Thursday, December 9, 2010

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy


Chelsea Handler attacks Angelina, talks up Aniston in a new interview

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST

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We've actually had requests for yet another story of Chelsea Handler being a drunken mess, yet again. Do you know how happy I would be to ignore the whole sordid mess? Yes, it's funny to watch the Brangeloonies and the Jen Hens battle it out in The Great and Unending Uncool War, but there's just so much nastiness all around, it's kind of giving me an ulcer. But you asked for it. Okay, to recap: over the weekend, Chelsea Handler did a stand-up act, and she ended up shouting down a heckler by going off on an obscene tangent about how Angelina Jolie is C-U-Next-Tuesday, amongst other things. On her Monday show, Chelsea defended herself by saying that she's always made fun of Angelina, but she didn't say anything about Jennifer Aniston and their trip to Cabo and whether Aniston had anything to say about the tirade.

Then, yesterday, Star Magazine released their cover - a story any of could have written in our sleep. According to Star, Jennifer Aniston "broke down" and confessed to Chelsea that she "can't stop loving Brad." It was low-hanging fruit for the tabloids - Aniston and Handler were just together in Cabo two weeks ago, and Aniston has never protested Chelsea's nasty attacks on Jolie, ever. Then, just hours after Star released their cover, PopEater ran sympathetic Aniston pity party story about how angry Aniston is over Chelsea's tirade:

“I’ve been making fun of Angelina Jolie since she made out with her brother,” Chelsea Handler laughed. “If I’ve learned nothing from this, it’s to write some new jokes.” Sources tell me Jennifer would agree, except she doesn’t think this is a laughing matter and has told her feisty friend to give it a rest.

“Jen has gone out of her way to keep her private feelings about that woman who stole her husband private and has always asked her friends to do the same,” an insider tells me. “She is furious with Chelsea for bringing the whole situation back to life again and landing her on the cover of a weekly magazine tomorrow with a Brad headline.”

Sources tell me Jen hasn’t felt this betrayed since John Mayer held a “press conference” to announce he was breaking up with her. Yeah, that was pretty bad.

The notoriously private actress has kept her inner circle close. Two of the newer additions to that exclusive club — John and Chelsea — have both gone and blown it.

“Jen doesn’t just let these sort of people in her life,” a friend of the actress tells me. “She hates drama or unnecessary attention and certainly doesn’t want to ever see her face on a tabloid again with a headline about Angie or Brad.”

I’m told Jen wants badly to believe Chelsea didn’t revive her Angelina-skewering jokes now that the two are good friends.

“Even so,” the friend admits, “she’s happy Chelsea made it clear her rant had nothing to do with her and wishes she’d just keep her big mouth shut in the future.”

[From PopEater]

"Jen has gone out of her way to keep her private feelings about that woman who stole her husband private and has always asked her friends to do the same." - except for all of those times she didn't. Except for getting her friends to bash Angelina and Brad in Vanity Fair. Except for going off on Angelina in 2008 in Vogue, and even bringing up the Jolie-Pitt kids in GQ in the same year. Except for all of these "leaks" from well-placed "sources" who also let us know exactly what she's thinking about "that woman who stole her husband." Also: the fact that the "source" is still using language like "that woman who stole her husband" makes me think that Aniston is sitting at home alone in a caftan, rocking and stroking her hair in between sticking pins in her Jolie Voodoo doll.

Also - just out today, Chelsea has a new interview in Glamour Magazine where she's talking about the triangle bullsh-t even more. Hint: Aniston emails her "funny" jokes, probably about how Angelina is a C-U-Next-Tuesday.

KATIE COURIC: Your humor can be pretty out there. Do you self-edit?
CHELSEA HANDLER: I'm pretty clear about what I'm willing to say and the lengths I'm willing to go, and I think it's important to be politically incorrect. You don't want to be nasty, and you don't want to be malicious. But it's OK—I mean, funny trumps everything in my mind.

KATIE COURIC: Is there anybody who really makes you laugh? A woman who really makes you laugh, other than me?
CHELSEA HANDLER: Jennifer Aniston makes me laugh. She's irreverent and hilarious, and she sends me really, really funny e-mails.

KATIE COURIC: She's funny?
CHELSEA HANDLER: Very.

