- It’s going to be Kate Winslet vs. Kate Winslet at the Bafta awards. [Guardian]
- And! Winslet is on the February cover of In Style. [The Life Files]
- The Oscar presenters are a secret, but no one cares. [NY Daily News]
- Ruh-roh: Justin Timberlake was having dinner with Jessica Biel when Britney and her mom walked into the restaurant. A spy says JT and Jess quickly slumped down in their chairs to avoid Brit Brit. [Gatecrasher]
- Patrick Swayze and his wife Lisa are “each other’s rocks.” [People]
- Random celebs are going to the inauguration! Josh Lucas will attend the swearing-in ceremony, Kal Penn has a ticket, Gloria Reuben is going to the Creative Coalition’s pre-inaugural bash, and Ashley Judd is going to a couple of balls and the swearing-in. Of course, Judd will swing through Sundance first. Stars! Just like us. Not. [USA Today]
- And yes, Will Smith will be there too, as an “eyewitness to history.” [Telegraph]
- Want to know what Barack Obama will eat for dinner on January 19th, before he takes the oath of office the next day? Click away. [TMZ]
- The new Barack Obama wax figure is vaguely horrifying. [Concrete Loop]
- Oh dear: Mickey Rourke and Bai Ling made out at Chateau Marmont. [Page Six]
- Breaking: Naomi Campbell and Naomi Campbell’s maid have settled their lawsuit. Raise your hand if you think the maid got paid. [AP]
- Lost fans! Foxy Matthew Fox is looking foxy on the cover of Details! [ONTD]
- Lost fans! Awesome Evangeline Lilly is on the cover of TV Guide! [JustJared]
- Whoa: Guy Ritchie was in Madonna’s NYC apartment on Tuesday, because Lourdes begged them, “Please don’t be mean to each other.” Now, says a source: “Madge and Guy are getting along better than they have in over a year.” Absence makes the heart grow civil? [Gatecrasher]
- Madonna is flying to Florida for an equestrian festival, and she’s having a British riding instructor flown out for her. Six months ago Madonna had a horse shipped to the U.S., how did we miss that? [Perez]
- Amy Winehouse has extended her “well-being” stay at Le Sport Spa in St. Lucia, but she is ignoring the booze ban her management put in place. A source says, “We keep catching her crawling past bars, or hiding behind chairs. She grabs guests’ drinks and runs off, like a squirrel with a nut.” [MSNBC]
- Okay, even though this is a picture of Amy Winehouse on her hands and knees outside of a hotel bar, her spokesperson says: “Amy was not stealing drinks off people’s tables. She could have been doing anything in those pictures. She is moving out of the hotel and into a private villa nearby. She wants a bit more privacy. Her dad arrived today and she has decided to stay out there for two more weeks. She is just on holiday and enjoying herself.” Clearly. [Daily Mail]
- American Idol‘s Kara DioGuardi is defending her attack on the contestant known as Bikini Girl. It isn’t that she has a problem with attractive women: “I love pretty girls,” DioGuardi told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show. “The thing with Bikini Girl, to be honest with you — I think she had a better body than her face. But we wouldn’t be talking about the bikini if she killed the song.” [MSNBC]
- In this behind-the-scenes video of Beyoncé and Solange’s L’Oréal commercial, you find out that they each think the other one looks “beautiful and flawless.” Oh, and there’s hair choreography. [ONTD]
- This item is about how Daniel Craig admits he’s done some “crap” films, and used to go in Blockbuster and throw his bad movies that were on the shelf under the counter. Which is the story he told Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, and we posted that clip here. [The Sun]
- We’ve heard this before, but Whoopi Goldberg is returning to the sci-fi genre: She’ll produce and star in Stream, a series which premieres today on horror website and on-demand network FEARnet. [Reuters]
- Filmmaker Michael Moore “misused” a war photograph — in which a U.S. soldier is seen cradling a wounded Iraqi girl — and now there is a lawsuit and a kerfluffle. [Page Six]
- Will Ferrell is learning you can’t say “douchebag” on morning television. [Page Six]
- Sharon Osbourne won’t go on Jay Leno’s new prime-time show in September: “I wouldn’t go on it. Fuck no. He had always been a friend of ours, but then Ozzy went and performed on Jimmy Kimmel, and Jay has banned us ever since. So fuck him!” Tell us how you really feel, Sharon. [Page Six]
- By the by, Sharon has just won an apology and cold hard cash from The Sun after the paper falsely accused her of overworking husband Ozzy. [AP]
- Even though Courtenay Semel beat up Casey Johnson and set her hair on fire, the two will go to Sundance together this weekend. Fun! [Page Six]
- Emily Blunt is in negotiations to play femme fatale Black Widow in Iron Man 2. [Variety]
- Kendra Wilkinson says: “Now I’m totally against [Hefner’s] way of life, with three girlfriends and all of that.” But! She will marry fiancé Hank Baskett at the Playboy Mansion this summer. Moral compass: Askew. [NY Daily News]
- Aww, Lenny Kravitz and daughter Zoe work out with a trainer together in Miami. [Page Six]
- For some reason Craig Ferguson is really protective of Jimmy Fallon, who will take over Late Night in March. Ferguson told a bunch of TV critics: “I challenge you all to this: Give Jimmy a month before you review him. [Fallon] is kind of like the reverse Barack Obama. It’s like he hasn’t done anything yet, but everybody is commenting on his performance. Give him a chance.” [AP]
- Jude Law and Judi Dench are helping save a gorgeous old Victorian church in north London. [Telegraph]
- Blind item! “Which aging action star had a leisurely conversation with a young, hunky co-star on set — all while being pleasured by an extra?” [Gatecrasher]
- Joey McIntyre says of the New Kids On The Block cruise: “Our manager tells us this is not a cheesy thing.” But honey, he gets paid to say that. [Gatecrasher]
- Emma “Baby Spice Bunton” says there will be no Spice Girls reunion: “We had the most amazing time. It was a completely different vibe and we had so much fun. But it’s done now, and I think we’re all going in different directions.” Ya think? [Mirror]
- Blur guitarist Graham Coxon says Pete Doherty is a “scumbag magnet.” [The Sun]
- Daniel Radcliffe had to change a line in the play Equus because American tourists were laughing. It had to do with someone asking a horse’s name and the line “Trojan… and you can stroke him.” [Telegraph]
- “Are you sure you want to get this close to me after seeing my show?” — Bret Michaels to a group of “busty, flirty” fans who approached him begging for photos at a NYC bar on Monday. [Gatecrasher]
- “People come up to me and have certain words for me, but you know what I do? I say, ‘I’m healthy, I exercise, I believe in myself, and I think I’m beautiful.’ You just have to learn how to transform the pressures into something that doesn’t soak into you on a personal level. You see it, you breathe past it, you don’t let it sink into your self-esteem.” — Raven-Symoné, who battles body critics, but will host a Dove-sponsored self-esteem workshop today. [People]
- “Honestly, to see how in love with Angelina he is, it was really quite disgusting. Awful in fact. It’s in my contract now: I won’t ever work with him again.” — Cate Blanchett, joking about Brad Pitt. [Telegraph]
- “I got a souvenir. I got his glasses as a present. And it’s my treasure. I love those glasses. He only has two pairs and he gave me one.” — Penelope Cruz, on what Woody Allen gave her after Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Bet he says that to all the girls. [Hindustan Times via Contact Music]
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