- More Manolos and man-drama: The Sex And The City sequel is on. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis are all on board… and getting more cash. [Us]
- Heath Ledger died one year ago today. His last film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, will be released in June. [News.com.au]
- Paging Dr. Ross! George Clooney will, indeed, return to ER during its final season. [Yahoo News via E!]
- Tina Fey and Jon Hamm spill about 30 Rock! Tina says: “He plays a divorced gentleman who lives in my building. I meet him because I start getting his mail by accident and I start opening it and making assumptions about him based on it. Then I believe the technical term for what happens is ‘shenanigans.'” Hamm adds: “Also high jinks. Believe it or not, there are misunderstandings.” [EW]
- Jennifer Hudson will do the National Anthem at the Super Bowl because “she knew it was time” to perform again, says a source. [People]
- People are disgusting. How else to explain why there’s an extortion plot involving John Travolta and a photograph taken of his son, Jett, as he was dying? [Daily Mail]
- Tom Cruise is urging Americans to “support” Barack Obama. Uh, dude? We got this. [The Star]
- Gwyneth Paltrow‘s trainer is opening a studio in New York. This is how it starts. Next we’ll all be covered in GOOP. [NY Mag]
- Jodie Sweetin is reportedly back on coke, which may put the custody of her 9-month-old daughter in jeopardy. [Radar]
- Dita von Teese is returning to the “celebrated” Crazy Horse theater in Paris for a two-week run of her striptease show. Two years ago she “emerged from a rhinestone-encrusted bubblebath,” but this year? “I feel I have to raise the bar,” she says. “I wanted to do something more elaborate this time.” [Reuters]
- Kevin Dillon, aka “Drama” on Entourage talks to Vanity Fair‘s George Wayne about Oliver Stone, outer space and the singer Pink: “Johnny Drama would love to get together with Pink.” [Vanity Fair]
- Keira Knightley was walking around East London and realized that she was being followed and photographed; she texted her friend: “Read dickhead pap! Ahh!” We know this because the photographer took a close-up picture of her phone and it has been published. Madness. [Just Jared]
- Is Twilight keeping Kristen Stewart from going to college? She has no plans to go to university, she says: “Not now, maybe if I can grow up a little bit. But not yet, I can’t. It’s just I’ve had a lot of demands put on me for quite a long time.” [Reuters]
- Dakota Fanning in the Twilight sequel? Could be fangtastic! [E!]
- Abigail Breslin’s inked three pictures: two animated and a horror comedy called Zombieland with Woody Harrelson. [Variety]
- Sharon Stone D.C. gossip: “Over at an unofficial Pennsylvania ball at the Ritz, an emaciated Sharon Stone wowed the audience with an impassioned, if wildly disjointed, Obama-style appeal to get involved in politics. During her rambling discourse, she highlighted single mothers, anthracite coal and the Steelers as the Keystone State’s greatest attributes, according to an attendee. ‘It was so weird. She’s seven flavors of crazy, each more delicious than the next,’ the source added.” [Politico]
- Here’s a rundown of all the celebrity ego trips — including Halle Berry getting her dress stuck in an escalator — that happened down in D.C. [Page Six]
- Etta James watched Beyoncé sing the song she made famous, “At Last,” from her home. [NY Daily News]
- U2’s new album cover is virtually the same as the CD cover of an album called Specification Fifteen, which came out in 2006. [The Sun]
- In case you missed it, Katy Perry has taken a vow of celibacy this year. “No kissing anyone. Just my cat, Kitty Purry.” [The Sun]
- Alanis Morissette is swimming with river dolphins and feeding wild monkeys in the Amazon right now and you’re not. [AP]
- Don’t speak: Gwen Stefani is getting back together with No Doubt for a 2009 summer tour! [Page Six]
- Dudes who logged on to AskMen.com found Isla Fisher more desirable than Victoria’s Secret model Miranda Kerr. [News.com.au]
- The best thing about this gossip item regarding Audrina from The Hills is how she’s wearing a T-shirt with the words “a beautiful lie” right over her fake boobs. [People]
