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- Is nothing sacred? Are there any bastions of hope left in this world? Brace yourselves, people: Word on the net is that Jennifer Garner is considering breaking up with husband Ben Affleck. Ted Casablanca says Ben's mom has never particularly liked Jen, who broke Michael Vartan's heart to hook up with Ben in the first place. Sniff. [E!, via ONTD]
- Shiloh Jolie-Pitt's film debut! She's in The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button. Look closely at the 1:21 minute mark in this trailer; Brad holds Shiloh as she watches a balloon float away. The girl's a star! [Socialite Life]
- Britney can have her kids for overnight visits! Progress! [TMZ]
- So remember how a pack of surfers attacked a gang of paparazzi at the beach where Matthew McConaughey was surfing? Apparently there may be another rumble scheduled! Comments on the x17 website between surfers and photogs indicate that "it's on" for Saturday. Bring your leather jacket and switchblade comb. [Rush & Molloy]
- The new issue of In Style has Anne Hathaway gushing about Raffaello Follieri — you know, her ex who was busted for fraud and money laundering yesterday. [Page Six]
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- Naomi Campbell pleaded guilty to kicking and spitting at police officers after screaming foul words at a British Airways employee. Naomi was heard on the phone saying: "They have lost my fucking bags, get me another flight, get the press, get me my lawyer." What? Like you don't say that all the time. Please. [The Sun]
- Didja hear? Jamie Lynn Spears squeezed out a daughter named Maddie Briann yesterday. Good luck, kid! Er, kids. [E!]
- Not that you needed to know this but: JLS didn't have a C-section. [ET]
- Casey Aldridge was so nervous the first time he held his new daughter — birthed by girlfriend Jamie Lynn Spears — that he said he was afraid he's drop her. Aw. [TMZ]
- "[Jamie Lynn] is awfully young to be a momma, but that's what they make [grandmothers] for. They have to help. That's the way it is with our circle of friends." —JLS's distant cousin Margie Busby. [People]
- Britney might move back to Louisiana. [Us]
- Snoop Dogg's new country video is out! "Country music is the most underrated music in the world," Snoop, who dedicates the song to Johnny Cash, says. "It always has the test of time, it's great, it's heartfelt, and it touches people no matter what color they are or where they're from." [People]
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Midweek Madness
Welcome back to
Midweek Madness, where we wade in murky magazine waters so you don't have to. This week has tabloid stalwarts the Jolie-Pitts featured on two covers: Shiloh's wee face is plastered all over
Ok!, while Brad and Angie's alleged marriage woes are featured in
In Touch. Us scrapes the bottom of the "celebrity" barrel by featuring a former
Bachelor on their cover, while
Katie Holmes is a "prisoner" according to
Life & Style and
Star is squawking about
Jamie Lynn Spears getting jilted. We explore
John Mayer's penis prowess and ponder
Lauren Conrad's pain, after the jump.
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Oprah is
going vegan for 3 weeks. "This 21-day cleanse gives me a chance to think about [eating] differently and see what my attachments are to certain kinds of foods – and what I'm willing to do to change," Oprah writes on her blog. She also has a personal chef making her vegan goodies from
Kathy Freston's book
Quantum Wellness. Just sayin'. • Rumors are swirling that
Nicole Kidman might pull a
Demi Moore and take some naked
preggers pics for a yet-to-be-named magazine cover. •
Tom Cruise sent a
cease and desist letter to the baby boutique Petit Tresor, for leaking what his lawyers say is false information about his family's spending habits. Allegedly Tom and Katie have spent $350 - $400K on wee Suri's wardrobe in the past two years. [
Us,
Just Jared,
TMZ]
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Stone Temple Pilots frontman
Scott Weiland began serving an 8-day sentence for a recent
DUI today in Los Angeles. Like Lohan and Richie before him, he may not end up incarcerated for the entire eight days. • Apparently
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes lurve
Gossip Girl! They went over to
GG star
Chase Crawford at the MET's Costume Institute Gala and pelted him with compliments. • Nekkid photos of
Megan Fox from the
Diablo Cody-penned
Jennifer's Body have been leaked, and you can check 'em out
here (link NSFW). The early buzz on the film is fantastic, according to
CHUD. Hooray for boobies and positive buzz! [
TMZ,
Dlisted,
CHUD]
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- Kate Hudson and Owen Wilson: Engaged??? Apparently she has a huge new rock on her finger. A source says, "He picked out the ring and went for the biggest one he could find. He was nervous about proposing but Kate was thrilled and the whole thing was really emotional." Guess Owen's rough times are over? [The Sun]
- John Mayer and Jennifer Aniston spent another weekend together in Miami, eating salads poolside and making out. [People]
- Jenna Bush got married. [People]
- Dennis Farina was arrested at LAX for carrying a loaded, unregistered, .22 caliber, semi-automatic pistol in his briefcase. Farina is a former cop but, uh, you can't bring a gun on a plane. [Reuters]
- Hugh Hefner wants Miley Cyrus to pose for Playboy. When she's old enough. This is what happens. Don't you feel like weeping? [The Sun]
- Lindsay Lohan: Seen crying at Crown Bar in West Hollywood after a fight with girlfriend Sam Ronson, awwww. [Page Six]
- But LL was all smiles when she worked the crowd at the Wango Tango concert and introduced Snoop Dogg. When I say Wango you say Tango! [TMZ]
