- So many questions about John Travolta’s late son: Could Jett have been saved? Was he autistic? Is Scientology to blame? [Mirror]
- Before he died, Jett Travolta had been taken off of his anti-seizure meds. [TMZ]
- A friend of John Travolta’s says, “The desire to protect Jett informed everything John did,” including flying his own plane. [Daily Mail]
- And! Looky here: More people are blaming Scientology for Jett’s tragic death; saying the religion is responsible for the “willful non-treatment of mental health and neurological disorders.” [Hollywood Interrupted]
- A message from John Travolta and Kelly Preston: “We would like to extend our deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences. Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered. We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief.” [TMZ, Perez Hilton, Daily Mail]
- John Travolta held his son’s limp hand in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, begging, “Jett, come on, Jett, come on, come around!” [NY Post]
- Oprah has called her buddy John Travolta to offer her condolences. [ET]
- John Travolta’s friend and Chief Counsel, Mike Ossi, says: “I will defer to doctors and medical experts, but I don’t want anyone to think that John and Kelly did not utilize all available medical and non-medical experts in an attempt to protect the interest of his children.” [ET]
- Holy crap: Katie Holmes has spent £10 MILLION since moving to New York six months ago. If she moves, the economy will collapse! [The Sun]
- Do we believe that Scientology helped Tom Cruise overcome dyslexia? [Yahoo News]
- Gwyneth Paltrow is on a detox diet which bans dairy, gluten, meat, shellfish, all processed food, fatty nuts, potatoes and other related vegetables, condiments, sugar, alcohol, caffeine or fizzy drinks. “Happy” new year! [Telegraph]
- For some reason this story is about Kate Moss pregnancy rumors, even though she is seen smoking and drinking beer and her “stomach bump” appears to be abdominal muscle. [The Sun]
- Britney Spears is supposedly dating choreographer Sandip Soparrkar, but his Bollywood actress girlfriend says: “I don’t understand why Britney would stoop so low as to claim someone else’s boyfriend for her own. Sandip and I are very happy together.” Uh oh! [Mirror]
- On the subject of Spears: Remember when cops used a decoy for Jamie Lynn Spears at LAX? The woman in question, Adessa Eskridge, says she was plucked from JLS’s flight and told, “you’re going to help us.” Not asked; told. She didn’t know why they slapped sunglasses on her and marched her into a crowd of paparazzi until later; she’s suing for $100,000. [ONTD]
- Of course Barbara Walters has landed the first TV interview with Patrick Swayze since the Dirty Dancer announced he can cancer last year: Nobody puts Baba Wawa in a corner! [Contact Music]
- Host Samantha Harris wants hot hottie Hugh Jackman to appear on Dancing With The Stars, which would be awesome but will never happen. He’s an actual star, see. [People]
- Speaking of DWTS: Karina Smirnoff and Maksim Chmerkovskiy are engaged. [NY Post]
- Michael Jackson, who may or may not be dying, wants to leave his share of the Beatles catalogue to Paul McCartney in his will. McCartney was furious in 1985 when Jackson outbid him to win the rights to the Lennon-McCartney songbook; Jackson wants to make peace. Remember when Mac & Jack were old-tymey buddies? [Mirror]
- Criss Angel is still using his freak “magic” on Holly Madison: They were seen having dessert with Holly’s parents in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day. Apparently this is the first time Holly’s had her mom and dad to meet a boyfriend; was there something embarrassing about Hef? Other than his age, wardrobe and other gfs? [E!]
- Soulja Boy’s rep has confirmed that the rapper was indeed assaulted last week; six men came to his home and robbed him and his friends. No word on whether the 18-year-old attempted to “Superman that ho.” [Perez Hilton]
- Celebs use Twitter! John Cleese likes Marmite! Britney Spears hearts Japan! Yawn. [Daily Mail]
- Madonna’s daughter Lourdes wants to be an actress: She’s enrolled at the Professional Children’s School, alma mater of Macaulay Culkin, Scarlett Johansson and Sarah Jessica Parker. Hopefully she’s seen Swept Away and can just do the opposite of whatever that was. [Daily Mail]
- Speaking of Madonna, her brother conducted an interview from in his bed, in pyjamas and striped silk gown, reclining on two enormous Versace pillows. Of his book, Christopher Ciccone says: “She probably thinks of it as a desperate attempt for attention and money. And, ultimately, a betrayal. I think of it as a thesaurus – it’s different ways of defining people and myself – and also as another piece of art.” Plus: “I was born my mother’s son, but I will die my sister’s brother.” [Guardian]
- Playwright and actor Sam Shepard was arrested on DUI charges in the town named Normal, Illinois over the weekend. [Breitbart]
- Is Amy Winehouse trying to get her groove back? She was seen kissing Caribbean singer Shayne Ross in St. Lucia right before Christmas. Once you go black… (And remember this?) [Mirror]
- Amy can walk on her hands, btw. [The Life Files]
- Are Prince William and Kate Middleton on the verge of getting engaged? They’re staying in some “fairytale log cabin” where some think he’s about to pop the question. [The Sun]
- Prince William and Prince Harry are setting up their own private office, which is “a significant step for the two young princes in establishing some independence from their father.” [Telegraph]
- Ew: David Spade and Nicolette Sheridan might actually be a couple. [E!]
