Elton John Helped Eminem Through Rehab; New Book Reveals Streisand Romanced Co-Stars

• Eminem says Elton John helped him fight his drug addiction. “He had a substance-abuse problem in the past. So when I first wanted to get sober, I called him,” explains Em.

He continues, “He’s somebody who’s in the business and can identify and relate to the lifestyle and how hectic things can be. He understands, like, the pressure and any other reasons that you wanna come up with for doing drugs. Me and him have had similar lives and stuff. So I reached out to him and told him, ‘Look, I’m going through a problem, and I need your advice.'” [The Daily Express]

• Eminem is sending everyone who pre-orders his new album Relapse from the official website a copy of the video for “3 a.m.” Also, he Tweeted: “I’m giving away an extra free song with my album if you buy the Relapse CD. I’m still on the run, my darling.” [Rolling Stone]
• Hollywood producer Jon Peters‘ tell-all book will reveal that Barbara Streisand dated Robert Redford, Ryan O’Neal and Kris Kristofferson. [UPI]
• Farrah Fawcett has dropped the lawsuit she filed over the iconic photo of her in a red swimsuit. [TMZ]
• Craig Nevius is suing Ryan O’Neal and others, because he says he was responsible for the Farrah Fawcett documentary that will air tomorrow on NBC, but was pushed out of the project and O’Neal “physically threatened him.” [TMZ]
• Kevin and “Aunt ” Jodi Kreider, brother and sister-in-law of Kate Gosselin on Jon and Kate Plus 8 say that Jon had to empty his 401K because Kate has been keeping the money they earned from their reality show to herself. [Star]
• In this video interview, Jodi Kreider says, “It’s a very sad situation… This is going to affect these children terribly, if she goes for a divorce. I think right now Kate is very lost and very blinded by her actions and what she is doing — [she] is not being a mother that is nurturing and hands on.” [Radar Online]
• Jesus Luz‘s dad says that Madonna and his son are indeed having some sort of commitment ceremony, but it won’t be legally binding. “The Kabbalah ceremony (that) will link up my son Jesus Luz and Madonna only confirms that he is extremely happy. I don’t know if there will, in fact, be a real marriage between Madonna and my son. It will be a type of ritual, but I do not know Kabbalah (or if the ceremony) will have legal validity.” [The Daily Express]
• To celebrate his birthday Robert Pattinson went out to dinner with Kristen Stewart… and his parents, plus a few New Moon crew members. [E!]
• Andre Agassi and Steffi Graff are suing companies that they say illegally used their names in website domain names. [UPI]
• Ashley Olsen posed for a series of “shocking” pictures in V Man magazine, in which her hair is dark and she’s wearing a bra top. Mostly they’re shocking because she doesn’t looks more mature than when she was 8. [The L.A. Times]
• Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was jumped and robbed by three thugs with knives. The robbers smashed the window of his car and chased after him when he tried to get away. They made off with $7,000 and Ament suffered a laceration on his head, but he’s OK and the whole thing was caught on a security camera. [TMZ]
• Glenn Close wrote on the Huffington Post about her trip to prison for The Oprah Winfrey Show to talk about the Puppies Behind Bars program, in which inmates train service dogs. The footage will air on Friday’s show. [The Huffington Post]
• Simon Cowell says in an interview with PETA, “I think it’s nice that [the Obamas] have made an issue of buying a dog for the kids. What I think would be great would be if they also took in a shelter dog, just from anywhere, to balance it. I’ll even pay for the dog food!” [Entertainment Weekly]
• Bette Midler has some unsolicited dating advice for Jennifer Aniston: “She should find somebody who is really hot, who’s not in show business. Somebody with a lot of money, and she should live the large life and forget about these a—holes. She’s a great girl. She’s got everything going for her.” Um, thanks? [People]
• In this video a homeless woman defends Katharine McPhee from the paparazzi: [Perez Hilton]
• Katie Price‘s management company will no longer represent her, but they’re sticking with her husband Peter Andre, who recently announced he’s divorcing her. [Mirror]