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- Mischa Barton claims she is a PhotoShop Of Horrors victim: A new batch of paparazzi beach shots showed her legs riddled with cellulite. "Those photos are doctored," Barton's rep, Lisa Perkins, says. "I'm not saying she's perfect, nobody is. But they've given a 22-year-old woman the legs and bottom of an 80-year-old." The pix were taken by the dude she's pissed at for snapping topless shots; the same one who ran Nicole Kidman off of the road. [Rush & Molloy]
- You can see the pictures here, with a regular paparazzi shot as well. Photoshop? [Daily Mail]
- Apparently Mariah Carey wanted a $3 million wedding with doves and orchids and Nick Cannon wanted to get married ASAP with no fuss. Mariah agreed because, as she has said, "We really do feel we are soulmates. I never felt a love like this was in the cards for me." Aww, that should be sweet but somehow it's fucking annoying. [Mirror]
- Lindsay Lohan: Seen doing shots of tequila with Lauren Conrad! LL turned her back so no one would see; unfortunately she was facing a window and the whole bar could see her reflection. Whoops! [Rush & Molloy]
- Meanwhile: You know how Lindsay had finally gotten a movie role? In that Manson Girls flick? Well she's been kicked off of the project. Producers "discovered that they couldn't find any name actresses who wanted to co-star with her," says Nikki Finke. [Deadline Hollywood via ONTD]
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The
Metropolitan Museum of Art's
Costume Institute's annual gala: Oh, it happened all right. And though you now know who made it into the
the Good,
the Bad, and
the Ugly category of "fashion's Oscars," we know you're just dying to know what the media themselves had to say about the yearly orgy of fashion and fame. (At the very last you're dying to know what hoity-toity critic-types had to say about
Anna Wintour's Princess Amadala outfit, right? Right.) The best of the press'
bon mots, after the jump.
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- Nelson Mandela personally called Amy Winehouse and asked her to sing at his birthday party on June 27! The former president of South Africa phoned her! Bono, Elton John and Annie Lennox are expected to perform as well. This UK paper says,"Let's hope [Amy] bee-hives herself!" Yuk, yuk. [Mirror]
- Meanwhile: Does Blake Incarcerated have a secret mistress? Is he plotting with the "mystery blonde" to run away with her — and a chunk of Amy's £10 million fortune? [The Sun]
- Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are due in court today for a progress review. A completely uninformed opinion? She's doing better. [People]
- Owen Wilson allegedly picked up some chick (not Kate Hudson) and invited her back to is boat and propositioned her to join him in a threesome with Vince Vaughn. There was a time that a Butterscotch Stallion/Money Baby sandwich would have been soooo hot, and that time was 2001. [Perez Hilton]
- Britney's back at work on How I Met Your Mother. She looks cute dressed to match Neil Patrick Harris! [TMZ]
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According to a "source",
Nicole Richie misses the days when she could stay at Hyde during the wee morning hours instead of
tending to baby Harlow. "Nicole really misses her carefree life. Before Harlow came along, Nicole never had to worry about anything. All she did was party with her friends and go shopping. Now she's totally overwhelmed by her new responsibility, even though she adores her daughter," the source tells MSNBC. •
Prince Harry received a
medal for his service in Afghanistan. He has definitely grown into quite the adorable Princelet. • Part two of the
Tom Cruise Oprah interview airs
today.
Jerry McGuire costar Renée Zellweger says of Tom, "He was born with some magic about him, and you can't describe it, and you can't dissect what makes Tom Cruise special." Zellweger doesn't clarify if she meant special like short bus "special" or
special special. [
MSNBC,
Dlisted,
Us]
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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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Part one of
Tom Cruise's
damage control interview with
Oprah aired today, and this is what Cruise said of the couch-jump seen 'round the world: "Listen I, I feel like definitely things have been misunderstood, and there are things I could have done better...But then there's also that world where you go, 'Oh, it's been spun to such an extent that... that's a truth also.'" Wait, what? •
Mark Ronson and
Amy Winehouse tried to go back into the studio together, but Amy's not really ready to record. "We tried to work for a little bit. I'm not sure she's ready to work on music yet,"
the cutie admitted. •
Britney Spears is on her way to
Kentwood, Louisiana for Jamie Lynn's baby shower. According to a "source," at first Britney's dad thought it was a bad idea, but then "he finally gave in, knowing it'd be good for Brit and Jamie Lynn to finally see each other." [
Us,
Mirror,
Dlisted]
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- 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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- Did Mariah Carey have an eye job or something? She won't walk down the red carpet without her sunglasses. If so, it's probably not her first procedure; her nose and boobs seem to have changed in the past few years. [Page Six]
- Also: Mariah's been wearing a giant ring that gossipers want you to think is engagement-esque. And she's been hanging with Nick Cannon. [People]
- David Bowie and Iman's 7-year-old daughter, Alexandria, listens to Hilary Duff songs, at which point "David just leaves the room," Iman says. "He thinks she should be listening to underground music." [ONTD]
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