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Loose Lips

Maria — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:40:00 EDT

• With regards to her selfless quest to populate the world with the more beautiful people, Halle Berry told reporters that she and her boyfriend Gabriel Aubry are "working on" having another baby, although the two have no plans to get married. • Gerard Butler says that there is "absolutely nothing" going on between him and Jennifer Aniston. • Ashlee Simpson threw herself a "white trash"-themed birthday party on Friday, complete with corn dogs and trashy costumes. Oh the irony, & c. [Us, E! Online, People]

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Maria — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:20:00 EDT

The Los Angeles County DA has decided to not file felony charges against Kanye West and his bodyguard for a previous altercation with the paparazzi at LAX. However, Kanye may get a misdemeanor charge. • DJ AM has been released from Doctors Hospital in Georgia and is presumably on his way back to Los Angeles. • Not-so-unexpected-news: It has reportedly been confirmed that Marie Claire will sponsor the next season of Project Runway on Lifetime in Los Angeles. • Wait, Project Runway is now not going to Lifetime? It seems NBC Uni has won its case against the Weinstein Company. [Perez, TMZ, NY Mag, TV Week]

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Maria — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Jermaine Dupri, a close friend and business partner of Travis Barker, says that the former Blink 182 drummer is "doing good" but has "a lot of healing to do" and should be out of the hospital in 2 weeks. • Lindsay Lohan is reportedly "terrified" that her crazypants father, Michael Lohan, will do something to her. Dina and Ali Lohan already have an order of protection against him. • How did Jessica Alba get that slim bod nearly 4 months after giving birth? A strict diet and a diligent exercise program. And this is new? Or news? [People, Dlisted, People]

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Maria — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Self-proclaimed foodie, Gwyneth Paltrow says that she cooks "all the meals" at her house and that she is currently into making breads and pizzas in her outdoor wood-burning oven. Sounds yummy! • Jennifer Lopez "whisked" Marc Anthony away on a European vacation for his 40th birthday. Another European vacation? Weren't they just there for like 7 weeks? • Demi Moore was spotted at a party in LA with Michael Phelps on her arm. [People, People, Page Six]

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Maria — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Tatum O'Neal is expressing concern over her father Ryan and half-brother Redmond's arrest after drugs were found in their home on Wednesday: "Addiction runs in families [...] I'm praying for both of them." • Ugly Betty Spoiler: America Ferrera claimed that Henry and Gio "are not gone from the show," although the actors weren't showing their faces at the premiere! • Angelina Jolie's rep squashes rumors that Jolie and Brad Pitt had split up, calling the claims "absolutely not true." Of course, when/if Angelina and Brad do split up, angels will weep cloud tears and all rainbows in the world will evaporate. [People, EW, Perez Hilton]

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Maria — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:20:00 EDT

At least someone had fun as a result of the VMAs: Michael Phelps reportedly partied it up after the awards and took a group of girls back to his hotel after the festivities. • Tori Spelling's memior sTORI Telling, will be named a New York Times non-fiction best-seller this Sunday. Spelling already has another book in the works, titled Mommywood. • Rumors-abound that Jessica Simpson attracted a lackluster crowd and gave a "disaster" performance for Good Morning America this morning. Aren't all GMA performances always kinda leaning towards "disaster" territory anyways? [E! Online, People, Perez Hilton]

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Maria — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Joe Jonas (the better-looking middle brother of horrible music-making group, The Jonas Brothers) is officially a high school graduate. • The Naked Cowboy, the semi-famous briefs-wearing street performer, is getting his own reality show, an American Idol-style competition of street performers. • Ellen and Portia "talk" about having kids someday. Wow, it's like they're married or something! [Perez Hilton,UPI, People]

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Maria — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Ricky Martin is now the father to two twin boys. The children were born via a surrogate mother and are now under Ricky's full-time care. Congrats! • Tom Arnold has just gotten officially divorced from his third wife, Shelby Roos Arnold. Shelby will get $15,000 a month in spousal support for 25 months. Wait, Tom Arnold has that kind of money? • [Perez Hilton, TMZ]

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Maria — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:40:00 EDT

A bench warrant for DMX has been issued because he failed to show up to a hearing on his felony drug charge case this morning in Phoenix. The rapper has until 4 PM PT to explain why he isn't there. • Mario Lopez, a friend of the Panettiere family, says that Hayden and her mother, Lesley, were unaware that Hayden's father, Skip, had been arrested for domestic abuse against Lesley until they got a phone call from the police. Uh, wasn't he arrested at their house? • This slideshow should be retitled: Katie Holmes Brought Only One Pair Of Pants To New York: The Photographic Evidence. Laugh it up now, but in a year's time we bet half of Manhattan will be sporting these. [TMZ, People, Observer]

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Maria — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Mary-Kate Olsen's lawyer says that MK had "nothing to do" with the drugs that killed Heath Ledger (despite tabloid and gossip blog speculation that she supplied the drugs to him) and that she has already provided the government with "relevant information." Hm. • Morgan Freeman's female passenger during his car accident was Demaris Meyer, a very close friend of his wife. Freeman was driving Meyer's car at the time of the crash. • Charlie Sheen gets paid $825,000 per episode for the painfully unfunny TV series, Two And A Half Men, making him the highest paid comedy star in prime-time. [People, TMZ, Perez Hilton]

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Maria — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Yikes! Morgan Freeman was involved in a serious car crash in Mississippi last night. He had to be airlifted from the scene of the accident to a hospital in Memphis, Tenn. We hope Morgan and his female passenger are both OK! • Nikki Blonsky's Hairspray costar, Brittany Snow, defends Nikki and her father's assault arrest last week by repeating how good of a person Nikki is over and over. Meanwhile, an actual celebrity, Zac Efron, spoke to Nikki after her arrest "for awhile." • American Idol executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, has jumped off the Idol sinking ship and is shifting his attention to his other show, So You Think You Can Dance. [TMZ, People, TMZ]