KATIE COURIC: And speaking of that, wow, girl, you went off on Angelina Jolie recently.
CHELSEA HANDLER: Yeah, I'm not a fan. She just doesn't come off to me as a sincere woman. She seems like a woman that you'd really want to avoid.

KATIE COURIC: What's your take on bullying?
CHELSEA HANDLER: I think bullying of anybody, whether they're gay or straight or anything in high school is unbearable. I dealt with it, and I did it. It's terrible. And you want the school to tell people that at some point you all grow up, and it was a terrible thing to do, and be a reminder of it's never acceptable. I was tortured for a year in school by the older girls. They didn't like the way I looked; I dated a guy that was a senior when I was a freshman. And it was awful. But I think bullies just need to be taught by their parents how to treat other people.

[From Glamour]

So despite Camp Aniston's attempt to distance themselves via PopEater, Chelsea is still talking up her friendship with Aniston. There are only two versions of this story: either Aniston is completely fine with Chelsea being her nasty, coked-out attack dog and she completely cosigns everything Chelsea says and does OR Aniston does not agree, but those feelings aren't strong enough to keep her away from being friends with Chelsea, which speaks volumes as to the kind of people she surrounds herself with. Also, I'd just like to note something else - this Glamour interview is relatively tame as far as Chelsea talking up her Team Aniston status. You want psychotic, you should go back and re-read what she said in Rolling Stone.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Beyonce allegedly gave Jay-Z the most expensive car in the entire world

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:50 AM PST

Jay-Z and Beyonce watch the French Open mens final match between Spaniard Rafael Nadal and Swede Robin Soderling at Roland Garros in Paris on June 6, 2010. Nadal defeated Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 to win his fifth French Open title in six years.  UPI/David Silpa Photo via Newscom

Beyonce, supposedly still 29, has allegedly given her husband Jay-Z the most expensive car in the entire world for his 41st birthday last Saturday. The Bugati Veyron Grand Sport costs $2 million dollars and it can’t even go under water, double as a boat, or fly (photos at the end of the post). In fact there’s a car that goes under water that isn’t offered yet, but will probably be cheaper than this. The good news is that this story originated in The Sun, and could be completely made up. It’s hard to fathom anyone dropping two million dollars on a freaking car no matter how rich and flashy they are.

Beyonce Knowles showed just how much she loves her husband Jay-Z by reportedly presenting him with a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, on his birthday. The rap mogul turned 41 on Dec. 4 and to celebrate, The Sun reports his better half bought him one of the world’s fastest and most expensive production cars ever built.

The Veyron Grand Sport is powered by a 16.4-liter engine that produces 1,000 horsepower with a top speed of 253 mph and a 0-60 mph time of just 2.7 seconds. And the price for all that speed and power: a cool $2 million.

Beyonce can certainly afford it. According to Forbes, she made $87 million this year. Jay-Z is no slouch in the earnings department either, he has a business empire and a fortune estimated at $450 million.

The Veyron will add to Jay-Z’s impressive car collection which according to The Sun includes a Maybach 62S, Ferrari F430 Spider and a Pagani Zonda Roadster.

[From Popeater]

Let’s hope this story is fake, but if it’s not it definitely stands in contrast to the recent news that Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is going to give away most of his $6.9 billion fortune to charity. And the dude drives a Honda Fit. Now that impresses me way more than a $2 million dollar car.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 27:   Singer Beyonce Knowles (L) and Def Jam President Jay-Z arrive to the 77th Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theater on February 27, 2005 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 07:  Singer Beyonce (L) and her man, rapper Jay Z attend the Marc Jacobs Fall 2005 show during Olympus Fashion Week at The Armory February 7, 2005 in New York City.   (Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)

FLUSHING, NY - SEPTEMBER 5:  Singer Beyonce Knowles and boyfriend Jay Z attend the womens semi-finals at the 2003 US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium September 5, 2003 at the USTA National Tennis Center, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, in Flushing, New York.  (Photo by Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

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Gwyneth Paltrow “played a role” in Gaylord Jwifty’s relationship

