dirt bag
- Angelina Jolie confirms: She is having twins. You knew that, right? Anyway an exclusive interview scored by NBC's Today show was lifted by NBC's Access Hollywood and now NBC producers are pissed at each other. [Page Six]
- It was Jack Black who spilled the beans about Angie's twins, actually. [People]
- Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo might still be together. Unfortunately, that's not as interesting as if they were broken up. [E!]
- Um, more Britney pregnancy rumors. I'm scared. Someone hold me. [Mirror]
- Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty kissing. This is one of those pictures where obviously the buss was on the cheek but it kind of looks like they were heading for the lips. In any case, the paper calls them a "gruesome twosome." [Mirror]
- To be honest, Pete's got something weird on his lip and face. It is kind of gruesome. [The Sun]
- Meanwhile, Blake Incarcerated says Amy Winehouse will die without him, but he doesn't want to go back to her when he gets out of jail because she is doing drugs. [News.com.au]
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- Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo: Dunzo! [TMZ]
- OMG. Was Joel Madden flirting with Lindsay Lohan? Apparently Nicole Richie was home with the baby and Joel was out when Paris Hilton sent Nic a text: "Lindsay was all over Joel!" Nicole tried calling and Joel didn't pick up. Is this how it's gonna be? [Star]
- Lindsay Lohan's father thinks someone is supplying LL with drugs and Janet Charlton has posted a picture of LL with Samantha Ronson with the words, "Michael, the answer could be right under your nose - or better still, Lindsay's nose." [Janet Charlton's Hollywood]
- Is Mariah Carey pregnant? Apparently someone from her camp called famed L.A. baby boutique Petit Trésor and asked about (wait for it...) butterflies. [Rush & Molloy]
- Mariah and new hubby Nick rented out Six Flags Magic Mountain last night so they could have a wedding celebration with their homies. Roller coasters? Just like MC's "Fantasy" video. Which came out in 1995. When Mariah was 25. And Nick Cannon was 15. Not that it matters. [TMZ]
- Oh, wait: Nick had the theme park shut down as a surprise for Mariah. That is sweet. These two just might melt your cold cold heart. [ET]
- John Mayer had a show in Orlando last night and totally kissed Jennifer Aniston backstage between songs. [People]
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- 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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the good, the bad & the ugly
After a gajillion and a half screenings and press junkets, the
Iron Man movie
finally had its official premiere last night in Los Angeles. And. Um. How best to phrase this? Well:
Gwyneth Paltrow wore a jumpsuit. Yes, a jumpsuit. (See left; larger image after the jump.) Fortunately, the movie's lead,
Robert Downey, Jr., stepped it up: He and wife Susan both embodied old-school Hollywood style. Who else was there? Funny you should ask:
Ben Stiller and
Christine Taylor,
Billy Corgan (!),
Emmanuelle Chirqui,
Jennifer Grey (!!), Sean "Diddy" Combs,
Beau Bridges,
Pete Wentz, Terrence "
Baby Wipes" Howard,
Vince Vaughn,
Jack Black, Rosanna Arquette and more. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, all after the jump.
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dirt bag
- Mariah Carey, 38, is engaged to Wild 'N Out star Nick Cannon, 27. Yeah, weird. Did you even know they knew each other? [Access Hollywood]
- And, um, the ring Nick gave Mariah is the same one he gave his former fiancé, Victoria's Secret model Selita Ebanks. That is just Tackée Harry. [Perez Hilton]
- Madonna humped Justin Timberlake in during her show at New York City's Roseland. The more things change, the more they stay the same, no? [E!]
