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Gwyneth on Pitt & Affleck: “It was strange to be part of a public couple”
Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal join together to support each other’s charities
Dina Lohan goes on the record: “I stand behind my daughter 100%”
Us Weekly: Jennifer Aniston won’t let peasants get within 20 feet
‘Black Swan’ review: beautiful, neurotic, numbing hot mess
Alexander Skarsgard got naked for 8 hours, made True Blood cast & crew comfortable
Amanda Seyfried and Ryan Phillippe might be getting serious
Ozzy Osbourne: Lady Gaga is overexposed, I’m sick of her
Was Scarlett Johansson fooling around on Ryan Reynolds?
Pauly D is the first Jersey Shore tool to get a spinoff - was he the cheapest?

Gwyneth on Pitt & Affleck: “It was strange to be part of a public couple”

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:18 AM PST

Call me crazy, but I think Country Strong is going to go down as one of Gwyneth Paltrow's biggest career blunders. Granted, I don't see how any significant number of people will actually pay to sit through Gwyneth's slurry Brit-Brit twang, nor her incredibly awkward and hilarious dance moves. But Gwyneth is still talking, still promoting, still trying to entice us into watching her shake her vitamin-deficient booty. She already sanctimoniously gooped about motherhood, and now she's bringing out the big guns: she's giving quotes (well, a quote) about her relationships with Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck. Oh, GOOP. It's like you want us to think it's 1997 again.

Long before she settled down with British rocker husband Chris Martin (they have kids Apple, 6, and Moses, 4), Gwyneth Paltrow was one of Hollywood’s most eligible bachelorettes — and her beaus included both Brad Pitt and Ben Affleck.

In a new E! special, Gwyneth Paltrow, that aired Wednesday night, the Country Strong star, 38, admits those high-profile, late-90s romances were kind of weird.

“It was strange to be part of a public couple,” she says in the interview.

The profile also reveals that Paltrow’s road to Hollywood wasn’t as easy as some might expect. Although she is the daughter of actress Blythe Danner and late director Bruce Paltrow, she didn’t get a free ride while she waited for her big break.

“We could have paid for everything and had a spoiled kid,” mother Danner says. “[But] I think it’s really important for people to work hard.”

Paltrow admits: “I would say ‘Dad, I can’t go out to dinner, I have no money,’ and he would say ‘you’re welcome to come over here and eat at our house anytime, but I’m not giving you money for your social life.’”

Plus, the star sheds new light on her struggle with post-partum depression following son Moses’ birth in 2006. “You don’t want anybody to know that you’re depressed or crying all the time, ” she said. “There’s this shame that we bring to it and it’s incredibly debilitating and scary and you just don’t feel like yourself.”

[From Us Weekly]

So it was just the one solitary quote about Pitt & Affleck… for now. She probably has a few more things to say about them, but E! just hasn't released the quotes yet.

But anyway… this whole thing, the random quote and looking up these old photos… it's made me incredibly nostalgic. Remember when Gwyneth was the Queen Bee? Remember when everyone was obsessed with her? Remember how friggin' snotty she was even back then? Good times. Nowadays… well, do you think Gwyneth ever feels the pang of nostalgia, ever wishes she could go back and be The It Girl? I bet she does.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal join together to support each other’s charities

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:29 AM PST

You know that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are friends off the court, right? I remember Vogue's profile of Nadal last year, where Nadal was talking about how much respect he has for Federer, and how Federer is "one of the greatest tennis players in history, if not the greatest." Nadal also talked about beating Federer on the court, and Federer's high emotions afterwards: "I didn’t really know what to do. I felt sad for him. Those are difficult moments when you’re living through them, but over the years they become moments that both he and I will be able to look back on fondly—they’re emotional moments.” So… they're buddies. Professional friends, arguably the two greatest tennis players working today, if not two of the best ever, in the history of tennis. So is it so surprising that they would join together for two exhibition games, all to support each other's charities? Honestly, it's so nice it's making me tear up a little.

World number one Rafael Nadal has avenged his two recent defeats to Roger Federer with a victory over his rival in a charity match in Madrid, Spain. Wednesday night’s clash was the second of two exhibitions aimed at raising money for the pair’s foundations, with Federer winning Tuesday’s contest in the Swiss city of Zurich.