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:36 AM PST

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Us Weekly's print edition has another minor story on Jaylor/Gaylord Jwifty - the Jake Gyllenhaal and Taylor Swift romance. Last week, Us Weekly had the super-posed photos of Swifty and Jake wandering around arm-in-arm around New York, along with an absolutely hysterical article chock-full of quotes from Camp Swifty about Jake being the coffee-swirling love of her life. There was also a minor story about Jake and Swifty's visit to the Gaylord hotel in Nashville, thus summarizing, however inappropriately and immaturely, my take on their relationship. Anyway, this week's Us Weekly story is, as I said, minor, but that's only because Gwyneth Paltrow is such a minor demon these days. According to their sources, Goopy played a part in getting Gaylord Jwifty together:

To welcome Jake Gyllenhaal and gal pal Taylor Swift to London during their secretive pre-Thanksgiving trip, Gwyneth Paltrow hosted a private party for the pair on November 13, an insider tells Hot Stuff.

"Jake and Taylor were driven from the Dorchester to Gwyneth's and Chris Martin's house in Primrose Hill for dinner," says the insider. "They stayed there for a few hours."

Paltrow and Jake starred together in Proof and she also shared a dressing room with Swift at the CMAs.

"Gwyneth seems to have played a role in their relationship," adds the source.

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

Gwyneth is at the bottom of it! It's all part of her dastardly plan. Global domination, one beard at a time. But of course Gwyneth is friends with both Jake and Taylor. OF COURSE. She's friends with everybody. Everybody WORTH being friends with. And of course she threw them a little "party" too. I bet she even cooked! And decorated! And then washed the dishes with her perfect vagina.

By the way, Goopy's new Goop newsletter is all about how she's "freezing her ass off" - and she recommends some cold-weather items for us. $1000 for Burberry boots? Of course! Oh, and Goopy has items in dollars and British pounds, of course. I'm surprised she didn't throw a few items in dinar-only, just to be smug.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Colin Farrell in an ascot: dashingly sexy or much too fancy?

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 07:09 AM PST

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We saw the photo call for The Way Back yesterday - the set of photos were amazing, just for Colin Farrell's sheer hotness, little Saoirse's stunning beauty, and Jim Sturgess's incessant pillow-weeping. Last night was the London premiere for the film - and Colin showed up in what I can only identify as an "ascot". Is that right? At first I thought it was a clown tie that Colin was wearing for fun, but Colin is really trying to bring the "Brad Pitt in Tom Ford" ascot vibe, isn't he? Thoughts? Can Colin pull this off? He's always been an eccentric dresser, almost a mini-Johnny Depp. When someone like Pitt wears an ascot, it seems like an aspect of his dandiness, his fussy dressing. On Colin it seems like a way to pick up women, right? Like, "Baby, do you like my ascot? It's the perfect length to tie your wrists together while I'm boning you like there's no tomorrow, love." Verdict: Colin can pull off the ascot. And I would pull it off… with my teeth.

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The rest of them… here's Jim Sturgess. I actually felt kind of bad yesterday when I claimed that Sturgess looked like the kind of guy who would pump for a minute and then burst into tears. So I looked up some videos of him singing. Um… okay, he was totally the kind of guy I would have been in love with when I was 18 years old. He's also a pillow-weeper, for the love of GOD. There's a reason you fall for guys like that when you're 18 years old - you don't know any better. You think when a guy pumps for a minute and bursts into tears, it's because of his sensitive soul. It's not. It's because he sucks. Also: the boy has bangs trauma. Like, Peggy Olsen-in-Mad-Men level of bangs trauma.

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Saoirse! She's so pretty. I really, really hope that Colin isn’t tying her up with his ascot.

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Photos courtesy of WENN.

Amy Adams on her baby: ‘I want her to feel her identity isn’t caught up in what I do’

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:44 AM PST

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Amy Adams was spotted outside Good Morning America yesterday with her fiance, actor and artist Darren Le Gallo, and their nearly seven month-old daughter, Aviana. I think we’ve seen Aviana before, but I just can’t get over what an adorable baby she is - and she has her mom’s gorgeous red hair!

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Adams is promoting her role in The Fighter, out December 10, in which she plays Mark Wahlberg’s girlfriend. She told Robin Roberts on Good Morning America yesterday (video below) that she took boxing lessons to prepare for her ‘feisty’ role but that her experience as one of seven siblings also gave her experiences to draw on. They showed a clip from the film and it looks incredible. There’s Oscar buzz around this film, and Amy has of course already been nominated for an Oscar this early in her career. She’s certainly made some excellent film choices and she’s one of my favorite actresses. I love how low key and normal she is without making a point of it.