- A second nanny in the Rob Lowe case has filed a cross complaint and it says that Rob's wife Sheryl sexually harassed her by walking around naked and asking about the size of the nanny's boyfriend's penis. (Apparently the boyfriend is a 7 foot former NBA player.) But yeah, from an employer? Ew. [TMZ]
- The nanny also says the wife was "perverted, disgusting and crude." [People]
- Meanwhile, Rob Lowe's lawyer says the allegations are false, obvs. [People]
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- 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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- Seriously? The White House Correspondents dinner must not be what we think it is, because Pamela Anderson, Lauren Conrad and Perez Hilton (and Donatella Versace) are invited. [ONTD]
- Newly-engaged Ashlee Simpson says her sister Jessica is "overflowing with joy" and dad Joe has given her and fiancé Pete Wentz his blessing. [People]
- Lily Allen was kicked out of the men's room at a club in London — and she was with Razorlight singer Johnny Borrell. [Mirror]
- Kate Hudson on PhotoShopping: "I just tend to let those things go. I can't tell you how many covers of magazines I've been on when my eyes were blue. I don't have blue eyes. I have green eyes. So, you just kind of go with it, you know, it's like it is, what it is and that's what people do, you know." [The Star]
- A tabloid editor says Jay-Z and Beyoncé's wedding only made the cover of one weekly magazine because "African-Americans don't sell covers." [Gatecrasher]
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- Photographs of Angelina Jolie's (now) unborn babies could be worth a whopping $10 million. An editor who remains anonymous actually says: "It's at the point now where some stars might decide to have more kids just to collect the money from their photos." Hahahahahaha. No. [Page Six]
- By the by, People's issue with La Lopez twins sold between 2 and 3 million copies; Nicole Richie's cover sold 1.8 million; Christina Aguilera's sold 1.3 million. [ONTD]
- Russell Simmons and wife Kimora have filed for divorce — again. He filed in March 2006, but the proceedings never um, proceeded. In any case, since they have such intertwined careers and businesses, this should be interesting. [TMZ]
- They secretly went out two years ago, and now Matthew Perry has rekindled his relationship with Mean Girls actress Lizzy Caplan (she played Janis Ian). She's 13 years younger than he is and it's a "friends with benefits" type thing. [Janet Charlton's Hollywood]
- Tina Fey wants Ashley Dupre, aka Kristen, to be on 30 Rock. A skit involving Jack? Or Kenneth? [Page Six]
- Here's video of Ashley Dupre telling a Girls Gone Wild cameraman that she is over 18 and her name is Amber Arpalo. [TMZ]
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- Listen to Heidi Montag's earsplittting new single, "No More," at your own risk. It sounds like this: You said I was the reason why we couldn't work out but it was all a lie...Ar ar ar ai ai ah ah blah dah dah, except in like, dolphin language. [People]
- Lindsay Lohan reportedly left a series of phone messages for Calum Best that were all, "I can't believe you would ever fucking do this to me, I should have listened to everyone. I should never have fucking trusted you." Hey Linds! Didja hear? That's not you in the BJ clip! [The Sun]
- A judge is upholding the conservatorship of Britney Spears, despite some random lawyer's appeal. [Yahoo News]
- Britney kept her sunglasses on during rehearsals for How I Met Your Mother. Very professional. [MSNBC]
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Loose Lips

Sean "Diddy" Combs says that he's planning to start a
car service in Los Angeles for drunk A-list celebrities. His flack told
Us: "After partnering with Ciroc vodka, he wants to make sure everyone's partying responsibly." But who is Tara Reid going to call when she stumbles out of Hyde? • To accompany the
Atlantic Monthly think piece about
Britney Spears, the magazine's website has
posted a slideshow of Britney photos with commentary from the owners of the X-17 paparazzi agency. In response to a picture entitled "Britney Spears—in Beverly Hills at the Beverly Glen Mini-mall," X-17's
Brandy Navarre says, "She is definitely pretty drugged up. Right after she was released from UCLA she literally went off and headed off down Sunset and did her aimless driving around thing. Now she is out and around to the extent that her father allows her to be. She isn't driving herself. She is always driven by a bodyguard. She's a bit more focused when she leaves the house. We don't have that feeling anymore that she's on the verge of a breakdown because she's already had a breakdown."
