- Matthew McConaughey and girlfriend Camila Alves are in a committed relationship and have an 18-month-old son, but her mother wants Matt to put a ring on it, as it were:
“Camila’s mother is very traditional, and she’s worried that since they are not married, Matthew could leave her daughter high and dry with two kids if he falls out of love with her,” says a source. Camila’s mom, Multo Abrigado, which sounds like it means “many thanks,” would even be fine with some kind of non-marriage legal arrangement. Mom might be right, but how does Camila feel? She doesn’t seem to have a say in this. [MSNBC via National Enquirer]
- How many times have Brad and Angelina “broken up” these past two years? Basically once a month, if you read Life & Style or In Touch. Sometimes every week. [New York Mag]
- We mentioned this before, but here it is again: The house Brad Pitt purchased recently — the one with the secret cave — is not a “bachelor pad” for him to run to. The house is contiguous with his compound, where he lives with Angelina and the kids, and just gives them more space. [TMZ]
- Kristen Stewart got carded and couldn’t get into an Ed Hardy party at Sundance because she’s underage. Inside? Bob Saget and Lil Jon. Clearly she missed out. [Ok!]
- Madonna spent the weekend at Alex Rodriguez‘s house. A “friend” says: “She’s never been a one-man woman. When she’s with a guy like Jesus, whom she takes care of, she doesn’t really respect him.” [MSNBC Scoop]
- Jay Leno says he plans to talk to Conan O’Brien when things cool down. [Us Magazine]
- Jennifer Lopez will be on How I Met Your Mother. Creator Carter Bays says: “We’re looking forward to a week of revealing outfits and sexy dance moves the likes of which this show hasn’t seen since Regis Philbin guest-starred.” [Gatecrasher via Wonderwall]
- Are you going to watch the episodes of The Hills which involve Heidi Montag facing her mother… with her new face? [People]
- Britney Spears should just let Kevin Federline have the $50,000 the government owes them. [TMZ]
- Why did Hayden Panettiere dye her hair red? “I was tired of being a blonde and being… you get stuck in one thing and known for one thing and as a cheerleader or whatever that image,” she says. “It’s fun to change things up, and I feel I don’t have to overcompensate as much personality-wise when I have red hair as I do with blonde hair. I’m typically a very fiery person anyway, but I just feel like cute and blonde and little is just so one category and one thing and changing my hair color, I feel like I don’t have to overcompensate so much for the fact that I don’t like being called cute or anything like that — especially being all 5-foot-2 of me.” Someone wants you to know she’s not a little girl anymore! [Us Magazine]
- At the link, a statement from Nancy Kerrigan and her family. celebrating her father Daniel, who died on Sunday. [ET]
- The wake for Nancy Kerrigan‘s father was held yesterday. [People]
- The media and paparazzi didn’t notice that Elin Nordegren was visiting Tiger Woods in rehab at first because she stayed at Brett Favre’s house. [MSNBC Scoop]
- Leo and Bar: On. [Gatecrasher]
- Ugh, blech: No one wants to hear about Tiger Woods‘ freaky sex. [Page Six]
- “Brittany Murphy‘s grieving husband says he’s suing Warner Bros. over her death, claiming: ‘They killed her.'” [Page Six]
- OMFG Lady Gaga and Elton John Grammy SURPRISE. Well, not a surprise anymore. But Holy Liberace! I predict piano madness! [Page Six]
- Hope For Haiti Now — the digital album based on the telethon — is number one on the Billboard 200. George Clooney‘s made music history, because it’s the first digital-only album to top the album charts. [E!]
- Taylor Swift has a greeting card line, and it’s as glittery country cute as she is. [Us Magazine]
- Did Taylor Swift and Taylor Lautner break up over food issues? Apparently she likes Cracker Barrel and he is very health-conscious and they always squabbled about where to go on dates! [ONTD]
- Miley Cyrus and Demi Moore are in talks to star in the remake of French hit film LOL: Laughing Out Loud. It’s the story of “a 15-year-old girl who, dumped by her more sexually experience boyfriend, sets her sights on his best friend.” At the same time, her divorcée mom is struggling to move on with her life. Oh, and the girl is obsessed with instant messaging. [Variety]
- Ellen Degeneres and Simon Cowell: No longer speaking to each other. [Radar Online]
- Alicia Keys and secret fiancé Swizz Beatz are maybe buying Lenny Kravitz‘s penthouse right across the street from where the Gawker office used to be. [Page Six]
- Pete Doherty‘s ex, Robin Whitehead, who made a film about Doherty, was found dead of a suspected drug overdose. The 27-year-old was the granddaughter of Green Party founder Teddy Goldsmith, brother of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith.