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On motherhood, she told Robin “it’s really really good, it’s fantastic. Aviana is here actually. She comes with me everywhere.” She also explained that she didn’t want her career to affect her daughter at all “I want her to feel that she has her own identity, and her identity isn’t caught up in what I do. That’s really important for me.” You know, we see so little of Amy when she doesn’t have a film to promote that it’s a real treat to watch her interviews. She’s always impressed me.

Here are more photos and Amy’s interview. Doesn’t she look so much like Mariah Carey in that one photo below? I think it’s her hair and sunglasses, plus she’s making an expression like Mariah always does.

Photo credit: Fame Pictures

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Angelina Jolie talks babies and paparazzi on Larry King

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:34 AM PST

Photo by: Dennis Van Tine/starmaxinc.com 2010  12/6/10 Angelina Jolie at the premiere of The Tourist . (NYC) Photo via Newscom

Sometimes it amuses me that some of the over 30-crowd of celebrities is still so old-fashioned when it comes to media. What other explanation is there for people like Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt consistently giving interviews to crusty old fart Larry King? This man was a boring old gnome back in the 1980s - and now he's just ridiculous. And yet, some of the "older" celebrities are still stuck in the old-media dynamic, and they still go on Larry King Live. Anyway, Jolie is going to be on tonight - it should be good. And by "good" I mean "you'll want to shoot Larry in the face after five minutes." So it seems Jolie and Larry have already pretaped the interview - that means no calling in to yell at her, Chelsea Handler! And some of the interview excerpts have already begun leaking out - like this one, from Us Weekly. Jolie tells Larry that she and Brad are open to having more kids:

Guess six ain’t enough. Angelina Jolie says she and Brad Pitt aren’t necessarily done having kids via adoption or the old-fashioned way.

On Wednesday’s Larry King Live, Jolie, 35, said she has “no plans at the moment,” to add a seventh child to her big brood with Pitt, 46. “But we’re always open [to the idea],” she admitted.

The Tourist actress explained how she and Pitt keep their kids’ fears in check when they’re swarmed by photographers.

“Well, we try not to get them into the middle of it,” she explained. “We try to get them around things and under things [to hide from paparazzi].”

When a shutterbug does get a shot of Shiloh and the gang? “We just have to kind of smile and say, ‘Don’t worry, it’s not scary. They just like to take pictures…As a parent, the only thing you can do is try to make sure that they don't feel it’s a threat, you don’t act like it’s a threat, and you just keep smiling so they don't feel anything negative.”

[From Us Weekly]

She's been using that "we're open to it" line for a couple of years now. I like it - I imagine her real thoughts are something like "six kids and no sleep makes Angelina want to stab Larry in the face, thank you." My theory: they'll probably adopt one more kid, a few years from now, maybe. Once the twins have grown up a little more, then Angelina will get all broody. Just my theory.

UPDATE: Oh, this happened last night? MY BAD. CNN really needs to update their site, for real. Honest mistake (because I never watch LKL).

Here's the only video clip I could find from the interview:

Dec. 6, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actress ANGELINA JOLIE and actor BRAD PITT attend the World premiere of 'The Tourist' held at Ziegfeld Theater. © Red Carpet Pictures

Dec. 6, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actress ANGELINA JOLIE and actor BRAD PITT attend the World premiere of 'The Tourist' held at Ziegfeld Theater. © Red Carpet Pictures

Dec. 6, 2010 - New York, New York, U.S. - Actress ANGELINA JOLIE attends the World premiere of 'The Tourist' held at Ziegfeld Theater. © Red Carpet Pictures

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 06: Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the World premiere of The Tourist at Ziegfeld Theatre on December 6, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 06: Actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt attend the World premiere of The Tourist at Ziegfeld Theatre on December 6, 2010 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Mark Zuckerberg pledges most of his $6.9 billion fortune to charity

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 06:06 AM PST

PALO ALTO, CA - NOVEMBER 3: Facebook social network founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg speaks at a press conference at Facebook headquarters on November 3, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Zuckerberg announced a new mobile Facebook platform that will unify it's mobile site but anxious rumors of a Facebook phone were not confirmed. (Photo by Kim White/Getty Images)