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Maria — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Whoa! Nikki Blonksy, star of Hairspray, and her father were arrested Wednesday for beating up a woman at an airport in Turks and Caicos over a seat in the airport terminal. ANTM's Bianca Golden (9th cycle) was also involved in the fight somehow. • Pam Anderson is building an eco-friendly hotel in Abu Dhabi where the royal family personally asked her to start a hotel there. Good! We hear they don't have enough Western celebrity-endorsed, over-the-top projects going on in the UAE. • 21-year-old rapper, ~~Lil~~ Bow Wow, is planning on early retirement from rap (don't hear anyone crying salty tears over that musical loss) and plans on pursuing acting so he can be "the next Will Smith." [Us, Perez Hilton, People]

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Maria — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:45:00 EDT

Turns out Britney Spears is not hooking up with her bodyguard (as previously reported) and she is "100% single," at least according to her manager. Oh, and the guy in question isn't even her bodyguard, he's her "staff photographer." • Mark Consuelos, husband of Kelly Ripa and proof that sometimes you can take teeth-whitening too far, will be making a guest appearance on Ugly Betty in the upcoming season. • Sarah Silverman avoided relationship and Jimmy Kimmel jokes during her stand-up performance on Thursday and asked the audience if someone told them she was going through a "hard time." Is the stage supposed to be her LiveJournal? [DListed, TV Guide, People]

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Maria — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Liz Taylor's rep says that Liz is "fine" and "surrounded by family, friends, and fabulous jewels." Don't believe the tabloids! • Verne Troyer, a.k.a. Mini-Me, is suing his ex-girlfriend and sex tape co-star Ranae Shrider for a cool $20 million for allegedly picking a lock on Troyer's door, picking up, and tossing him to the ground. Uh, ow. • LAPD Chief William Bratton held a press conference opposing stricter laws against those sweet, lovable, and always law abiding paparazzi. Oh, and he also decided to out Lindsay Lohan as "going gay." Hm, apparently someone follows the gossip blogs! [E! Online, TMZ, Perez Hilton]

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Maria — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EDT

Prince William is set to begin training as a Special Forces soldier, although his posting will be "non-operational." So sort of like a ceremonial soldier position for an heir for a ceremonial position in government? • Slow gossip news day: Barack Obama is sort-of-not-really related to Wild Bill (sixth cousins, six times removed). Wow, it's like we are all from the same species or something! • There are some big names being "thrown around" as possible villains for the third Nolan Batman movie: Johnny Depp for The Riddler, Angelina Jolie as Catwoman, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman for The Penguin. Interesting-ish! [People, TMZ, DListed]

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Maria — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:30:00 EDT

More LaBeoufWatch: Now you can own a piece of debris from his headline-making car crash! Like all magical things, this piece of celebrity memorabilia is for sale on eBay (current bid $158.00, there is no God). • Hm, we wonder how the Hiltons feel about the $4,600 they donated to John McCain's campaign last year being used to vilify their daughter for commercials against Obama?• Oh! Here is the "first listen" for the New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo single that is to be released on August 12th. Kinda meh. [Perez Hilton, TMZ, People]

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Maria — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Lauren Conrad was spotted "getting very cozy" and swapping tales of C-list level celebrité with Orange County actor Kyle Howard. So she went from dating actual OC losers to dating someone who played one for a movie? Upgrade! • You know you are really pushing the limits of a story when the moms start commenting to local newspapers: The mother of Isabel Lucas, the passenger in Shia LaBeouf's car accident this weekend, says her daughter would not get into a car with someone who is drinking. • Michelle Obama was star struck when she got to meet Bill Cosby. [Perez Hilton, TMZ, People]

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Margaret — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:40:00 EDT

Finally, some good news for Shia LaBeouf: Detectives have determined that the car accident he was involved in was caused by the other driver running a red light, so Shia's in the clear. (Well, there's still the matter of those pesky misdemeanor DUI charges and his injured left hand.) • Brooke Hogan says that shockingly, her incarcerated brother Nick didn't enjoy his 28 days in solitary confinement. "They had broken his spirit," she says. Now "his personality is slowly coming back. I bring that out of him." • Comedian Jerry Lewis, 82, was stopped on Friday in Las Vegas when airport security spotted an unloaded gun in his bag. Jerry told the cops that other "members of his family" had been using the bag, and he didn't know the gun was there. Don't you hate it when your sister borrows your bag and leaves her gun in it? [TMZ, People, TMZ]

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Maria — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Britney Spears is super excited to be working with Madonna in a video segment for Madonna's upcoming tour, but she is excited in "a grown up way." What exactly does that mean? Like, she didn't pee her pants or something? • Famous boring person, John Mayer, once hooked up with a fan at one of his concerts. But this was "before cameraphones were around" because, since then, he has only been dating gorgeous celebs. • Angelina Jolie's hospital room in Nice, France reportedly has windows that have been coated with an insulating material to make it "impossible" for photographers to take photos. [People, People, Daily Express]

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Dodai — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:40:00 EDT

Uh-oh! Did Anne Hathaway dump her boyfriend just in time? Raffaello Follieri has been arrested on wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges. Federal crimes, people! • Britney might be on her way to court right now to see about getting overnight visits with her kids. She's shown vast improvement, don't you think? LOL @ the TMZ live stream from in front of the courthouse, though. • Ooh, the Bee Gees might reunite? How deep is your love? [AP, TMZ, BBC News]