,000 of that cash returned to him. • A theater was named for Heath Ledger in the actor's hometown of Perth, Australia today. Heath's dad, Kim, attended the ceremony. • The gossip is tepid today, so I give you David Beckham grabbing his junk. Thanks Dlisted and Michael K.! [TMZ, Us, Dlisted]
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Even though Christie Brinkley is dealing with that hot mess of a divorce from Peter Cook, she's still friends with ex Billy Joel. Aw, even from her white bread world, she can be buddies with a downtown guy! • David Beckham breaks for fans! The soccer star stopped to sign autographs in D.C. • Oh Christ. Heidi Montag wants to record a Christian album. The "kind of non-denominational Baptist" tells Us, "I have been the most religious person since I was 2 years old. I always felt this crazy connection to God." Of course, there are more choice quotes in the story itself. [Fox News, TMZ, Us]
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Kimora Lee Simmons Is Not Going To Let Russell Be Another Deadbeat Dad
- Russell Simmons is forking over $20,000 per daughter in child support to Kimora Lee, which seems about right when you take into account that they are not just children but living ambassadors of Fabulosity. [TMZ]
- Naomi Campbell was kind enough to get arrested wearing one of Nelson Mandela's signature baseball caps, thus showering millions of dollars in free publicity on his AIDS awareness campaign, and this is the thanks she gets? [MSNBC]
- Mary-Kate Olsen and Ben Kingsley make out in the new movie The Wackness and now the guy we all associate with one of modern history's foremost humanist visionaires is going around talking about how making out with someone 42 years younger than him was completely cool and she was "totally in charge." [People]
- Miley Cyrus admits that her latest song "7 Things" is a very angry song, because it's about an ex-boyfriend, not a specific Jonas brotherly ex-boyfriend you understand, but just like a composite character ex-boyfriend, since anyone who's been around the block a few times knows that shitty guys generally adhere to a few typical patterns of behavior and also, hello, 15-year-old Disney teen idol confections maybe do not write their own songs. Not that their quotes don't sound like they do! "[It goes] through all the different stages of what's been going on the past couple years…It was like a little therapy moment for me." [People]
Meaningless Consumer Driven Lives
Rihanna Has "Totes" Sold Her Soul For Success
You guys, things are bleak out there. As the AP points out, "Midwestern levees are bursting. Polar bears are adrift. Gas prices are skyrocketing. Home values are abysmal. Air fares, college tuition and health care border on unaffordable. Wars without end rage in Iraq, Afghanistan and against terrorism." So let's all distract ourselves for a minute and get drunk on the Diddy-approved Ciroc vodka! Because when you consume something branded by a celebrity, you can transcend the mundanity of your sad, barely-making-ends-meet life and, just for a minute, you can be Diddy. Or at least that's the idea of the avalanche of celebrity branding we're subjected to these days. On the front page of the NYT business section yesterday, Julie Creswell dissected this increasingly blurry line between celebrity and commerce. According to the Times, the average American sees 3,156 images a day, and a celebrity face helps the viewer become conscious of the product amidst the bombardment. But of all the celebrity endorsers these days, Rihanna takes the cake for the sheer number of companies to whom she is beholden. More »
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David Beckham's New Armani Ad: Yes.
- Bex bares (almost) all for Armani once more. After the item, People earnestly queries, "Tell us: What do you think of David Beckham’s ads?" Eager to see the conversation this generates. [People]
- The previously-discussed Italian Vogue featuring only models of color hits European newsstands next Thursday! "In a reverse of the general pattern of fashion magazines, all the faces are black, and all the feature topics are related to black women in the arts and entertainment." [New York Times]
- Tyra Banks is one of said black models. (Click to see awesome pix.) [Fashionista]
- Tyra's new show Stylista: OBVIOUSLY BIGGEST THING OF THE SUMMER. [Fashionista]
- "Soften your image" for only $99! Michelle Obama's View dress at Donna Ricco! [Donna Ricco]
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Paris Hilton: "Everyone Should Have a Chance To Be Me"
- That's the tag line of her new hair extensions line. No, seriously. [bellasugar]
- Oh! And some Russian teen 'designer' pays Paris to wear her dresses. [Couture In The City]
- Designer and expectant father Pete Wentz opens Chicago fashion week. Oy. [Off the Rack]
- Daisy Lowe to be the "Lauren Conrad" of London's Hills? [fashionista]
- Q&A with everyone's favorite lumberjack fashionistos, Costello-Tagliapietra. [The Fashion Informer]
- Economy's loss is H&M's gain. [Financial Times]
- Sadia Morrison, a well-known celebrity publicist and stylist to the stars, has died. She was allegedly murdered. Her clients included Kanye West and 50 Cent. She was 26 years old. [Global Grind]
- Fashion start-up Soho 119 brings cosmopolitan "lifestyle" to middle America. "We want to dress women in all of their lifestyle needs, with an international point of view, a New York sophistication, a sense of fun, sexiness and modernity." [WWD]
