Gerard Butler Punches Pap, Earns Anna Wintour's Love

Dodai — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDT

So you know how Gerard Butler kicked a paparazzi's ass yesterday? He was definitely provoked. After Gerard allegedly got out of the limo and punched the dude in the face, the photog continued following Butler for more than an hour before going to the hospital. Plus, he called a lawyer before calling the cops. [TMZ]
Oooh! Anna Wintour has a crush on Gerard Butler! Get in line, lady. Or put him on the cover of Vogue! [Page Six]
Did you notice how Brad and Angelina stopped in New Orleans before heading back to France? Totally on purpose! An insider says: "Brad wanted to check on the progress of the houses being built in the Ninth Ward." And someone else says: "With just a handful of weeks before the presidential election, they wanted to subtly remind everyone that New Orleans is still in recovery mode." [E!]
Um, Angelina is in a new glossy version of The Bible. [Drudge Retort]

Britney's lawyer would not take a plea deal for her driving-without-a-license case. He wants a $10 fine. "We don't want a misdemeanor," he says. "This should be an infraction. No probation." So! There will be a trial on October 15. [E!]
As for Jamie Lynn, as previously reported, even though the Enquirer says she is knocked up again, other sources say she is not pregnant. Phew. [Perez Hilton, TMZ]
Oh yeah, and what's up with OK! saying that Jamie Lynn's baby daddy Casey never cheated on JLS, when In Touch had an exclusive interview with the other woman? Both mags stand by their stories. [MSNBC]
Zac Efron was attacked by a a middle-aged man thought to be a deranged fan in London. The dude ran up to Zac and girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens and tried to grab Zac's hair. Apparently he wouldn't let go of the teen heartthrob and had to be tackled by a bodyguard. [Mirror
Michael Phelps went to a party where ladies surrounded him and screamed, "Fish man! Fish man!" [Page Six]
Wait, what's this? Michael Phelps has a girlfriend? Miss California runner-up Nicole Johnson? [Rush & Molloy]
Nicole Richie and little Harlow are on the cover of People this week! [People]
Diddy is pissed that John McCain called Barack Obama "that one." [Radar]
On October 14, there will be a benefit concert thrown by DJ AM's friends — with performances from celebrity DJs, including Mark Ronson, Steve Aoki, Danny Masterson and Mixmaster Mike. Proceeds will go to the memorial funds established for crash victims. [People]
Former America's Next Top Model competitors will now be on Modelville, a reality show within Tyra's talk show. Very meta. [E!]
Joe Jonas and Taylor Swift have broken up. You know who they are, right? [Us Magazine]
Hugh Hefner talks about his split with Holly Madison: "If Holly says it's over, I guess it's over. She's still here in the house. Until a few days ago, we were still sharing the same bed." He also says: "It's now apparent there will be some new faces in my personal life and on the show. There's been moments that I've been down in the dumps about all this… [But] there are girls lined up outside the front gate. At my age, that's hard to believe, but it seems to be true." He added: "It's a big house. And I'm not going to live alone. I'm definitely not going to live alone." [AP]
Nikki Blonsky says that airport brawl with ANTM's Bianca left her "completely destroyed" and she lives "every day in pain." She and her father face assault charges. [People]
Audrina was on Ellen's show and talked all about LC and Justin Bobby! Lauren and Justin flirted in the past; Audrina has tried to call LC but LC hangs up on her; and Audrina hasn't spoken to Justin Bobby. So basically nothing was confirmed. [Perez Hilton]
Courteney Cox looks like a dazed zombie on the cover of the new Marie Claire. [ONTD]
Michael Jackson took his kids to a comic book store in L.A. and they wore masks, prompting this paper to print the headline: "It's ALWAYS Halloween In Michael Jackson's Family." But the unmasked pix are cute! Blanket is getting so big. Here's a question: Do you really think MJ is the father of those kids? [The Sun]
Oprah is leading an Obama fund-raising weekend in Chicago. [Chicago Sun-Times]
Jason Priestley returning to 90210? Ah, to direct. Hmm. [People]
Ricky Gervais has built a gym at his New York apartment — because he is too embarrassed to work out in public. [The Sun
Katy Perry's mom dated Jimi Hendrix? And her dad was an LSD dealer, good friends with Timothy Leary? [The Sun]
Hannah Montana is hazardous to your health: Some jewelry with the Disney star on it was found to have high levels of lead. [Perez Hilton]