- Fergie, the Duchess of York, now rules a business empire; in addition to designing jewelry and writing, she’s producing an animated film of her children’s book. Being royal just isn’t enough these days. [Daily Mail]
- Heather Mills is pissed that her former nanny is suing her, claiming “sexual discrimination, intimidation and constructive dismissal.” Poor Heather has already spent $14.5 million of her $35.3 million settlement, how can she be expected to live on what’s left? [UPI]
- By the by, Heather Mills feels “betrayed” by the lawsuit. [Daily Mail]
- Gary Oldman got married on New Year’s Eve — and his fourth wife — Alexandra Edenborough — is gorgeous, dammit. [ONTD]
- Breaking! Is David Beckham out of shape? [LA Times]
- Posh had better get used to a long distance relationship: Victoria and the kids won’t join Beckham in Milan when he starts this weekend. [Independent]
- Kudos to you, Kylie Minogue, and your hot Spanish “toyboy” and your French Alps vacation, where you were seen acting like a “loved-up teenager.” [The Sun]
- Rihanna’s got a huge glittering rock on “that” finger so the rumor is that she’s engaged to Chris Brown. [The Sun]
- Jermaine Dupri has written an essay about Barack Obama for The Huffington Post, in which he wails: “Obama hasn’t even been sworn in yet and he’s being pushed and pulled in all the different directions everyone else thinks he’s supposed to go. Everywhere I look people are trying to steer Obama one-way or the other… Who’s next in line to bitch?” [Huffington Post]
- Mickey Rourke relates to his character in The Wrestler: “Once you’ve been somebody, really, you have a career and you’re a nobody anymore, and you’re getting older, you’re living what’s called a state of shame. I went through that in the movie business, you know? You are alone.” [CBS News]
- Michelle Trachtenberg will return to Gossip Girl, but the commenters over on ONTD are all, “do not want.” [ONTD]
- If you like shabby chic, check out the “rock retreat” of Pearl Lowe, Gavin Rossdale’s ex and the mom of Daisy Lowe. [Daily Mail]
- If you’re dying to know who makes the clothes Whitney Port wears on The City, she has listed the designers in nauseating detail. [Whitney Port]
- Dan Clark, formerly known as Nitro on American Gladiators, says steroids gave him man boobs, shriveled balls and a “dull throbbing pain” every time he had sex. Good times. [Page Six]
- Stars like T.I., Adam Levine, Chace Crawford and Maria Menounos partied in Miami over the weekend. [Gatecrasher]
- Blind item! “Which politico adulterer finds many normal objects to be too sexually suggestive, and has to have them removed from his sight while he’s making speeches? Word is he gets too distracted to focus on his notes!” [Gatecrasher]
- Ex-Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day will be on the March cover of Playboy, even though she exposed plenty of her epidermis already, on Complex. [Gatecrasher]
- Ranae Shrider, the woman who called Verne “Mini Me” Troyer her boyfriend, is still telling her weird and creepy story to whomever will listen. Now she claims he ordered her around “like a slave” and she ran all his errands while he spent the day Googling his own name. She also says she wanted to be his girlfriend but didn’t want to have sex with him. Tsk, tsk. [Mirror]
- Oh, but Verne “Mini Me” Troyer is the favorite to win the UK’s Celebrity Big Brother. So there’s that. [The Star]
- Speaking of Celebrity Big Brother, apparently Coolio used the N word and caused a stir. [The Sun]
- Yesterday People reported that Tara Reid had checked out of rehab; this was not true. [E!]
- Tara Reid is still in rehab but “doing well.” [People]
- Jeremy Piven is dating a black chick. [Page Six]
- Actor/director Richard Attenborough, 85, is in stable condition after a head injury after a fall in his home last month; he was in a coma but has regained consciousness. [UPI]
- “I would steal Kate Winslet’s roles. All her roles. Don’t talk to me about it because she can do no wrong in my eyes. Not only is she the most amazing actress in the entire world, she’s nude in a lot of her films which shows she’s just fearless. Her choices are impeccable. She literally can do anything. If she can just give me two of her roles, I’d be happy.” — Eva Mendes. [Daily Mail]
- “People are so enamored of the character that when they see in a script, ‘detective,’ they think, ‘let’s bring Belzer in.’ They did that on The X-Files, on Arrested Development, on Sesame Street. It’s been so much fun.” — Richard Belzer on being Detective Munch. [UPI]
- “Men come and go but there really is no relationship like the one you have with a dog — and then they don’t live as long as they should. You have to say goodbye way too soon. It’s just so sad. It makes me so sad. But their love is unconditional and I love that.” — Jennifer Aniston, possibly explaining why she’s dating noted dog John Mayer. [The Sun]
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