Back in the early 2000s, Bill Gates decided that if he was going to do some charity work and give away some of his money, he was going to go balls-out with it. He pledged the bulk of his wealth to the charity that he and his wife had founded, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and steadily throughout the years, their foundation became the gold-standard. The bulk of the foundation's work is in developing countries in Africa and Asia, and they prioritize communicable, curable diseases, as well as quality of life issues, in addition to bringing technology, jobs and finance to the developing world. The foundation has a largesse of some-odd $20-30 billion from Bill and Melinda (from the last numbers I saw). Then, several years ago, Bill Gates' friend, mentor and surrogate father Warren Buffett pledged the bulk of his fortune to the Gates Foundation as well - adding another couple dozen billion dollars to the pile.

With Buffett's signal to rich people everywhere - that you can't take it with you and you might as well give it someone who really needs it - more billionaires quickly signed on and made enormous pledges, not just to the Gate Foundation, but to other foundations and charities. And now America's youngest self-made billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, has made a similar pledge. Zuckerberg is worth $6.9 billion, by this year's estimates. And he just pledged the bulk of his fortune, taking the cue from Buffet and Gates.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among 17 wealthy American families and individuals who have joined a promise to donate the bulk of their fortunes to charity, according to a group that supports the idea.

The Giving Pledge, the group founded by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, said the additions bring the total number of wealthy American families taking the pledge to 57.

“People wait until late in their career to give back. But why wait when there is so much to be done?,” Zuckerberg said in a statement issued by The Giving Pledge. “With a generation of younger folks who have thrived on the success of their companies, there is a big opportunity for many of us to give back earlier in our lifetime and see the impact of our philanthropic efforts.”

Others joining The Giving Pledge in the announcement made late Wednesday include investor Carl Icahn, former junk bond investor Michael Milken, and America Online founder Steve Case and his wife, Jean.

“I’m delighted to welcome these 17 families into the Giving Pledge community,” said Buffett. “In just a few short months we’ve made good progress. The Giving Pledge has re-energized people thinking about philanthropy and I look forward to many more conversations with families who are truly fortunate, and whose generosity can and will change lives.”

They join a group that already included, besides Buffett and the Gates, Oracle (ORCL, Fortune 500) chairman Larry Ellison, David Rockefeller, CNN founder Ted Turner, New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and “Star Wars” creator George Lucas.

[From CNN]

It's kind of amazing, right? Zuckerberg is 26 YEARS OLD. He still has decades to enjoy his billions, you know? There are yachts that could have been bought, expensive champagne that could have been poured on expensive hookers' boobs, mansions and helipads that could have been maintained. Instead, this 26 year old kid decides to pledge the bulk of fortune to charity?

I also think that Zuckerberg is kind of enjoying the attention he's gotten from The Social Network, and I think that with his higher profile, he felt the pull to do something big, and not in some "how do I get rid of this dead hooker's body?" kind of way. I know it's dumb to bring this all back to a movie, but I can't help but think that the movie is part of it, part of Zuckerberg's new-found celebrity. I applaud him for doing something righteous with his celebrity, and with his wealth.

By the way, Zuckerberg was on 60 Minutes this past weekend. Here's the video - he's actually pretty funny!

PALO ALTO, CA - NOVEMBER 3: Facebook social network founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg speaks at a press conference at Facebook headquarters on November 3, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Zuckerberg announced a new mobile Facebook platform that will unify it's mobile site but anxious rumors of a Facebook phone were not confirmed. (Photo by Kim White/Getty Images)

PALO ALTO, CA - NOVEMBER 3: Facebook social network founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg speaks at a press conference at Facebook headquarters on November 3, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Zuckerberg announced a new mobile Facebook platform that will unify it's mobile site but anxious rumors of a Facebook phone were not confirmed. (Photo by Kim White/Getty Images)