Lil' Kim is being sued for $2.5 million by a recording company, which says the rapper hasn't delivered all the recordings their contract requires. [USA Today]
Rachael Ray wants to open a burger joint in New York. "I'm going for a '60s back-in-the-day Rat Pack-y kind of hangout, and I want the bar to be really central [and] the burgers to become a very social thing. I want people to come to the bar to see beautiful proper martinis being made and to enjoy some sliders." So. Hungry. [Gothamist]
TV chef Jamie Oliver didn't want to kiss girls at his book signings for fear of communicable disease: I said, 'Look, you know, I'm very loyal to my wife and if I have to keep kissing these birds, right, it's only a numbers game before I get herpes. And once you've got it ... it never goes. And I'll be growing flapjack on me lip.'" [Daily Star]
Paul McCartney is calling on his fans to boycott McDonald's after finding out his picture is in a Mickey Ds in Liverpool. He's been a vegetarian for decades. [Nikki Sixx, who is dating Kat Von D, says, in the beginning, when they first started seeing each other, "When I tried to kiss her she karate chopped me. She's a fiery one." [People]
American Idolcontestant Kelli Pickler battled a year-long depression and anti-depressants made her "crazy." [People]
LOL: Boogie Nights, the musical. [The Star]
Do what you must to prepare yourself: Katie Price, the "glamour model" known as Jordan, and her husband Peter Andre are moving to Hollywood in January. They have three kids: Harvey, 6, who is blind; Junior Savva Andreas Andre, 3, and one year old Princess Tiáamii Crystal Esther Andre. [Perez Hilton]
Ozzy Osbourne's show on Fox will be "half scripted," so the Writers Guild of America is issuing a warning to writers about that. [NY Times]
Following Peter Cook's interview with Barbara Walters, Christie Brinkley says: "It is a measure of [his] character that he has breached the confidentiality agreement that is in the divorce settlement and has sought to present this distorted one-side view of his marriage." Word. [ABC News]
Here's a picture from Howard Stern's wedding, if you care. [People]
Who shot the sheriff? Eric Clapton is auctioning 13 of his shotguns. [The Sun]
Anna Deveare Smith will premiere a new solo piece in November, inspired by Arizona State University's law school, named for retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor - the first U.S. law school to be named for a woman. [Yahoo News]
"All men have thought about her at least once in their lives. The great thing about Judi Dench is that she's the matriarch of British film. She has an innate power about her ... Bond needs a woman like M to contain his nonsense and say, 'Look, 007, you've been an idiot!' But they won't sleep together. Not unless the cupboard gets very bare in terms of storylines." — Daniel Craig. [Sydney Morning Herald]
"[The Beatles] were young capitalists who, far from developing a youth culture, were exploiting youth culture by promoting fan worship, mindless screaming and nothing more than a passive teenage consumer." — Historian David Fowler. [Guardian]
"Last night i went to see Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist and it was so cute! I think the entire cast is so much fun to watch, and the storyline is great. I'm a big fan of Kat Dennings and Michael Cera. It would be nice to give them some support! Seeing movies like this is such a good feeling. It also shows you how important movies are in life – you can be in a horrible mood, and most of the time a movie that makes you laugh and enjoy life can change your mood by the time you walk out of the theatre." — Lindsay Lohan. [People]
"Most heterosexual men do not find Renée Zellweger attractive. It’s true. Nice girl, and I have met Renée. She is the kind of girl who bakes really good muffins, you go out to dinner with her, but that’s it." — Denis Leary. [Vanity Fair]
"What Jay and I have is real. It's not about interviews or getting the right photo op. It's real." — Beyoncé, sorta talking about her wedding in Essence. [ People]
"But if you, out of nowhere, are going to grab a woman out of the woods and make her your vice presidential candidate, what can I do? [Sarah Palin] is like Jodie Foster in the movie Nell. They just found her, and she was speaking her own special language. Have you noticed how [Palin's] rallies have begun to take on the characteristics of the last days of the Weimar Republic? In Florida, she asked 'Who is Barack Obama?' Hey, lady, we just met YOU five fucking weeks ago." — Jon Stewart. [Rush & Molloy]

No Showdown Between Angelina, Brad & Jennifer (Boo!)

