Brangelina Cast Spell On Long Island; Shopaholic Beyoncé Sends Lookalike To Austrian Museum

  • Residents of Oyster Bay, Long Island, NY are mesmerized by the dreamy and mystical presence of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who have been getting cozy in their town.

The heavenly hotties have been doing glam stuff like going to Dunkin’ Donuts and Stop & Shop. Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto says: “When you talk to someone who has met them they’re kind of glowing. People love saying they saw them. They feel something very special happened to them.” A grocery store manager gushes: “They were so beautiful. They looked like they were airbrushed when they were walking. I went up to Brad and asked if he needed help and he said, ‘No thanks.’ I was looking at him but I don’t really remember it — it was like a dream.” [People]

  • Did Beyoncé send a look-alike for a personal tour of a museum in Vienna while the singer herself went shopping?!?!?? [AFP]
  • Because she hasn’t been exposed enough, Heidi Montag will pose for Playboy. Except she won’t show nips or vag; she’ll be tastefully covered. The mag’s new editor was previously at Maxim so this makes sense somehow. No, wait. None of it makes sense. The world has gone mad. [Perez]
  • Madonna is holding private Kabbalah prayer sessions at her home in which the focus is on being able to adopt Mercy. Apparently 12-year-old Lourdes prays with her mom for a new sister every day. [Daily Express]
  • Chris Brown, who is facing two felony charges for beating Rihanna, has reportedly worked out a plea deal with the court. He’ll be back in front of the judge today, so more later, probably. [Radar Online]
  • By the way, the jewelry Rihanna was wearing the night of the assault — $1.4 million dollars worth — was borrowed, and the jeweler is asking for her to hand it over. But the baubles are evidence now; Rihanna’s lawyer is hoping the judge will release the jewels today. [TMZ]
  • More on this in Midweek Madness, but Us is reporting that Jon from Jon & Kate Plus 8 was leaving a club at 2 am with a “mystery woman” and wasn’t wearing his wedding band. They’ve got pictures! [Us]
  • Amy Winehouse plans on living in St. Lucia. Like, settling down there. The weed must be awesome. Also, we can haz guest haus? [The Sun]
  • Oh, good news: Sam Lutfi has been ordered to stay away from Britney Spears for three years. [Reuters]
  • In case you haven’t already seen it, here’s a video of Julia Roberts and her filthy mouth. She really likes the word “fuck.” [Pop Eater]
  • Dita von Teese has a new man; he’s a French aristocrat 11 years her junior. Count Louis-Marie de Castelbajac, 25, is the actor-son of fashion designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac and his ex-wife Catherine de Castelbajac. Get it, girl! [Page Six]
  • Sam Ronson DJ’d a stripper party but the ladies had to keep their clothes on until she was done, or else she couldn’t concentrate. [Page Six]
  • Ginger alert! Prince Harry will take his first official royal trip to the United States next month. He’ll hit a charity polo match in New York and a few parties. He’s single and looking to mingle! [Daily Mail]
  • Oprah is bored with Twitter already. Look, if you’re not one of Miss O’s favorite things, you are a failure. Sorry, Twitter. [Silicon Valley Insider]
  • Mel Gibson and girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, the singer signed to his record label, went to the screening of Wolverine last night. His rep says: “Mel has been single for almost three years and it’s nice to see him getting out and enjoying himself.” Uh, what? His wife filed for divorce two weeks ago. [People]
  • Start hyperventilating: Christian Bale has signed on for a third Batman flick. Hey, can we get a kick-ass leading lady this time or what? [Wired]
  • Kate Winslet says she’s not middle class. She is working class. “People don’t believe that. People literally think I’m lying. Because I speak nice. My dad was very much a struggling actor and spent more of his life as a postman, as a member of a tarmac firm, as a van driver. He’d sell Christmas trees. Anything. That was my dad. […] Honestly, it was hand-me-down shoes and 10p pocket money on a Saturday that didn’t go up until I was 11.” [Telegraph via Marie Claire]
  • LOL: Catherine Zeta-Jones wants to play Susan Boyle in a film of the singer’s life. [Telegraph]
  • Would a Susan Boyle book sell? One publishing dude says: “She has a story, but it’s a short story.” [Page Six]
  • Ed Westwick and Chace Crawford might be tired of living together. Cue the offers in the comments to give Chuck Bass somewhere to sleep. [Page Six]