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Dear Best Week Ever: thank you for reminding us that Halle Berry used to date Danny from the New Kids and what she looked like with her old nose. Kisses! • Apparently the Beckhams are crappy tippers, while Ryan Seacrest is a big spender. Maybe Posh n' Becks don't realize you're supposed to leave a gratuity on this side of the pond? • Dustin Hoffman recalls meeting Angelina Jolie as a teen. He described her as a "tall, thin, gawky-looking girl with a mouth full of braces." Ange was awkward as a teen: just like us! [Best Week Ever, TMZ, Us]
Touch My Body
UK paper The Sun has a body language expert break down the dynamics between celebrity couples. Tom Cruise has a "controlling hold" on Katie Holmes; David Beckham's fingertips on Victoria Beckham's wrist shows "sexual closeness;" Jamie Hince's arm around Kate Moss makes it "look like she's being taken to the vet." [The Sun]
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Lindsay Gets Ugly; Courtney Love Hospitalized; Jamie Lynn's Shower
- Lindsay Lohan will appear on SIX EPISODES of Ugly Betty, including the season finale. LL will play an old classmate of Betty's who is down on her luck. Naomi Campbell, Christian Siriano, Victoria Beckham and now Lindsay? It's official: Ugly Betty is the new Love Boat. [TMZ]
- Oooh, Lindsay's mugshot is being used in a drunk driving ad. [Reuters]
- Courtney Love was in the hospital over the weekend; homegirl has strep throat! Stay away. (Not that you needed a warning.) [Mirror]
- Thirty guests attended Jamie Lynn Spears's baby shower in Kentwood, LA on Saturday and big sis Britney was one of them. The ladies sat in a circle and opened gifts and nothing scandalous happened, yawn. [People]
- Britney hadn't been in her hometown since early 2007. Bet she misses some Southern cooking. [People]
- Miley Cyrus appeared at the Disney Channel Games concert Saturday night and thanked fans, saying: "Thank you guys for all your support. Without you, none of this would be possible. I love every one of you and I could not be more appreciative. God bless you." Then she took her top off. Kidding! [People]
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Ooh La La! Angelina & Brad En France
- Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and all of their kids have hit the French Riviera. They're staying in a villa owned by Microsoft's Paul Allen that has breathtaking views of the Mediterranean Sea. A source says: "They love France and will now be here until after the babies are born and Angie is looking at Marseille hospitals as a potential place to give birth." [E!]
- These rumors about Mariah Carey marrying Nick Cannon will not die. Could they possibly be true??? [People]
- Gossip Girl gossip: Girl-on-girl action is on its way! [Perez Hilton]
- Plus! Lisa Loeb will make a cameo on Gossip Girl, playing a socialite. Hee! [LA Times]
- Paula Abdul spaced out or went cuckoo or something on American Idol. You can watch it here. [EW]
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This is so sad. David Beckham gave his sweat-soaked jersey to two young boys after a Los Angeles Galaxy game at Hawaii's Aloha stadium. Now, the boys' parents are duking it out in court to see who gets possession of the jersey. "My son got the shirt, their kid started trying to pry it away," said Wilfred Ho, who is the mother of one of the boys. The entire thing is so unbearably tacky. • Benji Madden ran over a paparazzo's foot last night leaving a club with Paris Hilton in the passenger seat. Benji drove away, and the photographer has filed a hit and run report. These tools really need to get drivers when they go out to clubs. It would save them a lot of money and legal wrangling. • Yesterday Carmen Electra announced her engagement to Korn guitarist Rob Patterson; today the pregnancy speculation begins. [ CNN, TMZ, Celebitchy via dlisted]
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Newlyweds Jay-Z & Beyoncé: Already Brawling
- Lovers' spat! At a Barack Obama party, the DJ started playing "Crazy In Love" and Jay-Z grabbed the mic and said, "Sorry Bey but fuck that — let's play something else." B was pissed! Later the couple kissed and made up, though. [Mirror]
- This should not come as a surprise and hardly qualifies as news, but Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt of The Hills want their own show. They've been in NYC pitching it to execs; it would be about them (gag) planning their wedding. Listen, if we all concentrate, maybe we can prevent this from happening: Every time Spencer gets what he wants, an angel loses its wings. [Page Six]
- Amy Winehouse has taken up painting watercolors. I want to hang one in my apartment so badly. [Mirror]
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UK tab The Sun says that Eminem will be performing at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday party. Nelson Mandela and Eminem...a match made in, well, somewhere. • Vanilla Ice wife-pushing update: after his arrest last night on domestic battery charges, a Florida judge has ordered Ice to stay away from his wife. He can only contact her via phone and he can only have contact with his kids through one of his friends, TMZ reports. • Posh n' Becks were courtside at the Lakers game last night, and a fan says they were "signing autographs for kids" and just being regular folks. Aw, that's sort of endearing. [Dlisted, TMZ, Perez]