It was the third time in the last month that the world’s top-two male tennis players have met and Nadal’s first victory in that period, after Federer won in Switzerland and at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, England.

Twenty-four hours earlier the two stars joined forces to raise funds for Roger Federer’s foundation, and the “Match for Africa” raised $2.6 million for the 29-year-old’s charity.

The 23-year-old Nadal thanked his opponent for his participation in the match and was pleased the duo could use their status to raise money for a good cause.

“I say thank you very much to Roger for coming here to Madrid and supporting my foundation today,” the nine-time grand slam winner told the ATP Tour’s official website after winning the match 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-1.

“Both of us are very happy that we can finally have this event and raise a lot of money for these kids. I know that with what we’re going to raise … it’s not going to be decisive but it will be a help. It’s going to be important to improve this world a little bit.”

The contest, named the “Joining Forces For the Benefit Of Children” match, attracted an all-star crowd to the Caja Magica, including Spain’s Queen Sofia.

[From CNN]

Sweet, right? Federer won one, and Nadal won one. And they raised millions of dollars, and people got to see two of the best players in the world compete against each other. Lovely.

Oh, and for those who say that we have to pick a side, either Team Rafa or Team Federer… I'm Team Federer, just because I think he's a very kind, sweet man, and a real gentleman. But Rafa's not bad at all.

For more information about Rafa's foundation, go here. For more information on Federer's foundation, go here.

Photos courtesy of Fame.

Dina Lohan goes on the record: “I stand behind my daughter 100%”

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:45 AM PST

Mother Crackhead has gone on the record, FINALLY. After days of just being an unnamed source in Radar and TMZ's reporting, Mother Crackhead has deigned to give us a Christmas present… the gift that keeps on giving, cracked-out delusion. According to Dina Lohan, "the situation" between Lindsay and the Betty Ford employee who wanted Lindsay to take a Breathalyzer was "a little sketchy." You're telling me, Mother Crackhead! No, seriously, Dina wants us to know that although she thinks the Betty Ford Clinic is "fabulous," she has no idea how someone with that kind of "background" even got around her little crackhead daughter.

Dina Lohan says the story that she told Lindsay Lohan to refuse a breathalyzer test is pure poppycock.

Dina is lashing out at Dawn Holland, the former Betty Ford chemical dependency tech who told TMZ Dina was jawboning with Lindsay over the phone, instructing her to just say no to a breathalyzer test.

Dina says, when she was speaking with Lindsay, she was merely trying to comfort her after what the employee did to her. Lindsay claims Holland berated and grabbed her.

Dina adds, “I stand behind my daughter 100% … the whole thing with the woman is a little sketchy.”

And finally, Dina has praise for Betty Ford: “With all the fabulous employees they have, it’s unfortunate that someone with this kind of background gets through. I stand behind Betty Ford. It is such a fabulous facility. They have been nothing but great. They really helped my daughter and changed my life, too.”

[From TMZ]

Ugh, Mother Crackhead. Here's my theory: whenever Dina won't let something go, whenever she starts in with multiple interviews "defending" her little crackhead daughter, that's when you know the jig is up. Of course, the jig is always up with Lindsay's crack hustle, which is why I'm completely Team Random Fired Betty Ford Clinic Employee. Also: I think Dina probably did tell Lindsay to not take the Breathalyzer. You know, because of the Shirley Temples.

By the way, in case you were thinking to yourself "Damn, I hope Lindsay goes to jail really soon"… not so fast. TMZ reports that unless Lindsay is found guilty of battery and assault, this whole situation won't affect Lindsay's probation. BUT - the key here could be Lindsay's non-compliance with the alcohol test on the night in question:

Sources connected to the case tell us the Probation Department will not recommend to Judge Elden Fox that he violate her probation for the alleged assault when Lindsay appears on January 3. We’re told the Department will only recommend action if Lindsay is convicted of criminal battery.

But it gets more complicated on the subject of alcohol. Under the terms of Lindsay’s probation, she’s required to comply with drug testing, including tests administered at Betty Ford. By refusing to submit to a breathalyzer test a week ago Sunday morning, Lindsay arguably violated this term of her probation.

