- “Life poet” Joaquin Phoenix on his rap career:
“I want it to be big. Not big like popular. I want it to really try and be, for me, the culmination of my life thus far. I realize it’s going to be for public consumption, so there are songs that are about – there are dance songs. Most of it, I think, is an internal exploration.” Like a rectal exam? [USA Today]
- James Gray, the director of Joaquin’s latest film, Two Lovers, says of JP’s hip-hop thing: “If it’s an act, it’s the most committed act I’ve ever seen in my life. I mean, he built a studio [in his house].” ABC News]
- If you want to talk to Joaquin Phoenix, prepare to sign a release, because it’s gonna be filmed for his documentary. [Gatecrasher]
- A Friday gift: Video of Clive Owen, talking about The International. Why is the way he says “shootout” so sexy? [WSJ]
- Madonna went on a date with Jesus Luz in New York last night; they dined at a steakhouse and talked about Kabbalah. [Daily Mail]
- Before “baby” Jesus left Brazil to hang out with her Madgesty, he had two different girlfriends. [Page Six]
- Nicole Kidman has donated £230,000 to help victims of the Australian bushfires. She says: “As Australians, I think the biggest thing is that, no matter where you are in the world, we support each other and we rally.” [The Sun]
- This report says that teen fashion designer Kira Plastinina may have been the cause of the Chris Brown/Rihanna fight. [Extra]
- Chris Brown has left Las Vegas and is on his way to meet his mom; she lives in Virginia but it’s unclear if he is headed there or if they are meeting somewhere else. [E!]
- Reports persist that Chris and Rihanna’s right started with a text from another woman; Leona Lewis, Paris Hilton and Keisha Chanté were all suspected of flirting with Chris, but all deny it. [E!]
- Roger Friedman from Fox seems to think Paris Hilton is involved. [Fox 411]
- When Rihanna wore an eyepatch in concert last year, was it because Chris Brown had injured her eye? [The Sun]
- Chris Brown is seeking a “crisis-management expert.” [EW]
- Oh no: Details of how the surgery of Tameka Foster Raymond — Usher’s wife — went terribly wrong: She went to Brazil to get lipo and right after she went under general anesthesia, she suffered cardiac arrest. Of course, Usher’s rep issued a statement on February 8 which read: “Tameka Raymond is in stable condition after suffering complications from routine surgery in Brazil.” Bold ours, obviously. This may be a case of surgery too soon after childbirth: Their second son is two months old. [People]
- Speaking of surgery, a doctor who does not treat him says Michael Jackson‘s nose “will collapse” after a staph infection he may have contracted after a nose job. [The Sun]
- Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes heard that T.R. Knight and Katherine Heigl were leaving Grey’s Anatomy and says: “That was a very interesting rumor. And it’s not true.” [People]
- Boooo: Victoria Beckham was considered to be a judge on American Idol, but she was too busy. Wouldn’t you love to see Posh take on the wacky kids? [Mirror]
- Dina Lohan owes $11,485.74 in taxes on her Long Island home, and today is the deadline to pay. [TMZ]
- Oscar-nominated film-maker Stephen Daldry is pondering a remake of My Fair Lady, with Keira Knightley as Eliza Doolittle. Asks this reporter, Wouldn’t it be luvverly? [Daily Mail]
- Who will score an interview with post-bong-pic Michael Phelps? [Page Six]
- Even though Hugh Grant is supposed to be with Jemima Khan, he was seen making out with two women in New York Tuesday night. [Gatecrasher]
- Monday night, Hugh Grant made out with Drew Barrymore. [Page Six]
- Sienna Miller is ShoWest 2009’s supporting actress of the year. This summer she’ll be in the giant GI Joe flick. [Hollywood Reporter]
- News you can’t use: Kimora Lee Simmons prepared for Valentine’s Day by getting her armpit hair lasered off. [Page Six]
- Eminem’s new track, “Crack A Bottle,” featuring Dr. Dre and 50 Cent, set a new first-week record for download sales. [Reuters]