  • Speaking of Ed Westwick, aka Chuck Bass, he has a tattoo which says “I ♥ Romance” and one that says “Heartbreak Hotel.” [Gatecrasher via Interview]
  • Moby hurt his ankle walking into the ring of a kickboxing session. [Page Six]
  • Will Benicio Del Toro, who is in my top 3, play Bret Easton Ellis on film? [Cinematical]
  • Kylie Minogue hearts golf and spent £40,000 on gear. [The Sun]
  • Rubina Ali‘s house is flooded with sewer water, and her feet itch. She’s discovered a world of creepy-crawlies in the opaque gray water: scorpions, rats and slithery creatures with lots of legs. Two months ago, the child star of the hit movie Slumdog Millionaire was worrying about what to wear to the Oscars. Now she has come home to a very different problem: How to get the fetid water out of her family’s one-room shack.” [Times Of India]
  • Lil Wayne‘s track, “I Feel Like Dying,” contains a copyright infringing sample from Karma-Ann Swanepoel’s song, “Once,” so Lil Wayne is suing the producer who created the track. [USA Today]
  • An Iggy Pop insurance ad has been banned because rock stars would actually not be eligible for coverage with this particular type of insurance. [Telegraph]
  • “A stalker who threatened to kill Little Britain‘s David Walliams was allowed to ‘marry’ the star in a mock ceremony in her mental ward.” [The Sun]
  • Perfect timing: Michael Douglas and Oliver Stone are going to make a sequel to Wall Street. Get your tissues ready, this one is gonna be sad, we think: Fox spokesperson Gregg Brilliant says of the new Gordon Gekko flick: “We need to keep the story line under wraps, but it’s literally ripped from today’s headlines. It’s going to be very big and very cool.” Madoff-style losses? Sniff. No, not the yacht! [AP]
  • Farrah Fawcett‘s condition: Unchanged. [Breitbart]
  • An ambulance driver and a former senator have pleaded not guilty to charges that they tried to extort millions from John Travolta after his son died. [USA Today]
  • Poor Ed McMahon. It’s always something. Now he is suing Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. for allegedly misdiagnosing a broken neck. [TMZ]
  • Blind item! “Which A-list actor’s wife belongs to a secret lesbians-only club in L.A.? To keep things discreet, the club staggers arrivals so its members aren’t photographed together.” [Gatecrasher]
  • “Writers have always been interested in my parents and in my teenage years, which I find so weird, especially now that I’m in my late thirties. That’s always made me feel infantilized, like they are talking to me as if I were still 10 years old. I’m made to feel as if I were Annie in the musical.” — Rachel Weisz. [BlackBook]
  • “[Carrie Prejean’s] ‘opposite sex’ marriage thing made me laugh. I’ve never heard it expressed that way. She said, ‘In America, you have the choice between same sex marriage and opposite sex marriage,’ like it was a flavor at Baskin-Robbins. You can have rocky road or mint chocolate chip.” — Rosie O’Donnell. [Gatecrasher]
  • “I don’t think I wanna go back anymore. Seriously, I watched some old tapes recently — Harry [Hamlin, her husband] and I were going through stuff. It doesn’t feel right! It feels weird. I’ve changed my mind. You can’t go back!” — Lisa Rinna, who, after vigorously campaigning to get on the new Melrose Place, has changed her mind. [Hollywood Insider]
  • “Paula’s frustrating, she’s annoying and I can’t understand half of what she’s talking about – but there’s incredible comfort between us. I think we’re possibly secretly in love with each other.” — Simon Cowell. [Mirror]
  • “One of the best things about being married is having separate bathrooms. There’s nothing worse than saying ‘I’ve got to go, I’ve got to go,’ when it’s already occupied!” — Joan Collins. [Daily Express]
  • “I was bullied for being chubby. Where are they now!” — Kate Winslet, who says they called her Blubber and locked her in the art cupboard when she was in school. [Daily Mail via Marie Claire]
  • “I ran into Mia in Chad this January. She’d been living in the camps and villages on the border of Darfur for weeks. She is as dedicated to this cause as any activist I know. It’s these kind of efforts that help keep this tragedy in the spotlight.” — George Clooney, who applauds Mia Farrow‘s hunger strike to call attention to Darfur and Sudan. [Daily Express]
  • “I am totally confident that I am an incredible artist and performer. I am extremely confident about my body, the way I dress, the way I want to look. But I have no confidence when it comes to men. Men are a disaster area for me. It’s so weird because I believe I am super sexy. I believe I am incredible, but I have absolutely no luck with boyfriends.” — Lady GaGa. [The Sun]
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