We’re told the Probation Department has not made a recommendation to the judge on violating her probation based on the breathalyzer test — at least not so far.

Ultimately, it’s up to Judge Fox. Worst case scenario for Lindsay … back in the pokey for 6 months.

[From TMZ]

I know I sound like a broken record, but seriously, what will it take for this bitch to go to jail? She would have to kill someone, right? And even if (and when) she kills someone, Mother Crackhead will still be squawking about how the murder victim deserved it, but someone else did the murdering.

By the way, since this is likely one of the last posts on Lindsay for the year, I thought I'd bring out my favorite photos of her:

Photos courtesy of WENN

Us Weekly: Jennifer Aniston won’t let peasants get within 20 feet

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:00 AM PST

Us Weekly has an interesting little non-story in this week's print edition. According to a source on the production of Wanderlust, Jennifer Aniston was not everybody's "friend" on set. Allegedly, she wouldn't even walk from her trailer to the set without a coterie of bodyguards and "buffers". So peasants wouldn't talk to her! Of course, Aniston's rep is denying this. It's become increasingly more and more interesting what Aniston's rep will and will not deny, isn't it? The rep will deny a random report that Aniston wouldn't mingle with peasants, but her rep won't give one comment about the Chelsea Handler situation, or any kind of apology for saying "retard". Fascinating.

Don't stand so close to me! An insider on the set of Jennifer Aniston's 2011 flick Wanderlust, filmed this fall, tells Hot Stuff, "It was an unspoken thing that you couldn't get within 20 feet of Jennifer. She surrounded herself with a ring of buffers at all times. She traveled with them from her trailer to the set and back."

(Aniston's rep calls the report "false" and says, "Jennifer had a blast filming Wanderlust.")

Still, Aniston may soon need to shed any personal-space issues, as another source says she is considering moving from LA to the New York City. Aniston even checked out real estate in NYC on December 11.

"Jennifer took a broker and was looking at chic apartments in Greenwich Village," says the insider. Relocation plans aren't shocking: Aniston grew up in the city and has spent much of the last few years filming The Switch and The Bounty Hunter in NYC as well as performing in the 24 Hour Plays on Broadway.

Adds the insider, "She thinks dating will be easier in Manhattan!"

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

The "report" that Aniston is going to move to New York pops up like three times a year. I wouldn't be shocked if Aniston bought a home in New York - she has more money than God, after all - but I doubt she's "moving" to NYC. She's a California girl. And she doesn't like change.

As far as the report about Aniston and her "buffers" - well, whatever. I think she probably does have a lot of bodyguards when she's working, but she probably needs them. Also, I don't really see how "it was an unspoken thing" becomes "it was Aniston's official policy to never deign to speak to any peasant." Non-story.

Aniston on the set of 'Wanderlust', photos courtesy of WENN.

‘Black Swan’ review: beautiful, neurotic, numbing hot mess

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:30 AM PST

Yesterday, in a drug-addled haze (Sudafed and Dayquil), I took my mother to see Black Swan. It was her pick - she chose Portman and ballerinas over her pretty princess, Cinderella/Amy Adams in The Fighter. Perhaps it was just the drugs (true story), but Black Swan was a seriously good/trippy movie to watch while under the influence. If I had been stone cold sober, however, I wonder if I would have enjoyed as much. As it happened, the theatre was half-full, and I was the only one laughing at what I thought were funny jokes. Whoops!

Anyway, I don't want this review to be spoiler-filled, and by now, you hopefully know the basics of the plot, what little of it there is. If you want a summary of the film, go here. If you want spoilers, go here. If you want reviews by a critic you respect more than me (I don't mind!), go here. I'm just going to talk about my general thoughts, complaints and praise for the film. Since you guys seemed to like my review of The Tourist, I thought I'd do another review!