- What is going on over at Desperate Housewives? Eva Longoria and Teri Hatcher are going to kiss in an upcoming episode? Sounds like a desperate reach for ratings. [MSNBC Scoop]
- Did anyone know that Jennifer Hudson‘s fiancé is training with hopes to be a WWE wrestler? [Perez]
- Mira Sorvino is pregnant with baby number 3. [ET]
- Did Michael Stipe and his entourage once visit Mario Batali’s restaurant after the kitchen was closed and keep the place open, ringing up a tab of $5,000? And then not tip or say thank you?!?!?! [Perez]
- Some dude bought a Blackberry on eBay and it had phone numbers for Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Kevin Spacey programmed into it, among others. [Telegraph]
- Kevin Costner‘s wife Christine gave birth to a baby boy, Hayes Logan Costner, on Thursday night. They have another son named Cayden who is almost 2. [ET]
- Living legend Jane Birkin has a new album, and she wrote all of the songs herself. You may know her as Serge Gainsbourg’s love interest, as Charlotte Gainsbourg’s mom, or as the inspiration for the Birkin bag. [Dazed Digital]
- The band Yes has canceled concert dates due to “unforeseen” medical reasons. [AP]
- Blind item: “Which disturbed loser is more of a cad than we thought? He’s spilling the beans about his former flame’s kinky sex habits to anyone who’ll listen.” [Gatecrasher]
- “[I wanted] to be named New York senator. I can’t believe Paterson didn’t ask. I even had a slogan: ‘Make the switch, vote for the bitch.'” — Joy Behar. [Gatecrasher]
- “I realized partying is not what I am anymore.” — Tara Reid, on her new sober life. [Daily Express]
- “I adored him, and I felt adored by him… he said to be a good parent, you never say no.” — Emily Mortimer, on her father, who died in January. He was an author and created of a popular UK TV series. [Daily Mail]
- “It’s one of those vampire movies. It’s very funny. It’s me with the beard.” — Salma Hayek on her facial hair in her new flick, Cirque du Freak. [USA Today]
- “Toward the end of the shoot, he kept saying ‘Oh I’m so tired, I’m so tired.’ You hear that kind of thing and you think it’s a joke. I just ignored it. I drove up to his house because his phone was disconnected. He said, ‘I don’t want to act anymore, I’ve been doing it for 30 years and if you did something for 30 years, you’d want to quit too.’ That rap thing … in the movie actually comes from something I played for him. I had an obsession with doing that sort of thing as a teenager. … It turns out that Joaquin is imitating me in a lot of the movie. He said, ‘I want to do that, I want to steal from that, I want to do the rap that you used to do.’ I said, ‘OK.’ And now I’m seeing him do this thing, and I feel like I’ve ruined Joaquin Phoenix for the world. I don’t want to be the guy that destroyed Joaquin Phoenix’s acting career.” — James Gray, the director of Two Lovers. [ABC News]
- “You drop some weight just by running after them.” — Naomi Watts on her “body after baby.” [People]
- “I’m 43 years old and I haven’t ever really had a good relationship.” — Moby. [NY Mag]
- “Seal always puts a smile on my face. We make each other laugh all the time. Laughing is good. I understand that life is not always just a smile all the time. But when you’re facing problems, it doesn’t make it better if you’re kind of miserable. I always try to have a positive feeling. Every morning when I get up, I’m happy to be here. Even when I’m tired because the kids have been crying in the night, they come in and want mama and crawl into my bed. They look at you and they have that smile on their faces and life is good.” — Heidi Klum. [The Star]
- “The pageantry of getting your hair curled and then all these beautiful clothes put on you — it was totally different. It was an escape. In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I’m a mom and I’m not good at putting time into prepping. I tell my girlfriends — imagine if all the time you put into waxing and primping, you took all of that energy and put it into something useful.” — Isla Fisher, on getting styled for Confessions Of A Shopaholic. [WSJ]
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