Dodai — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:00:00 EST

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]

Britney saw her kids on Saturday! It was the first time since January 3. The boys were driven to her house by Kevin Federline's bodyguard; Brit's dad and a psychiatrist were present for the visit (and must be there for every visit.) [TMZ]
After the three hour visit with her sons, Britney went to a steakhouse with her dad. [People]
Christina Aguilera threw a "massive tantrum" after her People magazine baby cover sold poorly. She's fired her PR firm, manager and assistant. Meanwhile, J. Lo and her new babies have a deal with People now. Oooh, and People will reveal the names of Jennifer's twins. [The Sun]
Um, is Paris Hilton dating Benji Madden? The way her old best friend Nicole Richie is with Joel Madden? [The Sun]
Paris and Benji are "really into each other," a source says. [Perez Hilton]
Hugh Grant is backing Marie Curie nurses in the memory of his mother, who died of pancreatic cancer. [Telegraph]
Vanessa Williams hearts Botox: "It's a miracle drug - no cutting, nothing. I love it!" Well, she couldn't be Wilhelmina Slater without it. [The Sun]
TV chef Rocco DiSpirito showed up at a an Oscar party with Tracey Edmonds, who had a "wedding" to Eddie Murphy on New Year's Day but is now dating Giants superstar Michael Strahan. Meanwhile, Sean Penn showed up at an event with model Petra Nemcova. [Page Six]
Has Kim Cattrall been bragging about how much she got paid to be in the Sex And The City movie? [Page Six]
Keith Urban was seen eating alone at the Four Seasons Hotel a few hours before the Oscars. Think Nicole was getting her hair did? [Page Six]
Britney Spears' former assistant Alli Sims: Releasing an album? WTF? [Page Six]
In their heyday, Motley Crue's Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx held a competition where they went months without out bathing and still managed to get groupies to have sex with them. Then there was "The Spaghetti Incident," involving a young fan, a blowjob, and puke. Good morning! [Page Six]
Blind item! "Which Oscars golden girl made her celebrity ex-boyfriend pretend to still be in a relationship with her months after they broke up, because she was afraid a split would look bad for her Academy Award campaign? It worked, and they discreetly separated months later." [Gatecrasher]
Is Sean "Diddy" Combs moving to Hollywood? "It's been a dream of mine to have a serious acting career," he says. [Rush & Molloy]
Dog The Bounty Hunter's son Tucker: Busted! He's in jail for violating multiple terms of his parole — aka drug use. [TMZ]
Sarah Silverman announced she was "Fucking Matt Damon"; now her boyfriend Jimmy Kimmel is "Fucking Ben Affleck." Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Ashlee Simpson, Robin Williams, Josh Groban and Harrison Ford are among the celebs who make an appearance in Kimmel's video. [People
Will Smith got an "academy" award: From the cadets at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. His character in I Am Legend personifies West Point leadership qualities or something. [Miami Herald]
Daniel Radciffe, aka Harry Potter, has won a prize for his naked Equus pix. [The Sun]
Prince WIlliam and Kate Middleton: On hold? Sources say Wills is trying to concentrate on his military training, sigh. [News Of The World]
Gwyneth Paltrow says hubby Chris Martin sings lullabies to the kids to put them to sleep. Coldplay makes us drowsy, too. [Daily Express]
Amy Winehouse sent her "incarcerated!" hubby Blake Fielder-Civil a photograph of herself wearing only a sailor hat and a "tiny cloth over her breasts." Hopefully he won't trade it for smack. [Mirror]
James Blunt: Back with the woman he wrote "You're Beautiful" for? [Mirror]
Alicia Keys has laryngitis. Get well! [AP]
Lindsay Lohan's I Know Who Killed Me raked in awards at The Razzies: Worst actress, worst screenplay, etc. Congrats! [Ap]
Rihanna is helping a leukemia patient find a bone marrow donor? [AP]
Snoop Dogg caught with weed outside of a New York club? [Gothamist]

Jezebel: nikki sixx

Gerard Butler Punches Pap, Earns Anna Wintour's Love

No Showdown Between Angelina, Brad & Jennifer (Boo!)