So we know that Natalie Portman, in her lead role as Nina, is considered the leading contender for this year's Best Actress Oscar. Do I think she deserves it? Well… maybe, maybe not. I wouldn't be upset if Natalie won, but I wouldn't be overjoyed either. I do think Natalie was acting her ass off throughout the film. She transformed her body to the point where she just seemed like a quivering, nervous, taut muscle just about to snap. Even her neck muscles were acting. Natalie also surprised and impressed me with her voice work in the film - she was able to raise her voice just a touch higher to seem even younger, more child-like, more vulnerable. Her ballet was quite good too, not that I'm an expert. But much like the character of Nina, I often thought Natalie seemed weighed down with the technical aspects of the dance. When she performed, she always looked like she was about to cry. Was that on purpose?

My main problem with Natalie's character was that it seemed rather one-note… yes, the bitch is crazy. What else do you have, you know? Half-way through the film, I realized that I had stopped caring about Nina's injuries/hallucinations/anxiety/tears/trauma/drama. It was all the same after a while. And that's the fault of the script, not Portman. Portman did the best she could with the material.

As for the other actors… well, I was kind of in heaven. Vincent Cassel took another one-note character and made it really interesting. Cassel played the director of the company, and he was at times sexy, smarmy, charming, nasty, and kind. My favorite part of the whole film was when he danced with Natalie… sigh. He's a gorgeous dancer.

Barbara Hershey looked like ten kinds of hell, and she was very good too. Winona Ryder's part (as the ousted prima ballerina Beth) was smaller than I was expecting, but Winona popped on-screen, big-time. There was one scene that gave me major Winona nostalgia - she's playing sad, catty and drunk, and can just see that Winona has still got it, you know? I loved it. As for Mila Kunis… well, she was very, very good. But I'm kind of drawing back my thoughts that she'll get an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Yes, she was good, but the role wasn't that showy, and… I don't know, I'm just not expecting her to get nominated.

So, would I recommend this film? Yes, but prepare yourself. There are many gross-out moments, and some really good performances. But it's not the best film of the year or anything.

Various posters and promotional images for 'Black Swan' courtesy of Google Images.

Alexander Skarsgard got naked for 8 hours, made True Blood cast & crew comfortable

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:18 AM PST

Kristen Bauer, who plays kickass pink-loving vampire Pam on the hit HBO series True Blood, dished about her costar Alexander Skarsgard to E!. Bauer said that hot Swede Alex was once naked for a full eight hours on set and was so mellow about it that the entire cast and crew was also comfortable with with Alex’s amazing nakedness.

While everyone involved with the show is pretty much tight-lipped about what to expect in season four, we have now doubt Alan Ball will have Skarsgård stripping down again.

“He was once naked for about eight hours and he’s completely comfortable with it,” says Kristin Bauer, who plays Eric’s devilish sidekick Pam. “He’s Swedish. My husband’s band toured in Sweden and he said that just how it is. There’s no puritanical background there. It’s nice because it makes all of us more comfortable with it.”

Bauer says there’s no update on Skarsgård slipping into pink spandex on the show like his character does in the Charlaine Harris’ original Sookie Stackhouse book series. “He’s not in pink spandex yet,” she said. “If it doesn’t happen, I’m going to just beg him to do it just for me.”

As for Bauer herself getting naked again, she’s already preparing for it. “When I’m on hiatus I never go to the gym—never!” she admitted. “But after my first wardrobe fitting, I go four days a week.”

Sadly, season four isn’t set to premiere until the summer!

[From E! Online]

I’m an American, am married to a German guy and have lived in Germany for about three years. I’ve mentioned this before, but the German attitude toward nudity takes some getting used to. They basically don’t care and don’t see it as a big deal. I’ve pretty much acclimated to this after the initial shock factor and now I find it liberating. Like I don’t stress in the locker room trying to cover up and I love the saunas here, everyone is nude but you get over it. (They have world class public spas here that are relatively affordable.) This is a big deal to American and British people though, and I’ve spoken with newcomers who find it shocking that Germans are basically nudists (in our frame of reference). Can you imagine going to a lake with your family and just seeing people strip off their clothes and take a dip? That’s what they do here.

Anyway I get how Skarsgard could walk around naked for eight hours and not be fazed. He was raised not to be ashamed of his body and has absolutely nothing to hide on that gorgeous chiseled physique. Eight hours sounds a little extreme though. Maybe they drew out his nude scene just a little longer than necessary.