The youngest ever self-made billionaire , Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, enjoyed sunday afternoon with his girlfriend Priscilla Chan in Palo Alto, CA, October 10, 2010 in the same shirt that he sported out yesterday with a pal. The happy couple strolled around the farmers market and then enjoyed a Jewish festival that took place near by. Priscilla pumps her own gas as Mark hung out in the car. Zuckerberg certainly doesn't appear to be an average billionaire at all. His personal Facebook profile page, he lists his personal interests as openness, making things that help people connect and share what's important to them, revolutions, information flow, and minimalism. A lifestyle motto to which he is clearly sticking to by driving an extremely economical Honda Fit and living way under his means in a rented small yet cozy home in Palo Alto, Ca. His cloths are obviously not flashy, expensive or brand new. But Zuckerberg is choosing to spend his massive earnings on a greater purpose. Last week he created a Start-Up Education Foundation and gifted the city of Newark, New Jersey a breathtaking $100 million dollars to aid in the city s desperately hurting public school system. And while this grand gesture coupled with an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show is all thought to be a strategic move to counter negative publicity from Aaron Sorkin s film The Social Network. about Zuckerberg, which premiered in New York City the very same week. Zuckerberg claims that he intends to continue his mission for education! Fame Pictures, Inc

PALO ALTO, CA - OCTOBER 06: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a news conference at Facebook headquarters on October 6, 2010 in Palo Alto, California. Zuckerberg announced the addition of a revamped personal groups feature and the ability to download everything you have posted to Facebook. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 15: Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg pauses as he speaks during a special event announcing a new Facebook email messaging system at the St. Regis Hotel on November 15, 2010 in San Francisco, California. Facebook will launch a new messaging system aimed at enhancing it's social media product to its 500 million users. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden might be getting married this weekend

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:55 AM PST

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Nicole Richie is finally (allegedly) going to marry her longterm boyfriend and the father of her children, Joel Madden, this weekend. Preparations are said to be underway at Nicole’s dad Lionel Richie’s compound, with the paparazzi capturing photos of moving vans making dropoffs there, along with additional security on the property and some kind of massive outdoor party-like construction happening. (Photos here). We’ve heard rumors for a few weeks that Nicole and Joel were planning a wedding this holiday season, but I didn’t make much of them because we’ve heard this rumor for years now. There’s more evidence this time around, and this could really be happening. Sources say the wedding will take place on December 11. Here’s a good overview of the various stories, from Hollywood Life:

What exciting news! Nicole Richie, 29, and Joel Madden, 31, are reportedly tying the knot Dec. 11 at Nicole's father Lionel Richie's house in a small "winter-themed" ceremony. "Nicole is obsessed with the season," a source tells Us Weekly.

Preparations are already underway. On Dec. 3, the tables and chairs were delivered and more moving trucks were spotted at Lionel's house Dec. 7.

"A stage is being built over the pool in the backyard so the guests will have more space to dance," another source tells RadarOnline.com. "It's kind of cool because people will be dancing on top of the water."

Nicole even made a trip to NYC on Dec. 3 to be fitted for her Marchesa wedding gown.

"Nicole brought her stylist Simone Harouche with her," an insider tells Us. "A lot of thought went into her dress — it was a priority for her." "She's deciding between two dresses: Marchesa and vintage Chanel," adds another source.

Joel and Nicole have decided to keep the guest list tight. "Mindy [Weiss, the wedding planner] called all of the guests personally," a friend of the couple tells Us.

"She didn't invite a bunch of her celeb friends," an insider explains to RadarOnline.com. "This has apparently upset a bunch of people."

But certain stars like Christina Aguilera and Lindsay Lohan's ex-girlfriend Samantha Ronson will most likely be in attendance.

Nicole's 2-year-old daughter Harlow will be the flower girl, and Lionel will escort Nicole down the aisle. Nicole's best friend, Masha Gordon, will be her maid of honor and Joel's twin brother, Benji Madden, will serve as best man.

[From Hollywood Life]

If this is really happening, congratulations to these two. I thought they would remain happily unmarried as long as possible. Even though they’re getting married at the end of the year, they’ll get the tax advantages of married status for all of 2010. It sounds unromantic, but it’s practical. I love that Nicole snubbed some people too!