rag trade
- DKNY Jeans has announced a "partnership" with Rachel Bilson, who will be doing her own denim line for the brand. "Fans of 'The O.C.' really like DKNY Jeans, and I know they make great stuff, so I thought it could be good... I can't draw at all, so I won't be doing any sketches, but I am learning to sew," she says. [WWD, sub req'd]
- Good for designer Bradley Bayou for organizing a forum on the fashion industry and eating disorders. Bayou said fashion editors and the CFDA are at great fault for the growing number of young women developing eating disorders: "We have girls getting very sick because they can't beat the system and look like what's on the cover of the magazine...There are two ways to become a size zero: Starve yourself or take drugs. Or both. And yes, [models] all do it." [WWD, sub req'd]
- "She is a very modest woman." That's Fashion Fringe co-founder Colin McDowell on Donatella Versace. Um, sure. [Fashion Week Daily]
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dirt bag
- Kirsten Dunst has met a guy! In rehab! The same facility in which Lindsay Lohan met her man! And they don't charge extra for that! [Perez Hilton]
- Kate Moss has life-sized skeletons in her home, arranged horizontally, in the missionary position. Bones that bone? [Mirror]
- Lindsay Lohan: "I'm back on track and figuring out what's next. I'm recording right now... and being in the studio again has been really great. It's all coming together." Oh yeah, the world awaits your music, definitely. [People]
- Britney taught another dance class and the kids loved her! "I want to dance with Britney all the time because it's so much fun," 5-year-old Elissa says. Hanging with children is an upgrade from hanging with that paparazzi dude, right? [People]
- Mark Ronson: Seen making out with underage soap star Leven Rambin! [Page Six]
- Sorry ladies, but Daniel Craig has gotten engaged. Tragic! [The Sun]
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rag trade
- Keith Richards for Louis Vuitton = Awesome. [WWD, sub req'd]
- Amy Winehouse played a Fendi party in Paris and talked about her mumps onstage before offering some gratitude to, like, someone: "Thanks for asking me to play. Whoever asked me to play." [WWD, sub req'd]
- Meta Kate Olsen came dressed as Karl Lagerfeld for the Chanel show Friday. [WWD, 4th item]
- Miss J (Alexander of Top Model) to WaPo fashion critic Robin Givhan on a Nina Ricci model: "She has that hungry walk. She's mad because she's so hungry!" [Off the Runway]
- Formerly anorexic model Crystal Renn on why a girl's gotta eat: "How can you be happy if you're working out for five hours a day? People want to hire happy models. You need fat to think!" Um, modeling requires thought? [Telegraph]
- Who is the man who would wear Juicy Couture cologne? [BellaSugar]
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- There was a lot of buzz about Brangelina meeting up with Jennifer Aniston at a pre-Oscars party, but Brad and Angie skipped the bash! No showcase showdown... Yet. [Mirror]
- Angelina and Brad are "very very happy" about her pregnancy. Did you see her belly? [People]
- Has Jennifer Aniston "put her eggs on ice"??? A source says she's frozen some eggs and is "waiting for Mr. Right." [MSNBC]
- Oscar winners: No Country For Old Men, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tilda Swinton, Marion Cotillard, Javier Bardem. [People]
- Rumer Willis at a pre-Oscars event: "Don't you know who my mum is!?" [Mirror]
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rag trade
- Who knew Roberto Cavalli was such a big Diddy fan? Said the Italian designer at the Sean John show: "The only reason I'm still in New York is for Puffy. He is an artist and always puts on a real show. Maybe someday he will come to my show." [WWD, 7th item]
- The British Fashion Council's demand that all models walking London Fashion Week show up with a "certificate of health" may lead to a model boycott because, duh, models do not get paid to be healthy. [Telegraph]
- Rachel Zoe threw a total shitfit upon being denied entrance to the fashionably punctual Marc Jacobs show Friday night. There is justice in the world! [NY Mag]
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