Header is a screencap from True Blood. Rolling Stone cover courtesy of RS.

Amanda Seyfried and Ryan Phillippe might be getting serious

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:07 AM PST

Last week, there was a brief article in Star Magazine that suggested that hot douche divorcee Ryan Phillippe was toying with lovely Amanda Seyfried, with whom he was first linked in early November. Star reported that Ryan stood Amanda up at the last minute for a planned getaway and quoted an insider who claimed he has also already “blown [her] off on a few occasions, and it just crushes her. It’s like he’s stringing her along.”

It looks like Ryan may have gotten over his initial commitment issues, as he was seen on a low-key couple-type outing with Amanda on Monday. The two went shopping together and out to a (post-coital?) lunch.

Just yesterday, the two braved the pouring L.A. rain to do some Christmas shopping and have a lunch date.

So just how serious is the new-ish couple getting?

The sparks were flying between the duo at Quality Food on 3rd St., according to an eyewitness.

“They were incognito,” a source tells me, “He was in a baseball cap and she had on a big jacket. They seemed to want to keep a super low profile but looked comfortable around each other.”

Amanda and Ryan were “laughing and flirty,” as she sipped on hot tea. After eating, the two left out the back entrance to avoid the paps outside.

“They’ve been hanging out a lot,” another source close to Ryan tells E!, “They both are surprised they haven’t been caught by the paparazzi.”

They may have managed to avoid getting papped together (for now), but we’re so on to you two! They must be getting serious if they’re out doing coupley daytime stuff, like shopping and lunching sans cocktails.

“I’m not sure if they are exclusive, but I know he likes her a lot,” the source says.

Just last week, they didn’t bother trying to hide their affection during a dinner date at Soho House.

“They were laughing and kissing the entire time,” an onlooker says.

[From E! Online]

Good for them. I can’t help thinking that it’s going to end badly for Amanda, as Ryan, 36, cheated on his then-wife Reese Witherspoon with Abbie Cornish, and then proceeded to cheat on Abbie with random women until she got fed up and dumped him. The next woman he dated briefly supposedly caught him making out with another woman - at her own birthday party. We know Amanda, 25, is attracted to jerks though, as she last dated Dominic Cooper, who cheated on her with at least a couple of different women. She deserves better, but like a lot of women she doesn’t seem to expect it.

Ozzy Osbourne: Lady Gaga is overexposed, I’m sick of her

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:01 AM PST

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, 62, made some rather good points about how Lady Gaga and her ridiculously costumed T&A are everywhere lately. Osbourne gave a (supposedly) surprisingly coherent interview to US Weekly in which he covered his career, his family and his advice for Gaga. Contrary to the title, he wasn’t entirely negative toward Gaga and basically told her to put it away for a while.

Us: Any advice for any of the current music stars out there?

OO: I do think Lady Gaga should take a break for a little while. She’s getting to be too much, and she doesn’t watch the exposure of her clothes. She’s just too overexposed. She could be the next Madonna if she played her cards right. I like her, but I’m getting a bit sick of her. When I turn on the TV, I see her wearing another lamp shade or whatever. She needs to take a break, I think, for an hour or so. I love her, I think she’s really, really entertaining, but she’s doing a bit too much. Every day it is something else. The specialness of her is gonna get killed if she doesn’t calm it down. Who manages her? Someone should whisper in her ear and say back off for a couple of months — let people gain interest back. Let people want you, you know?

Us: Are you proud of Kelly? She's such a big star now!

OO: Kelly’s doing so well. That girl works so hard, she really is a hard-working kid. Both of them have come to be great people. None of us expected it to take off like it did — it went through the stratosphere! They didn’t know how to handle it, so they ended up on alcohol, drugs, but they’re both clean now.

Us: Aren’t you proud of her for losing all that weight?

OO: Oh yes, I’m proud of my daughter. But if she’s fat, whatever, I love her. But I’m so happy for her, and everybody’s always giving me compliments about how wonderful she looks. She’s currently working on a film in New Orleans, but I don’t know what the role is or anything else about it.

Us: Do you have any guy you’d like to see her with?