Event photos are from March, 2010. Credit: WENN.com

Socialite designer Nicole Richie took a stroll with her fianc Good Charlotte lead singer Joel Madden on August 2, 2010 in Beverly Hills, Califirnia. The happy couple walked hand in hand into a local building with out their children, a day for just the two of them. Nicole will be back in action on TV in NBC s Chuck as lead Yvonne Strahovski roll Sarah s high-school nemesis Heather and Joel has been dealing with a DJ who has started a rumor of his cheating on his fianc Nicole.  Fame Pictures, Inc

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Christina Aguilera blames sexy nude ‘leaked’ photos on ‘hacker’

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:45 AM PST

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Yesterday we saw some semi-nude candid photos of Christina Aguilera wearing pasties, a bodice draped with chains and little else. It was the same outfit she wore in the Not Myself Tonight video, only we got to see much more of her. Other photos of XTina from that series had her wearing a long robe that she lifted up to show her stomach, and modeling leggings and a white t-shirt without a bra. (Photos are on Egotastic and The Superficial)

It all looked like typical “sexy” photos that a starlet would release to drum up interest, and given what we’ve seen of Aguilera it wasn’t particularly scandalous. Only now her people are insisting the photos were “hacked” from her “stylist’s” computer. Give me a break.

Christina Aguilera and her team are speaking out after personal photos of hers were leaked online earlier today.

"The photos of Christina Aguilera being leaked to the press were illegally obtained by a hacker who tapped into Christina's personal stylist's account," her rep told JustJared.com in a statement. "The photos were taken in the privacy of Ms. Aguilera's home and were used only in a personal exchange between the star and her stylist."

"We find the actions of the hackers and the press who purchased and/or obtained these photos to be irresponsible and actionable. We are attempting to determine the identity of the hackers and will pursue them aggressively. Their conduct is reprehensible," Christina's rep added.

[From Just Jared]

If a “hacker” did this, why didn’t they send takedown notices to the blogs? Egotastic and The Superficial still have all these photos up. That’s right, because XTina loves the publicity and she loves to show off. She should have just left these photos out there instead of concocting up a ridiculous cover story. There may be something else Christina wants us to notice in these photos. It really looks like she has a large bruise on her cheek and around her eye (photo NSFW) in at least one of the pictures. She also has a large bruise on her knee (linked photo NSFW) and a cut on her leg although that could be a dancing injury. There were rumors of domestic abuse in Christina’s marriage around the time she announced her separation. These photos aren’t going to do much to quash the pregnancy speculation either.

What do I have to achieve in life to get a closet like that? I’ve seen shoe stores with less options.

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Laura Dern & Ben Harper are attempting to reconcile

Posted: 09 Dec 2010 05:40 AM PST

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Back in October, Ben Harper very publicly dumped Laura Dern - he filed for divorce, claiming that they had been separated for months (when they had just recently been on vacation). Team Dern fought back, claiming that they weren't separated, and that the filing had left Dern "stunned". Now, barely two months later, it looks like Ben and Laura are attempting to bury the hatchet. Radar reports that they've been spending time together, and that Ben has even invited Laura to come with him to Paris:

Just two months ago, Ben Harper filed for divorce from Laura Dern citing irreconcilable differences, but now RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned that the pair is trying to work out their differences and get their marriage back on track.

"It looks like they're trying to work this out," a source exclusively told RadarOnline.com.
"Ben's been coming to the house and showing signs he really wants to reconcile."

The couple's sudden split stunned friends as the divorce filing came just three weeks after the couple and their two children traveled to Hawaii for the wedding of their close friend Pearl Jam frontman, Eddie Vedder to model Jill McCormick. The Dern-Harper family joined other celebrities including Jack Johnson and Sean Penn for an almost week-long celebration in Honolulu.

"Harper filed for divorce without giving Laura any notice, the filing came as a complete surprise to her," explained our source.

The pair had been married for almost five years and had been described as the picture of happiness. In court documents filed in Los Angeles, Harper is seeking joint custody of the couple's two children, son Ellery, 9, and daughter Jaya ,6, and is asking the court not to award spousal support to Dern.

In mid-November, RadarOnline.com obtained exclusive photos of the couple enjoying a beautiful Sunday at the Brentwood Country Mart with their children. At that point, the two seemed to already be making amends but now they seem to be getting even closer.

"Ben has even asked Laura to come to Paris, France to visit him while he was touring with 'Fist Full Of Mercy'."

If all goes well for Harper, the singer/songwriter and musician might just be writing more love songs.

[From Radar]

Maybe I'm an old softie (I'm not really), but I do think it's nice when a couple with children gives it another go. However, I'm still completely bewildered as to how Ben could have so publicly tried to dump Laura, making it look like he was the injured party and that she had done something wrong. And then he takes her back…? I would love to know that backstory, I really would. If anyone has any good theory/gossip, please let me know.

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