• Steven Speilburg says he created the video game “Boom Box” because he wanted a game that all of his seven children could play. He said he plays just about every video game that comes out and is a big fan of the Wii. “It’s been very, very good for a parent like me who wants our kids not to be couch potatoes, but to get up and move their bodies around more,” said Spielberg. [Reuters]
• James Tupper says of his newborn son with Anne Heche, “It’s a bit like having an unreasonable employer. He doesn’t give breaks.” [People]
• Survivor winner Richard Hatch has been moved to a halfway house from the federal prison where he was serving his sentence for not paying taxes on his $1 million prize. [Yahoo]
• Hugh Jackman says he wasn’t uncomfortable while giving his son “the talk.” He said, “My dad never ever did it with me so I was very adamant that I was going to do it with my son.” Jackman also told his son, “You just got to respect girls. But he goes, ‘Dad are they hot, though?’ That’s what he always wants to know. I try to tell him that he not use me to get to them.” [People]
• Shanna Moakler, who quit the Miss California USA organization because of Carrie Prejean called Ryan Seacrest‘s radio show this morning when she was very upset. You can listen here: [Perez Hilton]
• Morrissey has cancelled another show, but it’s still not clear what illness he’s suffering from. [BBC]
• Martin Scorsese may want Leonardo DiCaprio for the upcoming Frank Sinatra biopic, but the studio wants Johnny Depp. We don’t see either in the role. Suggestions? [Deadline Hollywood Daily]
• Scotland Yard officials are considering cutting back on police protection for junior members of the royal family because the bill comes to £50 million a year. [The Daily Mail]
• Janice Dickinson attacked the paparazzi last night. You can check out the video and decide whether you think she was on something or not. [Perez Hilton]
• DMX was released from jail today after serving 90 days for cruelty to animals, possession of narcotic drugs, theft and possession of marijuana. [TMZ]
• Kevin Smith discussed why he decided to direct the film A Couple of Dicks, starring Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan, Which he didn’t write. He says, “After Zack and Miri – or after, rather, the collapse of Zack and Miri – I was just like, I don’t feel like writing anything right now. I read it and I was like, this is like Lethal Weapon with 40 percent less action, which is something I can get my head around. On 30 Rock, one of the posters in Tracy’s office is for a movie called Black Cop / White Cop, so when it was announced people were just like,”It’s Black Cop / White Cop!” But it’s not race-specific. It’s not, “He’s a white cop who plays it by the book. And he’s a slaphappy black dude who’s gonna teach him how to misbehave and be a real cop!” It’s two guys who are longtime partners who kind of depend on the friendship.” [New York Magazine]
• Mariska Hargitay is on Capitol Hill with her family for the second day in a row. [Politico]
• Dateline is devoting an entire hour to Taylor Swift later this month. Remember when that was a new show? [AP]
• In her Goop newsletter, Gwyneth Paltrow advised that people should play Coldplay if they are looking for good party music. “Gwyneth Paltrow is not a music expert but is an avid listener and knows how to get down,” she wrote. [The Daily Express]
• There’s more talk about cougars here from Vivica A. Fox, if you can stand it. [CBS News]
• Tori Spelling says when she was pregnant she was afraid of having a girl. “It turns out that Stella is a total mama’s girl,” she says of her 11-month-old. “For all my fears, without my even trying, Stella wants her mama. When she is in [husband] Dean’s arms, she lunges for me the way Liam did for him.” [People]
• Here’s Winona Ryder‘s secret to looking young, according to a friend: “She is a very healthy eater, and I think that is a big part of it,” says Collea. “It sounds boring, but the girl eats a lot of salads. And you know those giant Big Gulps cups that most people fill with soda? She’s got hers filled with water.” [People]
• Roadside Attractions bought the worldwide distribution right to Good Hair a documentary Chris Rock made about African-American hair culture after his daughter asked him, “Daddy, how come I don’t have good hair?” [Variety]