[The Sun] - “EXCLUSIVE: How Kiefer Sutherland Got Duped Out Of $869,000.” [Radar Online]
- Avatar star Sam Worthington is in negotiations to star in Dracula: Year Zero. Because there’s really been a dearth of vampire-related projects lately. [NYDN]
- The unauthorized Warren Beatty biography includes lots on info about his love life, but also this anecdote: “Occasionally, Beatty would get his comeuppance, such as when a ticked-off Katharine Hepburn, who was basically kidnapped into appearing in 1994’s turgid Love Affair, refused to do more than two takes and walked off the set. He later tried to sweet-talk her, telling the then-86-year-old, ‘If I had only met you 30 years ago.’ Her response, once he was out of earshot: ‘Is that supposed to be a compliment?'” [USA Today]
- Days after an intruder was arrested in her home, Susan Boyle‘s brother says he fears she will be assassinated. “Susan is a massive world star and needs better protection. You look at what happened to John Lennon in New York – it’s really worrying.” [The Sun, Mirror]
- Susan Boyle‘s idol, Elaine Paige, says: ‘Susan Boyle is doing terribly well considering she literally came to the attention of the world overnight with the advent of YouTube. She was like a virus really that spread across the world in a nanosecond.” And: “I don’t particularly feel any pride for her — I’m sure she is proud of what she has done.” [Daily Mail]
- Tila Tequila never officially responded to the $2 million lawsuit filed by her ex, NFL star Shawne Merriman, in which he claimed she made untrue statements about him. The court has entered a default judgment against her. Maybe she was too busy with her Twitter account to get around to legal stuff? [TMZ]
- In Joe Francis news: “A federal judge says he won’t dismiss charges against a former Nevada sheriff’s deputy accused of accepting gifts in exchange for giving preferential treatment to the jailed creator of the Girls Gone Wild videos.” [AP]
- Singer Duffy has fired her manager. [The Sun]
- “I’ve seen the pictures. Who are we to say what she can and can’t do? We’re not the ones that have to live in that body. If it makes her happy, then go ahead. It’s not my body. I’ve known Heidi since she was 18 and I’ve always thought she was beautiful, so it’s hard for me to see this transformation that’s taken place, but I love Heidi and she still has the same bubbly, sweet personality that I see.” — Kristin Cavallari, on Heidi Montag’s cosmetic surgery. [ET]
- “I’ve always just wanted to play dress-up. Why must a crazy look necessarily be gay? What I do has been done before — it’s glam. Our society is more fearful, and they don’t party enough. Everyone was partying in the ’80s.” — Adam Lambert. [Gatecrasher via V Man]
- “Why would we be at Sundance? We don’t have a movie out. I don’t get why Jill [Zarin] is there, or why the other Housewives are there. There’s no point. They’re not doing anything.” — Simon van Kempen. [Gatecrasher]
- He’s one of the few actors who knows about rock ‘n’ roll who does a really good English accent.” — Ozzy Osbourne wants Johnny Depp to play him in the movie based on his memoir. [Page Six]
- “The American Idol experience was awesome… If I was offered that job as a permanent host, I would ditch my career and take on that career. It’s such a fun, easy thing. I mean, I guess the pressure gets really on when you start eliminating the number of people that are going through (until) you’ve got the final two. So that can be kind of tense and stressful, but otherwise it’s kind of like judging a talent show.” — Katy Perry. [MSNBC via MTV]
- “I don’t think he compares to anyone. Simon Cowell is a very smart guy, he’s got some of the best intuition in the game. He’s one of my dearest friends, and the thing I love most is that he’s not afraid to take risks. Everyone is copycatting everything to death. Simon gives people what they want before they even realize they want it. I didn’t know [he was quitting ahead of time]. I got an announcement from the Television Critics Assn. So I called him and was, like, ‘Dude, you gotta tell your boy, come on!’ He said it was so crazy that day… ‘m really sad about it. This is a journey that me, Ryan, Paula and Simon started together and it’s changing a bit.” — American Idol‘s Randy Jackson, who also admits his assistant “does” his Twitter and Facebook. [LA Times]
- “It just happens to be the people that I’m drawn to, and you go, ‘How old are you?’ And then it’s like ‘Typical!’ It’s just a number and it’s just on a birth certificate.” — Hayden Panettiere, on dating older men. [Us Magazine]
- “I’m a retired special ops person in my next role. Actually, I just played a retired Mossad agent in a film called The Deck which is coming out this year so yes, I’m becoming an action star… a geriatric action star!” — Helen Mirren. [Sydney Morning Herald]
- “I’ve been pretty lucky all my life — I’ve had some good roles. But I think that as you get older, if you manage to stay on being an actress, the roles by nature become more interesting because a person of 55, 65, or 45 is a more interesting person by nature because you’ve lived much longer than a person who is 15 or 25.” — Helen Mirren. [Sydney Morning Herald]
- “I’m not playing a stripper. My character — basically nothing belongs to her. She’s an open sore. It’s really not a stripper movie at all. It sort of just opens your eyes about people that don’t have options. I know I’m speaking really vaguely about it.” — Kristen Stewart on Welcome To The Rileys. [LA Times]
- “In the story it’s so not like a romantic thing. It’s something they just do. We had so many other really crazy, really heavy things that we were intimidated by scene-wise. So when that came up on the schedule, we were like, ‘Whoa! All right, whatever.’ ” — Kristen Stewart on kissing Dakota Fanning in The Runaways. [LA Times]
- “I’m not just saying this to try to sound crazy, like, ‘Oh, I’m such a crazy pop star, I’m haunted,’ but actually, almost every night I have some psycho dream of the same ghost, either in my face, strangling me, smacking me, shoving me, or just hanging out. Sometimes he’s just there, scaring me, being an asshole.” — Ke$ha. [MSNBC via Rolling Stone]
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