- This new Heineken commercial with John Turturro should be an ad for weed, because he says the kind of shit you say when you are high as a kite. [Brand Freak]
- PETA has withdrawn an offer to televise an anti-dogfighting PSA with Michael Vick after his release from prison. [AP]
- Susan Sarandon is doing a new flick with Pierce Brosnan because Pierce called her and asked her to. [Gatecrasher]
- Singer Akon has no idea how old he is. He was born in the US but spent his early years in Senegal and says: “In Africa… age is not important over there. They don’t care. People only focus on it here [America] and in Europe.” [AP]
- Peter Falk’s daughter is trying to place him under a conservatorship, but his wife of 32 years is opposing the proceeding. [AP]
- Some dumbass working for TMZ asked Ron Howard if there will be an Andy Griffith movie, and since Howard said no, this story is called “Ron Howard Kills ‘Griffith’ Reunion.” [TMZ]
- Josh Groban is gonna work with Metallica and Beastie Boys producer Rick Rubin, LOL. [Fox 411]
- Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey are friends now, FYI — they grew closer after Townshend faced child porn charges and was cleared. “Roger bravely stood by me when I really couldn’t speak for myself,” Pete says. [Daily Express]
- Mark Ruffalo is back to work. [Reuters]
- Blind item! “Which small-screen actress is just as naughty as her TV character? The hottie was seen kissing quite a few fellas at Sundance despite having a serious boyfriend.” [Gatecrasher]
- “Miley Cyrus Likes To Touch Big Boys.” [The Life Files]
- Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler says he’s never been rejected by a woman: “I’m a persistent motherfucker. I’m very sensual and very rhythm-oriented and into poetry. Women can feel that.” This blogger points out: “In a culture where no doesn’t mean no, you’ve just got to be a ‘persistent motherfucker’ until a woman relents—and then you can claim victory and convince yourself you’re some kind of awesome Casanova.” Word. [Shakesville]
- Catherine Deneuve‘s daughter, Chiara Mastroianni — who once dated Benicio Del Toro — is in a new flick with her mother. Chiara says having famous parents (her father is the late Marcello Mastroianni) “made me even more determined to prove that, if I get attention, it’s because I’m good at my job, not for other mad reasons.” [Independent]
- You know how George Carlin loved to say the 7 words you can’t say on TV? None of that made it into an FBI file on him. “Which kind of disappoints me,” his daughter laughs. [AP]
- Fess up: Which one of you spent £12,000 on Colin Firth‘s Mr. Darcy portrait? [The First Post]
- “I did once snog identical twins in San Diego. I was on the sofa and I had them both. I was dancing and shoving my ass on one of them. That’s the only time, but I have lesbian dreams a lot.” — Lily Allen, on her same-sex experience. [The Sun]
- “I’m having a really good laugh over the fact that I’ve been nominated for a Razzie this year. I had so much fun filming Disaster Movie and giggled the entire time during the shoot. There is steep competition in my ‘worst supporting actress’ category, I have to admit… including my fantastic costar Carmen Electra (you go girl!), Leelee Sobieski (what a surprise!), Jenny McCarthy (really?) and Paris Hilton (who could technically sweep this year’s awards with a whopping three nominations!). It’s an honor just being nominated! LOL!” — Kim Kardashian. [Kim Kardashian]
- “I’m in love with Barack Obama. I wanna get married — like, I wanna have his kids. Why am I not Michelle, you know what I mean? Who the [bleep] is she? You know, why can’t I be her?” — Macy Gray. [Page Six]
- “My videos stand the test of time. They are like the almanac for every performer. Even Rihanna has come up to me and said ‘I hope you don’t mind.’ And Beyonce. You can see the influence of what I’ve done.” — Paula Abdul. [MSNBC]
- “Mother Nature was not very kind to me. I’m going to deal with her when I get home. It, by no means, was my standard. I was not happy with it, but I just feel blessed because it could have been five above zero or five below zero like it is in Detroit. I was still blessed to be able to pretty much just sing the melody, but I wasn’t happy with it, of course.” — Aretha Franklin on her inauguration performance. [CNN]
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