OO: No. I don’t get involved. As long as he’s not a bad guy or does bad things, or beats her… And, listen to me, if anybody beats one of my girls, I don’t have to do anything, ’cause my wife will get there about four hours before me, and do what she’s gotta do!

That was really nice what Ozzy said about Kelly! I get the impression that this interview was “translated” though, so that it made sense to people who don’t speak mumble. I’ve never heard Ozzy utter a sentence that I could understand completely. No wonder they didn’t post the audio.

Was Scarlett Johansson fooling around on Ryan Reynolds?

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:50 AM PST

Every single tabloid has a big Ryan Reynolds/Scarlett Johansson story this week, for some reason. I mean, I get it, they were a young, hot Hollywood couple, but from the breathy, wall-to-wall coverage, you'd think that it was the shock of the century that they split. Anyway, in addition to sounding like a whiny little baby and pushing "victim" stories in the press, Ryan might have been a busy little beaver framing ScarJo as the bad guy in other tabloids too. Here's a run down of some of the stories, courtesy of Jezebel:

In Touch Weekly: Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson were “torn apart by jealousy.” A source says: “He said it sounded like she was yelling every time she spoke to him.” Sometimes she was yelling! She allegedly “went nuts” in his trailer while he was filming The Proposal. Another source says that Ryan can be “an overbearing control freak,” and went on a solitary motorcycle ride across Europe this summer, then asked Scarlett to drop everything and come to him when he wanted to see her. She threatened to take off her wedding ring when he refused to go to Comic-Con with her. An insider says: “He doesn’t seem sad and mopey. He seems to be getting on with his life.”

Star Magazine: Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds have been having “secret dates.” Well, not really. But he visited her in Austin and went with her, baby Louis and her bodyguard to her sister’s cupcake shop. This other time in L.A., they had dinner at a restaurant and then went into a photobooth, and a witness says, “Who knows what they were doing in there.” Um, taking pictures?

Life & Style: RyRen and ScarJo’s marriage crumbled because she has “major abandonment issues.” They talked about having a baby to save the relationship, but her friends talked her out of it.

[From Jezebel's tabloid round-up]

Eh. I doubt ScarJo was ever seriously considering having a baby - she never really seemed to care (and she's still so young, after all). As for Reynolds and Sandra Bullock… yeah, I doubt it. They just don't seem like they would have any sexual chemistry. But they're probably still friends, and maybe they're just hanging out together. Plus: I totally see Reynolds rebounding with someone like Blake Lively, don't you? Regarding Reynolds being an "overbearing control freak" - can we just call him a gerbil-faced jag and be done with it? Ugh.

ANYWAY… my favorite version of the post-split analysis comes via Us Weekly. Mainly, this interests me because it seems like the biggest pro-Ryan story, and because there's some good dirty gossip about those old rumors regarding ScarJo and her Broadway costar, Liev Schreiber, and their alleged romance. Schreiber is Naomi Watts' partner, mind you, and there was a lot of gossip last Spring about how close Schreiber and ScarJo were when they worked together, and how Naomi and Liev were very close to splitting. I even suggested that it could be on between Schreiber and ScarJo! Here are the highlights from Us Weekly:

While ScarJo was on Broadway, Ryan would fly home from his NOLA location on weekends to spend time with her, but sources close to the couple say that communication broke down.

"They went from speaking once every two days to once every two weeks," says the source.

Also, Ryan took an impromptu trip to Las Vegas with his friend Kevin Connolly, which sent ScarJo into a rage when she found out.

"Kevin is friends with Scarlett, and he was on the phone with her. She was like, 'What? Ryan's there?!?'… she was not happy."

Ryan began telling friends last spring that he and Scar were having problems. He told friends that "she treated him badly, she was very focused on her own career, and it never seemed like she made him a priority, and she's not as emotionally mature as Ryan." Their eight-year age difference, says the source, "became an issue."

As the marriage circled the drain, both bonded with other people. ScarJo and her Broadway costar Liev Schreiber "seemed weirdly close," says a source. "She would often go for late-night rides on his Vespa." But a pal says: "Completely platonic."

Meanwhile, Reynolds and his Green Lantern costar Blake Lively "were like brother and sister," says a source. Some have hinted as a romance, but "nothing happened" a source says.

In the end, it's only a matter of time before one of them files for divorce. "They're still talking and things are civil, but he's very hurt."

[From Us Weekly, print edition]

Yes, Ryan is very butt-hurt. BAD SCARJO. Now, the Vespa thing is very interesting, isn't it? I bet ScarJo rode more than his “Vespa”. Personally, I think ScarJo is catnip for older men. It's the voice, the demeanor, the Lolita thing. I could see Liev being into it. Plus, he has a thing for blondes. I'm calling it: ScarJo and Liev Schrieber were probably boning. I'm also calling it: it's funny to me that there are so many photos of Schreiber and ScarJo together, and barely any of ScarJo and Ryan. HA. One last thing: if ScarJo did fool around, I'm not blaming her. I can't imagine being hitched to a butt-hurt gerbil like Ryan. I would be screwing around too.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Pauly D is the first Jersey Shore tool to get a spinoff - was he the cheapest?

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:31 AM PST

I’ve only seen about two episodes of Jersey Shore and will be the first to admit that I don’t get it. No judgment though, I could easily be convinced to watch this show if a friend mixed up some cocktails and sat down with me to mock it. I do follow these drunken kids in the celebrity press, and am surprised to hear that of all the tools Pauly D is the one who scored a spinoff show. You would expect that one of the more popular castmembers would be headlining their own show - like Snooki, The Situation, J-Woww or even a show about Sammi and Ronnie’s relationship. Instead, it’s Pauly D, and US Weekly reports that everyone except Sammi, Ronnie and Vinny were also negotiating with MTV for their own show. My theory is that Pauly D was the cheapest and most accommodating. Here’s US Weekly’s report:

The 30-year-old Jersey Shore star has been named the first cast member to land his own MTV series, beating out costars Snooki, The Situation and JWoww (who were all in spinoff negotiations).

“At the heart of Jersey Shore is the unique and genuine cast and Pauly D. truly embodies both qualities,” Chris Linn, Executive Vice President of Programming and Head of Production for MTV, tells UsMagazine.com in a statement.

DJ Pauly D (real name: Paul Delvecchio) recently closed the series option deal after filming a pilot with 495 Productions in September.

“He’s distinguished himself onscreen as the fun-loving, well-coiffed and dependable guy you can’t help but want to hang out with,” Linn says of the reality star. “We know viewers are curious about his life away from the shore and we look forward to exploring new possibilities around that.”

Before his spinoff hits the air, Delvecchio will appear alongside Snooki and the gang when Season 3 of Jersey Shore premieres January 3 on MTV.

[From US Weekly]

I think that MTV assumes that no matter who they center a spinoff around, it will be popular. They may see these kids as interchangeable anyway, and might as well go with the one who is the cheapest with the lowest sense of entitlement. I’m reminded of a comment that a Jersey Shore producer Sally Ann Salsano made to the NY Times over the summer. Of the castmembers getting big heads, she said “Here's what I always say: I won't stand for it. They all live in their mom's basement and I know it. Last season I had to buy them cigarettes and Diet Cokes. They're the same kids they've always been. Sure, they have a bit more money. They have more clothes with rhinestones on them than they did last year.”

Radar has details of Pauly D’s spinoff, and it will supposedly focus on “his life as a DJ on the road with his buddies.” They’ve already shot a bunch of footage, according to Radar. The show will have the ridiculous name of “Pauly’s World.” That’s too funny and makes me think of Wally World, which was probably the intention.

Mild spoilers for Jersey Shore Season 3 (as seen in trailer)
The new season of Jersey Shore is coming out in January, and features a new orange pint-sized friend of Snooki’s named Deena. In the trailer (below) Deena strips for The Situation, Ronnie (?) takes a tumble while trying to pole dance (that made me laugh) and also gets a proctology exam, J-Woww breaks up with her boyfriend, Sammi and J-Woww get in a punching match, and Snooki gets arrested. (We know all about that.) I definitely could be convinced to watch this.

Jersey Shore - MTV Shows

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Cele|bitchy

Cele|bitchy

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